The Beads Campus Media Arts

The Beads Campus Media Arts congratulates the number one school paper adviser in CALABARZON*, and a role model of the youth, Sir Verlin Entena, for passing the 2019 Bar Exams! We are so proud of you!

Nagpasiklaban ang mga miyembro ng bawat kulay upang magwagi sa kani-kanilang isports mula ika-29 ng Hulyo hanggang ika- 2 ng Agosto sa Holy Rosary College. Ginanap naman ang Nutrition Day at Poster Making Contest noong ika-26 ng Hulyo.
Nagwagi ang Mendel na mula sa ika-8 na baitang, Faraday na mula sa ika-10 na baitang, Euclid na mula sa ika-11 na baitang at Socrates na mula sa ika-12 na baitang sa cooking contest; si Lourd Zyrel Solas bilang kampeon, Vincent Tañedo bilang pangalawa at si Divina Marie Ibanez bilang pangatlo sa Poster Making Contest; at itinanghal ang Red Rockets bilang pangkalahatang kampeon.

Develop the courage to tell the stories that need to be told and to speak your truth to power.

HAVE NO FEAR. JOIN THE BEADS.

The official student media organization of HRC is looking for writers, photographers, graphic designers, broadcasters, video editors, illustrators, or people who want to learn these skills.

This invitation is open to all junior and senior high school students of HRC. Please approach Sir Verlin Entena or any Beads staffer THIS WEEK if interested.

Supreme Student Government candidates participate in the Miting de Avance at the Holy Rosary College gymnasium on June 27, 2019. It was conducted in order for both partylists to introduce themselves, as well as showcase their platforms.

[Photos by: Rainier Dustin Bernabe, Micah Angela Cumpas and Patricia Epistola.]

Greetings, Rosarians! We present to you our candidates for this year's Supreme Student Government Elections!

Empowering Youth

Layout by Kim Castejon
Photos by Micah Cumpas, Rainier Bernabe, and Patricia Epistola

Greetings, Rosarians! We present to you our candidates for this year's Supreme Student Government Elections!

I Party

Layout by Kim Castejon
Photos by Micah Cumpas, Rainier Bernabe, and Patricia Epistola

The Seventh Heaven beyond the Setting Star
Karla Ligon

In this universe filled with the unforeseen and uncertain, would you take one big leap of faith to become happy? Would you be willing to accept a fall from grace to look for bliss? Like how the clouds miss the sun during a downpour, happiness is a necessity, portraying a great role in someone else’s life. It ignites the fire within you, creating a little spark which may eventually lead to something more, even worth fighting for. One is the state of being at peace. Tranquility is the threshold of joy and contentment. It unfolds diversed emotions you never thought you are capable of feeling. It is as if you are wholeheartedly waiting for the sun to rise again, like it always does, no matter how melodramatic and melancholic the flow of sentiments are once it sets. Because deep in your heart, you always know how it will forthwith give you a glimmer of hope. Blessedness, therefore is not something acquirable. It is deep- rooted within you, wanting to be perceived and waiting to be felt.

The conspiration of various celestial bodies formed a galaxy. Each one, with its fate written, serves its purpose. Little by little, even the smallest star from the array is looking for its own jollity. Despite this, the state of being happy will only be achieved once you allow yourself to experience its enchanting euphorias. Once you allow yourself to somehow dance in the rain, while waiting for it to stop and take away the pain. Happiness is a formation of interconnected emotions— one that may momentarily yet firmly result to beatitudes. It makes you feel the utmost contentment you could ever muster, no matter how little the reasons are. It is about accepting and loving yourself wholeheartedly, through the good and bad days. Along with it comes every little thing which pushes you to go through another day. It’s about how you can see the world, not always as it is, but as perhaps it could be. Because by then, you fully appreciate what and who truly matters the most to you and what truly makes you who you are.

Finding joy amidst the sorrow is undoubtedly one of the hardest battles we face in this life, aside from the obstacles we try to overcome. Even so, the setting sun has its own way of rising again by- and- by, even the day after tomorrow. Make smile your weapon to remain steadfast and unfazed amidst every hardship, and prove life wrong. No one in this world has the right to question your perspective, nor be able to precisely limn how your decisions in this lifetime will lead you to every philanthropy life offers. Stumble, roll, and fall, but be sure to get back up again and continue your race. Along the journey, bliss will come your way. Eventually, time will offer you a great deal. When that moment arrives, have the courage to fight for it, instead of dealing with misery once it had slipped through your fingers.

What lies within your heart is a breathtaking profoundness of felicity and serenity. Through His grace from above, even in the midst of uncertainty, sooner or later, you will eventually find the afterglow of the sunset— your own epitome of undeniable happiness. Because no matter how the pouring night never ceased to be stronger, always remember that the days in the sun will never falter.

