123rd ISNHS Founding Anniversary: Honoring the school history and achievements

 

A celebration to treasure and remembered. This yearly celebration of Ilocos Sur National High School (ISNHS) High School Day is a way of honoring the past, celebrating the present, and shaping the future. It is a day filled with excitement and unforgettable moments. Before the foundation day, the teachers, staff, especially students were busy preparing for this celebration. In that way we can also see the unity of the people in this school. 

The practice about the field demo was a bit tiring but fulfilling. We can see the students were eagerly practicing even if they're under the sun. After the general practice, we went to the gym to support our classmate, Kristina Domingo and crowned as the Ms. ISNHS 2025 on the 21st day of March.

The 22nd day of March is the most awaited day of this celebration. The celebration started at 7:00 am by a costume parade along Vigan City and later on the main program was started. The boys at Grade 7-11 are the first to perform with different themes, and next is girls of Grade 7-11 also with different themes.

Lastly, to formally wrap up the program the students of ISNHS performed amazingly in Battle of the Bands. This celebration was truly unforgettable to each and every students of ISNHS. It made our last moment in Junior High School (JHS) that I will surely treasure forever and never forgotten.

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End the discrimination, promote equality in our nation

 

Every now and then, women are always seen as someone who's vulnerable, weak, fragile, not able to fight for their rights, and a lot more. By that kind of mindset from the people around them, most women are afraid to speak up for themselves even if it is the only way to protect and voice out their rights. Years have passed they've always been so helpless against from other gender. 

Now, it's time for us to change that kind of mindset and start to build up rights for women with the help of Women's Month Celebration and keep in mind about "Babae ka, hindi babae lang". In that way, we can recognize women and give them courage to fight for their rights in every aspect they do. Empowering them can help them to stand from those people who always want them down.

With regards to the theme "WE for Gender Equality and an Inclusive Society", is a theme emphasizing the shared responsibility of everyone, not only for women but also the other individuals regardless of gender or other characteristics, have equal rights, opportunities, and are free from any forms of discrimination. 

References:

https://www.onenewlucena.com/2025/02/womens-month-2025-strengthening-gender.html?m=1

 https://ovcre.uplb.edu.ph/press/features/item/442-how-women-s-month-came-to-be

Beyond the expectation

    

        Upon entering the 4th quarter, some people was just a normal quarter for them. But days passed by, it was already sinking in my mind realising that this will also be the last quarter of being a Junior High. A part of me was sad with that thought but we can't control things with our hands. Still, I am truly grateful to the people who shaped us and helped us to where we are right now.

       During the first quarter, it never crossed my mind that the lessons was just like that until the 4th quarter but there's still more than that. We were taught about the easiest way of creating Web page instead of coding that can give you a headache. Microsoft Frontpage is the best and easier way of doing Web Pages. At first, I thought it was also complicated just like coding. But because of our subject teacher and our practice teacher, Ma'am Charleen was there to guide us throughout our journey in finishing the task. With their help, we were able to create a unique web page on our own ideas.

       On the other hand, challenges, problems, and struggles were always in the picture. I'm having a hard time in adjusting the size of the image I've inserted and working the hyperlinks. But with the help of our practice teacher and my classmates who guide me, the task become easy for me to finish.

      Moving on, I will try my best to find time improving my weaknesses upon creating web page. Lastly, continue to explore more about using MS FrontPage because it can be an advantage in the future.

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A dream I wanted to be

          

        15 years from now, I can see myself as someone who's wearing a lab coat or scrub and stethoscope. But, I know that I'm still doing my very best to achieve the life I've wanted to. Most probably a type of person who's a workaholic and really committed to her dream work.

      On the other hand, I know that achieving this kind of work wasn't that really easy and it takes time to fulfil. But, I can't see myself working or pushing another job other than being a Pediatrician. I can only see myself as someone who's providing parents with guidance and support on child development, parenting issues, and health concerns. Children are the ones who need to take good care because they seem so fragile and I'm afraid that someone will break them. Also, I know in the future that I'm a person who still dreamed beyond and living independently in other countries to explore entirely.

       Lastly, whatever it takes in the future I still be thankful to what I've become and reached the things that are out of the plan instead of those things in my mind right. But still I'm hoping that these dreams I wanted to right now meant to be destined in my hands.

References: -https://www.slhn.org/blog/2019/what-exactly-is-a-pediatrician

-https://www.villagepediatricgroup.com/2021/12/24/how-pediatricians-can-help-you-raise-healthy

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Celebrating the Legacy of Ilocos Sur

 

Kannawidan Festival is a celebration showcasing the culture and tradition of Ilocos Sur. It is a festival where it aims to showcase the province' rich culture in different fields like arts, agriculture, dance and music, food and also province based products also known as One Town One Product. Also, it is a way of promoting the Ilocano identity and traditions for future generations in order for them to continue the usual happenings or the what they called 'nakaugalian' in this province. 

