IT'S NEW YEARS EVE

YOU LIT A CANDLE IN THE NIGHT,
AND EVERYTHING TURNED OUT RIGHT.
YOU SAT BEHIND A DESK OF WHITE,
AND KNOWLEDGE CAME AT NIGHT.
YOU CAME TO LEARN AND GOT FAR MORE,
WHEN YOU GRADUATED AND WALKED OUT THROUGH THE DOOR.

THANKS FOR BEING A PART OF CCC ACE AND CJC ACE.
WITH LOVE,
MS B

It's New Year's Eve!. The last day of the year 2008.

Time to sit down, take a deep breath and try to go over all the things we did in the year. Were there things we could have done differently? I guess so. Were there things we are proud of? Hell, YES!!! Are there things we want to forget? Of Course! Are there things we still want to try again? You, betcha!

See! That is what being a human being is all about! That is what makes us all the people we are. That is what makes us or breaks us.

But as students of CCC ACE and CJC ACE you have a fighting chance in life. You have the power to cross mountains, to swim rivers, to conquer the ocean, to see the world. You have it all within your grasp because you have the ACE programme. It is a great programme. It is a solid programme. You can see that it works if you visit the Belize Bank in Corozal town where Catherine Watson is a teller and a graduate of CCC and CJC ACE along with Mrs. Francisca Alcoser who is second to the Manager at the same bank and a graduate of CJC ACE.

At the BWL, the water company, we have Mrs. Martha Alamilla. She is a graduate of the first class ever to come out of CJC ACE and she is the manager of that office!

At Atlantic Bank we have David Quan who should be finishing his degree this year. David is a Loans Clerk.

At Social Security we have Milton Hoare, a graduate and Dana Cayetana a first year student of CJC ACE.

At the Post office the Post Mistress is Carmen Vasquez, a graduate of the first group out of CJC ACE.

At CLICO we have Mrs. Elma Vivas, the Office Manager who is a graduate of CJC ACE.

In the Police Force, we have Mr. Patt who graduated from CJC ACE and Mr. Mossiah who graduated from CCC ACE.

At CCC day time we have the Mrs. Raquel Cima Carrillo and Mrs Gisel Noble Alpuche. Both graduated from CJC ACE.

And as of today there are 17 teachers in the primary classrooms who have attained their dilpomas as graduates of CJC PED ACE. Some of them are on induction right now.

The Secretary of ACE, Mrs Eva Chi, is agraduat and valedictorian fo CJC ACE.

Yours truly, the director of this fine institution is also a graduate of CJC ACE and a valedictorian.

So tell me. Do I have to continue this list. Hundreds of fine Belizeans have graduated from CCC ACE and CJC ACE. This shows we are good. Thee are people out there who would love to downsize us BUT WE WILL STAND TOGETHER AND WE WILL STAND TALL BECAUSE WE ARE CCC ACE AND CJA ACE AND WE WILL NOT BE DEFEATED.

HIP HIP HOORAY FOR THE ACE PROGRAMME - THE ADULT AND CONTINUING EDUCATION PROGRAMME THAT AS GROWN IN COROZAL AS A CORNERSTONE TO THE SUCCESS OF YOUR FINE YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN.

TO ALL GRADUATES AND TO THOSE AT CCC ACE AND CJC ACE RIGHT NOW, HAVE A WONDER NEW YEAR.

YOU ARE A PART OF A GREAT FORCE IN THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM OF THIS FINE COUNTRY.

Some time in 2009 I will take time to write out all the names of the graduates of CCC ACE and CJC ACE. I owe each and every graduate that recognition.

For how enjoy life, enjoy the moment, enjoy family.

Peace and Love,

Brenda A. Ysaguirre

Director, Mentor, Friend

NEW CHALLENGES FOR 2009

Hope all students of CCCACE and CJC ACE are having a great time while we are closed for Christmas vacations. School re-opens on the 5th for CCC ACE Students and on the 12th for CJC ACE students.
B. Ysaguirre
Director




Success comes to he who is willing to work hard, fight a good fight and sacrifice everything when necessary. (Brenda A. Ysaguirre)





As we near the end of another year we are faced with many new challenges. The economical situation at home and abroad dims the festive moment. If what the analysts are saying is true, we can look forward to a new year filled with more hardship as more people lose there jobs and many others graduate into a world that offers very little for them. Only the strong will survive. Only those who know the true meaning of sacrifice will succeed. Only the fearless will attain the satifaction of a hard day's work for a well earned pay. I do not mean to dampen the eve of New Year's Eve. I only want to make sure we all understand that there will be a lot of hardship but that we can win the battle in the new year if we use stamina and sacrifice. Good Luck to everyone and do have a Happy New Year. Go out or just stay at home and eat some grapes (12 actually to follow the Spanish tradition of one for each month of the year. You eat them just before midnight and our ancestors believed it would give you a good year.)





Have a Blessed New Year.


