Yesterday

Whenever I come to school early in the morning usually on weekends when everybody is present I always subconsciously sing and hum some Christian songs. And yesterday when I did it again, Louise, my colleague said thanks out of the blue to me for she was able to relax while making her LPs for the day. I just hummed the song AMAZING GRACE while I was preparing flashcards for my 9:30 class while everybody was also managing their own busyness. In the morning, I had two classes with the toddlers and that was really fun-filled and challenging for me since the kids haven't spoken the language for almost a month since their long vacation. However, we managed to understand each other with the help of my TA [Apple for the first class and Alice for the second class] in playing some games to review and refresh their minds of the English language. In the afternoon, I had freakin, challenging, and terrific elementary and middle school kids for my last two classes. These made me terribly tired at the end of the day but I still managed to do the laundry before I slept last night. Actually, I really slept too late last night which also made me woke up so late this morning.

Schedule Update

The last weekend's schedule was so tight for me since the Spring Term has just started and I have a full whole day class with the kids and toddlers. On the other side of the coin, I really enjoyed some of my classes and happy for my some of my smart students the previous term re-enrolled in my class, whew! I had a fun time with them having some games and getting-to-know each other to familiarize everybody.

A Morning Full of Energy

I woke up so early today and I decided to clean the apartment since I am all alone so I can do everything I want. I had general cleaning session with myself. I cleaned, mopped, washed and did the laundry, had changed all the beddings and the curtains in my room. I feel like so fresh right after I had my bath. This is the beauty of being left alone, whew! I like it!

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I'm Overwhelmed

I'm really overwhelmed with all of the blessings I got. And I will share this to my family way back home. They are my first priority at this time. While I'm still single, I'll see to it that I can pay back the good things that they've share to me. This is the only way to let them know that they played a great role in my life. They mold me for who I am now. And I want to pay them back the love and care that they have given to me eversince. Love you my family.

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Wow This is Great

Wow this is great! Thanks God for this wonderful Gift I have right now. It's my first time to experience it. You rock guys. Thanks so much for giving this chance of a lifetime. You really help me a lot. Hope God will shower you with more blessings so that you can share it to everybody.

Passing Time

On my days off here I just stay here in the netcafe and chat the whole afternoon sometimes extend until evening. I just want to let the time pass without me knowing it. While I enjoy surfing the Internet, my friend is a total homebuddy who loves reading and watching films especially love stories.

Irritated and Bothered

I was sitting in between two men this afternoon in the Internet cafe near my place. I was so happy I didn't see them smoking and I said how lucky am I today for I am sitting with non-smokers. A few minutes had passed, a man came and sat with the two men near me. He started to get a lighter and a pack of cigarettes. Gosh!, I said to myself, here we go again,,,,a few minutes more he lighted one cigar and started to blow some smoke in the air. I got suffocated and finally I searched for hanky in my pocket. I covered my mouth without hesitation even though he saw me. Well, despite of that he won't stop. I just felt so bothered of that act! Obviously, I am and nobody cares for they are minding their own businesses too.

Every Time

Why is that every time I plan something for myself there is always something that pops up along the way which would automatically hinder my plans? Gosh, there is nothing much more fulfilling than buying some rewards for myself but helping somebody in need is more than that feeling. It could indeed make a heart bigger and the face younger. Try it once and you'd be addicted to it for every time you help another, it would come back to you in more than a hundred folds.

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Afternoon Chat

This afternoon I chatted with my other two friends here and I really had fun time talking with them using voice chat. I am really happy to know they are doing great job while having fun in their respective workplaces now. We talked with a lot of things such as lovelife, family, and travel experiences. I spent a few coins but I enjoyed my time in the netcafe. :)

Boring-ness

My stay here is most of the times boring and I would just hang around the nearest netcafe not minding how time flies like soap bubbles. What am I doing in the netcafe? Of course, net surfing, reply and send some emails to immediate family and friends and other stuffs. Not to mention updating my blog accounts and chatting, heheh.

