Happy-to-be-Durog Thursday

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Finally calling it a day after a loooooooong day of mixes. I don't think I can still do a 15-minute programming practice tonight but that is okay. The day job was more on the nitty gritty part of filling the learning stations with content to jumpstart the new school year which is exciting as always. Today's major takeaways came from 2 separate conference calls. First was with a conversation with classmates about the Philippines' status and how instead of posting our sentiments and angst on social media, we should learn to share it with our most trusted groups. Because in a world, where everything is under surveillance, it will be a challenge to put a plan of collective action without being monitored. Second call was with teachers from around the globe and learning about the creative efforts of every teachers in the community and how they are tapping resources around them from offline printed materials distributed to homes, to local radio stations, voice calls and a lot of other crazy ideas.  

As hard as we pray that may this all go away, may we also find those avenues for creativity and calmness. May we also find those circle of people whom we can talk to and  really be honest about our sentiments and whom we can also listen to and learn. May we also find that time to hear the success stories across the globe as to how they are trying to keep life moving and going despite all this pandemic. 

What a Thursday it has been!

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