Prinsesa’s Anatomy

My throat is killing me! LOL But I must say I am very much happy about it.

I spent the morning earlier today teaching for the first time in my OJT as a student teacher in the university in two first year bachelor of secondary education classes, teaching the subject natural science 2. I was practically teaching, discussing, and facilitating  for three straight hours, my voice rough now because apart from speaking loud enough for the whole class to hear, there was a building being constructed just beside the rooms where I taught and so I was kind of competing badly against the loud hammering and grinding going on at the construction, so you can imagine the quality of my voice now.

But I am very happy and I can really, really say that my teaching was successful not only because of the results of the evaluation exam of my students but also because of the comments and evaluation I received from my critique teacher. Sir O told me that the students enjoyed the teaching-learning process because of the effort of the teacher, and so much more praises that really made all my fatigue go away. But I guess the most important parameter for today’s success was all the smiles and the laughter of my students that I saw and heard, and the resounding yes that they answered when I asked them if they learned anything today.

Teaching today required a handful of effort and planning but it was all worth it, and no matter how aching my throat is, I would love to do it over and over and over again, because I am happy being Ma’am PM.

I just had to laugh after thinking about the title of this post. But I guess it’s true. If there is a master of the universe and a leukemic master rapper, then certainly there must also be a master carpenter. And I don’t really have to go too far looking for him.

Presenting… a tiny look at Don Domeng’s wood furniture!

This wood furniture set greets people from our gate with Ched

Don Domeng has many hobbies, two of my most favorite are his crafting and gardening! For his furnitures, he gets wood from actual trees who have fallen down like when there is a storm or when people cut their trees when renovating their houses; also bug tree roots who are drifted to shore that he gets from our beach.

Very sleek right?

When people come to our house, the first thing they always notice are our wood furnitures because they are very beautiful, and to think the wood came for free! Plus, Don Domeng also creates wood statues. Hmmm… I don’t know if you really call them statue or whatever. But we have two at home now, one is a dragon named wood and the other is an unnamed turtle. Maybe I will post pictures of them next time.

I believe wood furnitures such as these cost a lot in the market. I guess we are just lucky to have Don Domeng’s creative and artistic hands around to make them for free for the house!

Lately I find myself often wondering about taking a job, because between schooling and waiting for the results of the board exam, I find this itch that makes me want to be more productive in a way that will also send something in my pocket.

Coincidentally, I found this ad on a national weekly magazine that searches for young lifestyle writers to add to their staff so I decided to give it a try and send in my resume.

As I was in the middle of making and sending it yesterday, I received a message from Kulot telling me to meet her at a local coffee shop. I told her I was doing my resume and will come after I sent it.

She probably waited for an hour before I came! She felt cobwebbed when I arrived! LOL

Kulot waiting... and waiting...

I am a regular at that coffee shop and when I arrived they told me that Kulot was waiting for a long time already. So I decided to give her a treat so that she will feel better after all the wait. I think it worked!

Ice cream works best!

Yum!

I am never fond of dressing up, much more dressing up in formal clothes. But yesterday, I found myself wearing this black, ruffled and embroidered top paired with slacks with matching heels. LOL. I kept on asking my Man how I looked. It felt really weird to me, as if I am a wrapped veggie sandwhich!

Oh well. I think the funny clothes was worth it though because I had my very first teaching OJT yesterday! I did not teach already though but only observed my critic teacher in his three classes. But I will teach next meeting which will be on Tuesday! Two of the three classes only and we will be talking about minerals and the skeletal system. I will be teaching Natural Science 2 btw and I am very excited!

Watching my students learn from Sir O, I think they are very active learners and they enjoy activities in class. They are highly participative, well maybe because Sir O makes sure they are involved in every learning activity so the class is highly interactive. I know I have a very good mentor and I am really looking forward to learning many things. I guess the only disadvantage is that since he is very good, my students will be expecting a lot from me and I have very big shoes to fill! I am excited though, teaching is what I really want to do.

After two of the classes, I had a break and went to the canteen. On my way out, I heard two students call, “Ma’am!”

Opsie. I had to stop and look at who they were calling and what do you know? They were calling me!

I was actually pretty disturbed when blogger friends and Tabatino fans joyfulchicken and Carlotta told me that Jin looked like he lost weight. What? Lost weight? Oh no! Was I a neglecting mother who fed the overweight cat inadequately five times a day? Oh no!

