i signed my contract last friday.

i'm getting lesser than what i got from the previous school (and believe me, i felt bad a few hours later, 'cause i found out my youngest brother was gonna get more than what i made, this year as he starts teaching; although he won't get paid come sem break and summer- and i would be *devilish laugh*), but i kept my chin up, patted my shoulder, and told myself "this was for the better. things will be for the best."

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oh, and did i mention they made me program coordinator (or department chairman, if the program was composed of more students) of BA Communication? hehe

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tomorrow's father's day.
i cried the other day 'cause i felt i wasn't much of a dad to my daughter.
nor a husband to my wife.
and just this evening, i had a word-war with my dad.
as if i'd greet him tomorrow. (ansama ko ano?)

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i hope things do turn out for the better.
i am UBER excited to meet the BA Com kids. antagal ng lunes...

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still here.
hey.

my daughter caught the measles. she's almost through- after three days of high fever, and three days of excruciating itching. poor princess *sad sigh*

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after my first orientation last june 2, it came to a startling surprise for me to find out that the first day of a set of orientations this week was also the first day of work in the new school i work for now.

the blue school of IT love. and ASEAN gardens.

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a lot of things are different here.

for one, there aren't any grading sheets. everything is electronic. we key in scores after every major exam. the print out is the class record. pretty impressive, yes, but daunting, even more (for someone who's used to the bulkiness of teaching, it's going to be a whoozey for me this semester; the orientation for this will be on friday).

another thing, peeps here swipe the id for book borrowing. that and the library doesn't allow peeps to plug in their laptops on any of their sockets *long sigh*

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it was weird, entering the enclaves of the faculty room for the college i'm supposed to teach for this coming semester. it was evilreborn back to square-one. i was scared, because all eyes were on me - all four pairs of them - when i entered the room with the hrmd assistant. even more this morning, when people introduced themselves this way: "ah, so you're th guy with the PhD..." i gave them a quasi-puzzled look, and say yes, much to my surprise. looks like someone's been going around, telling them to prepare for the coming of the big bad wolf.

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i'm still scared. i hope things will go as planned. or better.
keep in touch.
hey.