fly with mhe

Time started: 4:50am on my computer clock.

I had been awake for 5 hours now as I had slept at 8pm last night. With the 4 hours sleep, I need to get back to bed after this post. Hehe..

Anyway.. I had done one progress report of my student. 3 done over the weekend. I’m glad we don’t have class today as it is a holiday. I had planned to go swimming over the weekend or today. Instead, last Saturday, I walked from our house to Limketkai Center as an exercise. Saved me my pay for pool use and money to buy a sachet of shampoo and 5 packs of Happy nuts after my swim to cover the smell of chlorine. It was a nice exercise though. I started at 4:45pm from our place, arrived at Gaston Park in time for the Cathedral Church to sound its bells, passed DiviSoria with Night Cafe and Market stolls and vendors setting up, went for an errand at Corrales Avenue, walked through Cogon Market and Osmeña Street enroute to Limketkai while texting Ayana. An hour walk from our house to my destination. Next week, planned to climb the mountain along Gusa, the one Kevinski and I went. This time, some youths are coming (they planned for it this Saturday) and we’ll start our walk from our end point last time. Between today and Saturday, work days and moments to play with the kids.

Time ended: 5:02am. Time for me to hit the sack. Hope I can sleep back now.

Have you read a Yahoo! Health news lately? Specifically on their “4 Shocking Secrets About Fast Food” article?

I was shocked to learn that some of the foods I’m ordering at McDo were not really as they say they are, specifically the McNuggets and Filet-O-Fish. According to the article, the chicken on their McNuggets contain 7 ingredients and the breading has 20. All along I thought they were just chicken breaded with flour and spices. Filet-O-Fish may not be hoki fish after all. It’s ingredient may be of Alaskan pollock. Hhmmm.. The article gave me second thoughts on ordering those food again in the fast foods.

I wonder, what’s the ingredients of hotdogs?

Kevinski and I found a new place along Gusa. We were out last Sunday afternoon for some project he is doing and asked for my assistance. We were told that there was a really nice place we can go along the mountains of Gusa. We were not prepared for what we’ll go through. We had no idea what we had to go through. We didn’t bring any food or water or candy, really unprepared. Our attires were not for hiking and adventure as well. We dared to hike past Gusa Regional Science High School to where the pathway ends. We crossed a concrete wall which has a hole and found that another concrete road was behind it past a group of shrubs. So we followed that road and another path to a spot where we could openly see the city, Macajalar Bay, and the sunset. So nice. It was by far a nice experience to explore places I haven’t gone to. Hoping to be back there again, with my young bro or with the youths maybe. Upon going home, we decided to continue with the path at the back of the unfinished, empty Chinese Orthodox church. We even attempted to walk along the barb wire fence until a resident advised us to go back and go down to where the path is. Saved. Safe. T’was an nice experience though. It refreshed me at the start of the week.

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Weekdays had gone so fast with the kids, playing with them, talking with them. My word smart kid has Cracatoa and boomerang on her language and asked me about the meaning of those words. What a wonder to hear them learn. Knowing that they have potentials and have the abilities to become what they want to be. Then we had these practices and paperworks to do, lots of it.  Yet, each day is like a game, with the children.

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Friday night was another refreshing time. The usual walks along the bridge, talks here and there, a short rest at Gaston Park, GPS, etc. And pizza for dinner courtesy of Kevinski. Thanks Kevs.

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Ended my week with a jamming session with the group I was so comfortable with. I missed their company, I missed jamming with them, I missed making music with them, I missed singing with them, I missed playing with them. I was so glad we had gathered tonight without planning for it. We just came and picked our instruments, swapping instruments every now and then, the usual. I had fun with them tonight. Breaker always amazes me with the musical talents he has. Tonight he played and sang a classic song, a Bon Jovi song, a Freestyle song, etc. I’m always amazed with him. His musical talent has really improved. Macky’s drum skill has smoothen, it is always not too loud or irritating. His spirit of service is always encouraging and inpiring. Lalat by the way has built a strong determination to finish his studies. No wonder I treasure these guys and their company.

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It was a nice week indeed. From the mountain-top experience to the jamming session. Thank you Lord. It was a refreshing week, a time to recharge, relax and leave behind worries about my work and the things I ought to do.

It was quiet a while that I haven’t posted something here. Sorry for that. Got caught up in my work and other stuff. Anyway.. March is fast approaching and as early as now, we are already preparing for our moving up program presentations. They’ll be doing 4 presentations, the handmime again, a skit, a song and dance and another farewell song. Thinking about it, that in a few days they’d be leaving my blue room made me sad and almost in tears. These kids had become close to me. As a preschool teacher, I get to play with them sometimes. Play in the sense that I also shoot blocks with them, build towers and play memory cards with them. In response, they were the ones inviting me to play with the nonetheless. It is also good to know that as early as February I have seen tremendous changes and improvement in their academics. One kid was so word smart that she has words unkown to the preschoolers or even to the elementary students. One girl amazed me because she is very slow in paper works and memory, but could easily memorize a line after I’ve said it. One kid even had self-esteem problem when he came to us, now he is so all-around-the-room. One kid though had phonetic problems but is ahead of her classmates in Math. He has advance number sense that amazes me. I never knew he could do subtraction already when we haven’t even discussed simple problem solving in addition. Gosh.. They’re not mine to hold. Thank you Lord for giving me the opportunity to take care and teach them. They are a blessing.