Faye's Wisdom
One of my professors in college was Ma'am Faye. She taught us Theater Arts --- but she taught me so much more than that and she still teaches me now, even after years of finishing college. I talk to her via SMS and on IM. I visit her blog every so often and I'm amazed at how she views life and by how just reading it makes me feel like there is hope and still so much more in store.
The thing is, she just writes about her day-to-day musings and all the little things that happen but she still manages to impart lessons to me. She's upfront that she is scared sometimes, and that she does not know what to do when everything does not fall into place. She's honest about hurting, and wanting, and hoping for more. She admits that she makes mistakes often and that she's also still learning. I guess one never really stops learning. I surprise myself sometimes that I find out new things about me, how I think and process situations, how I respond to people, how I filter and expose my emotions --- very much like a peep show. :-)
While I enjoy and learn from her blog, I like talking to her even more. She is so fun to talk with, never a dull moment. Baklang babae rin kasi. Theater ba naman. Pero ulirang ina kaya may halong lambing at concern palagi. I love that she is so loving towards her daughter and I love how she admits that somehow she is slowly turning into what her Mother used to be. Haha. Classic.
I like how she remembers little things about our class and how she laughs at all the other things she's forgotten, blaming it all on age. I like how affectionate she is, always remembering to bid me take care and sending IM hugs and kisses. I want to be like that. I want to be unfazed to show affection. :-)
She doesn't believe me when I say I learned so much more from her, especially outside of the classroom. She tells me, "Naku, feeling ko wala naman kayong natutunan sa akin e! Ano ba naman yun Theater. I think unless you're really interested e deadma kayo sa Theater." Haha. I really can't tell her directly all I've written here, I'm a bit embarrassed. I have to work on that unfazed-to-show-affection thing. But someday Ma'am Faye, if you do ever get to read this, I just wanted to say, Thank You. You've done so much for me, you still do. :-)
The thing is, she just writes about her day-to-day musings and all the little things that happen but she still manages to impart lessons to me. She's upfront that she is scared sometimes, and that she does not know what to do when everything does not fall into place. She's honest about hurting, and wanting, and hoping for more. She admits that she makes mistakes often and that she's also still learning. I guess one never really stops learning. I surprise myself sometimes that I find out new things about me, how I think and process situations, how I respond to people, how I filter and expose my emotions --- very much like a peep show. :-)
While I enjoy and learn from her blog, I like talking to her even more. She is so fun to talk with, never a dull moment. Baklang babae rin kasi. Theater ba naman. Pero ulirang ina kaya may halong lambing at concern palagi. I love that she is so loving towards her daughter and I love how she admits that somehow she is slowly turning into what her Mother used to be. Haha. Classic.
I like how she remembers little things about our class and how she laughs at all the other things she's forgotten, blaming it all on age. I like how affectionate she is, always remembering to bid me take care and sending IM hugs and kisses. I want to be like that. I want to be unfazed to show affection. :-)
She doesn't believe me when I say I learned so much more from her, especially outside of the classroom. She tells me, "Naku, feeling ko wala naman kayong natutunan sa akin e! Ano ba naman yun Theater. I think unless you're really interested e deadma kayo sa Theater." Haha. I really can't tell her directly all I've written here, I'm a bit embarrassed. I have to work on that unfazed-to-show-affection thing. But someday Ma'am Faye, if you do ever get to read this, I just wanted to say, Thank You. You've done so much for me, you still do. :-)