…a rEactiOn?!...

“After I have read the story, “Love Is a Fallacy” by Max Schulman, I was really amazed! At first, I was some kind of a confused because there were some terms that I could not fully understand but because of the help of my beloved classmates, I have already understood some of them. As what I have observed, the main character there was a little bit boastful. I find him too much PROUD of HIMSELF. I know that he’s very intelligent but he must not boast it to everyone that he is like that or what so ever. Instead of having a boastful trait, he could probably have the trait which almost all people needs, ‘HUMILITY’”.
The story was simple though a touch of basic logic makes it complex. The situations are quite unique and the way the author thinks in formulating this short story involves association in everyday life and critical thinking. Thus, combined in the realization between what has been learned and what we had believed in. It has thought the reader several lesson to reflect and to take into account the facts and fallacies of life and love.
Let us first focus on things that we see and what we do not. The guy in the story was really, really smart despite of his young age (and this becomes one of his weaknesses in life). Yes, intellect he is . He lives his life with extreme preciseness and more. He believes he has the power to control things his way. He’s confident enough that his plan would work out well and that he could reap the fruits of his labor afterwards. He looks out the world considering only by physical things. He sees but neglect what is rather felt. He considered Polly as a fine poised and beautiful woman, but he underestimated her way of thinking. He taught Polly things he learned academically, hoping they would make her wise. He thought that if Polly would learn these, she would become perfect in his qualifications. But just as everything seemed to go his way, something went wrong. Polly had learned to think critically and therefore learns to become rational by the grounds of worldly thinking. His student has learned her lessons very well and by that, she becomes his nightmare. As if she had held him by the throat. She no longer believes in him when he said he loved her. She stresses out that what he felt for her isn’t reasonable enough. So she went back to Petey. Why? It’s because Petey has a raccoon. Isn’t that stupid?
For me, we should learn to separate love from any other things. Love is something that must be felt and not by physical. We should not place love with those things that need reasons for loving somebody requires no explanation. Yes, indeed no explanation because if you’ll try to explain why you loved that certain person, that love you felt can no longer be called love anymore, it’s somehow may be called an admiration, right?

"Love Is A Fallacy" Summary 2

The narrator talked with Petey, his roommate, in the university dormitory. Petey was having a crush with this particular girl named Polly Espy. He asked Petey if he was in love with Polly but Petey just said that he wasn't in love with her but he thinks that she is a keen kid. Since Petey liked a raccoon coat, and the narrator has this raccoon coat which he can still get after the weekends because it is still in his house.The Stutz Bearcoat of the narrator’s father is ready to be given to him he just go with the deal. And the deal is let Petey allow the narrator to have a date with Polly. Since Petey liked the raccoon coat, he just went with the deal.

Now the narrator had his first date with Polly the next evening. He wanted to find out just how much work he had to do to get her mind up to the standard required. Her reaction after they will leave the restaurant, theater and after she bade goodnight.They again went to another date the next night. When they were already in the restaurant, the narrator open a topic about logic and fallacies. The fallacy of Dicto Simpliciter, Hasty Generalization, Eula Becker, Contradicctory Premisses, Ad Misericordian,Hypothesis Contrary and the Poisoning the Well.Polly didn't not quite understand the fallacies. But the only thing that she got from the test was the Poisoning the Well.Five nights of conversing with Polly but for the narrator, it was worth it. He made a logician out of her and taught her to think. Not knowing, was in a date with him,a serious date, not only for conversing and chatting. In short, the narrator was in love with Polly.But because of what he taught her, she thinks that everything he says is a fallacy. Polly would not go steady with the narrator but instead with Petey Bellows. All the reason is that Petey has a raccoon

…My Dear English Teacher…

Dear Sir Elmer,

Hi, sir! What’s up?! I just would like to thank you for all the things you have given me as one of your students. I really admire you a lot, sir. You are so jamming! I love the way you mingle with your students in or out of the classrooms. You are so thoughtful and kind.

I’m sorry sir if sometimes I get very low scores in your tests. I’m really very sorry sir. I’m really not that good in English. I hope you understand. I may not be that good in your subject but probably I could focus on to it more the next time, I’ll really try it sir just to prove to you something. I know sir that you really love your students despite of the faults they did to you and I hope I’m one of those students whom you love more than others. I know that you don’t really know me because we are not that close but I just would like to emphasize that even though we are not that close, rather than being your student, I always hope that I could become one of your friends not through friendster, because I don’t really have that something for I don’t have time for that now, but through reality. I know this is quite impossible because I’m afraid to have a close relationship with you for I’m bothered of what might people say unto me. They might probably say I’m “sipsip” and I don’t want to be called like that because I’m a very sensitive person.

