Tuesday, February 16, 2010

"TITSER"



 Titser

Title: "Titser"
Awtor: Liwayway A. Arceo
Notes: In Tagalog
Description: Novel

I finally found time to read this book. I acquired it last December, but haven't got the chance to read it right away. It was just yesterday that I took time reading it and finished it eventually. I bought this book, hoping that it could reassess my feelings towards "teaching". I'm not a graduate of any education related courses, but I've been teaching Koreans for 4 years now. Last December, I was on the verge of my career. Now, 2 months after, I'm feeling the same way again (for the nth time) !!!

I had mixed emotions after reading this book. It didn't give me the refuge that I'm looking for... The book is centered on the lives of a couple, Amelita and Mauro, who happens to be teachers. Amelita's mom always looks down on Mauro, since he is only a teacher by profession. Despite the odds, they struggled to fight their own battles and were able to provide progress for their hometown. They have shown greatness to their town folks by simply being teachers which they taught to be a shabby profession.

Being an English Teacher or Tutor for Koreans is not easy. It takes a lot of courage and patience. Cultural differences and language barrier are the most common problems that you can encounter. It's difficult but I learned to love it, though... There is just One thing that makes me upset. Just like in the story, I think, I dont get the proper respect that I deserve.

The story is good, but it didn't answer my querries. I was hoping that the story will revolve around a teacher's struggles and challenges with his/her daily activities inside the school. How he/she copes up with stress with students, parents and co-teachers, and how he/she manages to get through.

It is more of a love story than what I've expected. It was well written and the characters really reflect some filipino traits and attitudes towards others.

I might not have obtained what I'm looking for in this book, but I enjoyed reading it.




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Sunday, February 14, 2010

QUOTABLE QUOTES



Since this is the LOVE month and MY BIRTHDAY month as well, I've decided to compile a list of quotable quotes from the experts (?)!! hehehe....

LOVE makes the world go round, so they say, so without further ado, let me start this blog with quotes from BRUSKO PINK.


I dont have this book yet, since it was out of stock when I went to the bookstore and tried to find one. What I got is another book of Louie Cano entitled MASCULADOLL. I just imported the following list from another blogsite (hehehe..)


" Don't expect Prince Charming to fall on your lap. It’ll help to be in the right place at the right time. Remember that Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty and Snow White were gunning for the same object of affection”


LOVE HAS NO EXPIRY DATE --- Yes, sometimes it gets sour like spilled milk, but no matter how much you dread falling into the pit, regardless of how many dirty fingers you point to Cupid, no matter how many times you put an emotional tourniquet on your heart, you still search the world for the One. Some people bushwhack the earth and turn the world inside out, some people feed on the memories that bred them, while some hold on to the redundant promises of destinies. Sometimes it takes more than a lifetime of searching.”

“FALLING IN LOVE IS COSMIC CONSPIRACY --- The planets connive, the stars gang up on you, you fall in love, end up flat in your face and then, you fall again. And again. Until you find the right one with to spin a Cinderella fairytale that doesn’t exist, which is when you wake up with your prince wearing Cindy’s tiara. But you fall in-love again. You get back in the cycle. Only to find out in your better-luck-next-times that all princes are named Charming.”

“BRAD PITT IS ACTUALLY A SCIENCE PROJECT FROM VENUS --- Nobody, I repeat, nobody can look like Brad Pitt. He is not human. He is the sum of the research and alchemy of some alien creatures with far higher IQ points than us. Sisters, the actual human male species realistically looks like… Willie Revillame. A very, very sad fact.”

“YOU CAN’T PUT BENGAY ON A BATTERED EGO --- So your bf dumped you for your best friend, you were reprimanded for asking for a raise, you landed eleventh in the Top Ten finals --- your ego ha been bludgeoned, minced, and splaterred to pieces. What to do? I suggest you sulk for exactly five seconds, then pick up the pieces and gather in motion what you lost in time.”

“No, absence doesn’t make the heart grow fonder, absence is like a thief who visits in the middle of the night to snatch what we feel for each other. Longing will be made flesh when you leave. We will grow, but we will grow apart. Come back if you can, but no promises will be broken for no promises will be made.”

“Why is love’s ‘e’ silent? Does it have any secrets to confess? Does it harbor any hidden meaning? Does it whisper in silence what I see in its spelling?”

“Words left unwritten are like illegitimate thoughts --- conceived yet unborn. The mind that mills them, the heart from which they come, they yearn to give birth to meek words. And words unwritten are mere letters that come together --- meaningless, without substance, of no use, without reason.”

“No, you wouldn’t hear me singing. All the songs that I know are of farewells and goodbyes. I have no business with melodies and the only rhythm I know is the medley of sorrow and sadness cast in lullabies that steal my sleep in the middle of the night.”

“Happiness is fleeting. You may be tickling rib bones at one time and then you may feel like ripping them out the next.”

“Cellular phones are not merely communication gismo that sends, transmits and receives texts and call messages --- its also a gadget that deliberately tortures, decidedly torments and definitely threatens. It tortures the heart, torments the spirit and threatens sanity (whenever you don’t call).”

