The July 22, 2011 Astronomy Day.

July 22, 2011: The Friday for astronomers to amuse the students of CNSHS. That day made me curious. I thought astronomers cannot travel and they can only stay in their offices to tackle some research about space. But those astronomers were said to be “travellers” around the country. From Ilocos Norte to Davao, they travel using their mobile station and continue to amuse and not only to amuse, but to let the students excel in their space knowledge by their “props” such as the reigning Space Dome, the thrilling Film Showing, the amazing Exhibit, the challenging Ask An Astronomer portion, and the exciting Stargazing.

 That morning, we students of III-Oxygen were cleaning and bringing our chairs and tables outside the Physics lab, or our respective room. Physics Lab was going to be the place where the Exhibit will take place. We were brought in the Research Lab and had enjoyment because of the air conditioner. We had our English class with fun. We had a game, not just a game, but a word game, where the last letter of the word that the person will give was to be constructed to make a word. After that, I had my recess with Erick. 9:30 a.m.; I thought that time will be the start of the activities in Astronomy day, when Mrs. Berganos went in the room, asking us to prepare our laboratory notebook. I got shocked because I thought we will start the activities. So that came to the result of making Mrs. Berganos coming back to her room.  And then we went out, being excited for the Film Showing. While watching, I heard someone in the movie named as Hans Lippershey. They all looked at me. I said to myself, “Oh God...”. After the Film Showing, we had a 15-minute wait for the Batch 2 to go out of the Dome for us to take place. By surprise, I felt like I was in the Planetarium in Manila. About the constellations, planets and time, I got amazed. So we went in the next station, the Exhibit. I saw some pictures from NASA and the actual meteoroids. But I never had my actual touch in the meteoroids because of the long line. And then lunch, I and Erick went out to eat at my house, expecting “someone” to join me. Ask an Astronomer portion: that made me sleepy (just joking). I learned some answers of those questions that others gave. Unfortunately, we did not tackle the exciting Stargazing, due to heavy rain. And after that, the III – O had a rest and went home safely. And I thank God for the “not so enjoying” day because no one of us got accidents. 

“I’ve never been as scared as I was when...”

I’ve never been as scared as I was when I was left alone in my house at the age of 7 or 8. That was my frightful morning that when I wake up, I noticed that my parents are not around inside the house, and no concern in my brother and sister, who were in Manila that time due to studies and work. I shouted, “MA! PA! Nasaan kayo?!”. I came in search of them, thinking on that time that they were in danger. And there came a time that I went in the house at the front of our house, the Velando residence with their funeral service that time, because they have a funeral business with the name “Funeraria Magdalena”.  The breadwinner of the family, “Mang Boy” as the one that I call, saw me and asked me what was happening. I told him that my parents are missing. So that came to the point that he gave me a hot chocolate and let me rest in their couch. And hours later, my parents went back and I was crying that time. They told me that they bought me food. And that made me happy, but I considered it as one of my scariest moments of my life...

My Hobbies of Thy Life.

            Every person has its hobby. A hobby is the activity of an individual to have a relaxing life. Hobbies of people are sometimes enjoyable or sometimes boring. And for me, I got some hobbies that other people and I have in common. My favourite hobbies are sketching portraits, playing computer games, watching movies, and listening to music.

            First of all, I really love sketching portraits. Actually, I consider it as a part of my life. There is no day that I am not going to sketch. And sometimes, I use it as the attraction in my friends. They would have my attention as they look in my sketches.

Sketching
"A magnificent sketch by its magnificent owner with his magnificent pencil..."

            I love to play computer games. I would choose on those mind-exercising games such as Prime Suspects, Text Twist, and Bookworm Adventures, or the games of my age such as Red Alert 3, GTA San Andreas, Scarface: The World is Yours and Call of Duty: World at War. Games sometimes make up my world.

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
"Ching bling..."

Scarface: The World is Yours
"Say Hello To My Little Friend!"

Command and Conquer: Red Alert 3
"The Empire rises..."

            I love to watch movies, especially war and suspense. My favourite movie is the trilogy pack of The Lord of the Rings (The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and The Return of the King.). I hate romance movies, in which gives me irritating voices from others such as “YIHEEEE”. It annoys me.

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
"One ring to rule them all..."

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
"The Journey Continues..."

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
"The Journey Ends..."

            And lastly, I like to listen in music. My interests of music are rock and instrumental. In rock, I had the bands AC/DC, The Beatles, Foo Fighters, Pearl Jam, and Metallica. In instrumental, I sometimes listen on the soundtracks of the movies such as Pirates of the Caribbean, The Lord of the Rings Trilogy and WWE.

Foo Fighters
"The Nirvana band of Dave Ghrol"

"Black Ice, Anything Goes..."