from Julien Cartier

inside: some chocolates, couscous, body wash, shampoos, soaps, his name badge, a French army flag patch, a camouflage hanky, etc.

Thanks Julien! After my holiday I am going to send you your parcel together with Birger’s too!

cancelled

I cancelled 13 classes today. I don’t feel well also I miss watching TV with my family. Sayang wala si brader pader, I miss him so much eventhough we were together yesterday…

I called only one student: Julien. He told me I sound ill :’(

My Polar Bear

I am engaged and it isn’t just recently. I have been engaged for quite a long time already. Nobyo ko na siya noon pa around 2005. Nagbreak kami dahil lang din sa kagagahan ko. Naging kami ulet early last year kaso yun nga lang nasa Canada siya kasi nagaaral siya ng Theology at dalawang taon pa bago siya matatapos. So ano siya seminarista? Yup, pero Anglican.

One reason kaya nahihirapan ako. I am grounded on the faith I profess at siya rin sa kaniya. Pero di namin pinaguusapan ang relihiyon. Pero naisip ko mahihirapan talaga kami nito in the future kung sakali…

Matagal na rin di ko siya nakakausap, magdadalawang buwan na since bumalik siya ulet sa pag-aaral ngayong taon. Sana di masama ang loob niya sa akin. I have the feeling meron siyang nabasa sa blog ko sa mga kalandian na naman ginagawa ko. Tinatago ko parati ang blog ko sa kanya. Di ko po siya niloloko. Di ko lang siguro ramdam na kami kasi nasa ibang bansa nga siya. One time, nag message siya at nagulat ako sa comment niya sa dati kong post about sa naging bf ko dito sa Pinas with matching, ‘we need to talk’…

Alam ko mali ako pero seryoso ako sa lahat ng sinabi ko sa kanya at sana mabasa niya to.

He is very smart and brilliant but he can always tolerate my stupidity. I am always attracted to intelligent at may sense of humor na tao and I always learn something new from him, I am always fascinated by his opinions on politics, science, Christianity, etc. Yun nga lang masyado siyang cynical at most times.

We have already built our dreams on how to have our own family and how to raise our kids, their names, where to live, and how to take care of each other.. In short, kaming-kami talaga pero di ko maintindihan kung bakit nakakalimutan ko na kami pala all the time. Again, siguro nga dahil wala siya rito.

I do not know what is in store for both of us especially dahil magkaiba kami ng relihiyon. Kung maging kami man, kapatid ko pari at asawa ko pari pero sa ibang relihiyon, anggulo nga talaga.

Younger siya sa akin ng 2 taon at kung pagiging geek at nerd ang paguusapan, wala nang tatalo sa taong ito (peace Matt!)… Naisip ko lang talaga these past few days, bakit nga ba di ko siya pinaguusapan sa mga friends ko or sa blog ko? Bakit nga ba parang di kami when in fact, I would really love to spend the rest of my life with a man like him who is funny, smart, brilliant, talented, computer game addict, faithful, sarcastic, patient and handsome…

We know each other for years now and we had already talked of getting married one year and a couple of months from now pero di ko naisip yun noon na may pinagusapan na pala kami.. anlabo ko talaga.. napagusapan na namin anong klaseng kasal ang paghahandaan namin…

Pasensya na Matt… Promise, di pa naman huli ang lahat di ba…

If I were…

I have been playing these phrases in my mind for almost a week now so before they make me insane, I will post them already hehehe. Isang walang kwentang entry na naman…

If I were…

… a man, I’d be a basketball player or an action star or a wrestler hehehe…

… Harry Potter, I’d put a spell on all the corrupt government officials of the Philippines to confess and return all the money to the Filipino people!

… Gloria Arroyo, I’d drink Shenyung balls (tama ba spelling?) baka may pag asa pa akong tumangkad!

… a mother, I’d name my first daughter after my mama (Helen Victoria)… then name a son after my father (Miguel)

… the richest person on earth, I’d buy islands. One of them is for the homeless people where they can have of course their own houses and livelihoods then the other will be for a factory whose workers are the ex-convicts who have a hard time looking for jobs. I’d provide more jobs for the unemployed (char!)

