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 I am one of those mother who choose family over her career. Two years after my marriage, I give up on my career. That was 1984...I forget my whole being as a career woman. In 1994, I undergo an a major ovarian operation, which totally change my life. With my six children, I am happy for their upbringing as a plain house wife. But when they all gone for schooling, I was left alone at home, counting every bloom of my garden.

What else can I do with just a smile, a giggles that only my garden can appreciate. I think wisely.

Sometimes of 2003, after my Hadj, I've asked God for another extension of my life. That was May 5 of the same year. i was incidentally diagnosed for breast censer. I undergo series of medical treatment and finished my last dosed on Chemo-therapy in January of the following year. This year was the exactly the year which the newly opened National High School was in need of volunteers to run its operation.

Wondering of where to use the extension of my life, i served as volunteer teacher at the same time, the head of the said school. I dedicated my life to the school next to my family. I was committed to the school that even my savings were badly affected. I became a pauper and find my self a mere volunteer teacher.

After two years of dedicated services, local Department of Education Official recognized my effort and provided me an itemized teaching position followed by my official designation as a school principal.

To this date, I am still that aged woman carrying my commitment to the said school. I served as principal and mathematics teacher of elementary Algebra, Advance Algebra , Geometry and conducting review to senior students on related topics in Aptitudes Test. the later is for the Mindanao State University Scholarship Admission Examination.

i enjoy this profession, since it's very hard to have mathematic major these days. Because I am a Bus.Adm degree holder, I find it easy to handle the job. Lately, I was upgraded by having Diploma in Certificate of teaching Mathematics in the same University, my Alma Mater under the MSU-ISED.

To be simple, I am a grown educator these days. I love this career, for this will serve as my legacy to the Barangay National High school that I am now serving, the community in general and the students in particular. Though I know that I have no match for my 1980 batch of MSU Graduates,  for some them are in directorial positions, but I am proud to be one. 

I always wanted to be a teacher when I grew up. My family and friends thought that was a joke idea. As it turns out, they were surprised.

I am refreshed when I see my garden. I am better off this way than seeing my bed, but after a few touch, I gained strength.

In 1978, I enrolled in Undergraduate Theses writing. I found out that the whole entrapped me. I was financially incapable and my mind was not ready for the tasks. I extended my paper writing and enrolled in Accounting as my second major. I was currently finishing my Marketing major that year and that lead me to finish another major, Accounting in 1984.

  I never plan to work somewhere. If I'm going to work somewhere, I need to have my career, instead, and put my family aside to be able to deal with the day-to-day.

My mother is my hero. I was inspired to finish my study to repay my mother, who struggled much for my study. I grew-up in a crowd of four families and my mother was the second wife. I saw her effort in keeping us in school.

I grew up in a Christian community. In my early life in school, we have to walk four kilometer going and back from school. After our primary grades, another two kilometers have added to our early exercised. After my High school, I was admitted as Grantee to the nearest University. When I enter into a family and have children, I move to an University Campus which is my Alma Mater for the welfare of my children. I don't want them to walk like mine when they are ready for school. The place that i desired for can answers all the educational stability of my children. I got it right.

The one person from my past who I'd most like to see again is Johnson Lee, because he shared me his answer in Business Finance..

My sports and My Dream

I like softball. I was a captain ball during our major sports in Physical education. I missed this sport but I cannot have this now wit my age. I remember my P.E. Instructor who is is so strict and marked me absent when she saw my white short-pants. I still remember the Reality T.V. Show of Dolphy Quizon, co starred with Nida Blanca and the then child actress maricel Soriano and Del Atay-Atayan, a famliy soap opera T.V. program. Our Land Lady use to collect 50cents from us per view. Television is very rare that time. My pet is a cat, named Varique. I still have that name, revived in one of my cats. I cannot forget that cat after she was lost tracing me in our neighborhood when I walked to school.  I really cannot forget that poor cat.

My dream is to have a family that i can call my very own, unlike my mother who only owned two days of the week because my father has to stay with the other wives the rest of the days. I want to have house, enough to accommodate us, surrounded by gardens, but it turns out now that I have my eldest son who is one of our younger millionaires in our locality. My dream is to have a simple life, but thanks God for all these, we have chains of Internet cafe' managed and owned by our family and two of my sons.

If I could improve my home, I'd remodel the old one and add on a School Building I donated to our school. My dream home would be simple with out an ambition on having luxurious interior decorations.

Memories of Yester years

I am a mother of six. I believe motivating our kids is great savings for parenthood. I have only one girl, but a courteous and dedicated girl.

Mrs. Victoria Dacanay was my teacher in Grade three,  it was 1966-1967, until 1968, because grade three and grade four were integrated. We were few in the class,  that was why we were under one advisory teacher. I wished i could see her again. She was the one who encourage us for schooling. She convinced our father to allow us. (We were three that time. a bother of mine and a half-sister, enrolled together)

If I won $100 million, I'd give 50% of it to the Barangay National High School that I'm serving, then spend the rest on our School Alumni who are poor, and build a dormitory building for our students and build cottages for my co teachers, who traveled far to serve our students..

