The Only Source of Knowledge is Experience

              Experience is what remains in our study. Being a third year student with a very unique language (English) teacher is one of the greatest experiences I've ever had. Friendship dominates our everyday class, laughter is allowed but never speak in Filipino (Tagalog). Activities regarding the lesson especially oral activities. Aside from the activities and knowledge about the different topics in English, we also learned reality lessons. We learned more about life, love and God. The connections of every topic we had to the real world and to our life. I don't how to describe the feeling every time we have our class. 

              Our teacher taught us how to love, how to learn and how to make things better. She knows a lot, she knows how to dance with our music but we should dance with her music. My classmates are my friends, we help each other, we share our ideas especially in oral activities in our subject but argument always occurs. Arguments that resulted in personal problems but of course, each of us should understand every one as a family and as a group. Our class' topic and lesson usually focuses in love and attitude of a person in a particular situation. We relate every detail of a story to our life and that's how we learn and how we experience being a student with a right and different understanding. 

             This school year, I learned a lot not only from our language classes but also in different subjects. I learned that experience is simply the name we give our mistakes. They also taught me that experience is the teacher of all things. I almost learned everything this school year so I want to thank every one who became a part of my life as a student and a friend. 

"Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards."

Apology Letter

Dear Roxanne,

              "Right actions in the future are the best apologies for bad actions in the past." Wassup Espren? I don't know how to start this letter and to begin apologizing but I'll take it this way; Being a friend of yours is a great thing (kunwari) and I'm very grateful for being your classmate (kunwari). First of all, I want to thak you for everything you've done. But I know I did a lot of things that made you disappointed so I want to say sorry. I apologize to the things that I've done and promise, I'll change the way I treat everyone especially you.

              Friend jokes result to happiness and laugh but sometimes it hurts so I'm sorry for the hurtful jokes. There would be problems that you'll face so for that, good luck and I wish the bests for you.

              I don't know how to end this letter but I just want to say sorry and words are not enough so I'll take those things in action. "I've made apologies to people I needed to, but I can't apologise to people I don't know for things they don't understand."

Your friend,

Andrew Ed Colocado (Espren)

I Have No Special Talent. I Am Only Passionately Curious

              I don't see myself being special; I just see myself having more responsibilities than the next man. People look to me to do things for them, to have answers. I don't have unique skills, I just have the right philosophies in life and the right understanding. I don't know how to be special but my mother said that I am special for her, for the family.

              I think being special is based from other people. Some people might see you a special person because they see your unique attitude and skills but some people might see you as a simple man. For me, I am special in the way that I can express my feelings not hurting other people, I can express it in a way that everyone will agree or everyone will laugh. I am also special because I speak my mind, I don't hide my ideas even these ideas will be credited to the other person. I am special because I know my weakness, I am strong enough to know my weakness and to face problems with a smile.I am greedy for understanding, I am greedy for knowledge, for lessons and learning. In the other side of my life, I am just a simple guy with a simple smile with a simple problems and who explains and lives in a simple way. 

              Every one of us has special attitude, philosophies, understanding and explanation of how they live. For me, I am special because I don't see myself being special. I don't judge myself, I don't mind myself but I care about myself. Being special is like love, you don't know where it came from, you don't know what it is. 

"The strength of a man's virtue should not be measured by his special exertions, but by his habitual acts."

A Prayer

Dear God,

             Having two responsible parents, is the greatest gift I've had. A diligent mother and a hard-working father. Being a son of them is an honor and I don't know how to thank them so I'm here telling you that, I am very thankful having them and please guide them and give them strength to stand still even we have problems I know You know our problems as a family so I want to make to make sure that no one will give up. They care and love me by a very unique way. They disciplined me in a way that they hurt me especially my mother but I know that it is the best way to prepare me for incoming problems.

             Please let they know or let them feel my love and promises that I will take care of them when they grow old. I will make sure that I'll overcome my problems like the way they overcome the problems of having a son like me. I've done a lot of things that made them disappointed but they always tell me that "all is well." They raise me up when I'm on my hopeless moment. They guide me financially and emotionally. I hope the relationship we had as a family will never be broken. Please bless my mother strength which can support us and love us endlessly and bless my father wisdom for him to know more about life as a father. Please bless my family hope and life to thank You and to praise You. Amen.

Hoping,

Andrew Ed Colocado

I'm Human, Not Perfect, Like Anybody Else

              “We all make mistakes, have struggles, and even regret things in our past. But you are not your mistakes, you are not your struggles, and you are here NOW with the power to shape your day and your future.” You will never learn a lesson if you never experience mistakes and failures. I regret about the things I've done that resulted in a hurtful moment. The things that I did not take seriously. But in every failure I've experienced, in every pain I felt, I learned a lesson and that's the greatest thing God gave me. That feeling; something you love is going to be taken away. And then you will fall to the floor crying. And then, however much later, it is finally happening to you: you’re falling to the floor crying thinking, “I am falling to the floor crying,” but there’s an element of the ridiculous to it — you knew it would happen and, even worse, while you’re on the floor crying you look at the place where the wall meets the floor and you realize you didn't paint it very well. You have regretted the things you've done but always remember that the things will come and go and there will be always a better replacement that God intends you to have. And always remember that we must all suffer one of two things: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret or disappointment. 

              The lessons I learned from my failures that I have regretted will stay in my life until I face the death. I regret for the things I've done wrong especially in my Elementary school.

              I made decisions that I regret, and I took them as learning experiences... I'm human, not perfect, like anybody else.