Aloha To My Ohana EC Bloggers: Week 6 Assign 2 EDUC-6165

ALOHA TO MY OHANA

To my Fellow Early Childhood Bloggers,

Welcome to my blog site. Let me say: Aloha to my Ohana, which means "Welcome to my Family".

I am an Asian American who migrated in the US in 1997. I came from the Philippines and Filipino/ Tagalog is my first language. I migrated here in the US to start a family. I am now living here in Hawaii with my husband and three children. I am currently working as an Assistant Director at Ford Island Child Development Center in Pearl Harbor.

This is going to be an interesting journey for all of us and I am looking forward to blog with all of you.

Saturday, August 4, 2012

Week 6 Assign 2 EDUC-6165

I have been very active in the Girl Scout Movement ever since I was in high school. I met a lot of people in our school as well as from another school. Serving people in need is the one thing that bond us together. Camping is what made us closer. From school to school, we met other people from different councils, our friendship grew. When we reach our college years, the people from another region whom we met before came to Manila to attend school and became part of our group too. Our relationship became much closer and more personal. We attended different universities and colleges with different courses too but we remain in touch with each other. We thought after graduation, everyone will have their own lives and separate our ways but we remained close to each other.

It became difficult for us to say goodbye to each other when we started our careers. Some nee to migrate to other countries for better opportunities and some had to start a family. In my case- both. I have to leave everything I have- even the family I grew up, my close friends and relatives and my career in order to start a new life with my husband here in America. It was really difficult and the hardest times in my life because I have to leave the people I love and care about but through their support also that I find the strength to carry on.

Though my heart is breaking, I have to show my strength and pretend that I am alright in order for them not to worry about me. They planned for a reunion even though the intention was really a despedida (farewell) party for me. Everyone wishes good things for me and my husband and I remember the one thing that my mother and father told me is not to worry about them anymore because I already have done and more than what a daughter should have done to their parents and they were grateful for everything. When my parents personally thanked me and shown me their affection, my parting with them became a lot easier. With my friends, we find comfort on each other's company knowing that we are parting ways in a good way because each one of us has a good future ahead of us. We know where ever we go, we will carry with us the memories of our friendship.

Adjourning from this group of people who were seeking to achieve the master's degree in early childhood education would be sad but at the same time I will feel a sense of joy knowing these people who became a part of my journey towards achieving this educational goal. I believe all of us will be relieved to know that our hard work has been rewarded and with all the lessons learned from this course hopefully will bring us to share with our other colleagues and advocate for the families and children in our care and hopefully worldwide.

Adjourning an essential stage of teamwork because this is when we realized if we have been a part of the team, what contributions we made and reflect on how other people touch our lives and taught us how their contribution is vital to my success as well as theirs.

(Adapted from O’Hair and Wiemann, 2009, pp. 254–255)

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The Early Childhood ManoirAugust 4, 2012 at 9:22 AM
Anabel,
Your experience with adjourning resonated with me as I have had the experience to move from country to country through the years. I get so emotional. I am glad you are able to maintain those long-distance relationships. For me, the first two years are always easier and after people move, get married and life just happens, and we lose contact. I have found Facebook and Skype amazing in helping me stay connected to the people I love. I agree with you too that adjourning this course will be difficult because of the growth we are all experiencing, but I hope we will be able to maintain professional relationships and who knows. Great post.
Nar
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Mary LoremanAugust 4, 2012 at 11:12 AM
Anabel,
You are a very strong person. You were able to leave everyone and everything behind to begin a new life. The adjourning must have been very emotional. I became emotional reading your blog!

I was also in Girl Scouting, and made many close friends. My grandson is not in cub scouts and is having similar experiences. The scouting programs give children an outlet for collaboration, they teach the basics of team work, giving the children a step toward their future.

