Long time together kasi long time no see

Yeyy, finally, nagkita na tayo! Super busy ng mga nagdaang buwan, sa pag-aaral mo at sa trabaho ko. Buti na lang tapos na ang lahat. Sabay-sabay natapos ang 2017, ang sem mo, at ang project namin. At ang future namin ng crush ko. Charots.

Naalala ko nung nagkita tayo dati, ikaw yung nagtatrabaho tapos ako yung nag-aaral. Pakiramdam ko noon maraming pagkakaiba ang nagtatrabaho sa nag-aaral, pero ngayon naiisip ko, woooh, parang pareho lang naman yata! Haha. Nasasabayan pa rin naman natin ang kwentuhan at experiences ng isat-isa.

Anyways, simula nung nabasa natin yung The Secrets of the Family Tree, dumalas ang usapan natin tungkol sa pamilya, kung paano tayo nakaka-relate sa mga sinabi sa libro, at (ang pinakamahirap) kung ano na ang gagawin natin sa nabasa natin. Buti na lang gets natin ang isat-isa. Yey!

Natutuwa ako sa exchange gifts natin tuwing ganitong season, at sa exchange thoughts natin sa mga ganaps sa paligid natin at sa mga kakilala haha. Hindi talaga tayo mawawalan ng pag-uusapan. Salamats Cha!

Laging refreshing ang oras ko with you. Thank you! Sa susunod, sige, mag-Eco Park naman tayo. Tingin tayo sa clouds. HAHA. God bless sa second sem mo at sa bahay mode ko. 🙂

PS Na-realize ko ngayon lang, di pala natin masyadong nata-topic ang lovelife mo hehe. Puro kasi ako daldal ng crushlife ko e! Sa susunod na lang. 🙂

PS ulit Tho nasa Tuesdays with Charrie na category ito, Saturday talaga ito, hindi Tuesday hehe 😉

Tuesdays :)

Maraming Tuesday na ang nakalipas, pero di pa rin ako nagsusulat. Siguro kasi di ko mahanap yung mga salitang gagamitin ko na tutumbas sa saya ng kwentuhan natin. O siguro di ko mahabol yung bilis ng utak ko pag inaalala ko yung mga napag-usapan natin sa loob lang ng ilang oras. 

Ang galing no? Lagi na tayong Tuesday kung magkita. Siguro dati, di yun sadya, hanggang sa ang sarap na lang din sadyain na magkita tayo ng Tuesday. Pakiramdam ko tuloy pwede (o dapat) na akong magsulat ng libro na Tuesdays with Charrie HAHAHA

Alam mo ba, isa talaga sa mga panalangin ko e dumalas ang kwentuhan natin, at sobrang nagpapasalamat ako sa Diyos kasi unti-unti yung natupad. 🙂 Dami ko kasing gustong ikwento sayo, at gustong-gusto ko ring makarinig ng kwento mo.

Dami na nating napagkwentuhan – pangarap, pag-aaral, trabaho, pamilya, teleserye, at kung ano-ano, na iniisip ko, sana pala nakapagsulat man lang ako ng quotable quote mula sa pag-uusap natin hehe.

O basta, ano man ang ganap natin sa buhay, alam kong magsusuportahan pa rin tayo. So, salamats Cha! 🙂 Kitakits ulit sa Tuesday, at sana makapagsulat ako kahit konti tungkol dun. 🙂

Mahaba-habang lakaran

Bihira lang tayo magkita, pero lahat ng pagkikitang yun, laging sulit. Lalo na nitong mga nagdaang araw. Pag nagkita tayo, buong araw tayong magkasama kasi marami tayong linalakad haha
Grabe, dami nating napagkwentuhan, napunan yung mga panahong di tayo nakakapagkita. Mga kwentong pamilya, pag-aaral, kaibigan, libro, kapayapaan sa mundo, trabaho, pananampalataya, pusa, buhok, plano sa buhay, mga kakilala, palabas sa TV, etc, etc. Di tayo nauubusan ng kwento, marami kasi talaga tayong pwedeng pagkwentuhan. 🙂

