A busy week

This weekend was the opposite of last week’s fully loaded workout. It started with a no Friday night run due to work. Swthrt needed to finish her budget plans for their branch so she had to work overtime and afterwards we went to a prayer meeting. Plan B was put into place. We will run Saturday morning before going to the Science Olympiad competition where our son JM will participate. But because we went home late (already 1 am of Saturday) after the prayer meeting, we were not able to run Saturday morning. We have to be at JM’s school by 8 o’clock in the morning before going to the Phivolcs office in Diliman, Quezon City for the Science Olympiad.

The Olympiad
It was the 5th Philippine Society of Science Youth Clubs Science Olympiad National Finals. Twenty schools from different parts of the country will compete to be the National Science Olympiad Champion. The competition was divided into two major parts which was the Practical (laboratory experiments) and Theoretical Exam (essay) in the morning and the Oral Quiz competition in the afternoon. Only the top ten schools from the morning examinations will proceed to the second part of the competition. The second part was divided into two phase. The first phase was, the teams will be asked 20 questions which they have to write their answers on a white board. Only the top 5 schools with the highest scores will battle out in the final phase in which they will be asked again 20 questions and they will answer it by pressing the buzzer. This time any school can answer even before the quizmaster was not yet finish in asking the questions. My son’s school, The Learning Tree was declared the champion. Congratulations to the school and their team composed of JM, David and Vica. Thank you very much to all our friends and families who have prayed and supported their team. To teacher Ryan and teacher Mena, thank you for guiding our children. To teacher Francie, Thank you for giving our children this opportunity to grow and experience this event in their school life. This will not be all possible without your support.

The TLT Team with teachers and parents

The Learning Tree Team, JM, David, Vica

My family

Finally we were able to run
We finally had the time to run Sunday morning at UPD. Swthrt and I was able to do 4 rounds (8.8k) easy run at the academic oval. Swthrt ran the first 3 rounds with our friend Chiqui, while I did 3 rounds of “fartlek” (the Swedish word for speed play). After Chiqui was done with her workout, swthrt and I had ran another round before calling it a day. It was our only run for the week and we do not want to force ourselves. Anyway, it was a good run. Most of the runners would know how it feels to have a good run after a long break. We are hoping to have a better running schedule this week to prepare for the Adidas KOTR. Swthrt will be running her first 5K, while I will try to improve my PR in the 10k event.

Photo Talks

The Learning Tree Child Growth Center Inc. - Grade School

(Team members: JM, David,Vica)

5th Philippine Society of Youth Science Clubs Science Olympiad

National Champion - Elementary Division

Nike+ workout data is back!

In my last post regarding my nike+ipod workout data being deleted, Dindo (DATC) suggested that i reset the setting of my ipod. I tried it but still was not able to retrieved the data. This morning, i charged my ipod because i am planning to use it for my run tonight. When i plugged it in the computer it automatically uploaded the data of my recent workout to the nike website. It must be the resetting of the ipod that allowed the data to be retireved and uploaded. It works! Thank you very much Dindo.

Here's my recent workout dated September 21, 2008:

TGIF and rain, rain go away...

Thank God it's Friday! It's the start of our weekend run. We have not run since Sunday and we are hoping that it will not rain tonight so that we can run. If it rains, we will try the Moro Lorenzo Gym at Ateneo. We needed to run today because will not be able to do it tomorrow. JM will participate in the PSYSC Science Olympiad National Finals which will be held on September 27, 2008 in PHIVOLCS Auditorium, Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, CP Garcia Avenue, University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City. We will be there to give moral support to him and his teammates.

2008 PSYSC Science Olympiad National Qualifiers:
Bracket I-Elementary
St. Joseph School Inc.
Center of Excellence
Zamboanga Chong Hua
Ateneo de Zamboanga
Corpus Christi School
Xavier University Grade School
Maquiling School Inc.
Butuan City SPED Center
San Beda College Alabang
The Learning Tree Child Growth Center Inc.
Southville International School and Colleges
St. Mary’s College - Quezon City
PAREF Southridge School
School of St. Anthony
University of the Philippines Integrated School
University of Perpetual Help Rizal
A. Bonifacio Elementary School
Albert Einstein School
BHC Educational Inst. Inc.
Lorma Grade School

They also represented their school in the said competition last year.

Teacher Ryan (Science adviser), David, JM (our son), Accel, Teacher Francie (School Directress, Founder)

Trust in the Lord

“Trust in the Lord with all thine heart;lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths.” Proverbs 3:5-6

In this time of crisis and hardship, who do we turn to? Where do we put our trust and hope? When things go wrong and everyone seems to have left us, God is always there for us. Nothing can change God’s faithfulness to us. We can trust Him no matter what our circumstances may be.

Jesus’ disciples had their faith tested during a storm on the sea of Galilee. The wind and the waves were overwhelming that fear set in their hearts even though Jesus, the son of God, was asleep in the boat with them. When their cries woke Jesus, He immediately commanded the waves and the wind to be still. Then, Jesus turned to His disciples and asked, “ Where is your faith?”(Luke 8:24-25)

No matter what kind of storm we are facing right now, God is with you. All we have to do is to trust Him to calm the storm and to care for our greatest need.

Insights by Bro J, Published in NAMRIA Newsletter Vol.IV No.3, July-September 2000