Tuesday, August 25, 2015
CNN SN REPORT!
Throughout the United States, millions of college students have fallen into debt while making their educated paths cleared out for a hopefully bright future. With the graduating class of 2016, 'they will owe about $35, 051, according to Mark Kantrowitz, a student financial aid policy expert and publisher." Although graduating school and making a path to success is a hopeful dream, the burden of debt is practically a boulder in the way. Suffering past consequences of a troubling result, students need to work hard to the bone to be able to pay off what they owe. Such weight have caused future plans to be delayed, from business for entrepreneurs to marriage. Factors of the debt reduce chances of early success. It can take years for these students to get back to their lifelong dreams. Should the possibility of lifting away the pain of debt ever come around, only the choices of suffering graduates could tell.
Monday, August 24, 2015
Mano Po (FINAL DRAFT)
Respect is an important thing to my family. One way of that is "Mano Po." It is a respectful gesture youth does for elderly as a sign of respect, as a child respects his or her grandparents. It is also used as "a greeting upon entering a house, or a welcoming blessing on holidays, such as the Christmas season." "Mano" is Spanish for "hand," and "po" is Filipino, specifically Tagalog, for addressing respect, specifically to an elder who is spoken too. It is said before the gesture, asking the elder for permission to do said gesture. If it is given, the person takes the elder's hand and presses it against his or her forehead.
Mano Po is important because it is a great sign of respect, which my family values highly. My parents have always told me and my sister to respect who's older than us, whether related or not, whoever we know or not, as it is our cultural doing. Respect is universal, and is a moral. As a rule, my parents had me and my sister call our elders, or anyone older than us, what title is commonly used for said certain person. we call our mom "Mom," our dad "Dad," others of adult age "Aunty" or "Uncle," and so on. It shows proper respect to people.
I had first heard of 'Mano Po" during my family's trip to the Philippines to visit my grandmother during the Christmas season. My parents told me and my sister the gesture for respect, and told us to do it when we meet her. Apparently, we forgot, but we remembered when my cousin did it a while later. I still try to remember for when I need to do it, because as it's important to my family and my culture, it's as important to me."Mano Po" is a standard phrase to my family. Doing it feel like I'm putting full use to myself in a Filipino custom.
To me, "Mano Po" is a term for showing your gratitude and maturity to one, as we are to be thankful and respectful to those higher than us. It makes me feel more thankful for my elders, and is by far, to my family, the best of anything anyone could ever receive. I want to give those I'm thankful for my full gratitude with maturity and respect. The have cared for me, helped me, comforted me, and taught me general ways to live life. They have done so much, and giving back is all I try to do. It's the main and so far best way to say thank you.
As my mom had said, "it is a tradition that has been done for years." She and my dad have done "Mano Po," my grandparents have done it, my aunts have done it, and so on. It's a continuous line of giving respect, and I want to continue it further. Respect is a value that my parents are strongly strict about. I've spent many years learning respect. "Mano Po" is only one of the many, but few of the greatest to my family.
Mano Po is important because it is a great sign of respect, which my family values highly. My parents have always told me and my sister to respect who's older than us, whether related or not, whoever we know or not, as it is our cultural doing. Respect is universal, and is a moral. As a rule, my parents had me and my sister call our elders, or anyone older than us, what title is commonly used for said certain person. we call our mom "Mom," our dad "Dad," others of adult age "Aunty" or "Uncle," and so on. It shows proper respect to people.
I had first heard of 'Mano Po" during my family's trip to the Philippines to visit my grandmother during the Christmas season. My parents told me and my sister the gesture for respect, and told us to do it when we meet her. Apparently, we forgot, but we remembered when my cousin did it a while later. I still try to remember for when I need to do it, because as it's important to my family and my culture, it's as important to me."Mano Po" is a standard phrase to my family. Doing it feel like I'm putting full use to myself in a Filipino custom.
To me, "Mano Po" is a term for showing your gratitude and maturity to one, as we are to be thankful and respectful to those higher than us. It makes me feel more thankful for my elders, and is by far, to my family, the best of anything anyone could ever receive. I want to give those I'm thankful for my full gratitude with maturity and respect. The have cared for me, helped me, comforted me, and taught me general ways to live life. They have done so much, and giving back is all I try to do. It's the main and so far best way to say thank you.
As my mom had said, "it is a tradition that has been done for years." She and my dad have done "Mano Po," my grandparents have done it, my aunts have done it, and so on. It's a continuous line of giving respect, and I want to continue it further. Respect is a value that my parents are strongly strict about. I've spent many years learning respect. "Mano Po" is only one of the many, but few of the greatest to my family.
