How do I want to spend Christmas this year?
December 10, 2022. Saturday.
Good day to all of you. It's raining here today. In the morning, the sun didn't really show much. Is there a typhoon so the weather is like this? Hahaha I have no idea because I'm not updated on the news about weather lately.
Well I haven't visited here in a few days. When I last visited here, my read cash was still having a problem. I don't know if it's just me being or if it's like that for everyone. That's why on that day I really decided not to open the site.
Well let's change the topic. Since I'm so busy this month of December, ***how do I want to spend the upcoming Christmas?*** I have so many things to do and I don't even know what to prioritize among them. I also have a lot of expenses and I don't even know where I'm going to get the payment for those hahaha. But enough of that conversation, let's get back to my question. How do I want to spend the Christmas this year?
All I want to do this Christmas is rest but at the same time to enjoy. Because I've been so busy lately, rest will make me happy. And even when I'm resting I can still really enjoy it.
I also want to be free from academic tasks this upcoming Christmas. I don't want stress on Christmas, so as long as possible, I pray that our professors let us rest even on Christmas day itself. I don't the idea that when the day of Christmas I'm doing some requirements and activities for school or it's Christmas but I'm thinking about how to do my requirements. So I just really hope our professors will take pity on us and grant us our request.
So if I don't have a lot of school related tasks to do on Christmas, what do I really want to do? Well what I really want to do is just stay at home and watch Series that are trending now on Netflix like ***Wednesday*** and ***Weak Hero Class*** and also other movies that trended in the past months and weeks. I know that those series were released a few weeks ago, but until now I haven't actually watched them. I often see them in my news feed but I never really manage to give time to watch them because I have so many tasks to do and thoughts in my mind. That's why on Christmas day that's what I want to do, to watch series and movies all day. Hihihi.
But if my family invites me to go out on Christmas day, that's fine with me too, but I don't have any money, so as long as I can, I just want to stay at home hahaha. I don't even get money and Christmas gifts from my godfathers and godmothers as well as our relatives because they said that I'm already old hahaha. So if I have money for Christmas, it will come from my own pocket and my own effort hahaha.
I feel that there will no exchange gift here at our house this year because most of us do not have money because it is used up in our daily needs. But I'm still not sure and I can't say, maybe because some unexpected blessings came, right? Hahahaha.
And as of now I still haven't bought clothes, shoes and other stuff for myself. It used to be that when it was Christmas season, I would really buy new clothes, shoes and so on so that I could wear something on Christmas day. But it's fine if I don't really have anything new to wear at that special day, as long as the important thing is that I and my family still have a happy Christmas and that we all stay healthy.
So those are the things I want to do on Christmas day. That's how I want to spend my Christmas this year, both my body and mind can rest but at the same time I can still be happy and enjoy Christmas day. And last but not the least, my goal is to full my tummy on Christmas day hahaha.
And that's all for today. Thank you so much everyone for reading this article of mine.
***God bless us all. Stay safe and healthy***.
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Just an update
December 6, 2022. Tuesday.
Hello everyone. I haven't been here for a while. My last article was on December 2 and what date it is now, it's already December 6. I haven't been able to write for a few days.
If I set goals last month, now it's probably obvious that I won't set goals. It's already the 6th day of December and I've only published 2 articles so I can't really set goals yet. Maybe in the New Year or in 2023 I will go back to setting goals.
Others are right, the month of December is the busiest month for most people. And I am one of them. That is also the reason why I rarely publish an article here. In addition, these past few days I also felt something strange and that was like I lost my appetite for everything and everything I was doing so I stopped for a while and take a rest.
I mentioned last month that I need work specifically a part time job because the income I earn from my side hustles is no longer enough, I am also the only one who supports my studies so I can't ask anyone else for financial help. That's why I really persevered these past days and weeks to really look for a part time job, be it online or in the corporate world. But so far I haven't really found anything. I mean I see some jobs online but no one has accepted me yet. In the corporate world, I have also seen some. Most of them are in fast food chains, but when I ask the hours they need, they don't match my current schedule. But I am still hoping that one day, everyone I sent or submitted a resume to and applied for accept me.
By the way, I forgot to tell you that tomorrow is my last day at the school where I am doing my Field Studies 1 and 2. The required hours that I have to finish are over and so are my colleagues, so we will be pulled out tomorrow. But everything is not over there yet because after we do Field Study 1 and 2, we will now have an Industrial training. It means that we will do OJT or on the Job Training in industries specifically in Hotels, Restaurants or Resorts. So just now we are being told that we will not have a vacation or a break for the coming Christmas.
This coming Friday is our orientation for OJT, we will discuss what we need to know and do. Next week is the week for our 0Pre Demo teaching. Before we enter the industries that will be chosen or where we will be destined, we must first face the Pre Demo Teaching to know or test how far we have learned while we are observing in our Resource Schools.
So next next week we will start OJT, thats December 19.
So this upcoming weeks will be a very busy week. Of course, I will prepare both for my pre demo teaching and my upcoming OJT.
Expect that I won't be able to publish an article in the next few days and don't be surprised if I'm still not here until next week because I might be going to OJT by then.
And that's all. I really just updated you with the events in my life and the things that will happen in my life in the next days and weeks. I know no one is asking me and no one will miss me, but I really just want to share these things with you and especially in Read Cash.
So I think I will end this article here. That's all for today. Thank you so much for reading this article of mine.
***God bless us all.***
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November Goals: Did I achieve all of these?
December 2, 2022. Friday.
As a promise to myself, I will summarize if I achieved the goals I set for the month of November. I should have done that yesterday because that's what I said in my last article but there was an unexpected thing that happened on November 30 evening that's why I wasn't able to write yesterday but I won't share what is that unexpected thing happened last night right now.
Anyway **Happy December to all of you!** I couldn't say my greetings yesterday because I wasn't here, I didn't open my read cash account and I couldn't go online either. So I'll just repeat ***Happy New Month, Happy December to all of us!*** Here we are in the holiday season. Christmas is just a few days away! The day goes by very fast, just a little bit more and the year 2022 will be over and we will welcome a new year again. By the way, before the conversation gets too long and goes somewhere else, I will now look and check if I have achieved my goals for the month of November.
Limit the use of gadgets.
I can say that this goal has been ***achieved!*** Even though I often face the gadget but the reason for that is because my activities are on my cellphone, I do the activities and all my requirements on the cellphone so I can't really avoid using gadgets. But on other terms like just using gadgets for nothing, I have really reduced that. I don't watch YouTube often anymore, I only visit my Facebook account seldom, and those 2 are all the things I usually do on my cellphone. The other things I do on my cellphone are my side hustles and they don't consume a lot of time. So in short I also achieved my goal of limiting the use of gadgets.
Set alarm again.
This is what I really ***achieved***. I've always set an alarm on my phone back then. If before, I only used to alarm when is the time I need to be awake, now I also set an alarm on the time when I need to sleep. Usually I wake up at **5:00 am** in the morning and I sleep at **10:00 pm** at night. My sleep is only about 6 or 7 hours, that is still less than the complete hours of sleep which is 8 hours but for me that is enough than not having any sleep at all. So I am happy because I have achieved this goal.
To write at least 20 articles.
This goal is also ***achieved*** ! I wrote and published a total of 21 articles in the month of November. I didn't think I would be able to achieve this either because when the month of November was just starting I was always busy and I couldn't write often, luckily I had some time in the middle of the month so I made the most of those days and I'm writing an article everyday and as much as I can. I'm happy because even though I'm doing a lot, I'm still able to achieve these kinds of goals. We all know that writing is time consuming, even if your article is random, you will still spend some time writing it. So I'm proud of myself because I can still do these things and achieved this goal.
Do the activities at the right time.
I can say that I also ***achieved*** this goal! All my activities both in our university and at the school where I am doing my field studies are done and I pass on time. But lately before the end of November, we were bombarded with too many activities, as in too many, fortunately we had a classmate who actually appealed for an extension of passing the activities. The due of all the activities is on January but you have to pass everything, no missing. Of all those activities that needed to be pass on January, I haven't done a single one so far, I can't blame myself because there are unexpected things happening. So I will just try to do and finish them when I really don't have much to think about and do. But all in all, I did all the activities in the past and I passed it all on time. So this goal is achieved!
So that's all my goals last month of November and I'm very happy because I achieved all my goals. I am proud of myself because I know in myself that I have many problems, trials, thoughts and other things that I do but despite those I still achieve my goals. And I can also say that I had an effective time management because if it wasn't for that, maybe I wouldn't have achieved the rest of my goals. And lastly I'm so thankful to God because I know he is the reason why I was able to do all those things.
And that's all for today. Thank you so much for reading this article of mine.
***God bless us all.***
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Drinks & Food
November 30, 2022. Wednesday.
Happy Bonifacio Day Filipino people. It's a holiday today so I don't have classes and I'm just here all day at the house. But even though I don't have classes I still have a lot of things to do both in our home and in my school, I have a lot of To Do's in short so I don't consider this day as a rest day.
Anyway yesterday I wrote an article which is "Would You Rather Challenge" and I didn't finish answering all the questions there. So today that is what I am going to do, to finish my article from yesterday.
I was supposed to have an overview or summary of my November today but I decided to do it tomorrow because I still have an unfinished article. I will tackle in my article tomorrow if I have achieved all the goals I set from the beginning of the month and what are the highlights of my November.
But for now I will start answering the unfinished business from my article yesterday. So without further ado, I will start now.
Unlimited drinks for life or Unlimited food for life
I would rather have unlimited food for life. You know I am a believer of the quote "Food is Life" hahhaha. And another thing food is what makes our body strong. Without food our body will become weak. If you drink a lot of water or any liquid but you don't eat any food I think you will still be hungry. Your thirst will be gone but your hunger's not. Also, if I don't have drinks I can make a way to find my drinks just like I will go to the stream or anywhere that you can see water and I will just boil it before I'll drink it.
Give up TV for a month or Give up music for a month
I would rather give up TV for a month. I really love music and music is my happiness. Without music I think my life would be boring and sad. I can live without watching a TV but I guess my life will be sad if there is no music at all. Music is my mood lifter, whenever I am sad or lonely I will just listen to music and those sadness and loneliness will fade away. Music is already part of my life from morning up to night so I think I can't give up the music even just for a month. And also if I can't watch TV I still have my phone where I can also watch the shows that can be seen on TV. Right?
Lose your sense of taste or Lose your sense of smell
This is both difficult but I rather lose my sense of smell. There are already people who's existing with the condition of anosmia or they have loss of smell since they were born. And I see they still live their lives normally like us so I think losing sense of smell is better than losing sense of taste. Well people who have the condition of anosmia somewhat have advantages like when there is a very bad smell they can't smell it. And another thing I think I can't handle it if I don't taste my food. I will lose my appetite in eating in that case. Because I'm the type of person who really likes to taste all food, I taste it first before trying to eat it.
