A TRIBUTE.....

05 January 2010
Tuesday- 6:10pm


Just got home from work. This is my second day after one month of hibernating in my crib! I'm happy, coz I have another chance to work with my Korean friend again!! I know, I know.... I have written on my blog last year that I dont want to teach koreans anymore, because they remind me of something bad that had happened to me last October. But since she is a friend, and she's one of the two persons I still trust and respect, I accepted her offer!

It was nice seeing them again (Ms. Christine and her kids) , it felt good actually. I feel comfortable working with them. Ms. Christine became my driving force when I was about to let go of the wheel. And because of her, I still manage to have faith with her fellow Koreans.


Life has really full of surprises. You dont know what's going to happen next. Maybe, I'm just fortunate that despite all the odds that I have encountered, I was able to make it through!!!!

LUCKY ME!!! hehehe..... :-)

LOOKING BACK!!!

03 January 2010
Sunday, 1:02pm


We were supposed to go to church today. Kaya lang as usual, nalate na naman ako ng gising. Hay, pano na kaya bukas? Pasukan na naman, for sure mangangarag na naman ako para gumising ng maaga, to prepare my son to school, to fix myself going to work ( FYI, sa tagal kong maligo, almost 2 hours ang preparation ko sa pagpasok! ) , to cook lunch for my habibti..... Isipin ko pa lang, nakakapagod na! What more pa kaya kung on-going na ang action!?!

Honestly, parang yoko pang magpasukan! Meron kasi akong sakit na "katam", eto yung sakit na tipong pag matagal ka ng nagbakasyon,eh, parang ayaw mo ng tigilan! hahaha... Isa pa, mami-miss ko tong desktop ko! Aba, matagal-tagal din kaming nag-bonding nito,ah! Halos one month kaming nagsama, day in and day out nung mawalan ako ng raket!

I just thought of going to church today, because looking back, God gave me a handful of blessings last year. I may have experience the most tragic thing that could happen in my line of work, but God is good, as soon as my door closes, he immediately opens up a big window for me!!!

I also want to thank Him for giving me those wonderful people who were with me during those times of trouble.

Tomorrow is going to be a new day for me. I will be working again with a korean friend. Yoko na sana maging "titser", eh. Pero parang nakakaloko lang, na the more na inaayawan mo sya, eh, mas lalo syang nagpapansin sa 'yo. "Kaya GOOD LUCK na lang sa ken!" :-)

HAPPY NEW YEAR !!!!

01 January 2010
12:15 pm

Ay, grabe, I can't believe that it's already 2010!!! What's in store for me this year?! Sa Mall siguro marami, o kaya sa Ukay?!! hahaha... Hindi ako mahilig sa Zodiac signs at lalong hindi ako naniniwala jan sa mga fearless forecast ng mga kalahi ni Madame Auring! And since CHARMED ONE naman ako, eh, ako ng bahalang magPredict sa sarili ko....

And here it goes.....

1. PAPAYAT AKO! - yesterday, my habibti went to their house to pay her mom a visit. Pagbalik nya, may dala-dala na syang KANKUNIS Slimming tea! "Himala!". Hindi ko alam kung bakit ako binigyan ng mudra nya ng slimming tea. Dahil sa pagkakaalam ko, eh, mas kelangan nila yon!! hahaha.... Pero based from what I learned in Facebuk, "Beggars cannot be choosers!" (remember?), kaya gagamitin ko na lang para hindi masayang! Uminom na nga ko kagabi,eh... So far, wala pa namang side effects! ( hay salamat sa Diyos!)

Papayat ako, dahil imbyernang- imbyerna na ko sa kapitbahay namin, na sa twing na lang magkikita kami sa tindahan, eh, panay ang sabing, " Uy, ano na?! Ang taba mo..... Ang taba-taba-taba mo na!" (sabay kurot sa mga braso ko). Okey lang naman na sabihan nya kong majubis,eh, dahil talaga namang lumapad ako these past 2 years! Pero ang i-emphasize pa ang salitang "taba- taba" 3x, eh, nakaka-im (imbyerna) na talaga!!! So annoying! Naks! hahaha....

Papayat ako dahil kelangan kong pumayat! Aba, eh, hindi na lalayo ang pagsikat ko. Kaya kelangan ko ng maging figure conscious! hehehe... Syempre, pag sikat na ko magkakaron na ko ng TV guestings, commercials, billboards, mga ganun....... Kaya dapat maging sexy na ulit ako! hahaha....

