Reaction to Max Schulman's 'Love Is a Fallacy'

“Wow!” I could give twp thumbs up to the story of Max Schulman, “Love is A Fallacy”. Actually the love story happens to be a love triangle. It was so exciting because its sequence is unexpected. The girl in the story, Polly Espy, love the other guy, Petey Blellows, just because of the raccoon coat the Petey was wearing. In their place, if you wear a raccoon coat, you could be considered one of the big men of the campus.

The story was not just any ordinary love story. You never know what will happen next if you will not read it trough. The author in the story was too boastful. He thinks he knew a lot of things. Well actually, he was a law student. But not all law students know everything, not even one. As I went on to the story, I discovered so many fallacies that the boy gave to the girl. I never knew how to analyze these fallacies too. The girl was beautiful, graceful but not logical or intelligent. The boy believes he can make her smart and make her useful when they someday get married. So he taught her about fallacies. After a week, the girl learned her lessons. The boy was amazed. The proof of the boy’s boastfulness is found at the last quarter of the story where he had given fallacies to the girl. The girl knew these and the boy believed that the girl her lessons- too much already. He cannot answer the girl right because the girl was so analytic and maybe smarter than him.

He became very disappointed when he knew that the girl was in love with Petey. After all the dates he set and lessons about fallacies and logic he gave to the girl, Polly was still in love with Petey. If you wonder why, you would be surprised of her unexpected answer. She answered that he was in love with Petey because of the raccoon coat that he was wearing. I found out that the raccoon coat was useless at the first half of the story. So did the author. I think that he should have never given the raccoon coat to Petey. Well, we never knew what will happen in the future. The author was unlucky. He lost his raccoon coat, and he lost his sweet, beautiful, graceful, and had used her intelligence recently, one of a kind Polly Espy. Petey made the right choice, he choose the raccoon coat exchange for the girl. But since Petey and Polly were destined for each whatever the author does, Petey got the raccoon coat and Polly Espy.

I learned many things in the story. We should never be boastful. We should put our feet on the ground. We should not judge other people. We do not know their abilities. Maybe, they never show it to other people. And last, we should not take things for granted. They maybe useless now but they are going to be very useful in the future.

“Yeah! Two thumbs up.”


“Wow!” I could give twp thumbs up to the story of Max Schulman, “Love is A Fallacy”. Actually the love story happens to be a love triangle. It was so exciting because its sequence is unexpected. The girl in the story, Polly Espy, love the other guy, Petey Blellows, just because of the raccoon coat the Petey was wearing. In their place, if you wear a raccoon coat, you could be considered one of the big men of the campus.

The story was not just any ordinary love story. You never know what will happen next if you will not read it trough. The author in the story was too boastful. He thinks he knew a lot of things. Well actually, he was a law student. But not all law students know everything, not even one. As I went on to the story, I discovered so many fallacies that the boy gave to the girl. I never knew how to analyze these fallacies too. The girl was beautiful, graceful but not logical or intelligent. The boy believes he can make her smart and make her useful when they someday get married. So he taught her about fallacies. After a week, the girl learned her lessons. The boy was amazed. The proof of the boy’s boastfulness is found at the last quarter of the story where he had given fallacies to the girl. The girl knew these and the boy believed that the girl her lessons- too much already. He cannot answer the girl right because the girl was so analytic and maybe smarter than him.

He became very disappointed when he knew that the girl was in love with Petey. After all the dates he set and lessons about fallacies and logic he gave to the girl, Polly was still in love with Petey. If you wonder why, you would be surprised of her unexpected answer. She answered that he was in love with Petey because of the raccoon coat that he was wearing. I found out that the raccoon coat was useless at the first half of the story. So did the author. I think that he should have never given the raccoon coat to Petey. Well, we never knew what will happen in the future. The author was unlucky. He lost his raccoon coat, and he lost his sweet, beautiful, graceful, and had used her intelligence recently, one of a kind Polly Espy. Petey made the right choice, he choose the raccoon coat exchange for the girl. But since Petey and Polly were destined for each whatever the author does, Petey got the raccoon coat and Polly Espy.

I learned many things in the story. We should never be boastful. We should put our feet on the ground. We should not judge other people. We do not know their abilities. Maybe, they never show it to other people. And last, we should not take things for granted. They maybe useless now but they are going to be very useful in the future.

“Yeah! Two thumbs up.”


“Wow!” I could give twp thumbs up to the story of Max Schulman, “Love is A Fallacy”. Actually the love story happens to be a love triangle. It was so exciting because its sequence is unexpected. The girl in the story, Polly Espy, love the other guy, Petey Blellows, just because of the raccoon coat the Petey was wearing. In their place, if you wear a raccoon coat, you could be considered one of the big men of the campus.

