My Senior High journey is full of fun and excitement and at the same time nervous and sad moments. At first I felt the excitement because I will met other people with different personalities and make friends with them. Its good to have many friends because they will give you knowledge and lessons in life. Let your true self out when you are with them so that they will return the favors just like you do. I also bond with them when there is a vacant time. I share some jokes, ideas, and some epic fails that I encounter. Aside of that I also feel nervous because I do not know if I will pass my subjects after taking the quarterly examination. If my score did not make to the passing grades it only means I did not focus in studying. Fun because there are challenges that I encounter that makes me feel brave and strong because I did not surrender.
There are some moments that makes me feel upset and sad. This moments is the most regretful in my life. I left my mother and brother here in Isabela to study in Angono, Rizal with my father. I didn’t know that when I left my mother got sicked and by the days passed by it gotten worst. My father do his best to give all the financial needed for my mothers treatment. Yes they checked and give her some medicine but after a few months it became complicated. I want to go back and transfer here but my father would not want to because it’s middle of the school year. Even I want to but I can’t. Until the month of December comes. I see my mother again and I almost cry because she’s not as healthy as before. Our family made picnic and more in our vacation day lasts and return to our school. Until one dayI got a call that my mother has passed away and it broke my heart in to pieces. I cry my heart out because of that. I regret being far away from her. I regret didn’t saying “I love you always”. But we need to move on that she is on heaven now and have a peaceful life above of us.
Parting with your loveones are not easy and its make you sad knowing you’ll be away from them. Them bidding goodbye and transfering to their parents province but we can communicate because distanxe is only a word but it has a many ways to connect to each other. My high school journey turns up-side-down but I am still pursuing my dreams as I promise to my Mother. Keep fighting and waiting to graduate.

Marithel R. Queri
Grade 12, ABM-B

My senior high journey is not easy because of the shifting schedule, and I need to be at home by 6:30 because my father will get worry when Im late because he said it’s dangerous to stay outside by that time and when you are alone. At first I have a hard time managing my time because I also have some responsible in our house like cooking and washing dishes. Plus the condition of my mother get me sick because I can’t don anything to lessen her pain, all I can do is to pray for. All and all my senior high school journey is a good experience and it taught me a lot to become a more stronger person. And I believe in sayings “Walang mahirap sa taong may pangarap”

-Bianca Jao

” Life is a journey that must be traveled no matter how bad the roads and accommodation.”

Every single human being on the planet undertakes a series of journeys throughout their life. Becoming a Senior High School is such a big stepping stone to fulfill our dreams in the future and to bring us one step closer to success that we dreamed of. And as I go through the path that I’ve chosen, i found it hard, stressful and happy. It’s hard because there are times that I’ve been struggling in understanding some lessons and in some activities. I found it stressful because of some activities and projects but i found senior high school life happy because even though Its hard, I always enjoy the time that I am on the school because of my friends who always make me happy. But even though It’s hard and stressful, it gives me the chance to develop myself, to discover my potential, skills and talents and makes me a strong individual . Those experiences motivates me and inspire me to transform into a better students and it makes me think that i can do and i achieve more

Suicide is a top public health problem faced by our society today.  One of the main factors of suicide is anxiety and depression. It mainly occur among students who are grade conscious, students with education and exam-related stress and youth who have career issues, some are relationship issues and others have family problems. The burden of depression is found to be on the rise over the years due to greater recognition, awareness and media influence. Pointing out that nearly one-third of the students with severe depression are likely to have suicidal ideations, Dr. Gururaj attributed this to stress linked to education, career prospects, parental pressures, and interpersonal relationships, among others. This issue is not a mere situation that all of us must ignore. It Is something that we must put up an action about the pressure and anxieties that they are experiencing and to the fact that all students or people who are experiencing this kind of illness are decided to end their precious lives.

