The Light In the Darkness, A Voice in the Silence

If I was given a chance to meet a person from the past, I would love to have a conversation with the bravest people I had ever heard of (read of actually): Helen Keller and her teacher, Anne Sullivan. Most of you would have known them, but for those who aren't, Helen Keller is a blind and deaf person. Imagine yourself. What if you were blind and deaf ALL AT THE SAME TIME. Imagine yourself not being able to read, to listen to music, to play video games, and worst of all: to be stuck in eternal darkness and silence? Now, imagine yourself being Anne Sullivan, a teacher who had a very very very bad childhood and past (and had an experience for handicaps too) and was trusted to teach a blind and deaf, not to mention spoiled and bratty, kid some good education and manners?

This, my friend, is a mere act of bravery and courage. What if you were them, would you give up to the harsh cold ways of Fate or would you find the warmth and hearth in an eternal abyss?

<<Since we have to make some sort of conversation script and this is homework, and homework MUST be done and since we have to USE conditional sentences well, yeah.>>

So if I ever had that miraculous chance, our conversation would have been kind of weird since Helen is DEAF so I have to use some kind of Braille-system or write letters on her hand. Just saying.

Me: What if you didn't get sick and lived not handicapped?
Helen: If I was not blind and deaf, I would have been a different person. I cannot tell if I will become a better individual, but this handicap made me stronger and I learned a lot of things about life and dealing with problems that makes you want to give up.
Anne: If Helen was not handicapped, I would not have met her. Helen thought me a lot about patience and love, and she is one of the best students I ever taught.
Me: Do you have any regrets?
Helen: No, I cannot control my fate to be blind and deaf. But maybe just as simple as I should have NOT hurt my baby sister. But maybe if I didn't made these mistakes, I would have been in a different path somewhat or maybe it is just destiny.
Anne: I forgive everyone that caused my family pain and suffering from the past, and I don't regret teaching Helen. In fact, I am proud of her.
Me: What if you haven't met?
Helen: If Anne wasn't my teacher, and there is no other teacher like her in the world, I would still be some spoiled brat who doesn't know etiquette and simple speaking and writing.
Anne: As I had said earlier, Helen had made me a better person, and if I hadn't med her, I would never be speaking to you right now.
Me: What if you gave up on your life?
Helen: Maybe I will never become a better person. If I gave up, I would still be a useless lady with no manners. And I would never had seen the world as it is right now. Not giving up, even if all seems lost is the most important will in your life. It is what makes us human I believe.
Anne: Same as Helen, If I give up, I would have failed and never become a successful and proud teacher as of now. I would never had the chance to change my Fate,a nd would live as pathetic as I had before all of this ever happened.


So MAYBE that's how we'll have a conversation. This idea is pretty much made fast so please don't judge.

International Youth Fellowship

This is an advocacy support video we have to make for our English subject. I actually supported this group, IYF, which is a really amazing and cool association perfect for the youth, no matter what race or gender.
This video contains information about IYF and their official photos on World Camps and seminars ALL OVER THE GLOBE. If you are interested to join IYF, I placed their contact number and email address for the Philippines only. If you are from a different country, you can search Google.

Are You The Stuff that Heroes are Made Of or Are You a Jellyfish In a Skirt?

The How to Train your Dragon series is THE BEST BOOK SERIES EVER.

Probably someone like you would say: "That's childish" or maybe "lame" or maybe even "that book sucks a lot" without even reading it. Well, I tell you people, don't judge a book by its cover. 

Let me give you some preview of the HTTYD series, and maybe, just maybe, you would learn to like it, or maybe even LOVE it. You never know. (Warning: the movie is a bit different to the book series. Okay, maybe not just a bit, A LOT)

First of all, let's introduce the characters:

-Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III - the hope and heir to the Hooligan tribe, a puny red-head that is easily overlooked in a crowd and a bit on the skinny side. Hiccup may be a runt of the Hooligan Tribe, and a bit disappointing for a Chief's son, but he has a heart of a true Hero, a brave young boy who always believes that who you are doesn't matter but what matters most is what you do.

-Fishlegs - an orphan washed up from the beaches of the Hooligan tribe, he is a runt like Hiccup who has asthma and allergies to almost anything. He looks like a seaweed, but he is Hiccup's thoughtful best friend and will never turn his back to his friends.

-Camicazi - a very short female Bog-Burglar with unruly blonde hair untouched by human hands. She is good at almost anything stealthy and reckless. She might be the smallest viking ever, but she is a resilient young woman who never gives up and always there at Hiccup's side.

-Toothless - Hiccup's puny common/garden hunting dragon who is selfish and naughty. He is a spoiled dragon, but is always there on Hiccup's back.

