An Open Journal of a Teacher

              Happy Birthday Ate Sandra! I wanna greet her personally but I'm so far from her. Or even just in text, but I can't also do that because it's hard to find a cellphone signal here in San Miguel, Las Navas. But it's okay, I'll just do that when I go home. Papa went home early this morning and it made me worried because until now he is still not texting me if he arrive home safely. I wanna talk to my board mates but I want to be alone. I wanna ponder a lot of things. The class went well this whole day, I started meeting my new students which makes me excited also.I teach them the Division Hymn. I don't know why is it that I don't have the mood to eat. I eat but only a little portion. Maybe it's because I'm still adjusting. I'm grateful that my housemates are friendly and they are easy to mingle with. Well, the good side of staying in this place is that, it helps me to avoid Facebook instead focus myself in reading Church references.

                 First day of Service in my first permanent job. So Shocking! I don't know what to say right now. It's like I'm so culture shock. The environment is really different from where I used to be. The place is so quiet. There is water shortage, and contribution of daily foods. The dialect and accent is quiet different. Well, good that I have wonderful board mates. They are so jolly!                   Right now, I'm so quiet because I'm still adjusting a lot. And I really miss mama, ate joy and yam already. Well, great that papa is here. At least I'm not that totally shock (Deep Sigh). No Facebook!!!! :( It's like this place is a rehab for me for being a Facebook addict.

My First Day was not really that easy. It was a total adventure! It's like going on a hike without bringing any Map. Well, I didn't go by myself, Papa (My Father) accompanied me in going there. We went there Sunday Afternoon (January 17, 2016) but we just stop and stay for a night in Las Navas because the people told us that it's not good for us to travel there anymore with this late afternoon, we will probably arrive there evening and it's very dangerous. During our stay in Las Navas we heard a lot of rumors that the place is REALLY REALLY FAR and also some scary rumors about the place. That time it's like I just want to go home, but Papa told me not to conclude and give up that easily without even trying first for myself. So we Traveled there the next day at 6 in the morning (MONDAY) and ride a HABAL-HABAL (it was still cold and foggy). I really thought that it's not that far so I traveled wearing my school uniform. But aside from being far, the way going ther...