MOROCCO GOES DIGITAL. SOON!

After Monte Carlo, Tales of Morocco coming very soon. Am so excited and I just can't hide it. Watch this space for more details!

RANDOM THOUGHTS 1

one...

I find it funny that am reading the blogs of the people I dislike. Why am I checking on how they're doing? Am not stalking them, am I?

Moving on. Let me check the blogs of the people I like :-)


two...

Have you ever had that feeling where you want to jump into something yet, there is that force that holds you back and you just can't disect the real problem because you are afraid about what the answer may be? I've been to that whirlpool lately.


three...

A friend e-mailed me asking why I stopped writing. Actually, I did not stop. It's just that am not feeling for it right now. He wanted me to write something romantic because he digs it but, I was contemplating on how uncredible I am of the topic. Yeah, I have been posting thoughts about L-O-V-E in all its angles - idealistic, realistic, superficial and the like but then, my thoughts and words are always compromised by my actions. I'm just another person who gets hurt, who wallows, who becomes bitter, angry, jealous, lonely, ridiculous, unreasonable, depressed...who gets euphoric with simple hellos, smiles, hugs, encouragement.


four...

There are moments when you are caught between "turning the other cheek" or you want to get even by giving him/her his/her own doze of medicine. This happened to me just recently.


five...

Rainy days and Mondays always get me down. Ahmm, make that "and Tuesdays always get me down." It has been raining since this morning and the sight of it just adds to the feeling of wanting to snuggle in your covers and pretend its Saturday. However, back to reality and I'm seen here in my computer trying to finish all my reports.

BECAUSE OF SITTI

I paused for a while amid the hills of paper works that I need to accomplish when the song of Sitti was played (you see, am a global learner so I can’t function if am not motivated by music.) I don’t know if ‘twas sheer coincidence or nature just have its way of telling us our lessons the weirdest way because Sitti’s song sinked in to my emotionally disturbed heart (hehehe) and yeah, as expected of me, I wallowed inside my office.

The lines goes like (and I bet everybody is familiar with this):

Di kita pipilitin

Sundin mo pang iyong damdamin

Hayaan nalang tumibok ang puso mo

Para sa akin…

and the song continued…

Kung ako ay papalarin

Na ako'y iyong mahal na rin

Pangakong ikaw lang ang iibigin

Magpakailanman

Funny…I told myself, because it exactly mirrored how I view things lately. You see, you can never force people to reciprocate your feelings no matter how you try. You just have to be contented that although you can’t elevate friendship to something that is romantic, you just have to value the presence and the memories of the person. I am happy to look in hindsight, that the times we’ve spent are worth it and never dull. I learned to trust, listen, speak out, and be patient. Sometimes, its not ill to be hopeful…to be hopeful that someday, the person you dear will feel the same way.

To you, Bon Voyage!

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Just reposting this entry I wrote last March 1, 2007. I can still remember very well when I wrote this entry with a heavy heart. But again, nature has the most absurd way of telling us our lessons because after posting this, I got my answer. And yes, a happy one!



HOW DO I LOVE THEE?

I was browsing through my old collection of poems and sonnets and I found this piece from Elizabeth Browning. It’s very nostalgic since I have not heard nor read this sonnet for a long time. I first met Browning’s sonnet when I was in high-school when my English teacher allowed us to interpret the sonnet through a role play. From that point until today, I can’t count the ways how much I love thee…

Allow me to paste the entirety of the sonnet and am hoping you’ll be able to see the magic of it :-) 

HOW DO I LOVE THEE?

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.

I love thee to the depth and breadth and height

My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight

For the ends of Being and ideal Grace.

I love thee to the level of every day's

Most quiet need, by sun and candlelight.

I love thee freely, as men strive for Right;

I love thee purely, as they turn from Praise.

I love with a passion put to use

In my old griefs, and with my childhood's faith.

I love thee with a love I seemed to lose

With my lost saints, I love thee with the breath,

Smiles, tears, of all my life! and, if God choose,

I shall but love thee better after death.

HAPPY WORLD TEACHER'S DAY

My goal is to give my students knowledge and get them informed about the current trends in the world. In each discussion, at whatever level, I mark my success by the extent to which I can imagine myself as having vanished into thin air at the end, leaving each student fully able to carry on teaching him/herself. What I want is to show to my students that they have the strength to cope with all the truth they perceive that, if their thinking is not neat or does not square with what they want to think (or think they should think), they have the strength to admit it. I want them to see that the truth is enough. I want them, for instance, to be capable of living. I want to show to my students that they are strong enough to deal with complexity and paradox without denying its existence by attempting to argue away inconvenient truths.

Teachers are role models for their students. I try to present myself to them as someone who enjoys doing what he's doing, who loves learning, who loves teaching, who is compassionate, and who listens.

HAPPY TEACHER'S DAY!

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I wrote this article four years ago when I was still teaching at Angelicum Learning Centre. Looking back, I could firmly say, that it was the best days of my life.

Here's to my fellow teachers! Cheers!

HAPPY WORLD TEACHER'S DAY!