Is it really the People that makes the culture of the Greeks or is it the gods and goddesses.

Ancient Greek culture has been remarkable to the people due to the Greek’s interesting beliefs and practices. Through Homer, the author of Illiad and Odyssey which has been the two major epic in the Greek mythology depicted the life and the culture of the Greeks. Every part of the epic series of Homer revealed the Greek’s beliefs, pride and achievements, and values and customs.

  In Homer’s work (Illiad and Odyssey) we can see how fate and destiny were differentiated. Their gods and goddesses were the ones who dominated their fate but their destiny is up to the person himself. It also shows how important it is to be favored by the gods especially during wars or problems in life. Like what Agamemnon did, he sacrificed his daughter’s life just to be favored and like what Telemacus did, he sacrificed for him to be favored by a god as he was looking for his father. Greek culture can still be observed nowadays, one of its great example are our strong faith and belief to our God and strong personality through life’s circumstances. For them to achieve their goals it is their faith and their love and faithfulness greatly help them through life.

   Overall, it tells that it is their gods and goddesses whom has the power over their culture and their lives. Through Homer’s work which captures the ancient Greek culture and which imparted to us the greatness of their culture shows that it can never be lost in the a man’s life and that it can be passed down through generations.

Invincible Achilles?

   

  What made Achilles a legendary warrior of the Trojan War? His mother Thetis immersed him to the river which granted Achilles immortality.

Achilles was known to be one of the finest warriors in the Greek Mythology and the strength of the Achaeans. Whenever he reach the battlefield no one can bring him down, instead they are all being deceived by Achilles’ immortality. He was famed by his incomparable skills and being excellent in every battle, due to these he was said to be a god which can never be defeated.

People call this star by the name Orion’s Dog.

It’s the brightest of the stars, but an unwelcomed sign,

For it brings wretched mortals many fevers. (22.40-42.220)

With a cry, old Priam struck his head with his hand, then,

Reaching up, with groans, he called out, pleading with his son,

Who was still standing there before the gates, firmly resolved to fight Achilles (22.48-49.220)

   In these paragraph shows that Achilles was feared by his enemies, besides being an immortal he is a brutal and merciless warrior. He deceives all his enemies and put each one down roughly. He slaughtered them, let them be eaten by dogs, let them be sold and butchered them.  

Achilles doesn’t know that it is not only his opponents was deceived by his immortality, by he was deceived by it too. He never thought of his downfall instead he think of how to make fun of his enemies’ downfall. Just like his mother Thetis there’ll be negligence along the way, his mother forgot to immerse Achilles’ heel that causes to be his weakness.

During the final battle Achilles was shot in his left heel with a poisoned arrow, which finally killed him which tells that after all his winnings and being proud about it, still he has his vulnerable part that causes his downfall. It certainly means that in every challenge or battle in life you need to strategize and find a way to know the Achilles heel of your opponent or a situation in order to win or to succeed.

My Heroine :)

For me my Mom made a very remarkable thing to the people around her. Her name is Annalisa Okanoue. She’s the best among all mothers, sisters, friends and daughters.

   A best mother because she makes sure to attend her children’s needs. She has been a good mother to me specially, though she’s miles away from me she make sure to give my necessities. She even makes sure to show her love and care though distance separates us.  She is a great sister to her siblings, though they all know how successful she is but they can still ask her help whenever they needed it especially through financial support. I admire her for loving her parents so much she see to it to give what my grandparents need and she make sure that she can provide them a luxurious life while they are in their last stage of their lives. She worked so hard for the whole family; everyone in the family can seek her help.

   She is so pitiful with anyone who’s experiencing hardship in life. She never hesitates to help those who needed her assistance and she’ll give everything even her last money just to be able to help. Everyone admire her for being s Cheerful Giver. People around her love her so much; she has been a good true friend to everyone. She never found it difficult to make friends, other than being humorous she never ever let her friends down.

   I know she’s tired from working so hard though we never hear a single complain from her, but we can see how she strive hard for all of us though in her age it’s not that advisable to work all throughout the day but for her to be able to supply our needs, she’s pushing herself. The least we can do is to pray for her, pray for unending joy, pray for continuous strength and God’s protection en everything she’ll do. I know God has a great plan for a heroine like her! J

Good Start will turn Everything Well

“Encourage and assist each child to strive for academic excellence and to make excellence his/her way of life” one of the mission of TAYTAY UNITED METHODIST CHRISTIAN SCHOOL. TUMCS which has been known in the whole province of Rizal as one of the great school that offers a high quality education. TUMCSians were pushed to be independent, resourceful and trained to showcase the knowledge that has been brought out from them. In every school competition, the competitive spirit of the students was evident. Being excellent in everything is the goal of the TUMCSians and it is because of the training given by the school.
    Going to school or learning inside the school is the students' training ground. Choosing one contributes a lot on what the students might be in the future. It does not depend on how expensive the school is, but on how the school molds their students accordingly.

Tricky Grammar Lessons. :)

      Applying the rules in English grammar is not easy. Upon noticing the mistakes I made, I was persuaded to learn more and to listen to my teacher whenever she teaches grammar lessons. I remember back then I hated listening to my English teacher whenever she is teaching grammar lessons, I thought that though I know how to speak in English I can observe what is right and what is wrong, what is appropriate and what is not in my sentences. There were times that I found learning grammar boring because I thought I already knew how to speak/write in English correctly but I proved myself wrong.