“Tormented, anguished, bruised in pain. No, Ms. Fordham, love doesn’t move in mysterious ways --- love is an anvil on a frayed tight rope suspended in midair with my heart sitting on it like a duck with an X sign. And my heart is crushed, smashed into shattered smithereens and when I pick up the pieces, they spell his name.”

Etcetera… etcetera…


quotes quotes.. quotes


MGA KWENTONG PARLOR NI WANDA ILUSYUNADA-

I have a copy of this book!!! Looovvvveeeee it so much!!! Infact, naging follower pa ko ni Wanda sa kanyang blogspot because of this book... May pagkaBading kasi ako,eh.. Kaya nakakaRelate ako masyado!!!! hahaha...
Here it goes...


From wanda ilusyunada

"..pero sawa na kong maging friend lang.nakakasawa na ring maging taga-pakinig lang. yung hingahan ng sama ng loob. feeling ko tuloy inidoro si atashi. na nakukuha sa tissue at flush. minsan nga, hindi pa fina-flush. kaloka!nakakasawa ring maging parang ama o kuya o nanay-nanayan lang. o kung anu-anufaflung kamag-anakan na pinagtutuunan ng respeto at wang bahid ng pambabastos, kahit bet ko rin mabastos paminsan-minsan. "



"kasi alam ko yung feeling na ganon e. yung nag-aantay ka. yung may halong drama na sige ipapakita ko sayo lahat ng kabaitan sa mundo, lahat ng atensiyon na meron ako, lahat ng pag-iintindi ko sa mga pagkukulang mo, kasi umaasa ako na darating yung panahon na mauuntog ka at mare-realize mo na ako na pala yon. na nakumpleto kita. na tatalon ka pag tinopak rin akong tumalon. maalala mo lahat ng nakakalimutan ko pag nag-ulyanin na ko. na sasabihan mo ko na mahal mo poknat ko. ,"

"may mga sugat na masarap kinakalikot kahit masakit, para lang hindi mo makalimutan na may pakiramdam ka pala at hindi mo lang hinahayaan mangyari sayo lahat yon. para alam mo lang na nasasaktan ka rin pala. . "

"ayoko nang maging excuse lang o alibi lang ng iba.ayoko nang maging "lang" lang. "


"lagi na lang tama ang ginagawa ko. bawal na ba ako magkamali? sa tuwing tama ang ginagawa ko, walang nasasaktan. lahat sila masaya. pero paano kung gumawa naman ako ng mali? baka sakaling ako naman ang maging masaya" - quoted by anonimus "



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Monday, February 8, 2010

THE RETURN OF THE COMEBACK!!!



I'm back!!! Wow, namiss ko tong blog ko!!! Imagine after two months, ngayon ko lang ulit nagawang buksan ang pinakamamahal kong site?!! Naging busy-busyhan na kasi ang lola nyo,eh... Just like what I've predicted sa aking fearless forecast before the year ends.


At hindi ako nagkamali, 4 of those said forecast,eh, nagkatotoo naman ( sabi ko na nga ba, "charmed one" ako,eh.. hehehe.. )!! Una, talagang nginarag at magpahanggang ngayon ,eh, nginangarag pa rin ako ng mga estudyante ko! As usual, ano pa nga bang inaasahan ko sa kanila? Pero dapat karir kung karir, kasi kelangan ko ng anda! Kaya deadma na lang.....

Pangalawa, nagpapasalamat ako sa KANKUNIS, dahil marami ng nakakapansin na pumapayat na daw ako!! Yeheyyyyyy!!! At dapat lang noh?! Ikaw ba naman ang pumuPOO ng 3x every morning kung hindi ka pa mangangayat nyan?!!

Pangatlo, talagang pinayaman ko na naman ang Bayo, Kamiseta at ang mga Ukayan!! Minsan tuloy iniisip ko, parang mas maganda na lang kung wala akong work,eh.... Para hindi ako masyadong gumagastos!! Ewan ko ba, weakness ko talaga ang magShopping! Once na nakatungtong na ang mga paa ko sa Mall, hindi ko mapigilan ang sarili ko na bumili!!! Hay, nakakaguilty!!! Yung iba jan halos walang makain, tapos ako, bumibili ng mga damit na kulang-kulang isang libo!!! Waaaaaaaaahhhhhhh...!

Pang-apat, desidido na talaga kong pahabain ang hair ko, since January ay isang beses pa lang ako nakapagpagupit!!! Yung long hair ko dati, took me two years para humaba. Kaya dapat wag akong mainip. Gusto ko uling mag-long hair for a change!

Isa pa sa mga fearless forecast ko ang ikinakatakot kong mangyari. This is my birthday month, at ayon sa aking bolang kristal, eh, gagastos na naman ako ng milyones for my birthday! Wala pa namang definite plans for the occassion, pero napag-usapan namin nun ng isang friend ko, na magbi-Beach kami... Pero parang hindi magandang magSwimming this month, kaya malamang,eh, magbago ng plans!!! Well, we will just have to wait and see!! =)


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