Clean everything after lunch or set the table before lunch
I would rather set the table before lunch. It is fine for me to arrange or assemble the table, utensils and other things that are needed in the table rather than cleaning the table where everyone is done eating, you know what I mean by this. When everyone finishes eating, that means the table is already dirty and you have a lot to clean, unlike when you just set up the table, the table and utensils are still clean so it's nice to see it. When everyone has finished eating, it's not pleasant to look at the table because it's so messy and it's even more unpleasant to look at if you have a lot of dishes to wash, right? Hahaha.
Wake up late or go to bed late
I would rather wake up late. I'm changing my life, I don't want to sleep late from now on. I was scared because of what happened to one of my classmates where she was admitted to the hospital and the reason for that was always sleeping late and stress. I don't know the full details of what happened to her before she was taken to the hospital, but we just found out that she was there because she sent us a message where she advises us not to imitate her, not to stay up all the time and not to stress ourselves just for the sake of grades because your grade can't do anything if you're sick. That's exactly what she told us. So now I'm scared and I don't want to sleep too late. So it's fine with me even if I wake up late as long as I don't sleep late.
Marry someone that you don't love or Marry someone that doesn't love you
I would rather marry someone that I don't love. They say you will learned to love someone so I will stand by that saying. And one more thing, I don't want to force myself on people who don't like me. I don't like the feeling that you are pushing yourself just to be liked and accepted by other people. Maybe I won't get to the point where I'm that desperate by the name of love. So it's fine with me if I marry someone I don't like that much but he loves me. I also always tell myself that when someone loves me, he accepts my whole being, so I won't have any trouble in loving him back.
Finally I finished answering everything. So I think this will be the end of this article. I hope you enjoy reading this one.
And that's all for today. Thank you so much for reading this article of mine.
***God bless us all.***
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Discover the cure of a disease? Or discover life in a new planet?
November 29, 2022. Tuesday.
My mind is so busy today because of the new problems arrives in our lives that I can't think of a proper topic. As in my mind is really occupied with problems right now. I want our problems to be solved as soon as possible because I know that in the next few days they will increase again. Then I also have many problems with my studies. Hays, I don't know, but for now I'll take care of this first, then I'll think about my problems later.
Well what I will do today is the endless ***"Would You Rather Challenge".*** And there is no long explanation and intro because you already know this what will happen in this challenge. And I'm sorry if I can only give you this topic again, I hope you understand me.
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Always be 20 minutes early or Always be 10 minutes late
I prefer that I'm always early. I don't want to always be late because apart from you will missed a lot of things, you will always be scolded especially by your teacher or a boss. If you're early, that's fine, it's better than always being late. It's not bad to wait a few minutes with colleagues or before programs or events start, it's even better if you're one of the early arrivals because you feel comfortable in the place and the people you'll be with.
Your shirts will be 1 size small or Your shirts 3 sizes bigger
Can't my shirts be just fit for me? Hahaha. Maybe 1 size smaller is better for me. I like over sized shirts, but the triple size bigger for me is probably a no-go hahaha. It is said that the clothes are only 1 size too small for me, so maybe I can manage that somehow. Well, if the shirt is too big for me, I can also repair it and sew it, right? So suddenly my mind got confused, hahhaha. But okay, I still answer the first choice.
Live in Europe or Live in America
Of course I would choose live in Europe. There are the countries I want to visit. America is also fine, but I would rather travel there than live there. In Europe, I want to visit many places, so I thought that if I live in Europe myself, it will be easier for me to go around that place and to viait my dream destinations that are located in Europe. And another thing for me is that it is quieter in Europe compared to America, it is safer to live in Europe. But this is just for me guys.
Never use your phone again or Never use social media again
Never use a social media is fine with me. I can live without social media. But the phone is importante for me so I can still call and text and play games as well. So even though I no longer have social media accounts, I still have a connection and can contact my loved ones even by call or text. And one more thing, the things that appears on social media today is not that good. Well, social media is entertaining, but others who use it too much and can no longer control themselves are going beyond the limitation. Maybe you already know what I mean.
Discover the cure of a disease or Discover life in a new planet
Maybe just discover a new planet hehehe. Because there are so many diseases in our world today, so even if I discover a cure for just one disease, what about the others, right? If only I could discover a cure for disease, I would want to discover a cure for all diseases. And if I can discover a new planet where people can live, that is a big achievement. People who are not sick can be brought there if they ever want. Our world has a very large population now, so it will be a big help if there is a new planet to be discovered where people can live. Right now there are people observing the ***"Planet Mars"*** or if they can prove that that planet can be inhabited by people, animals and all living things, that would be a huge thing for all of us.
And maybe this is where I will end this article. There are still questions left as you can see on the picture above. So maybe I'll just continue answering tomorrow or even in the next few days.
And that's all for today. I hope you enjoyed reading my article. Thank you very much and you made it to the end.
God bless us all.
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My weekend goes like this.
November 27, 2022. Sunday.
Happy Sunday to all of you. How is life? I hope that even though we are facing so many problems now, you still don't think of giving up and continue to fight the test of life.
So today I'm just going to share with you what happened during my weekend as you can read on the title.
Honestly, I can't really think of a topic today, so I'll just share what happened on my Saturday and Sunday. After all, **Read Cash** is really like my diary and it's not just me as well as others.
Yesterday was my laundry day, but because I was doing a lot of requirements, I decided not to do laundry. Yesterday my mother cooked ***Spaghetti***. My grandmother went shopping for ingredients because my grandfather asked her to buy them and he requested that he want to eat spaghetti. If you remember I mentioned in my article, **Promise**, it's my grandfather's birthday but he didn't have anything or food because my aunt who promised him that she would prepare and cook food for his birthday and visit him didn't come and didn't even greet. People here at home also don't have as much money because they only manage to spend the money on a daily basis, so we weren't really able to prepare and cook food for my grandfather. That's why this past day, my grandfather made a way to prepare a food for himself. Because he has a tricycle tire that he bought before but he never used it. It was only a few months ago that he bought it and then it just piled up here at home. He sold that tire to someone he knew who was in need of tire or needed a new one. He gave the money from the tired being sold to my grandmother and that's what he bought the spaghetti ingredients for. https://read.cash/@Expelliarmus30/pangako-4640903b
So yesterday I was able to eat my favorite spaghetti again. Actually, I often eat spaghetti at school because that's what they sell in the canteen, but I don't really enjoy it or I don't really like their spaghetti, because homemade spaghetti is really different. Another one, the spaghetti sold in the canteen is very konti lang because it is only in placed in a styro foam. That's why yesterday I made the most of eating spaghetti and I ate a lot.
And because I didn't do laundry yesterday, I did my laundry today. And now my monthly visit (menstruation) came. So while I was doing laundry, I was writhing in pain in my stomach. I really need to do laundry now because I'll have loads of laundry to pile up again if I will do the laundry this day. And I also have school tomorrow. I was supposed to have a day off tomorrow but since the other teachers are not there in the school and will attend the contest that their students are participating in, the head of the TLE required us to go yo school so that we can handle the students who will be left. I'm too lazy to go in because I'm on my red days, but I really need to go in tomorrow because I might get scolded heheheh. I'm really lazy to move when I have my period because my body hurts so much, yes as in whole body and not only my stomach or puson.
Today, Sunday, my mother cooked ***Champorado***, which was also my grandfather's request. The money that was left over from yesterday's purchase of the ingredients for the spaghetti is the same that was used to buy the ingredients for the champorado today.
So this weekend I was really full. Yesterday I ate spaghetti and today I ate champorado. Both of those are my favorites so my tummy is happy again. I didn't take any pictures of the food anymore because I was lazy. I don't know but I just got too lazy like this when I'm on my red days. My mens are delayed, so my puson hurts too much. My period supposed to arrive in the middle of the month (15) but look it's already 27th now and the month is almost over but it just arrived. It was delayed for less than 2 weeks, so now that it has arrived, my puson is very painful. Hahahha enough of talking about that.
So this is where I will end this article. My stomach is hurting again so maybe I'll sleep first hahaha. Sometimes the medicine I take didn't have effect so I just sleep when I felt so much pain in my stomach hahaha.
And that's all for today. Thank you so much for reading this article of mine.
*God bless us all.*
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Don't Trust Immediately.
November 25, 2022. Friday.
***"Don't immediately believe someone you just met"*** that is the constant reminder to us. We are told that just to keep us safe from others. But even if you have known someone for a long time, they can still deceive and betray you.
You should not give your trust to people you just met, but for me, no matter how many years you have known the person, you should still not give your full trust to them. Sometimes even if your long-time friends, your distant relatives and family members can do bad things and lie to you.
**You can get along well with people but don't just give them your trust.** Because there are people that even though you've been with them for a long time, you still don't know them well, you haven't seen their true colors yet and you barely know anything about them.
Everyone can lie to you so learn to be vigilant. Don't immediately believe what they tell you and the thing you need to do is watch what they are doing to you. Sometimes listening too much to what people say to you is deafening and you are blind to what is happening around you, so you should only choose what you listen to and believe. Many people are now good at controlling others, so I hope you don't become one of the victims.
Repentance comes later, so as long as it's early, I hope we check and analyze the people we can trust first.
I just thought of writing this topic because of what happened to me. I have a few experiences about this and I just want to express my thoughts.
I'm not totally quick to trust people, but I'm quick to get attached to someone, especially if we get along.
So I have a classmate whom I think I can trust so I tell her the things that I notice in my surroundings. We have known each other for almost 4 years because we are classmates since 1st year college. Sometimes I even tell my secrets to her and she does the same to me. Long story short, recently I was surprised by her actions and words. And I feel that the things I used to tell her that were my secrets, she also told other people, how could I have said that? Well, I'm just surprised that our other classmates also know my secret, which is I only to told her. And this classmate of mine suddenly treated me differently. One time I almost got into trouble because of her, because she said something to other people that was not true. This happened recently, guys, but I won't go into too much detail about the whole incident.
I know that I am not doing anything bad to this classmate of mine, so I am wondering why she is acting like that. Well, I have one suspicion as to why she is acting like that and that is about our grades and our performances. I tried to talk to her about that and if she has a problem with me, but her answer to me is that she doesn't have a problem with me. I want to ask her more questions but she doesn't seem to want to answer and talk to me anymore. So all I did was keep distance with her. I also keeping distance with our other classmates who were always with her. These people that I am referring to now are the ones I told you about before, I just don't know if you still remember or if you have read my article about them.
That's why I realized that I shouldn't use that as a basis, the fact that we get along, even if we share the same preferences, that's not enough reason to say that this person is a real one to me or that person is a true friend.
And before I end this article, I'll just leave you with some quotes that are meaningful and will teach you a lesson.
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***Source: idlehearts***
That's all for today. Thank you so much for reading this article of mine.
God bless us all.
Promise
November 23, 2022. Wednesday.
Hello kamusta naman po ang lahat? Sana ay nasa maayos kayong kalagayan.
Hindi na sana ako susulat ngayon dahil medyo pagod ako pero dahil naalala ko na may goal nga pala ako ngayong month which is to write at least 20 articles ay bigla akong natauhan hahaha. Hindi muna pwedeng umiral ang katamaran ngayon lalo na at may goal tayong kailangang maachieve.
