the shenanigans of eenamorata

This is my brilliant plan for the next 3 to 5 years. I'm pretty much clueless as what to do next if I don't get a chance to study abroad to finish my masters. Maghahanap na lang siguro ako ng aasawahin, whoever is game enough to do it first. haha. This is so mature? agree? :P

Registration offically ends today (if I am not mistaken or if they did not move it yet) and the 'being official' of things starts today also. This semester, my workload consists of 3 lecture and 5 laboratory classes per week, i have lost count of the actual number of manuscript advisees i said yes to... and i also lost count to the number of advisees i said no to. There are also administrative and technical pro bono work on the side. My desk is an evidence of the workload that is starting to pile up to its normal messy state. Receiving my first hard bound manuscript as an adviser today was a pleasant breather from the semi-exhausting 2:30-4:00 pm class. Though I was successful at keeping them all awake for the whole duration, it is really extra effort [on the teacher] to facilitate and incorporate "fun" activities with technical lectures. But I guess it was well worth it. They did stay awake, they were paying attention and they were enthusiastically responding t

In my six semesters of teaching, I have been consistent with my first day of class routine of expectation checks and random questions. And due to the sheer creativity of my students, I constantly encounter out of this world questions. However, the question: "why did you choose to be a teacher?" sort of shocked me today because apparently, I didn't have a ready answer. Bakit nga ba? I was recently reminded that I wanted to become a college professor when I was still in college. Pero it was just one of those silly things that you say when you are young because a teacher was really good at what he/she did and you simply wanted to become like him/her. It was not something that I really dreamed of becoming as a child and it still doesn't answer the question.. why did I choose to be a teacher... Bakit nga ba? This profession is among the first jobs I applied into. It was not the first job that hired me because I turned down a job offer before this one hired me. I st

Jumped off a few cliffs after this semester ended. Sunday School - If the second semester starts, Saturday will be the only day when I won't be teaching. I have been given the privilege and the wonderful task of teaching Sunday School at Church until December. The Christian Education department gave me the Intermediate (10-12 y.o.) class for girls. The director told me that it was originally a co-ed class. But, since the boys LOVED wrestling and pestering the girls more than any other activity, she had to separate the girls from them. My first preparation was a bit of an adjustment because I had to prepare visual aids, treats and a lot of interactive stuff. It was tedious and fun all at the same time. We are currently studying about Elijah, and the lessons are becoming true to my life lately.  Scholarship applications- one was sent to Sweden, and the other to the Netherlands. There might be a few kilig moments along the way; when I asked a former boss who is

This is my third post in 5 months. I am hoping to write more in the next few weeks as the crazy teacher week is slowly coming to a close. These photos show what have been my workplace in the office and at home for the past few days. I have been burrying my head with the hardest and boring-est part of teaching. But it is almost over and vacation is drawing near!  I have also been successful at releasing final standings, and this was how my facebook newsfeed looked like 2 minutes after posting the standing of one of my subjects in the official website. I also gave them bonus points for anyone who would join the fun run, I posted their photos on facebook so that they could write their names and student numbers on it. But, I guess its not just them who were happy about seeing their faces on the internet. I find the photo below funny and touching all at the same time. At least I was able to help show their parents what their college kids looked like already. It was

Just dumping a few words... I have been writing less and less these past few months, mainly because I was busy, I was trying to be careful with what I write (apparently because I learned that some of my students find it worthwhile to read this blog) and I was am really a bit of a wreck.So, before I try to do anything else futile today (at 1542H) I guess I'd better write pour out my thoughts or whatever you call them--the mess inside my head. Teaching is still the main event of my day-to-day life. I was able to squeeze in a trip to Bacolod and Ilocos last August. My solo trip to Bacolod was quite an adventure. I was able to trace my roots, find a long lost friend, rekindle close friendships, acquire ALOT of unsolicited wedding advice (which was really fun-- even if I don't need it at the moment) and i almost got myself killed searching for an adventure. The trip to Ilocos was quite the opposite of Bacolod. I was with a group of students and colleagues, the env

It is Saturday and I am in the office, I just finished checking the manuscripts of my students and I am semi-wasting my time on the internet trying to figure out what the hell to do with my life (So much for social life and exposing myself to other people). I am guilty at not updating my blog recently, no valid excuse on that, despite the updates that I should have placed here. Teaching, or life in general, has been good to me since this semester (1st Sem AY2013-2014) started. I am currently in my longest running job (hopefully a career if I get my Master's sometime soon) and I am sort of good here for the time being. The Lord has been teaching me to be satisfied, content, happy and at the same time hopeful of the future.  I've been trying my hand at different things; like a couple of new subjects to teach (Linear Systems Analysis and Electrical Machines-laboratory), a new career prospect, and a couple of new physical activities that people who know me very well would th

