Kidding

Who am I kidding, I miss PP like crazy!!!

Hope madayon jud ako trip pohon. God bless us all!!!

How??

I think of how I could survive the holidays here this time. I am missing Phnom Penh so much!! I miss the kids, I miss my Phnom Penh group and I just miss everything there!

Just now my colleague Jacy asked me if given the chance, I'd go back to Phnom Penh. I said of course, you don't know what you're telling me...

But PP didn't give me a good job. I wasn't really needed there, I just happen to be one of those teachers they needed who came along. I guess given time, I could put my feelings into perspective. Just be patient, Doki!!

Vindication

Hehe, kabawos na ko. On Facebook he said that the girl cancelled on their dinner date. Nagluto pa naman daw sya. Kabawos na ko! He cancelled on me at the last hour din with the Singapore Kitchen thing last May.

Definitely time to move on. Matter of time. Good luck to us all!

September

We had a meeting in skul today for the incoming skul yr in Sept. I'll be teaching 20hrs lng per week, Social Studies Grade 4 and 5. Well, I talked to the Vice Principal this afternoon. It's not so bad naman. I'll just have to think of my own welfare, that is, if I don't get a good pay here, I'll definitely think of going to Singapore. I dun wanna go home yet so I want to try my luck again in SG. God bless my plans!

Vacation

Just finished our kindergarten graduation so officially on vacation till 1st September. I'll be teaching Social Studies and Health daw in the next skul year. It's a new start, I think I like it!

I got an award for Best Teacher. Haha. The last time I got an award was college graduation, I think. Coz in my graduation at ISS, I only got a certificate. In one Faculty Assembly at USC, I got recognition for my studies at ISS. But not really a Best Teacher award. So okay, I'm happy with it.

Good luck, Doki!

School

I have been in school for the rest of my life! Just today I saw our pictures in the yearbook. I'm so amused! I didn't stay long enough to be included in the yearbook last time. Now I have my pic in there with my K3G class, cute!

Graduation in School

Start na mi practice today for our graduation on 21 August. Kanta mi "Waving Flag" as our graduation song.

Human na 1 school year. La ra hibaw-i. Seems like yesterday when I came back to our old school. I keep the faith.

Let me look back on how this school year went:

Term I (Sept to Nov -I came back in October):

I went to Kampong Som with Ate Ica during Water Festival holiday. We got on the banana boat.

I celebrated my bday quietly. Lunch ra mi ni Ate Ica at KFC in Pencil.

I went with Yuka to Siem Reap for the AWHM. Lipong2 ko ato na trip which took 24hrs in all! But I'm really glad Yuka came to visit me!

Term II (Dec to Feb)

Christmas!! Twas my 3rd Christmas in a foreign country! I survived it coz busy mn pud mi prepare for our charity event. Ex Dono was 6 Feb Sat with our special guest, Makisig Morales. We had holiday in skul for Chinese New Year. I went to Saigon then, exit. Incidentally, the 2nd day of the Chinese New Year (Feb 14) was also Valentine's Day. Ate Ica and I got a rose from Cafe Yejj in TTP.

By end Feb I knew that I was gonna stay on in skul till August. I'd say I fought to stay at my job that week.

Term III (Mar to May)

Went to Siem Reap again. Merky with Vance were in town. Went to watch Globalteer's football games also.
Went to Kampot/Kep with Ate Ica for Khmer New Year outing.
Lost the elephant necklace that my student Nata gave me in VIP Club when we went swimming with K- Arn and Sally and Ate Malyn. Tsk tsk..

Term 4 (June to Aug)
Nagresign ang mga puti in our school --Teacher Luke and Teacher Jeanette left.
Teacher Nick came back pero he only lasted 2weeks.
World Cup time! I went to Siem Reap again on 18-20 June. Paiba lng!
Then assessment tests na for Term 4. Time to determine the honour students!
Then practice for graduation.

And that's it, that's my school year in brief. My K2G and K3G classes changed classrooms due to the Nursery classes. I thought I would be shaken by the change but I survived it!

I might go to grades 1/2/3 in the next school year. I said I would like to give it a try. I hope I'd be given the chance. If not, stay where I am!

