Fibonacci Sequence Expressed In Nature

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZCyKp7znGk&feature=youtu.be

Filipino Presentation

Economics- no. 2 (p.50)

 
 

Table showing the difference of the consumption patterns of rural and urban place from 1978-1989

Economics; no. 1 (p.50)

TLE- Dish with Sauce

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsaIbFwqzYg&feature=youtu.be

TLE: Prepare a Soup Recipe

Ingredients

• 1 Whole Chicken
• 3 qt. low-sodium chicken broth
• 6 carrots
• 4 stalk celery
• 3 medium onions
• 5 black peppercorns
• 1 clove garlic
• 10 sprig parsley
• 2 sprig thyme
• 1 bay leaf
• 2 tbsp. unsalted butter
• 4 leeks
• 1 tsp. salt
• 1 tsp. fresh-ground pepper
• 3 c. medium egg noodles

1. Make the stock: Place the chicken and chicken broth in a large stockpot and set it over medium heat. Roughly chop 2 carrots, 2 celery ribs, and 1 onion and add to the broth. Add the peppercorns, garlic, 2 sprigs of parsley, thyme, bay leaf, and enough water to just cover the chicken. Bring the broth to a boil, reduce heat to a simmer, and cook until the chicken is very tender -- about 1 1/4 hours -- skimming the surface periodically. Remove the chicken and place in a large bowl. Strain the broth through a very fine sieve into a large, clean bowl or stockpot. Discard the vegetables.
2. Make the soup: Skim any fat off the top of the strained broth and discard. Slice the remaining carrots, celery, onions, and leeks into 1/4-inch-thick pieces and set aside. Remove and discard the skin and bones from the chicken, cut meat into 1/2-inch pieces, and set aside. Chop the remaining parsley leaves and set aside. Melt the butter in a large Dutch oven over medium heat. Add the vegetables and cook until the onions are translucent -- about 7 minutes. Add the chicken, the reserved broth, salt, and pepper. Simmer the soup until the vegetables are tender -- about 1 hour. Stir in the egg noodles and parsley and cook until the noodles are tender -- about 10 more minutes. Serve hot.

Filipino Requirement #1

Maikling-Kuwento: Okey sa ‘yo si Eric, ‘Tay?

Tauhan:

Gie- isang babaeng mahal ang isang lalakeng may pangalan na Eric, ngunit tinatago and kanyang nararamdaman dahil natatakot siyang mabigo ang kanyan itay.

Eric- Mahal niya si Gie ngunit di mapakali kung bakit siya iniiwasan nito.

Tatay- Mahal na mahal niya ang kanyang anak na si Gie at naniniwala siyang may magandang bukas ito.

 

Tagpuan:

Bahay ni Gie
*naghintay si Eric sa labas ng kanilang geyt doon para lamang makausap si Gie.
*dito nagusap and mag-ama ukol sa problemang naroon.

 

Banghay:

Nalaman ni Gie na mahal niya si Eric. Dahil takot siyang matulad sa kanyang ate na nabuntis at nagtanan kasama ang ibang lalaki, iniiwasan niya ngayon si Eric. Ngunit, mas hinabol siya nito.

Noong sinundan siya ni Eric sa  kanyang bahay, nagpaliwanag si Gie sa kanyang tatay at sinabi niya ang tunay na nararamdaman niya.

Sa huli, kahit masakit, pinakawalan siya noong tatay at hinayaang papasukin ang binata sa loob ng bahay.

 

Paningin:

Nangyayari ang lahat sa pananaw ni Gie.

 

Paksang-diwa o Tema:

Mababaw na istorya lamang siya ng pag-ibig, kaya wala ito masyadong aral. Itong maikling kwento na ito ay para lang maaliw ng may-akda ang mambabasa.

Economics no. 4 (p. 34)

PE- Exercise

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdMbsZbN9z4&feature=youtu.be

TLE- Pasta Dish

Tuna Pasta Dish

Link: https://youtu.be/C1n0p9m1O1Q

Mental Health- Interview

Aileen Santos took masters in psychology and is a registered guidance counselor.

Link: http://youtu.be/leAG7GoDq9I

ARTS p.30

ARTS p. 18

 

 

 

“The earth will not continue to offer its harvest, except with faithful stewardship. We cannot say we love the land and then take steps to destroy it for use by future generations.”
― Pope John Paul II

OPM SONG

 

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eonB3IDX24o&feature=youtu.be

July Reflection

Remember

“He saw the large crowd that was like sheep without shepherd. He felt sorry for the people and started teaching them many things.”
Mark 6:34

 

This is a passage that I understand very much.

This year, I’ve met and got to know more people than I expected I ever would in a span of just a few months. I have made friends from Camp CALYE, friends from CFA, friends from Feast PICC, and friends from Feast Alabang. Every person I meet is very different from the rest, but as I get to know each person, I realize that somehow they’re all the same. Everyone is craving for God’s love, even those who don’t know they do.

