Today, people are busy with their work, spend more time in their career, do more business calls, stay longer in their workplace... They don't have enough time to sleep, limited time to rest and no time for family and the worst they forget to spend time talking to God.  Lately, I have realized, that I am almost one of them... I chased the wind and never caught it up!

I wanna share this reading material from a friend, which made my life into a turning point... I hope you will also be blessed upon reading this...

GIVE ME A SIMPLE LIFE

 

          Satan called a worldwide convention.  In his opening address to his evil angels he said, “We can’t keep the Christians from going to church.  We can’t keep them form reading their Bibles and knowing the truth.  We can’t even keep them from conservative values.  But we can do something else.  We can keep them form forming an intimate abiding experience in Christ.  If they gain that connection with Jesus, our power over them is broken. 

          So let them go to church, let them have their conservative lifestyles, but steal their time, so they can’t gain an experience in Jesus Christ.  This is what I what you to do, angels.  Distract them from gaining hold of their Savior and maintaining that vital connection throughout the day!”

          “How shall we do this?” shouted his angels.

          “Keep them busy in the non-essentials of life and invent unnumbered schemes to occupy their minds,” he answered.

          “Tempt them to spend, spend, spend, then borrow, borrow, borrow.  Convince the wives to go to work and the husbands to work 6 or 7 days a week, 10 – 12 hours a day, so they can afford their lifestyles.  Keep them from spending time with their children.  As their family fragments, soon, their homes will offer no escape from the pressure of work.”

           Over stimulate their minds so that they cannot hear that still small voice.  Entice them to play the radio or cassette player whenever they drive, to keep the TV, the VCR and their CD’s going constantly in their homes.  And see to it that every store and restaurant in the world plays music constantly.  This will jam their minds and break that union with Christ.”

          “Fill their coffee tables with magazines and newspapers.  Pound their minds with the news 24 hours a day.  Invade their driving moments with billboards.  Flood their mailboxes with junk mail, sweepstakes, mail order catalogues and every kind of newsletter and promoting offering, free products, services and false hopes.”

          Even in their recreation exhausted, disquieted and unprepared for the coming week.  Don’t let tem go out in nature, send them to amusement parks, sporting events, concerts and movies instead.  And when they meet for spiritual fellowship, involve them in gossip and small talks so that they leave with troubled conscience and unsettled emotion.”

          “Let them be involved in soul-winning.  But crowd their lives with so many good causes they have no time to seek power from Christ.  Soon they will be working in their own strength, sacrificing their health and family unity for the good of the cause.”

          It was quite a convention in the end.  And the evil angels went eagerly to their assignments causing Christians everywhere to get busy, busy, busy and rush here and there.”

          Has the devil been successful at his scheme?  You be the judge.

 

...Because God Still give me hope to carry on with my life.
...Because God give me love that inspires me to move on.
...Because God give me peace which makes my spirit well.
...Because God give me friends, who are there through thick and thin.
...Because God give me my parents, who are loving, who loves me more than anyone else in this world.

A good teacher must possess the four core qualities __ KNOWLEDGE, COMMUNICATION SKILLS, INTEREST and RESPECT FOR STUDENTS... when you have these, would that mean that you are an outstanding teacher?

 

     When I was a student I admired teachers, I imitated teachers, and even criticized teachers, but I often criticize rather than appreciate.  It is easy to spot stains rather than see the purity of a thing.  Sometimes… I forgot to think of the efforts exerted by the mentors for the preparations of the topics to be discussed for that particular day.  Sometimes, I forgot to consider his sleepless nights because he checked our paper, he made our exams, and he computed our grades…  sometimes, I forgot to thank him for being present in our class even it is stormy outside.  Sometimes, I forgot to greet him “Good Morning”, “Good Afternoon” or “Good Evening”… and sometimes, I forgot to say, “Thank you” for the knowledge that he imparted on our minds and the dedication that he devoted for us to be molded even sometimes we refuse to learn. 

 

     Now, I am a teacher, now, I realize the sacrifices, which is undertaken by my mentors when I was a student.   I did my best and continue doing my best yet I guess my best is not yet good enough.   I am doing my best to make the topic easy for them to comprehend, I am finding ways for them to participate, motivating them to ask questions and share their ideas…  and I even shed sweats to make my voice loud for them to hear and set their focus and attention on the discussion, and part of teaching methodology, is I have to give quiz to test their learning… what I got from them? 2/10, 1/10 0/10… and only few for 10/10.  What’s wrong? It's frustrating!

