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Monday, 2 March 2015
How to be a Good Leader?

Selfless
A
selfless leader is someone who has little or no concern for oneself especially
with regards to fame, position, money and or any other thing but willing to
surrender anything for the sake of others. This trait is essential because selfless leaders must
think for the improvement of others rather than the contentment and richness of
oneself.
Good communicator
Communication is the most important key
to great leadership being able to explain the goal/plan to your team will lead
to success. Remember in communication listening and speaking are both
important, good leaders shares their idea at the same time they should listen
to their team. If you want to be successful, leader and members
should learn the art to clear communication. To become a great leader is to be
a great communicator.
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Committed
Commitment
is the dedication of someone who works very hard to do something. It is very
important for a leader to be committed to their task in order to be successful.
Leaders should show to their team that they are committed, should work hard and
be a good example for them to be motivated and work hard too. By proving
to your team that you are committed you will earn their trust and respect that
will lead to good relationship.
Gives Credit
Giving credit or praising a specific
person for his or her job well done is one of the traits that a good leader
should possess. Not only does praising boost the confidence of your workers but
it also shows that you, as their leader, appreciate the effort that they
have exerted in order to achieve that goal and/or outcome. According
to Carol Dweck’s research entitled A Study on Praise and Mindsets, she stated
that praising someone using the right words helps them focus on a mindset about the growth of their
talent so that they won’t disappoint the person who praised them.
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Inspires People

Not only these characteristics help ensure the trust that your workers placed on you, but it also helps you, as an individual to grow with decent traits and values.
-- Collantes, Bryan , Domingo,Micah, Gabayan, Marielle
Saturday, 31 January 2015
Dream Girl: Review

The persona loves his dream girl even if she is not perfect and despite the
fact that she may not exist, and for me this is a perfect example of a true
love. Loving someone you don’t know takes courage because you need to surrender
everything like your beliefs emotions and sometimes even your dreams. If only
everyone will be as faithful as the persona there would never be sadness, but
sometimes we need to experience sadness to be able to recognize true happiness.
In my opinion his current situation is really hard, because I was once like
him. I have always imagined a girl with a smile that would brighten up even the
darkest part of my soul, chingky eyes that would make her prettier, and a
personality that cheers even the loneliest man. At first, you would not realize
time passing by but the moment you encounter her time slows down every second
would feel like hours you will treasure every moment you spend with her and
capture in your memory her sweet smiles. Love is a feeling that even science
can not explain, love is so weird that in comes in different shapes, sizes or
colors. You can not also reason out why you love someone because love works in
manner that even your own brain can’t decipher. As long as you love someone you
will wait for them even if it takes them forever. Love can’t be rushed because
loving someone takes time and effort. Loving is not easy, because in love
giving is a must without expecting anything in return. True love is so powerful
it can even change a person because loving someone means giving them all your
best. Meeting your dream girl is not possible but meeting the right girl is. A
right girl is obviously not as good as your dream girl but in the end you’ll
not even care because you love that girl too much to let go and find someone
better. In life we just need to appreciate little things to see their best
part.
-- Collantes, Bryan
The Passionate Shepherd to His Love
The Passionate
Shepherd to His Love
Come live with me and be my love,
And we will all the pleasures prove,
That Valleys, groves, hills, and fields,
Woods, or steepy mountain yields.
And we will sit upon the Rocks,
Seeing the Shepherds feed their flocks,
By shallow Rivers to whose falls
Melodious birds sing Madrigals.
And I will make thee beds of Roses
And a thousand fragrant posies,
A cap of flowers, and a kirtle
Embroidered all with leaves of Myrtle;
A gown made of the finest wool
Which from our pretty Lambs we pull;
Fair lined slippers for the cold,
With buckles of the purest gold;
A belt of straw and Ivy buds,
With Coral clasps and Amber studs:
And if these pleasures may thee move,
Come live with me, and be my love.
The Shepherds’ Swains shall dance and sing
For thy delight each May-morning:
If these delights thy mind may move,
Then live with me, and be my love.
The passionate shepherd to his love
is one of the poems written by Christopher Marlowe, an English dramatist. The
poem describes how the shepherd wants the woman to live with him and be his
love. The man is willing to give everything just to get the woman; but instead
of giving her things money can buy the shepherd offers her gift from nature.
The scenery from the rural country is what he offers to make her happy.
Since the poem uses the rural
settings the poem is considered a pastoral poem. The poem beautifies the life
of a shepherd who bears a hard life in the country side and cannot offer
material things like gold, diamonds and jewelries.
The poem shows how passionate the
shepherd is. He is excited to tell what he will do or give to the woman if she
accepts him as a lover and live with him.
The poem is inspiring, it shows that there is still a man who will
do such thing, a man who don't have a lot of money but still offers beautiful
things because now a days it's hard to find someone like that. Today courtships
are done through text and social networking site unlike in the poem there is
personal interaction.
-- Gabayan, Marielle
The Truth about Forever: Review
The Truth about Forever
by Sarah Dessen
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When her boyfriend, Jason Tabot, went to attend
Brain Camp to spend his summer, Macy, on the other hand, was stuck doing
library works Jason left her (she’s actually compelled to do it since she did
not want to disappoint her boyfriend. Ugh.) together with two coworkers, who are
both oozing with hatred and superiority complex, in the morning and working
with the Wish Catering – a group of crazy individuals, which consists of consists
of Delia, Bert, Kristy, Monica, and Wes, at night.
Wish Catering, most especially Wes, helped her
realize that life will not be complete without a dash of chaos. Wes brought out
the grief that Macy’s been holding in ever since her father died and because of
this Macy felt really grateful, not just for the companionship but also for
giving herself a chance to enjoy what being a teenager really is.
Unfortunately, Macy’s mother, Deborah Queen, saw how
her once perfect daughter change because of the Wish’s staff that’s why she decided to sever Macy’s ties with the Wish Catering by
grounding her for the rest of the summer.
Macy then reverted back to her regular lifestyle
which is to study for college, do the normal routine, and help her mother until
the night of the grand opening gala for the new townhouses came. The night
before the gala is a disaster but eventually, Wish catering came to help and assisted,
making the event very successful. Since then, her mother’s view on Wish changed
and Macy finally realized certain amount of things like one would not be able
to enjoy life without a little bit of disorganization, forever is happening, and
She and Wes are totally in love with each other.

