United Nations Day Program 2008 in School

we had a UN Day Program in school yesterday. the students presented song and dance numbers. my Nursery classes (morning and afternoon) danced Italian and Japanese dances respectively. the days prior to the event were very tiring but it was all worth it. the students enjoyed the program and we received lots of positive reviews from the parents. so now, i'm on vacation or semestral break and will be back in school on November 6.

The Stage

My students seated at the front row

Opening Number

Selected students to recite the Rights of the Child

Kinder PM (Lauterbach Waltz - Swiss Dance)

Kinder AM (Tropanka - Bulgarian Dance)

Kinder PM (Pearly Shell - Hawaiian Dance)

Prep (Carinosa - Filipino National Dance)

Prep (Maglalatik - Filipino Dance)

Prep (Song Number)

The Students

Teacher Ellen, Me, Teacher Lani

i'll upload my Nursery students' pictures as soon as i get them from one of my co-teachers. i wasn't able to take pictures of them coz i was busy guiding/showing them the steps for their dance presentations. would you believe that i taught my Nursery classes Italian and Japanese dances? i never did that during the early years of my teaching career because i don't dance. but now, oh well.

Afterglow

Just when the days start getting colder,
I walk the streets I never knew
There's some words I never told you,
The sound rings out like the truth

Chorus:
And if you could see what's come over me
Then you would know
Cause I'm walking free
The wind at my back
Bathed in afterglow

As I sit here in this dark room,
All I seem to feel is light
I see color,
I see the maroon in the blood of this life...
That's ours

Chorus

Watch the sun it paints an orange sky
Lay me down and feel the days gone by

Just when the days start getting longer
I walk the streets I never knew...
The sun comes out for you

Chorus

* a song by Vanessa Carlton
* the lines from the song that describes me now:
Cause I'm walking free
The wind at my back
Bathed in afterglow.

October 2008 Get Together With Friends

i just got home from dinner with my friends last night at Claw Daddy, Shangri-La Mall. the last time i saw them was last August when we had dinner at Cyma also in Shangri-La Mall. i was not able to attend the get-together last month at Red Box, TriNoma because i was at the Manila International Book Fair in SMX Convention Center. i was also not feeling well when i got home (i was sick that week) so i did not go anymore. so when Edel sent a text message about the information for our get-together, i immediately cleared whatever i was planning to do so that i wouldn't miss the dinner. as usual, it was an enjoyable dinner that ended with a dessert from Starbucks.

view from the inside

Ojane, Aie, Edel

Me, Jo, Tin

group shot with our bibs

my placemat after eating. nyaha.

alive again

i haven't posted much in this blog for the past month. i was busy shopping for books and updating my book blog. yes, i created a blog about books. so all my book-related entries can now be found there.

today is a holiday due to Eid-ul Fitr. i planned on going to the mall to pay my cell phone bill and buy some arts and crafts supplies in National Book Store but there's a typhoon so i'm stuck here at home. to make my day useful, i organized my dresser and disposed things that i no longer use. i also organized my bookshelf to give space to the 23 books i bought last month. it was Literacy Month and there were lots of book fairs and book sales so i took advantage of it by hoarding as much books as i could. i sort-of promised myself that i wouldn't buy books till my birthday. i also have to save money for all the shopping i will do on December.

so far my life is good. i've been reading a lot again. i meet with old friends to talk and enjoy each other's company. i endure the whims and panic attacks of my boss. some of my students who hated me and the school when they first came are now happy to see me. i feel alive again after feeling like a robot and zombie these past few months.

here is a poem that i wrote to describe myself in Friendster:

i was lost
i looked around
found my passion
it was just there
i'm alive again
loving
living
never letting go.