Think Tanks Club

Teacher and student bonding 

Think Tanks Club

For our last club meeting, we were assigned to visit another club and join with whatever they were doing. I was assigned to the Think Tanks club. At first, I didn't really know what kind of club it was until I observed and asked my friend what their club is about.

When I first entered the Think Tanks club, it felt weird since they were all looking at me. I saw some familiar faces and some new ones, too. I didn't really know what to do and I didn't really join in with them since they were doing a group work about the laws for the government cause. To put it simply, they were doing an activity about politics. So I just went around asking questions and interviewed them. There were a lot of paper works. They all created random, creative and useful laws.

Their Laws

Discussing ideas

My opinion of the club is that it's nice how they are into this and that this club is interesting and fun in a way that isn't so obvious the first time you think about it.

By: Stephanie Lee

iSurvived My Visit to iSurvive

Last week Tuesday, November 4th, I was tasked to explore the wild. Well not exactly the wild, but I visited another club called "iSurvive" along with Alexis Sim of BH DRIVE THRU. Since this is my first visit to another club, I can describe this experience as rather new and refreshing.

The first thing I immediately noticed whilst inside the classroom was the power point presentation because it had their temporary logo which contained their motto, and their club verse, 1 John 5:4 which states: "4 for everyone born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith."

After seeing these things, I asked myself if the club followed the context of the verse, or if they strayed far away from it. To find out, we joined our fellow survivors for that day's session. Mr. Quitzon, the club moderator, grouped everyone with  4-6 members per group. Each group was tasked to create a new logo for the club which exemplified the values which sets them apart from other clubs. These values which I think are of utmost importance are teamwork, unity, synergy, and perhaps the willpower to overcome the world.

The next task given to each group was to create an obstacle course that would take place next year. An obstacle course by definition is a series of challenging physical obstacles an individual or team must navigate. For me, an obstacle course would allow everyone to compete in a united fashion, to show the values an "iSurvivor" must have, and to apply their Bible verse as it involves overcoming obstacles.

iSurvivors patiently designing their new logo and planning out their obstacle courses.

Well for me, being an iSurvivor for one day, I can say that this club does exhibit teamwork and unity, and it followed the context of their club verse. It has been a great opportunity for me to be a part of this endeavor because it allowed me to experience these values firsthand.

by: Raymond Acero

Funny Fun Fantastic Funtastic Math

                                                              Funtastic Math

   "Uhh, math class again, could this probably get any worse," said the students. "You bet it can, surprise test!" replied the teacher. All of us think that math is boring and lame but did you ever think math could get more fun and fantastic? Well, if you think it could, you're right! Apparently there is a club out there called Funtastic Math.

From left to right, 1st on the left is Mam Bagcal(Club Adviser), 2nd is Tiffany, 3rd is Timothy,
 4th is Mason Co and the is Drew Co

   Funtastic math is a club that aims to show us that math can be fun. The club's adviser is
Mam Bagcal and the officers are: Tiffany, Timothy, Mason and Drew Co. The club is indeed very fun because of all the games, jokes and effort in trying to make it feel fun. If you don't believe that math is fun well then come on down Funtastic Math in G7-Rizal on their Christmas party.


   The club officers have been planning a special and different Christmas party. I'm sure that there's that anticipation in you but just to suite your enthusiastic anticipation, I'll give you some things to expect, they'll have KFC, All Cheese Pizza and Junk Food! They'll also prove that math is fun on December 10 because they prepared us an intermission number and a math jingle. Don't miss this chance to see and feel that math can be fun. All of these things may make math more fun but watch out because they still have 1 month to kidnap(Borrow) students for their big plan.

"Two heads are better than one" in every thing

   Now we all know that there's always that something that tops off the others and it needs to be in harmony with an event. Well, they came in prepared, they plan to make a gigantic Christmas parol! They wanted to be creative so they planned to make it out of cellophane and sequins. I am really surprised with their perfect way of combining geometry with Christmas event.

A symbol of perfect harmony of geometry and Christmas

Idea proposal by Ellise Lim from snapshot.

   So do you believe that math can be fun, now? Well, I do just because they were able to mix math with a special event. I now hope you believe that math can be fun in any possible way, even in sarcasm.

Made by Charles Ong

Snapshots Photo Shooting Session

Our last club meeting was a very interesting experience.  Each of us was assigned to different clubs for that meeting only. We can join with what the clubs are doing, or we can just observe what the club is doing. My partner (Bianca Diaz) and I were assigned to observe Snapshots.

When we first walked through the door, we were shy to join with what they were doing, so we just stood in one corner and observed the club. While I was observing them, I heard their moderator say to prepare their things needed for the photo shoot and to start doing their assigned tasks. I didn't have any idea about what they were doing, so I asked some of the club members about it.

I found out that all of the club members were grouped with five people in each team to do a photo shoot.Their goal for that club meeting was to have nine different shots of themselves with different emotions placed in collages.