It doesn’t actually contain too much cheesy parts but seriously, even the phrase ‘I love you’ brought the Macy, the protagonist, despair when she wrote those three words to Jason (actually when I read that Jason and Macy’s relationship lasted for a year and a half, I was like, ‘Seriously?! Why the heck did you not realize sooner that your relationship isn’t going to work?!’) But still the wheels of fate turned, Macy got the love she deserved from Wes and everybody’s happy, except for Jason that is.
Going back to the topic, the book not only revolves
around a girl and a guy going brouhaha over trivial matters but it is also
about family. Actually everything started because of what happened in Macy’s
family! When her dad died, Macy and the rest of the family members got
depressed. Macy got herself a boyfriend which she thought is someone who can
organize her life back to normal, her mother, Deborah Queen overworked herself,
giving Macy a hard time to release her locked away feelings while her sister,
Carolyn Queen, married at an early age which resulted to lack of communication.
Why is it entitled The Truth about Forever? Well if
you guessed that it’s related to Wes’ and Macy’s love story, well you are
partially right. Actually it was not thoroughly discussed but Kristy, one of
Wish’s staff, enlightened Macy about what this forever with the words, “It all
depends on how you choose to live it. It’s like forever, always changing.”
The Little Match Girl: Review
The Little Match Girl by Jerry Pinkney
This story is about a young girl who was
very poor. On the night before the New Year, she was trying to sell matches to
people. The merchants or anybody else wouldn't want to buy it. There was nobody
there to help her. She was longing the warmth of home but she can't come home
because she thinks that her father would beat if he finds out that she hadn't
sold any matches and it was also cold in their house because they only had a
roof. Many would relate to the character in this story. The people who
experienced pain, hunger, loneliness and longing of love and to be loved.
This story by Hans Christian Andersen was the first story I read as a child that made me feel blessed, lucky, and loved. Many of the children today is experiencing what the main character felt. Especially now that many families around the world are experiencing poverty and not able to provide good shelters for their families, good food and clothes that would protect them from the harsh weather conditions. Feeling cold, in pain, hungry and seeing that there was no one there to help them in any way that they can. This story even though I was an eight year old and don't understand much deeper sense about things that time when I read it, this story opened my eyes. It made me see the truth about society and how not everyone is blessed to be given a warm home that we could always come back to, food to eat when we are hungry, comfortable clothes that would keep us war in cold days and many other primary needs.
In this story, this little girl had suffered so much that she was willing to come with her grandmother in heaven. It only tells us that we should not be afraid of dying. It is not always terrible and sad. Sometimes, it's also comforting, beautiful and happy. That after everything you've been through, and after a long time of pain and struggle, you get to finally rest with the other loved ones of yours who left earlier than you did. You get to experience an endless happiness. No more pain. No more hunger. No more cold.
You would see here that there is always hope. The author of this book poured a lot of emotions writing this beautiful literary piece. He opened a lot of eyes, taught a lot of minds and touched a lot of hearts with this story. Even if you read it again and again, you would still remember the pain the girl suffered before she was with her grandmother like it was just the first time you've read it. And it always feels like the first time when you felt the comfort when she had already obtained peace.
I would say that this is one of the many favorites i have. Why you say? Because here, even though I have not experienced this kind of hardships in life before, I felt it. I felt sad. I could literally put myself in her shoes and feel how hard she was doing. Living with no love and having to deal with it every waking hour. Or wanting simple things and could not just get it because you can't afford it. All the settings feel so surreal that you could literally feel how cold it was that day when she was selling those matches. This story is a really good story. Thought it is sad, you will realize and contemplate about so many things including life, how blessed and lucky you are nit having to experience with this kind of struggles and hardships. Or if you are experiencing this kind of pain, always keep in mind that there would always be a happy place for you. That somewhere along the bumps in life there is a straight road leading to the light. Where you would always feel happy.
-- Solis, Angela
Much Ado about Nothing: Review



I like this play because it gives so much emotion. May it be
sad, happy, or heartbreaking. William Shakespeare’s works never fail to bring out the emotions of his readers. This play is also considered one of the best comedies. This story did not have a tragedy like Romeo and Juliet yet it is still as beautiful and this is why I love it,
-- Calma, Kamille
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