A showcase of Culture and Tradition.  Every province, town and  municipalities have a fest to celebrate because in this festival they can share and introduce their products, culture, traditions and traits. Giving importance and respect to their province.  Ilocos Sur, our very own province has rich and stunning cultures and traditions that we Ilocanos must be proud of. In order to showcase these, we have important festives just to exhibit and promote products of ours and precious cultures of Ilocanos to attract and invite tourists to come and visit Ilocos. One of these is the Kannawidan Ylocos Festival which is a week-long festive of happiness for local and foreign tourists as more entertaining events are included in the celebration.

              Now on its 7th year, the Kannawidan Ylocos Festival had already established its identity as the prime festival of the province. The festival was launched in 2008 under the leadership of then Governor Deogracias Victor B. Savellano to commemorate the 190th foundation day of Ilocos Sur as separate province through the approval of a Spanish Royal Decree on February 2, 1818. The province has a rich heritage and unique cultures that need to be preserved for the next generations. However, many of these traditions, songs, dances and other Ilocano cultures were not already familiar to the younger generations due to the influence of the television, computer and internet.

             Highlights include the members of the Bayanihan Dance Company entertained the Ilocanos with their world class performance of the Beauty of the Philippines through dances, music and sounds. Their graceful movements and excellent rendition of songs and playing the indigenous musical instruments drew attractions from the crowd. These include traditional tribal rituals, choir and glee club competition, marching band contest, traditional music ensemble, dance drama, traditional and folk dances, contemporary dance competition and street dancing showdown. These events aimed to encourage young Ilocanos to learn these indigenous songs and dances for sustainability and preservation. Another important event is the Partuat ken Patanor Trade and Agri Fair. Officials from the trade and agri fair displayed all products from the different towns of the Ilocos Sur and its nearby provinces. The annual “Pinaka Contest” was also held to give citations the local farmers’ extraordinary farm and fishery products and livestock.

             This Kannawidan Ylocos Festival aims to create awareness on the preservation of the province’ rich cultural heritage, practices and traditions, and a showcase of the different agriculture and industry products. We, Ilocanos should all be proud of with this because we are having this for tourists to appreciate our rich culture. Moreover, let us all preserve these cultures for next generations and this will serve as our trademark as an Ilocano. Let's treasure all what we have as a Biguenos.

New Year New Me

                    

                          The New Year is a great time to reflect on the changes we want to or need to make. New year's resolution, some of us believe this but some also don't believe on this kind of promises. I usually make simple resolution, which i can easily fulfill by myself. This year i have resolved to have a better understanding of my subjects, especially the ones i disliked earlier. I have decided to get a good result in my exams. We need this resolution for us to know what we will change and what we will do for this new year, it can change your self from good to better or from good to worse.

                     People around the world need to change what bad sides they have now, like me I'll change what people don't want on me; because people who are with me may affect our friendship or it can destroy our relationships not only to my friends but also to my beloved family and God. Many people say that resolutions are only made to be broken but it is not so. As a student my resolutions usually revolves around the studies, professional and personal growth. My parents, friends and relatives influence my resolutions. Majority on them told me that I should change my bad attitude like being a surly to them, Yes! I'll do what you want me to change, it can also change me as a better person not only to myself but all people around me who want a better me. One of my resolution this year is to have a place on our graduation day, so I'll not be better but be best for me to garner what I really want and I'll keep this as an inspiration on my day to day life. I would like my parents to be proud of me as a graduate with honor for them to realize that I'm always treasuring all their sacrifices just to make me educated for all this years. I promise that this year I'll change all my negative sides. I will take a flashback for me to remember all the bad things I've done in this world.

                    What only think is the sake of all your love ones just to make them happy as you are. They say "a negative mind will never give you a positive life." Burn all your negative mind and start writing your positive life for this new year. Forget all the problems yesterday and start this year a new life.

Reflection

                 New Grading already, just like yesterday was the first day of school. Next week is the beginning of the 4th grading period. I can now feel the smell of our graduation day. It’s another problems, challenges and difficulties that I will encounter this next grading period. 

              In our ICT class I learned many things from it, in this grading period. Especially in the activities more about in HTML Images, about the ALT attribute, aligning images, adjusting sizes of images, about the Hyperlinks, HTML links and about Windows Movie Maker. And now i can now make my own and personalized movie. I'm glad because I can now make movies as many as I can. Unlike before, I don't know how to use it and I'm just dreaming that I can make it just like them. Thanks to my classmates who helped me and guided me to know our lessons in ICT. We did some activities about the hypertext markup language. 

