Waiting for You

I'll be patiently waiting for you until you're in my arms...I'm waiting for you.

Moment of Gratefulness

I got a chance to say thank you to one of the people behind the ranking committee that happened this afternoon. 

I left an offline message saying, "thank you, sir."

A flattering replied was given to me, sir said, "No problem. Mahusay ka talaga, and I'm proud of you."

Wow!A momentous night for me. An evening of joy and thanksgiving. God is so good and so nice. I can't believe that he will state those words. A moment to be remembered and worth remembering. This person do not usually replied to my offline messages. Actually I greeted him "Merry Christmas" last December but he never replied. But tonight, I just sent him a thank you note and his words are endless. 

Again, for that thank you very much sir!

Project Gutenberg

http://www.gutenberg.ph/books.php#grammar

Heading Towards There

After lunch, I went straight to the office of the principal to look for the latest update at the DepEd website.To keep up to date with the memo and orders I have to open its website.Until the telephone rung, while I am surfing the net.

Good afternoon Sir, this is Polly of the district (our clerk at the district office). Sir Vince, please tell Mr. Vivencio S. Panganiban Jr. that there will be an open ranking at the division office at 2:30p.m today(without knowing, that Sir Vince and Mr. Vivencio is but one and same person,hahaha).So I just said, ok sir, I will tell, thank you.

The moment I dropped the phone, I was shocked. I don't know what to do. I knew, after the open ranking there will be interviewed to be conducted and written examination, I was not prepared. It's good that all original documents were inside my classroom, what if I incidentally brought it home?So, I must go home, but it's good, I didn't.

Around 1:30p.m. I left the school to submit reports at the district office, then went straight to the division office.

We all entered the superintendent's office, we were nine. We brought our original documents. The administrative officers opened that there will be two or three available slots for head teacher. The open ranking started until we came to the part of having the written examination.

My goodness, its not just one but five questions all open ended.

It took me about ten minutes or more to finish the test. 

Then followed by an interview, again I finished it a bit faster. I don't what the exact answer but I just used the knowledge I gained being the teacher-in-charge of the school, the result, I rank 2 partial and unofficial because the written examination result was not yet included, it will be posted tomorrow for the final ranking. 

Thank you Lord for guiding me awhile ago.

Dengue Awareness

Collaborative effort has been made by the Department of Health (DoH), Center for Health in CALABARZON region as well as the City Government of San Pablo   to fight against dengue, July 16.

People from the office of different departments joined force to disseminate information regarding dengue awareness and the come back of chikungunya virus which already had an outbreak with one of the barangay here in San Pablo City.

They post stickers in every school buildings they have visited, where the text be read as "Lamok Patayin, Dengue Sugpuin."

Every corners, plots in schools was examined and recommended to be visited especially by the faculty members, those plots which has stagnant water  that would be a possible breeding place of mosquitoes.

"Four o'clock habit" has been initiated by the school, where each pupil will go out every 4pm to clean the surroundings. 

Waiting for You

Everytime online ako, how I wish, online ka rin  :)

Chikungunya Virus

Wednesday morning, chairman of the barangay approached me regarding the chikungunya patients of the barangay, July 16.

About more than 50 people were already brought to the city hospital and found to be a victim of chikungunya virus. A virus which was also believed to be dengue carrier mosquito, the only difference from dengue are, it is not fatal but may last up to a year. It has no treatment, only pain reliever will be prescribed by the doctor. After two days of fever, joint will start to feel pain and worse soon to be swollen until you can't move normally. 

The identified patients were only resided just at the back of our school that's why, Mr. Javier Icaro informed the teachers of the situation just beside the school proper.

School children were prohibited to play at the back were many victims were residing and 4-o'clock habit was also started to clean the surrounding where possible breeding place for mosquitoes occurred be cleaned. An insect repellent is also advised if they have any to avoid mosquito bite and wearing of long pants or jogging pants for pupils is also prescribed.

SLAC

In line with the DepEd's goal to ensure each teacher would have an action research proposal, the school administrator come up with the School Learning Action Cell (SLAC), July 19, on how to make an action research.

Together with ten faculty members of San Joaquin Elementary school and their school head, San Antonio I faculty members joined force for the said session. Resource speaker, our education program supervisor in research and evaluation, Mrs. Anna Liza D. Banayo.

We prepared lunch for the resource speaker and for the expected visitors who also came together with Mam Banayo, they were Dr. Emelene Magtanong, EPS-English, Mr. Rodel A. Baclig, PSDS ( San Francisco District), retired schools division superintendent of Lipa, Dr. Mercelita Pormentilla and Mrs. Minasol Baclig, Principal of San Lucas I.

