English 9 Summer Class

Requirement

Submitted by:
Shenilyn S. Mendoza

Personal Experience of being treated unfairly

Some people say that life is so unfair in terms of a lot of things like power, politics, status, luck
and even in love. But I believe you can't have everything in life no matter how much you wanted it. That
is why sacrifices plays very important in once life, it might be a necessity or not, but we made sacrifices
of our own for the beneficial of others or for ourselves. As for me, I was treated unfairly for loving a guy
and was not accepted by his parents because I am not rich or influential enough to be a good partner of
their son. At that moment I just don't know what to do. I was so hurt and there was this pain in my chest.
He give me assurance that he will do his best to talk to his parents about us. I feel relieve somehow, but
deep inside I'm still worried about everything. I don't want to lose him and so does he to me. But luck isn't
on our side, his parents got very angry and commanded that he should not see me again or else he will be
send abroad. We can't hardly do anything because we are too young back then. We still need our parents
to support us. We don't have a choice but to say goodbye to each other and hope that someday we will
meet again.
I never thought that this could happened in real life, but it does. Whenever I see movies that
relates my past, I just smiled because I already accepted the fact that we are really not meant for each
other and real life is different from those of the movies that have happy endings. Right now I don't have
regrets about what we have decided back then. Parents knows what's best for us. We might feel bitterness
towards them but they just do what is really best for us and not a single day I blame them for everything.
Back then if we had disobeyed our parents, maybe we still couldn't find happiness knowing that
his parents held a grudge on me. I believe that you can't find happiness if there is a single person who will
be offended by you and somehow that pain inside will be worsen along with time if we are together. Years
have passed and we have our own separate lives now. We haven't seen each other since then but we are
still friends. Right now he is in Japan, a medical student, and he recently visit the country because of his
busy schedule. Even though he could visit the country, still he doesn't go home here in Iligan and I don't
even know why. We still exchange messages in facebook and I know he is happy right now and so am I.
That's it, still our life ends in happy ending at some point.

Never Give Up

Hi , my name is Shen. Twenty-two years young and I'm proud of it. I'm a BS. Biology major in
General graduate student of Mindanao State University-Iligan Institute of Technology. A lot of people
expected that I'll be going to a Medical School due to my undergrad degree, but life is unpredictable as
they may say. Though I really love and want to be in Med School so much but It seems it is not for me.
Most people who are dearly close to me wants me to go a different field and due to some circumstances, I
left no choice but to take a different path. I was indeed enrolled in law school with a lot of expectations.
In law school it is entirely a different academic arena, far from the usual classroom routine during my
undergrad days. This time, I have learn to set aside my social life if any, just to devote more time reading
voluminous cases being assigned to us by our professors. Enduring oneself to sleepless nights together
with the book and coffee to make myself awake. During class hours, my body feel so numb and all I can
hear is my heartbeat, my hands are trembling and cold at the same time, deep down I know my classmates
feel the same way too during oral recitation. This is one hell of a ride.
Sometimes I've got myself thinking maybe I'll just quit now while it is not too late and maybe this
is not for me either. I really doubt myself every single day and got myself striving for emotional
flexibility control. Adopting to this kind of arena is way too difficult for me, I am so very stressed out
emotionally and mentally. Finals is coming for the first semester of the year and three of my classmates
already quit. Still there is something inside of me saying I must not quit, I have already invested my time
in this and honestly I want it, I want to be a lawyer and I should go for it. I must take the risk and I don't
always play it safe or I'll die wondering if I can make it or not. Making a big life change is pretty scary.
But, know what is even scarier? Is when in the end I'll regret it for giving up and not even trying my best.
It was a leap of time that I realized my first year in law school was over and I did survive.
My heart now is at ease that I finally overcome my doubts and fear to go farther. It's a big gamble to come
up with not so easy decision and I really did not quit in the end. Life must be about trusting our own
feelings and taking chances, losing and finding answers, appreciating the memories and learning from the
past because what might be the outcome you shall accept it without any regrets.