There are some questions popped up in my mind, why do these people chose to end up their lives and not accepting this kind of situation as their challenges?. By this question I took a simple answer from those who attempt suicide and  their reason is they want to end the hardships because they cannot take it anymore. Another questions, How would your family feel if you commit suicide and do you need to commit suicide to caught the attention of the public. Depression is common but serious illness why people commit suicide. According to psychology, youths diagnosed with depression are 4.3 times more likely to commit suicides and every 2 hours youths commit suicide. More than 50% of teens will experience another depressive episode and another suicides if there has been no intervention. As a student, I sometimes feel kind of depress because of the nonstop home works, projects, activities etc.  It is true that depression changes your mood every day and mostly having a bipolar episodes. But I am motivated by this kind of path that I am taking, I gather myself up and fight, by hook or by crook. I know that there are people who are not similar or not capable to do what I do because we have different types of cases and experiences. There are 2 types of people who face problems, there are people who can handle so many problems in one go and others cannot handle a simple problem and continue to face it as if it’s so big.  Some people believe that depression is purely down to a chemical imbalance in the brain while others believe that it occurs as a direct result of life experiences.

Is suicide preventable?

Yes, I think that people who are experiencing  depression mostly students must open up what they are thinking and what are their problems to solve and prevent this kind of issue. To be specific, parents and friends must be their number one counsellor and solve the problem not just by addressing it. Depressed people are full of sadness and sometimes they feel like no one understand how they feel, no one thinks about them, no one loves them, and especially no one cares about them. Students also feel like they are being controlled like a robot, facing a never ending piles of students work but as for me they should always keep their body and mind healthy because it is  most important than their grades. They should not feel fear and misery in having bad grades because it takes time for improvement and there is a time for pay back. We need to stay focused and love ourselves. We should stand up and just think positive thoughts, breathe and let all the worries go away. There are several challenging situation we may face, but don’t let yourself go down because there are lots of people who are there for you and care for you. The most important investment you can make is in yourself. Deep rest is what they need. It is like a war, you either win or lose but remember  no matter what kind of war is this, you must win this fight.

Having a suicide prevention  can help people who are experiencing depression and anxiety  take care of their mental health and improve or boost their productivity as a person.  Any suicide prevention plan requires that the organization or any institution make sure that the services are available to all people who may need them, and that there is support from the management for people who wish to seek help. Due to the sensitivity and complexity of the issues, the program needs to be well-structured and thought out. The people and the who surrounds them need to recognize each other’s needs and be supportive of the offer to help.

We want our blog to be a symbol and a sign that can spread awareness to prevent the proliferation of suicide among the youth and  To open the minds of the citizens that suicide will never be a solution to their problems. The cases of suicide in our country will be lessen if they will apply all the things that they will learn in our blog.

Please watch the video that we made for the support of our advocacy, Prevent Suicide and Empower ICT! ; Here are the links https://youtu.be/HVigzeueHo4  and https://youtu.be/yJF0DKC3Jp8 .Thank you and God bless us all.

“Life in senior high school is complicated, yet it’s colorful.”

Two years of being Senior High School is memorable. SHS life is like riding on a Roller Coaster, for some people it’s fun, for some it’s scary. There are times that we want it to stop, to take a break, because it’s hard, exhausting and stressful, but there are also times that we don’t want it to stop anymore because of the memories, excitement, and happiness that we built and share together with our classmates we won’t forget.

There’s a lot of good experience. The corporate sales presentation, seminars, interview, immersion etc. were all such a great experiences . I learned so many things in this journey. I knew myself and my interest more. I found out that SHS is not that really torture. It’s all about patience, determination and effort, to be focus and serious on the lessons, and most importantly, to know the importance of time and how to manage it well. SHS is fun. This is where i honed my skills, i met amazing persons, a new friends that laughs with me and cries at the same time.

I learned that it’s okay to have down days. It’s okay to take a break when you’re tired but never to quit, and it’s okay to have failures, because it will give you a lessons and it’s part of the challenges.

