After college

I am such a loser in making titles *sigh* Oh well, just keep reading. One of the reasons why I'm writing this blog post is to see what my musings are during the past few years that I made contact with this site. I have been majorly been doing this when I was in college and still as of now, I am still doing it so that I could see my works when I reach the age of 40-ish and something to look forward to in the future.

Right now, I am done with my summer class in english literature. I am now a summer graduate with a bachelors degree in education major in Special Ed. Yeah, yeah, I am a sped teacher and I love my profession because the fact that I love kids, I am also one younger looking teacher (Naaaah! Kidding). I just wanted this career because my instincts told me so. Okay, so I just finished my 4 years and 2 months of apeshit studying and proceeding with the real thing, job.

After the whole summer class, I badly needed a job. Well, everyone keeps on telling me that I should wait for that to come but who cares? I need one because I so wanted to help my siblings and some of the bills at home. I never get to land one but so to speak, there are opportunities out there that are waiting for me. So, I guess I can wait.

I thank everyone who are always there for me because I never loosed hope and the fact that my parents are still very supportive financially and morally, I am very happy that they are always there for me. That includes my tita, tito, cousins, and friends. Oh, add him up for that, who never left my side and always there for me. Thanks! I guess I'm very lucky to have a life, I have right now and with those people who are very dear to me and believed in me. I should be thanking my Lola Betty too because she is an inspiration to me in every way she does for me. Wow, it looks like I'm making a very touchy speech here. But enough for that.

I got this job, well, it's very related to my degree. I get to be an assistant teacher in a very prestigious school. When I say prestigious, I meant standard and very advanced in terms of learning and competitiveness. Wow, gotta bow down for that. Yeah, I am a teacher aide in a very very very special class. Why special class? Because I get to teach children with autism. And, oh my gosh! I never felt so excited in my after-college-life.

Talk about never gonna sit in class for 5 hours, not listening to instructors lecture and never studying for another quizzes, never making assignments. Well, hello my friend, I am the one doing it now because I have now the power to do things like a pro. Well, maybe in a regular class but in special class? Slight touches.

Handling a number of 20 special kids in class might sound very difficult and tired. Well, yes! I gotta say It was very difficult. Specially when the kids are very hyper and can't control there behavior. I was about to quit but my mind says that "You can do it JC". Yeah, yeah, as a self-absorbed person that I am I wanted to cry and resign to It. But I felt pity on my teacher because he is the only one handling 20 students in 4 session and that's very difficult. Because they are special kids and you can only teach them in a one-on-one teaching-learning strategy.

Thinking about getting up and waking up early makes my body want to still sleep. But my mind aims for something very special like, "Get up JC, It's a new day. Experience. Experience Experience". Haha! That was all I could think of every time I get second thoughts about getting up in the mornings. Maybe teachers would think about, "Hey, wake up you. Pay day. Pay day. Pay day". Wow, no wonder some teachers are so grumpy in the mornings and now I can relate to that. Hahaha! Kidding educators.

I was able to survive 4 days with them and the remaining days, weeks.. Probably gonna survive for months and years, well, I have to. This is so new to me, but I am able to connect with those special children and able to teach them. I admit, I'm not a very strict teacher but when It comes to kids.. I am very passionate about them. I don't scold them, whenever they made a mistake or even send them to the principal or call their parents when they are in trouble but simply talk them out of it and warn them and shit. Ooops, sorry.

Well, at least I see myself having my very own classroom, and having my very own advisory class. But as for now, I am doing this as an experience for the future reference on my job description. tee-hee-hee. The experience of volunteering as a teacher aide in a school where I can easily land a job after a few years. May God give me strength in continuing to pursuit my dreams in life, especially right now. Handling autism.

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Now, to make the long story short, I am happy to get this opportunity as a teacher aide and well, I get to see him every day. The end. I guess, experiencing in a job your course is related to adds additional points when you tend to use it as a reference in the near future, or better yet, landing a job.

