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Sunday, September 24, 2006Y

happie bdae to all the sep babies....poof....so mani of dem....make me broke tis sep.....actualli every yr oso la....xiong....got sicong....sis.....ernest....chiewting....huimin....laiyi....(in chronological order) n of cos WON BIN!!! hee...*special bdae greetings to him~!!!!* went settlers cafe fer the ferst time yest....haa...cant imagine we stayed fer 3 hrs to play 3 games....2 fast games + 1 strategy game...thru playing the games can see everyone's character man....laiyi the intellect..noes most of the names of stars/directors/authors...etc....sicong the fox...sly....store up all the cards n comb the train routes....chiewting the strategist....won the ferst round to the train ride game....quietly...haa....jiehe the krapman....crapping is his forte...swift too....fast reflex...won the fruitty game....(the deck of cards damn gao3 wei4 tattered n torn)....n me....slow...cannot add simple math (ferst to get ousted in the fruitty game)....big-mouthed (sae out my route so everyone will try to block my wae...)....kinda crappy (was crappin my wae out in the apples to apples game...) it's been long since i played games...apart frm playing UNO again n again n again almost everydae wif my students....but rarely play wif frens....i dun exactly like playing games.....not dat i'm a sore loser.....but cos it just makes my brain do extra werk.....nice place to hangout tho it's quite ex n not too comfy....ratings: 3 stars...outta 5....

ends at 4:20 AM

Friday, September 08, 2006Y

feel super lousy todae.....the piano kids r having their prac exam soon....i'm not feeling as stressed as past yrs...not becos they r all well-prepared....(in fact, they r the least prepared tis yr....all of dem...) but cos i tink i've kinda given up.....all the wae up till next wed i'm having klasses every single dae...last-min extra lessons....some of them tried to practise...hoping some miracle will happen...some dun bother....some r consistent....worst is dat student when i scolded him every week he dun practise...now he practise 4-5 hrs a dae....crazy.....realli gave up on him last sundae....realli felt dat he shld just fail (not dat i'm being evil or wad)....at least he learns his lesson from his failure and not continue to suffer fer the next higher grade....but seeing dat he put in effort n he improved quite a lot....i feel i shld just try to pull him up....(as if i were of much help...) wad realli made me lousy was the guy hoo is quitting str aft exams....told him i still owe him 2 lessons...cos mum oreadi paid....he settled fer one lesson...the other lesson he asked me not to come...."u dun nid to come...i will just practise on my own..." damn hurting....as if i'm redundant....perhaps i m....but at least i'm there to push him on....n considering the fact dat he dun usu tok alot...he dared to voice tis out to me.....irritating....

poof....all i did fer tis short one week sch hols is to go on trainings....went fer a one-day brain-based learning werkshop...super interactive...kip mixing arnd wif pple in the room...din haf much time to warm the seat den haf to move about again...but tis werkshop is more fer mainstream teachers lo...dunno send us there fer wad.....haiz...den comes the 5-dae curriculum planning werkshop....onli mi wendy my supervisor n boss attended....it's one of those super stressing course whereby u nid to sit in small groups n discuss most of the time....n being the new kid in the block everyone was curious abt my background n my centre...interrogation time.....mani of those pple kinda look down on us....ostracised us.....feel down in the pits lo....felt so small among the experienced teachers n principals (tis werkshop mostly fer the high-ranking pple) wanna stand up fer my centre but how to? dunno wad to sae...it's true to a certain extent wad dey tink....but unconstructive critisms r not welcomed....sorry....dun wan to offend the ministry's officials (i hate tis lady in ncss terribly...grrr...) n weaken 'bilateral' ties wif other schs....got to noe more pple there...tho dey dun reali care hoo i m....the pple in my table r generally quite nice...n i'm glad fer dat....my poor colleagues haf been bombarded wif qns.....but i must admit overall i feel sped teachers r kinda wierd....their bhv n thinking wise....makes me feel scared....haf to self reflect from time to time to see if i'm becoming lidat too.....gulp....