[Photo from https://amilofinn.blogspot.com/2018/04/stargazing-on-sound-cloud.html]

Fear

Fear is what i feel right now
When you've face it, it would make you bow

A world full of uncertainties
False trophies and deities

In this big coliseum of madness
When will you get some rest

Fear of losing what is right here,
That later it would be nowhere near

Fear of getting lost.
In every inhale, for every drop, for everything grossed

Fear of the things that you might hear
That would make you chop your ears

Fear of losing YOURSELF,
Damage you've dealt

Fear of being with them
'Cause you know the present so well, you know it is a crooked system.

— Anonymous

The Beads’ Student-Athlete of the Week: Dunhill Papag

From Holy Rosary College’s own table tennis team is a long-time student-athlete who has had a lot of ups and downs through his career. He is now the team’s outgoing team captain, and he is laying the racket down with a roster of medals and achievements all to his name. He is Dunhill Papag, The Beads’ Student-Athelete of the Week.

From a childhood pastime taught by his uncle, Papag turned out to be an excellent table tennis player when he explored his potential in the game; dedicating his high school life to the game while still being an academically-balanced student.

“Isang araw pumunta ako sa bahay ng pinsan ko. Pagdating ko, nakahanda na ang mesa, raketa, at ang tito ko na magtuturo sa akin. Pinasubok sa akin maglaro nito hanggang sa naging determinado ako na matuto maglaro nito. Naging sports scholar ako ng lungsod ng Santa Rosa pagtungtong ng high school dahil ako ay nakapasok sa Southern Tagalog CALABARZON Athletic Association meet noong 2012. Dito na nagsimula ang karera ko sa table tennis at ang pinaka una kong kompetisyong napanalunan ko nang ako ay high school na ay sa PRISSA kung saan nasungkit ko ang ginto kasama ang aking ka-doubles na si Meshach Arciaga.”

It was a struggle for him to juggle through his responsibilities as a son, a student, and an athlete, but he remained persistent in pursuing his dreams, because quitting, for him, is not an option as student-atheletes like him struggle naturally as they find the right mix between their priorities.

“Nahihirapan akong balansehin ang oras ko sa pag-eensayo sa laro at sa pag aaral, ngunit hindi ito naging hadlang upang hindi ko mabalanse ang aking mga priority. Mahirap maghabol sa mga subjects kung saan wala ako dahil sa mga laban, lalo na tuwing regional sports competition dahil isang buwan akong nawawala sa klase. Mahirap ngunit worth it naman sa dulo yung experience na minsan lang maranasan at masaya balik-balikan.”

It took him years to reach the peak of his career, but he can now confidently say that he has reached his dreams as a student-athlete and he is sharing his fulfillment with his team mates as he hopes to inspire them in persistenly pursuing their dreams just like him.

“Sa haba ng aking paglalaro, na sinimulan ko noong ako ay grade 5, narating ko na ang rurok ng aking karera dahil ito na ang huling taon ng aking paglalaro ng table tennis at nairepresenta ko ang lungsod ng Santa Rosa sa loob ng walong magkakasunod na taon, kung saan nabigyan ko ng parangal ang eskwelahan at lungsod. Ngayong ako ay magtatapos na nais kong ipabatid sa mga ka-team at sa mga susunod pang magiging manlalaro ng Holy Rosary College na hard work pays off at don’t stop dreaming, dahil ako rin ay isa sa mga taong nakaranas ng mararanasan niyo.”

He hopes to share his legacy as the team’s current captain with future table tennis players, and he is optimistic that the team’s fate is bright as he is sure that future players will achieve, if not exceed what he has attained as an athlete.

[Photo by Beatrice Escosura]

Capricious Precautions
James Paul Mariñas

Nonlinear effects of temperature have been the most probable cause of the proliferation of highly contagious diseases, however that is not the case during the measles outbreak from the past week.

Last week, DOH declared measles outbreak in Metro Manila, other parts of Luzon, Central Visayas and Eastern Visayas wherein cases of measles throughout the Philippines rose to 4300 from which 70 were confirmed fatalities.

DOH defined vaccine hesitancy that involves confusion on acceptance and refusal to take vaccines despite the availability of vaccination services.

Measles outbreak involved several determinants which includes the loss of public confidence and trust in vaccines in the immunization program brought about by the Dengvaxia controversy.

People who have not been vaccinated are more vulnerable to be affected by the rising rate of measles as they don’t have that immunization, the resistance yet against the illness.

Measles signs and symptoms appear around 10 to 14 days after exposure to the virus. Signs and symptoms of measles typically include fever, dry cough, runny nose and sore throat.

Because measles is highly contagious, people with measles shouldn't return to activities in which they interact with other people for about four days before to four days after the rash breaks out.

Amid the situation, dengue cases also spiked during the measles outbreak wherein the changes in climate has been making dengue a year-long problem.

It is time to rebuild your trust, tighten vaccination efforts and awareness activities so that such lethal illnesses would not spread any more gratuitous losses.

Photo courtesy of rappler.com