happy happy... :)

I’ m a naturally good person and I hate getting into fights. If possible, I want everybody to be friends. But of course, that idea is nearly close to impossible. People get into petty quarrels sometimes; it cannot be avoided.

Lately, I am at peace with everyone around me and for that I am so happy. I get along pretty well with my co-teachers and I am slowly adjusting to their “culture”. My co-teachers in the pre-school department are a bunch of happy, stress-free, naturally bubbly people. Sometimes, I have to hold my tummy from laughing whenever they crack silly jokes. Since most of them are married, I get to have a dose of their “inside married couple” silly and funny stories.

For now, I think I am faring well and I hope it will be that way until the school year ends.

What else? Hmm, I got 1.25 (A-) on my Statistics! Yay!! I mean, numbers will always be my waterloo but now I am just so happy that I got a high grade. Actually, a 2.0 would be enough for me but a 1.25 is quite something too. (I mean, that is coming from a human specie like me who hates numbers!)

Actually, I just finished helping mama drying up the plates. Her friends will arrive few minutes from now so I’d better go and freshen up. I am so happy that I’m able to post a lot of things today. Just taking my time over the weekend because I know I won’t be posting that often on weekdays.

Oh, before my poor memory gets the better of me, I just want to express my happiness to my dear friend and co-teacher before in OCGS, Hope Janicesharie, for finally being reunited with her husband in the U.S. She just arrived in California yesterday and then will be heading to Tucson where she and Sammy will live together.:)

besos,
ivy

(last hirit before Sunday ends.. hehehe! have a fruitful weekdays ahead to all!)

:)

vibrating positive energies :)

I was browsing through the net and I chanced to read an article about attracting positive energies. In my life right now, I always want to be optimistic and I completely want to negate ugly negative energies. I want to flush it out of my system because I absolutely want to focus on good things in life. Every thought that I have creates a certain kind of vibration. It could either be a positive or negative thought but I choose to focus on positive thoughts that will lead to produce high frequency vibrations.

I want to fantasize, dream, imagine, focus, and believe. I want to be in good terms with everybody. I want to make friends to every stranger and talk about the days of their lives. I want to savor every moment I have with my family, friends and colleagues. I want to travel. I want to have a part in broadways. I want to talk more often with my friends. I want to hug more kids. I want to play cello. I want to be friends with those people who hurt me or to those people I think I’ve hurt one way or the other.. I also want to strike the equilibrium of both worlds—the world I am now and the world thereafter.

I simply want to be happy! :)

i heart ....

I am quite busy at the moment and have been juggling a lot of things at the same time. Last week, I attended the three day seminar for new teachers and it was also the time I found out that I will be assigned to teach nursery kids. Hmm, I really don’t have any qualms about that because I’ve been to Toddlers and K-1 already so it is not really that hard for me to adjust. And besides, I feel a different kind of fulfillment when I teach really young kids. But of course, I also want to try junior and senior kinder. I know it would be a whole lot different from nursery and toddlers’ class.

Oh, I love my new world in the pre-school department and I also like my co-teachers and my immediate supervisor. All of them are very friendly and accommodating and I already feel like a part of their family. (which I gladly think I am) It is really important for me that I am in a place where I can easily fit in (without pretensions) with a new “culture” and I am so happy I’m able to adjust in my new work quite easily. Hope it will be a good year for me.

I will be joining one session of Aero dance tomorrow. Guess it will be quite a long day for me. But its ok, I need diversion in my semi-droning life. Hehe.. Oh well, I am not really leading a fairly boring life. In fact the fun has just begun.

It’s 12 am already. I need to doze off now for another wonderful day awaits for me ‘morrow.