So kung hindi naman ako dapat susulat ngayon ay ano ang magiging topic ko? Well magkukwento na lang ako ng nangyari sa araw ko kahapon tutal hindi rin ako gumawa ng article kahapon at kung anong nangyari sa araw ko ngayon.
Kahapon ay birthday ng Lolo ko. Wala kaming pera o budget pang handa dahil nagamit namin ang pera sa mga kailangan namin dito sa bahay. Sumasapat lang kasi ang kinikita o sinasahod ng mga tao dito sa bahay sa pang araw araw na gastusin. Pero kahit na walang naging handa ang lolo ko sa kaarawan nya ay nairaos naman namin yung ng maayos. Kumain lang kami ng tanghaliaan sa bahay ng sabay sabay at yung madalas na ulam lang din namin araw araw yung ulam namin. Yun naman ang mahalaga eh, kahit wala kang handa sa birthday mo basta ayos ang kalusugan mo at wala kang dinadamdam na sakit ay ayos na yun.
Pero noong nakaraang linggo na bumisita ang isa kong tita dito sa bahay namin ay nagpromise sya sa lolo ko na pupunta sila sa bday ng lolo ko at hahandaan nila ito. Sinabi pa nga ng tita ko na yun sa mama ko ay susurpresahin nila ang lolo ko. Umasa kami na mangyayari nga ang pinangako ng tita ko na yun pero umasa lang pala kami sa wala. Walang bumisita sa lolo ko kahapon birthday nya kung sino sino lang kaming nandito sa bahay ay yun lang din ang kasama nya.
Naisip ko lang na sana ay hindi na nagbitaw ng salita or hindi na nangako ang tita ko na yun para sana ay hindi na kami umasa. Nakita ko tuloy ang lungkot sa mata ng lolo ko kahapon. Nakita ko na hinihintay nya talaga na may dumalaw sa mga anak nya pero hindi yun nangyari. Ang ginawa ko na lang tuloy para kahit papaano ay nagpatugtog ako ng mga old songs. Paborito kasi ng lolo ko ang pakikinig sa mga kanta at sa tingin ko naman ay sa simpleng bagay na yun ay nabigyan ko ng saya ang lolo ko na may kaarawan. Nagtatampo lang talaga ako sa tita ko na yun kasi pinaasa nya kami at ang lolo ko, sana talaga hindi nya na lang sinabi na pupunta sya dito sa kaarawan ng lolo ko para hindi na naghintay yung tao.
And yan nga yung nangyari kahapon. Hundi na ako masyadong makukwento dahil mas nalulungkot lang ako kapag naaalala ko yung mga nangyari kahapon.
Ngayon naman ay pumasok ako sa school kung saan kami nagfifield study or kung tawagin yun ng iba ay OJT.
Nagdiscuss sa ako ngayon sa mga Grade 10 students na inoobserbahan namin. Malapit na rin kasi matapos ang duty namin sa school kaya malapit na rin kaming umalis doon. Hindi pa dapat talaga ngayon ang schedule ko para magdiscuss pero dahil baka next week ay wala na kami sa school ay naki usap ako sa Cooperating Teacher ko o CT na ngayong araw ko na ididiscuss yung topic ko. Buti at pumayag sya. Mabait din naman kasi talaga yung CT ko na yun.
And yan lang yung nangyari sa akin today. Well hindi naman totally yan lang dahil napagod nga ako ng sobra ngayong araw pero yan na lang muna ang isheshare ko sa inyo.
And that's all for today. Salamat ng marami sa pagbabasa nyo ng article ko na ito.
God bless sa ating lahat.
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Christmas: Memories Bring Back
November 21, 2022. Monday.
Happy Monday. We are in another week. Days go by really fast. Next week is the last week of November so we will soon welcome December, the month of the holiday season.
And just now I felt the spirit of Christmas. Since I woke up in the morning this day, I heard someone playing Christmas songs in this house and until this afternoon, there are still some being played until tonight. The breeze is also cold, as if it has really brought the holiday season.
I don't have school today because I only go to school four days a week so every Monday is really my day off. I was here all day at home and I did what I had to do and also my requirements in both school and university.
I enjoy what I do because while I am doing things I listen to Christmas songs. I feel like it's almost Christmas even though it's only November. And memories of my youth came back, the excitement I felt every time Christmas was near.
Back then, by December, we had a Night Market here. It's fun to wander there every night because there are many people and the goods are cheap and there is also a lot of food that can be bought there that is has also cheap prizes but still delicious. I also shop there for clothes to wear to our Christmas Party. And often the clothes I wear for the Christmas Party are also my Christmas clothes, and I also buy there my New Year's clothes. Yes, I wear different clothes for Christmas and I also wear different clothes for New Year's.
Every year when we have a Christmas Party, my clothes are really different and they are always new, those were the times when I was still in Elementary School because in high school we didn't have a Christmas party anymore. I still remember from Grade 1 to Grade 6 that my food in our Christmas Party was Jollibee. Even if there is food that is already offered, my mom still buys me Jollibee because that is what we are used to.
When it's Christmas day itself, I wake up early because we will go to church with the whole family. I will also wear my new clothes that day. After we go to church, we will go to the house of our relatives to ask for an aguinaldo*(money)*. I have a godmother and godmother, but when we go to their house, they don't approach us or the are kinda hiding, so from then on, we don't go every in their houses every Christmas. We only go to our relatives to ask for gifts and aguinaldo.
The money I got from my relatives is I will use to buy the things I want the next day. Most of the time I buy toys, I was young that time so those were the only things I could think of buying. But when I got older, I saved the money I got from the Christmas and didn't spend it because I will use it when we have classes again.
And all of a sudden those memories came back to me. Maybe the reason is the Christmas Songs I heard earlier. Because the joy these musics bring to people is really different. Whether it's happy or a sad Christmas song, those songs will always bring your memories back.
And maybe I will end this article here. ***How about you guys, what Christmas memories do you have when you were young?***
And that's all for today. Thank you so much for reading this article of mine.
God bless us all.
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Woke up early in the morning
November 20, 2022. Sunday.
Happy Sunday to all of you. I hope you all spent this day with your family and love ones well.
This day I woke up very early around **4:00 am.** The reason for that is because there is a Fun Run that we are required to attend. I have to go and join there because my scholarship depends on it. Because that is a project of the Municipality where I get cash assistance/ allowance or scholarship in other words that is why we are really required to participate in the said event.
I slept late last night because I finished the Powerpoint Presentation I made and will present and discuss to students this upcoming week. And I wake up very early. I fell asleep around **12:00 am** and then I woke up at **4:00 am.** Oh, I only slept for 4 hours, *strong ka dyan ghorl?* Hahaha. Then I'll be tired from the Fun Run.
Before **5:30 am** I was there at the venue. The call time is **6:00 am** and you still have to register first to get your race bibs, so I'm really early to go. When I woke up, I just ate and cleaned my body. I didn't take a shower because the water is so cold here.
But I wait for a long time because the event started at almost **7:00 am.** Whenever I go early, that always happens, I get too early, but when I don't speed up and I think it's fine to be late, that's where it's not allowed. Hey it's life hahahaha.
Well, even though I didn't sleep much, I was still energetic throughout the event, as if it wasn't obvious that I only slept for 4 hours, my colleagues said that I had so much energy hahaha.
The route I chose to run was only 3 kilometers. I didn't choose the distant route because my only goal was to attend this event for my scholarship hahaha just kidding, of course I went to the event to cooperate and have fun.
It's like I've been able to exercise today and at the same time I've been able to expose to the sun again in the morning. It is said that the sunlight in the morning brings nutrients to our body, that's why I just let myself be exposed to the sun. And besides, I just watched the sunrise again, as it was still really dark and then it gradually brightened and the sun came out. At 5:00 am it was still dark and at that time I was already outside so I actually witnessed the sun rise today.
I enjoyed the whole event. From our running, zumba and the last part, the raffle. That's what I was really waiting for, but unfortunately I didn't even get a single prize. What I really like the most is the Apple Watch and Bike that they gave away. But they also gave away many other prizes such as Gcash, Rubber Shoes, Realme Watch, Gift Certificate and the two that I said earlier the Bike and Apple Watch. I feel like I'm not really lucky with those raffles because I've never really been drawn and won there.
***Note: I want to upload more photos but I can't and I don't know what's the reason. Some photos I try to upload are error.***
And that's all for today. Thank you so much for reading this article of mine.
God bless us all.
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Food to Enjoy on Cold Weather
November 19, 2022. Saturday.
It's rainy and cold here in our area that's why I'm too lazy to move and I feel like I just want to eat.
This morning I did laundry, because it's Saturday and it's my schedule to do laundry. But when I was about to finish my laundry and was about to hang it, it suddenly got cloudy and soon it started to rain. I had trouble figuring out how to hang the clothes, so I just hang them here inside our house.
It's not just raining here because it's really cold since the early morning. The weather or cold will really make you feel the breeze of Christmas.
And this afternoon while I had nothing to do because I couldn't go out and it was raining, I thought of foods that are good to eat when the weather is like this, it's cold. And these are the Pinoy foods that we love to eat whenever we feel cold and to warm our stomachs.
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Champorado
It tastes better if you eat it hot and put a lot of milk in it. It is made of Sticky Rice, Chocolate Powder, Sugar and others (based on what the cook wants to include). And when it's cooked, you can serve it while it's hot and put evaporated milk on top so it would taste better. This is one of my favorites since I was really young. I always request this from my mother to cook whenever we don't have classes (Saturday and Sunday). This food can be eaten even if it's not cold.
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Sopas
It's also one of the best foods to eat when it's rainy and cold. Its soup while still hot is delicious to sip to warm your stomach and remove the cold from your body. This food has many ingredients, which is why it is sure not only to relieve the cold you feel, but also to make you full. My grandmother likes to cook it. But when I was young, I didn't like soup that much and I only chose hotdogs and that's all I would eat, I would leave the vegetables. Now I eat everything in the Sopas.
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**Pandesal (or any bread) and Coffee**
This is actually what the Pinoys are known to eat, whether it's morning, noon or night, sometimes they even make it as midnight snacks ahhaha. This is the cheapest you can afford to eat. Coffee is always available in our houses and bread is the only thing that needs to be bought or if you have stocks of bread at home, that's fine. But pandesal is better eaten when it is freshly cooked and still warm. Then you will accompany it with coffee that is also hot. Pandesal can also be dipped in coffee. That's how we Filipinos are, we're used to dipping pandesal or bread in coffee.
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Ramen or Noodles
Maybe everyone already knows this. Even though it's not winter, people all over the world like to eat it. When I was young, whenever it rained, I would buy Pancit Canton or Lucky Me and I would just asked my mother to cook it and I was happy already with it. The children of the 2000's, those two noodles are really their most favorite. Now there are many new kind of noodles that have trend and come out, so young people don't know the OG or original noodles before. Of course, noodles are also good to eat in the cold weather because the noodles are delicious to eat, especially when they are hot.
