Today I am going to go to church and bring my notebook to write my reflection regarding the gospel.
I do that because my teacher ordered us. It is our homework
I do that because my teacher ordered us. It is our homework
I remember a scene in my life. It was during my birthday in 2013.
It was after class dismissal when I was asked to go to my English teacher's office and she gave me something as a gift.
She gave me a pencil eraser, a ball pen and some a pad of notes that consist of colors red, yellow, pink and green which all have been placed in a D.I.Y pink bag paper.
At that moment, I was surprised.
I'm not really close with this teacher but I really like her for her attitude towards her work and her english skills.
"Why does she bother to give me a gift for my brithday? Does she do this to other students too?", this is what I wondered at that moment.
She smiled and after handing me the gift, she told me something like,
"Someone informed me it's your birthday today. Here, take it. It's just ball pen, some pad of notes, eraser, I just got these things whatever I could find worthy to give from my table. haha Why didn't you tell us? haha"
I was like "eh?"
"Oh, do I need to announce my birthday to everyone?", I thought. If that is so, I think I need to be thankful.
I smiled as she gave that gift to me. And she even placed her arm on my shoulder. It's a very friendly action for me!
Thinking of my teacher who bothered to give a gift to me... receiving a gift from a teacher I liked since I was a freshman... Wah! I must be so happy and thankful!
Today there's no class. It's holiday.
But the advisers (each of the homeroom teachers from both class sections) told us days ago that there'll be dance practice in the school.
All of us are obliged to go.
I arrived around 7:00 in the morning because one of my classmates ORDERED us to come at school at that time. If one comes beyond 7:00 AM, there will be consequence for that (like paying for the snacks). So no one should be late.
She probably ordered us to come at that early time for practice because usually my classmates are slowpokes. If the time to go to this is this, my classmates would arrive 1 hour later. So to have enough time for practice, my classmate set an early time.
When I arrived there, I only saw few students.
And I heard one of my classmates complained like
"Isn't she the one who said to come at 7:00 AM?? Why isn't she here yet!?? Look who's talking!"
haha
Many of my classmates arrived at school beyond 7:00AM. Some arrived at 7:30 AM, and 8:00 AM. They are late.
I'm not angry with them because I have experienced being late too (of course with valid reason) and if I were in their position, I wouldn't like to hear harsh noisy reprimand/comment from narrow-minded judgmental people when I'm trying my best not to be late, maybe.
But of course, the mistake of not following the instruction have to be corrected.
Someone should point out their mistake properly and respectfully.
Because if someone gets angry and says harsh words, the person being said with those harsh words would feel negative or positive. I guess the person will be most likely feel negative. Suppose that my guess is a fact, and to be sure that no one or less people will negative, I'd like to say that when criticizing someone or reprimanding someone, it should be done constructively, properly and respectfully.
... when I scold my classmates, I sometimes do it with a raised voice to indicate that I DO NOT LIKE WHAT THEY ARE DOING and that they should LISTEN to me.
I had in mind since before that I would remove this characteristic of mine (raising one's voice when scolding with my classmates). But until now, I think I have never accomplished it. But of course I made a little progress to becoming a calm person.
Umm, this is not what I wanted to write for today.
What I intended to write seemed to be set aside as new thoughts come as I think of what I intended to write. ←This sentence makes sense to me. But, I wonder, does this sentence als make sense to others? w
Today, I ended up not writing about what I actually wanted to write today.
But it's okay.
When I'll have my free time and when I'll not be lazy, I'll write what I want to write. I need to focus on it. lol
Good night
But the advisers (each of the homeroom teachers from both class sections) told us days ago that there'll be dance practice in the school.
All of us are obliged to go.
I arrived around 7:00 in the morning because one of my classmates ORDERED us to come at school at that time. If one comes beyond 7:00 AM, there will be consequence for that (like paying for the snacks). So no one should be late.
She probably ordered us to come at that early time for practice because usually my classmates are slowpokes. If the time to go to this is this, my classmates would arrive 1 hour later. So to have enough time for practice, my classmate set an early time.
