“A MATTER OF CHOICE–AN ANALOGY TO THE ANSWER”

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They say that life is from B to D..

It’s from Birth to Death..

So, life starts from the day we were BORN to the day we will DIE..

But between B and D is C… And what is C?

It is a CHOICE…

CHOICE— a six-letter word that simply means the act of choosing or the power to choose. It’s just a picayune word that’s so ORDINARY for our ears to hear. I must say, this word is so simple. However, behind the simple facade of the word “CHOICE” lies the most intriguing mystery about life. This word subsumes the most cogent role in our LIVES. And to justify this notion, I will share to you a quote attested by Eleanor Roosevelt, “One’s philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes … and the choices we make are ultimately our responsibility.”

You might wonder why I said these things to you. I’m sure, you had expected that my blog entry will just talk about the MSOffice Excel, MSOffice Powerpoint, OpenOfficeCalc and OpenOffice Impress. Why haven’t I got directly to the point but instead talked about LIFE? Well, you will know my answer LATER..=)..

As of now, all I want to do is to have this blog entry done. I have to be serious and should make a CHOICE, for I want to get over with this conscience that says “Hoi Joanah,. pagtinapulan unya..Nah, unsaon nalang imong future?”…(hahaha)..Bitaw oi,.honestly speaking, it took me a lot of days to decide which is WHICH. It is because it’s so hard to make a choice between the two. I think making a choice between the two is like fooling myself that life is easy. Because for me, they are just the same..MurA jud ko’g nabutang ani nga situation..(and here comes my ANALOGY..here I go..).

One day, in a pizza parlor, a man ordered a regular-sized pizza. The waiter asked: Sir, pila ka slices imo ganahan?. 4 or 8? Then the man replied: 4 lang oi. Daghan ra kaayo nang 8. Di unya ko kahurot…

(Get the logic??)…(If naka-gets ka,,.I’m sure mokatawa ka…hahaha.)

That’s the truth. At first, I concluded that OpenOffice and MS applications are just the same. Unsaon first pa man gud namong acquintance. Wa baya na sa among bukid. Na-ignorante ngane ko kay nganong wa nay MS applications ang mga internet cafes diri sa syudad…Naks, mao diay..naana may ka-kompetensya..Then, pareha ra man jud sila oi.!!.Ang OpenOffice Calc ug MSExcel pareha ra nga mo-compute..Furthermore, ang OpenOffice Impress ug MS Powerpoint pareha ra sad na muhimo ug slideshows..Naks!!..Lisud jud kau..

But suddenly, when I explored the OpenOffice application because we were tasked to make a slideshow presentation and spreadsheet using it, honest, na-shock jud ko!!. Unsa man ni oi.!!..Nyahaha….Asa naman ang Formatting Toolbar ani..??.Unya, sa Calc, I can’t use keyboard shortcuts..while sa Excel, I can easily copy and paste a cell to a range of cells below or to the right of the target cell by selecting a range.Honestly, nabaghuan jud ko..Mao diay ni ang Calc and Impress? So hard to manage for a beginner like me? That’s why I have to conclude, and end this paragraph with my CHOICE. “Bahala na..MS Lover jud ko..!.Yes!.Both of them have the same purpose, but MS Application is easier to manage and more user-friendly compared to the OpenOffice application.”

I’m not sayin’ that I’m closing my doors for a new knowledge. I’m not even afraid to cross the horizon. Saying I love you to MS doesn’t mean that I won’t use OpenOffice anymore. It’s just that I’m contented with what MS had given to me. And I’m even greatful to MS because siya ang akong unang naila-ila sukad ko nakakita ug computer.. Murag siya ang nahimo nakong “eye-opener” to the world of computer.

Thus, to end this essay, I will make my CHOICE obvious to you..”I CHOOSE MS APPLICATIONS as my partner in doing computer works.” After that, I’ll take my bow and leave this statement to got you  thinking, “In life, it is all about choices we make. And how the direction of our lives comes down or up solely depends to the choices we choose.”

Joanah Gamboa BSCS I

P.S.: TO MY READERS..

I just want to impart all I had learned in school to my life, not because I want it, but because I have to. I believed that everything happens in a purpose. I believed that every thing I had encountered have something to do with my life. Lastly, I believed that if I wrote my blog this way, I can, at least, inspire my readers to discover LIFE cheerfully. Enjoy life and stay hungry….for knowledge..

Thanks for reading..

I hope you enjoyed it.

“I’m not just Breathing, I’m Living”—An Assessment of the CRSIS

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“One must work and dare if one really wants to live.”

- Vincent van Gogh

Inhale…Exhale…Inhale…Exhale…

Every second, every minute, every hour…everyone of us (except those who were literally dead, I repeat…literally dead) are breathing. Breathing, as what my little sister have said, is the process of inhaling and exhaling. Well, her answer is correct, yet I craved for a more mature one. So, I asked my teacher about it, then he answered, “Breathing is life. If you’re not breathing, then you’re dead.” After I heard his answer, I got confused. Then, I asked, what is life then? How do we know that we are living? Is it after we’ve done every breathing? Finally, how can we measure life?

That experience of mine happened a couple of years ago, when I was a child. When I was a child, I used to remember myself being avoided by everyone, even my teacher, because I always asked questions. Back then, I’ m so curious, not because I’m a child, but because no one has answered my questions. My questions about life were left unanswered.

However, today is a great difference. I am now a fully-grown woman— a woman of dreams, of dignity, of intellect and of exceptional strength. I am now a college student who’s expected to meet gigantic problems— projects, deadlines, pressures, etc. I’m not anymore the girl who always asked questions, who always got everyone confused. I now know the answer to my questions which had put me in the middle of deep quandary for a couple of years. And I thank U.P. for that.

I’m thankful that U.P. has extended to the point of using technology in their enrollment process. It doesn’t only make their work easier but it also made the students aware of the importance of the technologies available here in our country. However, this process made every enrollees exhausted and angry. The process was so slow, so tiring, and most of all, so confusing.

Everyone got angry in the enrollment process, and that does not exclude me. Yes, it’s true! I’m angry because last enrollment was one of the worst experiences I have experienced in my whole sixteen years of stay here in this world. Yet, as I got more angry, I realized something that I should have realized since the first time I made the steps to enter U.P. Because of that realization, I have had mixed reactions about the CRSIS. I’m angry, yet ironically, I’m happy for that experience.

I’m happy for that newly invented process. Even though I hated the experience when I kept on going back to the computer lab to re-edit my schedules because the subject was dissolved, my profile was not yet edited and my STFAP bracket was not yet final, I’m still convivial. Despite the fact that I almost cried for the very slow process and I got brokenhearted to see the faces of my father and other parents who were patient enough to stay in this humid place(U.P.), waiting for their sons or daughters to finish enrolling just to acquire the legendary “U.P. education”, I was still overjoyed and satisfied. Notwithstanding the fact that everyone hated this process and some of the U.P. staff were very strict in accommodating the students, I still felt bless. Why? Because from that very moment, I realized that I’m just not breathing, I am living. I realized that breathing just a little and calling it life is a false notion. I realized that what Vincent van Gogh had once quoted is true. That one must work and dare if one really wants to live.

To sum it all, the CRSIS answered my questions. Through it, I was able to get out of that unfathomable quandary. Because of it, I was able to grow. Furthermore, I was able to realize one more thing: that what Michael Vance had once exclaimed is true. Life is not measured by the breaths you take, but by the breathtaking moments you have bravely faced. So, as a U.P. student, I must make the impossible things possible. As what Mark Twain had said, ” Let us endeavor so to live that when we come to die, even the undertakers will be sorry.”