Final Day

Time flies so fast; it’s my last and final day at school. In the morning, I handled one session, like reading, etc. Then we had lunch break and then after lunch, the teachers continued working on the assignments that the school directress gave to them yesterday.

I was just relaxing and sitting, then at 2 pm we proceeded to the meeting hall for the party that they prepared. We’d variety of food and I made macaroni salad and we enjoyed eating.

Then, the assistant principal stood up and called each leader of each level to come in front and give a speech. Yes, each of them gave memorable and lovely speech. Here come the time of our school directress, (everyone called her Mee Nui (Mee-Mother Nui- her nickname). She related how we’ve met and what year and how much she appreciated of being working with her at the government school for a year where she taught as well and much more she appreciated that I’ve worked with her in her institution for a couple of years. To make this story short, she cried while talking, and after she talked I came to her and embraced her and we cried together for a while. After done hugging with each other, she handed a gift, and when I looked around the lady teachers were crying as well.

At the end of the program, they made circle and they sung a few songs for me then the assistant principal told me to go around and say byes to my co teachers. I tried to hold my tears but the lady teachers were crying, so when I saw them crying I cried too, instead of shaking hands they hugged me so tightly with tears. It’s really a heart breaking to leave the place where I feel so at home and the people love me and I love them too.

But my time is up here, so I should follow the new ladder of my life and trust everything unto LORD for my future destination here on earth. I know God is in control of everything, what lies ahead HE knows it already. And I am always holding HIS powerful word, “For I know that plans I have for you, plans to proper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Jeremiah 29:11

Wearing red is our school directress, next to her is her daughter our school manager. The woman who is wearing a veil is the assistant principal

The husband of the school directress. He is a director of the other government school but he came just to say good bye. He is like a father.

With some of my co teachers

With some of the kindergarten teachers.

The directress giving speech

The hugging and crying moment. She's like a mother to me.
They're about to sing a few songs and I was about to shake each one's and say bye...
Not only shaking hands but hugging as well. Surely, I will never forget them.

Praise YOU

I’ve been into blog hopping, and I came across to a nice blog, (of course there have been many beautiful and nice blogs) but one blog post that caught my attention was when I looked at and watched the video on “Praise YOU in this storm”. While listening to the song and watching it also, I was really crying and praising God for the situation in the Philippines, my heart is with the affected people. I know it is not easy to experience a terrible situation but God is in control of everything. I know not all can understand why it happens but God still is in control. If you have not watched this video yet, if you have time please try to click and watch it.

This is very powerful song. Praising God inspite of the big storm.

Decided Not To Go

Today, it’s the second day of the workshop at school (planning, and strategy for the next semester). On my experienced yesterday, I was just sitting done nothing because I will not be teaching for the next semester.

While I was preparing to take shower and getting ready to go to school, my mind was questioning, what I am going to do at school if I will go there just sit again? Since I am not done fixing my stuff yet and besides I need to go to the labor department for a very important transaction therefore I decided not to go to school today.

Well, tomorrow I need to go school because our school manager assigned me to handle one session for the kindergarten teachers to teach some English action songs, and rhymes, etc. Also, tomorrow that will be my last and final day at school so I have to be there.

Time Has Come

My closest friend every time I went home, she never forgot something for my parents. Last year, when I visited home, she bought nice hand woven hat for my late father and a nice batik for my mother.

This time she bought something very special for my mother. She bought a set of pearls such as a necklace, earrings, and a bracelet. She said, I would not be here every year so she better bought a little bit expensive and presentable gifts for my mother.

She gave lots of gifts to my parents as well as to me also. She’s a very thoughtful friend, there was not time that she never asked if my budget was enough for the whole month. And if not she’s all always there to extend help.

I’ve know her for a couple of years already, since the first time I met her, she’s always wanted to invite me in every occasion at her house. Even her mother become close to me, her mom never forget me if they harvest their fruits, she always send some for me.

