I Found It! A Poem I Made for My Daughter for More Than a Decade Ago

I published this poem from the forum that I joined in 2004. That forum is no longer active and I don't know how can I retrieve it. And then I remember that I took a screenshot of the poem and posted it in Facebook on June 19, 2011. I can't remember where I was when I wrote this. I searched for it and it took me for less than a minute to find it. I'm very happy that I found it. I immediately posted this poem here in this blog. The poem goes like this:

S - un will rise, sun will set
T - urn back and see what you may get
E - ven though life is sometimes unfair
P - eople anyway, we should really bear
H - and them your ears, listen to their cries
A - nd you will soon discover that they live in lies
N - now tell me who your friends are
I - 'll tell you who you really are
E - dn this deceitfulness, and start a new HOPE

M - ake everyday an opportunity to widen your horizon
A - and take a good glimpse of the beaut of Luzon
R - est assured you'll reach many places
S - tart meeting people and new faces
I - wish you'll be tough and firm with your faith
E - xtend your heart for others, for it is your only wealth

Finally, I'm Back to Writing Poems Again

I started teaching Chinese students residing in China via Skype and QQ thru ABC360 in March 2016. I am teaching English classes online to help Chinese students with their grammar, pronunciation, intonation, and vocabulary. I love teaching them and I have gained loyal students.

There was a time that I shared to one of my students about this blog. Unfortunately, he can't view this link because it's prohibited in China for reasons that I don't know. His name is Murphy (not his real name). His real name is in Chinese characters which I can't read nor pronounce. He challenged me to make an acronym poem for him. I was able to finish it in 15 minutes but I delivered it to him after 3 days. The poem goes like this:

M - ust I forget the day I met you?
U - nique way that is, class via Skype and that is true.
R- ead, Speak and Think - are the things I taught you
P - honics and Pronunciation that challenges you each day
H - ard as you may say, but you will learn them anyway.
Y - ou are indeed a victor, who will rise on top one day.

by: Mikisu June 17, 2016 9:43pm





He was delighted as he read the poem. He was inspired too to make one for his wife. His wife's English name is Carol. He promised to share with me the poem he will be dedicating for his wife Carol. That was really sweet.

Another loyal student of mine is Vera. She is an amazing student as she improved a lot from when she first attended my class in May. I also shared this blog to her when her topic lesson was about "literature". She had a hard time pronouncing the word "poem" and didn't understand it as well. To explain what is poem, I showed the "Jack and Jill" poem and told her that I also made a poem for Murphy. She also wanted to have one as well. So, here's the poem I just made for her:

V - era is the name that I met through ABC360
E - every single class, she's learning English in immensity
R - reading, pronunciation, grammar - intonation and vocabulary, too
A - re the things she learned so hard - more practice she needs to do.

by: Mikisu July 6, 2016 12:46am



It's nice to be writing back again after a decade or so. I hope I could maintain the momentum. OSU!

Life.Begins at 40

There are many wonderful things the Lord has made...
Still in progresa....
Will post details.soon....

A Lenten Prayer for Our Beloved Guru-Sensei Mike (April 5, 2012):

We pray Thee oh God to bless his BIG HEART to reach as many people to share how you have burdened him to share his advocate HEALTH IS WEALTH through the skills and talent you have bestowed upon him. The talent to share his ART. We pray Thee Almighty Father to HEAL him INSIDE OUT. Heal him from the scars of his past, the deep wounds of his childhood and the misfortunes he has carried on his shoulders. Heal him PHYSICALLY and make him a brand new creature with a brand new STRENGTH to carry through your BIG PLANS for him. And dear LORD GOD, bless whatever he thinks, prosper whatever his hands will do, protect and guard him with your precious BLOOD wherever he goes. All these we pray in JESUS' MIGHTY name we pray, AMEN!

My One and Only

My one and only Incomparable and irresistible – that’s what you are to me
Charming and conversationalist – I can’t resist
How I wish to stay with you forever
And I wish to take care of you when you needed most
Even though our situation is complicated
Love will always mend our differences
Honesty matters most to me I can proudly say that you complete me
Climate may change but never my love for you
Even when I’m alone, I would think of you
Thoughts about your dreams, our mission
And our CLUB makes me feel happy
Days can’t pass by without knowing if you’re okay
Energetic as you are
Leaving no traces that you are bothered inside
Always and forever I will love you
Come what may your love for me is sweet
Romantic moments are cherished
Unforgettable moments are kept in our hearts
Zeal our ardent love to last a lifetime

Our Wedding Rings

October 19, 2001 - Marlon and I tied the knots together and promised to stay TWO-gether in sickness and in health, for rich or for poor, till death do us part...

Last October 19, 2010 was the 1st wedding anniversary to commemorate without Dadi Marlon. It's been quite a while that I no longer wear our wedding ring. Until last Oct. 19, 2010 I thought of wearing it again as I wanted to celebrate that myself in my own little way. I was wearing my wedding ring on my right hand and Marlon's wedding ring on my left hand. I have a shift that night. As usual I came to work earlier. I still have 2 hours to wait for my shift so I went to the sleeping quarters to take a nap. I took off the "rings" from my hands because I have to dub myself some lotion onto my arms and legs to soothe myself and give me warmth as it was too cold in the sleeping quarters.

When I woke up I rushed to the Production Floor and race with the other agents for a station. Thank God I found one. While I was on a call, I noticed something on my hands. Oh, our wedding RINGS! Suddenly, I felt bad about ME being so forgetful to wear it back after putting on some lotion onto my arms and legs. Partly, my focus on a call was divided with a thought that I should go back at the sleeping quarters on my first break.

