A Big Welcome

Little world with bigger dreams sometimes wondered in your head why I was still doing the right way. Oh yes, the God’s grace is a surprise for me. At this time, it is already 2 months already.

 

What did I get a such blessing? A heartwarming big welcome new job came in to my world – as an assistant teacher. It was started last two months. Despite my heartbreak with my first fling girlfriend last May 16, I’ve stepped out from my comfort zone and went looking out for a job. It was rainy day. And it was all about heartbreak aches that ruined me.

 

My girlfriend and I went smoothly in a few days earlier probably before my parents came home from Europe. Until when they came home, they found out that I’ve had my first girlfriend. It was my girlfriend insisted to call me as honey pie. And I’ve answered her with a big yes. It was humid afternoon in May 8 around 3 pm. Then few days later, my parents came home. Instead of a big delight from their eyes, my mom started to speak that we should be getting know each other in my house. Well, it’s literally one of the basic relationship. My sisters’ boyfriends always was at our home when they were really falling in love and talked in hours and hours. Maybe that was a good relationship.

 

Instead of giving me a big yes, a little days over came disaster. My mom said that I’ve to give up her or maybe she will give up me instead. So I’ve agreed with her. Then it was May 16, 2 pm afternoon. I’ve said to my girlfriend, this time was over. My heart torn a little pieces into thousand broken letters. I’ve assumed that my girlfriend and I’ve to go on a little time between of us. It was then I realized she was really taking me advantage. Despite that I’ve had my special case, and she really knew about me. She really fell in love for the first time in her life. She said to me that I was her a first serious relationship in her life despite of her numerous boyfriends before.

 

Hmmm…if I could be assuming about her, why would I be afraid to take a risk to have a girlfriend like her. It is something I’ve wanted to feel what society also feels the same relationship.

 

I’ve attended Nick Vujicic’s day at SM Mall of Asia on May 20, 2013. And that was Monday, after a week of elections. I’ve something to fulfill my day with my excitement. It was then I realized it was also important for me to attend one of coolest person to meet in the world whether you were a disability or not.

 

Then after a day I’ve attended, I walked in the Stand and Walk Therapy Center / Reaching Our Children for the King Integrated School on the sweetest day of my life. That was May 21, 2013. And it was Tuesday. I’ve sent my few requirements for my resume. And the guy I’ve spoken of was the part-owner of the school. He said to me that I’ve to expect a call from them after a week.

 

After a week, I’ve expected a good call. It was three days ago that I went for a job searching in SM Megamall job fair. But all the calls I’ve received later on I’ve said to them. I’ve already got a great job. Allaine, their secretary and the youngest staff, called me that I’ve to be there in 1 pm. That was May 27, 2013, Monday morning before the lunch break started. So I’ve got a chill in my bones and nervous that I was. I went there with my best attire I came in. I’ve worn a brown polo shirt with a matching brown pants. So the other part-owner came in and interviewed me. He said that I was in for their team. He gave me a position for assistant teacher for Teacher Jana. Teacher Jana was the special education teacher. And I was her an assistant teacher, a perfect fit for a role to special children.

 

I was delighted a big smile. I met them with a big heartwarming community. I met wonderful people. Big heart for a small school to start was already a new beginning for me. It was one of my dreams before that I’ve chose this for a job like this. How wonderful dreams may ever come true like this?

 

Then week after, I’ve started to get in my new job – as an assistant teacher. I came in at the school on June 3, 2013 for starting a half day in the afternoon. But my time card said, I’ve started on June 4, 2013, Tuesday for my new job.

 

“To begin a new day, it was surprising a heartwarming great job I’ve ever received.”

 

Yes, I really loved my job. Starting for this day, it was already two months I’ve started my job as an assistant teacher and a livelihood chef where I was cooking in the livelihood section. I was in the livelihood for the whole day. But in the afternoon, I’ve stepped in the classroom and enjoyed with smiling and angelic faces of special children.