Most of the people I meet are all happy and friendly and it was easy to be friends with them. But as I got to know them more, I got to know their secrets, their fears, and everything else they have allowed me to know; I realized that they’re not that different from one another. They may be different people, but everyone has the same exact longing. And that is to be reminded or to remember that they are loved.

This is a fact: people forget how important they really are to God.

Another fact: some people have no idea that God loves them at all.

It’s disheartening to find out that the friends I’ve gotten know struggle with depression too (most teenagers do now, apparently, especially the ones in regular school.) They think they’re alone. They forget Who stands with them through it all.

I think that the main cause of depression is the lack of knowing of the truth. And the truth is that God loves as all. It may seem really cliché and overly redundant, but this is a constant fact. We forget that God cares about us, we forget that we matter to Him, therefore we forget to be happy.

God’s love is an amazing thing. I myself get lost too, I forget all about His love because I get distracted by so many things. But I found that if you really know how much you are cared about and how much God deems you worthy of every blessing He wants for you, you forget all about the sadness. You actually realize that this sadness is almost an illusion. It almost doesn’t exist.

Why does sadness exist? Well, why would it exist? If you have a God who provides you with everything you need, and if you have a God who loves you and accepts you no matter what you’ve become, why would you still be unhappy? That God up there loves you unconditionally, gadoi. You don’t have to be scared. You are never alone. You are important and you are His. He will never leave you alone.

 

 

If you have Him, by your side, 24/7… what do you have to be sad about? What do you have to worry about? Yes, you may think you have too many problems, and you may think that these are big. But remember, God is always bigger. Always. He’s the God of all galaxies, this dimension and the next. He is the God of legions of angels. Why do you still have to be afraid? Why do you still have to be sad? This God who is the King of all kings loves you. He knows you. He’s just right there. He is there for you.

My friends have shared to me their sadness. And when I hear about them I realize that they’re sad because they forget about the Truth. Truth is, God has never left them and never will. They’re not lost and they never are because God is always by their sides, just waiting. They just have to look. They just have to remember Who He is and How greater He is than any of their fears, their insecurities, and their worries combined. He is greater.

And people also forget that God made them.

Another fact: God made you good.

God has provided each and every one of us the talents, the strengths, and everything we could possibly need to fight the battles we’ve been given. God has everything ready for us. But we forget. We think that we’re too small for this and not good enough for that. But if God declares that you are worthy of Him; of His son, then how “good enough” can you get? You are worthy, and you are loved. We forget that. We forget our worth. We forget that we are loved. We forget how much He means to us and how much we mean to Him. His son gave up His life for us for crying out loud, that is how important we are. That is how loved we are. And it doesn’t matter who we are today, it doesn’t matter how sinful we are, or how lost we’ve been. We are His and He is ours. Nothing can change that. We are His. Keep that in mind.

That is why the passage stuck me more than it should.

“He saw the large crowd that was like sheep without shepherd. He felt sorry for the people and started teaching them many things.”

People get lost, people forget. We have to remind them. We have to teach them once more of God’s love, no matter how many times we need to. Because it is very heartbreaking to see that these people are dying inside, forgetting about the truth that they were made alive by such an amazing God. People shouldn’t miss who He is in their lives. Because He is the source of happiness, of comfort, of protection, and of love and they shouldn’t forget that. That’s why we have to remember the Truth, and we have to remind them.

Fact: God will never stop loving you, even if you forget to love Him back.

Last fact: You get to choose what you do next.

August Reflection

Obey
“Obey God’s message! Don’t fool yourselves by just listening to it.”
James 1:22

I listen to God’s word, it is very easy to listen. But what is hard is to follow through.

I remember this passage where it says that I should love my enemies. That sounds really nice and all, but really? Love my enemies? Really? I didn’t know how. I didn’t want to know how at that time because I didn’t even want to think about my enemies, at all. I wanted nothing to do with them.

But the passage was still there.

“But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you.”
Mathew 5-44

The passage sounded really wholesome and really meaningful. Not to my ears, it didn’t sound realistic. How do I love my enemies? What’s to love about them? I mean, I didn’t even like them. And I certainly didn’t want to think about them.

But I did try to pray for them. And the thing is, when I did try to pray, I started to somehow care about them. It started small of course. I prayed for what they should improve on, I prayed that life treats them well and that they do the same to others. After praying, I began to see how human they really were. They were just like me. Human, flawed, imperfect. I tried to really understand them. The next move was to try to love them.

And it was almost impossible for me. How do I love someone I hate? But I tried. I really did. And there was a time when I did manage to love them and trust them but they still hurt me.

