er...planning to go on half-day tomorrow, just BECAUSE. I don't feel like it. XP

I'm planning to finish all my paperwork for school tonight, so I'm planning on a half day. Or I'll just be absent? I don't know.

I was supposed to post this a few days ago, but because of certain changes again, I was unable to do so.

FIRST! I, being the only consistent Japanese language teacher around, was tasked to teach Japanese Language and Culture to some TESDA trainees here in the school. And before I could do that, I have to undergo the TESDA training so that I'm eligible to teach. And the schedule is Monday to Thursday, 8:00 to 5:00, so I'll be missing my classes.

No rest nor sleep for me because aside from doing the paperwork assigned to us during the training (and it's a mountain-load of paperwork), I was also doing the seatwork and handouts for the classes I'll be missing, and instructing my substitute as to what she's going to do. That means staying up late at night doing those things, and waking up so early in the morning to have the paperwork printed at the school's administration office. 

SECOND! I passed the first half of the training. It turns out that we have a separate training as TRAINERS/TEACHERS...and another schedule of training as ASSESSORS (people who will determine whether the students passed the training based on their performance). And the schedule is Friday, Saturday and the exam/assessment of your competency is Monday, so I am not going home this weekend. ;____;

THIRD! Class schedules changed again. And I have to resolve the bajillion conflicts that occurred in the schedule.  

This is hell, period. I would be glad to take a breather.

Instead of working on the academic paperwork, I wrote something. For Kingdom Hearts.

And it's here. Feel free to comment, flame, whatever. XP I just wrote it out of a whim anyway.


I've watched the OAV version of Okane ga Nai, and another cracky fic plotbunny just disturbed the otherwise clean recesses of my brain.

I was thinking an Okane ga Nai theme for the Junjou Romantica and Love Mode crossover. What if Misaki and Izumi (without knowing each other, and pre-Akihiko/pre-Takamiya) were sold off by friends (Sumi-senpai?, Konno?) to the Akushi human auction? And guess who comes in to save them?

I hate myself sometimes. x___x

Someone managed to read my entry for 1sentence, and the person liked it, and also added it to her Memories part. ^___^ I didn't know people would love how I write. I'm proud of most of the stuff I've wrote that I know I really had worked on and for which I had true inspiration. I think that when I write and then I feel happy while reading the finished product, it means I really did well. So thank you to all those who enjoyed reading what I write, and I'll do my best to practice and learn more, and write more, of course. Not to please the "fans", but to give happiness to myself. I think that when I write, I bring my characters in the flesh instead of letting them rot inside my mind, and that's what makes them alive.


( Uhm, shoot me. Did I just type out a few sentences about that AU Junjou Romantica thingy? )


And then there was this Love Mode/Junjou Romantica crossover thingy. *brain explodes*

I was not able to sleep properly because of my incessant worrying over the first day of classes, even if it's going to be all class orientations. I really hate facing the 3rd years and the 4th years because I handled the 3rd years before as 2nd year students, and I was TRAUMATIZED. The current 4th years...well, let's say they pretty much earned a bad reputation on my book based on testimonials from their previous Japanese language teachers.

BUT!

Due to time constraints, I was not able to meet the 3rd year class today. Hurrah?

AND!

I forgot that I had a class with one of the 4th year sections. My bad. I got messed up with the schedule.

So far, the 1st year students seem okay. SO FAR. The previous 1st years were angels until they transformed into demons by the middle of the school year. But I think I can manage it, because I've handled a 1st year class before. And they SEEM nice, although reserved. It's all about being STRICT AND FIRM but FAIR AND UNDERSTANDING at the same time. And to make sure they know the purpose of the things they'll be doing.

I have yet to see how the 2nd year classes are. As well as with my Grade 4 class.


YAY! Day 2 of the "MY STOMACH FEELS LIKE WOAH" Observation Period, and so far, so good. The soft diet (bananas and white bread sandwich) seems to be working. And when I ate salted egg, rice and takoyaki yesterday, I didn't feel anything awful. I just had to go to the bathroom once, and that was when I woke up.

I'm thinking if it's gastroentritis? That's what the school nurse said. And I wonder if my chronic diarrhea/gastroentritis is stress-related. Instead of heart or head problems, I have the stomach problems.

So today is the first day of school here at TRACE College Los Banos. One of the major things I'm irritated at is the class schedule. I will only teach Japanese language for 30 minutes everyday. 30 MINUTES IS NOT ENOUGH FOR A PROPER LECTURE! You have to have student interaction, dialogues, etcetera, and since high school students are not that sensible, you'd be nagging and yelling and doing everything, and it will take up 30 minutes.

And one more thing...I'll be teaching VALUES? What the EFFF? Do I look like Ms. Model Person? I'm still learning how to live life according to what is "good and holy", and I'm failing, and they expect me to teach VALUES to children who are of the same mental age as I am?

