Bakit Nga Ba?

It was something that made me smile for quite some time after it happened.  Nakatambay until 5 am with my kababatas.  kwentuhan ng kung ano ano. pranks we did as youngsters. the scares that we got while we were growing up in the streets of sitio antazo.  then someone asked "bakit po kayo nag teacher?"  bakit nga ba? was it a childhood dream?  was it within the family?  I was not able to give a definite answer.  di ko pa rin masagot hanggang ngayon.  but there is no regret kahit minsan nakakapraning ang demands.  especially with how your students look at you.

i was surprised one time when a former advisory student waited for me at dismissal. he just broken off with his girl who is also my former advisory student.  after telling me the news, i saw a feeling of lightness in him.  yesterday, the same student sat beside me while watching a performance by his classmates.  he showed me a picture of his father who already has a different family. he told me that his father visited them the past Saturday. then he went back to his own seat smiling.  it really feels good that some students trust you with something they just could not share with anyone else.

another student asked me to keep her cellphone during class hours so that she could avoid using it during classes. she also told me to read the text messages coming from her classmate who was also my former advisory.  i replied at one text message pretending to be the real owner of the phone.  told him that we just played volleyball and that i am (owner of the phone) is thirsty, there is nowhere to buy water.  he replied kay MAMA Robles.  i discovered that instead of MAÀM, that is how they refer to me in text messages.

so even though i could not pinpoint the answer to why i took up education.  i am happy that i did.

teputs tipus

sa basketball court ka na lang my dear brother. mas gwapo ka tingnan in basketball uniform 

EXCITE-ingly ExCITE

     "Lyle I submitted your name for the seminar next week."
                                                                  -charlz

How dare him to submit my name without asking me if I would like to join.  How am I going to enjoy the semestral break and more importantly how am I going to compute my students' grade that are due for submission soon.

Well, he really is a friend.  I actually enjoyed, learned, and laughed at a lot during the training.  Akalain mo marunong na ko gumamit ng excel.  Thanks to the excite seminar/training.  Hindi na ko kakainin ng excel. Thanks also to out lecturer, Sir Fernan Natividad, my IT professor back in college.  Computer na lang kulang.  aaaaaaaaaaaaaah! I miss my laptop.

These past few days we've been complaining about the lack of new things we could do in Facebook.  This training also provided something to discover and explore, blogging.  it was something i was personally excited to learn.  When was the last time i wrote?! Can't remember anymore.  Been limited to technical writing since graduating from college.  Thanks to our lecturer, Sir Neil (Whew, sir na sir na)

Today, I learned how to blog Thursday, Oct 27.  Which means tomorrow is October 28.  Happy Birthday to my friend MR. CHARLES CARINO CERAFICA. On your birthday last year, we were together in Zambales. This year, we're siting next to each other in the excite seminar (why i had lots of laugh the entire length of the training.)  What's in store next year? Whatever it is, it would surely make us laugh. Syempre tayo pa!, eh same frequency tayo



Thanks to the excite seminar. Godspeed