Live Life to the Max

The MVC field trip was really fun a nice experience. Before the field trip I was so excited, I really can’t wait to go to the field trip and unite with the other campuses in the fieldtrip. The first day was a fun and tiring day, we made new friends; they were all so friendly and kind. So in the first day, we went to see goats and carabaos. We saw their babies of the goats, and carabaos. While also in the first day we also hiked like for three kilometers. I think. And we were actually hiking just to see the waterfalls, as you can see the picture below. On the second day, we had fun also; we were also close with people already. The second day, we learned about the Hydropowerplant. As you can also see the instructor below. We learned about their power plants and stuff. Later the second day, we watched the Abbas Orchard team play soccer with the MVC highschool. And it was a good thing we/they won. We had so much fun. And on the third day, we learned about pineapples, bananas and etc. you can see the banana picture below. We also went to the banana factory, and they also shipped their bananas to different countries. And that’s the 3 day field trip. And I hope we can unite with them again, and learn new stuff again

National Animal, the tiger- is the national animal of India. Tiger is also called Lord of the Jungles. As the national animal of India, the tiger symbolizes India’s wildlife wealth, the combination of grace, strength and agility. The race of the tiger is the Royal Bengal Tiger found in Nepal, Bhutan, and Bangladesh. Tigers are now getting extinct.

Indian Peacock or peafowl- is the national bird of India, one of the most beautiful birds of India. Indian peacock is known for its beautiful feathers and romantic dance under the black clouded sky. Lord Krishna is always presented with colourful feathers of the peacock. Indian peacock is also known as the vehicle of Shanmukha son of Lord Shiva.

Indian National Costume- the women’s clothing is part of their culture. The women’s clothing is called saris or gaghra cholis and lehengas. Saris is made out of silk are considered the most elegant. Some rural parts of India, that’s where they were the cultural clothing. Women wear a sari, a long sheet of colourful cloth with patterns.

Flag of India- this is the national flag of India, with the Ashok Chakra, a 24 spoke wheel in blue and is in the centre of the flag.

Rangoli Designs- Rangoli is a popular form among women. Rangoli are painted on the ground in front of the houses using coloured rice powder, sometimes supplemented by the flower petals and other colourful things. The Rangoli is usually painted during the Tamil month of Maarkazhi, somewhere around the month of December.

National Flower- The national flower of India is called the Lotus flower. The Lotus symbolizes spirituality, wealth, fruitfulness, knowledge and illumination. The most important thing about the lotus flower is that even after growing in murky water it isn’t touched by its impurity. The lotus also symbolizes purity of heart and mind. The petals of the Lotus flower can also float.

Taj Mahal- is also known as the “crown of palaces”. It is a white Marble mausoleum located in Agra India. It was built by the emperor Mughal Shah Jahan in memory of his third wife, Mumtaz Mahal. The Taj Mahal is really known as “the jewel of Muslim art in India and one of the universally admired masterpieces of the world’s heritage. The Taj Mahal’s symbol is enduring love.

New Delhi- New Delhi is known as the capital city of India.

Mount Everest is a nice and really tall mountain. It is the highest mountain in the whole wide world, imagine that. Mount Everest is really nice to know about it, the History, the place, how high and etc. Mount Everest is from Asia, which is in Kala Patthar in Nepal. It’s interesting because it is from Asia. Mount Everest is really old already; it is 60 Million years old. I didn’t know a mountain can live that long. The height of Mount Everest is 29,029 feet! And that’s the highest mountain in the world. It’s like 20 empire state buildings! How the mountain was named was Peak XV, Joloungma and Sagarmatha, these are Tibetan names. That’s how they named it. A lot of people tried climbing Mount Everest; some didn’t get to make it. There were 4,000 people who tried to climb it, but they didn’t get to really reach it. 660 people only made it, so imagine that. But there were people who also died for those who also tried to climb, around 142 people died already.

The countries that are visible of the summit are Tibet, Nepal and India. The first people who climbed the Mountain was Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay, they led a team of experienced mountain climbers who worked together. I think he climbed the year around May 29, 1953. In 1963 were the first Americans who climbed Mount Everest. And on 1989 were the first women who climbed the summit also. And eleven people died in 1996 during the spring expeditions. It’s nice to learn about Mountains because it is interesting, especially for the highest mountain in the world. I wanna learn about Mountains, I even want to try to climb one, but it will take me days. I want to learn about mountains, we also tried going to Mount Apo already, and it was interesting about mountains, also the history of it. I wish I can go to Mount Everest anytime in my life, or at least before I die. I should try to climb it, because I know it would be fun but tiring, I can also prove to my friends I can do it.