Remember, we can make 2009 all it was meant to be if we work hard and sacrifice when necessary.Brenda A. Ysaguirre

THE OUTDOOR TEMAZCAL IN COROZAL AT BRENDA'S PREHISPANICO SPA

A TEMAZCAL GETTING READY FOR YOU IN COROZAL, BELIZE, C. AMERICA

Brenda's PrehiSPAnico, Corozal gets on the way by building the first every Temazcal in the garden in the northern part of Belize. Presently, the Spa offers massage theraphy with an indoor temazcal for one person at a time. This structure will offer temazcals ( a Mayan herbal sauna) for more than 20 persons at a time. Reserve the use of this sauna when it is finish and have a SPA party you will want to repeat again and again! It is good for weight loss, asthma, sinus, headaches, flu’s, backache and other bodily pains, cholesterol, and blood pressure to name just a few of the illnesses you can heal with this wonderful procedure.We are located at 139 Fourth Avenue and 1st Street South in Corozal Town, Belize. Telephone us at 422 0259, 422 0346, 607 8315 or 607 8759 to set up your appointment. Each session is approximately 2 hours long.

As the owner of this Spa I welcome you all. Come in and see for yourselves. No one leaves dissatisfied. In the next post I will give you pictures of what the inside of our spa looks like.Have a wonderful day and a prosperous New Year.

The PrehiSPAnico Spa in Corozal Town, Belize

The SPA in Corozal is located at 139 Fourth Avenue and 1st Street South, Corozal Town, Belize, C. America

When the floor was just built for the temazcal

HOPE YOUR CHRISTMAS WAS AS WONDERFUL AS YOU ARE.

Hi Everyone,
I am building a Spa at my house. Tell everyone you know. We have gift certificates good up to January 31 going at only $30. If you don't have a gift cetificate as of January 1 the price goes back to the normal $50 for a 2 hours session of massage and Temazcal.

Come visit and see what we have to offer.
Ms B

MERRY CHRISTMAS

Hi Guys, I bet you won't even be looking at the internet today but just in case I have set up this blog in advance so I can be with my loved ones and still deliver my message to you all.

This year started out rocky and by mid way I sure there would be a drastic change in my life. Today as I write not much has changed but to say the least, I continue the struggle I started one dreary April day. Life is strange. I never thought I would lose so many friends and make more four folded. That is life. I continue on the path to bettering myself as a human being, a mother, a lover, a relative and a friend. On my path many have tried to trample me but love and a great advisor has held me together and only time can tell what will happen but this much I know, whatever you want in life you must be willing to fight for. That is the only way you can feel that you are here for a purpose. Keep on fighting the good fight a parent told me. Her son graduated a few years ago under my guidance and love.

A good fight. A GOOD FIGHT! Is that why we are here? Is that the way things have to be. Sad but true,that is the way it seems. I have tried to forgive and forget but I still struggle daily with the feeling of betrayal and that is why it is hard to do what would have been so easy. Maybe one day I will be able to laugh at it but for now the wound is still raw and the only thing that keeps me going is my students (you all), my family and my man. To all of you I send my love and my deepest wishes that you have a great holiday.

Love yourselves, love others and spread love. Yo PUEDO VIVIR MI VIDA. YO PUEDO TENER ACCION. YO PUEDO PORQUE YO SOY. FELIZ NAVIDAD. HAVE A BLESSED CHRISTMAS.

And remember: WHEN THOSE WHO WOULD BE FRIENDS BECOME OPPONENTS, YOU ARE STRONG, YOU ARE POWER, YOU ARE ONE. DEPEND ON THE POWER WITHIN AND THE STRUGGLE WITHOUT DOUBT WILL PREVAIL.

(Brenda A. Ysaguirre)

Oh, school resumes on 5th January for CCC ACe and January 12 for CJC ACE. No excuses!! Hahahaha.


Love Always,


Miss B

I MISS YOU ALL. SEASON GREETINGS, WITH LOVE!!

A special time of the year is here once again and as we are all on holiday, I sit at my computer thinking about all my students- all daughters and sons to me. To those who have graduated and moved on to further their studies or have now gotten jobs, I send my love and best wishes. I have now been a teacher for 14 years and so many great minds I have helped to form into what they are today.To each and every student who has come in contact with the B, I send you all my love and best wishes during this holiday time and always.

Take time out to look back on the past and see how you can make a positive impact on your family and friends and most of all on your country. Remember, while you think you can someone is doing what they can!! So, Move it!! Just use two words that are now a part of my existence. Make it yours and you will be successful in all you set out to achieve: I CAN. YO PUEDO.

God Bless,

Ms B

A CHRISTMAS WISH FROM ME TO YOU

Christmas is just around the bend,
And very soon the year will come to an end.
This year was one filled with many challenges,
But the love of family and friends had no changes.
I hope next year brings you much joy and happiness,
My gift to you is that I wish you all the best.
As life goes on its merry way,
I wish you much peace and joy every day.
Even if we only wrote a short note to each other throughout the year,
It was good to know that you were always internet near.
So as the season once again is here,
I just want to say MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Brenda A. Ysaguirre
Copyright Brenda A. Ysaguirre 2008