"THE TRUE ESSENCE OF CHRISTMAS"

"Days grow longer and nights grow shorter" We are already in the month of December and the Christmas day is going near to us. People are getting ready for this significant day. This is the season of happiness, love, forgiveness and as well as kindness. Rich or poor alike. Some people invites their friends, families and share their happiness together. Some people hold parties and have themselves enjoy all night long. But also, some would just ignore this day and does nothing.

Actually I am a person who loves Christmas season. For me, this is the day of happiness especially in a home. I never like them giving me gifts but a complete and a happy family is enough for me this Christmas. Gifts, parties, enjoyment is not that important to me. Sharing, caring, giving, loving and a wholesome family life are the true essence of celebrating this Christmas season. Most important thing is we must live under peace and love cause this is the day of Jesus. We celebrate this season with the presence of the Lord.

This Christmas Season, lets celebrate with full of love, happiness and peace. This is a special day cause this is the day of our Lord Jesus. And the best gift that we can share to others is by sharing our love, sharing our care towards other people. As to our community, living as a good citizen is the best gift that I can give. Cause God did not created this day for gifts but rather sharing, giving and loving which is the the true essence of this Christmas.

''LESSONS FROM THE CITY MEET''

Students, athletes, coaches, teachers. All this individuals were almost everywhere in the campus. This is the significant day in our school cause the Vigan City Athletic Meet is to be held.

It was November, 27-28, 2009. The City Meet was mainly happened in Ilocos Sur National High School ground were lot of games played. Shouting and cheering takes place on this event. Even I, I felt satisfaction, enjoyment and suspense as I watched the games. Like the other students who cheered their own school mates, I did too. We have an asssignment in this event, as a member of the Red Cross Youth, I voluntered to be a first aider in this big event like the other members of this organization. I am assigned in the volleyball. The other members went to the other games like nadminton, tennis, basketball and etc. I prefered to choose volleyball because it is one of my favorite sports. There were seven of us assigned in the game. And as the game starts I felt a little nervous, not the fear of having someone to be aided but because I felt excited in this game, mostly it is played by the ISNHS team and the DWCV team. At the 1st set of the game, the ISNHS team showed their very good abilities making the other team felt nervous. The 1st match won by the ISNHS team and I am very glad of that thinking that they might finish the game so easily, but in the second match, the game is a draw and I felt disappointed cause I sensed that they let their selves overconfident. At the 3rd set of the game, I felt so uneasy and more disappointed because the team was lost and I wonderd, why? Maybe they were oveconfident on that game? My enjoyment was faded so easily because of that.

I will never forget that event cause I learned one and important thing and lesson. Its about "never expect so high cause this could lead you to disappointment whereas you don't know what would happen next. I realized that myself, thanks to that event. Next time, I will know what to do.