Ano Nga Ba Ang Pasko?

Taon-taun, lagi na lang ganito, may Noche Buena, masaya, makulay. I just can’t help it  but wonder kung ano ang buhay ng ibang tao na hindi masaya, kumakalam ang mga sikmura dahil walang pang-Noche Buena at giniginaw kasi nakatira lang sa daan. Nararamdaman ba talaga nila ang tunay na diwa ng pasko? Ano ba talaga ang tunay na diwa ng pasko? Marami ang magsasabi na ang tunay na diwa ng Pasko ay pagmamahalan, pero hindi ba ang pagmamahalan nangyayari naman buong taon? Did God have this in mind when He gave us His only Son? Nasa mga plano ba niya na gawin nating isang festivity ang Pasko? Dapat ba talaga na may mga parol? Ok lang ba talaga na gawin negosyo ang pangangaroling? Gusto ba talaga ng Diyos na makumpleto natin ang Simbang Gabi? Dapat bang maraming pagkain sa hapag kainan tuwing nuche buena? Paano naman ang mga iba na walang Pasko, kawalan ba sa kanila yun? Kung dapat masaya pag pasko, bakit meron parin malungkot? Totoo bang may three kings?

Siguro nga parang walang saysay na itanong ko ng itanong lahat ng mga bagay na yan, malamang marami ang magsasabi na mababaw ako, na baka nagtatanong lang ako para may maisulat, pero kayo ba hindi kayo nagtataka kung saan nanggaling ang mga paniniwala natin sa Diwa ng Pasko? Kung ako ang tatanungin, siguro ang Diwa ng Pasko ay relative. Kumbaga, nasa contemporary point of view… Semiotics!  Para sa mga mahihirap, ang Diwa ng Pasko ay panandaliang matakasan ang masakit at mahirap nilang kapalaran. Ang Pasko ay isang magandang dahilan para magkaroon ng pag-asa na balang-araw ay mararamdaman naman nila ang kasiyahan ng makaahon sa kahirapan, Ang Pasko ay simbolo ng kinabukasan. Para sa mga mayayaman, ang Pasko ay panahon upang makipagpataasan ng ihi sa mga kapwa mayayaman at ipagyabang na kaya nilang mag-aksaya ng pera para lang masabi na ang bahay nila ang may pinakamaraming Christmas Lights. Ang Pasko ay panahon upang ipakita na masaya sila sa pamamagitan ng pagpapa-cater para sa Noche Buena. Ang pasko ay isang malaking entertainment.

Ayoko isipin na ang Pasko ay ipinagdiriwang dahil lamang sa ito ay nakasanayan na. Ang katwiran kasi doon, hindi pwede na routinary ang Pasko, kasi taun-taon maraming mga pangyayari ang nakakapagpabago sa takbo nito. Nong nakaraang buwan nakita natin ang karumal-dumal na nangyari sa Maguindanao. Ano na ang pasko para sa mga nawalan ng mga mahal sa buhay? Ito ba ay isang paraan upang maibsan ang sakit at pagtangis na nararamdaman nila? O ito ba ay tila isang martilyo na magbabaon sa pako na nagbabadyang tumusok sa kanilang mga puso?
Para sa isang simpleng guro na kagaya ko,  ang pasko ay isang pagtakas sa katotohanan na ang buhay ay hindi lamang puro sarap kundi puno ng hirap. Ang pasko ay isang artipisyal na solusyon sa isang puso na nananaghoy.Kaming mga employado ng gobyerno sumasaya tuwing darating ang pasko kasi nga may year end bonus at additional bonus. Oo, masaya na kami sa konting halaga na binibigay sa amin na gobyerno. Ngunit bakit, parang pinagdadamot pa nila itong ibigay sa amin. Pasko na pero wala pa ring bonus na pumasok sa mga atm namin. Inaasahan na ito ng mga kawani at ngayong ang iba kong mga kasamahan ay sinanla o cash advance na nila ito (bonus) sa mga pautangan ahensya kasi gusto nilang may pagsaluhan ang buong pamilya sa Noche Buena. Octobre pa lang ay prenoklama na ng ating Pangulong GMA, na bibigyan ng additional bonus ang lahat ng mga kawani ng gobyerno. Ngunit tila parang hindi sincere ang pamahalaang Arroyo na ibigay ang mga bonus na ito sa kawani ng gobyerno? Samantalang ang mga matataas na opisyales ng gobyerno ay nagpapakasasang gastusin ang pera ng bayan sa mga walang kwentang mga bagay, biyahe at proyekto para lang may makurakot. Puro lang pangako, lagi namang pako!