 

“Laugh all the way you can do the best for your students, and it will bring back the laughter at the end of the day.”

 

Itsmikki Studio. 2013 Copyrights. All rights reserved.

The New Beginnings

Rains

Yes, it is the new beginnings. This is already the Life: New Unveiled already. The book of Life Diary has already closed. And the new book has already open to a new chapter.

 

I made some excellent progress from this year. After I’ve had applied a passport on my own last January, I also went to an Angels Walk also last January. And the recent 21st Happy Walk held on February 24, 2013, I also went. And the good news on this start of 1st quarter was I already have had a PWD identification card last March.

 

April was a new beginning also for me. I’ve started to have my own nutrition planning for my ideal weight. In the past years of my life, I’ve always gain some weight and some year I was also thinner. Now, as a mature special adult, my nutrition needs a little extra effort – with a health consultant. I’ve asked someone in the group of DSAPI who was asking for a free service of health assessment.

 

And the good news was that I lost 17 pounds from original weight of 180 on the last day of March. And now, I weighed 17 pounds lighter from my original weight. Now I am planning to have my own nutrition needs. When it comes to eating habits, I’ve changed my eating habits from bad to good. Which it was that I’ve no longer eating rice since the first day of April. And the way of changing lifestyle was improving for me. I’ve eating vegetables first then the last would be the less meat. So your stomach will cleansing easily from your body when you’re eating vegetables first then the last would be the less meat.

 

What would happen if you change the routine of eating habits? For example, if you are eating in a buffet, don’t choose the meal first. Always choose the salad routine first, then I’ve always choose the fish. Beef would take you off your stomach in one month to digest. Same goes also for the pork, it would stay for two weeks.

 

Digestion in your body needs the vegetables first, then the last would be the meat or fish. Fish would really take you off in a matter of days or even hours if you add your activity with 30 minutes of walk.

 

Okay, I stop right there with my nutrition factors. Let’s move to another subject.

 

My another subject would be my experiences from my ex-girlfriend. Didn’t I tell you about my past articles about 8 days relationship? And also the article of Not a good relationship?

 

It happened to me very fast. When some girl was surprisingly wants your answer with a simple yes, you would delivered your mouth to say yes eventually. I’ve dropped my mouth with a word of yes. It started on May 8. And the last day of our relationship have ended on May 16. Yes, so it was exactly 8 days of relationship. It was a bad move from me.

 

But the truth from my relationship with my ex-girlfriend, this is my confession to my fellow readers. I’m not made for ready in relationship. It was a fluke. Yes, it is sort of a rebound of relationship. Or maybe I was wrong to explain about relationship. She was like a lightning coming from nowhere. There she stood half across to my vision, she said that she really liked me when we were firstly met. Then at first, I was really curious why I’ve ended up saying with an answer of yes.

 

Maybe I wasn’t delighted to say yes. Instead, I felt with a mixture of overjoyed and reactions of confusion. It was really like a lightning that sparked with a single yes. But in the end of the day of your relationship, for her was hardest to accept that I was really breaking up with her smoothly. No matter many times I’ve said I won’t longer to see you, she always said to me that she needed to confront me if I was really breaking up with her. She was confused. She may end up with me as a friend at the end of the conclusion day. Hmm…it was really hard for her. Because she was a lady.

 

Before I coped up ending our relationship, I saw a post from directory of listed schools in DSAPI. There was an instant walk-in conclusion at the end of the day of our relationship. I was really hurt for me because I really wanted the relationship to end so soon. My boss said that he posted the day before the elections, May 13 as he said. May 21 was my walk-in applying for anything position I really needed for my new job.

 

I was really jobless in 8 years from the last time of my real job on November 2005. But my loading business started few months later on the last days of June 2006. The fate went down for me. There was a time for my depression and frustrated. I went back to my dreams focusing to my drawings and writings.

 

It took me 8 years going to have a job again for this year of 2013. I went to 7 years and 7 months of being jobless and I was stuck in my loading business for almost 7 years. I went ups and downs. None of them I went back on my own. Then I started to grow my hair longer when I was still in depression mood of times.

