"The Basureros" By Al Benedict Simene

                What a very inspiring experience/story indeed , it only shows that even without money, one can still continue to live on and strive harder in life. Our life doesn't end upon loosing our love ones, in fact, it's a test from god, his giving such test to the three children to see if they still want to continue in life. Even without parents, this three children still works hard to buy medicine for their paralyzed father. Plus, I'm the opposite of the three children because I don't get to work hard in school or even help at home. So I ask  myself, Do I deserve to live such fragile life? Those three children deserves the life that I have now. I'm starting to question myself, why am I like this? I can't help myself, I'm only getting worse. And now, after reading the story, I've found out reasons to live on and battle all challenges in life.

Tuesdays With Morrie (Al Benedict Simene)

                 Tuesdays with Morrie, Mitch Albom Tuesdays with Morrie, written by Mitch Albom is a story of the love between a man and his college professor, Morrie Schwartz. This true story captures the compassion and wisdom of a man who only knew good in his heart. A man who lived his life to the fullest up until the very last breath of his happily fulfilled life. It is a short story of a special bond of friendship that was lost for many years, but never forgotten and simply picked up again at a crucial time of both Morrie's and Mitch's lives. When Morrie learned that he had only a few months to live with the deadly disease of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, Morrie began the last class of his life with Mitch - life's greatest lesson. Throughout the last fourteen weeks of Morrie's life, Mitch met with him every Tuesday to learn and understand all of the wisdom and lessons of life that were within Morrie. The weekly routine consisted of lunch and lecture. These meetings included discussions on everything from the world when you enter it to the world when you say goodbye. From the relationship that these men had with each, a love is revealed like no other love resembles. This is a love of friendship and of respect. Such a bond between people is difficult to achieve. Their relationship consists of an "unembarrassed love" that is constantly present. Morrie Schwartz was a man of great wisdom who loved and enjoyed to see and experience a simplicity of life, something beyond life's most challenging and unanswered mysteries. From Morrie, we learn that life is most happily experienced when enjoyed and fulfilled to its highest ability. Morrie shares this with Mitch in the last days of his life and these great lessons will be carried and practiced throughout Mitch's life.

                   After watching Tuesdays with Morrie I felt a sense of discovery. Morrie Schwartz was a man that touched the lives of many. He will always be remembered for his sincerity and his compassion for life and for love. The lessons that Morrie loved to teach were of his own experience with life. These great lessons were full of wisdom and love and they came deep from within Morrie. I enjoyed watching this video and I am also envious of his experience with this incredible man. I learned many lessons of life while watching this video. There were lessons of love, of family, of relationships, of education and many more topics and issues that are very touching ti the heart. By watching this video I learned that wisdom comes with experience and it only inspired me to anticipate the lessons of life that I know I will come to learn as I live my own life.

Tusdays with Morrie (Angelie M. Pareja)

Tuesdays with Morrie

As i watched the movie at first i really don't understand what exactly the movie is all about but sooner i realized that the story tells about the love between a spiritual mentor and his pupil and also life and death. The life that God gave us is the greatest gift that I ever receive, He gave us life life to live in this world so we should treasure it as ling as we're alive. We should enjoy life, live life to the fullest but expect many circumstances may come, like what other said that "expect the unexpected". Its normal, its part of living but as long as we are alive, enjoy life do whatever you want because we manage our own life. Treasure every single day that we have in this world before its too late because when we are already dead we can't do anything just the way we do before. When we are dying think that every second, minute, hour is very important and it must be memorable and for the people that are close to us, tell them how much they mean to us.

Life is really unpredictable, we should treasure all the things around us especially to those whom we love and give thanks to them. And most of all, God without Him we are nothing, we are all His children, we should have faith in Him and love Jesus with all our heart.

If I had my life to live again

Ian A.Quebada

If I had my life to live again

If I had my life to live all over again, I will surely change the course of my childhood. I will be playing with my friends form morning until afternoon. I will laugh as much as I can stand. I will be carefree .I will sing my favorites songs with my close friends as we walk along the seashore. I will go fishing every weekend with my grandfather. I will sleep at anytime as I wanted without thinking of households’ tasks at home. I do anything that makes my day happier and relaxing.

