Linggo, Hunyo 30, 2013
My Life....MY Heart....My Thoughts: NICCOLO AND LIZZIE
My Life....MY Heart....My Thoughts: NICCOLO AND LIZZIE: First posted on June 27, 2013 Yesterday before leaving school after bringing the kids their lunch.... I informed Niccolo that Lizzie was n...
NICCOLO AND LIZZIE
First posted on June 27, 2013
Yesterday before leaving school after bringing the kids their lunch.... I informed Niccolo that Lizzie was not in good spirits that day and was crying silently as I left....... So immediately, Niccolo went to check on Lizzie and he found her coming out of the comfort room crying...... His heart melted as he pitied her baby sister but could not do anything about it..... So he told her to go to the teacher and tell her the problem.....
What he saw next infuriated him..... Niccolo said he saw the teacher just look at Lizzie once and proceed to talk with another student, while Lizzie was still crying..... He said he said he wanted to tell the teacher that his sister was just 7 years old and needed some care and attention, and that she, as the adviser was supposed to act as a second mother to all the kids..... Niccolo said, he had a hard time controlling himself, because he watched his sister from a distance and his heart was breaking...... He left only, when he finally saw Lizzie talking to a classmate and seemingly recovered......
I texted my son back and asked him to hold his anger as it would do no good for Lizzie.....but may cause harm for both Lizzie and even him..... Said teacher might not appreciate his love for Lizzie and may accuse him of being disrespectful and Lizzie, of being too childish..... So I thanked my son and told him I was proud of him..........
2 points.......
First, I don't see the point in the teacher's action or inaction.....I even show concern for Lizzie's classmates when they cry looking for their mother or nannies, so I do expect more concern from the grade 1 teachers, the students are, after all, just 7 years old and is spending 9 hours in school, and we're just on the 2nd week of classes.... Will it do them any harm if they are shown more concern? Will they grow up weak because of that?...... Until last night, this was Lizzie's nagging question to all of us..... "Lahat ba ng teacher sa grade 1 walang masyadong care sa akin?" ..... So can anybody please tell me, if the teacher's reaction did anything good for anybody?....... It was Niccolo who answered Lizzie, he said, "My teacher then , Ms. Bagalayos, showed great care for all of us, esp. those who were crying, and I have never forgotten her goodness. So, no, not all of your teachers will be insensitive, some of them will be good and loving. So just be brave and always remember that I, your A-hia is just in the same building as you." ..... I could not have said it better..........
2nd, to my son, I am proud of you..... I was right about you, I always knew you would protect your sisters and your mother...... Yesterday you really became an A-hia, and I love you even more for it.
God bless all teachers for teaching our kids and for taking care of them.... May some of you esp. those handling the very young students, be more enlightened to be more motherly to the students... How you treat these small kids may greatly affect their image of people and how to treat them.
God bless all of our kids!
Yesterday before leaving school after bringing the kids their lunch.... I informed Niccolo that Lizzie was not in good spirits that day and was crying silently as I left....... So immediately, Niccolo went to check on Lizzie and he found her coming out of the comfort room crying...... His heart melted as he pitied her baby sister but could not do anything about it..... So he told her to go to the teacher and tell her the problem.....
What he saw next infuriated him..... Niccolo said he saw the teacher just look at Lizzie once and proceed to talk with another student, while Lizzie was still crying..... He said he said he wanted to tell the teacher that his sister was just 7 years old and needed some care and attention, and that she, as the adviser was supposed to act as a second mother to all the kids..... Niccolo said, he had a hard time controlling himself, because he watched his sister from a distance and his heart was breaking...... He left only, when he finally saw Lizzie talking to a classmate and seemingly recovered......
I texted my son back and asked him to hold his anger as it would do no good for Lizzie.....but may cause harm for both Lizzie and even him..... Said teacher might not appreciate his love for Lizzie and may accuse him of being disrespectful and Lizzie, of being too childish..... So I thanked my son and told him I was proud of him..........
2 points.......
First, I don't see the point in the teacher's action or inaction.....I even show concern for Lizzie's classmates when they cry looking for their mother or nannies, so I do expect more concern from the grade 1 teachers, the students are, after all, just 7 years old and is spending 9 hours in school, and we're just on the 2nd week of classes.... Will it do them any harm if they are shown more concern? Will they grow up weak because of that?...... Until last night, this was Lizzie's nagging question to all of us..... "Lahat ba ng teacher sa grade 1 walang masyadong care sa akin?" ..... So can anybody please tell me, if the teacher's reaction did anything good for anybody?....... It was Niccolo who answered Lizzie, he said, "My teacher then , Ms. Bagalayos, showed great care for all of us, esp. those who were crying, and I have never forgotten her goodness. So, no, not all of your teachers will be insensitive, some of them will be good and loving. So just be brave and always remember that I, your A-hia is just in the same building as you." ..... I could not have said it better..........
2nd, to my son, I am proud of you..... I was right about you, I always knew you would protect your sisters and your mother...... Yesterday you really became an A-hia, and I love you even more for it.
God bless all teachers for teaching our kids and for taking care of them.... May some of you esp. those handling the very young students, be more enlightened to be more motherly to the students... How you treat these small kids may greatly affect their image of people and how to treat them.
God bless all of our kids!
My Life....MY Heart....My Thoughts: MACARONI
My Life....MY Heart....My Thoughts: MACARONI: Today for lunch, with the able assistance from my lovely wife,....I made Fried Macaroni....and for me, there is nothing I enjoy more than se...
MACARONI
Today for lunch, with the able assistance from my lovely wife,....I made Fried Macaroni....and for me, there is nothing I enjoy more than serving the people I love dearly, and...esp. when they truly appreciate it....there may be some negative comments, that may be quite hurtful, but why focus on the what may cause you pain, when you can focus on praises esp. the ones filled with love..... And an ordinary Sunday, becomes a wonderful day.....thank you to my beautiful wife and my sweet children. God bless all of us!
My Life....MY Heart....My Thoughts: SUNDAY
My Life....MY Heart....My Thoughts: SUNDAY: If you look at the calendar...Sunday is the first day of the week, not Monday, as we frequently think...so let's start it right... Let u...
My Life....MY Heart....My Thoughts: SUNDAY
My Life....MY Heart....My Thoughts: SUNDAY: If you look at the calendar...Sunday is the first day of the week, not Monday, as we frequently think...so let's start it right... Let u...
SUNDAY
If you look at the calendar...Sunday is the first day of the week, not Monday, as we frequently think...so let's start it right... Let us spend it with family.....we don't even have to go out if budget is a problem....we can just stay home and have a grand time enjoying each others company....fill the day with stories, laughter and some helpful reminders.... Then always have time for prayers, as they keep our hopes alive....... Have a blessed Sunday my friends!
My Life....MY Heart....My Thoughts: My Separation Anxiety
My Life....MY Heart....My Thoughts: My Separation Anxiety: This morning...as we were nearing the school campus gate....my Lizzie suddenly gripped my hand....then she hugged me so tightly as she said....
My Life....MY Heart....My Thoughts: My Separation Anxiety
My Life....MY Heart....My Thoughts: My Separation Anxiety: This morning...as we were nearing the school campus gate....my Lizzie suddenly gripped my hand....then she hugged me so tightly as she said....