My friend has been too good to me, every time and then my heart’s cry for her life that somehow she would have encounter the genuine, eternal and precious gift in life. For long years, I’ve been praying and not only me praying but also my friends that she receives the precious gift in life in due time.

Yes, indeed! The due time has come. Just an hour ago, she accepted the most precious gift in life. Glory to God! God is great and He is greatly to be praised!

The beautiful gifts, I am very sure these fit beautifully for my mother. More blessings to the giver and my prayers will always be with her.

Really, really, really sad

I was chatted with my friend, who is in Germany now as HIS laborer. I was so sad to hear that her siblings in Marikina have been affected by the typhoon. Last night, she heard from them and her sister was telling her that their other sister’s place the water level was up to their heads already. Since then, she never heard from her other sister’s situation.

While we’re just chatting just a couple minutes ago, her sister that she spoke last night, told her that the water level at her place now has been getting worst. Then all of the sudden, there’s no communication.

I am so sad to hear this, while writing this, I’ve been praying for the safety of all the people and the comfort of the family who’s their family members have been taking by the flood.
When I read and looked at the photos on the news, I’ve been in tears. The typhoon has devastated the place. I am really, really sad for this situation.

Earning Online

I’ve been into a clicking business for just 6 days today and I've earned a few amount already. And today, I discovered other clicking business and I joined and I also found out there have been 100s of advertisements that I needed to click. And I can click them 24/7. Each click I earn 1 cent and as of this time I’ve earn a few dollars already. Thank you, LORD!

Truly my heart is rejoicing while doing this clicking thing and earning a cent in every click. If you happen that you never have this site yet, and if you are interested to know which site that I’ve been clicking. Please let me know and I will surely tell you. And let’s have fun clicking the advertisements.

By the way, today I have to have to click 557 advertisements. And it only takes 30 seconds every advertisement and a cent automatically added to my account. PTL!

Replacement

On my conversation with my school directress at the time I submitted my resignation letter. She asked me, if I could find for a replacement. I didn’t promise to her but I told her that I would try my best to find one.

Then, I believe it was not by accident that I met my friend at Rajyindee Hospital in Hatyai City. We’re talking about my future plan and she asked me if I found someone to replace my position, I told her that I didn't find one yet. Then, excitedly, she said, how about my husband? And of course, I was so excited also to hear her saying, how about my husband? And I told her, why not? And I told her also to pray more about it.

And to make a long story short, a couple of weeks ago, my friend and her husband came to our school. The directress looked at my friend’s husband's credentials, and interviewing a bit but of course I was there to interpret, to God be the glory. After filling the application form, the directress said that she wanted to observe my friend’s husband how he teaches. I chose the best and most behave class for him so that it’s easy for him to manage. After the directress observed my husband’s friend, she told me to come to her office. We humbly followed to her office, and when we arrived there, I asked the directress about the performance of my friend’s husband and she said, he is a good teacher and he’s accepted. PTL!

Honestly, I’ve been very happy that the directress accepted my friend’s husband to replace my position. Why I’ve been very happy? Because it has been my prayers that God would bring someone who has a personal relationship with HIS Son Jesus Christ and has the same passion as I am. Indeed, he is and he is a chosen one. Thank God for the answer of my prayers. Indeed, He is greatly to be praised! I believe with all my heart that what has been started it will accomplish in due time, in HIS perfect time!

My prayers that God will strengthen him and protect him as he travels everyday from Hatyai City to Satun where the school is located.

