My Student's Spot

Our first time contributors have been waiting for the official announcement of whoever are the winners for our "First Timer's Award". Well, let's not prolong their agony of waiting. Let's give them a big round of applause because we already have the official result.

Here are the winners with their corresponding awards:

First Time English Article Writer      -   Jeric Javier (JJMJ)  +15

First Time Joker                                -  Fryod Rinonos            + 5

Congratulations to the students who supported our site. 

I cannot announce where the plus points will be added to. But, rest assured that the students that I mentioned above won't regret anything. Their contributions and efforts are more than any points that I can give them.   

Upon reading this announcement, you might have some questions in your mind like "What's the reason of doing this kind of nonsense?" or "If I contribute, would that benefit me?"

Well, let me tell you that a lot of people have achieved a lot through writing online. Let's take for example http://www.yugatech.com - a blog created last October 2002 by a Filipino named Abe Olandres. He has made his blog into one of the most famous blogs not only in the Philippines but the whole world. He was featured in a lot of publications and news, and was interviewed by GMA, ABS CBN, and some other TV networks.  Advertisers and companies also offer him a lot of opportunities.

There is also one blogger that I know who has made a name in online writing. I don't exactly know his real name but he is known for his pen name "papaleng". I have read a certain book about him in the Philippines which mentioned how he achieved his success. He was just a simple man who had a dream of becoming a writer. That dream is not a dream anymore, it has become real. 

See? That's what blogging can do for you. 

But, I know that you still have some hesitations in your mind because you are not sure whether you can do it or not. You still want someone to guide through this. That's why I am here.

Writing can't be totally learned in school. The school teaches you which makes you become equipped. But, do you really apply the things that you have learned to the real world? I bet you don't. You just absorb all the lessons and babosh no more. Goodbye new learned things. Everything will just be forgotten because you are not practicing. Blogging is one way of applying what you have learned in our English writing classes. There's no other place (except school) where you can write and be read but the internet. Write an article and let your neighbor read it. For sure, your neighbor will just dump whatever precious ideas that you have written into a piece of paper.

But the internet has opened its doors for you and for me. The opportunity of spreading your idea throughout the world is already upon reach. Let's grab it because opportunity only knocks once. There's nothing to worry whether you are a newbie to writing because nobody will grade you. No teacher will scold you because you got a failing grade, or your mother tearing your ear with her annoying words when she is doing her sermon because you fail in English writing. The internet is where real people meet and is a good place to practice your skills without worrying about committing a mistake. 

It's just a matter of practice before you can become better. Well, I am not saying that I am a good writer because I commit some mistakes. I am an English teacher but I accept the fact and I am proud to say that I am not perfect. That makes me want to learn more.

Blogging is one way of developing your writing skills. It's one of the many ways of expression as well. With the boom of technology, writing online has become very popular that a lot of people are getting into it. Let's not be left behind. Let's dance with the music! If we won't do anything to jive with it, then, it would take a really tough effort for us to get into the tempo of the new generation of writing. 

Write! Be heard! Dance with the new music of writing! Be one of us!

Tell next time then! Have a good day.

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I appreciate the efforts of the students in checking out the site. Please do check every now and then because I will do my best to update the site and bring you the latest articles, pictures and a lot more which will be contributed by our student writers. 

I have received an email from one of the students of Durat Al Sharq International School. I almost deleted his email because it was marked as SPAM by yahoo. Fool yahoo! Well,  thanks to my ninja instincts, I was able to save his email by using my kasibumtsikum techniques. LOL!

Thank you Froyd for your contribution. For that, you are qualified for our first timer's award. I am branding you as the "First Time Joker" of My Student's Spot. 

 (The Banyo Raid)

 (Huli ka!)

 (Gangsta!)

(Don't dunk my head, dude!)

 (This is my crib!)

 (Pa cute effect si Hashim!)

(Looking for some fight? Come on!)

 (Ayaaah.. Karate Kid.)

(Siya ang kambal ko!)

Binabasa mo to. Siguro naiintindihan mo, siguro hindi. Pilipino ka nga ba?  Pinoy? Masaya ka parin bang maging Pinoy? Kung ako ang pag-babalingan ng tanong na yan, siguro sa panahon ngayon maisasagot ko na hindi narin. Dati, nang mga panahong hindi pa ako pinapanganak ay may kahambugan pang ipinagmamalaki ng mga Pinoy ang Pilipinas at sarili nila. Mga ibon kung ilarawan ang mga Pinoy noon. Makalaya, at matuwid ang lipad. Kinukuha natin kung ano ang kailangan natin para magbigay ng sustansiyang mabuti sa mga susunod na henerasyon. Malayang bansa. Iyan ang ipinagmamalaki natin dati. Malaya --- hindi sa moralidad kung hindi sa pakikialam ng iba sa kasiyahan at mga ngiti natin.

  Are you satisfied with your life? Are you just a part of the masses of people just breathing in and breathing out, doing routine work everyday, sleeping to end the day, and waking up for the next? Why not spice life up a bit? There are masses of people out there, close, far, you just have to look. What do they have to do with you, you ask? Nothing much, except for a little bit of competition and challenge.

    Everybody competes for something, whether for food, clothing, reputation and respect, everybody wants a piece of something. The bottom line is that people compete for that piece. The weak don't have much value in the such. Say we put it all in a fictional scenario. Your world --- a jungle. Your desires --- a piece of meat, and not just a piece of meat, but the biggest piece of meat. But of course, no jungle has JUST one predator to hunt food for the taking. That's where competition arrives. You don't know it, but you DO compete everyday for something you value.