My Separation Anxiety
This morning...as we were nearing the school campus gate....my Lizzie suddenly gripped my hand....then she hugged me so tightly as she said....Daddy "I'll miss you so much! I love you so much! God bless you so much! I said the same, then Isaid..."Daddy is so proud of you." Then we watched her enter the school campus proper with her Achie Nikki....Then my wife saw me sad...and she said...."Alam mo ikaw ang may problema...you're the one with the separation anxiety."
She's right I guess!
Masasanay din ako!
God bless Lizzie and God bless Nikki and Niccolo for taking care of their baby sister.
She's right I guess!
Masasanay din ako!
God bless Lizzie and God bless Nikki and Niccolo for taking care of their baby sister.
My Life....MY Heart....My Thoughts: Auditorium Chairs
My Life....MY Heart....My Thoughts: Auditorium Chairs: Yesterday.... After attending the thanksgiving Mass held for Father Paul.... My Lizzie saw me and ran to me to show me a scratch and a mild ...
Auditorium Chairs
Yesterday.... After attending the thanksgiving Mass held for Father Paul.... My Lizzie saw me and ran to me to show me a scratch and a mild bruise on her right leg....once again she got this from one of the seats at the SJCS Auditorium....
This is the 3rd or 4th time that this has happened to her.....I spoke to the teacher and I said I'd meet them at the school clinic..... so when I saw Lizzie there with her teacher, she cried and told me that she had purposedly not informed her teacher about her minor injury because she wanted me to be the one to treat her.... So I asked the school nurses if I could treat her and they kindly agreed..... I did so with Lizzie crying and I had to stay on until lunch to make sure she was okay.....
So this is why daddies are important in every child's life.... They depend on us, they need us, we are their source of strength and stability, as they are most certainly our best source of joy, and yes, also strength....one day they will become independent and self- reliant..... But they will always need the assurance, at least, in their mind and in their heart, that daddy will always be there!......
To Nikki, Niccolo and Lizzie... You know dad will never be too busy or too tired.... or too old for you...Love you guys!
P.S. ..... This is the 4th time that my Lizzie has been injured by a seat in the auditorium....
The first 2 was during graduation practice and the 3rd and most severe one, was during graduation ceremonies, where Lizzie could not finish the program because there was an open wound on her leg that was quite long. I was told by the teacher then, that she had already informed the person in charge about the earlier incident.......But they had not done anything, they have sharp, steel objects coming out from the seats of our very expensive school.....
Much can be said about my kid's "being malikot" or even naughtiness, but the seats ate supposed to be safe and kid friendly, aren't they?....I remember listening to several school orientations where injuries or accidents like a kid hitting his head on the post or slipping on the floor, would be made into an anecdote and given punchlines like, "yan na rin ang sahig nung nag-aaral kayo dito" or "kailangan ng poste ng school." It ellicits some laughter, I however, could never get past through the injured kid, so I never smiled..... Any injured student is always a travesty....it is never to be disregarded or taken lightly, not in a public school, and most certainly, not in a very expensive private school..... Please do take care if our children....................
God bless the children, they are our best chance for a better world and God bless and enlighten those who have been tasked to guide them and care of them....God bless all patents!
This is the 3rd or 4th time that this has happened to her.....I spoke to the teacher and I said I'd meet them at the school clinic..... so when I saw Lizzie there with her teacher, she cried and told me that she had purposedly not informed her teacher about her minor injury because she wanted me to be the one to treat her.... So I asked the school nurses if I could treat her and they kindly agreed..... I did so with Lizzie crying and I had to stay on until lunch to make sure she was okay.....
So this is why daddies are important in every child's life.... They depend on us, they need us, we are their source of strength and stability, as they are most certainly our best source of joy, and yes, also strength....one day they will become independent and self- reliant..... But they will always need the assurance, at least, in their mind and in their heart, that daddy will always be there!......
To Nikki, Niccolo and Lizzie... You know dad will never be too busy or too tired.... or too old for you...Love you guys!
P.S. ..... This is the 4th time that my Lizzie has been injured by a seat in the auditorium....
The first 2 was during graduation practice and the 3rd and most severe one, was during graduation ceremonies, where Lizzie could not finish the program because there was an open wound on her leg that was quite long. I was told by the teacher then, that she had already informed the person in charge about the earlier incident.......But they had not done anything, they have sharp, steel objects coming out from the seats of our very expensive school.....
Much can be said about my kid's "being malikot" or even naughtiness, but the seats ate supposed to be safe and kid friendly, aren't they?....I remember listening to several school orientations where injuries or accidents like a kid hitting his head on the post or slipping on the floor, would be made into an anecdote and given punchlines like, "yan na rin ang sahig nung nag-aaral kayo dito" or "kailangan ng poste ng school." It ellicits some laughter, I however, could never get past through the injured kid, so I never smiled..... Any injured student is always a travesty....it is never to be disregarded or taken lightly, not in a public school, and most certainly, not in a very expensive private school..... Please do take care if our children....................
God bless the children, they are our best chance for a better world and God bless and enlighten those who have been tasked to guide them and care of them....God bless all patents!
Huwebes, Hunyo 27, 2013
My Life....MY Heart....My Thoughts: 2 Text Messages From Lizzie
My Life....MY Heart....My Thoughts: 2 Text Messages From Lizzie: This was Lizzie's text message to me last night, while I was at work: "Daddy please pray that God helps me control my emotions tom...
2 Text Messages From Lizzie
This was Lizzie's text message to me last night, while I was at work:
"Daddy please pray that God helps me control my emotions tomorrow, so that I won"t cry anymore, okay? I miss you so much! I love you so much! God bless you so much!"
I am happy that my 7 year old daughter has learned to give so much importance to praying and truly believes that God can help us with everything.....I guess it's because she sees me and her mom praying....we don't just lecture our children about praying, they see us doing it, and doing it sincerely....they also know about my faith.
This was my answer to Lizzie : "Love you baby. Of course, daddy always pray for you. Remember what I told you, our great love for each other, will keep us together always. A-hia and Achie are in the same building with you, to study, and to look after you. So be brave for daddy and concentrate on learning. I love you so much! God bless you so much!
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------This was Lizzie's text message last week...June 21, 2013...
"Daddy please pray that God helps me control my emotions tomorrow, so that I won"t cry anymore, okay? I miss you so much! I love you so much! God bless you so much!"
I am happy that my 7 year old daughter has learned to give so much importance to praying and truly believes that God can help us with everything.....I guess it's because she sees me and her mom praying....we don't just lecture our children about praying, they see us doing it, and doing it sincerely....they also know about my faith.
This was my answer to Lizzie : "Love you baby. Of course, daddy always pray for you. Remember what I told you, our great love for each other, will keep us together always. A-hia and Achie are in the same building with you, to study, and to look after you. So be brave for daddy and concentrate on learning. I love you so much! God bless you so much!
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------This was Lizzie's text message last week...June 21, 2013...
This was my 7 year old Lizzie's message to me during her lunch break......"Dad I love you, I will not cry, but deep inside I am crying, because I miss you so much. I love you so much." .... And this was my simple answer...."Baby, even if our bodies are not together, our hearts are one and we will always be together. You have to go to school to learn, and daddy has to work so we can eat. But our love for each other will keep us together forever. I am so proud of you for being brave and I love you even more. God bless you so much."
My Life....MY Heart....My Thoughts: MISSING THE END OF GAME 7
My Life....MY Heart....My Thoughts: MISSING THE END OF GAME 7: First posted on FB last June 21, 2013 Missing The Ending of Game 7.................................................I am currently enj...
