Sacrifices

Sacrifice_by_nJoo

Short speech from Itsmikki Studio link

(October 28, 2013 http://wwww.facebook.com/ItsmikkiStudio):

“Seven years and seven months I went sacrifices along the way. I was sad that I didn’t have a real job that will describe me. Along the way, I’ve had three jobs before. None of them became long enough to take seriously. It was sacrifice I’ve made to choose. But sacrifices teach me how to carry your life. Maybe like Abraham Lincoln, he also made sacrifices. Like Albert Einstein, he also made sacrifices. Many scientists discovered nothing to have made new. And one chromosome teaches me how to carry is my sacrifice.

 

Lincoln have said, ‘four score and seven years ago,’ then I would have say the same thing. Seven years and seven months ago, I’ve had a greatest lesson to have made is to accept yourself. Choose one passion that you really have. And somehow along you way only chooses your path alone to have sacrifices. I may be not only one, but there is more chromosomes around the world aside from me.

 

Down syndrome is not a scientifically disease. It is a genetically disorder. Having with someone in your family with new chromosome teaches your life a new. And that new will teach your way to be stronger. And the mighty word I create is a big happiness. Why did I choose to be as not-a-perfect-writer? It is my passion. And I love to write in poetry before.

 

Now I love to write more in literature even better. I become of what I become today. Any other genetically disorder will be treating call as one of small priority group, a People With Disability. Like Nick Vujicic who don’t have limbs but he is still living actively with sacrifices. And sacrifices will teach your way to be strong. Strong enough to say that you are happy. Teach me how to get sacrifices. And that’s how I am today.“

 

Synopsis:

When I wrote this first, it came across in my mind. I didn’t know what to do. I, instead, did my brainstorming ideas. It was writing a new element across my facebook page and my blog site as well. It was just that I was using my blog traffic between social networks: facebook and wordpress. Well I got to say it wasn’t success, but it did.

 

Eventually, this idea came across tumbling after a hectic schedule I did with my school work. Yes, I was working as an assistant teacher. And being as an assistant teacher became my full-pledged working routine. I was able to comply from my boss’ orders. Then another across my mind, I did helping jobs across from room to room. I was challenging myself to clean the room, assisting special and regular children, helping the staff’s needs and providing the parents’ needs also to their children. I was happier to my working status.

 

Then from my ideas, I did increasing to do my photo messages from my blog site to my facebook page. It wasn’t my idea. It also chooses me. I don’t have photoshop in my Macintosh laptop, but instead, I studied how to use my new android phone. The settings had photo grid where all people gave their ideas to use for their another social network, instagram. Hmm, if I only bought my android phone before, then I would make more photo messages in the past. But it was my hardworking money when I bought my first cellphone android phone. And it was cool to buy my own stuff.

 

FAQs

 

What is sacrifices to you?

 

Sacrifices can make anywhere you want, anyplace you want and anytime you need to buy some time. It takes time to heal. Somehow being as having with Down syndrome condition I have, it couldn’t matter to me anymore. Well, I guess there’s a space more in my brainstorming department.

 

Sacrifices is also made from experiences that you went through before. Whatever you made before, that was made you stronger. People always had failed to do their accomplishments, but on my part, I didn’t stop. I still continue what I start before. And that’s how it counts to impress.

 

What are your sacrifices?

 

My sacrifices came in shapes or accomplishments. It varies in many situations. I went experiences from bullying before. They were calling and chanting ‘sped’ name to me. And I was clueless before. When I found out I was in sophomore year in high school, then it was said that I went through experiences that before. So I claimed that was also part of sacrifices. My other sacrifices also came from denying my condition before. After with existence for 17 years, I found my condition that I’ve had Down syndrome. Then further in my life after 13 years, I’ve already accepted the challenge that I already had my condition better. And I said, sacrifices also made you stronger from my condition. People will follow me, listen to my stories and read my articles as well. In this part of my life journey, sacrifices like Abraham Lincoln and Albert Einstein would be even better. No matter who you are made to be, you are still that you are you. And you will tell them you’ve been through your sacrifices.

