My Unaware Mentor

"it's difficult to focus your attention on something when clearly what you feel is for something else"

i have this professor and he's probably the best i will have in my entire academic life.

first he's a monster. why? i consider him such for he ruins our sleeping habits for making us read one/two books a week. asking us to read newspapers and the like. having a recitation for 3hours and asking questions that would make us think that we do not know how to analyze, giving us a quiz every meeting and a thinkpiece that would determine whether we will pass or not.

however, when i say he's a monster, it doesn't mean that he's a monster inside. i know for a fact that every single task that he asks us to do is for our good. thus, i consider him an angelic monster

an angel for making us understand everything. making us strong by inspiring us with his words though he's not even aware he's doing so. an angel for guiding us with lessons not just to pass our course but to pass the challenges of our lives.

i always tell my friends that i have a crush on him and they'll laugh at me for that. but i don't care. i admire him for he's great. one of the greatest men i have ever met. i am lucky, very lucky to be his student twice.

how i wish i am one of the best in our class. how i wish i could work with him someday. how i wish i am as great as he is.

(Prof. Edmund Tayao, my professor and my unaware mentor)

before :) taken during the after party of Mr. and Ms. Polscie, from then on, he keeps on calling me Ms. Polscie :) i remember him saying, "wala tong tiwala sa sarili niya" when i acted like i don't deserve my rank of being the 1st runner-up.

after :) taken during our Socialization 2011, i don't wanna miss the opportunity to have a photo with him this time :) hahah kilig na kilig lang ako nung nakita ko to! hahahahaha