First of all I would like to let you know that I have already read this novel. And as I was reading the lines or the story, it does not leave a big question to my faith. I just want to give my opinion to this novel
The Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown’s controversial novel has been debate and popular topic for a long time now even after it was released in public. His novel revealed some ancient mysteries and greatly disturbed the Church and the people. But I was just wondering are these ancient mysteries factual or just plain fiction?
For me the novel is clearly fiction. Yet, this novel makes us question about the contents in the Sacred Scriptures and what we believe in. In the novel, the Holy Grail is not a chalice, but a woman named Mary Magdalene and who is said to be the wife of Jesus. The book also stated that he documents discovered by he crusaders were about the existence of the bloodline and that the Knights Templar was organized to keep the secret.
Dan Brown is a great author; there is no doubt on it. With his book, he made people even more interested about solving these mysteries. The solution itself is possibly connected to the location of the Holy Grail and to a mysterious society called Priory of Sion and the Knights of Templar.
With that, I makes us raise a question to ourselves, what does this book aim to do? Is it just for plain entertainmen or does this have other intentions? Many scholars have criticized this book. Even if the book is purely fiction, one cannot help but believe much of it.
Dan Brown does not insist that you believe him. In fact as what I have heard from my cousins, Dan Brown was apologetic about how strange and unusual his conclusions may sound. However, he warns the readers that everyone can believe what they want to believe in.
The contents of the novel remain a mystery, whether it is true or not. But in a way, it did something to its readers. It challenges our faith and beliefs. It is just up to us if we will agree to Dan Brown’s story or to stick to what the Sacred Scriptures say. It is up to us to be moved or to remain unmoved.
Thursday, March 29, 2007
Wednesday, March 28, 2007
loneliness
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what do you think is this thing?
well, it is a poem. A very odd one. Just by looking at it you cannot understand it directly.
the words are l(a leaf falls)oneliness.
my interpretation on this poem is so simple. when a leaf falls, there is loneliness that is experience. It is because falling means being lonely. the leaf falls maybe because the wind blew it off or it grew tired holding on to the tree.
One learningsi have come up with this is nobody wants to be alone. Everyone needs someone to where they can lean on and share their problems with.
Bing lonely is not easy. you feel like all the problems in the world are behind your back.
So, try not to be lonely and learn to enjoy life.
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what do you think is this thing?
well, it is a poem. A very odd one. Just by looking at it you cannot understand it directly.
the words are l(a leaf falls)oneliness.
my interpretation on this poem is so simple. when a leaf falls, there is loneliness that is experience. It is because falling means being lonely. the leaf falls maybe because the wind blew it off or it grew tired holding on to the tree.
One learningsi have come up with this is nobody wants to be alone. Everyone needs someone to where they can lean on and share their problems with.
Bing lonely is not easy. you feel like all the problems in the world are behind your back.
So, try not to be lonely and learn to enjoy life.
the Look
The Look
Strephon kissed me in the spring,
Robin in the fall,
But Colin only looked at me
And never kissed at all.
Strephon’s kiss was lost in jest,
Robin’s lost in play,
But the kiss in Colin’s eyes
Haunts me night and day.
Robin in the fall,
But Colin only looked at me
And never kissed at all.
Strephon’s kiss was lost in jest,
Robin’s lost in play,
But the kiss in Colin’s eyes
Haunts me night and day.
The poem is just short right? But it means a lot. There is a meaning lying behind this poem by Sara Teasdale.
My interpretation on the poem was about a girl who had different boys in her past. It talks about the memories that were left by the boys she had. She had different relationships during her past and it was on different seasons which mean that it was changing.
Let us go first to Strephon. Maybe Strephon was her first boyfriend or love. Her relationship with this guy did not last because it was not at the right time. One memory that was left by Strephon was the kiss. But the kiss was just lost in the girl’s memory.
The next guy was Robin. He kissed the girl but it had not left anything towards the girl. He was just like Strephon.
And then came Colin. He did not kiss the girl but he only looked at the girl. The looked on Collin’s eyes left a big impact on the girl’s life. The kiss in Colin’s eyes haunts the girl day and night. But we cannot say that the man also likes her. There are two possibilities with the look on Colin’s eyes. It can be that he likes the girl or he does not like her at all.
