Thanks for viewing! :)This is an official photoblog for Saint Louis University.
Saturday, October 9, 2010
photoblog
Thanks for viewing! :)This is an official photoblog for Saint Louis University.
Friday, October 8, 2010
SLU-LHS: My School, My Second Home
“High school… It’s the best 4 years of my life, ever.”
This was a dialogue from my friend who is in college already a few days before she graduated from Baguio Science Foundation High School. When I heard that from her I still have no idea then because I was still in grade school at that time. When I graduated from elementary, I tried many entrance exams from different schools; they are: Saint Paul University, Saint Joseph’s College, and Saint Louis University Laboratory High School.
I tried SPU and SJC’s entrance exam because what I thought then was we were going back to Manila. Enrolling in SLU-LHS was not part of my plan then because I was so in love with SJC [considering that it was my school before]. But things went wrong, we did not go back to Manila, and I was so disappointed. Yet I have no choice, I have to go to a school that I wasn’t in love with.
It was my first day of high school in SLU-LHS, I saw crowds of students, some were familiar, some were not. The bell rang and I didn’t know what to do, then a teacher shouted, “Students, please assemble in the covered court.” So I went and saw some of my future classmates.
After that, I had a friend. So I was like, “Yey! I have a friend already! “. Few days have passed and I had also met a lot people too, that was when I started to build up my circle of friends.
[I’m sorry if I have to mention my friends. I just love them so much! :)]
So when I was in first year I had a circle of friends that are still present from this moment. They are: Lycon Marie Soliba, Riza Marie Gumpac, Alyana Domingo, Pamela Villanueva, and Marienne Ignacio. All of us go out together, hang out together, and eat together. We go to each other’s house to hang out (especially at Riza’s place!).
But my first year would not be complete without being a member of Glee Club, you know why? Because singing is my first love. Good thing, Pamela and Marienne are lovely singers too, so I would not have to worry about joining the club alone. In Glee Club, we joined some competitions, and it was so fun! I remember when we used to practice in the Music room, hugging all the people you see when you enter the area, singing songs and feeling it fervently. Don’t you know that I also cried while singing a song just because I really have to feel it! It was so fun, I swear! And that ended my superb first year in high school.
I was an ongoing second year student then when I went to South Korea to have my summer vacation. I was in intense break-up hangover then. I was so frustrated after I broke with my boyfriend, [no need to mention his name because my friends knew who he was], that’s why leaving Baguio was a good idea at that time. So I enjoyed myself there, and when I went back and the school started again, there I saw him again. I never realized that forgetting him was so easy, I don’t know the reason behind it but, really, forgetting him was easy.
I was already in second year, many things have changed. Since my friend, Riza, was kicked out from the science section, Yana went to Cambodia for good, and Marienne also migrated to Florida for good, Pamela, Lycon, Riza and I were the ones left here in the Philippines. But again, Riza also migrated to Canada! Oh my, now we’re only three.
Let’s just say that the second year of my high school is not quite good. Some of my friends were already gone. But that doesn’t end the story, there still many things to look onto… Until my heart went beating again for someone. And this someone was the reason why I promised myself never to write a song again. I guess falling in love is not a best option for me to be happy. And that ended my second year of high school. Quite short huh?
Okay. So I’m in the third year now, good thing I do not have a love life right now so I could focus on my studies.
SLU-LHS gave me reasons why I should be happy, I've met true friends that I can lean unto, I was able to discover the abilities I have,and I was able to experience the best moments in my life. With Saint Louis University Laboratory High School, indeed, my high school years are the best 4 years of my life. :)
This was a dialogue from my friend who is in college already a few days before she graduated from Baguio Science Foundation High School. When I heard that from her I still have no idea then because I was still in grade school at that time. When I graduated from elementary, I tried many entrance exams from different schools; they are: Saint Paul University, Saint Joseph’s College, and Saint Louis University Laboratory High School.
I tried SPU and SJC’s entrance exam because what I thought then was we were going back to Manila. Enrolling in SLU-LHS was not part of my plan then because I was so in love with SJC [considering that it was my school before]. But things went wrong, we did not go back to Manila, and I was so disappointed. Yet I have no choice, I have to go to a school that I wasn’t in love with.
