It seems that I am giddy now about my upcoming vacation in November. I have a lot of plans yet I am very busy lately to laid it out. Hopefully, every thing will be in the right place as the day comes near. I may have been bored that's why I am planning this vacation so early. Mexico has found a soft spot in me so I planned my upcomiing vacation there and hope for a very exciting one.
Yesterday, I decided to sign up for a three weeks Spanish Class in Puebla, Mexico in November just in time for my vacation there and then a seven day vacation in Cancun, Mexico after that, making my vacation a full one month. I can't wait for the day I will start my vacation and enjoy the benefits of not being bothered by the stress of work but yet getting paid full time while doing it. How sweet indeed!
My anticipation was been long overdue and I am more apprehensive of what to expect when I'm there. I'm reading some comments of the students who took the class before and it seems that 85% of them were satisfied about the course. I hope I will be contented and satisfied about it, too. I just can't wait to meet and see new friends and create a new set of correspondence.
Seeing Puebla again was another thing in my mind, and a sweet icing to my cake, because I feel that I needed to go back there and see the nearby places I haven't been when I was there last year especially the town of Cholula and the state of Hidalgo where I am planning to explore before but because of my short vacation in the past I haven't done it.
I've been to Puebla before and the sceneries there were spectacular. The reason I wanted to go back there is that I love the place and it's rustic ambiance as well as the beauty of the Popocapatl volcano that serves as a magnificient backdrop of this serene, quiet, and progressive town. The unique colonial aura of the place was been apparent by it's surrounding architectural structures and it showcased a lot of beautiful vintage buildings reminiscent of the pre-Columbian and Columbian period.
Another reason I wanted to go back there is because I never got the chance to see the town of th enearby Cholula and the famous monastery on top of the burried pyramid which was believed to be the biggest pyramid around the world despite it was burried under the gorund. Archaeologists had confirmed it through manuscripts and researches that it was the largest pyramid ever existed in ancient times and there were a lot of excavations made in the past that had proved the theory. I also wanted to go back to the Aztec pyramids in Teotihuacan to reminisce my previous visits there. I am very excited now and I just can't sit still. It will happen four months from now and counting.
Another reason I am getting back there because of the authentic local foods I have eaten there before. I'm still dreaming of that tasty and delicious "chicken mole" I've tasted at a restaurant near the old downtown in Puebla and it still reverberated at the back of my mind. Food is one of my weaknesses and it always capped all of my vacations previously. My vacation is not complete without trying the staple delicacy of the place I am visiting. It always completes my journey, I don't know why. It also gives me the opportunity to explore the culinary culture and the ways and customs of the people there by just trying and immersing in their own culture. And I love to do it and respect that fully. In the end I will also get the same respect.
Planning is a very hard part. I am still researching what place to focus on exploring when I am there and I have several in my mind already. I already consider the safety of the place I am going because I've heard a lot of negative feedbacks about some places in Mexico and that will be an important consideration to have in mind in planning for a vacation. Danger is always imminent and unpredictable and we don't know when it happens, so an enormous precaution should be given into consideration. And I myself will be considering it in my planning stage.
Being adventurous also entails a lot of danger but safety is of utmost importance for everybody and for someone who's doing and experiencing the vacation process. I myself is a very adventurous person and I always learned from it a lot. No one wanted to put themselves into danger and if there is anyone then he or she must be crazy.
An ounce of danger is quite a tickler and it doesn't even kill the curiousity but great caution and a sense of instinct is needed to avoid them. Maybe having "the sixth sense" as what some people says can probably make you safe as well. I'm just presuming here but sometimes it works I think. I myself have a lot of instances that my instincts is always 100% true and I'm a very stubborn person all the time not following my "sixth sense". Silly me though......
Well, my plans was almost a reality. I already set the dates and also had purchased the tickets. So, off to preparation stage next and can't wait what to include and bring when going there. Haist..... this is getting harder I believe. Million sighs......
Sunday, July 28, 2013
Sunday, July 21, 2013
Gratitudes For What I Do
Today, I came in early at Los Angeles Community Hospital where I will be meeting the first group of my clinical students from Medical Allied Career Center. Actually, this will be my first day with the group as a clinical instructor and officially, my first day for this new employer as my part-time teaching, job apart from my full-time teaching job at Homestead Schools, Inc.