Why is the poem talking about the kiss and the look. These are two different things but we can associate these two things with the word love. The kiss symbolizes the word love. The look for me is a non verbal communication based on our class in public speaking. I can say that looking is one way to show that you love the person. The expression on the eyes can help you distinguish the emotions of that person. Loving is not just on physical attractions and verbal words.
After reading and analyzing the poem, I have some realizations on it. I learned that we should show to the person we loved how much we cared and loved them. we should take all the opportunity to show them what we feel. If we will hide it, time will come that we will regret hiding it.
My interpretation on the poem was about a girl who had different boys in her past. It talks about the memories that were left by the boys she had. She had different relationships during her past and it was on different seasons which mean that it was changing.
Let us go first to Strephon. Maybe Strephon was her first boyfriend or love. Her relationship with this guy did not last because it was not at the right time. One memory that was left by Strephon was the kiss. But the kiss was just lost in the girl’s memory.
The next guy was Robin. He kissed the girl but it had not left anything towards the girl. He was just like Strephon.
And then came Colin. He did not kiss the girl but he only looked at the girl. The looked on Collin’s eyes left a big impact on the girl’s life. The kiss in Colin’s eyes haunts the girl day and night. But we cannot say that the man also likes her. There are two possibilities with the look on Colin’s eyes. It can be that he likes the girl or he does not like her at all.
Why is the poem talking about the kiss and the look. These are two different things but we can associate these two things with the word love. The kiss symbolizes the word love. The look for me is a non verbal communication based on our class in public speaking. I can say that looking is one way to show that you love the person. The expression on the eyes can help you distinguish the emotions of that person. Loving is not just on physical attractions and verbal words.
After reading and analyzing the poem, I have some realizations on it. I learned that we should show to the person we loved how much we cared and loved them. we should take all the opportunity to show them what we feel. If we will hide it, time will come that we will regret hiding it.
Blog Project
What is a blog? A blog is an online diary and journal. In this kind of thing, you can express or tell to world what you feel on things. You can let the world know what had happened to you recently.
I had first learned about this blog thing from friendster. Friendster is an online connection with different kinds of persons. I still do not know how to go about this blog.
Until our teacher in English, told us that he will require us to make our own blogspot. This is a sort of a project and of course, this is graded. Knowing about this blog project made most of us excited. We are very excited to post certain topics of our own choice. But when he said that it is a five-entry per week with a minimum of 500 words, we all got discouraged and scared. I can say scared that we cannot comply with those requisites on the blog entries knowing that we have a very busy schedule. We cannot do anything but to be more diligent in making the blog entries.
After my series of entries in the blog project, I have learned different skills. Associating it with computer, I have improved my typing skills a lot. I also improved browsing the Internet for searching different sites. In English terms, I definitely enhanced many things. I have improved in my grammar. Not just that! I learned the proper way in expressing my thoughts. Generally, the blog project involved improving my computer and communication skills.
However, I have met some difficulties in doing the blog project. One is financial capability is sometimes not enough. I overcome this by doing drafts on my entry so that I can save time in the Internet café and I can pay less. One difficulty is the Internet connection is sometimes so slow. Which made me stay long in the Internet café.
Despite all those difficulties, doing the blog project made me learned and improved my skills. Having the blog project is enjoying because you can show and express your comments on the blog entries of your classmates. I hope that this will continue because this makes the students have fun and at the same time learn things.
I had first learned about this blog thing from friendster. Friendster is an online connection with different kinds of persons. I still do not know how to go about this blog.
Until our teacher in English, told us that he will require us to make our own blogspot. This is a sort of a project and of course, this is graded. Knowing about this blog project made most of us excited. We are very excited to post certain topics of our own choice. But when he said that it is a five-entry per week with a minimum of 500 words, we all got discouraged and scared. I can say scared that we cannot comply with those requisites on the blog entries knowing that we have a very busy schedule. We cannot do anything but to be more diligent in making the blog entries.
After my series of entries in the blog project, I have learned different skills. Associating it with computer, I have improved my typing skills a lot. I also improved browsing the Internet for searching different sites. In English terms, I definitely enhanced many things. I have improved in my grammar. Not just that! I learned the proper way in expressing my thoughts. Generally, the blog project involved improving my computer and communication skills.