The story was not just any ordinary love story. You never know what will happen next if you will not read it trough. The author in the story was too boastful. He thinks he knew a lot of things. Well actually, he was a law student. But not all law students know everything, not even one. As I went on to the story, I discovered so many fallacies that the boy gave to the girl. I never knew how to analyze these fallacies too. The girl was beautiful, graceful but not logical or intelligent. The boy believes he can make her smart and make her useful when they someday get married. So he taught her about fallacies. After a week, the girl learned her lessons. The boy was amazed. The proof of the boy’s boastfulness is found at the last quarter of the story where he had given fallacies to the girl. The girl knew these and the boy believed that the girl her lessons- too much already. He cannot answer the girl right because the girl was so analytic and maybe smarter than him.

He became very disappointed when he knew that the girl was in love with Petey. After all the dates he set and lessons about fallacies and logic he gave to the girl, Polly was still in love with Petey. If you wonder why, you would be surprised of her unexpected answer. She answered that he was in love with Petey because of the raccoon coat that he was wearing. I found out that the raccoon coat was useless at the first half of the story. So did the author. I think that he should have never given the raccoon coat to Petey. Well, we never knew what will happen in the future. The author was unlucky. He lost his raccoon coat, and he lost his sweet, beautiful, graceful, and had used her intelligence recently, one of a kind Polly Espy. Petey made the right choice, he choose the raccoon coat exchange for the girl. But since Petey and Polly were destined for each whatever the author does, Petey got the raccoon coat and Polly Espy.

I learned many things in the story. We should never be boastful. We should put our feet on the ground. We should not judge other people. We do not know their abilities. Maybe, they never show it to other people. And last, we should not take things for granted. They maybe useless now but they are going to be very useful in the future.

“Yeah! Two thumbs up.”


“Wow!” I could give twp thumbs up to the story of Max Schulman, “Love is A Fallacy”. Actually the love story happens to be a love triangle. It was so exciting because its sequence is unexpected. The girl in the story, Polly Espy, love the other guy, Petey Blellows, just because of the raccoon coat the Petey was wearing. In their place, if you wear a raccoon coat, you could be considered one of the big men of the campus.

The story was not just any ordinary love story. You never know what will happen next if you will not read it trough. The author in the story was too boastful. He thinks he knew a lot of things. Well actually, he was a law student. But not all law students know everything, not even one. As I went on to the story, I discovered so many fallacies that the boy gave to the girl. I never knew how to analyze these fallacies too. The girl was beautiful, graceful but not logical or intelligent. The boy believes he can make her smart and make her useful when they someday get married. So he taught her about fallacies. After a week, the girl learned her lessons. The boy was amazed. The proof of the boy’s boastfulness is found at the last quarter of the story where he had given fallacies to the girl. The girl knew these and the boy believed that the girl her lessons- too much already. He cannot answer the girl right because the girl was so analytic and maybe smarter than him.

He became very disappointed when he knew that the girl was in love with Petey. After all the dates he set and lessons about fallacies and logic he gave to the girl, Polly was still in love with Petey. If you wonder why, you would be surprised of her unexpected answer. She answered that he was in love with Petey because of the raccoon coat that he was wearing. I found out that the raccoon coat was useless at the first half of the story. So did the author. I think that he should have never given the raccoon coat to Petey. Well, we never knew what will happen in the future. The author was unlucky. He lost his raccoon coat, and he lost his sweet, beautiful, graceful, and had used her intelligence recently, one of a kind Polly Espy. Petey made the right choice, he choose the raccoon coat exchange for the girl. But since Petey and Polly were destined for each whatever the author does, Petey got the raccoon coat and Polly Espy.

I learned many things in the story. We should never be boastful. We should put our feet on the ground. We should not judge other people. We do not know their abilities. Maybe, they never show it to other people. And last, we should not take things for granted. They maybe useless now but they are going to be very useful in the future.

“Yeah! Two thumbs up.”

"A Summary to Max Schulman's "Love Is a Fallacy""

There was once a genius law student. He wanted to marry a beautiful, graceful, and intelligent girl. He has a friend named Petey bellows. Petey always wanted to wear a raccoon coat because this is what the big men are wearing in the school. The law student knew that Petey had a girl, Polly espy. Beautiful, graceful, but not intelligent was she. He believes that he can make her smart if they already have a relationship. He gave the raccoon coat to petey but with one condition, to give up Petey’s girl. Petey had a hard time choosing and thinking. At last, he accepted the deal.

