Jandrea...so far

From http://postsecret.blogspot.com May sinulat ang aking kapwa-guro tungkol sa kanyang nararamdaman kapag may natutulog sa klase nya. Hindi raw sya natutuwa at hindi nya raw alam kung anong gagawin kapag may ganun na. Naku, ako rin! Tinatanong ko na  lang sa sarili ko kung gigisingin ko ba ito o hahayaan na lang? Kadalasan, hindi ko na lang pinapansin at iniisip ko na malamang hindi naman sya nananadya. Meron sigurong sapat na dahilan kung bakit pipiliin nyang hindi mapakinggan ang talakayan sa klase o kaya nama'y mapagalitan ng guro o mas kahiya-hiya, mapagtawanan ng buong klase. Eto ang Top 10 possible reasons:  1) Working student sya at katatapos lang ng shift nya  2) Pinagbantay sya sa ospital ng magulang na maysakit sa buong magdamag 3) Namatayan sila kaya naglamay siya 4) Varsity player sya at simula ng madaling araw ang practice nila araw-araw 5) May undiagnosed Narcolepsy sya since high school pa 6) Humahagok ang roommates n...

  Once in a while, when I am in the midst of dark emotions, I find release in translating them into images. Here's one that spoke of a desolate, gut-wrenching November when I thought a dream had been lost!

Story #1: Nancy Drew   I was addicted to the Nancy Drew stories when I was in Grade school. It was my obsession to read all of the books in this collection. Not being able to afford to buy them, I would just wait for my aunt to give them to me as pasalubong from  the US or I would borrow them from my 2nd cousin, Gelene, who had, it seemed to me then, all the titles listed in the back of every volume.       Not only did I want to read every Nancy Drew adventure ever published, I also wanted to read them as fast as I could every time I got hold of one. So that when I was in the middle of one and it was lights out time,  I would continue reading under the kulambo using a flashlight.      DId I get to read all of the Nancy Drew books? Nah, adolescence got in the way. I was introduced to other reading fare. And they became my next obsession. (See Story #3) Story #2: "Ghost Story"      My aunt who used t...

May 30, '10 2:07 PM "God is manifest in the ordinary, in the actual, in the daily, in the now, in the concrete incarnations of life." ... — from Things Hidden: Scripture as Spirituality         During Mass yesterday, feeling absolutely low, some kids from Catechism class were asked to sit with me. The tears just had to stop. At the end of the mass, one 5-year-old even managed to kick my little toe. Aaaw! Bleeding, how could I not concentrate on my physical pain instead of the one in my heart? Strange ways God picks to make one forget desperation, even for a while!

27 October 2005                                                                                   (Inspired by my dear friend, Chei) A rationalization in the first degree! For what I hope will be my reward for not putting physical attractiveness in the top of my list on how to have a meaningful life. But let's face it. Those who have external cutaneous superiority reap all the advantages in this world. Psychological studies attest to this. And I would be a traitor to my profession if I didn't agree with this assertion. Empirical data shows that they get higher grades. They get...

   Since I discovered Khalil Gibran in my teens, his words have always helped me look beyond what I can see. He has reminded me that there's a world deep inside each of us that can be one's source of comfort in times of need.

Loose & polite translation:             "Do not relieve yourself here. People eat the vegetables planted here.              I swear those who don't heed this warning will be stricken with leprosy." Saw this sign on our street while walking home from church one Sunday. I figure the owner of the little roadside garden had had too many encounters with people who ignore warnings of the verbal kind. Kaya, eto ang sa inyo! (Sfx: Evil laughter with accompanying thunder and lightning!)