Rizal

1. Where is Realonda came from?

2. State the sacrifice that you have done or you can do to your family?

3. Story of the Moth and the Flame.

* The name Realonda was from her one and only godmother. In rizal's time, the middle name of the child was from his godmother/godfather as a sign that she/he too is responsible in taking care of the child when his/her parents died. 

* Some of the sacrifices that I can do to my family are:

→ To focus more on my study instead of unimportant things.

→ simply obey what they want.

→ respects their decisions because it is for my good.

→ be contented in the things that they can give to me.

→ And try to make their dreams came true.

→ Think first their happiness before mine.

The Story of the Moth

One night, all the family, except my mother and myself, went to bed early.  Why, I do not know, but we two remained sitting alone.  The candles had already been put out.  They had been blown out in their globes by means of a curved tube of tin. That tube seemed to me the finest and most wonderful plaything in the world.  The room was dimly lighted by a single light of coconut oil. In all Filipino homes such a light burns through the night. It goes out just at day-break to awaken people by its spluttering.

My mother was teaching me to read in a Spanish reader called "The Children's Friend" (El Amigo de los Ninos). This was quite a rare book and an old copy. It had lost its cover and my sister had cleverly made a new one. She had fastened a sheet of thick blue paper over the back and then covered it with a piece of cloth.

This night my mother became impatient with hearing me read so poorly.  I did not understand Spanish and so I could not read with expression.  She took the book from me.  First she scolded me for drawing funny pictures on its pages.  Then she told me to listen and she began to read.  When her sight was good, she read very well. She could recite well, and she...