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Ginataang Bilo Bilo
This food is my mother's favorite, so we, her children, have also become this as favorites. This one is very tasty. It's also really good to eat in cold weather. This food has a lot of fruit ingredients so it is not only delicious but also very nutritious. When I was young, my favorite ingredient was the sticky rice balls, I would pick those and put them in my bowl to eat. I really enjoy chewing it even though it sticks to my teeth hahaha. Of course, it's delicious to eat while it's still hot.
Those are just some of the foods that are delicious to eat during the rainy and cold weather. There are many other foods that you will surely enjoy eating every winter, just a few of them are Ginataang Mais, Ginataang Munggo, Mami, Lomi, Lugaw and many others.
***You, what do you like or what is your favorite of the above mentioned foods?***
And that's all for today. Thank you so much for reading this article of mine.
God bless us all.
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A new one.
November 18, 2022. Friday.
Thank God Its Friday! Finally the weekdays are over, school classes are also over. How is everyone there? Are you still living your life well? And I hope all of us are doing well in fine.
Thank goodness it's Friday. I won't wake up early tomorrow hahahah. I can sleep as long as I want but I suddenly remembered that tomorrow is Saturday and it's my Laundry Day so I still need to wake up early but it's okay even if it's not that early like my waking time which is ***5:00 am*** every time I will go to school. Even if I wake up at ***7:00 or 8:00 am*** tomorrow, it's fine and I'll still be able to finish my laundry early.
Anyway, this week is very tiring for me. Well, I know that it's not just me, it's all of us, especially those who are working hard for their families and their daily lives. It just so happened that I was really tired these weekdays. I also shared with you that just one day ago, my schedule was really hectic and I had such a schedule one after the other until this Friday, so it's really tiring. But even though I'm tired, I still won't give up. I'm only saying here the tiredness I felt but I never think of stopping because I'm just a little bit closer to the truth, I'm closer to my dreams.
Anyway, let's talk about something else. By the way, just after I got home from school, I read a notification from Coins.ph. The notification states that there is said to be a **Play-To-Earn** game in the coins.ph app. Of course I was happy and excited at the same time so I immediately read the full details of the notification. When I finished reading all the details, I immediately updated my coins.ph app. After that I was looking for where to access the Play-To-Earn game. I saw it easily so I tried to play without anything else.
When I saw what available games were just there I remembered one thing, that was Peagaxy. Pegaxy is a game that was also trending before the end of 2021 until March 2022, if I am not mistaken. But that game faced a problem, so eventually the players of Pegaxy gradually disappeared.
Today's Play to Earn game on coins.ph is almost like Pegaxy. The thing you will do is to race horses also. The only difference is that the game on coins.ph is not as furnished or as good as pegaxy. When I tried to race the horse that was chosen/given to me, I didn't have any other opponents and all I could see on the screen was the only horse which was mine and then the background was just plain black. So I don't know if I won or lost the race. I don't even see who my opponents are. But I think in the next few days they will improve this game even more to attract more people. And what you can win in this game is $HOOF which is also a token. Based on the article I read about the play to earn game, the token you earn cannot be withdrawn yet, but they promise that they will fix it as soon as possible.
If you want more clarification about what I am saying, you can visit the coins.ph app yourself and read the full details there.
So far I've only tried the game because there's nothing to lose because it's free and you don't have to spend money to play.
I think I will end this article here. I hope you all enjoy your Friday.
And that's all for today. Thank you so much for reading this article of mine.
God bless us all.
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Thank you for saving me.
November 17, 2022. Thursday.
What's up and how's everyone? I hope you are all fine, enjoying and having a great day today.
I realized lately that as the days go by, I'm getting closer to my dreams and I'm a few more steps to ***reach*** them. I am now in my fourth year of college and in just 2 more semesters (including this semester) I will finish college. I just want to say that when I finish my studies, I can do my dreams in life. Of course, when I graduate, I'll just rest for a while, but I'll find a job right away, no matter what kind of work it is as long as my body can handle it and it's not a bad job. So that while I'm waiting for the board exam, somehow I'm still making money and I'm not just hanging out at our house or being a bystander.
And I ***notice*** that the longer I spend in what I am doing now, which is observing and teaching students, I seem to be getting comfortable, I am getting used to it and at the same time I am enjoying it. And like the saying goes "the most important thing is that you enjoy what you are doing" so I'm happy that's what I feel right now. I did not expect that I would like what I am doing now because before I never really dreamed of becoming a teacher and teaching children that is why I am proud of myself because little by little I am falling in love with the course I took.
And I think that even though I don't really like my course that much now, with the passage of time and eventually I will really learn to embrace and love being an educator/teacher. Teaching will also become my ***passion*** someday or in the future. But of course I will still not put aside my other dream, to do business. It's not impossible for me to do those two things at the same time, teaching and doing business. Even though I am already teaching, I can still build my dream business and what I will use to build that business is the earnings I will earn as a teacher, I will save little by little until I reach the amount I need to in the business I will build.
But who is the person who ***influenced*** me to take this course? Well that was my adviser when I was in Grade 12. She was really my inspiration in this course. When I was still her student, she always told us about her experiences as a teacher and she also told us that at first everything was really difficult, but once you get used to it and you will love your profession so you won't have any difficulties. It was my teacher who helped me with my problems before, whether it was about my studies or my personal problems. And even though I had a financial problem, my adviser helped me with that. So I am super thankful to her. And everything she told me then is what motivates me now.
And it's a ***wrap*** ! Finally I did it. If you notice there are words written in italics, the reason for that is the **Random Word Generator**. I really don't have a topic to think of today so I ran to Random Word Generator to get an idea or words for what I can write today. https://randomwordgenerator.com
And tadah! here and I have finished an article for today. So I'm very thankful to random word generator because it saved me from writer's block again today.
And that's all for today. Thank you so much for reading this article of mine.
God bless us all.
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My foot went numb
November 16, 2022. Wednesday.
Happy Wednesday to all of you. How is your day? I hope it went well and you spent this day productively.
Today is a tiring day for me. But why did I say this? Well, because since the morning there's so much we're being asked to do. Because the teachers are busy right now at the school where we are doing field studies. They are managibg different upcoming events that will happen at the scho so they leave the students with us first. We are the ones who will look after, handle and teach them. But that's fine, those things are still part of the Field Study. But honestly it's so tiring because since the morning, we have no rest until this afternoon.
Our morning class has four sections. One subject (TLE) at a section at 7:30 to 8:30 am, these are Grade 8 students. Other TLE class on a different section at 8:30 to 9:30 am. After that there is a recess of 30 minutes. And then we have class again from 10:00 to 11:00 am. The first 3 classes were all Grade 8 students. After that there is another class from 11:00 am to 12:00 pm and it is Grade 10 students. After that there is a Lunch break from 12:00 to 1:00 pm. After the lunch break, there is class again from 1:00 to 3:00 pm, it's two sections but it's the same Grade 10. So we are really tired since morning. And I'll just add that during lunch break we also attend the school's Feeding Program. We serve the rice, dishes and drinks to the children to be fed. So our 1 hour lunch break becomes only 30 minutes because we have already consumed the first 30 minutes at the feeding program.
As in, our schedule is really tight. That's why I can't post and go online every morning and afternoon, I can only really use my cellphone at night.
My foot hurt a lot today. It was very numb. The reason for that is because we were standing for several hours. The class of Grade 10 did cooking today or as they call it practicum. Of course, when preparing and cooking, you can't just sit down because you really need to stand. So we who observe and handle their performance are also standing. You can't just sit on the cahir and we'll let them cook. We still need to guide them in their practicum. So from 11:00 to 12:00 we were standing and then from 1:00 to 3:00 we were standing again for 2 straight hours.
When I got home, I wanted to lie down right away so I could rest my legs, but when I arrived at our house, we had several guests over so I couldn't do what I wanted. That guests of ours is our relatives. There were so many of them and the other guest are staying to our room so I didn't lie on our bed and I just sat and of course talked to our guests first. It was late when they returned home. Actually, it was just a while ago that's why I was able to start writing this article. Now while I'm writing this I'm lying down on our bed, I've also rested my leg.
I'm just really tired today because of the amount of things we did. But they say *"when you get tired, just rest first"*. So that's what I'll do for now.
I think I will end this article here. So that's all for today. Thank you so much for reading this article of mine.
God bless us all.
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Teaching & Discussion
November 15, 2022. Tuesday.
This day is the first time I discussed to the students who are I am observing. Actually, I have been able to discuss before, but the discussion was not as in full time (1 hour per section). Because one of my other Cooperating/Resource Teacher just gave me a short lesson that will be discussed as in it's only about 3 tools and then I will just explain to the students the meaning of the tool, where it is used and examples of it. I haven't even discussed it for 15 minutes.
Today, my Cooperating/Resource Teacher (CT/RT) assigned me and my partner (we were both assigned to one teacher) to discuss a lesson in the students, that's an impromptu discussion. She didn't tell us that we were the ones who will be discussing the lesson today, and when the time comes students entered the room, she just said that the FS/ST (us) will teach today. As in, my partner and I were really surprised. But I feel that she (my CT) really did that to test our ability. To see if we are learning in the few weeks from observing her class. And I take the chance as an opportunity and not as a challenge. There is an advantage because what I did with this CT of mine because I was able to practice teaching students immediately and at the same time my knowledge about teaching was tested.
I/We taught three sections today and they have the same lesson, no one is ahead and no one is behind. So my partner and I taught them only one lesson. We handled and teached them the discussion well even though we studied the lesson impromptu. We consumed 1 hour peacefully. We did the right flow of teaching starting from praying and then greetings, review the past lesson, presentation of the lesson, generalization, application, evaluation or giving a short quiz and then dismissal of the class. We did that in three sections. And I am glad that majority of the class are actively listening and participating to our discussion. So far I can say that somehow I can do teaching well but of course I still need some development in terms of teaching. Because learning never ends and even teachers continue to study even though they are in that position.
Next week I will discuss again. At that time, I am already prepared because I had been given enough time to study and prepare what I am going to teach. What I will discuss is the Detailed Lesson Plan (DLP) I made last week. I have also done that DLP several times until it is correct and there are no errors.
And by the way, we are ask to discuss by the department of TLE where we are under because they want us to discuss a lesson to the students before we finish the Field Study, before we leave school and before they let us go. Our Field Study is over on December 8th and there are only a few weeks left before we go back to University, so they are requiring us to discuss so that before we leave, they have trained us, we have learned something from the CT's, we know how to managed classes/students and most of all we are prepared before we go out or leave their school.
And that's all for today. Thank you so much for reading this article of mine.
God bless us all.
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How do you approach life?
November 14, 2022. Monday.
Happy Monday to all of you. It's the start of another week. How was your first day this week? I hope that even though it's Monday and it's a lazy day, everyone will still be productive.
And because I have to be productive because I'm chasing to achieve my goal of writing and publishing at least 20 articles this month, here it is and I still wrote even though I couldn't think of a topic hahaha. I've been absent a lot these past few days, so I really need to make up for it today and next week. That's why what I'm going to do today is to answer some Random Questions from Random Generator. You probably already know what will happen so I don't have much more to say. Come on, let's get this started!
When you're by yourself, what do you usually think about?
