Farewell

It's the last day of the month and that means the last class of the students from the first batch this year. Their 2 month contract will end today. Kaya naman some of the teachers are happy kasi ung mga boplaks na students ay mawawala na rin sa schedule nila and some teachers are sad kasi ung mga favorite nilang students ay mapupunta na sa ibang teachers.

Ganito ang system dito sa account namen. If hindi na mag continue ung students sa pag study online, ung mga mag continue to study ay malilipat sa ibang teachers. Lucky you kung mag stay sayo ung student or if they still requested you as their teachers.

Anyways, sanay na kame sa ganitong system. Kids come and go. Some students will get your email add, some wont. Some will remember you, most will forget about you.

What is most rewarding para sa mga online teachers ay ung may matutunan ung bata sa loob ng 2 months na pagaaral. It is a success when you hear them answer in complete and correct sentence. If you hear them express themselves.

Teaching English online is not an easy task. One has to have the passion, and the patience in dealing with koreans of difference levels of understanding. One has to have the knowledge in basic computer skills too. One has to have the ability to gauge the comprehension skill of the students. One has to deal with different attitudes of people, not only of the students of the co-teachers as well.

Patience is indeed a virtue. As long as you enjoy what you are doing, you will surely stay and remain. Once you have lost the fun in teaching and the interest in learning, then, you might not stay for a long time.

As for my students, i will surely miss all of them.

Accident!

It was around 5:30pm, when I got a phone call from my older brother's wife. She was crying as she was talking to me on the phone telling me that my older brother, met an accident.

My brother, who was driving his tricycle crushed into a patrol vehicle, leaving the side car broken. There were 2 ladies inside the tricycle, one is like teenager and the other was her mother. Ung si teenager, nagkaron ng pasa sa my left arm, bukol sa left side ng ulo at pasa parin sa mi balakang. However, her mother was badly hurt. Ung right foot nia, nagkaron ng hiwa because of the broken sidecar. It was bleeding and the mother was shouting for help. Ung patrol van na binanggaan, hindi nmn ganun ka grabe ung ngyari sa sasakyan nila and hindi nmn nagalit ung driver. Instead, he helped my brother about the situation. They headed to the hospital para ma stitch ung hiwa.

My mum, sister and I went to the hospital right away. Nakita namen ung bro ko na sobrang worried dun sa loob ng emergency room habing nitatahi ng doctor ung hiwa sa paa nung naaksidente. Andun din ung asawa nung babae at ung anak na girl. The atmosphere inside was full of emotions. My mum talked to the husband of the woman and asked for apologies for the accident.

After the operation, we all went to the Police Station to file for a report about the accident. They gave back my brother's driver's license and the papers about his tricycle. The issue was then settled. We paid the hospitalization, medicines and the follow up check up for the wounds.

Good thing my brother's wife's aunt arrived and gave some financial support. The bill was then paid.

This was the first accident ever happened to my brother. He said he was too nervous and has some fear of driving so he wont drive yet.

Nobody wished for that to happen. It was an accident. It might have been avoided but it was there already. Good thing that was the only injury happen and nothing very serious. Still, thanks be to God.

Lesson: Check your brakes and the condition of your vehicle always before leaving the house. Also, always look at the road and not to somewhere else.

May everything be fine and let's hope that the medical check up on Tuesday would be enough.

God bless everyone!

Fluff 1

T: How are you today?
S: I'm hot.
T: (Smiled) You mean, you feel hot because its humid,right.
S: Yes.
T: Why are you hot then?
S: I play my friend.
T: (natawa na, green kasi ang isip eh.. lol)

In every classes that I conduct, I always start with "How are you" questions. Sometimes, I use "how have you been". "have you been busy today". What's new". But then, I dont get any answer from the students. Perhaps, they dont understand the question. So I stick in using 'how are you'.

The conversation above was from my T-TH class. I was talking Sarah, 13 yr old girl. Oh well, it meant nothing to her but it made me smiled and laugh a little. ( A little daw oh.. ) hahaha

OMG

5 days of ...

This year, we have 3 days off because of Seollal or the Chinese New Year. It falls on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday plus weekend - that makes it 5 days off.

Advantages:
- complete bed rest
- enough time to spend somewhere and go somewhere else
- vacation to many

Disadvantage
- UNPAID

Oh well, weighing things out, better to look at the brighter side.

In 5 days, I did a lot of things.

Accomplishments:

* I was able to exchange the clothes at Ginger Snaps for my newphew. I went to Eastwood mall first then to MegaMall to be able to return it.

* I went to the mall wide SALE at SM North Edsa where I bought a shirt from Jag and a slim fit pants @ Vplus store.

* The highlight, I hit the gym for 2 consecutive days. HAHAHA

So those where the things that made my long weekend meaningful.

Oh yeah... :D :D :D

Mall Hopping

mall hopping

Yesterday, my older sister asked me a favor. She said, kelangan i-palit ung damit ng baby nia kasi sakto lang ung sukat e gusto nia bigger size para mas mapakinabangan. It was a gift from one of the ninongs. Sa Eastwood mall binili, GingerSnaps.

So I headed to Eastwood mall to return the said clothes @ GingerSnaps. So I arrived at the mall and located the store. However, they dont have any stocks anymore that has the same style and color of the baby polo and pants. I asked them if I can do an exchange to another branch in other malls.

I suggested SM North Edsa which I am near to, however they called the store and they only have another size for the pants but not the polo. So I suggested another mall, I told them about MegaMall. Shoot! They have what I am looking for.

Then I went MegaMall. I was clueless where to find GingerSnaps so I asked the guard. Finally, I found it. There, I was able to return and exchange the clothes for my sister's baby. I just added 30php for that. I roamed around before deciding to go to SM North.

I arrived at SM North Edsa. So I aas really starving that time so I look for Starbucks and bought my favorite drink, Caramel coffee based frap Grande.. :D I love it.

I walked around the mall before I rode the bus going home.

Hitting 3 malls that day. I was tired but felt proud that I was able to achieve my goal. :D

Hopefully, I can do mall hopping with someone. :]

GYM

Gym Time

Today is Chinese New Year so Happy New Year to all our chinese friends out there. Of course, we had a box of tikoy from the chinese manager of my sister. Tikoy is best when you mix it with scrambled egg before frying. :D

Anyways, I made up my mind. I have decided to hit the gym this afternoon. I thought about it twice but good thing, my ate wanted to go there too so I was not alone. Ofcourse, I packed up an extra shirt and a small towel because I know Im gonna sweat a lot.

We went there together at around 6pm. The session fee is 40php per head - unlimited time plus 5php for unlimited mineral water.

There, the gyim instructor entertained us and led us to have our warm up exercises. After that, then I started to use barbels. The target is to have my biceps, triceps and chest be developed.

Gosh!! As in Waaaahh! I thought my arms wont work anymore after several times of weight liftings. Up until now, nangangaly braso ko. But I can feel the muscle construction. I did treadmill too. There were a few people kanina kaya hindi nmn ako masyadon nahiya magbubuhat dun. Pero, grabe tlaga. Ganun pala magwork out.

We spent an hour and half at the gym.

I told myself, I will go back to that gym. Hehehe

Ngayon lang ako nag sweat ng ganun. Enjoy mag gym lalo pag mi kasama ka.

So bukas, punta ulet ako dun. :D

MY GOAL: to become physically fit.