It was not only SLAC that  happened but also the district meeting was also set after the activity in our school attended by the eleven school heads of the district.

A tiresome but fruitful Friday.  

Patrol Names

It's Friday afternoon, the time is set for the scouting activity in our school. As scouters' first activity is to set patrol and to inform the new scouts of the patrol system as well its basic knowledge about scouting. 

At first, they formed the patrol, each has an eight member and chose a patrol leader, then the scouter introduced himself and gave lectures. After giving inputs, he told that each patrol must have patrol names.

"I will give you two  minutes to decide what patrol names each patrol will have. As scouts, we must learn how to move fast.We don't just "walk", we don't just "run" but as much as possible we should "fly", therefore all patrols must have name of birds."

Two minutes had ended.

Scouts, attention. Let me know your patrol names so that next meeting you will have your patrol flag and the songs and yells in preparation for the next activity.

Patrol 1: Sir, Patrol Agila.

Patrol 2: Patrol Lawin Sir.

Patrol 3: Patrol Kalapati Sir.

Patrol 4: Patrol Kwago po.

Patrol 5: Sir, Patrol Sala Sala.

Scouter: Ano yun? 

Patrol Leader: Sir, local bird po iyon dito yung parang sabukot.

Scouter: Ah, ok.Last patrol.

Patrol Leader: Sir Patrol Kingfisher.

Scouter: Ano ba ang tagalog sa Kingfisher?

Patrol Leader: Sir hahanapin ko pa po.

Scouter: Ok, next time, dapat alam mo na, kasi hindi ko rin alam.

All the while the scouter thought, that naming each patrol was ok, until the last patrol decided to change their patrol name.

Patrol Leader: Sir papalitan na lamang po namin ang aming patrol.

Scouter: Ah, bakit? Sya sige.

Patrol Leader:Sir Patrol Bibe na lamang po.

hahahahahahahahahaha....

http://translate.sandayong.com/english/tagalog/kingfisher

Inferno Illustrations

http://www.templarinfernobookreview.com/dan_brown_inferno_illustrations.htm

Worlds Apart

I keep on waiting for the right time to say how much I love you but still our worlds are apart. 

It seems to me that you are near but in reality we are apart. I told myself, I should go to the church one day just to ask for His intervention and guidance if I should choose you even if almost everybody will unlike you and will not agree to the decision that I will be making. But what is the essence of love if I will depend my decision to the people who will like you or not. Was it important for me that everybody will agree and like you in the end where in I will be the one who will love you and be with you for the entire years of our struggle and being one as partner? I don't know. 

All I knew is that I am denying that I can't accept and can't straightly say unto you, I love and I really meant it, because I'm afraid I might loose you in the end.

Pro-motion

Ever since, I wanted to become an administrator  and dreamed of being one, up to this moment.I enroled in a doctoral degree after finishing my masters degree, aiming to be an administrator. I am glad that my present principal is so supportive of me, that she gave me the position being the teacher-in-charge of the school (TIC) so I can use it when open ranking will be held because it is one of the criteria in related experience. 

Last June, of current school year, my principal diagnosed of having two "mayoma" in her ovary and at the same time she is pregnant. It is very critical for her age because she is already in her passed 40 of her life so she need to take a rest, and so i have to take charge of the school from June until she gave birth.

Before mid July, a memorandum came out that there will be an open ranking for the position of   head teacher. I am glad another opportunity came along. I prepared my papers and my principal also informed me about the said open position. I submitted my papers at the division office the day before its deadline of submission.

The problem is, my principal is on leave, I am the teacher in charge of the school, I don't know what should I feel whenever I am asking permission to each colleagues of mine to please pray for me to have the said position because they always told me, "Sige ipag-pray namen na hindi ka ma-rank 1 kasi kailangan ka pa namin, sabay smile.(hehehehe)" And then to my student journalists, nagpaalam rin ako sa kanila at humingi ng tulong eto naman sila"anla sino na po ang hahawak sa amin?" I told them marame akong kapalit sina Mam Cleo, Mam Julie, Mam Jona at Mam Eunice. See, dati ako lang ang humahawak sa inyo, ngayon apat sila, sabay sabi "ala."

While doing report to be submitted day after tomorrow, a dear friend of mine whispered, "hoy, kapatid, panalangin ni Mam Wena (our principal), sana hindi ka raw miuna mapaalis sa school kasi ang nagagawa mo ay hindi magagawa nun isa."(sabay tawa).

Haist, I don't what must I feel. I am very thankful to those people who always let me feel that I am important to them and that I am of great help, now anyway whatever happened to the open ranking that was re-sched, it's God's will. What ever it  will be I will accept it wholeheartedly.

