Sunday, November 30, 2008

Again...

Here I am again...

Alone.

Well, if your at the office on Sunday definitely you'll be alone right?

It's not really creepy or scary come to think of it...but its kinda pleasant...one thing for sure, no student is gonna pop up and want to hang out...hahahaha...not that I have any complaint, but at least I can get some work done.

Marking my student's works.

God...this is the most hateful time of each semester. You're here wondering wether you did right or not, did you manage to teach these people anything...or nothing. And here I am marking 100 students works. This semester I'm teaching Digital Imaging and 2D Animation. A subject that I am so passionate about. So I pour my heart out teaching as best as I can. Giving them as much as I can give...

...until the end of semester...

I remember telling a colleague of mine,"Don't hope too much, those kids will end up destroying it and you'll be left heartbroken..."...

So much for that piece of advice...I preached, but I didn't do. I hoped. I was bombarded with their enthusiasm and I was seeing great things being produced. Alas...there weren't any. When I received their works, slowly I felt my heart ache. The more I looked into it I fell into depression. I started to doubt myself. Trust me, the feeling I had at that time was nothing but shame. Shame at myself for putting so much hope. If it were up to me, almost 90% would fail! Gave them 3 weeks to do it, and they gave me works like they did in 3mins...

But...among those rocks (black fungi infested ones) there were gems. True gems that really gave me my ray of hope back. Those students, despite being a handful were the ones that manage to pull me back. To assure me that I really did right. I did teach them enough. And I could never be any prouder of them.

So among the darkness of broken hope, sometimes you just have to give it a little while to see the small little rays of light. It may not be much, but it sure is enough to keep me going.

Saturday, November 29, 2008

The Groove Move~

Well hello there...

Yeah you...the one reading this...no no...not the guy with the buck teeth...you! Oh okay...you the one who is actually in front of this monitor screen reading this particular sentence at this particular moment..YES! finally...sigh...

Okay...so this is my first post for the Goofing Groove...I was hoping to build up this particular blog like forever (well it used to be in Friendster...but they killed it...) anyhoo, since I got some time, did the registering...some tinkering and wallah...here you have the Goofing Groove blogsite...

So what's the Goofing Groove actually do? Nothing much, its suppose to be an outlet for my creative literature juices that overflows at certain times...also a place to just ramble about some particular interest...or where I rant and rave about my so called goofings, be it at work or at home or somewhere in the lost city of Atlantis.

But overall its a place where I share tidbits of my life and interests...

So welcome to the Goofing Groove fellow goofers of the net...and let's ride the waves...

Cheers!
Ezee