Boring Lifeeee

My stay here is most of the times boring and I would just hang around the nearest netcafe not minding how time flies like soap bubbles. What am I doing in the netcafe? Of course, net surfing, reply and send some emails to immediate family and friends and other stuffs. Not to mention updating my blog accounts and chatting...heheh

Just Happy to Know You Are There

There are times when I would complain and ask for more attention. There are times when I would think of the unthinkable situations. There are times when I would say I give up. But through all those times and specific moments there is a voice deep within me which says I am just happy to know you are always there for me to come home soon. And after hearing such a calming voice miles away, all those weird thoughts are all gone like bubbles. Every time I talk with you, I am thanking to advanced technology which makes our lives closer thus filling in the gaps of distance between us. I know after all these time, you are also feeling the same way that I do now, trying to relive all the moments we had shared when we were still together in that same place. After all these time, I am happy to experience these things for I know this would do good for us both. We would be more strong when times would get tougher on us and we would endure more like what we are now.

Trust Me

Today is cold and rainy here so I decided not to wake up early though my cellphone alarmed at half past six this morning. I just curled on my bed with my eyes half opened and then I started to daydream just to let the time pass by. I didn't eat my breakfast not until I heared Anelie my housemate opened the doors to hang some clothes outside. Gosh then and there I realized it's Monday and I need to do my laundry! I hurriedly got up and then fixed my bed and started to do my chores. Cheeeesssseeee,,, :D After I have finished all the chores I felt hunger pangs and so I heated my food and started nibbling it while of a sudden the phone was ringing. To my surprise and then I came to realize that my Tatay will call me today! Not minding the food on the coffee table, I ran towards the phone and picked it up and said Tatay??? and he said it's me Nai,,,so are you okay now? I said yes and so the talk went on for five more minutes. His last words were "Trust Me Nai and I won't go anywhere" before the phone went blank. These words indeed, are self-assuring for me since we are far from each other now. Well, for me trust between each other is the most important thing to have in a long-distance relationship like mine.

I Am Learning

There are things that come to one's life which could definitely change the person neither for good nor bad. In my case, I met this person who is really unique, more unique than me indeed. I have leaned so many things from her and there is this one line that would always flash in my memory every time I think about her. That, I cannot please everybody that I come to brush elbows with in my journey to life.

Truly, she is right and I proved it in my experience here so far in school there are setbacks and challenges along my way. Complains are always present in every term but it doesn't knock me off because I simply cannot please everybody and there is always this personal chemistry factor which plays a great role in every relationship.

For me, I consider myself as a sponge willing to absorb not only the fortunes but as well as the mis's of it and turn it to goodness once again in every time it falls on me. I am learning for now and always will. In life, there is nothing constant but CHANGE. So EMBRACE it every time it comes to yours.

Emote Moments

This aftenoon I went to the nearest netcafe near my flat to chat with my Tatay as what I fondly call him. I know this would seem corny and unusual as a term of endearment for us but I think it's just okay. During the chat I cannot help but let the tears flow down my cheeks. I realized I just missed him so much when I finally saw his webcam. Honestyl, I am just so emotional when it comes to him and my family. That is why I would not talk about them as much as possible.

A Sunrise to Cherish

This morning I woke up so early to surprise someone special to me. I had fun when he was stuttering to say something in clear English,,,hahah indeed! After the talk, I took a couple of pictures of the sunrise since my flat is on the seventh floor of the building. Every time I call him, I always play pranks to have more fun and I like to make him feel surprised. I don't know I just feel like teasing him that way. Why I cherished today's sunrise? Because,,,because,,,it's Valentine's Day! Happy V-day to you all!

Cotton Candies

Does it looks like cotton candies? I love eating cotton candies. But that one? Can you eat it if it's a cotton candy? Well, if you want, go on with yourself :D. For me, no thanks! :D Joke! Well, it really looks like cotton candies to me. How about you? Or maybe a see waves? Huh! Got weird imagination! And I guess am weird or just the one who wrote these :D. Guess who? Am not telling! She knew who she is :D. And she's weird, I'll tell ya! Not just weird, she is paranoid, wahahaha!

Wing to Fly

Island again and again! Am addicted to taking pictures of islands? Hehehe! Just got nothing to do and it's happen that I'm sitting a window seat :D. Like near the window? Obvious! So am just enjoying the moment of capturing things that catches my attention. And oh, you see a wing to fly? Figure it out :D.

