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Sagittarius

You're not one to give up on anything without a fight. This year, you need to prove to yourself that you absolutely can do anything your heart desires. You have a friendly nature, and feel very comfortable enjoying the group dynamics of different social scenes. Having high personal values, and being very idealistic, are just some of the reasons why you attract so many gifts and blessing from others -- not to mention having a natural talent for attracting money easily all year round.

You will feel deep transformation in your attitudes about money and your personal values, and are seriously thinking about what is important in your life. You may find you may are not placing as much importance on having physical things. Security may present itself through family and friendships instead of through objects and possessions.

You desire a deeper connection and emotional bonding with your family, exploring the ideas you have learned from your parents. You will appreciate some of the perennial wisdom that has been passed down to you from your ancestors. By the summer, you feel a new closeness in your relationships and will juggle love and work in order to maintain balance. Personal transformation is far more appealing than outer changes, this year.

graduate...

educational psychology...

third Batch..

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well today i went to PRC in the morning to submit my board exam requirements and GOD was it very exhausting! line up line up up and down. apparently the lining up in the Andrew building (during college) and waiting for the elevator to go up from G to 24 a couple of times... was a TRAINING for the long lines in the "real world" ...

lol

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speaking of LOL, i've been chatting using isketch.net these days and ive been quite exposed to people using i-net cuts i.e. LOL. and you'll sure be noticing that along the way as i blog, i'll be more often than not saying..well.. lol. ... lol.

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Going back to my story, after finally submitting my LET requirements i went off to my univ and wandered around with whoever people i met and had time to hang out with.

actually i was O-B-H- ing. haha. lol (there goes the lol again) 

OBH was actually my acronym during highschool which stands for operation boy hunting

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so many new faces, and so young. i was able to blend in quite well haha... told the froshies i was born in 1990 (well infact im a 1987 baby) ... but heck, they bought it quite well.

one even said he thought i was a sophomore. whoo!!! haha lol

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Met a few proffs that apparently i was ecstatic to meet haha. and excited to tell that OH EM GEE, there are a lot of students in EPSY right now unlike last year barely 15.. and now, practically 40 i think. haha. or 35. ... quoting miss rayos. a lot of "cute" boys. haha lol... really? i thought only 1 haha.

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oh I sat in miss rayos' counseling class... never had so much fun in a class where i get to just sit and think without a stress. ... deadlines deadlines announcement of deadlines but me? ... lol, i was just sitting there and acting like i dont care... which i really dont. because I'm done with all that shit! yeah!!!!

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then miss rayos mentioned about graduates of EPSY .. haha lol, made me think that as the third graduating batch of the program. apparently we're a batch that haven't even started with our "career" .. .as in NADA. .. from previous batches there were already some people starting to map out there career and taking action even before the commencement exercises.

but heck, why does it matteR? .... we're still having blast (i think) living carefree day to day living.

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i dont think any of my blockmates are seriously job hunting anytime soon though... we're all gonna watch sex and the city on sat and then have dinner. oh the suite life again indeed.

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That's all for now and for a very long time im sure...

So far I'm going back to the boring life again and blog about nothing. or rather.. not blog at all

it has come to a point that i have to be fierce with my nephew now. i still can't get over that it has already been 2 years since the last time I taught him educational stuff. and it seemed that I relied that the school will help him learn the numbers and letters.

Apparently, he still doesn't know the alphabet nor know how to count 1-10. I always thought and believed that it was ok and he's still a "baby". Only to realize that he's only a baby because we treat him like one (well, yeah, he just turned 5 last April) ...

But to be exposed in a Pre-school and discovering that 2.5 year olds are able to count and identify numbers. even letters perhaps... and see that 4 year olds are able to READ.

I'm like oh-em-gee. 2 years huh..................... oh shit. what have I done with the past 2 years of my life???? Amidst the workload and jampacked of school requirements I always told myself "one day at a time Toni, one day at a time".

Turns out that... living one day at a time today and everyday.. you won't realize that a ONE DAY, has become three hundred sixty five days or more...

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Probably because my nephew's stubborn, which was at first ignored because he's still a kid and kids love to play a lot. But as time passed by, it became a problem. He's impatient. and all that jazz when it comes to academic work.

Of course he knows other basics, like shapes. animals. dinosaurs and a lot of things I let him do. (like turning on my TV or shutting down my computer, yes he's 5...)