II. EXPOSITION

Horse and automobile

Most of our daily activities take place outside our home. Because of this, transportation touches
every part of our lives and without transportation there are many activities we could not take part in. It
has a profound impact on different aspects in residential patterns, industrial growth, and physical and
social mobility. This I say that transportation is no less a civil right and quality of life issue. As far as
history can tell domesticated animals like horses, oxen and donkeys become famous element in tractcreation as modes of transportation. So how exactly these animals differ with our cars which is considered
the parallel innovation and revolution of our so called technology nowadays. I'm going to take the horse
as an example for animals.
Throughout their history with humans the horse has served many purposes. Our first use for
horses was as food. They have been used for farm work, battle, pleasure, and transport. They have pulled
everything from canons to barges. For the modern horse lover there are hundreds of sports and activities
one can enjoy with a horse or pony and many are kept just for the joy of ownership as they use it for
karera. They were essential transport for goods in most rural community areas. As time goes by, we built
more and more complex, crowded villages, towns, cities and horses became a real problem. Due to a big
population of horses in the past it created some particular problems like the massive growing number of
flies around, transmissible diseases spread in the entire nation, the smell of dried manure dust, cruelty to
horses and there was a time that horses were related to traffic deaths which a lot of people were dismayed.
In order for this chaos to end, they come up with the idea of solving the problem in which they
think of an alternative solution for the modes of transportation. That particular moment cars were
invented. Automobile entered the transportation market as a toy for the rich. These became increasingly
popular among the general population because it gave travellers the freedom to travel long distance
without any struggle being stayed under the sun. Because of the automobile, growth of suburbs has
allowed people to work and live in the city. Also it gives and allow more opportunity of employment for
the world's growing population. But cars are way too expensive that only those people can afford could
have one. Also it create air pollution and global warming in our environment.
I exactly don't care if what people should use in their modes of transportation as long as they are
comfortable with it and they think it is more useable than the other. Both horses and automobiles have
their advantages and disadvantages, it is up to an individual if he is gonna use one of them or not.

LOVE

I myself can't hardly define love and the reason why there are so many varying and contradictory
definitions of love is because love is not being studied. For me love is more easily experienced than
defined. Its been express in countless poems, musical lyrics and other artistic endeavours, but there has
been very little hard research, investigation or analysis about love. When we express love, we develop a
strong emotional attachment, anticipating our love to be returned. Love is the driver for all great stories,
not just romantic love, but the love of parent for child, for family, for country.
Some philosophers somehow try to understand and evaluate the true form of love but each of
them give an undeniable concepts of love in which the Ancient Greek divides love into four different
types, agape, storge, philia and eros.
Agape is a noble, self-sacrificing love and it is selfless, giving and unconditional. Its often used
to mean a more spiritual kind of love and refers to the paternal love of God. Sacrificial love is not based
on a feeling, but a determined act of the will, a joyful resolve to put the welfare of others above our own.
But this type of love does not come naturally to humans. Because of our fallen nature, we are incapable of
producing such a love.
Storge is love that occurs naturally as being part of a family. Its precise meaning is closer to
affection, or natural affection the kind of feelings that we have for our family. I believe that this type
of love can also be applied to non-blood-related friendships and relationships that feel like family. I think
this kind of love is innate as we sometimes want to be together with our family in holidays or special
occasions; to laugh, to fall our past, and to have fun.
Philia is the love that forms between good friends, but others refer it to loyalty for ones
community or family. It is a sort of mental love rather than spiritual or passionate, and often forms due
to shared interests or activities. This is the love of friendship, best friends, and the fellowship of being
with those people you enjoy.
The last type of love is Eros which is define as the passionate love, and is the love closest to what
we now call romance or romantic attraction. Eros is the appreciation and desire for the beauty in
another person on a physical level. It is purely emotional, not rational. This kind of love is amorous
feeling between man and woman. It is a deep affection, connection, hot passion, and intense attraction but
it is not lust, and does not necessarily involve sexual attraction, although those things can be part of it. I
guess this is a traditional love as you always go to compulsion to be close to your lover. It is the feeling
that we realize we are born incompletely and we desire ourselves or even longing to find someone that
you can love and share your emotion with.