A few weeks from now, my SHS life is about to end but for me, this is just the beginning of all. Wearing this kind of OOTD and stepping forward to my next journey is one of those best achievement that my parents will have from me for now, and i am looking forward to wear the color black one on the next chapter of my life.

ARCHELLE VELASQUEZ

12 ABM-B

“Life is not just a story, it is a long journey”

Our life is unpredictable. Most of the time, things happen unexpectedly. We can’t forsee what may happen later, tomorrow or even the next day. We can’t prognosticate what would be the right direction of the road we have been going through or are there even an ending? Are there success awaits? Or are we just anticipating that there would be something worthy at the end? This is our life. There isn’t assurance. No one knows to where our story ends, or to where our journey continious. Only almighty God exactly knows everything.

In 2 years of surviving inside the campus of CAUAYAN CITY NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL MAIN my life became different. I didn’t expected it to turned out like what it was today. Everything became so meaningful.

Everyday where my journey begins. When i was in Grade 11 i had to woke up so early because i still had to travel 1 hour going to school in order for me to be able attend the flag ceremony. Untill now, that i am in Grade 12, even our clases are shifting, i still have to keep in touch 2 hours before the time of classes start. And in afternoon’s dismissal, we went home so late, and even its raining, we still have to continue traveling untill we get soak from the rain, we can’t do anything else but to endure everything, because we have a dream and this isn’t a barrier at all. It’s so hard but memorable.

Inside the 4 corners of our room, I had learned a lot of lessons, I’m studing hard even I’m just an average student. Sometimes, i fall sleep every time i feel bored even in the midst of my teacher’s discussion, and everytime we have a quiz, if i don’t really know what is the answer i keep on copying to my friend’s answer. Well, you are not a certified student if you didn’t experience all of these. I do also cry everytime we have couples of requirements one at a time. And we, my groupmates use to Constrainedly spend our weekends if we have unfinish projects. This is actually how my senior high school life inside the room works.

My life didn’t just gyrated inside the classroom. I also spent the one half of my life participating activities outside. I joined school base contest when i was in Grade 11, and i meet diffent good friends from various strand in the campus. My environment became wider.

Do you think I am this angelic student? No, you are wrong. I onced tried to had a fight with a guy back then. Even how kind you are, there are the times that you come to the moment of unbridled exasperation, and you can’t do anything else but to let go of your anger or unless you want to die from heart attack? Well, we are just a people and it’s normal. However we still should have to know how to say sorry and give forgiveness.

Onced the philosopher said, “You are not a real student if you didn’t have a crush into someone on your campus”. Well, i guess i’m bonafid student. I have a lot of guys to whom i admired. But the saddest thing was, none of them like me back. The reality of life, it sucks. But there is someone, i currently like, he’s different. He’s always alone, just a quit and humble type of a man, he’s so modest and ofcourse handsome at the same time. I once scretly followed him untill he got home, well the perks of being a stalker. I also gave him a gift last valentines day, but i didnt introduced my name because i dont want him to know me, yet I am still quite satisfied to where i am. I will forever follow him even how far he is, and even he don’t know i am existing in this world. He will forever in my heart. He became, and will be my eternally source of inspiration. He completed my seniors life.

And most of all, because of k12, i met them, my genuine friends. I didn’t really expect it to met them in this turn of my life. Maybe it was because of destiny? Or it was, indeed god’s great plan. They served as my comforter when i feel alone. They became my stregth when i wanted to give up. They pushed me just to achieve my dreams. I knew, they are always with me, whenever i need them or even not. I will forever be greatful to god that i met them, i will cherish them, and they will forever be confined in my heart untill on my 6 feet on the ground.

At first i really hate the goverment in impleting this k12 curriculum, but now, i wanted to thank them. I had finally realized everything. Because of this, i meet them, i experienced all of this and i had learned a lot. It is, indeed everything happens for a reason.