 

Did you have a girlfriend before? And did you sacrifice your relationship?

 

Yes. And it was made me even better. It only lasted 8 days relationship. It was tough between my ex-girlfriend and I. My parents didn’t like it when I’ve had my first relationship with my first ex-girlfriend. But it was tough when we separated. And until now, I’ve had claiming that we haven’t closure yet. We could go back together but it is hard to explain. People who have relationship in their partner is a struggle and sacrifice.

 

Did you have job experiences before? How many? And how did you sacrifice your job experiences?

 

Yes. It only counted four jobs including my present job as an assistant teacher. My three job experiences before only lasted around two to three months. It was hard and it was sacrifices. I did what I did in my job. But I found my happiness in my job description being as an assistant teacher. From being my profession in culinary, I shifted to digital career and then to being as an educator – as an assistant teacher.

 

Did you get more nightmares nowadays or dreams instead? How did you manage from your sacrifices?

 

Yes. I’ve had numerous nightmares before. But now instead of nightmares, I slept from my slumber sleeping good dreams. And that good dreams contradicted how many dream sequences that I’ve had now. And I went through sacrifices as well.

 

For further more questions, you can ask me by simply telling your questions and I will answer through my experiences. Or I will directly answer your questions in FAQs form. Just e-mail me at mikki.javier@yahoo.com or just go here on my studio site: itsmikki.wordpress.com to use commenting box. Just ask any questions.

 

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Is Down syndrome a fate

It’s Awesome!

Down syndrome is not a fate. It was chosen that God gave us a condition. Somehow along the road, some people misjudge the way we look. Judging from our features: our facial, our body structure, our language, our voice or our behavior; it is not a choice. It is a genetically disorder.

 

You can look up for this articles and read:

 

Why Down Syndrome

https://itsmikki.wordpress.com/2013/08/25/why-down-syndrome/

 

How I overcome Down syndrome

https://itsmikki.wordpress.com/2013/01/18/how-i-overcome-down-syndrome/

 

I always thought Down syndrome is something else. But I already overcame how good condition will look better outcome. When it discovered by Dr. Down, he really studied the condition of Down syndrome. It could be name as Awesome syndrome instead of Down syndrome. Because Awesome is better to hear from our ears. Well we only what we read and listen. But somehow along the road, for my condition, I didn’t choose it. It attached me.

 

When I was born and diagnosed from that condition, my parents kept it for 17 years. And that faithfully sophomore year of high school, I really remembered that my Biology teacher have said that I really have that condition. Along the way, I’ve sacrificed so much. Then after 13 years later, I’ve already accepted the condition and never looked back from my sadness again.

 

For me, Down syndrome is not only exceptional. I’ve call it still as Awesome syndrome, although it only brings back the old times before. And other abnormalities will be not for long to be tell. Whatever other disabilities may come way, we are still exceptional. Whether it has Autism, ADHD, Hunter’s syndrome or any other abnormality disorder, we are still in one priority group called People With Disability. Well, it’s enough to be said.

 

You may also read my other articles as well:

 

Living being as Down syndrome Part I

https://itsmikki.wordpress.com/2013/09/01/living-being-as-down-syndrome-part-i/

 

Living being as Down syndrome Part II

https://itsmikki.wordpress.com/2013/09/08/living-being-as-down-syndrome-part-ii/

 

Living being as Down syndrome III

https://itsmikki.wordpress.com/2013/10/21/living-being-as-down-syndrome-iii/

 

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Traveling with Happiness 2: Exploring around Toronto

Toronto Eaton Centre

I have had much fun for my first time in my life after I’ve traveled with my family way back in 2009. Well, this trip was occasionally fun. And what I did? It was exceptional. Of course, my sister was finally married. It was our first in the family that we have spent this fun for a long time.