The law student had his first date with Polly. He had hard time because it is hard for him to be with a girl that does not use her logic. He decided to teach Polly. A week had passed and Polly already learn her lessons- but it was too much! The girl debated each word of the boy said false. Then it went to a time that the boy asked the girl if whom does she love, him or Petey. The girl answered Petey because Petey has a raccoon coat. The boy then was disappointed.

What a U.P Staudent Is Not

Politicians, businessman, architects, lawyers and teacher- these and more are products of the University of the Philippines education system. But how did they make their dreams come true? How did these stars twinkle among other stars? How did they pass the challenges and obstacles that the school gives? How did they passed the University of the Philippines and graduated? Supposing they never sleep at night for the sake of studying. I think no. I think they are really UP students. They follow rules and regulations. They pass assignments on time, come to school on time, and answer the test honestly and on time. They surpass a lot of challenges and obstacles because they trust and always believing on their selves. They believe they can pass trials and challenges because they know they can achieve it. They never cheated.
Cheating makes your life miserable in the present. But in the future, they would be a double problem for you. This is why they graduate and made their selves shine among others.

What is not a UP learner? There are many things that compose a UP student a NOT. The UP student was made to represent a pure and loyal UP student. But the students of UP made this sentence false.

Most UP students believe so much to their selves. They forgot that no person has wings. They become so boastful to other schools. They are very confident that they never study once they got home or never listens to the teacher once they are in school. A UP student is not a king or a queen. He or she is an ordinary person who has a high intellect. He or she would have a high intellect if he studies his or her notes and listens to the lessons discussed by the professor. He or she must think they are wise and intelligent but he or she must remember that he or she must have something to discover. A UP student is not a coward. He or she must try to learn new things by discovering it in many ways: communicating, experimenting, and reasoning. A non - UP students does not know how to talk in front of the class. Never listens in class, does not know how to experiment new things. They never knew how and when to use their senses. He or she never uses his or her gift, his or her talents, and his or her intelligence. A non- UP student cannot make the right choice, the right thing, and the right way. He or she cannot solve the problems and the trials destined for him or her. A non- UP student is dependent and never free. A non- UP student cannot follow rules, signs, instructions, and directions. A non- UP student makes the spirit of the UP oblation extinct in his or her heart.. all said and many more make a UP student not.

We came from different school. We came from poor families. We are now studying in the University of the Philippines because we are destined to be here. We should act as one. We should be responsible and independent. This is trough freedom. Freedom exists if we make our minds as wide as the ocean and learn from the forces of nature. We must make the spirit of the UP oblation alive. We must spread our wings but keep our feet in the ground. We must believe that we can, we are a UP student. Then be it.

Know You School Day

Know Your School Day

There is a period in our school where we spend the KYSD or the Know Your School Nellas. This is a way of giving gratitude to our teachers. After all their hard work done just for the sake to teach the ‘iskolar ng bayan’, we gave them a period of rest and let them enjoy the show. There is another objective of the Know Your School Day- it is to unmask the student’s abilities in teaching. Those who were willing were given a chance to teach in front of the class. And true, a lot applied for the position as part of the faculty.

During the opening ceremony, the student teachers were represented with a key. This is the key of knowledge. We all have knowledge. It is a gift. Let us make use of it.

The bell rang and the class started. In our class schedule, the first subject was Health. The student teacher in our class was Faith Janielou Vilo. She gave a very detailed explanation about her assigned topic. The teacher, Sir Nellas, was impressed. We all applaued for her excellent teaching, The next subject has social science, represented by English Homicillo ang Christlyn Pielago, we have class contest. Everything seems funnier than madam Legarta’s discussion. Then the next hour was spent the English subject. The lesson was presented by Daphne Gayas, Suzzaine Kasayan ang Kristie mahem Auxilio. There were also able to give a good discussion. We are given a test next day. Although not perfect, most of us passed and Nneka Lim came in and presented the math lesson. After the test, most of us got a good score. Geometry was presented by katima Aiza Juera and Ronald Baldo. There are good student teachers too. The next day, our first ubject was Science A and biology. Our teacher were Stacy Kay Fortuna and Jamaica Englis, hacie de Eric and nympha Rose de La Torren. For the two hours of exploring the human organs,some misunderstandings happened in the class, but we had handed it and yeah, they were good teachers too. As the closing ceremony took place in the afternoon. Many students got recognition for unmaking theirselves to their classmates. I could say “wow”. Most teachers got happy to their students. They were proud being teachers. They were proud they made products-good products. They made the iskolar ng Bayan into good shape.

