Literature Enthusiast's Tale

Pre-Reading Activity 1. Search and list down the benefits of an urban garden. 2. Search and list down the problems and solutions of the environment in the world, and         particularly, in the Philippines. Post- Reading Activity 1. Look at our households and in our school: What are the things that we are wasting? Include     water, energy and material resources. Give concrete examples.                           Water is important to all living things. It is one of the basic needs that we need to provide to ourselves because this is essential for us to live.                                                      2. Why does the author call it “Gulayan Klasrum”? Why is it called a Klasrum?           ...

                                         As we live in the city, there are lots of benefits such as opportunity of employment, better infrastructure and education opportunities, easy access to public transportation, entertainment and more. But we know that living here means facing the problem that we are about to encounter in our daily life. Urban areas tend to be more expensive to live in with the higher cost of goods and services than living in the province or rural areas. So all we have to do is to find a way to cope and survive. One of the effective ways is to practice urban gardening that may ensure us regarding the food security that we need. I myself tried to do it and the experience I had is something that I can be proud of because I received a gift which is better than those benefits I mentioned earlier.                   ...

     THE BEST DECISION I HAVE EVER MADE                                     Trusting yourself is really important to be successful and achieve the goals you are striving for. Making you proud of yourself. It gives you the courage to do what you want including making decisions for yourself without asking for the approval of other people.  Self-trust gives you the faith and confidence to believe that there's nothing you can't do. And also it makes you comfortable to live, act and behave the way you want thinking that you know what you are doing. It's really good having this kind of positive attitude.                          In my case, I think the trust that I have to myself became an overflowing self-confidence having the belief that I can do everything without the help of others. I can finish the tasks g...