Hamlet's Inescapable Question

Perhaps the most quoted line yet in all Shakespeare’s plays, and the most mind boggling question in life: to be, or not to be. The line, by nature, opens up life’s most important questions. It can almost exist in any situation. Thus, its importance as a vital question in our own soliloquies is blatantly unquestionable. I find it lamentable that most people nowadays (including myself) rarely make the time to question their decisions; most decide hastily with little to no thought where their choice may lead, others, rely on other people’s opinions. Now how does it [the question] connect to being a student in CNSHS? The answer will become clearer as it is discussed.

The line in itself exists as an infinite, formless shot to life: infinite, because of its undeniably ubiquitous nature, able to be present in any time; and formless, because of its compatibility to virtually any situation. Because of its formlessness, this line fits perfectly in a situation I am in, which is studying in Cavite National Science High School.

Being a Regional Science High School almost automatically means high standards in everything, be it the subjects taught or the expectations in every project to be passed. Being a student here means everything is expected to be top-notch. Pressure is everywhere; but even so, it all boils down to the response of the student. Anyone who wishes to not be pressured at all would not be pressured, but will ultimately cross a forked-road: one, leading to excellence, the other, leading to failure, where negligence is prominent. The type of people who walk the former path, are considered here as great (or colloquially, monsters), who are generally carefree but still people of excellence. Secondly, the type of people who walk the latter path, are those people who just do not care at all. There are no forethoughts, there are no regrets; these people are usually those who get jolted out of this institution.

As a student here, I oftentimes encounter moments where I catch myself drifting away from reality, my mind racing and pausing wildly, usually after an incessant surge of disappointments: failure to meet certain expectations, forgotten homework that is usually done in a rush, and reproach. And in these moments, I usually find myself in an imaginary soliloquy. Would I just give into the emotions? Would I not do anything? Or would I learn the lesson, and keep the past in the books?

Would I be, or would I not be, the person I always wanted to be?

Perish, or persist? Dream, or live the dream? Die, or live? Die, or die trying?

To be or not to be:

That is the question.

Learning Alongside Experiencing

First, I start off this short, simple poem
In a tune just like being at home
Where love and ideas freely roam
In a place, fluffy and soft like foam.

Verbals, gone away with summer wind,
Brought back, by a teacher determined
To help us students to learn the past,
And ultimately make all we studied last.

We had the great Shakespeare shake us next,
He twisted our plain minds through his text!
The story of lovers, with ill fates,
Their sad love shook heaven's very gates.

We were told, and we acted it out,
It? It means the text I talked about.
How did we do? We failed mis'rably,
But our teacher consoled us considerably.

Next up, we had tenses and a poem.
About all things that has beauty and form.
We needn't worry, it's just the norm.
To know all the verbs' typical form.

Bright with anticipation and life,
The English class is just always right,
Their seats, no dark holes nor sleepy nights,
That fill these students with strange delight.

Fin.

The Most Important Invention Yet? Cellphones.

It has got to be the cell phone. 

The lightning flashes. It strikes, then falls back to the heavens as fast as it had come. The fastest thing before, and may always be. Calculations of scientists came up with an astounding record of the speed of light, clocking at about 300,000 meters per second. It is regarded widely as the fastest speed any present thing can travel. And man, throughout the years of his learning, decided to take advantage of this speed.

Cell phones are gadgets of varying sizes, with all the same function: communication. Even with all the add-on's that people nowadays put to cell phones, it all comes down to communication. 

During these days, cell phones are almost a necessity for everyone, for seamless and fast communication; before, it was all paper and pen, and from pigeon's to boats and mailmen. To think about it, all people had before were sticks and stones, then with the discovery of electricity, light bulbs and the likes. How can even information be sent through electricity? It was the question, and it is now the answer. People had to wait before, just to get an important answer. They do no more now than clicking and pressing, and then message is sent before you even get to blink.

I may not know it now or ever, but the process or the mechanics behind the information relay on electrical signals will always amaze me. I chose this key gadget of today, for the main reason that they simply paved the way for improvements and addition of other media of information, that it struck me how it works, and that it is the pioneer gadget that will always make people remember; that us humans, even enclosed within seemingly impervious boundaries, should or even ought to think out of the box.