Kannawidan Ylocos Festival, held annually on the 2nd of February, with activities spanning from late January to early February, usually held in Vigan City. Did you know? "Kannawidan", their festival name is derived from the ilocano word "tawid" which means the inheritance and legacy of Ilocos Sur. This founding anniversary was first launched within the term of Deogracias Victor Savellano in 2008.

The activities in this festival features a variety of activities including traditional games, cultural shows, street dancing, food festivals, and competitions, all celebrating the province's rich heritage and culture that are able for you to back track. This activities was full of excitement, fun, and a lot more. It was not just a simple celebration but it is a celebration were we are able to see the historic culture of Ilocos Sur.

Additionally, it is the Ilocanos’ way of giving thanks to the Almighty not only for the bountiful blessings but also for the rich heritage of the province, including the close family ties among the Ilocanos. The festival pays more attention on Ilocano children. It is because Ilocano culture are not recognized by the younger generations of the province. But instead, there is more on modern dances. With this kind of endeavor, Ilocano children may appreciate their rich culture and tradition. That is why this Festival is conducted.

Reference: https://www.festivalscape.com/philippines/ilocos-sur/kannawidan-ylocos/

An annual festival to express your love

 

Valentine's Day is all about celebrating love, affection, admiration, and deep emotional connections to your partners, family, and friends. Every year in February 14, people celebrate this day by giving flowers, chocolates, sending messages and a lot more that may symbolize or express their love for someone. 

Did you know that only 39% Pinoys were celebrating valentine's day according to the latest survey conducted by the Social Weather Stations (SWS). Valentine's Day is also called "Araw ng mga Puso" in the Philippines or simply translated to "Heart's Day". This day is the most common wedding anniversary in this country and couples may choose to get married on Valentine's Day to associate the start of their marriage with a special date.

In order to make someone special on this day, you need to exert some effors and patience. Some Filipinos bring their dates in luxurious places and mostly men are always the ones who take responsibility on this special day. Men tend to be the ones who are busiest in preparing the gifts, foods, and dates just to make their special someone happy.

This day can be celebrated in many ways but the Philippines has its own unique culture, that's why some people in other countries don't care or it was just a normal day for them. Lastly, Valentine's Day is considered as one of the most commercialized holidays in this country and people do everything just to express their l

ove.

Community-Based Research Journey

 Here are the ways and strategies we work on in order to address the problems and issues in our community by conducting Community-Based Research (CBR). Bantay is a town in Ilocos Sur where most people are farmers and we find out that in recent years, technology has been a big help in improving the lives of these farmers, especially in terms of health, well-being, and coping with climate change. 

First in doing this research we gathered some materials we needed and started to plan what will be the first step, second, third, and so on. As our teacher finishes in instructing us and gives our topics, we don't lose the chance instead we take the risk even though we're doubting our own capabilities.

After that, we started to research our community to learn more further before we took action for us to see what are really the problems that it needed to solve and what issues people need a hand or help from someone. Each of the members share their insights about the topic that was given to us.

Then, just to have some facts and evidence we started to interview some of the farmers in our barangay to know what they are facing in the fields of agriculture. Also, we ask them about what their strategies are in cultivating crops, pests, and how they adjust in planting due to climate change.

After gathering the things we needed, we were now ready to start our web pages and design by using notepad and CSS. We basically apply the things we learned from this subject, so the coding, designing and many more became efficient and easier to do. 

Lastly, we can now proceed in presenting our CBR to our teachers and classmates. In this case, a lots of realization, lessons, and thought that was formed. In presenting this kind of research we need to boost our skills in communication in order for the audience to easily understand the topic and the issue that was shown in the CBR.

Learning and exploring new things along the way

 

This 3rd quarter journey thought me a lot of things with regards to HTML List, HTML Frames and all about working out our Community-Based Research. But, what I enjoyed the most was finding out what I'm supposed to do in order to achieve and finish the task or activity that was given to us. 

From the said activities, it was first discussed and explained further by our practice teacher but there's still a lot of struggles I've faced during working out with these task. Especially, when it comes to doing our Web Design, encoding the datas we gather from our research. Basically at first we really don't know what we are supposed to do and was still first overthinking than finding out the best solution in our problems. That's why things don't coordinate with our plans.