Monday, August 17, 2015
My First Post
Hey, this is Chaysen Agcaoili on "The Writer's Oasis." I picked the title specifically based on a common phrase that I say to new Deviants on the site, "DevinatART." I used a simple aqua green for the color of my blog because it was one of my favorite colors as a child, and is a foamy shine off the shore and some palm trees.
The world I come from is a blend and sometimes troubling mix of fantasy and reality, having to find myself in the midst of my thoughts and what happens around me. The fantasy, generally speaking, is where anything can happen in thought, with a chance of becoming reality should the thought be theoretically possible enough to be done. The reality of my world is sometimes the hardness of life and getting past all the challenges that come my way, only my perception and emotions determining how I perceive the situation. Having to go from fantasy to reality and vice versa is a hard thing to do for every person, but it never means that balancing both worlds is ever impossible.
I like to draw, write, and read frequently, though the three are sometimes hard to balance. Drawing would be my main passion, taking it as an amateur experience and developing my style as every learning artist does. I like to do a lot of fan art, mainly consisting of cartoons I admire, video games that made up a lot of fun in my childhood and now, and some non-canon comics that feature some things that may have a possible chance of ever becoming a reality through publication. I would do some art pertaining to my original characters, or OCs for short. They are commonly known to be characters people can create, forming their history, personality, attitude, flaws, and a way to relate to other characters through the artist's point of view. I like to do a lot of comics, which ranges from my fandoms to my OCs to whatever happens in my life. They all come in a very cartoonish style, which I admire a lot due to exaggerated expressions and a humorous way to draw people in real life. I used to draw a lot of my friends in cartoonish ways, which I find quite nice to do. I write a lot of stories, all pertaining to either my fantasy or real life experiences. Some are inspired by what I watch, what I read, or what I imagine. I write some fanficitons from some of my favorite shows and games, making headcanons that I would imagine to be. I could even put some of my OCs in them, just to make them a little more interesting and entertaining. All my stories are rated K, K+, or T. Reading is a way of inspiration to write and draw, words and illustrations done by professionals who's work astounds me. Some of my art and stories were inspired by books and novels by amazing authors I look up to, even if they're for lower levels. Overall, drawing, writing, and reading have major effects on my and what I do. From them, I can view my thoughts on what I think of. I express my emotions, though very personal, and how I perceive many things and many people. I can show how I see the world, which I view to be complicated, or what I dislike while respecting others, like the beach. These three hobbies have had a huge impact on my, and will continue so.
The world I come from is a blend and sometimes troubling mix of fantasy and reality, having to find myself in the midst of my thoughts and what happens around me. The fantasy, generally speaking, is where anything can happen in thought, with a chance of becoming reality should the thought be theoretically possible enough to be done. The reality of my world is sometimes the hardness of life and getting past all the challenges that come my way, only my perception and emotions determining how I perceive the situation. Having to go from fantasy to reality and vice versa is a hard thing to do for every person, but it never means that balancing both worlds is ever impossible.
I like to draw, write, and read frequently, though the three are sometimes hard to balance. Drawing would be my main passion, taking it as an amateur experience and developing my style as every learning artist does. I like to do a lot of fan art, mainly consisting of cartoons I admire, video games that made up a lot of fun in my childhood and now, and some non-canon comics that feature some things that may have a possible chance of ever becoming a reality through publication. I would do some art pertaining to my original characters, or OCs for short. They are commonly known to be characters people can create, forming their history, personality, attitude, flaws, and a way to relate to other characters through the artist's point of view. I like to do a lot of comics, which ranges from my fandoms to my OCs to whatever happens in my life. They all come in a very cartoonish style, which I admire a lot due to exaggerated expressions and a humorous way to draw people in real life. I used to draw a lot of my friends in cartoonish ways, which I find quite nice to do. I write a lot of stories, all pertaining to either my fantasy or real life experiences. Some are inspired by what I watch, what I read, or what I imagine. I write some fanficitons from some of my favorite shows and games, making headcanons that I would imagine to be. I could even put some of my OCs in them, just to make them a little more interesting and entertaining. All my stories are rated K, K+, or T. Reading is a way of inspiration to write and draw, words and illustrations done by professionals who's work astounds me. Some of my art and stories were inspired by books and novels by amazing authors I look up to, even if they're for lower levels. Overall, drawing, writing, and reading have major effects on my and what I do. From them, I can view my thoughts on what I think of. I express my emotions, though very personal, and how I perceive many things and many people. I can show how I see the world, which I view to be complicated, or what I dislike while respecting others, like the beach. These three hobbies have had a huge impact on my, and will continue so.
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