Calm down. calm down. I’m not yet sure though if the cat really lost weight or not, so to be sure, here are three pictures that I took last night while the cat was going to sleep and tell me, honestly, did you really think he lost weight?

tabatino rumored to be anorexic

tabatino on rumored diet pills

could it be fitrum?

There. Now tell me, tell me, tell me seriously. Did the cat really got thinner?

The cat returns!

lazy, lazy, lazy

Last Oct. 4, Jin went to his first vet trip in the city. I realized how much he hated noise when he went ballistic as a motorcycle passed by! But he was very behaved inside the vet’s clinic, like he did not mind at all! He was just sitting still at the couch with nobody holding him! I asked the vet if it is okay, how fat the cat is and he said it’s fine.

with Kulot at the vet

this does not look like our room

I think we will have a Tabatina early next year so Jin will have a playmate. More poop picking for Kulot!

It is finally done.

After almost a year of heartbreaks, disappointments and trials, I was finally able to take the November 2008 Licensure Examination for Nurses last weekend, Nov. 29 and 30. I can still feel all the stress steaming out from my body to this time, my heart pounding like mad, maybe even more than the time I was actually holding and answering the exam.

Of course you know I was part of the Northcap review center scam and was not able to take the licensure last June. Funny, but during that time I knew I wanted to take the board because I believed I would have passed it but after some time and now that I am done with it, I am really unsure and completely anxious about the results. I don’t know about the others but the exam was not easy for me. There were concepts I really did not know, some I know but forgot already. I did my best in trying to guess though! LOL.

Prior to the exam, I was praying so hard, and even made special petitions to miraculous figures in the church like to Our Lady of Manaoag in Pangasinan, to our patron here Sta.Catalina of Alexandria, and to the Black Nazarene in Quiapo.

The family in Our Lady of Manaoag, Pangasinan

Piapot with religious statues

For what it’s worth, I can truly say that the road to the nursing boards was definitely a very spiritual experience for me. Each time I went to these churches and prayed, I knew I felt God’s presence. It was weird but I remember wanting to cry so bad each time because I felt so warm inside, especially when Piapot offered a mass for me in the church of Sta. Catalina which I did not know, once I heard my name I wanted to cry so much, for no reason actually. In Quiapo, there were so many making petitions for the boards too. I know so because once the blessing after mass came, they were raising their envelopes and pencils.  It was hair-raising, such faith.

Each time I would think about it, I want to pass the board exam not really for myself but for all the people who were there to help and support me. Maybe there are many examinees who deserved to pass more than me because they are smarter and reviewed more, but the people around me who gave all their unconditional love and support definitely deserved not just to pass but to be number one in the boards. So I am praying big time that all their efforts will not go to waste.

My mother and father are most supportive I do not know what I’ do without them! A day before the exam, Mother Goose and I, together with her former student Dc. Ana and my cousin Jun, tried to locate my testing center. It was funny because we had realy no idea where it was but we still went and had fun trying to find it! When it was exam time, Don Domeng was making fun of it, diffusing my anxiety, plus, April, my former classmate who was also taking the exam said he was handsome! LOL. 

Kuya, my uncle, who I know is a very busy man, most probably dropped all his appointments to drive for us to the testing center to and fro. He could’ve made us commute but he kept on picking me up and waking up at dawn with us too to drive me there even when he was barely able to sleep the night before. Piapot, together with my very good friend and boss Remuel, went to a pilgrimage the same day of the board exam, hiking a 7.5 km mountain while praying all the while that I pass the exam. She said while they were climbing and praying the rosary, it was very hard unlike the last time because they felt so heavy, like they are carrying something heavy with them. She told me last night she felt as stiff as a robot after the climb and down.

Mommy, my aunt, and Kulot also went with me during the exam. When I said the board exam was difficult, Kulot told me if I fail she will go in hiding with me to Abra then come back when people have forgotten about it LOL! My man was so anxious weeks prior to the exam. He would remind me always to shade my set and keep my focus. I remember him telling me to not be nervous because he is already double nervous for us. He kept on going to church and during the exams he kept on telling me he was praying for me.

I knew many of my friends and all the people we know prayed for me, and are still praying for me. So many people love me I am such a blessed girl! Thank you so much for everything! Thank you everyone, thank you!

Hmmm… come to think about it now, with all the love I received, come what may, I feel I am already number one.