The new school is located at Norwalk, CA and I will be doing a part-time work there as a theory and clinical instructor during the weekends because I can't afford doing it on weekdays due to the fact that it will alter the schedule of my other jobs. It's kind of difficult to juggle my times from my different jobs but I'm still here anyways.
My new boss was kind enough to accommodate and allow me teach there, so I am very thankful for her to give me a chance and opportunity to teach this group of students for their first clinical day. I told her that I am very passionate in teaching students especially in the clinical rotations, judging with my track record, and that students had like me in the past because of my compassion to teach them.
Getting or accepting this job entails a lot of gargatuan responsibilities and harsh expectations, so I am very confident that I can pretty much successfully fulfill it with much dedication and utmost professionalism. I don't know how I will do it but I have faith in my Lord God that he will walk me through it in order to be victorious in the end, doing it with unexplainable passion.
It's kind of struggle having to multitask my schedules from one job to another and I guess I have to have a lot of determination, compassion, and faithfulness to the Lord God for making it all possible for me. It was a great blessing that He is very caring for me and I felt so blessed. God.... thank you very much for your great help. I could not ask for more.
I am glad that everything had turned out well today during my first day with the students and they were all appreciative of the every efforts that the amiable staff have showed them despite they're still feel they're novices. The unconditional patience from the staff were so enormous and that they were really a good and instrumental medium for the students to grasp the "ins and outs" of the Subacute Unit they are working at. I felt so lucky that the staff had cooperated as well. It was really a surprise!
Despite the first day was not over yet the students had nicely commented that they feel like they were already working at the unit for a long time. See... what magic just did! My students were the most eager students I've ever had. They were in a range of 18 to 73-years-olds and it was kind of a very diversified group I've had. A very interesting group as well.
Hopefully, next week I will progress them to the next level until they fully grasped and imbibed the routines and the regular activities of the unit. It will be a slow process though..... so patience is a must here and hopefully it will bring more magical moments along the way.
Honestly, I can't complain for more. Despite how tired I am, I really felt so much appreciated and respected by this group. The feeling of getting satiated after a full meal was been apparent to me at this time. It feels really good and comforting if you may know it. It was the best consolation ever I've got in my whole entire life.
Meeting them half way was a tough job despite of some negative endoresements I've got from their previous instructors. I worked through it though and I am glad everybody's happy in the end. It was a great feeling indeed!
I guess it takes a lot of guts and courage to have done it with flying colors and frankly, I didn't have any idea at all how it will end up and how I will do it. For me. it was just a job to do and I did it so naturally and kind of came out of it without any trouble or problems. It was very fascinating eh. I think everyone deserves a comforting pat on the back.
Oh well, I'm just being so proud of myself and very thankful that everything had worked out that well. I guess I was just the luckiest person right now and I'm grateful for it. Oh what a good day indeed!
The new school is located at Norwalk, CA and I will be doing a part-time work there as a theory and clinical instructor during the weekends because I can't afford doing it on weekdays due to the fact that it will alter the schedule of my other jobs. It's kind of difficult to juggle my times from my different jobs but I'm still here anyways.
My new boss was kind enough to accommodate and allow me teach there, so I am very thankful for her to give me a chance and opportunity to teach this group of students for their first clinical day. I told her that I am very passionate in teaching students especially in the clinical rotations, judging with my track record, and that students had like me in the past because of my compassion to teach them.
Getting or accepting this job entails a lot of gargatuan responsibilities and harsh expectations, so I am very confident that I can pretty much successfully fulfill it with much dedication and utmost professionalism. I don't know how I will do it but I have faith in my Lord God that he will walk me through it in order to be victorious in the end, doing it with unexplainable passion.
It's kind of struggle having to multitask my schedules from one job to another and I guess I have to have a lot of determination, compassion, and faithfulness to the Lord God for making it all possible for me. It was a great blessing that He is very caring for me and I felt so blessed. God.... thank you very much for your great help. I could not ask for more.
I am glad that everything had turned out well today during my first day with the students and they were all appreciative of the every efforts that the amiable staff have showed them despite they're still feel they're novices. The unconditional patience from the staff were so enormous and that they were really a good and instrumental medium for the students to grasp the "ins and outs" of the Subacute Unit they are working at. I felt so lucky that the staff had cooperated as well. It was really a surprise!