 

It took days and months to decide my mind to travel out of our country, Philippines. But honestly, this was the experience trip I’ve ever had fun. Toronto was the last destination I’ve been traveled so far. But on my passport said that I’ve also been to Florida, New York, Los Angeles, Vancouver and Calgary. Sadly I didn’t remember the places when I was in childhood back then.

 

When I traveled with my family back in 2009, we spent having fun going to Thailand and Singapore. But of all sudden, I wasn’t happy back then. Because during that time, I still didn’t find my purpose for my happiness. I was stress back in the trip. But it was best to have find time for myself. I wasn’t matured back then. I was immature. Although flying across the ocean made me sick to look down the ocean but I didn’t have air sickness. I only hated traveling in heights. I have fear of heights. And I guess traveling would be getting me over soon if I can do it.

 

We spent many places in Toronto. The best experience I’ve ever had so much fun was watching baseball live. Yes! I watched Toronto Blue Jays versus New York Yankees. Although Blue Jays didn’t win that night, Yankees have won. So my dad was a Yankee fan. He was thrilled when he saw his team won. But I loved watching sport games live. The remaining games I have to watch are NBA and Hockey League. Wayne Gretsky was the living legend in Hockey League and Michael Jordan during my time was also living legend. What I do know about NBA? I just love to watch. Although I’m not active playing basketball, I only play for defensive running my stamina so little. Haha!

 

The other places we’ve been through was going to CN Tower, the highest tower around the world although Petronas tower in Malaysia found some interesting spot to build. Also we’ve been traveling to Niagara Falls and watched waterfalls going down to Niagara Falls. It was awesome experience. The water would been burst all over your body, so probably you have to wear the entire body you have or otherwise your bag will also get wet.

 

I’ve had much fun also picking apples nearby. My sister picked the destination for us. And I also tasted the best apple cider. Yum! It was delicious. All these experiences were worth to go back here in Toronto as a tourist and not as an immigrant. But if I have a chance to live in America, it would be Chicago. Although Chicago is nearby borderline of Canada, it would snowing too. I don’t know if I could live in America. Because I’m not kind to like the winter season, I like tropic season the whole year here in the Philippines.

 

What’s next for next trip? I say it would be first in Philippines. And I’m planning to buy ticket to Leyte where my grandparents have full of expectations and dreams.

 

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Environment friendly with Friends

The Author 2

I find interesting some to write some new article this time. And how would I describe this? It’s inevitable when you find some good friends. But somehow along the road, I find so amusing in my life. Life fills my day. And day fills my hope, happiness and fruitfully. Nevertheless, my friends I have is still intact with me. Whenever I need them, I just call them.

 

Nineteen years to be exact before I found that I have Down syndrome. I was in sixth grade. My friends I used to have with them were still my friends. One of my friends in my peer became one of third gender, but I don’t want to ruin his name. He was still my friend. And other one of my friends found out that I have had a crush on her when we were in get together party. It was bad. It turned ugly. But still, I still found no reasons to friend with her again. She is still my friend although she knows already about me.

 

I’ve had few enemies but none of them became enemies in the end. All of them became my friends instead. How did I do it? The answer was that I didn’t know how I ended doing it. Creating conversation to get it start somehow gave me a signal. And it will become giving a second chance.

 

Six years after, my high school was over. Then the college entered in my life. It fulfilled my destiny to graduate again after. That was ten years ago on July 4, 2003. About then, I realized how good friends were good company to have with. I didn’t encourage myself to hang out and drink all boozes in the bar. Well I wasn’t like that. I am homebody instead. And I was playing computer games. That was the time I charged myself in many ways. And that many ways ruined my life after two years. It wasn’t a fate. But I rather chosen a field to force alone instead.

 

Then eight years after, today is 2013. A fate has begin a new beginning. After I realized that I’ve had to accept my condition with Down syndrome two years ago, exactly on July 15, 2011. It was when I joined networking company with my cousin. But I didn’t want to bring the name of my cousin. It might ruin her reputation. But thanks to her, I’ve finally accepted of who I was.