The groups can choose their own theme and the background for their photo shoot.  One group I asked had chosen a Disney theme while another group had chosen a Halloween theme.

I saw that they had a lot of fun doing the photo shoot, and I also enjoyed  it. Some of them were really creative, and wore accessories to enhance the theme , and they even add props to make their pictures look better. 

This is how we express ourselves.
Portraying Disney characters make us feel like Princesses,
and brings back memories from our childhood! :)

By: Christen Pena

Visiting Fit Squad

"What? We really have to do that?"
-One of the surprised students-

Our last club meeting on November 4 became a visit to the other clubs. You were part of the other club for that meeting only. You could join what they were doing like what some of my other club mates did, or you could simply observe what was happening which was what my partner, Hazelle Lee and I did.

We were assigned to be a 'part,' of Fit Squad, and it's exactly what it sounds like -- people doing exercises.

When my partner finally decided to tag along with me to walk nearer to the crowd of people, the first thing I noticed was that they were doing these exercises while some people at the side were doing jump ropes. For most of the meeting, the moderator of the club, Mr. Sherwin S. Villarin, was teaching the students an exercise. I can't quite remember what he was yelling, but I think it was, "Drop! Close! Turn!"

"So what do you want for our Christmas party?"
-Mr. Villarin encouraging the unwilling
students to give their suggestions.-

After their activity, Mr. Villarin called everyone to sit near where he was standing at their makeshift podium and gave a lecture. I half-listened to it and decided that I felt slightly bad for the students. He was lecturing them on the much needed improvement on their practical test (which turned out to be the exercise that they had been practicing the whole meeting). Afterwards, Mr. Villarin encouraged the students to give their suggestions for their Christmas party next meeting and reminded them to improve on their practical tests.

by: Mitchel Rey

A Trip to FUNtastic Math

Well, our latest club meeting turned out to be a field trip of sorts . . . to the other clubs. It's kind of like being a part of that club for that specific meeting, only, you're still a member from your original club . . . It's kind of hard to explain.

Anyway, my partner--Charles Ong--and I were tasked to observe the FUNtastic Math club. I thought it was just going to be another boring Math lecture, but were we in for a big surprise when we found out what they were really talking about.

"Christmas is the season for our love for Christ; we should really make our next club meeting all about that."

That was the first thing I heard as soon as I walked through the door of Grade 7 - Rizal where the meeting was held. The club moderator, Ms. Angelica Bagcal, called the club officers to the front just as she finished uttering those words.

They were talking about their Christmas party for the next meeting.

I guess I was just reminded that sometimes, we think we know it all, but we don't. We go too far with our lives thinking that we're going to run out of time and that we need to hurry. And it's true--our time will run out . . . eventually. But that doesn't mean that we should forget about everything else that we think don't matter.

School, friends, family . . . Those are just some of the things we deem important in our lives. But let's not forget the most important thing of all, and that is our Savior--Jesus Christ.

"God used beautiful Mathematics in creating the world." - Paul Dirac

by: Robyn Mikaela Rey

Flightless

"Flightless"

Written by: Mitchel Rey and Robyn Rey

Tattered white feathers stained with red. They were hers, and they weren't. Graceless wings.

"And then she met him."

She had a soul as pure as it could be in this wretched world. Her heart loved for all it was worth. Her wings were delicate -- something that had never been touched by war. And then she met him. The horridly scarred saw this. They warned her to stay away and told her that she'd only become broken like they were.

But she did not heed their warnings, thinking that they were wrong, that he was different. And he was different. Seeing this, she grew even more in love with him -- deeply, desperately and despondently in love with all caution thrown to the wind. And with that, she gave him everything she had.

Then there came a time when he asked her to go through hell and back. With the assurance that he would be waiting for her, she bravely marched on. Poison was fed, scars were constant and blades were wielded, yet she refused to give in. She was battered, bruised and barely there, and suddenly, she was outside, enveloped by the warm, fading light.

She called out...

and it echoed...

                    echoed...

                               echoed...

yet he never answered. She looked for him up and down, left and right, never stopping. But he was gone.

Her beauty and innocence shattered, she wept. The scarred wept with her, and the still pure ones merely gave her questioning looks, never understanding why the tears flowed freely down her face. Such is the price of full understanding.

Tattered white feathers stained with red. They were hers, and they weren't. Graceless wings.

DIY Lunch with Kersten Loo

This is a collaboration with Kersten Loo, a member of the BH Drive Thru.

Tired of eating the same old plain white rice? Try Hot Whiz Rice, a Rey family specialty. This recipe began with the simple experiments of Reynaldo Rey, the cook of the family and the uncle of one of the creators of this post.