I've been meaning to do this long-ish post since way back before my 25th birthday. I wanted to evaluate what has become of my havoc life. But, since the before, during and after part of my birthday were terribly busy, I wasn't able to do it until now. Now... when I am suffering from a self-proclaimed quarantine due to excessive mucus production, headaches, sore throat and cough. Which is probably the result of being "terribly busy". I didn't expect May to end up as busy as it did. The trip to Cambodia and Thailand was planned way ahead, the UPCAT review stint was planned way ahead as well, and the other unexpected trips were quite expected.However, I failed to anticipate the physical stresses that it would give me... thus ending up like this. Incapacitated, tired, miserable, useless... Okay, that was OA. I'm just kidding. I barely moved a muscle today and I have been indulging on making palambing to my nanay, but that's it. I'm still up and ru

A dishonest tuk-tuk driver, a busy street just like manila, and two confused disoriented Indays started the Thailand part of our misadventure. We were apprehensive with Bangkok... But it was fun anyway. :)  We visited the grand palace (had some ultimate photo bum photos with Korean tourists- see photo above),  the reclining Budha (silly photos with funny looking statues) and Khao San road (below). I was mesmerized by the grandeur of Thailand's old religious architecture and I was enticed by Khao San's vibrant night life and energy! Haha! :) Saya!

We wanted to take our adventure to a higher level so we opted to go with the road less traveled. Booked a bus ticket to Poipet, crossed the border, rode a tuktuk to the train station at Aryanapathet and rode the third class train to Hua Lamphong station. Do not ride tuktuks in Thailand, most of them are scams so it is better to ride a metered taxi instead because they are generally better and more legit. Bus to Poipet (Cambodia side Cambo-Thai border) = 5 USD Tuktuk from Border to Aranyapathet station = 80 THB Do not ride tuktuks near the border, they usually charge you with a higher price. We rode the tuktuk near the 7-11 shop which is in front of the bank Train from Aranyapathet station to Hua Lamphong station = 48 THB Ride a metered taxi to your hotel. Make sure that the driver turns on the meter... This is our video log for day3 and how the third class train from Aranyaphathet border to Hua Lamphong looks like: We were DEAD tired after this trip... but we wil

We didn't catch the angkor wat sunrise and I was disappointed with all the construction that was going on inside the angkor wat complex. Nevertheless, we were able to visit angkor wat and marvel at the old pile of rocks majestic temples that the ancient Khmers built. The engineering was interesting and the weather was very hot. The sunset was a no show too because there was a thunderstorm at its direction. After a long day of walking and climbing steep stairs, we decided to check out Siem Reap's Pub street and night market. We bought some clothes, ate at a bar with swings, and had our fish massage. Though I wasn't able to ride elephants and see the sunrise nor the sunset in angkor it was still okay. It was still a lot of fun. The fish massage was a blast and the Khmer's were very charming.

I have been meticulously planning/ dreaming for this trip for the last 3-6 months and it is fantastic to finally be here and be outside of the Philippines. We booked an evening flight from Manila to Siem Reap, got out of our work modes (me having the easier part in getting out of work while tiah having a harder time to do so), went to the airport and boarded our flight. The flight to siem reap was tiring and we had a bit of a scare when we arrived because it felt like Siem Reap was a ghost town. But the Lord was gracious. He gave us a very good tuk-tuk driver and, a very good and cheap hostel accommodation. We woke up to a different country the next morning and this is our first  first impression of Siem Reap:

Dear Students, The news about the increasing deaths by suicide because of academics among your age group is saddening and alarming. As a teacher my mind set is to give you the grades and the policies that you deserve. So it is important that I be as objective as possible at my evaluation techniques and calculations. In the first place, you are the ones responsible for what you get at the end of the semester. You have the whole semester to build it up. I am just supposed to facilitate your learning during that period, compile your work, evaluate it and compute the final output. Grades are supposed to be a measure of how well you have learned or performed at a certain subject. I have observed that many of you, though not all, easily give up once you encounter things that you have no solutions to. This is manifested by: forgetting that your exams are scheduled on certain dates; submitting your papers too early because you do not know the solutions to your exams and laboratory