MISSING THE END OF GAME 7
First posted on FB last June 21, 2013
Missing The Ending of Game 7.................................................I am currently enjoying Game 7 of the NBA finals, supporting my son, I am hoping for a Heat victory.....I'm glad to see Lebron playing well early in the game, unlike in the previous games, and I'm hoping he sustains it..... But it's nearing my baby's lunch break.... and today is the first day that grade one students will have to be left on their own to eat.... So I can just send someone to bring her food..... So the question...... Do I finish Game 7 or do I bring food for my kids, esp. my baby?.... No contest.... I want to see my baby, and I want her to see me, even if we can't hug each other.....I hope Lebron continues playing like an MVP, hope Wade and Battier continues playing well, and I hope Bosch and Allen steps up, but I can always watch a replay of this game...... But there won't be a replay of Lizzie's smile when she sees me..... You see, every smile and every wink is different and is always a sight to behold.... Have to go now.
My Life....MY Heart....My Thoughts: LIZZIE'S VIEW ON RESPECT
My Life....MY Heart....My Thoughts: LIZZIE'S VIEW ON RESPECT: This was Lizzie's text message to me during one of her lunch breaks..... "Daddy, my teacher is fighting with a student." I was...
LIZZIE'S VIEW ON RESPECT
This was Lizzie's text message to me during one of her lunch breaks..... "Daddy, my teacher is fighting with a student." I was surprised and rather alarmed.....so after fetching her and after the hugs and the kisses, I immediately asked her about her text message.....and this was her story....after lunch, while still on their break and with their teacher talking to them inside their classroom, some older and bigger students were running and making a lot of noise on the corridors, directly in front of their classroom.....so their teacher admonished the older students not to make too much noise....my daughter was then surprised at one of the student's aswer and reactions....apparently the student had his hands on his waist while answering in a loud voice, "ano, ano?".... And these were my daughter's next words....." Mas matanda na yung student sa amin, pero younger pa rin siya sa teacher ko, so dapat he respected my teacher.".......I am always proud when my kids get good grades, but I am infinitely prouder when they show good traits.
My Life....MY Heart....My Thoughts: NAKAKABINGING KATAHIMIKAN
My Life....MY Heart....My Thoughts: NAKAKABINGING KATAHIMIKAN: There is something severely lacking from my mornings and my afternoons these past dew days.....the sound of voices calling out "Dad&q...
NAKAKABINGING KATAHIMIKAN
There is something severely lacking from my mornings and my afternoons these past dew days.....the sound of voices calling out "Dad" or "Daddy, look at this!" or "Daddy can you help me with this?"....in tagalog we say..."Nakakabinging Katahimikan!", the silence is indeed deafening...which is why I am taken aback when I hear of people referring to a day without their kids as a release of some sorts....I have been doing this, concentrating on my kids, focusing my energies on them, since my very first child....and I, personally, cannot imagine finding more pleasure in doing something else....I am happiest when I am with my family....and I feel so alone when they are not with me.....of course, I have my lovely and dedicated wife beside me all the time.
I miss them terribly and I pray that they are kept safe, and I hope that they don't miss me as much as I miss them, "sana meron konti", I hope they do miss me a little, but not in the same intensity that I do miss them, so that they can concentrate on their lessons. The question is "hanggang kailan kaya nila ako mamimiss?" Until what age will they miss me?......I will always miss them....and I will always pray for them.
I will have to get used to not being with my kids all the time...the time may come, when being with them will be a luxury....but I will always love them...I will always long for those voices calling me "Dad" or "Daddy" and still telling me stories and asking me to look at their achievements, or just asking if I could help them with something....I just love them, Mary Nicole, Niccolo and Lizzie so much!
GOD BLESS MY KIDS!
GOD BLESS ALL OF OUR KIDS!
GOD BLESS ALL OF US!
I miss them terribly and I pray that they are kept safe, and I hope that they don't miss me as much as I miss them, "sana meron konti", I hope they do miss me a little, but not in the same intensity that I do miss them, so that they can concentrate on their lessons. The question is "hanggang kailan kaya nila ako mamimiss?" Until what age will they miss me?......I will always miss them....and I will always pray for them.
I will have to get used to not being with my kids all the time...the time may come, when being with them will be a luxury....but I will always love them...I will always long for those voices calling me "Dad" or "Daddy" and still telling me stories and asking me to look at their achievements, or just asking if I could help them with something....I just love them, Mary Nicole, Niccolo and Lizzie so much!
GOD BLESS MY KIDS!
GOD BLESS ALL OF OUR KIDS!
GOD BLESS ALL OF US!
Biyernes, Hunyo 21, 2013
My Life....MY Heart....My Thoughts: A MESSAGE FROM MY PRINCESS
My Life....MY Heart....My Thoughts: A MESSAGE FROM MY PRINCESS: Happy Happy Father's Day daddy! When I tell you I love you ( which I do tons of times everyday :P), I mean so much more than that...I...
A MESSAGE FROM MY PRINCESS
Happy Happy Father's Day daddy!
When I tell you I love you ( which I do tons of times everyday :P), I mean so much more than that...I love you for being my best friend, I love you for being my very first teacher, I love you for making me who I am now and I love you simply because I know you'll love me forever...
I've always wanted to become a doctor, because I wanted to be able to help people, to try and make this world better than it was before I was born into it, but most of all, because I want to be just like you....
Recently, people advised me to pursue a different career path, one where I could make use of my talents more...I was sure I wanted to become a doctor, but then maybe it isn't what God has in store for me, and then I realized that the main reason I wanted to become a doctor was to be like you...If you happened to be a writer, I'd wish to be one as well...A lawyer? I'd probably want to take up Law in college by now...bottom line is, IDOL KITA....
I want to be whoever you are because you are the best person I have ever known, you have a genuinely good heart, you're so compassionate...and I now I think I could still be, regardless of what career path I choose.... and that is what makes you the best daddy in the world! You have opened my eyes to so many things...Thank you for simply being my awesome and handsome dad... I will always be your baby! I love you more than you could ever know, daddy!
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This message made me cry....It was a heartfelt greeting from my 17 year old daughter....I have truly been blessed!
When I tell you I love you ( which I do tons of times everyday :P), I mean so much more than that...I love you for being my best friend, I love you for being my very first teacher, I love you for making me who I am now and I love you simply because I know you'll love me forever...
I've always wanted to become a doctor, because I wanted to be able to help people, to try and make this world better than it was before I was born into it, but most of all, because I want to be just like you....
Recently, people advised me to pursue a different career path, one where I could make use of my talents more...I was sure I wanted to become a doctor, but then maybe it isn't what God has in store for me, and then I realized that the main reason I wanted to become a doctor was to be like you...If you happened to be a writer, I'd wish to be one as well...A lawyer? I'd probably want to take up Law in college by now...bottom line is, IDOL KITA....
I want to be whoever you are because you are the best person I have ever known, you have a genuinely good heart, you're so compassionate...and I now I think I could still be, regardless of what career path I choose.... and that is what makes you the best daddy in the world! You have opened my eyes to so many things...Thank you for simply being my awesome and handsome dad... I will always be your baby! I love you more than you could ever know, daddy!
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This message made me cry....It was a heartfelt greeting from my 17 year old daughter....I have truly been blessed!
My Life....MY Heart....My Thoughts: LIZZIE'S FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL
My Life....MY Heart....My Thoughts: LIZZIE'S FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL: (This article was written - - June 13, 2013) It's Lizzie's first day of school tomorrow, and she has been hugging me and kissing m...
