My term paper was about the advantages and the disadvantages of using ebooks as alternative for books. At first, it was really not  my plan to have it as my term paper topic but due to shortage of topics that I had in mind, I ended up with this topic. The first thing that I had in mind as a term paper topic was about blogs: its therapeutic effects to people but with the help of my teacher, I realized that it is very difficult and maybe I would have a hard time looking for sources about this topic so I changed it and moved to another topic.

         The second topic that I chose was about animations and how it evolved through time, but still it did not reach the standards of our teacher so I searched again for another topic. I was already frustrated in my search for a possible topic yet I still had the patience to search and finally when our teacher asked if who wants to consult her regarding our term paper topics, I waited for my turn and asked her if "the advantages and disadvantages of using ebooks as alternative for books" a good topic. And fortunately, she accepted my term paper topic.

         I searched for the sources that I will be using for my term paper. I was worried that I would not be able to reach the minimum number of sources and luckily, I was able to reach it.


         Making the thesis statement really takes time and needs a lot of thinking. I was dumbfounded doing the thesis statement because I really don't know how to start making one. My first submitted thesis statement was corrected by our teacher and made me to revise it. After that was the outline-making for the body of the term paper.

        The making of the outline was also difficult because the outline that we will be having is the one that is taken from our thesis statement. It means that the outline is based on our thesis statement. The one that I first submitted was already correct but what lacks are the examples under every category.

        The body was already done after making the outline. Next was the encoding and the defense for our term paper. We had a hard time encoding all the parts of our term paper because we were instructed to expand the content of its body.

         The defense was fun although nerve-racking but we were given only 5 minutes to present our term paper and 3 minutes for the Q&A portion so we did our best in the presentation. Our defense was successful and voila!we are already through with the term paper. English 2 is really over. :)  

          I agree to what Donna blogged about the song AT THE BEGINNING because it is one of my favorite songs especially in my high school years. It was also the song that made my classmates to be friends again in my first year high school class because of some misunderstanding in choosing a song to be performed in our music class. The song that they quarreled about was OUT OF REACH.

         I also liked the message of the song because it is about friendship. I value my friends very much and maybe that's the reason why I chose Donna's blog about this song because I can relate to it.

         Listening to this song makes me reminisce all the things that happened to me together with my friends.

Whenever I hear songs from different singers, I don't easily get attracted to their songs.Maybe my type of songs depends on the singer who performs it and the music itself if it is attractive or pleasant to hear.


I chose this song because I love listening to Avril Lavigne's songs and I am a fan of hers. This song was about a relationship that doesn't work out anymore. It was about two persons who thought that they were meant for each other but later found out that it's not the same with what relationship they had now. It seems like they lost that magical feeling that they had before.


Everytime I hear this song, it always make me want to sing along with it. It stays in my mind and just keeps on playing. I can't explain further, it's just that i really like this song.


Listen and watch for yourself if I am right or wrong. Here's the video. Enjoy! :)





You can sing also sing along. Here's the lyrics:


My Happy Ending

Oh oh, oh oh
So much for my happy ending

Oh oh, oh oh
So much for my happy ending

Oh oh, oh oh, oh oooooh....

Let`s talk this over
It`s not like we`re dead
Was it something I did?
Was it something you said?

Don`t leave me hangin`
In a city so dead
Held up so high 
On such a breakable thread

[Pre-Chorus:]
You were all the things I thought I knew
And I thought we could be

[Chorus:]
You were everything, everything that I wanted 
We were meant to be, supposed to be
But we lost it (but we lost it)
All of the memories, so close to me
Just fade away
All this time you were pretending
So much for my happy ending

Oh oh, oh oh
So much for my happy ending (Oh oh, oh oh)

Oh oh, oh oh

You`ve got your dumb friends
I know what they say
They tell you I`m difficult
But so are they (So are they)
But they don`t know me 
Do they even know you? (Even know you)
All the things you hide from me
All the shit that you do (All the shit that you do)

You were all the things I thought I knew
And I thought we could be

[Chorus:]
You were everything, everything that I wanted 
We were meant to be, supposed to be, but we lost it 
all of the memories, so close to me, just fade away
All this time you were pretending
So much for my happy ending

It`s nice to know that you were there,
Thanks for acting like you cared
And making me feel like I was the only one
It`s nice to know we had it all
Thanks for watching as I fall
And letting me know we were done


[Chorus:]
He was everything, everything that I wanted
We were meant to be, supposed to be, but we lost it
And all of the memories, so close to me, just fade away
All this time you were pretending
So much for my happy ending...

