long weekend-maulang undas

Long weekend ngayon para mga nag ta trabaho.
Saturday-Monday ang days off sa work! Saya! Minsan lang kasi ito mangyari,
especially samen nakakaiba ang nature ng work at kakaiba din ang ni follow na holidays.

Anu nga ba ang nangyari sa 3 days off?

Saturday...
Ala nmn nangyari, same old stuff.
Tanghali ako bumangon, mejo maulan kasi nun at masarap matulog.
Panu nmn kasi anong petsa na nmn ako natulog that time - umaga na.
Nagtulog lang din ako maghapon, isang tipikal na Sabado sa buhay ko.
Natapos ang araw ng ganun ganun na lang.

Sunday...
Aba! Aga ko nagising mga 4:30am.
Panu kasi tong frend ko, naka online.
Ugali ko kasi, iwan ol ung ym ko sa ipod with a BUSY status at ang message ko ay " Sleeping now. Leave your message. Syempre 24 hours din bukas ang router ko.
Dahil ol tong si friend ko sa Dubai sya now, kung maka pag BUZZ, kala mo kapit bahay ko lang. E syempre nagising ako sa sound. Tsaka ganung time lang din kasi sya madalas mag ol e so ako naman bumangon at nakipagchat.

Nagsimba ako nung umaga. Natulog ako ng lunch at nagising ng hapon.
I planned to have my haircut but shoot! nitamad ako. Kaya ala na nmn nangyari saken.

Sunday night, nakatanggap ako ng text from an old friend about the sudden death ng isa naming ka trabaho sa first job ko as callcenter agent. Ayun, namatay ung friend ko from a disease called LYMPHOMA, a kind of cancer. Paki-google nalang. Too bad tlaga kasi unexpected. We all thought na nagpapagaling na kasi tong friend namen from that.

Monday...
Last day ng day off. Ala akong plan. Tanghali ako bumangon, around 12nun. Kasi kakain na, nitawag lang ako. After that, natulog ako ulet, nagising ng hapon mga 2pm.
Naligo ako at nag bihis. Gusto ko palang pumunta sa memorial garden at dumalaw kay lolo at lola. Ni gising ko tong sister ko, at ni aya, ayun buti pumayag.
Sakay kame bus at bumaba sa Mary the Queen, kakatila lng ng ulan so wet ang mga damo sa memorial. Iw! hahahha

Sakto ang dating namen, kumakain sila ng palabok with tinapay at juice. Huwaw!
Ayun kain at pagkatapos nag libot libot sa memorial.
Ang so sosyal ng mga tao dun, aside sa mga may tent e dami food~ catering services pa ang iba. Tapos ung mga puntod, aba! parang bahay. May aircon at tv at may sarili silang CR. Nice diba?

Sana lang ma-appreciate nung patay yun. hakhakhak.

Anyway, hanggang sa sementeryo, mapapansin mo ang pagkakakilanlan ng status ng buhay ng tao. Makikita mo nmn kung sino tlaga ang may kaya at sino ang average.

Well, sarap din mag sight seeing dun.. At dami nagtitinda, nakabili nga kame Siomai. Sarap..

Hahaha.. yun pala ang ni punta namen, kumain at maglakad lakad.

Tuesday na bukas. Ayoko ng idea na mag wowork na naman ako ulet.
Start ng new month, bago mga students ngayon. Less work lang ako dahil mararamdaman ko na ang bago kong position sa trabaho.
Wag lang magkaroon ng pasaway sa team ko at ako mag ha handle ng mga classes/calls nila. A-YO-Ko!

Anyway, di ko masabing naging productive ang long weekend ko. Kayo nalang humusga.

Cheers!

Back to work na ulet!

God bless everyone!

COSPLAY

Photo By
©Marcus 2010

Sasuke and the ELF

ELF: Jamie
SASUKE: MARCUS

naki-uso lang

Nagsimula ang lahat nung last Saturday, bandang hapon yata ng makaramdam ako ng kakaibang pakiramdam. Tapos kasi hapon pa ko naligo kaya na-trigger yata. NUng night time na, ayan na, nilalamig na ko. Tapos, nag check ako ng body temp at ayun, may lagnat nga ako. In denial pa ko nung una e baka kasi malameg lang talaga ang panahon pero lumala talaga sya.

Sunday morning, ganun pa rin, hindi ako naka pag church dahil dun. Pero uminom nmn ako ng gamot, BIOGesic, tapos ASCOF, mejo ni pag pawisan ako so kala ko okay na..

Nagkaron kame bisita sa bahay, ung kapatid ko na nakatira sa may Tambubong, kasama ung isang Kano. Hala! Ginising tlaga ako at nisabihan na " o ikaw kumausap dun ha, kaw magaling sa English e".. I replied,... "Nye? HIndi ko nga kilala yan e tsaka may sakit ako".. hahaha Pero syempre nangyari pa din ang gusto ng kapatid ko, ako nga ang nakausap ni "SHAWN". Ang dami nya kwento about sa family nia, sa tatto nia at sa work nia.

Nakakatuwa din nmn family ko, kasi kahit di prepared, aba e napaEnglish. Si Papa ko nga, with matching action pa, si mama di masyado nag speak, si bro ko nmn~hahahah okay nmn survival level ang english.

So anyway, hindi pa rin natatanggal ang sama ng aking pakiramdam.

Dumaan ang MOnday, ubo at sipon...

Tuesday na.. upo at sipon pa rin...

Wednesday? ~ Bukas... parang ganun pa rin...

Hay nako.. naki-uso pala ko ng hindi ko nalalaman..

Kung ganito ang trend, hindi nmn ako makikigaya. NEVER!
Dahil mahirap lalo na may work pa..

Anyway. I hope to become really well soon..

Yun lang..

Anyong!

KOREANO

Sila ang mga natatanging bata na kinaaaliwan kong turuan.
Una, si PRINCE.. sobrang tahimik sa class.
Yes or No, kaya nya sagutin.
Ask ko ng questions starting WHY? ala na.. taob na..
But I can tell na willing sya matuto.
Yun nga lang, patience is a virtue.


Next is Mark, matalino tong bata na to.
Active sa class. He can explain his answer.
Hirap lang sya mag construct ng sentence pero okay to kausap.
However, my mood swing ata to. Minsan super explain, minsan quiet lang.
Pero, natutuwa ako jan, lage yan nagpapacute sa cam. hehehe
lage nag me make face.. gaya nalang ng pic nia dito. ehehhe


Guys, I want you to meet Jhon. Mabait tong bata na to. Marunong makaintindi ng basic questions. Hirap nga lang sya sumagot at magconstruct ng basic sentence. Madali nmn ma correct, pero next class, hindi na nmn alam.. My memory gap ata to.
Si Jhon, whenever he cant say it or explain it in words, ay asahan mo, gagamit na yan ng action to demonstrate what he really wanted to say which is sobrang aliw na aliw ako.. Kaya lage ko nitatanong ng WHY question.. hahahaha bad bad..


Sa pagtuturo ng Korean nationals especially, kids, hindi maiwasan na talagang maubusan ng pasensya. Like me, nagagalit din ako sa class. Mahirap nmn maging stiff na parang ala kang emosyon diba.

I think, one must really have the passion to teach to become successful in imparting knowledge. :D

art class part 2

Kids will always be kids.
Mahilig magsusulat ng kung ano ano at lalong mahilig mag drawing..
They explore things. Kaya nmn why not use their curiosity in class?
hahahaha

Eto ako ulet, isang ART class na nmn ang ngyari.
Kahit paulet ulet ko tong tignan, natutuwa ako at natatawa.

Galing galing magdrawing ng mga alaga ko..
Clap Clap Clap!