LIZZIE'S FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL
(This article was written - - June 13, 2013)
It's Lizzie's first day of school tomorrow, and she has been hugging me and kissing me and reminding me of how much she will miss me....I have told her repeatedly that I will miss her too.
The truth is...I will miss her more, I miss her already!
Unlike in the past 2 years, in Kindergarten 1 and 2, when she would home by lunch time, starting tomorrow, she will be in school from 7:15 a.m. to 4:15 pm......
I worry that she may have a hard time adjusting from half day to whole day, but I remember that I did it, the my sister did it, that her Achie Nikki and A-hia Niccolo did it, so without a doubt, she can handle it.....so my real worry is, perhaps, how I will miss her so much....no kids at home, until late in the afternoon...and while they are all so dear to me...Lizzie has been sweetest to me, and the one who refers to me as her "greatest love"....no stories, no laughter, no hugging, kissing and playing around.... I guess I will have to do all of those things with my wife....not that I don't find that appealing...I just can't fathom how much I will miss Lizzie and Nikki and Niccolo.
I will have to get used to this....Nikki will be in college after this year...and soon they will get married and live their own lives....I will be left with my wife....again, not that we won't find something fun to do....but I will just miss the kids so much.....But it will happen, and I just have to get used to the idea, and to the reality...
But...all that won't happen yet...at least not in less than 10 years, I hope....so for the meantime, I will continue to enjoy their stories, our midnight snacks, their hugs and kisses....and allow me to be so OA or over emotional and proclaim, starting school opening, that yes, I will miss all of them so much, Lizzie, our baby, in particular.....I miss her already...so so so very much!!!
It's Lizzie's first day of school tomorrow, and she has been hugging me and kissing me and reminding me of how much she will miss me....I have told her repeatedly that I will miss her too.
The truth is...I will miss her more, I miss her already!
Unlike in the past 2 years, in Kindergarten 1 and 2, when she would home by lunch time, starting tomorrow, she will be in school from 7:15 a.m. to 4:15 pm......
I worry that she may have a hard time adjusting from half day to whole day, but I remember that I did it, the my sister did it, that her Achie Nikki and A-hia Niccolo did it, so without a doubt, she can handle it.....so my real worry is, perhaps, how I will miss her so much....no kids at home, until late in the afternoon...and while they are all so dear to me...Lizzie has been sweetest to me, and the one who refers to me as her "greatest love"....no stories, no laughter, no hugging, kissing and playing around.... I guess I will have to do all of those things with my wife....not that I don't find that appealing...I just can't fathom how much I will miss Lizzie and Nikki and Niccolo.
I will have to get used to this....Nikki will be in college after this year...and soon they will get married and live their own lives....I will be left with my wife....again, not that we won't find something fun to do....but I will just miss the kids so much.....But it will happen, and I just have to get used to the idea, and to the reality...
But...all that won't happen yet...at least not in less than 10 years, I hope....so for the meantime, I will continue to enjoy their stories, our midnight snacks, their hugs and kisses....and allow me to be so OA or over emotional and proclaim, starting school opening, that yes, I will miss all of them so much, Lizzie, our baby, in particular.....I miss her already...so so so very much!!!
Huwebes, Hunyo 20, 2013
My Life....MY Heart....My Thoughts: MAY HAWIG NAMAN NG KONTI
My Life....MY Heart....My Thoughts: MAY HAWIG NAMAN NG KONTI: When my wife was pregnant with our first child....I said..."I wish all of our children can have your features, but still be identifiabl...
MAY HAWIG NAMAN NG KONTI
When my wife was pregnant with our first child....I said..."I wish all of our children can have your features, but still be identifiable as my children"...in short, I wanted beautiful children, than can have my eyes, or my color...or whatever qualities that could identify them as mine.
When I feel down and start doubting if God really does listen....I look at my kids...and realize that God had answered one of my very first wishes as a father...and then I see my wife healthy and even more gorgeous than before, and remember that He answered my most desperate prayer as a husband.....Then I remember all the times he has healed each member of my family....then I see and recall a moment of each day when the Lord had blessed me, protected me or helped me......then I believe He will continue to listen and, in time, grant my most fervent wishes...because they are all for my family!
Hawig ko naman sila ng konti di ba?
THANK YOU LORD!
THANK YOU FOR MY FAMILY!
THANK YOU FOR FRIENDS!
When I feel down and start doubting if God really does listen....I look at my kids...and realize that God had answered one of my very first wishes as a father...and then I see my wife healthy and even more gorgeous than before, and remember that He answered my most desperate prayer as a husband.....Then I remember all the times he has healed each member of my family....then I see and recall a moment of each day when the Lord had blessed me, protected me or helped me......then I believe He will continue to listen and, in time, grant my most fervent wishes...because they are all for my family!
Hawig ko naman sila ng konti di ba?
THANK YOU LORD!
THANK YOU FOR MY FAMILY!
THANK YOU FOR FRIENDS!
Lunes, Hunyo 17, 2013
My Life....MY Heart....My Thoughts: SEARCHING FOR COMPASSION
My Life....MY Heart....My Thoughts: SEARCHING FOR COMPASSION: SEARCHING FOR COMPASSION I was at work last night, and I came home quite late with room smelling like an Efficascent Oil laboratory. I follo...
SEARCHING FOR COMPASSION
SEARCHING FOR COMPASSION
I was at work last night, and I came home quite late with room smelling like an Efficascent Oil laboratory. I followed the smell and realized it was coming from my wife. She was already asleep, so I just kissed her. Then this morning, she tells me that she had a severe back pain, accompanied by abdominal pain...all from stress...because last night she heard news from TV that electric and water rates were going up again.....coupled with the DECS allowing all private schools to increase their tuition fees, and of course they happily did.....the BIR also enacted new laws ordering everyone, esp. professionals to come up with new receipts, so tapon mo na lang old receipts mo, kahit marami pa, because you have to use new ones by July.......She felt so stressed out....she started feeling pains all over......she too felt the fear that I have been having about the future, not only, of my kids but of all the kids and families in the Philippines.....She was searching for compassion where there seemed to be none.
True, that under the effective leadership of President Noynoy, we have had unprecedented GDP growth, bigger even than China's....that is all good....and it is accepted, that we, the common people may not feel this growth for quite a while,...but do they really have to shove it in our faces, and make us feel scared, helpless, hopeless and depressed.
Government allows almost every business establishment including those that provide basic services like electricity and water to increase their rates....they also allow hospitals and schools to charge exorbitant fees, and this involves health care and education, what every parent wants for for their kids.....and then government makes it extremely difficult for employees to get salary increases and the increases are not proportionate to the increases made by the business establishments...so while big businesses, hospitals and schools maintain their incomes with probably a small dip,...the owners still live luxurious lives, eat at the best restaurants, get hospitalized in rooms worth 5-10,000 upwards a night, and send their kids to the most expensive and most insensitive schools......the common people transfer their children to public schools....go to public hospitals with 2nd rate facilities....and may soon start eating less than 3 meals a day....according to researches, more people have gone hungry....Where is the compassion?
The government allows a lot of big businesses to get away with tax cuts....but they run after small-time professionals and give orders that are so absurd, you feel that they are literally after you.....if money had to be obtained from tax revenues, why not start collecting tax from Catholic institutions or businesses....I am a Catholic, but let's be honest about it, Catholic schools and their other businesses earn a lot.....if we are taxed, shouldn't they be taxed too?