Corruption is not really good. Philippines is really corrupt that the country is really poor. Sometimes we get corrupt because of our politics. Actually all politicians are really corrupt. Some are just less corrupt. Our politics like the government, they don’t really know how to manage properly, and they also keep stealing money.

            That’s why we are corrupt. They are really greedy, everyone in this world wants money, and I think that’s why we are corrupt. Money is kind of our first priority; everyone is really greedy with money, that’s why there is corruption. Corruption can cause plenty of poor people and lots of problems. Everyone can die for being poor because they don’t have anything to eat.

            Corruption is also a really big problem. Once we are really corrupt, it’s slowly getting worst. That’s one of the big problems. You can stop corruption, I just don’t know how to. But problems can be solved. Corruption is really a big mess, it takes time to clean it and it’s hard to manage when there are a lot of poor people already. Some won’t even listen; I want to have a really nice president who can manage. But no one can because we are all greedy and corrupt.

            When we are also corrupt, it’s also a little embarrassing to countries that we are poor, and when there’s war we will surely lose, because we can’t afford to buy any weapons and supplies. So when there is war, we will just die in no time. Once we are corrupt, country is also really dirty and sometimes also has high crime rates. So it isn’t really that safe.

Shintoism is the indigenous religion of Japan and the Japanese people. Shintoism can also be called Shinto. Shinto means “the way of gods”. Shintoism has “the four affirmations of Shintoism”

1.      Tradition and the family.

·         Family is the main mechanism by which traditions are preserved

2.      Love of nature.

·         Nature is sacred

·         To be in contact with nature is to be in contact with the gods

3.      Physical cleanliness

·         The most common form of purification is ablution (Misogi) where followers of Shintoism take baths, wash their hands and rinse out their mouths before worshiping in a shrine

4.      Matsuri

·         the worship and honor given to the Kami and ancestral spirits

·         Kami are spirits found in every living creature, natural object, or deceased spirit which while not entirely similar, might be compared to the western idea of the soul

      Practices of Shinto, one is “Omairi” visiting a shrine

·         Go to the entrance and bow respectfully to the entrance

·         And when there is a water basin provided, you have to rinse your left hand then your right hand, then your mouth.

·         If there is a bell in the shrine, you can ring the bell prior to prayers

They also practice on water purification

·         They practice water purification while reciting prayers are done daily

·         Usually performed at a shrine, but can be done anywhere there is clean running water

Shinto beliefs

Their beliefs are

·         Impurity

Ø  Wrong deeds are called impurity

·         Purification

Ø  Purification rites are part of Shinto

Ø  They are done on a daily, weekly, seasonal, lunar and annual basis

Ø  These rituals  are the lifeblood of the practice of Shinto

Ø  New buildings made in japan are blessed by a Shinto priest, called kannushi

·         Afterlife

Ø  They believe that the dead goes to a place called yomi, a gloomy underground realm with a river separating the living from the dead. This yomi is close to the Greek hades.

The Hunchback of Notre Dame is a really nice story so far. I find it nice because the setting is in Paris, France. I find it really interesting when it’s kind of a fiction story, also when the setting is in Europe. The book seems interesting because of the Hunchback, he looks really ugly in the outside, but in the inside he is really good. Unlike Claude Frollo, he is the one who is really ugly in the inside. At this time, in was somewhere in Medieval France, which life was sort of hard. What really struck me the most is that Quasimodo really loves La Esmeralda even if Claude Frollo is his master, and Quasimodo actually killed him. I felt pity for Quasimodo because he was the ugliest of all the people and he was also being teased by them. They are saying bad stuff about Quasimodo just by his looks; they don’t even his personality yet. Whenever a person is ugly and looks scary, we always think that the person is bad and evil. But that’s not true; they might actually have a part of them that is beautiful. Everyone is beautiful in their own way, not just by the outside looks, could be in the inside. So I feel pity for Quasimodo that he is made like that as a character. What I sort of learned here in the story, is that, you better follow the person you love more and respect that person and never leave that person once you really love them. What I can say about Claude Frollo is, he is a hypocrite and ugly person. In the story, he is the bad guy here. He also likes La Esmeralda, but he couldn’t get her.

