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LOVE YOURSELF

I love food! Yes, FOOD! It's what keeps me happy. Food was always there by my side through good times and bad times. I didn't care what my size is, as long as I was happy and contented, everything's okay. Then my nightmare begins. It all started when I was 15, grade 7 student. They say highschool is the best thing ever in your life so I was hoping It'll be fun.. but turns out it wasn't fun as the others make it sound. It was horrifying. I get bullied all the time and they would often call me names and scream "EARTHQUAKE!!" whenever I walk by or during P.E. Whenever it's break time or lunch time, everyone would just stare at me with the amount of food that I eat, but this is who I am. I was happy with this. But as the years pass by, The same thing happens to me. Bully bully bully. I've had enough, I was depressed and that's when self harm comes in my mind. But I knew better than that. I knew I had to change my habits. I know it wasn't going to be easy but I had to lose weight. Yes. Lose weights. I can't believe I had to lose weight just so people would like me and stop bullying me. I had to give up my happiness (food) but I told myself, "would you rather get bigger in the future and let people judge you the way you look?" Well sure enough I didn't want that. I took a good look with myself in the mirror and my photos. Gosh. I was sooooo fat. I keep comparing myself to others. It was an eye opening moment when I suddenly had the thought that in the near future I  might get diabetes if I don't lose weight now. So... I challenged myself. I had to take this step by step. I ate less food than what I normally eat. I hate exercising but I had to. The first week was hell. But still I continued. I started drinking tea and more water. After a month I looked in the mirror and told myself, nothing's changed? So I kept on going and I don't know if I should be happy because my family keeps teasing me I'm losing weight and keeps asking me if I was sick. I didn't know what to say, I was too happy? Confused? Or better yet, I didn't know if I should believe them. I don't know if they're trying to make me feel better but I swear when I had this medical check up. As soon as they were checking how I weight, I expected it to be the same,(maybe around 75kilo above) but to my surprise they said I was 65kilo. I was stunned. I lose weight. (I know it wasn't a big change but still, Its just too awesome for me? I don't know, lol but the feeling was amazing when you hear the word you lost weight just by two months) I wasn't as fat as before. That's when I started to see it too. My pants aren't that tight anymore, I didn't looked like a squeezed person in my shirt (mukang suman lmao)  But it was never enough, I'm still fat so untill now in this very moment I'm still doing my best to be a better me. But you know, I might stop soon. Because I realized it's my body. I didn't have to please anyone. If they hate it then fine, I'm too busy Loving people who loves me. I love myself. I love my flaws. I want anybody who's reading this know that, Don't let anyone define who you are. Each and everyone of you is special in your own way. You are beautiful and don't let anyone tell you otherwise.

Love Yourself. You are you, and that "You" is amazing

- Marjo Francisco

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I MISS MY PARENTS

Good day to all of you, I'm Mark Marks. I'm already in grade 11. My blog is about parents working abroad for their family. So this is my blog because I am experiencing the children left behind because their parents have to leave for the future. Good to hear the word "Other country" is good but if there is a loss in our family it is sad. Since 2 years you end up with no one to care for you when you get sick and you will not take care of yourself. The type you are happy is because your parent is working abroad but you are also not happy to be separated from our loved ones. So that in order to satisfy my parents' suffering with others I will reward them with hard work, love and effort to study and show them that it is worth sacrificing them to go abroad to work. I miss my parent, do you miss your parents working abroad?

- Mark Kim Masilang

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AVERAGE PERSON

The only thing you can do is to think that you can not do things that you know you can not do. Sometimes when you see someone "let's say that's almost perfect" but you know for yourself that no one is perfect because God even makes his own mistake. Can you imagine if you can do what they do? If you can also be good at everything, you will lose self-esteem or self-esteem. You are ashamed to interact with people because you think you are an average person. Many go into your mind to question why I am just like this? Why is this just like me? Why would they do that until I'm here? That's just one of the examples of those who come into your mind. We know we are all equal but why is this? All you have to do is do as well.

