thisisforcs

Outline

2010-09-20T08:20:00.000-07:00

Here is my outline by the two written works of George Orwell:

Politics and the English Language

I. State of the English language:

Political and economic Causes

II. Examples of Poorly-written Prose

A. In Freedom of Expression

B. In Interglossa

C. In Politics (New York)

D. In a communist pamphlet

E. In Tribune

III. Tricks to Avoid Proper Prose-construction

A. Dying Metaphoes

B. Operators on Verbal False Limbs

1. From simple verbs to phrases

2. Preference of the passive over the active voice

C. Pretentious Diction

D. Meaningless Words

IV. A Poor Translation Using Modern English

V. Explanation of the Examples of Poorly-written Prose

VI. Connection between the English language and Politics

VII. The Defense of the English Language

A Hanging

I. Introduction

A. A sodden morning at the prison

B. The condemned Hindu

C. The bugle call

II. Bringing of the Condemned to the Gallows

III. Encounter with the Dog

IV. Realization

V. The Hanging

A. The call to Ram

B. The Hindu’s death

VI. Breakfast Back at the Prison

A. The Eurasian boy

1. His friend, the Hindu

2. An anecdote to share

B. Drinking together

Descriptive

2010-09-20T08:14:00.000-07:00

A Bubble of Nature

When you think of nature, what first comes to mind? You think about tree and plants and live things. These are exactly what you get when you drop by the UP lagoon. You see different shades of green and crawling roots wherever your eyes wander along. A deafening silence prevails as different bugs play their pieces as the forest’s orchestra. This is the first impression you’ll get once you step in this bubble, along with the apprehensions brought along by any forest.

When breeze blows a dance begins and all things green are enslaved by the rhythm. The branching of the trees are the forest’s artists as they paint images with high contrast on the foliage. Although, these works are only visible in daylight but they make up for it by never running out of ideas for their art. The air is cool and gentle; every whiff breathes life into you and you become one with the forest.

The tranquility and the peacefulness soothes the soul – a perfect place for solitude and meditation. Although one can never be truly alone here. Look down on the ground and you see fiery-red warriors busy gathering food for the colony. Little winged-creatures come across you in search of mate and food. You see birds in flight chirping lively as if to catch your attention. Look over by the smooth flowing waters and you notice vibrant greens, blues and sometimes oranges – dragonflies hovering just above the water. Whether it’s up by the blue sky or underneath the fresh earth there is always something that is deserving of your attention. Conclusion? There’s just so many things to see hear, experience and realize here in the lagoon. It is so full of life the one cannot be alone and not notice the wonders of life the lagoon is so rich of.

The lagoon really takes you away from the pressures of the urban world. Though not completely, as cars and buildings can still be seen if one looks far enough. Being here is like being in a bubble – it separates you from the outside yet it has its own way of reminding you do the reality you eventually have to re-enter.

Letter

2010-09-20T08:07:00.000-07:00

Dear Mr. Decena,

How are you? Isn’t it funny that we crossed paths again in an unlikely place? Well I sure wasn’t expecting it, after trying to get your attention hesitantly and abandoning the attempt just because it’s going to turn out awkward and embarrassing. Embarrassing you may ask? Well it’s simply because I forgot your first name and only remembered your last name. That explains why I addressed this to ‘Mr. Decena’ rather than your first name, which is what I would normally do. So yeah, I hope you forgive me for forgetting; you looked like you forgot my name as well, and I’m cool with it. I’d like to thank you though for remembering our friendship and the short but meaningful time we had together in the review center. I am really looking forward to being friends and co-students here with you in the university.

Your friend,

David

P.S. Kudos to you for passing the UPCAT!

Narrative

2010-09-20T07:53:00.000-07:00

In the Deeps: for the First Time

I love our pool. It is the perfect place to unwind and to escape reality amongst the waves. Currently, it serves the purpose of being my exercise grounds where I do my lapping to keep myself fit and to relieve myself of stress. I can’t help but remember the time I first learned how to swim.

You see, our pool is the kind where the middle area is deeper than the ones at the sides. When I was a kid, the shallow parts were mine to command; my fortress held strongly in these parts, while the enemy was lurking in the deeps. I could easily float around and not cross boundaries; anyways the idea of being alone in an unfamiliar, hostile environment petrified me.

Little did I know that my peaceful days were drawing to an end. My father, who of all people I least expected, was about to betray me. He called me and I hurriedly trotted to him like any young boy should. Next thing I know, he caught me off guard and threw me to the clutches of the enemy! For a second I was flying in mid air until I plummeted down right at the middle of the pool. What transpired after this wasn’t all too clear to me but what I know is, pure instinct took over my entire body. This was actually pretty neat – my muscles were the ones doing the work for me. Without my mind’s direction, my body did everything it could to get myself out of danger.