We thank our teachers. They may teach in different ways – some are fast, some are slow., They may have different kinds of teaching but they only have one goal, to make the students among the rest. We must accept them. They are our second parents in school. We don’t need to be teachers to give them gratitude. All we need to do is to listen their word, answer their question, or ask about their lessons, show your appetite to the lessons that the teacher gave. And be courteous to them. Let us give respect to the teachers. We never jnow but someday, when we grow up, we will really thank them.

...And How About the Kids?

Family problems, peer influence, wars, pollution, crimes and money are some of the contributing factors that children are facing that leads them to a bleak future. And as these disturbances in our home, earth, continues, children’s health. Education, security and lives are disturbed.

Life is a game is what they say. You make the best of it as you frolic with life. But most of the people do not actually comprehend what does sentences mean. For them, it means having what they want, doing what they love and commanding whenever, whatever and wherever they need just for the sake of leisure amusement, interest, fun or what they call “ the best of life” they do not think about the consequences of their action. They do not think twice on who will be affected.

And how about the kids? They are prone to follow the disgraceful movements of the people around them due to their delicate minds. Most people around the society bring bad influence to the children. Take a look around… people smoking, using wicked or bad words, hurting people, drinking heavy alcohols, disobedient to the laws, killing fellowmen, stealing what is not theirs, loitering here and there and vandalizing the walls. Haven’t these people paused for a while to reflect on what they have done? When will they realize that what they are doing is slowly killing the dignity and the true meaning of man? When will they bring to an end ?… when the youngster set forth and does what they do?

I guess for some it is okay that the children will follow their mischievous acts. Anyways, everyone will die and they cannot enjoy the benefits of peace and harmony forever. They prefer to enjoy the benefits of evil which can be easily achieved that is totally temporary. What they see is only the first side of reality. They never took time to turn to another page and discover another truth about reality. People like them never grow.

How about for those who still continue doing such disgracefulness acts but do not want the children to follow/ when will they stop? When the children will follow what they did? They may say it can be avoided through discipline. Discipline? Let me ask them this: “are you disciplined enough to discipline the children”? I guess so… they are not! They do not know that they are very influential. What may come, comes. What may happen , happens. When nature does it, they cannot stop it but they can prevent it. People like them never learn.

To all those who are performing the mission of our heavenly King, continue! Continue to model and shape the future of the children. Pick up the pieces of the missing parts of the puzzle that has ruined lots of lives. They are less but indeed, they are powerful and great.

To those who make this world an awful, unpleasant and cruel place to live in, there is always a room for a change. The children’s futures are in their hands. Work right, change now, do while there is still time, who knows, tomorrow’s world might be bleak. Think about the kids.

Summer Vacation

January, February, March- at last, summer has come. What are you going to do this summer? Me? I wanted to spend my few days of vacation home, it is better I will rest from all the stress that the school gives. After a week, I want to go to the beach, spend a week there and have fun. On the next month, I want to fly to local and international destinations and spend the rest of my vacation over there.

On the next day, we folded our clothes, packed our jewelries and accessories, and zipped our bags. We were going to Boracay that day. I was surprised. We haven’t planned this. I never heard my parents saying the word Boracay. As I went outside the house, I can’t see anything because of the smoke that the vehicles give outside. We rode a taxi going to the port. It was too hot to ride a jeepney. We rode a boat going to boracay.as we went to boracay, it was reported a typhoon attacked cebu, my hometown. Good thing we reach Boracay before the typhoon. The typhoon was reported with speed more than 250kmph. In a week, many people died because of the typhoon. I went to the shores. I saw the dark clouds covering Cebu. I notice that the typhoon getting nearer. The waves sounded weird, the sky got darker, the wind blew, and the rain started to drop. I went inside the hotel. After a while, the water level of the ocean got higher, then our place flooded. The typhoon lasted for a week. A lot of thing got damaged. Many people died in that place too. As we went outside the smoke of the vehicles covered the place. It was too hot that a fire was born. The trees turned to ashes and the houses were as black as night. I bought an ice cream but I had never ate it. The sun’s radiance turned my ice cream to water cream. I watch the television in our room just to know that our house was also burned. I lie down on the bed and cried- this was not a vacation, this was a nightmare. After a while, I slept. I woke up and found out that everything was just a dream.

I realized that summer must be spent helping nature. Mother earth needs us today. She is in line with extinction. Our lives will be affected if this happens. We should not spend our vacation having fun in the beach or any tourist destinations. Instead, we should make ourselves steward to nature. We are the cause of global warming which is the main problem of mother earth today. The smokes of vehicle, overpopulation, smokes from factories, air conditioners and refrigerators, and many other human activities thicken the atmosphere. This way, the ultraviolet rays of the sun can’t escape from the atmosphere. Our home earth heats and affects many organisms. We must take this problem seriously. Let us take earth back to its original shape and make it live long. Let us spend our summer helping nature to make a better nature.

