My Blog

Hi everybody,

I decided to put up ygolottes.com to share content about the Igorots/ Cordi people— hopefully to eradicate the wrong notion of other people about the Igorots.

I am still in the stage of uploading a new template or theme for my wordpress.

I welcome contributions –like essays, pictures– you will be acknowledged for these.

Also plugging of events and activities are most welcome.

Please email your contributions/ questions to jagfdo@hotmail.com or jagfdo@gmail.com

Thank you very much.

–
Sheryl (JAG) I. Fernando

Hello there… summer is fast approaching— and there are lots of activities to look forward to when you come to Benguet—

To know more about these events visit http://benguet.i.ph

See you there

Hello there… summer is fast approaching— and there are lots of activities to look forward to when you come to Benguet—

To know more about these events visit http://benguet.i.ph

See you there

While making an audio visual presentation for the Benguet Silk Fashion Show, we were able to dig up some old pics about the Benguet costume. It’s interesting to note that the "eten" (Benguet costume for females) was not only in plain maroon and black colors but there were other colors as well.

Visit benguet.i.ph to view some of the pics I uploaded. SOme pics are from my great grandpa’s collection — obviously they are in black & white. I hope other people would also appreciate the Benguet culture— yes it is plain but it is the people that gives life to culture and tradition that is being passed on from generation to generation.

With Adivay 2006 festivities, I hope that visitors and the Benguet people will not just satisfy whatever they want to see but learn from the things displayed by the different municipalities and exhibitors… not just appreciate, but promote and use indigenous and local products by our own "kailians" (kababayans).

Did you visit Benguet lately? There are tons of fun filled activities next month since we will be celebrating the Benguet Day and the ADIVAY 2006!

Adivay 2006 will commence on Nov 8.

hmmm… I’ve been busy with students’ internship… i’m back in our faculty room— still doing work. Classes will begin on June 13. Next week is enrollment and I still didn’t update my syllabi.

Summer internship is what I would call my supposed to be summer breAK…

MY blog CONTINUED AT www.benguet.i.ph     (journey begins…)

I do have updated blogs too… hehehehe

feel free to visit

benguet.i.ph

and

jag.i.ph

I started teaching after graduation. I was excited because i was going to handle college students. I’ve had experiences teaching before they gave me the job so i was quite confident that would be able to handle students who would be my age or younger or even older.

I enjoy teaching. The only comment of my past students is that i dictate notes… i seldom write on the chalkboard (because of my asthma). But i believe that by dictating to them our lesson, i am teaching them to listen and not to be spoon fed. Students today are very dependent on their teachers. they expect that everything they need to know will be given by the teachers… BUT NO! I believe that learning comes from the initiative of a person to learn… when you want to know more about something, then you have to make it a point to research or look for other sources of the bits of information that you are looking for…

i often tell my students to  search the internet or look for books that will help them in our lessons so that they could join in the discussion and i will also learn from them. Learning is a give and take process seen in different angles. For example: one has to sacrifice time to inorder to read books, to be able to share ideas, one must be a wide reader in order for him or her to defend his/her ideas…

Being a teacher requires time to prepare for lectures and patience to teach. Sometimes even when i see students chatting and laughing, i just catch their attention and still proceed with my lecture (i guess that’s why some are not afraid to make noise)… i do not shout at noisy students–i just say i’ll give them a quiz it they don’t keep quiet. hehehe (it’s effective courtesy of mng liz)

What makes me whole as a teacher is that when i see my students who are trying to be on their own in this world… i see their smiles and it makes my heart leap… years are so fast. i was witnessed the three 1st batches of DevCom in BSU… i just hope they are all doing well and good.

sigh…