Call Me Xander

Remember when you were a kid? Your biggest worry was, like, if you get a new shirt or a brand new shoes on your birthday or if your parents give you your one weeks "baon" or just enough for a day. Or your only focus is just to play and play harder.  Being an adult? Totally overrated.  I mean seriously, most of us are fooled by fancy clothes, red shoes, brand new car, credit cards, late night parties, great sex, and the no parents telling you what to do and what not to do thingy.  Adulthood is responsibility.  This letter R really sucks. Really, really sucks.  As adults, we need to do things to survive. We need to earn a living to pay our monthly rental. If you are a teacher, educating little ones means you are shaping the future of our nation by molding this little ones into a better adult in the future. Talk about responsibility. As an HR person, holding employees personal and confidential information is a big responsibility, hello? ...

FIRST SERVING: HONESTY Sa isang di kalayuang bukirin ay naninirahan ang dalawang magkakapatid na si Juan at Pedro. Kasama nilang tahimik na nainirahan ay ang kanilang Lolo Jose at ang mga alagang hayop nito partikular na ang mga paboritong inaalagaan ni Lolo na mga bebe.  Naging mabuting apo at katulong sa bukirin sina Jose at Pedro. Si Jose ay isang masunuring bata na may takot kay Lolo Jose. Kapag nagagalit kasi si Lolo ay para itong bulkang sumabok na naghahasik ng maiinit na lava. Si Pedro naman sa kabilang dako ay isang bata pilyo at mapang-asar kay Jose. Isang araw habang naglilinis ng bakuran si Pedro, habang pinuputol nya ang mga damo gamit ang " grasshook " ay hindi nya namalayan na isang bebe pala ang nakawala sa kulungan at dumaan sa kanyang harapan. Ang bebe na ito ang isa sa pinakapaborito ng kanyang Lolo. Habang patuloy sa paglilinis si Pedro ay ganun din naman ang pagdaan ng bebe sa kanyang harapan ng sa di inaasahang pangyayari ay natamaan ...

When I was still teaching four years ago, I realized that I easily lost my temper specially when  my students don't follow the rules inside the classroom. Every morning, I always got angry to students who goes to school late and no assignment. This has been going on for 3 years. Anger corrupted my heart. With my temper, I hurt a lot of people even my colleagues. On my way home, I got the chance to talk to our carpenter as the chairs in my classroom needs to be fixed. He figured out that I am kinda irritated and angry at that time.  He ask me, " Is there something wrong Sir? " " Well, yes! I easily gets angry and lost my temper because of small things and sometimes I am unreasonable ." I replied. " Well, I wish I can do something about it ." He said. But here's a bag of nails and a hammer. Everytime you lost your temper, hammer a nail in the fence ." He continued.      I wonder what's the point of hammering a nail in the f...