Those are my problems. It's not that I'm making drama again but that's what I really think about when I'm alone. As many problems as I have in my life, I always try to think of a solution. Every day I have a problem so I really think about it every day. This is really the maturity stage they are talking about. I miss the old times when I was young, I didn't think about much, if I did think about anything, it was just what I was going to do the next day, what I could play.
Have you been given any good advice lately?
I hope there is, but there really isn't. Sometimes I share and open up about my problems with people close to me, but I don't receive good advice. I am not given advice that can really help me and in my problems. So sometimes I really don't want to open up and share what I'm going through in life because they might think I'm a burden for them and I want them to pity me. So I prefer to keep my problem to myself rather than receiving bad words from other people.
How do you approach life?
Actually I don't know either hahaha. Whatever comes will come. I just accept what life gives me now. I don't expect much about what will happen in my future because I might get hurt in expecting too much. So what's happening now is where I'm focusing. I still have dreams for my future but I feel like I shouldn't think about them first and I should focus on the present now.
What's the best way you've found to calm yourself when you get stressed?
Eat and sleep. I found out that the only way to relieve my stress is to eat and sleep. Because they say when your stomach is full, you'll really forget your problems but still I'm not getting to the point where I'm stress eating. Sleep is also a big thing to somehow get rid of the stress that a person feels. Of course, when you sleep, your mind will be calmed, so somehow your brain and body will be able to rest of thinking about everything.
What is something that will instantly annoy you?
Those people that are very arrogant. When I see and hear someone bragging, I immediately get annoyed. Because I feel that arrogant people exalt themselves and look down on other people, and that's what I hate the most. You don't need to brag to praise yourself and have other people praise you. It is even better that even though you know yourself that you are good and you have achieved a lot in life, you are still humble. It's just that I don't really like arrogant people and if they call it in tagalog *"mahangin"* I get very annoyed and irritated whenever I encounter those kinds of people.
I think this will be the end of this article. I won't make it too long. I hope you still enjoy reading it anyway.
And that's all for today. Thank you so much for reading this article of mine.
God bless us all.
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In Need of a Job
November 13, 2022. Sunday.
Things are getting too complicated for me now. If I was able to make ends meet somehow, now it's different, I'm having a hard time with my daily life. Food, expenses, things that I need on a daily basis and many other things are also a problem for me. I used to only think about expenses for projects and school requirements before, but now it's almost everything. Now even the food I will eat for every day is my problem.
Almost all commodities in the world rose. "Global inflation" as they call it. Many people were affected because of that, whether they were poor or rich.
But what if in the next days, weeks and months all our goods will increase even more? All of us will be really poor. What if next year the prices of goods will be increased too much. Can we still make a good living?
Wages don't change, they don't go up, but prices just keep going up. Isn't it amazing? So others, even though they have existing work, are not satisfied and are still looking for another sideline.
Here in us, just the electricity bills will be too much. What you earn or your salary for a month you will only be for a payment on your electricity bill. If you have equipment/appliaances such as Refrigerator, Air Conditioner, Computer, Water Dispenser, Washing Machine, Rice Cnooker and other appliances that are high power consumption, your electric bill will definitely reach thousands and even more of it. We who don't have many appliances have a bill of **2,500 pesos** *(about $50)* per month, how about those who have many appliances that are using every day. That's why many are complaining about this matter.
That's why in the hardships of life, you can't be without a source of food you buy and need every day. But what about people like me who are still students? Busy studying and not yet able to work full time then supporting my own studies.
Nothing will happen to me if I don't work. That's why even though I'm still studying, I'm making a way to get money and for daily expenses. Because I can't just rely on my parents and family because they are also stressed in life.
When I met this platform, **Read Cash** and also **Noise Cash**, I considered them great blessings in my life. Although both platforms do not consider as a work, for me I can call it my work. Because this is where I earn and get the money I need.
But now that I'm making almost nothing on the same platform can I still call it work? It's not that I don't earn anything anymore, I mean it's very little but I'm not complaining about that. My income from Read Cash and Noise App has not yet reached 50 pesos or $1 in a day. So I'm really struggling now because my main sources of income are those two platforms. But as they say, it's not always being happy, we will also come to a part of life that is really hard so I accept what is happening right now.
And this is it, because of my lack of source of money, it entered my mind to look for a job. I can't work full time yet so I'm only looking for a part-time job at the moment. This morning I started looking for a Part-time job with my acquaintances and in the Facebook Group of our province where many people are posting and offering jobs. But most of them are looking for a full time job, that's why I'm also having a hard time finding a job. I have also tried looking for online part-time jobs but the ones I see are not what I am looking for because they require time which I can't give because I still go to school in the morning.
But even though I'm struggling, I'll continue to look for work. Because I can't really rely on what I earn now, I really need a stable source of income. Life is very difficult so I really have to work hard and persevere especially since I am close to my dreams and I am a graduating student.
So maybe you know of another online job that is legit. Maybe there are some earning apps and sites you would like to recommend. Just comment it below. That will help me a lot. Thanks in Advice.
That's all for today. Thank you so much for reading this article of mine.
God bless us all.
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Respect
November 12, 2022. Saturday.
In almost a month and more, I have been observing the various classes or sections in the school where I have been deployed, and I have noticed one thing.
Knowing that the young people or thr youth are the ones that I am observing because they are high school students. But every time I observed different grades, sections and batches of children, I noticed this one thing.
***Some of today's youth don't know how to respect anymore and they don't even know the word respect.***
Among the many students I have handled, there is a students in a section where young people are rude and do not know how to respect. I know that we are only FS students (Field Study) or better known as ST (Student Teachers) but it is not that we are not professional teachers so that we will not receive respect from students. It's not that I'm complaining because they don't respect us, but we're still a few years older than them, right?
Usually the students just call us ***"Ate/Te"*** or sister in English. It's fine with us when they call us that when we are outside the school but when we are inside the school they should still call us ***Ma'am***. They have been reminded several times by the real teachers at that school and also by the heads and principals but they don't seem to know how to listen.
Among the students I handle in different sections, I have never experienced rudeness from them, maybe the reason for that is that I show my strict side to them, so they are a little afraid of me. I know that if I just joke with the students, there is a chance that they won't really respect me because they know that they can fool me. That's why every time I face students, I adjust myself and my aura. I don't scold them but I tighten them up a bit because if you show that you are kind, they will abuse your kindness and won't listen to what you say.
But some of my fellow FS or ST have experienced disrespecting. One time one of my co-FS was told that she is only ST and that she is not a teacher so why they should follow her. Wasn't what that child did disrespectful? The other co-FS of mine, said that while she was in front and discussing, the students were not listening and were just using their cellphones, she said that she forbade them, but she was not really obeyed. My other fellow FS said that the students were fighting right in front of them, she was weaned them up but she said that the other students were doing nothing and even inciting those who were fighting. I, on the other hand, experienced a similar incident, the only difference is being that there was a teacher in front and I was behind at that time observing. While the teacher was teaching in the front, there was a student in the back of the class who was talking bad to a fellow student until the person he was gossiping to got angry and started to attaked him, fortunately the male students weaned the fight. Look, there's a teacher in front and there's another ST in the back, but the students are still doing things like that.
My co-FS are losing the will to continue teaching at that school. They are already stressed by various things they have experienced. Then there are so many activities that we do at our University and the ones that the teachers at the school where we are deployed go along with. The thoughts of us, FS, keep on going at the same time until we are having a problem with what should be done first. And high school students still do and treat us like that.
I don't know why the students are like that today. Whereas when I was still in high school, we were afraid of the teachers and we always obeyed them because if you disobeyed you would receive a punishment. The students were kind then and only a few were stubborn unlike today when almost all students are nasty, stubborn and most of all don't know how to respect teachers and other elders.
That's why parents should teach the child in their houses first how to respect those who are older than them so that when they are in another place and school, they will know how to respect people. But children nowadays can even disrespect and disobeyed their parents itself, so what else is with other people, right? They can really do that.
So I just want to suggest that the subject of GMRC or Good Manners and Right Conduct and the other subjects about student behavior and attitude should be brought back. If possible, they would have brought back the subject about Religion or Bible Studies too so that the children still know what the Bible is and the contents of the Bible. It's as if the young people today have forgotten or don't know what the Bible says to be learned.
And that's all for today. Thank you so much for reading this article.
God bless us all.
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He's gone.
November 10, 2022. Thursday.
Yesterday when I came home from school, a sad news dawned on me. ***"Tagulamen"*** our cat is gone, he is said to be dead.
I even wrote an article the other day about him. I didn't know that was my last article where he was still there and he was still alive. Fortunately, before he disappeared, I was able to write another article about him.
Now he can only be seen on pictures in my gallery. It's a pity that I didn't often take pictures of him then. I wish I always took pictures of him when he was alive. Since he is often not at home, I can't always take pictures of him. But it's fine because somehow I still have some of his pictures that I have keep and saved.
Tagulamen also lasted almost three years with us. I still remember the first time he was brought here to our home. He was still small, just a kitten. He was still shy to wander inside our house and just huddled in a corner. But when he got used to it, he always climbed up to our roof and often stayed there. And until he learned to wander in different places.
That cat is very kind and gentle. He is also obedient, when you tell him not to eat the dish or food on the table, he won't eat it even if it is very close to him. As in he is a really kind cat. He will just wait until we give it to him.
It's really sad because the animals we care for have decreased by one. I always feel sad whenever I lose a pet. Because I have fallen in love with them and they are important to me, so I love them like real family members. That's why I'm just sad now.
He passed away yesterday. Yesterday, my grandfather also buried him, in the empty space at the back our house. That's actually where we usually bury our pet animals that die.
I haven't caught up with him yet. But that's better because if I see him dying, I might just cry and be sadder. It's better that he didn't suffer for a long time. My grandparents said that what happened is better than the day we see him struggling and fighting for his life. His appearance is also pitiful because anyone who sees him will say that he is poor if he lives.
Now I know that he is resting well wherever he is. He no longer experiences hardship and difficulties.
I will never forget him and he will always be here in my mind. I am the same with those pets I care for back then. They are gone but I still don't forget them.
And by the way, those who did evil and bad things to our cat, Tagulamen, let karma take care of you. Our cat is quiet and doesn't do anything bad to you, but you suddenly hurt him. Karma will get back to you.
And that's all for today. Thank you so much for reading this article of mine. I really appreciate it. Happy Thursday to all. Have a great day. God bless us all.
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The hardship of a self-supporting student.
November 9, 2022. Wednesday.
I know there are many similar students here like me who at the same time are also working to support themselves and their studies.
Actually, even before the pandemic, I was the one who support and finance my studies. I was just a first year college by that time. I applied as a Service Crew in a Fast Food Chain just to support my college education. At very first, my mother told me that she can't really afford me to go to college because the income she earns from work will no longer be enough for us. So before, I thought of not studying so that I wouldn't have any more difficulties but my classmate when I was in Senior High School really forced me to study and they say not to waste the opportunity while going to college was free. That's why I decided to juggle studying and working.