2. MA-I-STRESS NA NAMAN AKO! - "Happy new year n gud luck to u ^^ n from next monday at mornin time can u teach emma&rapha?" . Text ni Ms. Christine ( she was my korean boss since January 2009. Na cut lang ang serbisyo ko sa kanila ng magChange location ang mga hitad. Though miles away na ang drama namin, we never stop communicating from one another. Isa sya sa dalawang KOreans na lang na pinagkakatiwalaan at pinapaniwalaan ko hanggang ngayon. Kumbaga, dahil sa kanya, kahit papano, hindi ako tuluyang nawalan ng respeto sa mga kaUri nya!)

Ewan ko ba kung bakit kahit pilitin kong talikuran na ang pagiging MILA, eh, patuloy pa rin ang pagkatok nya sa pinto ko. Ayoko na talaga sana,eh.... Pero, wallet ko na ang nagdurusa sa isang buwan kong pananahimik sa bahay! Yoko naman kasing magCall girl, este call center agent pala... Mas nakakaStress daw yon, sabi ng isang friend ko. At mas lalong ayoko ng bumalik sa opisina ng tatay ko! Doon, hindi lang nakakaStress, nakakamatay pa!!!!!

"Okay. Thank you so much! Again, Happy New Year!" . Yan ang huling reply ko sa text nya. Kaya alam ko na magsisimula na naman ang kalbaryo ko! Hay......

3. MAGIGING CERTIFIED BLOGGER NA KO! - Yup, yan ang isang pagkakaabalahan ko sa mga susunod na araw. Kasama sa new years list ko na mag-update ng blog ko araw-araw! And voila!! May entry na ko for today!! Yeheyy...

4. KIKITA NA NAMAN ANG BAYO, BENCH, HUMAN AT MGA UKAYAN! - Naman!! Since working na naman ako by Monday, eh, meron na naman akong karapatang gumastos!! Namiss ko nga ang SM masyado,eh.. Dati kasi every Friday, eh, may attendance kami dun. Biglang na-AWOL ako ng hindi na ko rumaraket. Ang hirap ng walang anda, noh?!

5. MAGIGING COMMUNITY HELPER NA KO - ilang level na lang at magiging ganap na magsasaka, mangingisda at chef na ang lola mo!! hahaha....

6. GAGASTOS NA NAMAN AKO SA BUWAN NG PEBRERO - natural, birthday month ko yon,eh!!! I remember last year, when I celebrated my birthday with my friends, eh, trinangkaso ako! Muntik na nga akong himatayin sa Trinoma,eh. Pano ba naman kasi, kumain lang kami ng pizza, eh, libo na ang ginastos ko! Waaaaahhhh...

7. IITIM AKO PAGDATING NG APRIL - nakagawian na naming magkakaibigan na magswimming pag dumarating ang Holy Week. Mga ilang taon na rin naming ginagawa yon. Parang ritwal lang, ganun.. Kung ang iba,eh, halos magkandapaos-paos sa pagkanta sa pasyon twing mahal na araw, kami naman, eh, walang habas ang pagbrowse sa internet kung saan ang next location, kung anong lafang ang bibitbitin at kung anong outfit ang dapat isuot. We're so bbbaaaaaaadddd!!!

8. MAY PASOK SA JUNE 12 - sa kaso ko, meron!!! Yun, eh, kung rumaraket pa rin ako sa mga Koreans. Hindi kasi uso sa kanila ang holiday. Bawal ka ring magkasakit, at kung aabsent ka, ihanda mo na ang sangkaterbang excuses para mapaniwala mo sila.

9. HAHABA NA ANG HAIR KO!! - dahil may LQ na kami ng hair stylist kung bading, malamang, eh, next year na ko makakapagpagupit sa kanya!!! hahaha...

10. MABIBINGI AKO! - yan,eh, pag hindi pa tumigil yung kapitbahay namin sa kakakanta at kapapatugtog ng ubod ng lakas!! Long playing sila mga kapatid, since yesterday morning pa sila ganyan! At naririndi na ang tenga ko sa paulit- ulit na "nobody- nobody but you!" Waaahhhh..!!

