Today’s really productive for me and my housemate. We had done all the things we need to do and indeed she chose my summer clothes, 
I am so glad to have a fashionable housemate to choose the right style and color for me. Though I’ve spent quite a lot more money but twas all worth it. Whew! I hope we can do this again next week of course on our days off, . I’d surely wear these on tomorrow. Excited ei? 
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Waxberry Picking with Some Good Friends
This afternoon we had a great escapade in a town nearby our place. We have a close friend who is a nurse and she set up a getaway with her other doctor colleagues in the hospital. The town is a hometown of one of her colleagues who is a doctor. His family owned a farm in that town where we went. The town is just a 20-minute drive from the city center itself. While we were on the car, he played really great and classical music which soothed our ears and made us feel at home. When we arrived there we just took a few minutes dropping by his house and then head off to his wax berry farm which is on top of the mountain. The steep climb made us more excited to pick wax berries right from its tree. Whew indeed! I couldn’t forget how excited I was at that time. So, the minute we arrived there I hurriedly picked the fruit and I forgot to put it in my little basket instead, I put it in my mouth until I felt full and burp to my stomach’s content. Grins. The first few pick was so great and I felt really good when I first touched the wax berries right from its tree. Its trees doesn’t grow tall so it’s really easy to pick, no more extra efforts to do it. I felt like a newborn baby crawling under those trees and picking and eating wax berries to my content. We went home later that day at around three and ate some great fish cuisine in a fine restaurant nearby the town. That escapade was really awesome and memorable. It will be instilled in my memory until I grow old. I guess these wax berries could tell the rest of the story running through my mind right now.
Arrival at Doha, Qatar
The wind was kinda crisp inside the plane while we were making our way down the International Airport of Doha, Qatar last November 12, 2009. Ideas came rushing through my imagination while preparing for touchdown. I can feel the excitement of some passengers inside the plane while others were kinda adamant of facing the fact that they are really here in Qatar. Well, as for me I can say that it’s nothing to me anymore for I’ve been having several touchdowns in my life as an OFW except the fact that I’m now in the land of camels and sands. Whew! I don’t particularly know what’s gonna be my ride this year and the next. The only thing’s for sure to me is that whatever I have and be doing for the next months would be all for God and that His grace would always be with me no matter what happens along the way. I’m kinda optimistic of this plight though I know great trials would surely come my way.
Well, as for me I can say that it’s nothing to me anymore for I’ve been having several touchdowns in my life as an OFW except the fact that I’m now in the land of camels and sands. Whew! I don’t particularly know what’s gonna be my ride this year and the next. The only thing’s for sure to me is that whatever I have and be doing for the next months would be all for God and that His grace would always be with me no matter what happens along the way. I’m kinda optimistic of this plight though I know great trials would surely come my way. Nelson Cried
This evening’s classes has been great and we had some fun with the kids. They were just so attuned and focused on the lesson. They were so happy as they went home tonight. In my first class I really saw improvements with Lizzy and that she actually spoke on the second half of the lesson. Ther rest were just so receptive with all the activities most especially when we were watching the video sketch about ‘The Little Seed’. On my second class a boy cried in my class for I really showed them some discipline. I confiscated a play money for not listening after I told them that I would really get their paper money if they won’t listen to me. So as the story went, one boy didn’t listen thus I got his paper money and he cried after a few moments. He was so pitiful for he just shed tears head down the table. What a pity! On the other side of this, at least they learned something about discipline. Oh well, above all these mushy story, a funny and impressive thing happened in class for Robyn, the one who’s the spoiled brat slowly explained to Nelson what happened and why I got his paper money. Never had I seen her acted that way and that really impressed me for her great improvement. I am so happy today. Indeed, after my second class I and my class assistant talked with Nelson’s mom about what happened in class tonigt. I am so happy that we somehow met halfways and she showed her understanding and willingness to cooperate for her son’s English learning.
Happy!