 

When I started to cut my long hair 3 years ago, I went back to study again in digital arts – to study about the Adobe After Effects application. I’ve already studied about the basics and advanced of Adobe Photoshop, Adobe In Design, Adobe Illustrator and Macromedia Flash. And so the story unfolded.

 

I lost twice of my usb because of twisted fate being as an artist. Because of that, I really need badly the certificate in digital arts. I became impatient. So I jumped into networking band of UNO where I learned from my distant relative about DSAPI. But I only did for that for a purpose – breaking up with my frustrations and depressions.

 

On the brighter side, blessings started to pour rain from when I joined the 20th Happy Walk last February 2012. Then someone in DSAPI Sibling Group came to invite me becoming a guest speaker in UST for a short inspirational talk. Yes, it was exactly a Monday, November 19, 2012 to be exact as I’ve remembered. Then the christmas party and the thanksgiving party came later when I joined the events.

 

I was really curious about these kids and adults with Down syndrome. I didn’t know that I wasn’t alone. There was really new for me last year. Many of you didn’t know me and some of you knew me because of my articles I wrote in the past.

 

Now back where I said from being jobless, one of the two bosses said that I have to expect their call. I sent my first copy of my resume together with other detailed documents last May 18, Tuesday. My fate as a jobless person came surprisingly after a week.

 

May 24, Monday around 11:45 in the morning, someone was calling from my cellphone. I was playing the facebook application game of Farm Town when someone was calling my cellphone. And so I hurriedly changed my clothes and went there for 10-15 minutes before the time of exact of interview time.

 

When I was there before 1 pm, my heartbeat pumped so fast and I was really nervous. And there it came a boss who was an occupational therapist going towards me. He was really looking down for me. And in my heart alone was breaking up gently into a slow motion. He came out from the office going to the classroom. Then he came in again for interviewing me. I wasn’t hesitated to ask anything. He said if I could do a job as an assistant teacher and a place where I can cook. But my practices towards culinary, I went off from 8 years. Of course, I have touch some chef’s knife from time to time when I was in the mood wanting to practice again. But in school cooking for the kids, I was really nervous.

 

He said if I could an inspirational person for the parents, he would really gave me a slot. And there I was really happy. I was an assistant teacher.

 

Now I’m on my third week of being job as an assistant teacher starting on Monday with real classes on June 17. And I got my half of my salary of the month. I wasn’t really expecting about the salary. What I am aiming for my job is my performance in the school as an assistant teacher, a part-time load retailer / entrepreneur, a supposed-to-be-called writer and a part-time cook at the kitchen. Wrap it into one if I can really make it to a multi-tasking job. Hmm…it was really hard for me on the start.

 

Once I roll the dice into many times, maybe I will not count the dice anymore if it will fits my job into four descriptions in my life.

 

And of course, there will be a new page and a new chapter in a few days. This is the end of my first article of my second book – Life: New Unveiled.

Last week of summer

Dreams are sometimes hope. And hope is everlasting promise you would do for your own good. Well I finally got a new job that enlisting new description in my resume. Sometimes when I make a wish, I make a good wish if I could do my job very well.

 

In the past, my hopes to be chef literally gone. But my knowledge was still there. It wasn’t enough that I got experiences from my job description. As a chef before, a lot of pressure came into me. I mean – a whole lot. My relatives asked me if I can cook for them. But deeper inside of my thoughts, I never thought or crossed at the back of my mind that I would do that for them. I lack of executing. And executing means practicing. Where could you get a skills when you have already in your own skills?

 

I may be not intelligent as Brina Maxino. But my heart tells me something important more. In the past, I always told   myself that I could never done anything. I always want what I needed for most of the time – to be my own skills. And skills that I have, drawing, writing, singing (maybe), or doing a lot of activities. Maybe I was not so sure about multi-tasking before. I love my life. And life to me teaches how to control your activities and your lifestyle.

