I wrote about hubby getting something new old gadget a few weeks ago and yes, I get to use his netbook especially when I am away from home.

The timing is perfect since I was scouring the web looking for netbooks and had this hp mini laptops bookmarked.

On the other hand, I dare not bring it anywhere especially when I need to take public transport. This goes with me when I go to that little room where I teach my students in hubby’s family home. My students are not that thrilled however because they prefer the bigger laptop since it has a more superior audio quality

Mahirap na, crimes, petty and big are happening everywhere.

Why is this a good teaching tool?

I use a laptop for some students who do reading comprehension. Sure, they can do this drill using printed materials but they feel “special” using a gadget that belongs to me to read these stories. In here I also have downloads (free of course) for issues we discuss like bullying, about friendships, quotations and inspiring true stories.

We also discuss in passing, tips about online precautions for them to be able to protect themselves when they are online.

This also serves as a “reward” for accomplished tasks, they get to play a game they choose

I read this quote about being successful: “Successful people aren’t born that way. They become successful by establishing the habit of doing things unsuccessful people don’t like to do. The successful people don’t always like these things themselves; they just get on and do them.” (from an unkown person)

Lately I have been thinking about the definition of success, according to “my standards” and not what is perceived by most.

For me success is being able to do what you love most and what gives you utmost joy and satisfactions. Sure, there are times when we feel the need to rant and complain and doing so relieves our tension though not necessarily solves the source of complaints. When complaints and rants come too often, then perhaps it is time to re-assess the situation and see what is wrong.

For me success is not measured by how big a house is, how many cars one has and how much is the credit limit in one’s credit cards.

I once wrote that to be successful, one has to have

Drive. Hard work. Dedication. Right opportunities. Calculated risks. These are some of the formula to have the success one wants to achieve.

Am I successful? I’d like to think I am because even if I am not financialy rich, my life is enriched by my family and friends.

Do you consider yourself successful?

The results are in and sadly, some of my students didn’t make it to the universities they applied to. Not that they lacked the preparations since they enrolled in some of the best college entrance review centers around and we (other therapists and their families) prepped them emotionally and mentally for these things. At the start of these preparations, we considered looking for an online university as an alternative.

“Rejections” are a part of our lives and how we deal with these make us better and stronger persons. And this is what we need to focus on right now.

As we do that ^ we are scouring other options and that include going back to the other option of looking for an online university so that during spare time, they get to develop other skills like continuing sports classes and music-related skills.

Sigh…

We have great expectations, we still do, to make them work harder to achieve their dreams. And with these setbacks, if these can be called as such, we face more challenges head on armed with lessons learned from these things.

As parents, how should we encourage our children to be what they want to be, do what they can do best and be “successful”?

I recently read a school note about the brother of a student wanting to go as a FARMER to school during community helpers day in their school. I expected that one of the parents commented negatively about it, them being big names in their fields.

I was not shocked because that was the reaction I was expecting. During the early days of my foray with Facebook, my children and I got engrossed with the game called FarmTown. My only son then wanted to be a farmer and even asked if one can study being a farmer. I said “yes” and he then decided to be a farmer.

I didn’t say anything against being a farmer to him. I am for people wanting to become farmers especially since the farmlands are now being converted as malls, gasoline stations and subdivisions.

We need farmers to till the barren land before every parcel is converted to commercial use. We need farmers to help the country be self-sufficient enough to produce our own food without resorting to buying rice and other vegetables from other countries. We need farmers to take care of our lands. continue reading this entry »

We have that big vestibular TheraBand Ball being used as a “chair” and not for exercise. Then I found ErgoErgo, online, of course.

While I was looking at this Nikon binoculars site for the toy list items, I somehow Googled a word and clicked and clicked until I found ErgoErgo’s page.

I still love the ball, I do, but it is a bit too short when I use it when I’m online and ErgoErgo seems better. I hope there’s gonna be a store that will carry this product.

Watch an ErgoErgo video here. Looks like fun!

that my youngest child write for her older brother who didn’t go to school for two days because he had a dentist appointment and he was advised to rest and skip school.

Sweet isn’t she? One wouldn’t know they bicker every now and then, LOL.