Sport: A Replica of Life

What’s the worth of living when obstacles and challenges do not come along?

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the game of life.

Just as we enjoy hearing the flip, flap, big, bang, boom; and as much as we love watching the dribble, surf, pass, run, kick, and as much as we crave for the heat, energy speed and intensity; have you realized that were you are now is a part of a game?

Holding the ball is not allowed in soccer. Traveling is restricted in basketball. Conforming a word with the arbiter before putting the tiles in the board means disqualification in scrabble. Jumping to a wrong square in chess is blunder. And, overdoing something is prohibited in the game of life.

Just like sports, everything is limited. Everyone is subjected to the laws of nature, church, and state. In a clearer sense, a sport is a replica of life.

As we move on, as life heats up, as the game intensifies, what worth is playing when we don’t learn lessons when we fall?

Friends? Let me now take you to the world where challenges, obstacles and lessons are often misinterpreted. Are you ready?

What is a sport? Well, let me tell you that sports takes a lot of courage, a stir of determination, a spark of graciousness in whatever will happen, and a spirit of teamwork. Do you have what is takes to be a certified sportsman?

Don’t give me that icy stare. You know, you’re only giving me a bad motion.

Very well. Now, what are the latest sports? What’s the talk of the town? What’s happening in your life?

I’m so tired listening about unity, sportsmanship and teamwork again and again being discussed in class. The latest update in sports like this year’s Olympics increases the fire. It is so ironic! Why are you patronizing such games where in fact you can’t demonstrate the values it brings in your lives? Why do you keep on spreading sportsmanship if every then and now, where in fact, you don’t practice what you preach? Oh come on!

Were you one of those who felt the heat, as the crowd grew loud and as the chill covered all over your body while watching the games cross-eyed? Well, let me tell you that I was also intensified, seeing you frolic with life, fearing what you will say, what you will do and what will you think. Wake up people! This is reality. This is the real game. You’re wasting every move; you’re wasting every minute.

Friends, don’t tell me that what you have seen on the screens, the teamwork and the spirit that were projected, the lessons that were shown, MAN! Don’t tell me that you have not absorbed any lessons from what you have witnessed. All those were just for fantasy? for thrills?

You, you, you, you are all ironic! Why are their many escaping duties, refusing to accept task, avoiding challenges, preferring to work alone and slandering the blames on co-workers?

Ladies and Gentlemen let me remind you that life is a game that those on screens, on the paper, the results, the achievements- it was just an exact copy of what life is. And that should be a call that you should work as one and be one. Function as a team, do your thing.

In a world were sports has become a tradition, culture, and a way of life, none much know it’s purpose, none much know what it is, none much inculcates the values and lessons it bring. Hoping for everyone’s conversion, I rest my case.

The Game Played by the Wicked

Once again the 666 companies has done it!

Calling all those who make life miserable, a new game has been formulated by the 666 companies. Introducing the “Hurting game”. The game played, loved and cherished by those who enjoy seeing people cry, striving, mourning, dying and carrying unbearable loads, problems, rumors, lies, curses and discriminations.

The main objective of the Hurting game is basically to make the world a disgusting place for humanity to live in. there is no limit to those who want to join. There can be five players, a dozen of players, hundreds of players or millions of players. The game is open to the young and old, male and female, single and married, rich and poor, all kind of cultures, atheist and believers and to all races. The materials to be used depends on how these earthly things can damage the dignity of the person. The player is called the wicked soul or the wiso and the victim is called the harmed soul or the haso.

To play the game, the wicked soul or the wiso looks for a victim. The wiso makes a problem for him to load on the victim or the haso. The wiso must see to it the haso’s life is sad, cold, destroyed, harmed, and miserable. Basically, the haso strives hard to rise up from all adversities. Usually the haso always win in the game and the wiso, honestly and frankly writing, they have 0% of winning. The game is over when the haso has rose up and reached the stage of harmony and the level of 100% peace.

The 666 companies invite those who are rude, boastful and cruel to people to patronize the company’s disgraceful product that has destroyed the creation of peace.

To all those who have sinned against the faith, rewards of eternal life, peace, love and harmony are 0% on you. To you all evil, hear it from me… “ the wicked can frolic but can never win in the game we call life.”

