Sangguniang Kabataan: Is it worth it?

As I was going through my usual travelling routine, which includes riding buses and sometimes, jeepneys, I have seen these guys remove some parts of what used to be the lanterns of last year, and they are to remake them into "new" lanterns for Christmas of 2012. While observing them, I also have seen that these lanterns are one of the so-called projects of the Sangguniang Kabataan of that municipality. Reminiscing on what I know about the organization, I came to a realization that may or may not be answered. Is the Sangguniang Kabataan meant just for these things?

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Rizal's Secrets (Part 1)

Rizal’s Hidden Life

Rizal is a very part of our everyday lives that every other Filipinos have taken him for granted. In our days, he is just remembered during June 19 and December 30 – days in which students have day-offs from school. He is so concealed these days that even young children sometimes put misinterpretations on him. There are endless rumours that circulate around our national hero. He is so famous that everything was associated to him; we had Rizal Cement, and other products and some rumours. Most famous is that Rizal is the father of Adolf Hitler, he never spoke his mother tongue, and that he never wore Barong Tagalog. Many claim the walls where Rizal “really” took his pee, as well as those who say that they are once Rizal’s girlfriend. Together, let’s remove his overcoat little by little and uncover his untold secrets. Let us unfold Rizal’s unknown life – the life that is covered by the thick dusts thrown on our national hero.

If a kid was brought to Rizal Park and saw the “National Hero’s” monument, he might wonder why in the midst of the extreme heat in the Philippines, he still stood there with his overcoat all over him. Would Rizal hide something important that he keeps on wearing his overcoat in our hot weather today?” That is what I will try to make you understand.

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Dream High!

We have our own dreams. We may say that we don't have it, but there are things that we want to achieve and we will do everything to make them come true. Yes, dreams really do come true, whether they are small, or something big. But they don't it by themselves. The person must do something to achieve his goal, right?

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Me and My Commitment

"To see it so believe."

The one above is a very famous cliche that most of us might've heard. We always hear this when they do magic, when we have study science, and most specially, when we talk about religion. To see is to believe.

Scientists have long debated the existence of one "Supreme Being". Some proves the existence wrong by experimentation, through theories, and by merely looking for flaws in the Bible just to prove that the "Supreme Being" is just a fictitious character. He is not real, these people say.

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