Research Work: Wise Men

BILL GATES - A Wise Man
by Kelvin E. Cantero, II-Acacia

For me, Bill Gates is a man of wisdom. From a mere bored student, Bill Gates became a multi-bilionaire.

William H. Gates was born on October 28, 1955 to a family with a rich business, political and community service background. His great-grandfather was a state legislator and a mayor, his grandfather was a vice-president of National Bank, and his father was a lawyer.

Bill strongly believes in hardwork. He believes that if you are intelligent and know how to apply your intelligence, you can achieve anything. From childhood, Bill was ambitious, intelligent and competitive. These qualities helped him to attain the position in the profession he chose.

It was a very important decision in Bill Gate's life when he was first introduced to a computer. Bill Gates and his friends were very much interested in computers and formed a "Programmers Group" in late 1968. Bill Gates and his close friend Allen started a new company of their own, Traf-O-Data. They developed a small computer to measure traffic flow. From this project, they earned $20,000. The era of Traf-O-Data came to an end when Gates left college. In 1973, he left home for Harvard University. Allen kept on pushing Bill for opening a new software.

Within a year, Bill Gates dropped out of Harvard. Then he formed Microsoft TM. Microsoft's vision is "A computer on every desk and Microsoft software on every computer". Bill is a visionary person and works very hard to achieve his vision. His belief in high intelligence and hardwork has put him where he is today.


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Research Work: Wise Men

A PROPHETIC WRITER
by Austin Rey Mirabete, II-Acacia

Kahlil Gibran was a Lebanese-American poet, philosopher and artist who wrote "The Prophet," a mystical work composed of prose poems. He was born in Bsherri, Lebanon on January 6, 1883. His mother was the offspring of a priestly and important family and the Gibran clan was small and distinguished. When he was at the age of 12, his mother took him to live in Boston.

After his mother's death in 1903, Gibran's sister supported him. He worked at painting and writing. He later went to Paris to study art and finally settled in New York City, where he died on April 10, 1931. He was buried in Bsherri, Labanon.

Gibran wrote many books and executed paintings and some sculpture, but it is for "The Prophet" that he was best known. Published in 1923 with illustrations by the author, "The Prophet" was a best seller and has been translated into more than 20 languages. A series of 28 related prose poems, the book touches on such topics as love, freedom, prayer, and death. Gibran's mysticism, evident here as in all his works, reveals an intense preoccupation on the spiritual and visionary. He is the third best selling poet in history after William Shakespeare and Lao Tze.

I have chosen Kahlil Gibran because I have read an excerpt from his book, "The Prophet," which I think is related to every family's life and includes the parent and children relationship. It says, "Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of life's longing for itself. They may come through you but not from you." In simple words, you cannot control the lives of your children. You can only love them because in reality they are not yours. Such lines speak of wisdom beyond words.

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Ko-Ngai's Great Love

“Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.”

What a great thing it is if you can sacrifice your life for the sake of your friends! That kind of love was shown when Jesus Christ sacrificed his temporary life here on earth just to free all the people from the sins they have made. Jesus Christ is just too good to be true to sacrifice his life just to let the people realize how important God is.

This was also done by Ko-Ngai when she sacrificed her life just to let her father live. When she heard what the astrologer said, she didn’t hesitate to sacrifice her life just to free her father from possible execution. Ko-Ngai saved her father’s life though she knew that she needed to learn more in life, not like her father who was already experienced enough to die. She didn’t realize it was because she was blinded by a very, very great love. This great love does not set death as its limitation. It is because Ko-Ngai and her father will always love each other even though death came in their way. This is the greatest love of all - sacrificial love.

~Mary Nyl Tiu Serra, II-Narra

This wonderful and important word of wisdom from Jesus that we should follow apply to Ko-Ngai in the story "The Soul of the Great Bell." When she read the "Dragon Seal" letter from Yung-Lo, she did not hesitate to find a solution and give her life in order to secure peace and freedom for her father. What Ko-Ngai did is the greatest love and the greatest sacrifice that a human being can do, like what our heroes did.

The story shows, and Ko-Ngai shows, that she loves her father very much and she can sacrifice anything even her life. We should follow what Ko-Ngai did in the story because it serves a lesson and inspiration.

~ Diana Mae Ponce, II-Molave

In the story, Ko-Ngai made a great sacrifice for the people, and this means that the love she had within herself was unconditional and immeasurable. This is an example of what Jesus Christ tells us in the Bible that no love can compare to one which considers the sake and benefit of other people. Sacrifice is one of, or maybe the best way to show your love to the person you care for. Although the sacrifice may hurt you physicaly, deep inside you won't feel any hurt because you know your sacrifice is for a cause.

~ Maria Jeanne Carla Briones, II-Acacia


(Thoughts on The Soul of the Great Bell by Lafcadio Hearn)

A Letter from Ko-Ngai

My Dearest Father,

Do not feel guilty nor stop me, for I am presenting myself to be thy sacrifice. I am presenting myself with my whole heart and without hesitations. I am presenting myself because the astrologer had predicted and said "Gold and brass will never meet in wedlock, silver and iron will never embrace, until the flesh of a maiden be melted with the crucible, until the blood of a virgin be mixed with the metals in their fusion." I do not want any other person to be put in this trouble.

Remember, I always love thee father. This is not my last goodbye. Let the bell be thy remembrance of this sacrifice.


Your loving daughter,
Ko Ngai



(This is the output of the Lao Tze group of II-Narra for The Soul of the Great Bell activity.)

Poem Making is Hard

This was written by Jan Joseff Genduso during English period. The rest of the class was reading The Soul of the Great Bell by Lafcadio Hearn. Jan was "most probably" not. And so classroom might as well have his output here.

So you think poem
making is easy?
No, it is enough
to make you queasy.

It's tough enough
to find some rhymes,
avoiding words like
orange, like limes.

A big Vocab is
such a must,
common words
are nothing but dust.

Keep verses
within your reach,
you must make verses
four lines each.

O'er and o'er
Again and a'ain
Apostrophes will keep you
from syllabic dis'ain.

Keep margins close,
not a centimeter stray,
problems in poems
are a diverse array.

When your done
with your so-called "masterpiece,"
criticism will come,
ripping you piece by piece.

Keep your hopes up,
and hope critics are kind;
poem making is enough
to lose your mind.

Are you insane yet?

Strange voices and
sounds all around.
Crying and frustration,
they abound.

Now, drop that gun
and drop the knfe,
don't use those
to end your silly strife.

Poem making can
make the brain grind;
don't let it take over
body and mind.

Some more tips
for the poem maker,
hold on, put down
that leaf raker.

Try to fill lines
with meaningful words,
feelingless words come
in groups and herds.

If the poem stinks,
don't lose heart,
grab your pen
and go back to the start.

If your new poem
doesn't turn heads,
please, do not rip
yourself to shreds.

Wait. What's that rope,
and why's it around your neck?
Don't kill yourself
over a little speck.

Hey, where are you going?
Don't drop your guard!
Oh, well. Poem making
is hard.

On-Line Quiz 7: Sentence Patterns

Identify the pattern of each sentence.

1. That rascal left the windows open.
2. I drive a black Mercedes.
3. The French swimmers crossed the Strait of Dover.
4. Geno gave Christian a light punch on the shoulder.
5. The students talk all the time.
6. Bering Strait is between Alaska and Siberia.
7. We study world geography with Mr. Puno.
8. She looks amazing in her little black dress.
9. The little wooden boy was named Pinocchio.
10. They answered the questions correctly.

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