      Writing a blog is not as complicated as the first time I started blogging. I have encountered common errors done by most of us which was corrected by our English teacher and it taught me its precautions or its do’s and don’ts. I was pushed to write more and I won’t feel conscious in posting my blog because now I somehow know how to construct sentences properly by applying grammar rules i know. J

       Now, I have learned that my knowledge in English is really not enough. I should pay attention when my English teacher is teaching grammar lessons for me not to have difficulties in constructing sentences. I regret not being interested in reading books because it is so advantageous, it can enrich my vocabulary and can widen my thoughts. J

    I should not depend on what my knowledge can give but I should consult Google, Encyclopedias and Dictionaries, Thesaurus and other reliable references or sources in the net. J

  We should not feel bad whenever there is someone that corrects us but we should be thankful because like what the phrase A man's errors are his portals of discovery..”says. If we make corrections as our portals to discovery we will be a better writer. J

   

Sportsmanship : doing the BEST for GOD'S GLORY

   Every February, Taytay United Methodist Christian School celebrates their founding anniversary. This is the most awaited event for the TUMCSians, except from less school works we are able to show our abilities in sports and our knowledge in musical. TUMCSians’ preparations are tough and you can see the eagerness of everyone to win each competition.

     February 15, 2010 the first day of the intramural, as you enter you can see how the students prepare for the upcoming competitions, everyone were dressed by their jerseys according to their assigned color. Mr. and Ms. Intrams was the first followed by the field demo in which every section were given task to do (Cheer Dance, Modern Dance or Ballroom). Cheer dance was assigned to us. Though we were tired from our practices we condition ourselves to win this thing and do it for God’s Glory. J

      

     

      February 16-18, 2010 SPORTSFEST, everyone was so excited and determined to bring home the bacon. I want to participate in sports in fact I included myself in the list of the names of player for Volleyball and Basketball girls, but the competition was so tough, everyone was so eager to win and so I wasn’t able to be a part of the team but I was there to cheer! J

     In every competition especially in sports we don’t have 100% assurance that the sports committee is not bias. At the first part of the game it is not that tough yet, when the semi-finals and championship came you can see how badly they want to win. Those were the time that I noticed that that the committee isn’t being fair. That was just my opinion as the one observing though there were those that was accused cheaters. But then after all you can see the Camaraderie in every team.

     Being a true sport starts from the lowest competitions, and as a competitors we should highly observe sportsmanship. For me this is the first time that before and after the game the players and their classmates offer prayers. We remind each other to do our best for God’s Glory. I think that’s the greatest lesson we have learned to do our very best for God’s Glory and to observe the spirit of sportsmanship.

Prejudice vs. Condemnation

        Have you been in a situation wherein you were treated least fair or least well than the others? Like the Chinese nationals who live in our country, they treated the Filipinos as slaves though we all know that they owned almost ¼ or ½ of the country’s riches and Filipinos were the ones who serve them but they are not in China they are in the Philippines so they should respect our country and treat the Filipinos well. I remember one time when we were in Hong Kong when we’re at the elevator there was this Chinese who fell a piece of paper my aunt just let her pick up that paper and said that even though their economy is way better than us they should have been treating people fairly.

           Another example was between the White Americans and the Black Americans, though the Blacks are really different from the Whites they should learn how to respect them and treat them as humans. 

         Sometimes out of nowhere us teenagers judge the people that we met and when we found something extremely different we discriminates them and worst we refrain ourselves from them and do not make friends with those people which is not right and unrighteous. A lot of people gone through, or were the one who discriminates.. If you were the one who discriminates have you thought of how it is difficult to be discriminated? Or have you thought if how much hurt it can bear? I gave common situations or examples of discrimination in my first part, because as far as I remember I never experienced being discriminated and I thank God for that. Maybe I was, but I ignored it or I was focused on doing things in the manner that I want to, being me and being true to everyone. With this I have learned that God created us having our own differences or uniqueness, we must not judge those people who are different from you, me or anyone else because God created that person in His own image so if you discriminate that person then it means that it is God whom you discriminate. 

       We should always bear in mind that discriminating is also a sin so if we do so then we will be punished or sentenced according on what we did. So let us always have in mind that in everything we should do it for the Lord for us not to be condemned and for the people around us love us for what we are, because discriminations are very common to everyone. We should be aware and pray for those who discriminates us. :)

A Huge Heart with an Eternal Embrace

    August 23,1995 I was born. I did not grew up having my parents with me. When I was months old my mother flew back to Japan to work. I saw my dad through pictures and as far as I remember I never had a chance to talk to him. 

Since my mother left I was looked after my relatives particularly “Nanay” which is my aunt.Their family welcomed me and treated me as their own. 

    

     When I was about 3-5 years old I seemed to think that they are my real family and I never thought that I ever had a REAL family which is in Japan. Nanay pushed me to talk to my mom but then sometimes I  refused to. For me, i’am not just into her, it is not that I hate her but I just do not know what to say.

     Those times I believed that Nanay and Tatay were my real parents, they let me feel that I am loved and cared. They attended to my every needs. I remember when it was my Elementary Graduation, my mother did not make it to accompany me in the aisle so it is Nanay who escorted me. My guardian are the ones who taught me to be strong, to have strong faith in God and to be a woman of courage and virtue. Maybe if I am not well educated I might be rebellious and surely hates my mom. The guardians that God has given me taught me not to blame everything to my mom and I should not be angry because she did everything for me and my siblings.

       But like what happened when I was months old my Nanay also left for a reason that she needs to prioritize her family first, she went to Manila and stay there with their daughter. I feel so alone that time, there was a time that I called her but she pretended to be angry because she can not talk to me and bid goodbye. From that day onwards I have learned to be independent and it was the time that I started to be mature. 

      Until now they serve as my Nanay and Tatay, they still give pieces of advice and impart things that I should know, with that I thank God for giving me such guardians whom filled the missing parts in my LIFE! :)