Being a closed and conservative country, I had always been curious and at the same time fascinated with the Japanese culture and the differences in traditions.
フィリピンと日本は同じ島国でも文化や伝統の違いが沢山あってとても興味深い様子です
Q What makes your lesson special?
Agnes
I had always believed that my lessons are special because of the personal touch I give to my students. Aside from the materials from the internet, I give the students time to express themselves through free flowing conversation.
Moreover, I also share my own experiences and opinions basing on the topic being discussed during the lesson. I also make it a point that the discussion is fun so that the students will not be shy to express their ideas or opinions.
Q. What is one thing that interests you the
most? Paula
One thing that interests me the most is to try new things. Exploring
what life would be if you get out of the box. Taking
risks are very difficult of course because of many uncertainties.Yet I guess it’s what they call “excitement”.
Life is what we make it anyway thus; everything is a matter of choice.
Nonetheless, no matter what this life may offer, I’m willing to ride it
responsibly and with passion.
Q. What are your favorite words (phrases,
or quotes) and why? Paula
My favorite quote is “Success is a journey not a destination” I used
the same phrase in my Curriculum Vitae when I was a graduating student that
time. Now, I have my own job and earning for my family, others may consider it
as an achievement, yet I know, everything will not stop there. Hence, as I
bring this quote all the time it always reminds me to believe that I should
keep moving and never settle for less.
Q. What are the things you like about Japan? Paula
The people, the lifestyle,
the mentality of Japanese, these are one of the things that I like about Japan.I
have been teaching in this field for almost 2 years now and so almost every day
as I talk to varieties of students my knowledge about Japan are deepened. The
most likeable thing that Japan
continues to inspire me is the people’s mentality. Japanese are independent,
hardworking, time-conscious and goal-oriented which is totally an ideal
characteristic one should have.
Coming from a family of music enthusiasts, obviously, music is my passion as well.
Relaxing while listening to jazz or ballad songs, dancing to various upbeat genre and playing/self-studying any musical instruments are things that I frequently do during my spare time.
The Japanese people themselves is what I like most in Japan. Despite the wealth and power of Japan economically,its people has remained its enviable traits such as being humble, humane and peace-loving.
“Do not do unto others what you don’t want others do unto you”
This has been called the golden rule and is my favorite quote ever since. By simply living a life guided by this quote, would certainly guarantee us a life well-lived,
The Second Set of the game did not turn out very easy for Team Beauty as Team Cool took its revenge. Team Cool’s Brandon-kun and Teacher Nino fired their hard and powerful services away from the “libero-like” Teacher Hazel and “A attacker” Teacher Jan which tested the receiving skills of Teachers Angela, Juvy and Lea as they became the new targets.
The plan worked out for Team Cool and gave Brandon-kun and Teacher Nino three service aces each which gave their team a 4-point lead.
However, Team Beauty gained its confidence in beating up the 4-point lead when Reiko and Teacher Hazel fired their tremendous services that made it difficult for Team Cool’s Teacher Raymond and Shunsuke to pick up the ball as the target of both girls was former-teacher Rafael. Despite the close fight showed in the Second Set, Team Beauty stayed resilient and claimed the second set with a finishing serve from Teacher Jan which resulted to a score of 12-15 therefore, making TEAM BEAUTY as the FIRST CHAMPION team of the FIRST VOLLEYBALL GAME in the history of ENC-GNA.
As the first team to mark history, Team Beauty humbly believed that victory would not be possible without the players who stood up in the game namely, 9-Teacher Hazel – the highest scorer with 10 points on service aces, 14-Teacher Jan with 5 points on service aces and 4 attacks and team captain 12-Reiko with 8 service aces and 1 attack and above all, the team strongly believed that their courage in facing an “all-men Team Cool and teamwork made them stronger inside the scorching hot and sandy volleyball court of Paradise Island, Davao City.
The real essence behind the First ENC-GNA Volleyball Friendship Game wasn’t only about winning and getting the highest score in a skills stand point. The creation of Team Beauty and Team Cool has proven that real friendship and camaraderie can be established in a very enjoyable way and that is through playing the sport that Filipinos learned to love – VOLLEYBALL.
Paradise Island, DAVAO CITY - April 9, 2014 marked the beginning of the first ever volleyball friendship game in the history of ENC-GNA through the study visit program of the K Family members: Reiko and Shunsuke.
The volleyball game became more exciting when the two pioneering teams were made namely, the TEAM BEAUTY and TEAM COOL.
TEAM BEAUTYのメンバー 12-Reiko、9-Teacher Hazel, 14-Teacher Jan, 15-GNA Teacher Lea
Guest players: Teacher Angela and Teacher Juvy
TEAM COOLのメンバー 3-Shunsuke、8-Teacher Raymond, 18-Teacher Nino, 0- former-teacher Rafael
Guest player: Brandon-kun.
The pre-battle activity was manifested through a “rock-paper-scissors” officiated by Referee Teacher Donna, which gave the Team Cool to choose ball or court and the team chose “Ball” which means Team Beauty had no other choice but the “Court”.
The First Set of the historical volleyball game begun with a three service aces from Teacher Nino while those aces were stopped by the good receives of the “libero-like” Teacher Hazel which enabled Reiko to set plays for the “A attacker” Teacher Jan which resulted to two explosive attacks and two drop balls. Despite the 30-minute suspension of the game due to a “broken volleyball net”, the game resumed with a running attack from Teacher Jan but it was stopped by the heavy floor defences of Shunsuke and Teacher Raymond. However, it didn’t stop Team Beauty from winning the First set with a score of 15-10.
フェイスブックの記事をシェアでレッスンGET！
好きな言葉も一緒に見てみましょう
Agnes 
Melody
TEAM BEAUTYのメンバー 
TEAM COOLのメンバー 
