PANDORA: Stand a Poise For Everyone

PANDORA Stand a Poise For

Everyone

ABOUTTHEMAGAZINE

We chose the title “PANDORA” for it represents a gift or a blessing. Gift brings us great happiness or good fortune in life that no one can repudiate it. For our theme “ Stand a Poise for everyone ” , It tells how to be positive not only for yourself but also to others who value and appreciate each of your efforts. Having these kind of morale will elevate your presence and success. Our title and Theme are fettered with each other for the word “ POISE” is worth it for a well self mannered person. Means having self confidence is truly a blessing.

Self-confidence means trusting oneself and trusting one ’ s abilities. It is believing in yourself and feeling comfortable in your true self. Self-confidence is an attitude about your skills and abilities.

The contents of this magazine are stories about the confidence of players, and members. They discussed the different journeys of their lives and each page contains tests, values, and experiences. It can be said that they really preserved it because this is the first time that they made their anecdotes visible.

MEMBERS

ELLAIZAIGPUARA KARLAWONG

EDITOR

LEADER

ROYMONTAÑO

CONTRIBUTOR

KIANCAÑETE

CONTRIBUTOR

RONALDNASAYRE

CONTRIBUTOR

PAULSULLESTA

CONTRIBUTOR

LITERARY REPORTAGE

Mighty Griffins Compete with a Strong Poise Over the CCC

BY ELLAIZA IGPUARA

Last month, Liceolympics (Sportsfest) was held inside the Campus of the University of St. La Salle on Feb 13-17. The Volleyball Game (Boys) was held inside the College Covered Court (CCC). The players of House of Parmenie, Rouen, Paris and House of Rheims _ showed their self confidence and hidden talents in their first game and in the championship game. Many were fascinated by the athletic move shown by the player Christopher Dayon on the side of Parmenie. As he hit the ball, it screamed as it soared over the net. The determination and passion in playing can be seen in his eyes and so are his other team-mates. They fight fair and every time they hit the ball you can really see that they are blessed with Athletic talent.

The powerful presence of the supporters of Paris can really be seen inside the College Court. Many in the audience were jokingly arguing and betting on who would win the championship game. At the end of the game, the Team Paris won the Championship Game of "Volleyball (Boys)" by winning the championship at the "Liceolympics 2023." The Parmenie Team followed in second place, the Rouen Team in third place, and the Rheims Team in fourth place.

Photos by : Liceo Student Government

Smashing the Shuttle Badminton

BY RONALD NASAYRE

The teams that participated last liceolympics event are the teams of Rheims, Rouen, Paris, and Parmenie on February 16, 2023 these events are team fight. There is no end to the screams of the Paris team to cheer up their players and to increase their self-confidence, which is why the Golden Chimeras (Paris) won the championship in the Badminton Boys game, the Mighty Griffin (Parmenie) team came second place and the Rheims and Rouen Teams are in third and fourth places.

The cheer-up for their players in the blue hydras team of Rouen was intense, that's why Rouen won the championship in badminton girls, the golden chimeras team of Paris took second place and the Rheims team took third place and fourth place is the Parmenie. Reinvigorated by the University of St. La Salle is the heart of the Lasallians when the fire was lit for the opening of the Liceolympics event. When you look at the fire it seems like it is waving at you. And from various tournaments and sports, everyone can finally watch the return of this year's most anticipated event, the liceolympics! One of the games here is badminton.

The purpose of this event is to encourage students to participate in this game, it is also the purpose of making students to have fun with this game for students can freely show their talents

Photos: Liceo Student Government

TRAVELOGUE

TSINOY GOES TO TAIWAN

BYKARLACASSANDRAWONG

As a woman who is half Filipino and half Chinese that loves to travel to other countries, I would say that Taiwan is my most memorable experience out of all of the countries I've been to. It was December 2019 when my family and I went to Taiwan to spend our christmas and new year with our relatives there. We were so excited and bursting with joy. We went to places that I've never seen before and got to experience their culture and tradition. It felt like I was really one of them.

We went there during their winter season. I loved the cold breeze of the place and walking down the streets.

I especially loved their food. Their convenient store is the best. You can literally see everything you need in their convenient store. I loved eating the tuna onigiri. Lots of new food I ate that you can't find or eat in the philippines. We also went shopping and went to their well known temples. It was an awesome experience all in all and I would literally go back if I got the chance to.