When I arrived there, I only saw few students.
And I heard one of my classmates complained like
"Isn't she the one who said to come at 7:00 AM?? Why isn't she here yet!?? Look who's talking!"
haha
Many of my classmates arrived at school beyond 7:00AM. Some arrived at 7:30 AM, and 8:00 AM. They are late.
I'm not angry with them because I have experienced being late too (of course with valid reason) and if I were in their position, I wouldn't like to hear harsh noisy reprimand/comment from narrow-minded judgmental people when I'm trying my best not to be late, maybe.
But of course, the mistake of not following the instruction have to be corrected.
Someone should point out their mistake properly and respectfully.
Because if someone gets angry and says harsh words, the person being said with those harsh words would feel negative or positive. I guess the person will be most likely feel negative. Suppose that my guess is a fact, and to be sure that no one or less people will negative, I'd like to say that when criticizing someone or reprimanding someone, it should be done constructively, properly and respectfully.
... when I scold my classmates, I sometimes do it with a raised voice to indicate that I DO NOT LIKE WHAT THEY ARE DOING and that they should LISTEN to me.
I had in mind since before that I would remove this characteristic of mine (raising one's voice when scolding with my classmates). But until now, I think I have never accomplished it. But of course I made a little progress to becoming a calm person.
Umm, this is not what I wanted to write for today.
What I intended to write seemed to be set aside as new thoughts come as I think of what I intended to write. ←This sentence makes sense to me. But, I wonder, does this sentence als make sense to others? w
Today, I ended up not writing about what I actually wanted to write today.
But it's okay.
When I'll have my free time and when I'll not be lazy, I'll write what I want to write. I need to focus on it. lol
Good night
せんせい、しつもんがありますけど。
is it also our sin that society gets angry with us because we did something which we think is right and especially if we think it's for love?
Whose fault is it?
Making Script of saint Augustine's life is difficult T_T
I must finish it by tomorrow.
Yet I have no idea what should I write, where to start to write T_T
Recently, there was a question from the teacher in our national language subject.
We read the story found in the book.
That story is about a kind of wedding in the province.
The main character in there is a person who'd like his wedding to be like his brother's which is lavish and enjoyable. He'd like his wedding to be memorable for it means it is the end of his youthful days.
Although having a lavish wedding requires a lot of money, it doesn't affect the main character's decision to change.
The optimism of the main character made it possible to stick to his decision.
「なんとかします」is what the main character said when he considered about "a lavish wedding requires a lot of money".
When he had his wedding, there were a lot of food being prepared (there were 2 roasted pigs, 2 fat cows being cooked), a lot of visitors were invited, there were fun activities just like playing a musical instrument, drinking bottles of alcohol and so many more. They enjoyed it.
After the wedding, his wife was brought in to his family's house. They had fun talking, joking, teasing after the wedding. It was time to sleep. Then they heard his parents talking about the debt they had since his brother's wedding.
The question from the teacher is gotten from this story.
The teacher asked us
what kind of wedding do each of us want to have. Is it just simple wedding? Or a lavish wedding?
Many of the girls in our classroom answered that a wedding does not need to be extravagant. As long as the couple will get blessing from the lord through the priest, it'll be fine.
The answer of most girls in our classroom is opposite of what I have expected to hear from them.
I thought girls in our classroom want their wedding day to be grandiose, lavish, special and many more words that are related to "above simple".
As for the answer of most boys in the class, they want their wedding day to be special.
According to my #3 fat boy classmate, it will be the most happiest moment of his life and it will happen only once in his lifetime. He wants it to be unforgettable and memorable. So he's going to celebrate his wedding above simplicity.
Hearing this kind of answer from this classmate, I was kind of impressed.
This #3 fat boy classmate of mine is known to be one of the troublesome boys in the classroom. And the fact that he is a boy (I believe males are more practical-minded than females) made me expect to hear an answer "I want to have a wedding that doesn't cost too much money" from him. But I didn't hear that kind of answer from him.