Due to popular demand...

gumawa ako ng account sa TUMBLR.

pano kasi tong mga kasama ko sa work, i follow ko daw sya,, kaya ayun.

Tong blogspot account nga di ko ma manage masyado, tas un pa na another blog account?

Anyway, feel free to check it out.. almost same post nmn un..
What I put in here, can be seen in my TUMBLR account too... ehehehe

http://www.iamarcus.tumblr.com

Nagpapanggap

Hindi talaga ako blogger at lalong hindi writer.
Sa Aming simbahan, UMC, meron kaming journal na ni pa publish every other month.
Dun, writer ako pero kadalasan yung write up ko, hindi maganda kaya naman super edited ni Chief. hahaha nakakahiya.

One time, sa isang issue, yung write up ko, ni soli saken via email.
Lahat ng errors in red letters. Ayun, ang bloody ng dating ng email dahil sa red marks.

Challenging ang pagsusulatm especially kung hilig mo tlaga.
I find it cool na rin kasi ako expressive ako, mali pala mejo talker ako.

Madami akong ideas sa isip ko. Kadalasan hindi ko nmn to ni sasabi sa iba.
Tanging ang notebuk at pilot pen ko ang lage ko kausap.

Pero hindi tlaga ko writer or blogger.
Masaya lang pakiramdam ko pag meron akong post.
Natutuwa din ako pag may nabisita sa site ko.

Though i know, ala wenta tong mga ni po post ko dito pero iba pa rin feeling kapag may nag stop over dito.

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Salamat sa nag comment! :D
-- MOTS name nia dito..

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my right eye

ALONE

From childhood’s hour I have not been
As others were; I have not seen
As others saw; I could not bring
My passions from a common spring.
From the same source I have not taken
My sorrow; I could not awaken
My heart to joy at the same tone;
And all I loved, I loved alone.
Then- in my childhood, in the dawn
Of a most stormy life- was drawn
From every depth of good and ill
The mystery which binds me still:
From the torrent, or the fountain,
From the red cliff of the mountain,
From the sun that round me rolled
In its autumn tint of gold,
From the lightning in the sky
As it passed me flying by,
From the thunder and the storm,
And the cloud that took the form
(When the rest of Heaven was blue)
Of a demon in my view.



— by Edgar Allan Poe
-- 1809-1849, written in 1830

Psalm 23

Psalm 23

The LORD is my shepherd,
I shall not be in want.
He makes me lie down in green pastures,
he leads me beside quiet waters,
He restores my soul.
He guides me in paths of righteousness
for his name's sake.
Even though I walk
through the valley of the shadow of death,
I will fear no evil,
for you are with me;
your rod and your staff,
they comfort me.
You prepare a table before me
in the presence of my enemies.
You anoint my head with oil;
my cup overflows.
Surely goodness and love will follow me
all the days of my life,
and I will dwell in the house of the LORD
forever.

In times of sadness or grief, we can hold on to God's words and promises.

Good bye

I was having class when I received a text message from my sister about what happened to grandma yesterday. She passed away at around 1pm due to her illness. Sad. Blue. Right after reading the text message, I asked how mum was doing. Because she was very close to Lola.

Anyway, I started reminiscing the my y0unger years. My mum often told me that Lola used to take care of me when mum was away or doing something else. Lola used to wash my clothes, especially the most dirty ones. I did not cry. But my eyes were teary. :'(

The last time I saw her was on Christmas day when we visited that afternoon. She was still in good condition that time. She was still able to walk and speak to us. :'(

Now, we only have 1 grandparent alive. My grandfather on my mother side. He is old but still kicking. Hope he lives more years. If it was hard to lose a grandparent, it would be harder to lose a mother or a father.

Show love to the elderly. You arent just aware how you make them feel glad when you greet or talk to them.

May your soul rest in peace, Nanang.

Retold Story

I am writing about the story I have heard from a friend..

He was too lonely that day and called me up aS he needed someone to talk to about personal matters.

He told me a story of his life that happened only once for the first time and he was hoping not to have that same experience ever.

This friend of mine is a call center agent. He is working somewhere in Pasay City. He is staying along Taft avenue renting a single room.

That night was too quiet. Actually, it was around past 2 am and he was going to the office. It was rainy then so, it was a little cold and windy.

He was waiting for a jeep at the corner of a dark street. His heart was pounding and feeling uneasy. The truth was, he was afraid and nervous. However, there were few cabs and jeepneys around so he waited patiently. Until a jeep came along but it was full. Then while waiting for another one, one man approached him from behind and grad his neck holding this knife as he pointed it on my friend's neck. My friend was really really terrified and dont know what to do, he just said.. " kunin nio na po yung gusto niong kunin,wag nio lang akong saktan".. if I remember clearly.
So this man, check out his bag and took his wallet and cellphone. This man was not alone, there was another younger man that him as look out. Not being contented from the things that my friend had, this man took also his wrist watch, it's NIKE.

Now my friend, no money, no cellphone, was brave enough to go to work still. Good thing, he had some money on the pocket, so he managed to go to work.

In the office, he talked to his TL about what happened to him, my friend cried. It was like the incident just sinked in to him. He said, he was shaking and "tulala". His team-mates heard about what happened to him and offered help. Wow!, I said, your teamates were really helpful. Glad that you belong to that team.

After his shift, he went to the baranggay hall and reported the incident. Shocked, the policeman's report was in English.. hehehe

He also told the story to the owner of the house where he stayed and told them that it was not the first time that it happened, perhaps, it was common to that place to have incident like that. Badly, it happened to him.

So the next shift, my friend woke up early and slept in his office's sleeping quarter and waited for his time.

Soooooo.. the lesson was...
Be vigilant. Be careful. Dont stay in a dark corner of street and dont dress up like a millionare. Whhooo!

art class

when I ran out of things to say or activities to be done in class, I just ask them to draw ~ anything… :D

08-24-2010

Today is Thursday and it is my co-worker's birthday. Well, she already celebrated it with her bf and she is already broke as well so I think there wont be any pizza today. hahaha

In the office, there are 2 native americans around. They are Charles and David. They'll be our team mates in video class teaching. I haven't had the chance to speak with them personally because I don't have much free time to do so. My schedule is really full. I only have like 10 minute or 5 minute break before the next class starts and I use the breaks in getting some water and in going to the comfort room, that's all. No time to talk with my other co-workers but I can communicate with them through facebook because we have access to the internet. hahahah Nice!

Tomorrow, 25th, is my friend's wedding. It's gonna be held @ the church somewhere along Edsa but I dont know the exact name and place yet so I need to send a text message to her tonight for the details. It is not the common wedding, I mean, not the ideal one because it is a rush and not really planned. Perhaps, they'll be getting married for the second time years later where there will be sponsors and lots of guests. I'm not that excited because its gonna be hard for me to wake up so early to attend to the wedding. As you know, I'm coming from Bulacan, which is almost 2 hours away from Manila so, as I said to her, it's gonna be a great challenge for me to wake up so early for that event. Anyway, i'll still go to for my friend. :D It's gonna be really special for her and her husband.. lol!

There is nothing really special today. The classes in today's schedule lasts for 45 minutes and it's really giving me pain especially for those beginners. However, I can tell that I'm getting used to it so, it's no longer a big deal for me whether they are slow or now, the only problem I am having is the execution of the lesson and motivation for myself. hehehe

It is not a busy schedule now so I'm able to write something. So far, I only have 3 blogs for August.. Goosh... Am I that busy this month??

Anyway, see you later...

Auf Wiedersehen ( Goodbye ~ German ) ;D

REST days...

It is not really a good weekend for me as I am sick and catch a cold.
It all started in the office. Some co-workers were sick last week and I think, they have spreaded the virus all over the corner of our workplace causing more people to get sick like them. Sadly, I am one of the affected ones.
Because of that, this Saturday, I just took a rest, literally.
My younger sister washed my clothes, while me, I just stayed in front of my computer surfing the net. Perhaps, it is one of the laziest weekend that I have ever.