I feel an ulcer attack coming....but this is what I told my wife....we cannot expect compassion from government, from the majority of businessmen, and even from Catholic Institutions...but we can always expect compassion and love from our Lord....so we just go on working....and praying....that the Lord gets us through every struggle, with a love, battle tested, and even stronger than before.
We ask that God enlightens everyone to be more aware and to be more concerned of the plight of their neighbors.....this is our country's and the world's only chance for real peace and happiness.
GOD BLESS ALL OF US!
I was at work last night, and I came home quite late with room smelling like an Efficascent Oil laboratory. I followed the smell and realized it was coming from my wife. She was already asleep, so I just kissed her. Then this morning, she tells me that she had a severe back pain, accompanied by abdominal pain...all from stress...because last night she heard news from TV that electric and water rates were going up again.....coupled with the DECS allowing all private schools to increase their tuition fees, and of course they happily did.....the BIR also enacted new laws ordering everyone, esp. professionals to come up with new receipts, so tapon mo na lang old receipts mo, kahit marami pa, because you have to use new ones by July.......She felt so stressed out....she started feeling pains all over......she too felt the fear that I have been having about the future, not only, of my kids but of all the kids and families in the Philippines.....She was searching for compassion where there seemed to be none.
True, that under the effective leadership of President Noynoy, we have had unprecedented GDP growth, bigger even than China's....that is all good....and it is accepted, that we, the common people may not feel this growth for quite a while,...but do they really have to shove it in our faces, and make us feel scared, helpless, hopeless and depressed.
Government allows almost every business establishment including those that provide basic services like electricity and water to increase their rates....they also allow hospitals and schools to charge exorbitant fees, and this involves health care and education, what every parent wants for for their kids.....and then government makes it extremely difficult for employees to get salary increases and the increases are not proportionate to the increases made by the business establishments...so while big businesses, hospitals and schools maintain their incomes with probably a small dip,...the owners still live luxurious lives, eat at the best restaurants, get hospitalized in rooms worth 5-10,000 upwards a night, and send their kids to the most expensive and most insensitive schools......the common people transfer their children to public schools....go to public hospitals with 2nd rate facilities....and may soon start eating less than 3 meals a day....according to researches, more people have gone hungry....Where is the compassion?
The government allows a lot of big businesses to get away with tax cuts....but they run after small-time professionals and give orders that are so absurd, you feel that they are literally after you.....if money had to be obtained from tax revenues, why not start collecting tax from Catholic institutions or businesses....I am a Catholic, but let's be honest about it, Catholic schools and their other businesses earn a lot.....if we are taxed, shouldn't they be taxed too?
I feel an ulcer attack coming....but this is what I told my wife....we cannot expect compassion from government, from the majority of businessmen, and even from Catholic Institutions...but we can always expect compassion and love from our Lord....so we just go on working....and praying....that the Lord gets us through every struggle, with a love, battle tested, and even stronger than before.
We ask that God enlightens everyone to be more aware and to be more concerned of the plight of their neighbors.....this is our country's and the world's only chance for real peace and happiness.
GOD BLESS ALL OF US!
Linggo, Hunyo 16, 2013
My Life....MY Heart....My Thoughts: HAPPY FATHER'S DAY
My Life....MY Heart....My Thoughts: HAPPY FATHER'S DAY: If you have seen "The Man of Steel" and loved it not just for its impressive action scenes...you would've noticed that Superma...
HAPPY FATHER'S DAY
If you have seen "The Man of Steel" and loved it not just for its impressive action scenes...you would've noticed that Superman was shaped into the man he became by his 2 fathers...his biological father Jor-el and his human father, JonathanKent....they molded his heart and gave him a conscience.....so instead of drowning in the magnificence of his powers and abusing them....he was terrified at first, and then understood that his powers were given to him for a grand reason....to help mankind.
We can't all be fathers to heroes....we may not even be fathers to leaders, to successful businessmen, or to well known personalities....but we can all be the father of a faithful spouse....we can all be the father of a devoted parent.....we can all be the father of a good human being, a respectful, courteous, caring, decent, sincere and honest person.
Happy Father's Day Papa.....I am a doctor because of you....I have no vices, because you had none.....I love spending time with my family, because you enjoyed spending time with us.....my family is my priority because there was nothing more important to you than us....we may not always see eye to eye, but please be assured that I have never stopped loving you, and will never stop loving you!
To my kids, Nicole, Niccolo and Lizzie.....It isn't easy being a father esp. when you're 47....the body pains and the ulcer attacks have increased in frequency, owing to outside sources of stress....but the rewards of being your father are just limitless....I have witnessed your first second here on Earth, I saw your first steps, heard your first words, brought you to your first classroom on your first day of school....you continue to mesmerize me and blow me away with each new discovered talent or skill....and you are able reduce me to tears with your sweetness and your love.....every moment I spent with you is precious and comparable to the greatest moments of my life....you continue fill me days with wonder and excitement...I want to be better because of you and your mom. My one consistent wish and my most fervent prayer is that I can give you everything that you need and that I can make you happy. For enriching my life, I thank you. I love you so very much!
To all the fathers out there....
Let us all endeavor to be the best father for our kids...we don't have to be rich to do this...we just have to spend time with them and teach them about love, by loving them unconditionally.
To all of you...God bless!
We can't all be fathers to heroes....we may not even be fathers to leaders, to successful businessmen, or to well known personalities....but we can all be the father of a faithful spouse....we can all be the father of a devoted parent.....we can all be the father of a good human being, a respectful, courteous, caring, decent, sincere and honest person.
Happy Father's Day Papa.....I am a doctor because of you....I have no vices, because you had none.....I love spending time with my family, because you enjoyed spending time with us.....my family is my priority because there was nothing more important to you than us....we may not always see eye to eye, but please be assured that I have never stopped loving you, and will never stop loving you!
To my kids, Nicole, Niccolo and Lizzie.....It isn't easy being a father esp. when you're 47....the body pains and the ulcer attacks have increased in frequency, owing to outside sources of stress....but the rewards of being your father are just limitless....I have witnessed your first second here on Earth, I saw your first steps, heard your first words, brought you to your first classroom on your first day of school....you continue to mesmerize me and blow me away with each new discovered talent or skill....and you are able reduce me to tears with your sweetness and your love.....every moment I spent with you is precious and comparable to the greatest moments of my life....you continue fill me days with wonder and excitement...I want to be better because of you and your mom. My one consistent wish and my most fervent prayer is that I can give you everything that you need and that I can make you happy. For enriching my life, I thank you. I love you so very much!
To all the fathers out there....
Let us all endeavor to be the best father for our kids...we don't have to be rich to do this...we just have to spend time with them and teach them about love, by loving them unconditionally.
To all of you...God bless!
Martes, Hunyo 11, 2013
My Life....MY Heart....My Thoughts: FOR TEACHERS....FOR STUDENTS...FOR LEADERS OF THE ...
My Life....MY Heart....My Thoughts: FOR TEACHERS....FOR STUDENTS...FOR LEADERS OF THE ...: For Teachers........For Students......For the leaders of the Catholic Church I met a dedicated teacher and a retired teacher at a ...