Salamat sa mga kwentuhan kasi dun tayo mas nakakapag-isip at yun din ang mas nagpapalalim ng friendship natin, diba? Natutuwa talaga ako sa mga lakad natin, nagmamabagal man na lakad o nagmamadali hihi, mga lakad na akala maikli, napakahaba pala, at mga lakad na akala saglit lang, pero matatagalan pala. HAHA

At kahit halos tapos na ang mga nilakad nating papel, alam kong hindi pa rin tapos ang mga lalakarin natin na magkasama. Nuuks! Go go go Cha! 🙂 Suportahan kita all the way! 🙂

To my best friend whom I miss so much

Hi Cha!

I want to mail you a letter but I don’t know what to say. I just want to let you know I miss you and I still care for you and I long to hear your stories and share mine, too. That’s all. Probably, I’ll send it tomorrow. Yeah, hopefully I’d find the words to say hihi.

Oh, what a drama! But I want no more dramas. I miss us being so carefree, talking about things that lighten up our loads and brighten up our faces. HAHA I miss our spontaneous conversations. Let’s chat over a cup of coffee (oh, we don’t drink coffee together, maybe let’s just chat over, ahm, buns filled with condensed milk and cheese? Yeah, I miss that merienda with you.) I miss you. Let’s meet soon. Yeah, soon. As soon as possible. But really, I don’t know what stories I would share. I guess, I just want to be with you, to sit beside you and watch the fountain up and splash and whatever. Yes, I just want to be with you. 🙂

I hope to see you soon. Take care coz I care. HAHA I love you Cha. ❤

With smiles and prayers,

Jas 🙂

MTAP days

Hi Cha! 🙂
Ngayon lang ulit, sayang ang mga pinalagpas kong saglit. Anywayssss, MTAP days na! Medyo excited na ko pero hindi pa ako kasing-confident nina T. Josie noon. Sadly, medyo may hesitations pa ko pero hopefully, bukas mas ayos na. 🙂

Haaaaayyy. Ang weird ng feeling na hmmmm basta alam mo yun, may personal choice ako kung sino sana ang mapili for next round huhubells feeling ko tuloy ang mean ko hmp! Ewan, sana maaalis yung ganitong bias na feelings para maging fair ako bilang titser. Medyo sumusungit din ako, ayoko itong nangyayari. Gusto ko sana, kung gaano tayo kakomportable nung review days natin dati e ganun din maparanas ko sa kanila ngayon.

Sana nga. By God’s grace, haharapin ko sila bukas na mas warm at approachable. Sisikapin kong i-entertain ang questions nila. Mas magiging matiyaga ako. Iiwasan kong kumunot ang noo ko. Pipigilan ko ring magkasalubong ang kilay ko hehehe

Haaay Cha, gusto kong manghingi ng tips sayo kung paano ba magiging mas masaya ang review days namin. Kwentuhan tayo soon. Next week na laban. Pray for us! 🙂

With smiles and prayers,
Jas

PS I miss you na! Hahaha

 

Update: Pinuntahan ko si Cha sa bahay nila nung January 11 at malaking tulong sakin ang kwentuhan naming yun. Thanks, Cha!

Hi Cha!

Natutupad na ang pangarap kong maging coach para sa Math contests 🙂 Napaka-nostalgic ng feeling – yung library, yung saya ng pagre-review, yung walang katapusang pagsasagot ng Math books at syempre yung excitement at kaba kapag laban na.

Paano malalaman ang best?

God speaks to us in many different ways. 🙂

Malaking bagay ang pakikipag-usap ko sa mga kaibigan ko. I spent six hours talking with my best friend about my career plans – shall I start teaching now or enter the field of book publishing? I have a bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education, with area of concentration in Mathematics, and I studied to learn how to teach.  I enjoy teaching and sharing my God-given knowledge in Math.  I am excited to see students have their “aha!” moments in Math.  But my cooperating teacher offered me a job – to be a Math Editor in a publishing house.  I was thrilled with the idea of being an editor and seeing my name printed in a book. Ooh, also I wanted to know how it is in there.

