A Smile from a Simple Woman

          Mona Lisa is one of the most popular paintings in the world. Its image can be seen in many movies, places and sometimes the word Mona Lisa is also used in songs. Many people are saying that it is a very mysterious and precious painting since many have tried to steal or ruin it. For many years, many have struggled for the possession of this painting. Now, many are confused on what is really behind the Mona Lisa why many people are attracted and are dying to see it. Few says that it’s the beauty of the sitter and most are saying that it is the way how Leonardo da Vinci captured her essence and subtle smile with great precision.

          The smile of Mona Lisa is very mysterious as well. It shows a lot of feelings that can’t be explained by an ordinary person. The smile is now frequently described as enigmatic or uncertain. Her smile can also express happiness and joy but can be changed if looked in a different view. For me, her smile is somewhat creepy, it is like she is hiding something or she has something to say that she can’t say because of what may happen. For her expression, she showed me a pure happiness; it’s like being happy, contented on what you have and living perfectly. But at second and longer look, her smile became attracting and somehow, I was persuaded with that smile which made me smile as well. For that short moment, I felt like I was in a very peaceful and quiet place, where there is nothing to worry about.

          Now I agree that it is enigmatical and that many professionals are giving their time to study the mystery behind the great work of art of Leonardo da Vinci. But still, behind my head, the smile is just a simple smile from a simple woman. :)

A Smile from a Simple Woman

          Mona Lisa is one of the most popular paintings in the world. Its image can be seen in many movies, places and sometimes the word Mona Lisa is also used in songs. Many people are saying that it is a very mysterious and precious painting since many have tried to steal or ruin it. For many years, many have struggled for the possession of this painting. Now, many are confused on what is really behind the Mona Lisa why many people are attracted and are dying to see it. Few says that it’s the beauty of the sitter and most are saying that it is the way how Leonardo da Vinci captured her essence and subtle smile with great precision.

          The smile of Mona Lisa is very mysterious as well. It shows a lot of feelings that can’t be explained by an ordinary person. The smile is now frequently described as enigmatic or uncertain. Her smile can also express happiness and joy but can be changed if looked in a different view. For me, her smile is somewhat creepy, it is like she is hiding something or she has something to say that she can’t say because of what may happen. For her expression, she showed me a pure happiness; it’s like being happy, contented on what you have and living perfectly. But at second and longer look, her smile became attracting and somehow, I was persuaded with that smile which made me smile as well. For that short moment, I felt like I was in a very peaceful and quiet place, where there is nothing to worry about.

          Now I agree that it is enigmatical and that many professionals are giving their time to study the mystery behind the great work of art of Leonardo da Vinci. But still, behind my head, the smile is just a simple smile from a simple woman. :)

Just Another Day with Jeo and Cedric

Direct

     It was recess time and the room was filled with different noises, people chatting and students playing volleyball. Overall, the room was filled with variations of sounds and noises. Cedric and I started talking about our grades and stuff.

“Hey Cedric, how did you do on the quiz we had in Physics about electrical charges?” I asked him.

“I did fine, not good but not bad either, how about you?” he responded.

“Me? Well I got a perfect score”, I said with pride.

“Good for you. I really feel ashamed that I had a mistake in the multiplication at number two. I should’ve had a perfect score”, he uttered with his mouth full of regret.

“Really, Cedric, you must be very careful next time. Remember, your grades depend on it”, I advised him.

“How about you? Aren’t you careless sometimes?” he questioned him.

“I’m never careless. I’m always careful”, I said boastfully.

“Oh really? Prove it. If you ever have a mistake this day, you will kiss Ericka Niñon on the cheek”, he said with confidence.

“You’re on. But if I have all perfect outputs this day, you will treat me a root beer”, I agreed.

“Game!”, he exclaimed.

     Jeo, one of our friends, interrupted the conversation.

“Hey, what are you two talking about?” Jeo asked.

“We’re just talking about the quiz we had in Physics earlier,” I replied.

“What about that?” Jeo answered.

“Well, Igi is just teasing me about my score on that quiz,” Cedric answered.

“Oh, I got a high score there as well, haha!” Jeo boasted.

(Jeo and I gave a high-five to each other)

“You always mock me. Good thing that both of you are my close friends,” Cedric exclaimed.

“Haha! It is okay Cedric. You know that we’re just joking you. You know that you’re intelligent,” Jeo insisted.

“Okay, I’m hungry. Let’s have our recess already,” Cedric said.

“That’s a good idea.” I said.

Indirect

     It was recess time and the room was filled with different noises, sounds of people chatting and students playing volleyball. Overall, the room was filling with variations of sounds and noises. Cedric and I started talking about our grades and stuff.

I asked him how he did on the quiz we had in Physics about electrical charges.

Cedric responded that he did fine, not good but not bad either and asked how about mine.

I said with pride that I got a perfect score.

Cedric uttered with his mouth full of regret that good for me and he really felt ashamed that he had a mistake in the multiplication at number two. He should’ve had a perfect score.

I advised him that I must be very careful next time and that he must remember it for his grades depends on it.

He questioned me how about mine and if I was careless sometimes.

