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Stress, Challenges and Joys of an Educator

Posted by mhel in education, general, relationship, self-help on July 2nd, 2009

For the first time in my life, I went to the salon with a handful of reflection papers to read, check, and rate, while having my hair cut and my nails done.

Even enjoying my day in a salon is now a vague possibility. My days are busier and more stressful than ever. I can’t remember anymore the last time I even tried relaxing without even thinking about my lesson plan, school projects, research papers, and… so on and so forth. Indeed, the life of an educator is more than just in the confines of the classroom. There are more work than ever once your class is over.

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“Having a Beautiful Mind”

Posted by mhel in books, general, relationship, self-help on June 18th, 2009

I came across this beautiful thought by Edward de Bono, author of the books How to Have a beautiful Mind and Six Hats, and I immediately decided to share it with this site’s readers:

A discussion should be a genuine attempt to explore a subject rather than a battle between competing egos.

This quote would come very handy in my new profession as a college instructor for it will always guard me against battling wits with my students. This beautiful reminder is applicable not only in the classroom but in our daily relationship. Since most of us tend to protect our egos and pride in dealing with others, our tendency is to argue and try hard to win the argument. In the process though of coming in hard and imposing our beliefs, we may be losing the opportunity to learn a new point of view not to mention losing the person we strongly forced our arguments with. It’s a win-lose way of dealing with conflict.
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School Time Means Shopping Time

Posted by mhel in general, relationship, shopping, the Filipina on June 9th, 2009

Do you have schooling children? If you do, are you done shopping for school stuff like uniforms, books, notebooks, school supplies, etc.

The other day, I was at the National Book Store doing some last-minute round of shopping for my son’s school needs. He is an incoming grade 1 and he’s pretty excited about school because as an only son, his parents are more excited than him in buying his school things. True enough, all of his stuff, except for some hand-me-down school uniform and rain coats, are all new. :D
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A Mother’s Tale

Posted by mhel in general, relationship, the Filipina on May 11th, 2009

This is an article about my new learning as a mother which I first posted in my other blog http://breathtechnology.com and decided to share with my Marikenya.com readers.

She never quite leaves her children at home, even when she doesn’t take them along. ~Margaret Culkin Banning

The other day, I was lamenting how sad it is to be far from your child. My son went to a trip to Baguio together with my husband’s family for three days and I was very worried and sad all that time.

Last night, at about 11PM, my son knocked on our door together with his Tita. I was so happy to see him again. It was like he went abroad for a few years, I was ecstatic. He was cute in his and his bag, full of blings from Baguio. I can’t help giggling.

He narrated his experiences in the city of pines and I listened intently. He was blabbering about his horse ride. He actually rode a horse during our January trip in Baguio but the horse was still because it was just for a photo opportunity. This time he said, it was really horseback riding because the horse actually moved and run with them at the back. He also talked about the fogs which he loved about Baguio.
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Marriage Works

Posted by mhel in general, relationship, self-help on May 10th, 2009

Chains do not hold a marriage together. It is threads, hundreds of tiny threads which sew people together through the years. ~Simone Signoret

Back from hiatus once again. An important celebration occupied my time and mind in the last few days. :)

My husband and I just celebrated our seventh (7th) year wedding anniversary. This is indeed a very special occasion in a married couple’s lives. Each year of a lasting marriage is indeed important and worthy of celebration.

This year is rather important than the rest. I grew up hearing gossips about the dreaded 7th year in any relationships, married or not. They say that the seventh year of a couple is a test which they either survive or not. This means that on the seventh year, either the relationship stays and become stronger or it breaks apart.

You can just imagine how freaky it is for me. Although I’m quite modern judging from my being a geek mom, my liking for believing in folklore and sayings remains. True or not and even if it sometimes makes me look gullible. Believe it or not, I am praying things will be okay as we reach our seventh anniversary but I was also readying myself for the worse. Cynic huh!
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The Long Holiday Fever

Posted by mhel in general, relationship on April 14th, 2009

The long holiday has ended yesterday but I still can’t move on. It was a busy long weekend for me and that heticness (from my own dictionary) of my day and night still went on last night. I’m so tired but happy.