However, I have met some difficulties in doing the blog project. One is financial capability is sometimes not enough. I overcome this by doing drafts on my entry so that I can save time in the Internet café and I can pay less. One difficulty is the Internet connection is sometimes so slow. Which made me stay long in the Internet café.
Despite all those difficulties, doing the blog project made me learned and improved my skills. Having the blog project is enjoying because you can show and express your comments on the blog entries of your classmates. I hope that this will continue because this makes the students have fun and at the same time learn things.
Retreat 2007
One of the unforgettable events I will surely treasure in my stay in the University of the Philippines was the experience of the retreat. It was my first time to attend or join a retreat because I have only experience recollection during my elementary years. That is why I was very excited to have a retreat with my batch mates.
Retreat, during the old times means to step back in war. Retreat means to reflect and repent on the things or deeds you have done. It was the opportunity of the batch to be in a reflection period.
The place where we will have the retreat was at St. John Monastery in Banawa Hills, Cebu City. March 24-25, 2007 was the days of our retreat. On the morning of March 24, we had the first activity at the Tan room because our schedule to go to St. John was 1:00 p.m.
Our first activity was predicting outcomes. It tests us on how we will faces different challenges after graduation in high school. It was not that fun but at least I have learned something. I enjoyed the second activity that is called the plus delta. In this activity, half of he population of the students will just sit down and close their eyes while the second half will tell the person in front of them all the good things they see in that person. During this activity, most of my classmates cried maybe because of the messages and encouraging words given by our fellow classmates.
1:00 p.m. came and it was the time to go o St. John Monastery. We rented three 12L jitneys to be used as our transportation in going there. When we arrive at the place, tae place was a very solemn and silent one. Obviously, it is because nuns and priests occupy that place. The girls and boys have different sleeping quarters. Fortunately, the room where we will sleep was just occupied by all members of the barkada.
We had several games and talk regarding on how to love our self. From that activity, I have learned that we should be thankful to God for giving such gift to us, our own unique self. Before eating our dinner, we had an adoration time at the chapel. Thi gave us the time to talk to God. After that, we had the confession to help us also prepare during the time of lent. During dinnertime, the food was not enough for all of us because some of my classmates did not follow the rules regarding on the number of food that will get.
The last activity, which is called the Circle of Love, was one of the activities I like best. Each of us was given a candle and with that candle, we will give it to the person to whom we think we hurt so much and to say sorry or to ask for forgiveness to that person.
I choose to give candles to Juna and to Ralph. I gave it to Juna because I know I did hurt her feelings when we were still having a conflict regarding on matters concerning our love life. I gave the other one to Ralph because I know that sometimes I become selfish regarding on our relationship. It was almost 11:00 p.m. when the activity was over. After that, we went to our respective rooms and went to sleep.
March 25, 2007 was the last day of our retreat. We had a mass and only few parents were there. We all want to extend the retreat because it was not just a reflection period but it was also the time that we had bonding with the batch. but we cannot do anything because it was the schedule.
Even if the trip was tiring for all of us, I know that we all enjoyed the said event because it helped us in becoming better persons in the future.
Retreat, during the old times means to step back in war. Retreat means to reflect and repent on the things or deeds you have done. It was the opportunity of the batch to be in a reflection period.
The place where we will have the retreat was at St. John Monastery in Banawa Hills, Cebu City. March 24-25, 2007 was the days of our retreat. On the morning of March 24, we had the first activity at the Tan room because our schedule to go to St. John was 1:00 p.m.
Our first activity was predicting outcomes. It tests us on how we will faces different challenges after graduation in high school. It was not that fun but at least I have learned something. I enjoyed the second activity that is called the plus delta. In this activity, half of he population of the students will just sit down and close their eyes while the second half will tell the person in front of them all the good things they see in that person. During this activity, most of my classmates cried maybe because of the messages and encouraging words given by our fellow classmates.
