My Dream Springboard

I started teaching with only the books and class records in tow for several years. I observed other members of the faculty crisscrossing on my way on the hallways wearing microphone headset with small amplifier which they would carry with them along with their books. I started to wonder why they would bring tools to enhance their voices in their classes since upon talking with them personally, I observed they are gifted with modulated voices and there was no need for them for their voices enhanced. Out of curiosity, I asked where to buy the lapel and eventually bought one for myself. At first I used them occasionally because I didn't like the bulky feeling of carrying the lapel as well as the microphone with it in my classes. I noticed eventually that when I used the lapel, I felt relaxed after I finished my classes in a day. A far cry from when I didn't use it then that I felt so weary. I also noticed that I didn't have to raise my voice in the class when

These online classes pose as a great challenge to every one of us teachers who are suddenly far from our physical school classrooms but conducting classes in front of our computers. We have laptops and desktops to hold on to continue with our jobs to give proper education to our students. Learning  the new tools of our job as well as adjusting to the various concerns of our students enable us to keep on our toes and be abreast with the trends of our online classes. One particular thing in online classes is that you have to be on your keyboard at the scheduled time of your class. When you are at home conducting classes, your only problem is sleepiness. It's so comfortable to lie down on your bed but get up the moment your schedule is nearing. What if you succumb to your sleepiness and slumber your way to dreamland? When you're out of your house and be somewhere like attending to clients or having a meeting with colleagues, it is so handy to bring with you a l

Do you have concerns on where to store your data when faced with limited storage hardware such as hard disk and flash drive and memory card? You don't have to worry this time. Your prayer to store your files is answered by the cloud. Yes cloud. It's the buzzword nowadays. Cloud is so encompassing a word when it is connected with technology. You may not know it, but cloud is now already serving everyone. Facebook for example uses cloud to store all our data, to name a few. So let us just focus on our main concern, the storage. When before, as we accumulated so much data on our computer, we dreamed to invest on additional storage hardwares to cater to our ever growing penchance to produce and create data. With that behaviour in mind, tech companies race among each other to provide solution to that need without their clients buying storage hardwares for themselves. They make clouds. And there are already handful of them offering initial gigabytes of storage free of charge. All you

        I always dreamed of being a writer, of stories. At my age now, it remains a dream with nowhere a  fruition in sight. At times I attempted to doing it, but I was dumbfounded with the prospect of so  many variables to consider in writing, even a short one. Added to it is the luxury of time to do it   given the fact that I was so busy, and still am, with the very important business, of living.     Knowing for a fact that a story must have to be formulated around the important elements of setting, character, plot, conflict and theme and not even mentioning some garnishings of tone, style and point-of-view, I hesitated countless of times when I was about to do it, until I surrendered desperately.      For instance, pondering upon a principal character, who must be a male, since I am a male. What must be the trait of this male character so that someday even without much effort, a beautiful, kind, and rich lady could fall in love with him? Is he poor or rich? Is he intell

It was dreadful to let anyone inside an establishment with masks, specifically in banks. More so if there are several of them. They could be robbers in disguise. In the new normal, all of them should get inside wearing masks. It’s most dreadful if one of them don’t. It is just a matter of time that this situation could be taken advantage of. There may now be planning and plotting on ways to stage a “Money Heist” due to financial stress. The quarantine experience may have temporarily contained an unseen enemy, but it is also a direct punch on the face of economy. People lost their jobs and their earnings. No wonder people are desperate. Photo Credit: Charlie Campbell, “The Middle Kingdom Reopens”, Time International Edition, May 25, 2020 The authorities know this. They are, to their credit, addressing both fronts – economy and health – in delicate balancing act with the limited resources they have. Some of these authorities put masks on their faces to hide their inc

Hello guys. Bear with me, I'm new here. I'm trying my hands on this newfound blogging platform. Just as everyone wants to try something new, I am as curious to delve into this, as a way to express what's on my mind by posting something which at first seems irrelevant, but mind you, this may soon gather substance. Be careful for now everyone as I will be contemplating on what to post in here, my newfound home.