there's no way not to be grateful to HIM

11.23.2010

          This is the big day for my senior students. It's the time to unwind, relax and, at the same time learn outside the confines of the classroom. Our school and the GPTA in partnership with Palanca Tours organized an Educational Tour for High School students. This time, the destination of our tour is Nueva Ecija.

            Out of 59 students from my advisory class (IV-2), 4 students opted not to join, but a majority of 55 students (1 student joined IV-9) with 6 other students (4 from IV-3 + 2 from IV-7), a total of 60 students joined the Educational Tour 2010 and loaded Bus No. 2 under my supervision together with our Administrative Officer Sir Oliver and our tour guide Ms. Irene. The Educational Trip was serviced by Palanca Tours with major itinerary as follows;
·   Fort Magsaysay (Artillery, Air Force Aircraft, Aquino-Diokno Memorial)
·   Hunter Valley Plantation & Resort Inc. (Butterfly Garden, Bird Zoo, Plantation & Resort)
 

          

            Assembly time was 5:00 AM and departure time was 5:30 AM. According to the Junior Batch, who first went there a couple of weeks ago, there's an average of 4 hours  trip from our school to Nueva Ecija (light traffic).

               Everybody was excited, even me... there was no classroom rules inside the bus and I opted not to have any, except for some important reminders given by Ms. Irene. As I have said to them, this is your day! Enjoy it! Luckily, Sir Oliver was also considerate, not like the others... (it's a joke! laugh out loud). Our trip was so smooth along EDSA and NLEX.

          We entered the SCTEX and Ms. Irene was telling something about it. Our bus was moving around 100 km per hour when suddenly, the left front wheel got busted. Everyone was shocked. There were 64 lives inside the bus including Jepoy, an adopted kitten of IV-2.  The bus at a jerk turned right, but fortunately, Coach was able to control it until it stopped along the side of the expressway.

        Thank God! We're safe. That day, again, not just once, twice or even a hundred times, I've felt the need to be grateful to HIM. I remembered what 'Ingkong' have taught me about Thanksgiving. We are thankful in those times that we've realized a good thing happened unto us, but how about those things done by Him that we're not aware of? 

        There's no way not to be grateful to HIM!

        And thanks be to God... that, in so many ways, in my humble life, He always makes me realize that I need to be grateful to Him.

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        We got stranded there for a few minutes when some SCTEX help arrived. The other buses behind us also pulled over to help. When the tire was replaced, the trip continued. In general, as what happens in every field trip, students enjoyed the tour.