FAMILY DAY 2020

            Family day is the day when families get together for one day for a school event, it gives us chances to bond with our families, to play with our families, and to talk to our families, here is my experience of this year's family day.

            This year's family day was by far the most memorable family day I have ever been apart to, it helped me grow my family's bonds deeper, we were able to communicate, and me and my batchmates forged a bond that will never be replaced with any sections, we were able to form teamwork and unity in this family day.

                         

            Before the dance, we were all nervous, I don't know why we were nervous but we were, but we decided to go all out during our dance, and we delivered all the details perfectly, due to our hard work, trust, teamwork, unity, and perseverance.

The meal was so good, but unfortunately, we were only allowed to go there once, due to a shortage of food, nevertheless, the food was great and again I was able to talk to my family openly.

                         

            Rejoice! We were the champions, for them it was their 4-peat as champion, but for me, it was my first, and I'm so happy that I got to enjoy our first victory with these people because they are the best.

            That basically sums up my experience in my first and last A.C.T Family day, it was fun and memorable, because of the people I got to spend it to, was also the best. and I do not regret changing schools.

CAT CAMPING

           The 2 days CAT survival camp was one of the most memorable experiences in my life, it helped us polish our teamwork, our craftiness, our perseverance, knowledge, basically all the knowledge that involves survival.

            During the first day, all of us were excited for our first and last CAT camping that will be held at A.C.T. Our first activity was like capture the flag but the flags were handkerchiefs, all of the platoons were unsuccessful in capturing all 8 flags, later it was revealed that the final handkerchief was hidden on the bottom part of the locker.

                            

           After the first activity, we were tasked to cook our own meal, it was tough but we were successful, and after almost 1-2 hours of making a fire, and cooking, we finally made our meal only to be bartered to the other platoons. We were pretty frustrated with the barter because we worked hard for that meal, and we made it as a platoon, yet it was bartered to another platoon.

                             

             After the meal, we continued our activities, so some may call it "The amazing race". This race consists of 8 challenges, The first was to show your footwork, the second was you have to guess what "thing" is inside the number you choose, the third was balance, the fourth was still balance, the fifth was an obstacle course, the sixth was you have to fit through a hole without falling on it, the seventh one was carrying someone on your back, and the last activity was the harena game.


                             

           After all the activities, we were tasked again to cook our own food, it was pretty tiring after doing all those activities, but in the end, we were able to cook a fine meal for our platoon to enjoy. After the meal, we all took a shower.


                             

          After we took a shower, we had one last activity in the night, which was to speak to those you have some conflict with, at first I didn't like the idea, because we are not talking because of a specific reason, but in the end, we were able to talk it out and avoid issues.


                             

          In the morning, as expected, we were all pretty tired, most of the people were sleeping, (including me), and yet we were able to cook our own food once again.


         That concludes my experience in the CAT CAMPING, it was the most fun I'd had for a long time, it certainly helped me see everything in a bigger picture, and learn to appreciate all we have today, no matter how small.

Bakit Tayo Humusga?

       Hindi natin maiiwasan na mayroong mga tao na mahilig o nasa kanilang likas na katangian ang pag huhusga, pero bawat isa nating ay naka subok na mag husga sa iba. Hindi natin yan maiiwasan kasi tao lang tayo, walang perpekto sa atin.

                                                    

                                                       

       Naniniwala ako na ang lahat ng tao ay natatangi, may ibat-iba tayong kakayahan, and ibang tao ay mahina, at ibang tao ay malakas, pero pare-pareho lang tayong halaga sa mata ng Diyos, pero sa sinabi ko hindi tayo perpekto at yan ay pag sisimula sa paghuhuska sa iba. Halos lahat ng oras ay hinuhusgahan ng mga tao kung ano ang ang wala sa kanila, kasi minsan naiingit rin tayo sa mga bagay na gusto natin na wala natin pero meron sa iba, at yan lang ang pinagmulan ng paghuhusga, kainggitan.