Upon reaching safety, my mind was completely blank yet I felt relieved. I wasn’t even thinking of the hapless encounter with my father. It was all about ‘now I am safe, I made it out’. Moments after, I took a deep breath and then started searching for my missing swimming trunks.

Revival

2010-09-20T07:40:00.000-07:00

Wow. I never thought I'm going to open this blog again, especially since this whole thing was just for a silly school requirement back in high school. Now, I have to post some articles I wrote for Eng 1 (To the future me: this is your first English class 1st year 1st sem in UP) and I've decided to just use this one. Although the blog is named this-is-for-cs ('cs' stands for computer science), it will have to serve the purpose as being for English as well. Anyways, it was nice to actually read some of the original posts. It feels really nice to reminisce and get back to the old days of high school. I also find observing the way I wrote and thought back then interesting. It's kinda like one of those things that nobody talks about or openly appreciate but they're really something worth your appreciation.

Hello blogger, old friend. It's been a while. :)

Our night-out last night

2008-11-22T04:32:00.001-08:00

Yesterday my old band mates and I went to practice some songs back in the old studio we used to play in. It feels good to actually play with them once again, despite the rough past we have had. They have canged a lot, in the sense of their musical capabilities. In other words, I've noticed that they have gotten better, and our sound and harmony just got better as well. I'm not sure though if I'm officially back in the band, so far as I'm aware of, we're only playing together for the fair.

I had a great time last night. I really enjoyed myself together with them. After practice we went to the nearby mini mall toget something to eat. We stayed there for a while and just to sit down and reminisce about each other's experiences in school and in life. We also talked about our batchmates and I'm really surprise of how much I didn't know about them. There were so many stuff about different people that I never thought could be possible. It's nice how surprises just come out and stare at you right in the eye.

I'm looking forward to go out with them again. I'm sure we will, since we still have to patch up some of the songs we're going to play on the battle of the bands. I can't wait. :D

5 days of no classes

2008-11-15T21:33:00.000-08:00

I enjoyed myself in the 5 days of no classes. The highlight of my break was probably the day we played dota in trinoma. It was team magnesium against team service (marwin's busmates including himself). We won that match, and it was best 2 out of 3. We won two games straight. After that, we just played 3 more games with random teamings. It was really fun, and no one went home empty-handed. That was probably my best dota there at trinoma, with my real friends. I hope other fun matches would soon come.

Too much hw >,<

2008-11-09T04:21:00.000-08:00

Man we got so much hw over the weekend. We've got math, chem, eng, ss, str, and bio long test to do over the weekend. I can barely breathe with that much work to do. Plus, I have to get my grades up cause I went down severely this quarter. I went from 1.32 to 1.4 something, since our bio grades are not yet done. Man, I hate having to do so much hw. sigh.

Birthday

2008-11-03T00:43:00.000-08:00

Wow I just finished with the filipino poems. I'm proud of my work; I didn't actually expect I would be able to come up with something very simple yet very striking, especially the way how I ended the poem, with those final strong words.

I'm about to go to bed now, since there is school tom and to top it all up there's a flag ceremony tom. I promise myself I wouldn't be late for tomorrow's flag cem.

I cant believe that I'm staying up late on my birthday again, just like the last 2 years. I was doing school work also when I stayed up this late two birthdays ago and I can't believe I'm doing the same thing again. I'm really sleepy now and I'm just glad I'm done with my work. Though I still have a socsci quiz to study for, but it's actually crammable.

Happy Birthday to Carl and Josh as well. :)

Friday getaway

2008-10-31T23:12:00.000-07:00

Today we had a halfday in school, and we were dismissed by 10:30 in the morning. Some of my friends planned on going to Trinoma to play dota, and I too decided that I should tag along and join the fun.

Lol B-con was filled with mostly people from my batch.. Almost half of the computers taken were Pisay students.. :))

I enjoyed myself there pretty much, not just because of the dota-ing but also becuase of the different sights I saw in the mall. I also did stuff to help my friends, which I'm glad made them happy.

At the end of the day, I feel so fulfilled. As I was riding a cab home, I reminisced about the fun time that I had their with my friends and everything. Going there was definitely worth-while. I was able to breathe a whole lot and loosen up. I wouldn't consider my visit their a waste of time and money. I can't wait for my next visit there, which I think wouldn't be to long from now.

Another normal day

2008-10-27T19:11:00.000-07:00

Another normal day has passed. I feel tired after a long day's load, and I just feel like going to bed and dream my problems away. Though I can't do that, because I still have hw to take care of. I hope that I'm learning from everything that comes acroos my path; not just in school, but also in everyday life experiences. I hope I can become the better person I am aiming for everyday of my life. I want to be more responsibel, to get things done at the earliest time possible. I want to give my best efforts in everything that I do. I want to be succesful.

