Kids these days

The mentality of kids these days...

If they pass an exam... it means...

I am smart

If they fail an exam... it means...

Teacher never do her job. Teacher is lazy and lousy.

Woot!!

It's been a greeaatttt week!

Best news of the week:
I managed to cross over to do a degree programme! I'll be doing my Bachelors of Art in English (education). Wow! It's like a dream come true. Many of my friends made it too! Yeah!!!! Congrats to everyone for making it and let's all curb our spending and save! No pay for 2 years but think of what we will gain at the end of these 2 years.

Got psychoed into signing up for slimming package. 20 sessions and I paid $2800. I hope it works and you will see a new me soon.

Went to Eski bar at Holland Village, last night with laogong and his colleague, John. Was fun. We had long island tea. Although it was a mixture of many kinds of alcohol, it tasted really good. I was in the mood for drinking and so I ordered melon ball. Oh, drinking it, I was in heaven. Tasted so much better than long island tea. I would say it is the first time I really enjoyed my drinks in Eski bar. Can't make it a habit for going anyway, it's too expensive.

Went to Batu Pahat today. Was fun! Eat and eat and eat! But I think I controlled myself well enough, if not all those slimming is going to waste. Bought stickers for my keyboard. Really cute! So here's a picture of my keyboard now.


Watched finish a korean drama series recently. Only you. A very typical korean show - all the crying and painful love story, which will always end up sweet. Although only 16 episodes, all 16 episodes shows a very frustrating love story and could get a little draggy. Lots of crying in the show. The only sweet part is really, at the end, for like 5 minutes of the show where they live happily ever after. I would rate it a 3 stars out of 5.

My upcoming task which is important and urgent: SPRING CLEAN MY ROOM!!!

Offically a Full Fledged Teacher

It's my first day as a full fledged teacher and it coincides with the first day of the June holidays. Basically, just had to report to school to say hi to the staff. Selected my table already but because it is currently occupied by the untrained teacher till she goes to NIE in july, i'm tableless. Will probably have to bunk in with Delicia first because her table is occupied too. So we probably will have to use the table at the computer workstation. Our laptops will not be coming in anytime soon. Damn! Looks like I have to bring my parent's laptop to work.

Spoke to my P5 and 6 teacher. She remembers me and my classmates! She was in such a shock that she nearly cried. She's still her usual hip and trendy self, with the exception that she's married now.

It's so coincidental that Delicia and I have the same birthday, on Christmas, except that she's born in 1982 and me 1985. Not only that, I realized that she lives just next block to me! Yeah, looks like we will have each other for company in many ways.

Just spoke to kor on msn. I'm happy that just after about 2 months of tuition, his daughter showed improvement in her studies.

English CA1: 50 SA1: 62
Maths CA1: 40 SA1: 55
Science CA1: 31 SA1: 78

The biggest surprise for me is her Science. I'm really happy for her Science. Guess I paid a lot of attention into her Science because that was her weakest subject. If I had put in a little more time into her Maths, she could have done better. Nevertheless, remarkable improvement. I am pleased. Jia you Chia Chen!

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Gasp!

Just home from my doctor's appointment. Gasp gasp. I've put on weight AGAIN!!

How to find that motivate to lose weight?!!!!!!!!!

Gym time. Swimming time. Jogging time.

Received an email yesterday from my practicum school principal. He kept to his word and well, I would be back to my practicum school, 6 months later. In the meanwhile, I will report to the school that I've been posted to and stay there for 6 months.

Went to the school that I am posted to. Nice staff environment and I could feel the friendliness and the warmth. The staff there are really young. Seems easy to click with.

Reporting there on Monday. Will get to see my desk and I saw my name on the pigeon hole already. There are quick!

I'm happy and excited.

But first, I need a well deserved break. Enjoying today and tomorrow before we finally have the last seminar to attend again on Friday.

Oh and not to forget, congrats to Tan Yan Xin, Lee Kuan Yew award winner for the 2007 SP Graduates. Laogong's sister! I'm so proud of her. Well, although the amount of award money given was really surprising, in a negative sense, it is still the name of the award.

Bored!

It's been one super boring week. The only thing about the enrichment programme that I think I enjoyed was the ITE visit. This week has been so boring, it has made me sleepy and too lazy and unmotivated to update my blog.

A few more days of enrichment programme to go. Reporting to my primary school on Wednesday instead of following Monday as they called me to go in earlier. Oh well.

Bruised arm

Here's an updated picture of how my arm looks like today.

It is badly bruised and can you see the yellowish-greenish area on top of the purplish read area? It's so gross! Damn nurse.

I don't even dare to anyhow rest my arm now in case I press on it. It's painful!

Last day of Practicum

It's finally over. 10 weeks gone in just a flash. I have enjoyed every single moment with my beloved friends and we have bitched about things and supported each other through. Now that practicum has come to an end, I feel very sad to leave the school and that all of us are going to different schools, except for Adrian and Ridhwan.

Ting Yue and I chose not to tell the students when we will be leaving, until today because we didn't want them to spend money on buying gifts or making cards for us, especially during this examination period. We only told them today. I bought notebooks for my P3s and in each book, I had hand written a note to each of them. They were all so excited to read what I have written to them and kept asking for my autograph, as if I were some big star. Some of them managed to scribble a love letter to me but what really touched my heart was that they were upset that I was leaving. Many told me that they enjoyed my lessons and wanted me to continue teaching them. It nearly made me cry. After releasing them from class, one of them shouted, I love you Miss Yap and it nearly sent a tear down my cheeks.

