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Sunday, September 23, 2007Y

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it's our mthly scc gathering again....tis time round it's at jh's house...HOUSE...not flat...heh....i m amazed how i managed to notice the difference in his house each time we visited...last time was he painted his walls....tis time round i just felt sth was quite different bout his garden...neater, tidier, newer....n true enuff....he changed a gardener...hahahaha!!! c how observant i m?

went swensons to buy ice cream cake....had so much food yest n almost cldnt finish the ice cream cake....bbq was quite fun lar...tho we had a strong critics team...haa...but well, all constructive feedback is valuable! just dat i'm most of the time the spokesperson fer all the overcooked n undercooked food....haaa...

tis ly went earlier to help out....leaving us gers not doing aniting fer the bbq...felt bad lo....even jh's godma pointed dat out....paiseh.....wanted to buy sth to his hse ly sae no nid...went empty handed....worse....

to sc>>pls....i realli wasnt high yest lor...just had more tings to tok n luff abt den mah....mabbe u sipped a little lar...dat's y u tink i'm 'cuter'.....oh pls...with or without wine i'm cute can....just depends on my mood lo....=P

ferst time on sc's car...must admit he's a safe driver....following religiously behind the big truck...n not changing lane...hahaha....*so glad we made it home, ct!* haaa.....

glad dat our group haf expanded a little....wif jiayin (jh's gf) n johnny (jj's bf) joining us...heh....jh's bro joined us fer bbq too....it's realli a sharp observation by jiayin dat sc actually got back the present he bot....it's actualli fer ct but in the end dey decided to swop....haa...so sadly enuff sc had to take the vouchers he bot earlier....haa...according to jj, her 'tontine' theory is coming to an end wef next yr....no more presents buying...haa....otherwise it'll end up like sc's case....

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Friday, September 21, 2007Y

on mc todae...wasnt realli sick as u can see...still can blog here...but din wan to be more sick after werk....todae's my sis 21st bdae party....i better stay well....besides, todae is outing day...if i'm out dere in the sun...i'm gone fer sure at nite....

yest was quite xiong cos i was in the klass wif the new teacher....cath wasnt arnd...down wif flu....she said i pass to her...now she pass it back to me! quits....was oreadi sneezing awae the previous nite...yest unexpectedly, A1 was so upset cos he wanted to go shopping wif dad who was on leave...refused to come into class...n when the dad managed to coax him into class n i blocked the door after him, we had a serious power struggle....he's so strong n big-sized....gosh...i managed to kip the door klosed n he started shouting n screaming disturbing the other students...cath must be luffing todae when she heard wad happened yest....heck...it was becos his dad is on leave n mum din bring him here todae...dat's y....it's not my fault....super glad dat my dear A2 the crying indian boy did not cry n add to the drama we had...was writing in his commumnication bk telling his parents he's been so gd...din cry at all when he started crying....haa....sometimes just haf to be pantang...but felt so proud of him....haa...after he left at 11am, another power struggle wif A3...the other indian boy....he's a wriggler n think-u-r-playing-catching person....faints....after the whole action-packed morning, i had no more energy left....depleted....been pulling n dragging kids the whole week....aching all over....plus the blue-blacks on my back still hurts a little...worse....still went to teach piano yest nite..haiz....

was complaining to my sis bout all the woes i had when i'm in tis class...cant get along wif the teacher....all the sarcasm n disregard i suffered...cant bear to leave the class...(todae marks the last dae i'm in the klass) n the shitty ting is i'm starting to like the indian boy hoo cries....A2....argh....stoopid....

todae is so much like a public holidae....dad's on leave, i'm at home...both my parents damn bz the whole week wif her bdae man....preparing all the food n stuff....n me? i helped made presents fer her frens..still feel her idea not v gd leh...din turn out too nice....n i wldnt want sth like dat...heh....oops....was doing it till mn lo....added on to my sickness...dunno if i'll survive the nite todae....

tmr's bbq at jh's hse...hope i'll be fine by den....

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Monday, September 17, 2007Y

was watching hey! gorgeous on tv just now....featuring the hunks n babes in nus...well...must sae the standard has dropped....the arts king guy not shuai leh....the gers dey chose oso not too pretty....i'm sure dere r lots more prettier ones out there in the campus....but still....arts pple r better looking....n some wierd n outstanding ones too....rem the ferst season of xiao hua xiao cao i was still in sch....n elvin (from arts) who is now a mediacorp actor used to be in the same eng klass as chuyun...she is so proud to show us the photo of her eng klass wif him inside...haa....

the different parts of nus realli bring back the few memories i haf of uni life....the orientation camps - union n arts, rag day, studying in lectures, eating in the canteen, studying at the benches, people-watching at forum, sports camp daes at src area, gg to jj's hall to run n study tog, the bazaars, the library, etc etc....some parts of which i cldnt recognise were probably how much the sch has changed after i grad....dat's like 2 yrs oreadi....haiz....so fast....tho i din feel too much sense of belonging to nus, i suddenly feel like gg back fer a walk or sth....kinda miss it a little....