 

I’ve joined in a Happy Walk last February 2012 and it was my first. I’ve found out that I wasn’t alone. Down syndrome for me was not new for me anymore. Instead it opened my eyes for me to find out that fate was chosen me. I began to have followers, new friends and new job as well. My mirror shattered and it replaced a new mirror to look my new self.

 

My new self sets to conquer new heights beginning to open new pages. Somehow new pages has already opening a new chapter as well. Barely five months now that I have a job. And that job I took. Sacrifices have been made. I’ve sacrificed my love life. I’ve had my first experience to have a girlfriend last May. But it only took me for 8 days to realize that girl wasn’t choosing for me as well. I didn’t have time to argue with her. Instead, my girlfriend became my first friend to have last to have conversation with her.

 

What would you do if you have problems with your friends? Or rather, what would to expect to teach your friend that you have a condition? Isn’t bad to tell your friend? How many? Or few?

 

Somehow along way of too many questions crosses in my mind. I don’t mind to answer them all. I have to look myself in a new mirror. And that new mirror teaches me how to be environment friendly with friends as well. I don’t need many to have friends. Few friends were closer to know me. And some of them have similar cases aside from me. And it is always telling me that life needs friend to have company with. And with company as well will teach you along the way of your life.

 

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Living being as Down syndrome III

PART III

Believing is to seek new chapters to unfold.

 

When I was in denial before, I was not coping up with my decisions. It has to be sure in a long-term or short-term. Well I finally realized, I’ve opened my story to everyone to listen some of my stories. It proved my long-term commitment dreams. Well, I deserve to know that some of my dreams are well-planned according to my timeline. But somehow, I don’t see how many problems I’ve passed already.

 

There are many problems. Problems are hard to solve on their own timeline. Problems have challenges to solve on their timeline. But somehow along the road I take, I’ve always see and pray for my own safety. This life I have is not my life, but proven when God chooses you to live. I see always myself a burden before. Maybe a black sheep in the family I was before. In a span of 7 years, I didn’t have a job. But only the cellphone loading business had helped my financial life. Well, it wasn’t that really rich. I only took a road where a lot of hurdles to handle. Sometimes you have to take a risk.

 

And I always redeem myself that I seek to God. When problems sometimes is taking down you so long, seek Him. And I always do have a positive life.

 

Quote #1:

“I always behave. But sometimes I also have mischievous that makes myself a fault.”  ~quoted from IMS Ltre. (ItsMikkiStudio Literature)

 

Well, everyone has their own mischievous ways of naughtiness. But in my life back in my childhood days, it was proven that I was happier. Well normally what I always did before was making my funny faces in the mirror. And a lot of proven of mischievous adventures took me for a better life today. I was ready to go for another chapter, adolescence. During I was in my teenage years, it took me barely to get myself on my own track. My decisions. My promises. And my dreams. Well I’ve had taken a whole world inside of me.

 

When I learned after so many years, I don’t want to go back anymore of my mischievous adventures. And that lessons had given me proven a better adult. But somehow along in our life, we also hold decisions to make.

 

Quote #2:

“Disability doesn’t choose to somebody else, it comes to God’s decision that makes special children with special needs.”  ~quoted from IMS Ltre. (ItsMikkiStudio Literature)

 

I always take this as my positive notes. Well every child with special needs has their own unique talents whether you are good in something you are really have with. You cannot compare to somebody that you have already have. Don’t pretend that you can get it. Have your talent becomes your habit. And some of the point, my habits become my hobbies. Hobbies like I really like to write and share to other people’s opinions about me. It takes years to grow. And sometimes, I hold some of my dreams half real and half not made. What do you do about your talents? I always tell myself I already have it. And I have to use it for only good purposes, and not for bad purposes.