FOR TEACHERS....FOR STUDENTS...FOR LEADERS OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH
For Teachers........For Students......For the leaders of the Catholic Church
I met a dedicated teacher and a retired teacher at a mall this lunch time.....perhaps the dedicated teacher knew that I sympathized with their plight....so she told me quite bitterly, that their salary had not been increased for 3 years....and that they were currently, one of the least paid teachers...... What made her emotional pleas more significant, was that she was a teacher in a very expensive Catholic School.
I have three kids in my alma mater and their accumulated tuition fee is more or less 300K . .......Aside from feeling bad myself as I fear for the future of the tuition fees, further speculating at how even more expensive, it may soon become.....I felt so bad for the teachers......
You want better education for the students, get excellent educators....you want excellent teachers, you pay them well....you give them what they so richly deserve.....If we truly believe that the youth are our chance and our hope for a better country, then we need good and dedicated teachers to train them, to teach them, to guide them.........
The next question.....will increasing teacher's salaries automatically translate to immensely expensive tuition fees?......I say NO!.......I know of private schools with tuition fees half of what my school asks for, and they are able to offer the same or even better teacher's salaries.....so again, No......if schools, esp. Catholic schools would focus on providing excellent education while teaching Christian values like love and compassion.... Focus more on this, than on earning money.... Lots of money......they will realize that a lot can be achieved with just dedication and love.........
These past 2 months, I have feared for the teachers' and for my children's future.......I hope the Leaders of the Catholic hierarchy can do something quick, please lead and teach by example, not just through sermons and press releases........you may wake up one day and find a severely depleted Catholic flock...... I was born a Catholic and will die a Catholic because my faith rests on God alone not on people who pretend to speak for him, but not everyone's faith may be as strong..... More will be disgruntled, disillusioned.... and some may lose Faith even in God.....and the Catholic Hierarchy will only have themselves to blame.............
Again........I continue to sympathize with all teachers, your salaries should be so much higher than call center agents and government employees like those from MWSS......and I continue to fear for the education of my children....
I will pray tonight, I will pray tomorrow morning..... I will pray each night and each morning......I will say Novenas....until everyone involved is enlightened and does the right and compassionate thing..........God bless all of us !
Lunes, Hunyo 10, 2013
My Life....MY Heart....My Thoughts: WITH A SMILE
My Life....MY Heart....My Thoughts: WITH A SMILE: Home from work early.... Just in time for midnight snack.......... Difficulties and problems abound......... But with people who love yo...
WITH A SMILE
Home from work early.... Just in time for midnight snack..........
Difficulties and problems abound.........
But with people who love you around..........
Your hope and faith once more you found.........
You sleep with a smile, so sweet and sound.
Goodnight dear friends and God Bless !
Difficulties and problems abound.........
But with people who love you around..........
Your hope and faith once more you found.........
You sleep with a smile, so sweet and sound.
Goodnight dear friends and God Bless !
My Life....MY Heart....My Thoughts: IF
My Life....MY Heart....My Thoughts: IF: If every question had an answer......if every wish was granted.....if everything was so easy.......then believing would mean nothing.....and...
IF
If every question had an answer......if every wish was granted.....if everything was so easy.......then believing would mean nothing.....and our Faith would lose its value......and its meaning......so regardless of how our day turned out....let's continue to believe and count on Our Lord's Power, His Mercy, and His unconditional Love..... Let us all tell Him...."My faith remains strong...and I love you my God, my Lord and my Savior."
Martes, Hunyo 4, 2013
My Life....MY Heart....My Thoughts: DISAPPOINTMENTS
My Life....MY Heart....My Thoughts: DISAPPOINTMENTS: What hurts more than being disappointed when you don't get what you want............is knowing that you have disappointed someone you ...
My Life....MY Heart....My Thoughts: My Life....MY Heart....My Thoughts: THE BEST WAY T...
My Life....MY Heart....My Thoughts: My Life....MY Heart....My Thoughts: THE BEST WAY T...: My Life....MY Heart....My Thoughts: THE BEST WAY TO TEACH COMPASSION : THE BEST WAY TO TEACH COMPASSION You cannot teach compassion effectiv...
DISAPPOINTMENTS
For kids who feel that they've disappointed their parents....we, your parents, will always love you, no matter what......so just get up from any minor setbacks.....try harder......we will always be here!
To all of us who feel that we've disappointed the Lord and may not be worthy of His Love.....He will always forgive us, and He will always love us.....but we have to try and be better...to follow His Commands and His teachings, despite what self proclaimed brilliant people tell us when they question the LORD......just stick to God's words, despite the frailties, the sometimes selfish motives, and arrogance of those who supposedly speak for HIM....let us just follow His Commandments....and we will never disappoint HIM.
GOD BLESS GUYS!
Sabado, Hunyo 1, 2013
My Life....MY Heart....My Thoughts: THE BEST WAY TO TEACH COMPASSION
My Life....MY Heart....My Thoughts: THE BEST WAY TO TEACH COMPASSION: THE BEST WAY TO TEACH COMPASSION You cannot teach compassion effectively by merely giving lectures....this is what Catholic Schools and a lo...
THE BEST WAY TO TEACH COMPASSION
THE BEST WAY TO TEACH COMPASSION
You cannot teach compassion effectively by merely giving lectures....this is what Catholic Schools and a lot of the members of our clergy, have failed to realize....the most efficient way to teach and encourage compassion in young people....is to show compassion...in the most obvious and beneficial way...offer affordable, I repeat AFFORDABLE, and quality education in your schools....
I'll give you one example....Which are among the most expensive schools in the land, be it secondary or collegiate? Aren't they Catholics, run by brothers? The tuition fee of my eldest daughter in 4th year High School is more than 100 thousand a year, the same goes for my Grade 9 son. My grade 1 baby's tuition fee is more than 80 thousand pesos.....and I am at a loss at where to get the money. Some of the parents who may enjoy the fact that the school has become one for the elite, are probably happy, and will say..."If you can't afford it, then transfer your kids to another school."...some of the school administrators or perhaps even the the board of directors of their brotherhood may feel the same..."lumipat kayo kung wala kayong pambayad."...and here is where compassion comes in....Again you cannot just teach it in Religion Class no matter how good the teacher is, you have to show it, you have to live it!
I believe DECS have allowed the increase in tuition fees and has given as a reason the need to increase the salaries of teachers...I agree....You want great education, you get good teachers. But you don't need grand and beautiful buildings, floors and lights to do this....I graduated from the same school, and the school then was composed of 2 buildings, but the teachers then were reputed to have high salaries as compared to teachers from other schools....so we got accepted to UP, Ateneo, De LaSalle, UST without having to review...now the students, with all the new buildings around them, attend review classes.
Again, you want great graduates....you pay the teachers well...there is no other way....no need for further beautification.
On another matter....in our parish for almost 2 or 3 years now our parish priest have asked the parishioners after each mass, in the second collection, to donate for a house / chapel / seminary that he wishes to build...and he wants to collect 25 million for it.....I repeat 25 million, in a parish with the majority of people living below poverty. Some of the shanties and Sari-sari stores by the side of the church were, in fact, demolished. So while some of the parishioners have no houses, our dear parish priest requires 25 million to build their house, with a chapel and a seminary....a chapel, beside the church, mind you. When he first showed a video of the place they live in, it showed some cracks and loosened wood in the ceilings....my first impression was that a good renovation job worth 1 million would work magic in the place...but no they want to build a new place worth 25 million in a Parish with people living in shanties....even during typhoons and calamities, the second collection would be for his dream house. Recently, to mask their real intentions, they merely say..."Second collection for fund raising projects" but then they would immediately show the breakdown of the money they have collected for their 25 million mansion....they now have 7 million pesos. Again....how can you honestly talk about compassion during their sermons if they don't show it or act it?
