Me and My Family

Some would try to surpass their family’s expectations because they see it as a need. Although for me, it’s just my simple way of showing how I value my family. I don’t usually say that I do value them because for me it’s just weird but I show it a lot through my actions. Following their rules and regulations, getting good grades and maintaining it doesn’t cover half of how much I regard our family. I even exceed my own expectations just to show them how I value them. I would also always hold our family name, in the best situations and the worst ones. I know it’s weird that I don’t say that I value my family but that’s just the way I am… that’s just the way our family is.

Expanded Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs

Question #1

Why did the producer of the video use the expanded version of Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs?

-The producer of the video used the expanded version of Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs to explain to us what this hierarchy is all about. You will not be able to truly understand a certain thing if you would not dig in to it deeper.

Question #2

Why did the producer show statistics about people who truly achieved the certain level of the hierarchy?

-The producer gave certain percentages to show that not all of us could possibly achieve a certain level and you cannot move on or skip this level if you are not going to complete it.

Self-esteem, Inner Confidence, Self Talk

                We think of ourselves too critically. That is what I have came to realize. We tend to look at the negative sides of ourselves forgetting that we still have that something positive with us. This “something positive” is what other people tend to see and we ourselves don’t because we keep on focusing on the negative making us think that we are inferior to others. We want to be this and that. What we don’t know is that we are already what we want to be in the eyes of others. The truth is that no one is really inferior. It is only all in our heads.

When Difference Becomes a Good Thing

                I came from a family which consisted of seven members. Two of which are parents and five are children. This family of mine live in Bayugan City of where we chose to live like normal families and by normal, I mean that normally noisy and pretty much crazy. It may be that way but it sure is what made living with my family fun.

                With three sisters and one brother, I have accepted the fact that it is definitely hard to get the attention of my parents because we were too many. I have also accepted that among the five of us, I was unfortunately different when it comes academically. They had honours and I did not have any. To sum it all up, I was just different.

                I appreciate this difference though. Why? Because this difference made my parents put all their attention on me. Don’t get me wrong. I don’t do it on purpose just to get them to notice me.

                No one would like to stay at the bottom in their whole life, right? Maybe, that is the reason why I started to get my path right when I was in high school. I did my assignments and stuff but of course, I still was not smart enough to top my siblings. So, what I did was just become different from them. They were all in Engineering and Science Education Program while I was in Special Program for Journalism. I entered Division and Regional School Press Conferences, Feature Writing (Individual) in 2013 and Collaborative Desktop Publishing on 2014. In 2015, I joined the National Festival of Talents in Makati City and there, I have finally said to myself that I have achieved. I bagged two awards in NFOT for TV Broadcasting, second place for Best Infomercial and Third for Best Script since I was our team’s Infomercialist and Scriptwriter.

                My name is Diana Radaza Joson and I love my difference. Sometimes, one does not have to be everybody else because one could actually become somebody else.