Long Goodbyes

Last night, while I was looking at my miniature stuff, at first I wanted to throw them away but I remember my students so I cleaned them up. It’s so timing that I brought the miniatures to school because it’s the last day of the students to come to school today. And I wasn’t mistaken the students really liked the miniature stuff. Of course, not all of them got, only a few. Well, the students who came first to my office were the one took the best one because I let them chose what they liked. And many students came and wanted to have some souvenirs from their teacher, unfortunately the miniatures were not enough. So, I gave my plates, bowls, lunch box, teaspoons, fork, mugs, etc to those who liked to have some. And there were many came but I have nothing to give except my hugs. But, I didn't realize that I should be giving to them the most precious gift in life. My prayers that someday someone will share the most precious gift in life to them. I always believe in God's perfect appointed time.

The miniatures

While I was busy chitchatting with other students, a couple of students came and they brought some gifts for me. They’re too good to remember their teacher. I was really in tears seeing them carrying their gifts. I never expect that I would receive gifts from my students. Some gave cute and lovely hand made cards (I forgot to take picture of the cards). Some students said, sorry because they never bought something for me. I told them, it doesn't matter, their hearts matter alot.

She's in grade 5. She is very industrious.

This is her gift to her teacher. So cute

The one next to me is my grade 5 student and the other one is a grade 6 student.

She's in Grade 5.

The hardest time today was when my students came to my office before they left for home. They came to my office to say good byes with matching drama words not only drama words but with tight hugged and tears. I wasn’t able to hold my tears, they fell down too..(even g now)…To ease the emotional situation, I cracked jokes because I don’t want them to cry a lot and I don’t to cry a lot in front of them, too. Then each one came gave hugged and with long….goodbyes…

When the students left, I cried a lot. I have this mixed feeling. But I told to myself, this is the reality, you have to accept it! Well, it’s not easy to leave to a place wherein feel so comfortable. Now is the time for me to give up my second comfort zone.

Giveaways

Last week, I gave some giveaways to my students in English club as I promised to them if they would behave well and done each assignment.

I didn’t buy my giveaways; I collected them from the Western union except the pink heart and the teddy bear. The teddy bear a friend gave it to me a few years ago and the pink heart I bought it two years ago.

Speaking of the Western Union here in Thailand, every time I sent or received money I always received some giveaways. Unlike in the Philippines, no giveaways but they always deducted 7% for the tax. Well, I am not against giving the 7% for the tax. I am just hoping and praying that the 7% will really go to the right pockets. Opps…too much already….I have to close my mind in here now…..

I was glad that the students were happy and satisfied what I gave to them.

Desires Granted

Each year, especially Christmas, I always have the desire to treat my students with ice cream. But due to the budget, I was not able to treat them as I planned on the first day of the year.

Thanks be to God! Today, I finally treated them with ice cream not only in the elementary department but also in the kindergarten department.

I was very happy serving with my 600 elementary students by scooping and putting the ice cream in a cone and gave it to each one of them. And I so thankful to my co teachers who helped me serving to the students by scooping and putting the ice cream in a cone.

The first who had ice cream were the students from grade 1 and two because they always have their lunch an hour before the grade 3,4, 5 & 6 have their lunch too. So, during the distribution of the ice cream was not really tiring because they lined up and waited for their turn.

I was so happy seeing the students eating ice cream and they ate as much as they can. I ordered two big tubes of ice cream. One was for the kindergarten department and the other one was for the elementary department. When saw the tubes of the ice cream I thought I was not enough for the students and teachers but I was mistaken because before I went home I looked at the tube ice cream there was still a lot left and I told the helpers at school to bring some to their house and I also told to my co teachers to please bring some for their family too. I was happy to hear them saying that they would bring some for their family as well. That means, there would not be left over and thrown away. PTL!

I am so thankful to God for granting the desire of my heart to give some ice cream to my students as well as my colleagues. Thank you so much, LOVING FATHER!

Thanks to my colleague, Wella, for taking pictures of them/us.

Clicking

Today is a holiday! I had enough time to clean and repaint the walls in my room but the ceiling I’ll have to do it sometimes soon. I am almost done sorting out my stuff and most of my stuff I will give them to my national friends’ l except the printer I’ll be giving it to my co worker.

