HE LOVES ME? HE LOVES ME NOT?

He loves me

With all his heart I can see

He gives all he can

And he's a true man to me.

He loves me

And cares much for me

He appreciates all I do,

Supports me all the way through.

He loves me

With no certain reason

He makes me smile

and there's no need to question.

He loves me

And he's all to me

We dreamed to be together,

live with each other forever.

He loves me

But that was before.

He leaves me

and it's because of my fault.

I love him

But all we had was already broken

I tried to fix things

But he's the one who gave in.

I still love him

Though I'm the only one whose loving

Still hoping that someday,

He will love me again.

RAINBOW

I just saw a rainbow in the sky

I don't know but it made me smile

I forgot my problems for a while

Oh rainbow, why you're so high?

There's always a rainbow after the rain

Does it feels just like pain?

That after I cried,

It would just fade away.

Love is full of mysteries,

At first, you feel so happy

Then it will set you free

In the end, your life is a misery.

But God created a rainbow

To give us hope

To remind us that in every sorrow,

You will be able to cope.

MEMOIR 

FIRST LOVE

Do you ever experience losing someone very special because of death? If you do, how does it feel? Do you felt like something is missing? Or do you felt your world stops because you never think that would happen? Do you felt the pain? Did you feel lost? Or do you have rumbled emotions? I don’t know, you don’t know, we really don’t know.

When I was in elementary, I had a crush on the treasurer of our class because of his smile, kindness, funny jokes, intelligence, etc. Even when we were already in high school, I know I still like him. Time has passed, though I saw him with different girls, I still have special feelings for him. After we graduated from high school, we had our separate lives. I go to college and he works for his family. We don’t have any means of communication except facebook. We are so busy in our own lives, a reason why we don’t have any news about each other. Until one day....

I was on my 2^nd year in college back then when one of my old classmates texts a group message stated “bakit mo kami iniwan agad? L” I was curious and asked him why. He answered “si Audrey.. wala na si Audrey”. I was dumbfounded back then and I felt like my world stops. I don’t know how to react but still I managed to text him “is it true? But how?” he replied “Because of motor accident”. My tears started to fall. He, my long time crush... has just passed away.

We went to his wake; my old classmates were also there to give their sympathy. I can’t still believe what happened. He looks like sleeping on his coffin. I know he still has a place in my heart. I don’t know why I felt so much pain that I can’t stop myself from crying. Rumbled emotions came through me. I feel lost; a part of me was missing. A part of my heart was gone. Since then I realized, he was my first love.

Two years had passed but every time I remember that matter, I still became lonely but tried my best to forget it. Though he only had a short life, I am still thankful he became a part of my journey and I had good memories with him. I, his family, his friends, and his workmates will always remember the goodness he brought into our lives and it will remain in our hearts. 

FEATURE ARTICLE (SEEN ZONE)

Seen zone
Have you heard of this word?
Or do you know this word?
If you are a modern day Filipino, I think you do.

Seen zone became popular through social networking sites,
mainly in facebook where in you have sent a message to someone,
then you were not able to receive a reply, 
when in fact he/she has seen or read the message.

Have you experienced being seen zoned?
That you didn't have enough strength to talk to someone you love?
That you couldn't tell what you feel?
If you do, then you felt the same way as I did before.
Being seen zoned gives happiness and pain all at the same time.
It has a total difference with being friend zone because they can still be close
to the one they love.
You just do not have the guts and initiative to voice out your true feelings
that might bring greater pain to you.
But still you are hoping that someday there would be
a chance for both of you.

Seen zone
Have you heard of this word?
Or do you know this word?
If you are a modern day Filipino, I think you do.

FEATURE ARTICLE ( TEACHING TODDLERS)

“I love you teacher.”

This heart melting line from your students is the best gift you can receive from them. Come to think of teaching toddlers, the word ‘hard’ may come first into your mind unless you like them. But do you ever try teaching them? Or you know to yourself you don’t have the patience needed?

Teaching toddlers (children ages 4-6 years) is a wonderful experience.

It is difficult. It requires patience but happiness is also a factor, especially when you become close to them.

Difficult at first but if you started to have their trust and attention, eventually it will become easy.

Also, you need to have the patience to withstand the short attention span of your students.

You need to use different strategies to sustain their attention.

Sometimes, being strict towards your students is necessary to show them you’re authority in class.

 

I'm happy to teach children and I was really having fun at the same time.

Especially when I teach them nursery rhymes with actions, they’re so happy, cuddling and dancing.

Also when you see that they are learning and they are happy to have stars stamps on their hands.

I can still recall the time I teach children every summer. Their favorite time in class are recess, singing and dancing time, coloring time and of course dismissal. You may often hear these lines from them; “teacher, di ko po kaya.”, or “teacher, dip o ako marunong.” But eventually, after several times of teaching, you may not hear it then especially when you cheer them that they can.

When we are going to write a letter in the alphabet, I will tell them to get their blue notebook. You may hear them saying “teacher, blue?” or “teacher, ganito?” then they will point out the yellow one. I’ll tell them “no, the blue one.” Then point out and raise a blue notebook.

But the lines that you may often hear everyday are; “teacher, pagkatapos nito, kakain na?” or “teacher, pagtapos nito uuwi na?” or “teacher, pagtapos nito, tutulog na?” ‘cause I’ll tell them to sleep after finishing their work and it is already time to go home, then they will bow they’re head into their desk and act like sleeping.

These are the happy moments of being a teacher. If you will love your work, especially your students, they will love you back.

Teaching requires compassion and hard work.

Teaching toddlers builds the foundation of their future.

The things that you will teach them may affect the way how they carry on their studies in the future.

As Jim Henson said, "[kids] don't remember what you try to teach them.

They remember what you are."