As for my P4s, I bought each of them a marker and for the first time since I've thought them, I could see that they were sincerely appreciative of what I have done for them. Maybe because I only see them twice a week, the attachment to them is not as strong so I didn't feel that relunctant to leave the class.

I also feel very comforted and yet sadden to leave this school and move on to another school because a couple of staff at this school want me to stay on. They were all relunctant to see me go and are trying to convince the principal to try to find means to make me stay. I'm comforted because I know my effort has been recognized and appreciated, which makes me more relunctant to go. However, I have to. A new school, new environment and more things to learn. My CT said that she believes that I would be able to excel there if I continue to put in the hard work. She wrote to me a very touching piece of email to me after I gave her a thank you card and present. She will always be a teacher whom I look up to.

After school, the six of us took a cab down to hooked for our celebration lunch that this practicum is over. We chatted, laughed and bitched more. Totally enjoyed the lunch. We sat there for a few hours and bonded even more. And my poor shoulder got hit a few times by Ting Yue's head because she couldn't pronounce "passion" properly and everytime she failed, my shoulder was where she banged her head. Haha, Ting Yue's cute.

Here's a picture of Ting Yue and me. I think I have grown fatter.


Here's a picture of Ridhwan acting stupid. Haha, Ridhwan, don't kill me.


And Ridhwan and his daddy, Alan. It's the couple outfit - the blue shirt.


I'm having practicum redrawal symptons now. I don't miss the lesson planning. I am missing the school, the staff and the students. Although the staff didn't appear to be very friendly initially, at the end of the day, after knowing some of them, I realized that they are very nice people. Things happen for a reason and I must always remember that I joined the teaching profession because my main aim is to teach and mould the next generation. I will still put in my heart and soul in being a teacher, whom the students will look up to and share with me their feelings and thoughts, no matter which school I am at.

For now, I will take a good break for these 2 weeks before reporting to my new school. Back to NIE for enrichment programmes.

The latest and hottest topic

It's the latest and hottest topic among the graduating NIE trainees. Where are you posted to? Well, some are rejoycing, some aren't. As for me, I'm kinda sad that I am not remaining at the current school that I am. I've talked to the principal already and he is doing all he can to help me. Now, my only hope left is that the school that I am posted to is willing to let me go and remain at the school I am in. Chances are slim because that school is in quite a desperate need of teachers. The only way is that they can get somemore adjunct teachers, but who would want to get adjunct teachers when they can have a permanent staff?

Today, I broke the sad news to my CT and my ex-CTs and they were all very upset. Ms Lim was very surprised because I think she knew that I was on the top of the list whcich the school wanted back plus she put in a lot of good words for me, as what she told me. Sharon, my previous CT, was just as upset and even went to the principal to request for me to stay because she needed extra hands to help her with music lessons. The other CT who I can always joke and crap with was just as upset because after all, we are sorta close.

The principal told me that worse come to worse, I'll just go over to the other school for 6 months and then next year come back again. They are looking into this and I guess will still be up to MOE's approval. Hope for the best.

Went to NUH for a blood test yesterday and eye screening. The blood test was awful. Here's a picture of my arm after the blood test. Don't get grossed out by it.



I don't understand how she got poke through until like this. I've never experienced such excruciating pain before while she was pulling out the needle. At first, I just held back the tears because I thought it was just a little more pain than normal. Didn't see that bruise on my arm straight away because it was covered under the plaster. However, for the next few hours, I kept complaining to laogong that my arm was very painful and that I couldn't straighten it. For me, it sent some alarm bells ringing because after taking so many blood tests, this is the first time it is like this for me. So, I pulled off the plaster and this is what I saw on my arm. I nearly cried again. My goosebumps came out. No wonder it was awfully pain. Now, it's a little swollen and painful still, just like those bruises. What happened this time round?

I am so sleepy! Slept at 1am on Monday night because I went to JB with laogong's family for KTV plus dinner buffet for 32 ringgit per person from 6pm to 3am, but we left at 11+pm. Nevertheless, it's still very worth. Will definitely go back there.

Thought I could sleep in the afternoon on Tuesday but after going NUH, went to laogong's house for steamboat dinner and by the time I slept was past midnight. So, by hook or by crook, I am going to sleep early tonight. Well, hopefully nothing keeps me up again.

Yawn!

Lack of sleep

Why have I been missing in action again? Well here's the most fundamental reason again. I am just too tired and exhausted. Here's a backtrack of the activities in the past week.

All it takes is just for me to sleep super late for one day and the effect snowballs. Last Saturday, went to Eski bar and reached home at 1am. Had to wake up early the next day to go to church. Then on Sunday night, I went to laogong's house to play mahjong and ended up reaching home nearly midnight and had to wake up at 6am to go to school.

Monday was an exceptionally long day for me because after school I had to go for my own piano lesson and then do a make up lesson for one of my students. By the time I got home, I was super exhausted but I still met laogong nonetheless. Ended up going to his house to play mahjong and then staying over.

Woke up early on Tuesday to go home but I didn't sleep. Went out to cut my hair with twinnie and then met laogong after that. Went to Pasir Panjang for dinner and by the time I got home was 11+pm.

Wednesday went to Storm's place after school to tuition his daughter. Was supposed to follow twinnie back to chinatown to return a pair of shades but by the time I finished tuition, I was so exhausted I didn't want to go anyway but stay home.

And so on Thursday and Friday I had to wake up early for school and have not really been able to catch up on my sleep. I think I need to get to bed by 10pm next time.

Luckily its the last week of school. Yeah! Sul, let's celebrate after that. But I have to covered health education this week, instead of English and Maths. My CT said not to tax them. Give them something light, so she'll do health education and finally conduct the library period, which she has not done for quite a few weeks.

Tired.