But the basic foundation of education like Numbers and Letters. common.. time to tutor him everyday and this will be a challenge because neither my teachers in school can make him listen due to his short attention span.

I get pissed, yes.. because he's my nephew and even though i tell him a lot of time that THIS IS THE LETTER A... A A A A A A A say A A A A A...... after a few minutes, ask him what letter it is... he'll say.. R? ...

ARRRRRR... how can you not get pissed over that right?
But heck if I'm going to be a teacher I'm going to meet worst kids right?

My co-teacher tells me that Kids don't usually follow family but will listen to his teacher. I guess he has a point.. but it seems that my nephew's an exemption. he still has a short attention span no matter whom he is talking to.


THIS IS LETTER A....

D?

argh!!!!

What type of strategy will I know incorporate?!!?

Classical Conditioning... Rewards and Punishment.

Darn that you have to learn the letter A first before we go to the letter R (because his name is RY, he knows the letter R) ...

He has to learn the letter A first even if it takes we'll be spending 365 days with just 1 letter (okay that's exaggeration) but you know what i mean

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If there's one thing I learned and will surely remember in college was to "observe lunch break" of our professors.


Whenever we drop by the faculty and the clock hits 12:00nn already.. you'll hear Dr. Joal Reyes commenting... "lunch break na..." .. .haha... it always made me and some epsy friends laugh and it also conditioned us that whenever its near 12 already, we're like.. "naku, it's almost twelve, Sir Joal will again say, its lunch break". Even when he's talking to other adults who are inquiring about adult stuff, he's like ... "ehh.. it's lunch break" .. haha... I will always remember Sir Joal during lunch breaks forever haha...

Lunch breaks in my "new" school (i.e. the preschool I'm OJT-ing at), always made me think about a lot of things.

First, I keep picturing myself and remembering eating lunch with my mommy and our employees back when I was in grade school. They bring with themselves their own food.

Second, I think back and recall my lunch breaks with my classmates (with no particular time of the day) and sometimes we bring food, sometimes we eat during class hours, sometimes we buy food  and bring it inside the building, sometime we go out. Lunch break was like, anytime of the day and anywhere we wanted to go and get some food. Even if it takes that we go to the mall and go get the food that we want.

Third, I think of my previous professors and how they go about with their lunch breaks, some bring their lunch while some are just like us students and buy food at the canteen and other food stalls near school.


I'm like, how is it in the working world and how do they observe lunch breaks?

I'm not happy with my lunch breaks now. I miss my school. I miss my OLD school. (even though I am practically sick and tired of the food there and can hardly decide quickly where and what to eat). But I miss the school because I miss having CHOICES.

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I MISS MY SCHOOL!

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Time flies, and it's Friday again tomorrow. I'm so happy that the week went well and faster than usual bumming days. Next thing I'll know, my contract's over and I'm not required to go to Sacred Heart/Sunvalley anymore...

I still don't know if I made the right decision signing up as a "practicumee" despite i have already finished college. Oh well, the experience is not yet over! I'm sure I will have a reason that I will never regret.

"Celebrate the
true spirit of
Brotherhood
with a green-and-go credit card that allows you
to enjoy the rewards of being a LASALLIAN".

Today i feel so productive because I was able to finish all the errands I needed to do in DLSU given that I can only have one big visit to school. (the busy after-grad world, i know )

at first when I was about to get a visitor's pass (apparently I am now a visitor... x_x). I noticed I lost my sCHOOL ID!!! which I needed to get an alumni card.. (which was one of my visiting purposes). I got so pissed because after 3 years, it's going to be now that I lose my school ID. Now I have to go buy a new one because I need that to serve as an entrance to PCCI during graduation.

While giving a signature so that I can get inside my school.. Im like... "I didn't know I have to give an ID to get a visitor's pass"... last time i went here I didnt give any ID..

a few minutes, I'm like.. "Miss, can you check if I left my School ID here?"

I was just hoping I left it since I dont recall surrenduring it!!! OM-EM!! it was there!! whooo.. talk about SHORT TERM MEMORY LOSS. last time i went to school, I exited at a different gate and went straight to the parking area x_x haha. forgot I left my ID at the main gate, good thing I bothered asking. But I was really certain that time that I did not leave any ID.

