24 units

So, this is how it feels to finish 24 units of teaching load in 10 weeks - very tired and looking forward to that one week rest.

No, it was not intended.

Ophine, a co-faculty, gave birth to twins and the teaching load had to be divided. I got six units :- )

On top of that, Dean wanted to experiment on incorporating ISO14051:2011 in Mapua's Graduate Class of Supply Chain Management. That's an additional three units.

An overload due to a dash of serendipity. Thank You, Lord!:- )

Looking back, the past 10 weeks were packed.

And by packed, I mean the following:

1. I was given the opportunity to run a ISO14051:2011 learning session.

2. Beb, my wife, and I received the most wonderful news that we just became a Mom and a Dad! :- )

3. I was given the opportunity to run a re-imagined 5S learning session, dubbed Super 5S :- )

4. Learned a new course, SVM 161 - Transportation System. :- )

5. And because of the former, crystallized and proved my hypothesis on why jeepneys is "endemic" to the Philippines :- )

6. Ob-Gyn visits and heartbeats! :- )

7. Heard a very troubling face-to-face confession with a co-faculty. It's very troubling that it may deserve an (psychiatric?) intervention, if my colleague is really telling the truth, because of the impact of this on how students perceive Mapua's IE-EMG Faculty. It definitely hampers the ability of the school to be true to its first function - to teach. :- ( 

8. A former co-faculty, Ma'am Precy Tagala, moved on :- (

9. Mapua's deepening love affair with Outcomes Based Teaching and Learning :- )

10. The impeachment of former Chief Justice Renato Corona. :- )

11. The life lessons of the Up Dharma Down's concert at Mapua.

12. The integration of new set of MEMO leaders. :- )

13. The 2nd batch of Imaj Summer Acting Workshop. :- )

14. Imaj has now a new set of manpower complement. Time to build anew.

15. To be one of the recipient of The Cardinal's Excellence Award. I am humbled.

16. Developed and delivered "EMG Goes Back to its Social Scientist Roots" seminar @MIT.

17. Developed and delivered "Getting That First Job" seminar for graduating Electrical Engineering students @MIT.

18. Lastly (but certainly not the least!), Beb's promotion. :- )

Not to be forgotten is the drastic change I witness with Chris and Rewel. Keep it up, boys! You are now walking on a straight path. And to top all that, I had the chance to receive a student-work-cum-a masterpiece.

Lord, the past 10 weeks and 24 units was tiring but I am grateful You allowed me to take the journey. Thank You po, Lord! Maraming salamat, po! :- )

"... why think like mere men!"