It wasn't easy for me to work while studying because I barely got any sleep. When I get home from school, I go straight to my work and the dawn catches up with me there. That's why I only have a few hours left to sleep. I go to school early so I also have to wake up very early too. So with great pain, my health has been sacrificed just to continue studying. Fortunately, my body does not give in to the excessive fatigue that I do.
Until the pandemic came. The study stopped. Jobs stopped. And everything stopped. So I also stopped working because of the pandemic. The study was also stopped due to the virus that was spreading but later the study returned through online class. Those times were also difficult for me because I didn't have a job and I needed more load to be able to take an online class. I can't even ask my parent for a little money because we only manage our money for daily food and expenses. It's a pandemic, so those who are allowed to work are limited. But by the grace of God, I was able to complete my online classes for several years. One of the reasons why I was successful was Read Cash. If I hadn't met this platform, I don't know if I would still be studying today. That's why I'm really grateful to Read Cash because of its contribution to my overall life and not only to my studies.
And now the classes are back to face to face. I had a harder time. If the online class used to be difficult, face to face is even more difficult. I used to only have problems with loads before, now I have problems with almost everything every day. Daily allowance, fare, food, load, purchase of study requirements. There are definitely more costs when it's face to face classes. And now the hardships I suffer are increasing. My earnings are getting less and less, including here in read cash. I still do some side hustles but my income is not that big anymore. In short, it's almost as if I'm not earning anything anymore, unlike before when my earnings are still sufficient on different platforms. That's why I'm struggling now, I don't know where to get money that I can use for my daily life. What I saved then is almost gone now. I can't really do physical work because my time and my schedule can't handle it. I don't know how far my studies will go. It's sad because I'm in my last year of college and I'm about to graduate. That's why I've been thinking a lot these past few days. There are a lot of things bothering my mind, as in many things.
***"It's really hard when you ate the one who support your study."*** That is the only thing I said in all the problems I am facing right now. If there was someone else financing my studies and if there was someone supporting and helping me, I wouldn't be in such a difficult situation.
But no matter how hard life is. And no matter what problem comes, I will still fight. I will always be strong enough to keep going. I will not give up. Will I give up now when I'm close to my dreams? That's why I will try as long as I can. All I can ask is that God will guide me through this time.
And that's all for today. I hope you like and enjoy reading this article of mine. Thank you so much for reading. Happy Wednesday to everyone of you. God bless us all always.
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Good Evening to all. This night I just want yo thank madam @bloghound for the sponsorship renewal. Thank you so much po, it means a lot. And before I forgot I also want to thank madam @Lhes for the sponsorship renewal too. That's happen last last week but still I want to thank you po.
Someone abuse one of my cats.
November 6, 2022. Sunday.
Others who often read my articles may know that I am a Fur Parent and we have pets at home. I've done an article about that before. I mentioned that we have 2 dogs which are **Betong** and **Bridgette** and there is an additional one puppy now that I named **Buchi**, we also have 2 cats which is **Potato** (*Watiwat is his former name*) and **Tagulamen**.
I really like animals that's why the number of our pets at home has increased like that. My pets are the ones who cheer me up when I'm down and sad. They become my stress reliever. And it can't be denied that they are really tender, so just by being close to me when I'm sad, they lighten up my mood quickly. And to add to that, they are very clingy. That's why when they're sick, I'm really worried and can't be reassured while they're not getting better. I think of them as family and I treat them as part of the family, so I just worry abou them and love them a lot.
But this past week something unexpected happened to one of my Fur Babies, specifically **Tagulamen**. Before I tell you what happened to him, I will tell you a little background about him first. Tagulamen is a male cat. He has been here with us for 3 years. Potato and Tagulamen were adopted together, they are siblings. Tugulamen is a kind cat, as in he is really kind and actually he is kinder than Potato. Potato is usually stubborn and naughty while Tagulamen is gentle and obedient. Another difference between them is that Potato is lazy, he is always at home just waiting for us to give him food. But even though he is like that, I still love him. Tagulamen, on the other hand, is hardworking, when there is no food in the house, he leaves and finds his own food. He often go to the nearby river because he can get a lot of food there plus the fish thrown by the fishermen. The name of that cat is Tagulamen because it is black in color with white spots, as we Filipinos call it "*batik batik*".
And let's get to what happened to him. Tagulamen disappear for how many days, 8 days to be exact. The first day he didn't come home, we weren't worried because it usually happens, there are nights when he doesn't sleep with us. But it's been two days and he hasn't come home, that's when we got worried and started looking for him. Actually, they were the only ones looking for him because I was always in school. They asked our neighbors if they noticed our cat but they said no. They also went to the river where Tagulamen often went, they went around the riverside but Tagulamen was not there. They also asked questions at the Subdivision next to us, but there was nothing. The search took several days, but Tagulamen was never seen until he had been missing for more than a week.
And yesterday we were all surprised to see him. He came home here but we don't know where he came from. When he came home at noon, the other people in the house were asleep and I was doing laundry, so I didn't notice which direction he came from. We were happy because he finally went home but when we saw him we were very sad. He is very thin, his eyes are watering, he walks very slowly and above all, some part of his face is cracked/broken. I didn't get to take any more pictures of him because I felt too much compassion and pity for his condition and appearance. I actually cried when I saw him. Who can't cry when your pet looks like that?
Our cat has been treated badly and we don't know who did it to him. Because his face cannot be broken without doing anything to him. For sure, if he hadn't been retaliated in the face, he might have been run over by vehicles. So who can do that to just a cat? They have no mercy. Even though we don't know who did that to him, I'm sure they has karma. I can say that because I have a hint as to who did that to our cat, but I can't accuse because I don't have any evidence. That's why it's up to karma to get them back.
Now we are taking care of Tagulamen as much as we can but we don't know if we can cure him. He is also very weak and he doesn't eat anymore, all he does is drink water constantly. My grandfather and grandmother said that Tagulamen just went home to bid goodbye to us. But I can't accept that and I hope that he will get better.
I just hate people who hurt animals. It's because they just a pet, they can do whatever they want with it. Animals also have lives and they are not just pets to be called. They also have importance in this world. And they need also to be loved and treated rightly. So the only thing I can say to people who are reckless in hurting animal is that will get you back.
And that's all for today. Thank you very much for reading this article of mine, I appreciate it so much. Happy Sunday to everyone. Have a great day and God Bless us all.
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A Busy Week Indeed.
November 5, 2022. Saturday.
Hello to everyone. How are you all? Did your Monday to Friday (weekdays) go well? I hope that your weekdays went well.
My weekdays have been very busy. Even though it was ***Monday*** and I didn't go to school yet, I still did a lot of school activities. On ***Tuesday***, even though it was All Saints Day (November 1), I still did the same and did laundry. This ***Wednesday*** we have school and I have started to be busy both at school and here at home. When I'm at school, I can't often use a cellphone because it's forbidden when you are inside the classroom, so I can only do my activities at home because my activities are on the cellphone and it's sent to google classroom. That's also the reason why I can't post much on the Noise App whenever I'm at school because the use of the cellphone is limited. And this ***Thursday and Friday*** I've been so busy that I can hardly go online even when I'm at home because I'm finishing all the activities that I have to pass. That's why I couldn't write an article for two days.
Now I'm worried if I can achieve one of my goals which is to write at least 20 articles this month. Because the month has just started and I can already see how busy I will be, so I'm not sure if I'll be able to achieve that goal. I don't know if I can still write an article even though I'm doing a lot. But I'm sure of only one thing, Saturday and Sunday will be dedicated to writing articles. It's fine if I can't achieve one of my goals as long as I don't neglect my studies and my health.
Today is my **Laundry Day**, as usual because today is ***Saturday***. I woke up late earlier and after eating breakfast I was about to start washing but I realized that we were out of stocks of Detergent Powder and Fabric Conditioner so I had to go out and buy them first. I went to the grocery store near us and bought what I needed there. I have also bought my other stuff that is also running out. I prefer grocery shopping than those Sari sari stores. The price is much lower when you shop at the grocery store and you can save money because at Sari sari stores they have big additional price per product. Here in Sari Sari stores at our place, their addition of price is about is 2 to 3 pesos on the real price of the goods that's why sometimes I don't really like to shop at them.
I got back home around 11:30. Because I still wandered a bit when I went grocery shopping hahaha. I just looked at other stores but I didn't buy anything because I didn't have the budget anymore. So when I got home, I just soaked the clothes I will wash in the detergent powder and then I ate lunch. After I ate, I just rested for a while and then started washing. It took me the whole afternoon before I finished everything, including hanging up those clothes.
I didn't do any school activities today because I finished everything yesterday but tomorrow I need to do a **Detailed Lesson Plan** as required by my Resource/Cooperating Teacher. She said that I'll be the one who will discuss the lesson next week. It is said that I will discuss the lesson with the students. I'm a little nervous right now, because I'm wondering if I can discuss properly. This is because this is the first time that I will discuss face to face with the students because last year the classes was only online class. But I won't think about the nervous thing because what I need to do first is making a lesson plan. It's not a joke to make a lesson plan, it is not that easy and then what's required is a Detailed Lesson Plan so it's really hard to do that so you really need to take the time to do it.
Maybe it's just up to here for now.
So that's all for today. Thank you so much for reading this article of mine, I appreciate it so much. Happy Saturday to all of you. Have a nice day and God bless to all of us.
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I Need Proper Time Management!
November 2, 2022. Wednesday.
I've been thinking lately that I haven't been very productive in the past few months. I am not able to publish articles very much, maybe I only do about 15 articles and never exceed 20. Whereas I used to be able to write 25 articles or more in a month back then.
What I'm used to has really changed a bit in the past few months. What I used to do before, I can't do often now. If I used to be able to exercise once or twice a month, now even once a month I can't do it anymore. As in I have a lot of things that I really miss doing now.
Well, the reason for that is that I was busy because of my studies. There is no other reason why I can't do many things. And another one, I think is that I lost time management. I don't manage my time well. I only do what I want because I don't worry about other things because I think I don't have much to do which is wrong because actually I have a lot to do. Because I became too complacent with the things around me that I forgot to manage my time properly. I'm also used to what I have and what I can earn, but what I'm doing is not right because now I'm struggling.
That's why it came to my mind to re-manage my time properly and organize the things I have to do. So I will set goals again. I think setting goals helps me a lot to manage and organize my time. While I have things that I want to achieve, I am working on it even though I am having a bit of a hard time. That's better compared to the time I just waste on nothing and I just relax and chill. I'd rather use my time properly than relax and I don't do anything else and I don't achieve anything. So this month ***I'm back in setting goals.***
What exactly are my goals this month? So without further ado, I will elaborate it one by one.
Limit the use of gadgets.
I think this is really the reason why my time is being wasted. While I'm holding my cellphone, I can't stop using it. When I open my other social media accounts, I keep scrolling down, watching videos and viewing posts in my news feed until I don't realize how much time I've wasted. So now I want to limit myself from overusing gadgets. I will only use a cellphone when I am doing something school/academic related. I will only use a cellphone when I do about Read Cash, Noise App, and other online hustles. And when it's not important, I don't have and need to use my phone.
Set alarm again.