 

Quote #3:

“Always pray for the good and not for the bad times.”  ~quoted from IMS Ltre. (ItsMikkiStudio Literature)

 

Before when I needed to pray, I only prayed for my prayer occasionally. But sometimes it doesn’t succeeded that much. Only you need to know has to pray to be done. When you are praying someone needs your prayers, do it in your own heart. And sometimes, it brings joy exactly for you and for the prayer that needs the most.

 

Prayers like someone needs when someone is in the hospital for example, it helps your friend or the one you’ve been praying. It really helps me a lot when the time is needed to be done. Well, when you pray for the bad habits, it doesn’t work that much. Do it purposely when you need to pray intentionally. Pray for your heart, from the heart and their heart also.

 

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Discipline program for Diet

Discipline diet

It is not easy to digest your diet all the time. It’s a matter of discipline what can you eat and cannot eat.

 

Here’s my 9 rules plan for first two months for discipline diet:

 

1. If you are going to eat not rice, just expect not eat more of meat but eat of course the vegetables.

(This is my rule number one. Well, I’ve started not to eat rice basically since 1st day of April. But here is what I suggest. Don’t eat two more plates. Just enough for your stomach needs.)

 

2. There are no snacks or break times.

(I also don’t eat too much of junk food anymore except I’m only after for nuts. Few nuts can help digest your stomach. It has fiber.)

 

3. Don’t spend time eating dinner or lunch inside your room.

(If you are eating lunch or dinner inside your room, you’ve to take fiber food to eat like vegetables.)

 

4. If you are program not to eat rice for a long time, plan for a long-term.

(I’m not eating rice since 1st day of April. In fact, I also look and choose what is best for me.)

 

5. Eat a lot of vegetables first or rather eat a whole greens in your lunch or dinner.

(It helps to boost digesting your remaining fat layers in your stomach.)

 

6. Eat a lot of fruits first or rather eat a whole fruits in your lunch or dinner.

(This is also the same in number 5.)

 

7. Don’t take late dinner.

(When you sleep before eat your dinner, it lessens your stomach to digest. But it helps to rest your stomach to regain your hunger in the morning.)

 

8. Stop eating high cholesterol food such as saucy meat dinners like Adobo, Calderata, etc.

(It helps your immune body to reduce cholesterol level.)

 

9. Plan for a long walk before eating dinner or breakfast.

(This is a perfect exercise in the evening or in the morning before eating a meal. It helps to reduce your weight.)

 

Long-term plan for discipline diet (5 months and more):

 

1. Eat oatmeal in the morning. Try adding fruits or chocolate to help eat your oatmeal. Oatmeal is in top 5 suppressing diet. And it’s also contain fiber. It’s also good for the heart.

 

2. If you love drinking coffee, only drink once in a day. Drinking more coffee in a day makes your stomach to palpitate. And it grows your stomach hungry.

 

3. Eat more of vegetables and eat less of meat. Eat instead fish. It reduces your fat levels in your stomach.

 

4. Don’t forget to drink two warm glasses before eating breakfast, lunch, dinner and also one glass before sleeping. Don’t drink too much of water before sleeping. It causes your stomach to hungry again the next day.

 

5. Read a lot of suppressing articles. Oatmeal, dark chocolates and water are in the top ten of suppressing diet plans.

 

6. Afford only a few time going to the gym. Don’t try hard for yourself. Do it only for few rounds.

 

7. Look a job that really suit for your diet needs.

 

This 9 rules for first two months and long term plan for discipline diet will successfully take good look for you. I’ve only lessen my weight in about 30 pounds before my sister’s wedding. I’ve shredded 30 pounds just only for five months. The first month gave less ten pounds to reduce. Then another month, it succeeded reduce my weight to 8 pounds more. At third month, because that I’ve already had a job. It reduced me for 5 pounds. At fourth month, it reduced me 7 pounds more. At this rate, the ideal weight I’m aiming is at 135-140 pounds for the height of 5’3 1/2. I was 180 pounds more before I started to get a discipline diet. I’m now around maintaining my weight to 147-150 pounds. But I’m aiming for 135-140 maintaining weight. Look for your age and body mass index needs for your diet. Body mass index is your BMI. And always take a good look of calories you are eating. Also plan not to eat in a buffet. I only take green salad courses or a lot of raw fish like salmon in Japanese restaurant. Adding spice more in your meal also encourage your weight loss.

