Tuesday, February 24, 2009 ♥
to pick up from where i left, (it's about 2 wks ago right; strange that time seems to fly even faster now cos i used to blog once a wk), i've adopted what that other tuition teacher suggested. so no homework for them. but it's quite worrying and annoying that as a result, they become even more slack and less hardworking. which is rather disappointing. ya, i mean i understand that they're older than primary school kids, and i do treat them as older kids, but it doesn't mean that they have any bit of initiative - when you want them to write something down, you still have to tell them to. so conclusion is - i don't support the idea totally, but it's not too bad i guess, esp if i constantly remind myself of the advantages : they like it with no homework, cos they have school homework already, so as a result, they probably would like to come to my class more, i'll have less work to mark (apparently, this doesn't seem so, cos i still have damn lots of stuffs to mark this wk), I'd probably attract my students (but that means i have more stuffs to mark, more students to handle, and yet my pay won't be rising as confirmed by my boss) and so on. i don't want to continue on. at least i sorta solved the super stressed problem about the sec2/3 class; i cant split them into another class, but the 2 sec 3 kids are going to shift up to sec 4 class. so that'll be 4 sec 2 together. hopefully i'll be able to manage better... but now i'll have even more things to do - have to plan more lessons now. haiz. =(
that's all for the grumbling about work.
the previous monday i won a pair of tickets to watch look for a star at shaw lido. at first my sis didn't want to go with me, cos she promised mum to go home and make 汤圆 for 元宵. so i was calling several pple to ask if they want to join me, and sadly to say, no body wanted. it seemed like everybody had something else to do. so i actually intended to go myself... but luckily my sis decided to accompany me. i would have been really sad i guess, if i had gone by myself... it was quite a good show.
the previous thurs after school actually had some time, so i went to find sabbie at her studios. i still haven't gotten the pict from her... and i accidentally deleted the photo taken by my phone, cos i was going to take a pict with my hairdresser whom i just met as i was walking home. and that pict was taken quite well, cos i finally found out from her why my phone takes picts with a yellow orange tinge, and got to know how to change the settings.
the same wk friday, mum came to find us in school, after lessons, cos my sis wanted her to bring some stuffs to her, cos that friday ctss had an alumni gathering. we wore contacts for fun on that day, for the sake of vday also, but halfway thr the day, her contacts actually fell out to the ground. lucky i decided to bring our specs that day. ate with my mum and sis, then got chingli to join us, cos she was alone. in the evening there was the shiseido talk which sis left halfway to go to ctss. but i rmbr the weather that day was very bad. hot and stuffy and sweaty. luckily the lt and the bus had aircon. i was like trying to hide out in aircon places thr the day.
valentine's day was spent at work. and the worst thing was i fell sick on that day. so originally my plans to go jp and eat with sis and mum fell through too. it was quite bad that day. diarrhoea and headache. plus cos of all the constant standing throughout the day teaching, i had aches everywhere. esp bcos the weather was even worse that day also. and i was stuck teaching in a classroom with no ventilation, no windows, and worse aircon spoilt. as a result, i felt feverish too..so in the end, i spent the evening after work at home, watching tv and resting. at least there was 如果爱 on tv then. so it wasn't too bad.
last monday had our first chinese traditions tutorial. and it was bad... actually monday was a bad day. cos firstly, i was still having diarrhoea. secondly the tutorial was just plain confusing, we have no idea wat we are supposed to know. thirdly, we were supposed to go to changi airport to fetch my bro who was flying back from france, and my mum actually stupidly believe his words that the plane got delayed, and stayed home as a result, and only kept calling me when i was having the tutorial. IN THE END, i found out for them that the plane has not only arrived, the passengers have all been checked out. which was completely RIDICULOUS. i was damn angry that day. and also damn sad. to think that she actually believed him again. i was really ANGRY. and annoyed. and mystified. so she actually wanted to rush down in a taxi, when, HALLO, my bro was already IN a taxi, ON the way HOME. completely. ridiculous. and so. we left. as in me and sis left school, and sis asked if we could stop at jurong east near parc oasis, cos her classmates were playing bball there. wat could i say? so ya. i led her (we walked all the way to polyclinic area eventually) and found her xclassmates.
which was really cool thing. cos almost the entire, all the guys from her class came down to play bball together. wat to say? i was green with envy. her class is so.. on, and united. i wondered wat would have happened if my class guys tried to arrange such a thing, how many would turn up? oh but what can i say, when i'm in touch with nearly zero of them, which is kinda pathetic, but i guess, that's kinda all the while like that cos i'm... yulin? i dunno. at least i've sorta grown out of sadness/disappointment and watever nots.自知自明. met my pri school classmate! pinghao. which was kinda funny. cos that's like almost 9 years ago. we've all grown, and changed very much. he's going to sim to study accounting.