- Elijah Red Estera

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NOT SO TYPICAL LIFE

My life is not a typical Teenager life. maybe it is kind of a dream life and a boring life or maybe in between. this blog will be talking about Ethan life or my life. maybe i'll start my story when i was a kid. When i was 5 years old we lived in Sta. Mesa, Manila. We live with this three other families.(my aunties, uncle and cousins) Yep, you heard it right.Just Like what they said, the more the merrier. and i could say that sayings is really true because living with my cousins was so fun. we build memories together and get in trouble together. We all live in a one big old house. you must be thinking why we live with those families. My Dad really want to buy us our house to live. but we are really broke back then. But because of my Dad's hardwork we bought a house in Imus,Cavite where we live today. Every year my Dads hardwork always paying off and i can say we are now living a Good steady life. but the sad part is I grew up without my father by my side. He provide me anything i need and wants but he can not provide me his presence. i grew up with my Brothers and mother. But when i was fourteen years old my Mother got her job. and that's the time both of them begins to get busy, but as a matured thinker i really understand them. I start going to school here in Cavite when i was a Grade 3. many people tries to bully me but they did not know this man is a fighter haha i always fight back when needed. as i get older my physical appearance begin to be matured and people begun to treat me differently and i asked why? My friends said" maybe you starting to look good now because when we were a kid you look like a potato"and thats the time i started to hate the society, i hated it because you need to look good to be fully accepted and it sucks. when i start being a highschool student we begin to form a squad and i can tell this Squad becomes one of the famous one when we begun to be a 4th year HS, and we really do not know why. because of this groups fame the members of this squad also became very well known on our campus. but we really did not form this squad to be entitled like that, we just wanna have fun and i can tell this squad is one of my happy pill. when we became a Senior High School we started going to Emilio Aguinaldo College, all of us goes to EAC but one of our friend goes to LPU because he really thinks that he has a bright future there blablabla.. this friend that i have been talking about is my bestbro we have been friends since we were a child and we are like a twins because wherever i go he is always there (i know it's weird). it is really hard to be in a campus without my bestfriend because he used to be by my side since we were kids. that is all for now Most of you might think that my life is a dream life or a boring life but who cares i am just living my life and take note most Millenials think that being famous is how you win in life, but that is wrong. as long as your happy and contented that is how you truly WIN in life.

- Ethan Reyes

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You are more than just a pretty girl.

Dear you, You are more than just a pretty girl You should be proud to yourself. You are unique. You should be so much more. I know lately you spend your time watching her. How she did her make ups. I caught you practicing doing it. You try and try and try to make it perfect. To be like her. You even try to buy products she used. Don't get me wrong, Im not against her. To be pretty is good. In fact I am doing them all too. I even spend some of my time watching her. It makes me happy. I love learning and exploring new things. But at the end of the day, when pretty disappears, when you wash your face. Here comes you. Who are you going to be? You are pretty, no. You are Unique. You are not just a typical woman. But a woman like you is human being made by God that is unrepeatable. Every time you look in the mirror you feel confused. You are not confident. You comb your hair repeatedly, you can't even leave without putting any powders or make ups. Don't forget that you are special because you are fearfully and wonderfully made. All you need is to wear your smile. Be proud, be confident, you are unique, be you. You are pretty, no. You are precious. You are everything God has called you to be. No matter how impossible it may seem. Keep pursuing. Keep doing. Even if you no longer see what’s ahead of you, keep trusting. There will be so much more than pretty. You are pretty everything that Someone believes worthy to die for. You are pretty everything that Someone believes worthy to forgive every single day. You are pretty everything that Someone believes worthy to love greatly and endlessly. You are pretty smart, pretty gentle and gracious, pretty loved, pretty worthy of everything. But you will never be just “pretty.” You are more.

