a week in the life of a marm

MON - Nothing special happened. What can you expect? It's a Monday!

TUE - Together with eighty something registrars of TESDA partner schools around the province, we convened at the Planta Hotel and spent the whole day discussing. In over eighteen months, and three changes of TESDA PD, this is the first time that TESDA intervened in the aim of unifying our understanding and execution of the tasks expected of us. It was well received by all. Personally, I admire the initiative of the current PD for being so involved. The more she talked, my respect for her being in the position increased as well. She knew what she was talking about.

WED - Curiosity kills a cat! I took the TESDA Assessment; only the procedural part. Java was my programming language of choice. I started reviewing last August but slowed down in the intervening weeks while there was very little chance of getting my authenticated birth certificate on time. A few days before the big day, I received the package and the news that I can take the exam sans fee. And so begun my cramming, sleeping between 2-3 am and studying as well in between classes, trying to memorize the packages. Reality hit me in the gut. My brain was not up to absorbing all those jargon in just a week. In the exam I forgot where to put that teenie weenie parenthesis in my statement.
Up of the day? Well, since the exam was in the city, I get to eat a hash brown burger for breakfast.

THU - Finding it a waste of time and energy undergoing further testing which will not do me any good, I opted to attend school in the morning. In the afternoon, went with sis to the doctor and to the shops we trooped afterwards. I got an ube and mango colored not-too-shabby polo shirts during the trip.

FRI - Waited in vain for the Azkals game to start. It didn't come at all. I got the game result from dad. It was a draw during the first half at 2-2 against last year's champs (Hongkong) and 3-3 at the final whistle.

SAT - Finally watched the game rerun on tv which I could have missed altogether had I been a minute later home for lunch. Chieffy only lacked a goal using his head to claim a perfect hat trick. Nice job, really!

SUN - Skipped all responsibilities (besides bathing the dog and disinfecting the dog house). prayed it would rain and spent most of the time trying out blogger's new templates while waiting for the Philippine Football Team's match against Chinese Taipei. The game ended in a draw (nil-nil which drawn a lot of tsks and shrieks from me) at well past 9pm.