tuesday i was still having diarhhoea, even though i managed to still eat.. the girls brought stuffs to schl for vday. which was really sweet =). even the cleaning auntie who walked past, seeing the paper rose, went saying 'jin kiang!' -so clever in hokkien. that reminds me of all the nice pple i've came across thr out the wk. the chef aaron tan jian lun (funny i know quite a no. of aarons now), friendly malay guy, and nice cashier at mega bites cafe, hairdresser alan (altho i still wonder where the previous guy went- i had the idea that he got kicked, when he didn't get too many customers or smth..at least once i thought he reminded me of gong yoo.LOL)..
after lunch, i decided to see a doc at uhwc, ate the medicine, and went back to lessons. that day was really kinda tough. it's amazing i still managed to get some notes down as i kept falling alseep.
wednesday slacked at home, thursday went to the lecture alone.. (that reminds me that i MUST rmbr to watch the human nutrition webcast), spent rest of day studying for biochem (or more accurately metabolism and regulation) ca1 for friday. still had to run errands, buy breakfast, coffee bags etc.. friday the test was still quite ok.. altho my sis felt quite crappy cos she spent a lot of time trying to rmbr the names of the enzymes involved in the cycles... that reminds me of another kind person we met- also quite random, she's mia, same name as the princess diaries girl, an exchange student from america, who just talked to us once during the biochem lect. but we still continued to wave and chat when our paths crossed. we had sushi for lunch, and spent almost 3 hrs just plain walking from yih to science to library just to print stuffs. it was kinda. sian-ing.
after lessons, went to play badminton. which was really tiring, cos i hardly had much sleep throughout that week. and still my sis can still run off to play bball after that. what to say? i was quite annoyed. esp cos my mum kept blaming me for letting her go, hence causing mum having to cook dinner 4 times... oh wells.
saturday was work. saturday night, spent the time watching walk the line, which was very touching. i cried a bit, but funny my sis only joined in to watch at only half the show, she cried like shit.. like until her eyes were swollen the nxt day. which i thought was amusing. but the show even though quite slow, was damn good.
the nxt day, we met terence at jp for lunch (or rather tea). before that we watched a doggie get his haircut. which was really cute. haha.
took the bus to taman jurong to k, only to realise that it only opens at 3 pm, so we were like thinking wat to do until then.. so we went to his house first, since it was nearby, where he handed my sis his old chains, and there they went 研究 and i really mean that 研究 everything. my sis is damn good at 研究-ing. from food to clothes, from furniture to appliances, everything. she can tell you if its worth the money, etc etc etc. so i just sat and listened. see how they spent time 研究ing the white shirt.
oh ya. and theres this really cute window at the top right hand corner of his room. sorta gives me an idea of being enclosed in a sad and scary cold room, where the only light coming in is from the little window. haha.
k was quite fun, even tho at the start it was quite annoying cos one of the mics were spoilt, until i decided wth and went to get the person to change it. the nxt strange thing was both my sis and i got 电ed by the mics constantly. it was quite ok as to how the time was spent quite evenly, not like the previous time where sis and I used up almost the entire time.. haha. went home to eat my mum's asam fish which was really good, after buying bro's breakfast..
yesterday was quite stressful. things to do... esp when we have no idea of what was going on...at least we've got some sorta of idea now, and i've also sorta drawn out a calendar... the only thing that we have to face now.. is managing time. work study and learning. damn.
at least. haiz.
but the things that i wanted to do. still nvr do. wat a failure i am right.
damn.
so ya. tests coming up. health check etc etc. projects ongoing, or rather haven't started yet. assignments...argh.
oh ya. and my phone's spoilt! =( :'( booohooo! one of the buttons. supposed to be clicking back, but keeps giving me 6. 怎么办?!
ok. tts all.
wat a long long post with lotsa picts.
♥reflected @ 10:50 AM
took the bus to taman jurong to k, only to realise that it only opens at 3 pm, so we were like thinking wat to do until then.. so we went to his house first, since it was nearby, where he handed my sis his old chains, and there they went 研究 and i really mean that 研究 everything. my sis is damn good at 研究-ing. from food to clothes, from furniture to appliances, everything. she can tell you if its worth the money, etc etc etc. so i just sat and listened. see how they spent time 研究ing the white shirt.