CEBU ESCAPED

BY ELLAIZA IGPUARA

Thesoundoftheroad,Winds,Wheels,andship'shornsaretheonlyonesheeded duringourtrip.Itwas12aminthemorning.

LastApril2019,Mymom,herco-workersandIwenttoCebu.IwasgratefulbecauseI waswithherkindfriendswhotreatedmeastheirchild.Wehavebeentomanyplaces, oneofthemisthemostfamousislandvisitedbytouristswhichisLapuLapuCity.I wasoverwhelmedtherebythepeoplewhodidnothingbutgreetus.Mamasaidthat theyarereallylikethatalsobecauseoftheirculture.Ialsotastedalotofdeliciousfood there,oneofthemisthemostusualmangoshake.Iknowthatnomatterwhereyou go,youcanalwaysfindamangoshakebuttheyhaveadifferentblendthere.Ittastes likenewformeandmomtastesthesame,shesaidthatittastesverydifferent.Itfelt likeIwaslyingonasoftclouds.OnourseconddayinCebu,wewenttothemost famouschurchtheycalledSimalaChurch.

ThetripwasalongwaybutitwasworthitwhenwearrivedbecauseIwasreally takenabackbythelongline,Mama'scompanionsaidthatourvisittherewas timingbecauseitwasSundayanditwasreallyexpectedthattherewouldbealot ofdevoteeswhowantedtoseeMamaMary'sstatueandsoweare.Itwasvery hottherewhenwewereinthemiddleoftheirbridge,standinginline,andaswe enteredthechurch,Isawmanypeoplecryingontheedges.Ididn'tknowthe reasoneitherbutIdoubtitwasbecauseoftheambianceofthechurch.Theyhave saidthatSimalaChurchissaidtobeasolemnplacetoreflect,andavisitwillgive yourlifemoreperspective.Itissaidthatmanypeoplecomehereevenifitisnot Sunday,becauseitattractshundredsofpeopleeverydayhopingtheirprayers willbeanswered.Whenwegothomeinourhotel,Iimmediatelywenttomybed becauseIwasreallytired.

IhadmanyjoyfulexperiencesinCebu.Unlikeboracay,itwasalsomyfirst timeandyesIwasalsogratefulbutonmy3rddaythere,myphoneswam withtheocean.Ittookweekswithmyphonetogetfixed.ButinCebu,there wasnowastedtimeorregretbecausetheencounterwehadtherewas purelyadventurous.WewenttomanybeautifulplaceslikeOslobCebu, BlueWater,TaoistTemple,SiraoGardenandTempleofLeah.Ican't summarizemyexperiencestherebutIcanreallysaythatIwasthehappiest personforitwasmy2ndtimetotraveloutsideNegrosOccidental.

Butit'sjustsadbecauseweweren'tcompletethen.Myyoungerbrother didn'tgowithusbecausehewasafraidtoridetheRorobuthopefully,I hopewecangothereagainwithhimsohecanalsoexperiencemyecstatic memoriesthere.

PERSONAL NARRATIVE

MAKINGTHEMOST OFYOURPOTENTIAL

BYROYANDRIEMONTAÑO

Back in 2018 when I was a grade 9 student at St. Joseph School La-Salle, I was elected to participate in a certain event that my school practiced every year. This event was to showcase each section's talents through class dancing and a Mr. and Ms. for each section. In 9th grade, there were 9 sections all in all to participate in such event, two participants for the Mr. and Ms. and then suddenly my adviser told me that I will represent our section, after she told me that I am representing our section my whole body wants to collapse due to being nervous for I know to myself that I am not good at this kind of things. After that, I went home to tell my mother the news and she was very happy for me because she knows that this will help me to develop my skills on encountering crowded people and for me to develop my self-confidence.

The following day, the event that I am participating in is coming too close, there we practiced on how we should walk on the stage and even practiced on the dialogues that we are about to say. We practiced our dance performance and all of the activities that we should perform in that event. My body started to collapse again because of the nervousness that I felt but my adviser and my classmates are there to cheer me up and make me feel motivated. Then the day happened, when I was going to perform at the stage in front of all of my batch mates.

