Daily Thoughts for January 2015

The following is the compendium of thoughts I have read through. Now, I am willing to share it with you. I am hoping that you will reflect on God's message for you.



JANUARY 1, 2015

"Choose which seems best and, in the doing, it will become agreeable and easy" -Pythagoras

JANUARY 2, 2015

"A comfortable home is a great source of happiness. It ranks immediately after health and a good conscience."-Sydney Smith

JANUARY 3, 2015

"Life is not so short but that there is always time for courtesy"-Ralph Waldo Emerson

JANUARY 4, 2015

"It is difficult to bring people to goodness with lessons, but it is easy to do so by examples"
                                -Seneca

JANUARY 5, 2015

"The one serious conviction that a man should have is that nothing is to be taken too seriously"
                           -Samuel Butler

JANUARY 6, 2015

"Happiness is essentially a state of going somewhere wholeheartedly, one-directionally, without regret or reservation"
                                           -W. H. Sheldon

JANUARY 7, 2015

"More people would learn from their mistakes if they weren't so busy denying them"--Harold J. Smith

JANUARY 8, 2015

"Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are"- John Wooden

JANUARY 9, 2015

"The world reflects what you need to see, not only what you want to see"- Anonymous

JANUARY 10, 2015

"The price of greatness is responsibility"

                                       - Sir Winston Churchill

JANUARY 11, 2015

"Life isn't about what happens to us. It's about how we perceive what happens to us"

                                                                - Anonymous

JANUARY 12, 2015

"Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim; accept no ones definition of your life: define yourself."

                                             -Harvey Fierstein

JANUARY 13, 2015

"A fool can criticize, condemn, and complain, and most fools do."
                        -Benjamin Franklin

JANUARY 14, 2015

"To the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world"- Anonymous

JANUARY 15, 2015

"Everything you're looking for lies behind the mask you wear"
                                                     - Stephen C. Paul

JANUARY 16, 2015

"Do what you can, with what you have, where you are"
                                          - Theodore Roosevelt

JANUARY 17, 2015

"People excel and learn, not because they are told so, but because they want to"- Peter Senge

JANUARY 18, 2015

"When you give up your own truth to win at someone else's game everyone loses"-Stephen C. Paul

JANUARY 19, 2015

"Your relationships reflect your fears and limits. How can anyone ever give you what you won't allow?"- Stephen C. Paul

JANUARY 20, 2015

"The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of everything; they just make the most of everything that comes along their way"

                                                                 -Karen S. Magee

JANUARY 21, 2015

"Live one day at a time and make it a masterpiece"-Dale West

JANUARY 22, 2015

"The first step in achieving prosperity and wealth is learning to appreciate what you already have"

                                                                   - S. Richardson

JANUARY 23, 2015

"Take into account that great love and great achievements involve great risk"- Dali Lama

JANUARY 24, 2015

"Follow the three R's: Respect for Self, Respect for Others and Responsibility for all your Actions"-Dali Lama

JANUARY 25, 2015

"Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck"-Dali Lama

JANUARY 26, 2015

"Don't let a little dispute injure a great friendship"

                                             - Dali Lama

JANUARY 27, 2015

"The first step toward change is acceptance. Once you accept yourself, you open the door to change. That's all you have to do. Change is not something you do, it's something you allow"- Will Garcia

JANUARY 28, 2015

"Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless" -Mother Teresa

JANUARY 29, 2015

"Those who confess ignorance show it once. The person who conceals it shows it many times"

                                                     -Anonymous

JANUARY 30, 2015

"We cannot achieve more in life than what we believe in our heart of hearts we deserve to to have"-James R. Ball

JANUARY 31, 2015

"There is no limit to what we can be accomplished when no one cares who gets credit"-John Wooden

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STORY TELLING: Criteria and Guidelines

The following are the guidelines and criteria we used in our "story telling event" in class. Hope this will be of great help for those who are looking for mechanics on this craft.

1. Contest piece must be original or be adapted from the original.
2. Delivery must not less than 5 minutes nor more than 7 minutes.
3. The contestant is free to use the stage and show rapport with the audience.
4. No other parts of the body must touch the floor, except the feet.
5. Appropriate costume to identify the character must be worn.
6. Criteria for judging are:
            Elements of the Story/Degree of Difficulty  (20%)
            Craftsmanship/Interpretation (40%)
            Delivery (30%)
            Over-all Impact and Rapport (10%)

POETRY INTERPRETATION: Criteria and Guidelines

The following are the criteria and guidelines we crafted for our class Poetry Interpretation Contest.