Ano ba tong mga sinusulat ko at baka san na to mapunta...hehe!  Linalabas ko lang ang aking panaghoy sa pamamagitan ng pagsulat sa blog.

Ang tanong ko lang ...nasan ang bonus na ito?
Maligayang Pasko at Manigong Bagong Taon!!!! Pagpalain nawa tayo ng Maykapal.

Balak Alang Kang Ma'am Lorna Rances

Balak Alang Kang Ma'am Lorna Rances

Sinulat ni: Nimfa C. Go

O Ma'am Lorna,

Ning mabulukon nga kabuntagon (kahaponon o kagabhion)

Tugoti kami sa pagbuhagay

Sa pagbating gihambin ug gisapnay

Tujo namo ug tinguha

Nga ikaw among pasalamatan

Kay kaligdong di gajud hitupngan

Ingon man sa mga kaajohang

Sarang namong natagamtaman

Higala ka sa tanan

Mananabang sa nanginhangan

Ikaw ang among pangu'o

Apan bisan kanus-a wa modako ang imong "o"

Labaw sa ngatanan

Di ug di gajud namo hikalimtan

Ang imong pagka-inahan,

Ang imong pagsangpit ug "Doy" ug "Day"

Kansang inahanong pag-atiman

Kanunay gajud namong matagamtaman

Mobija ka man dinhi, ning maong nataran

Apao ajaw ug ajaw gajud hikalimti

Ma'am Lorna Rances namong hamili

Nga ang aho, ang ija ug among pagtahod PERMANENTI

Busa Ma'am Lorna namong pinangga

Tugoti nga ang among gugma among ipakujog

Sa hangin ng magtudjok-tudjok sa kapunaw-punawan

Aron gikan sa Kahitas-an kini mobalik ug sajun ra

Kaajong muhonghong sa imong dughan

Salamat Ma'am, Salamat gajud sa tanan

Hinaot magbibo ug magkanunajon

Ang imong pagmalipajon didto sa juta nga imong natawhan

Adios Ma'am!, Adios! Pag-ajo-ajo ug...

Mingawon gajud mi nimo...

Dr. Lorna Rances

Cebu City Superintendent

Yahoo Email Basics New

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CNN Hero to get hero's welcome, gov't award

Efren Penaflorida, the educator who was named 2009 CNN Hero of the Year for initiating a “pushcart classroom” to indigent children, will be feted to hero’s welcome when he returns to the country.

The 28-year-old Penaflorida will be conferred the Order of Lakandula in Malacanang in ceremonies to be led by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, according to Palace deputy spokesperson Lorelei Fajardo.

The same recognition was given to boxing champion Manny Pacquiao two years ago.

“We would like to congratulate him and we would like him to know that we are very proud of him,” Fajardo said on Monday’s news briefing in Malacanang aired live over government’s Radyo ng Bayan.

She said the Department of Education should draw inspiration from Penaflorida on how it can work with other philanthropists implementing similar programs for the poor.

“The DepEd gets the biggest budget every year. Itong ginagawa niya ay isang magandang ehemplo para sa pribadong sector at sa government (What he does is a good example for the private sector and the government),” she said.

Fajardo said it was good that Penaflorida and other groups complement what the government could not do for the education sector.

Asked if the government was willing to extend financial support to the educator to expand his program, Fajardo said, “Of course. Una, nakita natin iyong effectivity ng ginagawa niya so maaaring tingnan ng DepEd, pero palagay ko yong (First we see the effectivity of what he does, so the DepEd may look at his program, but I think the) $100,000 will really go a long way.”

The government has existing programs which can complement Penaflorida’s kariton classroom, she stressed.

Bayan Muna party-list Representative Satur Ocampo hailed Penaflorida for his advocacy and for the recognition, saying this is a “victory of hope against hopelessness, concern against indifference, and determination against inaction.”