Despite the first day was not over yet the students had nicely commented that they feel like they were already working at the unit for a long time. See... what magic just did! My students were the most eager students I've ever had. They were in a range of 18 to 73-years-olds and it was kind of a very diversified group I've had. A very interesting group as well.
Hopefully, next week I will progress them to the next level until they fully grasped and imbibed the routines and the regular activities of the unit. It will be a slow process though..... so patience is a must here and hopefully it will bring more magical moments along the way.
Honestly, I can't complain for more. Despite how tired I am, I really felt so much appreciated and respected by this group. The feeling of getting satiated after a full meal was been apparent to me at this time. It feels really good and comforting if you may know it. It was the best consolation ever I've got in my whole entire life.
Meeting them half way was a tough job despite of some negative endoresements I've got from their previous instructors. I worked through it though and I am glad everybody's happy in the end. It was a great feeling indeed!
I guess it takes a lot of guts and courage to have done it with flying colors and frankly, I didn't have any idea at all how it will end up and how I will do it. For me. it was just a job to do and I did it so naturally and kind of came out of it without any trouble or problems. It was very fascinating eh. I think everyone deserves a comforting pat on the back.
Oh well, I'm just being so proud of myself and very thankful that everything had worked out that well. I guess I was just the luckiest person right now and I'm grateful for it. Oh what a good day indeed!
Monday, July 15, 2013
Can't Stop Worrying To The Least
Lately,my schedule was been very hectic. It seems that a lot of opportunities had been knowcking on my door and I got overwhelmed with the offers. I kind of think of it first because I know in the end my body will succumb to all the hard work I've been doing and that I myself will suffer for the consequences of my actions.
I am not getting any younger anymore and as I aged I felt that my energy and drive to work hard was been lessened. In as much as I have to save money for my scholars back home I still feel the toll in my body so I have to take it easy for now. I am overwhelmed but my thoughts were all focused to all the small kids that I promised for a bright future. I hope all my efforts will be rewarded in the end. I just wanted them to have a bright future and that's it.
Being a good "Tito" to them is my prime goal and I hope they won't abuse my kindness and goodness. I hope they are doing their part to study hard as I do my part to suffice them with their financial needs. I hope all my dreams for them will not be converted into a nightmare for I will be heavily devastated. My love for my nieces and nephews have no known bounds and I will do my very best to let them cross the other side of the river.
It fattens my heart to imagine my goals for them but the question is.... how long will it take for me to do these? how many times should I make myself succumb to being a martyr to them? I am not questioning the validity of my decisions but it seems that I am confuse of my role for them. I don't know if I am the parent here or just the financial supporter. I really don't know.... that's why I blog it here.
I may be blind of my actions and honestly I am really not sure what's my role in their life. It seems that I did this thing for them out of sympathy because they are family to me and I don't want them to experience what we experienced before going to a public school in the Philippines. I just don't want them to get astray and that I just want them to have a very bright future.
I even doesn't knwo if I could see them graduating or not. I don't know if I could even fulfill my promises to them because being sick for a time doesn't even suggest permanence. I guess my assistance was just temporary and I hope they will understand in the future that I have to take care of myself because I am sick. And I hope they will be in good hands when that time comes.
Still able to do it right now but I am in difficult situations as well. All I ask is that I hope God will let me finish all my hopes and aspirations for them and that would be a sweet success if it will happen. I cannot ask for more. So bless me God!
I am not getting any younger anymore and as I aged I felt that my energy and drive to work hard was been lessened. In as much as I have to save money for my scholars back home I still feel the toll in my body so I have to take it easy for now. I am overwhelmed but my thoughts were all focused to all the small kids that I promised for a bright future. I hope all my efforts will be rewarded in the end. I just wanted them to have a bright future and that's it.
Being a good "Tito" to them is my prime goal and I hope they won't abuse my kindness and goodness. I hope they are doing their part to study hard as I do my part to suffice them with their financial needs. I hope all my dreams for them will not be converted into a nightmare for I will be heavily devastated. My love for my nieces and nephews have no known bounds and I will do my very best to let them cross the other side of the river.