1. All pieces should be restricted to romance or ballad genres of poetry.
2. Interpreter must memorize his/her contest piece.
3. The use of props, power point presentation and background music is under the contestant's        discretion.  However, messy props and the use of fire are strictly prohibited.
4. The delivery must not be less than five (5) minutes nor more than 7 minutes.
5. Appropriate costume to identify the character should be used.
6. The judging will be based on the following: 
              Interpretation (40%), 
              Delivery (30%),                            
              Craftsmanship (20%)  
              Stage Presence (10%).
7. The decision of the judges is FINAL and irrevocable.

"BECAUSE YOU KISSED ME GOODNIGHT"

This is a love poem by Sandy Rolstan which I used to give emphasis on Simple Tenses of the Verb. I climbed the door and open the stairs I said my pajamas and put on my prayers Then turn off my bed and crawled into the light All because you kissed me goodnight. Next morning, I woke and scrambled my shoes Polished my eggs and toasted the news I couldn't tell my left from right All because you kissed me goodnight. That evening, at last, I felt normal again I called up my mother and picked up the phone I spoke to my puppy and threw a dad a bone Even at midnight, the sun was still bright All because you kissed me goodnight.

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PITIK sa KASINGKASING (Heartbeat): Asa na?

PITIK sa KASINGKASING (Heartbeat): Asa na?

How to Teach Following Directions?

            In my English 1 (Study and Thinking Class), I employed the PHOTO Scavenger Hunt in teaching my students the skill of "following directions or instructions.  PHOTO Scavenger Hunt is just a modification of treasure hunting usually done during parties or anniversaries. Instead of hunting for treasures, my students will simply get arm with digital cameras or cellphones capable of taking pictures. Of course, I did the announcement of bringing their cameras beforehand.

      

Symbol of Unity and Solidarity of Group 4

               The class of 30 is divided into 5 groups. They are requested to choose for their leader who will facilitate the task and a spokesperson to ask and clarify if in case there would misunderstandings between them and the tasks.

                 Before the task is handed to them, they were told to enjoy the activity but avoid disturbing other classes. The group's output will be graded according to the completeness of the task, quality of the product and the speed on completing the task.

       

                Below are the mechanics of the game.

General Instructions: King Arnold is forgetting memories during his royal visit in DNSC. Can you help him remember those things? If yes, then do the following instructions. If not, then your journey ends here. Unfortunately the King failed to choose you as his soldiers of memories. Note: Always ask permission if you'll take picture from a stranger.

Sweet young couple

              1. After reading all the instructions, join your hands together to illustrate the group's unity and solidarity. Make sure that only joined hands could be seen in the picture. Ask a stranger ( not a member) to take the picture for you.

                2. Get a picture of five strangers queuing to buy something in the school canteen.

               3. Have a stolen picture from the other team while they are busy doing the activity. No faces should be seen in the camera.

               4. Get a close up picture of the three members of the group doing the face dance.

               5. Capture the sweet moment of a stranger couple anywhere in the campus.

               6. Take a picture of those getting a nap inside the library. Make sure that no one notices you even the librarian.

               7. Re-enact a scene or form a tableau from the team's favorite TV series. All members of the group must be in the picture.

               8. Have the team act like they are studying for an exam.

               9. Look around! Take picture on something that resembles to letters D, N, S, C. Note printed letters or intentionally formed letters will not be accepted.

              10. Afte

r doing all the tasks, submit the camera to King Arnold and find if your team is able to help him remember things! Good Luck!

The Group 1 re-enacting a scene from their fave TV Series.

   

Quotable Quotes for Reading

          During my reading, I encountered a lot of reading quotes that personally caught my attention to significantly pause and reflect. This post is to generously share to you the treasures I found when reading. Kudos to the brilliant minds who have created all of these wisdom. 

1. "Love is irresistible to be irresistibly desired" -Robert Frost
2. "To learn to read is to light a fire, every syllable that is spelled    
     out, is a spark". -Victor Hugo.
3. "Reading of all good books is like a conversation with the finest 
      minds in the past centuries."- Rene Descartes
4. "Weak people revenge, strong people forgive, but intelligent 
       people ignore".- Albert Einstein
5. "If you fail to prepare, you prepare to fail".- John Wooden
6.  "Do not compare yourself with anyone in this world, or else   
       you  are insulting yourself".- Bill Gates
7. "Maturity starts when you stop pointing fingers to others".
      - Anonymous
8. "No one can change a person but a person could be a reason 
      for  a person to change".- Spongebob
9. "To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting".
     - Robert Burke
10.  "We read to know that we are not alone."- William Nicholson
11. " A man only learns in two ways: one by reading, and the other 
       is by association with smarter people."- Will Rogers
12. "Well done is better than well said".- Benjamin Franklin
13. " Nothing can brings you peace but yourself".- Ralph Waldo Emerson
14."Think before you speak, read before you think."- Frances Ann
15. "You are never alone when you are reading a book. -Susan Wiggs.