And this is what I learned: While loving them, you should also love yourself.

You can’t really let people step on you, you can’t really let them hurt you. In the passage it said, “bless them that curse you.” But that doesn’t mean you let them hurt you. I learned that simply praying from afar is already a form of love. You don’t let your people hurt you, but you don’t let them be as well. You pray for them, you love them from afar.

When I did love them from afar, I felt at peace, and even happy. I no longer hated them nor didn’t like them. They existed and I pray for them. It was nice and I no longer felt troubled or angry whenever I see them. Peace. That was what it brought me, pure peace.

Listening and obeying God’s word brings many blessings and bring people serenity. By loving my enemies and praying for them, I no longer am bothered by them. I accept and love them from afar, even when they don’t see it. Or even if they don’t know.

It is really idiotic to just listen or read God’s word without applying it to your life, because that will be as if you’re just looking at delicious and healthy food and not consuming it.

So in the end, following through His word isn’t for anyone else but us. We benefit from it. And I think God wants that. I think God wants what is best for us all the time.

God wants us to be happy, always. It is the same with rules and laws. They are made for us, to keep us safe, to help us with life. That is exactly how it is with God’s word. They are made for us. It isn’t as if God will benefit if we followed His word, no. We ourselves gain more than enough if we obeyed Him. We gain peace, happiness, and love.

God wants that for us, He wants us to love and be loved, have joy and make people happy, be at peace and bring peace.

Every single one of us deserves a happy life. God’s word reminds us that.

Recollection Reflection

 

Perfect

Perfect. It was very hard for me to accept this word.

 

In the recollection ate Pau had provided us with a series of sides with positive words such as; masterpiece, beautiful, redeemed, etc. But what struck me the most was the word: perfect.

I--like everybody else--am a flawed human being. I make mistakes. I am very clumsy and I trip over my own feet on a flat surface. Often, I hurt my sister by accident. I also cause self-inflicted pain unintentionally. I manage to embarrass myself in public places by unintentionally stumbling and making things fall. I am anything but perfect.

So why did one of the slides say I was perfect?

I almost snickered and said with sarcasm, “Me? Yeah. Right. Perfect. Of course.”

But I didn’t, it would be rude. But still. I am not perfect, at all. In fact, I knew I was far from it. I am human, I make mistakes, I get tempted, I sin. I was not perfect; at least I thought I wasn’t.

Before ate Pau’s talk the facilitators had prepared games for us. And as I write this now and remember how I did on the games, I definitely wasn’t perfect. I stumble on things a lot and we kind of lost because our team was caught up in last place. But that was fine, my team and I had fun. And I guess that was what matters. But let’s go back to the talk. How was I perfect?

I thought about this more as the facilitators dimmed the lights and gave us time to pray. I asked God what it meant to be perfect. It didn’t really take long before I got my answer. The answer came as soon as I asked it.

God said that I am perfect. He made me according to His image and likeness. I am perfect in my imperfections, in my mistakes, in how I grow. I am perfect in His eyes and always will be. He told me not to be afraid of mistakes for they make me who I am. He told me not to be ashamed of my sin, because He is always ready to forgive me, I only needed to ask.

He told me He was with me through it all, through the battles and the trials, the imperfection and the mistakes. I am perfect in the way He made me and God made me good. I am the daughter of a perfect God. I am perfect in my imperfections and I am made perfect in Him. I always am and always will be His.

He told me more of this in a span of minutes. He told me that I as well as many others forget who we really are, we forget that we are His and we are made according to His own image and likeness. We forget that we are for Him and that He is for us. He is inside of us, He is with us. What more of perfect would anyone else ask for?

We are created a masterpiece. And by masterpiece I mean an amazing no-one-can-ever-replicate-anything-as-beautiful-as-this creation.  No one on the earth, or the next dimension can ever recreate what we are and who we are in Him.

Every one of us is perfect in every way. We are beautiful and we are His.

The fact itself that we are His is as amazing as fact can ever be. We forget about this, therefore we say we are not perfect. But in reality we are. We grow every day, we learn, we get hurt but we stand up. And what we are is beautiful, and God claims that Himself.

At the end of the Recollection I knew I could ask for nothing more.

There was nothing else I could ask for because God has laid everything there to me. He told me who I am and He reminded me how important I am to Him.

I am worth His son’s life on the cross, I am worthy of Him. I am beautiful and I am perfect. I am His creation.

I am His.

And He is mine.

If perfection had limits, God knew none of them. He exceeded everything I could ever dream of, He exceeded the love I’d ever thought I’d receive. And He claims I am deserving of all of this, that is enough. I believe in the promises of the King of Kings. I believe that I am His daughter and I believe He made me to proclaim greatness in His name.

And I believe everyone in the world was made the same way.

You are made perfect. So don’t forget it.