As a secondary teacher, I'm teaching teen-age kids. Some people might think that it is hard to teach these kids but actually it is not. Because of their surprisingly high energy and unsurpassing stamina, we find them hard to handle. You just have to learn their views, interests and activities.
The kids now-a-days are very hyper and they are always looking for means to entertain themselves, which includes love itself.
How did I say that it is just an entertainment?
I'm twenty-two, and with a maturing person like me who is still single, love is not that easy to find. Work and responsibity taught me to think first before I act. In terms of a companion, I am looking for a man who is worthy enough, whether just a companion, he has to be capable enough to support all my means. I have to think about the future, ofcourse.
But these kids, ah, they are young and careless. They do not need to think about the future. Love for them is a game that they are just playing. Courtship is as easy as A-B-C and verbs are even harder.
They talk about love like how grown-ups talk about it but they change their heart as much as they change their undies.
This so happen as my topic is about love that they said that one of their classmates had only one crush from first to third year of her stay in school. I am so amazed that I actually congratulate her. I guess she has a very pure heart and a heart that is always gold.
Love can be a game for some of the teen-agers, but game as it is, they must not forget that they have a responsibility also and that is themselves. They have to take care of themselves as not to go beyond the bounderies of the thing they call "Love." And we as the grown-ups, we have to bare with them because that is their way of self-expression, that is their interest, but we have to be patient in supervising them because that is our responsibility.
Thursday, July 30, 2009
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Ryeowook: From Boy To Man!!!
Omona!!! Omona!!! Our cute, lovely baby boy has turned into a mature man. What a transition!?
I showed one of my friends from Everlasting Friends (E.L.F.) this video and you know what she said? She said she cannot watch the video because she felt jealousy against the dancer.
Most of Super Junior's long time followers like me are really shocked with his new image. From a baby boy, one of the youngest in Suju, he is now a grown-up man. Some of us can't accept this yet but on my part, despite the surprise, the screams, the shock, I am really crying with joy because of this performance. It is not the usual Wookie that I know. I am so used with his subgroup Suju K.R.Y. that I forgot that he is all grown-up now.
In some of his blogs, (of course I am not sure if it is truly his or just some posers,) he usually talks about his age. It bothers him as much as how my age bothers me. He is 23 (Korean age, 22 in Westhern age) same as me, but I am too used with the 20 year old Wookie of the past that I totally forgot that he ages, too. Same as me, he is also a maturing person and when we mature, we tend to think more about the reality of responsibility.
Seeing this video, I understand now that each of us grow up. He is responsible in making us happy and I am responsible on giving the youth a future. I remember what I said in my theater when I am giving a workshop, "our job is to make the audience feel us, make them happy, give them the feeling," and that is what Ryeowook did to me, he made me feel him, made me happy and gave me the feeling of what he must be feeling.
Truly, he is a grown-up man now, but to me, he is still Super Junior's Ryeowook who still belongs to E.L.F. and the owner of E.L.F.
I showed one of my friends from Everlasting Friends (E.L.F.) this video and you know what she said? She said she cannot watch the video because she felt jealousy against the dancer.
Most of Super Junior's long time followers like me are really shocked with his new image. From a baby boy, one of the youngest in Suju, he is now a grown-up man. Some of us can't accept this yet but on my part, despite the surprise, the screams, the shock, I am really crying with joy because of this performance. It is not the usual Wookie that I know. I am so used with his subgroup Suju K.R.Y. that I forgot that he is all grown-up now.
In some of his blogs, (of course I am not sure if it is truly his or just some posers,) he usually talks about his age. It bothers him as much as how my age bothers me. He is 23 (Korean age, 22 in Westhern age) same as me, but I am too used with the 20 year old Wookie of the past that I totally forgot that he ages, too. Same as me, he is also a maturing person and when we mature, we tend to think more about the reality of responsibility.
Seeing this video, I understand now that each of us grow up. He is responsible in making us happy and I am responsible on giving the youth a future. I remember what I said in my theater when I am giving a workshop, "our job is to make the audience feel us, make them happy, give them the feeling," and that is what Ryeowook did to me, he made me feel him, made me happy and gave me the feeling of what he must be feeling.
Truly, he is a grown-up man now, but to me, he is still Super Junior's Ryeowook who still belongs to E.L.F. and the owner of E.L.F.
K-Pop Mania in the Philippines Goes Extreme
As a big Super Junior fan, I always browse about them on the net like any fan does. I scream when they are performing on the stage even if I am just watching it on Youtube. I'm like... "I know every performances that they made."
