This Week in the Philippines!

     This trip has its ups and downs so far, and this was pretty unbelievable, fun, and amazing. Like one thing that happened was that a nanny asked for money from my uncle while he was drunk (taking advantage I guess) and when my uncle gave like 350$ on accident because he didn't know how much peso value is, then when we got back to the house, she tried to run with the money at 1 AM, needless to say that she was fired and questioned the next day. We stayed in a hotel called Bellevue which was really nice and we are always around Metro Manila, but I think we will be going to more places. I still have like another week and a half here :( wish me luck! Anyways, I also bought a bunch of pirates movies from like ghetto stores on the side of the road. It was only 500 Philippine pesos which is like $10 in USD. But there was A LOT of new movies over there and we bought like half of them. I'm starting to feel a little homesick, but we finally got rid of the reason why we are here: My Aunty's wedding and that was like a couple of days ago, which brings me to the question as to why we are even here till New Years.
     Highlights of this trip/week: Had a lot of fun this trip and finished having to run errands around here and now we can actually go around doing more fun things and sightseeing. I got to experience more different kinds of food, and different things I didn't know about. Got closer to and met some of my relatives while I am here. Lowlights of this trip/week: Had so much things to do since I got here. I've been sick since like the second day here and I still have heavy coughs. Plus, the stupid nanny that tried to lie to us and ran away, but on a lighter note, we got the money that she didn't spend back.
     My lesson of this trip is that you shouldn't bother with what isn't yours in the first place, like that nanny was asking my uncle for 100$, and she was actually getting paid a lot already by my relatives, but she didn't admit to taking anything and then she got caught running away at 1 AM, talk about ungrateful. That was what made part of this trip unbelievable. If you mess with what isn't yours in the first place, then you need to stop and leave it be. Some things just shouldn't be messed with especially in scenarios like this. In addition, doing this could lead to more and more problems and it'll get worse, so just don't bother with things that aren't yours.

I'll post a photo later (I don't have a computer and I can't upload from my phone)

My Second Quarter Mayhem.

     There's many things I have to say in this blog, starting with the beginning of this whole quarter, to the end of the situation. Within the beginning of the quarter, I was doing very well, did my jobs correctly, and did other things. At the time, I didn't realize how much things I should've been doing, and one of those things is trying to make an intro. The whole "situation" started when Period 5 got in trouble, then we've had to be watched over more often. Until I had to talk to Mr. Ing, I didn't realize how much time I've been wasting the whole quarter. If I only realized this myself early on and became more self-directed, then I wouldn't have any problems. Sadly, that's not the case anymore, now I have to work on having more self-directedness and common sense in order to be able to finally see what the huge difference is. This wasn't the only problem, but another one was how did I not know how to burn an intro? Yeah that was really a terrible mistake and I should've practiced making an intro. I almost got the computers taken away.
     There isn't a lot of highlights but they are: I had a decent start on the quarter, successful ISA events, great career day, and basically most of those leadership events have been good highlights. Though, there are numerous lowlights such as: Getting my vest taken away, even after different hints onto what I shouldn't or should've done. Couldn't pass my AR goal even after it was only .8 away from passing! Constant reminders here and there to stay on task and do what is necessary but I don't listen sometimes. This quarter has gone down hill fast since the middle of maybe November? Or the beginning of December too.
     I'm not necessarily sure if this counts as a lesson of the quarter because I don't know if learning the lesson but not exactly doing this lesson counts. Anyways, the lesson of my Quarter is that I shouldn't have been creating so many problems and became more self-directed. If it had been like this from the start, then maybe I wouldn't have had much problems and it would've been a nice and smooth ride, but nope, I got my vest taken away because I failed to realize my problems, I think that the thing that I needed to change to fix this problem is my habits, less socializing, no more wasting free time if there's lots of things to do, and stop getting distracted. With these habits being decreased like this, it's much easier for me to focus in leadership.
     I have completely mentioned the thing I needed to improve on all over my paragraphs, and that would be self-directedness. Like I said, if I fix certain habits, then I could improve my self-directed trait and be more successful. The other thing I really need to work on is common sense, now I can't be exact on how I can be improve this, but I need to start thinking more inside the box than out, because people can see things in a certain great way, while I see it in another way, and it's probably not a good idea. I need to be sure that I have more common sense so that things don't have to be so difficult, as well as being more self-directed because all of my actions will affect everyone in leadership. So if I can fix all of these things, than hopefully the more successful I will be. :)

Personal Display Board #2

     These are my two personal display items! The first item, which are my first magic notes that I've recieved after retreat, is important to me because it really made me happy that the magic notes weren't just a one time thing. Not only that, but some of those notes help you improve on things and they can also have really nice comments, and this was every week. My second item is my AR goal, until recently I haven't been working on my AR, but this is one of the things that I really need to do. I never realized how much time I wasted, and this taught me that I can do it if I just focus, because in these past days, I've been so focused on AR and I actually noticed that it isn't hard. It's just how you use your time with it and how you spend this time, your either wasting it or your not. but either way, these are my two important items!

Terrible Week

     This week started off as normal, and it was going alright on Monday. Then, I had to make intro afterschool, I didn't finish so Chad told me to do it in the morning. I took too long making it and we had to talk in the morning which lead up to me getting my vest taken away and having to do my Cornell Notes. I finished it in 2 days, but on the second morning that I took to finish it, Miah was making intro even though we told her she'd get in trouble... Today was really just a really terrible week for me and it could've gone better if I didn't take up too much time doing intro, or not doing it in the morning for that matter. By next week I need to start thinking more clearly and stop wasting time or else everybody will be affected by my actions. Therefore I need to start being more responsible. My classes: Period 1 (Math): Math could've been much better if there wasn't too much units being learned without getting a chance to make sure we learned what was demonstrated in that unit. Period 2 (Science): We got into Cell Division A.K.A Mitosis and we took quiz on that subject. Period 3 (Basic Keyboarding): Stil working on Google Slides. Period 4 (English): Began our Embedded Assesment 2. Period 5 (Leadership): Read for AR, Winter Tree Decoration, and lyrics for a Christmas song. Period 6 (Social Studies): We did our CFA and our Quarter 2 test already.
     Highlights of the week are: I raised my C in Math. I'm beginning to stay on task by reading AR and doing important work instead of using up that time. Lowlights of the week: I made intro at the wrong time, I took too long making it, I got my vest taken away, wasted time, and I took two days to finish my Cornell notes for my intro. My Highlights could've increased this week if I just did my intro on the right time instead of doing it in the morning when I wasn't supposed to.
      My lesson learned this week was that it's one thing to promise or say you'll do something, but it's a whole other story to actually fulfill those words that you just said. I basically did that this week, taking place in my magic notes, but not making any improvements I need to get to that point. That's why I need to remember this lesson so that I don't end up saying empty things and I won't even follow up with what I was going to do, that is why this lesson is very important.
      My magic note that I chose this week is very uplifting that there will be times where you will make mistakes, but you have to be willing to improve it or else you won't get anywhere, and I'll remember that line everytime I have to until I start putting in more and more effort into what I have to so that I can get where I need to be and not be a reason why we are gerting privleges taken away in leadership.