But, that's not a reason to stop and be a burden to our research, though some of us have lost it's hope to stand from these circumstances. In contrast, for we have the courage to work things out, we finished at the very best we can. Having negative thoughts in mind will not help you in the path you want to take, it can be your downfall. If you embrace these thoughts it can't give you the peace of mind . In addressing these kinds of problems, just believe in your ability for us to grow more better and a lot of realization and lessons you gained. Also, I'm very thankful to my classmates who taught and correct my wrongdoing in our activities.

Moving on, I will still continue to dig deeper to the HTML lessons in order to further understand what I did learned and did not. If we want to explore a lot of things to gain more knowledge, be the one to step to the path you want to take for us to achieve the missing piece of learnings in our lives.

Chinese New Year: Bringing luck and clearing out the negativity

 

Chinese New Year is also known as Lunar New Year or the Spring Festival— it's a celebration that symbolizes luck and prosperity as the Chinese welcome another year with open arms to have good fortunes, making room for positivity and new beginnings in their lives. It was being celebrated by Chinese communities around the world and it started during new moon that occurs between January 21 to February 20 but it will only last until the following full moon.

Do you know that the red envelopes, sticky food, fireworks, prosperity ball was rooted in China and the Philippines was being influenced by these kind of culture, trade, and foods. So, we Filipinos also celebrate Chinese New Year and it was started when the Proclamation No. 295 that was issued in November 11. According to Aquino "This is a manifestation of our solidarity with our Chinese-Filipino brethren who have been part of our lives in many respects as a country and as a people."

On the other hand, it's not only about the solidarity but it was because of the way or a time to strengthen the community and family bonds and appreciation for the Chinese Heritage in our country. Also, celebrating this kind of festival, Filipinos enjoy seeing the vibrant decorations along the way, giving and receiving red envelopes or what they call 'ang pao', watching dragon and lion dances that were also those who prepared. By participating in these said activities, it was reflecting the country's multicultural spirit. 

Lastly, thousands of Filipinos joined and celebrated Lunar New Year in Binondo, Manila District where it is one of the oldest Chinatown in the world. They honor the 50th anniversary of Chinese-Filipino Diplomatic Relations by having a fireworks display, drone and dragon dances show, parade, and cultural performances that celebrate Chinese-Filipino traditions. Hence, it wasn't an energetic show but it was all about how they renew the longstanding friendship between China and the Philippines.

Reference:

https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2025/01/30/2417891/thousands-welcome-lunar-new-year-binondo

Come and see, the historic beauty of Vigan City!

  

     A place that remained strongly standing despite the things that have happened in the past years. Vigan City's appeal can make you insane, and able to witness the timeless beauty of it. At first glance you can see it's captivity and urging you to mesmerize the place where it can bring you back to the time where the Spanish colonization happened in our hometown. Every step you take, the deeper you fall in love and leave your mouth in awe as you can see the uniqueness of its architecture particularly its grid street pattern and historic urban layout that it creates a homogeneous townscape.

     Before it became a city it was first called Ciudad Fernandina in honor of King Ferdinand II of Aragon. Vigan was established in the 16th century and it was planned in a way of Spanish Colonial town that turns out the best-preserved town in Asia.

     Did you know? In 1999, Vigan was declared by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Site as one of the Seven Wonder Cities in the world. Even though 400 years have passed, you can still see how the historic buildings are still standing despite what happened in World War II. The two storey structures show the multi-cultural influences like European trading town, Chinese, and much of Hispanic colonial character that makes it more unique.

     Vigan was once a municipality in Ilocos Sur, then years have passed and it became a city that you never thought it would be. Residents see it as a home to the Historic City of Vigan. You can see in this place the cobblestone, and checkerboard streets evidence that it was the European influence. This place is a dream come true tourist destination, there are museums that show the national heroes that were born in the town and have a contribution in protecting this home.

Cheers to new beginnings

New years resolution is how are the bad attitude and doings in the past year that you want to change or improve in order to be the best version of yourself. Last year was not really good but not that bad, but i am very much thankful for what i did become today and happy that i did explore to gain new learning and come out to the cage where you can see is only darkness.

One of my biggest mistakes last year was the chance that i just let it pass without taking the risk just because afraid of knowing how it will end up well and wasn't able to see the result of the thing I am overthinking. But this new year i will not let it again, just try to take the risk and to live to the full of it. Even though the results are not as good as i think, i will just try to embrace and accept the truth rather than just sitting in a corner thinking how those chances are in my hands and control it. I will never be isolating myself in exploring new things in life that can help me to grow more.

Other than that, i want to deepen my relationship with the Lord for me to have a stronger faith for me. Those bad habits, like always doing mañana habit last year, i will definitely change it for the best. In the past years God really not leave by my side even though i am facing a lot of problems and that what was i'm thankful for. To begin this new year, having a lots of patience is needed, be thankful what you pray for, create a good habits, start having a planner, and enjoy life more.

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