Craving for Korean Food! batangas city

I am craving for Korean food! Anyone from the city who can introduce Korean grocery store or restaurant? I am an online tutor for Korean students. I have lived in Baguio City for like 9 years, so I didn't have any problem with Korean food. I can just eat Korean delicacies whenever I want to as there are bunch of Korean stores and restaurants everywhere. However, when I migrated here in Batangas City, I abruptly missing Korean cuisine! I plan to go back to Baguio City just to buy Korean food which will take 10 hours trip by bus...

Sounds tiring, right? But, I won't regret going to Baguio City just for Korean food...I am dying for not eating Korean food....Please leave a comment if you can recommend any Korean food in BAtangas City...Thanks so much!!

2011-2012 Buwan ng Wika Emcee

T. Maribel and I, the Master of Ceremony

What's about the facial expression?

Prep-students for their short presentation!

Some college students who are with their Philippine traditional costume~

Choral Reading

(Riddles) Bugtong-bugtong time

Ano yan, nga-nga at kamot sa ulo?

This is not a wedding! This is our National Language Celebration!

They are my students! From left is Allan, Kent, Godwin, Jerol and Mark!

They are also my younger friends outside the classroom!

We sometimes play basketball or eat street foods together....

MAdam Imelda Marcos AKA t. Maribel

Naks, Meldang-imelda ma'am Maribel ah!

The PTCA-president with her husband,,,she's really cool! The other lady is the PTCA secretary

Ma'am Avenz and ma'am GLen...closed co-workers...

miss you po!

From left is Francince, Shallom and Victoria..

Jeralyn, Johanna and Ashley

Perfect Couple!!

One of my Korean students, Betty, has shared some of her photos with her boyfriend during their date somewhere in Korea.

I asked her a permission if I could possibly post them in my blog...Fortunately, she agreed!

Very clear water! Wonderful, isn't it? According to her, they were catching small fish in this body of water. I thought this is a man-made lake, but to my surprise, she said that this is a natural lake!

I wonder if there are still lakes as clear as this that can be seen here in the Philippines...

That's gorgeous Betty with her handsome boyfriend...By the way, Betty is one of the students that I have been teaching for a long period of time...

That's Betty driving her brand new car. She bought it because she needs it to her job. And I guess, she has already earned a lot of money so she can afford to get her own car...

Hmmm, I wonder for the name of her car. I will be meeting her tonight, so perhaps I will ask her...

I'm Sick

Unable to update my blog today coz I was out of town...

A little tired and suffering from Urinary Tract Infection disease.

Painful, but I already took medicine.

Ma'am Rebecca told me about the placebo effect, so I know that I will get better..

I know that the pain will be gone before I go to bed tonight.

I am not in the mood of teaching today, but since I love this job, I should not be absent...

Lord, please give me strength...

For I know that with You, nothing is impossible.

Woops, it's already 9pm here..

Got to go, I have to start the class now....

Noun, Pronoun, Verb, Adverb, Adjective, Preposition, Conjunction

A noun is often defined as a word which names a person, place or thing.

A pronoun is often defined as a word which can be used instead of a noun.

A verb is often defined as a word which shows action or state of being.

An adverb is a word which says how something is done.

An adjective is often defined as a word which describes or gives more information about a noun or pronoun.

A preposition is a word which shows relationships among other words in the sentence.

A conjunction is a word that connects other words or groups of words.

Parts of Speech

part of speech	function or "job"	example words	example sentences
Verb	action or state	(to) be, have, do, like, work, sing, can, must	Mybaguiotutor.blogspot is a website. I like mybaguiotutor.blogspot.
Noun	thing or person	pen, dog, work, music, town, London, teacher, John	I have more than 10 Korean students. They are Ireane, Angie, Rebecca, Angela, Jack, Nathan, Jessica, Joseph, Jay Jay, Mina, Patrick, Sonny, Will, David, Betty, Irene, Mr. Lee and April.
Pronoun	replaces a noun	I, you, he, she, some	Mr. Lee is a director in a big company. He runs an art exhibit in Korea with branches in Japan and China.
Adjective	describes a noun	a/an, the, 2, some, good, big, red, well, interesting	I have 14 Korean students. All of them are having fun in studying English.
Adverb	describes a verb, adjective or adverb	quickly, silently, well, badly, very, really	My Korean students learn English fast. They are really good at speaking now.
Preposition	links a noun to another word	to, at, after, on, but	I want to go to Korea someday so that I can personally meet my students.
Conjunction	joins clauses or sentences or words	and, but, when	My students wanted me to go to their country, but I think it is not yet the proper time for me.
Interjection	short exclamation, sometimes inserted into a sentence	oh!, ouch!, hi!, well	Hi! Please leave you comment to my blog. Thanks!

