Online classes struggle

 The struggle of online classes is real.

My daughter likes moving around since she practically grew up in the province where in she was allowed to run around, climb anywhere (with guidance of course), and exhaust herself to her limit.

She learns through play. And since the online classes are limited to video conferencing and given worksheets, my daughter is not interested. Don’t get me wrong, my daughter likes the idea of school, she just does not like the idea of school being at home.

She likes doodling, coloring and painting, but not tracing or writing (letters and numbers).

She knows her colors, but refuses to do worksheets, she likes using them on arts and crafts.

She knows her numbers, but on paper, she likes it when she plays hide and seek.

She likes building stuff from different toys and making stories with these toys, but is scared and shy of video calls.

She is caring, tender and helpful, but bashful and sensitive. I am fine with that.

My daughter’s sleeping habits have changed since the pandemic. At the end of the day, she still has so much stored energy that it takes time to tire her out, thus she sleeps later that her usual bedtime schedule.

The struggle of online class is added to my pile of worries and anxiety, but what can I do, this is the new normal.

I try my best to teach her, and I know she can do these things. I guess the home environment is really getting to her. I can’t blame her for that. Maybe play is her only way of compensating for not being able to go out for five months now.

This is totally different from the open area that she was used to when she was in the province. Even when we moved here in the city, we still found time to go out and walk around, explore our surroundings. Now with this new normal, she is practically a prisoner in her own house.

I am currently contemplating on asking help from my previous professors in my former school/work place who specialize in child education, because really, my daughter deserves more than I can offer her right now.

Ps. I just thought of something as I was ending this post. Asking for help from professionals for your kids’ education should be normalize and not looked down by others. There is a notion that if you ask help from professionals, that child is incapable of learning (or in Filipino culture “bobo”). When in truth, the form of learning may simply be different from how the child processes information, and that is okay.

Different learning styles, specially in early childhood education, should be normalized and understood by everyone.

birthday!

to everyone who greeted me today, thank you very much. (^_^)

22 years!

i am thankful for all the blessings i have received, specially the year that has passed.

the year that has passed is quite challenging, to be more specific, the med school life.

i have discovered a lot of things about myself and this has helped me build my "self".

i am very thankful for the knowledge i have received,

my med school friends who gave me guidance and protection.

they comforted me in times of great distress,

and they have witnessed my tears and my smiles. (^_^)

i am very thankful for their patience with me specially when studying.

i will always be grateful to them.

i am also thankful that i am now a member of the singles for christ community.

they have been my support during my difficult moments.

the prayers and the company has helped me feel closer to God.

they have made me realize and strengthen my spiritual faith.

this community has also become my outlet in sharing my talents and finding a part of myself that has been suppressed for some time now.

through this community, i felt that have become stronger in a lot of ways. (^_^)

to all the people in the past and in the present who have touched my life,

who have inspired me, pushed me forward and pulled me up,

i thank you from the bottom of my heart.

to God Almighty, thank you for all the blessings you have given me and thank you for the guidance.

i continue life and live it to the fullest~

(~_~)

the last day of exams

yesterday was the last day of our finals exam!!! (^_^)V

after the exams, me and my friends had drinks.

only one bottle of vodka each and some snacks. (^_^)

after that, i went to my eiji-senpai for a visit.

i later found out that she was food poisoned and sh lost 10lbs just in a few day!

i gave her a cake hoping to make her feel a little better.

unfortunately, the cake did not taste sweet enough for her because of the meds she was talking.

we simply laughed at it. (^_^)

we watched a few shows and had a chat.

when i was about to leave, she gave me a rice crispy.

i like eating this stuff. (^_^_

thanks eiji-senpai. (^_^)

i am currently trying to arrange an outing with my "seigaku" friends. (^_^)

i hope it pushed through.

and now that summer has officially started for me,

i would like to play the song "summer" by phineas and ferb. (^_^)

later everyone. (^_^)

companions

these are my companions tonight while studying for my quizzes tomorrow. (^_^)

mizuki, chocolate from dave, choco vanilla drink from 7eleven and chi-chi!

yes! the name of my pink companion is chi-chi. (^_^)

thank you

minna-san~

do you remember the roses i got last valentines day?

i finally know who gave them. (^_^)

they are not from one person but from my friends! (^_^)

due to the events that made me sad that day,

they wanted to make me smile by giving me flowers and pretending they were from a secret admirer.

as my thank you to them,

i made leche flan, topped with cream and kiwi.

unfortunately, this is the only picture i could provide.

the empty container were it was stored. (^_^)

i'm really thankful for my friends!

dedication

my dear med school friend wrote a dedication on a plastic container i had. (^_^)

it goes like this:

Bea dear,


i hope hindi tayo magkalimutan (i hope we won't forget each other)!


