Evaluation and Planning

From simple matters to very important matters which are not being agreed upon by the members of the team hinder the deadline of the evaluation and planning for this year.
Nonetheless, everyone is very insistent to finish so they can all move on for the next chapter of their activities.

The evaluation was presented to the management from which we were instructed to review well and organize the presentation. We were bombared with a lot of questions which we unfortunately didn't answer well. This might be the effect of all the pressures and meetings amongst the people working in the center.

The outcome of the center's evaluation reflected on the individual performance evaluation of the facilitators. Therefore, the said individual performance must be altered.

Integrated Educational Support Program (IESP)

Integrated Educational Service Program (IESP) Conducts Assessment Test in Patricia’s Halfway Home in Balayan, Batangas

The Halfway Home beneficiaries, staff and the MLC Teachers
with the Program Head

An assessment was conducted to the beneficiaries of Halfway Home on February 19, 2008 in cooperation with the MLC teachers namely Wen Javier, Cathrine Lalap, Janice and the IESP Manager, Ms. Flor Mallillin.

The assessment composed of oral and written test was given to identify the academic level of the children and to adjust the kind of approach that the facilitators do when teaching. The oral test that contains English and Filipino subjects was given as an initial examination. Only 13 children who can read were given the written test which was divided into Reading, Language, Mathematics and Filipino.

The young adults and the teachers during the conduct of tests

They were also assisted by Precy Mendoza, the Program Head of the Temporary Homes, Telesforo Caminsi (Halfway Home Project Coordinator), Arnold Gumangan (Social Worker) and the house parents - Tatay Edwin and Nanay Jane.

An Intelligence Test (IQ) was also conducted to nine (9) young adults by Ms. Vilma Ducut, the VFI Human Resource Manager.

Imposed Questions

trying to wear this shoe?

to leave or not to leave
that is the imposed question

forseen plans
uttered opinions
agreed decisions
left unresolved

united oppositions
against two division
unfathomable tasks
for common horizons
appeared so blur

whoever said this imposed question
flaunted what and who he is
circumstances made him deaf
majority suffered
for they became mute

spoken questions
should have remained unspoken
questionable orders
must have been followed
answered queries
should have been unanswered
humans then should have been
controlled machines

with just a click

everything will be followed!!!

pagkatapos ng lahat lahat

nasabi ngang opinion, di naman makatotohanan...

everyone is entitled to his or her own opinion

like this democratic country

pero bakit lahat ay parang nagiging autocratic na?

"do you have a problem with the team? how do you feel about the environment?" were the questions asked when i was called to have a face to face talk with the "master".

insanity suddenly knocked my head so i replied "oh, it's so hot in here. why don't we put on the aircon so the 'environment' will be better?". we both laughed but i don't know if he was able to get what i mean.

i was reluctant to act upon his "order" because i didn't want to talk and to have meeting in just a snap of a finger because i was rushing the papers i would be needing for the coming hours . since a master is still a master and i have to submit to his authority, i left what i was doing and headed to our little acqurium where he sat and waited for me...5 minutes talked went to more than an hour of blah blah blah and only to be stunned by his own response as to what he felt within the so called team.

No motivation.Laziness.Bad tempered complaints. Objections.

These are just among the feed backs he said. Nah! complaints and reasons have been said but it is still the same. improvements and the like..ahrgghhh!!! it’s been a long time and we are all doing our best..(but i guess our best wasn’t good enough, cause here we are back where we were before)…its changing and I am wondering if it’s moving forward or stepping backward. it has been debated a long time ago. it's like a pirated cd.

let us all mirror ourselves first and ask why all these things are happening. i don’t know if i have to blame someone for this but I know it is unlikely to do that as part of the team. if we approach one of them and tell those observations and insights, incidents will likely occur. it is unbecoming to drag down someone instead of working out all together for the benefit and improvement of everything. i don’t like working this way. i loved attending meetings before but now I came to hate it. para kasi kaming sirang plaka eh..i just want to be with the children because I see and feel genuineness with them.

As the song goes..Just once, can't we figure out what we keep doing wrong? can't we find a way to finally make it right?

Let’s make a deal…bago natin punahin ang dumi sa mukha ng iba eh siguraduhin nating malinis din ang atin..(tama ba?)..deal or (no) deal?.. :)

those words are too heavy to carry. i just had a chat with some fellows and i was probed as to why all these things are happening. i just shrugged my shoulder.

MLC..to the ZOO

shy ako... isama nio ako!!!

truce?

roarrrrrrrr!!!!!!!!

what is it doing?????

shy talaga ako...

the femme fatale in the pedicab. they don't like to walk kasi malayo at nakakapagod.

tuwang-tuwa si "kagandahan" o... they rode from v. cruz to the zoo...

yagueians!!!

the lost animals....


mga siga sa Yague!!! sinong kalaban natin cathy?
beautiful eyes benoit! :)

Where to? Antipolo? Cloud 9? How will we go there? How long will it take? You’re so funny guys. These people planned to have their socialization in Antipolo somewhere in what they call “Cloud 9” and to see the view of Metro Manila. However, the plan was changed because nobody knew how to go there. We were running out of time and didn’t know a place to go so one suggested the zoo. (Hay naku… sa zoo din pala ang bagsak!) Hmmnn.. anyway, it was fun. We just visited our ancestors out there. :)

Marikina River Bank Outing

The MLC outing was held at Marikina River Bank last November 9, 2007. 30 children who successfully attended their activities in the centre must have joined this said outing but some of them were not able to come. Some of them were reprimanded by their houseparents or staff in the homes because of misbehaviours. Anyhow, the 19 children who were able to come enjoyed walking and running around the cemented pathways. Most of them appreciated the janitor fish leaping from the water, (the water was dirty since it rained the other day), and would even like to catch them. The guard often called their attention because it was forbidden. Some played ball games where the carabao sculptures (made out of stone) were located. The children were on top of those carabaos while passing the ball to one another. Some were playing football on the ground using the ball of the basketball and tossing and catching the smaller balls on the half cemented and half grassy part of the football field. The ball was thrown into the river so the facilitators needed to run through the river banks just to follow where the ball was going while shouting for some help from the man on the boat.

I thought the coordinator would dive into the water as he was about to do it. My gosh...The water was dirty and it was muddy. Just imagine a person who would dive into it then found himself planted on the mud. It was almost like a rice field.

At around 2:00, the children were tired and decided to go home and take a rest. It was 3:00 when we reached Yague Street.

MORE OUTINGS!!!!!