 

So ok, I got in and first I went to the registrar's office to request for TOR (transcript of records) with a scanned picture on it. One of the requirements in applying to take the LET (license examination for teachers)

PURPOSE OF REQUEST? BOARD EXAM

whaha.. can't believe what I'm actually taking a board exam. I feel like it's just one of those entrance exam or psychological test examinations.

NEXT: I stayed in my usual org's tambayan... texting Rlynn who apparently forgot her cellphone at home. Good thing we saw each other at the tambayan.

When Rlynn was off to her summer class, I went off to Green and White and submit the tasks I made regarding our yearbook.

Then after awhile, I went looking for the DLSAA, De La Salle Alumni Association. Got a lot of flyers and subscription forms of various offers. haha. One of the lady asked me if I was graduating and offered me a credit card. I'm like... doesn't graduating already mean something...

still not working = nothing to pay bills with. haha

but the card looks so cool! (5k credit limit for graduating). Probably I'll get... next yr.
haha. (still considered graduating)...

 

 

 

Beside that desk, ALUMNI CARD. I got my temporary card already but I can only claim the real one (with picture) 1 week after graduation. . However, atleast I can go inside the campus without walking far the main gate and get a visitor pass anymore.

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I also got me-self a SUMMIT MEDIA application form, (Philippines leading magazine publisher). Didn't know lasallians get to have 20% discount!!!! weeeeeee... My favorite magazine, Cosmopolitan.

oh oh oh.. haha. I'm not really working yet but I already project monthly payment bills.

What else did I do today?

OH! I almost forgot, I got me-self a new ANIMO SIM CARD (my older one wasn't working anymore). It's offered only on occasions, and today was the Frosh Orientation for the College of Liberal Arts
(bad timing! dang-it.. tomorrow will be College of Education)

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I don't have that much school spirit huh??  haha.

 

P.S. Oh em, I was able to catch up with my sleep and got a good afternoon sleep when I got home around 4pm! (woke up at around 10) and now its 11pm. ... uh-oh.. hope i get sleepy again soon! else, nothing improves in my sleeping habit. haha

P.S. please pardon the blur pictures just used my camera phone. still too lazy to scan.

I really should quit the habit of not sleeping until the wee hours of the morning, I have been continously become sleep deprived and insomi-c due to school sleeping habits.

Today, in school we made PEACOCKS!

 

and banana rolls (turon). I can honestly say that I've been learning a lot of things in my "new" school, despite the curriculum's not really intended for 20-year olds.

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A few hours after lunch, things again have started becomming idle.  Then I found me-self a good spot to sit and lay my heavy head down. A few minutes I was already sleeping and waking up once in awhile but my head was too heavy that I couldn't and had no strenght at all to carry myself. I felt like somebody was talking to me, but it was just my imagination.

 

Just in time I already had the strenght, Miss Juan (the owner/director) already noticed me that I have been i dunno, idle.. or rather bored? ... She asked Teacher Gene to find me something to do.. hehe. Then after awhile, I was partaking in the Galileo program next door.

The GALILEO PROGRAM is an enriching program that offers math and english subjects to preschoolers and elementary students to practice/enhance their skills.

 

It came to my realization that my 5-yr old nephew was way way wayyyyy behind his basic education. He may be techy-savvy, but the basics uh-oh. To think I bought him Educational Dora and Blue's Clue CDs  when he was like 3.5 years old. It stopped one day when he was starting to hog my laptop then until my dad had to service our PC and when it came back, it worsened.

Oh-Em-Gee, its been more than a year already! I feel sorry for myself that I didnt make it a habit to tutor him. (apparently my sister's depending on school too much, go figure how my nephew does his homework ALONE)

Its not too late  to teach him right? NO MORE SPOILED NEPHEW. Time to listen to his Teacher Tita Toni. dang-it, i just wish my sister pays me for this tutoring haha.

I was thinking before that i'd be shadowing his lessons when he reaches grade school (when he can read and write already). But oh-well, gotta start it now. That brat... hehe... taking advantage of my favoritism

 

lovin' him!

 

I was able to excercise (or rather recall) my MATH skills while checking the worksheets without answer keys. haha...it was just basic math, but nevertheless... its been A VERY LONG TIME since I had math! (the only math we had in college was algebra, which was in first yr college... of course we had statistics also but heck, we used calculators!)

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Tomorrow, I will be on a day off. Back to My REAL school (DLSU) time to catch up with school documents and commitments and requirements!

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