IT ENDS WELL, MAXWELL

          Time flies so fast. It feels like yesterday, when we first started school. The time we spent together feels like a blur. Enjoying every time that we have together seems so limited.

          This quarter, learning about editing and using the Photoshop is quite fun. Learning how to use every thing about it seems so cool. I've always wanted to learn how to use this one, and now I can do what I want using it.

         I may or may have not been as attentive through out the school year but I want my teachers to know that I have learned a lot from them. You're sacrifices will not go to waste.

          39 students of 10-Maxwell. 1 loving adviser who is always there for us, who always got our back. Thinking how the school year ends feels like there's something in me that can't just digest it. Spending my whole Junior high school with them together with the other section of the Science Class will always be something that will complete me. They have acquired a very huge part of me that I can't imagine spending my days without seeing and spending my time with them.

          Senior Year is FAST approaching and spending every single moment with my SSC Fam, MY MAXWELL FAM seems so right. Cherishing every moment will not make you regret. Times running out for us and I just wanna say THANK YOU. Thank you for the great moments, for the memories that I will cherish forever.

MY DREAM

          I remember when I was younger I always wanted to be a nurse. Growing up in a family inclined with medicine gives you that. To be introduced in medical stuffs in an early age and seeing how my aunts, uncles, my cousins- family work has kept me in wanting to be just like them. When I met my uncle that is a doctor (who visited from the US) with my grandfather, talking about health and how he saved a persons life had me stucked, and all I thinked about is wanting to save someones life too. Being a doctor is always in my mind.

          When I was young, I always remember that I liked to help other people. Just like my family, whenever there is someone who are in need of their help, me and my cousins would always be there to assist them. And sometimes they let us be the ones who help them too. Seeing how all of us are so into medicine....I have thought that maybe it really does runs in the blood.

          Now that I've grown up, Me helping people in the community isn't new anymore. I sometimes check their Blood Pressure or Sugar level. And my uncle (which I call papa cause his actually my mothers uncle) sometimes let me check all of our sugar level. (We check our sugar level every sunday)

          Now that I'm in 10th grade, being a doctor someday is final. I am sure of my decision and is pretty much ready to help people that are sick and in need of my aid. I WILL SURELY BE ONE.

FOUNDATION OF PERFECTION

          All school has a foundation day. The day where an institution is established. Where you celebrated the with the school. Our school, Ilocos Sur National High School, was actually established in 1902. Imagine how it witnessed so many happenings, how it witnessed the world war II even. The school was named Ilocano Normal School before naming it to what it is now.

          The Foundation day or High School Day, as they call it, usually takes place for 2 days. Where the first day is the coronation of the winner of MR. and MRS. ISNHS. The second day will be the parade of students of all levels through some streets in Vigan, and have the field demo, where all levels from Grade 7 to 12 is performing and compete for the best. 

C H A N G E

          A New Year is always a great start and opportunity to change. If the year before has not been a good one for you and you think that there's something wrong with you, A NEW YEAR is a great start. Changing something is like setting yourself to a new chapter.

          A New Year has always seemed to be a new cycle for me, a new path to take for the better. But I have always been not to serious about changing, change is good but I think improving might be the one for me.

          Sometimes what we need to do is to let ourselves be confident, be proud of yourself and just be you. Because changing everything is not always good. Just be yourself, cause that's the best version of you. Lets be honest, we can not please everyone, you just have to be you. Change always starts with accepting yourself and become the best version of you.

ILOCANOS!

Ilocos Sur have been one of the many places that really attracts people. The irresistable beauty of the place will just leave people in awe. It has always been a place that a lot of tourists around the world visited, and sometimes they come back to memorize its glory. The foods are no joke when it comes to Ilocos.

We Ilocanos are celebrating this every year for abou a week or two. This year, it started in the 28th of January and it lasted until the 9th of February. However this event usually formally starts at the 2nd of February, the day where Ilocos Sur and Ilocos Norte got seperated. This big celebration is called as the Kannawidan Festival. Ilocos Norte also has a similar event just like this but calls it Pamulinawen Festival.

There are a lot of activities that are being held at this celebration. There's traditional tribal rituals, choir and glee competitions, contemporary dance competition, dance drama, marching band contest, traditional and folk dances, traditional music ensemble and street dancing showdown. These aren't the only activities that are happening every year, there are a lot more activities and it's better if you see it yourself! It just fascinates me, how people are enjoying every moment that happens!

ENJOYING VIGAN CITY!

Fiestas has always been fun! But for some reason Vigan's Fiesta has been glowing. Every 25th of January, Vigan City Fiesta is being held. It is celebrated during the feast day of St. Paul the Apostle's conversion.

The fiesta is usually celebrated for days because there are just a lot of activities. The residents of the city participates on this activities. A lot of people from places near Vigan also come, just to see the beauty and the joy that surrounds the place. There are also food fairs, arts and crafts, and many more.

They also have the Longganisa street dance and parade! It's a competition, so the best one always takes home the crown!

Bye 2019, Hello new me in 2020!

          2019 was very fun, many good memories that were created, but like always, we have to let it go and say goodbye. 2020 is starting a bit rough. With all of the happenings that are happening to our world, we just can't predict what will happen after.

          Every year we have this thing that we do which is, for me, hard to fulfill, and that is the New year's Resolution. We always look back to the year before and set goals to the year that you're in now. Setting goals that we already know beforehand that we aren't going to finish. Doing that specific goal for lets say a week or a month but we all know that the days, weeks or months after that, that's that, it ends there. But just like they say, at least you tried, right? Trying has never been wrong, but don't you think Doing is actually better than Trying? Achieving always feels good.

          This year I just want to do something that I will feel proud of, make something that will make my family be proud, not laze around and share the blessings that I have to others.

          What makes us not finish this is that we're scared of doing something, we're scared of what others may say. Don't worry about what they will say because you are doing it for you, you want it for you, you change for you. For a change, add 'Not minding what others may say' and 'Don't be scared in DOING'. A New Year is always a great beginning for you to show those talents or things that you are hiding with yourself! Make every year your best with these! Give yourself a chance to be known! Change for the better!