So, gosh!!! What kind of E.L.F (Everlasting Friend-Suju's official fanclub) are you if you don't know about their Super Show II? And of course I know about that and I am one of those fans who anticipated their concert and I was like... "Omona, Kibum watched the show!" and "Omona, oppa, you are so hot!" but the truth is haven't watched the whole lot to think that most of the videos are already uploaded in the net and most of my E.L.F friends already watched it.
But enough of those, what I really want to talk about is the competition of these K-Pop groups: Super Junior, 2ne1, Wondergirls, SS501 and Shinee in the Philippines.
Fire of 2ne1 topped the P.O.T Myx hitchart just last month, Nobody of Wondergirls was also included and Sorry Sorry of Super Junior. I just don't know if the songs of Shinee and SS501 were also a hit.
As I noticed just today, most of my students sing the song of Wondergirls and 2ne1 and as a fan of Super Junior I am a little bit jealous because only few of them know the song Sorry Sorry and there is no sign that they even know the song Noreago which was also shown in Myx. But jealousy aside, I noticed that the songs which became well-known are the songs of girls. Hmmpp... I am wondering why? Could it be because of Sandara Park (member of 2ne1) once won in a reality show in the Philippines? Well, probably. But what about Wondergirls? What did J.Y.P. (the talent company of Wondergirls) do to make it a well-known group here in the Philippines and to think that Nobody was released last year? Why did ABS-CBN released an English version of it? JYP and ABS-CBN, a new partnership?
I also wonder about SS501 and Shinee. They sang most of the soundtrack of Boys Over Flowers (A well-known TV Drama in the Philippines) but they are not as famous as the girl groups above. Wierd, right?
How about the group SNSD (So Ni Shi Dae, I don't know is that is right), it is a girl group but they are not famous here, so as Kara, Jewelry, and many more.
K-Pop is a little known in the Philippines and a lot of poeple especially the younger ones go crazy about it. Realizing that this is so, the question on K-Pop mania become more and more puzzling to me now. What do Filipinos want? What do Filipinos prefer? What made some of the K-pop groups more interesting to us than others? What are the factors behind this sudden interest?
And the last question is... When will Sorry Sorry and Neorago become as famous as Fire and Nobody here in the Philippines? ~~~ lol~~~ I just added that up because I am quite jealous.. really... ~~~lol~~~
So, gosh!!! What kind of E.L.F (Everlasting Friend-Suju's official fanclub) are you if you don't know about their Super Show II? And of course I know about that and I am one of those fans who anticipated their concert and I was like... "Omona, Kibum watched the show!" and "Omona, oppa, you are so hot!" but the truth is haven't watched the whole lot to think that most of the videos are already uploaded in the net and most of my E.L.F friends already watched it.
But enough of those, what I really want to talk about is the competition of these K-Pop groups: Super Junior, 2ne1, Wondergirls, SS501 and Shinee in the Philippines.
Fire of 2ne1 topped the P.O.T Myx hitchart just last month, Nobody of Wondergirls was also included and Sorry Sorry of Super Junior. I just don't know if the songs of Shinee and SS501 were also a hit.
As I noticed just today, most of my students sing the song of Wondergirls and 2ne1 and as a fan of Super Junior I am a little bit jealous because only few of them know the song Sorry Sorry and there is no sign that they even know the song Noreago which was also shown in Myx. But jealousy aside, I noticed that the songs which became well-known are the songs of girls. Hmmpp... I am wondering why? Could it be because of Sandara Park (member of 2ne1) once won in a reality show in the Philippines? Well, probably. But what about Wondergirls? What did J.Y.P. (the talent company of Wondergirls) do to make it a well-known group here in the Philippines and to think that Nobody was released last year? Why did ABS-CBN released an English version of it? JYP and ABS-CBN, a new partnership?
I also wonder about SS501 and Shinee. They sang most of the soundtrack of Boys Over Flowers (A well-known TV Drama in the Philippines) but they are not as famous as the girl groups above. Wierd, right?
How about the group SNSD (So Ni Shi Dae, I don't know is that is right), it is a girl group but they are not famous here, so as Kara, Jewelry, and many more.
K-Pop is a little known in the Philippines and a lot of poeple especially the younger ones go crazy about it. Realizing that this is so, the question on K-Pop mania become more and more puzzling to me now. What do Filipinos want? What do Filipinos prefer? What made some of the K-pop groups more interesting to us than others? What are the factors behind this sudden interest?
