05 August 2007

when almost everything has cooled down

A week into my one month vacation and I find myself still busy with stuff mostly in preparation for my stay in France and orgwork. I'm actually not complaining 'cause I'd rather be busy like this than be immersed in the kind of work I had a month ago. Man, that was a killer. Haha. Well, past is past and if ever I get removed 'cause we really did not care about the delayed final Opman papers, I'm going to be OK with it. Besides, I've long realized how such incidence would be the end of me. So what diba? At least I've lasted this long and at least I still have time to do orgwork especially for Pathways.

Well, since last Monday, I've been commuting to Makati back and forth for my French class. I'm telling you it's no walk in the park especially the whole MRT part of it since every morning, I literally need to squeeze myself in and be aggressive in order to ride the train. Waaw, so hirap! Haha. But anyway, I've lived through the first week and I have this next week and 2 days the following to brave the current route I'm taking. OK lang naman na eh since I feel I've been accustomed to the conditions. Well, at least, I can now proudly say that I've commuted to Makati alone butbut I'm sure I'll still be lost the moment I get thrown off the beaten path. Haha.

French classes have been fun and exciting. Being my third foreign language, after forgetting my Japanese and trying to remember my Portuguese, French seems a little tougher since I'm having a hard time with pronunciation and all. But Portuguese actually helped me with my phonetics since its somewhat similar with the French. All those nasal sounds and the ever-lovable R sound, they really make my life easier. My professeur actually was Ralf's teacher in the Ateneo. Wala lang actually haha. Oh I remember writing about visiting Paris after my graduation for my final Portuguese composition. Well, that dream of going to Paris will come true in just a month na lang and I wouldn't have to wait for graduation. Haay, 1 month.

Butbut...Still Portuguese inside! Haha.

Pathways has been fun too. I saw my CIS kids again yesterday and I'm glad they have experienced ANI teachers. And they're all girls! So I'm really confident they're going to be taught well and they're gonna learn a lot of stuff this year. Oh I miss teaching and it seems I wouldn't be doing it for so long especially that I'm required to have OJT this year. Anyway, I still have the last two SAD sessions to concentrate on. (Damn, I missed the first one like for a few hours since my flight's going to be 1220 September 1 and the SAD session is like 12 hours later! haha) Well, I have the remaining three Saturdays to visit them and I'm going to be taking my leave of absence then.

Haay...just 20+ more days and I'll be leaving all of this for four months. Sad but I chose to traverse such path and hey, it's going to be an experience of a lifetime, right? So no worries :p

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