I hope there's a curriculum or something. For Values, that is.

And holy cow, there are BAJILLIONS of new students! There should be a special class for those who don't have the background of learning Japanese language!


Okay, and since I'm having a 30-minute class, how would I get a proper evaluation from the classroom observation of the management?


Jeesh.


But what the heck. If I can work it out, then it's good.

By the way, I think I have chronic diarrhea, based from what I've read online. And it only happens when I eat something oily like anything fried, or anything cooked with oil and nuts. Otherwise, fruits and plain white bread with sandwich spreads are doing okay with my stomach.

My staple meal would be white bread with sandwich spread for flavor, and 2 bananas. Then I can eat native oranges.

So I'll stick to this soft diet for now until I'm really really well and I can test out if I'm healed. I hope I can have rice. I want rice. REAL BAD.

And I want to taste the takoyaki that they're selling near here.

And I want pansit! And fried rice with beef tapa and fried egg! And the Yang Chow Chao Fan from Chowking!

Uhm, right, updates. I wasn't able to do so as promised this week because my stomach feels like WOAH (I suspect it was something of a really nasty kind), I was puking every single food I put in my stomach, and I had to meet major deadlines. So. Anyway.

1. Went back to school Tuesday, June 2. New teachers, new faces, a new acting principal, and the same old boss, Ms. Iris.
2. I just found out we had A LOT of requirements. And the deadline's next week.
First: Weekly Academic Plans for the First Quarter
Second: 3 sets of 1st Quarterly Exams (sets A and B for regular exam takers to avoid cheating, and set C for special exam takers)
3. EW. We're going to have uniforms. MAJOR EW.
4. The academic peopel just got WAY STRICTER. There will be UNANNOUNCED classroom observations (as I was kindly informed by Ms. I) done by the management. I hate classroom observations. I'm just going to either faint or do something really foul, in the literal sense.
5. They changed the class schedules for like a hundred times. Luckily, all of my classes in the high school department are in the mornings, and I have no Friday class. XD
6. Which brings me to something Ms. I said - due to certain issues with the person teaching Japanese in the elementary level, I would be giving up my high school classes to teach in the grade school. DRATS.
7. And we know how grade school kids are when it comes to classroom management. And the threat of classroom observation looming over my head.
8. My God, there's something wrong in my stomach. Everytime I eat, I go to the bathroom at least 3-4 times to flush down whatever it is I've eaten. Result: I can't eat anything. Except for fruits and water.
9. I am required to make lesson plans. Ugh, the work.
10. I already got Kurogane-chan configured for wireless access at the school.
11. Just this previous Saturday, Imouto-chan was using the laptop, and she had the gall to transfer her files to Kurogane-chan. It annoyed me, because first of all, she didn't ask permission. Her files total to 3 GB! I only stored my work documents (which was lesser than 500 MB!).
12. And she informed me that Kurogane-chan could be infected with a virus. Jeesh.

I have to finish everything by tomorrow. I'm still not clear whether or not I'll be having a grade school class or a bunch of them.

(Oh, Vista seems kind of easy. Wonder why I bitch and rant about it so much. I just had to get used to it, I guess.)

And I need these stuff for Kurogane-chan:
1. Mouse and mouse pad
2. 100++ external HDD (usb, plug and play)
3. 4 blank plus DVD-Rs to make copies of the Recovery disk for Windows Vista
4. original Kaspersky antivirus software
5. original Microsoft Office 2007 software (since the one on my laptop will be expiring
6. additional programs: Adobe Photoshop, Yahoo! Messenger, probably an LJ client, Firefox, IME from Microsoft.com (for the Japanese stuff)
7. The case for Kurogane-chan, since I only put it in AS IT IS inside my bag. Kurogane-chan still needs her own case.

I'll be buying items 1 and 3 tomorrow, and I'll borrow money from my sister-in-law to be paid on payday. The rest...I'll save up next next payday. (Especially, 3, 4 and 5). Item 3 is 3K+++, Item 4 is estimated 3K+, Item 5 is 5K+++. So expenses will be around 12K. Then the next would be the Adobe Photoshop. If anyone knows cheaper prices, feel free to comment.


Ah...so there. With all the changes and everything at the workplace, I still have time to daydream.

And gym for faculty will be FREE for 3 months starting this June! HA! XD


...new fandom! I have a new fandom! And it's the currently being scanlated Heart no Kuni no Alice.

haha, kung di ko pa itetext, di ko malalaman na reporting ko na THIS COMING MONDAY. Meaning, may pasok na ako. Balik probinsya na naman. XD

At kelangan ko na ata tapusin yung academic plan tsaka yung project checklist para mapasa ko na sa mga supervisor.