Anyway, Last Friday, we had our second gathering. I mean, my BGE (Bonding with God Experience) family had its 2nd meeting and it all happened at the same place as before, KFC Eastwood. It was Divine, who led the cell group. Gladly, there were 3 people who were added in the group. Michelle, Astrid and Gemma. All three followed the prayer of acceptance led by Vea. Glory to God for the 3 more souls we have won for HIM. I just hope that they will continue to join our gatherings every friday.

It was like 2:30am when we have ended the cell group, and Terry and I believed that it would be best to stay somewhere in Eastwood until the sun rises because it would be really unsafe to travel home that time. So what we did, Terry, Divine, Gemma and I stayed at the Coffee Bean, drunk a coffee and wait til 5am.

Good thing that Gemma brought her laptop and the coffee shop had WIFI, so we enjoyed the night surfing the net, watching clips from YOUTUBE, checking FB and picture taking. That same time, Divine uploaded all the pictures taken. :D

We headed home at aroung 6am I think. Terry and I ate breakfast meal @ Mcdonalds in Cubao and continue the talking about several things then we separated our ways.

I arrived home @ 8:30am and I told them that I was not feeling well so I just changed clothes and sleep right away.



NOTE: I saw my facebook friend @ KFC, we haven't seen each other personally yet, since we only knew each other through internet. I was not really sure it that was him so I texted him to confirm, and YEs, it was my friend. He saw me and I saw him too but we did not talked since both of us were with our circle of friends. It was not the right time yet. hehehe

Whatta Sked!

Before, I always want August to come. But now, I regretted to wish August to come. Why?

Una, kasi puno na schedule ko!
Grabe! 11 classroom, as in! Whatta blast!
There are new students today and Im gonna be seeing them for 3 months.
Ou! Syang Tunay!
However, okay nmn din kasi yung mga new students. The others have brains already. They already know basic english and some are already good. But the rest, spoon feeding pa rin ang kailangan.

Last month kasi, meron pa kong mga ilang oras na bakante before my real schedule but now, 10 minute break lang talaga ang dahilan ko para makapunta ng cr at para mag kape. No more chit chat time.

I wish I could turn back time pero no turning back na. This is the real life. This is the real job.

I just need to have positive vibes and lots of motivation to do my job well.
Kaya lang, san ko makikita ang dalawang iyon???


HELP!!!

kids @ work

Here are my students at Nowon Interactive Spoken English [NISE]











TO give you an idea how I conduct the class, here are some screen shots of my class:

"unlimited surfing"

Nagsimula ang lahat ng ito ng malipat ako ng department.
Dati kasi, nung sa Phone and Talk ako, walang net. As in blocked lahat ng website maliban dun sa ginagamit namen site na work related.
So ayun, nagtyaga ako dun for like 10 months.


Pero, not all the moments I spent there were sad ones. Meron din nmn mga unexpected happy moments.
Like kapag system down. Lahat kame sa department na yun bonggang bongga sa tuwa at ligaya. Panu kasi, walang call. As in! At eto pa, nagkakaron kamen ng internet.

FACT:
ANg internet namen ay sa South Korea pa nanggagaling. Yup, you read it right. Our server is located in Seoul. Kaya naman ang connection namen ay parang kidlat sa bilis.

to continue...

Kapag system down lang ngyayari yun..

Pero nung nagstart ako sa NISE [Nowon Interactive Spoken English], e unlimited internet na kame.. hehehe
Actually people in the office have given the chance to be transferred to the new department/account. Ako nga voluntary eh. Ayaw din kasi nmn nila.

So what is good about the new account? Nakikita ko mga students ko.
Yup, i can see them and I can tell whether they are interested or not.
On the other hand, mahirap humarap sa kamera. Limited ang emotions.
Dapat, laging SMILE and perky and upbeat and animated para di ma bore ang mga koreans.

At syempre, since 8hours ang trabaho, nakakaubos ng energy most especially kapag bobo ang kausap mo. Tama! Hindi lahat magagaling. Hindi lahat marunong umintindi. Comprehension wise? not all of them can comprehend. Pramis! Tapos yes or no na lang ang tanong, di pa ma gets! Ang sarap talga sumigaw during class time kaya lang my acts are limited already because my students can see me on cam.
Yan ang negative sa Video class BUT unlimited internet naman... kaya na siguro.

But lately, siguro kung tutuusin, ive been here for like 2 months now. Pero wag ka, nauumay na rin ako.
Nakakasawa na kasi. My internet naman ako sa bahay kasi.
Tska wala na kong magawa sa net. lol!

Ikaw? masaya ka ba sa work mo?
Perhaps, meron din time na nagsasawa ka na sa ginagawa mo, diba?
Im sure, dumaan ka din sa point of giving up the job but must not do it for the sake of living.
So ngayon, eto and I turned one year dito sa work ko ngayon. So far, I have one big achievement ~ naging TEACHER OF THE MONTH ako for the month of APRIL. hehehe
astig!!!!!!

Crime Scene

Last week, I witnessed a crime while I was in the bus.
I was on my way home at around 12:30am. The bus stopped along Edsa Munoz, in front of Mcdonalds. The bus stayed there for a several minutes and while waiting for passengers, I looked outside the window to observe, just to observe the people.
There was this one fat woman standing in front of Jolibee. She's not the only one waiting there actually, there were many people walking, some were selling something. Then while this fat woman is looking for a taxi or a bus maybe, she's holding her bag a little tightly on her right shoulder.
Suddenly, 2 men riding a motorcycle came from nowhere. The second man took the bag from this fat woman with all force. The incident happened so quickly. The bag was taken from the woman. The woman tried to run after the motorcycle. I was not sure if the woman shouted but it seemed nobody noticed what really happened to her until she cried and was really in state of panic mode. People noticed her and as I can tell from where I was seated, she begun telling what happened.
I was not sure if there were people or some kind taxi driver who chased the snatcher.
On the other side of the road was a police car, and perhaps, there were policemen there. They did not know anything. Until then, the bus I was riding in moved and proceed. The policemen tried to follow where these snatchers went to but one thing was sure then, they wont be able to catch them. First, they were wearing helmet so their faces where covered. Last, the motorcycle does not have a plate number except for the word unregistered at its back.
Poor woman, I wonder how she went back home. Everything was taken from her. I hoped then that there would be kind people who helped her.

Upon seeing the crime, i felt nervous. I had a lot of what if's.. What if I was in the woman's shoes. what if that happened to.. what if.. what if..
I was just paranoid as I had one bad memorable experience somehow related to what happened to her.

Anyway, it was over, I was able to get back home safely. I have forgotten that incident actually but I tried to remember as I want to share it to you guys.

Please be safe always.
When waiting for a bus, a taxi or jeepney, please secure your belongings.
Dont put everything in your bag.
Put some money in your pocket.
Take good care of yourself.
Be sensitive and observant.

Chillax!

