yummy...

I love the mocha frost of Mocha Blends... (Thanks to Ate Ansel for the treat)

and Kenny Roger's soup + Tuna Sandwich (Costly but worth it)

Hectic...

Sobrang dami ng work na nakaline-up sakin...hai.

School Work:
- checking of students' project
- grading sheet
- student evaluation
- updating of lesson plan
- preparing quizzes
- Linggo ng Wika presentation (advisory class)
- topic outline for second grading

Iba pa yung sa bahay at ministry...

"Lord, please strengthen me.. help me to finish everything. Thank You po."

Childish Prayer

It was the first day of our periodical exams. Nakakatuwa... dati ako lang ang nagtatake ng exam, pero ngayon ako na ang gumagawa, nagpapatake at nagbabantay sa mga students.hihi!

Before we start the second exam (second subject) my advisory class (specifically the girls) knelt down and prayed. Their prayer goes like this:

"Heavenly Father, sana po matanggal na ang malaking pimple ni teacher sa nose. Please remind her na 'wag na kumain ng shrimp para 'di na sya magkaroon ulit ng malaking pimple. Saka sana po 'wag na syang magka-asthma at wag na sya a-absent...

Tapos biglang may pahabol ung isa....

...tsaka sana po may magkagusto na kay teacher para magkaboyfriend na sya. Amen."

Hahaha! Natawa talaga ako lalo dun sa last part. I can't imagine that at a very young age mas naiisip pa nila yung ganong bagay than I do. pambihira! Anyway, I appreciate their simple but sincere prayer (lalo na ung sa pimple... ang laki kasi talaga!).

Nakakatuwang isipin kung ga'no ka-sweet ang prayer ng mga bata sa ears ni Lord. :D

Confession

I was doing the periodical examinations of my students when I encountered this wonderful poem. Share ko lang... it's very humbling. :D

Confession
Francis Ridley Havergel

Last night, my little boy confessed to me
Some childish wrong;
And kneeling at my knee
He prayed with tears –
“Dear God, make me a man
Like Daddy— wise and strong.
I know You can.”

Then while he slept,
I knelt beside his bed,
Confessed my sins,
And prayed with low-bowed head,
“O God, make me a child
Like my child here –
Pure, guileless,
Trusting Thee with faith sincere.”

At work...

After how many weeks or months, ngayon ko lang na-upload ang pictures ko with my co-teachers sa Academia. We had a summer training last May. I could still remember that some of the photos below were taken during the evaluation day (evaluation of our teaching demo). Habang may kinakausap ng one on one sa isang kubo sa likod ng NCST, tamang picture naman kami while waiting for our turn.

Naisip ko ring magtake ng pictures ng ilang native items na matatagpuan sa isang kubo dun. :D

The one on the left is a picture of chimes made of bamboo that's why when the wind blows it produces good sounds ('di ko maexplain kung anong sound, basta relaxing). On the right side is a native chandelier. Natuwa lang ako..hehehe.

(Balik sa photo slideshow) I also took pictures with some of my students after the class. Then, yung last 3 photos were taken last Thursday lang, during our Scouting Investiture at Regatta Covered Court, sa Anabu, Imus. That was my first time to be an MC...MC ng bigger event with more or less 200 participants (including the teachers and parents), wearing Girl Scout Uniform (blouse and skirt)..hehe. Busy kami sa packing up kaya medyo konting pictures lang natake ko. :)