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Pork Barrel Issue
PORK BARREL
A blessed afternoon to everyone.
So at this point, the topic that has given to me is about the pork barrel scam. This is an issue that is widely talked about nowadays. And now let me give you a brief information about pork barrel. What is pork barrel? Do we really need it?
Pork barrel is a bill or policy that supplies funds for local projects or improvements of the country. Yes, we as a taxpayers really need it for the development of our country but now the misuse of the pork barrel strikes us the most. And who’s to be blame in this issue? Is it Janet-Lim Napoles, the Pork Barrel queen or the other government officials?
What a shame on our country! Knowing that the ones leading us are the ones robbing our public funds that you worked for. Spending the money for their own uses.
Instead that the pork barrel could help us to have a better country, the truth is pork barrel became the one of the cause of corruption.

DREAMS
Way back in high school, my teacher said, “A goal that is not written is only a wish.”
Many lives are founded upon wishful thinking that is why they don’t always progress towards something deeper. I was only five years old then when I started to dream to be a teacher. And as time goes by. That dream changed. As we grow old, I discovered my talent, skills that made my dream become higher. And these dreams turned to be my goals in life. In order to reach one’s dream, I have 4 points here to consider. First, setting of your goal. Identify goals that you want to accomplish and based it according to your capabilities. And have a clear purpose on why you wanted to accomplish it. Secondly is what I called “first thing first!”. In other words, do one thing at a time. Identify the task that is more and least important. Do first the thing that is more important. The third one is being totally committed. Once your goal is clear, be committed in achieving it. And never look back. Lastly is having faith in God. As written in the bible

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