CRAZY STORY

This is an activity I employed to my students before teaching them Library Skills in our Study and Thinking Skills class. This is to acquire raw information directly from my students on their observation on our College Library. This is also to allow every student to participate in writing or in crafting a story.  After setting the mode, I provided them a blank sheets of paper for them to write their crazy stories. This is how we did the activity.

1. I wrote " CRAZY STORY" on the board. They were all excited upon reading the title because they're really expecting for a crazy story to be written by themselves. Others were hesitant because they might not deliver the expected output.
2. I wrote on the board again, "Once upon a time in a very cold morning inside the library......". They must start their story with this line. As a teacher, you may change the line depending on your lessons.
3. The first person holding the paper will complete the line that I have written on the board. They will continue writing until they'll hear STOP from me.
4. After hearing the word STOP, he will pass the paper to the next person to continue the story. To the next. And to the next and to the next..
5. The process is being repeated until when you think that the story is enough to be told.
6. Once in a while, you may call someone to read the portion of the story he is holding. This is just to add fun to the activity.
7. After you ended the process, let the last person to write the ending of the story and let them pass the paper once more to the next person. This time, tell them to write their name on the paper. Let them imagine also that the paper they are holding at the moment is their dreams written by unknown dreammakers.
8. Before ending the activity, call at least two or three of your students to read their dreams.
9. There will be a lot of fun while they are reading their crazy stories.
10. Make sure that you are always available for some profane words written as part of the story.

Here are some of  the crazy stories written:

Story # 1

Once upon a time, in a very cold morning inside the library, a group of nerds study their lessons. They were preparing for their History Quiz in the afternoon. They studied hard because they didn't want to fail for their long quiz. They had almost read all the books about history. Suddenly, all characters from the great history of the Philippines came out with different creepy faces. The characters talked to the nerds reading the book. The nerds were shocked. One of them was trying to clear up his thick eye glasses to make sure that he was just hallucinating. But no matter what he did, he was really sure that it was Mc Arthur who stared at him badly. Suddenly, he threw the book and screamed out loud. But to his surprise, his one geeky friend slapped him with a book on his face and asked him, "What's going on with you, Totoy?". It's too late for him to realize that he was just dreaming. He was so grateful with that scary dream. The old librarian saw what had happened and forced the group of nerds to go outside the library because they were disturbing other users. When they were about to leave the library, Totoy took a last look at the book. His friend once again asked him and shook his shoulders, "What's going on with you, Totoy?". But Totoy remained silent and dumbfounded. Then, Totoy lost his consciousness. His friends were so worried about what had happened to him. They were about to conclude some hypotheses that maybe Totoy is pregnant but some said that it would be impossible. Some also conclude that he was under a spell by the old librarian. From that day, Totoy never come back to the library again. He's afraid to see again those people in Death March waving and staring at him so blankly.

Story # 2

Once upon a time in a very cold morning inside the library, there is someone who is seriously reading a novel entitled, "My Prince and I". Her name is Fiona, a simple girl who is dreaming to have a love story like a fairytale. The story of the novel she is reading is all about a prince who had been cursed because of his being hedonism or playboy. He's a happy go lucky type of person bu he was afraid to face the consequences of his wrong actions. The prince was castigated to fall asleep for a long time of period. And in order to wake him up, he must have to have an authentic kiss from a crazy woman. Fiona as a reader and fan of of fairy tales tried to kiss the picture of the prince but it didn't work as expected. Once in a while, Fiona imagined that she was in a castle of the prince to rescue him. Then suddenly her imagination turned to real. Fiona felt the overflowing joy when she saw the prince closely. The prince is really a handsome man that's why Fiona felt in love with him instantly. While she was staring at the prince, she wondered why he was still asleep after she had kissed him. Fiona was very determined to awaken the prince but she had known nothing on how to wake up the prince. She became paranoid in thinking that the prince may already pushing up the daisies. She called anybody to help her. She called the doctor, the nurse and even the bomber man just to awaken the prince. But they were all failure. With Fiona's desire to awaken the prince, she gave the warmest kiss to the prince without hesitation. Luckily, it made the prince seemed to wake up. Before the prince could open his eyes, Fiona felt an irksome slap that made her awake. Her friend slapped her for being insane because she is kissing the picture of the prince in the book more than minutes ago. Fiona was ashamed but felt happy of her dream.

Story # 3 Unedited

Once upon a time in a very cold morning inside the library, there is a worm that is roaming around the history book. It is finding the origin of the worm, then there was a boy who wanted to borrow the book but he didn't know where the book was located so he decided to sit for awhile. Then, he stood up again. He saw the worm smiling at him. The boy was shocked! He kicked the worm. The worm flew away. The boy laughed and laughed. Then the worm took revenge and went inside the boy's pants. The boy screeched inside the library which was very embarrassing! And all the people inside the library were shocked of what the boy was doing. The end.