And from other boys who shared their answers to the class too, I have not heard an answer from them " I want to have a simple wedding"
Simple wedding in here means, only the couple and the priest to give the blessing are the ones only involved and it doesn't require money.
Weeeeew
We read the story found in the book.
That story is about a kind of wedding in the province.
The main character in there is a person who'd like his wedding to be like his brother's which is lavish and enjoyable. He'd like his wedding to be memorable for it means it is the end of his youthful days.
Although having a lavish wedding requires a lot of money, it doesn't affect the main character's decision to change.
The optimism of the main character made it possible to stick to his decision.
「なんとかします」is what the main character said when he considered about "a lavish wedding requires a lot of money".
When he had his wedding, there were a lot of food being prepared (there were 2 roasted pigs, 2 fat cows being cooked), a lot of visitors were invited, there were fun activities just like playing a musical instrument, drinking bottles of alcohol and so many more. They enjoyed it.
After the wedding, his wife was brought in to his family's house. They had fun talking, joking, teasing after the wedding. It was time to sleep. Then they heard his parents talking about the debt they had since his brother's wedding.
The question from the teacher is gotten from this story.
The teacher asked us
what kind of wedding do each of us want to have. Is it just simple wedding? Or a lavish wedding?
Many of the girls in our classroom answered that a wedding does not need to be extravagant. As long as the couple will get blessing from the lord through the priest, it'll be fine.
The answer of most girls in our classroom is opposite of what I have expected to hear from them.
I thought girls in our classroom want their wedding day to be grandiose, lavish, special and many more words that are related to "above simple".
As for the answer of most boys in the class, they want their wedding day to be special.
According to my #3 fat boy classmate, it will be the most happiest moment of his life and it will happen only once in his lifetime. He wants it to be unforgettable and memorable. So he's going to celebrate his wedding above simplicity.
Hearing this kind of answer from this classmate, I was kind of impressed.
This #3 fat boy classmate of mine is known to be one of the troublesome boys in the classroom. And the fact that he is a boy (I believe males are more practical-minded than females) made me expect to hear an answer "I want to have a wedding that doesn't cost too much money" from him. But I didn't hear that kind of answer from him.
And from other boys who shared their answers to the class too, I have not heard an answer from them " I want to have a simple wedding"
Simple wedding in here means, only the couple and the priest to give the blessing are the ones only involved and it doesn't require money.
Weeeeew
The talent production in-charge who sometimes wear eyeglasses and has somewhat cool face and who is also our English teacher assigned something to the theater's guild (my last year's teacher and this year's teacher are different)
This theater's guild is a group where I belong.
The teacher instructed us since July to make a role play of the life of saint Augustine, a doctor of the church. She was instructed by the priest (the short priest whom I sometimes talk with) to present it.
When she reminds us or asks us about the progress, she seems to give us a worried look and worried tone of voice.
When she instructed us at first that we'll be presenting saint Augustine's life, I thought I must give out my best and the thought of "she looks worried" also makes me want to do my best more.
In my mind, I thought I should be the one who will be making the script. I see myself as the most suitable person in the group to make the script.
When I looked up on google saint Augustine's life, there were plenty of results. But none satisfied what I want to read.
I want more information. I want to read the events in his life. I need specific scenes. What happened to him? I'll be writing the script. This includes writing the script of the characters.
I needed characters. I needed to know the real happenings between Saint Augustine and some people in his life.
Until now, I haven't found a satisfying summary of Saint Augustine's life.
Just a while ago, on facebook, I ordered my weird group mate to search for a good summary of Saint Augustine's life and that I'll be the one to write the script to be said and acted by the actors and actresses.
Then my group mate replied to me that there's this teacher who'll be helping us next week.
If I remember, the lookin' cool English teacher said that we will be presenting this on August 28th. It's coming closer. And the presentation should last 10-15 minutes.
