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Greatest Woman I've ever known

  SHE has the LOUDEST VOICE, MOST SENSITIVE EARS, FASTEST HANDS, MOST DELICOUS FOODS, MOST UNSTOPPABLE SERMONS, MOST PARANOID MIND, MOST CARING PERSONALITY and the HARDEST JOB in the WHOLE WIDE WORLD!

  

   Her name is JHENG FIGUEROA and 

   SHE IS MY MOTHER...

 For me, my MOM is the GREATEST and MOST REMARKABLE woman in the world. 

She does many things that not all mothers can do. She patiently understands things that other moms can't do. Aside from being a mother of a beautiful girl like me(HAHA!) she raised me with a good moral character and I'm just so lucky that SHE IS MY MOTHER.

To be honest, I don't do chores at home. I don't clean our house not even my room, and I don't wash our clothes. So, my mom is the one who does all of those stuffs! That's how kind my mother is. She doesn't mind letting us do those stuffs because she only wants a good grades and good manners. That's what makes her DIFFERENT from others. 

“Being a full-time mother is one of the highest salaried jobs... since the payment is pure love.”

Mildred B. Vermont quotes

    My MOM is a HOUSEWIFE, and that is the BEST JOB a mother can have in her LIFE. So She must be paid with the BEST LOVE I can give. With everything that she does, and everything that she sacrificed for us, it's just important to repay those with a RESPECT and a LOVE that will never END. She is again MY MOM, the GREATEST Woman i have ever known in my life. :)

--Ej Figueroa :D

My Insights on the World's Greatest Epic

   Trojan Horse, Athena, Helen, Paris, Odysseus and Hector are just some of the words from 'Iliad and Odyssey' that I'm sure will retain in my mind FOREVER! 

   I've learned a lot from Greeks, in terms of their culture, society and traditions. Let me share those with you.

 Greeks are BRUTAL. 

 They kill, abuse and do whatever they want to do to someone. One example was when Achilles killed Hector, tied his body on his chariot and dragged the latter's corpse around the city of Troy. He didn't think first whether it would be just to drag Hector's body around the city after killing him.

 Greeks have NO RESPECT TO WOMEN.

 For them, women just serve as their entertainment, decorations and past-time. That no women can interfere to whatever business they want to engage to; although, in Odyssey it showed me how Odysseus gave importance to his wife, Penelope.

 Greeks are FAITHFUL.

 Everything they are going to think, do and make, depend on their gods and goddesses, that's according to them. That their fate depends on what the gods are going to decide, whether it is for them to be killed or saved or to be rich or poor. They are going to do whatever it is that pleases their gods or goddesses even if it would cause them pain. Just like what Agamemnon did to his own son, when he killed the latter just for the gods to bless their trip.


  
    Greek's culture is really a rich one. I can say that 'Iliad and Odyssey are one of my favorite movies. I don't regret any discussion we had with our Teacher about Iliad and Odyssey and any time we had used to watch this Epic Movie. They taught me many lessons that I know I would use as time goes by.




--God Bless. :)

Godlike Achilles

  He is the BEST WARRIOR of the Greeks, a godlike mortal, a handsome killer, and a merciless halfgod.
  He is UNDOUBTEDLY BRAVE, but ARROGANT.
  That's how I describe and see ACHILLES as a warrior.

 

Achilles is  the son of Thetis and Peleus. Even before he was born, the fore-thinker warned Zeus that Thetis will bear a son greater than his father. 

Among all the characters of Troy and Helen of Troy, I like Achilles the most!

He can hit his enemies with just one blow. Just like what he did in the first scene of the movie Troy. He kills mortals whenever and wherever. He is like a Lion, whose pride is dying because they dont have something to eat. He kills whoever person gets on his way.

A monster like Achilles also loves, though fear and death are connected to his name. Just like what happened before the famous battle of Hector and Achilles, the former killed the latter's cousin, Patroclus, knowing that he was Achilles because he wore his shield and armor. He grieved because he loves his cousin so much.

Another one is his love for Briseis, a Trojan, that when Troy was burning, he went everywhere just to find her.

Achilles' heel: is a term used to describe the only weakness of Achilles. His heel is his only weakness. Paris killed him using a bow and arrow through his heel. 

When it comes to battle, NO ONE CAN BEAT THE MIGHTY GODLIKE ACHILLES. 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achilles

a TITLE of FOREVER

"Encourage and assist each CHILD to strive for ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE and to make EXCELLENCE HIS/HER WAY OF LIFE".  

