Note: I'm using the masculine he/him here, but they refer to both male and female forms.
Is there such as thing as a nonsense post? I don't think so.
Every one has his own way of judging what is sensible and what is nonsensical.
I'm not saying that this is just a matter of opinion and taste, but definitely I wouldn't mind a little disagreement here and there.
If a blogger focuses on his personal life, it is his choice. You can't stop him from choosing the option he thinks is best.
Would I support the school of thought which encourages everyone to be a blogger? Ain't the net already profuse with blogs which have nothing to do with the real world, but are just ramblings of a person with extra time on his hand? Of course if I had my way, everyone should be a blogger, writing about anything which interests them and which affects their daily lives. The very fact that not everybody is doing that is the main reason why there is so much nonsense in the blogosphere, because only those who are crazy enough to blurt out their crazy thoughts to the world had caught up with the system. Now imagine if everybody would try to share a piece of his mind everyday on his blog. What a wonderful world it would be to be able to read the thoughts of your girlfriend/wife/husband/father/mother/son/daughter/boss, etc. The primary effect would be more openness and less doubting.
So then, for those who haven't started their blogs, work on them now. Create an account at Blogger.com, post the first article, and continue the next day. Before you knew it, you might be the next dang blogger the world had seen (no guarantees though :)).
Blog note
I will be making this blog similar to my Isles Tech technology blog, that is, with major articles now and then but most of the time with just a one- or two-paragraph posts. Hopefully this strategy will keep me driven to continue this blog.
Meeting a former teacher
(Note: This was written last Thursday, but just uploaded today.)
While waiting for my girlfriend (who has such a wonderful schedule as a guest services assistant at Hilton Cebu) I chanced upon my former Philippine History teacher Miss Yen Cano (yep, she's still a miss, and no, she has nothing to do with the Yen in my story Yen, ang Unom Ka Tuig which appeared in Bisaya Magasin last April 9, 2008, and yes, she's still beautiful, need I say that?).
Miss Cano was my instructor back in 2001 at the University of San Carlos. I still remembered the way she taught Philippine History, which was to focus on the impressions of the first of the Spanish colonizers. Reading through William Henry Scott's Barangay, which contained chapters where were required readings, but which I read from cover to cover, I slowly discovered the greatness of the pan-Visayan culture prior to the arrival of the Spaniards and the rise of Manila hegemony. She was out of USC during my second and third years, but was back during my fourth year - unfortunately she was not my instructor in the Rizal course, the only other history course a student studying up for a Bachelor of Secondary Education degree (concentration in physics and math ;-)). (My physics-chemistry classmates though, for example, Mr. Gone, was under her in the Rizal course.)
When I was already teaching at PAREF Springdale School, the mother of one of my students was a co-teacher of Miss Cano in a preparatory school. (What is she doing in a preparatory school? was my first thought.) Since then we have met twice; on both occassions I borrowed local history books from her - some of the books are still with me.
While waiting for my girlfriend (who has such a wonderful schedule as a guest services assistant at Hilton Cebu) I chanced upon my former Philippine History teacher Miss Yen Cano (yep, she's still a miss, and no, she has nothing to do with the Yen in my story Yen, ang Unom Ka Tuig which appeared in Bisaya Magasin last April 9, 2008, and yes, she's still beautiful, need I say that?).
Miss Cano was my instructor back in 2001 at the University of San Carlos. I still remembered the way she taught Philippine History, which was to focus on the impressions of the first of the Spanish colonizers. Reading through William Henry Scott's Barangay, which contained chapters where were required readings, but which I read from cover to cover, I slowly discovered the greatness of the pan-Visayan culture prior to the arrival of the Spaniards and the rise of Manila hegemony. She was out of USC during my second and third years, but was back during my fourth year - unfortunately she was not my instructor in the Rizal course, the only other history course a student studying up for a Bachelor of Secondary Education degree (concentration in physics and math ;-)). (My physics-chemistry classmates though, for example, Mr. Gone, was under her in the Rizal course.)
When I was already teaching at PAREF Springdale School, the mother of one of my students was a co-teacher of Miss Cano in a preparatory school. (What is she doing in a preparatory school? was my first thought.) Since then we have met twice; on both occassions I borrowed local history books from her - some of the books are still with me.
Physical limits reached :(
Just a quick note that I've reached my limits for this learning module I am preparing for my Master in Education (Math) at the University of the Philippines Cebu. I simply can't finish this on time. Should have prepared it days ago, I know. But there's no since in crying over milk to be spilled. What I should do right now is to get some rest before the start of classes, and explain to Prof. Basadre why I can't submit the module on time. If he gives me a chance, that would be good. If not, well, lesson learned the hard way, but I learned still.
At least I'm going to spend the next eight hours in the company of teachers from other schoos. (Yeah, keeping yourself with the teachers from your school, esp. if you are an all-male school, can become quite boring and uninteresting.) And then there's also that wonderful course just known as Foundation of Mathematics :) (One of these days I'm going to blog about the difference between "I love you," "I love only you," "I love you and only you," the predicate calculus way.)