Marching March

Boy, I make such ugly titles, but hey! It has gotta do with the whole march thingy which I have got a lot to catch up with. It seems that I have been very busy with the whole march madness thingy and I've been distracted by loads of stuff.. Well, being with the loved ones and people (Seey!). The month really made a blast, which includes the graduation ceremonies from my batch mates and my siblings (oh. it's a shame I wasn't able to march this march) and well, since it's my grand-moms first death anniversary and it was the time to reminisce the memories. My tita got back from NY to visit Lola, though my other tita can't come because she's so busy with babies. Haha! Okay, so the whole thing of my tita's arrival was to visit lola and have fun during her stay in the Philippines. You might be wondering where the hell did my march gone to. Well, here's what you are waiting for:

Neveah's Graduation. Well, Neveah got ahead of me, she just started schooling and yet she graduated so fast. Oh, surely time is a quickie. Hahaha! I'm just so proud of her because she has a medal (With Honor). She is such an outstanding girl with such talents (She got it from me).

 With Neveah's teacher. Her teacher looks nice and well, she's very pretty.

 With Mother

 With Kagawad Allan Igot.

 "Neveah, where are you looking at?"

 Spring View Pool. The area is very crowded because there are a lot of people coming and the weather was pretty hot. Good thing the food we had were delicious. Yum! I had to swim because I had to babysit the kids and watch over them because they might drown (Duh?!) Look how hot we all are. Ain't we such a cool family right?

See? Many people right?

Father's famous kinilaw

Tita Sallys famous veggie salad.

The hottest sisters ever!

Peace out home dogs!

I know, I know.. Dad had to look twice with what I'm wearing right now with this.

I'm not fat, okay?!

You could say that I gained weight (again) Darn!

Skinny dipping

The Beach, XU Marine Station. Now, heading off to the beach.. Since we're finish with the pool. But we only got there to have picture taking and unwinding moments. This is a new beach resort in jasaan and we had to travel there just to take pictures and stuff. Cool right?

Rent a cab for the whole family.

Rebollido Family, and my brother is wearing the name. Oh yeah! :)

Lola Bettys first death anniversary. The very first death anniversary of dear Lola Betty. We had to wake up early to be able to celebrate a whole day for lola. We woke up, about 5am and oh.. It was also Tito Bim's birthday which kinda reminds me that March 30 had to be the most memorable day of Lola. Not only it's Tito Bims birthday but also the death anniversary of Lola.
So, we woke up 5am because we made a manyanita to Tito Bim. Sang songs and greeted him happy birthday. And so on, we prepared breakfast for that morning. like, we had to go to the cemetery and had breakfast their. Maybe the food were some of Lolas favorite dish and all.

That would conclude of what happen. I am still catching up with it. And if you wanna know what I'm doing now? Well, I'm having my summer classes for my last subject which makes me a "Summerian". Goodnight stalkers :)

Highlights of my 2012

The year of my 2012 has finally ended and it feels so good that doomsday was just a mumbo-jumbo shit. In this post, i am gonna talk on how we should look forward for what's in store for us this New Year nor i am going to talk about new year's resolution because that's another cliche thingy. Who ever does it anyways?

Being a self-absorbed person that i am, i wanna tell you the significant things that happened to me this year. That would include all the goods and bad stuffs that happened. Okay, okay, you might say "But JC, it's already 2013 move on already!". well, i am going too i just happened to tell you how my life went breezy that year 2k12. May i start?

1. i learn to use make-up. hahaha! oh shit. okay, don't laugh! i told you that it would include the bad stuff, right? it's normal for women to use make up but i learn to apply one in my fucking face. so anyways, i loke colors but i only use light ones. it makes you look pleasant and elegant. i just learn to use one, because as a future educator, you should be fresh in front of the students and fucking hot.

2. Ally's graduation. my sister finally graduated from elementary and i love her. she's smart and funny, sometimes annoying to be with. in my family, i am close to all my siblings.

3. Lola passed away. okay, well, this was the hardest part of the year because i lost my only friend, mother, grandmother, teacher, mentor, chef, and a comforter. she died during tito bim's birthday and her intermittent on dad's birthday, ironic right? i cried a lot because i was the one who took care of her during her complicated medical condition.