It fattens my heart to imagine my goals for them but the question is.... how long will it take for me to do these? how many times should I make myself succumb to being a martyr to them? I am not questioning the validity of my decisions but it seems that I am confuse of my role for them. I don't know if I am the parent here or just the financial supporter. I really don't know.... that's why I blog it here.
I may be blind of my actions and honestly I am really not sure what's my role in their life. It seems that I did this thing for them out of sympathy because they are family to me and I don't want them to experience what we experienced before going to a public school in the Philippines. I just don't want them to get astray and that I just want them to have a very bright future.
I even doesn't knwo if I could see them graduating or not. I don't know if I could even fulfill my promises to them because being sick for a time doesn't even suggest permanence. I guess my assistance was just temporary and I hope they will understand in the future that I have to take care of myself because I am sick. And I hope they will be in good hands when that time comes.
Still able to do it right now but I am in difficult situations as well. All I ask is that I hope God will let me finish all my hopes and aspirations for them and that would be a sweet success if it will happen. I cannot ask for more. So bless me God!
Opportunities Abounds
They say that there's always the right time for you to rise and it's up to God when you can have it. But for me, I am a firm believer that life has a purpose and we all have a moment to shine. And when that time comes, I will be the happiest person in the whole world.
Since I came here to America to practice and work as a nurse I felt so blessed that I've been given the opportunity to care people who are sick and I am so grateful that I've been given the chance to learn and improve what I've learned from school. Nothing else beat the opportunity I've had and as I nurtured and equipped myself with insurmountable experiences and knowledge I may say that I am now a very confident and lucky nurse in the field that I have chosen whiich is Pediatrics and Geriatrics.
I am just so thankful that everything went well in my pursuit to be a very effective nurse in the clinical settings. I still consider that every day is a learning process and I never stopped to learn to improve my skills and my experiences. I felt that I still needed to learn new things because my profession is always evolving. There are a lot of opportunities around and I always make use of them in my learning process.
Nursing is a very noble job and I am very proud to belong to a few selected branches of nursing which really emphasized the value of empathy and compassion. My calling was a very hard one but as I grew up every year I can now understand the importance why I have to learn first from myself before learning from my patients. Now I know the hidden meaning about it which I've learned from my instructors before. You never knew it until you'll experience it. That's why they say that experience is the best teacher.
Now I can relate to my students what I've been through before as a nursing studnet. And now that I am equipped with the right knowledge I can now teach them with confidence because of my experiences. I still remember what my mom had told me. "When you grow up you will know what you've been through." And these lines have stuck in my mind all the time. I think that was the best lesson I've learned from my dear mother and without her martinet ways of disciplining us I think I am not in my current position today. Thank you mom!
Yeah, they are a lot of opportunities around and it's up to us to make use of it. Life is a constant struggle and we have to be resourceful of what's been at hand. I am a person who never complains and I love the idea of using what been at hand to make us more highly effective in making decisions about ourselves, our patients, and others. I can really relate to that. Life is always full of surprises. Can't still fathom why people always complain instead of just making use of what they have. I guess it is typical that people here in America were always pampered with their needs and that is why they always complain just in case they don't know how to handle the situation.
I can still say that I am very lucky because I can handle myself even in extreme conditions. I owe it to my father who always did not lack teaching me to always be ready and anticipate if the worst of life will strike. So then, don't pass up on opportunities for it only happens ones and you will never turn back the time to ammend for it.
There are a lot of opportunities around that we can get some strength, some experiences, and some truth. Hopefully, my was been a very productive endeavor and I can't complain for any less. Thank you Lord for all your guidance and help and I'm always grateful for everything that you have provided for me. I always appreciate your unconditional love and thanks for always staying at my side. Thanks for all those silent moments where I needed you most. Those had actually helped me relax and heal.
Thank you Lord foreverything and I am hoping that all will be well as I continued to seek some answers and fill the void that I've been holding. It is a great feeling indeed to know the differences. And opportunities are always there ready to teach each and everyone of us about life's facets. Ciao guys!
Since I came here to America to practice and work as a nurse I felt so blessed that I've been given the opportunity to care people who are sick and I am so grateful that I've been given the chance to learn and improve what I've learned from school. Nothing else beat the opportunity I've had and as I nurtured and equipped myself with insurmountable experiences and knowledge I may say that I am now a very confident and lucky nurse in the field that I have chosen whiich is Pediatrics and Geriatrics.