I wanted to make the script now because I think I am inspired and I want to finish it now so that we will have lesser worries by next week.
This reminds me of what my friend told me. It is something like I have to mostly rely on myself.
I insisted my weird group mate that he should give me summaries of saint Augustine's life this evening. And told him "don't you know what Saint Augustine said? You should work as if everything relies on you."
This statement implies that we shouldn't rely on the teacher's help next week.
I have a worry that "what if the teacher doesn't know about the full story of saint Augustine" ?
My plan is to use my time in weekdays for studying academic subjects. And this extra-curricular activities task, I plan to finish it during weekends. So I have not enough time to make script next week (weekdays). I plan that the group should start practicing the role play next weekends.
So I thought we must do it by ourselves today which is weekend.
Then my classmate replied to me "Haha Freya,, 2 heads is better than 1."
This classmate probably doesn't want to search the summary. -_-
I insisted him to search it on the internet NOW. 
Finally, he said he is busy.
And I asked him what he is doing.
And he answer me
"secret"
and I replied
"darn it"
That's all I want to share.
I'll be searching again a god summary of saint Augustine's story.
Yesterday in the morning, this is what we did:
First, we rolled on the ground.
Second, we dip our faces into the bowl of flour.
Next, we have to line up and put a space between each of us.
Then, we have to put the spoon in our mouths.
There are 2 spoons. We have to pass the candy through it until it reaches to the last person.
It's difficult to pass the candy especially when the spoon is heavy.
This is our picture.
Despite of the dirt we had around our body and the flour on our faces, the group which I belong still managed to smile.
During the activity, there were some conflicts. The other group were told by the in-charge of the other station to go to this station in which my group is still performing the instruction given by the in-charge of this station. When they arrived at this station, some of them complained to the in-charge of this station to already give them the candy so that they can start. But the in-charge couldn't give them yet. They had to wait for my group which wasn't finished yet at performing the instruction.
This is a racing game. Every group would like to be the first to finish. But 1 should declared as the winner. Whoever finishes first will be the winner. It is no wonder why they complained. They want to be the winner, just like us.
Some students said that in the first place, proper sequencing should have been implemented so that no two groups will be in the same station at the same time. There must be 1 group in every station so that no group will be waiting for the other group to finish.
"There must be 1 group in every station so that no group will be waiting for the other group to finish.", I thought it is possible that there'll be 2 or more groups in a station. It is just that, there should have been more in-charge of the station.
Let's say that proper sequencing was implemented. Each of the stations are filled with a group performing the instruction.
But what if the group is very slow to finish performing the instruction given by the in-charge of the station and the other group is already finished at performing the instruction and then they are instructed to proceed to the next station which is filled with a group?
They can't wait. That'll take time. Time is precious in this game. It's racing game after all.
If they wait, what if the group whom they have been waiting for to finish takes the final instruction, perform it and once they finish it, they'll be declared as the winner? I think it isn't fair.
So I say that enough in-charge of the station should have been present.
Anyway, let us go back to the conflict part.
Some of the boys of the other group complained to the in-charge about it. The boys seemed to be mad.
When the in-charge didn't listen to them and didn't do anything for it to be solved, the boys walked out from the group. They stopped participating. Their girl group mates looked worried and tried to call (shout) them to come back. But they didn't come back.
My group mate also tried to help the other group by calling them
"Come back to your group! Have pity on your group mates! Don't be selfish!"
The in-charge said they can't finish the instruction unless everyone of the group is present.
When my group mate called them "don't be selfish!", I thought if I were the one being called as "don't be selfish" in that situation, I would feel discouraged.
And this reminds me of not to say or think anyone as being selfish anymore.
In the morning of this day, my family members went to the other island.
They'll come back home probably on Sunday.
I'll be sleeping in the house without them being around for 2 days.
My mother and my brothers are usually noisy.
I can't concentrate on studying if they keep on yelling at one another or talk one another with loud voices or act like sick people.
These 2 days without them, I plan to be spending my time with finishing the school tasks I ought to finish.