Besos everyone,
ivy

n.b. Right now, I am so so so craving for salted fries and mcfloat so I guess tomorrow is also my cheat treat day. Hahaha!

touchy-feely :)

Oh no, I can’t believe that Coco (my computer) is turning decrepit. I have to wait for her to wheeze for life. :( It’s so sad to know that after so many years of service, she is finally on the verge on giving up on me. It’s just that being with her makes me comfortable already and she has been a part of my “comfort zone” for the past few years. Although I’ve been thinking on purchasing a portable notebook, I still can’t find another substitute for my Coco dearest. I hope she will still live longer. She’s been in and out for some check up @ the computer shop and her super hard disk was already changed to something new and all the viruses galore were already quarantined and zapped out of her system. Yet, as I was typing something last night she just shut down on me without prior notice. I felt sad now. It means we will have few more years together. Mr. Computer technician advised me to purchase a new one since Coco is way so jurassic already and it’s very hard for him to find some parts to be installed on her. Arggh!

Coco is special to me. Papa gave it to me as a present on my 18th birthday since he did not throw a big party or debut celeb for me. It’s not on my father’s book to have a debut celebration for me and my sister. I think my sister got a pricey watch when he turned 18 and some cash to spend on with her close friends in U.P. where she took her 1st course.

And here’s the touching part. Papa got the money to buy Coco on his trusty Buddha bank –like a piggy bank (penny/money bank) only that it’s a Buddha with a slot on the back enough to insert a rolled P500 or P1000 bill. But anyway it’s a Buddha-slash-piggybank. Haha! And that rolled paper bills accumulated into something big— a quite large amount of money for Papa to buy me a computer worth 40thou something and that computer is my coco dearest.

For me it’s not just a computer. It’s more than that, it's more than tangible. I feel a very deep sense of connection with her. Last night I prayed that she would turn on this morning because I have lots of things to type and voila!!!, she actually did after a few attempts of pressing F1.

Thanks Coco! Besos y abrazos to you my dear old friend. No, I am way much older than you so relax, we’re doing fine. haha...

ivy is...

Ivy is going Japanese, Chinese et Thai!


Yesterday my course mates and I watched “I NOT STUPID TOO”. It was a Singaporean film that tackled on the issue of parent-child relationship and how parents neglected their kids because of their fast growing career, wherein their mode of communication was sticking post-it notes on the fridge among others. The language used on the film was Mandarin although there was a bit of English too. I guess the setting was in Singapore. It was a very good movie and I think parents, as well as teachers should watch this film. Teachers also play a very important role on the lives of their students.
FAMILY (def.) FAther and Mother I LOVE YOU! (from the movie)

*** I met Jo’s cousin yesterday and finally got my fried Tao Kae Noi Japanese crispy seaweed. I love eating this crispy snack when I was still in Bkk. I let my brother taste it and he threw up because for him it really tasted awful-slash-yucky! Aacckk!




Ivy is caught crushing…
He's my sister’s school mate in University of the Philippines. My sister finished her Agri-Busines course there while he (the crush) finished Economics and now is pursuing his master’s degree somewhere in the U.S. Before, I often heard my sister sharing some things about this certain guy who was their campus “Clark Kent” (from the t.v series Smallville) and she even showed me a photo of him during their open house. My sister stayed before at 5th of September Mansion and they always have this open house thingie wherein they can invite friends to come over.

Fast forward… Now after so many years I found him on F.B. while I hovered from where my sister was browsing the net. And I think I told my sister, (was it told or declared?!? hahaha!) “he is so cute, he’s my crush already!”

But it’s only a crush… Feels like h.s. all over again!

:(

Someone is screwing my browser. :( but why oh why? kinda scary.. Sometimes, my feedjit says I am in Zaboanga when in fact I haven't been there yet or sometimes it would change to top manila blogs and now I am suddenly in continental U.S. Where will my next destination be? The road to Timbuktu? FYI: its a city in the West African nation of Mali. I would love to go there! I always want to have a job wherein I can travel to different places and visit exotic lands. Hahay! Wishful thinking! I will try to catch that dream somehow and follow my heart’s intuition. I’ve got all my life to live so I wouldn’t want to waste it moping around and figuring things out why this and that happens. As Jennifer Love Hewitt’s song goes, “Don’t push the river, let it flow”. Although the lyrics of the song were used in the context of love et letting go, I kinda used mine in a manner that suits me. Or the way I would like to define my life. Whatever!