I had my life to live all over again, I will study hard in high school for me to learn a lot of things and unravel my potentials. I will try new hobbies like sports and become competitive with others in a more constructive way. I will collect toys like cars, motorbikes, trains and airplanes and placed all those inside my bedroom. I will listen to my favorite music with my friends and when I do something to make me feel good. I will be funnier as I am today. I will make sad people like by playing clowns to make them smile and forget their problems.

If I had to live my life all over again, I will be careful in choosing the right course to take in college. I will ask advice from my parents and guidance councilor or from a good friend yet still have to make decision on my own. I will be keener in choosing friends who can support me in whatever endeavor I will undertake. I will be more clam and patience when things are not going right the way I wanted them to be. I will take make decision one at a time and not rush on anything. I will be more responsible in all my actions. I will take a stand if there are difficult decisions to make but listens and balance all issues before choosing one without regretting.

If I had my life to live all over again, I will always think positively and live my life more fully. 

The Basureros

by: Julius R. Calapan 

              As what we know about the story basureros we must not discriminate them or look them to low because they are only basureros. We must respect them for what they are even though their job is to get some garbage in the dump site we must treat them equally like humans. Our life is like a movie sequence we have different situations. Respect is the biggest factor that we can see in this situation even if you are rich or poor we are all going to die in the future so that we must treat each other equally.

                I hate a person who tells those young kids in the street to go away with their car for it will scratch their paint. What if the situation is opposite? Is it ok for them? So let’s not make things like that. We must respect them for who they are. For me I treated people equally even in my friends. I don’t want to make any trouble let them do what they want to do in their life as long as you are happy then go.

                 I feel pity when I saw some kids in the dump site they are not supposed to in that place; they should be in school with some regular kids. That’s the problem to our government they didn’t have plans for that particular sectors in our society. We are all equal in God’s eyes then treat people equally.

Story of Rose

              by: Julius R. Calapan

  My reaction to the story of rose, sometimes you don’t just lay on your bed or watch television in your living room. As what the bible says work man and I will help you. If you want to reach your primary goal in life you must work for it because as we grow older and older and our age added every year you just don’t sit down there and don’t do nothing you got to work hard study hard for you to have a good life in your future. Your future tells what you are doing today in present times if you just sit down there and don’t do anything well I definitely say your future will be messed up. And if you are in school don’t just too nerd enough  to focus all your attention on school work you need also to socialize for you to have more friends to guide you and advice you or help you in many ways if you have problems. Balance is what I also point it out because sometimes people don’t manage their time very well. If you can’t manage to balance your time in all your doings then how can you manage a big company perhaps manage your whole life I think it’s time for the youth to think also to their parents or to those people who worked hard for them to go to school so that their sacrifices can be worth it. As what I saw in our society today too many students are taking advantages well it’s because maybe their parents are working abroad they didn’t appreciate the sacrifices of their parents to work abroad just to make their sons and daughter  to have a good life and in return they didn’t return a good results to their in parents. Well some ended in early pregnancy or getting married too early. Some ended in jail it’s because maybe their taking drugs and caught up by the local police and what can possibly affect to their parents? Maybe their parents will be stressed in worrying thinking what happened to their sons and daughter.  We have only one life and one opportunity then maybe we should grab it eventually and not to lose that chance so that in the near future we are remembered in a way even in little things we do or we shared people that surrounds you and loves you will think that you are a good person not a stupid one.  

The Basureros: A Reflection

by: Jhunmar L.Avila

This story is so nice, they inspire me and challenge.

I learn a lot of these stories like don’t spend money in not so important, focus your school study and help to your family, sharing your blessing to others.

Even if they are poor and cannot eat in 3 days there life is fair they not snatched and they helping each other.

I realize that it so hard to live without your family supporting to you. So I very thankful to god they give me a strong family. 

That is the story of Basureros.