A Crashing Story!

               Castle Crashers is a game in the PS3 console that can be bought at the Play Station Network store. It's super fun because normal games can only accommodate 1-2 players but this game can accommodate 4! Haha! Every time I play this game with my friends, they would always create a mayhem and run around the whole screen. 

               One of my friends would just wait for us to kill the enemies and he'll go running around collecting the money left by the enemies. Another one of my friends kills all the enemies and says, "Hoy! Akin yan! Wag mong aagawin!" Truly it's a fun game when you're playing with your friends! Some of my friends would call me up at my home and would tell mo to level their castle crasher up. "Uy Aaron, pa level up naman ung character ko, kawawa ako ang baba nang level ko..." 

              Every time they could go to our house there's nothing else that they would rather play than this cute and violent game. Whenever I would ask them if they would want to play another game, they would just tell me,"Castle Crashers! Castle Crashers!" Haha, there's no stopping my friends, when they step inside my house all would go running to the PS3 and quickly sit down to get ready for the next thrilling experience of the game. Here's a picture of how the game looks like...

       
                By the looks of the game, you would now see how my friends could create such a mayhem. It's really really fun to play because it's not your ordinary button-smashing game because you not only have your swords and axes but you have your special magic. Every knight has his own special power: The green spits out poison gas that would stick to the enemy for a while and poisons the enemy when it touches it. The orange spits out  fire that would, like the poison, stick to the enemy for a while and would burn it. The blue one creates multiple blocks of ice that would freeze the enemy. The red one creates a chain of lighting that would electrocute the enemies.

             As you could see with this picture, it's not actually a serious game. It's super cute and super funny because there's no one in the line of characters who takes it really serious. If you'll play the game, you'd really laugh so hard that you'll cry! I hope that you guys could play this fun and exciting game.

          Look at the characters of the game, think of each one of them with their own special and funny personality, now wouldn't you want to play them? Right? Haha, I would want to thank the developers who created this game, you guys are trully innovative in all aspects of the gaming industry! I hope that there would be more games like this one in the market soon.

Hey Soul Sister!

I enjoy listening to this song and whenever I hear this song, I smile; maybe because I am happy whenever I see her happy. I can easily relate to this song because the lyrics of the song are like the ideas in my brain. I wish that this song would never end because it reminds me of her. When I feel sad, I just listen to this song and it makes me happy again. All that I want to say to her are already sang by the song. Here’s a letter that I made for you using the lyrics of the song…

Dear Soul Sister,
I know I wouldn’t forget you whatever I would do so I’ll just go and let you blow my mind. Every single dream I dream I remember you and your sweet smell. I knew when we collided, you’re the one I have decided; who’s one of my kind. Hey soul sister, I don’t wanna miss a single thing you do. All my time I want to spend it with you. The way you move ain’t fair you know; it makes me wanna say l love you more. You gave my life direction whenever I lost hope. When I see you smile, we can’t deny; I’m so obsessed. My heart is bound to beat right out because I believe in you, like a virgin, you’re Madonna and I’m always gonna wanna blow your mind. Hey Soul sister, there’s only one thing I would do and it’s watching you because watching you is the only drug I need. Every time I dream, you’re the only one I’m dreaming of you see, I can be myself now finally; In fact, there’s nothing I can’t be. All I wish for is the world to see you’ll, be with me.
Yours truly,
Pathfinder

I would like to say more but I don’t know how to say it. So this is what I would like to say for now. Thanks Train, for helping me say what I have to say…

You're the best...

Friends. Whatever you did, whatever you are doing and surely whatever you will do, you’re friends will be the one who’s going to be there for you. I’ve had my fair share of ups and downs and to tell you the truth, you’re true friends are the one who you could really lean on in those times when you really don’t know what to do.

My friends are the best; they have always helped me with all my problems. There are 3 best friends that I would like to share to you guys, they were the friends that I spent my time the longest and I could surely say that they are my best of friends…

1.) Aidan Madarang- He was my best friend since Grade 6. Everything about me he knows and everything about him I know. We helped each other with everything: academics, social life, love life and some other things… He’s like my brother; sometimes I think he knows me more than I know myself. He has helped me with so many things and I believe that If not for him, I would not be the John Aaron that I would be today. He’s something else, he’s not the typical guy you meet every day, I couldn’t explain it but he really isn’t. We have a lot of things in common and I’m so glad to have met a guy like him. I know that we’ll be best friends until we grow old and I’m just so lucky to have him as a friend. Thanks Aidan.

