If you are a photo enthusiast, you might want to visit my cousin's photoblog:

jamessanandresphotography.blogspot.com

cheers!

I would never be the patient person that I am (at least I think I am, hehe!) had I not been a teacher.

Dealing with a bunch of fifth graders who act like kindergarten kids and think like silly teenagers, second graders who act like toddlers (haha...too cute but!) and being smarty pants, and a special child who I think just recently added 'step on teacher Nina's toe' on his daily routine list is never an easy task!


Nevertheless, I am truly in love with these bunch of kids--and that is even an understatement!

 

SLOWER

This is a poem I wrote four years ago.

SLOWER

Raindrops fall

as lightly as feather.

Oceans wave

as timidly as daybreak.

The wind blows

as quietly as a whisper.

Moon gazes

as blankly as white.

Trees sway

as bleakly as water.

Mountains stand

as motionless as space.

The sky stretches

as endlessly as abyss.

From where I am,

Your eyes lay…

Distant as the sun

Indifferent like a foe

Unloving as abhorrence

Lifeless as void

The world turns…

Slower

than

forever.

 

My favorite pirate once had spoken, "..if you were looking for the opportune moment...that was it."

Okay, there's obviously no apparent unity among all the words I've posted above...haha. Though coherence is an issue in this entry, trust me, I am trying to emit an undimmed message here :D

The Teacher WAS a Student

 

I came across my high school planner while cleaning my room (It was a memory explosion!) and found this page while leafing through crisp, well aged (haha exagg) pages--It's funny how I needed to write down passing my Physics long test...it must have been a rare occasion worthy of being immortalized on paper! :P

Random (usual kind of) conversation: 

student 1: "Teacher, look, I'm cross-eyed!" 

student 2: Don't do that, you'll be crossed-eyed forever if it gets blown by the wind!

student 1: "Oh that's okay, I want to be crossed eyed so I'll look funny forever"

How can anyone not love these kids? So adorable :D

So Little Time, So Much Food

 

Paradise

I am currently in a love affair with Coldplay's 'Paradise'.

On a different note, Learning to play the electric guitar is in my top ten...wonder when I can finally tick the box.

Papers, Crayons and Scissors

 A crammed art lesson: "Silhouette Self Portrait", the kids enjoyed it nevertheless :D

Okay, let me just throw in a few irrelevant words :P I came across this quote and thought it was very beautiful, "A heartfelt apology can't change the past but it can brighten the future". Indeed.