Anyhoo, I am so sleepy right now. My eyes are quitting on me. My 2nd class (subject) ended this morning and my course mates and I gave our Professor a token of appreciation. Tomorrow I reckon I will be meeting my group mates again for another round of revisions and stuff. Oh well… Then next week I will be attending a seminar in the school where I am accepted to teach as a pre-school teacher.

I hope I can still post something in this wonderful blogosphere of mine. Tata!

certified dog-lover! :)

Oh, I thought my sister and I would be sitting all morning watching movies on the telly. Too bad we weren’t able to do it. Suddenly, watching movies doesn’t pique my interest anymore. I don’t know why, it’s prolly because I have other things going on in my semi-cluttered brain.

I don’t understand the weather anymore. On mornings when I head off for my class, I can really feel the scorching heat prickling my skin and then in the afternoon rain will suddenly slosh off and I have to curse under my breath for not bringing an umbrella.. Arghh! The supposed-to-be tropical weather in the pacific is now suddenly giving me a hard time deciding on what my ensemble should be for the day. I mean, my clothes and accessories should be well coordinated with the weather, right?

Anyway, I am thinking a lot of things right now. First off, I need to research over the net some activities for my class next week. Then, I have to browse through my book in Inferential Statistics since we will be having a quiz by Saturday. Oh, I’m deciding to sleep on it. I just want to be well-rested on weekends. And the week after next, I have to go visit the school that accepted me as a pre-school teacher to sign some forms and be officially hired. Thing is that, I have a class so I have to muster enough courage to ask my professor to excuse me on that day.

Hmm, that’s it for now. Tata!

Yay! I am glad to be back again. I have been quite busy for the past few days. Summer classes is still on-going and I am already on module 2 which is all about developing social skills of young children. It is good because it is activity-based and the games and activities should then be supported by theories. We don’t have a class today since its Labor Day but I met up with my group mates this morning to discuss on how we go about our surevy thingie.

Today is Papa and Mama’s 32nd wedding anniversary and yesterday I went with them at the grocery to buy some food for tonight’s little celeb. I tossed the salad while my Aunt cooked pasta and some meat. Mai2x (kuya’s gf) bought two layers of cake and a vodka. We had a gastronomic dinner tonight and I was so stuffed that I volunteered to wash the dishes, that way, I will not be tempted to crash at the sofa. Then of course, the day will not end without me taking photoshots of my wonderful parents and they still looked so in love after 32 years of being stuck together. Haha!

I am currently savoring this moment where I can just sit back and relax. Tomorrow, I am going to have a movie marathon together with my sister. Janess lends me some must-feel-good movies. Annie and I also exchanged books, I let her read my Twilight series and she also let me read her shopaholic collection. Then on Tuesday I am going to see Mara in her fully chopped hair. Wow! It’s quite something to look forward to. I haven’t seen her for many weeks already and she kept on telling me to cut my hair too, just like the ‘do we had when we were still in high school. But I just can’t cut my hair right now and I don’t want to experiment either. It’s just that my family is so against me cutting my hair real short because it would make me look plump. Although I really do like Katie Holmes’ chopped hair.. or maybe its just Katie…uhmm not the hair. I am a big fan of Katie way back to her Dawson Creek’s days.

But… I also want to have a major makeover. I browsed through Mischa’s blog and I saw some of her pretty photoshots. Her hair was kinda slashed/sliced at the sides and she had that cute bangs ever. Hmm, I like Aniston’s hairdo too!
For now, I am still in the process of imagining myself in that look.

Oh well, my hair definition will always be straight and simple. That is simply me!