2.) Lianne Quitiquit- Lianne, well we started being close I think when I was in 1st year. Lianne is a special girl in my life and I couldn’t have faced all my problems if it wasn’t for her. Whenever I see her, we talk about anything and everything. I help her with her problems, and she also helps me with my problems. She makes me smile whenever I feel sad and she gives me hope that it’s all going to be fine. That’s what I love about her; she never makes me feel down. She always shows me the brighter side of life even if my heart’s flooded with darkness. Lianne would die trying just to help me and I really feel that she cares for me. She’s my best friend and I hope she’ll always be…Thanks Lianne.

3.) John Paul Salvatera- JP! That’s what I called him before but now we have codes for best friends. He’s super fun to be with and he’ll do anything just to help me. He’ll go to the ends of the world just to give me hope. We started being friends when we were in 1st year, same with Lianne. We got farther from each other when we were in 2nd year primarily because of the different buildings we stayed in. But now that were in 3rd year, we are close again, that’s a good thing. He’s my brother from another mother. He’ll always be… John Paul has been a great brother to me because like my other best friends, he has helped me with so much; but what makes him different is that he’s the person that I would prefer to talk to if it’s about my personal life. Not that I don’t want to tell my other best friends, actually they also know; but I don’t know, maybe because he knows what to do and he would really help me if I needed it. Thanks John Paul.

Whenever I feel that my life doesn’t really matter, I remember these 3 persons in my life and all comes back.”What are you saying? You’ve got these people in your life so don’t waste it.” Whenever you feel down, just remember that your friends will always be there for you. Thanks guys, so much… You’ve shown me that there would always be a brighter tomorrow.

The Light of the North

The Light of the North:

SLU is now one of the best schools in the North. What started as a 10-student room created by the
Congregatio Immaculati Cordis Mariae (CICM), is now approximately a 26,700 student institution excluding the Elementary and High School students as of 2009-2010.

The logo is a graphical abstract from thoughts about the hundred years of commitment of Saint Louis University, and the search for meaning through Competence, Creativity, Christian Spirit, and Social Involvement.

The flame, depicted by the stylized ‘SLU’, represents the transformation that education can result in, while the elevated steps, shown by the ‘100′, leads to this direction. The torch embodies excellence in education and its enlightening process. Excellence has largely to do with the way a Louisian leads his life and the way he relates with others.

The major color of the logo which is blue and its various shades in the University’s color representing education as a journey. The golden flame illustrates the relentless achievement of excellence from an idea to enlightenment, and from core of emotion to realization.

The logo was designed by Archt. Dulthe Carlo C. Munar of the Department of Architecture, College of Engineering and Architecture.

The Centennial Celebration of Baguio as a City is also near the Centennial Celebration of SLU. Baguio celebrated it's 100th Birthday last year, 2009. Now it's SLU's turn!

It all started with one cause, to Christianize the people of the North. Now, it does not aim to Christianize the North primarily because they have more or less done it. They now want to craft students to reach their optimum efficiency. To teach them the moral values that they need for their future.

About the SLU Logo:

The motto of Saint Louis University is "Sapientia Aedificat", a Latin phrase meaning "Wisdom Builds" or more literally "Knowledge Edifies." Saint Louis University offers programs from the elementay,secondary, and tertiary level, which includes undergraduate and graduate programs.

The colors of Saint Louis University are white and blue, the colors of the Blessed Virgin Mary. White symbolizes the earth and man. Blue signifies heaven and God. The big golden cross in the middle of the shield represents the Christian faith that the school aims to spread to all corners of the earth symbolized by the four small crosses.

Superimposed on the golden cross is the stylized lily that is associated with Saint Aloysius (Louis) de Gonzaga, the patron saint of the school. The big sword across the shield expresses vigilance and perseverance. The rugged mountains behind the sword signify the obstacles that SLU strives to surpass in bringing the light of truth in the darkness of ignorance.