I really hope sir that you could really understand me. I maybe some kind of a “mysterious” girl whom you really don’t know much but I’m just sharing to you what I really feel inside. This might sound funny but I just don’t care to whatever your reactions would be. What’s important is, I have already shared you some of my thoughts. I have here a song that could probably be my remembrance for you and I hope that this song could make you smile all day long. This song sir was sung by the Carpenters. Hope you would love it, sir. Please sing.

CAN’T SMILE WITHOUT YOU

You know I can’t smile without you

I can’t smile without you

I can’t laugh and I can’t walk

I’m finding it hard even to talk

And I feel sad when you’re sad

I fell glad when you’re glad

You must know what I’m going through

I just can’t smile without you

You came along just like a song

You brightened my day

Who’d believe that you were part of the dream

That only seemed light years away

You know I can’t smile without you

I can’t smile without you

And you must know what I’m going through

I just can’t smile without you……

Thank you very much sir for your kind consideration! Thank you also for you made our blog entries lesser than before! THANK YOU SIR! I Love You! Mwaaaahhuggzzzz……!!!! Weeeeeehhhh!!!!

Your loving student,

Hazel Mary

"…Wow! Amazing!...

Wow! Have you noticed what our century is happening right now? It’s really cool, right? We already have a lot of modern technologies around! Want to know some of them? Sure! Why, not?! Here it goes.
Medical technology allows doctors to treat diseases and to perform complicated surgery under safer conditions. Imaging techniques produce a clear, electronic picture of the inside of the body so that doctors can pinpoint problems. Endoscopy enables doctors to look directly to a viewing tube inside the body to see what is wrong.
Together, imaging and endoscopy mean doctors can perform minimally invasive, or ‘keyhole’, surgery, entering the body, through the smallest of incisions (cuts). This minimizes tissue damage and makes recovery time for the patient shorter. The use of lasers, such as the laser scalpel, to cut through tissue, remove growths and seal blood vessels is much more effective than standard surgical methods.
Computers are now a major part of medicine. They are used in scanning to generate and store images and to transmit them elsewhere. Virtual-reality systems are used to train doctors in surgical techniques without having to touch a patient.
Doctors use endoscopes to look inside the body to diagnose or treat diseases. Modern endoscopes are narrow and flexible and are inserted either through body openings into the digestive, respiratory, urinary, or reproductive systems, or through incisions in the skin into body cavities. Endoscopes use long, thin optical fibers to illuminate and transfer the images to a video monitor, which the doctor looks at while he or she conducts the examination. The endoscope may also have, for example, tiny forceps to carry out a biopsy (the taking of a tissue sample) for diagnosis.
Imaging techniques enable doctors to look inside the body to make diagnoses and plan treatment without having to cut open the body. One example of it is the X-rays. This was the only useful imaging method until the 1970s. Since then a new generation of techniques has been developed. Although they work in different ways, all scan a particular body region piece by piece and use a computer to make two- or three-dimensional images.
Ultrasound is the most common of the imaging techniques. It uses inaudible, high-frequency sound waves that are reflected from body parts. It is a safe method for observing unborn babies and viewing moving parts, such as blood flow through the heart.
CT scanning uses X-rays. PET – positron-emission tomography – scans use radioactive substances that, when they are injected to the body, give off radiation and reveal the parts of the human body where cells are active.
Today, many diseased or damaged body parts can be replaced. The earliest replacement parts were prostheses such as wooden legs. Modern prostheses, such as plastic arms with moving fingers, are more lifelike. Internal replacement parts are a relatively recent development.
Transplantation takes a living organ from a donor and inserts it into the patient. Kidney transplants, for example, are made to treat people with kidney failure. The body’s immune system regards transplanted organs as ‘foreign’ and attempts to reject them. The transplant patient has to take drugs that prevent rejection by reducing the effectiveness of the immune system.
Implants are artificial internal devices that are not rejected by the immune system. They include artificial joints that can replace diseased joints and electronic pacemakers that regulate heart rate.
So, how was your reading? Don’t you realize something? Aren’t you amazed? Well.. well… well…

…Hmmm… YUMMY!...