Pero ayoko namang umalis na hindi kasama ang pangarap kong laptop. Syempre naman!


Anyway...music time muna. I downloaded already YUI's again, Hetalia Character CD 3 (featuring Takahashi Hiroki as Japan), and the ending theme for La Corda d'Oro Secondo Passo which is Soukyuu no Score by Stella Quintet +. )I still am bugged by the fact that Stella Quintet has a new member, and that is Kaji Aoi played by Miyano Mamoru! Therefore, Stella Quintet plus Miyano Mamoru equals Stella Quintet +. Notice the (+) sign. I get the chills...even if it's Mamo-chan. Stella Quintet is already good as they are, they don't need to add Kaji Aoi just because he's the new manwhore character.

* YUI's again: Pretty tame for YUI, and VERY tame for Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood. Not as kickass as her Rolling Star single, the opening theme for Bleach. SiD's USO was WAAAY better for FMA Brotherhood.
* Hetalia Character CD 3: I didn't know Takahashi Hiroki had a very good voice. And the lyrics may sound weird - since the character songs refer to the countries' stereotypes - but hey! I liked the Kabuki and Noh type music, and the beat is so...NIHON. So Japan. XD
* Soukyuu no Score ~ the score in blue ~ by Stella Quintet and Miyano Mamoru, a.k.a. Stella Quintet + (dont forget the plus sign!): I enjoyed CRESCENDO better. CRESCENDO was LOOOOADS AND HEEEAPS and WAAAY better. The new song can't hold a match to CRESCENDO. CRESCENDO has the fluff lyrics, and the five seiyuu's voices blended in such a way it sounded like a boy band, but not the cheesy one.


I want the laptop already. Mou~

Kaka-medical exam ko lang. Kinunan ako ng dugo for blood sugar, CBC, cholesterol at iba pa, tapos may urine sample din akong binigay for uric exam ata. Sabay kami ni Mama at nag mother-daughter breakfast and bonding kami. Hahahaha. Bukas ko pa malalaman kung may sakit ako. Hahahahaha.


hay, BOREDOM-NESS TO THE MAX naman talaga. Pudpud na ang kamay ko kakahugas ng plato at kawali, at wala na akong ginawa kung hindi mag Restaurant City. Nabubulok na ako kung tatawagan pa ba ako ng HR para sabihing mag report na ako.

...pero SYEMPRE! Hindi naman ako papasok nang wala pa sa mga mala-prinsesang kamay ko ang pangarap kong laptop.

Ganito kasi yun. May 2009 sale ngayon sa mga computer stores sa Alabang Town Center. Dun sa Accent Micro at Electro World, nandun yung Compaq na laptop na 14 inch screen, may webcam,  may OS and everything na. Oks naman, pake ko ba kung Core 2 o Dual Core, basta maayos yung processor, period! 

The price: On sale sya, 29K plus pesosesoses. Plus free Globe visibility. Aba syempre, may HSBC credit card ang Mudra ko. Nagpaalam naman ako, payag naman sya kasi magbabayad naman ako every month nung installment fee e.

Eto ang problem. Si Imouto, nakakita din ng laptop! Yung sa kanya e yung Dell na Core 2 na 14 inch screen din ata. Sa Electro World, may free printer na HP yun. Sabi ni Imouto, akin yung printer basta ako magbabayad nung monthly nya for mga 3 months ata para naman hindi mabigat kay Mama.

(Hm...napaisip ako sa specs ng laptop. Parang gusto ko na rin bilhin yung kay Imouto, pero 34K+ pesosesoses yun e. Good luck na lang sa sweldo ko.)

Ang problema, ang credit limit ni Mama ay mga 40K lang ata. So sacrifice ang isa sa amin.


Sa mga tao sa Pilipinas: napanood nyo ba yung Senate trial kahapon? Yung kay Katrina at Hayden? Wala talagang kwenta. At please naman, tigilan na natin ito. Hindi lang si Katrina ang problema. Mayaman yun sa endorsements at sa kinikita nya bilang artista, kaya na nya sarili nya. E pano yung mga biktima ng sex scandal, ng prostitution, ng child and human trafficking, ng rape, at kung ano-ano pa na walang kalaban-laban dahil walang pera? Naisip nyo bang maawa sa kanila? Hindi dapat maawa kay Katrina kasi duh, IT TAKES TWO TO TANGO, sabi nga nila. E yung mga victims na na-mention ko? Gusto ba nila yung nangyari sa kanila?

And naman. Ang solution ay obvious. Si Belo ang nagupload at nagkalat nyan. Naman, syempre, matandang hukluban na ang lola nyo. At nagselos yun dahil mas bata at mas maganda ang pinapatulan ng dyowa nya. At alam nya, kahit na dinedeny nya, na ginagamit lang sya ni Hayden. (Hello, condo sa Fort Bonifacio, 300K allowance, free trips domestic at sa abroad...) May kasabihan di ba? "Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned."