 CICM did not just create Saint Louis University, Baguio City but rather, created multiple schools all over the Philippines to continue it's mission: 

CICM System of Schools

 Saint Louis College, San Fernando City, La Union

    

     University of Saint Louis, Tuguegarao City

     

 

    
Saint Mary's University, Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya

    

 Saint Louis School of Mandaue, Mandaue City, Cebu

    

Truly our schools are the best of the best and I wouldn't go to any other school other than CICM's very well-known learning Institutions. Happy Birthday SLU. May you continue to be the light of the North to everyone.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Louis_University,_Baguio_City#History
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http://www.slu.edu.ph/

Happy 100th Birthday SLU

Let me give you a brief history of CICM’s Institution. In 1907, the CICM Missionaries arrived in the Philippines, mandated by the Vatican to Christianize the northern part of the country. The missionaries settled in Baguio because of its proximity to both Manila and the mountain province of Benguet beyond the Cordillera mountain range, that was home to numerous indigenous tribes. In 1911, Rev. Fr. Séraphin Devesse, CICM, founded a one-room elementary school in Baguio for ten local boys, naming the school the Saint Louis School . In 1915, the St. Louis School expanded becoming a vocational and trade school. In 1915 the school opened a secondary branch. In 1952, the combined efforts of Msgr. William Brasseur and Rev. Fr. Rafael Desmedt founded Saint Louis College, then consisting of three departments: Education, Liberal Arts, Commerce and Secretarial. In 1955, the graduate-level programs of Saint Louis College were granted recognition, but the real turning point came on 13 May 1963, when Saint Louis College was conferred University status by the Philippine Government. The school started with only 75 students with Gerard Decaestecker, CICM, as the first rector.

It’s been 100 years since the 10-student school was established and now it is a home to more than 25,000 students not only from Baguio City but from multiple towns and cities from the Philippines and even for other countries. It justly proves that the institution has evolved so much since 1911. Now that SLU is celebrating its 100 years of educational and non-educational excellence, I would like to congratulate its continuous growth and I wish that the Institution will become better every passing year.

The school has created its name all over the Philippines and it is now one of the leading schools mainly in the regions of CAR. The Centennial Celebration will be held starting December 2010 until December 2011. If you are to look at SLU’s website, you would be able to see the events that are to be done for the 1 year celebration. It will really be a very memorable event for the CICM and for us.

The things that I would want to wish SLU are these:

1. I wish that SLU would continue to be the Light of the North, to give the proper guidance and education for students who would really want to attain heights that they would never possibly attain if they didn’t have the proper help and education.

2. I wish that SLU, being a Christian Institution, would shower their vision to the people in becoming a better Christian. I would want SLU to craft their students, to always put their hopes towards God. To always believe in Him when everything seems perfect and when everything seems to be just complicated and wrong.

3. I wish that SLU would teach their students the proper moral value in becoming truly Human because our world is not the world before, it is more, let’s say “dangerous and aggressive.” I hope that the students would not be like these and would be a person for God and for everyone.

SLU, I am so grateful for everything you have done. I hope that you continue to guide us and help us in everything we do. I would also want to congratulate you again for a job well-done for the past 100 years. Thank you, Happy 100th Birthday and May God bless us all.

http://www.slu.edu.ph/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Louis_University,_Baguio_City

SLU-LHS: Just a school?

People always say that our teachers are our second parents so does that mean that our school is our second home? It’s not always the case. It’s not always the case because some students don’t actually like going to their school with so many different reasons. One of which is because they don’t feel that they are welcome in the school maybe because the people there don’t want to socialize in a wide scale, they just form groups of their own. But it’s never here in our beloved school, Saint Louis High School! What makes us different from other institutions? Well, with my stay here in SLU-LHS for almost 3 years, I’ve seen a lot of ups and downs but what I really felt here is that when there are ups, students will help each other make it higher but if there are downs, everybody will help each other up. That’s the main difference between us and “them”. We treat our schoolmates as if they were our own brothers and sisters and our teachers as if they were our best of friends and as our parents. Even if that’s the case with our teachers, the idea of respect will never be gone, even with our schoolmates. We really are a family, there would be fights and tears but we cannot eradicate that. There would certainly be happiness and laughter and that I can surely say is in our school that will never be gone. The idea here is that whatever happens in our school, everyone would willingly help turn it around if it’s a problem or push it to the peak if it’s a solution. SLU-LHS is really, our Home.