Do you love eating? Why wont you?! (ha…ha…ha…) But do you eat the healthy ones? Or, you just simply eat without knowing their nutrition facts? Well, that’s what we Filipinos are, right? Oooppsss…..! I guess only a few of us. Sorry… Food provides the body with vital substances called nutrients. Good nutrition means that the body has an adequate, balanced supply of nutrients. The process by which the humans obtain a regular supply of food to survive is called nutrition. Most foods contain a variety of nutrients, which are released during digestion. Macronutrients – carbohydrates, proteins and fats – are needed in large amounts each day. Carbohydrates provide energy. They include complex starches found in potatoes and pasta and simple sugars in fruits and sweets. Proteins provide simple building blocks called amino acids for growth and repair. Ftas provide energy and help insulate the body. Micronutrients – vitamins and minerals- are only needed in tiny amounts daily but are essential for cells to function. They include vitamins such as vitamins A and C, and minerals such as calcium. Also essential are water to maintain the body’s fluid balance, and fibre, undigested plant material that keeps the intestinal muscles working properly. The word “diet” refers to the type and amount of food a person eats each day. To maintain good health and avoid weight gain, a person’s diet should be balanced, containing a range of nutrients in the right amounts. A balanced diet consists of about 55 percent carbohydrates (mostly complex starches), about 15 percent protein and 30 percent or less fat (unsaturated fats from plant oils and oily fish are healthier than saturated fats from meat or dairy products). It should also include plenty of fresh fruit and vegetables. THE FOOD PYRAMID The food pyramid provides an easy way to plan a balanced diet. The bulk of a balanced diet should be made up of starchy, carbohydrate-rich foods, along with smaller amounts of proteins and fats (preferably not animal fats). It should also provide plenty of vitamins, minerals, and fibre. The food pyramid provides a simple way of getting the balance right by showing the proportions in which the main types of foods should be eaten. Starchy foods, such as rice and bread, and vitamin-, mineral, and fibre-rich foods, such as vegetables and fruits, are found towards the base of the pyramid. Those that should be eaten sparingly or not at all, such as sugary cakes and sweets, are located at the narrow top of the food pyramid. In addition, a person who regularly eats fast food is not likely to be receiving a balanced diet. Just for example a…Hmmm… YUMMY!... Do you love eating? Why wont you?! (ha…ha…ha…) But do you eat the healthy ones? Or, you just simply eat without knowing their nutrition facts? Well, that’s what we Filipinos are, right? Oooppsss…..! I guess only a few of us. Sorry… Food provides the body with vital substances called nutrients. Good nutrition means that the body has an adequate, balanced supply of nutrients. The process by which the humans obtain a regular supply of food to survive is called nutrition. Most foods contain a variety of nutrients, which are released during digestion. Macronutrients – carbohydrates, proteins and fats – are needed in large amounts each day. Carbohydrates provide energy. They include complex starches found in potatoes and pasta and simple sugars in fruits and sweets. Proteins provide simple building blocks called amino acids for growth and repair. Ftas provide energy and help insulate the body. Micronutrients – vitamins and minerals- are only needed in tiny amounts daily but are essential for cells to function. They include vitamins such as vitamins A and C, and minerals such as calcium. Also essential are water to maintain the body’s fluid balance, and fibre, undigested plant material that keeps the intestinal muscles working properly. The word “diet” refers to the type and amount of food a person eats each day. To maintain good health and avoid weight gain, a person’s diet should be balanced, containing a range of nutrients in the right amounts. A balanced diet consists of about 55 percent carbohydrates (mostly complex starches), about 15 percent protein and 30 percent or less fat (unsaturated fats from plant oils and oily fish are healthier than saturated fats from meat or dairy products). It should also include plenty of fresh fruit and vegetables. THE FOOD PYRAMID The food pyramid provides an easy way to plan a balanced diet. The bulk of a balanced diet should be made up of starchy, carbohydrate-rich foods, along with smaller amounts of proteins and fats (preferably not animal fats). It should also provide plenty of vitamins, minerals, and fibre. The food pyramid provides a simple way of getting the balance right by showing the proportions in which the main types of foods should be eaten. Starchy foods, such as rice and bread, and vitamin-, mineral, and fibre-rich foods, such as vegetables and fruits, are found towards the base of the pyramid. Those that should be eaten sparingly or not at all, such as sugary cakes and sweets, are located at the narrow top of the food pyramid. In addition, a person who regularly eats fast food is not likely to be receiving a balanced diet. Just for example a regular burger and a fries, although the meal contains some carbohydrate in the bun and french fries, it is also very rich in protein and animal fats. It contains no fruit or fresh vegetables to provide vitamins or minerals. Yeah, it is pretty good to eat a lot. But we must also think of our nutrition. As what always people say, “Health is Wealth”. Yes it’s true. If you want to be considered a healthy person, you must follow a balanced diet. So, what are you waiting for, start it now! regular burger and a fries, although the meal contains some carbohydrate in the bun and french fries, it is also very rich in protein and animal fats. It contains no fruit or fresh vegetables to provide vitamins or minerals. Yeah, it is pretty good to eat a lot. But we must also think of our nutrition. As what always people say, “Health is Wealth”. Yes it’s true. If you want to be considered a healthy person, you must follow a balanced diet. So, what are you waiting for, start it now!

