INV5 Teambuilding 2008

Coming from La Salle, I met my team mates in front of KFC. We’re bound to Kabayan in Batangas for 2 days and 1 night. Inside the van, I was seated beside Lhen and Jan Paul who has a “pigsa” on his legs. Heheh.. Sadly, Mommy E and Vic weren’t able to come with us.

We first stopped in Mc Donalds somewhere to eat our lunch, after an hour, we arrived to our destination.

Picture taking when we arrived in Kabayan:

The sand is definitely not white but at least not totally black at all.

There were lotsa foods… to be cook. Yet, who knows to cook among us ladies??? The answer to that question is None. Not even Gerald’s girlfriend, Faye. It was the boys who prepared our meals. I realized that I’m not just the only lady one in the world who doesn’t know how to cook. Hahaha. Perhaps, maybe, time have changed.

At night, we just had some water activities, which our team won- Raph, Faye, CJ's bf and Lhen's bf, then we had an "Ice Breaker" after.

When morning came, Raph and I started to make our breakfast, but it was Apay who finished all the coking stuff.

After few minutes of rest, we decided to go to the sea and swim:













































Then, I we prepared going home.

The day ended well. We got safe home.

True to Life Story of Teddy Stoddard

This was an email sent to my by Funspiration Group in Yahoo.

That is what being a TEACHER of children means!!!!!
ONE OF THE BEST STORIES I'VE EVER HEARD!!!!!!

As she stood in front of her 5th grade class on the very first day of school, she told the children an untruth. Like most teachers, she looked at her students and said that she loved them all the same. However, that was impossible, because there in the front row, slumped in his seat, was a little boy named Teddy Stoddard.

Mrs. Thompson had watched Teddy the year before and noticed that he did not play well with the other children, that his clothes were messy and that he constantly needed a bath. In addition, Teddy could be unpleasant. It got to the point where Mrs. Thompson would actually take delight in marking his papers with a broad red pen, making bold X's and then putting a big "F" at the top of his papers.

At the school where Mrs. Thompson taught, she was required to review each child's past records and she put Teddy's off until last. However, when she reviewed his file, she was in for a surprise.

Teddy's first grade teacher wrote, "Teddy is a bright child with a ready laugh. He does his work neatly and has good manners... He is a joy to be around.."

His second grade teacher wrote, "Teddy is an ex cellent student, well liked by his classmates, but he is troubled because his mother has a terminal illness and life at home must be a struggle."

His third grade teacher wrote, "His mother's death has been hard on him. He tries to do his best, but his father doesn't show much interest, and his home life will soon affect him if some steps aren't taken."

Teddy's fourth grade teacher wrote, "Teddy is withdrawn and doesn't show much interest in school. He doesn't have many friends and he sometimes sleeps in class."

By now, Mrs. Thompson realized the problem and she was ashamed of herself. She felt even worse when her students brought her Christmas presents, wrapped in beautiful ribbons and bright paper, except for Teddy's. His present was clumsily wrapped in the heavy, brown paper that he got from a grocery bag. Mrs. Thompson took pains to open it in the middle of the other presents. Some of the children started to laugh when she found a rhinestone bracelet with some of the stones missing, and a bottle that was one-quarter full of perfume. But she stifled the children's laughter when she exclaimed how pretty the bracelet was, putting it on, and dabbing some of the perfume on he R wrist. Teddy Stoddard stayed after school that day just long enough to say, "Mrs. Thompson, today you smelled just like my Mom used to."

After the children left, she cried for at least an hour. On that very day, she quit teaching reading, writing and arithmetic. Instead, she began to teach children. Mrs. Thompson paid particular attention to Teddy. As she worked with him, his mind seemed to come alive. The more she encouraged him, the faster he responded. By the end of the year, Teddy had become one of the smartest children in the class and, despite her lie that she would love all the children the same, Teddy became one of her "teacher's pets.."

A year later, she found a note under her door, from Teddy, telling her that she was the best teacher he ever had in his whole life.

Six years went by before she got another note from Teddy. He then wrote that he had finished high school, third in his class, and she was still the best teacher he ever had in life.

Four years after that, she got another letter, saying that while things had been tough at times, he'd stayed in school, had stuck with it, and would soon graduate from college with the highest of honors. He assured Mrs. Thompson that she was still the best and favorite teacher he had ever had in his whole life.

Then four more years passed and yet another letter came. This time he explained that after he got his bachelor's deg ree, he decided to go a little further. The letter explained that she was still the best and favorite teacher he ever had. But now his name was a little longer.... The letter was signed, Theodore F. Stoddard, MD.

The story does not end there. You see, there was yet another letter that spring. Teddy said he had met this girl and was going to be married. He explained that his father had died a couple of years ago and he was wondering if Mrs. Thompson might agree to sit at the wedding in the place that was usually reserved for the mother of the groom. Of course, Mrs. Thompson did. And guess what? She wore that bracelet, the one with several rhinestones missing. Moreover, she made sure she was wearing the perfume that Teddy remembered his mother wearing on their last Christmas together.

