Reproductive Health- A big deal.

    Recently, the Philippine President Benigno Aquino was invited as the Commencement speaker of the University of the Philippines. And in his speech, he shared his view of the Reproductive Health Bill and gave his support on the bill. And as expected the Catholic Church opposed with the president's statement. However, Mr. Aquino stood firm upon his statement and said that he would be ready to face the challenge of excommunication due to his support for RH Bill.
   Along with this controversy, many members of the House of Representatives gave their insight about the latest development for the said issue. Many of them thought that it was a good news to hear because with the pursuance of the bill, the country would no longer face the issue of HIV Epidemia, Irresponsible Parenthood and Informal Family Planning.

    As for my opinion, this bill should really be properly dealt with because it involves national and spiritual aspects. We may say that Mr. Aquino was very brave of his conviction. Well I guess, he really is, and I support his stand. I believe the real reason of his support for RH Bill is to really promote Responsible Parenthood and to really keep the Filipinos away from penury and misery. Admit it, because of the growing population, our country could no longer afford to give the rest of the citizens a good life. And by the RH Bill, we don't  promote abortion but we would love to post a warning to others that it is not always good to just enter any sensual activity without thinking of the supposed outcomes of what you would do. I guess, with RH Bill we would just drive any Filipino away from any unnecessary disease that an unclean sexual activity may post unto a person.

  However, the representatives and the president should also consider the stand of the Catholic society for always it would be the citizens decision on what would be the outcome of a certain issue. If they are not in favor of it, let them be. Sooner or later if realization comes, any decision that they have with them has the possibility to change.

  Above all, we should just leave all the rest to God's hand. He will surely provide an answer.

Learning How to Breathe Again

If you would ask a grade 4 student about the definition of love, what do you think would be his answer? Most probably, it would be " Love is Blind." But now that we, students, are teenagers, perhaps, we would have learned of the best definition of love.

Let us all look back at how things used to be before we felt the ever famous problem of students--LOVE. When we were still a child, all we asked for is the love of our parents. Whenever, we receive a gift, and hear them say "I love you so much", we would jump and appreciate what they did. In school, most probably during break time, girls would gather in a certain place and talk about their ultimate crushes. One girl would even say, " Ay, grabe nag-hi siya sakin kilig to the bones talaga!" But the time came when we felt something unexplainable, something that you've been dreaming to happen--to meet the one who would make us feel loved and deeply appreciated.

But, what if beyond all the happiness, your studies would suffer and would start getting very low grades? Are you willing to sacrifice love for your future? What if you brake up and you're finding it hard to move on? That's when you need to come into realization and learn how to breathe again.

Many people would ask me how is "Learning How to Breathe Again" applicable to young students like us. My answer is, it would help us learn the best lessons in life, open our eyes for the future and encourage everyone to pursue studies without any interference.

I have two tips to help students get back what they've lost, and achieve what they were not able to, when they were still blinded by love.
{1} Be able to see what the future can do to you. Open your eyes, concentrate on your studies because it would help you see the best things the world has to offer.
{2} If it's not meant to be yours, then let it be. Love can wait, you are still young! enjoy what you should enjoy and focus on the things that would bring you success.

Indeed, there are things that are meant to happen in the future but would suddenly come and ruin your goals. But being determined in life would hinder those things to happen. Remember this, if you really love a person, you are willing to wait even how long it would take. Thank you for listening and have a great day!