[Chorus:]
You were everything, everything that I wanted
And we were meant to be, supposed to be, but we lost it
And all of the memories, so close to me, just fade away
All this time you were pretending
So much for my happy ending

Oh oh, oh oh
So much for my happy ending
Oh oh, oh oh
So much for my happy ending 

Oh oh, oh oh, oh oh....
Oh ooooh....

         November 22, 2009, two days after my birthday when we had our field trip at Duka Bay Resort  in celebration of our Science Month. The said trip was organized by the Science Club officers and teachers for the students to have a break in their studies and to have fun despite the hectic schedule that we experienced those days. In connection to the trip, our biology teacher gave us an assignment which was to name and to get pictures of the creatures that we will be seeing in the sea.

         Many things were prepared for the trip so that it would be a successful one. Like the budget, as early as September, the total expenses was already summed up so we did not worry anymore on that matter. There was no problem also in terms of transportation because the school already rented vans for us to use.

Before the departure from Iligan to Duka

         The assembly time in our school was at 4am and departed at almost 6am. The chaperon for our van was our class adviser so we did not have a hard time in coping up because we already knew her. We also called the assigned driver for our van as "manong driver" because we already forgotten his name after introducing. My best friend was seated next to me so I had someone to talk to and I was not bored. My classmates were noisy inside the van so I did not fall asleep. There were also stopovers because of our other batchmates who really needed to pee.

Corals we saw using the glass-bottomed boats

sand castle-making activity

        We arrived at Duka Bay at already 8 or 9 in the morning yet we can't deny the excitement that we felt when we saw the sea. We were then introduced to the VIPs in the resort by the Lantaw staff and it was explained that "duka" which means sleepy in our varnacular was where Duka Bay got its name from. We were grouped randomly by the number that the Lantaw staff gave before we departed from Iligan.We were also given activities and games while the others were already in the sea; snorkeling and kayaking. The games that were given by the Lantaw staff were already finished and it was already our time to go kayaking. We were then asked to get a partner and I already have one.

Kayaking

          I really felt good kayaking together with my partner even though we lost against the other team. After the kayak racing, we headed next to snorkeling. There were so many kinds of fish that we saw and we named a few them. We were able to feed them and almost touch their skins. We also saw the different corals with different structures and shapes that laid underneath the sea through the glass- bottomed boats. I was somehow scared of that glass-bottomed boats because I thought that it would be broken anytime but my fear was gone when I had the life-jacket given to me.

Snorkeling

Photon girls

Photon boys

Gwapa Team with Sir Ken

Photon Class picture at Duka

Photon class with Ma'am Angie

          The trip was tiring but it was great. For me, that was the best field trip in high school that I experienced. I bonded with my classmates and almost all of my batchmates. I really had a great time seeing those fishes, corals and everything.

          An asset is something that catches other people's attention or the thing that they like about you.We all know that all of us are special and unique in every way.But my best asset? Well, I really don't have an idea about what's with me that seemed to be my best asset. Yet there must be an asset of mine that seems to stand out. So I must know what this asset is by simply asking my friends.

          I asked my friends and their answers were almost the same. I really appreciate the answers that they gave. It was really heart-warming. I was a bit flattered of their answers and I can't blame them. Those were their answers, not mine. That's what they see and what they like about me.

          Some of my friends told me that my best asset is my eyes because according to them, it is nice, attractive, sparkly and that they can see my true beauty through looking into my eyes.

          Some said that it's my ability to cheer people up because I have an attitude that when I'm not yet done with my goal which is to cheer people up, I'll never surrender until I'll see that they will be okay.

          Some also said that it's my smile because it is demure, easily capture other people's attention and they said that I look cute when I smile. And I somehow found the answer to my question.

          I think the best asset that I have is my smile. A smile which simply means happiness.Other people's days are brightened up whenever they see me smiling at them.That's what they say. It makes a person feel better. I really don't know why I always smile. It seems that it is there by nature. Though I get serious sometimes, I still manage to put a smile on my face.