 

If you need any advices, just ask your health consultant. My first visit to health consultant was during first week of April. Then I’ve visited again around last week of May. And the last visit was third week of August. Always visit your health consultant if you ever need their advices what not to eat for your weight loss program. Just don’t take food supplements. In my discipline diet, I’ve waived off my pocket not to buy any food supplements. And I’ve started to add eating oatmeal last September 14. Eating heave of three tablespoons of oatmeal with water or milk. It reduces faster your weight loss discipline program. I’ve to start to less my weight more back in my shape.

 

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Traveling with Happiness

Toronto Highway

The vacation paid for my stress-free work when I traveled the other side of the globe which was the Toronto, east-side of Canada. I’ve finally see the world of traveling with my family. For me, when will I get a chance to traveling alone without them? That’s the independent question for me although in my life starts somewhere in the middle. At the back of my head says, ‘I can start budgeting my money and start a new life opening a new bank account.’ Otherwise, I will spend less in money. My salary was below the average of wage. But I don’t complain about my salary wage in the school where I am working. The only thing keeps me longing in the school is my performance and my happiness level.

 

Let’s talk about first about the salary wage before I return to the topic subject. The minimum salary wage is around 12-13k. But the amount you take home is around 6-6.5k per half of a month. Other says that it is way below for them. Those who have family already always complain about that. Good for me that I don’t have time to think at the back of my head that I have my own family. I’m still single. I’ve to earn with my dignity, patience and understanding. Working somewhere near to your place makes you time to think about your work. Well, of course, everybody notices that way. But not anybody could think that.

 

I learned from my sister when I went there in downtown of Toronto where my sister lived. The downtown said to my head, ‘I can work here for a better life but the only problem here is the weather.’ I’ve realized that I can’t work in a hasty places. But if you do working in a hasty places, your mind will go crazy. I’ve assuming that won’t work for me.

 

And the other one is about my happiness level. Happiness level varies from any kinds of level whether you are little low to a highest performance. I’ve seen myself when I started working as an assistant teacher in a school where my boss kept me for longer. Keeping me for fourth month, this makes me easier to think that I should continue for my resume details. So that the next employer would hire me, I would tell him or her what happened in my resume. Let me give you a catch. When you are in an interview, don’t be nervous and always be yourself. And the technique there is tell your story about yourself what happened really during your life. Working in a workplace environment, like I was doing in a school as an assistant teacher, makes you easier to work. So that whenever you feel, you tell your boss or your co-worker about what happened to your happiness level.

 

Happiness level varies the emotional side of your brain. It also controls your temper, your mood, your actions and your performance as well. People who have lower happiness level varies suiciding themselves in a situation, or varies in mannered situation. I don’t get it why themselves has a low self-esteem. Sometimes I do have low self-esteem but I’ve already surpass that. No matter how small the problem is, you have to cope with your problems.

 

Back to the topic subject, traveling in Toronto was breezy nights and cool-off days. In the afternoon towards the night was pretty amazing for me. The first week was preparation for my family because my sister finally married in the church. After that, we went variation tourist spots in Toronto. First was going to the small zoo. Secondly, we went to Niagara Falls. Amazing how God created the well-paid tourist attraction which was the Niagara Falls. I’ve finally to experience about the Maid of the Mist. Maid of the Mist will experience you traveling around the body of water which the falls sprinkle all the way. And I’ve find Toronto is a pretty nice location. Although I can’t really remember in the past when my parents always told me that I’ve been in Calgary, Edmonton and Vancouver before. But it was amazing. The only weakness I have was traveling and riding in an airplane. I do have fear of heights. That explained to me why I’ve been awake the whole trip back and forth watching movies and playing tetris. I’ve watched some 9 new movies in an airplane including The Croods, Monster University, Trance, GI Joe: Retaliation, Great Gatsby, Epic, A Moment in Time, The Mistress and other movie I really can’t remember at the back of my head. That was the back and forth traveling from Manila to Toronto and from Toronto to Manila.