I am just so thankful that everything went well in my pursuit to be a very effective nurse in the clinical settings. I still consider that every day is a learning process and I never stopped to learn to improve my skills and my experiences. I felt that I still needed to learn new things because my profession is always evolving. There are a lot of opportunities around and I always make use of them in my learning process.
Nursing is a very noble job and I am very proud to belong to a few selected branches of nursing which really emphasized the value of empathy and compassion. My calling was a very hard one but as I grew up every year I can now understand the importance why I have to learn first from myself before learning from my patients. Now I know the hidden meaning about it which I've learned from my instructors before. You never knew it until you'll experience it. That's why they say that experience is the best teacher.
Now I can relate to my students what I've been through before as a nursing studnet. And now that I am equipped with the right knowledge I can now teach them with confidence because of my experiences. I still remember what my mom had told me. "When you grow up you will know what you've been through." And these lines have stuck in my mind all the time. I think that was the best lesson I've learned from my dear mother and without her martinet ways of disciplining us I think I am not in my current position today. Thank you mom!
Yeah, they are a lot of opportunities around and it's up to us to make use of it. Life is a constant struggle and we have to be resourceful of what's been at hand. I am a person who never complains and I love the idea of using what been at hand to make us more highly effective in making decisions about ourselves, our patients, and others. I can really relate to that. Life is always full of surprises. Can't still fathom why people always complain instead of just making use of what they have. I guess it is typical that people here in America were always pampered with their needs and that is why they always complain just in case they don't know how to handle the situation.
I can still say that I am very lucky because I can handle myself even in extreme conditions. I owe it to my father who always did not lack teaching me to always be ready and anticipate if the worst of life will strike. So then, don't pass up on opportunities for it only happens ones and you will never turn back the time to ammend for it.
There are a lot of opportunities around that we can get some strength, some experiences, and some truth. Hopefully, my was been a very productive endeavor and I can't complain for any less. Thank you Lord for all your guidance and help and I'm always grateful for everything that you have provided for me. I always appreciate your unconditional love and thanks for always staying at my side. Thanks for all those silent moments where I needed you most. Those had actually helped me relax and heal.
Thank you Lord foreverything and I am hoping that all will be well as I continued to seek some answers and fill the void that I've been holding. It is a great feeling indeed to know the differences. And opportunities are always there ready to teach each and everyone of us about life's facets. Ciao guys!
Saturday, July 13, 2013
Goodbyes Are Hard To Say
Partings is very hard to do and I am the one who always trying to evade saying goodbye especially when someone is leaving. I detest it a lot. The raw emotions of separation is really hard to fathom. It gets me very low to have seen somebody leaving that's why I am not really into goodbyes. I guess no one really loves good-byes, and me, yeah, I hate 'em. And now I'm coming full force with their obtrusive reality as my departure ticks steadily closer. I am, to say the least, emotionally overwhelmed.
I've been trying to write about this for weeks, but I can't seem to force or squeeze the words out on me. Another reason to deeply detest good-byes. What is there to say, really? That I feel oxygen-deprived when I think of the experiences I won't share or the conversations I won't have or the people I won't see? That I feel a tightness in my chest when I think of the relational distance my physical distance will be breeding? That I feel like throwing up when I think of verbalizing the love I've felt?
Nope. It's no big deal. I won't see you for a while. So it goes. It is ridiculous to do it I guess. I am sickened to do it honestly. It is inevitable though and that is the hard fact. We all have to succumb to it anyway, like a helpless individual and have to feel the severing pain it will bring to our self and to others as well. But I guess, it can be remedied and that's why it has to happen.
Truthfully, I'm grieving. I know I can trust this misty future to a God who is infinite in faithfulness and goodness. But no, it is not the uncharted water of a new beginning that terrifies me. Instead it's the heart-rending end of so much I have held so dear. It is the end of my waking up during the weekends in the late afternoon to get myself ready for work, the end of waking up early in the morning during weekdays to get myself ready for my clinical and theory rotations, the end of my lonely off nights watching Netflix while lying on my bed, the end of chasing my cute little chihuahua and making her bed and preparing her food, the end of long drives home in the middle of the day from school and clinical sites, the end of the comfortable (oh, but numbing) routine I've miticulously carved for myself.
