SEPTEMBER IS the month for Science Clubbing and our school, being a regional science high school, is actively taking part in the celebration through our annual Science Camp.

This is my second time to be part of this activity as a teacher here. Last year, I had a miniscule role. I just took some pictures. This time, I played a little more active role. But, of course, I can’t simply get into the scene. I’m still in the background. I handled the printing of the camp t-shirts, which I personally designed. I’ll also be hosting the Search for Mr. & Ms. Agham tomorrow night. (Reminds me of my highschool days.)

Earlier this month, I asked my students to put up a Physics Exhibit, which runs until Saturday this week. It’s a contest between my classes and I will be announcing the winners in one of our Sci-Camp activities. The prizes will be from my blogging money. (Thanks to Google AdSense and Sponsored Reviews. Haha.) I’m planning to make it an annual activity, too.

WHAT IS good about blogging is that you get to meet people of all sorts. That is supposed to mean a lot of people. So I wasn’t suprised  to know that among those who were nominated for the Philippine Blog Awards Bloggers’ Choice Award are several friends of mine.

It’s very difficult to choose because I ought to choose only one them.  So I had to think it over and over. Until I came up with a decision.

NO, I am not currently in conflict with anyone at work and I hope it will be like that for the rest of my stay here.

I’d just like to write now about how I was able to avoid conflicts with my co-teachers in my first year of teaching. Here are the five thoughts I always keep in my mind:

1. Know where you stand. I have to always keep in mind that I am a newly hired member of the faculty, which means, I should not assume that I know the subculture within the group. I should listen to my superiors and be always willing to learn. Later on, I could start making a difference once I am able to establish my identity.

THE NEWS that Laarni Lozada, a native of Sultan Kudarat here, was hailed by the people as the Pinoy Dream Academy Season 2 Grand Star Dreamer was the perfect cure to the tension I felt after being deceived yesterday.

We were so happy in our house that night as if Laarni was part of the family. My co-teachers congratulated me as if I personally knew Laarni.

I am amused at the fact that the voting public finally considered talent in choosing the winner in the reality talent search and didn’t just vote in sympathy to the contestant.

Read Laarni is the Grand Star Dreamer of Pinoy Dream Academy on MusikaCentral.

I AM really sorry, my SoCCSKSarGen Blogger friends if I was not able to attend our scheduled meetup because something really unexpected happened.

A man who once came to our church for help last year returned this morning. He spoke in the pulpit and told us that he is paying back the church by donating musical instruments like a drum set, keyboard, guitars, and also chairs and several sacks of rice.

Sweet isn’t it? Until we realized it was a deception.

SEPTEMBER IS a memorable month for me for various reasons.

I started teaching September 12 last year and it opened a new world for me — most especially to the kind of life God prepared me for. I couldn’t believe it’s already been a year now. Time flew so fast but one thing is for sure, it had been a wonderful journey of learning so far. And there road ahead is still very long. I am excited about the things in store for me along the way.

So, I’m thankful to my students who served as my lab rats. Haha.

TOO MUCH work to do. Too little time.

(I actually bought a time-mangement book last week. I hope it could help me make the most of the 24 hours God gave me in a day.)

You can’t imagine what I’ve been through in the last few days that I haven’t even got the time to do what I can do all day on any given day — blogging. Arrgh. There was the stupid songwriting contest I joined. The result was not announced yet. But I’m not really hoping that the result would be positive noting the many twists they did with the contest mechanics. At least, I’ve made some people happy with my performance.

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About two days ago, while on my bike home, I felt my heart stiffen and I found it really difficult to breathe. I knew I needed oxygen but I couldn’t breathe deeply. I had to stop a bit. I couldn’t cry for help because my co-teacher was already way ahead of me. He only noticed that I was no longer near him after a few minutes. He slowed down and waited for me. Thank God my strength was back after a while. I couldn’t believe I survived it.