- Samantha Yaranon 

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La Union: The Poor Traveler

Many of us are interested to go to a different places that has plenty of beautiful views. A place where you can enjoy the most and the place I’m referring to is La Union. This is one of the most popular place for you to find different sights such as the “Bahay na Bato” that will really impress you a lot. I will share with you my experience when I came here. It is located in Luna, La Union. Our trip was a bit long since it was far from where we staying, to my relatives in La Union. When I came in the house, I was surprised because the stone were standing and attached on the wall. It also has souvenirs that are made of stones and keychain. It has a terrace if you want to chill while watching the waves of the sea whose name is Luna Pebble Beach. We also went to San Juan Surf. As I’ve heard, it is called “Surfing Capital of the Philppines”. You don’t even have to go outside to buy foods, so if you are hungry, you don’t need to worry about it. Before we went home to Cavite, we finally went to Tangadan Falls. It is also one of the most visited destination in La Union. It is high and slippery so you have to be careful every step. It is better to walk early in the morning because it is too hot at noon. Most people who went there are prefer in the top of the falls to jump. If you are planning to take a trip to La Union, try this first before you leave. Your vacation will be memorable when you see this place. It’s better if you have family or relatives there to spend less money. This is the best but there are more beautiful spots to visit in La Union.

- Joseph De Leon

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My Emilian Life

Hi everyone welcome to my blog, my name is Geishler C. Gerasol mostly called as Owan and im sixteen born on December 14, 2001 in Zamboanga Sibugay. Just a little bit introduction about me, I am an grade eleven student of Emilio Aguinaldo College currently pursuing the strand of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. For formality, I am just an grade eleven transferee here in Emilio Aguinaldo College so basically I am new to this kind of environment and currently adjusting to be more fit in this thing they call "Emilian Culture". In the days passed I can say that being an student of EAC and being a good emilian at the same for me time is very challenging yet quite amusing in a way of adjusting in the daily routines that I had from my previous school lifestyle for example the distance that I travel from my house to my previous school is that I only needed to ride one jeepney ride to get there unlike now in emilio aguinaldo college I needed to ride one tricycle and jeepney ride daily just to get there, see that's just one of many incoviences I currently adjusting to as an student of Emilio Aguinaldo College.      I am more thankful now that despite the fact That I am new to Emilio Aguinaldo College is that the relationship between me and my clasmates and teachers are comparably similar already to the relationship that I had towards my parents. I am now currently adjusting to this Emilian life of mine and hoping for the days to come is to be full of blessing and time of grow for me as a student of emilio aguinaldo, as an individual in an certain community, as a friend, and most importantly as an family member. Thank you for the time you've spent reading this blog of mine I hope that you learned some things in my blog and  can apply it to your life also.

- Geishler Gerasol

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Loneliness

2016 in the morning. Its start when i was in junior high school. That day i was. So lonely but suddenly my phone pops up a message, a message from my cousin. He asked me if what gift i want to buy, because my birthday is 2 weeks ahead so i eeply to him " anything that makes you happy if you give it to me". So my cousin decide if a guitar or a money, so i choose a guitar because if i choose a money i will spend it in computer shop. After a 1 week my cousin visit my house while holding a guitar and he immediately  give the guitar to me because he will have an appointment in 1 hour so he can't stay longer talk to me. And this guitar is advanced gift for my birthday , i suddenly smile and surprise because this is my first time to have an a guitar. As i check his gift (my guitar) i found something rusty inside of the guitar, i thought the guitar is broke but as i checked again it says that this guitar is old i am really really shock on that day because this gift is an second hand guitar but it is still look like a new guitar. The name of the guitar is phoenix as i see inside of the guitar. On that day i was so excited but i know in myself i don't know how to play. But on that day i will try my best and pursue my skill to become comfortable to play a guitar, i escaped from loneliness inside me. Every time i play a guitar it makes me feel happy and relaxed.