… Stan Lee, I’d choose Honey Reyes to play one of the Marvel superheroes in a movie… Perhaps for the avengers? with Hulk and Iron Man… I would love to be The Wasp who is the love interest of Ant-Man hehehe

… a millionaire, I’d build the biggest and most complete library in the Philippines. Then, hoard all the WWE, Spider-Man, Marvel Superheroes, G.I. Joes’ collectibles in one museum.

… a superhero, I’d use my superpowers to become rich hehehe then help people…

… able to do everything without getting punished, I’d whip, beat, kick the president and VP and all of their puppies and dummies… (president ng saan? secret!)

… the death angel, I’d harvest the first-born of all corrupt government officials but oh well.. I won’t kill them… I would just make boils appear on their skin with a very foul smell uhm for maybe 3 weeks…

… senator L.L. I’d shut my mouth and stop being the press darling, pretending I did something when I did not really..

… the vp, i’d resign than being a shameful stupid did nothing blah blah blah…

…  tall, I wouldn’t worry of not being able to wear stillettos hehehe..

… smart, I’d stop this nonsense and get back to work…

But then, I am only me so I have to content myself from blogging hehehe…

Tagged by Bro. Utoy!

Igagawad ang awards na eto sa mga bloggers na hinangaan ko. Sincere eto nde lang random choice kasi walang choice hehehehe.

Anywayz, kasama na r2 si  Bro. Utoy sana kaso siya nag tag sa akin eh at si Geisha kaso na tag na rin siya ni Bro. Utoy.

So heto naman po ang listahan ko! Baket sila? Aside sa friendly-friends ko karamihan sa kanila, I admire them because they’re sensible and smart people…

1. Enoch - My cyber bunso! Ang dati kong suki sa mga comments dito. At ka chat ko dati sa YM na bigla na lang susulpot at mawawala. Bilib ako sa batang eto, matalino, may sense kausap kahit may topak at malambing kahit suplado, antipatiko, isnabero at sarkastiko! Madalas ko nakakadebate sa YM kahit parati naman ako talo. Alam ko di ka mahilig sa tag, tsaka sana matuloy na ang personal blog mo! (trivia: di enoch ang tunay niyang name at gwapo siya!)

2. Cliogoddess - Malamang na tag ka na rin nito pero heneweyz.. Kahit minsan no comment ako sa mga isyus sa blog entries mo kasi magkasalungat ang iba nating pananaw sa buhay, for me you are a brilliant person whom I admire so much. I haven’t met you yet pero I believe the people around you are so lucky, you present a magnificent aura that reflects a great person!

3. Elinia - I miss you my friend though di naging maganda ang ending ng friendship natin sa ilda, I must say I do really miss you. Hope I can see you again… promise nalalaglag IQ ko sa sobrang talino ng babaeng eto. I love her fashion when we were still working together and of course, THE HEIGHT! Who would forget the tall girl in our office!

4. Ida - former officemate too and Elinia’s close and best friend, see, great minds think alike for both of them. The quiet bombshell pero wait till you get to know her… You’ll be fascinated how intelligent she is too.

5. Jacq - The person responsible for my blogging. She was my seatmate and team leader. Got interested in blogging because of her, three or four years ago, tama ba ako? A small girl with a big heart! Coffee dear when I get there! See you soon! Close friends of Elinia and Ida too…

6. Light - my fellow blogger sa blogdrive before… Haven’t met her yet too but we’ve been blogmates for 3-4 years na rin! Even when I was still working in Makati and she was still a student in UP then, we didn’t had time to meet. Same thing with the rest of the people here on this list, smart and brilliant! Sana man lang mahawaan nila ako hehehe…

7. Elyas - there’s something about this kid that amazes me… I believe you are meant for greater things! Taga mo sa bato yan! hehehe

8. Pepe - ang artist! What more can I say… visit his blog and you’ll find out how talented he is as a painter!

Alam ko dapat 10 ata pero eto lang ang gusto ko bigyan ng awards kasama na ang dalawa si Geisha at Bro. Utoy ayan sampu na sila… Si Bro. Utoy naman aside sa gwapo na, mabait at matalino pa! Been a pleasure to be in his list promise kahit wala naman kwenta entries ko at least napasama aq bwahahahaa… Si Geisha… well… strange pero I feel like we’ve been friends forever! I am so excited to finally meet her soon within this week.. perhaps this weekend or basta before Wednesday pabalik ng Davao!