Mary L.
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Melanie CarridineAugust 4, 2012 at 12:07 PM
You know Anabel, It is great that you found friends and that you guys were able to become so close. I am also glad that you were able to find the strength that you needed to leave your family and friends to start a new life.
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UnknownAugust 4, 2012 at 3:04 PM
Anabel,

Thank you for sharing your story. It has really touched my heart and I am so proud of you for having the courage to accomplish what you wanted. I love that you were strong for them and did not show your emotions because you wanted them to feel ok.
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My Nanay (means ‘Mother’ in Tagalog) Clarita is the heart and soul of our home. She is a positive thinker and a good motivator. She always look at the good things in life and understands also the challenges that comes with it. The only face you see is her smile which brighten the day of so many people. She lives everyday making sure that she has done everything she could and treated each day as if it was her last day. You will never see her complain about things and finds solutions rather than blame people.

My mother raised seven children and she treated each one of us uniquely because she believes that each one of us have our own strength and weaknesses. She treated us differently in a good way because she believes that we are unique in our own special way. She also respects us and allow us to grow independently knowing our unique qualities. She also make sure that we discover our own identity and passion and supports us in any endeavor that we want to pursue.

I remember when I was little that my father an mother were so proud of my siblings because they excelled academically in school. I remember my brothers and sister compete in spelling bee or represent our school in science, math or debate contests. Every recognition day, my parents stayed on the stage to accept awards or medals for my siblings achievements. My mom never said anything to me but I know she tried her best to motivate, inspire and give incentives or recognition to inspire me to do well in school. She continued to support me in any activities that I am interested and always believe in me. She reminded me all the time not to feel or think that I am different but believed in me all time. I may be different from my siblings but I am no less than them. She said that each one of us has our own unique way of doing things and should not be compared with each other. She never compared us with each other. She accepted us as unique individuals with unique qualities and abilities.

Now that I am a parent of three wonderful children I would like to do the same with my children. Respect their differences, support them with their choices and guide them to become a better person.

Tatay Benito

My father is the foundation of our home. He is a good provider and has dedicated his life working to send us all to a good school. “Good provider to us” is giving all he got and most of the time “more than what he got”. My father works as a supervisor in Central Bank of the Philippines. Though he does not have enough to take home for pay, he still managed to send us all to college and to a good school too.

I remembered my father telling us the importance of education. He said his wish for us is to study hard and finish college. I remembered him saying that he regrets not going to school, he often said: “If only I studied harder and finish college, our situation will be better than this.”

During enrollment time my father will bring the title of our land and our house to the bank and serve as “collateral” for our educational loan. One time, my little brother wanted to buy something and he asks my father if he could have five pesos (our currency), my father gave his pay envelop to him. The coins fell off the envelope, my father only have about five pesos and about sixty cents. My little brother gave it back to him and never asks money from him anymore.

Another experience my eldest brother shared with me was when my father brought him to the cemetery, the jail and the museum, where they display the pictures of the President of the Philippines and their accomplishments. My father told him: “Son I brought you here to show you that these are your choices in life - either you die, go to jail or make the most out of your life and become a successful person; it is up to you to make that decision”.

With these inspiring stories and experiences that I learned and wanted to pass it on to my children. I would like them to make their own choices and whatever decisions they made, whether it is right or wrong, they need to take responsibility, find resolution and face the consequences of their actions.

These are my brothers and sister. Believe it or not, we never ever fight. We have so much respect for each other. When our parents ask us who is going to wash the dishes or clean something, all of us are in a hurry to do it first. When somebody gets to do it first, we still help each other out to finish the tasks. I am the fifth out of seven and I treat my elder brother and eldest sister with much respect as we have for our father or mother. In our culture, when your big brother asks you to do something, we just do it without asking questions. We just obey. If we have one candy, we will cut it into small pieces and get our shares, the weirdest thing is: the biggest portion of the candy will be left and nobody will take it or we give it to our youngest brother. We complement each other and respect each other’s privacy.

Our house has five rooms on the second floor. Our rooms do not have doors on it because my parents believed that an open room means open communication. Anyone can go in and out of any rooms. When I was little, we all sleep together on the floor with mat on it; except for my eldest sister and eldest brother they have their own bed as well as my parents. Nobody says: ‘it’s not fair!”

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Week 6 Assign 2 EDUC-6165

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