I stopped setting the alarm when my vacation started. Now I only set the alarm every morning, just for the time I wake up. So I'm going to start setting the alarm again now. Alarm for when I wake up and alarm for when I go to bed. Lately, I've always been sleeping late and the reason for that is that I've been using my gadget for too long. So now I will set the alarm again so that I can sleep at the right time and for me maybe 10:00 pm is the right time to sleep. You will have headache often when you are always lack of sleep. And also I still wake up early in the morning.
To write at least 20 articles.
This is one of the things I really want to achieve at the end of the month. Maybe when my time is no longer consumed by using gadgets, I will be able to write articles more often. It's been a while since the last time I wrote 20 articles or more in a month. In these past months, I only publish about 15 articles in a month and the highest is only up to 18 articles. So this November I want to be able to publish at least 20 articles again and it would be better if I could publish more. Another thing is that I really need to grind hard now because I'm always tight on money and I don't have anything else to earn so all I have to do is work hard in writing articles and posting on the Noise App so that somehow I can earn the amount that I need.
Do the activities at the right time.
I haven't been able to focus much on doing my activities lately and I'm worried about this matter. I'm having a hard time because it's happening to me that I'm chasing the due date which is something I don't want to happen. So now I want to be able to focus well on answering and doing my activities. I don't want to happen or experience again what I feel like doing my activities because the due date is near and I haven't started or I haven't finished yet. So I really want to spend enough time doing my activities. If I can accomplish my goal no.1, for sure I can accomplish this too. The reason why I run out of time is due to overuse of gadgets so I keep losing time when it comes to doing activities.
And that's all my goals this November. There are only four, so maybe those are not difficult to achieve. As long as I will do my best to do those things. And one more thing, by setting these goals is means that I can also had proper time management.
And that's all for today. I hope you like and enjoy reading this article of mine. Thank you so much for reading. Happy Wednesday. Have a nice day everyone. God bless us all.
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Wearing red for repellent.
November 1, 2022. Tuesday.
It's All Saints Day today. This day is dedicated to visiting our loved ones who have passed away. Today is the day when we can remember and visit them.
*Image source:* **All Saints Day** https://www.imb.org/2019/11/01/all-saints-day-in-poland/
Before there was no Covid 19 or before the pandemic hit, we used to visit the grave of our loved ones every year. It's no mistake, even if it's raining or shining, we go to the cemetery or memorial park where the remains of our family members who have passed away are buried.
It was also fun at the memorial park we went to because at the very end of it there was a fair *(perya)* and carnival. People can go and enjoy there after they visit the tombs. That used to be the reason why I was always excited on November 1 because the place I went to was so fun and there were so many people. Besides seeing other members of our family again and having a mini reunion, going to the carnival is one of my favorite part every November 1.
*Image source:* **Carnival** https://www.yourclassical.org/story/2022/08/20/lets-go-to-the-carnival
In the dusk, we usually go and visit the graves of our loved ones. It was too hot when we went in the morning and we will just sweated there. We will bring candles, flowers and food. We will be at the tomb for a few hours. We will talk with our relatives, eat and pray before leaving the grave. After all that we will go to the fair and carnival. I was very happy when I heard from my mother the sentence *"we will go first and these kids are going to the fair".* I suddenly remember the times when I was young and I was super excited about such things.
I actually bring coins to bet on different games at the fair and I'm very happy because I usually win. I used to get food and stuffed toys when I used to win that's why I accumulated a lot of teddy bears. It was good that I won the fair then, but now I feel like I'm unlucky that I didn't win hahaha. Back then, apart from foods and stuffed toys, I also won money. I save the money that I win so that I can go on different rides at Carnival. Usually I only ride the Jollibee, Caterpillar and Horror Train. And then after I ride the rides, I will eat the foods I won in the empty spaces there where people can hang out.
November 1 was happy then. It's really different before the pandemic came. A lot has changed. We couldn't do the things we are used to because of the lockdowns that were implemented. But I'm happy that now we can do the normal things we used to do again. I hope the easing of health restrictions and protocols continues. And I hope we can completely suppress Covid 19 so that we can fully return to our old and normal life. Our lives are so fun before the pandemic, right? So I hope we can really go back to before.
*Image source:* **Candle lighting** https://ph.theasianparent.com/undas-tradition-philippines
Today we will not leave the house. We will not go to the cemetery or memorial park because there is a baby in our family now. He can't just wander around yet, so we choose to just stay at home this November 1. We'll just light a candle later when it gets dark. Those candles are for our loved ones who we cannot visit their graves.
Anyway, I actually wore a red shirt today. It is said that this is a counter or repellant to those spirits who was wandering around this November 1. Do you also believe in this superstition ? To wear red clothes so that the spirits don't approach you quickly? Comment down below your answers guys.
And by the way, I can't stay up late now either because we have school tomorrow. I thought there would be no classes until November 2 because tomorrow is All Souls Day, but I was wrong because tomorrow we are being ask to sent back at school. It's a good thing and recently I did my other activities so there are only a few remaining activities or to do that I haven't finished yet. I'm just really sad because I know there's no school until tomorrow. So that means I was really wrong to think that I will be able to relax until tomorrow. Huhuhu.
And that's all for today. I hope you like and enjoy reading this article of mine. Thank you very much for reading. Happy New Month and Happy Tuesday. God bless us all always.
****Lead image source:**** **All Saints Day** https://sharingpeace.org/2021/11/07/all-saints-day/
Spooky Halloween Questions
October 31, 2022. Monday.
Today is the last day of October. How was your whole October, guys? I hope it went well even though we all went through a lot this month.
For sure the others will check if they achieved the goals they set on the first day of this month. Me, I will not do my October report. I also didn't set goals. Haahahahha I'm not sure if I have a set but I feel like I don't have one.
So today, since I don't have anything to summarize or check, I will just continue with my article from yesterday. I only answered 5 questions yesterday and today I will answer 5 more. In other words, this article is Part 2 of my article yesterday, but this is also the last part because I won't be doing Part 3. For those who didn't read my article yesterday, that's about answering Spooky Halloween Question and that is what I will do also today. So I won't waste any more time, let's get started.
You're home alone but you hear footsteps in your house, what would you do?
I will leave the house and ask others for help. I'm not sure if the footsteps I hear are from ghosts or if they are from thieves and bad people. So the first thing I will really do is find something that I can use to defend myself before I leave the house. Of course, I can't just leave the house without a weapon. I will force myself to get out of the house even though I'm scared, instead of just hiding in a corner of the house and letting my fear swallow me.
You're in a horror movie. Are you the final girl, the first to die, the comic relief, the skeptic, the smart one, or the killer?
I would like to be the "first to die" because I don't want to experience pain and difficulties but my role seems pointless in that case and I won't even experience any thrill. I don't want to be the "final girl" because I can't bear to see my teammates disappear little by little. I also don't want to be the "smart one" in survival movies because the smart ones don't survive either, usually those who are brave and not afraid to try anything are the ones who survive at the end. So maybe I'll just choose to be "the killer"? hahaha. Just kidding guys. I'm not a bad person so I can't kill, even in a movie. So I'm having a hard time choosing. But here is my final answer, the one I will choose is the "smart one", it's only in the movie guys so that's okay at least even in the movie I was still smart hahaha.
Are you the one who gets scared, or the one who does the scaring?
I can be both hahaha. Sometimes I'm the one they seldom scare, but more often I'm the one who scares them. Especially with my classmates in High School, they often ask me to tell scary stories and I tell them some stories until they get scared and make me stop telling them hahaha. Even when it comes to my cousins, I am the one who really like to scare us all.
While watching scary movies, are you the person who yells at the characters, the person with their eyes covered the whole time, or the person who falls asleep?
Actually none of the choices here. I don't scream while watching horror movies. I don't cover my eyes or my ears when watching horror movies. And I don't sleep while watching horror movies either. Because I'm the type of viewer who is focused on watching because I want to watch the whole story and I want to know every little detail of it. I don't want to miss any scenes while I'm watching because I feel like when I do, I won't be able to enjoy watching it anymore, so I really focus on watching as much as possible.
If you got trapped in one scary movie, which would you choose?
Can I just say nothing here? Hahhaha I don't want to be trapped in those scary movies becuase I might not be able to go out anymore hahahaha. When my fear comes first, it will be difficult for me to think properly hahaha. But maybe if All of Us are Dead counts as a scary movie, that's the only one I'll choose becuase I want to be with Park Lomon whahahha. Well, I don't know if I can handle zombies, but that's better than dying from fear of ghosts hahaha. Am I a weird thinker ? Well, that's how I used to be, so get used to me hahaha.
So that's the end of answering Spooky Halloween Questions. I hope you enjoyed my answers even if they were weird hahaha. If you also want to try answering similar questions like this, just click on this **link**. Maybe it's not too late because the Halloween season isn't over yet. https://madamewriterblog.com/2018/10/22/30-spooky-halloween-tag-questions/
And that's all for today. Thank you for always reading and supporting my articles, that's highly appreciated. Happy Monday to all of you. Have a nice day. God bless us all.
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Have you ever played with a Ouija Board?
October 30, 2022. Sunday.
Last Friday, the Halloween Party / Halloween Costume Party / Trick or Treat started here with us that happened in different schools. It's just fun to watch the kids wearing their costumes and having so much fun. I am happy for them because they finally got to experience the Halloween Party. For several years, such an event was not allowed due to the pandemic, so now that it is possible again, you can see the excitement on the children's faces.
Only two days from now and November 1 will arrive, so before that happens, I'm here again and will do an article about Halloween.
What I will do today is to answer Creepy/Scary/Spooky Halloween Questions. I thought of this because it was right in line with the event that was happening in the next few days. So without further ado, I will start this.
Have you ever played with a Ouija Board?
Oh no no no. I never wanted to play it. I'm happy with my life even though I have a lot of problems so I don't want to mess with silent spirits hahaha. That game is not a joke so it should not be played just for fun. We don't know what will happen after we play the Quija Board. I know others don't believe the stories about that but there's nothing wrong with being careful, right? It's just that I don't really want to or don't want to play that game even though I'm the only one who doesn't want to join those who invite me. But they say it's more difficult when your friends all join the game and you're the only one left, sounds scary. So the thing I will do is don't go with those kind of friends who have many trips in life like playing that hahahha.
Name something you wouldn't want to run into in a dark forest or in an abandoned building.
I think a serial killer. Who would want to see a killer in a dark forest or abandoned place? You already know the outcome of your life if you happen to be in that kind of place, it's still hard to escape, the kind where you've turned all the corners but you don't know where the way out is. My other answer here is unidentified species. You know that, the ones we see in movies? Those species that appear suddenly in forests or in abandoned places. I don't know what will happen to me if I meet those, maybe I'd rather passed out so I don't see them anymore and for me not to know what they will do to me hahaha.
The creepiest thing that's ever happened while you were alone?