Life of an Online Teacher

So, what is an online teacher’s life like?

I have been working with Korean students for more than 5 years already!

Take note—FIVE YEARS!

Who do you think would not adapt one’s culture if you talk to them every day within 5 years?

I consider my students as friends, not as students…

Most of the time, we study grammar, vocabulary, listening, and other skills in English.

We also talk about everything under the sun.

Sometimes, we talk about our own experiences and cultures.

I learned a lot of things about Korea since my students have different careers.

Some are flight attendants, tourist guide, and director of a big company, civil engineers, computer programmer, hair dresser, and blogger, employee in a trading company, a loving mom, and some university students down to elementary students.

Of course, with different reason why they wanted to learn English.

Most of them just wanted someone to talk with using English.

Some are preparing for an interview.

A few are bored, so they like to spend their time productively.

So, let me tell you how I became an English tutor and suddenly an online tutor (which I consider the best job I have).

When I was in high school, I never heard about Korea.

I do not even remember any of my high school teacher mentioned about Korea.

Until now, I couldn’t imagine myself working with Koreans.

When I was in high school, MATH is my favourite subject.

I love Math!

I could even remember that I was once a Math teacher’s pet.

How about English?

I guess English sucks!

Believe it or not, but when I was in high school, I didn’t know about that fucking partsof speech like verb, adverb, noun, pronoun, adjective, preposition, conjunctionand interjection.

I don’t know about simple past tense, simple future tense, and simple present tense.

About present perfect tense, future progressive tense, regular verb, irregular verb, first person, second person, singular, plural, common noun, proper noun, and abstract noun?

Where on earth are those terms originated?

Mind you, I didn’t have any idea about those nonsense things!

Since Math is my favourite subject, I really love to be an accountant.

I asked my mom if she could send me to college and take an accounting course, unfortunately, a poor mother of mine told me with a teary-eyed that she could not.

I have an uncle who is a lawyer.

My mom sent me to him hoping that he could help me.

My uncle brought me to a school and gave me the chance to take an entrance exam, however I was late already, so I have no choice but to wait til next semester.

I could not explain, but I cried (weird) because I really wanted to enter in a university.

So, he sent me to my uncle (Pastor Celeste) who lives in Baguio City.

He runs a school there.

He works with some Koreans—the school where he administers is owned by Korean brethren.

           I thought my problem is solved already because I can take a course which I am interested of.

To my surprise, there were only three courses offered in the school—Social Work, Theology, and Education.

So, I’d rather choose one course than nothing.

Anyway, it’s for free or with a discount since the administrator is my uncle.

*Thank you so much Uncle Alex Celeste for sharing your blessings! You are incomparable!*

Alright, so I took up Bachelor of Elementary Education.

I was thinking of taking up secondary education majoring in Math, but I can’t find myself working with senior students.

During my first year in the university, I thought it was a big mistake of studying in college.

I thought, I should have stayed in my hometown and work there to earn money.

College life is just so difficult for me.

My allowance is scarce since my mom could not support me.

I can only buy a shirt (ukay-ukay *very cheap clothes*) when my aunt who works abroad, my sister who works in Manila, and my uncle Alex will give me money.

One more thing that frustrates me in my college life is my English subject!

As I mentioned earlier, I don’t know anything about English!

And then, the entire instructor and my classmates in college are English speakers.

No one is allowed to speak in mother-tongue inside the school campus.

That is why my classmates misunderstood that I am mute because I don’t speak during the class discussion.

My professor talked to my uncle and worried if I can become a teacher.

So, to make the story short, my uncle including the academic dean (who used to work in a big University at Baguio City) and my professors were all amazed after they see me for my demo-teaching.

They never thought that I could become their asset.

Ahahaha

Alright, so when I was in third year college, someone has introduced me to a Korean student.

He is a 4^th year high school student who studies at the University of Baguio.

I refused at first, but they have encouraged me.

They told me that I am capable of the job.

So, I took the challenge.

I could still remember it was rainy season during those times.

I had to travel for an hour just to teach one student for an hour paid for a hundred peso.

I taught him for just a month.

When I arrive home, I still had to make my homework, so it affects my study.

I gave up because it was very difficult.

And then, when I was in my hometown, (I could still remember that I was watching basketball league at the plaza) when my former boss sent me a message asking if I could teach in her academy.

I was still a student before, but it was vacation so I grabbed the opportunity.

She told me to come the next morning, so I had to rush home and tell my mom if she could give me a fare because there’s a job waiting for me in Baguio.

Keep updated for the continuation of my story…