Ang daming problema sa Pilipinas ngayon, e bakit puro sex scandal ang inaatupag ng mga bwisit na mapapel na senators dyan? Kung sino yung mga reelectionists dyan na nagpapapansin lang, sorry, hindi nyo makukuha ang boto ko sa 2010.

Buti pa e ipasa na nila yung sa CARP. Tapos, taasan ang budget for Education, para sa sweldo ng teachers, additional materials and facilities, improvement of public schools, etc. Tapos ayusin din yung health para accessible and affordable ang health services to all, especially to the poor and the elderly. At syempre para may panlaban tayo sa mga sakit tulad ng A(H1N1), tuberculosis (MY GOD! NAKAKAMATAY KAYA ITO!), dengue (LALO NA ITO!) at kung ano-ano pa. Tapos dapat magkaroon din ng contingency plan for the environment, at DEATH PENALTY ang ipataw sa litterbugs, illegal loggers, illegal miners, yung mga gumagamit ng dynamite at mga kagaguhan sa pangingisda. Hmm...wag kalimutan ang contingency plan para sa mga na-layoff.

JEESH. Ano ba ang ginagawa ng mga tao sa Kongreso? Hindi katulad naming mga ordinaryong mortal na sabog ang utak at bagsak ang katawan sa 8-5 na working hours, midnight and graveyard shifts, at lahat ng pahirap na working hours, 4-5 hours lang ang sessions sa House of Rep at sa Senate a! At hindi kayo nagcocommute! Naka-aircon pa kayo! So anong ginagawa nyo, natutulog? E yung mga magulang ko nga puyat na puyat, pero nagagawa at natatapos naman nila ang trabaho nila. E yung mga taga Kongreso? Nagagawa nyo ba trabaho nyo?

Hay naku, CARP. Puro landowner kasi ang mga nasa Kongreso kaya sobrang 1 million years ago na yung problemang yan. Buti pa, mag Farm Town na lang kayo sa Facebook, at dun kayo maging landowner, hahahahaha.

Tsaka di tuloy makauwi si Ate Kaka dito sa bahay dahil dyan. At galit na si Papa, at nagdrama na wala nang pakialam ang mga anak nya sa kanya. At mukhang nagtatampo din si Papa kay Imouto dahil hindi sya pinapansin, dahil nga nag-away sila nang sobra 2 thousand years ago.


Anyway! Magsusulat na lang ako para naman maaliw ako. At palalakihin ko ang Restaurant ko. Hahahaha.

Oh the awfulness! The second victim of the AH1N1 virus was already identified! That means said virus is REALLY HERE in the Philippines!

I'm done with THIS!

It means I'm back in the business! (After going back to my fandoms and watching/reading for more research material, of course.)

Now I'll just need to wait for 1sentence to open for new claims, and I'll try doing another set for another fandom - I'm thinking Natsume Yuujinchou.

Finally! Thanks to the 2 Salongpas pads I placed on my shoulder, I was healed! And I got to watch Angels and Demons as planned.

First of all, the lines at the Alabang Town Center Cinema ticket stands were LOOOONG. But good thing I arrived on time to catch the 4:15 showing (goodness, the traffic in Las Piñas is BAAAAAD), and the theaters are so sosyal...every moviegoer has an assigned seat! So you don't have to worry about getting your seat grabbed by some idiot.

I was inside the theater and I bought a butter-flavored biggie-sized popcorn and a biggie-sized iced tea from Taters (as the usual custom while watching movies), and sat down to enjoy a bajillion commercials and premieres. (NEXT MOVIE TO WATCH: ICE AGE 3 DAWN OF THE DINOSAURS...oh, and the new movie 2012 is way toooo scary - it's about the end of the world, which I'd rather not see and experience, thank you very much.) And then a couple evicted me from my seat. Actually, in this really stupid way, the couple (husband and wife) chose separate seats, and the wife asked me if I can switch seats with her husband who's in front of me. So I obliged (dammit!) and got to sit beside a kind of stinky guy and I really moved far away from him. (dammit.)

And then...tan tan tan taaaan...the movie starts!

For those who read the book and feels it's okay if they learn some things (or changes) about the movie, you can click on the cut below.

( SPOILERY SPOILERIFIC SPOILERS. )

Well, we all have to understand that books are not movies and movies are not books. So there.

But I had fun. I love the artworks and sculptures and the inside of the Vatican and all the places where they kept running around.

Now I want to read the book again for the heck of it. At least there were no annoying comments from annoying people around my seat.

....in case I would be writing for this fandom.


( On with the show! )

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