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Life in a Sudden Death

           

Its early afternoon, when things suddenly went from good to wrong. All terrible things that you can imagine to happen to a teenager happened to me. Life means nothing when these kinds of things are happening to you. That feeling when you want to die knowing that your life would mean nothing if you continue living. Probably, I was thinking about that. I decided to just walk away and start a new journey of life all by myself.

A walk in a park starts my journey. A frowning face fills my head. Different voices talk to me and saying, “Just die for the better.” Bitterness fills the air like I was struck by thunder and hurricane at the same time. As I walk to the pathways of the park, I see a guy sitting on the bench and seem like crying. I approach him and say what’s going on and if he is alright. The guy just opened his book and stare at me with sadness. He said that even fellow Christian do not believe him. His books were published but they needed to beg money for it to be published. He was sentenced into jail after he was caught by the guards of the Spanish men by a reason that his books were insulting to the government. Even though he fought for the good without shedding blood on anyone’s body., but still, he was sentence to death and he say to me that his death penalty will be occurring tomorrow on this very park. He holds my shoulders and whispers, “Even though your life is in a storm, try to look up and search for the sun.” This is the time that I realized that I will waste my life by being bitter about the happenings that occurred and occurring to me. But instead I made a decision that I will do anything with hard work to turn around things and fight for the good. The man stood up, he gave me his book and said farewell to me. When read the pages of the book, it is quite old and when I look at its title, it is “Noli Me Tangere” That moment, I guess that the guy beside me earlier is no other than Dr. Jose P. Rizal. I stood up and I walk back to our house.

When you feel like you are the worst person in the world, think for a second. There are many people that sacrificed their lives just for you. Don’t attempt to end your life because it is the greatest gift that God had given us. Enjoy your life and live it to the fullest. Don’t just give up for problems. Be strong and take it lightly and work hard to solve it and to have a better life. Turn around and see people, they have problems too.

Blog 3.3

Abyssus in schola

            After a tiring day at our school, I went home and eat my dinner. A usual day, nothing new. I decided to go to sleep and I suddenly heard a mysterious voice. The voice is taunting me and I was pulled inside a dark hole by a man-like beast. I woke up lying on a rock and I’m in front of a huge gate and there, there is a sign that says “Welcome to Hell.” Just beside the gate, I saw my class adviser who said that she will accompany me in my journey through the hell.

            In the first circle of hell, we saw a giant with its sword. He is the guard of the hell who place the spirits in their rightful place in hell. In the first circle, those souls of students who are always late will take squats forever. My adviser said that this hell is for the souls of the students who made mistakes when they are in their school days. We proceed to the second circle by passing through the bridge made of wasted papers.

            In the second circle, we saw the spirits of those students who gave nicknames to their teachers. There, I saw my classmate when I was in elementary who gave a nickname for our math teacher. The souls in the second circle are punished by sewing their lips and they are chained in a freezing chamber. Mostly of the souls there are boys.

            In the third circle, the souls of those students that do not attend class or cutting their classes are submerged in hot water while their feet are twisting. The demon with sharp claws are guarding them. When a soul tries to escape, the demon punishes it by tearing its soul apart and the soul will be thrown to the last circle.

            In the fourth circle of hell, the souls of those students who cheated in their tests were punished by demons by striking them by spears forever. As the spear tore the skin of them, they heal and they will be struck by the spears again.

            In the fifth circle, the souls of those students who use their classmates as an advantage to their studies are punished by beheading them and then their heads will grow up again then they will be beheaded again. They will behead their fellow souls then they use swords as their tool.

            In the sixth circle, the souls that did not listen to the teacher’s discussion for everyday classes. Their ears are removed and their eyes will be smashed then go back to normal and the cycle continues. The souls there are mostly girls.

            In the seventh circle, there are souls of students who change their original scores just to get high. As punishment, their hands and arms are tied together. Their bones are removed and their tongues are cut.

            In the eighth circle, the souls are those students who consider school as place of battle not place of learning. The students take their classmates as enemies for the ranking. The souls are punished by submerging their bodies into icy water and the waters contain demon fishes that bite their bodies.

             In the last circle, there are souls that regret schooling even though they have the chance to go to school. The souls are punished by a multiple hurricane in the circle and the souls are thrown away in different directions. In the deepest part of the ninth circle, there is a person who you could not notice if it is a man or a woman that rules over the hell. He tried to eat me but my adviser sacrificed herself. But the demon will kill me then I closed my eyes then suddenly, I opened my eyes and the first thing that I saw is my alarm clock and it’s already six in the morning. My mother told me that I had a nightmare. And probably, my journey through hell is just a bad dream afteral…