ALMOST THERE

31 December 2009
10:30 am

Just woke up and having my altang ( almusal- tanghalian combined ), pero kelangan ko din magblog at the same time ( multi-tasking ako,eh..hehehe). Porque?! Kasi may FAN na ko!!! (naks!) Wahahaha...... Sabi ko na nga ba,eh.. sisikat din ako!! Kaya, "Wanda, you better watch out, coz I'm coming!!" Bwahahaha....

Eto ang nasagap ko sa fan mail ko, este Facebook inbox ko pala! hahaha...

Noy Dela Bajan December 29 at 2:25pm

sosyal ka.. my blog kna...

Noy Dela Bajan December 30 at 7:52pm

oo ang galing mo palang magsulat in fainess ha... parang mana ka sa kin. magtry ka sa bulgar..matatangap ka..kulang doon ng staff... parctis ka lng... someday mkta mo ang hinahanap. kahit cla bong napansin nla my future ka daw..

Noy Dela Bajan December 31 at 9:24am

uy magblog kpa ulit... maganda basahin di boring..

O, devah?! Bongga!!! Actually, hindi ko naman talaga sya fan,eh. Ilusyon ko lang yon. S'ya ay isa sa mga bago kong frendship. At hindi frend na pang-Facebuk lang,ah?! Kasi, I've known him (o her?, ah basta!!!) for quite some time na rin, though ngayon-ngayon lang talaga kami nagkakahuntahan, chikahan, inuman and everything... And I must say na love ko na rin sya!! Salamat ke Madista, este Sharon pala at nakilala ko sya!


And now, the " Star of the Show - Drew Dela Bajan or Simply "NOY" !" :-)

"THANKS NOY, for being a friend!!!"

TATTOO

30 December 2009
1:30 pm

What's with tattoos that almost everyone goes gaga about it?! Personally, I'm a tattoo addict. I have three, and will still be counting if my habibti would have allowed me to have more....In fact, I even encouraged her to put my name on her right arm! O, di ba bongga?!! The picture on the right is my second tattoo. It's a triquetra, the symbol of Charmed. It is used as the cover of their Book of Shadows. Triquetra has various meanings. It is made of 3 interconnected loops and an additonal circle in or around it! This has been used as a religious symbol of things and persons that are threefold.

For centuries, humans have used tattoos for different reasons - for magical protection, to relieve pain, for vengeance and to declare victory over an enemy. Historically, tattoos were created to beautify, shock, or humiliate and they could proclaim valor, religious belief, group solidarity, or personal independence. Let's take the "Pintados" (painted ones), for example. The Pintados are inhabitants of the Visayan islands as described by the first Spaniards to set eyes upon them. Tattoos are now part of everyday society.

According to the late Master Rapper Francis Magalona in one of his interviews, "the human body is the best canvas in the world." That's why I dont know, why there are still some individuals who look down on people having tattoos. Honestly, I have nothing against them. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion.

I also had my share of bad experiences with them. When I went to Ilocos, several years ago to celebrate Christmas with my Dad's family, everyone was shocked to see the rose tattoo at the back of my leg. My aunt, who is a principal/ teacher in one of the national schools in Ilocos, suddenly reacted and deliberately talking about the bad implications that one might have if he or she has a tattoo. I dont know, but based from what I perceived, she was associating tattoos to convicted criminals. Of course, we had an argument that day. I'm not the type who just sits down and listen when I know something's not right!

I felt bad, because of all people, my aunt who turned out to be a principal and a teacher had reacted that way. She, who was supposed to be "learned" and so called "educated" should understand and have an open mind about it. :-(

DED NA SI LOLO REVIEW < imported from Paul Ignatius' Blog>

Category:	Movies
Genre:	Comedy

What better way to write a review about this film than today, All Soul’s Day! I have been wanting to catch this for a long time now. Too bad I failed to do so, when it had a limited run in theaters here. A friend told me, though, that it had a 5-week run in Megamall. Anyway, bottom line is, I finally get to watch it! Just last week, actually. And what a movie it was.

As what I have stressed out before, I love watching Indie films. And this one becoming our official entry to next year’s Academy Awards made me want to see it more. Each year, I have been feeling all positive about our entries, and Ded Na Si Lolo won’t be any exception. I am just so happy how a film can really mirror our traditions and culture in a perspective where most of us can relate to. I hope the Oscar jurors would give this one a chance. I strongly believe that this movie would be a stand out from the lists of entries. Let’s cross our fingers!

