back to school. ;)

it's exactly three months since i last wrote here... time passed just like that... well, i was back to being a student... i can say it's hard especially during the first few weeks, worrying over being away from school for almost eight years, afraid that things have been very, very different now... sleepless nights, i suddenly hated friday because it means i'll have a class the next day, the weekdays suddenly became like my weekends... tons of readings, nervousness over reports and papers... i started going to school at age 6 in kinder and graduated in college at the age of 20, a total of 15 years in school, countless exams and recitations, but honestly it is only now that i felt being a certified student, studying and focusing on the requirements... it felt like a whole new experience all over again, as i have said on my first day, it felt like i am in grade one again, trying to learn how to do things... barely one month to go, the semester will be over but it still feels like i am still in the adjustment period now... but what is good about all these new things is at the bottom of it is the sense of accomplishment for where i am now... i know i still have a long way to go, but i am glad that i am no longer where i was before, i am more financially unstable now but maybe i just learned not to worry over it too much... maybe i have learned to trust GOD more now, and so far He hasn't disappoint me... i am now more confident on things that is coming my way, if my plans don't go the way i want it to be then it's not the things that GOD has written on HIS master plan for me, as simple as that... few years back, this was just a dream, but it's now here within my reach, i was given the opportunity and all i need is to keep my determination and faith that things will be okay... Thank You Lord for everything... I am glad that i took the risk because i believe i am doing okay now... :)

hoping for the best! :)

it's been months... what's new?? i have resigned from work and jobless for more than three months now... after so much urong-sulong, i finally had the courage to try my luck on my plans of going back to school - to take up Masters in Asian Studies in UP Diliman's Asian Center... i have finally passed the requirements last March 13, and had the Aptitude and Essay Exam today (yesterday, actually since it's April 9 na today) how's the exam? what do you expect? it's a million times harder than the UPCAT!!! i really had my brain cells cracked into thousand pieces!!! hahaha... but seriously, it's an admission exam in UP, no need to ask, right? :) but today's activity is just the second step of a long journey, (the first step is passing the requirements!) the panel interview is scheduled on the 18th, so wish me luck!!! :)

this has been a long overdue plan...
it's hoping for the best and expecting for the worst...
if i'll be admitted and have the chance to pursue it, i'll be very happy but if not, it's just also okay...
at least i had the chance to try and i am really glad enough to reach this far...

I have always believe on God's Master plan for me, ever since! so THY will be done! :)

education matters...

Hunyo na naman… nagsimula na muli ang klase sa mga paaralan… muli na namang headline sa mga balita ang wala na yatang lunas na mga problema kaakibat ng edukasyon sa Pilipinas…

Kulang sa mga school materials, particularly books... isa pang malaking problema ay ang mga sinasabing mali-maling laman ng mga books. Books are one of the major sources of students’ knowledge, but how can students learn if the books they are using are erroneous? Kulang na kulang din ang mga instructional materials, kinakailangan pang kuhanin ng mga guro mula sa kanilang mga sariling bulsa ang pambili ng mga manila paper, pentel pen, etc. na madalas ginagamit sa pagtuturo.

Kulang sa classrooms. Matututo pa kaya ang mga estudyante kung para silang sardinas na nagsisiksikan sa loob ng kanilang mga classroom. Ang ideal class size daw ay 25 students/room pero sa ngayon ay kakaunti na kung 40-50 students/room. May mga paaralan na kulang na lang ay gamitin ang principal’s office na classroom. Ang ibang mga paaralan naman ay sa ilalim ng puno nagka-klase; may paaralan din sa Quezon City na tinayuan na ng classroom ang school ground, kung saan sila nag-f-flag ceremony, para lamang matugunan ang kakulangan sa classroom.

Ilan lamang ang mga nabanggit sa mga problema na madalas napapag-usapan lamang sa pagbubukas ng klase. Pagkatapos ng ilang araw, wala na ulit pakialam ang mga tao, lalo pa ang gobyerno. Isang school year na naman ang lilipas na walang pagbabago. Hindi magtatagal, may laban na naman si Pacquiao, mahigit isang dosena na namang pulitiko ang pupunta sa ibang bansa upang “magbigay suporta” sa kanya. Bakit kaya sa halip na live nila panoorin ang laban ni Pacquiao ay pagsama-samahin na lang ang gagastusin nila upang ipagpatayo ng classrooms or ipambili ng mga credible na libro? Malapit na naman ang eleksyon, milyon-milyon na naman ang gagastusin ng mga presidentiables, sa halip na gugulin sa political campaigns ang pera, bakit kaya hindi na lang itulong sa mga paaralang mahigpit ang mga pangangailangan. Hindi na issue kung sariling pera o pera ng bayan ang ginagastos ng mga pulitiko, pero iisa ang sigurado, kayang makapagpatayo ng kahit sampung classrooms ang perang gagastusin nila.