Card giving day

January 20, 2012- Card giving day

I have always liked “Distribution of Cards” day.. why? Because it’s half day.. and I usually spend the remaining half being carefree and relaxed because I barely get ‘customers’.. aka parents who complain or inquire about the grades of their children. But every third quarter, I dislike card day. Why? The grades of the students usually go downhill during the third quarter… the bulk of the failing grades I give are concentrated during the third quarter.. I usually have customers during the third quarter… so during this particular card day, I am not in a relaxed mode at all. I talked to some parents and it breaks my heart to explain why the grades of their children did not reach 75.. seeing the reactions of the students is more painful.. the tears, the anxiety, the disappointment, the regret.. it’s energy-and-happiness draining.. I swear.. it’s like the teachers are the death eaters sucking the life out of children.. I begin to reflect on my role in all of this.. have I gone the extra mile to help these students? Did I do enough? Why did I not inform the parents ahead of time? Did I really consider the context of the learners? …… one can only do so much.

Thanks to Matthew, my student for this sugarcane candy from Australia. 

I wanted to ease the heaviness of my heart before I go home so I decided to look for the perfect pair of jeans.. MarJhun accompanied me to NCCC Mall to look for one but there was nothing in particular that I liked so we ended up sharing a truckload of laughs and two pairs of tired legs.. we went to McDo to have dinner then decided against it.. we then proceeded to Barbeque Boss at MTS to have an affordable meal. One bbq stick costs PhP 6 (minimum of 5 sticks) unlimited rice for PhP 15.00 and MarJhun ordered Sizzling Tuna Sisig for Php 115. Yumyum.

Bbq boss' Php 6/ stick

Sizzling tuna sisig

a bit spicy

Oh btw, the yearbook photos were distributed today. Ugh. I can really say that I have undergone a radical transformation. Sorry for the quality of these photos.. i just took a photo of the photo! hihi! 

yearbook photo last year 2010-2011

yearbook photo this year 2011-2012

I hate it =( 

give back my youthful glow. hehehe

 Comparing these two photos (right= taken last year, left= this year), I can say that I looked so young, fresh, happy and stress-free last year.. this year, I look mature, stressed, haggard and tired!!!  I need major major de-stressing! Napakabungisngis ko nga last year.. but now, my eyes and even my smile looked tired..  my my….. I’ll be kinder to you.. my dear self, I promise! J

Note to self: drink lots of water, get enough sleep!! The average number of hours of sleep I get daily is…… 4!! =(