haf been in tis dilemma fer long long time....shld i stay or shld i go? boss brought up our challenges which i deeply feel fer....but at the same time it created a sense of insecurity.....i realli dunno wad i'm in fer....piano-wise...feel like quitting cos i dun wanna restrict the potentials of my students....but den again....i've been wif dem fer years...it's not dat ez to let go....argh.....if i wanna go...where shld i head towards? i've no idea.

ends at 8:45 AM

Sunday, September 03, 2006Y

attended FM's dotter's orange-theme wedding yest...wanna go there share the bliss n happiness....haa...tho i dun even noe the dotter....quite a young couple...dotter onli a yr older den me....husband is a doc....qiang2.....so farnie....when the newly wed walked past the aisle....i was sitting near the aisle....the groom actualli knocked off the flower decoration beside me....den the bride knocked the next one on her side....haa...i din even realise it slipped off....so malu....quickly help to put it up again....make me centre of attraction fer nth....kauz.....all the doc's frens....dotter's students filled the crowd....n FM? bz entertaining the loads of pple...toked to me fer a while n as usual left me standing halfwae thru the conversation....haa...she must learn how to engage n disengage others man....brr.....

boss went too....hee...dat time his dotter married i din go...now i attend FM's dotter's wedding....oops....the ferst ting he said when he saw me is "u've got a nice bag!" haa...stunned...i dunno how to reply....just said "i bot at chinatown..." he alwiz give comments like "i like ur blouse...", "nice outfit", "the color suits u alot...shld wear tis color more....dat's oso my fave color..." haiz...i'm pathetic....dunno how to react to praises....professional hazard: know how to gif praises but dunno how to accept compliments....the last time he praised me i actually luff out sheepishly....duhz....

visu brot her dotter along....6-yrs-old....so farnie when her dotter refused to let me go home....asked me to go to her hse to play wif her....haa....dun even noe y i alwiz haf affinity wif kids....finally i promised to go her hse on mon....den she let me off...haa....so bad ar....bluff kids....but dat's my forte!!! at the bus stop, another kid approached me fer change....he's so cute...of coz i change wif him...haa...he even bowed n said thankz.....cutie pie...haa....=)

ends at 3:18 AM

Friday, September 01, 2006Y
ferst teachers' dae

went to the zoo trip...raining the whole dae man...but it din dampen our moods...i mean the teachers' moods...guess our staff is 5X more excited than the students...haa....it was fun to go outing wif every one in the morning session....haa...no tantrums....dat's our best teachers' dae present oreadi....oh...not fergetting my 3 guys realli made my ferst teachers' dae at saac an unforgettable one....

B1's present came the earliest...mum bot a cake fer all the teachers...we were all trying to figure out wad is the flavour of the diamond-studded-looking cake...haa...tink it's mango almond cake or sth....plus another gift fer me...a box of precious moments swits....so swit....=)

B2 gave chocs n a box of marks n spencer biscuits which he brings to sch to eat everydae...haa....=)

KW brot along a card to all the teachers n his mum made butter cake fer each one of us....but dat card meant more to us den ani other present.... he wrote to us in his neatest handwriting....
" Thank you for:
  • teaching someone like me
  • spending ur love, patience and care on me
  • believeing that ur hard work n efforts will not be wasted

Happy Teachers' Day! "

heart melted....held back my tears after reading...to tink dat i expected teachers' dae to be like ani other sch dae...din expect to get ani wishes nonetheless presents....but lucki the 3 mums r so thotful....*sniff sniff*

no teachers' dae dinner....but we having a bbq later at my colleagues' place....to celebrate most of us having werked fer a yr....farewell fer 2 colleauges....n to see my colleague's lost-n-found dog...i scared of dogs man...n all of dem like dogs...argh...she sae she will lock him up...but i said y not lock me up instead....haa.....boss not invited (oops)...prog head not coming....so it'll be a ladies' party! hee...


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