This has to end because I will be embarking on a new journey to find solace and peace for myself as well as look some definite answers to my questions about myself and my self preservations. This has to happen and that is why I have to say goodbye to all my friends and to all who are dear and close to me. I hope my decision of leaving and separating my self would benefit me in the end and I hope they will understand why I have to leave for a longer time.
I am being melodramatic here, I know. A month away does not permanently alter the fabric of my life. It is very possible, or even likely, that the things I leave will still be there when I get back. I'm young, but I've lived long enough to at least start to suspect that change is slow and subtle, not swift and severing. And that's yet another reason to hate good-byes: they imply a permanence that is not reality. Why must we bother with the farewells when most partings are really see-you-laters? If this is not the end, why do I have to get all worked up about it?
Because closure is suffocating..... Because punctuating a relationship is permanent..... Because people deserve to know what they are meant to me. And I have to better find some good way to tell them nicely and professionally, or else they will be surprise why I was no longer existing. Just in case you know, goodbyes is just a formality, that I will leave and that I will be back as well. It's temporary and we all be seeing again when I come back.
I've been trying to write about this for weeks, but I can't seem to force or squeeze the words out on me. Another reason to deeply detest good-byes. What is there to say, really? That I feel oxygen-deprived when I think of the experiences I won't share or the conversations I won't have or the people I won't see? That I feel a tightness in my chest when I think of the relational distance my physical distance will be breeding? That I feel like throwing up when I think of verbalizing the love I've felt?
Nope. It's no big deal. I won't see you for a while. So it goes. It is ridiculous to do it I guess. I am sickened to do it honestly. It is inevitable though and that is the hard fact. We all have to succumb to it anyway, like a helpless individual and have to feel the severing pain it will bring to our self and to others as well. But I guess, it can be remedied and that's why it has to happen.
Truthfully, I'm grieving. I know I can trust this misty future to a God who is infinite in faithfulness and goodness. But no, it is not the uncharted water of a new beginning that terrifies me. Instead it's the heart-rending end of so much I have held so dear. It is the end of my waking up during the weekends in the late afternoon to get myself ready for work, the end of waking up early in the morning during weekdays to get myself ready for my clinical and theory rotations, the end of my lonely off nights watching Netflix while lying on my bed, the end of chasing my cute little chihuahua and making her bed and preparing her food, the end of long drives home in the middle of the day from school and clinical sites, the end of the comfortable (oh, but numbing) routine I've miticulously carved for myself.
This has to end because I will be embarking on a new journey to find solace and peace for myself as well as look some definite answers to my questions about myself and my self preservations. This has to happen and that is why I have to say goodbye to all my friends and to all who are dear and close to me. I hope my decision of leaving and separating my self would benefit me in the end and I hope they will understand why I have to leave for a longer time.
I am being melodramatic here, I know. A month away does not permanently alter the fabric of my life. It is very possible, or even likely, that the things I leave will still be there when I get back. I'm young, but I've lived long enough to at least start to suspect that change is slow and subtle, not swift and severing. And that's yet another reason to hate good-byes: they imply a permanence that is not reality. Why must we bother with the farewells when most partings are really see-you-laters? If this is not the end, why do I have to get all worked up about it?
Because closure is suffocating..... Because punctuating a relationship is permanent..... Because people deserve to know what they are meant to me. And I have to better find some good way to tell them nicely and professionally, or else they will be surprise why I was no longer existing. Just in case you know, goodbyes is just a formality, that I will leave and that I will be back as well. It's temporary and we all be seeing again when I come back.
I Get Moved When I Am Appreciated
I never been feeling so great lately. It seems that my world was been twirling around apparently. I've been moving almost everyday and very busy at work. Keeping up with my bills and helping my nephews, nieces, and sister go to school was a huge responsibility which I don't want them to get disappointed and blame me for hindering their future.
I mean it's really hard to be in this position that I am the only one who can really help them fulfill their ambitions and dreams by sending them to school and select what they wanted to be. I am tehir medium in order to go to college, get a degree and be successful in the future. It's a big sacrifice for me because I tried to suppress my own ambitions just to help them.
My dream to finish my masteral degree was been on hold because of them. I hope they realized what I've sacrificed. I hope they won't disappoint me as well because I've made my very best to give them a bright future. Working almost every day is not easy. It had gave a big toll on me already but I am not complaining. As long as I can still do it, I will do it for them. I will be proud if all of them would make it in the success ladder.
