Health Disorders of Smoking #5

What is smoking? What harmful effects do this kind of activity contributes to human health? This are the questions needed to be consider before a person starts smoking.

Smoking increases the risk of chronic bronchitis, lung cancer, emphysema and affects development of offspring in pregnant women. Smoking was considered to be a sophisticated and manly habit. Cigarette smoke contains chemicals that are harmful to body such as nicotine which is highly addictive. Diseases caused by smoking kills more than 430,000 people each year.

Smoking causes chronic bronchitis. This kind of disease results in inflammation and increased production of mucus .This is also characterized by coughing. This coughing is called as "chronic cough". This is not just a normal cough. A "chronic cough" indicates that the person's smoking activity has already damaged the breathing passages.

Smoking not only causes chronic bronchitis but also lung cancer. Lung cancer is an abnormal, continual multiplying of cells that can result in lumps, masses or tumors and can begin in the lining of the bronchi (large airways), or other areas of the respiratory system. This disease also has large number of deaths.

Smoking also results to emphysema. Emphysema is a progressive disease of the lungs that primarily causes shortness of breath. This disease also called an obstructive lung disease because the destruction of lung tissue around smaller sacs, called alveoli, makes the air sacs unable to hold their functional shape upon exhalation. Emphysema cannot be cured or reversed, but it can be slowed down especially when the person stops smoking.

Smoking on the other hand affects development of offspring in pregnant women. Because nicotine is so addictive, many mom's find it difficult to quit. Pregnant women who smoke risk the lives and health of their offspring. Babies who were breast fed by their mother who smoke also gets unwanted symptoms like shorter sleep times, rapid heartbeat ,etc.

Therefore, before deciding to start smoking, think twice whether to pursue this kind of activity or you will suffer the consequences made by your own decision.

Just a Dream by Faidha P. Macalabo #4

The music and music video "Just a Dream" is nice, though it's also a sad one. For me, the song has something to tell about the girl in his life. He regret the important things that he wasn't able to do before the girl was gone.

That's why in life, there's a saying that "time is gold". You should do all the things that you have to do before it's too late and don't waste time. Cherish all the good memories with your love ones.

Not all things stays the same. There has to be challenges we need to passed. There's always happiness after all the sad things happened.

At the Beginning- Richard Marx and Donna Lewis #3

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DP6kPVvIEC0

What is music? Does it really affect an individual's mood? For me, yes. music for me is a temporary get away to forget once in awhile a problem. Every time I'm down, all I want to do is to sing.

The music AT THE BEGINNING by Richard Marx and Donna Lewis from the cartoon movie ANASTACIA became one of my inspirational songs. I had it listened once, but it touched my heart. Not because I like the movie, but because I love the meaning behind the song. The lyrics talks about, that we people are just only strangers in this big and complicated world. But as our journey goes on, we'll really find someone whom we can rely on. It also talks about LIFE. Life is full of challenges that we have pass. And these challenges makes life more meaningful. Though these challenges can be a hindrance to one's success, this can also make an individual a better person. We can't pass these challenges if we won't help each other.

"The Senior's Night Escapade" #2

When I was a graduating student in high school, my unforgettable escapade is our "senior's Night" event. The event was held last March 21, 2010 at the Elena Tower Inn. I can say that all of us were excited because of the incoming graduation day. That night, we were having fun taking souvenir photos with my friend at the ground floor of the building. My friend John brought with him his black purse. While we were in the middle of the enjoyment, we didn't noticed that the purse was left in the white chair. We were in the 7th floor when we remember it. We were all in panic as we try to find the purse because it contains the digital camera, 2 cellphones, and 7,000 plus worth of money. we tried to call the phones many times to make it ring and for us to find it easily. But we failed to do so. We reported it to the security guards and they help us searching. It's passed 10 o'clock in the evening, we almost lose hope because we thought that someone already found it. My friend was crying and was in deep shock because of the things he lost. As the time goes by, more friends came to help us. One friend of mine went to the rest room at the back of the building to pee. He noticed a black purse at the ceiling of the barracks of one of the guards whose with us lately. He was really curious of that so he took it. He found out that it was the purse of my friend John. We didn't tell the guards about it because we wanted to know who was occupying that barrack. Actually, we already suspected the guard whose assigned in that area of the building because the way he moved made us believed its him who kept the purse. What he did was not right, keeping things that do not belong to his property. The overall decision is not to tell the management about it because we don't want him to get fired and we forget about what happened. As if we were looking forward to the things that might happen to him if he lost his job. The important thing is that, the purse was gave back to the owner.


In that happening, I learned a lot of lessons. Like, when in an occasion, always put in mind that you are also bringing important things. Secondly, helping each other makes the work easier and faster. The next is, never keep things that's not yours, remember that "honesty is the best policy". Finally, the last but not the least, learn to forgive and forget.


That is my chosen escapade because me and my friends work together as one. And that we give importance to what others feel. Even though we're all tired and didn't get the full enjoyment of the event, we really had fun stepping up and down on the stairs. Maybe my escapade is quite simple, but I can't explain the happiness I felt when I'm with my friends that time. It's like when I used to remember it, it makes me smile.

"My Eyes, My Best Asset" #1

Best asset is a useful or valuable item or thing that one person owns. It can also be used as an advantage or resource. For me, I set my eyes as a useful or valuable item because, I can't see the beauty of the world without this.

I chose my eyes to be my best asset because it is the first that people recognize in me. As my eyes are being recognized, the first thing that comes out of my mind is to take care of it and not to abuse it. I'm so thankful that God gave me such wonderful thing that I would never regret as my journey on earth ends and because of the fact that, not all of us were born with complete parts of the body.I can say that I'm one of the luckiest persons in this world because I really had enjoyed the love He showed to me and HE let me experienced how it feels to live in this complicated world. As my way of saying "thank you", I will always bear in mind to use this gift in doing good deeds.