Feb 28, 2009
More than lucky!
Time flies so fast.I have already completed a cycle here in THAILAND. It seems not so long ago, wen, I, maribe and ambe were on foot amidst bangkok: tying to figure out what people were saying, eating together at our "official kitchen" (Carre four-wrong spelling, I guess), putting link on cultural disparity and praying together for our good fate here in the kingdom...and it was heard...Here I am now, waiting for the new events that have yet to come into my life...and for all these affluences i must thank HIM...I may not be lucky but I'M BLESSED....
Nov 19, 2008
The Last Movie I Saw (Kung Fu Panda)
Nice and funny animated film. For kids? I beg to disagree. It also works for adults. The movie puts across a bare reality that sometimes we let ourselves suffer just to get away from the reality of being us, because we simply don't like ourselves. "There is no secret
ingredient" as what Master Oogway said, it's only you. We just have to believe and look inside our heart and we
can find great things there is the core message of this animated film. Having the classic setting (China) and showing the classic martial arts of Jackie Chan, Bruce Lee etc., you will love it more. One of the best cartoon films I've ever seen. Watch it and you will surely enjoy the movie!
Oct 21, 2008
Happy Halloween!
You wanna see a real ghost? Here you are, turn on your speaker and play the video. After watching, tell me that ghosts are not real...Enjoy and be scared. Happy halloween guys!hehehe
Sep 24, 2008
Touch Me Not!
finally got my salary today. I suppose to receive it two weeks ago but I did not manage to open an ATM account earlier where our money is being deposited by the school because of my busy sked coaching my students for the regional academic contest.
Alas! all the LCD projectors, microphones, computers and internet connection in the classroom are working now. Oh I could tell.
how indispensable these stuffs are in our teaching—we could save much time, energy and they help a lot for the students to facilitate learning and sustain their interest easily. We got a demonstration on how to use them. How lucky are they (students) for having this kind of state of the art facilities but it turned to be that they won’t see the importance of it. Students usually break all these things (like the last set), thus the office implemented a new policy for the students not to be on the wooden flat form unless their teacher told them to do so That means that they can’t touch any of those teachers’ stuff. And besides they have their own computer inside the classroom and they don’t need to use the LCD projector and microphones for their videoke, hehehe sounds silly but students here really doing that during their free time. They have 5 units computer with internet connection that supposed to be used for their research with
respect to their studies, but classroom turns to an internet café during their free time. Games here, chat there, and play “nonsense” stuff everywhere. oh, if I were the director, I better remove those computers, coz it eaten up the time of the students that presume to be intended for their study...unfortunately I am just an ordinary foreign teacher here..huhuhu. Two hundred thousand baht is a big money just to procure such equipment for one classroom only. How I wish that history will not repeat itself and the equipment will last a little longer than before. And the admin will become serious of the punishment to those who violate the policy and stop spoiling the students. Hmmp it’s their money anyway…hehehee (bad cheetah...)
I ate dinner in a French restaurant with my coteachers. We have a nice time eating French food.Hmmm…concerning the “teaching thing", well, I felt reasonably dissatisfied on my Mattayum 4 class today. I taught them about mitosis and meiosis but it seemed that half of the class just heard it and good enough that the rest listened. Teaching Thai students is pretty much harder than teaching Filipino students in view of the fact that their comprehension of English language as medium of instruction is far a long way of that students in the Philippines. And one thing more, in the Phil. you can easily translate difficult terms into a local dialect if you want it to understand by your students. Here, I can’t speak Thai; I should have to deliver my lesson in pure English. I need to speak slowly, clearly and as much as possible unlock all the words that seem Greek to them and some are only simple words but it appears that they have no prior knowledge of what those word mean. The pacing of the lesson is so slow and it requires loads of motivations in order to hold their interest. Nevertheless, I made it to explain the lesson as simple as I could without affecting the quantity and the quality of it (‘hope so). Wooooh another day is gone and tomorrow is a rest day, a time to contemplate and introspect on how to improve my teaching for the day ahead. Without doubt, prayers are of great help. Let’s call it a night!
Alas! all the LCD projectors, microphones, computers and internet connection in the classroom are working now. Oh I could tell.
how indispensable these stuffs are in our teaching—we could save much time, energy and they help a lot for the students to facilitate learning and sustain their interest easily. We got a demonstration on how to use them. How lucky are they (students) for having this kind of state of the art facilities but it turned to be that they won’t see the importance of it. Students usually break all these things (like the last set), thus the office implemented a new policy for the students not to be on the wooden flat form unless their teacher told them to do so That means that they can’t touch any of those teachers’ stuff. And besides they have their own computer inside the classroom and they don’t need to use the LCD projector and microphones for their videoke, hehehe sounds silly but students here really doing that during their free time. They have 5 units computer with internet connection that supposed to be used for their research with
respect to their studies, but classroom turns to an internet café during their free time. Games here, chat there, and play “nonsense” stuff everywhere. oh, if I were the director, I better remove those computers, coz it eaten up the time of the students that presume to be intended for their study...unfortunately I am just an ordinary foreign teacher here..huhuhu. Two hundred thousand baht is a big money just to procure such equipment for one classroom only. How I wish that history will not repeat itself and the equipment will last a little longer than before. And the admin will become serious of the punishment to those who violate the policy and stop spoiling the students. Hmmp it’s their money anyway…hehehee (bad cheetah...)
I ate dinner in a French restaurant with my coteachers. We have a nice time eating French food.Hmmm…concerning the “teaching thing", well, I felt reasonably dissatisfied on my Mattayum 4 class today. I taught them about mitosis and meiosis but it seemed that half of the class just heard it and good enough that the rest listened. Teaching Thai students is pretty much harder than teaching Filipino students in view of the fact that their comprehension of English language as medium of instruction is far a long way of that students in the Philippines. And one thing more, in the Phil. you can easily translate difficult terms into a local dialect if you want it to understand by your students. Here, I can’t speak Thai; I should have to deliver my lesson in pure English. I need to speak slowly, clearly and as much as possible unlock all the words that seem Greek to them and some are only simple words but it appears that they have no prior knowledge of what those word mean. The pacing of the lesson is so slow and it requires loads of motivations in order to hold their interest. Nevertheless, I made it to explain the lesson as simple as I could without affecting the quantity and the quality of it (‘hope so). Wooooh another day is gone and tomorrow is a rest day, a time to contemplate and introspect on how to improve my teaching for the day ahead. Without doubt, prayers are of great help. Let’s call it a night!
Sep 12, 2008
Sep 11, 2008
Advanced Merry Christmas!
I just finished watching a nice movie called “Christmas with the Kranks”. It was a touchy one that made me apprehend more the significance and fundamental nature of celebrating of such very important holiday by the Christian. I can’t hold my tears to run over my face thinking that I would celebrate Christmas away from my family this year. Even so, I am happy as it makes me realize how important they are to me-they are my life and the whole thing. I can’t hang around to see the shimmering Christmas lights, children singing Christmas carol, colorful Christmas tree, and the like. Though I am in the Buddhist country now, it can’t hold me back to celebrate the Christmas and savor the real essence of it: the great love of God to the humanity. Advanced Merry Christmas to all!
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