The cast was amazing! Roderick Paulate, Manilyn Reynes, Gina Alajar, Elizabeth Oropesa, Dick Israel. They all made the movie a breath of fresh air. I love how they made acting seem so easy. Most of us will definitely relate to each character. It’s like I can see my aunts and uncle watching them!

I love the story’s twist at the latter part. It made me teary eyed! And most of all, what I liked is that this film discusses about family ties. That despite what happened, family is always there and the love you have for them will never change. I will definitely watch this again. A good movie that will give you a good laugh, and a realization on how unique and distinct our culture is.

7 12 2009

Thecharmedone (05:00:57) :

Okay, to my beloved friend, na bibigyan “daw” ako ng “special” na Christmas gift this Xmas, makapagComment lang…

As you wish, eto na….

I watched “DED NA SI LOLO”, a couple of months ago. I Watched it at home thru my PC, DVD version (pirated nga lang – ganun ako kahirap!! hehehe). 8 in 1 cd. And since na isa lang ang gumagana dun sa eight, which is this movie, kaya pinagtyagaan ko na!!!! At first, akala ko, hindi ako mag-e-enjoy, kasi “blurred” yung picture ( what do you expect sa mga pirated,di ba?!), eh, I’m so bored that day, kaya, may I karir ko pa rin, kahit na MAGKANDADULING-DULING AKO SA PANUNUOD!!!hehehe.

Hindi naman ako nagsisi at pinanuod ko sya. Actually, maganda ang pagkakagawa sa pelikula. Talagang sumasalamin sya sa kulturang pinoy. Nakakatuwang isipin na habang pinanunuod mo sya, eh, tumatango ka, hudyat ng pag-sang-ayon mo sa mga eksena. At ang mga nakakatuwang mga pamahiin na hanggang ngayon, eh, may naniniwala pa rin, eh, talaga namang winner!!!

Winner din ang akting ng mga nagsipagGanap lalo na si Roderick Paulate. Doon ko lang ulit sya napanuod na maging Gay. At infairnez to him, effective pa rin syang bading!!!

Maganda rin ang location at set-up ng pelikula…

True enough, na hindi kelangan ng hubaran at ng mga magagarbong special effects para masabing maganda ang isang pelikula…

Siguro ang bottom line lang dito, eh, maging totoo tayo sa kung ano ba talaga ang nangyayari sa ating kapaligiran, para mas maging makatotohanan ang paggawa ng isang pelikula…

At sa aking kaibigan, naway naibigan mo ang aking mga komento…. Actually, ingles yan kanina,eh, nadelete lang. Sori, pero nagNosebleed na
ko, kaya hindi ko na mauulit pa!!!! wahahaha…

Ang christmas Gift, dont forget!!!!!

SONGSENGNEEM

29 December 2009
8:50 pm


October 16, 2009

Dear Sir/Ma’am,

Greetings!

One fulfillment of being a teacher is to see that her/his students are learning something from her/him. A teacher can only do so much for her/his students. Teaching is a two-way process. I believed that a teacher and a student should work together to achieve one common goal, which is learning. It’s a hopeless case, if only one is functioning and the other is not. I also believed that a tutor or a teacher shouldn’t be blamed for the kids’ performance in school. After all, we’re not the one who’s attending classes. And besides, they also have their respective teachers in school. Will you also blame the school teachers, if a child gets a low grade? I want to stress out, that we are only here to help the students. The students should also do their part. They should also strive hard to help themselves.

As with Sharon’s case, I believed that I did my best in teaching her. I have done my part 100%. You can check out her books and look for the exercises which I asked her to answer. I bring worksheets all the time, just to remind her of all the lessons that they took in school. As for her reading, you can also check her reading book, “A New Day”, the stories with date and star on top of the story title are the stories that we read at home. You can also ask your daughter, about my teaching style.

As a teacher, it is also frustrating to know that even though, you already gave your best shot, it feels like it still wasn’t good enough.

Sir/Ma’am, Effective today, I’m resigning from work. I believed that I did not meet your expectations. Personally, I don’t want to accept or receive any salary which is not well worth. If I immediately knew that a client or a student wasn’t satisfied from the responsibility or duty that they asked of me. I willingly quit. I know you can find a better teacher than me.

Thank you for giving me the opportunity to work with you. It’s a pleasure.

God Bless!!!

Respectfully yours,

The letter above was a copy of my resignation letter 2 months ago. It was intended for my Korean boss. That letter also caused my career, my life and my wallet! I have no idea that handing a resignation letter would make things worst!

