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My Life Path #8: My School Life
In Carmecita, I had my Preparatory
In SFACS & DCS, I had my Elementary
In OLSI, I had my Secondary
In UP, I had my Tertiary
In 2010, I was a teacher in Fermat Academy
In 2010-2016, I was a teacher in Capiz State University
In 2019-2020, I was a teacher in OLSI
In 2022, I was a teacher in Assumption School-Passi City.
-04/08/2022
(Dumarao)
*Black Saturday
Life was so hard at fourteen,
I need to work hard while studying,
My dream was to be successful ,
So go on strived to reach for the stars,
Be the one, fly high, you can do it,
Have faith in God, He was there for you,
Poverty is not a hindrance girl.
February 19, 2026
IN THE GEOMETRY OF IT ALL
Indeed, there’s never ever an
Easy walk towards freedom.
Thus, we must ever seek,
With divine hope and
Faith, the right angle,
Triangle, and circle
Of oneness, in our
Maze journey in
The hexagon of
This lived life
Of the math
Of this old
World:-
Life's no banked river...
Life's roving waves frothing shores...
Life's oceanic...
I was going to become a teacher
I thought it was my calling
I was young and thought it best
to go to university straight out of high school
before I'd go to teachers' college
Well... things did not go as planned
for better or for worse, who knows
I got sidetracked ended up taking a job
education got shelved for longer than expected
So I worked and launched a modest career
No guidance maybe no brains ~ who knows
But in the end I realized the truth ~
if you don't choose, life chooses for you
Go for your dreams or risk living with regrets
AP: Honorable Mention 2025
In human nature,
hearing and listening are
not the same thing:-
You can hear said words
but can not respond to them,
if not listening:-
Ancestrally said,
you not listening is bad;
not caring, is worse:-
Being a wise one,
do not just hear what is said;
understand also:-
Growth is not instant,
Becoming is a process;
Ripening takes time.
Instantly, give God the praise
And thanksgiving, for the time:-
Nature's womb is healed,
and birthing seeds have been sown;
renewed life coming:-
Stop hating yourself;
prune away those evil thoughts:
new life blossoming:-
Embryonic Stage
So comfy and warm
Not feeling a hint of harm
Oh, what’s happening
Birth
Good grief, it’s so cold
O’er and o’er again was told
“Beautiful baby”
Child Age
Play sports, make good grades
Life’s full of adventure days
Hates vegetables
Teen Years
It’s an awkward age
Parents struggle through this stage
Just stay sane through it
Young Adult Years
Leaving home first time
Into unknown, a steep climb
Where will it all end
Middle Adult Years
Work and family
Agony and ecstasy
Stalwart day by day
Older Adult Years
Body , soul, and mind
Seeking peace of special kind
Beyond ever known
Don't be a football,
Thrown and kicked down the field
Like rocks of nature;
Rather, be a bouncing ball
Sowing and reaping life's goals
I look back at my footprints,
Which showed my progression.
A better one indeed,
Learning how a life proceeds.
Know that yesterday isn't tomorrow.
The past chapter is closed,
A new one might start soon.
Put on a smile and go.
True colours comes out
When a problem arises.
A sudden courage appeared to solve
Those one by one, it brought peace.
Heart untangled from the ties
Which were knotted very tightly.
Unraveled one after another,
Till the heart was set free.
Now, a happier era has just begun.
Where people I trust are around me,
Jovial and sprightly,
Which makes me persist freely.
now that things will end
I realise I’m not ready
to do anything
We sat in class,
Doing nothing new,
As time passed,
Teacher is late! Finish the work due!
Waited there, waited for long,
And someone started tapping his desk,
We all started singing a song,
Our music, it was the best!
Oh wait, soon 15 minutes will pass,
And as the teacher is not here,
Boys BY LAW we can leave this class!
Boys stand up from your chairs!
Then we clapped, we clapped in joy!
And the teacher cam in the last second, so sad, so sad boys!
substitute teachers
doodling on brown paper
school trips with boyfriend
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