First Day of Work

Today, I ended my so-called long vacation due to my sickness. I had to go to school today... I mean, I should. Aside from the fact that there wouldn't be nothing left in my salary due to the deductions (absences, etc.), I have to get ready the grades of my students because the issuance of cards will be this Friday... Oh great! This is just what I needed to complete my week!

Because of these circumstances, I had no choice but to finish computing my students' conduct grades, their general averages, and their Makabayan grades (Social Science + Values + PEHM + THE grades/4 = MAKABAYAN GRADE). Now talk about the art and science of cramming.. Hehehe... I had to do what I had to do. FIRST THINGS FIRST. Oh, and did I mention that there were still two stupid students who haven't taken their 2nd Periodical Exams in my subject? Grrr... I don't know why do I have to exert extra effort to remind them that they have to take the special exams (consequence of not paying their due tuition fee on time) -- for the nth time since two weeks ago! Grrr! Oh great! Are the kids really this stupid nowadays? I dunno, but in the span of 14 years of my life as a student (excluding my Master's degree course at present), I've never done such a thing! I had always been a responsible student -- and had always been accountable for the actions that I'd done.

Anyway, I didn't teach today... I just gave my seatworks today... (bad ko bang teacher? hehehe... ) Don't get me wrong, though. The seatworks were, of course, related with the topics that that I'm going to discuss tomorrow. And while my students were busy doing their seatworks, I was also busy with my own stuff. Hehehe.

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Good luck, bad luck, no one knows, only God...

Our school recollection is postponed next week.

Why?

Because the person in charge to send out the letter(regarding the recollection) to the parents didn't do her part...

Why?

Because I WAS ABSENT FOR THE PAST TWO DAYS.

QUESTION: ARE THESE TWO SITUATIONS CONNECTED WITH EACH OTHER?

Grrr!!!

Was she expecting that I was going to leave the school now for good or that I had to prepare the letter for the parents by myself?

Whatever her reason may be, that's not a valid reason...

Why?

Because the recollection module proposal has been passed to her last week...

So, who's fault is it?

Come to think of it, she hadn't given me any feedback if that recollection module proposal which my honey and I prepared had been approved...

Anyway, I guess it's God's will that this recollection won't push through this weekend. At least, my honey and I can prepare spiritually (we'll be going on a confession this coming Friday)...

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My co-teacher and I had a little chat this afternoon. Topic: ex-boyfriends. :)

Anyway, I just feel bad that my co-teacher and her ex bf ended up in bad terms...

How's that? My co-teacher didn't give in to her ex's sexual needs... (oh yeah, malibog yung guy... hehehe) because she values her virginity so much. Oh well, this guy had a somewhat fling with another girl and eventually got her pregnant... and of course, married her -- without my co-teacher knowing it! And so, all the while, my co-teacher thought that they're okay.. until her ex bf's wife confronted her!

I guess I've said enough. Hehehe.

I really feel bad about it because Anne (my co-teacher) can't seem to let go... Why? Because she feels that she has lost her beloved trophy (the guy happens to be a part of the RP SWIMMING TEAM, yeah, big deal! not!)... When they were still on, she has always taken pride being the girlfriend... blah blah blah... (got the idea)... I guess her self-esteem has been affected because of their break up... haaay... I just hope that she would realize how lucky she is that she hasn't given her virginity to that guy... and that she'd come to her senses that it's not her lost and that he's not all worth it... blah blah blah...

Well, of course I also shared my sentiments with her. I even shared some secret with her. Hehehe. How my subconscious mind had operated for the past weeks... Oh yeah, I developed a habit of taking the FX from Pasig bound to ROBINSON'S GALLERIA (does it ring a bell? oh well, it just happened to be the mall where my ex beau and I had our lunch on October 19, 2000, together with her stepmom and stepsisters.). How I was fond of taking the 'transparent' elevator. blah blah blah...

Don't get me wrong here, okay. I'm so over him (ows? hehehe)! And I am very much happy and in love with my honey right now. It's just that, maybe, no matter what I do, there's still, maybe, a part of me that's with him... Time heals all wounds they say, and I should know... But it seems like forever... and I'm letting you go... I don't know what's gone into my senses... but honestly, I'm more blessed with my honey... and that I couldn't thank him enough for coming into my life... for loving me... for accepting me for who I am... I'd be a fool not to appreciate and see these things, wouldn't I?

What a Good Way to Start the Week...

I've been sick for the past three days. Hence, I was absent today and yesterday from work. Tsk tsk tsk. I somewhat acquired colds when my Honey and I, together with his family, went to Blue Wave last Saturday. :( Maybe, I'm prone to getting sick easily since I've been really tired, weary, and stressed out for the past days. My defense system is really low. I just think that I need to rest because I'll be very preoccupied for the next days...

Friday -- School Recollection
Saturday -- classes for my Master's, prayer meeting, and Parish Advent Recollection
Sunday -- christening of my niece
Monday -- planning (CYM)

My life is not hectic at all, is it? :)

Not to mention, I have to produce the school paper before Christmas break.. and guess what? I have to edit or should I say rewrite by myself most of the articles because they're JUNK... my God! My third year students who happen to be members of the school paper haven't contributed anything but HEADACHE...

