Snobbishly Friendly

What you’re about to read transpired late last night while I was busy playing FotoFish from my hubby’s phone (and him already snoring):

*beep* (that’s my phone telling me I have just received a new message)

Unknown texter: “Elow, o, kunichi wa”

Thinking I was so fortunate to be texted by a Japanese teletubbies, I replied: “Who ru?”

Unknown texter: “Hey! Cn u b my textm8? By da way, I,m bogs, and, what ur nym?” (FYI: I’m quoting verbatim, punctuation marks included)

At this point, my excitement from hoping it was a Japanese teletubbies turned into dismay. 

Me: “Hey, I’m Jason. Sorry I don’t go for guys.”

As I waited for this “bog” creature to reply, I was already composing a reply to his reply (huh?) in case this “bog” suddenly became a she. I was typing, “Sorry, I dnt go 4 girls either. U see, I’m a priest. But f u hve any confessions 2 make, L be happy 2 pray 4 u.”

When his reply came, it was this: “Ah, Owkie’ and tnx, 2 ur tym. Byee” (again, I’m quoting him verbatim)

 Aww..too bad he gave up easily. I resumed playing FotoFish. My multiple personality sometimes come in handy.

Click! Click! Click!

Lost Love

Ahh..I hope my marriage won’t come THIS far. But it’s funny so I’m sharing…:D

Scattered Thoughts

Education Beyond Expectation

Whenever summer comes, the things that come to mind are: beaches, resorts, parties, days of relaxation and fun, friends, friends and friends.

Last summer, my ex-boyfriend (now husbad) was abroad working, my friends were busy working (I am a teacher so I also have a month-long vacation during long school vacation) and it was hard to organize a swimming party when most of my friends were either at work or busy with other things (i.e, pregnancy).

So, to kill boredom, I decided to enrol in a summer class for my MA studies. Problem was, my course does not offer a summer program. Fortunately, I was allowed to enrol a cognate. When I looked at the list of the subjects that can be credited to my course, the subject that appealed most to my interest was a subject called Problems in Southeast Asia (I was an idiot then, I didn’t know I can enrol in other education courses for my cognate…but what it is they say that things happen for a reason…?). So, although is was far from related to special education, I enrolled in that class, hoping that at least, the problems in education in Southeast Asia would be discussed.

First day came and I found myself seated in a class of 10 MA students (most of whom were Asian Studies or Population Science major). Plus, I learned from the class syllabus that the ”problems” in the subject’s title that I enrolled in was environmental problems! Some summer class to bear…! But there were some talk that Kara David was enrolled in that class too..won’t be so boring after all.

One day, I came in the room to find the lights dimmed and a DVD player propped up on top of the TV…ahhh..a chance to sleep!!! What I saw, however, removed any trace of sleepiness and awakened me…to a truth that is, until now, difficult to forget. Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth showed me that humanity (myself included) is sitting on a ticking time bomb. Typhoon Katrina, the 2003 European heatwave, the Vargas mudslide in Venezuela in 1999, the Indian Ocean tsunami that hit many countries in Southeast Asia in 2004 among others…these did not happen without a reason. And the reason was because humanity has forgotten to take care of Mother Earth.

The documentary film discussed the pressing issue of global warming to the Earth. And global warming is an issue that must be taken seriously. Sure I was hoping for a discussion in the problems of education in Southeast Asia but what I learned that summer opened my eyes to the more pressing environmental problem of humankind. I don’t care whether Al Gore used this film to campaign for his presidency ( everybody knows he lost…but now I know why…many businessmen did not like him, especially those who own big factories with big contribution to carbon dioxide and greenhouse gases emission).

But as a Christian, as someone who acknowledges God as the Creator of heaven and the Earth and everything that is in it (“Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made.” John 1:3), An Inconvenient Truth is a wake-up call for me that I have a great responsibility to care for the Earth that God created for me (and for billions of people as well). I realized that there is something I can do to show my love for the Lord by showing respect for the Creation and the Creator.

Some summer class. I expected to learned something about education…I didn’t get that. But I was educated. Thoroughly educated.  

Possibilities

Photography.

Cooking.

Play a guitar.

Sing.

Write a book.

ADB or UNESCO.

Play tennis.

Sky dive.

Jerusalem.

Unbound Learning Foundation.

Passion Conference.

Speak French.

China.

Street dance.

Fly a kite.

Bungee jump.

Bake a cake.

Broadway.

Cruise.

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…why not?