It's kind of ironic though because I felt that I'm kind of not being appreciated. I never heard from them any "thank yous" or "I hope you're okay Tito Nonong". Things like that would make me inspired to work for them. I've heard that they're trying to be good in school and I hope I won't be getting any negative reports about them being truants and cutting classes. For I will be frustrated and unhappy about it. So far so good.
My ultimate dream is that all of them will finish and realize how hard it is to work and that they will treasure it someday. I hope they will set as a good example to their children just like I set myself for them. Hopefully, they will be good children and be helpful with t heir parents just like the way I have helped them.
I don't expect any payments at all form them. I just wanted them to be in good hands and not in bad hands. I always dream of this and hope it will happen someday. Right now, I just have to keep myself busy funneling some finances in order to maintain them keep current in their tuition fees. I just wanted them to concentrate in their studies and not worry about money anymore because their tuition fees were been paid off. I just wanted it that way and hope they will realize my effort.
Hopefully, I won't get blamed for being so open to them when it comes to money matters. As well as, I hope they would not just depend on me all thetime when it comes to everything they need. All I promised them is to pay off their educational tuition fees and that's it. I am giving their parents limit so I hope they would understand.
I could not ask for more but just to invoke God to make me healthy and sound so that I could work well and gave them the money they needed for their tuition fees. Hopefully, Life would be better. Thank you.
I mean it's really hard to be in this position that I am the only one who can really help them fulfill their ambitions and dreams by sending them to school and select what they wanted to be. I am tehir medium in order to go to college, get a degree and be successful in the future. It's a big sacrifice for me because I tried to suppress my own ambitions just to help them.
My dream to finish my masteral degree was been on hold because of them. I hope they realized what I've sacrificed. I hope they won't disappoint me as well because I've made my very best to give them a bright future. Working almost every day is not easy. It had gave a big toll on me already but I am not complaining. As long as I can still do it, I will do it for them. I will be proud if all of them would make it in the success ladder.
It's kind of ironic though because I felt that I'm kind of not being appreciated. I never heard from them any "thank yous" or "I hope you're okay Tito Nonong". Things like that would make me inspired to work for them. I've heard that they're trying to be good in school and I hope I won't be getting any negative reports about them being truants and cutting classes. For I will be frustrated and unhappy about it. So far so good.
My ultimate dream is that all of them will finish and realize how hard it is to work and that they will treasure it someday. I hope they will set as a good example to their children just like I set myself for them. Hopefully, they will be good children and be helpful with t heir parents just like the way I have helped them.
I don't expect any payments at all form them. I just wanted them to be in good hands and not in bad hands. I always dream of this and hope it will happen someday. Right now, I just have to keep myself busy funneling some finances in order to maintain them keep current in their tuition fees. I just wanted them to concentrate in their studies and not worry about money anymore because their tuition fees were been paid off. I just wanted it that way and hope they will realize my effort.
Hopefully, I won't get blamed for being so open to them when it comes to money matters. As well as, I hope they would not just depend on me all thetime when it comes to everything they need. All I promised them is to pay off their educational tuition fees and that's it. I am giving their parents limit so I hope they would understand.
I could not ask for more but just to invoke God to make me healthy and sound so that I could work well and gave them the money they needed for their tuition fees. Hopefully, Life would be better. Thank you.
Sunday, July 7, 2013
Weaning Myself From Teaching Theory
Starting this month I told my Director of Nursing at the school not to schedule me in theory because I guess it is not worth to drive that far from Hollywood to Torrance, beat the early morning LA traffic and spend mileage and gas and just being paid for five-and-a-half hours. It was a very tough decision to stop teaching theory but I did not regret it. It was just between practical, economic, and also a health issue I guess.
In as much as I miss teaching theory I have to do it because it is not practical. Gas nowadays were very expensive and my car's mileage was already accumulating as it aged. My boss at the school had deducted 30 minutes from our regular 6 hours alloted time for theory, which I thought was an illegal move because here in California only those who worked 8 hours should have a 30 minute deduction for work mealtimes. It was his ploy to cutback on cost but he never realized that he's already stepping on the teacher's rights.
