Yay! I have stuck to my decision not to blog the entire week… yes, I admit that I did check my account two weeks ago, but what the heck. I just checked if somebody actually bothered to leave me a message, and there was one of my friends who remembered.

The first week of school has already passed. I admit that it has been a drag for me again to wake up so early for work. My body clock has been used to sleeping late (late, as in 2am) and wake up moderately early (uh… around 8am?), but unfortunately, it’s back to my real life again. Life as a high school teacher is indeed more challenging than being in a clerical job, but the pressure of understanding your lesson and letting yourself appear like you have studied the lesson for a week or so (but actually, all you need to learn, you’ve only learned this morning) is a gargantuan task. The nasty kids are in school again. Back to the normal "Shhhhhh"s and the normal QUIET!! statement every day. That is a reality which is really hard to accept, but heck, life’s like that.

Three more months, the Seniors will be out of the school, and a lot of events are coming up soon. Two of the most awaited events will be the cheering competition and the (ano pa ba?) Junior and Senior prom. On Monday, my "industrious" students are going to start practicing for the competition. Unfortunately, the Senior class holds the title for the contest, and they are not giving up the title. Perhaps this whole thing has been influenced by the contest in UAAP, in which all of the schools are vying for the title. It’s okay for me to have the cheering competition because the kids like it anyway, but the problem posed for this situation is for us teachers. We have to monitor their practice every damn day. Both of the advisers have to be in school while the kids do their stunts ala the "Bring it On" movie.

Great. Just great. Isn’t it really neat for you to wake up around 5am, have work from 7:45am to 4pm, then have a unpaid overtime for two hours?

THOSE DAYS WILL BE THE GREATEST DAYS OF MY LIFE.

At this point, you know for sure that I am being sarcastic.

Another much-awaited event is the Junior-Senior prom.

The costume’s easy. I’ll just contact the nearest funeral homes. They have a package deal which consists of the get-up, the transportation and the "mukhang natutulog" look. Tamang-tamang pang-gabi.

hehehehe…

I’ll write again sometime. I am quite disoriented.