Islands

It's advisable when we have neighbors and friends. Like these islands. They're neighbors. Perhaps they're friends for they're close to each other. Do you think they can and they will communicate like humans? Well, what I'm sure of, and my guess is, they have their own language. Nature has it's own life which sometimes it's hard for human to comprehend. Am I right?

Am I on top of the Globe?

Oh my, am I on top of the G-L-O-B-E? Down below and under, seems like a globe we usually see in the classroom or in the bookstore. I mean, like the miniature globe that teachers usually use. Anyway, I love the clouds. I love it's shape and I can make my own shape and name it. Like that, see, faster, it's a sheep, it's a bird, it's a fly :D! Just kidding. I was wishing I can capture an angel shaped clouds. But none! (sigh!) It's not easy to be on top of the world :D. I mean, it's not easy to fly high :D.

Island -Alone n Lonely

No man is an island. Meaning no man is alone. But there is island without a man? Joke! That's a pretty place I guess with lots of inhabitants. I was just very far taking this pic. Isn't it nice? What ya think? Ya want to live there? Okey! Just don't bring me :D.

Are You Ready to Fly?

Showing you the beauty of Mactan International Airport.

Can You figure out my wing? I mean, the wing of the plane?

Ready and packed for my travel alone. I left my heart in Cebu.
Leaving and parting time is not that easy as it is as to chew a gum. The pain lingers more and it depends on how you deal with it after you parted ways.

What I did at the airport was never turn back once I said my goodbyes with them in the departure.

I hurriedly went in and read something.

I just don't want to really focus on missing them at that moment.

However, when I was on board and the plane took off, I saw the place where I used to stay for almost 25 years.

I just couldn't help but shed some tears down my cheeks not minding the couple beside me.

I didn't care if others saw me cry.

Crying is a therapy and strength, isn't it?

Spring Festival

Midnight of Thursday 06th of February is the celebration of the Chinese New Year here. I saw fireworks displays which are so grand and fabulous. I could've took some shots but my hands are sweaty and shaky so I decided not to take any picture at all. Despite the noise I still managed to sleep at around 1:00a.m. after I finished a thread of my cross stitch. This is what I have learnt recently from Anelie, my dearest housemate. She is good at cross stitching and writing. I am so blessed to have her as my housemate and colleague. As others are so busy outside preparing for their midnight dinner for the spring feast, the two of us decided just to cuddle around my room doing cross stitch while chatting. The heater is on so there is nothing to worry about the cold weather. While most Chinese people are celebrating the Chinese New Year, we just preferred to stay at home, cook some good pasta and eat. Well, the nicest thing I have learned is how to be contented of what I have and of course the new lesson I have learned - cross stitching. :)

New Year's Gift

This morning's Grade 2 class was so remarkable. Frank gave me a pack of orange juice and that little sweet act almost pinches my heart. We really had fun with their parents watching as today is their last day of class here. Tomorrow is the start of our long vacation here for the Chinese New Year is fast approaching. I am happy with it and sad a bit. Happy to know that I can finally rest my body after such a long week with only a day off. All the pains and the feeling of my tired body from work were gone after I heard the sweetest word "Thank you very much" from my kids. It was so sweetly said and their parents came to me smiling and saying their words of thanks and "dzai jien" meaning see you soon. Indeed it's more than a compliment than mere words of thankfulness. It's simply a fulfillment and a pat on my shoulders.
After all of us had finished our morning classes, our DOS gathered us in the office and then he said thanks for all our hard work. Then, he gave each one of us a Parker Pen - I got a white one. The only white pen I have. I will surely treasure this gift and I won't dare lose it. Now, it has a sentimental value to me - my dream pen.

I Simply Don't Know Which Traditional Pinoy Games to Play

A few weeks more from now is our three-day activity fun and games with the newly enrolled kids in our school. Since it's almost Winter Term, we need to prepare the minds of the kids to really enjoy their vacation. I just hope everything's would be fine by then. I am pretty nervy by now for I know it's but another challenge for me to face. Even then, I am more hopeful that all my kids would just be good and well-behaved.

Well, what makes me feel this way is that before we start the term, we need to have a three-day fun and games with them. Guess what? It would be a whole day activity. Gosh indeed! I still have to research on my task then to play games with the theme of Pinoy games with a touch of olympics in it. How could I?

Can anyone suggest me six traditional Pinoy games to play with elementary and middle school students? I just need more ideas by now. :)