A reminder to all Parish Priests and Catholic School administrators.....The best temples and chapels are not built with stones and bricks....the best temples are good Christians with compassionate hearts who will spread God's Love because they felt it growing up, not just in their homes, but in their schools, not through lectures but through examples. I believe Our Father would prefer these temples with warm hearts, rather those made of cold bricks.
I PRAY FOR DIVINE ENLIGHTENMENT FOR ALL OF US!
You cannot teach compassion effectively by merely giving lectures....this is what Catholic Schools and a lot of the members of our clergy, have failed to realize....the most efficient way to teach and encourage compassion in young people....is to show compassion...in the most obvious and beneficial way...offer affordable, I repeat AFFORDABLE, and quality education in your schools....
I'll give you one example....Which are among the most expensive schools in the land, be it secondary or collegiate? Aren't they Catholics, run by brothers? The tuition fee of my eldest daughter in 4th year High School is more than 100 thousand a year, the same goes for my Grade 9 son. My grade 1 baby's tuition fee is more than 80 thousand pesos.....and I am at a loss at where to get the money. Some of the parents who may enjoy the fact that the school has become one for the elite, are probably happy, and will say..."If you can't afford it, then transfer your kids to another school."...some of the school administrators or perhaps even the the board of directors of their brotherhood may feel the same..."lumipat kayo kung wala kayong pambayad."...and here is where compassion comes in....Again you cannot just teach it in Religion Class no matter how good the teacher is, you have to show it, you have to live it!
I believe DECS have allowed the increase in tuition fees and has given as a reason the need to increase the salaries of teachers...I agree....You want great education, you get good teachers. But you don't need grand and beautiful buildings, floors and lights to do this....I graduated from the same school, and the school then was composed of 2 buildings, but the teachers then were reputed to have high salaries as compared to teachers from other schools....so we got accepted to UP, Ateneo, De LaSalle, UST without having to review...now the students, with all the new buildings around them, attend review classes.
Again, you want great graduates....you pay the teachers well...there is no other way....no need for further beautification.
On another matter....in our parish for almost 2 or 3 years now our parish priest have asked the parishioners after each mass, in the second collection, to donate for a house / chapel / seminary that he wishes to build...and he wants to collect 25 million for it.....I repeat 25 million, in a parish with the majority of people living below poverty. Some of the shanties and Sari-sari stores by the side of the church were, in fact, demolished. So while some of the parishioners have no houses, our dear parish priest requires 25 million to build their house, with a chapel and a seminary....a chapel, beside the church, mind you. When he first showed a video of the place they live in, it showed some cracks and loosened wood in the ceilings....my first impression was that a good renovation job worth 1 million would work magic in the place...but no they want to build a new place worth 25 million in a Parish with people living in shanties....even during typhoons and calamities, the second collection would be for his dream house. Recently, to mask their real intentions, they merely say..."Second collection for fund raising projects" but then they would immediately show the breakdown of the money they have collected for their 25 million mansion....they now have 7 million pesos. Again....how can you honestly talk about compassion during their sermons if they don't show it or act it?
A reminder to all Parish Priests and Catholic School administrators.....The best temples and chapels are not built with stones and bricks....the best temples are good Christians with compassionate hearts who will spread God's Love because they felt it growing up, not just in their homes, but in their schools, not through lectures but through examples. I believe Our Father would prefer these temples with warm hearts, rather those made of cold bricks.
I PRAY FOR DIVINE ENLIGHTENMENT FOR ALL OF US!
My Life....MY Heart....My Thoughts: SADDENED AND SHOCKED ...A REJOINDER
My Life....MY Heart....My Thoughts: SADDENED AND SHOCKED ...A REJOINDER: As a rejoinder to........my previous post....."Saddened....Shocked!!!"..........I learned to speak English not only because my mom...
SADDENED AND SHOCKED ...A REJOINDER
As a rejoinder to........my previous post....."Saddened....Shocked!!!"..........I learned to speak English not only because my mom read to me often...not only because I read a lot.....not only because I have been fortunate to have been sent to good schools....but also because I loved watching American Shows like "Hawaii Five-O", "Mission Impossible", "Six Miilion Dollar Man"...and many others... Also because of the James Bond films..... Now when you watched these movies on tv......you'd be surprised to hear Sean Connery or Roger Moore speaking In Filipino.... I have often wondered about the reason for this.... Ang tingin ba ng Tv Stations.... Di natin maiintindihan yung movie or yung shows pag in English? Imbis na makatulong pa sana sa bata matuto mag-Ingles.... Well....I guess it's all about profit.
My Life....MY Heart....My Thoughts: SADDENED...SHOCKED
My Life....MY Heart....My Thoughts: SADDENED...SHOCKED: Saddened......Shocked!!! Just watched the news and was very saddened to hear that out of 36 countries we were rated 33 or 34 in Math and out...
SADDENED...SHOCKED
Saddened......Shocked!!!
Just watched the news and was very saddened to hear that out of 36 countries we were rated 33 or 34 in Math and out of 46, number 43 in Science.....so I waited for the proposed solution of the agency tasked to fix this problem...and I was shocked by the proposed solution....they will teach Math and Science in Tagalog, because when asked by teachers why they failed Math and Science, the response of the students were that they could not understand the lesson because it was in English....so instead of trying to improve the teaching of the English language, their quick-fix solution may just result in students who will graduate elementary with extremely low proficiency in English.
Look, I am all for every Filipino becoming extremely proficient in our native tongue...dapat lang na pag Pilipino ka, bihasa at magaling kang magtagalog.....pero hindi nangangahulugan na hindi ka dapat magambisyon na maging magaling din sa wikang Ingles, dahil ito'y malaking tulong sa kinabukasan mo.
The example given by the spokesperson of the agency involved was this....now instead of teaching "greater than" or "less than" tinuturo namin ay "mas malaki" at "mas maliit"....so am I supposed to believe that elementary students will not be able to understand "greater than" or "less than" even if you teach it to them again and again?
During the time of our parents, during the Commonwealth Period", every single lesson was taught in English and they learned...during our time, we had a Filipino Subject, but every other subject was in English and we did well.....The kids today are being lectured in Taglish tapos hindi pa rin naiintindihan, at kailangan Tagalog na lahat?.....So are we just to accept that this younger generation of students are less intelligent than the generations before them?
Instead of fixing the solution by making them more proficient in English, not just speaking but understanding, we compound the problem, by making them feel that is is absolutely not necessary. This is the teachers fault, this is the parent's fault. If parents would spend more time with their kids reading and watching the right shows, and guiding them properly, instead of spending "time for myself" and "time to pursue my own goals and needs" more often....perhaps this would not happen. I always thought each parent's ultimate goal is to make their children better, if it stands in the way of their own dreams or needs then you sacrifice for your children....This is on us!!!
For a country, that for the longest time, has been dependent on the money sent by the Overseas Contract Workers, it is surprising that we don't really care that our kids today cannot understand "greater than" and "less than".
I've said this before....our politicians, esp. the corrupt ones and the "bida ng mga masa" are loving this....they are happy when the future of education is bleak...because their chances of getting elected again and again is stronger kapag hindi masyadong matalino ang botante....Di ba bida ng mga masa?
God bless this generation and the next generation of kids!