And the last question is... When will Sorry Sorry and Neorago become as famous as Fire and Nobody here in the Philippines? ~~~ lol~~~ I just added that up because I am quite jealous.. really... ~~~lol~~~
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Man...Made in God's Likeness
How could a person become like Jesus? How could we be like him even though we are not God himself? How could we have a spirit as holy as his? How?
It was just any other day. I felt lazy to wake up but I remembered that I haven't got any gift for my student, yet. While I was feeling the laziness inside, I tried to persuade myself to stand up, take a bath and eat my breakfast. After all these routinary activities, I went to the mall to look for the most special yet cheap gift that I can forge my budget in.
"How pathetic!?"
Ok, let us skip some details. With the gift in my hand, me and two of my co-teachers walked towards the venue of the birthday party of one of our students. As we were walking, an old man in quite a poor outfit approached us. He asked us for the direction of this certain hospital in Kawit which I forget the name. We told him how to go there because he said that he is sick and he wants to be treated.
It may be a very usual story but I am still haunted by the thoughts of that very regular day. When I see an old man, I remember that poor old man with a sad eyes. I could have helped more... I could have done better... I could have been better...
I am aiming for self-development yet I am here being me in a sense of complete selfishness. I could have helped that poor old man. I could have shown him to the hospital itself. I could have seen to it that he was treated well yet I stood there while he walked away. I could have abandoned myself and gave it to him just how Jesus abandoned himself for us.
We can be like him. We can be like God. We can have a spirit as holy as his. We can if we just try harder.
It was just any other day. I felt lazy to wake up but I remembered that I haven't got any gift for my student, yet. While I was feeling the laziness inside, I tried to persuade myself to stand up, take a bath and eat my breakfast. After all these routinary activities, I went to the mall to look for the most special yet cheap gift that I can forge my budget in.
"How pathetic!?"
Ok, let us skip some details. With the gift in my hand, me and two of my co-teachers walked towards the venue of the birthday party of one of our students. As we were walking, an old man in quite a poor outfit approached us. He asked us for the direction of this certain hospital in Kawit which I forget the name. We told him how to go there because he said that he is sick and he wants to be treated.
It may be a very usual story but I am still haunted by the thoughts of that very regular day. When I see an old man, I remember that poor old man with a sad eyes. I could have helped more... I could have done better... I could have been better...
I am aiming for self-development yet I am here being me in a sense of complete selfishness. I could have helped that poor old man. I could have shown him to the hospital itself. I could have seen to it that he was treated well yet I stood there while he walked away. I could have abandoned myself and gave it to him just how Jesus abandoned himself for us.
We can be like him. We can be like God. We can have a spirit as holy as his. We can if we just try harder.
Monday, July 27, 2009
A New Beginning
It must be a day like any ordinary day but the fresh air greeted my newly showered body. The chill of the new day is giving me my spirit a lift.
A new day... how long have I waited for it? How sweet... how powerful... how inviting...
A new day... how long have I waited for it? How sweet... how powerful... how inviting...
The WH's
I’ve known myself not an active questions freak student but it so happened that this questions came on my mind.
Do the people in our times care that planet Venus rotate in a perfect pentacle (pentagram) in very four years while the people on ancient times had observed this fascinating fact in their naked eye?
Do we even care that Galileo is a European scientist and not American?
The pagans had worshipped the nature. They protected it against harm because it is their God. We are against Paganism, is that why we are exposed to air pollution, flood, green house effect, acid rains and such?
What if America id still hunted by Jason?
What if Giovanni, Shakespeare, Galileo, Da Vinci are still living today, will they be famous against Michel Jackson, Madonna, and Paris Hilton? What if Einstein became a bartender rather than a scientist? What if Noah became more like the people in his time rather than God’s follower, will we be living today? What if there are witches roaming the Earth?
What if we are all Pagans? What if the Da Vinci Code is true then we are alienated in spirituality? What if Mohammed is the sole prophet? What if Grendel was really a descendant of Cain? What if Pocahontas didn’t help Jamestown? What if the three Maggi didn’t saw Venus the night they were looking for Baby Jesus? What if Venus is rotating in hexagram rather than pentagram? What if Astrology is a subject today?
What if Rizal was born in Spain rather than Philippines? What if the people can breathe underwater? What if the fishes are flying above?
What if one day, we will wake up that Earth is on zero gravity?
What if?