I'd been very busy doing the house chores especially repainting my place and I didn’t notice that it’s 2:30 in the afternoon already and I never had my lunch yet but I wasn’t hungry that much anyway. So, I decided to put my laundry first in the washing machine at my landlady’s house and I ate after putting them.

Every time I’ll be having my meal, I always sit in front of the computer. While I was eating, a friend greeted me and she’s asking if I did click the clicking business already. Well, I did click it early this morning but I wasn’t successful. Therefore, I quit clicking and did the house chores. But my friend has been so persistence in encouraging me to click the site. And I did click again and this time I was really successful. And I was glad that I had 40 cents in my account now. Honestly, it has been my desire to earn online as well but I don’t really know what to do, I am not really a good researcher.

To my friend, Ate Sarah, thank you so much for teaching this. With regards to the other sites, I will do them if I’m good at clicking the first site you gave. God bless your heart!From now on, I’ll always be looking forward to clicking the site every day.

Discovered Something

Last night, I was browsing my cell phone and I discovered something that I would be able to check my yahoo mail through it. I checked it many times because I couldn’t believe and I checked the credit that I loaded a few days ago and there’s no deduction of it. Wow! That means I will be able to check my email anywhere in Thailand without using my notebook. PTL!

Not only that I would be able to check yahoo mail but I could still connect to sites as well, but not in yahoo messenger yet. When I opened an attachment, it downloaded fast. And the good thing is it’s free to browse. Big time!

Bought this cell phone when my best friend was here for him to use while I was working. And I didn’t try to click on connectivity because I thought this cell phone still the same with my other phone that I couldn’t connect to Internet.

Floating Market Hatyai

If I was not mistaken a couple of months ago, my friends Phi Chu has been telling and inviting me to go the floating market in Hatyai. We planned a couple of times to go there unfortunately the weather never allowed us.

Yesterday, on our way to the City, she said me that we had had to go to the floating market before we would be heading home.

Today, we finally went there and I was so happy to see the place, they have variety of food, and many other kinds of stuff. I bought silver earrings with a reasonable priced. Then one thing that fascinated me there was that they used bamboo as glasses for the drinks and the coconut shells as served as the plates.

Cool market

The bamboo stands served as glasses for drinks

They’re so creative, they made banana lives as small boats and used as plates

The coconut shell served as a bowl.

The cool glasses

Drinking cucunot juice

External Hard Drive

For a couple of days, I didn’t read blog posts nor checked my blog. I wasn’t busy but I was enjoying watching movies. My African colleague has a lot of movies he saved in his external hard drive. I borrowed it and I copied some of the movies in my flash drive.

Glad that I was able to save 7 movies in my flash drive. But after watching the movies, I deleted them and copied the other movies that I haven’t watch yet. Today, I was quite busy doing my grades and I forgot to copy some of the movies. Well, it doesn’t matter because I still have two movies that I needed to watch. And tomorrow, I will not be home because I’ll be off to the City with my friend, she’ll be driving her car and we’ll be staying at my friends’ house for a night. To my friends, thank you so much for your hospitality. God bless you more abundantly.

Herbal Laxative

It has been a week that I never did my die seriously! I did weight myself recently and I’m gaining 1 kilo…..I am bit discouraged because I didn’t eat a lot and I didn’t even eat in the evening. I only ate rice during my lunch and I gained this much again….So my solution after knowing that I’ve gained a kilo, I bought soft drink and I ate rice for my dinner…I know what I am doing is not good but what to do….I didn’t eat a lot and I still gain so I better eat rice regularly.

Since I’ve gained a kilo so I went to the pharmacy and asked some diet pills and the pharmacist introduced one herbal laxative. I hope this will help me lost a bit. And my other friend introduced one herbal diet…The Kamin-Chun. She said she and her husband lost some weights after taking this herbal diet.