DESCRIPTION

My Snow

Our family owns two dogs and two cats that is a total of four pets. My mom really love to have
pets in the house as companions. But among the four of them, I enjoy playing with this particular pet and
it is a cat. She is so adorable that I can't even resist carrying her all the time. She has very short legs just
like a Munchkin cats breeds. She has a white exotic shorthair like of those Persian cats, that is why I
named her Snow. Her eyes are large, round and well-spaced with pure light green eyes. Her body is small
in size that is easy to carry around. Its tail are short, thin, carried down with a rounded tip.
Snow is so cute that there are loads of things she do that always makes me smile. She has this
own routine climbing into my lap and starts kneading with her paws, had that feeling that I am tempted to
lift her off with those claws which are sharp. But this is actually the way she shows affection to me.
Snow is very clever and curious. She is alternately independent and demanding also. She really love to
hide, and if I leave a bag or box around, or even a drawer open, she'll crawl inside and snuggle up. Even
in tight spaces like vases and eventually she get stuck in it. Sometimes also Snow seem to want to doze
off on things I'm using, whether that's a paper I am reading, my book, or right across the keyboard of my
laptop. This can be so annoying, but also so cute, particularly when I'm trying to work on some things. No
matter how often I move her, she always wants to be close to me, and sometimes she even dozes off with
her head on my hand as I'm typing. That is why even though she is so annoying at times, I really love her
a lot.

My Pink Room

The bedroom, in my opinion, is where you relax, unwind, spend private moments, rest and sleep
and ultimately refresh yourself. That is why my room is one of the most comfortable place in our home. I
am not bragging on anything but it is just my own opinion. As when you enter into my room you'll notice
the cheerful, bold walls touch with light pink and with a shiny white paint colored ceiling. The floor is
tapped with granite tiles which is rich in dark pink to contrast with the lighter pink colored walls. I furnish
everything exactly as I want it to be with the perfect selection of a simple design bed, fine mattress and
with a flowery light green bed covers and pillows.
The ambience of my room is quite relaxing, though my room isn't air-condition but I used electric
fan at night. I just opened my window to let the fresh air move in my room and experience the natural
wind of nature. Perks of being near in a coastal shore. My room isn't too large at all but it is clean enough.
Next to my bed, you can see a table and a chair as my place to study just right in front of the window so I
could feel the wind blowing in. There isn't nothing more in my room, maybe just two cabinets for my
dresses and a small altar where I could pray every night. I don't like some fancy stuffs because it will just
occupy space in my room and it will surely look messy.

Divorce is not the perfect solution of marital conflicts

Legally, Divorce is commonly define as the legal dissolution of a marriage by a court or other
competent body. Yes that's right, a total dissolution of marriage indeed which only means that if the
parties got divorce, the said marriage is totally cancelled from the beginning like there is no contract that
has been done. Honestly, I don't like the idea or even the concept of divorce. In my opinion if there is
divorce then marriages are just useless and the essence of marriage is not that holy but just a mere paper
sign by both parties. Divorce is selfishness and because of that people tend to give up easily on each
other. They don't even try to work it out, and avoid dealing with the problem or should I say they are just
afraid of dealing with it. So selfish, that they only think of themselves without thinking of the pain their
children is bearing.
I do believe that divorce must not be the perfect or best solution in solving marital conflicts.
Somehow marriage takes work from both partners and divorce is something that two people ought to
think clearly and rationally about before entering into it. As far as I observe, divorce become the easy get
away. That's what's wrong with couples today. If they feel uncomfortable or even incompatible with each
other they should at least think of their family. I believe that God wouldn't give us problem that we can't
even solve. I also believe that if it can't be solve with proper deliberation and understanding, then maybe,
just maybe divorce can be done. Divorce should be the last resort.