thinking aloud

an attempt to knock-off the stereotype that i reveal my thoughts only to myself.

30 April 2006

day-dreamin'

daydreams soothe my soul. it's a temporary escape from the mundane world. in my daydreams, colors are brighter and my thoughts paint the scene beautifully.

i'm currently day-dreaming about going to the beach..

wow! what a scene.. just you wait. soon i'll be in that picture. Ü

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29 April 2006

kids say the darnest things

today is saturday. it’s been more than a week since the swimming lessons started. i still can’t believe i’m teaching swimming. but what appalled me the most are the words coming from the kids spur-of-the-moment-ly during class. here’s my top list. some of them are funny while some made me ask myself the question, "should i really be teaching swimming?"

1. brina, 7 years old. she introduced her self by saying:

“teacher nina, you know why i like swimming? – because in swimming, i get to see the boys take off their shirt.”

ho my golly! wonder what i was telling my teacher when i was seven.

2. emilio, 6 years old. i was in front of him, holding his hands while he’s doing bubbles.

“teacher, i can see the insides of your nose."

stop imagining things, emilio. now close your eyes and focus!

3. nathan, 7 years old. i asked him to do ten bubbles after finishing a lap of freestyle kick. he refused and said:

“i don’t wanna do bubbles, teacher. i have plenty of booger inside my nose.”

that’s the point!

4. rica, 14 years old. before yesterday’s class started, she discreetly told me:

“miss, can you help me put in a tampon?"

um, like how would i help you? sweetie, trust me, you don’t need my help. let me just tell you how. it’s rather simple really. just inhale it like how you would with any other inhaler.

5. rafael, 7 years old. he was sobbing inconsolably when he thought his classmate intentionally tried to drown him. his words were:

“teacher, she made me lunod.”

i cried with him after hearing that.

those kids. they brighten up the gloomy days of my teaching career. three more sessions and my dialogues with them will be over. ten years from now, i swear, i’ll look for them and have them read this blog.

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16 April 2006

push

every time i look at you the world just melts away
all my troubles all my fears dissolve in your affection
you’ve seen me at my weakest but you take me as i am
and when i fall you offer me a softer place to land

i get mad so easy but you give me room to breathe
no matter what i say or do ‘cause you’re too good to fight about it
even when i have to push just to see how far you’ll go
you won’t stoop down to battle but you never turn to go

love is just the antidote when nothing else can cure me
there are times i can’t decide when i can’t tell up from down
you make me feel less crazy when otherwise i’d drown
but you pick me up and brush me off and tell me i’m okay
sometimes that’s just what we need to get us through the day

you stay the course you hold the line you keep it all together
you’re the one true thing i know i can believe in

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14 April 2006

high hopes

things don't always turn out the way we hope. we start out with the best of intentions, but somewhere along the line something unexpected happens.

we may make the best of plans, map out a strategy to the tiniest detail, and seemingly do everything right, yet the final outcome can still fall short of our expectations.

if we don't live up to our high hopes, do we abandon them? no. we keep stretching that much more. we try a little harder next time. our dreams may not come true today, but they may tomorrow. or perhaps an even better dream will come true.

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