Reaction Essay~ MARRIAGE: Valid for 10 Years?

Marriage is a social union or legal contract between individuals that creates kingship. It is uniquely beneficial to society because it is the foundation of the family and the basic building block of society. To Catholics, marriage is a sacrament and ordained by God. A man and a woman bond as one in a holy matrimony and the Church is the witness of the union. But, what's with the marriage contract expiration? How can we maintain the essential of the marriage, if it is only valid for ten years?

The marriage expiration contract is not really the absolute solution of what the country confronted now. It will only cause disaster in our society and the essence of marriage will be lost and fade away just like a dust that blown by the wind. People will overlook it as a game and they will never take it seriously and continue to play with it. I know this a modern time but still, we should care about the tradition and value of marriage. Besides, it will imperil the integrity of the ties that bind the Philippine Society. It is like a food that reaches its expiry date and someone will throw them up. Not to mention, it will only cost how much the government needed. They are like making business out of it. People are well attentive of this term that entering into marriage is a decision and there will be lots of consequences for them to face up. The vows of the couples have exchanged should be respected and never impart an expiration to marriage.

Women will be greatly affected of this kind of proposal. There will be lots of violence in this proposal contract because men will only disregard the essence of marriage. They will set games over the relationship because they know that they can marry whoever they want after ten years and it can only bring massive population in the country. Moreover, women tend to be emotional when it comes to relationship problems.

The proposal can lead the children to emotional trauma when the parents separate after ten years. It can take them to confusion and rebellion. The children are the one who really suffer and affected in this kind of proposal. It will be so hard for the parents to explain about the separation to their kids but it will be harder for the children to accept it.

Marriage expiration should not be adopted because it can cause disaster, it will ruin the essence of marriage, it will cost lots of money to renew the marriage, it can cause massive population to the Philippines, it can cause aggression especially to the battered women, and it can lead the children to emotional trauma. A wise man, Barnett R. Brickner, once said, "Success in marriage does not come merely through finding the right mate, but through being the right mate."

Ready, Set, WRITE !

"The pages are still blank, but there is a miraculous feeling of the words being there, written in invisible ink and clamoring to become visible." ~Vladimir Nabakov

Things were getting better and better this week. The feeling of laziness somehow unfold. It feels great to let things a little busy but in the end of the week, it turns out to be a little bit exhausting.

Another week had just passed by. The everyday routine seems pretty usual. What made it different was that, it's time to grab a pen and a paper and get ready for more writing. We tackled about writing the essay on how we can expand it and the basic essay structure such as introduction, body, and conclusion; we tackled about reaction and research paper, too. It can help us as a guidance for our research paper and any writings in the discipline form. Since we are required to make a research paper, it gives us some tips about the research process.

Writing a research paper is a lot of hard work, it takes time and patience. It really needs a lot of interrogation so that we can prove about what we are trying to prove.

A Great Sigh

This week, we finished our discussion and we talked about our topic for our term paper. Thank God, Ma'am approved my topic but I did not put my thesis statement yet, so, she asked me to put the thesis statement before she officially approve it.

It was a load of preparation for our Prelim Exam in English 2. The test was okay, though, it was a quite time consuming because we stole some minutes to photo copied the questionnaire. I did not finish the Test IV- Essay Writing. It was so close; I would just come up with a conclusion for my composition and outline form but the time ran-out. Our proctor would extend our time for 30 minutes but some other class used the room. It was a great sigh for all of those who did not finish yet. What worst is, I did not wrote my subtopic into sentence- I saw my classmates wrote theirs in a sentence form- because it was not written in the instruction; I just followed the format in the book. I hope it's still correct.

But, everything will be just fine. A little luck and fate could help. ü

Descriptive Writing~ My Pet, Jaguar

Every 6:00 A.M. in the morning, the bark seems to awake me from my clouding dreams. I get up from bed and go outside. As I set my foot outside the door, I see the wiggling tail and tounge lolling out as if he is thirsty from barking. He is a half-Labrador and a half-Dalmatian breed of dog. The fur is shimmering in glossy black and so soft as you stroke it but he has a white fur with black spots-- which he get from his Dalmatian father-- below his jaw down to his chest that's why we named him as Jaguar because of his black-looking. Jaguar looks more like a Labrador breed of dog and has the playfulness of a Labrador. The eyes are brown: a big brown round-shaped eye. His tail is long, about 13 inches in length. The mouth is huge that he can swallow the bread (his snacks) without chewing it. Scratching his chest and belly makes him stomps his foot. Every time I go near him to play with him, he jumps, wriggles his tail, and boosts all his energy for fun. Rubbing his face and squeezing it makes me shiver of his cuteness. When I'm sitting alone in our porch as if wondering something, he approaches me and put his head in my lap as a hint of comforting.

Jaguar is more than a pet. He is a friend and a playmate that worth-keeping for. And I miss him for that.

Back-in-Business

Time flew swiftly, in fact, two weeks were too short. I could not believe it that I'm already back here in Iligan. I wanted to stay longer back home but I still have some unfinished business here in IIT: the filed-up assignments, reports, and books. *Better to start them up or everything will fall behind*

In the following meetings of English 2, we had major discussions for our Prelim Exam on January 14, 2010. We even had a make-up class so that we can tackle the lessons before the time comes. We tackled about the outlines of well-written paragraph, fragments and run-on sentences, and sensory word bin. Through learning these, it enhance my writing skills and it enables me to write more to improve it. It broadens my vocabulary and utters my thought. Consequently, it inspires me to keep a journal. I was planning to keep a journal when I was young, however, it never happened at all. But when I have time, I love to write my thoughts and experiences on a piece of paper and I hide it wherever I can from the prying eyes, and unfortunately, I end up losing it. Still, its called writing. ;)

The power of writing is amazing because it can do everything. It should not be underestimated because we'll never know what this thing can do against us. I really believe in the saying, "A pen of a scholar is mightier than a sword of a martyr".

HAPPY WEEKEND ! Üü