Kannawidan Ilocos Festival

Ilocos Sur is known to be one of the provinces which generate distinct kinds of products. With these products, one town is identified with the other towns. Through the uniqueness of each entity, one is unusual and immense as the other. And when these products unite together, it creates a striking image on the oneness of the area.

And this year is already the 4^th Kannawidan Festival of Ilocos Sur. It usually starts on every 31^st day of January and ends in the 6^th day of February. With this manner of festival, products in every town pile up and present them in a way that people will take delight in looking at them. These products are been exhibited in Vigan City and whoever wants to buy that item can have it. Residents from the nearby municipalities visit the display area and can explore the whole Ilocos Sur by merely sighting those products presented there. And on the actual day, different parlor games were played and all townspeople can join with it. Also foreign people visit and they adore this festival.

This was the splendid Kannawidan Festival. A true depiction in which it symbolizes the progress of Ilocos Sur for its different products it produces. This is one of our well-off so we better take pride of it.

January 25 . . . . . . . .

A feast day is a day on which a religious festival takes place. Feasts and festivals are celebrations involving carefully planned programs, outpourings of respect, rejoicing, or high revelry established by custom or sponsored by various cultural groups or organizations.

January 25 marks a very significant day on the lives of every Bigueňo. It is on this day that they celebrate the conversion of their patron saint, St. Paul. Different activities and festivals happened before the actual feast day. Starting from the 19th day of the month, distinct commotions are shown in the Plaza Burgos and there's also the carnival which is most visited by people not only from Vigan but also the people from nearby towns. Here's also the fascinating 'Education Day' on the 21st day in which all schools of Vigan had their parade. And as well as the captivating 'Longganisa Festival' on the 22nd day which all individuals watched the street dancing and showdown of the different contestants for this event. And the most awaited affair in the 25th, the grand parade. It is in their culture to have this kind of event in which lots of people watched it.

That's the yearly feast of Vigan City. The happenings are well-loved by all people not only the Bigueňos but also people all over the nation and foreigners as well.

Relection

Time flies so fast and 3rd grading period will soon be just for our past, it will end soon. We'll be proceeding for our 4th grading. But laughter, tears, and lessons for this grading will continue for our next chapters of our school life. Are you now ready to face distinct challenges that will come for our last grading for this school year?

But before we will think of any thing for the 4th grading, let us first reminisce the 3rd grading. I am happy again and I enjoyed different activities for this grading. I still want and feels good in every post that I make here in my blog. My internet connection problem lessen because the computer that we are using can access internet so fast. Same through with the rushing of my projects, through my little effort with doing my projects earlier than before, my problem on this lessen also.

I hope better things will come for this coming 4th grading . I will be more creative again on the things that I may face. I hope also that everybody will enjoy the next grading as they enjoy this grading.

New Year, The New ME?

Is it really a practice to have a resolution in every New Year? Do we need to settle things we want to achieve for our coming New Year?As this special holiday comes, everybody says that these things will serve as their resolutions and promise to fulfill them throughout the year. But are you sure that everybody can stand those resolutions that they made?

As I welcome New Year, I didn't have a New Year's resolution. I just spend the day with my normal life. I didn't think of any change that I will do in myself. But as days pass by, I realize that I must have at least plans for me that will make me a better person this year. So I'm planning to change my bad attitudes with good traits, still continue doing good things, and I'll stay simple as I am today. I do hope that those who accepted for who I am last year will still accept me for who I am today. Even though it's New Year, I won't forget the moments , even if they are sad moments or happy moments, they will still remain in my hearts and memories and as well as those people who become part and completed my 2010 year and still wants to join me i my 2011 journey.

These are the things I considered to be as my resolutions. If I wasn't a good friend nor a good stranger to you last year, I hope and try my very best that this year, I will be a nice friend to everybody.

The True Essence of Christmas

Christmas is the day we commemorate the birth of our savior, Jesus Christ. For some people, it is a holy day for religious services while for others it is the day for gift giving, feasting, and good times together with their families and relatives. A time of giving, sharing, loving and forgiving one another. But do we still see the true meaning of Christmas in our humanity at present?

Everyone is excited to welcome Christmas Day. And what is their reason in doing this so? Maybe for others they wait for the ‘Misa de Gallo’ for them to complete in attending the 9 consecutive masses at dawn and believed that one can make a wish and this wish will be granted if she can able to complete the mass. While others, they wait for them to have Christmas caroling together with their friends. Young children and even the old ones can do the caroling. And little children are so happy to receive gifts as well as money from their ‘Ninongs’ and ‘Ninangs’. And for the Noche Buena time, I’m sure everybody is excited in preparing foods for this as well as when the real Noche Buena time is going on.

These deeds are parts of our yearly Christmas event. They now become a factor of our culture. For sure, every person feels so delighted in performing these acts. But then may we not forget the true essence of Christmas in which it is the time of sharing, loving and forgiving one another. We must let love disperse among human race not only during Christmas days rather everyday that God gave us.

"Magandang Pagsasamahan tungo sa Maayos at Maunlad na Lipunan"

Relationships and interactions among human beings complete a society. Understanding of how society works or ought to work has been throughout the years. In this, everyone should know one's responsibility to develop one organize humanity.

Good interactions build a good relationship. Even among unit, when one show his/her care for her companion, surely her alliance will do the same way. And through this kind of attitude that one's possesses we can make a good bond. This only shows that if we transform this to bigger things like a society, when among people have pleasant dealings to his/her fellow then a well organize society will come out.

Society goes on and on and on. It is same with ideas. It is like ideas in which as time passes by and as numerous people contribute facts about this, eventually this little idea that we have will turn out to be an expressive thought. So when we start a good relationship among individuals today, soon we will be creating a well and progress society of ours in the future.

Let's Have Some Break

It's so nice to have a recreation after long tiring activities. And being a student, having a vacation is the biggest event that for sure awaits everybody. And experiencing such 1-week vacation like the semestral break gave smiles on every faces of students. Certainly nobody wants to possess a dull experience for every vacation each endure.

After the periodical test, I know all of us were very happy because it's the time for us to have our sem break. And sem break for me became a very free-day because I did nothing like I always watch tv, text and hang-outs with my friends, play computer games and surf the net. And also we cleaned our house together with my sister. This was my daily schedule during the sem break and I know in myself that I didn't think of any school activities during these days.

Last November 1 after going in the cemetery, we had a Halloween Party at our SK Chairman's house and this was also his victory party in winning in the past election. We had some games in finding things like a cross in their backyard, then after this we had our dinner. After having dinner, I together with our neighbors went in the cemetery. I enjoyed their company and we had fun in the cemetery then went home.

This was my experience during our semestral break together with the All Saint's Day. I enjoyed it and hope that everybody had a wonderful vacation too.