It was my first day of high school in SLU-LHS, I saw crowds of students, some were familiar, some were not. The bell rang and I didn’t know what to do, then a teacher shouted, “Students, please assemble in the covered court.” So I went and saw some of my future classmates.
After that, I had a friend. So I was like, “Yey! I have a friend already! “. Few days have passed and I had also met a lot people too, that was when I started to build up my circle of friends.
[I’m sorry if I have to mention my friends. I just love them so much! :)]
So when I was in first year I had a circle of friends that are still present from this moment. They are: Lycon Marie Soliba, Riza Marie Gumpac, Alyana Domingo, Pamela Villanueva, and Marienne Ignacio. All of us go out together, hang out together, and eat together. We go to each other’s house to hang out (especially at Riza’s place!).
But my first year would not be complete without being a member of Glee Club, you know why? Because singing is my first love. Good thing, Pamela and Marienne are lovely singers too, so I would not have to worry about joining the club alone. In Glee Club, we joined some competitions, and it was so fun! I remember when we used to practice in the Music room, hugging all the people you see when you enter the area, singing songs and feeling it fervently. Don’t you know that I also cried while singing a song just because I really have to feel it! It was so fun, I swear! And that ended my superb first year in high school.
I was an ongoing second year student then when I went to South Korea to have my summer vacation. I was in intense break-up hangover then. I was so frustrated after I broke with my boyfriend, [no need to mention his name because my friends knew who he was], that’s why leaving Baguio was a good idea at that time. So I enjoyed myself there, and when I went back and the school started again, there I saw him again. I never realized that forgetting him was so easy, I don’t know the reason behind it but, really, forgetting him was easy.
I was already in second year, many things have changed. Since my friend, Riza, was kicked out from the science section, Yana went to Cambodia for good, and Marienne also migrated to Florida for good, Pamela, Lycon, Riza and I were the ones left here in the Philippines. But again, Riza also migrated to Canada! Oh my, now we’re only three.
Let’s just say that the second year of my high school is not quite good. Some of my friends were already gone. But that doesn’t end the story, there still many things to look onto… Until my heart went beating again for someone. And this someone was the reason why I promised myself never to write a song again. I guess falling in love is not a best option for me to be happy. And that ended my second year of high school. Quite short huh?
Okay. So I’m in the third year now, good thing I do not have a love life right now so I could focus on my studies.
SLU-LHS gave me reasons why I should be happy, I've met true friends that I can lean unto, I was able to discover the abilities I have,and I was able to experience the best moments in my life. With Saint Louis University Laboratory High School, indeed, my high school years are the best 4 years of my life. :)
A Little Contribution For Saint Louis University on its Centennial :)
Prayer
Almighty Father,
You never let me down every time I need You; You give me the strength to make it through each day, with these I thank You. We thank You for the fruitful one hundred years of Saint Louis University as the Light of the North. Father, I seek for Your guidance as I grow as a Louisian student. May I be able to do what is right for me and for others, to express what I have in my mind, to be sensitive to the feelings and moaning of others, and to love my neighbour as I love You.
As another century comes, may You give Saint Loius University the strength to face all the obstacles it will encounter—that there will be no happenings that might destroy its name. May You also give all the Louisians the competitiveness, creativity, social involvement, and Christian spirit as from the Mission Vision entails. Lastly, may You guide SLU to maintain its excellence not only in teaching academically, but also in teaching morals and values to all its students. These I ask through Your Son, Jesus Christ.
St. Aloysius de Gonzaga, pray for us. AMEN.
Poem
God of love,
You send us light from above.
You give us what we should have,
So we could soar high like a dove.
Saint Louis University, so lucky to have!
Given by God, second from our life.
Gay and cheerful once we have land,
To its parameter, everyday of our lives.
My second while away from true home,
Makes me happy and never makes me feel alone.
Especially when I’m with my friends at the corridor,
As we go walking, laughing and make some noise.
Filled with skilled teachers and counsellors,
Also with nurses, cashiers, and doctors.
When I need help, they are those I look for,
Understanding every word that they order.
So see if there is no SLU?
The future will not smile at me and you!
The future will not smile at me and you!
So study right for your family’s future,
Because from right now, that’s what I can picture.
Happy 100th Anniversary SLU! :))
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