1:00 p.m. came and it was the time to go o St. John Monastery. We rented three 12L jitneys to be used as our transportation in going there. When we arrive at the place, tae place was a very solemn and silent one. Obviously, it is because nuns and priests occupy that place. The girls and boys have different sleeping quarters. Fortunately, the room where we will sleep was just occupied by all members of the barkada.
We had several games and talk regarding on how to love our self. From that activity, I have learned that we should be thankful to God for giving such gift to us, our own unique self. Before eating our dinner, we had an adoration time at the chapel. Thi gave us the time to talk to God. After that, we had the confession to help us also prepare during the time of lent. During dinnertime, the food was not enough for all of us because some of my classmates did not follow the rules regarding on the number of food that will get.
The last activity, which is called the Circle of Love, was one of the activities I like best. Each of us was given a candle and with that candle, we will give it to the person to whom we think we hurt so much and to say sorry or to ask for forgiveness to that person.
I choose to give candles to Juna and to Ralph. I gave it to Juna because I know I did hurt her feelings when we were still having a conflict regarding on matters concerning our love life. I gave the other one to Ralph because I know that sometimes I become selfish regarding on our relationship. It was almost 11:00 p.m. when the activity was over. After that, we went to our respective rooms and went to sleep.
March 25, 2007 was the last day of our retreat. We had a mass and only few parents were there. We all want to extend the retreat because it was not just a reflection period but it was also the time that we had bonding with the batch. but we cannot do anything because it was the schedule.
Even if the trip was tiring for all of us, I know that we all enjoyed the said event because it helped us in becoming better persons in the future.
The Effects of Different Surfaces on the Acceleration of a Toy Car
Transportation is very essential to each person’s life. Transporting goods and people are the main uses of transportation. Everyday we encounter different transportation vehicles. These vehicles do not run on one kind of surface only. The roads and tracks where automobiles run are not of the same kind. Sometimes automobiles have to run along a concrete, asphalt, or grassy track. Automobiles run on different kinds of surfaces. These surfaces have different friction force. Friction is the force that acts between two objects in contact because of the action-reaction phenomenon. According to Ron Kurtus (2005), the rolling friction of the tire is slightly affected by the static friction of the rubber on the pavement and the adhesion effect on the motion of the wheels.
Our research studies the effects of different surfaces on the acceleration of the toy car. This research used a toy car as a substitute to a real moving car. Six surfaces, the asphalt, concrete, wood, grass, ice, and sand, were used as the surfaces in the study. The observed results of the study can provide data on how different surfaces may affect the acceleration of the toy car.
Our research study is a basic research. It does not produce or create something. It just adds knowledge or data to an existing knowledge. Our study can help the transportation industry in terms of adding knowledge to the friction of different surfaces. It specifically contributes to the tire industry so that they can make a way that the cars can have greater acceleration on surfaces that have a big coefficient of friction.
The research used the six surfaces and the toy car as its main materials. The toy car was run through five meters on each of the surface for ten consecutive trials. The toy car just as running was captured through a video camera. The videos were then uploaded in the computer to be analyzed. The Video Point Software was used in computing the acceleration of the toy car.
After the experiment, it was found out that the toy car did not run in the sand, ice and grass surfaces. The toy car was too light to gather enough friction so that it can run. Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) was used as the statistical treatment of the study. The concrete surface had the highest mean acceleration of 1.475 m/s2; wood had he second highest mean acceleration of 1.190 m/s2 and asphalt was the third with an acceleration of 1.020 m/s2. The concrete surface having the smoother surface had the greatest acceleration. The asphalt surface having the roughest surface has the least acceleration. While the surfaces, having no friction had no acceleration.
Based on the findings of the study, it can be concluded that the lesser the friction of the surface, the greater is the acceleration. The more the friction of the surface, the less acceleration will it experience. In addition, no friction would result no acceleration.
The researchers of the group recommend using a real car in doing the experiment. Because what we really used as transportation are real cars and not just toy cars. We also recommend considering the factors that may affect the study. Some of these are air resistance, tire used, and the battery.
Our research studies the effects of different surfaces on the acceleration of the toy car. This research used a toy car as a substitute to a real moving car. Six surfaces, the asphalt, concrete, wood, grass, ice, and sand, were used as the surfaces in the study. The observed results of the study can provide data on how different surfaces may affect the acceleration of the toy car.