4. Taught in a school. i thank God because i finally coped up with this stuff. they say, the most difficult part in a future educator student is the internship. they were telling the truth. it was really such a difficult thing, because i had to plan for my lessons, and the lessons for the next day, and the lessons for the next, next day, and the lessons for the next week. also, the strategies on how i teach them, creating questions if they really understand my discussion, computing grades and shit, managing events, and the fucking math part! oh my gosh! i almost quit, but luckily i had many people  who helped a lot when i needed them. i manage to pull through and thanked everyone for the sacrifice they have given me. but still, it was a wonderful experience.

5. Learned ASL. during my second shifting as an intern, i was assign in a hearing impaired class and i almost cried because i don't know how to do the fucking sign language shit. okay, okay, i am suppose to be a Sped teacher i should know how these things work and yet i manage to do that. i had to practice doing the sign language for my lessons and make lots of instructional materials which my dad had to be furious because i sleep 3am and wake up by 5am and then go to my intern-school and teach those kids. it was difficult, at first but i did a very good job. an experienced with the hearing impaired class made me look knowledgeable. tee hee hee!

6. i got my heart broken.yes, i have to admit. i got my heart broken by somebody whom i loved for a very long time. i am not going in details but i have realized somethings, such as; (1) the more dependent you are on that person, the little your world becomes, and i thank this part because i became independent of myself. (2) people have expiration dates and they can't be in your life forever. well, some won't last long when you want them to but i guess it has special purposes in become a part of your life. as for my case, i moved on and fell in love with somebody (whom i think will be forever---skip the second part. tehehehe!). (3) forgiving is way better than forgetting, at least you stayed friends and no more emotions attached, or sexually attached. (4) chances. i had to be negotiable to let them stay in my life for as long as THEY wanted, let's say, 5 or 6? is that negotiable enough? or am i really that a miss nicey-nicey girl? :) nah! kidding, but if one deserves then yes it would come to a 5, 6 or even 7..

7. i learn to be independent. well, technically, i haven't got a job but i'm planning to have one this year 2013. i just learn to be independent wherein i do my tasks given to me, do all my works, that includes projects and requirements. i become a very busy person because of this lifestyle and i am doing well. i can clean, cook (survival skills), and looking forward for a job.

8. expect the unexpected. i really did expect that i'd be marching this coming graduation and join my friends (daes) but  she (you know who) told me that i can't make a full-loaded subject. oh what the heck! i cried when she told me this and i hate her for like.. EVERYTHING! surprise, surprise. i only lack one subject and i think i'm going to enroll it by summer and that's what makes me a summer graduate then. i'll be marching by the next year (2014) together with shannen, i think.

9. abstinence. i'm kidding, i can't do it! but, only for three months. you know what i mean. hahaha! nah! i'm really kidding, seriously. joke. 

10. fell-in-love again. that's that. a new, new which i fell inlove again and he makes it all complete, like, i wanna be with forever. you know what i mean. period.

11. friendship over. okay, aside from the 3 years and a half being with daes. our friendship got separated because of a guy that made our friendship with whatshername just ended. we were never involve but she doesn't like us with our friend. your friend had an ex who turns out to be the other friends's lover which is really awkward. yeah, the concept of hey-my-exboyfriend-just-fancied-my-closest-friend and they look good together. yuk! that's very.. hostile. and that ends our friendship with that sour bitch (kidding though).

12. i realized my dream. i never thought of becoming a teacher because they always compute grades and warn students about their behavior. ugh! now i know how a teacher feels when students never listens to discussions. it pissed me so much i could cry. well, being an educator was never in my career list but i was always thinking of being a nurse, since my aunts are nurses which i kind of find it cool and great. but that stuff just slipped away after taking this education course. i am finally gonna be a teacher soon, thanks to those people who had that great impact on educators. like the sayings "there would be no doctors, accountants, lawyers, and engineers without teachers" because teachers are the ones who creates your grade in order to proceed to the next level. yes! and this is what i want, being a teacher. aside from teaching, i also love kids.

that's my highlight of my 2012, and it was awesome. i have hundreds of significant things that happened to my life during the year but that's just it. hope you enjoy reading my silly ramblings about the last year of my life. thank God, end of the world ain't true.so, what's yours?