Classes today

2008-10-20T17:20:00.000-07:00

The new classroom arrangements come to be very unussual and very tiring for me. I don't like having classes in small rooms and out in the open. Maybe I just need time to get used to it, after all, that's all we've got. I would want to resume classes so that my mind wouldln't rot on video games and the like but this wasn't what I had in mind. Come to think of it, this is exactly what different public school-students are experiencing everyday as they go to school. Most are far worse than what we're experiencing now. I'm just thankful that I'm still able to learn important stuff and I consider myself extremely lucky for that.

Retreat..

2008-10-19T21:47:00.000-07:00

The retreat is finally done with. I'm gonna miss the place, with its cool climate and pines that weren't aromatic, unlike the ones in Bagiuo. I'll also miss the feeling of living with my batchmates in something like one big happy town of some sort. I miss staying up late with my roommates talking about our interests and anything that would come cross our minds. Even though I wasn't able to sleep well for the first night, I had fun just being there in our humble little cottage.

Besides that, I actually learned a lot during the retreat. Stuff that would help me improve my relationships with others, and as well as with God. I hope I would be able to keep this up for a long time.

The Palanca night, on the other hand, was not as good as the one I had back in La Salle. Back in grade 6, I remember that we teased each other for crying during that night. Can you believe that? Even the toughest and biggest of my classmates lost their toughness aura and their bully-appearence on that night, for they themselves acted like the little girlies they called people back then. I miss that night.

Haha..

2008-10-17T18:15:00.000-07:00

So much for that emo post.. :)) At least I feel better now. I wonder what's up for me now that my birthday is coming up. Though im not feeling any festive for that matter. I dunno why really, and neither do I care. I'm not like the little boy i used to be always impatient for the moment he gets to open his presents when his birthday is nearly approaching. Though I was planning on getting me something for my birthday. I'll probably go to Trinoma when I have some spare time so that I could look for something different to get myself. Collectibles maybe, something around 1 thou to 1500 probably. I won't be able to get myself a gift on my birthday itself because apparantly it lands on a Mon this year, and I would be busy in school for most of the day.

Lol I hate having school on my birthday.. :))

my clever self..

2008-10-16T02:21:00.001-07:00

sigh.. I dont feel like talking about anything interesting.. cause nothing good is going on now..
All i have are questions that drive me crazy as i keep on thinking about them..

Why am i feeling down?
Why am i feeling lonely?
Why do i feel small?
Why do i think nothing's gonna make things better?
Why do i keep on screwing up?
What did i do wrong?
What did i do to deserve this?
Why am i ashamed?
Why do i think im alone now?
Why do i feel that i've lost her?

sigh..
come back..

Everything was going smoothely then boom.. thanks to my clever self..

It's over.. or is it??

2008-10-08T04:24:00.000-07:00

The perio's finally done with, though I still can't breathe freely since there are still a lot of requirements that are due within the next 5 days. That includes 2 long tests on friday, the str methodology on tuesday, health baby something on fiday, and the eng board game on mon. That's really quite a lot and I have only started on the eng board game. I still have to read something for the eng lt tom, and I forgot to mention that earlier along with the others. Oh i still can't play as much dota tonight.. 'sigh'

Happy Birthday.. :)

2008-10-07T00:13:00.000-07:00

Happy Birthday Oona!! :) I hope you'll be happy on your birthday, even though it's math and bio perio this day. I hope you do your best in both exams. Sorry I can't talk much since I'm still busy myself. :))

First day of exams

2008-10-06T06:09:00.000-07:00

Im glad that the first day of exams is over with.. This is the time of the exams that I usually cant wait to get things over. Though we still have a handful of projects and reports due within the next 7 days, so the exams are not the only things that we are troubling ourselves about. I really loved the weather a while ago, it's cool but it's not raining too much either. I wish it were gonna be like this for the rest of the week.

The next set of exams will be bio and math, my least and most interested-in subjects, respectively of course. I have a feeling that mad would be a killer, as Sir nat's eerie sarcasm stings the back of my neck and always succesfully gives me chills..

Oh well..

2008-10-05T01:52:00.000-07:00

Wow.. Kahapon ko lang nalaman na kialangan ko pa ring magupdate ng blog. Hay naku..

The periodic exam's just around the corner.. Well it was supposed to be.. But then the registrar's office caught fire and the test papers were reduced to ashes.
.sigh.

