SY 2003-2004 Passion and Love Allen Joy M. Silava - IV-1 A long time has passed by, Since we became the apple of each other's eyes, So many trials we have surpassed, And here we are pure and untouched. Those dreams that we have made together, Will burn in my heart forever, Let's start to show our lives So the ocean of test we may survive. In the serenity of the night, Come, take my hand and hold it tight, Let's sit along the ocean shore, And watch the small waves that come afore. Men silences tarts to unfold, Embrace me and keep me away from cold, Come and whisper, "I Love You, " For the moment is just for me and you. I will credit my life, If you debit your love, I'll post journal entries, To the ledger of my heart. Let's bring down the balance, And double rule the accounts, Balance will be extended, To the worksheet of new romance. Adjustments will uncover, We are meant for each other, Income statement will reveal, Your sweet probable answer. Retained earnings statement, Shall witness our engagement, Balance sheet, my dear, Will make our love last forever. Dr. Cynthia, "Healer "If At token Souls" By: Diana Mae Ynlego 4•A The Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation (RMAF), an organization based in Asia, recognizes people of their philantrophic and social contributions to their fellowmen and community. Nominees for this award may come from any country, race, gender, or religion. RAMF doesn't judge people by their popularity but judge them for their heroic acts and their contribution in giving a meaningful future for the world. In Asian countries the Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation is equivalent to the Nobel Peace Prize. The awardees are honored for giving hope and inspiration to the world in which a great human race still exist. The award is given in six categories; one of which is Community Leadership, which was just established in 2000. Ramon Magsaysay Awardee for Community Leadership in 2002 was Dr. Cynthia Maung, a Burmese. Among many nominees, Dr. Cynthia was chosen because she inspired many by her heroic acts which she had done in the past decades for her fellowmen, the Burmese. Dr. Cynthia Maung, a 45- vear old awardee, was born to I .a family in Moulmein in December 6, 1959. She was one of the twenty percent (20%) out of the thousand students who passed the national exam to study medicine. Burma began unraveling while Dr. Cynthia was in medical school. Classes on those times were moved away from the University of Rangoon, canceled or moved back. She was practicing in Karen village near her hometown when chaos spread across the country. She fled across the border into Thailand, walking through the jungle at night and sleeping in fields by day. She wound up in Mae Sot, a sanctuary for Burmese efugees in flight from upheaval and civil war at home and lived in Huay Kaloke refugee camp. In a dilapidated building with bare dirt floors, Dr. Cynthia went to work in 1988. With help from foreign relief workers and Karen leaders, Dr. Cynthia started a makeshift medical clinic to care for refugees recovering from war wounds and malaria. She thought she will just stay there for three months, after staying for sometime. She could not leave those thousands of refugees and wounded men who visited her clinic everyday. The brutal war went on and on. Dr. Cynthia provided medical care for refugees and trained medics along war-torn Thai-Burmese border. She also 'created' community because she often says; "You can't improve the health of he people without improving their community." At first, it was hard enough for her because she didn't have any supplies at all. She improvised some materials from aluminum rice cooker, asked some food and medicine from Catholic workers and from other refugee camps. To keep up, she trained health workers to assist in the clinic and to serve as "back pack medics" across the border. Her life along the border was hard in many ways. She was not just curing 150 patients a day and delivers 10 to 20 babies a month, but fosters women's organization, ' youth programs and other efforts to restore the corrosive social problems of the refugee life. In 1989, she established the Mae Tao Clinic in Thailand. The board of trustees recognized her caring and fearless response to the urgent medical needs of thousands of refugees and displaced persons along the Thai-Burma border. Dr. Cynthia's selflessness had earned her reputation of "Burma's Mother Theresa" and a slew of awards, including the Ramon Magsaysay Awardee for Community Leadership and President Jimmy Carter with the first annual Jonathan Mann Global Health and Human Rights Award in 1999. She was awarded the President's Recognition Award from the American Medical Women's Association. In Canada, she also received the John Humphrey Freedom Award in 1999. She is also one of the 2003 Asian Heroes in Time Magazine. Liter fAl e Direction: Match the literary works with their respective authors. 0 ]I Pride and Cinderella A Midsummer Prejudice Nights Dream The Picture Of Illiad and Odyss ~y Dorian Cray i Little Women J The Count Of Monte C isto J 20,000 Leagues Harry Potter J beast the se Note: The first one to submit the list of correct answers will receive a cash prize from the editor. oJ.V1 RoN'hnq Louis 1\6AW4 IAl~x..AmDunv.% I ul~ve.Me 11~. If MW Accounting For You (Entrepreneurship Students IV-1 AJS) In the course of operations, We will consummate a transacjlio~ I shall make a pro=,U&L, In Amenity of Creativity: /114 A Lankan on the Go When I was a child, still young in mind and heart, I used to listen to songs and sung them. At a very young age I can sing in front of the crowd without inhibitions. Songs make me feel better even until now. I still like to memorize songs and deeply feel their meaning. I was also interested in other artistic venues like dancing, stage drama and others simply because I have an interest in dancing, acting, and even writing. I always think that to be great would start from being little. One Thursday afternoon I scanned a magazine that my classmate lent me. My attention was caught by an unfamiliar, yet popular name (according to the paper) and it was not a Filipino name. Tie name Amadareva sounds funny yet powerful to my ears. At first, I thought it belonged to a cartoon or a fiction character, but it wasn't . Attached to the name is the caption that says, 'Bannon Magsaysay Awardee for Journalism, Literature, and Creative 13.i,: Mary Hyacinth Odunwa - 4-A Communication Arts'. Wow! It was good of him to shoot three birds with only one stone. So curious about him that I SU rfed the Internet to find out about his works. I learned that Amadareva began his musical career at a very young age. That time he lived in Sri Lanka, the new Ceylon. His true name was Albert Perrera. He was already playing a violin at the age of 7. He quickly mastered Bengali tunes. His dexterity in music that started at a very young age really amazed me. He came from a poor family, His father was a carpenter and can't afford to send him to school to enhance his musical talents at the age of thirteen, he was already performing in a radio. Later, many people raised funds to send him to a classical training. I told myself that doing things like this can help me enrich my talents and learn to share them with others. His name Albert Perrera was later changed to Amadareva which he thought would make him popular. Over the-years he had composed more than a thousand songs; songs about patriotism, faith, passion and love. His compositions were recorded i 11 CDs, Judi 0 t a PCs, and gramaphones. His songs never fade in people's minds and hearts. Overwhelmed by Amadereva's works and achievements in life, it gives me an inspiration to overcome obstacles in the midst of poverty, to risk everything in reaching my dreams just like what Amadereva did. To him, music is the finest of the fine arts. It is the voice of the nation, that is why he took emphasis on indigenous folk songs, emblemished them with simple tunes to more sophisticated compositions. This music virtuoso was awarded the Ramon Magsaysay Award due to his dazzling musical creativity that gives importance on his country's cultural heritage. I wish I were like him in talents and achievements! --y