of ten, tenth, and tenth of tenth

today is 10/10/2004. China is celebrating the double-10th revolution. ASAP is celebrating their 10th year in tv. the Gospel for the day is about the 10 lepers.

isn't it cool to see binary numbers all around? :) 10101010101010101010

ten years ago, i was in 3rd year high school. i remember we used to have formal themes with the topic: what i will be ten years from now. i think HR people like this topic a lot too because it usually comes up everytime one gets interviewed. i can't remember well what i wrote in my formal themes back then. it could have been cliches like "ten years from now, i'll be managing my own business." or "ten years from now, i see myself successful in my chosen career". actually, i really hated being asked "what i will be n years from now". it may seem as if i am a person with no vision but i think the reason why i didn't like being asked what i would be in the future is that maybe, i didn't like to feel disappointed everytime i look back and reflect. it's just now that i feel that 10 years ago, i should not have feared the tenth year which was about to come

ten years ago, as a student, i walked in the corridors of the school of the holy spirit, qc. now, i'm back :) but this time, as a struggling but happy teacher. i never knew the moment we were writing formal themes that i'll be here again ten years from then. all i knew that many times before, my teachers inspired me a lot. well, now, i'm not managing my own business and i left a possible IT career but i'm not regretful

the twist of my fate happened when the tenth month last year came when i was given the blessing to be a substitute teacher. when i celebrated my bday on the tenth day of the tenth month last year, i was so happy and at the same time, so troubled. so happy because of the this-is-it! feeling. so troubled because of these thoughts: (1) i'll be away from my absi friends (2) my mother was not with me 100% of the way (3) am i ready to leave all that i've learned in IT? (4) will i really be a good teacher? hmmm... there seems to be more troubling thoughts than happy thoughts, why did i ever made that great leap?!?!! si God kasi! :) sabi Nya eh... well, i think everyone/ everything is silenced by that.

i'm just praying. i hope you pray for me too that ten years from now, i'll still be imparting knowledge to young minds and reaching out to young hearts.

to rizza, kaycee and all the ten-ten people, happy bday to us! :)