As of now, I don’t have plan to go on the diet again…as wrote on my previous post that I wanted to do it all over again….But I wasn’t successful on doing it.

I tried this last night and this morning I released quite a lot since I’ve never been releasing regularly after my Mayo diet clinic. (It’s another topic)…And I notice also that since this morning I’ve been barping which I never barping regularly. I hope this well really help a bit.

Here's the Kamin-Chun....I haven't tried this yet. I guess after I've taking the other herbal laxative that's the time I'll take this one too.

All Over Again

I never been faithful with my after 6 diet which I planned to do the whole week of this week. Last night, my national friend invited me to go out for a meal which was the time that she would be having her break for her whole day fasting and that was 6:40 in the evening. Since the food were so tempting so I ate also. The same thing happened today, I ate after 6 pm and I had red wine and soda yoghurt flavor.

As of this moment, I’ve been feeling that I gained weight again. I was really scared that the two kilos I’ve lost a week ago, it comes back…Please, please, please don’t!

Right now, I’ve been thinking to do something else immediately in order for me to maintain not to gain more weight again, again and again.

I am considering starting doing the Mayo Clinic Diet all over again on Tuesday as long as I have all the food that I needed for this diet. The Mayo Clinic Diet is really effective. Imagine, in 9 days I lost 2 kilos. Following the Mayo Clinic Diet was quite great because I never been starving but drinking the grapefruit juice that made me struggle a little bit.

By the way, I just read Janet’s blog post on www.janetspeaks.com/. I was so encouraged that in 6 days she loses 2 kilos…Wow!

Mood

A mood wherein just wanted to watch movies and relax…Have you even had this kind of mood? I’ve been into this mood since last night. Since, I don’t want to rent some DVDs from rental movie shops. So I tried to look for the full version of movies on Youtube and I was very glad that I found a lot.

Since yesterday, I watched couple of movies on youtube and one movie caught my attention was“Virus 1980”

While watching it, my mind was recalling of all the viruses that have been spreading in the world now.

Thanks to someone who uploaded this movie. And thanks to youtube too.

Try Something Else

Oh my….I didn’t start the Mayo Clinic diet today yet. I was so confident of saying that I would start it again today, unfortunately the Thai food was very tempting, besides I have a liter of Zero coke that I bought last Friday. So, I was thinking that I will consume the coke first and I will start the Mayo Clinic diet again ha ha ha..good alibis LOL. Most probably I will be starting next week. I hope my next week it will really be next week..LOL . As of this time, I wanted to enjoy the Thai food but I will try something else of losing some weights for this week, too.

Most of my friends have been telling me not to eat anything after 6 pm. And this can help me to lose some weights as well. My co- national teacher, after she gave birth she gained a lot but after 6 months she lost weight a lot because she didn’t eat anything after 6 in the evening. My co teacher said, she eats breakfast, lunch and early dinner and she eats anything she wants, too. But still she lost some weight. And of course, she sometimes does the aerobics.

After six, I guess this is also a cool way of losing weight; I will try this for a couple of days and see how it goes. And thing that excites me on this, is I can eat the food that I've been craving for during day time..LOL…. Oh wait….I will not eat too much though; definitely I’ll eat the food that I really like. LOL

The Diet

Last August 24, I started my diet and I was following the Mayo clinic diet. It’s my first time to follow and have all the food that I should be eaten for 12 days. Yes, it works, eventhough I didn’t finish the 12 days. Guess what…? Even I stopped on the 9th day but I still lost 2 kilos how much more if I did finish the 12 days….huh….

The reason that I didn’t finish the 12 day because I was sick, and I was feeling so dizzy and I thought it was because of the grapefruit juice that’s why I stopped it, unfortunately not because of the grapefruit juice but the lenses of my eyeglasses needed to be changed.

I will definitely continue this Mayo Clinic Diet on Tuesday, I can't start it tomorrow because I’ll have a dinner date with my Ate Mimi so I better not to start yet….If you haven’t tried the Mayo Clinic diet , if you are interested please try it and it’s really effective.

