Nice Studying place

Went online recently to find a nice quiet studying place. On some forum, found out tat Bishan Community Club had a nice Reading Rm conducive for studying. Went jus nw to check it out. Nt bad... Quite quiet, save for the occasional opening of doors. Actually wanted to go with my buddy so tat we can look after each other's things if we wan go Lavatory but in the end, was being flown the kite.

Hence, onli was there for 4 hrs before i felt the urge. Feeling unsafe to leave my belongings there, i jus packed up and left. But nt bad, I managed to get quite a bit of studying done.

@ least gt a sense of achievement after looking @ the notes I hav created. Like gt the studious mood, haha

Nice scenery

Went to Plaza Singapura by bus recently. While waiting for the Xpress bus to town, saw this bald tree opp the bus stop. Feeling quite arty farty, decide to take my snap shots with my trustworthy K800i.





On my way back home, saw the clouds in the sky. Decided once again to take the shots. Quite bo liao right?

Actually life is like the clouds. We move from place to place as time moves. Some friends are like the water droplets tat form up the clouds. They will stay on with you whether you are still the cloud or falling as rain. Some are like the tiny water droplets tat stay with you when u r still the cloud. But when the cloud gets too heavy, they jus detach away from you and float away. Wat a pity... Wat a waste.. Wat a crocodile...

Went to Chinatown recently with my Colleagues.. Hmmm... Been almost yr since i last went to Chinatown. Nothing much has changed. Still the same old building tat gives u the nostalgic feel.

My colleagues went to buy Cheongsums (is tat the correct spelling?).. I was thinking tat they are a bit siao when they suddenly say I can buy one of those Cheena buttons type of clothes also. haha... My 1st impression is tat they are out of their mind. Yes, i had a mind to buy one of those old scholar type of costume (ma gua) but that was for racial harmony day! nt chinese new year. However, being gals (you know, the same old job of trying ang trying => lost of time), i decide to try on of those top. haha.. actually decided the feel is nt bad. can buy one of those to add to my wardrobe. Finally decided on one but dont hav my size. Sianz... (Actually i went on another day and found one tat is my size but didnt buy it because some detail consideration, found it to be too formal. Bought another less formal one but see how lar. If my khaki gg to wear it on CNY Eve, then i wear lor. If nt, i am nt gg to wear.)

Then went to Mei Shi Jie for makan. Auntie Woon and me decided to get BBQ stuff. YoU KNOW, the fish and stuff. Auntie Ivy and YP went to get "Fei Fei" fishball noodles. Guess who gt their order first? Think Auntie Ivy waited for 30min before she can eat lor. THe customer infront of her ordered 9 bowls!!! haha...



After tat, went to buy some New Year Deco for our classes. I onli bought some which was nt enough. But there was a lot of pple and pple who understnad me knows tat i dont like jostling woth people. Hence, went back Chinatown yesterday to get some more. But siao liao, i think i overbuy. Need to check on the stuff ltr. Nxt wk end bringing my mother there also to buy new year Deco. Sianz.....

4th wk of School

Woah.. Time flies so fast that in a twinkle of an eye, days n wks jus flew by.

I have started teaching for 4 wks liao and my achievement is tat, i managed to know abt 80% of the names in my class now. It might not be much but with my goldfish memory, knowing abt 80% of the 90 students is no mean feat for me. haha...

Am v pleased with my class tis time round. Remembered tat i DREAD gg to my P5 class last yr as i didnt have good control of them. But this yr, i like gg to classes (though not so much of my P4, cos they are a little too quiet). haha..

All my classes are generally obedient. Lets hope tat their results can improve since they are listening in class. Thinking of giving them oranges and ang pows for CNY.. Possible??

SIM is also getting on hand alr. I still remember the very first lecture. Gt absolutely no idea wat the lecturer is refering to... But the subsequent ones are better. Gt a grasp of wat is happening alr. Nxt wk gt full wk of lectures again. Gg to be busy juggling my tuitions and work and study again, haiz....

My probation kid is getting better too. Began to open up to me more. Hopefully he wont get into bad company again. Did quite well for his N lvls. Nw studying hard for his Os. Jia you!

Love my life nw. Though a bit the busy and tired @ times, i find it quite fulfilling.
1)Luv the community work tat i am involved in. It allows me to interact with pple.
2)Luv the students in my classes nw. Quite adorable.
3)Can comprehend my study liao.
4)Happy tat CNY is nearing. More ang pows and rest
5)I am a step getting nearer to something tat i wish to do for the past few yrs.
6)My family is supportive of wat i am doing nw.
7)My mum cooks food for me to tabao to sch (Means can save more $$$$, haha)
8)My tuition pay is getting higher (=> more $$$ getting into my bank.)
9)Means I can buy more things that i wan to buy
10) Also means that hopefully my savings will get fatter and fatter.

Amen!

Random Post 2

Was studying my notes at my Balcony when i started to ger bored and hence, came these pics.

Lonely neighbourhood right? Was hoping for rain the entire afternoon but in vain. Haiz... Sianz..

Oh ya. And all those frens who came to give me some words of Encouragement (Be it phone call, tag board etc), thanks. Really appreciate it. I never knew I had so many true friends.

Random Postings

One wk has passed since sch really started. Getting on the track now.