"At a time when so much is going wrong in this country and there is a tragic dearth of role models, Peñaflorida and his pushcart school have shown that there is hope. This young man is an inspiration to everyone that they can make a difference in the lives of so many others. He has proven that even the most humble of efforts, when done sincerely and with the goal of helping others, can go a long, long way," Ocampo said.

“We hope that many others will take up his concern and similar endeavors to help the poor and the needy so neglected by the government,” he added.

Push Cart Educator named CNN Hero of the Year

Efren Peñaflorida is the CNN hero of the year. He said, our planet is filled with heroes, young and old,

rich and poor,  men, women of different colors, shape and sizes, we are one great tapestry. 
     Each person has a hidden hero within, just have to look inside you and search it in your hearth,
and be the hero to the next one in need.
     So to each every person inside in  this theater and for those who are watching at home. The Hero in you is waiting to be unleashed. Serve, serve well serve other above yourself and be happy to serve.
     As i always tell to the my co-volunteer to the dynamic team company in club 8586 Inc.
     You are the changed that you dream, as i am the dream that I dream and collectively,  we are the change that this world makes to be.....

MABUHAY!!!!!!!

CNN received more than 2.5M votes to the candidate CNN Heroes.

$100,000 dollar was given to him to continue his advocate.

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In-Service Training 2009

The North 7 district team conducted In-Service Training (In-Set) in South 6 District at Guadalupe Elem. School. At first, we got scared coz it's the first time, we conducted seminar/training outside our district. We're eleven facilitator's including the 3 administrator's of North 7 District: Daisy S, Salamanca (BLES), Ronald Llerin (CLES) and Lyra Illaga (AIS) and our master teachers Nimfa Go (BLES), Julie Lastimosa (BLES), Mrs. Cantara (CLES) and Mrs. Malou Tambolero (CLES), then Almira Patentes (BLES), Rose Palanca (BLES) and yours truly.

We studied our topics well and prepared everything just to give our best to the participants of Guadalupe District. It was a five days seminar but we're there for four days and back to our District on the 5th day which is Friday. The participants are very friendly, hospitable, active, participative and kind. Did I mentioned there are lots of beautiful teachers in Guadalupe? Well, daghan gwapa! hehe!

They're thinking this might be another boring seminar but they're wrong instead they enjoyed it. As you can see the happy faces on the slides above that they really enjoyed the seminar. They even told us to come back to conduct another seminar to them. It was a fulfillment emotions that we've felt then. Our over-all performance rating from participant was EXCELLENT!

Congrats team and job well done!

Undas: Ano nga ba ang tunay na kahulugan?

Marami sa atin ay maraming plano para sa darating na Undas. May mga pamilyang uuwi ng probinsya upang dalawin ang kanilang mahal sa buhay na namaalam na.May iba naman na magpupunta ng "resort" upang magbakasyon. At para naman sa mga taong walang pera ay siguro ay mananatili na lang sa kani-kanilang bahay.Ngunit ano nga ba ang tunay na kahulugan ng undas? Ang undas,para sa akin, ay araw ng mga taong nilisan na ang mundong ibabaw.Ito ang araw kung saan ay inaalala natin ang mga taong minsan nabuhay sa mundong ito. Ito rin ay araw kung saan natin sila pinagdarasal upang tanggapin na sila sa langit.
     Ang Undas ay araw ng mga taong namaalam na at ito ay hindi natin araw. Ilaan sana natin ang araw na ito sa pagdarasal at pagninilay. Alalahanin sana natin sila sa araw na ito.

STEP Division Competition

What is STEP?
STEP stand for Student Technologist and Entreprenuers of the Philippines.
The STEP is the official co-curricular organization of the department
of Education in the Technology and Livelihood Education (TLE)
which provides pupils and students with practical experiences,
technical know-how, and opportunities s in home economics,
agricultural technology, industrial arts, entrepreneurship
and ICT integration while developing their leadership abilities
and personal skills, and building wholesome character to
strengthen national competitiveness and productivity.
The DepEd – CSCA, through its Head as the concurrent STEP National Adviser,
is authorized to conduct necessary management actions and decisions in the
implementation of the STEP skills development and competitions in all levels.
As an antecedent to the STEP NSDC, all secondary schools together with
elementary schools, all division and regional offices shall conduct their respective skills development and competitions. The Regional Directors and the School Division/City Superintendents are advised to support the delegates for quality participation and learning.