Victor Hugo’s book, the hunchback of Notre Dame was published in 1831. He wrote it in 1829.  Notre Dame is a cathedral in Paris. The meaning of Notre Dame de Paris means “Our Lady of Paris”.        One of the main themes of the story is love and its power to bring about great change and causing great pain. It can inspire act of jealousy also courage, and inner and outer beauty. In this book there are a lot of themes, most of it is love. Like Quasimodo loved La Esmeralda a lot. But what I like about Quasimodo, he is a kind hearted. But Claude Frollo just puts him in Notre Dame Cathedral, where abandoned children and unwanted children are. Quasimodo likes staying in the Cathedral, because I think he is also shy when he is outside because of his ugliness. But he also loves his bells even though he go deaf, so it is mostly about love in the story.

·         A Chinese dynasty that followed the Shang Dynasty and preceded the Qin dynasty.

·         Zhou dynasty lasted longer than any other dynasty in the history of china.

·         The use of iron was introduced to China

·         Their government was monarchy/feudalism

·         King was King Wu-1046-1043.BC and King Nan of Zhou-314-256.BC

·         1046 BCE-256 BCE

·         Gugong Danfu’s son, Jili fought against the Rong as a vassal of the Shang Dynasty’s king Wen Ding until the king killed him. Jili’s son, King Wu of Zhou moved the Zhou capital downstream to Fenghao

·         Wen’s son king Wu of Zhou led an army of 45,000 men and 300 chariots across the yellow river in 1046BCE and conquered the Shang dynasty’s King Di Xin at the battle of Muye

·         King Wu died after a few years after the battle of Muye

·         The dynasty ended in 256 BCE when the last king of Zhou died and none of his sons proclaimed the nominal title of King of China.

·         The Zhou dynasty also did a lot of art stuff

·         The Zhou military supported a strong army, split into two major units. The six armies of the west and the eight armies of Chengzhou.

·         King Zhāo was famous for repeated campaigns in the Yangtze areas and died in his last action. Later kings’ campaigns were less effective. King Lì led 14 armies against barbarians in the south, but failed to achieve any victory. King Xūan fought the Quǎnróng nomads in vain. King Yōu was killed by the Quǎnróng when Hàojīng was sacked. Although chariots had been introduced to China during the Shāng Dynasty from Central Asia, the Zhōu period saw the first major use of chariots in battle

·         There were 38 kings in the Zhou dynasty

The Ninety-Five Theses was written by Martin Luther in 1517 and widely regarded as the primary catalyst for the Protestant Reformation. Luther’s Ninety-Five Theses actually practice with the Catholic Church regarding baptism and absolution. They also view with great distrust of indulgences being sold. Christians were being falsely told that they could find forgiveness through the purchase of indulgences. The Castle Church in Wittenberg in Germany, in the Holy Roman Empire, where the Ninety-Theses became famous, was held one of Europe’s largest collections of holy relics. It was collected by Frederick III of Saxony. By 1509 Frederick had over 5,000 relics, including vials of the milk of the Virgin Mary, straw from the manger of Jesus, and the body of one of the innocents massacred by King Herod. Albert Mainz, the Archbishop, had borrowed money to pay for his high church rank and debts. He agreed to allow the sale of indulgence, and he was abusing it already. Luther was not aware of this. When people came to confession, they had to pay silver so that their sins would be forgiven. Luther was outraged, because they have right and free gift from God. On October 31, 1517, Luther wrote to Albert Mainz, protesting about the sale of indulgences, and Luther wrote a letter to him. On Eve, All Saints Day, Luther posted the Ninety-Five Theses which he made in Latin, on the door of the Castle Church of Wittineberg. 

Xia Dynasty is the first dynasty in China to be described in ancient historical like as Bamboo Annals, Classic of History and Records of the Grand Historian. The one who established the Xia Dynasty was the Legendary Yu the Great, after Shun, the last of the five emperors gave his throne to him. Next to Xia was the Shang Dynasty. The Xia ruled between 2205 and 1766 BC.  In the ancient Chinese texts, before the Xia Dynasty was established, battles were done between the Xia tribe and Chi You’s tribe. The Xia tribe slowly developed in the time of Zhuanxu. The Records of the Grand Historian say that Yu the Great is the grandson of Zhuanxu. It is said that the people of Xia are the descendants of Zhuanxu. Gun the father of Yu the Great, is the earliest member recorded in the Xia clan. When the yellow river flooded, many tribes united together to try to stop the flood. Yao ordered Gun to be incharge to stop the flood, so he ordered the construction of large blockades to block the path of the water. But he failed. After nine years, Yao gave his throne to Shun. And Gun was executed by Shun at Yushan. Yu the Great was able to be the one to stop the flood, and Yu became the leader of the surrounding tribes. After the Xia Dynasty, Shang has taken over the Xia Dynasty after the defeat.