THe Star That Never Shines

It was a tranquil night. I laid down in my soft cozy bed near the window. The lamp of my room was off. The only thing shinning bright was the moon and the stars giving dusky light in my room. The wind blew gently and it caressed my tired body. I can only hear the howls of the dogs, chirps of the birds and the sways of the leaves. I can not sleep. I kept on moving on my bed trying to find the best and the most comfortable position. My attention was caught when the curtains floated on air and when I saw the stars upon the heavens above. I stared at it. Alas! I found the best position – laying on my back with one pillow under my head and the other between my legs.

I noticed that there were stars of different colors and sizes. Some were twinkling some were not. Some were quiet for and some were near. I traced the stars and I saw different figures. While searching for other figures, a question suddenly went inside my mind. “ Are there many stars out there that I can not see because they can not shine?” I kept on thinking and pondering until I became tired and sleepy. The last thing I saw that right was a star that kept on blinking.

That night, I dreamt of a person named Lucipher. The scene was in a school. Everyone was inside the classroom studying for a test including Lucipher. Since Lucipher was aiming for honors, he went to other classrooms asking some students the answer of the test and the activities they did so as to prepare. He was a teacher’s pet and was rude to his classmates. He felt superior and he looks at his classmates as dumb and stupid. He was always the leader and the reporter of the group activities. He joined all the clubs and organization of the school. Lucipher never gave chance to others. When someone asked him a question, he would act as if he did not hear the question. He kept on gossipng on other people. This continued the whole year round.

The big day has come, the deliberation of honors. He was one of the top 5. He got plenty of medals and certificates during the awarding ceremony. He was contented and happy. He boasted jis awards to his classmates.

After the ceremony, Lucipher noticed that no one came to him to extend his or her congratulations. He noticed that the other top students were cheered and well applaued. Lucipher became sad and lonely. His efforts bore fruits but no one ate it.

I woke up at around 2:45 am at dawn because of the cold air. As I gently closed the window, I looked up the heavens above. I said to myself: Now I know. The stars in the sky will always shine but the stars which you will become will slowly shatter its light when you strive to earn this honor through greediness, selfishness, cheating and lies. “ I went back in bed again and watched the stars one more time. I closed my eyes and slept again waiting until the clock rings at 5:30 am.

Are you a shining star or a cloudy star I will think twice and you will think thrice.

The Colors of White

As the moon bid goodbye to the land and moved to the west, the stars faded, the sun glowed, the flowers bloomed into different colors, the roosters croaked, and the sun rose. It was a lovely day then. I went to the shore and watched the clear waters of the sea. As the waters reflected the sun, I turn my back because it was too luminous. There I saw the dark clouds moving from the west, whispering the wind to blow them to the city. In a matter of a few minutes, the sun’s reflection was lost in the waters. All things got a little bit darker. The dark clouds settled above the city. The wind blew hard, the lightning stroked, and the rain started to fall. I returned home disappointed. We can’t do many things under the rain. We can’t play or walk with our dog. We can’t jog or use our bicycle. We can’t taste the energy that the sun gives. All we can see above is the grayish sky and nasty lightings flashing in a blitz. The rain is the time of sorrow. I remember my past during the rain. My past brings my destiny here. If I had succeeded the trial before, I can succeed the trials in the next chapters of my life. After remembering the past, I went out and sense that the rain began to stop. The nimbus clouds faded, the sky was cleared, and the sun rose. Suddenly, a rainbow flashed and filled the sky with the colors of white.

The rainbow contains seven different colors. It divides the white light into red, orange yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet. The rainbow only comes after the rain. The remaining moisture in the sky divides the white light into several colors. They act as a prism and form a rainbow.

I consider the rainbow as the color of white. It shows the true colors of the sun. it fills the sky with brilliant colors. People said, “After sorrow, there is joy. After the rain, there is a rainbow.” And it was true.

There are many meanings that the colors of the rainbow can give. I have my own meaning for these colors too. Red is the symbol of love. It tells us that we should love all people, even our enemies. This way, the opposite and dark side of red, which is war, will never exist. Orange is the color for understanding. We must understand each other to create peace and love in this world. Yellow is the color for hope. Never lose hope. We might be down for now. But if we fight for it, we will obtain success. Green is the color of life. Remember that you should be thankful you are given life. You were made for a purpose, your life were made for others. Blue is one color for peace. We can obtain peace if we have love and understanding for each other. Indigo is the color of success. All we need is to believe in ourselves because there are many things that we can do what others cannot. Violet is the color of royalty. Everybody is royal in many ways. We are made equal. There should no one be above them the others.

All of us have his or her owned color. We must combine our colors and make ourselves one. This way the world will progress and shall make a better future.