Here's the whole story.....

It was Thursday, October 15, the child's READING test paper was returned by her teacher. Out of 20 questions, she got 15 correct answers and 5 mistakes. As Usual, when I saw the paper, I immediately showed it to her dad who offered me an orange juice during that time. I guess her dad showed it to her mom, then all of a sudden, after a few minutes, her mom came to our study room, and her face looked disgusted upon the results of the child's test paper. As she talked to me, her face was serious and she breathed deeply as if to show me how disappointed she is. She talked to me as if she was blaming me for the results that her daughter got. She then told me that I need to practice her child with her reading comprehension. I told her, that I was indeed practicing her child to read. Actually, we already read a couple of stories from her book. I also told her to tell her daughter to listen to me, because, I found it hard to teach her daughter since she's not listening most of the time, and sometimes looses her focus in studying. I said, I cannot do it alone. Her daughter should also help her self with her studies. And if she will compare her daughter's grade before and at present, there is no doubt that her daughter improves a lot. I also told her to be "reasonable", she should not expect her daughter to get a perfect score everytime she has a test, she is only grade 1. And some english words are really difficult to understand. Even adults are having difficulties sometimes. My point is, why is she reacting that way, when actually it's only five mistakes. After all, it is not a failing grade. I also showed her the LANGUAGE result of her daughter's test and it was perfect!!! Why didn't she apprecate it? After our discussion, she went back to their room and she slammed the door loudly.

Then Friday came, October 16, I decided to resign, so I went to their house and submitted my resignation letter. I thought it was already okay, when I gave my letter to her husband. And in fact, I'm getting ready during that time to teach their daughter for the last time. I was even happy, because her daughter got a perfect score in Math! Then again, all of a sudden, she came in the room and told me, "excuse me, excuse me, can we talk?!". Then I turned to her and explained.

Yes , I might have spoken loudly that day. That is because, I'm already angry. For me, she has no right to treat me that way. And she was speaking in korean when she was talking to me. I dont think that it's polite, since I dont know how to speak Korean and cannot understand Korean language. And then, she said, " I cannot give you your salary, it's not salary day today! We are not prepared!". Then I replied, "okay, I dont need your money. I just came here to give you my resignation letter." Then, she went, "You have to sign on this paper that you are not getting your salary anymore." I am not after their money, So I signed on that paper and gave her my full name. Then she said, "Wait, i'll talk to my lawyer," then, she slammed the door again loudly. After that, I went downstairs and talk to their "ate". After a few minutes, she came down, but was already calmed. And she was explaining to me in a nice way that she was sorry, and that she misunderstood me and everything..... Then, she's handing down my salary. I said, "I'm sorry, I cannot accept that. You asked me to sign on the paper, and now you want me to get the salary? No, I can't accept it. I will not give you a chance to sue me." Then, I said goodbye, I thanked her and I even hugged her and told her that I felt sad that something like that had happened. She smiled and said, "I hope only good memories!". I dont know what she meant with those parting lines. So, I thought, when I went home everything was okay.

Saturday, October 17, I dont know why I am bothered and had that feeling that something bad might happen during that day. True enough, me, being a charmed one, my premonitons came true! Around 5pm, I received a text from a korean friend/ex-student/concern citizen informing me that there's a bad write-up about me in PHilcafe. PHILCAFE is a korean website. It is where the Koreans go to browse everything related to Philippines including teachers!

I didn't expect that she would really write something about me in philcafe. I think, it's improper to write bad things about a person, especially, if that person doesn't even have a chance to defend her self. Since Philcafe is a Korean website, I cannot write and defend my self. It's not just and fair. I think her plan was to destroy my reputation, to ruin my career and not be able to find new students. For me, it's a traitor's act. She didn't fight fairly.

" YOU CANNOT PUT A GOOD MAN DOWN!", so they say, so after a week of contemplating, I decided to work again, since there are still people/ students who still trust and believe in me. A month later, I figured out that I'm not happy working with them (koreans) anymore.... Knowing that those were also the same people who degraded me.

It saddens me that inspite of everything that I've done for them, they still took it for granted.
My efforts were never appreciated!
And since,"tutors" are home based and we are being paid for the services that we offer, they think that they have the right to manipulate us!!!

Kaya, "AYOKO NAaaaaaaHHHH!!!!"

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