They hugged each other, and Dr. Stoddard whispered in Mrs. Thompson's ear, "Thank you Mrs. Thompson for believing in me. Thank you so much for making me feel important and showing me that I could make a difference."

Mrs. Thompson, with tears in her eyes, whispered back. She said, "Teddy, you have it all wrong. You were the one who taught me that I could make a difference. I didn't know how to teach until I met you."

(For you that don't know, Teddy Stoddard is the Dr. at Iowa Methodist in Des Moines that has the Stoddard Cancer Wing.)

Hone's Bestfriend

INV5’s Wave 4

Again, Gerald is training agents for INV5. Why do they keep training people when our Queue is empty! So, there- he again, asked my help for PSU. Again, I rendered. Helping him in training, is nothing to me. It’s really okay but I just hope that he does not leave to us the agents during the time he’s most needed.

Wave 4, Welcome.

MomiSMS

Happy Mother's Day, ma!

These are those little Sayings that are passed down from Mother to Child
Then magically are said again when that Child becomes a Mother!
A little "birdy" told me!
A little soap & water never killed anybody.
Always wear clean underwearIn case you get in an accident.
Am I talking to a brick wall?
Answer me when I ask you a question!
Are you deaf or something?
Are you going out dressed like that?
Are you lying to me?
Are your hands broken? Pick it up yourself!I'm not your maid!
As long as you live under my roof, you'll do as I say.
Beds are NOT made for jumping on.
Bored! How can you be bored?I was never bored at your age.
Call me when you get there, Just so I know you're okay.
Clean up after yourself!
Close the door! You weren't born in a born
Cupcakes are NOT a breakfast food!
Did you brush your teeth?
Did you clean your room?
Did you comb your hair?
Did you flush?
Do as I say, not as I do.
Do I look like a maid?
Do you live to annoy me?
Do you think I'm made of money?
Do you think this is a hotel? You can't just come here only to sleep.
Do you think your socks areGoing to pick themselves up?
Don't ask me WHY. The answer is NO.
Don't break your arm patting yourself on the back.
Don't cross your eyes or they'll freeze that way.
Don't eat that, you'll get worms!
Don't eat the seeds or you'll have Watermelons growing out your ears
Don't EVER let me catch you doing that again!
Don't go out with a wet head, you'll catch cold.
Don't make me come in there!
Don't make me get up!
Don't pick that scab, it'll get infected.
Don't pick your nose in public.
Don't put that in your mouth, You don't know where it's been.
Don't run in the house.
Don't run with a lollipop in your mouth.
Don't sit too close to the television, It'll ruin your eyes.
Don't talk with your mouth full!
Don't use that tone with me!
Don't walk away when I'm talking to you!
Don't you have anything better to do?
Eat your vegetables, they're good for you.
Enough is enough!
Go ask your father.
Go play outside! It's a beautiful day!
Go to your room and think about what you did!
How can you have nothing to wear?Your closet is FULL of clothes!
How do you know you don't Like it if you haven't tasted it?
How many times do I have to tell you?
I brought you into this world, And I can take you right back out!
I can always tell when you're lying.
I can't believe you can sleep in this filth!
I can't believe you did that!
I didn't ask who put it there, I said "Pick it up!"
I don't buy snacks to feed the neighborhood!
I don't care what "everyone" is doing. I care what YOU are doing!
I don't care who started it, I said stop!
I don't care who started it, YOU stop it!
I don't have to explain myself. I said no.
I don't know is NOT an answer.
I hope someday you have children just like you.
I hope you don't kiss me with that mouth!
I just want what's best for you.
I said CLOSE the door, I did not say SLAM it.
I would have never talked to MY mother like that!
If God had wanted you to have holes in your ears (eyebrows, tongue, etc.) He would have put them there!
If I catch you doing that one more time, I'll...
If I want your opinion I'll ask for it!
If it were a snake, it would have bitten you.
If I've told you once ... I've told you a thousand times.
If wishes were horses...
If you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all.
If you could stay out last night, you can get up this morning.
If you don't clean your plate, you won't get any dessert.
If you don't stop crying, I am goingTo give you something to cry about!
If you stick your tongue out again it will fall off.
If you're too full to finish your dinner, You're too full for dessert.
If you're too sick to go to school, You're too sick to play outside.
I'll treat you like an adult when you start acting like one.
I'm doing this for your own good.
I'm going to give you until the count of three... 1.. 2.. 2 and a half... 2 and three quarters
I'm going to skin you alive!
I'm not always going to be around to do these things for you.
I'm not going to ask you again.
I'm not running a taxi service.
I'm not your maid!
I'm not your waitress!
It's no use crying over spilt milk.
It's not that I don't trust you,it's that I don't trust everyone else.
I've had it up to here with you.
Life isn't fair.
Look at me when I'm talking to you.
Look at this room! It looks like a pigsty!
Money does NOT grow on trees.
Never try on anyone else's glasses or you'll go blind.
No child of MINE would do something like that.
No, I don't know where your socks are,its not my day to watch them!
Nobody asked you.
Now, come back downstairs and go back up WITHOUT stomping your feet!
Now, say you're sorry...and MEAN it!
Over my dead body!
Pick that up before somebody trips on it and breaks their neck!
Pick up your feet.
Put that down! You don't know where it's been!
Running away? Don't let the door hit you in the rear.
Running away? I'll help you pack.
Running away? Is that a threat or a promise?
Say that again and I'll wash your mouth out with soap.
Shut the door! I'm not heating (air conditioning)the entire neighborhood!
So it's raining? You're not sugar -- you won't melt.
Someday your face will freeze like that
There's enough dirt in those ears to grow potatoes!
Think of those poor starving children in ......
This hurts me more than it hurts you.
Turn off that light. Do you think we own the electric company?
Turn that racket (music) down!
Watch your language!
Watch your mouth!
Well, I haven't figured out how to cook "cold" yet.
Well, people in Hades want ice water, but do you see me with a PITCHER?
Well, people in Hell want ice water too!
Were you born in a barn? Close the door -- and DON'T slam it!
What did I say the FIRST time?
What if everyone jumped off a cliff? Would you do it, too?
What kind of a grade is that? You could do much better!
What part of NO don't you understand?
When I was a little girl...
When I was young we had respectfor our elders, now look at the world!
When I was your age, I had to walk ten miles through the snow, uphill, by myself, to go to school.
When I was your age...
When you have kids of your own you'll understand.
When you have your own house then you can make the rules!
Where do YOU think you're going?
Who died and left you boss?
Who do you think you are?
Who do you think you're talking to?
Who said life was going to be easy?
Who taught you THAT? You didn't learn that in this house!
Why? Because I SAID so, that's why!
You are getting on my last nerve.
You can't find it? Well, I can'tfind it for you - I didn't wear it!
You can't find it? Well, if you'd put things where they belonged, you wouldn't have this problem.
You can't judge a book by its cover.
You can't start the day on an empty stomach.
You don't always get what you want.
You had better wipe that smile off your face before I do it for you.
You have an answer for everything, don't you?
You just ate an hour ago!
You made your bed, now lie in it.
You must think rules are made to be broken.
You should have that phone surgically implanted in your ear.
You WILL eat it, and you WILL like it!
You won't be happy until you break that, will you?
You'd forget your head if it wasn't attached to your shoulders!
You'll understand when you're older.
You're going to put your eye out with that thing!
You're the oldest. You should know better.
Holy Cow...my Mom said 90 percent of these!!!!Did you laugh going down memory lane?

