strips to ease

I just finished conducting the whole day training for guidance counselors and my oh my! I sure had a lot of fun introducing them to our Guidance Systems.

They seemed to enjoy my icebreakers. Something to lighten up our topics. We first had My Quirky Fives - where they had to reveal 5 freaky things about them. The revelations were absolutely hilarious! Our new counselors are so talented!

We also had Strips To Ease - an activity where they had to write compliments they received from people. These affirmations, which gave them a sense of happiness and appreciation, will be kept in a canister. These very same strips of compliments shall keep them company as they get to pick and read one in the most tiresome day of their lives.

And, what do you know! They gave me strips to ease too! But I'd rather not go into details to tell you what it was. I shall keep these affirmations in my canister and pick one some time soon.

a training for counselors

Tomorrow marks the day that I shall give our new Counselors their training on our Guidance Systems. My closest friends know how much of a procrastinator I am. I strongly believe it even got worse during my UP days. I was informed I was to handle this training in March. But as expected, I started doing it just last week. I don't know why I do things that way. I guess the outpouring of ideas simply happen whenever I cram. But yeah, I need to improve on my time management.

My talk aims to orient our Counselors on the roles they play as formators in our school. It also shall inform them their key result areas.

Training starts at 8:30 and ends at 4:30. Wish me luck guys!

aliwan fiesta 2008

Tagged as the "Mother of all Festivals", Aliwan Fiesta 2008 falls on May 1-3. On its 6th year already, this annual festival showcases close to 3,00 dancers from all over the Philippines. Aliwan Fiesta, organized and sponsored by the Manila Broadcasting Company, features the various merrymaking celebrations in every corner of our country.

Photo Courtesy of MBC

The festival is made up of 3 parts. The Reyna ng Aliwan is the search for the most beautiful Filipina from Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao. The float competition is a display of Filipinos' creativity shown in the most colorful and artistic parade of floats. But the highlight of the festival is the streetdancing competition. The grand streetdancing is performed from Quirino Grandstand to the CCP Complex. Last year's winner was Cebu's Sinulog Festival.

I am so excited to see this year's show. I missed half of my life when I failed to see the festival last year. And this time, I surely won't miss it! I hope to see you there!

coffee break ver. 1.7

No family is ever perfect. We argue with our parents. We fight with our siblings. We utter hurtful words. Yet, at the end of each day, we still look forward being with them. Because spending time with our families never fails to give us a sense of comfort and belongingness.

My husband and I always anticipate special occasions with our families. It is a time for us to bond with them and catch up on one another's lives. Whether it's a simple event or a grand celebration, it always will be a moment we all love to share with. And now that Gino and I are starting our own family, we dream of making our children experience the love and joy of being a part of our family.

Photo courtesy of Freerangestock.com

This week's coffee break invites you to:

Share with everyone the fondest memory you have of you and your family.

*Sorry for posting this late. Peace!

love thy pop

It's a lazy Monday for me and I can't think of my coffee break topic yet. So for now, let me just post this photo I took weeks ago. And in a little while, I shall be posting our topic for this week.


Title of the Photo: Love Thy Pop
What I Love About This Photo: I think it has an air of nostalgia. It kinda reminds me of my lollipop-preschool days.

on training design & hand-outs

Yeey! I'm done doing my training design and hand-outs for my talk! Now, I have the weekend to prepare my powerpoint and worksheets. My talk is on Wednesday. The whoooole day!!! Yaay!

carly smithson out

Would you believe it! After last night's performance, Carly Smithson has been eliminated! Honestly, I thought Brooke White would be leaving the show. Gosh, her performance last night was just so poorly done. In all the blogs I read, everyone thought she would be out.

Photo courtesy of Rickey.org

But yeah. Being an Irish, we all know Carly won't be the next American Idol.