Wednesday, July 26, 2006

Mythological Dieties

AGNI- Fire God – Hindu
APOLLO- God of wisdom, music, poetry and medicine – Greek and Roman
ARES- God of war – Greek and Roman
AEOLUS- God of winds - Greek and Roman
AESIR- Principle God of Norse Mythology
AMMON- Ancient Egyptian God – Identified by Greek and Romans with ZEUS
AMON- Ancient Egyptian Deity – later on identified Sun God
AMPHITRITE- Goddess of the sea - Greek and Roman
ARANYANI- Goddess of forests – Hindu
ARTEMIS- Goddess of Moon and Hunting - Greek and Roman – Apollo's twin sister
ASCLEPIUS- God of healing - Greek and Roman
ASGARD- Home of the Gods – Norse
ASHTORETH- Goddess of love and Fertility – Syria
ASHURE- God of War and Empire (ASSYRIA)
ASTARTE-Goddess of fertility and sexual love –(Semetic)
ATE-Goddess personifying criminal folly or reckless ambition - Greek and Roman
ATHENA- Goddess of Wisdom, skills and warfare - Greek and Roman
ATLAS- Titan – Titan holding the heavens on his shoulders - Greek and Roman
AURORA- Goddess of Dawn – Roman
BACHUS- God of wine revelry (Ancient Greek and Roman)
BOREAS- God of the North Wind - Greek and Roman
CHANDRA- God of Moon – Moon God – Hindu
CERES- Goddess of agriculture and Goddess of Corn (Rome)
CRONUS- God of Agriculture - Greek and Roman
CUPID- God of love – Son of Venus – Rome
CYNTHIA- Goddess of Moon
THEMETER- Goddess of agriculture- Greek and Roman
DIANA- Virgin Goddess of moon and Godess of hunting – Roman
DIONYSUS- God of Wine and revelry - Greek and Roman (Bacchus)
DIS- God of the lower world
DOLORES- Goddess of sorrow- Greek and Roman
EOS- Goddess of dawn - Greek and Roman
ERIS- Goddess of strife and discord - Greek and Roman
EROS-God of Love - Greek and Roman
FLORA- Goddess of Flowers - Roman
GAEA-Goddess Earth - Greek and Roman
GRACES-the Three sister Goddesses who control pleasure, charm Elegance and Beauty in human life and in Nature - Greek and Roman
HANUMAN-Monkey God – Hindu
HEBE-Goddess of youth – Goddess who serves nectar - Greek and Roman
HECATE-Goddess of Moon, Earth and Underworld later regarded as the Goddess of Sorcery.
HELIOS-Sun God - Greek and Roman
HEPHAESTUS-God of Fire and Forge - Greek and Roman
HERA-Wife of Zeus - Goddess of Marriage - Greek and Roman
HERCULES-God of Strength - Son of Zeus - Greek and Roman
HERMES-A god who served as messenger of other Gods - Greek and Roman
HYMEN-God of Marriage - Greek and Roman
HESTIA-Goddess of Hearth and Chief Goddess of domestic activity - Greek and Roman
IDA-Goddess of Youth - Old German
INDRA-God of rain, thunder lightening and war – Hindu
ISHTAR-Goddess of love and fertility – Baylonian
ISIS-Goddess of fertility – Egyptian
JANUS-God who was guardian of portals and patron of beginnings and endings. His head is shown with two faces- one in the front and one at the back- Roman
JUNO-Wife of Jupiter - Queen of Gods and Goddesses of marriages –Roman
JUPITER-Chief Roman God identified with Greek God Zeus
KAMA-God of love - Hindu
KARTHIKEYA- God of war – Hindu
LAKSHMI-Goddess of wealth - Hindu
MARA-God of death – Buddhist
MARUTH-God of storms - Hindu
LUNA-Goddess of Moon – Roman
MARS-God of War – Roman
MERCURY-God of Commerce, manual skill, eloquence, and cleverness – Roman
MORPHEUS-God of Dreams - Greek and Roman
MUSE-Any of nine Goddesses of literature, arts and sciences – Greek and Roman
NEMESIS-God of retribution or vengeance - Greek and Roman
NEPTUNE-God of the sea - Roman
NEREUS-Benevolent sea God - Greek and Roman
NIKE-Goddess of victory
NORSE-Any of the three Goddessess of fate.
NYMPH-Any one of the group of minor Goddesses - Greek and Roman
NYX-Goddess of night - Greek and Romans
ODIN-(Norse) –The chief God
OLYMPIAN-Any of the Gods on Mount Olympus
ORMAZD-The Supreme Deity and the Creator of the world. (Zores)
OSIRIS-Ancient Egyptian God of the Lower world
PALLAS-Goddess of wisdom- Greek and Roman
PAN-Goddess of fields - Greek and Roman
PENANTES-The household Gods of the Romans.
PERSOPHONE-Roman Goddess
PHOEBUS-God of Wisdom- Greek and Roman
POSEIDON-God of sea- Greek and Roman
PRIAPUS-God of procreative power –male- Greek and Roman
PROSERPINE-Greek Goddess
PROTEUS-The sea God who can change His own form at his will - Greek and Roman
PSYCHE-Wife of Lord Cupid- Greek and Roman
RA-Sun God and Chief God of ancient Egyptians usually depicted as having the head of a hawk
SARASWATI-Goddess of learning- Hindu
SATURN-God of Agriculture- Roman
THE METER-Goddess of agriculture- Greek and Roman
THETIS-A Sea Goddess
TRITON-Sea God
VENUS-Goddess of love and beauty-Roman
VESTA-Goddess of fire- Roman
ZEPHYRUS-Greek God of the West Winds.