Very Normal

I thank God for the result of my eye checked up. The nerves in my eyes are very normal. The only thing that I needed was to change the lenses of my eye glasses. When I arrived here, I went to the Optical clinic and got the lenses changed. The grade of my lenses increase a little bit and that’s why I had been feeling dizzy and my back neck was paining most of the time. I am now wearing my eyeglasses with new lenses on it and I am feeling okay. My vision is very clear already. PTL!

And I also knew today, the result of my papsmear which was done two week ago. I thank God for the result. It’s very normal. Praise the LORD!

Ophthalmologist

Tomorrow, I will be off to the City to see the Ophthalmologist. I guess the cause of my dizziness it’s because of my eyes.

Last April, my vision was really blurry, I could only see half of the persons that I was seeing and I could see lots of blinks when I focused on looking at on something. That time, I was not able to finish the program, because I can’t see clearly and I almost to vomit. I asked my friend to accompany me to our room and I rested there. After rested for while, my vision was back to normal.

When I was in my Elementary, I had this blurry vision especially early in the morning. There were a couple times that I couldn't see clearly on road while walking to my school. But it never returned until last April and now I am having it slightly. That’s why I wanted to see an Ophthalmologist at Rajyindee Hospital. I had my appointment already. The Ophthalmologist will only available from 9 a.m until 12 noon. That means, I have to get up early as well and catch the first trip Van to the city.

My prayers that my vision will totally be normal and the Dr will diagnose the cause of my dizziness as well. I am also praying that God will give His wisdom to the Ophthalmologist.

After my check up, I will definitely be coming back here because my friend has always been counting of my remaining days here and she wants to spend good time with me. She’s sure good friend. Good for her, she has been counting but I am not.... to be honest! Anyways, I have to accept the truth; I will remind myself that God has a wonderful plan for everything. It’s time for me to go to explore other places. My prayers will always be the same, that wherever He leads me, He will always provide and He will always use me in many ways for HIS honor and glory. Oppss too much already…I better stop here!

Being Alone

The other night and yesterday, I rested well. I could hardly open my eyes. I slept straight since I arrived from the hospital. But in the morning, I had to force myself to get up and cook for my breakfast because I needed to take the medicine. Then after eating, slept again and lunch time needed to get up and prepare for a meal and take medicine again.

Then today, I had to force myself to get up early and get ready for school. It's the deadline of the submission of the test papers and that's the reason that I had to go school. When I was at school, I was still feeling dizzy and tired.

Honestly, it's so hard to live alone especially if you're not feeling well. Anyways, this is life so I have to face the truth. I've been alone almost half of my life and God's sustaining grace has always been there...

And I am so thankful to God that my vision is getting back to normal now. Though, I am still feeling a little dizzy when I look at up, down, sideward but generally I am feeling better now.

Sunset-Template

I've changed template again, the one that I found today was quite cool to my eyes but not really exact what I would really love..he he he..the one that I'm falling love with, the code never downloaded at all. Anyways, I am glad that I found this one...Sunset which I really love sunset.

Cooking Spaghetti

Yesterday, my grade 4/2 students and I were having fun cooking spaghetti. I was really glad that they like the spaghetti. And we shared it to the other students and teachers as well. But not all students tasted the spaghetti. I was thinking also to make one more time for the other students so that they can taste also.

This coming Friday, I am going to teach my grade 5 students how to make sandwiches also. They’re very excited.

Giving instructions what to do first....

Started cooking

Trying to taste

After tasting, it's big sour so add a little bit of condensed milk

To enhance the taste I added evaporated milk

Ready to eat

Eating time

After they ate and full, they shared the left over to the teachers as well as to the other students. But after cooking something happened to me...please try to check it out on my other blog: http://http://everythingandeverywhere1326.blogspot.com/