projects ... at last!!!!

so i finally had a really productive week here!!! i had a meeting with TESDA, which is the local vo-tech school. they offer classes in specialized area's (mostly welding and automotive classes) and then the students recieve a certificate of completion -- and can hopefully obtain a job. so i went to TESDA on tuesday for a routine meeting, which usually consists of me sitting there having no idea what's going on, drinking horrible coffee, and leaving having done or learned nothing. so, as you can tell, i was really looking forward to it. but to my surprise, they actually had some problems that i was qualified to help with. they are offering a food and beverage class that starts next week -- but they have no training materials, no teachers, and more importantly they haven't got a clue -- about anything. i asked them how they were going to have a class without materials or teachers???? they looked at me confused like and told me people had signed up and paid, so they had to go on with the program. but i explained that they had no program, but i guess that's just my american way of thinking. no program + no teachers = the F & B class at TESDA. hmmmm. so i offered my help in developing materials for the class, which they jumped on. so for the next couple of weeks, i am developing a working curriculum for the F & B class. I also have a new bartending class that i am teaching in my barangay of Sta. Teresa, so i have also donated all of the materials that i have created to TESDA -- just so they have something to work with. Gheez!!! Whoever would have thought that 7 years of working at the outback steakhouse would have helped me in real life. crazy how things have a way of working out.