Perspective Short: My Last High School First Quarter

      It is again the end of the first quarter in our school and I am somehow freaking disappointed in myself. I did not like my performance. I could have done better.

       I made many mistakes this quarter. I did not take all my responsibilities seriously and it backfired on me. I’ve discovered that one single wrong move on my part could easily destroy me.

      Most see me as this should-be-perfect-guy when I can never be perfect. As the laws of Physics dictates, nothing should be perfect in the universe. The idealism of perfectionism is therefore, non-existent. But still, the pressure of expectations has again begun building up on my back and it’s starting to get a bit heavy – heavier than ever before.

     A ton of responsibilities is currently being grasped by my hands but it’s somehow multiplying inside. So, moving on, I will do my best again and again until I succeed.

As a wise man once said, “Fall seven times, stand up eight.”

Perspective Short: SONA 2012

As I sat in front of the TV and witnessed the SONA of our dearest president for myself, one thing instantly flashed to my mind; in less than a day, a ton of crap will have again risen on the faces of the internet about this year’s achievements and success. We mostly say that it is because we want to get our voices heard, that we want to help him improve, to inspire him, but are those truly our reasons? I honest-to-god did not like his entire speech too, but it doesn’t mean it was all bad; and, more importantly, it doesn’t mean that it was any less worthy of anything.

Whatever a person does, good or bad, a few always have something negative to say; be it verbal errors, diction or etc.

In my own view, the president did his best to make our country flourish. Try to remember that when P-noy got elected, our country was internationally known as one of the most corrupt countries in the world. Imagine starting raising a country starting from there? In mathematics, you would not only be starting at zero, but you’ll be starting at negative one.

            Noynoy, of course, has made bad decisions too. Read my first blog for example. It was a letter for him. It was me wishfully thinking that the president would accidentally click on the URL of my blog. LOL

            All in all, this blog focused more on you, my reader – your view on the SONA, not the SONA itself. As the title of my blog states, my posts are only perspective shorts. I focus more on the unprofessional aspects of things.

---perspective out J

            

Vegetables: Why we need them

     Rice and wheat contain much carbohydrate which is quite essential for energy. But more of rice and wheat and less of vegetables and fruit is not a balanced diet. Vegetables and fruit contain nutrients like vitamins, calcium, iron, phosphorus, folic acid, iodine, magnesium, zinc etc. Green leafy vegetables contain a lot of nutrients, especially calcium and iron. We should take one type of green leafy vegetable every day. Spinach is quite good for health.

   The cereals such as Bengal- gram, beans, black-gram, horse-gram, maize, millet, raga, red- gram etc., contain much protein which is essential for our growth. Iron and calcium contribute to healthy bones. Asafetida relieves gas from the stomach. Urinal, cabbage, carrot and cluster-beans contain fibrous substance which gives a person relief from constipation. Cucumber, horse radish, lady’s finger, potato, tomato, snake-gourd etc. should find a place in our food items often. All the fruits are good for health. Many of us do not have the habit of eating fruit. This is very bad. Taking orange, apple, plantain, grapes etc. will keep us healthy.

     It is a habit with youngsters to drink in summer cold drinks. Instead of cold drinks they may take coconut water, buttermilk or milk. There was a legal case some time ago against the manufacturers of the cold drinks. It was alleged that some cold drinks contain a little quantity of pesticide. A little pesticide is added to some cold drinks to give a kick to the persons who drink them. Fruit juices of any fruit like orange, apple, pineapple, pomegranate, grapes, tomato, lemon etc. are quite good for health.

    If we change our food habits we can get rid of many diseases by getting the essential nutrients from the food we eat. Youngsters should learn the habit of taking enough vegetables and fruit.

    In these days boys and girls like to have junk food now and then. Junk food is described in the dictionary as food of low nutritional value. Boys and girls eat fried chips, cheese balls, ice creams of different varieties, chocolate bars etc. Youngsters habitually eat these things which are not good for health. Eating chocolates often spoils the teeth, it is said. There was a lengthy article in a newspaper advising youngsters not to eat junk food and chocolates. The author of the article has advised the youngsters to eat fruit. In fact at least one kind of fruit should find a place in our food items daily.

    Some boys and girls these days say they like only urinal, potato or drumstick. They should take all kinds of vegetables. It is said that the colour of the vegetables denotes their particular nutrient value. The violet or the green colour of urinal denotes a particular nutrient, the green colour of cluster-beans or snake-gourd denotes a particular nutrient. Youngsters should be advised to avoid junk food and take vegetables, fruit and nuts.’