One evening, i was juz having dinner wif my buddy when something just dawn upon me. In the world, there are so many pple tat dread gg to work. I jus felt I am so lucky. Teaching is my first career and my passion for it jus grew as I began on this long journey. Though grumbles abt students are inevitable, but I juz love the feel when ur students smile at the "lame" jokes i sometimes made during lessons. Gt one guy in my P5 class called Wei Hern. He is the hyper active ytpe with sometimes no regards for teachers. But i jus find him quite adorable sometimes, esp when u crack jokes abt him. haha... I asm nt sure whether I am a gd teacher but wat i can say is that i will continue to do my best for my pupils. I actually look forward to gg to sch everyday, except stupid lesson plans, hahah...

Actually, i feel that kids will know that u genuinely care for them though they might nt show it. We might nt sense it immediately but by and by, u will get a hint here and there that they appreciate it. During the \holidays, i get a few sms from my former students that actually made the passio in me grew stronger. Students that i feel will hate me cos i scold them so much, they actually ask if i will teach them again. When myformer students see me, they actually smile and wave at me. This might be very common but i gt no idea leh, when i see my students wave at me, i actually feel happy.

But sometimes, i also worry a bit abt my "passion" for them. Tis yr, I am a Form teacher for 2 hOPE, as mentioned in my previous posting. I tried my best to decorate the class, tried my best to intereact with the class the best i could, etc.... Sometimes i wonder, am i sort of "spoiling market" in the eyes of the others. Yes, I neednt care abt wat others view abt me.. But sometimes, i just wonder how pple view me. Sometimes, i think other pple might find me an eyesore. I am jus a newly grad teacher who knows nuts abt teaching but i am given so many opportunities to perform. Some teachers who went into the sch the same time as me don even get the chances that I am given. How will they feel?

Take for eg........ The house practice. Actually i don know if i am over paranoid or wat. I keep worrying abt allocating different teachers for house prac. I jus came up with an idea of asking the teachers wat they wan then i jus allocate them. but then,haiz........ nvm... I don even know how to express myself.....

Actually, i made a promise to myself tat I won blog abt unhappy things in my tis blog again. But then, i think i need to release some of the things bahz. These few nite gt insomnia which i told no one abt. not even my buddy,. I tried to force my self to think abt happy things like my lovable kids in all my 3 classes but then, the demon of being over paranoid jus kept daunting me. Something very sad happened last yr but i choose nt to write it here..... My friends who know me in the past will know tat actually i am very pessimistic. I will give my self unduly stress. But i choose nt to disclose my feelings to anyone lest they will be troubled too. That is wat i planned when i stepped into the working society in June.

How???Actually, I am very scared. I am scared tat how other pple will snigger when i fail in my duty. I kept giving myself high expectations on my P4. But i also scared tat if they don do well @ end of the yr, wat will other pple say?

Jus went to SIM today to collect my course materials and attend orientation. Saw the whole thick stack of notes and books, i felt like fainting lor. So many things to do ....

Win alr lor. So much responsibilities. Yes. I might be pessimistic. On the outside, i might look very bo chap but then... haiz....... yes i wan to aspire to something in my teaching career.. Yes, i think a lot of teachers dote on me(@ least on the pretxt)... Yes, i am being reminded that i am exchanged for 2 teachers over and over again (though i don know how true it is..) But sometimes, i wish tat nt so many things will fall on my shoulders. Some exp teachers might feel tat wat i have now is nothing but to me, it seems quite heavy. Sometimes, i don even know who can I talk to...

Seeing the joy of the innocent souls, I forget my troubles.
Wat I have started to sow, i will get the rumbles.
In great faith I pray, wat i get in the end are nt rumbles, but big juicy fruits of labour.

1st Blog of the year!!

Welcome Year 2008!

A brand new year and A brand new start.

Went to my form class for the last 2 days.

Woah... Being a form teacher is indeed not easy. There are many administrative duties to do abov and amg all the teaching duties. I spent my entire afternoon facing all the P2 monkeys (of course la, gt 1 hr break in between).

They are not as bad as I thought. Began to like them as days went by. There are a few cute ones in my class, of course with the exception of 1 chinese Girl and 1 indian boy.

Bryan, is the moniter of the class (as appt by the previous form teacher last yr). He has an adorable face and most impt of all, willing to help the teacher out. You can rest your mind easy whenever you thrust him responsibilities.

There's another boy in my class called Alvan. Hmm.... This is the frist time i saw such a name. Quite unique. Unlike his two bros in P5 and 6 respectively, he seems quite obedient and responsible. On the first day of school, I told him that he will be incharge of opening doors, windows and turning on the lights and fans only once. Then, subsequently, he will be on auto mode to do the things for his class. Hahha.. Hopefully, he don grow up to be like his bros in the future.

Brandon Tay, one of Bryan's best friend, is another one. After he finish his work, he will quietly come up to you and ask you for permission to go to the library corner to borrow books to read. Wow lau. I was shocked to hear tat, haha...

I gt no idea why but it seems that the boys 2 Hope is better than the girls.. Hmmppphhh... Who says that girls are better in discipline than boys.

Kelly is quite irritating. I think she is an attention seeker. Though she looks very cute, her behaviour just turn me off lor. She cant sit still properly and is always accidentally exposing herself. She is one of the busybody in the class.

Ragul is another one. He always like to ask questions that is uncalled for. Things like: When do we go home, when is recess..... You can tell him upteen times and he will still ask you again and again and again.....

However, 2 Hope is generally quite adorable. Their small bodies running off to their parents is always a joy to look at at the end of the day. I wonder is it bcos its the END of the day, hahah...