Tapos na ang sem ko at libre na akong magsulat at magisip ulit ng kung anu-ano. Not that I do not think naman of kung anu ano when the semester is on-going (I am weird like that), pero ngayon naisip ko parang masaya maging MUNDANE. Una. ano nga ba ang ibig sabihin ng mundane? sabi ng Meriam Webster Dictionarydefinition 2: characterized by the practical, transitory, and ordinary: commonplace <the mundane concerns of day-to-day life> In short pagsinabi mong mundane, ito yung mga bagay na hindi importante. yung tipong mababaw lang. Pangalawa: Bakit ko naisip na parang masaya maging mundane? Kasi feeling ko (eto nagbubuhat na ako ng sariling bangko, pero honest lang) hindi ako mundane. to the point na kahit ako nakokomplikaduhan ako sa sarili ko paminsan. I am weird like that. I think about ways on how I would want to change the world, how I would want to create a positive impact in the Philippines, how I would like to get the coveted scholarship to further my studies para balang

Its been a while since I was back here. Probably more like a month or two already (see I even lost count). So here are some quick updates for you friends and friend-wannabees on what is up on me lately. I went to Dumaguete towards the end of January. Visited some delightfully love-sick friends and got mesmerized by the illustrious charm of the city of gentle people. I was even lucky enough to visit the Manjuyod sandbar, it was a successful misadventure. Got really busy with the teaching stint. Prepared a lot of lessons, lectures, and facilitated a successful field trip! One that I am kinda proud of, because I have been really pushing myself to do it since I came back, and I kinda liked how it turned out. So yeah, teaching is doing me good. Giving me extra smiles, extra pounds (huhuhu! not good) and I should say its sort of cultivating an extra heart. (that should sound nice and sweet) I got published. AGAIN. For the 4th time at the Philippine Daily Inquirer. I

Numbers22:10-34  Stories of God's unfailing love never fail to warm my heart. So it was quite a treat to read about Balaam. Read on the link above for the Bible version. Here's my take on it. Baalam was some guy that some king assigned to put a curse on a people that have just come out of Egypt. Knowing that it was a command from a king, he'd probably get a lot of moolah for simply doing it. In the first place it was a no-brainer assignment, he didn't have to move much muscles in accomplishing the task.  But the Lord was not happy about it. He instructed Balaam to not do it. However, due to this ordinary guy's strong headed nature, he went on with the cursing task on a donkey. The Lord was not happy about what he did. So, he sent an angel to stop them.    When the donkey saw the angel for the first time, he went back and turned into a field. This earned him some serious beating from Balaam, until he returned to the road. The donkey saw the angel of

Yah yah! Friday's technically over, but here's a run down of today's events. I just have to tell why this Friday was fabulous. English Lessons - Masaya maging studyante ulit . Naaliw akong magaral, gumawa ng assignment, makinig sa teacher, at natatawa din akong nalelate ako sa klase. Nyahaha. siguro kung nagpapakanta din yung teacher ko (nagpapakanta kasi ako ng late sa klase) nakapagconcert na ako ng bongga. Kanina inaral ulit namin kung paano mag pronounce ng mga English words at nagaral din kami tungkol sa grammar. Nagaaral kami kasi balak namin magtake ng IELTS exam para sa inaasam asam ng scholarship. Isama niyo naman ito sa prayers dahil medyo convinced ako na kung hindi ako matanggap sa scholarship na ito e malamang sa hindi ay magiging tindera na lang ako ng balut in the future. Chit-chats - season of love ko daw ngayon ayon sa fearless declaration nung nagiisa kong classmate sa english lessons, at naku inday, wala kaming ginawa kanina kundi magchikahan tung

I've been putting off my writing since I came back from vacation, there are too much excuses like back logs, dates, exams, lessons, etc. So, in between recording quizzes, giving out exams, checking laboratory exercises and preparing for lessons, here is my first blog entry for 2013. I had been hoping to write something special to start this blogging year; but the past few days have been a smorgasbord of events and what nots that I'm having a hard time to keep track of things. Here are some of my random thoughts before and during the first two weeks of the new year. 1. TRAVELLING what better way to enjoy the Transfiguration Monastery in Bukidnon? travel with a bunch of nuns and attend the beautiful service that the monks facilitate every 11:30-ish am. :) I am not a professional travel blogger and I feel noob-ish whenever I write about my shenanigans... but I do write about them . I am just a part-time dog walker, part-time bum and part-time mambobola. But, I LOVE