As much as I want to tag other bloggers kaso pinoy lang muna ta-tag ko for this!

Happy blogging!

My childhood…

What I miss about my childhood:

* Eating streetfood secretly with my brothers after school…

* Fighting for space on the couch, dinnertable, chairs with my brothers…

* My mother’s bedtime stories about Filipino myths, legends and fairy tales…

* Wrestling with my brothers and ending up getting beaten with Herman (the youngest)…

* Watching Anime like ThunderCats, TurboTeen, The Mask, etc.

* Waiting for my turn on the video game until I fall asleep on the couch and yet my brothers are not yet done playing with it…

* Super Mario brothers, Street fighters, Mortal Combats, etc in the video or computer games…

* War games or gun battles with my brothers… I always ended up dead since I cannot climb trees and they  hid very well…

* Watching wrestling matches on TV with parents and brothers…

* Going to the beach on weekends with the family…

* My piano…

* Sleepy on my piano lessons…

* Challenging my younger brother’s classmates into fistfights…

* The best tumbling contest with my brothers…

* hide and seek…

* Admiring my brothers’ G.I. Joe’s collection…

* My brothers’ fistfights with other boys in the neighborhood…

* Pretending to be superheroes…

* Crying during dinnertime because they used to force me to eat veggies…

* Running in the yard while raining….

* Pretending to be rockstars holding broomsticks then ending up beating each other with my brothers…

* Cheering for my brothers on a bicycle race with other playmates!

* Envying my brothers with their camping backyard with other boys…

* Hating fiesta celebrations or birthday parties at home because there are a lot of people and the house looked so messy at the end of the day…

* Secrets of my brothers’ adventure place and their mischiefs…

* Drawing on the wall…

* Peeing on bed…

* Crying on dying pet dogs and puppies..

* Hiding kittens found on the street…

* Not telling the truth on who broke this and that…

* Playing with younger kids while girls my age were already wearing high heels and make-up during highschool…

See you soon!

I will see my friends again soon! Last February when I was in Makati, Eloisa told me that Carl has already proposed and the wedding was set around August. I promised her to be there, afterall, she was my bestest friend in the whole wide world! The wedding was moved to November 22.

I miss our giggles and jokes the whole night with Shyla kaya bangag sa umaga pagdating sa office around 5am.

Namimiss ko na ang pagtulog niya sa kwarto ko noon. Na-miss ko rin kwarto ko. Na-miss ko ang videoke days namin na kapag kami na may hawak ng mic, wala nang chance ang ibang makakanta…

Na-miss ko ang aming mga nicknames… Alam ko sino na susunod si Ves na! Kala ko nga siya ang mauuna sa amin since matagal na sila ni Angel… Si Iris pala nauna hehehehe… Henewey.. I really miss you so much guys sooooooo much…

Well… I will see them soon… sigurado ako kay Shyla and Eloisa but I hope I will see Iris and Ves too…

 with Eloisa

with Shyla and Eloisa

with Iris and Eloisa

Shyla and Ves

Ves, Iris, Shyla and Eloisa (Marge salinpusa sa likod hehehe)

Bangenge!

Note: I have to post this in english so as not to be misunderstood as making fun of the person on the other line…

Bloopers: I was doing something while making a call and I cannot understand French… It was really a shame on my part…

teacher: sorry i cannot understand english! (I’m supposed to say I cannot understand French!)

sound file ng bangengeng na titser!