        Bilang isang tao, nararanasan ko ng maghusga, hinuhusgahan ng iba, pero hindi tayo dapat magpapa-apekto sa lahat ng sinasabi ng mga tao, kailangan mo malaman ang iyong halaga, walang perpekto sa mundong ito, ngunit dapat parin tayo manatiling magpakumbaba at hindi dapat tayo maghusga sa ibang tao.

Judgement of Paris

                                    

Based on the story, I could honestly say that he made the correct decision of choosing aphrodite as the fairest because no thing or no material can give greater love than to offer greater love, or to offer your love and loyalty to other.

Offering your love is greater than any material, because giving your love and giving your loyalty to others is very important, that's why paris had her eye on aphrodite because the other Goddesses offered material things, than offering their love, that's why paris choose Aphrodite to be the fairest of them all.

In conclusion, I couldn't agree more with the decision of paris, because I would rather choose love and loyalty, than money, land or any material things given to me, because if I loved someone who gives my material things, I would be loving the money not her, that's why I agreed with Paris's decision.

Trojan War

From what I have learned is that war is like a coin, It has two sides, victory and defeat, and both parties tend to aim for victory. Sometimes in life violence or war is never the answer, but in the trojan wars everything is very different.

                                          

The trojan war was held against the city of Troy. The war against the city of Troy was the most important battle in all greek mythology, I say that this was the most important war in greek mythology is because the trojan prince paris abducted Helen, the wife of menelaus of Sparta.

                                          

In conclusion sometimes we have to understand the other parties view of the situation, in order to truly understand the situation, whether to act or to talk, but if everything falls apart, violence is never the answer, but it creates more problems in the future.

Desiderata

                                                        

          Happiness for me is watching people laugh and work together. Watching people

laugh makes them even more united, and friendship is very much needed to this world.

Happiness also for me is seeing people helping each other, it might be weird that by seeing them helping each other makes me happy but I'm just being me. All of us find happiness in different ways and there's nothing wrong with that. Happiness can be also be found in my family, whenever I help them, and they seem to be happy, it makes me happy seeing them happy.

                                                    

         The lesson I've learned from the story is to follow your passion, Listen to your heart, make your passion your happiness and earn. You have control over your life and it is you who makes you own decision, not anyone, not your father, not your mother, not your siblings but you, and you alone.

                                                       

       Yes. This poem motivates me to push myself even harder then before, because I now know what struggles and difficulties is and I don't want to experience it again so I am trying my best to  understand one another and learn from my mistakes.

                                                       

      Growing up is a vital role for millennials, if you can't grow up, you can never make your own decision in life, and you always have to rely on someone thats why we have to grow up so that we don't have to rely on someone.

Turkey Preparedness Plan

Turkey's Earthquake Preparedness Plan

Turkey is the 9^th country that is prone to earthquakes. Turkey falls within the seismic zone between Arabian, Eurasian and African plates. It’s very geographic location implies that an earthquake can hit the country at any point of time. Turkey is one of the most vulnerable countries to natural disasters, especially earthquakes. More than 80% of the population lives in areas prone to natural disasters, such as earthquakes, floods and landslides.
   Turkey has taken this as a challenge they were willing to face. Earthquakes are associated with damage and loss wherever they may occur, the destructive effects of those in Turkey are exacerbated by the large volume of code incompliant buildings constructed with poor materials and workmanship. For years, they have been working on that and had a law in preparation for that. It has been there for years and it just got updated in 2018. That is the "Turkish Building Code" and it focuses on the engineering structure of the buildings to lessen the damages and the chances of collapsing. 
   The materials being used in most of the residential structures in Turkey is made out of cement and masonry. Those materials being mixed with steel can certainly be an earthquake safe structure but that definitely depends on how you work with what you have. How often you get your building assessed and etc. 

"Turkey" photo by Rueters

    In preparation and because it’s vulnerability to many natural disasters  like earthquake, Turkey has advanced disaster risk management (DRM) through initiating reforms to better-manage and reduce disaster risk and strengthens institutions for more proactive DRM. The country’s government has established agencies to respond to these disasters and to overcome institutional fragmentation. They established the Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency (AFAD) in 2009. In 2015, the government adopted the Turkey National Disaster Response Plan to guide all disaster and emergency response. 