...'Wish you were here' - Pink Floyd...

A glass half full is a glass half empty. Ironic as it is, everything in this world exists with its converse apparently giving us, humans, to form our own unique perspectives of the same, few things of this small world.

This however leads to the intricate aspects of circumstances at times, as some things or even some people may not be understood as they ‘should have been.’ Adding controversy to confusion, there is no definite way to perceive anything that one may follow. It is interesting to know, therefore, that we mostly depend on our experience to make sense out of almost everything.

Hence to err is human and err, we shall.

Pink Floyd is one of the bands that interest me. Their song ‘Wish you were here’ brings to light the same duality that characterises everything that can be named. The song is straightforward lyrically and yet challenges its very own claims making it deceivingly complicated. Roger Waters asks a couple of questions that mock the world over its conviction about right and wrong when there is hardly anything at all that is as clear as black and white.

“Can you tell a green field from a cold steel rail? A smile from a veil?”

The beauty of poetry, as illustrated, makes the obvious and the banal, worth more than just a glance. Similarly, it is far from being uncommon, that every second person carries a private world within him or herself, unknown to the world outside. Just like the ‘smile that may veil’ whatever the heart feels, it is more of a trick question asked by the vocalist demanding his audience to differentiate between the two. Nevertheless, it is clear that the singer himself knows that it isn’t possible to answer his own question.

Conclusively, the song reminds us to rethink our points of view, especially when we think we know.

Despite putting the listeners in a dilemma of doubt, making them uncertain about their own assumptions, the singer expresses contrary opinion towards the end. Rather than being insecure, the song illustrates to reject the baffled judgment of one’s mind and revert to a simpler, satisfying attitude towards life. Referring to the words of Roger himself:

“Running over the same old ground, what have you found? The same old fears . . .”

According to him, we ‘waste’ the precious time of our lives confirming our suspicions and in general search for truth. A life spent like this is ‘wasted’ as we end up where we started or maybe even worse - more apprehensive than before. Therefore, the singer thinks it better to concentrate on other, rather abstract aspects of life like love. In other words, alleviating the status of loving and being loved, something that is more remarkable in spite of being simpler and fulfilling. So ending his song with the mushy desire, “wish you here” Pink Floyd make their point.

By Kheyal Azam Khalil

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…Young One, into a Woman…

Have you ever tried asking yourself on where were you from? How were you made? Or, what’s your purpose of living in this beautiful world?

Every baby begins life when a single egg cell from the mother and a tiny sperm cell from a father joined together inside the mother’s body. This is called fertilization. The fertilized egg grows and divides, and after nine months the baby is born. That’s where I started.

Have you imagine all the sacrifices our mothers did just to keep us alive? Honestly, I just really can’t imagine all the pains and sacrifices they suffered. In fact, I just can’t believe that I am now living here in this world experiencing all the happiness, loneliness, anger, frustrations, regrets, disappointments and a lot of more. Before, I was just still a single cell found inside the body of my mother called the egg cell. Now, I have turned into a girl involving the period of puberty wherein my ovaries start to release eggs and menstruation begins. My breasts develop and my hips become wider with matching lowering of the voice and development of body hairs under the arms and some other parts. I am also very happy because from a height of four feet and eight inches at the age of twelve, now that I am already fifteen, form four feet and eight inches to more or less five feet. Yehey! (he…he…he…)

Puberty is a part of adolescence, which also involves mental changes. So, aside from those physical changes, what other changes should I undergo? Of course, mental changes! But not because I came from the mental hospital (huh!) (ah…ah…ah…ah…ah…) It’s because I am already a “young” adult then I should be more independent and sensitive to have sexual feelings.

Thank God, there are hormones in our body for they may help in regulating our growth, controlling the formation of antibodies, stimulating mammary glands to secrete milk, hastening release of glucose into blood, increasing rate of heartbeat and blood pressure, maintaining carbohydrate, fat and protein metabolism, influencing development of secondary sex cells and more! (Whew!) Thank you my dear hormones, you really did a big part in developing myself.

Although I have already turned into what I am now, I’m still hoping that someday I would turn into a better person wherein by this time, instead of me, my parents would be the one who’ll benefit something from me as a reward and a thanksgiving for all the sacrifices they have done for me and for the whole-hearted love they have given me. But of course, how could I do all of this if I could not finish my studies, right? Well…well…well… I will really try “no, not try”, I will really do my best not only in studying but also in working, hopefully.

With all these, I just would like to give thanks to my beloved BIOLOGY teacher for because of her I do now understand much better to where did I really come from and rather than that, she also helped me in answering some of my confusions in life.