I made an article about this last year. I think that article is also my entry for Halloween special. But even though I have already made an article, I will tell the story again. This was the time when I was alone in the house next to ours. I took an online class at that time, it was afternoon, maybe around 3:00 pm. I was alone in that place because there was no one else there and I liked it there because I needed a quiet environment while I was in the online class. I just finished a google meet so at that time I just took off my earphones. I lay down for a while but then got up because I remembered that I still had to complete an activity. I sat down again where my foldable study table was, it was near the window. After a while I noticed something pass by the window, a dark shadow. At first I didn't pay attention to it but when it came to my mind where it came from, I was terrified. There is no way for a person to fit through that space outside the window because it is almost stuck to the wall. And soon after that happened, all my hair in the body stood up and I felt heavy. That's when I decided to leave that place. I rushed back to our house and told my mother what happened. After that incident, I never went to that house again and I was just here in our room doing online classes.
If you were dared to spend the night in a "haunted house", would you do it?
If you give me $1,000,000 why not? Hahaha. It's only one night so maybe I can handle it. But it's just a joke. If it's a haunted house here in the Philippines, it's possible, the kind that Vloggers go to, I'll agree, but if it's a real haunted house, I might not be able to handle it. What happened to me in my story above was that I was too scared, so what else to spend the whole night in the haunted house. Especially if the haunted house is too big and you are the only one going in there. I really can't handle that. Maybe if I was just at the door and then I hear some strange noise coming from nowhere, I will immediately screamed and went out hahaha. My braveness is just fake so when it comes to really scary things, *pass ako dyan hahaha.*
Do you get scared easily?
I will be scared especially if I know that no one has scared me and I feel something really strange. But if we're talking about people who are afraid of horror movies, well I can't get scared easily when that happens. I can even watch horror movies by myself sometimes late at night. I'm quick to be startled, that's the truth, but I'm not quick to get scared. It just depends on the situation.
If you also want to answer questions like this, just click on this **link**. https://madamewriterblog.com/2018/10/22/30-spooky-halloween-tag-questions/
And that's all for today. I hope you like and enjoy reading this article of mine. But I hope I didn't scare you hahaha. Thank you so much for reading. Happy Sunday. Enjoy your day. God bless us all.
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Me and the Cold Weather
October 29, 2022. Saturday.
Our province is already under Signal Warning #3 as I write this article. The wind is quite strong here but the rain is not that strong. But even if it's not raining heavily, we still have to be careful. The NDRRMC has already texted me that in the next 18 hours expect strong winds so we should still be alert all the time.
Our house is not as strong as others but I can say that it can withstand the storm and wind. The only problem we really face here in the area is when the water in the river rises because that means we will also be flooded. Because the water overflows here in the dike when it rains too much here and in other places. The water flowing in this river comes from different Dams, so when water is released from the Dams, it is sure that the water in the river will overflow again. So that's what we have to watch out for. So I hope Typhoon Paeng doesn't really bring heavy rain. But either don't let the wind get too strong. And if possible, this typhoon will have weakened before making landfall in different parts of the country.
This morning when I woke up the weather was still good although it was raining a little but there was no strong wind like this afternoon. I woke up late this morning because I slept well in the cold weather. I'm still too lazy to get out of bed earlier and I want to sleep all day hahaha but of course that's not possible because I won't eat breakfast and lunch anymore. Well, I got up too.
Today is also the day when I would have scheduled my laundry, but who would want to do laundry in this kind of weather? I don't have a place to hang my laundry, I'm not sure how many days it will be before it dries. So maybe when there's no typhoon, I'll just do laundry there. Until November 2, Wednesday, I still don't have school, so the day I can do laundry is quite long.
After I ate lunch and that's when the strong wind and rain started. It's getting too cold so I started hard trying to move and take a bath hahaha. My mind and body are arguing whether I should take a bath or not hahha. Because the water here to us is like mixed with ice because it's so cold hahaha. But in the end, my mind still won, I still took a shower even though it was very cold. So here I am now wrapped in a blanket with matching shivering. *Nginig malala hahaha*.
I want to eat noodles now, the one with hot soup, but we don't have any stocks of noodles at home, I can't go out because it's raining, the road is very muddy and it's windy. So I just lay here on the bed and just use my cell phone.
But later I'll stop on using my cell phone because we're going to get ready. It is said that the typhoon will arrive or make landfall here at night or early morning. Maybe I won't sleep later because of course if there is a time when we need to evacuate, we should be awake. Another thing is that we might lose power (power interuption) , so we shouldn't really use up all the power/charge of our cellphones so that in case of emergency we can use something.
I just noticed that whenever the November 1 comes, it always happens like this, it always rains. That's why people can't really go to the people they love that they need to visit, you already know what I mean. But hopefully before November 1, there won't be too much rain and it will be a little sunny again so that people can do what they need to do that day.
Anyway, that's all for now. Let's not stop praying that this Typhoon Paeng will subside and stop. Let's also ask him for guidance and pray that he will always keep us safe. And always be alert guys especially to those who have signal warning like us.
That's all for today. I hope everyone is still safe and sound as of this moment. Thank you so much for reading this article of mine, I really appreciate it. Have a Happy Saturday everyone. Keep safe ad God bless us all.
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I was supposed to have two days off but it hasn't happened.
October 27, 2022. Thursday.
I don't have school today. Its because this day is the Periodical Test for students. The Head of TLE (our department) decided not to let us in now because the teachers themselves will be the who will guard the student taking the exam.
The students' exam is for two days, so we will also be out of school for two days. It would have been fun if that would have happened, but it didn't.
Today I should be and my brain resting but that didn't happen because the University piled so many tasks on us. I did a lot of activities today. I also posted about that earlier on my noise app account. Since the morning, I have been writing and answering the activity until tonight. Actually I just finished answering and passing those activities before I started writing this article. Of course, I make sure that before I do something else, I finish the things that I have to prioritize and finish.
Instead of being able to relax, this day is tiring. I don't have school but I have a lot of work. This afternoon after eating lunch, I washed my uniforms and other school clothes. I took a break from answering the activities this afternoon because my head was hurting from being in front of the gadget for a long period of time. But it still can't be considered rest because I did laundry.
After doing laundry, rinsing the laundry and hanging the clothes, I went back to answering the activities. *Oh diba, walang pahinga yarn?* Hahaha. I know that this is really the life of a student, *kaya keri lang,* we are used to it already.
I shouldn't be in school tomorrow because there is still Periodical Test for Students but our University has called a general assembly. What is it that I thought I could really rest? Hahahaha. They really don't want to let us rest hahaha. I will wake up early again tomorrow and go to the University.
But after our general assembly tomorrow, that is Saturday, it means I will able to rest. There is a long weekend this week because of the Special Holidays that will pass which are **All Saints Day and All Souls day.** That's two days without school. Then October 31 has been declared also a Special Holiday, so 3 days without school. And the break for us students will be 5 days, from Saturday to Wednesday next week. And I'm not sure if that will really be a break for me because our professors are here again and posted new activities to be completed and the due date is Nov 4. So it means that on days off, I won't be able to rest again. Huhuhu what is that? But like I said earlier, *oks lang yan, matatapos din naman yan.*
Anyway, what are your plans for the upcoming long weekend? Are there any Halloween parties there? Have you bought or made Halloween costumes? Is there going to be Trick or Treating in your area? You can share what you will do this upcoming long weekend in the comment section below.
I or we haven't been able to participate in those Halloween parties for a long time and we haven't been able to participate in the Halloween costume parade or Trick or Treat. Since the pandemic happens it stopped such events, we have not really followed through with celebrating Halloween. But that's okay because I'm not young anymore hahaha. Maybe only the kids should do it first so they can experience it and enjoy it.
Well that's all for now. By the way, I will wait for the scary or creepy articles you will do this Halloween. I'm excited to read your scary and creepy experiences and stories again!
And that's all for today. I hope you like and enjoy reading this article of mine. Thank you so much for reading. Happy Thursday. Enjoy this day peeps!
God bless us all always.
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The next big purchase you're currently saving for?
October 25, 2022. Tuesday.
I have been very busy these past few days and you probably know the reason why. I'm a student and I'm in my 4th year of college right now, it is one of the most difficult years in school because it depends on whether you graduate or not.
That's why since I'm busy again, I thought I'd answer a Random Question again. There is not much more to say and explain. I want to be able to write an article even though I'm very busy, so I don't really reject such topics. Another thing is that I also need to save because my savings are running out little by little. I need to save again and earn money for my daily school allowance and my study expenses. So please forgive me if my topic is like this again. I hope you still understand my reason and thanks in advance for understanding. So without further ado I will start.
What is the next big purchase you're currently saving for?
Probably a **Laptop**. I said this in my past article. I really want to have my own laptop so I can use it in my Demo Teaching. I can also use that for other things that I do like school activities, requirements and also for my online hustles. It will help me a lot so I really want to buy it. But how can I buy it if I don't have any savings. So this one is a bit unlikely to happen right now but I still don't lose hope and I also believe in the so-called ***"unexpected blessings"***.
Where do you see yourself in 5 years?
I used to always answer this question by saying that I was already a **Teacher** at that time, but I seem to have changed my mind now. When I experienced how to be a teacher (not totally to be a teacher) I seemed to have second thoughts. Because I saw how difficult it is to be a teacher. Teachers are Role model that's why almost all your actions, words and movements will be noticed. The only thing missing is that you have to be perfect when you become a teacher. So I know myself that I can't be perfect because God didn't really make anyone perfect. So maybe my only answer here is that I see myself as a **Business Woman** five years from now. Our course is about foods so basically the business I will do someday if ever is also about foods.
What is the assumption that people make about you that is totally wrong?
That my **attitude is bad and grumpy/stubborn.** I can say that they are wrong because when you meet or spend time with me, you will know that I am not really like that. Actually when you became my friend, you will fibd out that I am crazy hahaha. Because they base it on my appearance, my face looks a little grumpy because of my eyebrows, but I'm telling you that I'm not really grumpy, I swear. As for the bad attitude, well, there really aren't any good people, *walang taong mabait sabi nga nila.* But I'm just basing it on what people's behavior shows. If you are nice to me, I will be nice to you, but if you don't treat me right, of course, don't expect me to be nice to you. It's that simple.
Do you have any unusual fears?
Maybe it's that I'm so afraid of **worms**. I don't know why I'm so afraid of that when the worm won't do anything bad to me, it won't even be able to hurt me. But since I was a child I was afraid of that, until now that I'm old I still haven't really lost my fear of worms. I said that this is an unusual fear because I know that others are not really afraid of it because a worm is not really a scary one.
What have you recently realized you have been doing wrong?
**Trusting people who have deceived me over and over again.** I have told myself many times that I will never be with people who I know are not true to me and are just fooling me but I still can't do it. I said I really don't like people who are my friends when I'm in front of them, but they talk about me when I turn my back and only the type of friend when they need something from you, but I still can't avoid them. Well, they are still with me until now here in the Field Study. There is nothing else I can do but spend time with them again and again just to make our Field Study go smoothly even though I know they are not my true friends. I really do this just for my studies so even if I don't want to talk to them and be with them, I try to do it until it's over.
And that's all for today. Thank you very much for reading. Thank you and you still made it to the end, I appreciate it so much. I hope you liked and enjoyed reading my article. Thank you again. Happy Tuesday to all of us.
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