Father's Cry

I remember just now an incident that happened on Saturday, June 26th.
I was on my way to Trinoma, a popular department store in Manila, to see my friend because I will accompany her in buying Itouch.
So I was in the bus, sitting on the window seat with my earphone on my ear.
There was man who got on the bus wearing a plain t-shirt and pants.
When I look at him closely, I can tell that he is in need of something.
Then, when he started to speak in front of us, passengers.
He told us that he asked permission from the driver to solicit from the passenger.
What do you think was his reason?
Well, in tagalog, he said, kailangan nya ng 800 pesos in order for him to buy medicine for his baby who was in the hospital that time.
My heart bleeded that time when I heard what he said.
I felt really bad and gloomy.
Sabi pa nya, galing sya sa another bus and ask for an ample amount from the passengers to para nga naman my ma ipambayad sya sa hospital.
Tapos, while he was speaking, he cried and said, nahihiya sya sa ginagawa nyang panghihingi ng pera ngunit wala syang ibang paraan na alam dahil yung work nya, kung meron man which I forgot ay hindi sapat yung income nia.
Ou, he cried. Umiiyak sya habang sinasabi nya ung kalagayan ng baby nia sa hospital.
Sabi pa nya, nilakasan lang nya yung loob nya dahil he wanted to keep the baby alive.
Siguro, nasa critical condition yung baby that is why ganun na lang ung pagsusumamo niya sa mga tao.
Well ako, nakikinig pa rin ng mp3 sa ipod...
I really dont paid much attention kasi ayoko syang tignan dahil at times, I am emotional especially kapag family na ung ni papagusapan..
I felt bad kasi, I did not give any amount.
Panu ba naman, my money that time was just enough for my fare. Kasi I believe na, my friend will treat me meryenda after namen makabili ng itouch nya kaya I did not bring an extra.
So ayun, nalungkot kasi i was not able to give him something.
There were some people na nagbigay and the others kept their hands closed.

For me, whether what he said was true or not, we should help one another.
Seldomly you will see fathers na nanghihingi ng amount from other people unless talagang in need.

Ayun, nakita ko pa rin ang ni tatawag nilang bayanihan in terms of giving money to that person for his baby's hospitalization.

BTW, nakabili na nga kame ng Itouch for my friend and we got it for only 9,990 pesos.. That was really cheaper compared to mine.

Well, I got my itouch 3 months ago so what do you expect? The price will surely decrease.

Anyway, just like what I expected as well, she treated me for dinner @ a fast food resto.

And I got back home at around 7pm..


Peace out!

Sa aking pagbyahe

Araw-araw, bumibyahe ako papasok sa trabaho at pauwi ng bahay. Umaalis ako ng bahay namin ng tanghali, kadalasan 11:00am. Sumasakay ako ng bus, mula sa Bulacan, kung saan ako ay nakatira papuntang Cubao. Umaabot ng isang oras at kalahati kalimitan ang byahe ko. At habang nasa bus ako, it's either I listen to music or natutulog na lang ako kapag nasa NLEX na. Sa pagbyahe ko, ang dami kong nakikita sa paligid. Kadalasan, mga tao na nagtitinda, or yung mga taong nag titinda ng chicharon, kendi, bottled water, mani at kung anu-anu pang pamatid gutom. Minsan kasi kapag inabutan ka ng uhaw or gutom sa byahe, sila yung mga taong makakapagsagip sayo sa nararamdaman mo ng sa ganun eh maging okay ang byahe.
Marami rin akong na o obserbahan sa paligid. Sari-sari ang mga pangyayaring aking nakikita.
Minsan nga, mga mag jowa na naglalakad sa gilid ng kalsada. Meron din isang matanda na namamalimos. Nung isang araw naman, may isang bulag na lumalapit sa mga sasakyan kapag red ang stop light at nanghihingi ng limos. Marami pa rin ang nagtitinda ng sampaguita lalo dito sa may bandang Katipunan. Sa may Aurora blvd naman, hindi mauubasan ng tao ang makikita mong naglalakad. Minsan nga mi nakasakay ako, dalawang matandang babae, nagpababa sa Bus terminal goin to Batangas. Meron din isang matandang lalake dala ung isang tandang na manok na panabong. Ang kulit nga tignan kasi talagang sa loob ng Bus - aircon to ha, tumitilaok ung manok. hehehe.
Ganyan ang karaniwang senaryo sa pagbyahe ko sa umaga.
Pagdating ko ng Farmers-Cubao, maglalakad na ko going to Puregold, andun kasi makikita ung mga jeepney going to CitiBank,Eastwood. So sa paglalakad ko, sa Farmers plaza, dami rin tao. "On Sale" nga lage dun. Parang Divisoria type, dami paninda at dami ka rin mabibili.
After Farmers Plaza, Gateway naman, doon mejo sosyal ang mga tao na makikita mo. Kadalasan, mga students from different schools and universities ang nakakasalubong ko.d Ung iba, naka tie pa, pormal ang dating. Meron nga mi hitsura, merong mga cute, magaganda, gwapo at meron din mga panget syempre.
Mainit maglakad sa tanghali, kaya naman may dala akong lage na payong, umulan at umaraw, at least protected ako.
11:00pm ang out ko sa work. So kung tutuusin, mejo late na. From Eatwood to Cubao, minsan eh around 12 o clock na ko nakakarating, pero madami pa rin tao sa ganun time.
Pagpauwi naman ako, nakakasabay ko sa paglalakad ung mga taong nagtatrabaho jan sa Shopwise-Cubao madalas or di kaya mga crew sa fastfood resto.
Lam mo ba, kapag sa bandang Gateway, makikita mo na madaming lalake ang nakaupo dun. Mga mi hitsura kung tutuusin, maayos ang mga damit, mapoporma pa nga. Karamihan pala don ay mga 'callboy'. Ou, nung una, nagulat ako nung nalaman ko from a friend na kasabay ko pauwi. Perom halata nmn kasi sa kanila eh. Basta,every night, madami dun. Kapag nakipagtitigan ka, ay naku! Patay ka na! Kasi for sure lalapitan ka. Kaya nga kame ng mga friends ko pag nalalakad eh straight forward ang tingin kasi kontin mali lang, malamang ma ta type'an ka nila. hahaha
Meron nga dun minsan, isang lalake inabutan ng cash ng isang mama na nakakotse. Sosyal no! Bayad siguro yun sa service. ^^
Nung one time na nagStarbucks nman kame, dami din dun. Usually, mga bisexuals or bicurious or whatever ang mga nakatambay don. Or maybe, mga taong mapoporma lang tlaga. Pero with all fairness, may mga looks naman. parang mayayaman nga eh..
Kapag pauwi, dun ako nahihirap sumakay ng bus, kadalas kasi wala ng byahe straight to Bulacan. Kelangan lang ma tiempuhan yung last trip. at kapag wala na talaga, I go to the alternate way, kung saan, it will take me 2 hours before I can finally reach my house. It takes 5 rides all in all. Grabe no. Pero adventure, kasi nga I can see many things around.
When I go the other way, sa Monumento ako sumasakay ng jeep going to Bocaue exit. NLEX kasi daan ng jeep kaya meyo mabilis ang matagal eh ung mapuno ung jeep. Tapos ung mga nakakasabay ko dun halos kakilala ko na sa mukha. Panu ba nmn kasi, madalas kame kame ang magkakasabay sa byahe. Kung makapal mukha ko e tinanong ko na mga names nila. ^^
Sa pagbyahe, kelangan lang talga maging sensitive ka at aware sa mga pwedeng mangyari. Iba na kasi ngayon eh. It is no longer safe to travel late alone. Kaya doble ingat tlaga. Lalo na ko, I had a very bad experience already.
Ibang adventure talaga ang nagbibyahe. Nakakapagod, literally pero Im used to it. Sabi nga ng mga co-workers ko, award daw ako kasi ang layo nga ng house ko at tagal ng byahe ko. Sabi ko nmn, sanayan lang yan. Ou, im really tired of it. Pero iba pa rin kasi kapag sa sariling bahay ka uuwi after a very long time at work.
I had tried to live alone for 2 years already and I can say that I already knew how to live my life by myself. It was really hard, sometimes boring, good, exciting and wild. hahaha
Ang sarap talaga makipagkwentuhan lalo na sa mga taong maraming karanasan sa buhay. Ako? madami pa kong kwento. Sa susunod na lang, sasabihin ko ung ibang highlights ng buhay ko. :))

Chillax everyone!