How was your and your family’s celebration of the holy week? Ours was full of activities. We had our share of watching christian films and the live procession of saints along our street. We all went to the beach also for the annual culmination activity of the holy week. It has been a tradition for my family and friends to celebrate the end of the Lenten with a swimming trip and obviously, many Filipinos share this same tradition as the traffic back to Manila on Sunday’s evening was totally terrible.
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What People Would Do For Love…

Posted by mhel in general, relationship on April 7th, 2009

How was your long weekend? Mine was a busy one, the reason why this blog was on a hiatus for a while. Again, for this week, I hope I have more time to do the things I needed to do as well as the things I wanted to do. It seem I am always running out of time, even for sleep.

Let me share with you anyway some of the good things which happened to me and my family during the weekend. Saturday was a monumental night because finally, my husband and I went to a ball game at Araneta Coliseum, one he’s been dying to do forever but never had the chance. Together with our son and our friends Riz and Dhel, we watched the goodwill game between Australia and Powerade Team Pilipinas composed of popular PBA players. I am not into basketball and my first plan was to leave my husband watching the game while I do some shopping rounds at Gateway Mall.

I executed this plan when the game was almost halfway through by telling my husband this: “Can I leave you here with the guys? I’ll wait for your at the mall when the game’s done.” He said if that’s what I wanted to do, it’s okay with him but I sensed something different so I asked: “Won’t you miss me here, would you rather I stay?” My husband replied: “Of course my wish is for you to watch the game with me so we can have fun together.” This statement made me stay. To try and love the game of basketball for the love of my husband which eventually became easy because the game became intense and Araneta became full of noisy crowd cheering the Team Pilipinas. The game ended after an overtime play with the score 93/89 in favor of the Philippine Team of course!
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Dreaming of a BlueWater Day Spa Treat as an Anniversary Gift

Posted by mhel in blogging, general, health and fitness, relationship on April 1st, 2009

As a working mom, combating stress is a day-to-day challenge. These past months, I always wish I have more time to do everything I need to do, as well as those I wanted to do. My status in my yahoo messenger and my plurk accounts has always been: I wish I have more time.

Much as I love being a responsible parent, a wife, a family member, and a worker, every now and then, I look forward for a day-off. A day for enjoyment, for fun, and for relaxation. A day that would recharge me to going back to the busy world. There are usually three things I love doing whenever I’m stressed: shopping, going to a cool bar with my hubby and friends, and going to the Spa!

Of all the three, the most relaxing and most enjoyable for me is a day at the spa. I just started this expensive hobby of going to the spa last year and I became so addicted to it! But because its expensive and I just have to snatch it from my regular budget, it only happens once every two or three months. Ugh!
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Graduations Make Proud Parents

Posted by mhel in general, relationship, self-help on March 29th, 2009

This post is made very late. We just came home from a celebratory dinner and movie watching as a treat to our unico hijo who graduated with honors earlier today.

For the second time, he made us proud parents on graduation day. My husband and I felt very lucky as we went on stage to put our son’s ribbons and medal for his academic excellence. He graduated as the class’ third honor and best on reading. He was also hailed as the most observant and proudly, the most honest student in preparatory level.

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Personalized Everything

Posted by mhel in general, relationship, self-help on March 26th, 2009

Do you love personalizing your things? I do! My husband just now hated how I accessorized my back-up Motorola phone with embossed colorful flower stickers and cellphone charm that I made myself. He’s going to need this phone because his Nokia N70 finally crashed and he has no choice (yet) but to use my girly (used to be manly though) mobile gadget.

If you’ll look at my things, you’ll see how I wanted almost every stuff I have, especially the important ones, reflect my individuality. There are two reasons for this — one, so people would know I own the stuff and would be able to return it to me if found, and second, so I’d be able to express, even in small ways, my own personal style.
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