Walang hanggan

Naalala kita
Isang umaga pag gising ko
Isang ikaw na lang
Ang kulang talaga

Naghihintay ako
Sa iyong pagdating
Ikinatatakot ko
Pagkikita natin

Handa ba akong
Muling buksan ang puso
Na ang naunsyaming pagtingin
Sa akin mawaglit rin

Sa muling pagkikita
Hindi na kita iiwan
Hindi na kita lilisanin
Hahawakan ka walang hanggan.

DSPC 2013-2014

Schedule of Division Schools Press Conference will be sometimes in October, according to our Officer in Charge  Schools Division Superintendent, Mrs. Susan DL. Oribiana.

7 Lake Adventure Trek

7 Lake Adventure Trek fever ng San Pablo, bukas na!

Madagundong ang opening ceremony ng San Pablo City Council dahil sa paghiyaw ng mga batang boy at senior scouts sa pagpapakilala ng kanilang paaralan sa kanilang yell.

Hindi nagpapatalo ang bawat delegasyon na nagmula pa sa iba't ibang council tulad ng Quezon Council, Lucena Council, Manila Council, at syempre ang host council San Pablo City Council.

Ito ang pang-apat na taon ng council na paglilibot at pagmamalaki sa tanging lungsod sa buong Pilipinas na may pitong lawa-Sampaloc,Bunot, Yambo, Pandin, Muhikap, Kalibato at Palakpakin.

Halina at bisitahin ang pitong lawa ng San Pablo. 

Inspirasyon

Tuesday morning, July 2, I received a text message the night before, from my former student journalist who is now a high school student and about to graduate secondary levels. She was my former copy reader who won two times in the Division Schools Press Conference and two times participants in the Regional Schools Press Conference during  her elementary years.

She got an interest in campus journalism that’s why she joined the school paper in the school where she enrolled. Whenever she needed help she texted me and I usually lend her my helping hand. Until one morning, I read a message from her that really touched my feelings and made me cry. The exact message was this:

“I dunno why, pero biglang nagfflash sa akin kung panu kau magsulat.Hehe.Lalo na po  pag sign pen ang gamit.At yung pagsulat talaga, kung paano at gaano ko kayo hinahangaan. Si Sir VSP (Ninong). Goodnight po.”

Sarap ng pakiramdam, hindi mo akalain na ako pala ay nakakaapekto sa damdamin ng iba na nagiging dahilan upang sila ay magpursige.

Tanging Karanasan

Busy ako lalo na sa mga panahon ngayon. Dahilan sa ang aming punongguro ay naka leave of absence dahil sa maselang pagdadalantao, ako ang naatasang Teacher-In-Charge (TIC) ng aming paaralan.

Nasa loob ako ng computer room ng pumasok ang aking kapwa guro na umiiyak. Hindi ko muna siya tinanong. Hinayaan ko muna siyang lumuha. Makalipas ang ilang saglit saka ako nagtanong ng bakit?

Isinaad niya ang sakit ng kanyang kalooban dahilan sa aking kpawa guro rin. Kaya't ninais ko na magpatawag ng pagpupulong upang maging maliwanag ang lahat.

Sa aking pakikipag-usap sa lahat, naisalaysay ko ang mga gawaing aking ginagawa na ako lamang ang gumagawa ng hindi nagrereklamo, dahil bahagi iyon ng aking pag-unlad. Gumagawa ako ng reports, nagsa-submit ng reports, umaatend ng meetings, mancom, kasabay pa ang pagiging coordinator ng boy scout at subject area coordinator, school property custodian, campus paper adviser subalit hindi ako nagrereklamo. Ni hindi ako minsan nagsalita na kalabisan na ata ang aking ginagawa at nagreklamo.

Nasambit ko sa aming pagmimiting ang isang pangungusap na ipinaalala sa akin ng aking dating kapwa guro, "makipagtalo ka na sa superintendent, o assistant superintendent, subalit huwag na huwag mong gagawing makipagtalo sa kapwa mo guro kasi sila ang lagi mong kasama,"aniya.

Hindi ko na rin makuha pang magtanim ng sama ng loob sa kapwa, sapagkat nakatimo rin sa aking isipan ang ilang katagang nasambit ng aking itinatanging kaibigan, "dahil matanda na ako, wala na akong panahon para magalit pa."

Ito ang dalawang pangungusap na aking ipinarating sa aking mga kapwa kaguro. Hanggang sa napansin ko, hindi lang iisa ang nangingilid ang luha, may isang lumuluha at marami ang nangingilid ang luha. Hindi ko na binanggit ano ang mga dahilan at nasambit ko ang mga ito sa kanila. Basta sinabi ko na lamang na bilang mga guro, tayo dapat ay maging mature sa mga bagay-bagay. Hindi dahil napapansin mo na sa iyo lamang lagi napupunta ang gawain, kalabisan na sa iyo iyon. Iyon ay dahil pinagkakatiwalaan ka, ipagpasalamat mo.

