Unite Nations Day: Are the nations united such that its unity is celebrated?
0 comments Posted by Malaybalay Blogger at 5:33 AM
So many years have passed and here once again the day when United Nations Day should be celebrated. This teacher can not but help ask again if in fact there is enough rationale to celebrate this day if there is a big question hanging in the air: Are the nations united that its unity is celebrated?
Without being cynical, there is some semblance of unity for if there is not then wars will have its way. We just have to stay long enough to watch what is shown on the television set that disunity is a reality but so is unity. Wars and conflicts are usually magnified so we get the feeling that the world is chaotic but we have to be patient enough to let the other television channels give a balance presentations and true enough e see the glimmer of hope that there is unity after all.
So let us celebrate United Nations Day because the mere fact of recognizing it is celebration enough and another chance to give unity a chance is a gift to mankind especially the young.
Happy United Nations Day then to you out there and may unity be born right in each person's hearts.
Sainthood, canonization - its impact in today's way of life
0 comments Posted by Malaybalay Blogger at 6:32 PM
The terms sainthood and canonization refer to good Catholics whose lives were lived well following the example of Jesus Christ who died so others may live. What is very important to focus on is the impact the lives of saints has for the modern person. Today, the lure of secular living is so strong that unless one remains committed to one's faith, the road to wealth and fame is indeed enticing.
Pope Benedict has been very responsive to the needs of persons who are constantly challenged to be true to their faith. Already Mother Teresa has been beatified and it is just a question of time and she will be declared a saint.for us who have seen Mother Teresa, we agree that her life is really saintly. She has always served the poor and when there are children who have no one, she always makes sure she is there to attend to them. All these actions tell us that saints are real people and upon death, their deeds are just magnified so others may be inspired to do the same in their own way.
On October 21, there is one Filipino, one from Cebu City, Visayas, Philippines, who will be canonized. His life was one that was so simple and when the time came for him to give witness to his faith by offering his life, he did.Read ore about Pedro Calungsod.
For us ordinary mortals, we are "saints" in a way whenever and wherever we help others without any ulterior motive. We do not do anything good to be declared saints. We live accordingly and lovingly. Smile fellow human beings!
A little girl teaches love for education and witnesses to its worth by almost dying . . .
0 comments Posted by Malaybalay Blogger at 4:16 AM
What a way to give witness to the significance of Education, that of almost dying. All this done by a little girl called Malala,a Pakistani and to this day she is still in the hospital in England recuperating.
The facts are heartwarming and heart tugging you can not help by be very angry at the Taliban who did this to her and to the other girls. All that Malala has done was to blog about her desire to be educated and to tell the world that she hopes all girls have the same experience as she is enjoying. Is is just providential that the school's principal is her dad.
Perhaps it is not hard to understand why the Taliban did what he did because all this time because he belongs to a culture that does not encourage girls to be educated. Imagine what we take for granted as a right and in this part of the world, it is more of a miracle to be educated. Let us count our blessings even as we hope and pray that thee are less of Talibans who deprive the girls not only of their right to be educated but to be alive- to be respected as fellow human beings.
Malala, we pray for your fast recovery and we thank God for girls like you who give fresh air of innocence and strength in such frail bodies. May your tribe increase.
What can we teach our young about monogamy, polygamy . . .?
0 comments Posted by Malaybalay Blogger at 2:04 AM
If there is any good point we can teach our young when the time comes, it is to learn as much as life offers them. Whatever may happen to them, they will decide accordingly and so when they have to decide whether to choose monogamy over polygamy will depend on the way faith and life will nurture his/her decisions.
As a Teacher myself and a mother at the same time, I have this strong faith in my children's decisions. This fear is going to be imbedded in our hearts for our children will have children of their own and onwards to more generations to come. What a way to view the bigger fact of life and in all of it we find out that we are only one thread in the cycle called life.
In the meantime, I go on with my present vocation to teach students to become teachers one day!
Even the weather is teaching us what's up with the world . . .
0 comments Posted by Malaybalay Blogger at 1:01 AM
Just when Malaybalayan was up and going and prepared for school, the weather dampened the plan. This was unfortunate because the orders were soooo ready: hotcakes for a belated simple birthday celeb with colleagues; "cuchinta" and brownie b-day cake, a gift from Gigi on top of it. . . all sidelined by the weather that brought rain and cold winds.
What is the weather saying nowadays? It is teaching us the changes that are attached to the daily chores of living. The weather goes with one's feelings of sadness or happiness whatever one finds herself in. Sometimes, the weather determines the mood of a person and sometimes gets the better of her.
