Girl friends for keeps!

The world is a cruel place, you gain friends but may also lose them, you get along with new people but you’re still longing for the one’s you just lose.

It feels great having friends with you don’t you? Someone you share your tears and laughter with, someone who’ll listen to all of your silly stories and teases you when your crush just happens to pass by. I love my friends and I consider them all one of a kind! Want to me them? J

My college friends – gaining friends during college would be that hard according for some, since it would also mean neither a different schedule nor a very different personality, but thinking  of that theory, I never thought I would totally and really meet and gain bff’s in collegeJ

with kim:)

Kimberly Vargas

Short, kikay, talkative but very fun to be with, that’s kim, or kimmy as how I call her.

She’s one of my closest friends that I love to be with, we could talk for a long period of time and just talk anything under the sunJ. A person who never fails to make you smile with her endearing talents she always wishes to haveJ and she definitely has the guts and confidence   to show it to everyone.

She’s very sweet and kind and really has a lot of friends as well. I love her, as she understands my actions and my words as well. We’re both maarte in the sense that it doesn’t really irritates other people (right?:))))) considering our height difference? It doesn’t really matter as long as we understood each other.

A person I would always seek to talk to, someone who is more pressured and stressed than I do, a person who’ll keep on singing no matter what,but a person with so much goodness all at the same time.

hosting Irynn's debut

Irynn Viray

One of my first friends as I enter my college life. A type of girl who definitely looks serious nor mataray at first, but once you get to know her, simple jokes -  usually unusual ones makes her totally laugh out loud! HahaJ.

She’s very gentle and kind and a true friend that would always make you feel she’s your friend whom you could talk to. Having a lot of experiences she could definitely help you out.

Very simple yet elegant, Irynn is really one of my girlfriends I’ll always wishes to keep, simply because she stays who she is, no matter what.

Katrina Bulgar

Trina, a best friend I never thought I would have. Since she’s the girl who is totally busy at all times, simply because she has a lot of responsibilities in school, Bebe, as how I call and others call her, a very industrious and responsible student you wishes you be with, having that guts and courage to really what she wanted to be is really admiring.

My thesis mate, whom I will definitely spend the rest of my college years, researching and studying with herJ but someone whom I would also be happy and grateful to be with, as we could share a lot of things together, stories and inspirations that would help us grow together, she’s open – minded, very understanding, cheerful and never fails to give you  hug and a kiss.

seatmate forever :) trina

A very thoughtful friend that would always think about you, what could I say? I’m just lucky to have her, considering that we don’t love or like the same thing most of the time! Still we manage to be close together and learn how to handle our differences.

My church buddies – having a different belief apart from my other friends, would also be pretty much hard at some point, but thinking that you could also gain friends from your church, is pretty more exciting as well.

church activity with Clarizel

Clarizel de Leon

Clang, a very talented girl who never wishes to make me sad, she cheers me up on certain matter, and chat with you about anything, being with her for a day? Wouldn’t really totally be enough for the two of us to talk about everthingJ

Very simple, who never wishes to put make up on!!! Ugh! HahaJ but still manage to remain pretty in her own simple way. She also has a huge range of friends out there, and manages to be with them most of the time.

Team Building with Anne

Roseanne San Miguel                             

Bru, as how we call each other. A friend who happens to be my bff’s unconsciously, everything was really unexpected, we started as church buddies and tend to keep on talking about simple matters, but as time goes on, we turned out, sharing more experiences and stories to each other, secrets that would really be kept for long.

I really trust her, and I would totally be always happy to be with her. We’re both tall, in the sense that many people calls us as the twin tower, we don’t have time for people that are insecure or what, coz. what matters in the end is how we get along with others nicelyJ, my forever partner that would be as cheerful as I do and endearing one of my best buddies!

Longtime besty – along time besty, as what is said are people who remains with me no matter what, knew me for the longest run.

Picture buddy with Sybil

Ma. Sybil Aguilos

My highschool bff! A person who is totally supportive at all times, having a lot of things in common that we could share to, bonding moments that we always look forward too.

She’s very generous in giving, gained friends for that matter, cheerful and happy. Very industrious and smart at the same time, odb? (ikaw na!)

Having to trust people is such a very hard thing at times, you didn’t actually know each other’s personalities and etc. at first,  but what matters most, is how the two of you eventually became friends that made you to love each other so much!

From my 19 years of existence, I could say that I  was truly able to meet true friends that would really help me, they serve as my inspiration and people whom I know I could depend on the future. I’m so lucky to meet them, for they’ve brought too much smiles into my life. Though I still have a lot of friends and super friends who were not mentioned above, still,  all of them are considered as my Girlfriend for keeps!♥

 

Climate Refugees



Ondoy Typhoon

A climate refugee is a person displaced by climatically induced environmental disasters. Such disasters result from incremental and rapid ecological change, resulting in increased droughts, desertification, sea level rise, and the more frequent occurrence of extreme weather events such as hurricanes, cyclones, fires, mass flooding and tornadoes.

Such examples would be as follows:

Iram, Olongapo

I would like to understand Climate Refugees, the way I've experienced it and the way my classmates and friends also do.