My Teams

In my 11 months of stay in YBM Phone n Talk. I've been into 2 teams already.



The members are: HT Lence, Mentor Naomi, Mentor Camille, Bless, Janelle, Divine, Patty, Megan, Matilda, Bless, Terry, Lucy, Lester, Ian.

The picture above showed my Head Teacher and co-teachers in the team.
Since it was my first team, I found them cool. Well, to be honest, they are silent and not very hard to approach.
They are nice to talk to.
Ayus naman sila lahat eh..
But, I am not very close to everyone. Meron pa ring gap that hinders me to be really close with them. Im not sure what was that gap pero meron talaga.
At hindi ako at ease sa team na ito.






The picture above is my current team, TEAM HONEY.
I feel very comfortable with my team mates and my Head Teacher.
My HT never fails to reach out to all the team members.
She's easy going and cool.
My mentor, Matthew.. he's kind..funny.. Marunong magbisaya,,
My team mates are very very nice to talk to.
We shared the common interest: kumain [eating]
We laugh together, kwentuhan to the max even we have classes.
We go home together..
Basta!
Im at ease when Im with them. They dont pressure me. They are nice to me.
I will miss them, since im going to join the NOwon Interactive Speaking English (Video class) program starting on Monday, June 14th.

Well well well...
Time is fast approaching and I'll be moving to my third team..
So far, I enjoyed my stay in YBM. In fact, I became the Teacher of the Month of APRIL. [apir!!!!!]
It was really flattering because there were other teachers, older than me [ more tenured ] but still, they chose me.
It really made my stay more meaningful and exciting.

No matter what happen, I will continue fighting.
I may not be in Team Honey anymore, still, I can go and talk with them any freetime that I have.
I know they are always there.
Tsaka.. maliit lang YBM no, isang floor nga lang yun.. hahahah


See you around guys!
:))

Peace out!

Ticha... I'm boring!

It's Tuesday shift and something surprising happened in my schedule!
Guess what?
All of my students were gone! Amazing!!!
That means I don't have anything to do for 9 hours in the office but
to eat, talk, sleep, talk, and eat again.

Hahahaha

Earlier today, I went to the office one hour ahead because of the
training for video class program. I was really excited to the fact
that I'm gonna be seeing my students in person in the class.
For me, that's cool and fine.

The training lasted for 30 minutes I think?!...
It was just an introduction of the website that we are going to use
which is www.nise.kr.

Actually our pictures were already posted in that site. I am the only
chubby teacher that you can see there wearing red checkered polo...
That's really funny! And I don't like my picture there..

There's going to be another training tomorrow at the same time and
hopefully I can make it to be early again... Good luck!

So far, I'm just enjoying my petics schedule.. No classes for 8 hours
and I think it will last until Friday because by Monday, video will
start it's first day! God bless to us teachers!


I ended my shift today without doing anything.
Ooops! I called an interview class today from Shekina's schedule. I'm
missing my students especially those who are close to me.. I hope they
were distributed to nice teachers who have a lot of patience like me..


Chillax!
Tomorrow is another day!

Peace out!

This could be the start of something new!

Its June!
this might be the start of the rainy season...
prepare to get wet by the flood and rain.. hehehe

...

Ive been working for YBM since July last year and I find my work a little boring already. Well, its not toxic but what im doing is already a routinary work for me though at times, its still good and funny.

By the 3rd week of June, our company is going open a new account and its gonna be different to what Im currently doing. It's a "Video Class" program. Both parties can be seen by each other through webcam.

I was chosen as one of the teacher that will handle the said program 2 weeks from now. Actually, the manager asked me if Im interested about it and... well.. I asked some questions regarding the programs since its gonna be new. The manager promised that its gonna be not so difficult. He told me that pronunciation, diction and grammar would not be very important. Perhaps, catching the attention of the students would be the main focus and also, the class flow should be really interesting and full of fun. So I guess, it will require a lot of energy.

I agreed to handle Video class knowing that its gonna be more challenging for me. It will require great effort for sure. Though I know that its tough, am still interested to try out something new. Being an online teacher for 10 months is good and I think its time to give myself a break for the daily routines that Im used to be doing since then.

Im hearing a lot of negative thoughts about the said program. Since its new to everyone, there is no set of policies yet and im wondering if there would be an increase in terms of salary. Well, Im hoping that there is..

I noticed that some people are questioning my decision. There is this one person who approached me in a sarcastic upon knowing that Im gonna be joining the video class program. Though this person was smiling then, I find it really really plastic. To interpret that person's action: It is like I dont have the gutts to be in that program. It is like this person is telling me that I should not be part of it. Shoot! I dont care!

I see this as a new challenging work. I find it interesting. I had handled man to man type of teaching ( academy type ) so it wont be different for me to see koreans face to face. What is different is its gonna be in a video type and navigating the program but the rest is all the same.

Im gonna miss my current team. I am happy with them. They are very jolly and most of us share the common interest. But, Im still part of the company though. I will just be moved to the next room so we will still be able to bump with each other.

sigh...

I need to prepare myself. I don't expect anything because I might be disappointed so better not to expect.

Peace out!

May 26, 2010

One day, I became famous.

Without much ado, I became the topic of most conversations at work today. What about me? Well, there was this teacher from the morning shift who I don't know by name and even by face who told everyone na nibangga ko sya accidentally sa pantry and sya pa yung sorry to let me know what happened. Ako naman, I did not notice anything na nabangga ko or bumangga saken kasi if meron for sure I will be able to remember the incident. So this teacher told her friends and close friends about that.. 

I would like to thank my friend from my former team kasi sya nagsabi saken  about that na my kumakalat nga na news sa ybm about me.. I was alarmed but I did not mind about it. Okay Lang na sabihan nya na suplado ako or walang modo. She has the right to do that but I have the right to remain silent.

I won't fight back just for that piece of crap. It's nothing. It was an issue that should not be given special attention. 

Okay. She's mad at me and to whoever but I just want her to know that what she did is a childish act. 

We are all professionals so we should act as professionals. She should approached and made me realize that I did something bad against her instead of telling stories to anyone because she's mad.

Kakaiba talaga! Pero ganun talaga.. Hindi lahat kaya mong i'pleased.

Another proof that life is indeed complicated!


O syA, need to get some rest now,,,
It's 2:23am now...

Chillax! 

Galera trip

So anu na nga ba ang nangyari sa buhay???

Hmmmm I had been busy in the past days sa mga gala and stuff. The latest event I have been to was in Mindoro. Four of my friends named shekina, Jessica and Matthew went to puerto Galera to expirience the white beach and enjoy swimming.. 

It was on the 15th and 16th of May when we headed to Calapan to stay in mentor jane's ancestral house. We rode I what they called Ro-Ro, a big boat and a mini ship in which even vehicles and cars can ride inside. 

From Manila to batangas port it took us 2 hours and from there to calapan it took us another 2 hours by water. We were all tired and wasted that day because we just got out from work then. But the whole travel thing was fun and full blessings so I don't have any regret at all. 

Mentor Jane's family was really accommodating and very kind to us. They did not let us feel hungry and bad. In fact, they pampered us and made us feel at home so I indeed appreciate their kindess to all of us. 

From calapan to puerto galera was 2 hours and we were all riding in a mini van so cute.. Ayun nga Lang dahil small eh naipit ang mga paa namen at parang na stroke na. Hehehe


The beach was soooo beautiful! I cannot deny the fact that I fell in love to the beauty of the ocean. It was very relaxing there though the heat of the sun was terrible.. 

We all enjoyed swimming and best of all, the picture taking!!! Yeahhhhh,,, we had a total of 170 pictures all taken in Mindoro!!! Whoooaaa can imagine how addicted we are in picture taking??? 

So it was one cool vacation and escape from the city and from the work load. 