For tonight, I'll spend my time to sleep. Because I haven't got proper sleeping time since yesterday. Or maybe, I haven't slept. w
Yesterday, my batch and I were having an overnight activity. It is an activity about showcase of talents of the students.
In the activity, there are mainly 2 rules.
We were not allowed to go home and get our things at home to school after class dismissal.
We were also not allowed to take a bath.
For 35 hours, we did not take a bath.
Part of the activity is to have a race. There are 6 groups. They are grouped according to what club they belong.
Here are the 6 groups:
-Moving Edge
-One Direction
-Theater's Guild
-Master Chief
-Sessionista
-The Voice
The Moving Edge group is composed of students who are into dancing or they have talent in dancing
One Direction group is composed of students who are into photography
Theater's Guild is the group I am in. It is composed of students who have talent in acting, imitating personalities.
Master Chief is composed of students who are into cooking.
Sessionista is composed of students who are into playing instruments
And last but not the least, The Voice, which is composed of students who are into singing.
I think, this is like a club.
The instruction of the game is, if our group wants to win, then we have to finish fast undergoing all the obstacles. Every group wants to win. But only 1 is declared as the winner. And that is the one who finishes doing things first.
We rolled ourselves on the wet grassy ground, let our faces be full of flour, passed the candy through mouth manipulation of spoon and etc.
We became dirty because of it. But still, we are not allowed to take a bath. We could only wipe ourselves with wet towel.
Then, the winner of the game is the group I am in, Theather's Guild.
Those are not only the things we did yesterday. Of course we showed our talents. For my group, we acted. And we didn't know that ur acting lasted for 20 minutes until someone in our group asked the teacher who recorded our performance.
They'll come back home probably on Sunday.
I'll be sleeping in the house without them being around for 2 days.
My mother and my brothers are usually noisy.
I can't concentrate on studying if they keep on yelling at one another or talk one another with loud voices or act like sick people.
These 2 days without them, I plan to be spending my time with finishing the school tasks I ought to finish.
For tonight, I'll spend my time to sleep. Because I haven't got proper sleeping time since yesterday. Or maybe, I haven't slept. w
Yesterday, my batch and I were having an overnight activity. It is an activity about showcase of talents of the students.
In the activity, there are mainly 2 rules.
We were not allowed to go home and get our things at home to school after class dismissal.
We were also not allowed to take a bath.
For 35 hours, we did not take a bath.
Part of the activity is to have a race. There are 6 groups. They are grouped according to what club they belong.
Here are the 6 groups:
-Moving Edge
-One Direction
-Theater's Guild
-Master Chief
-Sessionista
-The Voice
The Moving Edge group is composed of students who are into dancing or they have talent in dancing
One Direction group is composed of students who are into photography
Theater's Guild is the group I am in. It is composed of students who have talent in acting, imitating personalities.
Master Chief is composed of students who are into cooking.
Sessionista is composed of students who are into playing instruments
And last but not the least, The Voice, which is composed of students who are into singing.
I think, this is like a club.
The instruction of the game is, if our group wants to win, then we have to finish fast undergoing all the obstacles. Every group wants to win. But only 1 is declared as the winner. And that is the one who finishes doing things first.
We rolled ourselves on the wet grassy ground, let our faces be full of flour, passed the candy through mouth manipulation of spoon and etc.
We became dirty because of it. But still, we are not allowed to take a bath. We could only wipe ourselves with wet towel.
Then, the winner of the game is the group I am in, Theather's Guild.
Those are not only the things we did yesterday. Of course we showed our talents. For my group, we acted. And we didn't know that ur acting lasted for 20 minutes until someone in our group asked the teacher who recorded our performance.
This is my angry classmate.
I thought she looks cute when she ties up her hair and wears earings.
I said to her about it and suggested to make it as her everyday appearance.
She looks cute when her appearance is like this. She looks innocent like child. And quite makes me forget about her negative character. She looks kind in here. I like it.
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