               SLU-LHS is a very productive learning Institution. The school has crafted students to the best of the best and to be able to do their best in everything they do. To be able to learn from everything, one of which are their downfalls. The curriculum that we have is not always for our intellect but also for our values. It pushes our values to be formed right. As a Christian School whose moral obligations are to form its students to be a true person for everyone, it also helps the students to be a true Christian for the community. Its 4 core values: Christian Spirit, Competence, Creativity, and Social Involvement are strictly implemented. Now, I would like to personally share my experiences here in this institution for the past 9 years. Well, 9 years of staying in one school is quite long and I could confidently say all that I would want to that is related to SLU. When I was in elementary, I really did enjoy my stay with all my friends but that was about it. I didn’t really take into consideration the “educational part” of SLU. Well maybe I did but it was already in Grade 6 when my mind perceived my life in a different way. When I went to High School, there I really felt that SLU is a really good institution. I learned so much when I entered High School and I can see some of it as useful to my life in the future. Some people say “What’s the importance of what I’m studying here in school?” Yeah, I wouldn’t lie to you; I also said this but not anymore. Why? It’s because I slowly understood the goal of our school. Some of the subjects that are taught doesn’t really have much importance to us in the future but that’s not the point. The point here is that it teaches us to be patient and so much more. The institution likes us to be ready for College and for the real world. And that is the universal cause of most High School Preparatory Schools. Truly, SLU-LHS is my one and only school.

Your life, live it, love it.

Actually, I still have not found the reason why I am in this world. And I’m still looking for the right answer. I listened to Steve Jobs’s talk at Stanford University on how to live your life before you die and personally, it helped put me on the right path in achieving my goal . He shared 3 events of his life. 1st, Connecting the dots, have you ever asked yourself what will happen in the future regarding your life? Well if you did, Mr. Jobs explained his personal view on this question. When he was in college, he had no idea about what to do with his life and the school did not help him find it either. That’s why he dropped most but one subject, calligraphy. At first, he did not find that calligraphy would benefit him but he just trusted that it would all work out okay. It did when he built the 1st Apple computer and he would not have done this if he had not followed what he thought was right. Mr. Jobs is telling us that we should just trust that the dots will connect in the future, we should not think so much about it. We cannot connect the dots by looking forward, we could only connect it by looking backwards. By doing so, we would be able to find the confidence to follow our heart to do what we want and think is needed. That would surely make all the difference. Follow your heart, it might not always be correct but any consequence that will arise from it might open a door to something better.

Love and Loss. Don’t lose hope and know that everything happens for a reason. If you love something, don’t give up to the trials that come your way because if you do, you’ll regret not being able to know what should have and shouldn’t have been, don’t give up. In Mr. Jobs’s case, his company, he lost it but he never gave up, he believed in himself that he could do it, and he did, he was able to regain his company. When life gives you a million reasons to give up, give a billion reasons to continue. Everything happens for a reason, you fall so that you could stand back up, you make mistakes to be able to correct it, and you fail so that you would appreciate your success more. Everybody meet problems; it’s the person who finds a way to overcome it that makes the difference. “You’ve got to find something that you love, never settle.” This is what Mr. Jobs said and that is true to our job and lovers. If you don’t love the job you’re doing, you will never be satisfied with your life because our job fills a big part of our life. That is also true to our lovers; never settle for someone if you aren’t 100% certain that it’s him/her. Never lose faith to be better. We can be, and we will be if you just believe, believe in yourself and believe that it will be…

Death. “If you live each day as if it was your last, someday you’ll most certainly be right.” I’ve learned that death is the most important invention of life. Without it, we would not live our lives to the fullest because there would be that thought that you have something to lose. We cannot avoid death, nobody has and nobody will. This is something that all people would have to face even if we don’t want to. What’s its implication? Live your life. Never live another person’s life because you only have one so don’t waste it. Take every chance that you could possibly can because you’ll never know how long it will be there. Grab life by the horns, live as if there’s no tomorrow. Purity of actions leaves no cause for regret. And while you’re at it, pull everybody around you one level higher.