"Turkey: National Disaster Response Plan" 

Turkey didn't have the best record from the previous earthquakes they had. Destruction was there and all but over the years they have improved. This video shows a little bit of the history about the countries earthquakes.

Based on the information  the earthquakes that make Turkey such a vulnerable place,  the country is a dangerous area to be in especially during earthquakes on our point of view to this study. Because the country contains two large plates that are grinding against each other. This type of boundary is called Transform Boundary and this could make more faults. This makes Turkey very dangerous. Turkey being very prone to earthquakes alerted them. Prepared for upcoming quakes. I never knew that there are awards that show appreciation for how prepared you are for earthquakes. Turkey got a few. Turkey was awarded for the following awards:

• City Resilience Program: Program Development and Advisory Services Support 
• Strategies and Options for Scaling Up Disaster Risk Management in ECA Countries 
• Developing the South East European Multi-Hazard Early Warning Advisory System -                 Phase II
•  Support to Building Resilience and Mainstreaming DRM into Education Infrastructure in          Turkey
•   Improving Resilience and Resilience Impact of National Land and Geospatial Systems 
•   Building Resilience in Education Infrastructure for Public Schools 
•  City Resilience Program: Phase 1 
• Building Resilience in Turkey

As you can see, Turkey has quite a reputation when it comes to how prepared they are for any calamity that comes in their way and it’s quite overwhelming. 

Philippines and Turkey are both prone to earthquakes. Philippines being the 5^th country that is prone to earthquakes also had them very prepared. They had quite similar plans for evacuation. Philippines lies on the edge of the Pacific plate, which is traditionally a seismic hot zone that encircles the state. The danger posed by earthquakes to Manila is threefold. It is, of course, snug with the Pacific Ring of Fire, making it especially susceptible not only to quakes, but also to volcanic eruptions. The threat to Manila is worsened due to its soft soil, which presents the risk of ground liquefaction. With that situation and those threats, it made Philippines open their eyes and made them realize that they have to play their A game on when there are calamities. For the main priority of every country is the safety of the people.

Philippines' preparedness activities are organized by the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) and the Philippines Disaster Resilience Foundation (PDRF). The country undergoes plenty of drills to let people be aware of what to do during and after an earthquake. Same as Turkey, they also have an agency for disaster risk reduction and management which is Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency (AFAD). Both preparation are quite similar. 

The preparation of these countries may change or improve in the next following years and though they may have not reached their highest potential in preparing, it is significant that both countries are giving attention and importance in responding for natural disasters.

All in all, we mostly think that Turkey is very prepared towards Earthquakes. Their situation already alarmed them and to think that they are part of the Top 10 countries that are prone to Earthquakes, this has clearly been shown to them that they have to take matters into their own hands.

Their buildings are strong enough that it could withstand an earthquake but that depends on how strong the earthquake in. I mean, if you think of it, it only takes a matter of time until a building collapses. Turkey was given recognition for having a very resilient. ‘City Resilience Program: Program Development and Advisory Services Support’ that is one of their awards for being very prepared and to be a country recognized for that, I would be very proud. 

After all the, research and article reading, we can conclude that Turkey is one of the countries that are most vulnerable to earthquakes. And because of it's geographical location, people of Turkey will continue to experience major quakes over the next following years. Possibly, after all the experiences, the country's way of being ready and responding to earthquakes may improve. Without the Risk Reduction Projects in the country, results will become worse and recovery will surely take long years. Therefore, preparation is crucial in risk and danger reduction. Whether the country you're living in is prone to natural disasters or not, it is always important to be prepared. natural disasters are unpredictable and inevitable and being unprepared will only make everything worse. Preparedness is the only way we can combat a natural disaster.

References

ListSurge  (2016). Top 10 Countries that are Most Prone to Earthquakes

BBC News (2010). Why Turkey suffers earthquake misery?

ScienceDirect (2015). Turkey's grand challenge: Disaster-proof building inventory within 20 years

Taylor and Francis Online (2015). Disasters and earthquake preparedness of children and schools in Istanbul, Turkey

Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (2019). Turkey

Wikipedia (2019).  List of Earthquakes in Turkey

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