 

Brina Maxino was like me. But upon from her, she was a valedictorian in her class during her high school time. Now she is entering a college. I may be have accomplishments, but she have what it takes to be as a special child. I know sometimes that I don’t accept myself in the past. Hoping someday I would do something just like Brina. Maybe Brina and I could do anything for the accomplishments. But my milestones is getting ready to add some more blessings in my life.

 

Last year I’ve joined Down Syndrome Association of the Philippines or DSAPI. But before that year, I’ve already accepted the fact that I was different from the rest of the society – as a special adult. I have mosaic Down syndrome. And my age is already in my early 30’s. And so to hear Brina Maxino last year, I was amazed when I saw her the last 20th Happy Walk during my birthday on February 19, 2012. It was Sunday. And I’ve told my dad if he can invite some of his friends along side with me. Maybe just a little big change. I guess. But that is predictable. It can happen anytime.

 

Accomplishment to another accomplishment, I’ve done any particular accomplishment in my life from last year and to this year. Last December during Christmas party of DSAPI, I finally have had my first DSAPI ID. To tell you the truth honestly, it was something that my angels was telling me where I could find some good community just like this. Well, here what I got some more blessings to come.

 

To added from my accomplishments, it was my first time in my life that I’ve completed the paper requirements for getting a new job: barangay clearance, four certificates of TESDA training of call center agent and fundamental of computer applications, certificate of communication skills training program and a certificate in culinary, community tax certificate (or cedula), SSS, medical record and NBI clearance. My police clearance got an expiry ahead of time. It was only two months valid. And the results of making complete for my paper requirements. I already got a new job.

 

My new job was assisting special children in Reaching Our Children for the King or ROCK Integrated School where I landed my new job. Thanks for the effort that I already got my complete paper requirements. And added to my lessons in my life – never get a girlfriend when you are not ready. I lack precisely to get a girlfriend. And my first girlfriend was just a paper. She was my fling. My first girlfriend that I’ve ever had. It was only 8 days relationship. And it ended so soon. I wasn’t a type of a guy who would get to know dilly-dallying for the purposes to have a girlfriend. I never wanted that.

 

And of course, my journey as an assistant teacher became my part of new life. And I hope more blessings will come in my door and keep knocking if it’s real or not. Sometimes when a door you’ve answered, it was a fluke or a fake that is.

 

“Life as a special adult makes me extraordinary person and I am always proud of who I am and what I am excel to my skills and my talents.” – quoted from Itsmikki Studio

 

What will be my life tells me next? Should I come to open the door? Or should I not to open the door? It always tell me some surprise questions just like in mock interview questions or critical thinking questions in contact centers. Hmm…but I like the new sound of my new job. And the new description for my new job will unlock more opportunities in the future. I’ve never dreamt to be as a teacher. But God places me to this type of job description. And I hope this opportunity will last for me. I’ve always be what I’m always aiming for – to be the best of who I am.

 

And my new song I’ve created last week was undeniably challenging me to memorize the lyrics I’ve made. Wish someone can sing that song for me. Maybe Dingdong Avanzado or Gary Valenciano would do the honor to sing for this song. It’s called, My Angels Do in Your Heart. That song is dedicated to the special children that included me in that song. I love the rhythm and the beat of the song I’ve create. I’ve been always humming to that tune. I don’t have piano or any instrument. But I can tell it will be a song for this generation. And I will get you a sample for the last lyrics of my song:

 

…what else my angels do in everyone’s heart.

 

I love the lyrics so much. I don’t know why I always keep humming and singing the song I’ve created. Maybe I have to re-edited or to play for the tune. Hmm…if I only have an instrument, I could play a better song for the cause  of special children. And I hope my foundation will get to this project of this song.

 

Oh, it’s taking me so long to write an article again. It is too long again. I fall in love again with writings. Oh, I love what to write and to write. More articles please? Sounds interesting. Yes, I will write soon again.