Life of a Kat

Ilang beses na kitang pinaiyak pero pagkatapos ng balde-balde pagluha, kakausapin mo ako na parang walang nangyari. Marahil kung sa ibang lalake nangyari yun nang unang beses, di na mauulit pa yun. Di ko na din sya makikita.Pero ikaw ang nag-iisang lalake sa buhay ko na kahit ilang beses ko paiyakin, tatanggapin pa din ako nang buong-buo. Wala nang ibang lalake dito sa mundo ang gagawa ng ganun para sakin kundi ikaw. Ilang beses na kitang binigo, kahit na ayaw muna kitang makita, tatawagin mo pa din ako at magsasabay-sabay tayong kumain sa hapag-kainan. Ilang beses na kita sinuway pero paulit-ulit mo akong pinapatawad at binibigyan ng pagkakataon para patunayan sa sarili ko at sayo na may saysay ang buhay ko. At kahit ilang beses ko man tangkaing suklian ang kabutihan mo sakin at saking mga kapatid, hinding-hindi nito mapapantayan ang sakripisyo nyong dalawa ni mama para mapalaki nyo kaming mabubuting tao, may paggalang at may takot sa Diyos. Hindi ka malambing pero ramdam ko nam...

Warning: This is a vent-out post.                 All negativity inside. Read at your own risk. I just got home from school. I go to school at exactly 5:30 AM, today I arrived home and it’s already 6:04 PM. Yesterday, I came home at around 7:30 PM. What’s happening to me? I feel so tired. I feel so alone. I feel so tired, even sleep and longer sleep won’t seem to ease the tiredness in me. I miss home. I truly miss the meaning of home. I miss my mama’s home-cooked meals, the chats over breakfast and dinner with my siblings. The endless asaran and the endless sermons from papa. It’s as if I am living in a faraway country that I can’t seem to be with them. I mean, enough time to be with them. I maybe with them on Sundays, but it had never been enough. I never thought that I will reach this point of weariness. That I would feel so drained and all I wanted is to cry and feel someone’s hug. This is one o...

All of these happened in my class last September 13, 2013. Friday the 13th. Sa Science: Teaching how COCHLEA is differently pronounced from how it is spelled... Cher: Ang pagbasa talaga ay /kok-lee-yuh/ pero ang spelling ay sa /koch-lee-yuh/ Student X: Ay parang yung sa TheVoice. Si Coach Lea. Pause. Process. Respond. Cher: Yes, si Coach Lea nga. Tatandaan mo lang yung pangalan nya at spelling ng cochlea. Tapos ang itsura nya ay parang si Gary na pet ni Spongebob. Hay mga kiddielets. Kahit ano na lang, go para lang matandaan nyo ang mga bagay-bagay. Kung si Coach Lea ang magpapaalala sayo ng Cochlea, sige lang. Manonood na ko ng The Voice PH. Para sayo. Haha ______________________________________________________________________________ Sa English: Teaching of words with Blends.  /sm--/ Smart. Cher: Anong tagalog na salita para "smart" ? Student Y: Cher, pang-load!  ___________________________________________________________________________...

Thirty minutes had passed  and we are still not yet through with Reading Drill #1.  She was perspiring non-stop. Cher: Pagod ka na? Gusto mo bukas naman? JM:(shakes her head) Ok lang po ako.   Wipes her face, goes back to uttering the sounds of every letter in the CVC word. Every time she reads a word, she would look up to me, her eyes seeking affirmation then I would say, "Yes, very good." She goes back to reading, perspiring, wiping her face, pushing herself to read. The only way for me to survive this phase is step into their shoes, feel their struggles and learn with them side by side. When I discovered that most of my kids are non and frustrated readers, honestly, I felt weak. I felt helpless. How can I teach these concepts if they can't read?! How can I meet the expectations of the organization? How can I prove that I am a teacher? Then I realized, most of the things I know and have learned weren't fed to me by my teachers, I got it from my love of re...

One quarter down. Thank goodness I survived. Thank you to my family, for their continual support and prayers, to my friends everywhere and this blog.  1.        Never ever let those papers pile up unrecorded. 2.        Always be advanced in lesson planning 3.        Prepare extra worksheets/seatworks. 4.        Take care of oneself—physically and emotionally. 5.        Have songs, hand gestures and mnemonics incorporated in keypoints of the lesson. 6.        Journal daily events in the classroom. 7.        Never let those down moments linger. 8.        Smile. 9.        Be the influence. 10.    Start Mondays with a smile. End Fridays happily. 11.    Read. A lot. Read more. ...

I love Fridays and I'm lovin' my kids more and more! Yesterday, I had to call the attention of the little "girls at the back" for not listening during class discussion. As I arrived and dropped my things on the table, I received this note from one of them. I would have hugged them both, but I couldn't so I just smiled and reminded them of their promise. Little by little, they are learning the value of learning, love and respect.  It's a Fantastic Friday! (*insert #teacherkilig) We learned about "pandiwa", spelled words with consonant blends, unscrambled letters to form words for parts of the body, learned about our Filipino ancestors and practiced subtraction with regrouping. I know it may be a lot to remember in one day for some of them. Little by little, we are both lovin' learning while having fun. Seeing them get busy as they do classroom jobs, go excited over "Good Job", "Magaling" and "Kaya Mo Yan!...

It's August 28, 2013 around 2 o'clock in the afternoon. I am doing my afternoon routine of cleaning, reading and planning for tomorrow's class when my neighbor asked if I am expecting a package coz a delivery man was outside the gate and looking for our house. Then, I remembered, Ms. Gracie said that small package was due to arrive that day. She said, it's just a small one but it's not!I even confirmed with the delivery man if it was the right package. I hugged it, shook it, and I peeked into it. As if the gift is not for me! hahahaha.. I am just so excited. I cant contain my surprise and happiness...... Napatili ako sa sobrang kilig at galak nung mabuksan ko at makita ang isang huggable Tidibur! I feel so loved and special... :) :) :) Confirmed! Thank you so much for this talaga. Napakasaya ko at sobrang nakakawala ng sakit at pagod makatanggap ng isang regalo. Napaka-special nito. Ms. Gracie , hindi pa man tayo nagkikita ng pers...