my sleepless nights

I think i have a sleeping problem. I can't seem to have a good sleep. You see my brain works well in the wee hours of the day. If you see me work at daytime (yes, you if you are my student) wait till you see me at night. All these ideas (however feeble or gandious they are) come to life at night. And so with that, even when I'm already horizonally positioned for the sleep ritual, I just can't sleep well! Do you have that feeling that when you wake up in the morning, it just seemed like you never had slept at all? If you have had similar expereinces, call my attention so that I would not feel stupid about myself not having a good sleep.

There is just so much going inside my brain, I guess.

Sometimes, I just wish I had Dumbledore's pensive.

ko - koko - kokology? What?!?

John Kim introduced the book last April, I guess for a summer read. The authors give you this situations where you are asked to like choose a reponse (similar to that of a quiz you read in magazines, you know that!) and then they get to interpret your response.

It is in actuality a game book in Japan. I wonder what made them make it into a science.

poetry - mini forest style

I asked my senior students to do their poems in the mini forest. Each one will have to submit a contribution for their compilation of poems. I just tried to observe them doing their writing and some of them were uncomfortable with the new learning environment, while others easily blended in the scene. Nevertheless, I think these guys need to stretch their perspective by actually changing their usual, their routine.

Did I forget to mention these guys can write good poetry?

the devil and ms. prym

Reading a Coelho book always makes me feel good about myself. I got the chance to read this (my sister had the book from a friend) and it made me ask a lot of what ifs. A lot of books give us the idea that hell is here on earth... and so is the devil...

hp deskjet F730

HP Deskjet F370
It is one bargain I couldn't take my eyes off.
This is an all-in-one (the only thing it cant do is brew coffee) so I guess I got a good deal for it.

acer aspire 4710z

My first laptop.
Something I have been waiting to have for myself.

A birthday gift for myself for working hard.

my space

The faculty room gets a make-over. This is my cubicle.