the shenanigans of eenamorata

My life has been a little bit ballistic as soon as January 1 kicked kicked in. The month of January literally just passed by without me noticing that its February already (the love months--ack!) Excited as I was to go home to cuddle snuggle with my dogs that day, I wasn't able to do anything but go through with the patience-trying challenges of a 33 hour domestic flight delay. If I wrote this entry a day after I got home from the delay, I would have written bashful thoughts about the airlines and everything that went on around it. However, as I look back now, the Lord gave me nothing but grace.  The hotel I stayed in gave me an unsolicited 25% discount (it was a 2 minute walk away from the airport-- so it was a super great deal). Come January 2, the morning the airlines said we'd be on a bogus 'special flight' back to Manila...  I earned an airport friend (as we lost touch the moment we went our separate planes) while waiting, jumping transports to Cebu, c...

This is my 2013 reflection post. I still have a lot of back log work to do for my job; but, let me share some highlights of the year that has been. Twenty-thirteen is definitely a GOOD YEAR for me. There were a lot of travels, reconnecting, events and learning. was out dancing with nuns at Bukidnon last January journeyed the sandbars of Dumaguete last February guided my students on an educational tour somewhere late February or early March trekked the ancient temples of Angkor Wat last May and got lost in the complicated concrete jungle of Bangkok got tired at shooting the stairs of Pagsanjan falls last July chaperoned a group of my students to an industrial plant last July got enchanted by the beauty of Bacolod last August joined the bandwagon of students to Ilocos last August  chaperoned a group of my students again to an industrial plant last September got eaten up by the busy schedules of the ber mont...

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...