I would like to thank God for the safetiness of our trip back and fro. For the family who took care Of us and from the company that the people shared with me.. Kamsahamnida!!!


Chillax and cheers!!!! 

^^

Automated Election

May 10, 2010

The first Automated Election happened in the Philippines.
The PCOS Machines were created by SmartMatics company.
The goverment spent billions for this election.
Nation and local election day.


Though the Filipinos were all informed on how the process would be, still, let's admit the fact that we are not that prepared in this kind of system. Im not saying that most of us are not open to changes but it really takes a lot of time before we could make this system happen smoothly.

If you have noticed, a lot of people went to different school with their hopes to vote in a more convenient way. But its the opposite. In our location, so many people dont know what to do when they arrived. They try to find their names in the precinct but some of them were missing already. The clusters are not very organized. One cluster consists of 4-5 precincts so that was were the problem lie.

Good thing that there are volunteers in front of the gate. People can ask them if they cant find their names on the list posted in the board. They have this excel record in which all of the registered voters are listed. That was were we went since we cant find our precincts and ola! in one click, we were able to find our cluster.

But, the problem did not end there yet. The line was really loooooonnngggg.. As in! The movements were very slow like a turtle. Aside from that, meron din mga etchuserong palaka kung saan they dont how to fall in line. Para silang mga bulate na sumisingit so the line at the end moved really slowly because of those people..

Also, 2 of the machines were broken during that time. Good thing there were IT people to the rescue. Ayun, it has been fixed right away.

We fall in line by 9am and we finished at 2:30pm.. Can you imagine that? Last election, when it was the old system, people did not experience this kind of shit falling in line or whatsoever.. The weather was really humid and there were a few a hinimatay habang nasa linya because of the condition ng panahon.. Good thing, there was a free drinking water.

Kaya, it was really a relief ng makatapos kameng bumoto. Ang cool din nmn ng computer because it automatically scan your paper and designates the votes to the names of the candidates. Mabilis ang processing ng pagboto when we reached the precinct. It was just the line outside that made us really mad and hungry..

Well, I just hope that there would be less to no dayaan in terms of tallying the votes. Also, volunteer people should be paid off accordingly. Poll watchers should get their pay in the right time. And most especially, the next president would the best for us..

Let us pray and continue to askl God to guide us in making decisions.

BAD-Trip to Bataan

We have decided to go on a trip and we have chosen Bataan as our destination. I was with my college friends when it happened. We actually planned about it maybe 2 weeks ago, not pretty sure about the exact date but it was several days ago. Finally, everyone agreed about the out of town event.

So the date was settled. It was may 8, 2010. Rachelle Lou, Leslie and Jocelyn went to Arnold's place at Baliuag, Bulacan to meet up. Dun na sila nag dinner with Arnold's co teacher named Joy. So sabay sabay na sila ng travel to Cubao para sa Bus Station to Bataan. It was around 9pm siguro when travel. While me, I was from Eastwood, galing ako sa workplace ko eh,

So I met them up at Five Star Bus Station, actually, dapat 4am na lang mag byahe kasi it was really early to travel at 12mn.. kasi mabilis lang nmn ang byahe and we dont know where to stay pagdating..

So there, we arrived at Bataan around 3am na yta.. tas mi tindahan don so ako nmn eh kumain while them, they did not.. mga sleepy kasi dahil sobrang kapagod.. after that, we went to the terminal. We decided to go to MORONG, beach place sya so I though or we though makakapagcheck in muna kame before going to Mt. Samat.

Going to Morong was a joy ride.. The road was really scary but exciting.. daming curve.. daig ba ang bagyo and ung bus where we were riding, aba! parang wala ng bukas kung mag drive.. ang bilis kahit zigzag pa ang daan.. kaya nmn nag enjoy kame..

When we were there, lakad galore.. looking for Morong Star, kakilala kasi ng mom ni Rachelle lou ung katiwala don.. We there, we saw the place. Ang cool! Uber! we asked infos about checking in.. Ang mahal nmn! kulang 4k para sa overnyt.. Hmm.. it was not really planned so nagusap usap ang sambayanan and decided not to... Kaya nmn badtrip tlaga si Ache.. ahahaha ako mejo na rin kasi nmn ang aarte ayaw makipagusap.. ganun..


Punta ka ulet sa terminal.. another joy ride sa bus mga 2 hours byahe from Morong.. Tulog kame sa bus pero nagigising kame kapag curve ang daan panu kaya mahuhulog ka tlaga sa seat... ahahah sobrang funny tlaga..

Pagdating sa Terminal, ung contact na service sabi 1pm pa daw.. OMG! nagpanting tenga ko.. anong petsa pa lang kasi non around 9 or 10am.. so san kame magstay don? We were all strangers sa place. hanap kame ng makakainan.. nagpadrive kame sa drive to KFC.. ayun kain and plan kung ano next gagawin.. Di namen na enjoy ang food.. lam mo na pagod at mga badtrip na kasi di pa kame naliligo at pawisan pa..

Terminal kame ulet bumalik dahil don daw kame sunduin.. So ayun na nga.. we waited until 1pm.., lahat na nagawa namen, tulog, kain, tulog, badtrip, cr, lakad, daldal, tulog, upo.. at kung ano ano pa.. gang sa eto na nga at dumating na Si ate Jehn...
babawi daw sya kasi nga we waited for a very long time...

She treated us to Jolibee and then we went to a grocery store, she bought snacks for us, before we went to Mt. Samat.

The cross was really tall like a building in Eastwood. The top view was awesome and amazing.. You can see other towns nearby Bataan from the top.. We went to the gallery room but it was closed. Also, the elevator inside the cross was out of order but still we enjoyed the place.. COOOL!!!! Syempre, ang daming pictures.. ahahaha


Pagkatapos nun, bumaba na kami ng bundok and went somewhere like a department store para makapaglibot pa ng konti then we went back to Bulacan.. sa mga bahay bahay namen,,,

Joyride ang byahe, no planning kaya mejo failed but since ang original plan was to go up to Mt. Samat, okay pa rin but then, hindi sulit ang byahe and the time spent was not very much productive..

For the past week...

It's been a while since my last entry... Omg! The month of April is almost over and yet I've only written a few entries... That's really unacceptable. 

Anyway. Last Sunday, april 25th, our church celebrated it's 64th anniversary with atty. Cao as our guest speaker. The theme for this year was taken from the book of Matthew chapter 28. It's about fulfilling the great commission which is to make disciple to all nations. The message was really awesome and touching. It was the reality and it exposed our ownselves... 

By the way, we had our LCD projector! Wow! It's a blessing, a gift from God. So there, we used it. Cool!!! :-)

Sunday afternoon, I went to the fiesta at my frends house in baliuag. I think I arrived there already late. Pero nakakain pa rin nmn ako ng maayos. And I saw his PC - wow! Widescreen kasi... 

Ayun, nakauwi ako nun almost 10pm.. Kasi I went to ukay2 pa and I was able to buy 3 pieces of polo! Ang nice kasi nmn eh.. You just really need to be patient in looking in the rack. Kaya ayun kahit pawisan na ko tuloy pa rin paghahanap ko kasi at the back of my mind, dapat mi mabili ako. 

For the past week, Iyan ang nangyari.. Kamusta naman di ba?  Ikaw, how have you been? 


Until next time! 

Peace out! 

Weekend

Hi! It's been a while.

How are you doing guys?
Well, it's weekend again.
What happen this week?

••• actually there were a lot things that happen to me. So let me try to remember those incidents and tell them to you one by one.
Ahm... To begin with... A week had past since I bought my itouch. I'm enjoying it so much becuase I can actually listen to variety of music. It offers a big memory which means I can save more songs and also i can download and play games at the same time. It is really because it is one avenue for me to have fun whenever I feel bored at work or when I feel tired. So I'm so happy to have this in really I have not paid this yet... I'm going pay this in 6 months so I really have to spend my cash wisely.