That Mission really defines what TAYTAY UNITED METHODIST CHRISTIAN SCHOOL is. That's why TUMCS, my present school, is always ranked as one of the top schools in Rizal.

Every school wouldn’t stand without STUDENTS, like our school, it wouldn’t be what it is today without its students. If we will not study hard today, what do you think will happen to our FUTURE and to our school? For a very long time, our school is known to be one of the best. So can we afford to lose this TITLE given to our school? 

Most of the Alumni became successful; some aren’t that good in class during their HS days. Let's make them an inspiration to strive harder, not just for ourselves, our parents and God but also for our school's Name.

  

Don't take Grammar Lessons FOR GRANTED

This past few days our English teacher distributed papers in our class, knowing that those were 3rd year batch's grammar errors in our blogs, I immediately looked at it and read it. Thank God that none of those errors were mine. When our whole class was studying the errors, I have realized that even a single word, letter, phrase or sentence was wrong, the whole thing you mean will be different.

I'm really very careful when it comes to my GRAMMAR! I'm not afraid to ask other people just to know if my grammar is correct. I write in a simple way, with no words that mean so deep, just a correct grammar that the whole world can understand.

When I was an Elementary student, I have to admit that I did have a very poor grammar skill, but when I became a High School student and started listening to my English teachers, that was the time when I became sensitive at my english grammar. 

I am not taking GRAMMAR LESSONS at school for granted anymore and that what enhanced my writing skills.

I REALLY HATE WRITING, I REALLY DO especially when our teachers told us to write on a sheet of paper (grr!), but when we are talking about BLOGGING, that totally mean an opposite and a different thing! I just love BLOGGING! My view about WRITING changed when I learned how to blog. I don't know why, but when I'm blogging I can express everything I want to say.

“It is the highest form of self-respect to admit our errors and mistakes and make amends for them. To make a mistake is only an error in judgment, but to adhere to it when it is discovered shows infirmity of character.”  --Dale E. Turner

 There is no harm in correcting one's error! So what our English Teacher did in our class was not to humiliate us, but to make us a better speaker and writer of the English language. Be grateful when others correct us, because it means that they care for us and they don't want us to be laughed at by others.
  


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INTRAMS (2010-2011): a good and fair week of competition

The Games are just a nice, positive way to build friendships, camaraderie and, of course, self-esteem. Plus, the Games are a great opportunity for people to participate in sports who normally wouldn't. --Greg Louganis

 FOUNDATION WEEK is the most-awaited event in TUMCS every year and every student really prepares for it. In this event is where students are having opportunities to play and participate in different games such as Volleball, Chess, Basketball and competitons such Cheerdance, Ballroom, and Modern Dance. For us, who actively participates in competitions every year, it is just a normal thing, but for some of the students, it's really a great opportunity.

DEFENDING CHAMPION of CHEERDANCE COMPETION
 last year SOPHOMORES, this year JUNIORS, next year SENIORS :)

  "JUNIORS THE BEST THE BEST THE BEST! JUNIORS THE BEST THE BEST THE BEST!"
 Those were the lyrics of our yell that retained in the minds of High School students. I just can't get over how the crowd reacted in our Cheerdance and I'm just too happy that we brought too much entertainment in the whole gymnasium. From SOPHOMORES to JUNIORS we are the DEFENDING CHAMPION and our next target is SENIORS' championship.


By GOD's grace our batch (2010-2011) of JUNIORS won most of the games and competition this year including Basketball(boys), Volleyball, Badminton, Chess, Cheering, and Ballroom (I guess that's all). I just feel so blessed that I do belong in this batch of active, competitive,  intelligent, kind and God-fearing students of TUMCS.


For me, FAIRNESS was observed during the Intrams except for the referees, for example during the basketball games(boys) even if it was already a foul and everybody saw it, they won't call for a foul. My brother also told me that he was being nudged by another player and yet there was no call from the referee. I just don't know if they weren't able to see it or what.


In general, the whole Intrams was good. Opponents were sports and some even developed friendship. They didn't take the whole competition personally and that's what matters most in every competition, those who are friends before become still friends and those who are strangers before become friends.

We really are a very competitive person, but I think that's just good. As long as you're not hurting anyone and AS LONG AS IT IS A FRIENDLY COMPETITION.

LIFTINGS :D

3-LEAH (2010-2011)

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