INV5’s Wave 3

The Wave 3 of INV5 is having their training for a couple of weeks. There are times that Gerald asks for my help and so I render it anyway. When their nesting period came, there, Gerald started to absent himself. The whole week, I was the one handling the trainees. Raph at times, helped me, but you know, we shouldn’t be the one doing it. It should be Gerald. I’m not the INV5 trainer.

In any case, I welcome them to the team.

Unfair?

I claimed my classcards today, expecting a 4.00, a 3.5 and a 3.00.


Did I get everything I expect considering all the sleepless nights and sacrifes I had?


No.


I got no 4.00.


What I got were only one 3.5 and two 3.00.


Honestly, I think it wasn't fair for me.


I did the best that I can. My parents can prove that. My Hone as well.


If I wasn't able to get a 4.00, at least the other shouldn't be a 3.00 alone.


I feel disappointed as it ruined my standing.


I'm aiming to get an honor and it feels bad.


I mean, I'm doing the bests that I can... but why my efforts are not given back?


Today's maybe not just a good day! I could have even died because of the stupid bus. It's a long story that crumples my heart whenever I tell so I will not anymore.


I just thank God that He saved my life... thinking it over again, I'm still blessed, coz I'm given a chance to continue living and exert more effort in the next terms.


Lord, teach me to accept these things. It's really quite hard for me now, but with your help, I know I can.

Mama and Papa's Silver Anniversary

We went in Batangas with Hone to celebrate my parent's Anniversary
Here's the video I made:

25 Years of Love

My parents are celebrating their 25 years of Marriage. As their one and only child, I am so proud of them making it and reaching this height. I'm amazed how they hang on with each other with all the trials, problems, quarels, happy moments that they experienced. I am blessed to have them.

25 years is no joke. Out 10 who gets married, only 5 reaches their 25 years of being together. In the society today, there exists many broken homes because of divorce and separation. I have lots of friends whose parents are separated, and I need not to be on their shoes to feel the pain they have gone through in accepting the fact of separation or being a part of a broken family. I know it wasn't their choice nor they wanted it to happen in their own family. Only, it's just the way their parents handled their relationships.

I thank God so much for my parents' lives. I thank Him for blessing our family. Through the years, He was there with us, and bound our fmaily with the love that cannot be broken. I pray that my parents will have longer lives to share the kind of love that is so true and sincere. I pray to God that He may bless them with great health, more success and more wisdom. I pray that God may bless our family in all aspects as we continue to worship him as an intact family.

To My Mama & Papa: "I love you, both and I'm so proud of you!"