Hmm.  I applied as a teacher and took an exam in my Alma Mater today.  I went there with my twin brother who applied as a History teacher.  Our demo was scheduled on Friday 10am.  On my way home, my best friend texted me about my plans to work. Ohh, I just wanna cry that moment inside the jeepney; her message was just what I needed.

Congrats sa pagsablay! 🙂 Sana wag mong kalimutan ang mga gusto mong gawin sa buhay at wag ka sana mapagod or tamarin magturo.  Wag isipin na magsisimula ka pa lamang sa tunay na buhay kasi baka ipagpabukas mo ang paghahanap ng opisyal na trabaho – bagkus ay ituring na tinutuloy mo lang ang nakasanayan at minamahal mong gawin.  Wag tumigil sa pagkilos at paggawa dahil sa trabaho makikita ang mga natutunan mo at ang passion mo. 🙂 Kayang-kaya mo yan Jas! God’s grace!

Haay, I dropped by her house right away. It was a blessing talking with her. Haha. After 9 long months, we finally saw each other again! Yey! 😀 I shared her my thoughts, my reasons, my hesitations, my reservations, my excitement, and whatsoever is in my head and heart.

We have decided what I should do.  Go to the publishing house the next day, and then wait for two weeks if they would hire me.

That’s the plan… Until before 5pm, the school where I applied earlier, called. Our demo was moved tomorrow afternoon at 3pm. Aaahh. I didn’t know what to say.  I know I did wrong when I mentioned about my plan to apply to a publishing house huhu. Sorry. I’m really sorry.

My brother and I decided we would push through the demo. So now, here I am, preparing my lesson plan. (Oh, haha, I’m blogging right now, but this is part of my preparation. I need to spend my quiet time.)

Romans 12:2

New International Version (NIV)

² Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.

What is the pattern of this world? Selfish. Oooh. That’s the first word I thought of.  Selfish. 😦 If I am to obey what God says in His Word, I shouldn’t be selfish.  Why do I want to teach? Do I really want to be an editor? Why? Why am I still double-minded? James says that,

⁵ If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you. 6 But when you ask, you must believe and not doubt, because the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind. 7 That person should not expect to receive anything from the Lord. 8 Such a person is double-minded and unstable in all they do.

Ehem.  What do I really want to do? Hmm. Change the question.  What does God really want me to do?

Earlier, I talked with a friend thru FB chat.  We have just graduated and so the default topic would be Work.

Friend: sana makahanap tayo ng magandang trabaho
Ako: haha tama
haay. yung best ang plano ng Diyos para sa atin
madaling sabihin pero may times na ako mismo kinakabahan

 Friend: pano malalaman na yun yung best?

 Ako: yan ang hindi ko masasagot ng direkta hehehe

     paano nga kaya?
Friend: di ko rin alam girl :(((

We were talking about the job opportunities that we have and how we could know which is God’s plan for us, when a Bible verse popped up in my mind. Romans 12:2

(We had a long conversation but I will attach it here later after my demo.)

In all honesty, why do I want to be a Math Editor? Hmm. I can feel I will have higher salary. New experience, new world. Sounds interesting and exciting.

Why do I want to be a teacher? Hmm. So that I could share what I know, I could share God’s love to my students. Oh. This means something.

Her words made me remember what I wanted to do all along. Huhu. I think, uhm. Hmmm. I’m pretty sure I really want to be a teacher this school year. 🙂 Oooh. 🙂

Haha. What a change of mind! Oh, wow! Change of mind. Hmm. Is this really for real?  Does this mean I am now deciding to do my best in applying as a Math teacher? Oh, if this is your plan Lord, so be it. Let Your will be done, God. Hmmm. 🙂

Haha. I didn’t expect this. I think I’m finally deciding to stay. Hmmm.

Lord, I surrender to You my plans. Thank you for speaking to me through many ways. Help me listen to You intently, my Lord and my God.  Be my greatest Teacher. I love you Jesus! 🙂 Thank you Lord. In Jesus’ name, I pray. Amen. 🙂 ❤