Succesz

Last Saturday, 19th of January was the culminating of all my classes here. I felt really nervous before that since it was my first time,,,heheh but twas really fulfilling to have most of the parents in my class. They observed my class for almost an hour and I was so happy when they came to me saying, “We really like the way you handled the class with my child and we like you to be their teacher next term”. Whew! Those were the sweetest words I have heard in my stint here. Whoaaa moments I have here,,,some of the parents can barely speak English so Apple just translated their words for me to understand fully what they actually felt that day. Indeed, I am so happy with it and it is the reason why I am always giving all my best in every class. Even now, I can actually remember how they said it to me. Finally, I went to my room and there was this kid named Anna. She is such a sweet and lovely child who knocked my door and went in just to embrace and say “Thank you Teacher, I hope to meet you soon.” I was nearly teary eyed when I heard her say that for I know she really meant what she said at that moment. After all that was the most wonderful part of my day last week,,,,a sense of fulfillment indeed. A word of thanks is the sweetest word of all for a teacher like me.

Why do man has a never-ending pursuit to find happiness? He enjoys one thing and still have the guts to quit and find another thing which can give him much more delight. Is this what we call as the fruit of cyberage? These days, anyone can just look for a better half over the net while a few centuries ago it took for a man to wait a couple of weeks for a love letter to arrive on his doorpost. Still, there is nothing much to satisfy a man in this age. Everyday I hear a whining man about his life. Why can’t he get enough and be contented? What makes a man contented? Can anybody answer me? How would someone attain contentment and most especially happiness? If a man is not contented then he is not happy in his life. When can a man be happy? In what ways?

Today is my day off and I just spend it with my housemate buying some groceries in the biggest supermarket in town – Daremfa or RT Mart. We just walked since it’s really near to our place. When we were on our way to the cashier there was this strange woman trying to talk to me in Chinese while I was picking up some bread. I really wanted to talk with her but couldn’t since I don’t know how to speak even Mandarin. Chinese people are really good and warmhearted but it’s sometimes the language barrier that makes it difficult for us to communicate here. I’d better learn more lessons in Chinese so I could converse with them.

“Love each other or perish,” I won’t forget this line from the book Tuesdays with Morrie written by Mitch Albom. I just finished reading the book last night and I really shed my tears on it. I was so touched with the golden thoughts the professor-Morrie shared with his student-Mitch when he was almost dying on his deathbed. As I was almost finished reading the book, I realized many things. The most important thing is that I should treasure time with people who matters to me much more than anything else in this world – my family. Love much, actually listen to the person I am talking with, enjoy pain, misery, and trials that comes my way, and learn how to detach myself to material things in this world. These are just a few of the lessons I got from Tuesdays,,,there are so many things which you could explore yourself when you will spend time to read this heartwarming and lovely book. This book is such a masterpiece and I would recommend to all who haven’t read the book yet to spend some time to read this and discover what realizations you could get from it. I am sure that in life we could meet some “teacher/s” who would somehow share their lives and golden ideas which could illumine ones minds of how important life and relationships [especially the family] are. Cheers to all teachers around the world!!!