SUMMER COME NOW!

Summer, the time to relax and unwind from the worries of school. Just say your goodbyes and leave it all behind. Summer is viewed as a break for students, a time to learn new things, a time to get better, meet new people, make better, new memories, visit new places, and just like the word itself, summer which kind of sounds like sunny. How do you see summer?

Summer in the Philippines starts in mid or late March to early or mid June. Here in the Phillipines, it comes in the sunny part of the season and going to the beach is pretty common in the Phillipines. For student their view is mainly fixed on it as a break and they can also add to it. For me, it is a time to do a whole bunch of things. Make use of my time and not waste my summer. It may not be like the show " Phineas and Ferb", but I'll make it amazing in my own way. In this blog post you'll see what I think of summer. Feel free to comment on how you see summer.

I am a student and the main thing that summer is for me is a break. A break from the responsibility  of school and possibly replace it with different responsibilities. I really do feel like I need a break and I need summer to come now. A summer break is a long one and that would be great! The break would also be in good timing because I want to get away from it all. Sleep late, wake up late, watch series, visit new places, and of course a break! Summer is synonymous with the word break for students and a break surely would be welcome. This time around I would divide my things to do during the summer. I would make sure and include no slacking in my list of to do's in summer. I am so excited and I just can't wait for summer to come!

When summer comes I would be so happy! Summer would also be a time for me to learn new things. The first thing I would make happen is spend time with friends before they go. Say what I want to say. Goodbyes may be hard, but I know that everyone would have to say goodbye sometime. When the goodbyes are done, I want to learn new things. I would look into different things I can learn in the summer. I would only do it if I am interested in the thing I want to learn. Maybe learning new instruments like the guitar, piano, and drums would be nice. I would also get into thinks like photography and maybe math (because I feel like I am degrading in it).  I would not only be happy about summer, but I would also use it as  a time to learn new things.

Summer is not just happy times, but you should also use it as  a time to make yourself better. That is what I am planning to do this summer. I would hit the ground running and immediately get into sports or maybe go to the gym. While getting physically fit, I would also make myself mentally fit. I'll get into programs for making myself smarter. I do not see summer anymore as a very long vacation anymore, but I now view it as a vacation to make yourself better. When you think of summer it can also make you think of relaxation. I do not think anymore of it that way. I know that there will always be room for improvement and that there is no more free time for me like the time I get during summer. It may be summer, but I will surely get busy.

One of the best things a person gets to do during summer is meeting with new people. Making new friends is fun, especially if they are the ones you get to become closer and closer to with time. It can be either through tutors or sports, but then it doesn't really matter as long as you get to meet new people. We are social beings and I know that it is important for us to continue and make more friends. The number one rule for me this summer would probably be, " BE MORE SOCIAL". I know that I have no problems talking to people, but the first step is always the hardest one and I know that once you go past it, the rest is easy. I plan on meeting more people this summer.

I would also see summer as one of the best times to go the beach. Who wouldn't? Go swimming, ride jet skis, go diving and other things would be so much fun and for me this are the things best done in summer. It can be with family or friends, it doesn't really matter, what matters the most is that you are with loved ones.

This summer, I would want to go the beach with both. I plan on getting together with friends as we say goodbye and make it special. I would also ask my family if they are ok with a vacation on the beach. The beach would really mean a lot for me this summer.

I like visiting new places and this summer would be a nice time to do it. Explore the places I am going to visit. The journey would also be nice and surely fun. The best place about visiting places is that you experience new food, places, culture, etc. and all of this will be on full show especially if it is summer. Students are out of school and then go out with friends and maybe even visit new places together. Before summer ends, I'll make sure to visit new places.

The typical way I used my summers before weren't that good. Next summer is going to be a whole lot better. The things I am going to do. The aspects of me that I am going to make better. The things I am going to learn and the people I am going to meet. I plan to make next summer my best summer ever! Summer come now!

