Carla

            Christmas is one of the most awaited holidays of the year. With beautiful lights and warm greetings that contradicts the cold weather, the singing children that are clearly enjoying themselves, people exchanging gifts and expressing love to one another; there are countless reasons why Christmas is one of the most awaited holidays. It is known that the real essence of Christmas is about sharing love and expressing our greatest gratitude to the ones we love. It is about the birth of the almighty Jesus Christ. But due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, our actions are restricted.           With a focus on the virus and the guidelines against it, we are restricted with rules and guidelines on how to celebrate. We are only really allowed to celebrate with our household members, gatherings are limited and people should wear masks and have a distance. Due to this, we are discouraged to do or celebrat...

       When we look back at our childhood and the times when we were just mere children, just enjoying the world around us without worrying too much. When talking about childhood, you might remember the times where you were playing around in the grass, or maybe when you kept asking your parents questions, being the curious child that you are. Thinking back at these moments, we realize how important one’s childhood is to the development of a child. These childhood experiences are what teaches the child, and will soon grow with it. But this is where protecting the children and youth takes place.      Children are very diverse. They are all creative and are curious in many but different things, but despite being curios about how the world works, they are still clueless about the things and events that goes on around them. At this age, they are still way too innocent and vulnerable for the world. These precious and vulnerable children should be kept...

       Our planet, the Earth, is our home and the place where we live and sustains our needs. This is the place where we find peace, where we discover its wonders, the place where all our needs are given out to us. But are we giving back what the earth deserves from us? Are we living in perfect harmony with this so-called home of ours? The Earth is what keeps us alive, but us humans are slowly destroying it through our actions and habits. We have embraced a path of self-destruction in replace to our own selfish desires. We are destroying our home, our natural habitats, the beauty of the Earth, all because we are turning into a blind eye for our selfish desires.        As time passes by, there is still so much we could do to regain the strength and beauty of our environment. Even as teenagers, as children, we might feel like we are powerless and don’t know how to start taking action. But even as just normal citizens, we can start by mak...

In my short while of running a blog, there are many experiences that made me have different perspective of things. Throughout the different subjects and insights that I expressed through writing, I discovered more about my inner thoughts. Every new experience was, I would say the first time. It changed the course of how I use social media and how I express my thoughts online.       I’ve always been the type to not express my thoughts or emotions to others, more so online, where I barely even post anything. Through the course of this first quarter of us posting our views in different subjects, I’ve learned to actually get out of my comfort zone. I’ve realized that expressing your thoughts and own perspective on things can also help others as well. To be honest, I’ve never actually thought of running my own blog, and actually let a piece of my works out to the public. The consciousness that I feel whenever I post something as what hinders me from doing so. And like a...

       Since the COVID-19 outbreak in late December 2020, it has badly affected the lives of many people and wrecked-havoc across the world. People of all ages has been affected by the virus, and like any sector, education has been badly hit as well. Students of every year level, schools, and teachers have been having a hard time adjusting because of the current situations caused by the virus. COVID-19 has caused children and youth all over the world to be out of school in almost all countries. People are worried about our current phase and how long this crisis will have an impact on children and youth. The losses in learning, increase in dropout rates, and even behavior changes among children are worrisome.        Despite the huge impact the virus did to our economy and every other sectors, actions are made in order to continue the learning of children amidst the pandemic. Because students are unable to physically have classes and go to sc...

        The Philippines have faced not only natural disasters like typhoons, floods, fires, earthquakes, but was also badly affected during past wars, and is now widely affected by a pandemic. The COVID-19 pandemic has brought world challenges, and almost all countries had to shut down or slow down their economies in order to control the spread of the virus. The Philippines is not an exemption, as it had to take strict measures to halt the spread of the virus, and had to implement quarantine rules and regulations. Many netizens fear the virus will spread, causing threat to workers and causing a huge rate of them to go unemployed. Health workers are also in fear of catching the virus and possibly affecting them.      Despite the impact from the pandemic, the Philippines is managing to restore their economic rate and implement other ways to help raise the country once again. After a series of lockdowns in different parts in the country, it di...

  The moon is such a unique celestial body, while being complex at the same time due to its many phases. For the long while of me admiring the moon, I’ve come to terms at how similar I am to it. Besides the illuminating light amidst the dark night or the metaphor of saying how I shine despite the dark, the moon is a great motivator with many lessons for me. I consider myself like a moon, constantly wandering my eyes and mind at the unforeseen aspects of the earth. Constantly trying to be a small light and wondering about the world, while being a mystery in itself. I’ve always been a curious person, always researching and trying to understand the different perspectives of how the world works. Ironically enough, all while trying to understand the complexity of the world, I couldn’t even bring myself to understand myself. I’ve always found contentment and happiness from helping others, just a small light glowing and being their guide. Like the moon, I am a loyal companion; like how ...