- Kyle Vincent Despi

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#NeverForget

Once upon a rainy morning with  cool breeze of December. I was laying on my bed thinking on how I should start my day, did I really want to started it already? I doubt. My body was perfectly fitted in the bed that morning. The warm hugs of my blacket makes it hard for me to leave and the strong magnetic field of my bed makes it hard for the stand. It looks like my body dont feel like going to school that day. But I have, I should since it was the first day of our exam. Like a snail I climb down to our stairs without opening my eyes. Thinking I have to do this. I have to do this. Since I was to lazy to get up, I leave our house late .Fortunately there's no jeepney passing by so I've waited to long to ride jeepney. When I got into the jeepney, I dont know if I just feel that way because of the pressure or the jeepney are just really slow. After that unbearable long ride. Im ready to go. I pushed myself outside of the jeepney facing my former school with a game face on. Looks like Im ready for a battle of life. Well that was really a battle since I have to run like a monster to get in my classroom. I was running really fast considering that my room was located at the 3rd floor. So I really have to run. It was like a life and death situation. I was really rushing to my room because I remember it was the day of exam where we're going to take Math. I was breathing so hard when i got infront of our classroom's door. I was expecting million of stares from my classmates and my teacher since I was super late but I only got one. One stare from our school janitor with an empty room. We stare at each other for almost a minute. I was absorbing the scene and when i got myself out of that awkward staring contest I think. I immediately asked the school janitor and also myself. Where is my classmate? They're suppose to be here by this time taking our periodical exam. But before she speak and answer my question there's a senario flashed to my mind. It was our teacher reminding us that we are the second batch to get the examination. That means we're going to take the exam at exactly 10 am in the morning. I immediately look at my watch and sadly it was just 8 am in the morning. What will I do there for two hours. Its was so depressing since I forgot to bring my reviewers with me so I have to waste that two hours of my life thinking that I am supposed to be sleeping at that time but there Im in the middle of our classroom with the school janitor. Breathing the scent of zonrox she's putting on our floor. As I watched the school janitor cleaning our room I realized something,  listening to announcement do really matters. I wish it will never happen to me again. For me time is gold and so that two hours is as important as gold and wasting that makes me feel bad.

- Alizzah Terite

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Experience

I would like to start a blog to express and to share my thoughts, feelings and experiences. To start my blog I’ll give a short introduction about myself. I’m Vanessa Mae Tunga Juanich, and I’m 15 years existing in our earth’s crust and also surviving from all those toxic things/people that our planet had. So I’m just an ordinary girl with a simple dream and nothing new.  I’d like to share my past experience about writing an diary, I got a trauma because my mother suddenly read my diary and that was so embarrassing, until now she teased me of who my crush is. So anyways, I have lot of things I want to share with but it is too hard for me to translate it in English just kidding. But to be honest, I really want to list down every single detail my life because I was only given a life, only one. I want to enjoy my life by doing what I want to do and also not to forget Him. I want to share my embarrassing moments, most memorable and unforgettable moments. But I wasn’t able to share all those thing with you but instead, I’ll go for something new to spice up our traditional way of making blogs. I really don’t know how to start that thing lol. I’ll just share my first impression and expectations about Emilio Aguinaldo College. The facilities are good and the school is clean even if they we’re making another building. I didn’t expect a lot because expectations vs. reality just kidding. I just want to learn new things and to interact with another people that I haven’t know nor meet yet, to build confident to show who am I , to enhance my skills and what are the things what I can do. Now, I am officially a Senior High School student. I’ll give you some advice to not be scared of facing another chapter of life. First, pray and give praise to God our Father who’ll sustain our daily needs. Second, you should change your lifestyle for you to easily adopt your Senior High School life. Third, just enjoy everything because it is a once in a life time experience. Third, don’t be mad to your teachers because of he/she gives you so many paper works, remember it is too hard to do such things while you’re hating it, just think that someday you’ll harvest those seeds you where planting today and with the sweetest fruit you’ll ever taste. And lastly, like what I’ve said in first tip, when you are already tired, pray. If you’re already down, pray. Like what they said “when you are down to nothing, God is up for something”. Just always remember and keep his name anytime, because He is always willing to help his children who is suffering.

- Vanessa Mae Juanich