 

     The prize I got in teaching is when I see my students doing well in their studies, seeing them having a career, and the knowing that they excel in field of expertise.  It hurts sometimes, when they say that students migrate to other schools because of the teachers… shoddy teachers, maybe, it’s true (in some aspects), because you have your field of expertise and you cannot please everybody, but, I would disagree for making us teachers a sole reason for student’s migration.  Not all students would appreciate the way I teach because students have different levels of learning, different levels of coping up and different level of IQ and EQ.  One of my philosophies in teaching is DISCIPLINE… I want to mold my students to be bright and upright persons.  I am reaching out my students… some committed and some refused… but I have to stay firm and stern.  I respect the minds of this young people but there are ideas that deviate so I have to correct. 

 

     I love to teach… now I am searching for better ways of teaching, I surfed the internet, I got this from Marshall Brain, who said “When you strive and work to become a good teacher and to create a good class, the four core qualities are essential: knowledge, the skills to convey that knowledge, the ability to make the material you are teaching interesting and relevant, and a deep-seated respect for the student. Without these four qualities, good teaching will not exist.”

As for now we have a break... 1 hour break for lunch...
we have 4-day training for trainer's competency program of the TESDA... would i think now that i am upgraded??? i do hope so... we discussed, teaching methodology, lesson planning... communication skills and etc...
have to go... blog you next time...

Life’s Reality…

 

They say that I am blessed… why? Because God has been so good to me…

I almost have everything… (that’s what they think!!!)

 

I don’t have everything…

 

… I envy others for having a good life better than I have

… I envy others for having a happy lovelife (why should i???)

… I envy others for having a stable job (soon… I’ll have my chance)

… I envy others for having a good voice (I should accept that it’s a talent and it’s innate in a person, which I do not have)

 

but life’s reality tells me that instead of COMPLAINING for not having those things that I don’t have I should start COUNTING THE BLESSINGS that God has bestowed upon me.

-          I should be thankful for having this gift of life…

-          I should be thankful for the things that He hath done for me… (too many to mention)

-          I should be thankful for having such wonderful, loving, supportive, caring and responsible parents… (My Nanay and Daddy)

-          I should be thankful for having priceless friends and cherished relatives (I can’t count them, they’re numerous!)

-          I should be thankful for the good looks that God entrusted me (it’s not me who said this, it’s them)

-          I should be thankful for the skills and talents  (I do have more than 10 e.g. cooking, baking, driving, sewing, stitching, dancing, writing, listening, teaching, giving, and so on…)

-          I should be thankful for the LOVE

-          And most, for having God in my life… (who gives me everything!!!)

 

Life’s contentment will never be satisfied… Life’s satisfaction is a neverending desire…

Unless, you have God… Let’s have Him rule in our life… and be fulfilled.

God bless ;-)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Teacher turns to a singer…

One of my life’s dreams is to be a singer.  A pop singer… a diva…a soul singer!!!

Life’s reality tells me that not all of our dreams come true.

I have to wake up and realize that I am not singer. I am not born to be a singer…

I can’t hit the right tune … of the simple DO, RE, MI…

but I really like to sing... but singing doesn’t like me!!! That’s a fact that I must admit… Okay?!!!

I am a teacher…a computer teacher.

 

I should be glad that once in my life I have sung in a public place, where there are audiences that applauded my performance even if that performance doesn’t deserve for an acclaim.  My piece was “If we hold on together”,  I think that the audience should hold on to where they are seated when they hear my voice. (hehehe) My show occurred in Padada, at Fil-am’s house…

 

And one more thing, my day was complete when I rode the FAIRY’S WHEEL… yes!!! one of my goals this year is to spin with the fairy’s wheel…

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

i am now eager to experience new things to me...
meeting someone i do not know...
is a new thing to me...(i think it's not)... why???
actually,  this is my third time to meet someone i dont know... (at hindi pa rin nadala...)

first... when i was still in college...
it was a good experience.. and i learned with it. 

second... meeting someone i had already met but i can't recall the way he looks... so i had decided to meet him again... which that date turns into a good friendship which lasted for only a month... why??? ask him why? (if you know him)