•••• this week as well, it rained a lot of students. My schedule is always a blast and fully loaded! oMg!!!! It's like Wednesday everyday for me. Because before, the only day that I have a fully loaded is Wednesday. But now, it's becoming everyday... Though I'm getting used to it still it's really tiring and exhausting on my part. Sigh... Well I just stick to the saying that more students means more money. Hahahaha

••• on Saturday, my team will have a team building at Tagaytay. I'd like to go with them but the meeting time is too early. I can't wake up that early. Time? They are going to meet at 7 o'clock. OMG!! I'm pretty sure that I'm gonna be in the middle of my dreams then. I think it's fin to join but as I told myself, if I will wake up early then I will go with them. If that won't happen then I'm gonna take a rest at home the whole weekend.


••• my knowledge in German never grows. I've been stacked to the basic. Honestly I already forgot the lessons that I already took several weeks ago. It's really hard because I can't even practice it with someone. But i really want to pursue my lessons in German. I'm serious about it.

••• I became really busy these past weeks due to he increasing number of students. I'm hoping it wil be lessen next week and im hoping that many students will end their contract. Hahahaha

••• ooopss! I forgot to tell you that I was transferred to another team. I belong to ^^ team honey^^ now. I even move to another station near my new team. So far, I feel good there. Actually I'm a bit silent there syempre I don't know all of them yet but I think they are good and nice to be with. But honestly I miss my old team. I miss my coffee mates and daldalan seatmates na kahit I only have 10 minutes I can reach them and have some chitchat. Sigh...
Nothing is really permanent. I have to face the challenge that change has brought to me. I have to admit the fact that evrythig is changing....

••• im sleepy. It's already 2:18a now in the Philippines.
••• guten nacht!

••• chillax!!!

••• peace out!

••• Cheers!!!!!

Gift for myself

It was on thursday, april 8th when I finally decided that I'm going to buy the gift I really wantig for myself. I left home early that day and get off the bus at north avenue station. I went to Trinoma alone with this thought in my mind that I am going to buy an iPod. With all my heart and with all my mind I look for the cyberzone place by asking the security guard standing in front of the door. First, I checkEd the prizes of each store to see if they have the same prize or to check who has the lowest prize. Unfortunately, they all have the same prize so that made me confused . I have to decide Which store should I buy since they all the same prize. I asked myself seriously and decided to go to CompLink. There I talked to the sales person about the ipodtouch. Without second thought I used my credit card and bought this iPod touch 8gb 3rd generation. I paid 5k as my cash out to lessen the installment bill. Gosh!!! it happened really fast! I was really happy that day and you know what? I am using iPod in writing my entry today. WOW!!! I'm not mayabang ok? I'm just like a child whose dream has come true. Kaya naman these days, I should spend my money wisely. The first bill will come by the 15th of next month together with my Internet bill.... Waaaahh good luck to all my bills!! Chillax!! Peace out!! ",))

Happy Easter! ^^

Today is Easter Sunday.

This is day, according to Christian belief, when Jesus resurrected from the dead after 3 days.
This past week was considered as the Lenten Season. So we called it Holy Monday, Holy Tuesday, Holy Wednesday, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, Black Saturday, Easter Sunday.
The first 3 days of the holy week are the last 3 days of Jesus Christ in teaching on Earth. Thursday is the day when he suffered from betrayal of one of his disciples. Friday is when HE's crucified at the cross and died. Saturday, there is no God. Sunday is the celebration of his coming back to life.
Some other religions do not have this kind of beliefs. I respect them.
For Christian like me, we do acknowledge and surely, we know the story behind this event.

In some places in the Philippines they have their own ways of celebration. In Pampanga, meron ditong tinatawag na "SINAKULO" or ung pagpapakita ng sinapit ni Jesus through a play. There are some na talagang they said "PANATA" na nila to which means they do it every year. Meron talagang nagpapapako sa krus~literal. Totohan yun. Walang joke. Kaya naman because of that, many foreigners visit Pampanga to watch this event.

Sa mga Christian naman, meron Last Supper on Thursday or yung holy communion.
Friday, we do have a church service that has the "SEVEN LAST WORDS" theme.
Sunday, we have "SUN RISE SERVICE". Ito dun yung time ng service namen ay early in the morning like aroun 5 o'clock to welcome the sun rise (which symbolizes Jesus's resurrection). Hindi nmn talaga simbolize pero somewhat ganun.

This is also the time when people go to their hometowns to spend the long weekend with their families. Since it's considered as National Holiday, people have lots of time for a vacation. For government employees and selected private companies, Thursday pa lang ay wala ng pasok. For us, online-esl, Friday walang pasok and for those who work in BPO or call centers, if it's your day off, good for you. If not, too bad. So dahil vacations, people usually go to Grotto vista to pray and some go swimming. Yeppee! Summer kasi!

Kaya this early morning, we woke up early like around 4am to prepare ourselve for the Sunrise service. It's a district wide service so all the UMC churches under District 3 are invited to attend. There were a lot people attended the said service. Though it started late, still the message was really a blessing from God.

Later, we will go to a bithday party. Its Trisha's 18th birthday. hehehe.. So that means kainan ito ~ mah favorite!


Tomorrow, pasok na ulet and there will be more number of classes starting tomorrow. Actually the admin said last thursday that we were expecting 200 VIP Students. At lahat iyon ay magagaling already. Tsaka MOnday uulan ng students. Good luck! Hope makayanan at mapagtsagaan ko pa to!

So that's it for now. Perhaps, I will write again next time as long as merong bakanteng oras.

HOTTA ~ HOTTA ~ HOTTA ~ SUMMER!


Cheers!

PALM Sunday

Time really flies.

Today is Palm Sunday. Its means the month of April is coming since it marks the start of the holy week. Most of people in the Philippines acknowledge the Lenten Season as part of their beliefs. Not only Catholic people but some other denominations life the Methodist and Baptist.

What do people do on Palm Sunday?
The answer is I dont really know. Pero as what I observed,most Catholic people buy this palm leaves and then they'll bring in to the church para naman pa basbasan sa pari. After that, they are gonna hung it on their window as a symbol that they welcome Jesus Christ ~ just like what happened during the biblical times when Jesus entered the town of Jerusalem. Kaya dun nagstart ang "ARAW NG PALASPAS".

So what I did today? Ayun, woke up late kaya naman I was late for the church service. Syempre, nakakahiya yun first to God, and then dun sa mga tao. Today's message was about Jesus' coming to Jerusalem. The message was delivered by Sis. Dothy from the Green Pasture UMC. It was like an exchange pulpit. Kasi its WCS Sunday so lahat ng nagpreach sa District 3 UMC were all women having the same message to give to the congregation.

That's what's good about UMC ~ there is uniformity and very organize.

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Eto, my migraine is attacking me again. I hate this feeling. Hindi ko masyado maappreciate yung pagkain ko, yung ni papanood ko, masungit ako, di mo ko pwd utusan kasi sisigawan kita, yung tipong ganun. Kaya nman dito sa bhay, wala masyado kumakausap saken at ako naman I dont speak too much. Haist. I guess I really have to see my doctor. Baka kasi this migraine is not just migraine but a sign of something else. WAAAAHHH! Bawal magkasakit ngeon. Wala sa budget!

Actually, I took a nap for an hour and when I woke up, that was the time I felt this bad. Kasi nmn tulog ng tulog! wahahaha.

