Best Wishes TinTin and Kim

Joshua's 2nd Birthday

Christmas, a Time of Rejoicing

Last night, the Interlude Choir sang during the Christmas Eve Mass. It was the highest form of celebrating Christmas as it was meant to welcome the Child Jesus. I sang the verses for Glory to God in the Highest to the tune of "O Come all Ye Faithful." I also helped Sr. Aurea play the organ. Earlier before the Mass, we had our Noche Buena at home. Daday prepared Lumpiang Shanghai, Pancit and Fried Chicken. Those got me really stuffed.

This year, this was the message I sent via text to my friends:


"Merry Christmas. This is truly the time to rejoice for unto us, the Child, Emmanuel is born, King of kings and Lord of lords.. the Messiah, Christ our Savior."

I got it sent to many at around 11 pm.

This morning, I joined in the choir for the 8 am Christmas Eucharist. After the mass, the choir dined with Bishop Joy Tonnel at the Bishop's House. Love the spag.

A Chat Good to Save

Darwin
merry Christmas sir!
9:53pmRodel
Merry Christmas din
fan mo ako sa blogsite mo
tinitingnan ko everytime may new post ka
:)
9:55pmDarwin
oh that's heartwarming sir.. :) thanks.. actually parang online lesson (current topics) sya. have to catch up kasi out for 10 days..
9:56pmRodel
malay mo maging CNN hero ka din in the future
9:57pmDarwin
let's see.. hahaha!
9:59pmRodel
ok... abangan ko yun. Bangitin mo lang name ko ha? Pag on tv ka na
10:01pmDarwin
hehe.. honestly sir, u'r one of the heroes sa blog ko.. had it not been due to ur great help, hindi ganito kafunctional ang kemikalidad.. so far, the kids are catching up.. nakakatulong talaga para mas easy ang lesson..
10:04pmRodel
that's great! Legacy yan sir. Continue to impart things to people. Influence yan. Continue to make an impact.
10:05pmRodel
maybe isa sa mga students mo will change this nation through science in the near future
and 1 of the reason is you and you effort to improve the teaching strategy
through blogging
:)
10:07pmDarwin
what can i say.. hope to meet u again sir.. u truly are a good person and an unknown hero..
10:07pmRodel
Thanks anf Good Night
Merry Christmas
10:08pmDarwin
nyt..
10:08pmRodel
abangan mo yung http://rodelsinapilo.com
matatapos ko na
10:11pmDarwin
wow! lookin forward to see that sir.
10:12pmRodel is offline.

Great Gifts this Christmas Season

Gift No. 1

This I received from Ate Lourdes Roxas of the Interlude Choir. We had our Christmas Party last December 12 at the Sibugay Plaza’s Imperial Room. This gift symbolizes my love for food. Yeah, food buddy I am. But I wish that I’d be choosier with the food I have to consume. The three small bowls should be the quantity of rice I have to eat in a day (1 per meal).

Gift No. 2

My advisory class had their party last December 16. We had Kris Kringle. I got this from Jureen Cabarles. The pen container signifies my love for writing. There’s just too much “pen” to use. The globe suggests my being a traveler. This year, I have gone to places like Boracay, Cebu, Bayangan Island and Pampanga. I wish I could visit more places.

Gift No. 3

I got this from the Teachers’ party last December 17. It’s a food (again) container. Actually ma’am Vivian originally won this as freebie. I gave my canister to her and this item, she handed over to me. I want to mean this as something that tells me to save some money. I pray I could. Its fist contents were coins, wallet, cell phone and keys. It should be more likely of a safety box.

Gift No. 4

My truly beautiful friend inside-out Jenylyn Chiong, Jiji as fondly called, gave me these back packs last December 18. She sent me text message that I bring pandesal and cheese in exchange for the back packs. She was going to take breakfast with her husband in NESORICOM subdivision. Once I got there, they were already finished eating. Nevertheless, she still gave me these back packs, which are useful for my Saturday classes in Zamboanga.

Best Wishes Ellen and Daryll

ZSNHS Choir First Time as Wedding Singers

Teachers' Christmas Party

I was taking time staying home until it was already 9 am. I thought the party would start late. I proceeded to Trivilegio's Resort, the Zamboanga Sibugay NHS Teachers' Party venue. Lechon, Halang-halang (the best), Kinilaw, Menudo were served. I was eating using my hands. It's the best way to eat food, trust me. Just be sure to sanitize before eating. I usually rub my palm with some spare squeezed kalamansi extract. Accordingly, its acid kills bacteria. (Science huh.)

There was a different kind of gift giving. We raffled on some freebies. Anyone who wishes for the won item(s) from others, may just ask from the ones who won those. In my case with Ma'am Vivian, we exchanged our items. It was nice. After the lunch, I and Christine B took a cool bath at the resort's pool. We went home ahead afterward.

Christmas Party in School 2009

Procrastination has always been my thing. I wish to end this up at once. I started moving for the students' party when it was almost 10 am already. I took a bath, dress up. I would not think it would take time, plus the perennial problem of locating my motorcycle key! And so, I went to the town to buy candies. I promised my students that I'd be giving the prizes for the parlor games' winners. Then I had to have a gift for the Kris Kringle. After I had all these done, I roamed around the metro to buy 2 lechon manok. The town was like ransacked of roasted chicken. Luckily, I found a store. The price was Economics-based. Ya, mas mahal kay gamay ra ang stock! P 170 per chicken. I thought the kids were already waiting. Good thing they were still about to start when I arrived. There was a lot of fun activities. I went home at around 12 pm. I had to get myself ready for the singing engagement at St. Joseph's Cathedral for the 7 pm Advent Mass. The school's choir would be singing.

Watch these youtube videos.

Big Star

"This is how big the star is!"

Ate Diding asks if the star is OK.

A little bit of lines

Just this afternoon, Jenny Agustin and Ate Diding were helped by the students finish a "big star" - the school's official entry to the Parol Making Contest. I was about to have class with the kids, but many of them were busy with the completion of the parol. I opted not to hold class with them. As soon as it was done, I took pictures with the kids.

The preggy Jenny is busy with sticking some stuffs

Interlude Choir Family's Christmas Party 2009

Balachang Lami-a!

I read this from this url http://www.chow.com/ingredients/613: "Belacan, balachang (Malay); bagoong alamang (Filipino); kapi (Thai); terasi or trassi (Indonesian). Dried shrimp paste is a common ingredient used in Southeast Asian and southern Chinese cuisine; it is made from fermented ground shrimp."

Just this afternoon, my co-teacher-friend Lovely called for a "balachang" session again. It would be my third time to chow on this truly appetising foodstuff. After the classes, I drove off to UZ Complex with back riders Lovely and Sweet for the food trip. Earlier, Tin B and Jiji were informed. The two were like done eating when we got to the place and they had to leave ahead to visit Ma'am Glo at the Provincial Hospital.

Balachang really tastes different. I think it is best eaten when not so hot (just warm enough). I asked Lovely to fan on the pan-roasted banana slices since they were freshly (hotly) served. It is actually the Balachang (sauce) that makes eating this food a real taste bud excitement experience. The sauce seems to be made of bagoong, tomatoes, and spices with chilli. I don't know the rest, but I think there's such a secret ingredient.

Looking forward to more balachang session. BALACHANG LAMI-A!

English Week 2009 Culmination

Story Telling Winner (2nd Yr)


Best Speech Choir Entry (4th Yr)