Sa aking palagay, ng mga oras na iyon, hindi man humingi ng paumanhin ang nakasakit na kaguro ko sa aking kapwa kaguro, marahil natauhan sila sa aking mga katagang binitiwan.

Mahirap na masarap pala talaga ang maging isang lider ng paaralan.subalit, pasalamat na rin ako sapagkat ang aking mga karanasan ang nagtuturo sa akin upang ako ay mas yumabong.Salamat.

Jiggy Manicad

Bilang bahagi ng kanyang pagmamalasakit sa mga San Pablenos, naglunsad siya ng isang proyektong makatutulong para sa mga batang may hilig sa journalismo. Si Jiggy Manicad, ng GMA Channel-7 sa SM San Pablo naghasik ng kaalaman.

June 29, mula ika-9 ng umaga hanggang lagpas ika 12 ng hapon ay nagbigay ng seminar tungkol sa journalism. Isang kawanggawang magbubukas sa mata ng mga batang may hilig dito upang magkaroon ng dagdag na kaalaman sa field na ito. 

Mahigit limangdaang participants mula sa pampubliko at pribadong paaralan kasama ang mga advisers ang nakinig at naging saksi sa kanyang pagbibigay ng kaalaman.

Libre ang registration at venue sa nasabing seminar na mismong si G. Jiggy Manicad pa ang nagbayad sa venue. Si Jiggy Manicad ay batikang mamamahayag sa telebisyong sa GMA Channel 7 at awardee sa lokal at international award giving bodies, siya rin ay ginawaran ng Natatanging San Pableno taong 2012 at TOYM awardee rin.

Salamat Mam

June 28, isang magandang umaga ang sa lahat ay naghihintay sa paaralan.Lahat ay naghihintay sa pagdating ng isang mahalagang tao sa araw na ito, sii Bb. Gloria Gamo Corcega.

Guro ng may tatlumpung taon sa pampublikong paaralan, si Bb. Corcega. Guro ng ikatlong baitang sa paaralang akin ring pinagtuturuan, ang San Antonio I Elementary School, lunsod ng San Pablo.

"Bakit walang tao sa mga room?Bakit tahimik?" ang bungad niya pagpasok ng tarangkahan ng paaralan. Sinabi ko, "hindi ko po alam. Pero tingnan natin sa may covered gym, Inay ( ang aking itinatawag kay Mam Uyeh, ang kanyang palayaw).

Sa likod nandun ang mga bata. Matamangnaghihintay sa kanyang pagdating. 

Sinimulan na ang programa sa kanyang pagdating. Ang bawat baitang ay may inihandang presentation, may sumayaw, tumula, at umawit. Panauhing pandangal ang dating pangulo ng PTA, si G. Dante Maralit na naghandog ng mga mala-pang-haranang awitin.

Bumuhos ang tuwa at luha sa paghahandog ng bouquet of flowers at balloons sa ating tanging Ina ng paaralan.

Bakit ba may ganitong pagdiriwang? Huling araw na ng pagiging guro ni Inay. Magreretiro na siya. 

Ninais niyang isekreto ko ang kanyang pagreretiro sa mga kasamahan, kaya't sinekreto ko talaga siya na may inihanda kaming programa sa huling araw niya sa aming paaralan.

Maraming salamat, Inay (Bb. Gloria Corcega).

How Lucky I Am

My mother ( I just called her “mother” but she’s not my mother actually) texted me yesterday,late afternoon to call her through phone. So I went to the principal's office and dialed the numbers and looked for her. Luckily she’s besides the telephone waiting for my call.

She told me to prepare papers because there will be an opening position.(For whatever it is, let me live it behind). So I let a few people knew the decision I will make, in days to come. I texted few people to know that I will try my luck again, not once not twice but it will be my third time. That was late in the evening.

One dear friend of mine texted me, "Yup.You will". Another one told me, “Sir, don’t go.We will make petitions so you won’t leave us.” Another one said ”Pipigilan ka namin, then chuckled.” I felt flattered.  Until, early this morning I cried for the text message I received, and it stated like this:

“Nung umalis si ________________( our friend who transferred to other division) sa school,napakasakit nun para sa akin,naka move on ako kasi nanjan ka pa.Pero kapag ikaw ang umalis.Naku,panu na ako?Panu na kaya ang school,Kme,pag wala ka?”

This message really made me cry early this morning. I felt so blessed that I have friends like them who treated me that important. I won’t forget this day.