This Year's Openhouse

Each year, our school hosts this annual school activity called "Open house". From first graders to the highschool students will have to do some sort of showcase. Others will present their ideas while others will be in charge of entertaining the guests. The countdown, preparation, and execution was boring, tiring, fun, and fulfilling.

The day was Friday and the whole classroom and I knew what was going to happen ahead. The whole day was exhausting. I started the day off by waking up the sound of my phone ringing and ringing to the sound of a barking dog. So I took off my bed, shut my phone off, got a towel, took a shower and began my trip to school. My group and me where the kitchen crew for that week (the ones who are in charge of cooking for the whole class) had no water the whole day before and the whole morning the day after that. We were lucky enough to have cooked the food, but we didn't have any water to clean the dishes with. The day went on and we didn't get to clean any dishes. The rest of my day was spent copying assignments, doing seat works and organizing my to do list of the projects I hadn't finished. During the afternoon, I managed to finish my timeline with my other group mate. It was already late in the afternoon and go home. I was tired of all the work and the people. Then it turned out that our projects weren't good enough. Our teacher told my classmates and me to fix it. She said that our backdrop was too lame and we had to fix it during that day. It was already late and I was not in the mood. It was a bad day.

I woke up to the next day looking forward to the day ahead,but this morning was different, I heard voices of people singing and praying. So I went out and checked who it was, it turned out that there was  a prayer meeting being held at my house. My mom's side of the family is very religious and my grandma is the most religious of them all. She was the reason for the people being there. I had relatives down there and so I came down to say hi and bless. I went up and thought of all the things I had to finish. The pressure was there and the nervousness to finish was really there. I told myself that when I finish I will take a break for days, but now I know that I can only do it in the summer where I plan to get into a lot of new activities and maybe go out of town. Going back to the point, I needed to finish all my projects before 4. My family was downstairs, eating lunch, I was at my room working non stop to finish all of those and to my surprise, I finished!. So I went to my closet, picked my clothes and got on with taking a bath. I rode with my family and asked to be dropped off at school. There I was, my hands were full of projects and as I went into the classroom felt good that I finished it all. Inside the classroom, I noticed something was wrong. It was like I left something and leaving something it was. I was calling my partner in that project, Gus and asked him where he was. He told me that he was near. So I thought to go back home and get the project and with 40 minutes left I thought I can back in time for the Open House. I went outside and I saw a taxi with Gus and his brother, Jules in it. So I ran to the taxi and went in while asking Gus to come with me because I needed to get our project. I counted every minute and I felt that we were going to be late. So I took action, I asked the taxi driver to drop me off near the nearest gate instead of going to the gate where cars without stickers should pass, which was five minutes away. So I got down on the taxi and made a run for it. I felt like Walter in the movie "Walter Mitty" because I was running in formal clothes. I reached my house, got the stuff and went out running. I tried to sprint to make myself faster, but I just couldn't because of the amount of stuff I was carrying. Thankfully, a stranger gave me a ride to the gate and it was a great feeling to ride a motorcycle. It was my first time and I spent it with a stranger which was really weird. I made a run for the taxi and asked him to drive fast going back to school. I saw that he tried, but it just wasn't enough. We arrived school 6 minutes late because of the traffic. The project got a bit broken as I ran and I had to finish it up when I arrived at school. The trail was really fun, but I don't want to be in that situation for a very long time. The experience was so much fun and felt like it came from a movie or TV show. I finished fixing it and I frantically pasted it to the wall. People kept telling me about my back and I didn't notice how sweaty I was. I knew then that the hard part was over.

So I went to my spot, the Humanities area. I was in charge of talking to the people who were interested and explain the thing in my area. Meeting new people was unexpected because the Open House before had no visitors except the parents of the students. It was a nice surprise. Before I knew it, it was over and I felt really fulfilled for it to have finished.

I will look forward to visiting the Open House next year!