Our research study is a basic research. It does not produce or create something. It just adds knowledge or data to an existing knowledge. Our study can help the transportation industry in terms of adding knowledge to the friction of different surfaces. It specifically contributes to the tire industry so that they can make a way that the cars can have greater acceleration on surfaces that have a big coefficient of friction.
The research used the six surfaces and the toy car as its main materials. The toy car was run through five meters on each of the surface for ten consecutive trials. The toy car just as running was captured through a video camera. The videos were then uploaded in the computer to be analyzed. The Video Point Software was used in computing the acceleration of the toy car.
After the experiment, it was found out that the toy car did not run in the sand, ice and grass surfaces. The toy car was too light to gather enough friction so that it can run. Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) was used as the statistical treatment of the study. The concrete surface had the highest mean acceleration of 1.475 m/s2; wood had he second highest mean acceleration of 1.190 m/s2 and asphalt was the third with an acceleration of 1.020 m/s2. The concrete surface having the smoother surface had the greatest acceleration. The asphalt surface having the roughest surface has the least acceleration. While the surfaces, having no friction had no acceleration.
Based on the findings of the study, it can be concluded that the lesser the friction of the surface, the greater is the acceleration. The more the friction of the surface, the less acceleration will it experience. In addition, no friction would result no acceleration.
The researchers of the group recommend using a real car in doing the experiment. Because what we really used as transportation are real cars and not just toy cars. We also recommend considering the factors that may affect the study. Some of these are air resistance, tire used, and the battery.
Opinion of theFamily: Is it important?
Our family is the one to who we can lean on whenever we face problems and troubles. Specifically, our parents are the ones who brought us here in this world. With that, we are very thankful to them. But is it right that they are the ones deciding for our self? Every time we need some support, we always run to them. However, why do they always enter in terms of our decision?
Nowadays, we always hear children complaining that their parents are the ones deciding for their life. Be it on the course they will take up, on the outfit they will wear, on the kind of friends they should have, and most of all on the person that their children should love.
In my opinion, it is not correct that they will decide for us. It is because we were given by God own minds to think, own principle, own belief and we have different feelings. We can decide on what we think is right. I am not saying that we will not consult on them regarding our problems. But it in the end, it is still our decision.
Take for example, their comments on the person you choose to love. At present times, they used the physical appearance of the person as the basis for the girlfriend/boyfriend of their sons/daughters. They want that the girl/boy should be pretty/handsome. Some parents looked on the financial stability of the person. I really do not know why they are like that. Beauty is not important. It is the attitude of the person that matters most. If this incident will happen, it shows that the rich are just for the rich while the poor are just for the poor. And this not good. With this kind of problem, it is still their son/daughter’s decision in the end. I just hope that their children will not be influenced with their parents just because of those decisions.
All I can say is that the parents have their rights to say what or to give advices towards their children. But I do hope that they also know that they also have limitations in the field of decision-making of their children. I hope that they will listen to what their children’s views on things. They will understand and let their children decide for theirselves.
Nowadays, we always hear children complaining that their parents are the ones deciding for their life. Be it on the course they will take up, on the outfit they will wear, on the kind of friends they should have, and most of all on the person that their children should love.
In my opinion, it is not correct that they will decide for us. It is because we were given by God own minds to think, own principle, own belief and we have different feelings. We can decide on what we think is right. I am not saying that we will not consult on them regarding our problems. But it in the end, it is still our decision.
Take for example, their comments on the person you choose to love. At present times, they used the physical appearance of the person as the basis for the girlfriend/boyfriend of their sons/daughters. They want that the girl/boy should be pretty/handsome. Some parents looked on the financial stability of the person. I really do not know why they are like that. Beauty is not important. It is the attitude of the person that matters most. If this incident will happen, it shows that the rich are just for the rich while the poor are just for the poor. And this not good. With this kind of problem, it is still their son/daughter’s decision in the end. I just hope that their children will not be influenced with their parents just because of those decisions.
All I can say is that the parents have their rights to say what or to give advices towards their children. But I do hope that they also know that they also have limitations in the field of decision-making of their children. I hope that they will listen to what their children’s views on things. They will understand and let their children decide for theirselves.
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