I was not able to live in the University Dormitory because its priority was the full and partial scholar and I'm only a Muslim Grantee. I still have the chance if I tried but I cannot manage to see the queuing lines of all their needs in the morning especially the comfort room and the water needs. I'm done in campus life...I survive with pieces of tomatoes in a week especially when we were run out of money. I'm always victims of firing squad every Valentine's Day for not having a partner. I knew it was prohibited in Islam. so I never have any single rose until I got married.

To be truly happy, I prefer to stay with my students in school. I like every inch of progress done by me and my co-teachers.

My current age is 52. When I was 12, I thought that people my age now would be sitting in a well-chair or walking together with her grandchildren. I was so completely old I imagine....

I really have a hard life. I have much frustration in my career especially that, only with political influence can easily find a better job. When I'm tired of having one, I aspire to be a volunteer, just to exposed my profession and leave a legacy. The salaries that I have for being a teacher now do not go straight to my pocket.I am distributing such amount to my co-teachers who are not regularly paid until this time. I am happy with it.

i met my first crush in my freshman year. He was first year College that time. He looked like Manny de leon, a local Filipino Artist that time. It was a mere crushed though he reveal his feeling to his cousin, who happened to be Aunt. He originate from a royal family and we came opposites as to financial status. They were rich and we were not. He was married to woman who leave near our house. They have eight children and were separated. the man married another woman. We sometimes met in a family gathering for we were connected by consanguinity and I feel like a best friend to him. We laugh and share jokes.

This is My Nature, My Best Friend, My Family And My Career

My best friend would tell you I'm kind, but people who don't know me very well would probably describe me as strict, and perfectionist. But I am not by nature.

I still dress 10-20 years ago. I gain weight after my Chemo-Therapy but was able to maintain when I got busy in teaching.

After my College graduation, I apply as par time Instructor to a private school nearby. it did not last for even a week. The students lacked the necessary discipline. they jumped over a window and thrown on their love letters to their classmates. i did not give another try.

I share my home with no one, which I find it advantageous in the upbringing of my children.

I have none to boast for my career. My children who are well motivated are only my mantel and the school that I'm serving could be another.

In having my family over my career in the past is different from my commitment to date. I am a mother, a teacher, a head and a grandmother of four. For my children, I am fully responsible for their future and their well-being; to my students, I provide them the best methods of teachings; for being a head,  I give my full commitment without being impose by anybody and lastly my being a grandmother is almost a repetition of the past. The only different is that, my grand children have parents fully responsible for them. my guidance is there, giving them enough priorities when needed.

In 10 years, I hope to be retiring. I'm going to get there by having a sound health..

Mindaya Maunda, now Hadja Aslia "Mindaya Maunda-Macaumbang is my best friend since Elementary. We graduated together in High School and in College. We belong to one College but different major . She has one grandson and one license Engineer son. We both have six children. We met each other when i went to see my obgyne last 1994, for we see similar Doctor. Sine then, only news from other friend can provide us information regarding our family. we stay together in college for we feel comfortable with each other. Except, we both belong to low income family.

My Hugh School Class mates will be surprised to see me sound and look younger than they are. My students used to bit how old I am for I do not reveal my age. I do not mind the financial stability for they are not permanent, but I can boast on the legacy that I have for our school.

My first job was at MSU-Corporate Auditor's Office, where I got paid 900pesos to 1300pesos. What I remember most about it is I used my last pay for our family business. That was 1982.

Deepness of Commitment                                                                                                                                

a tiger-looked, that is because, I really, really love you, and I want to say the same forever.

Lastly, please try to visit me at your convenient time, so that you can check if ever I am still that aged woman who love to stay on her garden, of which distract your leisure time. This happens sometimes for you never neglect me in doing my gardening alone. As I count on every bloom of my roses, the touch of your fingers will remind me a mark of struggles, and that you are part of it. Saidy and Salakh, let me see you crowned with success, and the rest of this graduating class will follow. Thank you and wa assalamu alaykum wa rehmatullah hi wabarakatoh  

This caption is located on the front view of our stage. these giant Bromiliads were donated by one of our faculty member, Engr. Cesar T. Mike. This served as his legacy to the school. His wife used a large amount in purchasing these plants, but was satisfied to donate them in the school in her behalf. We shall be thankful to him and his wife.

Gardening is one of my hobbies, hence, when I'm free from school, I'll be busy talking to my plants. I love to see birds, freeing themselves twitting and building their nest on top. Some of my captions can be found in my blogs which I will incorporate in here. For people like me who are nature lover, you will find yourself really accommodated when you have viewed some of my beautiful plants

This was taken on the summer of 2008, since only summer and holidays intended for me to touch more their leaves, so I caption a corner of it. Some friends of mine noticed my fondness, for these plants are my one of my inspirations I cna count on the blooms and the time that their petals will lost their scents. Butterflies were my friends but my five cats do not excused them wasted more lives of these butterflies. I supposed to punish these cats but I understand, butterflies are destined to be one.
I have only few plants collections at home, for I concentrated on beautifying our school. This few collection can at least share a smile early in the morning before my early vocation at school.

My Favorite Captions

Early in the morning as birds hum to  to welcome the day, I wake to salute the new dawn. I regrded my garden as birds sanctuary because they entrust with in their nest and themselves. I cannot defined my desire of having a caption of this birds.  I succeeded. Another phenomena that invites my attention are the butterflies. They fly over and above to show their admirations for every petals of flowers. I like to have them a copy of how they like to. Alas! I have both.

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