Be yourself; Everyone else is already taken.
— Oscar Wilde.
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Philippines Typhoon Haiyan Poetry and Art
Plea
by Leslie Mellichamp
O singer, sing to me—
I know the world’s awry—
I know how piteously
The hungry children cry—
But I bleed warm and near,
And come another dawn
The world will still be here
When home and hearth are gone.
Come Lord and Lift
by T. Merrill
Come Lord, and lift the fallen bird
Abandoned on the ground;
The soul bereft and longing so
To have the lost be found.
Epitaph for a Filipino Child
by Michael R. Burch
I lived as best I could, and then I died.
Be careful where you step: the grave is wide.
Oh, fallen camellias,
if I were you,
I’d leap into the torrent!
― Takaha Shugyo, translated by Michael R. Burch
Group 1:
- Jamito, Ralph Joseph
- Sayson, Jeaven Joshua
- Malasa, Jannelle
- Maristela, Elliotte Marie
- Mandal, Justine
How to make a delicious Club House Sandwich
Ingredients
| 16 | Turkey slices |
| 1 | loaf white bread |
| 8 | romaine lettuce leaves |
| 16 | slice of ripped tomatoes |
| Salt | |
| Black pepper | |
| 16 | slices of crispy cooked bacon |
Procedures:
- Toast the slices of white bread in a toaster or under a broiler. Cut the lettuce leaves into a crosswise design and form them into 8 neat stacks.
- On a clean work surface arrange three bread slices in a row, this is all for one sandwich. Spread one tablespoon of mayonnaise over 1 side of each bread slice. Place the stack of lettuce on top of the first bread and then add the two tomato slice. Season them with salt and pepper. Place the 2 slices of bacon over the tomatoes and also the 1/8 of the turkey. Also, season the turkey with salt and pepper according to taste. Do the same thing with the second layer of bread.
- Once the second layer of the sandwich is done, carefully pick up the slice and put it on the first slice of bread with the turkey side up. Then cover this layer with the third layer of bread which has been slathered with mayonnaise, with the moist side down.
- Pin the sandwich’s layers together with frill picks or the plastic cocktail swords. Insert the tip of the plastic frill on the top layer and push it all the way down to the bottom layer.
- You can cut the sandwiches diagonally. You can also serve the sandwiches with potato chips and pickles.
Created by Group 1:
- Jamito, Ralph Joseph
- Sayson, Jeaven Joshua
- Malasa, Jannelle
- Maristela, Elliotte Marie
- Mandal, Justine
Introduce Yourself (Example Post)
This is an example post, originally published as part of Blogging University. Enroll in one of our ten programs, and start your blog right.
You’re going to publish a post today. Don’t worry about how your blog looks. Don’t worry if you haven’t given it a name yet, or you’re feeling overwhelmed. Just click the “New Post” button, and tell us why you’re here.
Why do this?
- Because it gives new readers context. What are you about? Why should they read your blog?
- Because it will help you focus you own ideas about your blog and what you’d like to do with it.
The post can be short or long, a personal intro to your life or a bloggy mission statement, a manifesto for the future or a simple outline of your the types of things you hope to publish.
To help you get started, here are a few questions:
- Why are you blogging publicly, rather than keeping a personal journal?
- What topics do you think you’ll write about?
- Who would you love to connect with via your blog?
- If you blog successfully throughout the next year, what would you hope to have accomplished?
You’re not locked into any of this; one of the wonderful things about blogs is how they constantly evolve as we learn, grow, and interact with one another — but it’s good to know where and why you started, and articulating your goals may just give you a few other post ideas.
Can’t think how to get started? Just write the first thing that pops into your head. Anne Lamott, author of a book on writing we love, says that you need to give yourself permission to write a “crappy first draft”. Anne makes a great point — just start writing, and worry about editing it later.
When you’re ready to publish, give your post three to five tags that describe your blog’s focus — writing, photography, fiction, parenting, food, cars, movies, sports, whatever. These tags will help others who care about your topics find you in the Reader. Make sure one of the tags is “zerotohero,” so other new bloggers can find you, too.
Group 1 