The Dutch Lost

Yes, the Dutch lost in the World Cup Final to Spain.

I had a miserable week last week. I thought it started with a promising news but then napurnada pagka-Saturday. O well, di pud ko gusto adto Choamchao oi, probinsya na man to!

Keep your cool, Doki. Do your best!

STAR Movies

For two straight nights now, I have watched real nice movies on this channel. Karon pa lang worth every cent na ako gibayad sa cable.

Thu, 8/7/10 evening was "Confessions of a Shopaholic" and last night was "The Proposal". I just love those movies!! Actually I couldn't remember anymore the last time I watched a movie, English one that I really loved. I only remember that I left my "Lake House" VCD ila Ivy in SG. Good luck to me! :)

I Quit

Today is my last day at Camtech. Actually niadto ra ko aron magkuha sa ako allowance. Giundangan n nko oi. Gabii na kaau ko mouli kada gabii nya at the end of the month, transpo allowance ra diay ako makuha? $50 pa jud. Nya di gud na sayon ila ipabuhat, ipadali pa. Ngita n lng jud ko lain. God bless my plans!! :)

Decision Time

I like it here in Cambodia, Lord. But the jobs I found are not that good, I mean, I am not secured in my work and I am not teaching fulltime. I found an opportunity with a language school but gamay ra pud allowance. Right now I'm asking for a higher allowance coz lugi ko if gamay ra ila ihatag no?

I pray for the best. If wala jud nindut moabot, uli sa Pinas by Sept. pohon. God bless my plans!

2009

2009 has passed so I wanna assess how my year went.

Actually I wanna say that it is 4yrs after I went to NUS. I was having a very hard time then. But I met very nice friends there and they kept me going. I had an Indian and a Filipino circle of friends in SG coz my 2 flatmates were from India.

Anyway, at the start of 2009, I went to Legazpi City, to work in Fr Jovic's NGO. I only lasted 4months then. Umuwi rin ako ng Cebu. I stayed there for a while. Akoy kusinera ni Dondon who was reviewing for the bar exams. I was asked to interview diay in DLSU but I didn't go in the end. Then in early October I asked my coordinator in Western if I could go back. She eventually said yes so I came back to Phnom Penh in October 2009.

I spent my Christmas holiday in PP. My sister and I were busy man pud with our charity event, Ex Dono so la kaau nako mafeel that I missed the Christmas spirit this year.

That was how my year went. I survived it! And I'm still in PP!

I'm Gonna Miss PP

Yes, indeed. I am gonna miss this place which has sheltered me when I was going thru the process of letting go of NUS and of USC. But I know in future I will be back.

Despite my NUS fiasco, I also wanna go back to SG pohon. I have very good friends there --Sheryl, Yuka, Rica, Niña, Tanya, just to name a few. I would love to see them again.

But first, I have to go home and ayusin things in my life. God is with me, I keep the faith.

SURVIVE

Seems I have survived my 1st month teaching kindergarten. And the good news is, I might be teaching full-time in the next term in September, as our coordinator told me. We might move to our new campus also. Hehe, things seem to be looking up; good signs for me! I keep the faith.

Told Ate Jing I'm gonna look for a new place na in Toulkok. Hope all things would turn out well. It will be my 4th house na. Okay lang, si Teacher Ryan man sad gani is on his 4th house na pud kuno. Depende na lang ni. God bless us!

Thing is, my volunteering and my paid work would end at the same time, 23rd August pohon. There must be a reason for this and I am expectant to see what it will be. God will reveal it soon, I trust. To Him be all praise and glory. Amen!

Moving Again!

From the looks of it, basin adto na pud ko puyo ila Ate Maline (from Tagbilaran) ig July pohon. Mouli na man ang iyang current housemate nga si Ding, iya ra pud igso. Hahay, ikatulo na tawn ni nako balay diri PP --first, in St 200 then after two months, St 472. Cge lng, basin mao jud cguro ni ako kapalaran kay I insisted on being here man even if I could've gone home or stayed on in SG. Naa gihapoy purpose ang tanan, God will reveal His plans for me soon. I keep the faith!