I miss the "Gokusen" series.

It is a Japanese series that features the life of an idealistic high school teacher who has a Yakuza family background. Every series features the daily struggles of a teacher and problems faced by students. The episodes are actually repetitive and the problems of the kids are similar to one another. Even the flow of the story is predictable. A student gets beaten up, threatened to be expelled, and Yankumi comes to the rescue. But I don't get tired of it.

There were three seasons and one movie. I heard that there would be no possibility of a fourth one because the comic book ended already. Too bad because the fans are willing to support the new one if there would be one.

I am a teacher too maybe that's why I like it. But I gotta admit I am not that crazy for my students as she is. And of course, I cannot fight like that though I wish I could. I wish I have watched this when I taught high school a few years back. I might have learned a thing or two from her. I was given an advisory class of not so bright kids and borderline delinquents. I tried to be a good one but my patience is not as long when dealing with adolescents.

Anyway, I think I'll just replay the old ones. Ciao for now.

Things are... boring as usual.

When I am bored like this, I tend to escape into one of my alternate universes. This time, it's a cafe in Japan with some friends. Just goofing around and having fun then we'll go around and play under cherry blossom trees. We'll spot Jun Matsumoto and Kazuya Kamenashi. After that we'll go singing at some karaoke bar and drop dead drunk. We'll hook up with some really handsome and young Japanese guys and run around the city like crazy little kids.

Haaayyyy!!!

I really need to get out of the house.

We'll be going to Tagaytay tomorrow and I hope I could enjoy it.

"Boys Over Flowers" has a special place in my heart. I first watched the Taiwanese version "Meteor Garden" and the Korean version next. Now I am watching the Japanese version. I am looking forward to reading the original manga.

I like the lead girl - San Cai, Geum Jandi, Makino Tsukushi. I like it that she's a commoner who has a strong personality. She is not a knockout beauty, nor very smart. She is just like any other girl. I know a few ladies who are just like her. No wonder that this series is a big hit. Almost every other girl can relate to the lead character's role.

If the girl is very normal, the lead guys can only exist in your imagination. Well, I don't know really if anyone is that ridiculously rich. Dao Ming Xi, Go Junpyo, or Domyouji Tsukasa is a typical bad boy who needs someone to tame him and many girls just love that. Come on! Who wouldn't want a handsome, rich kid who would do anything to protect you? He's not very bright but he loves so passionately and above all, he can only have eyes for one person and that is you and you alone.

Among the three girls I think Mao Inoue is the best one to portray the lead. Kim Hye Sun is just too dramatic while Barbie Hsu is way too spunky. Among the three guys, I cannot really choose. Lee Min Ho is definitely the most handsome, Jerry Yan fits the personality well (very masculine), while Matsumoto Jun projects that air of mystery and his eyes just penetrates you.

So which adaptation is the best for me? I'd say it's the Japanese. The Korean version is just too dramatic for me while the Taiwanese is way too goofy.

But of course I have to read the manga first.

I hope they'll make a Hollywood version with fresh new faces. If they make a Filipino version, I'd go for Kathryn Bernardo and Daniel Padilla. bwahahahahaha or maybe Sharlene San Pedro and Nash Aguas will do too. hehehe

The Story I Wished Was Mine

Blame it all on those series, films and novels but I am finding myself getting more and more attracted to younger guys these days. It seems that they love more passionately and more truly than guys who were hardened by time.

Well, actually, I have no real basis for it.

To be brutally honest, I am attracted to younger guys simply because most of them are good looking. =)

So anyway, I want to tell a story of a girl who is around my age and have given up hope of ever finding that one great love. She lives a normal, ordinary, boring life. She had a big crush on a celebrity who happen to live near her place. As in all those romantic movies, their paths crossed one day and she found herself more in love with him. However, due to age, status, and even physical differences - she never believed that the day will ever come that he will reciprocate her feelings. The unbelievable happened when he got to know her better. Things are not easy though. Stupid things happen along the way. But they were able to overcome them and they ended together after all.

I want this to be my story to tell.

I want to believe that the works of my imagination will have a chance to come true.

I want to hold on to my belief that inspite of conflicts, love is a fairly easy thing.

That as long as you love someone truly and deeply, the whole universe will work together to make your dreams come true.

This I sincerely believe.

Another vacation is starting for me. I'll have a week at most because summer tutorials and classes will start soon too. I have nothing special planned. I'm not even excited. There's no prospect of meeting my destined man and I am just not in the mood to have fun!

My body's not bikini ready yet. My money's not enough as well. I guess I'll just spend the rest of my summer doing what I am always doing - watching Asian dramas and movies and daydreaming about finding that soul mate.

Pathetic? Yeah right! I don't really care.

I live in the world of rainbows and butterflies and princes and princesses. When I interact with other humans, I appear to be normal. That's what matters anyway. My fantasies do not ruin my existence, they make it bearable. This boring life I have to endure is just a phase. Better things are coming and are already happening in my alternate universe. I can survive like this, I'm just wondering for how long.

It gets lonely and pathetic at times. I want to stop really but reality is just so boring. Hay! I hope I'd really fall in love again.

Moving up Day is over!

It's been one heck of a busy week. I looked at my kids and I just want to cry. It has not been an easy year for all of us. But last Tuesday as they were singing their graduation song, all I can remember are the happy moments with them. The crazy games, the funny jokes, the hugs and the smiles. Graduation goggles worked once again. Though this happens to me every year, I am still not used to it.

I watched "Gokusen" and I remember Yankumi saying that graduation is both a happy and sad occasion. Happy because finally the students have finished their education but sad because it is time to say goodbye. However, as cliche as it seems, graduation is just the beginning. It marks the beginning of a new stage in one's life. I graduated thrice, four times if we will include my preschool graduation. It is indeed happy and sad each time.

Next year, I would have to deal with a new set of students. I cannot promise to make better memories with them but I will try my best. I have a very important role as a teacher to these young minds at the most crucial stage of their lives. I have to give my all each and every time I begin each new school year and enter that classroom.

Teachers have been romanticized in the media. To be fair, those movies and TV shows showed both the good times and the dilemmas of this profession. But what they fail to show is the everyday routine that makes it boring. Students are not always interesting and colorful. They can be a bore too. However, no matter how ordinary a student is, it is the duty of a teacher to make them stand out.

It's a very difficult job. And honestly, I cannot fully say that I love it. Maybe like those protagonists in the dramas I watched, I haven't realized it yet. I like my job sometimes but sometimes hate it as well. I hope soon, I can announce my love for teaching to the world and be like those famous teachers who changed the world.

It's the moving up day tomorrow and I will be hosting and yet here I am still online. My eyes are drooping. I know I need to sleep. But I still can't. My arnis stick is not here and I don't feel so secure without it. I guess I'll just sleep with a knife under my pillow.

Damn burglars! How can I ever think of sleeping if every time I try to close my eyes, the memory of that open door and my missing laptop and cellphone is in my head. We have reported it to the police, we can even go to some faith healer to find the culprit. But it doesn't seem to appease my mind. I don't want to move out and I really want to get a piece of them. I guess right now, prayer is my only weapon. God will give me the justice I need.

And God will watch over this house as we sleep. There must be a reason why things happened the way they did. God will reveal that reason I know. In His time.