Afterwedresseduptoperform,atthebackstagewherewearegettingready,I feltlikemywholebodyisveryheavyandIcan’teventalktomypartner.Atthat time,Ifeltlikethechairswerestaringatmeintenselyaskingmetokeepup.The eventstartedanditwasmytimetouttermydialogueandIgotmentalblockfor beingnervous,thenmywholebatchmatesstartedtoshoutformetofeel motivated.ThereItookadeepbreathandclosedmyeyestoconcentrateandtry tostatemyspeech,goodnewsthatIwasabletofinishedmylineandfeltrelaxed.

AtthattimeofmylifeI’veneverfeltmoreconfidentin crowdedpeople.Iknowthatnoteveryoneisblessedwith confidencerightaway.Itisnotspontaneous,you'llgetit fromtheinfluenceandyoursurroundingsaswell.Andthat wasthetimeIhavegainedmyself-reliance

MAIN CHARACTER

BYKARLACASSANDRA WONG

Growing up I was that "fat girl" in my elementary and highschool days. I experienced body shaming a lot. It felt like a knife stabbing through my chest continuously every time I heard those shameful words towards me. But as time went by I started to just normalize them bullying me even if it was wrong. I always tend to be jealous of someone’s appearance. “To be skinny and pretty is to die for” that was my belief for a long time. I also believed that the standard in beauty is those who are skinny, if you're fat you're ugly. That's why I seek validation from other people by making them laugh. I was that funny fat girl in highschool. I enjoyed making them laugh just so they would like and notice me at least.

I slowly ignored whatever they're throwing words at me. I realised that the more I pay attention to them the more they will tease me. Not until pandemic came, I chose to lose weight and I went on an unhealthy diet. I ate only one meal a day for 3 months and I lost about 20 kg. It was all great until I wasn't happy like before. It created an illusion in my brain that “I need to be skinny to be pretty” “I need to be skinny so people would like me”, But it really isn't like that. Now, I accept who I truly am and don't care what other people will say. I know myself better than anyone else, So why bother caring about what they say? I am beautiful just the way I am. I learned how to stand up for myself and never let anyone dull my sparkle ever again.

REFLECTIVE ESSAY

BELIEVING IN YOURSELF

BYKIANDAVECAÑETE

The start of a new year, the year 2023 I thought that this year would be much more difficult for me to cope with my lack of confidence in myself. But 2023 has other plans for me. It was a great start for me because I met my classmates in person and bonded with them. This year made me conquer my weakness. Me and my classmates were so close to each other, and it made me feel like I was on a pack of wolves, they were so sweet to each other. They fought a lot but still lived in the great plains. Just like us, we fight a lot, but we still apologize to each other after and still continue to mess around like there are no other people around us. I love these friends of mine. And I'm thankful that they helped me boost my self-confidence.

I learned how to socialize well and communicate with other people. For me, self-confidence is an attitude in which you have a sense of control over your life and believe that you can do all the right things without other people's opinion. It's about your skills and abilities to do such things in your way, and it's also about being proud of yourself and confident in how you look each day. We all look handsome and pretty; we're beautiful in our own little ways.

AN INDICATION OF OUR SELF

Finding myself has always been difficult for me, especially in the early years of adolescence. In high school, I experienced my own challenges in wanting to belong and find my place in the many friend groups. Even while most people were easy to find my position among, I occasionally had trouble determining which friends I fit in with the most. I recall always thinking of myself in high school as someone who could get along with practically anyone and fit in with even the most diverse buddy groupings.

I concluded that since they can only take so much, my issues shouldn't also be theirs because of all the obligations and people I had to put before myself. I've also started receiving punishment for it, which has helped me realize that I need aid and never have to go through life alone. Today's society makes adolescence difficult. The pressure that comes with the upcoming exams from both parents and instructors is challenging, to put it mildly. The changes in the people you care about are occasionally not for the better. Peer pressure becomes increasingly significant over time. Despite still being young adults, we nevertheless receive childlike treatment. While some act considerably older than they are, in my opinion.

ThepeopleIloveinlifearewhatmattermosttome. Likemyparentsandsiblingswhorearedusandwho worktoprovideforourbasicnecessities,aswellas thelocalswhoarereadytolistentomytroublesandto lendahandrightaway.

MydriveistocompletemyeducationsothatIcanonedaysupport myparentsandfulfillmyambition.

Idemonstratemypowerbymotivatingthosewhoareneartomeso thatImaygetupandwakeupformyself.

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