 

The amazing I’ve experienced from the vacation was an apple-picking. My elder sister have said that it was Canadian tradition. I’ve to say that it was the best. If the Philippines has tradition of pineapple-picking in Mindanao, it would be the next travel destination of the Philippines. I guess the tourism in the Philippines should be level up to the next performance if they really have a budget.

 

Four common jobs I’ve to work in Toronto. It could be that I can work in the supermarket, St. Lawrence’s market, school and restaurant. But the first thing first comes in my place is to find some shelter, then find an organization to keep me healthy relationship in public relation. Here in the Philippines, it was Down Syndrome Association of the Philippines was my first advocate and it was my first organization that I’ve joined. I’ve also enjoyed watching baseball league between Toronto Blue Jays and New York Yankees. NY Yankees have won. It was beautiful scenario to have watching in a baseball series. Watching hockey game and NBA basketball game is my next dreams to have watch.

 

Next on Traveling with Happiness 2, I will be continuing to write about more in Toronto.

 

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Reaching Our Children for the King (ROCK) Integrated School

ROCK Integrated School

 

The school sets to our new home in 21 Topaz Street, Cainta Greenpark Village, 1900 Cainta, Rizal, Philippines.

 

The story:

It’s been four months already since I’ve joined as one of the staff in the school being as an assistant teacher. Otherwise, I will still be unemployed. Last May 13, 2013 after the elections, my boss posted some status in Down Syndrome Association of the Philippines that there was an opening job. I took a chance after I broke up recently with my ex-girlfriend last May 16. My heart was saddened. And so I’ve tried my luck upon walking in the school where my second boss has said, “please take time and we’ll call you back as soon as possible. Give one week.” So I’ve waited that long. That was May 20. After a few days, the secretary called me in my cellphone which it was 4 year old already turning 5 this December. I’ve to go back within an hour.

 

So I’ve instantly dressed up for an interview. Upon entering in the therapy center right next to the school, my heart stopped and felt if I was nervous back then. There was another new face. And it was my boss. He interviewed me. And sudden with a surprise, I’ve got a new job as an assistant teacher to special children.

 

This kind of job made me surprisingly performing very well. I woke up around 4 in the morning and done my tasks to finish before heading to my work. The school started around 7:30 in the morning. After a long day, I’ve walked home around 5 or 6 mostly depend if I’ve more job to work on.

 

The special education took upon me. I’ve never realized that my heart felt for this position as an assistant teacher. Special education really taught me well throughout my education before. I’ve been studied in Montessori Integrated School of Antipolo for 12 years already since 1988 to 2000. Then I’ve moved and studied in Center for Culinary Arts in 2000 to 2003. Without noticing it, some of my jobs really deprived me as well. I didn’t know how to stand with my attitude and my behavior as well.

 

After going numerous jobs in a paper, I’ve landed as an assistant teacher and started last June 1, 2013.The school started on June 17. But it was so sad that we’ve to transfer to a new location but it was a bigger facility to hold number of students and clients.

 

After returning from my vacation that I’ve to attend my sister’s wedding this September, the school sparked in my head and I’ve to say that I need to help this school from a new beginning, new location and new school year. I’ve been happy when my two bosses caught me with a big wide smile. It’s time to gain, to share and to tell the story. This Reaching Our Children for the King (ROCK) Integrated School is open for mainstreaming, regular students and special education for all ages.

 

For more inquiries and questions, feel free to call or text at these numbers 0928-2397152, 0909-2109051 and 0915-1975240. We are happy to accept incoming and transferred students.