I wanted to thank god for everthing, and to my family who sent me to this school, to my bestfriends who helped me to find who i really am, and to my crush, someday if i already have the guts to face you, and introduce myself, i will find you no matter where you are. Thank you for the memories.

Now, this is the new me. Its because of senior high school my beliefs and perceptions in life got changed. It became my eye-opener to see things in this real world. And I became someone i had never imagined before.

In my story, to where i had walked, and still continue walking in this long journey i may finally say that this is not yet the end, its just a preparations for my real battle in life. I will forever remember every single memories i have, and bring it to the top, someday.

Senior high is, indeed, a life changer!

JAMIA DEVINE VILORIA GARIDAN

Grade12 ABM

“Nothing ever becomes real ’til it is experienced.”

As life goes on being an Senior High School Student at Cauayan City National High School. We are here to study but also to meet new teachers, classmates and friends. Entering in a school is not just studying, it’s also about collecting memories. SHS is only once, so you really have to give your best to experience also the best. Every morning is a start so keep your foot on the ground, chin up and stand up and get that goal.

I myself experienced a lot. Lot of different circumstances, challenges, pressure, managing time, efforts, hardworks, responsible as a leader and a member, group activities, individual activities, analyzing, memorizing, lack of sleep, stress level and determination. To achieve success and to achieve our goals we should suffer first at the starting point. Here I am in the point that I have nothing, starting to dream and fight for that dream. We need to sacrifice not just our time but also our own self. To achieve our dream I can say that I am like climbing in a ladder, it should start at the very inferior. It is the time that I have nothing yet, still learning, to gain new knowledges and willing to try new things. There’s a time that challenges come. But don’t ever think that you want to give up, because your point here is to achieve your dream and you are willing to fight for it. You should face all the challenges, think that you can do it, think first before you act. Think if it is good and it will help you, in other words be positive don’t let negativities affect you. Always remember why you are here. Also there are times I commit mistakes, all you need to do is to be honest. You know why? Simply because when you start telling your mistakes to a person, that person will help you on what should you do and next time you will know what to do and you can also share it to others when they commit mistakes.

My journey as a SHS is like give and get. Give all your best and effort, and you will get your achievements and successes. Before achieving your dream you have to undergo in many situations, just have the guts and trust to yourself and you will achieve it. After all the struggling you can now say to yourself and to others that I did it and others can do it also.

Don’t worry too much and take things slowly. You have to be tough. You have to be strong. It won’t be easy, but if you’re patient, you’ll get there eventually.

Jessa Mae O. Panuncio

G12 ABM-B

Let me tell just tell you that being a student today is not always easy. I’ve experienced and learn a lot of things. to encourage me to build my dreams and achieve all my goals.

I think being a senior high school student is very challenging because their so many struggles that i encounter from grade 11 student to this school year grade 12 student. I encounter so many requirement, research paper,activities,project and also the immersion.

As a senior high student i have my own level of stress because of school activities required to uphold my grade, and being lack of sleep at night just to finish my school works.

At school I have also known many friends, new classmates and teachers who have always been guided by us all. I never thought that i am surrounded by good people and accept me for who really i am. I also had many memories with them.

As a senior high school student, I can test my ability to be ready or to have a determination in my future college life.

IVY GRACE S. VILLEGAS

ABM-B

Let me tell just tell you that being a student today is not always easy. I’ve experienced and learn a lot of things. to encourage me to build my dreams and achieve all my goals.

I think being a senior high school student is very challenging because their so many struggles that i encounter from grade 11 student to this school year grade 12 student. I encounter so many requirement, research paper,activities,project and also the immersion.

As a senior high student i have my own level of stress because of school activities required to uphold my grade, and being lack of sleep at night just to finish my school works.

At school I have also known many friends, new classmates and teachers who have always been guided by us all. I never thought that i am surrounded by good people and accept me for who really i am. I also had many memories with them.

As a senior high school student, I can test my ability to be ready or to have a determination in my future college life.

Ivy Grace S. Villegas

ABM-B