My First Experience at Palarong Pambansa

I became a member of the Information, Communication and Documentation Committee, TFSS of the Palarong Pambansa 2009 held at Tacloban City, Leyte Philippines. I have wonderful experiences worthy to be shared. The first two days were kinda excruciating due to scorching heat! I hardly sleep due to persistent mosquito bites that kept on pestering the participants every now and then.

The technical staff to whom I am with were very energetic and interesting.

Does Love Need a Reason?

Once a lady while having a conversation with her lover, asked:

Lady : Why do you like me..? Why do you love me?
Man : I can t tell the reason.. but I really like you..

Lady : You can t even tell me the reason... how can you say you like me? How can you say you love me?
Man : I really don t know the reason, but I can prove that I love U.

Lady : Proof? No! I want you to tell me the reason. My friend's boyfriend can tell her why he loves her but not you!
Man : Ok..ok!!! Erm... because you are beautiful,

because your voice is sweet,
because you are caring,
because you are loving,
because you are thoughtful,
because of your smile,
because of your every movements

The lady felt very satisfied with the man s answer.

Unfortunately, a few days later, the Lady met with an accident and went in comma.
The Guy then placed a letter by her side, and here is the content:

Darling,

Because of your sweet voice that I love you...
Now can you talk? No! Therefore I cannot love you.
Because of your care and concern that I like you..
Now that you cannot show them, therefore I cannot love you.
Because of your smile,
because of your every movements that I love you..
Now can you smile? Now can you move?
No, therefore I cannot love you...

If love needs a reason, like now,
There is no reason for me to love you anymore.

Does love need a reason? NO!
Therefore, I still love you...

- adapted

The Examination Day!

(leaving my kids before the examination)


(preparing for the final day)

Its been a while since I typed entries of my struggle for the Licensure Examination for Teachers. Whew... it's finally over.

I just arrived from the testing room at CEU-Dentistry Room 210 and immediately entered my experiences before and after the examination.

First, on the penultimate day, I didn't read books and I just accompanied my wife and my two kids at SM Manila to unwind and to relax. We visited movie houses but never dared to enter due to one-time viewing policy, perhaps, you could imagine how much the tickets cost? So we decided to take some stroll and there I saw World of Fun where I can let my children play and at the same time, my chance to visit some nearby stores (hehehe). While they were having fun I was able to find this big chessboard at the 5th Floor then I watched for a while until I was joined by my kids while my wife visited her classmates who were at the ground floor. I spent the whole afternoon there watching until I was given the chance to play and I scored 3-0 against different opponents (I felt so relaxed).

Second, I had my haircut at my favorite barbershop to feel very clean.

Finally, I (with my family) billeted in a nearby motel to rest before the examination day.

FINAL DAY

I woke up at exactly 5:00 a.m. and after taking a bath and eating my breakfast I immediately rushed my way to the examination room which was about 500 meters away. Walking is also my way of exercising (for this day only).

I arrived at the examination room at about 6:00 a.m. and was greeted by long lines and closed gates at CEU.

Disappointments:

As I told you earlier, I was assigned at Room 210 of CEU-Dentistry I wasn't able to concentrate much due to minor bickerings of the proctor and the floor supervisor (possibly from PRC) they were discussing things (examination related) but it was too loud. Could they just talk silently so that our lines of thought would not be disturbed? Another boo-boo was the seating arrangement, I was seated comfortably in front (which they arranged earlier) then I was told to transfer again (ouch!). Next, the closing of the door was just to disgusting... it was so loud, etc. Lastly, do they (staff) have to enter the room with loud footsteps just to state some points?

Examination Proper:

General Education - 200 items

I felt that this subject tackled things like that of the Civil Service Professional Examination that I passed years ago wherein all core subjects were given. I think I scored more than 50% of the test.

Professional Education - 200 items

Hmmnnn...I could fairly say that I scored more than 50% of the test.

Business Technology - 150 items

Whew... I reviewed deeper concepts on this subject area but they gave us basic concepts which I didn't tackle comprehensively on my self-review. I can honestly say, though, that I scored more than 50% of the test. Most of the items came from management, basic computer (but the problem was they gave the short cut keys which I rarely used) and entrepreneurial concepts. I'm not really confident of my answers here because the distracters are very effective and plausible. What caught my attention was the question on paper clip where it was given twice. Equally important was the question #106 which I really couldn't find the answer on this. If you guys could share your time with me please do so. It was about mark-up but only 25% was given. I think it lacks some details (urgh...)

Fearless Forecast:

My problem was I have online materials which was shared from the internet and hard copies coming from previous examinations but they have different answers (eww...) so I couldn't really make a forecast as to how I fared on this examination so I am leaving it all to my God whom I know will graciously help me on my quest to be a better person.

Reality:

I just saw (4/15/09) a reviewer at the National Book Store containing Business Technology subject and I was struck to see that most of the items given in the board examination were taken in the 2001 board examination. I did not study that section. Huhuhu. I wish that God will help me on my struggle.