Tonight’s classes really went very well and it just occurred to me that patience is a virtue which I have been cultivating since I came here. After I reviewed with Dora who is my early learner student, her mom was talking to me in Chinese and I understood what she said but I can’t answer in Chinese so I called my class monitor to translate for me. She thanked me and said that she has never seen such a patient teacher but me. For me what I did was just be with her child and reviewed some picture cards and showed her how to do it with her daughter. I am so glad to know that she really appreciated my efforts in teaching her daughter and the rest of the class. Indeed a simple thank you brightens my day and makes it even more meaningful. It’s one of the many reasons why I am up and about until this time of day,
Funny Alice
Today’s classes has been really awesome and my kids were in the right mood to learn. Much more when I had Alice as my assistant for those two classes with early learners. I’m always glad to have her in my classes because she’s just so flexible and apt to get whatever I want for my kids to do. She is so friendly and we are close to each other at school. I believe she’s my best friend at school. More than anybody else, I love Alice.:)
This afternoon’s first class was so wacky because we had actions and one card says standing on the head. She got the turn while we were playing charades and she then didn’t know how to act it out and one smart gilr in class told her to do it and immediately raised her hand and said, ‘Alice is standing on her head’. We had so much laugh when she finally did it and the kids just bursted into laughter. Until the time we went home that kid – Venus kept on saying and giggling about funny Alice today. Though I can’t understand her in her native language but I can read in her eyes how amused she was at Alice.
Indeed a fun-filled class with them today aside from their receptiveness to our target language. As an overall, I am wholly impressed!:) Whew!
Robyn was really GREAT
Last Tuesday this girl in my class fell into temper tantrums just because she’s didn’t know how to write numbers. She cried for more than 15 minutes and disrupted our class. I hated her for that night and tonight she was just amazingly great! Whew! I said to her grandmother that she’s doing great tonight. They all went happy tonight. I am glad too for we enjoyed our class tonight.
I could remember myself when I was still a young learner that I also cried many times because of the fear of doing something or failing at something if I tend to do it. As a student, I was so idealistic and I wanted everything to be perfect. I always wanted to excel at something if not everything. As I grew up, I tried really hard at almost everything I stumble upon my way. Mainly I devote myself to studies as what my parents have told me to always do good at school for it’s the only treasure they could leave me when they’re gone. I took that seriously and had proved myself that I can make it to the top or outstanding student. Until now that I am a successful ESL teacher in a foreign land, still I strive even harder to pursue my short and long-term goals in life for me and my family.
Afternoon Delight
Today’s weather is crazy again hmmmp! Really makes me sicker each day here. Oh well, I just hope this won’t get worse because weekends are coming fast and the days are flying like eagles. I’m so happy that I controlled myself from buying added extra items today at the supermarket and guess what, I didn’t buy any junk foods! Whew what an accomplishment for me coz all these months I have been eating lots of junk foods which are to think not really that important for my body. I’m so glad looking at my receipt after shopping and I really made it to my targeted budget today. I made it!
Just a few minutes ago, I installed vista codecs in my housemate’s laptop so she could watch all the movies and documentations I gave her last year. Last year! Yes and she been keeping it because she doesn’t know how to and what file should she get to watch all the videos I gave her. Now, I can hear her laughing her stomach out watching that funny movie I guess or that BBC documentation about the clever monkeys.
I just hope everything this week would be fine.
Chilly Weather, Again!
I really thought today won’t be this cold here but then again, the sun didn’t show up since I woke up this morning. Expectedly, the rain came two hours ago while I was glued to playing Warcraft on my laptop. I really hate this unpredictable weather here coz I got colds since last week. I feel a lot better now though but still I don’t like this kind of weather. I just want something cool not this cold. Brrrr! Oh well, there are good things of having this kind of weather coz I get to be more eager to clean and do some other things like planning my lessons for the weekends as well as update my online accounts. I just hope tomorrow would be sunny so we could get to the supermarket without our umbrellas. 
I hate rain, you know. We really have to visit the supermarket and buy some food and personal stuffs for this week and the next. I am crossing my fingers now hoping for Mr. Sunshine to show up early tomorrow morning. Alright, time for me to doze off now, Till then,
Oh My Colds, Bad Weather!
I got this malady for few days now just because I turned on the heater in my room and when I wanted hot water, I went out and got some in the living room where the temperature is colder than in my room. So there goes the story of my colds. I hope this will be gone in few days. I am drinking medication both tablets and syrup for my cough as well. Sighs!