We survive for a long time; people have been people and not dogs. Did it ever occur to us that it is us who made us miserable because it is us who makes our own destiny?
When a town died of cholera, who do we claim the fault? To the government because they didn’t do anything against the spread of plague, but did it ever occur to us that we are the ones who throw garbage in the river?
When a kid killed an old woman, whose flaw was it? To the parents, but did it ever occur to us that he was exposed to a corrupt society?
We invented, we sacrificed, we loved, we killed, we ate, we drank, we are concerned of ourselves but did we asked us what are we supposed to be? We might have been a new Galileo, a Shakespeare, a Rizal or even a Noah. We could have had the heart of the Ancient Greeks and the mind of Peztallozi. We could have been somebody else other than ourselves.
Do the people in our times care that planet Venus rotate in a perfect pentacle (pentagram) in very four years while the people on ancient times had observed this fascinating fact in their naked eye?
Do we even care that Galileo is a European scientist and not American?
The pagans had worshipped the nature. They protected it against harm because it is their God. We are against Paganism, is that why we are exposed to air pollution, flood, green house effect, acid rains and such?
What if America id still hunted by Jason?
What if Giovanni, Shakespeare, Galileo, Da Vinci are still living today, will they be famous against Michel Jackson, Madonna, and Paris Hilton? What if Einstein became a bartender rather than a scientist? What if Noah became more like the people in his time rather than God’s follower, will we be living today? What if there are witches roaming the Earth?
What if we are all Pagans? What if the Da Vinci Code is true then we are alienated in spirituality? What if Mohammed is the sole prophet? What if Grendel was really a descendant of Cain? What if Pocahontas didn’t help Jamestown? What if the three Maggi didn’t saw Venus the night they were looking for Baby Jesus? What if Venus is rotating in hexagram rather than pentagram? What if Astrology is a subject today?
What if Rizal was born in Spain rather than Philippines? What if the people can breathe underwater? What if the fishes are flying above?
What if one day, we will wake up that Earth is on zero gravity?
What if?
We survive for a long time; people have been people and not dogs. Did it ever occur to us that it is us who made us miserable because it is us who makes our own destiny?
When a town died of cholera, who do we claim the fault? To the government because they didn’t do anything against the spread of plague, but did it ever occur to us that we are the ones who throw garbage in the river?
When a kid killed an old woman, whose flaw was it? To the parents, but did it ever occur to us that he was exposed to a corrupt society?
We invented, we sacrificed, we loved, we killed, we ate, we drank, we are concerned of ourselves but did we asked us what are we supposed to be? We might have been a new Galileo, a Shakespeare, a Rizal or even a Noah. We could have had the heart of the Ancient Greeks and the mind of Peztallozi. We could have been somebody else other than ourselves.
An OpEN LeTTeR to the GUY, I...
My Dearest,
It's been long since we last saw each other, just way back then but your face is still what I see in every men.
It's been sometimes when we last talked about a thing that doesn't mean anything ---
maybe for you but not for me.
I don't know if you saw that look in my eyes when we shared glances, it's nothing ---
maybe to you but not to me.
I tried to keep my feelings, locked it inside my heart but still it envelops me whenever I think of you.
I thought before that I knew you but when I read your works you seem to be a very different person but it makes me drawn to you more.
You never even know, how many times I've cried because of my LOVE for you---
maybe IF you did... I don't know....
You never know I made a novel with you as the lead character...
You never know how many papers I wasted writing silly poems of you.
You never know how many sketches of you I hide under my pillow.
Now I've wasted my time to write about you...
The guy I've been longing to touch...
The guy I've been longing to hold...
The guy I wanted to be with...
For the rest of my life.
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It's been long since we last saw each other, just way back then but your face is still what I see in every men.
It's been sometimes when we last talked about a thing that doesn't mean anything ---
maybe for you but not for me.
I don't know if you saw that look in my eyes when we shared glances, it's nothing ---
maybe to you but not to me.
I tried to keep my feelings, locked it inside my heart but still it envelops me whenever I think of you.
I thought before that I knew you but when I read your works you seem to be a very different person but it makes me drawn to you more.
You never even know, how many times I've cried because of my LOVE for you---
maybe IF you did... I don't know....
You never know I made a novel with you as the lead character...
You never know how many papers I wasted writing silly poems of you.
You never know how many sketches of you I hide under my pillow.
Now I've wasted my time to write about you...
The guy I've been longing to touch...
The guy I've been longing to hold...
The guy I wanted to be with...
For the rest of my life.
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