One morning inside my K2 class, one of my students, asked me something that completely threw me off my seat. “Miss Anie, are you smart?” the little boy asked inquisitively. "Uh, hmmm" I hesitated and finally said, “Sweetheart, I just read a lot” and thought how vague my answer was. He then turned to me with his 1000 mega-watt smile and sweetly said, “I...
Recently, I’ve been thinking about the story of Jesus and his disciples in a boat out on the water. With my imagination at work, I would picture the scared stiff disciples in a cinematic-ques scene, soaking wet from the raging rainstorm and high wild waves, utterly freaked out, hysterical even, as the great storm came upon them. Fast asleep as Jesus was, his...
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It’s been half an hour since the program has concluded. Flashes of distant cameras were still evident from the center stage where the very event took place. Family and friends gathered around in celebration of victory and delight as Earl Jane, Karl, Josh, Kim, Joyce and Vince takes pleasure in their triumphant stint as pageant winners. Across the canteen table, I sat down on a...
Blog entry originally posted 5 December 2011 via Life's Blah: Behold a fangirling blog post. You’ve been forewarned. This is what reading, classic literature or not, does to me. If I’m still in college and is required to write a term paper on my favorite literary hero, this blog post is is something I would submit, no questions ask! Well, more or less....
Classic literature has an eternal appeal in my eyes. Growing up in my teens with compulsory make-up-projects, I always singled out reading as a great escape and in the process grew fonder of making book reviews. I had the pleasure of reading Little Women, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Huckleberry Finn, Beowulf, The Canterbury Tales, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, The Secret Garden,...
From a vague dream, I woke up with a jolt, somehow disoriented. “Crap, I'm late for work!” I told myself, drowsy eyes closed as my right hand search for my phone from under the pillow. “There.” I mumbled sleepily once I got hold of it. Still feeling somnolent, I coerced my eyes to open and then proceed to unlock the Samsung Corby...
Passages from an old blog entry, March 2011 I used to be one of those girls who detest make-up. I suppose because I grew up having a negative subtext in my young mind about it. I thought my intense dislike on the subject was primarily motivated by being one-of-the-boys, but now that I can weigh up things more fittingly, I realized I was just...
What an eventful week it has been! With a two-day teaching seminar, a last summer hurrah with a couple of colleagues from church, writing projects on the side and finally, a back-to-school-prep on my plate, I find myself more keyed-up with everything that has been going on in life. I sometimes wonder how incredible it turned out to be at this...
Out of the need for a much needed break from being cooped up in my workspace with writing tasks and whatnots, I instantaneously felt the impulse to re-read my old blog entries. I formally started blogging in 2004 at the tender age of 19. I was navigating my way through college for two years already when Life’s Blah, my first blog, came into...
