Some beginning of year Milestones

Thursday, February 12, 2009

1. Sign that you somehow did something right as teacher
The same student who was bent on writing your name in the book from Death Note has recently declared to his mom that you're his most favourite teacher ever.

2. Sign that you've learnt to let go.
You finally tossed out those papers containing silly exchanges between you and your ex back in school.

3. Sign that it's still a work in progress.
You salvaged a scrap or two from the bin for keepsake.

4. Sign that some things probably will never change.
(Taken from a to do list in 2007)
~ Inform (name of person in charge) of 5 microphones and 1 clip on mic~ Check with volunteers on props progress
~ Pay food invoice
~ Check with office regarding music teacher's fees
~ Buy gold pen
~ Move ALL items downstairs by TODAY
~ DO NOT lose temper and kill (name of a student who got on your nerves)

(Taken from a to do list in 2008)
~ Submit application
~ Get the right adapter this time
~ Finalise invitation designs
~ Buy tape
~ CONTROL YOURSELF and refrain from strangling (name of a different student who got on your nerves)

5. Sign that you've embraced yet another culture (guess which one)
You got over your fear of karaoke and enjoy songs by MYMP, Rivermaya, Side-A, Christian Bautista, Gary Valenciano, Regine Velasquez and so many others. Heck, your alarm ring tone is even a song taken from a particular Nescafe commercial by Bamboo. You wish that your family plus extended can be more close-knit and boisterious sometimes. And you also can't get enough of sweet treats in the form of polvorons (pinipig flavour especially) from Goldilocks, leche flans drenched in as much caramel as (super)humanly possible and halo halos.

6. Sign that maybe your children will treat you more as a friend than mom
You secretly like High School Musical and think Vanessa Hudgens and Zac Efron are a very sweet couple.

7. Or maybe not
Who the heck are the Jonas Brothers again?

8. Sign that you have to do better at battling gradual memory loss
You buy several bottles of vitamin, calcium, fish oil, lecithin supplements as well as a dietry supplement "with target mind performance nutrients" but only to despair at misplacing them somewhere inside the house. Then you realise later, with much irritation, that you didn't take them out from the car in the first place.

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