Here's what you need:

- oil
- hot dogs
- rice
- chiz whiz

Procedures:

First, you place the oil in the frying pan until it's heated. Afterward, place some sliced hot dogs in the pan. When it's finished cooking, add rice in the pan and add the desired amount of chiz whiz. Mix everything until it's cooked and you'll have your dish waiting to be eaten.

We hope that you'll enjoy the Rey family specialty as much as we do.

Co-written by: Mitchel Rey

WATTPAD 101

Hello to all you Wattpad readers out there! Want to know what’s hot right now in the Wattpad Pop Fiction department? Yes? Well here are our all-time favorites to share with you guys! :)

 wattpad  is a website that allows aspiring writers and journalists to share and create their own stories. Not only that but if books get extremely popular and well written, this can lead for it to become published as an official hard copy book. Isn’t that amazing?

This is Stephanie Lee doing a collaboration with Vanilla Skittles from http://league-of-bloggers.tumblr.com/

ENJOY~!

1.) Operation Break the Casanova’s Heart By Alyloony

One of those “Good girl meets Bad boy” kind of plot line. Naomi Perez, an average teenage girl who is one of the few people emmune to Stephen Cruz ( the most popular guy at school) charms. She had already despised him a bit because he had crushed millions of hearts, leaving them simply scattered to the ground. At first everything is at its normal pace, but when Naomi’s best friend, Kryzel, gets her heart broken into two by the one and only Stephen. Let’s just say things can get a little messy. After reaching her breaking point, her anger towards him overflows, which gives her the strength to sign a contract stating that she has to make Stephen truly fall head over heels for her, become his girlfriend;then, finally dump him and avenge all those destroyed hearts.

Here’s the catch: You can’t fall in love with him.

This won’t be too simple. The more Naomi tries to be his girlfriend, the more she will get to know him. Letting her see a different side of this so called bad boy. Will she succeed? Or will she fail? Could she really break the casanova’s heart?

REVIEW TIME! ( SPOILER ALERT)

Personally I found this book very interesting. Its one good read that can show that not everything you see is what you get. Sometimes in life you must learn to understand one another and learn to love them for all their faults. Its like ” Never judge a book by its cover.” Naomi thought that Stephen was just being a big meanie to girls; however, there is more to this story than simply playing with girls. He had a bad past, a past that sacred him, and his father hadn’t exactly been setting a good example towards him when it comes to the opposite gender. Not everything is as it seems. You’ve got to learn how to dig a little deeper and get to know the person before even making a statement about them.

2.) He’s Dating the Ice Princess by Filipina (P175)

This is a book that is written in tanglish meaning that the author may switch languages at times ( from English to Filipino to Korean). Miss Charice Eliza Mendoza, AKA: the Ice Princess. Heart as cold as -273 degrees, sealed away from anyone. Lonely life? That how she likes it. Daryl Seak Kang, a korean who is also the school’s number 1 hearthrob strikes a sudden interest in her, her life gets interesting. You see Daryl is in search for a long lost girl whom he had met in a competition a while back. Thinking that Charice may be the girl, he starts to spend more and more time with her. On the other hand, Charice isn’t used to having someone around her especially someone like him. How will things end up for the both of them? Will Charice learn to open her closed doors to others? More importantly is Charice really the girl he had been search for and if not who will he choose? Charice or little miss mystery lady?

REVIEW TIME! (SPOILER ALERT!)

An cool find! This book teaches that people who are isolated from the world can become part of it again by giving them a little love and attention. Each one of us should know that we are’t alone, someone will always be there for you so don’t feel like keeping yourself hidden from others. Learn to communicate with one another. Charice is a very secluded girl, doesn’t want to be noticed nor bothered by anyone. Opening her doors will hard, but it isn’t impossible. All someone needs is time and effort like how Daryl had shown this to her. Which is why I liked the book :)

3.) TAKE TWO: A Place In Time by j_harry 08 (P195)

A girl named Shay lost her first love Terrence, for he had passed away after his illness. Now, she only has a sketch drawn by him by a certain boy called “Nathan.” She then meets a boy who she is certain is him, but denies it stating that his name is Jiroh. Still not buying it she is persistent about getting to know him, and why he has been acting up. Soon, the two characters will eventually draw closer together. One question still remains on Shay’s head: “Am I ready to let go?”

REVIEW TIME! (SPOILER ALERT)

Let It Go. This was the first phrase that popped into my mind. Story tells others that each one of us should let go of the past and look onto the future. Learning not to forget the past but simply treasure them as memories. Don’t cling on to them, instead the lessons you had learned in the past do them in the future. Like how Shay learned to move on and start a new beginning. Thats why I liked the book, for me it isn’t your typical run on the mill type of book. It gives people a idea on how to move on in life.

Thats all the books we shared to you guys. Hopefully this had helped you get to know the neat books that are present all over Wattpad. You can buy these books at any local bookstore near you :) Tons of more books await for you in Wattpad. Check it out  :) Till Next Time! :)