MERRY CHRISTMAS and a HAPPY NEW YEAR... Hope everybody gets to be with their loved ones in this special season... And may all our wishes and dreams come true for the coming year... Cheers to everyone! God bless us all!

Last November, I wrote a blog on longing to meet someone. And this December, I was able to finally meet him face-to-face. It was fast but God knows that I've been waiting for this special moment to arrive for years!

It was also coincidence that the first week of December has been really special for me. It's during the first week when I celebrated my special day and my oathtaking day. And of course, that's the time when he arrived here.

During this much-awaited moment, I was able to shake his hand. And he was able to give me a picture with his sign in it. I'll really treasure this memento of him for life!

For me, it's not just a picture but a sign that everything, possible or impossible, one wishes for will happen at the right time and place... That is if it's really meant to happen.

He left a saying that he'll see us again next time...

I hope that he'll keep his word. Because I'll surely wait for that next time to arrive. I hope I'm still meant to meet him when that time comes!

But I know that the Philippines has left a special place in his heart. A part of it became the last paradise on earth for him...

With those words, I know he'll surely come back...

I miss him already! I hope that wherever he is, he'll always take care of himself...

I'll be having my oathtaking soon. It's just last June that I reviewed for the board exam. August when I took the exam. And this December, I'll be taking my oath. Time flies really fast! What strikes me most is that FAITH in GOD could really move mountains. Because aside from reviewing, I also prayed sincerely to God. I lift it all up to Him -- all my dreams and aspirations, doubts and fears. Everything. And it makes me feel peaceful and contented knowing that I was able to open it all up to Him. "I will do my best and God will do the rest", I told myself. Praise be to God! I find this victory very sweet...  

I will continue, O my God, to do all my actions for the love of You... (La Sallian Prayer)

I'm teaching different subjects to Grade 2 students. And teaching children made me learn a lot of things about them and life in general. It's really nice that I was given this opportunity to share my knowledge and ideas to other people. Teaching children is both challenging and fun. It's challenging because kids are mostly active and playful. And some of them really say and do the craziest and naughtiest things. Patience is really a virtue. It's fun because being with them makes you feel young. They also express to you what they feel at the moment. Small things and gestures means a whole lot to them. Children are very fragile and they needed to be handled with care and understanding.

A few more days to go before I go back to school to teach... before life's back to normal again. It's still sembreak that's why life is sooo easygoing, relaxing and FREE!!! (I love that word) Once it's back to school again, I know that life would turn upside down. It's going to be one big rollercoaster ride once again. With lots of ups and downs, twisting and turning, rolling and rolling...

Aside from that, I know that a few more days from now, someone special would occupy my twisted head. Yes, someone... And he's going to stay there for the rest of the month or even more than that. (like he usually does) If chances are just big and time and money is not an issue, we could definitely meet... I've longed for this meeting many years ago... Will this longtime wish be granted now? That is the question... But it still remains a big puzzle for me.