At least I'm going to spend the next eight hours in the company of teachers from other schoos. (Yeah, keeping yourself with the teachers from your school, esp. if you are an all-male school, can become quite boring and uninteresting.) And then there's also that wonderful course just known as Foundation of Mathematics :) (One of these days I'm going to blog about the difference between "I love you," "I love only you," "I love you and only you," the predicate calculus way.)
Congratulations!
To my good friend Mr. Dindo Soco, who is set to be the new high school principal of PAREF Springdale School. (Yeah, I know it's not yet final, but they say God listens more to sinners, and I'm praying :))
It's been more than a week since I last posted on this blog. And a lot of things had happened since then. I've been to Baguio (and of course, the provinces and cities we passed along the way). I wanted to post something last Friday, before a week is up after my last post, but I did not have the time. On Saturday and Sunday I attended the I am S.T.R.O.N.G seminar-workshop, and today I had to process some things in the city (which includes encashing the cheque I received for my Extended School Year classes :)).
The next three days I will spend in Daanbantayan, for researching on its history. Then on Friday, I will have to go back to the city to take my exams in Logic, which my professor allowed me to take that day because of the seminar I had to attend to last Saturday.
(I am wondering why I don't like to write now... Oh, BTW, my short story Yen, ang Unom ka Tuig got published in Bisaya Magasin.)
The next three days I will spend in Daanbantayan, for researching on its history. Then on Friday, I will have to go back to the city to take my exams in Logic, which my professor allowed me to take that day because of the seminar I had to attend to last Saturday.
(I am wondering why I don't like to write now... Oh, BTW, my short story Yen, ang Unom ka Tuig got published in Bisaya Magasin.)
Whew, what a hectic week
Monday and Tuesday, I worked on the final grades and the cards for my advisory class. On Tuesday night, I, along with two colleagues (Mr. Gone and Mr. Cagurol), had to catch the Cokaliong ship bound for Dumaguete, from where we could get a ride to Siquijor, Siquijor, to attend the 30th Annual National Physics Seminar-Workshop Convention of the Philippine Physics Society. (The actual event was held in nearby Larena, but there was no direct trip at that time). We arrive there around mid-morning of Wednesday.
The whole Wednesday afternoon and Thursday morning was spent on listening to boring lectures. On Thursday we have decided that enough is enough, and went on a tour around the whole province, courtesy of the boyfriend of our former classmate Anthoniette Ontolan, who is now a teacher at the Siquijor Provincial Science High School. There are a lot of good things to say about Siquijor and its people.
We went home Thursday evening and arrived on Cebu Friday morning, just in time for the card distribution. Then today I spent the whole day attending my two classes as part of the Master in Education program of the University of the Philippines in the Visayas Cebu Campus.
Tomorrow our high school department will be having a beach party, partly to give a goodbye party to Mr. Fabriga, who will be leaving the school for greener pastures (hopefully :)).
Then on Monday I will attend the first quarter meeting of the writers for the Cebu Provincial History Project.
On Tuesday to Friday, the whole school will be on tour in Baguio. Saturday will be another class day at U.P.
No wonder I can't get enough sleep. (And my girlfriend is complaining :(.)
The whole Wednesday afternoon and Thursday morning was spent on listening to boring lectures. On Thursday we have decided that enough is enough, and went on a tour around the whole province, courtesy of the boyfriend of our former classmate Anthoniette Ontolan, who is now a teacher at the Siquijor Provincial Science High School. There are a lot of good things to say about Siquijor and its people.
We went home Thursday evening and arrived on Cebu Friday morning, just in time for the card distribution. Then today I spent the whole day attending my two classes as part of the Master in Education program of the University of the Philippines in the Visayas Cebu Campus.
Tomorrow our high school department will be having a beach party, partly to give a goodbye party to Mr. Fabriga, who will be leaving the school for greener pastures (hopefully :)).
Then on Monday I will attend the first quarter meeting of the writers for the Cebu Provincial History Project.
On Tuesday to Friday, the whole school will be on tour in Baguio. Saturday will be another class day at U.P.
No wonder I can't get enough sleep. (And my girlfriend is complaining :(.)
Resurrecting this blog
I was riding a jeepney home to my home town when I remembered about this blog. First and foremost, I am a teacher. The other things in my life (my computer studies, language advocacy, the Cebuano Wikipedia, my literary attempts, my dabbling into local history) are just icing on the cake, so to speak. Yet I produce more words in each of these other fields than in my own turf, except if you consider the essay questions I gave for my World History and Asian Studies classes.
Perhaps the main reason is that I use the other fields as an outlet for recreation at the end of a day of teaching. If you think about it, I spend the day from 8AM to 5PM teaching, and it just makes sense to think of things other than teaching beyond 5PM.
I know that's not an excuse enough, so I resolved that I would keep this blog alive. By that I mean at least three posts in a week. I am also rebranding this blog as a personal blog, primarily because as a person, I am a teacher. So keep posted :)
Perhaps the main reason is that I use the other fields as an outlet for recreation at the end of a day of teaching. If you think about it, I spend the day from 8AM to 5PM teaching, and it just makes sense to think of things other than teaching beyond 5PM.
I know that's not an excuse enough, so I resolved that I would keep this blog alive. By that I mean at least three posts in a week. I am also rebranding this blog as a personal blog, primarily because as a person, I am a teacher. So keep posted :)
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