 

To be fair on my part, I tried to speak slow to be understood…

lesson: concetrate on the job!

why

do I blog? I want them to know I exist because I am insecure.

do I talk much about myself? I want them to know my achievements and whatever things because I am insecure.

do I know? because it is who I am.

I am a TEACHER

I never intend to be a teacher. This was the last and least resort. I wanted to be a journalist, my mom wanted me to be an accountant. A rebel as I am, I stopped for two years after 2nd year in the university to show my family I was not happy with it. Unfortunately, I do not have the balls to support myself and finish the major I want in the university. So after two years of being useless with the ridicule and indifference from my parents and friends, we’ve come halfway and took an education course.

I was blessed enough when the university asked if I could teach in HS but I asked to teach GS since they were far taller than I am (intimidating). In a couple of months, I filed my resignation. I believe teaching was never the job for me however, with negotiations, I finished one school year. The only thing I miss in Ateneo was going home on Christmas party, valentines day and teacher’s day on a taxi because I have to bring lots of flowers, cakes and expensive gifts. The most expensive gift I recieved was a Spanish fan from a Spanish student.

I then took the job offer, since I was still studying, from one of my professors to teach in a non-traditional school where 80% of the population were foreign kids. They offered me greater salary too. I was the preschool teacher. Who wouldn’t love being with sweet-smelling, cute, lovely, neat, smart kids? They loved me too. Good thing was, unlike in the big school where we wear uniform and asked to wear make-up, in this school, we can wear ANYTHING and i mean ANYTHING… Oh well basically we do a lot of stuffs together so we can wear anything as long as it’s proper for the occasion. Unlike in the big school where I cannot wear my black nails, in that school I can wear any nailcolor without prejudice.

What’s funny about preschool is they do what the teacher does, they wear what the teacher does. They always have extra delicious food to share with me during snack time. The most fun thing, I get to enjoy different activities I never did when I was in preschool.

We played real mud and clay, we had star-gazing and other really fun stuffs I miss. Sadly, after two years, I resigned because I grew out of it.

I became a bum (not totally) for a year accepting tutorials at home and earning the same as much as I have been earning before.

Finally, when I visited my grandmother together with my papa and brother in Manila, I also decided to try looking fora different job. I have always been blessed with job searching. I just applied in jobstreet and clicked just anything and the next day I got a call from the first and last job I had in Makati but this time as an online teacher to Koreans.

It was so fun. I could not believe as a probinsyana that i can teach online. Basically, due to my sunny attitude and sincerity in my work, I have earned the loyalty of most of my students. When I was on vacation, they stopped their classes too refusing to be taught by other teachers.

I was the first teacher to recieve a package from a very loyal 8 year old kid who cried when I resigned. When he knew I was celebrating my birthday, he sent me a belated birthday gift that was beautifully and eatly wrapped in pink. The kids were the ones who were always attached to me.

I remembered Dora, who always sang me the “Beauty and the Beast’ song with matching gasping for air as she was only around 5 or 6 years old. The 6 yr old kid who liked Spongebob a lot but said that the character was gay… I was really surprised by her remark.

I went home and became a bum again for a couple of months. Had two interesting out of this world jobs.

Now, teaching Europeans (75% French, the rest are Germans, Belgians, Italians, Spanish and from Luxembourg) online is more challenging. To be honest (no offense meant to my Korean students), most (I repeat MOST not ALL) of the European students speak English fluently and spontaneously. They would not give me the kids or with lower levels in English skills since I do not and cannot speak nor understand their native language.

However, these past few weeks have been very fulfilling for me. Four of my students who finished their courses have registered again. Generally, it is also up to their company if they will still be given credits to study English on the phone. They want me as their teacher again. The reason why I have to use some of my breaktime in teaching. My new students have become my regular students too. I gain more and more students.

Some students even email me personally if I can do the advanced reservation for our classes since they cannot find any vacant time for me anymore for our class. Basically, more work for me but it’s really very fulfilling.

Especially when they give compliments that they were able to speak confidently now to a native speaker, be understood and being able to understand.

When they give the compliments, I recieve them and I feel happy.

I hope I am right, I am a teacher.

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