this year's cny should be one of the better ones that i've had so far. and i think it is too for my ah ma. this year, there were more relatives who spent the first day of cny at ah ma's house with us. like second aunt and her sons. plus my eldest cousin who brought hamburger kid and french fries--ahem they are NOT FOOD! so when it was time to lou hei, we realised that there werent enough chopsticks for everyone and a few of my relatives had to make do with forks instead. it was a good thing to have the little ones there too; kids always have the capability to bring down the "invisible walls" between adults, especially those who've not seen each other for a longgg time. like who would have known that weizhou likes babies so much? so yupp it made ah ma's house seem much livelier this year. i think she felt really glad to have so much "noise":) 新年快乐阿嬷!新年快乐大家!
new year's eve. glorious spread by my mum.
cny first day. my bottoms are something between berms and shorts--in case you guys cant see:p
9:11 PM
Thursday, January 22, 2009
我的第一堂课的一小一小段:
老师,你会不会哭? 会啊,每个人都会哭。难道你不会吗?
看似这么普通的问题,却原来[暗藏杀机]。 老师,张老师以前就是哭着离开课室的。
谁是张老师啊?原来他问我的是关于这个,亏我还单纯地以为他只是好奇我是否有哭过-_-
10:26 PM
i dont like the feeling of being a 药筒. medicine's suppose to make you feel better but after you have taken a huge amount for a constant period of time, it makes you feel sick, weak and wobbly instead. and i say wobbly because today when i finally returned to sch- two days after being forced to rest at home due to being ill- my legs feel as if they are going to give way. and i wasnt even wearing heels! and i enjoy being alive and kicking again. no more grogginess. no more feeling as if people are talking very far away from you when they are just right beside you. no more wondering why the keyboard sounds so weird when it's actually quite in an accurate tune...welcome back to real life hah:)
10:21 PM
Saturday, January 17, 2009
i guess sometimes you really 've to believe yuting and her fascination with horoscopes and stuff. yesterday's horoscope states that i need to "look out for an old friend"- who turned out to be rats( ehh that's what me and my bro call him)! he gave the "jaw-drop" expression when he saw me. um not sure whether his mum told him i was going to teach at his school. hope i didnt leave him feeling dazed. so early in the morning too. at least i was nice enough not to mention about his horrifying china experience:p
i'm back! actually, i just blogged two days ago. the thing is, i'm back to being me. and ME means over-sized shirts, berms and sandals. not that i'm still being fussy about having to wear working clothes. i've thought long and hard about it-yes, the clothes issue- and i'm not going to let it bother me. and i've noticed that being a teacher doesnt have to mean conservative and buying all your clothes from this fashion *looks at kath. in fact they accept almost everything but revealing clothes. which i dont have any:) back to the real details about teaching internship. i'll try not to discreetly name any person-students these days are smart-unless it's perfectly harmless to do so. but...these week has been quite ok for me! i've really nice colleagues-like yijing and limin-and well, i'm not sure why, but i truly like the school. i love seeing how the whole school 'comes alive' everyday, with students spilling out of the classrooms and teachers bustling around to get things done. so far, the students of the classes that i've been to are really lively. though you can say it's 顽皮 but i still think it's better than having no response. and it kind of made me understand that there are people who are slower learners. i'm keen to help but i still dont know yet how to help. another thing is, i seriously hope that i dont get carried away by the students when i start to teach. i feel so much like laughing whenever i stepped into any class! arrgh:)
wed was my last day working at the foodstall. besides the assistant boss that keeps asking 'why', i'll miss my job. it's not exactly the best job-having to do everything except frying food-but it kept me busy so that i dont waste my time. i learnt many things. preparing mee siam(not actually cooking it), chee cheong fun. and i now know what kopi-po, kopi-gao mean and what exctly to add inside the coffee. and managing the cashier of course. and memorising the prices of the foodstuff. moving boxes of canned drinks and clearing the garbage. and the staff like aunty yayou who's a great help and joy to have at the workplace. i've even got her number;who knows we may go swimming (mind you she's 60 and still as fit as a bull!) together next time! the best thing working there would be learning to react more quickly and not always be so adagio. not to mention the constant interaction-and occasional eating-with food:)
had initially planned to sleep through the last day of 2008 but that was before i invited qian and wanling to sleepover-which we never really did-at my house. guess it's hard to get away without countdown:) apologies to those living in my part of the neighbourhood who heard us yelling "HAPPY NEW YEAR" from the window when the clock striked midnight. ...what else? i became the victim of qian's pillow fights, ball-throwing and hair-styling. qian was bit high-she made us stay up till 3 plus. the next day at the pool i sort of taught her how to swim and wanling backstroke. the slides there are fantastic! the not-so-good side was, i didnt really take care of them well enough. think they didnt even drink one glass of water throughout the stay. i got carried away that i didnt even notice:p
2008 passed by super fast. there were so many things that i did but i feel as if i didnt do anything.
what i'll miss from year 2008: 1. SCHOOL!! -cg 2107 -dumbly-dorr peck and his wisdom, shuffles low and his hokkien, laozhang and his blurness -our ancient, about-to-collapse building -PE! more for the 'jiayous' when we run together though. plus the pe teachs who are strict but care about and run along with us. -canteen. our messy tables and chairs! the bald-headed magpie! white chicken rice with lots of pepper in my soup! -zap! where poor julie runs to almost everyday to but notes and tutorials for us. -stage! where we put our bags, have random performances and always some random person playing the piano there (shucks i'm making this sound like farewell)
2. shum and kath. of course i'm very grateful that kath's here in spore but there are some things best done with the power of three:)
3. my little neighbours. today's Little Guy 1's first day at primary school! no more sounds of footsteps coming to my door. no more asking me to play willie wagglestick over and over again:(
what i'll look forward to in 2009: 1. TIP! though it may end up in me getting bullied or the other way round:p it's back to school from a totally new perspective:)
2. uni. hopefully. and hopefully i can get into a course that i can withstand for at least four years.
3. more time with family.
4. no more 1 hour plus bus rides to school and waking up at 5.20am every morning( though i'm quite numb to it already). think i can hear yeewen clapping her hands in glee:)
5. more time to myself
though 2008 has been a hectic year mostly due to alevels it was one of my most enjoyable years too. there were so many things to do. and i've to admit i looked forward to school compared to most people like guanwei and his monday blues:p and the alevel exam period was much easier to go through with the tremendous support from family, friends and tutors( all those remedials; having bio mock same week as clit alvel paper) and piano( bit weird factor but having piano lessons during alevels helps to take my mind off exams and do something else besides studying).
so cheers to 2008 and welcome 2009! happy new year everyone!