Merciful Killing

Euthanasia is also called “mercy killing.”
Euthanasia is likely killing a person who is still alive, but like of a person is being handled by a machine. The patient is in a deep severe pain that no one can do anything anymore. It is also a financially painful on the part of the patient’s family because it is a very high pay. Euthanasia is also against the law of God because as we recall the seventh commandment “thou shall not kill.” It is against the church.
If you are a Christian, you are forgetting the law of God and you forget the teachings of the church. But if you can see that the patient is hopeless anymore and you can see that the patient is hopeless anymore and I guess you can say that you have to turn off the machine even though it is painful, but you can see that the patient is happy for he or she is in at rest already with the Lord Our God.
But, it is also an act which, of itself or by intention, causes death in order to eliminate suffering constitute a murder opposite to the dignity of the human person and to the respect due to the living God, Our Creator. And through that you are likely murdering a friend, a mom, a dad, a brother, a sister, a relatives or simply God’s Creation.
Those people who are sick or handicapped by sickness should be treated or should helped to lead lives as normal as possible. But whatever it’s motive or meaning, euthanasia is putting an end to the lives of the sick or handicapped or dying person. It is morally unacceptable but scientifically helpful to the society nowadays.
Euthanasia is an evil work. You let the devil be proud of you because you actually acting like a killer or a murderer. But I guess if we believe that those things do not exist and your doing euthanasia or mercy killing a helpful solution to help the sick or the handicapped to drive out the pain so it is okay.
Euthanasia is also a way to help the sick or handicapped escaped the darkness in which He or She is facing already. If we just have to understand or feel that the handicapped is feeling, I guessed he or she wants to be free to all the pain he or she is encountering and wants to live life with God peacefully and quietly. And if you love and want the sick or the handicapped you must have in mind how to do it and how to overcome with it.
Even if death is though immoral, the ordinary loved to a sick person cannot be legitimately interrupted. Using the painkillers to ease out the suffering of the dying person, even at the risk to shortening their days. Can be morally in conformity with human dignity is death is not willed as either an end or a mean, but only foreseen as predictable.

Just a Click Away

Until the age of computers did people used traditional mailing of letters. They wrote letters, placed it in the upper right corner of the envelope. The receiver may stay beside the window and wait for a couple of weeks for the mailman to arrive and open the mailbox. But with the click of a button, the world flashes to a new era. In a matter of few seconds…. Poof! Your most awaited mails are on Windows, I mean the Windows Operating System. This is trough the e-mail or electronic mail.
These days ‘speed’ is one of the most important words in the economy. Thanks to Bill Gates for his introduction to modern computers. Without him, the word ‘speed’ would come to extinction.
Computers are one of the most important components in this generation. They change sweat into click. Files like letters, essays, poems, short stories are never written with pens and papers these days. Chats, messages, and even reports can be done in less than a second trough a click. Finding new friends, searching for definitions for words, watching videos, listening to music, and playing videos-these and more are only done trough computers.
Computers are very common these days. It has become a need for business, education, and communications and even politics. It may be small but it can do many things fast. The whole computer unit is basically made up of the CPU or the central processing unit, the monitor, the printer, the keyboard, and the mouse. The CPU is the main part of the computer . it is considered the brain and heart of the computer. Without it, the computer would not work. In the CPU there is the motherboard. It holds all parts and drives in it. The hard disk is where the main files are stored. The memory gives the computer the fast speed and does processes in just a blink of an eye. There are still many parts and accessories that a computer may have. With the computer, everything can be done in a flash.
Technology never stopped accelerating. Besides computers, there are the cell phones. Cell phones are not ordinary these days. Before, it was made for calling, then for texting. Now, you can create multimedia like video and music, and send them to other people. Cell phones got smaller and got lighter. They are now handier compared to computers. Most people have cell phones these days, like the computer, it has become a need for emergency and business. It also does communication in just a click away.
Life has become dependent to these technologies. Our lifestyle has really changed a lot. Others got too much addicted to computers and cell phones. They sleep late at night, and stay in Internet cafes and savor the entertainment the computer gives. All of these promote bad health to people. No sweat came out from our skin cause we lack exercise. Our minds have become obsessed to computers and cell phones just for fun. We must be responsible to ourselves. This is trough balancing health and fun!