I'll be missing your spur-of-the-moment long way/walks home.


At least may kasabay ako pauwi (at least i have somebody with me when i go home). :)


I'll miss you!!!


Mwah,


Beth

thank you my dear. (^x^)

*the colored font are translations

hot choco

studying for a quiz in anatomy with hot choco. (^_^)

i seem to be getting accustomed to drinking hot choco when studying for a quiz.

i just hope it does not ruin my health in the future. (>_<)

good morning

みんな、おはようございます〜 (^_^)

good morning everyone~

will be studying a lot today.

need to pull up my grades.

take care. (^_^)

lollipop

orange lollipop! (^_^)

something sweet to balance out the "effects" of the result of the biochem long test.

description of the test?

本当にたいへんです.

(~_^)

drama

too much drama today and it started pretty early in the morning. (>_<)

as a quote from my twitter account,

"tears. they are a great relief. :)"

so that sums up what practically happened today.

ja~ (^_~)

fuel

my fuel for tonight's all-nighter-studying. hot chocooooooo~

acads

minna! how are you?

we have a series of quizzes this past week which explains the lack of posts.

in every quiz i had, i had to give myself a treat.

it was like my "pat in the back" to encourage me.

i had a large amount of pure chocolate drink, green tea latte and green tea shake.

doing this is not really recommended as it's an overdose of sugar and it's expensive. (TwT)

tomorrow will be the start of my log tests!

(TwT)

another week of stress, sugar and short-temper for me.

beware, you have been warned.

today

this day was the extremes.

i was extremely happy after watching the live action of Yamato Nadeshiko Shichi Henge.

it's been a long time since i last did such a marathon on a jdrama.

the fan inside of me was definitely awakened. (^_^)
unfortunately, the afternoon was not pleasing.

to summarize the afternoon,

i would say,

disappointing, frustrating and depressing.

that's today.

all nighter with rei

exam week.

this explains the lack of posts for this week.

anyways, i still have an exam later but i'm still reviewing and finishing some school work.

this is me and rei during the night of review and cramming. (^_^)

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creative and artistic side

my creative and artistic abilities were quite high yesterday. (^_^)

we had to prepare for a group presentation/ reporting yesterday at a classmate's house.

our professor wanted us to present our report in a very artistic and creative way.

since my "stint"at the class video last week,

my classmates have been acknowledging me and i am thankful for their acknowledgment.

but yesterday,

it seems that i was more noticed because of some props i made for our presentation.

i guess i'm just more in tune with my artistic and creative side which is why i was able to be more productive.

(^_^)

dr. jaime galvez tan

yesterday, i attended a talk by dr. jaime galvez tan.

he is a former secretary of health and he is currently promoting the use of herbal medicines in our country.

based from his short talk yesterday, he has been serving in the rural areas of our country for a long time.

he was encouraging us to join him in serving the less fortunate,

be a community doctor.

he gave a short and inspiring talk.

i was thankful that i was able to attend the talk.

dr raquel del rosario-fortun

last night, i was fortunate to attend a short lecture of one of the two filipino forensic pathologists residing here in th philippines.

she was a graduate of medicine from our school.

here is a picture with some of my classmates.

photo taken by mr francis fondevilla.

recuperating

minna~

i'm still recovering from my sickness.

i had to miss two exams because i was sick.

i hope i can pass the make up exam and other topics i may have missed due to my absence.

thats all for now.

good night.

update

good evening everyone~

this week and this coming monday is our second long test.

as usual, the test last wednesday and today was very hard. (T_T)

but it's already done so i just have to move on an exert more effort.

just continue and do the best that i can do. (^_^)

as a stress reliever [seriously, mere studying can be stressing]

i played with this drawing application on rei's tumblr site.

result? a purple rose ♥

anyways, after our exams today,

my class unintentionally invaded a pizza restaurant for lunch.

this was not planned.

it was just a coincidence or something that majority of the class ate at the pizza restaurant.

there were two loooooong tables set up for us.

add to that, two of our classmates (one person per long table) celebrated their birthday last week.

so when the celebrant was given an ice cream, the table were the celebrant was sang a birthday song.

t'was really funny. (^_^)

after lunch, i visited my former work place.

i was really happy to see everyone again.

i was also able to meet the person who is now in the position i previously occupied. (^_^)

hope i can visit them again next time.

for tonight, i'm trying to chill for i will be studying for our final tests for monday after tonight.

i need to loosen up a bit though...

what to do?

update

minna~

how are you all?

this week has been very busy, academically.

integrated case study, homework, quizzes and more difficult topics.

i had to change some study habits and i am still trying my best to adjust.

i really have to exert more effect in studying.

i may have to lessen the frequency of posting entries in my blog.

there is also a possibility of only posting during the weekends.

seriously, medicine is a CHALLENGE~

MY MATCH!