Our District participated the STEP competition. Categories we joined are the flower arrangement, fruit shake, marcotting and basic encoding. Of course, I’m the computer teacher in our school and I’ve selected and trained pupil for Basic Encoding  competition. This is the first time we joined this kind of competition, well its a learning experience. hehe! We didn’t won the contest. Better luck next time!

Me and Doris

With have with us Mrs. Lawian

just getting started...

 

we can see them through the glass wall

Posted on door

Oral explanation of the outputs they’ve made.

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Global Handwashing Day

Our school participated in Global Handwashing Day.

The driving theme for Global Handwashing Day are children and schools, and the main objectives of this global celebration are:

• Foster and support a global and local culture of handwashing with soap.
• Shine a spotlight on the state of handwashing in each country.
• Raise awareness about the benefits of handwashing with soap.

Selected pupils and teachers participated the launching on Global Handwashing Day today held at MCWD Family Park, Talamban, Cebu City.

These was the project of Department of Health and partner of FourMula 1.

Theme:
"Nakasalalay sa Iyong mga Kamay ang iyong kalusugan. Ugaliing maghugas ng kamay gamit ang sabon at tubig."

 

 

 

I think they should sing the Happy Birthday song 2 times while their hands. hehe!

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Bagyo Ondoy and Pepeng for Red Cross

October Feeding Program

I just want to make correction from my previous post.hehe! They're not Women's League, its BCBP...my bad!

This feeding program happened every second Friday of the month. The feeding program sponsored by BCBP (Brotherhood of Christian Business and Professionals) Cebu North Chapter, its a group intersessory. For four years now they have been with us feeding our malnourished children in school.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Evaluation Day

We have to prepare everything listed on the evaluation sheet. We need to prepare the forms, records, clean our rooms (inside and outside) and make sure everything in order and  the discipline of the students is at most needed.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

United Nation Month 09

 

 

 

 

Capabilities and Limitation of a Computer

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Division Science Fair and Congress 2009

Bo. Luz Elem. School is under North 7 District. We joined the Division Science Fair and Congress.  Our contestant Leonil Mangubat competed for Sci. Art Collage Contest, won First Place and Karen Montealto competed for Sci. Art Poster Making Contest, won First Place too. The Jadol's sister are the coaches/trainor of the two contestant. For your information, the two coaches are both gifted in arts and drawings.  And they consistently won in whatever arts contest they've joined.

Leonil Mangubat, Daisy Salamanca (Principal) and Karen Montealto

From Left: Gege Cardoza and Ritchel Jadol (coaches), Leonil Mangubat (Sci. Art Collage),

Cecile Talisaysay, Karen Montealto (Posting Making) & Daisy Salamanca (Principal)

 Aside from the science contest, our science scholars namely; Raquel Dag-um, Amelita Salutan and Santa Lanurias joined the Investigatory Project and they got third place. The title of their IP, "The Effect of the Crude Extract obtained from Neem Tree (Azadirachta Indica A. Juss) Leaves to the Human Lice".

Congrats guys!  Keep it up!

From Left: Raquel Dag-um, Amie Salutan, Principal and Santa Lanurias

Climate Change and the Philippines

My friends, colleages and students, please read the detailed slide presentation posted here. Everyone should be aware of climate change  and global warming. The facts about it and preventive measures.This is a nice presentation and very informative. Enjoy!

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Hagupit ni Ondoy

Typhoon Ondoy took the capital of the Philippines by surprise; it flooded most of Metro Manila, no one was spared, the rich and the poor alike felt the the power of nature, everyone was wet, some died, and the rest of the country felt as if they were slapped on the face with the cold reality of nature's wrath. Here are the sad images of Metro Manila after Typhoon Ondoy had its fill.



 
We're fortunate enough to have not experienced the typhoon, all we got was the mild rain. We are living in a place where typhoons could not happen, Cebu City. But we have relatives in Metro Manila, my siblings are in Metro Manila.We are really worried because we could not communicate with them because phone service are not available in their area right now.