Waiting for my first break was all in my mind and it seems 10 years of waiting. Finally, 1st break has come and off I went to the sleeping quarters as fast as I can and I only have 15 minutes to do the searching. I've already used up my 5 minutes from logging off to walk-and-run up to the Sleeping Quarters. Checking on Bed#3 there was someone sleeping so I reported to the Security Guard in-charged that I left our wedding "rings" on Bed #3. Another 5 minutes has lapsed so I only have last 5 minutes to go back at the Production Area to make calls again and wait for my EOS (end of shift).

I was just on time. I was happy because Joyce was sitting right next to me. I told her about our "wedding rings" and she suggested that I should really go back for it. We had a nice chit chat.

Last month I made some preparations for this occasion. I made a movie file to commemorate our togetherness. A team mate of mine named Osh helped me in scanning some of the pics. I even showed the rough draft of that movie file to Mavic and Joyce through my cellphone as I love the song "Keep Holding On" by Avril Lavigne. But while I was trying to retrieve the movie file, i can't find it. That's weird because I just watched it over and over a week ago with Marsie. I couldn't sleep nor eat. I hated myself and all that. Where could it be? How come?

Thoughts running on my head while on a call. I lost our RINGS and I lost the MOVIE FILE. What does it mean? Do I really have to let go of my emotions? Am I truly have recovered? Have I really MOVED ON? I know these questions will soon be answered in God's time.

Right after shift Joyce and I hang out for a while. Joyce was craving for twister fries so we went to McDo. Unfortunately, it will be served at 10:30am. It was only 7am and we can't wait that long. So we ended up at Bread Talk. We had a hearty talk again and enjoyed the rest of our time together.

We parted ways at 9am.

The thought of going home without our RINGS kept on lingering over my head. So I went back to Stellar to check it once again. I went to the Security Guard post and asked if somebody has reported to have found 2 wedding RINGS. The guard-on-duty said nobody does. And I checked on the log book, there were 2 people have slept at bed #3 after me. So, I worried so much maybe one of them has gotten it already. I asked permission from the guard-on-duty to check bed # 3 as there was nobody sleeping on it. The guard helped me and he even opened the lights on for me to have a better look on the bed.

My heart leaps as I found my ring with LON carved on it. It was lying next to the pillow. But where is the other one? I searched. I flipped the pillow, none. I checked on the bed cover - none. Last thought came up on my head was to flip the foam. It was heavy so it was the last resort. Thinking of leaving the quarters but I really have to make sure that I have examined all the corners and angles of bed # 3 before declaring that the other ring has gone for good.

I gave it another try to flip the heavy URATEX foam myself. The guard on duty has left me alone and I can't ask for his hand to help me. Flipping it was no joke. The Sleeping Quarters is an air-conditioned room but I felt some sweat running onto my forehead. At last I was able to flip it and have it lean onto the wall. I noticed a shimmering light coming from the darkest corner of the bed. I took a closer look at it and it was the other ring with a carved name SUZI. I was very happy and I uttered, "now my day is complete.... if I can't find the movie file I will make another one much better this time".

The guard-on-duty saw me at once as I went out of the sleeping quarters. He could see at the look on my face that I have found the rings. He asked me why did I left the rings? I gave him a brief answer and he smiled.

I rushed off and texted Joyce at once that I found the rings.

Going home makes me thank God while I was on a bus. This is my favorite part every time I'm going home. A bus ride home - praying and talking to God about me, my family, my friends, the country, my work, etc. A time to be with HIM is the best time for me to CRY and pour my heart out.

My questions were answered. The answer is YES I AM. By God's grace, He's able to make me strong no matter how big or small my challenges are.

When the Right One Comes Along...

I commented on my friend's status in facebook...

FRIEND (Status): Oh it's sad to belong to someone else when the right one comes along.. sobrang sad to belong to someone else when the right one comes along...

SuZi Patajo Tañada: tama. eh pano mo malalaman who is the right one?

FRIEND: kapag sumubok ka ng left. bago mo malaman kung right nga si right, dapat may point of comparison. subukan mo kumabit or magkaroon ng number 2. hehe

SuZi Patajo Tañada: mhirap yan. eh pano kung ung number 2 eh ndi pa pla. may dumating na number 3... eh you belong to number 2 already. how would you handle that?

FRIEND: kabit lang ng kabit. the more the merrier. basta siguruhin mo lang na malinaw sa kanila. this is just for fun, no strings attached. tignan nyo na lang or just go with the flow. it'll all end in bed anyway. hehe

SuZi Patajo Tañada: hay naku. ndi ka makakahanap ng RIGHT person. Kse walang RIGHT person. you'll only know the RIGHT person for you if you have learned to truly LOVE and COMMIT yourself to a totally DEFECTIVE PERSON because no one is perfect.

pag ganyan philosophy mo na kabit lang ng kabit ndi ka talga makakahanap kse laging basehan mo ang "point of comparison". Kaka-compare mo, hanap ka ng hanap ng mas hihigit pa sa nakita mo.

Sa tingin ko, pag dumating ang RIGHT TIME for you to CHOOSE among your "kabits".... That's the only TIME you will have to LEARN and KNOW who among them should you KEEP.

Emie Nuevo: sorry cant help it.. very interesting point of view @suzie ^_^

SuZi Patajo Tañada: ‎@emie... thankz

Then I edited my point of view and posted it as my status:

you'll only know the RIGHT PERSON for you if you have learned to truly LOVE and COMMIT yourself to a totally DEFECTIVE PERSON because no one is perfect.

when the RIGHT TIME comes for you to CHOOSE among THEM, that's the only TIME you "have to" LEARN and KNOW who among THEM should you KEEP.