Sacrifice to the God of Decay

The powdered toxins were administered through the mucous membranes, and the Sacrifice fell in a stupor.

His pulse was faint, he appeared as dead.

The Priests tied off the blood flow to his limbs. They anointed him with grave dirt and congealed blood to begin the Growth of Decay.

The Priests pinned his eyes open, so the flies could lay their eggs. They did not need to open his mouth, the flies found their own way through the Sacrifice’ nose.

Whenever he began to stir, the Priests administered more toxin... by the end of the third day, his pulse was still there.

His limbs were putrid and gangrenous, dead. Maggots spilled from his now blind eyes, and worms crawled from the holes in his face....

They started the detox, and they chanted in religious ecstasy.

The Sacrifice’ heart beat harder, and the Priests went silent when his lungs sucked fly-ridden air.

His oozing screams and the buzz of greedy wings became the song of praise for the God of Decay.

written by: u/IOughtToBeThrownAway

The Balikbayans

on my return as a blogger with a fresh ideas in mind I am going to begin this new journey by featuring the balikbayans both were my classmates back in high school, of all my classmates this two has the strongest bond they believe they found back in 2002... no distance is too far for this mokongs. met again in a long time together with some classmates and capture this precious moment..

Improve Reading Skill

From the recent post we've learned that the rate of student's improvement may considered bad,to check the statistics of the slow phased performance and the culprit click here.

A decline rate of reading reflects a decline literacy, and that is seriously scary, so what do we do? how do we persuade ourselves and commit on reading?when do we start? where to start? is it worth it?

These are some of the questions comes first to mind whenever reading has brought  out to a topic, for some reason these queries somehow prevent oneself from grabbing a book browse to pages and read.

Is reading really important? yes, reading is a very important part of our lives. We need to take time everyday and read at least 20 to 30 minutes a day. It really helps when you read out  aloud. You can hear yourself and see how you pronounce your words. Your reading will improve if you keep reading out aloud. You should take whatever steps needed to help you learn the Art of Reading.Reading can be improved in many ways. Being able to read fluently  helps with comprehension  Below are some helpful tips/ways to improve reading skills, read on.

Set aside a regular time to read.

Studies show that regularly reading will produce significant gains in reading comprehension, vocabulary, and the decoding of words. 

Create questions the reading should answer 

In addition to a general purpose, it’s also helpful to write down specific questions. This focuses your mind on a set of objectives and gives you a way to measure comprehension. By writing down questions, you create a set of mental cues. Whenever you spot an important keyword in the text, you’ll become aware of the question it relates to and your mind will start looking for an answer.

Pay attention to supporting cues. 

Study pictures, graphs and headings. Read the first and last paragraph in a chapter, or the first sentence in each section. 

Take notes or highlight important concepts

One of the best ways to embed something in your memory is to write it down. When you read an important point, make a note of it on a separate piece of paper, inside the margin, or use a highlighter. This will help you remember what you read and make the important sections easy to find when you review the text. 

Build a good vocabulary.
For most educated people, this is a lifetime project. The best way to improve your vocabulary is to use a dictionary regularly. You might carry around a pocket dictionary and use it to look up new words. Or, you can keep a list of words to look up at the end of the day. Concentrate on roots, prefixes and endings. 

The post-reading review

After you finish reading, you need to determine what you learned. Did you achieve your purpose? Try to answer the questions you created beforehand. If you aren’t able to answer them, go back and look for answers near your notes. This process will solidify the knowledge in your mind and give you better recall. You’ll know what you learned, what you didn’t, and whether or not you need to go deeper into the text or look for other sources. 

Monitor effectiveness.

Good readers monitor their attention, concentration and effectiveness. They quickly recognize if they've missed an idea and backup to reread it

The Skill of Reading

         June 1999 Principal Keith Lord slowly chewed and swallowed an inch-long worm, this is to comply with his promise to the students of Melvin Avenue Elementary School that he would eat a worm if they read 4,000 books and completed 1,200 book reports. 

RosamondElementary School students marched out of class chanting ``We will, we will dunk you'' as they prepared to dunk Principal Tim Feickert as a reward for reading. Wearing a Rosamond Elementary School T-shirt and shorts, Feickert perched on a dunk tank. A dunk tank, also known as a dunking booth or dunking machine, is an attraction mainly used in funfairs, fundraisers, and personal parties. Basically, a dunk tank consists of a large tank of water, over which a seat is suspended.  seat as pupils threw softballs at a target that, when hit, dropped him into the water. He got dunked by about every third youngster. 

Reading is a means of language acquisition, of communication, and of sharing information and ideas. It can be safely say that it is the true backbone of most learning.Academically, reading is the student's gear to cope with his/her studies as the student go up the educational ladder, more reading is required.

Statistics shows that filipino students reading skills increased. Department of Education(DepEd) reported 21.36 percent increase from National Achievement Test(NAT) results from 2006-2009 The 11.67 percentage gains were in all subject areas and pointed to a steady improvement in the primary education of the country’s public school system.

This statistics shows a movement of improvement but a difference from 66.33 mean percentage score  from 54.66 in 2006 is rather slow. it is not even close to a "mastery level" the main culprit of student's poor performance according to Dr. Yolanda Quijano, head of the DepEd’s Bureau of Elementary Education is reading problems.

So, how does one increase his/her reading skills to ensure their academic progress?

does the authority or the principals need to eat worms or engage to a water tank dunk?

Increase your reading comprehension and tips on improving your reading skills will be tackled on next post.

Sources:

www.philstar.com

www.thefreelibrary.com

Things To Avoid on your Facebook Account.

It may be as harmless as it may seem but facts about you, photos you upload, videos, upcoming events and public viewed journal can lead to something worse than expected, you and your love one's safety will be jeopardize if the habit didn't stop.

  "expose information such as contact details or dates of birth on their online "profiles".

Among 18 to 24-year-olds the proportion putting themselves at risk of identity fraud rises to 34%.-Get Safe Online" some become victims of  bullies "a teen committed suicide after repeated bullying at Bebo by the site's fellow members. This is the eighth underage death in Britain over the past few months." others are Identity theft case"Those who frequent these sites should be aware the data they share may make them prey for online attacks, Giving out a social security number, paired with a birthday and name, could provide enough ammunition for criminals to hack into financial records and compromise users' personal information.-Ron Texeria, executive director of NCSA. 

And there's tons of other similar devastating story. so How do we protect ourselves and our love ones?

FBI and Internet security experts create this list of ways to protect yourself against Internet related crimes:

• Change your passwords frequently
• Adjust Web site privacy settings
• Be selective when adding friends
• Limit access to your profile to contacts you trust
• Disable options such as photo sharing
• Be careful what you click on
• Familiarize yourself with the security and privacy settings
• Learn how to report a compromised account
• Use security software that updates automatically

refrain ourselves, sometimes although we are not the type to be targeted by the bad guys but on how he behave online we might trigger conflicts and misunderstanding that may lead in danger.

laughter is the best medicine.

Okay so I got bored and turned on the computer.. and stumbled upon websites before I knew it I was laughing all by myself weird eh' these websites will surely lift your mood up.. for whatever reasons you feel bad.. It doesn't matter check these out .. a good laugh is a good laugh..

Damn lol <- website

Epic fail <--website

funny times <--website

laugh lister <-website

humor times <--website

I'm sure there's a bunch out there.. recommend a site via comment thanks..