           This Quarter, 2 different contests I've joined. During our practices, I've met new real and true friends. I sacrificed my time in my class just to represent my School Ilocos Sur National High School. See? Among the contests I've joined (Longganisa Street Dancing and Showdown and Teacher-Student Got Talent) we've got the 1st Place. All of our sacrifices were replaced with good things. That's a great blessings we've received this grading period.

        This quarter makes me defiant and resourceful because of the challenging works and times. This next quarter, I will change everything especially my negative sides for me to become better.

                

            

Essence Of Christmas

             Christmas.... Christmas... Christmas we're celebrating this occasion every end of the year. Christmas is the birth of Jesus our savior. He sacrificed His life to protect and save us, He sacrificed His life for the forgiveness of our sins. We are celebrating Christmas every 25th day of December. We're making this day a very special day. Some of us preparing delicious foods, most of them are sweet foods to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ, they call this celebration as Noche Buena.

              The real essence of Christmas is about giving, sharing, loving, forgiving. Not only during Christmas we are doing this good things to other, what if everyday we are doing this to the persons around us. We all know that Jesus our savior is the star of Christmas, we should not forget that He is the star of Christmas not Santa Claus. Every Christmas day we receives gifts and most of all we are giving gifts, it's okay if I can't receive a gift at least I gave gifts to the people who badly needs it. We must help one another, love, care, give, share and forgive , this is the real essence of Christmas.
             Christmas is not only about the gifts we receive, the foods we eat at Noche Buena, the Christmas decorations inside and out of the house. But Christmas is complete without that things, but Christmas is incomplete if we are not giving, loving, sharing, caring and forgiving.

            

Climate Change

               Nowadays, we people living on earth suffering from many different kinds of climates. This Days we are experiencing very intense, very hard, super typhoons and so on that can change one's life. What is this climate change who's changing our lives from better to worse, how can we stop yhis kind of changes in our community.

           

 

               Super Typhoons, earthquakes always visit our country Philippines, who hits the central ( Visayas ) here in the Philippines which causes the death of many Filipinos. People around the world especially our country Philippines were all shocked after the super typhoon (most super typhoon in the world) hits Philippines. Many dreams were vanished to the survivors in the place especially to thepeople who were not lucky to live once more. Many crazy climates hitting some parts of the world, leading to worst from the better before.

               Due to this Climate Change, we must know how to help mother earth, not helping ourselves only.

             

Equal Rights, Equal Opportunities

                Everyday, unequal rights and unequal opportunities here in the Philippines. This is unfair to the students who graduated in a low school. It is fact that there’s only one Creator who made all the things and living organism on Earth and created us, human beings.

               Graduates from a low school or not popular school and other public schools or college schools. Some of the graduates from this school were hard to find and search a work base on their course. 75% of them can't find a good work but in private or a high schools, 95% f the graduates from this schools can find a work after they were graduated. So the student's who can't find a work eventhough they are graduate as cumlaude, all of them and her companions shouting the word "unfair". Example when a graduate from public schools and a graduate from private schools; when both of them applied as an engineer in a company; a graduate from the public school is a cumlaude and a graduate from the private school graduated without an honor; the company will 100% picked or hired the graduate from a higher school. In this situation there is know equality.

              We should protest for "Equal Rights Equal Oppurtunities" for us to help the graduates from low schools to fight their right as a graduate against discriminations. All of us have the right to learn and expand our knowledge about everything. All of us have the right to love and to be loved. All of us have the opportunity to be successful in life. All of us have our rights and opportunities and no one have the right to take it from us. 

                   

 Going Global 

Trough English Language

                    Every country in this world needs to use English Language to communicate in the other country or nation. English language is our international language, there are lots of language here in the world but only one language we should use to communicate in every country and this is the English Language.

               
                   The theme means that our own or local language such as: Filipino, Thai, Chinese Language and etc. are not enough for us to communicate in different languages. If we used only one neatly and efficiently; we quickly understood what the other person in the other country's saying. What only i can say to he people living in a country with each local language except the english language; we should study and learn more about the english language on how to speak and to communicate once person.

             
         

           Only one language can lead us to one dream, a dream to have a peaceful and most of all to communicate easily.