Haaay... This is really an extra challenge for me, as in literally speaking...

I hope that I'd have a good rest during the Christmas holidays...

Grrrr

It's my second day of my Masteral classes today. And guess what? I was late again for my class - owing to the fact that the prayer meeting ended quite late last night (around 11 pm) and Oying and I celebrated our 41st (three years and five months) monthsary... :) Actually, it's not more of a celebration -- we just had a sort of midnight snack together with Ate Ima, Kuya Malo, the Lim's (Mama Lye, Veldz, Veia, and Povs), and Angela V, at the Burger Machine after the prayer meeting... Our initial plan was to go to Shell Select, but then again, we changed our minds when we saw them in the burger store. Going back to my tardiness issue in my class today, in all due fairness, I woke up early -- at around 5 am. But before I prepared for school, I decided to surf the net to research on the topic to be discussed in my first class... I got so engrossed researching to the extent of losing the track of time. And to make things worse, my research was USELESS! Grrrr! We were told to read on Communicative Competence... but she only discussed about the definition of communication. I should've known... :(

As for my second class, we were dismissed an hour ahead of time since it's only our first meeting. She only discussed with us the introduction to the course, and that's it...

Right now, I'm alone in Ate Tess's home. My honey and Kuya Malo went to a talyer (car repair shop) to have the car aircon's cleaned.

Since I'm home alone, I took the opportunity to check my email and to blog as well. :) There is this email that caught me - it's from my mom's sister... To be honest, I was quite hurt and insulted by her email. And so, i decided to reply it and really aired out my feelings... I don't care if she'd be mad or what, but I JUST HATE IT THE WAY SHE MEDDLES WITH MY LIFE!!! GRRR!!!

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Here's my email to my tita to whom I'm greatly pissed off with...

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hi! sorry for the late reply in your email. i've been busy for the past days. thanks for the concern, but i am currently teaching in a regular school - its actually a non secular school somewhere in taguig city. i'm teaching english to 2nd year to 4th year students. in addition, i'm also teaching science to grade six students and home economics and livelihood education and computer technology to grade four students. aside from that, i've been also given extra responsibilities in school - like being adviser of the sophomore students and moderator of the school paper. i'm currently enrolled in philippine normal university. i'm taking up my master's degree in english language arts. and if God will allow it and if i could find resources, i'm planning to attend the international conference in singapore next year. its about teacher education in language teaching. actually, this is just one of the many plans that i have. i just got the feeling and impression that you think that i don't have any plans in my life because i've not been so vocal about it - even to nanay. well i do have a lot of plans. i just don't think that i owe it to anybody to explain what i want to do with my life. though, i do consult nanay and tatay from time to time to ask for their opinions on some matters. but i'm the one who makes the decision. i think i am responsible enough to make smart decisions. i know that i've done mistakes in the past, but it doesn't actually define my future. i know that i have a good future ahead of me... i have let go of my past... i've learned from them... and i believe that i'm much better now because of those past experiences. and for the record, i didn't feel any emptiness during the time when i was jobless. i was preoccupied with some of the activities in the charismatic youth group that i belong to. i feel that God has a reason why He allowed these things to happen. i believe that getting a job is not His ultimate reason for my existence here on earth. and you know, even when i was not working, God still provided for us - through nanay. i don't want to sound preachy (though that's one of the things that i love to do in the youth group) but to tell you honestly, i feel bad by your words. you may have meant so well, but then again, i believe that there's always a good and tactful ways of saying things. as i've taught my students, words are very powerful - for they can either make or break a person... i don't want to sound disrespectful, but i guess it's about time that i air out my insights.

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Don't get me wrong, though. I do welcome suggestions, constructive criticism and the like. But I guess, people really have to learn the art and science of being tactful.

Time's Up!

This day officially ends my 'short semestral' vacation for tomorrow I'll be coming back to work. Actually it's not more of a vacation since I went to work twice last week. Aside from that, I didn't really have a quite quality relaxing since I also worked on my working plans in English II and III for the third quarter. In addition, I also finished computing the grades of my students.

Last Saturday marked my first day as a Graduate School student. As I've expected, it was just an orientation. Thank God my first teacher came to see us - so the taxi fare that I spent paid off :) . Actually, I was having a headache last Saturday because I only slept for one hour. I really got into making the working plans to the extent that I didn't notice the time. As for my second teacher, she was absent and she only asked one student to collect our class cards. After that, I went straight to Moonwalk, Parañaque. I was there early and so I had time to rest. But then again, my head was still aching... :( I guess a few hours sleep was not enough for me to recover...

So this day, I woke up late (I did it on a purpose)... I woke up at around 10 in the morning... and then I watched the six back to back episodes of Desperatee Housewives.. I started watching at noon and it ended by 5pm. :) At six o'clock, I went to church to hear mass...

I do hope that I would have enough strength to face 'the world' again...