Modern Day Hero

                Hero? What’s a hero like? Those creatures that can fly? Those who have super powers? Those who are strong enough to carry cars and can crash buildings? Do they look like the Higgly Town Heroes? Heroes are not those fiction characters who have super powers and can fly. A hero is a person who does brave and good deeds. Today, have our modern day heroes, and my parents are my heroes.

                When I say my parents, I don’t just usually mean it’s my mom and dad but also my grandparents. My parents served as my first teacher, I learned the basic from them, like manners and kiddie songs. When my three sisters and I were still young and my mom and dad were still with us, we were drowned by the love and care they’re showering us. They’re giving us everything we need and everything we want but they see to it that there’s still a limit of what they’re giving. We always receive their full support to us. They have risen us up as God-fearing, loving, caring and polite children, who should also know how to sacrifice for other people. My mom and dad left to other places because of work and we were left with our grandparents. They did the same, they’re sacrificing a lot, until now. Still, they want the best for me, for us. They’re pushing us to the limit, for our betterment.

                They’re doing all the best they can to guide us because of their love for us. So I’m not wasting their sacrifices, I’m studying hard for someday, somehow when I’ll graduate in College, I can replace their hardships. Those were just simple gestures but they made who I am now. That’s why I love my parents, to the point that I’ll do everything, anything for them. They’re my superman and wonderwoman.

Tatag ng wikang Filipino, Lakas ng pagka-Pilipino!

                Alibata, the first alphabet of the Philippines, where in the history of the language Filipino started here. Changed and replaced by the Filipinos, it was turned to Ilokano, Waray, and Cebuano, these are now the dialects of this island. There are many dialects in this island yet they didn’t degrade the unity of the Filipinos. But these dialects became the guide to improve and come up with the national language. Tagalog was the first name of the national language. Time passed by and it became Pilipino, where in Manuel Luis Quezon, former President of the Philippines, valued and treasured it. At present, as the alphabet changes and as the universal language was learned by Filipinos, the national language became Filipino. 

                The national language is a basis for nationalism. People in the country gives value and love for their language, it also became a pride of theirs. Countrymen recline to their language causing them to understand each other. Whatever corner are you at, you can trace the stability and firmness of their language. This is because of the strength and durability they show as Filipinos. And this strength is the reason why the language is widespread and still influencing people in different places of the country. From Luzon to Mindanao, from the poorest Filipino citizen to President Aquino, you can see how proud they are and how they are mould by their national language. They show their love, from the very bottom of their hearts, in many ways. From more than 7,000 islands where billions of people are living in it, you can see their unity and one reason is because of the national language Filipino.

                That’s why Filipino’s must be proud of their land. Support, love and treasure the national language. Use it in good ways and show the world how proud you are. Ang tatag ng wikang Filipino ay lakas ng pagka-Pilipino!