Just watched the news and was very saddened to hear that out of 36 countries we were rated 33 or 34 in Math and out of 46, number 43 in Science.....so I waited for the proposed solution of the agency tasked to fix this problem...and I was shocked by the proposed solution....they will teach Math and Science in Tagalog, because when asked by teachers why they failed Math and Science, the response of the students were that they could not understand the lesson because it was in English....so instead of trying to improve the teaching of the English language, their quick-fix solution may just result in students who will graduate elementary with extremely low proficiency in English.
Look, I am all for every Filipino becoming extremely proficient in our native tongue...dapat lang na pag Pilipino ka, bihasa at magaling kang magtagalog.....pero hindi nangangahulugan na hindi ka dapat magambisyon na maging magaling din sa wikang Ingles, dahil ito'y malaking tulong sa kinabukasan mo.
The example given by the spokesperson of the agency involved was this....now instead of teaching "greater than" or "less than" tinuturo namin ay "mas malaki" at "mas maliit"....so am I supposed to believe that elementary students will not be able to understand "greater than" or "less than" even if you teach it to them again and again?
During the time of our parents, during the Commonwealth Period", every single lesson was taught in English and they learned...during our time, we had a Filipino Subject, but every other subject was in English and we did well.....The kids today are being lectured in Taglish tapos hindi pa rin naiintindihan, at kailangan Tagalog na lahat?.....So are we just to accept that this younger generation of students are less intelligent than the generations before them?
Instead of fixing the solution by making them more proficient in English, not just speaking but understanding, we compound the problem, by making them feel that is is absolutely not necessary. This is the teachers fault, this is the parent's fault. If parents would spend more time with their kids reading and watching the right shows, and guiding them properly, instead of spending "time for myself" and "time to pursue my own goals and needs" more often....perhaps this would not happen. I always thought each parent's ultimate goal is to make their children better, if it stands in the way of their own dreams or needs then you sacrifice for your children....This is on us!!!
For a country, that for the longest time, has been dependent on the money sent by the Overseas Contract Workers, it is surprising that we don't really care that our kids today cannot understand "greater than" and "less than".
I've said this before....our politicians, esp. the corrupt ones and the "bida ng mga masa" are loving this....they are happy when the future of education is bleak...because their chances of getting elected again and again is stronger kapag hindi masyadong matalino ang botante....Di ba bida ng mga masa?
God bless this generation and the next generation of kids!
My Life....MY Heart....My Thoughts: WORTHINESS
My Life....MY Heart....My Thoughts: WORTHINESS: WORTHINESS Some say, before you enter the Lord's house and pray to Him...be sure that you are worthy...Well, who makes the judgment call...
WORTHINESS
WORTHINESS
Some say, before you enter the Lord's house and pray to Him...be sure that you are worthy...Well, who makes the judgment call, as to who's worthy or not? Well I say, when you're at your lowest or even when you feel so unworthy, even when you've committed the gravest of sins...go to Him, pray with your heart...the Lord decides our worthiness, and for Him...we are all worthy!
Let's ponder for a moment the expression or the greeting or the wish "God Bless". When someone says "God Bless You", someone had just asked God to impart you with His blessings. How can that be not extremely wonderful?
Now for those of us, who have become cynical....on the slim chance that they don't really mean it....when anybody says "God Bless" to anyone....God will listen, God will take it seriously, and God will fulfill the said wish....and as a bonus...if the one who made the wish really meant it, God will bless Him too.
My unsolicited advice to everyone is also to say it more often, what good friend wouldn't wish his good friend all the blessings that God can give his friend. If you're a good friend say it and mean it with all your heart. Again it's free, and believe me, if you say it with the sincerest of intentions, you will feel great afterwards, as if you have become an instrument of God.
So to all of you...God bless you...for today and for always!
Some say, before you enter the Lord's house and pray to Him...be sure that you are worthy...Well, who makes the judgment call, as to who's worthy or not? Well I say, when you're at your lowest or even when you feel so unworthy, even when you've committed the gravest of sins...go to Him, pray with your heart...the Lord decides our worthiness, and for Him...we are all worthy!
Let's ponder for a moment the expression or the greeting or the wish "God Bless". When someone says "God Bless You", someone had just asked God to impart you with His blessings. How can that be not extremely wonderful?
Now for those of us, who have become cynical....on the slim chance that they don't really mean it....when anybody says "God Bless" to anyone....God will listen, God will take it seriously, and God will fulfill the said wish....and as a bonus...if the one who made the wish really meant it, God will bless Him too.
My unsolicited advice to everyone is also to say it more often, what good friend wouldn't wish his good friend all the blessings that God can give his friend. If you're a good friend say it and mean it with all your heart. Again it's free, and believe me, if you say it with the sincerest of intentions, you will feel great afterwards, as if you have become an instrument of God.
So to all of you...God bless you...for today and for always!
My Life....MY Heart....My Thoughts: May 01, 2013
My Life....MY Heart....My Thoughts: May 01, 2013: MAY 1 ,2013 17 years today…..WOW! I look older….and she is even more beautiful…. I feel weak and I worry….she kisses me…she is my pillar of ...
May 01, 2013
MAY 1 ,2013
17 years today…..WOW!
I look older….and she is even more beautiful….
I feel weak and I worry….she kisses me…she is my pillar of strength….
I lose faith and get doubts….I look at her…recall what she has gone through…and my faith is regained and becomes stronger…
I believe she is my perfect match…
I know GOD assigned her to me….to understand me…to be patient with me…to look after me….
I don’t know what I ever did to deserve her?
Together with God, she gave me the best gifts I have ever received….our 3 sweet and lovely children…
Happy Anniversary Dinah my love….thank you for taking care of me and the kids…thank you for loving me and making me feel it, each day of our lives.
I may never be rich….never afford to buy you expensive things…..but I will always love you with loyalty and a passion than will be difficult to equal….
You are my best friend…my soul mate….my love and my life…and I will love you…’til a day after forever…
17 years today…..WOW!
I look older….and she is even more beautiful….
I feel weak and I worry….she kisses me…she is my pillar of strength….
I lose faith and get doubts….I look at her…recall what she has gone through…and my faith is regained and becomes stronger…
I believe she is my perfect match…
I know GOD assigned her to me….to understand me…to be patient with me…to look after me….
I don’t know what I ever did to deserve her?
Together with God, she gave me the best gifts I have ever received….our 3 sweet and lovely children…
Happy Anniversary Dinah my love….thank you for taking care of me and the kids…thank you for loving me and making me feel it, each day of our lives.
I may never be rich….never afford to buy you expensive things…..but I will always love you with loyalty and a passion than will be difficult to equal….
You are my best friend…my soul mate….my love and my life…and I will love you…’til a day after forever…
My Life....MY Heart....My Thoughts: Some Days..
My Life....MY Heart....My Thoughts: Some Days..: Some days don't start out very well for our family....but after a simple exchange of positive messages....everything becomes okay in our...
Some Days..
Some days don't start out very well for our family....but after a simple exchange of positive messages....everything becomes okay in our simple world again!
Never ever disregard or belittle the power of true love....it can set aside every other feeling..and focus you on what your heart needs.
Love is the most powerful, the most magical, the most beautiful!!!
From this day ....until a day after forever...may your lives be filled with love!
Never ever disregard or belittle the power of true love....it can set aside every other feeling..and focus you on what your heart needs.
Love is the most powerful, the most magical, the most beautiful!!!
From this day ....until a day after forever...may your lives be filled with love!
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