Monday, July 24, 2006

teachers do cry

I never really thought my favorite teachers ever cried. for me they were strong, bold and aggressive. Never did i think they ever had weak moments.

I dont know if there is some code for teachers never to show their tears. But i am glad they kept things that way.

Today, my student of three months, Yoon So Hee (Lisa) cancelled her class with me. She is one of my favorite students because she's always ready for a class.

about 10 minutes before my class with Lisa, my manager came to me to alter my schedule since according to her the parents are having problems keeping up with the payments for an ESL class.

This is my first teaching job. i have had students who cancelled for various reasons before- some were too busy to continue, some went off to study in other countries, and some had money problems too. Despite their absence i have been able to continue teaching the other students with out much problems.

But Lisa is different. she has grown on me. we have had many a class with funny and challenging moments. she likes being challenged and when i play real stupid she laughs and understands what im doing with her.. she still answers my questions and tries her best to compose good sentences.

i still called her today though. i called her to say good bye. i told her to continue studying English and to use what she learned from me for as long as she can. i told her good bye and take care and that i was sad to be calling her for the last time. she then said the most beautiful sentence she's ever uttered- "Thank You, teacher." i put down the phone and cried.

i sincerely hope i was able to impart the better part of me to her. i'll surely miss her.

Cheers to you Lisa!

Tuesday, July 18, 2006

wish on a tiara


trample on my heart, you do
a bad habit you're used to
pick my heart up, toy with it
a madman who wouldnt quit

round and round i spin for you
at the ready for your cue
pupetmaster hear me cry
enough now! let me just die!

how else would you know the truth?
you stole a portion of my youth

insufferable! insensitive! insignificant fool!
i, i who love and love so deeply
you treat as if a tool.

i wear a tiara to make me feel
at least once in life i can take the wheel

Monday, July 17, 2006

Stay

i want to bask in this moment with you
with time at a stand still and you so close to me
the world and all its nonsensical issues fade away
all i hear is your voice, your insights, your genius
long has it been since i found a more interesting being
and now that you're here, i've stopped craving for love
for what is love but an expectation?
It is nothing more than a desperate call to end loneliness
i dont love you- i feel more than love for you
i feel overwhelmed when you are around
my heart skips whole beats, my tongue goes on permanent vacation
there is nothing i want to do but stare into your deep brown eyes
would you cringe if i by impulse pull you to an embrace?
or would you be a dreamlover and let me burrow deeper?
I know for a fact you will not stay
the hour glass fills and i dread the day you walk out that door
in the short time we've been together
you have carved yourself into me
so much so that nota moment passes that you dont fill my mind
i crave, long, need you!
If its worth your while, would you stay? for me?

costume party!




these pictures were taken during Wels Academy's first anniversary on Friday July 14, 2006!

woolah! telephone teachers rock! need i state the obvious?!!!!

Sunday, July 16, 2006