In order notto argue with him, I decided to just stop teaching theory and just keep my clinical rotation schedule which I get paid for the whole eight hours compared to the theory. The challenge of teaching theory compared to teaching clinicals was very stressful but I love it. And that I will totally miss it this time now that I decided to stop doing it.
I also accepted a part time job at Medical Allied Career Center wherein I was ppromised to teach clinical rotations and theory class as well. At least I get to do it from time to time which in fact was very conducive for my very hectic schedule. I kind of doesn't like the hostile environment in Homestead because of the pressure imposed by the management and the bosses. I am not afraid though because I know I am doing the right thing only.
Well, clinicals for me was very easy because I am good at teaching students with skills and I am adept in maing them learn a lot of procedures they never experience before. I kind of got used to it for a long time and most of the times I got positive reviews from the students and the facility staff which always uplifetd my spirits. It's not easy doing it and I am quite meticulous in selecting my mediums.
Whereas, in theory, it's different because the timing of the assignment is so acute so there is no preparation time to really get ready and gather resources plus making lessons plans is really challenging and time consuming as well although I have no problems devising one. But since the time were cut back I just can't afford driving that long and get stressed with the traffic as well as staying up late in the afternoon justto avoid it and risks getting tired and fatigued which can affect my health very badly.
So these were the reasons why I quit teaching theory and now I am happy that I don't have to get up early in the morning and be paid less time and so I've chose to quit. It was a very difficult decision but I guess I am happy with and contented with it. Thanks to me that I had awakened immediately from those usurping people like my boss in school. At least I got to do it early on. I hope he will realize what he is doing usurping poor teachers by robbing their time and money. I don't know how he got so wealthy taking advantage of people and stepping on their rights.
I still know that God is not sleeping and that God will punish those who are foolish enough to betray other people's trust. I thought right now that it won't work because he has a different religion. Hehehe. But I hope it will, Well, whatever happens, I don't care anymore because I am no longer teaching classroom. Hehehe.
In as much as I miss teaching theory I have to do it because it is not practical. Gas nowadays were very expensive and my car's mileage was already accumulating as it aged. My boss at the school had deducted 30 minutes from our regular 6 hours alloted time for theory, which I thought was an illegal move because here in California only those who worked 8 hours should have a 30 minute deduction for work mealtimes. It was his ploy to cutback on cost but he never realized that he's already stepping on the teacher's rights.
In order notto argue with him, I decided to just stop teaching theory and just keep my clinical rotation schedule which I get paid for the whole eight hours compared to the theory. The challenge of teaching theory compared to teaching clinicals was very stressful but I love it. And that I will totally miss it this time now that I decided to stop doing it.
I also accepted a part time job at Medical Allied Career Center wherein I was ppromised to teach clinical rotations and theory class as well. At least I get to do it from time to time which in fact was very conducive for my very hectic schedule. I kind of doesn't like the hostile environment in Homestead because of the pressure imposed by the management and the bosses. I am not afraid though because I know I am doing the right thing only.
Well, clinicals for me was very easy because I am good at teaching students with skills and I am adept in maing them learn a lot of procedures they never experience before. I kind of got used to it for a long time and most of the times I got positive reviews from the students and the facility staff which always uplifetd my spirits. It's not easy doing it and I am quite meticulous in selecting my mediums.
Whereas, in theory, it's different because the timing of the assignment is so acute so there is no preparation time to really get ready and gather resources plus making lessons plans is really challenging and time consuming as well although I have no problems devising one. But since the time were cut back I just can't afford driving that long and get stressed with the traffic as well as staying up late in the afternoon justto avoid it and risks getting tired and fatigued which can affect my health very badly.
So these were the reasons why I quit teaching theory and now I am happy that I don't have to get up early in the morning and be paid less time and so I've chose to quit. It was a very difficult decision but I guess I am happy with and contented with it. Thanks to me that I had awakened immediately from those usurping people like my boss in school. At least I got to do it early on. I hope he will realize what he is doing usurping poor teachers by robbing their time and money. I don't know how he got so wealthy taking advantage of people and stepping on their rights.
I still know that God is not sleeping and that God will punish those who are foolish enough to betray other people's trust. I thought right now that it won't work because he has a different religion. Hehehe. But I hope it will, Well, whatever happens, I don't care anymore because I am no longer teaching classroom. Hehehe.
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