Midlife Phoenix

Oh well, Introduction and Theoretical Background for my research already submitted.  I had two colleagues read it and I had last minute revisions and corrections made before I finally had them printed.  I think they're alright as they are, but my professor is very good at finding mistakes so I expect some marks when they will be given to me next Saturday.  No big deal in any way.  It would be a good thing because by then I'd know what I did wrong and make the necessary alterations where needed.  I haven't started on my Related Literature just yet, but I have a lot of print outs to go through.  Looking at the pile of papers that gets thicker everyday, I feel the urge to run and hide sometimes (kidding!), but then this a war I started, finish the war I must... regardless of wounds and scars and bruises along the way.  I am starting to enjoy the ride despite the bumpy road.  I just wish I could find time each day for the things I wish to do so tha...

It had been a hectic week.  Activities were piling up one after the other that I didn't know which to do first.  I haven't been really organized but I knew instinctively that I had to rely on good old fashioned organization (mentally listing down tasks to be completed for the day) if I were to really cover everything that needed doing on time.  The week started out well despite some not so good vibes during the weekend courtesy of my carelessness where the use of technology and the gadgets that come with it is concerned.  But like everything else, all is well that ends well.  I managed to act as though nothing happened.  Not stoic, but I decided it best to put on my best front if I didn't want to be in hotter situation.  Lesson learned: Hold your horses. So, what really placed me in a limbo? Nothing strange actually.  Just too many tasks required of me (us, in general) and I don't know which needs prioritizing because they appear to be impo...

I started the semester with optimism that, just like the summer sessions, everything will be bearable. How wrong did I get! I started in idyll apparently.  I did not stop and ponder what will happen when work and school collide with each other. It definitely left me flattened in their midst ---- still breathing and alive, but a bit dizzy and disoriented. The adjustment led me to a cowardly decision: that of giving up my studies to focus on the demands of work.  After all, my primary motive for educational advancement is to enhance my professional knowledge.  Personal advancement will come in as a by product of these things. It's a daily struggle, I tell you.  The workload of a teacher doesn't stop at preparing lesson plans, actual teaching, preparing tests, checking of test papers, recording scores and computing grades.  A teacher these days need to have the endurance of Darna and Wonder Woman otherwise, she will collapse --- if not physically, she will wi...