i have a class which is relatively big — thirty-plus boys and just one girl. today was our first meeting. i presented the syllabus, the grading system, class rules, all those first-day rituals but i skipped the self-introduction part. i just thought they dont need it anymore. or i don’t want to say anything about myself, for a change. hmm…they already know my name, it’s printed in their certificate of registration. and if i tell them how old i am, would they believe me? if i tell them where i graduated, my status, my personal whatevers, would it matter? nah. giving away some info about myself is unnecessary. that’s what i thought today.

hmm…okay. let me cut the story short. the lesson went well. i didn’t expect those boys to participate in class, i didn’t know they’d be eager to recite and solve chem problems. i never thought those kids, who would be potential members of the automotive industry, would really give a damn on gas laws. i didnt know they’d actually like to hear a lecture from a teacher who is half their size. haha.

anyway, i had a nice session. i just found them funny because the moment i told them the class is over, they said good-bye, hurried to the door and i heard them singing PNE’s dont touch my birdie song out loud. haha. i don’t know, it made me laugh. i was like “what the hey, what’s with the song?” haha…

i wonder if there’s a story behind the singing, and the particular song, but i’m pretty sure it has nothing to do with me. i just have a gut feeling that there’s a story behind it, an interesting one, but the kind which you’d never dare to share with your chem teacher. hahaha. oh, well…..what can i do, what can i say?

i’d say…..today turned out to be the day which i never thought it would be. i’m just glad it turned out that way. i just hope this semester is going to be a refresher. i want to be a cool and efficient teacher again before i finally leave and shift gear again and face the future with the most important person in my life… (yeah, yeah, this can be a teaser, but i’m sorry i cant talk about it now. not just yet. it’s another story that i’m keeping as a secret for now).

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don’t touch my birdie, resist temptation please, you don’t have to grab my birdie, just call it and it will come….uh, were you singing as you read it? haha, i know, the song is so popular that your brain would automatically sing it. wala lang. i just want this post to end in an off manner. so yeah, prepare to take OFF. weeee…i really know how to suck at blogging. good job, self. hahaha!