So let us make the weather get attuned with our day to day atmosphere so that it leans more on giving us the zest that we need if the day is to become more productive and more to our liking.
To the weather then, good day!
62nd year old Teacher teaches herself to keep teaching . . .
0 comments Posted by Malaybalay Blogger at 4:18 PM
What a way to say, 62nd year old teacher teacher herself to to keep on teaching but really she must because the challenging of being a senior citizen and a teacher at the same time is taking its toll. If you visit her other blog, Elderly Blues and Blows, you can sense that she sleeps on a rocking chair to make her fall asleep and when morning comes, wake up and be ready for school!
This scenario is sometimes a cause of worry for her children because her bed is ready for her but then she prefers the rocking chair because it lulls her to sleep at the same time allows her to view her favorite television shows and facilitates early wake up time ready for school.
Now, more and more, Teacher's teacher is teaching herself to keep teaching perhaps for a year or two and then decide to "retire". She is mustering this strength to keep up with the routine that goes with active living.
Anyone out there who has the same dilemma? What are some tips to improve the way to overcome? In the meantime, this 62nd year old Teacher will keep teaching herself to keep teaching for sanity and purpose.
A teacher all her life, Malaybalayan claims that even at 62, life teaches her the most. In this instance of her natal day, her life is made complete with her grown children: Ayeng, Ben, Chev and Bon greeting her Happy Birthday, at the earliest opportunity when July 1 came to light. Family relatives and Friends called, twitted, blogged to greet her too. She offered mass at Cagayan de Oro Cathedral, Northern Mindanao, Philippines and received Holy Communion.
Teachers are persons with simple needs and so it does not come into the picture whether the food to be served consists of lechon and the like or just beef ribs, fried fish, avocado salad and Selecta Happy Birthday P125.00 half gallon. Happiness really stems from the people who care and pray that the birthday is a blessing for more birthdays and healthy times with loved ones.
So this Teacher turned 62, senior citizen and all but at heart, a young and happy person. thanks everyone, the world and God!
Weekend gone and school days are here again . . .
0 comments Posted by Malaybalay Blogger at 6:45 AM
For teachers who have been in the job for more than four decades,teaching is a vocation. Still a weekend is a reprieve from a week's activity-filled set of days. Like this weekend, it is gone so tomorrow, Monday is the first day of a week filled with varied sessions.
Yet every semester is never the same even if the subjects being taught are the same. Of course one reason is because the students are as unique one person is from the other. Another is the different time frame that makes all the other days in the past just that and another week of the present time is the time to reckon with. Then of course there is the teacher who comes in with a rejuvenated enthusiasm especially if she just came from a good summer vacation, like me!
How I wish teachers are given more opportunities to have vacations that not only pamper them but give them the time of their life - island-hopping, dinner at top Marco Polo, swimming in Maribago, coffee in Waterfront and church visits and in between shopping spree . . .
In the meantime, just for this weekend, it is gone and tomorrow, back to earth . . . back to school once again.
Every moment of our life is a teaching moment . . .
0 comments Posted by Malaybalay Blogger at 7:53 PM
Many moments transpire in a day or so. Multiply this in a day or week or month or year and the challenge becomes gargantuan. Recently, I went to Cebu, Philippines to spend few days of summer vacation with my son and daughter. Other than the good moments came the sad moments when "melancholia" became real for me. I even came to the realization again and again when in fact it is almost a given: Every moment of our life is a teaching moment. This melancholia I refer to points to this almost uncontrollable feeling of sadness and loneliness when loved ones are not with me. More and more I pray to overcome it and as I say, learn from this moment.
Jerry Sandusky, called a child predator, was convicted by a jury of his peers, 45 out of 48 sex counts; a priest accused of molesting an altar boy and many other related cases make us even sadder. May there be more moments that will make us smile and rejoice that life is good.
May this realization begin with our own families and ultimately with our own self. God bless!!!
June 13 is formal first day of classes: welcome guys!
0 comments Posted by Malaybalay Blogger at 10:58 PM
My teaching load consists of 3 Education 108 classes (Intro. to Guidance & Counseling including Special Education), 2 Education 137 classes (Values Education) and 2 English 134 classes (English for Specific Purposes). I met the two classes and the feeling of seeing young people is the same as ever: fresh faces, eager eyes and so truly I told them: Welcome guys!
Most of the students who take these subjects are in their third and fourth year levels but their attitude is basically the same: openness to new ideas which always reminds me why I am still teaching although physically and emotionally the desire is too strong to retire.
Expect pictures of these young minds who always make teachers young and ever energetic to communicate and hopefully share ideas that make these future mentors better equipped once they become teachers themselves!
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