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By the way, I have activated my skype account maybe several weeks ago and my status is always "Skype Me". In this way, people can search for me and start chatting though they are not in my contact list and because of that, I was able to talk to different people worldwide. Yeah, right! People from other countries such as Middle Eas, Australia and from the Philippines. Kaya lang, there are people who are too naughty. I dont waste time entertaining those kinds of people. Im wholesome.. wahaha.. halata naman eh.. :)

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Alright, perhaps, I have said a lot already and I want to sleep now kasi naman, badtrip talaga tong migraine na to. Sobrang epal!

Have a good night sleep to those who are about to sleep like me..

zzzzzzZZZZZZzzZZzzZZZz...

What's new?

Wow! Its been a while since my last entry...
OMG! Been busy at work for so long ~ its a peak season for us which we have so many students and many more to come. My schedule is really over loaded already and the management keep on adding more students. I almost give up but I believe its not yet time to resign..
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Alright. What's new? Well, there are so many new updates to tell.
First of all ~ I celebrated my birthday on the 23rd of March! I was really overwhelmed and felt so special with those bunch of greetings I got from my family, friends and relatives around. My facebook account was full of posts coming from those people who remembered my birthday. While at work, I received a special greetings from our trainer. WOW! It was really a day to remember. Even those people who were not close to me took time to greet me personally. WAAHHH! I got a teddy from my co-teacher as gift, a krispy kreme donut from Guia and a mug with birthday card from my team- Team Lence. Naks~ So in return, I bough some pizza from pizza hut and eat with them.

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We have a rookie in the team. His English name is 'Jake". He's a fresh graduate ~ very young. He looks good. Actually, there were 5 rookies all in all who were assigned to different teams. Lucky us for having one. AND! 3 of the rookies are boys. So most teachers were really looking and checking them out because there were only a few male teachers on the floor and some of them are not straight. To tell you, these guys are good looking. I mean, they dont look so bad so that is why teachers are excited to know them.
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My facebook and myspace friends are increasing. Yeah! ahaha just like to mention it.
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Its ' the earth hour ' today. The whole Philippines participated in this activity even us. We turned off our lights from 8:30pm to 9:30pm [1 hour] to somehow save power energy and to help the earth itself. As you know, its getting worse now. I mean, in the Philippines most specially, its like El Nino ~ dry season. Even the water from the different dams is decreasing. So, we really need to do this.

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Today ~ March 27th, I had my mini birthday bash with my family. My mom cooked spaghetti and pancit guisado. I bought ice cream and some bread at iyon ang aming pinagsaluhan together. Funny moments with my nephews and niece. They are so makukulit! Also, we celebrated my nephew's graduation ( kinder )and got the "best in christian education" award, my niece~ who is the first honor in the 4th grade class, my other nephew, who got the "most responsible" award in the 3rd grade class. Kaya madami kaming ni-celebrate kanina at sobrang busog na naman ako today. So pretty sure, nadagdagan ang timbang ko.
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Did I miss something to tell??... Hmmm...
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Ayun! There will be a team members reshuffling on the floor. It might happen next week according to HTs. Kasi sila, they already had their meetings while my team, we'll have the meeting on monday. And what is for sure, the video class teachers will remain to their current HT yun eh according to the other teachers. sabi sabi ba. so Im just gonna wait for the announcement which will come from our own HT. Haist. If that "reshuffling" thingy will happen? panibagong pakikisama na naman sa mga ibang teachers and Supervisors.. good luck naman. its gonna be a new burden on our shoulders.
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Until now, Ive been thinking what to give or to buy for myself as a gift. Kasi di ba nga, I celebrated my birthday so ayun. Im planning to buy an Itouch kahit 8gb okay na saken yun, it can save 1thousand plus songs already so I guess that's too many already. Tska since I have my router at home, I can use the wi-fi connection too. Hmmm.. Actually, Im asking this Itouch from my brother who is in canada. I told him to but it for me but he said he will buy it when he come back to the philippines which will happen on September maybe? Kaya nmn ako eh atat na magkaron nito. So I will just buy it for myself. What do you think? Okay na cguro un noh..
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Im making a wish list. Listed are things which I wanted to have for this year. Hopefully I can have them but if im gonna stay in my current company, it will only remain as dreams because of a low income. Haaayy.. I just sigh..
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Perhaps, I have said enough already. So, ito na muna ang update. I will post again tomorrow or as soon as I have the chance,
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Good night, peeps!

Cheers!

How are you?

How are you?

- is the question I always ask to my students. I can say that in many different ways. At dahil everyday kong nitatanong yan, nagsasawa na rin ako at times. Not only in asking the same questions everytime but in what I am doing in general. As you know, my an online teacher ~ which means I teach English on the phone with koreans as my students.

At first, okay nmn talaga ang work. No pressure or anything. The workplace is good and the people are good somehow. Until I came to the point of having a hard time to motivate myself.

There were times when I question myself why should do this and that. I know that nothing is permanent in this world but change pero exagge naman masyado ang changes sa workplace. Rules are being changed every now and then. Kapag nahuli ka sa balita, talo ka. Mga things that should not be given attention eh yun pa ang pinapansin and eventually, nagiging worse.

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Nauumay na ko sa ginagawa kong work. Parang minsan pointless na ang lahat. Ngayon, Im just working to earn money. That's the only reason in my mind. Im not having fun nor enjoying my work. Im asking myself why am I feeling this way ~ I cant really find the answer. Perhaps, its too much already. I mean, the number of students everyday are very very many ~ sabi ng isang student ko. I just to work just to pay my bills on time and to somehow give financial assistance to my family. I cant stop working kasi. Im actually the bread winner in my family and next is my younger sister. We were the only siblings left with living with my parents so I really need a job. Kung di lang dahil sa kanila, I stop working here already.

Actually, I keep on looking for an opportunity to work abroad. That's the only I wanted to happen this year.

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So for now, I just need to work and work. If ever I will find a greater opportunity, Im gonna grab it.

For you out there feeling the same way as I am, dont lose hope or dont be discouraged to try out something new. Kasi who knows, you are meant to do other things. :)


Cheers to everyone!

~ Igorot Dance~

We went to this place where we all saw a dance presentation of some young people as they portray the life of our ancestors. They were singing and dancing in this video. It was really awesome to see them did that well, as in. Good job! It was one of the things that made our trip to Baguio worth remembering.

Cheers to all!

Panagbenga Festival 2010

I am proud to say that for that first time, I was able to witness and see the beautiful and amazing festival in Baguio City. Perhaps, we can compare it to the U.S' Flower festival. It was really awesome to see elementary kids, highschoolers and college students performing on the streets wearing colorful costumes. Aside from that, the most awaited flower float parade.



My friends and I went there on February 27th, that was Friday night after our shift. 10 of us headed to the north, climbed up to the mountain to see the beautiful creation of God in that place.

Well, I was not disappointed to what I saw. Not because it was my first time to see that place personally but because it was really a wonderful place. We took a lot of photos from the first day that we arrived there until the second day as we all went home together.

It was all worth it. I mean, the expenses and all those stuff because nothing can compare the bonding and friendship that started in that place.

The places where we went were the following:
~ camp john hay
~ the mansion
~ woods
~ tam-awan village
~ strawberry farm
~ bell church
~ botanical garden
~ lake @ camp john hay

Of course, we did not forget to see take pictures wearing the our ancestors clothes. Also, each of us took pictures while riding in a horse. It was also my first time.

If you will check my facebook account, you will see there 5 folders in my photos having all the pictures that we had from Baguio city.

Every moment counts so we never forget to take pictures whatever pose and position we were all in. Good thing that they have camera and I have my internet connection so I was able to upload the pictures a day after the trip.


We were all exhausted but still we never stop talking about it. Until the time that we went back to the office on Tuesday, March 2nd, we still talked about it.

I hope that what it was not the last time to go there with them. I'm looking forward to travel other places here in the Philippines with them.

Cheers to all of us!