I wish that never happened, as it would give people a lot of trouble. If that didn't happen, the exams would have been over by now. If that didn't happen, I wouldn't have wasted my brain on too much dota playing. I feel so lazy... -_-
.sigh.

whew #:-S

2008-09-09T07:02:00.000-07:00

Whew..

When I was waiting for my mom to pick me up earlier in school today I was patiently reading our current pocket book, 'The Kitchen God's Wife'. After some 10 pages of reading my mom finally arrived and now it was time to go. I told my mom that I just wanted to finish a couple more pages, and she agreed. After finishing a few more pages I decided to go and we did.

After eating dinner, I checked my bag just to see the stuff I would be working on for tonight's load, and i noticed something; my pocket book wasn't there!! So i panicked, and check the car and everywhere but there was no trace of that odd cover page.. I said to myself, "I could always get a new one, but that would take time and efforts. I just almost missed my ID recently and I wouldn't want to lose anything again, or at least not one after another.." After thinking about this, it just stumbled upon me to recall about what happened during I was reading the book. I knew that before leaving I was telling myself to not forget the bool, but it turns out that I do forget it. I don't know why, but maybe I was just preoccupied because of school and everything and the countless thoughts going in and out of my head. I even failed to pay attention to what I was thinking myself..

I went online after doing math and I asked the one person who I think saw me reading the book and was kinda approachable. So I asked Brandon Cueto, and with a certain feeling I had that he can help with my little dilemna, he told me that he did see it and when I thought things couldn't get any better they did.. He got the book thinking that it was mine, 'cause he saw me reading it in the front lob. I felt very relieved, like a big book was taken off my heavy when I'm just about to climb up a flight of stairs. Ahh.. thanks again Brandon..

Whew..

P.S. I got stung by two wasps during dismissal :)) (don't worry, lesson learned oona :P)

New baby..

2008-09-08T22:21:00.000-07:00

My pregnant cousin finally gave birth yesterday, 1 am. This feels really weird for me since she's someone whom I played with when we were kids and now she's having a baby. It just feels that she's gonna be an entirely new person now that she's gonna be a mom now. I actually miss the days when we were youngsters and often getting in to mischief and always finding out creative ways to get rid of boredom. I just ask myself, 'where do the days go?'. I hope the best for her and her new baby. By the way, the baby's name is Lucas; I'm not quite so sure where they got that name, I think i heard them say they got it from some foreign country probably in Europe.

What can I say more I mean life just goes on and on. Next time for all I know it's gonna be me waiting outside that delivery room waiting for my baby to come out.. Hope that that's still a long time from now.. :))

end of humanities

2008-09-07T07:37:00.000-07:00

Oh, the humanities week is over.. That means i should actually work starting today. I have to say good bye to my dota-gg days..

The family day was actually fun. I enjoyed yesterday's games and other activities. But what really made my day was spending it with my best friend and a person who looks just like her. It feels really weird at first, because you can see someone you know pretty well in that person but you know that she's a different person. It was a little akward, especially since we never really talked to each other before, but it was something worth remembering. I didn't expect her to be how I found her yesterday, because of some certain past events, but really, she was very nice and kind, just like her twin sister. I would like to meet her again someday and get to know her more actually. Having a new friend wouldn't hurt right? Though I'm glad that it's her sister who's my schoolmate.. Or is it like that because I'm being biased? I wouldn't know really.. What if it was her who went to pisay? Could there be a strange new line of events? Thats a pretty good point to ponder.. I wouldn't know myself.. But I'm sure am happy about the way things are right now and I think that everything's going on perfectly.

When i got my report card, I wasn't really surprised at how my grades came up. I kinda expected them to be like that. After talking with the teachers, I actually felt more encouraged towards school work and I am inspired to get better grades next quarter.. Though based from some of my teacher's warnings, it would be a miracle if I get higher grades. These warnings weren't subtle; they were pretty straight forward. I just hope that best for me and my schoolmates this quarter.

I'm glad I got in the director's list.. :)

dota

2008-09-04T06:33:00.000-07:00

Wow i got gg client and im playing like i never played before (seriously :)) ). Its so easy to use, and playing with dan, nick, al, borgy and the others are awesome. Though with gg i have less time with my best friend, but i hope she understands, besides i'll be only be able to do this during the humanities week. Lol i love playing dota.. :-J I may be a feed sometimes but i still enjoy cause at least im gaining experience. I'm gonna play again haha..

first things first

2008-06-23T01:02:00.000-07:00

Hi to everyone,

Wow, making a blog is so easy, i didn't expect it to be this simple. This blog is for com sci, so i dont really have any plans yet to further cutomize it and put stuff in it, until further notice. I'm not really in to blogging, in fact this is my very first blog. I may keep on posting other things here when i find a need to do so. This is all for nor, good day.