The Window

All were making silence that dawn. I woke up at quarter to six, ready for school. Almost everything was dark. I stood up and walked to the bathroom. Suddenly a horizon appeared in front of me. Everything inside the house glowed. They were reflected the horizon. I wonder where the horizon came from. O right, logically, it came from the window. I sat down and realized something about the window.
The window, it is one of the most important parts of your house. It captures the fresh and delightful air from plants outside. It lets the bright sunlight pass and makes our dark house glow inside. The blue sky, the green plants and the colorful flowers, the sound of melody, your friendly neighbors, and even your pet waiting outside captures your eyes-only trough your window. People say that if you can’t go trough the door, there is a window. Yes, they are right, the window is a sign of hope. Imagine a house without a window. There would be no sunlight and there would be no mornings. I think people inside would look pale and unhealthy. Can you imagine? This is how important the window is.
I find happiness when I look trough the window. I can hear my neighbors shouting, laughing and singing. That way, I enjoy remembering the past- the fun with my family, friends, and neighbors, my achievements, the trials that I have succeed and so much more. But sometimes, I remember the sorrows when I hear the sad music and see the clouds turning the dark. Then raindrops fall. Here I realized that we must still move on and we should not stop. The rain stopped and the wind blew the nimbus clouds away. The sky was cleared and a rainbow made the sky colorful. As the sun rose, I went outside to smell the flowers, hear the music, play with my friends and sing with my neighbors.. The window invites you to open the door. It gives you the strength to move on and correct your mistakes in life. The window makes you remember your past, alerts you to present situations, and inspire you to fulfill your dreams in the future.
I consider the window as your live television. It gives us the story of nature outside. It also answers us the question, ”What’s going on outside?” The window is the source of energy for people inside the house since it posses air, light, and vibrations of music from outside. It also tells time during sunrise and sunset. When night comes, the window gives us cool air during our period of rest. We won’t use electric fan or any air conditioning unit to replace the true freshness of air.
When you feel like being down or desperate, you could stay at the window. Look outside. Appreciate the beauty of nature. Appreciate yourself. The window gives you an opportunity to succeed life. It is your choice. Remember, your destiny is upon your choice.
A bright light filled the darkness. Suddenly, I woke up and realized that I was dreaming. I hurried up because I’m going to be late for school.

The Goal

As I passed the soccer field, a ball rolled in front of me. A player from college asked me to return the ball. I kicked as hard as I could. The ball flew but terribly, in a wrong direction. “Men, I don’t know how to kick. How do I kick right?” I asked. I got interested in kicking patterns. So I watch the college playing soccer. BOOM…BAM…BOOM…! “Wow what a what a kick. All of it is perfect. It seems that each kick sounds like an exploding bomb.”

Almost all of my classmates were soccer trainees and they play soccer every dismissal. So I try to play with them. When I started playing soccer, I found it fun. I consider it one of my hobbies. Time to time, the girls got lesser since they knew that they cannot play soccer when intramurals comes. The boys stop playing soccer because they got addicted to computer games. Me? Well, I am the only one left. Sometimes I team up with the second years or the fourth years versus the college or other high school year levels. All I knew was to kick the ball because I don’t know how to control it. As I observed each game of the soccer players, I found that the ball is not that big at all. It is your friend. It is ready to be controlled for you. As time goes on, I already knew how to control the ball and I can already to kick it to the right direction.

I noticed the goal. It is square and a net surrounds it. It is where each player has his or her eyes on. It is each player’s target. It is rare for a ball to be shot in a goal. In most games only one to three goals can be shot. This is each player’s goal. This is my goal, to shoot to the goal. Since all players have the same goal, values like ‘cooperation’ and ‘unity’ are formed. Only cooperation and unity are the elements in winning the game. On the other hand, pride is the one that gives defeat to your team.

Intramurals almost came. We knew we have to practice but we did not. I came to school early since we are the first to play (versus freshmen). We weren’t ready and we were anxious since we knew that the freshmen kept on practicing. I observed that our team during that time has not found elements unity and cooperation. After the game, we were disappointed of the score 6-1. Team freshmen got six points and we only got one point. Yucks! Really embarrassing, isn’t it? We all learned a lesson. Do not underestimate the opponent, practice often, and unite and cooperate with each other. On our next game (versus seniors), we were already serious since we know that they are fourth years and they are more experienced than us. We are already united. At the middle of the game we got a score of three and they got a score of one. What a miracle! All of us were happy. But this is not a happy ending. They catch up and the score went to 3-3. The seniors won because of the penalty shoot out. We, the sophomores, were still happy since we almost defeat the seniors. We realized what unity and cooperation can do.

In this world, each people are not living in his or her island. God made a purpose. He made one world so that all of us will unite. We are made to be stewards to others. Then that makes life possible until now. We must continue the mission that lived in the past. Now we have to hold hand in hand to shoot the goal of life.