Girl Scouting

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Information Technology Bill Being Push

I saw this post in DepED Region site but I'll just post this here just to spread the news...

The Philippine Technology Act of 2009 is a new bill created by Mar Roxas to serve as blue print in the government investment in IT and R&D.

He said there is a need to push the country's IT's and R&D capacity in mastering latest technology and scientific innovation is the key to Philippines economic progress. He proposed that IT projects and new innovations should be made public and accessible for faster commercialization.

We should recall that the US military already have the internet for their intelligence purposes way back cold war days. When they open the technology in public commercialization through the help of US Senator and former VP, the Information Superhighway became unstoppable to max that it benefited most Philippines call center as well as call center in India and Mexico for spanish market together with less fortunate European countries. One Internet technology Guru said the IT innovation is alarming that there is always arena for development in which government may not capable to control specially like those under develop countries as we are.

This Technology Transfer Act of 2009 will helps the distribution and commercialization of intellectual property and technology researched funded by the government for the purpose of economic growth through information technology where Philippines outsourcing companies and local IT companies are expected to enjoy the benefits.

The DepED family specially the pupils, students and its teachers will be the most benefited of any improvement of technology. As of now, there is no research on the prevalence of ICT integration in the school. How many schools are implementing integration and how many teachers per school are capable of ICT integration in their classes. While PowerPoint presentation and Internet are the best tools for the subject like Araling Panlipunan and Technology and Livelihood Education, I have seen teachers not optimizing the used of these technologies. Some said they lack of computers even the computers are there even it is 1:4 ratio, it is still functional to the lesson. What is see in this issue in my 5 years as ICT Trainor is the knowledge and skills of teacher to integrate the lesson with ICT and not just leaving the computer inside the classroom giving more traffics to youtube, facebook, friendster and many more.

Booting Up and Shutting Down Your Computer

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Virtual Sanity

Add as contact? It is the question that everyone seems to be answering nowadays. And the question is always met with excitement or nostalgia as one relishes the thought of connecting with a funny friend or a sweet classmate from way, way back.

It was apprehension for me though 2 years ago, when a student asked to a friend in my Yahoo Messenger. At first, it was the worry that my privacy will be invaded and worry at the thought that my very inquisitive students would hound me with their questions as long as I’m online. Then again, I thought it was cool to have a students as a contact. Little did I know, that single click would make me begin to see what it means to be a teacher in the virtual age.

Now, when one views my Multiply or Facebook page, its almost always my students who react to anything I post. It’s the cool guy in class who I compete with in Typing Maniac. It’s the reserved students who have the best houses in pet society. It’s my students who have the best five star in restaurant city. My students have even made my co teachers to represent one facet of a personality in their self made personality quiz, ” Which faculty member are you?” Happily, there were nothing negative in their description of their ideal teachers and it was very interesting to see the different pictures of a teacher they see in each one of their mentors.

At its most shallow level, through the Internet, specifically, the social networking websites, teachers have become friends to their students and vice versa, as they try to outdo each other in the various games in the Internet. From experience though, I can say that the cooler the game, the harder it is to beat my students.

The teacher has also become a person of interest outside the classroom. They are no longer the talking one dimensional beings in front of a green backdrop. Through their YM, Multiply or Facebook stats, students have since begun to understand their teachers as people with anxieties, rants, weird hobbies and shallow pleasures.

As a teacher though, the best thing about connecting with students through the Internetis the opportunity to see their potential. It’s a great joy to see my students blogs filled with essays that will never ne graded. It is here where I get to see what my students’ lives are as they try to fuse their family, lovelife adn barkada with the schoolwork and academic requirements I give them, and somehow draw meaning from all of these.

And so Jamiroquai was wrong. Technology humanizes. Even more surprisingly, it has done so in the conservative world of education. Well, I’m sure he was not all wrong. An immature teacher who refuses to recognize that there must still be some sort of a divide between teachers and students will be a headache to school administrators. Fortunately, my experience inmy school has generally been positive, the best thing being students and teachers are no longer boxed into this and that.

With technology, teachers are no longer the center of knowledge. And yes, while information has been wildly scattered in the world wide Web, what my experience has taught me is that despite this madness, students and teachers have used technology to make sense of this virtual sanity.

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