Actually, getting into Immersion to less privileged and less fortunate particularly on refugees people had always been introduced into me, ever since I was in High school.

playing with the kids

 It was in Junior High when  my first encounter of this co-called immersion took place, at Iram, Olongapo. Since this place were also being helped by my former school, La Concordia College. We stayed there for almost 2 days and even slept with them.

roaming around

It was pretty hard to go from one place apart from the other since there were no electricity in town and even having a shortage on water supply. It was pretty  scary especially for  first-timer like me.  I've never felt that kind of living before. There were really so poor and find so hard to survive, their jobs weren't really that stable and most of them just dreamed of coming in Manila, hoping that a better future awaits them.

There were really less privileged when it comes to various incentives nor help from the govt. since considering also the location of their houses, it was really far from direct industrialization.

Marian Hills, Olongapo

 A year after that, we went back for another Immersion, but this time it was held in Marian Hills, Olongapo. Since according to rumors, Iram, was no longer safe to had our immersion since there were badly hit by various tragedies.

 In Marian Hills, it was like somehow just the same as compare to Iram, but at least there place were more okay at this time, and some of the houses to have electricity supplies. There typical living was just hearing mass every Sunday and  the kids  just tend to have fun by just simply running everywhere and playing with one another.  Houses were alright, except that there roads and their streets all the way through their places were still not very convenient.



NSTP in Sta. Ana



Then, upon entering college, NSTP was catered to every each and one of us,

and though the setting were far different from my previous experiences still that also gave me an understanding of how to deal with our brothers and sisters who were really less fortunate compared to us, located within Manila. We've been there for 6 days, and helped them throughout their day.

Botolan

Then, Botolan Immersion was also  one of a kind experience since once again, I've been in Olongapo with our Indigenous brothers and sisters. The Aetas, whom have been terribly hurt and destructed through strong typhoons and climate calamities.



with Archie

Our stay in Botolan, was just a short minute of time but the learning’s and experiences from the story of their lives and their means of living would always serve as a great inspiration for us simple students to keep on pursuing this kind of charity work like what our mentor have taught us to do so.

"It is true that we cannot give what we do not have, but it is also true that in giving, it is not only the material thing that matters for all of them, sometimes we also have to realize that our ears to lend them voice out what they want and what they need could easily make a huge impact in their society, and us, students who are fortunate enough to have this kind of activity could used it to help them to make there life better and easier".

Also see:  www.climaterefugees.com/

       Also see : http://ilovenats.blogspot.com/2011/07/immersion-botolan-zambales.html

Peace Champion: Martin Luther King Jr.

Peace symbol c/o ABMC



Peace is indeed a word that has various meanings and people would come up with these meanings through different personal experiences and our way of understandings.

But according to www.wikipedia.com Peace was defined as a state of harmony characterized by the lack of violent conflict. Commonly understood as the absence of hostility.

And from the past years and decades that had passed , there were famous and known people who totally and showed great exemption when it comes with the promotion of Peace for their countrymen, for everybody else and for themselves.

Because of it, St. Paul University Manila, Institutional Research Department, had actually conducted and created a list of prominent leaders and people that could be worthy of the title

" Peace Champion"

One of them, and the one whom I wanted to highlight more is none other than

" MARTIN LUTHER KING JR." 

                                  

Martin Luther King Jr.

Martin Luther King, Jr. born on January 15, 1929 was an American clergyman, activist, and prominent leader in the African-American Civil Rights Movement.  He is best known for being an iconic figure in the advancement of civil rights in the United States and around the world, using nonviolent methods following the teachings of Mahatma Gandhi. King is often presented as a heroic leader in the history of modern American liberalism.

 for more information as to the life of King, watch : Biography

He was also a  Baptist minister, and became a civil rights activist early in his career. He led the 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott and helped found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in 1957, serving as its first president. King's efforts led to the 1963 March on Washington,in which his one of the most known controversy  speech "I have a dream" was delivered also on this day.

  

for full view of the transcribed speech visit:  full script

From there, he expanded American values to include the vision of a color blind society, and established his reputation as one of the greatest orators in American history.

In 1964, King became the youngest person to receive the Nobel Peace Prize for his work to end racial segregation and racial discrimination through civil disobedience and other nonviolent means. By the time of his death in 1968, he had refocused his efforts on ending poverty and stopping the Vietnam War.

King was assassinated on April 4, 1968, in Memphis, Tennessee. He was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1977 and Congressional Gold Medal in 2004; Martin Luther King, Jr. Day was established as a U.S. federal holiday in 1986.

What Martin Luther King Jr. showed was indeed a great power of courage and  sympathy to his countrymen and great love for others it is truly evident from his works and struggles and that is why until the present time, he is continually being viewed as a great hero and totally deserves to be called a Peace Champion.

 And from the exhibits that was presented in St. Paul Univerisity Manila, Martin Luther King Jr. didn't really failed to be one of the list to be place into consideration

During Exhibit in SPUM

Here is one last video presented by  Will I am and Martin Luther King Jr. the song -- I have a dream that was inspired from the struggle and experiences of Luther King himself)