Dealing with a class that was dominated with men (with only ONE female) is indeed a very challenging task for me as a teacher. They are my freshmen Mechanical Engineering students. They are of different background with different attitudes. My six years of experience in teaching somehow lighten up the load. I have experienced dealing a student with tantrums, a student who just love to copy his classmate's output than making his own, a student who always get absent from my class and a student who wants to impressed you to the max! 

But one thing that I appreciate the most in dealing with such kinds of students is that I learned from them. 

I learned the value of patience...

I learned the art of listening...

I learned the importance of being considerate...

Above all, I learned to accept all their differences knowing that I, myself, is imperfect as well. (It just so happened that I was the teacher and they were the students.)

In their own little way, they knew how to brighten up my day when it seems too gloomy...

They even knew when to keep silent when it seems like I don't want to talk...

They also learn how to control themselves when they almost go beyond to what we have agreed... We agreed not to utter bad words in class and they were aware if they failed to keep such agreements... They remind each other...

They can make lots of excuses for being absent and I gave them the freedom to do so however, at the expense of their grades. I can determine their lies from the truth... Even that, they were already aware.

I was just completely amazed how they were able to perform their projects with less explanations... how they tried to hide that mistakes but whenever I discovered it they just laugh...

These were the little men of my life... Not literally of course because they are all much taller than me...

I just enjoyed spending my time with them... 

They are another batch of quite naughty yet charming and talented students.

Hello there... here I go again with a new meme from Never Growing Old...

Every Sunday Never Growing Old will post five get to know you  questions that you can copy and paste into your own Monday post and we  can all learn a little more about each and every one of us!!

So here's my FIRST entry... 

Questions (with my answers):

1. What are you wearing right now? well, not exactly right now but few days ago... I wore this black tee-shirt (a signature shirt for our True Love Waits symposium)

2. Do you have any freckles? Nope, but acne marks, yes :(... 

3. What is your favorite Lifesaver flavor? minty candy feels good...

4. What is the last movie you saw in the theater?

 Watch this movie... learn the lesson of forgiveness... 

5. Would you rather live without tv or without music? I can live without television as long as there is music... (but not for too long though ;)

Well, well, well... There you have it...
Wanna join the fun?

This picture was taken during one of our Lighthouse sessions...

Maybe all of us dreamed to have a better relationship with anyone else... Maybe all of us longed to maintain a healthy feeling towards one another... and maybe all of us wants to get along well with all the people that we may encounter along the way.

Obviously because we all love PEACE. Who wants to fight against anyone else anyway? Not unless, you are not on your mind today.

It is even much better to maintain a symbiotic relationship not only with other people not so close to you but to your love ones especially!

That was my ultimate dream.

The hardest fight to make up is the fight with your love ones. When painful things have been said already, when misunderstanding arises, indeed it is really hard to patch up. When we are hurt by our love ones, it is the most unbearable thing that could happen. These are the people whom you grow up with for so many years. These are the people that you cry with and laugh with since time immemorial... These are the same people who could tell so much about you and who could be so proud of you at the same time.

If you felt like you are being misunderstood right now, I feel for you.

If you felt like you are in pain right now, I feel for you...

Just bear in mind then that in every ordeals, there are lessons that we could learn.

We might be misunderstood sometimes but it shall come to pass...

Yes, it will really come to pass whether you believe me or not.

image taken from Google

I should tell myself over and over again, that this will come to pass.

After all, as the song goes ♪ there's a rainbow always after the rain ♪


Mind you, rainbow symbolizes a Blessed Hope!

"If symptoms persist, consult your doctor"

And exactly that was what I did yesterday. It's been almost or maybe more than a month already that I have suffered and endured hard cough by taking (based on my own prescriptions) cough med, syrups and herbs. However, my condition does not improve (positively). My huggy accompanied me then to Dr. Irnie Dave Obias. He said I have Allergic Bronchitis and he prescribed me with, well FOUR kinds of medicine that I need to take for straight FIVE days. And IF, the symptoms STILL persist, I need to go back to him for an X-Ray recommendation (ouch!). Good thing he does not charge me with a consultation fee (He is a family friend of my huggy- to my advantage) plus I got a discount of almost P300.00 for the medicines (what a blessings indeed). 

I tried to learn about Allergic Bronchitis, as I have only known Allergic Rhinitis (which I experienced last December). So far based on my research, I have learned the following:

Allergic bronchitis is a type of asthma, which causes the obstruction of the airways when the bronchi or the air passages of the lungs become filled up with mucous during an asthma attack. Respiratory illnesses have significant effects on the lives of millions of people. It can be acute, when it is a short term illness and easily treatable. In allergic bronchitis, both asthma symptoms and allergies are present which can cause hay fever and allergic rhinitis. By far, the majority of cases of bronchitis stem from viral infections.

Allergic bronchitis is manageable, however if you have this illness you must also be aware that it can be dangerous at times. It is important that you know how to deal with it whenever you are exposed to unexpected allergen, like taking medications with you at all times in case of emergency.

While everything stated above is TRUE, my Doctor also said that allergic bronchitis is also caused by STRESS

Well, I would say that it is not really that manageable AND so annoying too. I experienced waking up on the middle of the night. My doctor also said that one cause of this is the smoke we inhaled from the cigarette. Indeed it is very TRUE. SMOKING is one of the things I hated the most. I cannot help myself but nag sometimes whenever I am in public vehicle and someone else is smoking. Passive smoker (referring to us, non-smoker- the official inhalator of their smoke) is more in danger compared to those who actually smoke if disadvantages will be the issue.

So, for those who cannot help themselves from SMOKING, please respect those people around you. Be sensitive. Smoking can kill, not directly but indirectly. Thou shall NOT kill.

Have mercy on us. 

Being involved in procurement section is a tough job. Everything is documented from what was being discussed and what was being agreed by the procurement Committee. Taking down notes and documenting everything has become part of my lifestyle as staff of Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) in our school. Jotting down all the key points during BAC session is not easy. There are instances that I cannot capture what has supposed to be captured. Good thing my Boss has his own voice recorder. However, I still need to have my own considering that it is very essential in my job.

It is quite difficult to find a digital voice recorder of high quality. But there is one that I am pretty sure you will really love as well. It is the one manufactured by Record Your Life Inc. (RYL). This company is a professional manufacturer of security products that is why we can have a full guarantee of assurance of all their security products just like this Digital VoiceRecorder 510 Plus. It has the following features that are really cool and user- friendly too: 

- Automatic Telephone Recording ON/OFF via Telephone Adaptor

- Secret Recording with No LCD Display and Vibration on Recording On & Off

- Large LCD size and good visibility

- Recovery of Erased files by mistake

- File Management by recording date and time

- Hearing Aid Function

- Recording Compatible with every telephone & cell phone

- Long time recording up to 260 hours and a whole lot more useful features.

Indeed this unit is suitable and highly recommended for recording phone call, class, business talks, law matters and even cell phone. Just the right features that I need for my job. Visit their website for more details