-Chief Stoick the Vast - Oh hear his name and tremble ugh ugh is Hiccup's big, strong, and brave father. Stoick loves his son very much and would do anything to protect him. He has high expectations for his son who would be the Chief someday and maybe he is pushing Hiccup too far, but he always thinks for what is best for Hiccup and for the rest of the tribe, too.

-Snotface Snotlout - he is Hiccup's arrogant, selfish, rude, and very much all the bad things you can think of cousin with an unimaginably large nose. He had always wanted to become the Chief, but his small runt cousin got in his way. He is a great bully to Hiccup and will do anything just to put him down. But even all that, Hiccup still believes that he will change for the better.

-Alvin the Treacherous - He is the main antagonist of the book series, a man who lost his eye, his leg, his arm, his hair, his nose, and his heart. He wants to become the King of the Wilderness and he is Hiccup's archenemy. He is ruthless and vicious and he will kill just to get what he wants.

-Excellinor The Witch - Alvin's scary and backstabbing mother who is very much like her son. She wants Alvin to rule all the Barbaric Archipelago and kill all dragons.

-Furious - He is a Seadragonus Giganticus Maximus who led the dragon rebellion against the humans who enslaved them for years. His heart is broken after Hiccup the III's ancestor, Grimbeard the Ghastly, killed his human companion, and Grimbeard's very own son: Hiccup Horrendous Haddock II. He seeks for revenge and he is determined that he will extinguish the human threat.

-Wodensfang - An old dried up dragon who believed that Hiccup would bring peace to the two races. He decided to join Hiccup to guide him and lead him to the Dragon Jewel, the most powerful stone of all, which can control all the dragons.

This is the setting:
This story happened a long, long time ago, when dragons smaller than your fingernails were jumping mindlessly to the heather and when dragons larger than mountainsides sleep in the watery depths of the sea. The story happened within the Barbaric Archipelago, where vikings lived peacefully, a place full of swordfights, beer drinking, and  merry-making. Everyone was happy, or so we say, until fate decided to change it.

This is a paragraph all about the plot of the series and some conflict:

Hiccup the Third must fight dangerous and large dragons, scary and strong vikings, treacherous witches, collect all the King's Lost Things, and even his father's own expectations to become a Hero and save the dragon race and mankind from extinction. He will learn a lot of things from his past and will face the problems of the past, present, and future. He will face betrayal, failures, self-doubt, and his greatest fears just to save them. He will need to sacrifice everything he has just for the good of many. Hiccup doesn't want to deal with all these problems (which is too  much for a 10-14 year old boy) and he just wants to live a quiet and peaceful life in the archipelago. But sometimes, we have to grow up and we have to fight for what we believe in, even against those you love, and that is the hardest thing you can imagine. Can Hiccup save humankind and dragons from extinction? Would he become the rightful King of the Wilderwest? 

Now if you were Hiccup, can you do all these? Are you the stuff that Heroes are made of or are you a jellyfish in a skirt?

As of now, 9/6/2014, the books, made by Cressida Cowell is in this order:
-How to Train Your Dragon
-How to Be a Pirate
-How to Speak Dragonese
-How to Cheat a Dragon's Curse
-How to Twist a Dragon's Tale
-A Hero's Guide to Deadly Dragons
-How to Ride a Dragon's Storm
-How to Break a Dragon's Heart
-How to Steal a Dragon's Sword
-How to Seize a Dragon's Jewel
-How to Betray a Dragon's Hero
-SOON TO BE RELEASED

(SPOILER ALERT SPOILER ALERT)
In How to Betray a Dragon's Hero, Hiccup tried to face Excellinor the Witch and Alvin the Treacherous with the Alvinsmen to get the Lost Things and save his friends. Alvin had the Dragon Jewel, and is planning to use the power to destroy all dragons. Snotlout had betrayed him by turning him and trapping him, and with this, the captured Dragonmarkers (Hiccup's ally) turned their backs on him. Hiccup, still believed that Snotlout can still be a Hero, did not turn his back. Snotlout released his feelings of jealousy to Hiccup and found the light over the 15 years of darkness. When the Alvinsmen were pursuing them, Snotlout swiftly exchanged his dragon and clothes with Hiccup, much to Hiccup's surprise, and faced the Alvinsmen for Hiccup to escape. Snotlout died, without any Dragonmarkers knowing. He had proved himself to Hiccup, and died a Hero's death. Hiccup believed in Snotlout, and in the end, Snotlout believed in Hiccup and that is one of the crucial, final things that gave Hiccup belief in himself. Hiccup was caught in a strong storm, and the Vampire Spydragon's poison violently seeping his energy, he washed up on unknown shores...

(END OF SPOILERS)

"The making of a Hero is like a making of a sword. How the sword and the Hero must be tested time and time again, and the more fearsome and dreadful the test, the stronger the sword and the Hero, in the end"

"A Hero is forever"