I said boastfully that I was never careless and I was always careful.

Cedric said with confidence that I must prove it and if I ever made a mistake that day, I will kiss Ericka Niñon on the cheek.

I agreed saying that I’m on but if I perfect all the outputs that day, he will treat me a root beer.

Cedric exclaimed game.

Jeo, one of our friends, interrupted the conversation.

Jeo asked what we were talking about.

I answered that we were just talking about the quiz in Physics earlier.

Jeo asked what about it.

Cedric answered that I was teasing his score in that quiz.

Jeo then boasted that he had a high score there as well.

          (Jeo and I gave a high-five to each other)

Cedric exclaimed that we always mock him and said that it was a good thing that we are his close friends.

Jeo laughed and told him that it is just ok and we were just joking him. He also added that Cedric knows that he is intelligent.

Cedric said that it was ok and said that he was already hungry and invited us to have our recess already.

I said that it was a good idea.

A King to a King

            The King of Sparta Leonidas asked me to join him in his trip in our time. I became his guide in his trip. We started our journey by having lunch first. My mother prepared a lot of delicious menus knowing that I am with the King of Sparta. King Leonidas was stunned with the food my mother served us and the way she cooked it. He was quite prideful since he was a king but he showed a lot of discipline and good manners to my family. After we ate, I asked Leonidas what does a King like him doing in my time is. He told me that he wants to see our military weapons and use it against their enemies and win every battle.

            We went to a military based and there we had our conversation about the deadly weapons of the modern world. I let him hold a gun, grenade and a bazooka. He was really astonished in its destructive capability and the technology we are using. He also said that their armor and spears are no match to our guns and grenades. For a moment, I felt that Leonidas was a kid with an empty head and wants to discover a lot of things around him. Due to our long travel, we rode inside a military tank for wars. How amazed he was and how glad he was on how we improved our weapons well.

            After our long trip, we went back home. We had our tea first before he went away. And as we drink our tea, he realized how dumb man is. Then I asked him why, he then replied, man are making weapons that will kill their brothers and sisters, the more destructive it is, the better, he also added that, there is no good in having wars. As he was going home, he whispered in my ear that life is important and you are living in a very wonderful world, so don’t waste it instead, love it as if it is part of you. He also added some inspirational sayings that made me more challenged to face my problems in life.

            We thanked each other and had shake hands before he left and I gave him a bullet with 2012 inscribed in it as a remembrance that he had been in my time and for exchange, he gave me a ring that his father gave him; “we bow down before no man”.  We really had the best time of our life and we left stories for ourselves to tell our own people.

Rupture of CavSci Students

As a student of Cavite National Science High School, I believe that the nine major violations as a student are improper uniform, bullying, vandalism, getting involved in a street fight, cutting classes, plagiarism, forgery, cheating and stealing school properties.

This inferno is a shape of a root with nine discs that goes deeper and deeper as the magnitude of rupture increases. To enter, you will pass through the Gate of Chains where each soul will be chained and will be distributed to their appropriate discs. And in the first disc, it is where the students who did not wear proper uniform are punished by sewing their uniform in their body so it won’t be removed anymore and so that they will always wear it. In this first disc, there are still two branches and in the first branch, the students who did not wear their ID are punished. They are tortured by lifting a heavy ID on their neck until it is separated from their body. And in the second branch, the students with improper haircuts are confine with vultures and eagles that turns their head as its nest.

As you go under, you will pass the second disc. The place where bullies are beaten up, they are being punched, kicked and hurt by the big and scary devils and painfully hearing different bad words and gets bullied. As they are feeling the pain, they walking through a spiky, rocky road with bear foot for them to feel the pain.

Next disc, vandalism, is the place for the students who are always destroying and damaging the school’s properties as if it was nothing. They are punished by breaking their bones and tearing their body apart, others are cut in the neck and let their blood flow and the devils will use it to draw something on their faces.

The fourth disc is where the students who got involved in a street fight is punished by violent, loud and strong voices of the devils as they are whipping their bodies. They are walking in a very dark and narrow cliff.

Fifth disc, those who cut classes are punished by sticking their butts in armchairs and their feet nailed in the ground as their souls are wallowed in hot bloody water. It is for them not to go anywhere and be still on where they are right now.

Abutting to this is the second part of hell. The sixth disc lies here, where the students who copied others work and presented it to their teacher. They are birched here by removing their eyes and cutting their hands one by one, for them not to copy another’s work ever again.

Third to the last disc, the students who forged the signature of their parents/ teachers are castigated by being immersed in the quicksand until they can’t move their body and only their head is seen.

After the disc of forgery is the disc of the cheaters. This is the disc where the souls of the cheaters are punished by covering their faces by papers and full their mouths by papers as well and their hands are tied in barbwires so they can’t cheat anymore.

Lastly, the disc of stealing, where Ant the devil of the devils in this inferno, chews the souls of those students who stole books from the library, books of their classmates, pens, pencils and others.

            --- I bet I did scare you somehow, so as a student of CNSHS you better follow the rules of our alma mater or else you’ll be going to my inferno and feel the pain and the wrath of Ant.