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had some duet gg on in klass....both the indian boys crying tog....soon it'll be acapella...haa...totally tuned out to their crying liao...everyone who walked past will pop their head in to see wad's happening....managed to stop dem frm crying after a while....which is a feat...haa...felt gd about myself since last thurs when i managed to get dat boy to do werk n stop crying....keep up the good werk....or shld i sae...count my lucky stars man.....wish me luck fer tmr...n thurs....*fingers crossed*

tis "co-teacher" of mine wanted me to stay longer with the klass...actualli wif A2 onli...."u handle him v well...." trying to gimme credit now so dat u'll haf less of a headache huh.....now den u start appreciating me huh....pui~ i got my own klass soon lor....no time to care bout ur klass wor....but still being me, i said "dun mind lar...but up to the raj..."i'm supposed to fade off by end of tis week....but still had some tings dat we dun see eye to eye wif todae....haiz....i give up....let her new co-teacher be influenced by her.....go listen to wadeva she saes lor.....den get into trouble....huh~! kip saying T has tis KS time...KS = ki xiao....damn mean....she's apparently telling everyone dat....where r ur ethics?? sometimes i realli hope raj will come ask me how werking wif her is like...den i can feedback...cos i'm not the kind who will rat on her....haiz...lately she buay tahan sal cos she alwiz come in n look fer me ask me tis n dat...i oso a little irritated cos in the middle of the klass...but she couldnt take it n scolded TMD loudly outside raj's office..."she was the one who told me off when i ferst came not to interrupt her session n now she's doing dat!" oh well....mi ferever giap in the middle...clara was shocked when she heard her sae tmd...i'm not cos it's not my ferst time.....bad blood betw dem ferever.....she was upset todae too cos siti asked me to stand in in another klass fer awhile....den she sae cannot...cos A2 coming todae...n she cannot handle the 4 kids wif her new co teacher alone.....cmon lar....dey r just kids lor....n i'm onli awae fer like 1/2 hr lor....dun gimme the overwhelmed crap when u alwiz dominate the klass....oh well...mabbe dat's her wae of showing her aprreciation for me....grr....been the on-to-go stand-in teacher in every klass man....alwiz being borrowed n rented out....

had to relief sal's klass in the afternoon cos she got eye infection.....serious shorthanded todae....most half of the staff r out on course....most of us left had to do 2 sessions....suay.....except those hoo kip claiming dey r "overwhelmed"....oh pls.....den i can oso sae i'm overwhelmed lor.....den everyone shld just not werk here lo....cao geng...

went str off at 4.40pm fer acupuncture at changi general hospital...arm n wrist joint sometimes painful....the needles were a little painful n hot...cos steam my hand fer 20 min....but worst was the ba guan on my back....left me wif so mani bruises....ugly man...was telling her i got breathing difficulties at time....so she checked my back...found out dat my spine is a little crooked....so help me to zhen lor....neck one so painful....had to eat medicine too...hope it aint too bitter tho i believe i can chi ku....so ex lor....50+ altog....spending so much more extra money tis mth....on food, presents, transport, healthcare, etc etc.....haiz...

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Sunday, September 16, 2007Y

been kinda down on luck lately....
sianz...

lost my pouch wif my nus ez link card inside...suspect i threw into the dustbin by accident w/o realising.....

getting lotsa blue blacks on my legs cos i kip banging into tables n chairs.....

struggling wif the new indian boy on last fri outing...he's a runner man...he grabbed an indian lady's arm n she n the dotter stared at me fer a gd 5 sec....she must be tinking i'm abducting him or sth....argh....

fingernail poked my lips making it swell a little....

getting the new boy whom the male teacher frm another sch was telling me he's transferring to our side in oct...he's a fast pincher n a big sized boy....oh great....

puked blood the whole of todae cos most of my students gg fer exams n good half of dem can barely make the mark.....

been so bz n tired n fatigued....brain can only be filled up wif all the activities dat's gonna happen the coming week....aniting further den a week i haf no more memory space to remember....so much so dat i din noe my sis's bdae is just round the corner...it's her 21st bdae n i'm so not updated bout where she is celebrating at, the activities dat dae, etc...dun even noe wad i'm supposed to help out wif....all i did was get her her cake....n all i can do is go down earlier fer her celebration...

feel so alone these daes....cos most of the time apart frm werk, i spend time alone outside....travelling to all the outskirt places fer piano...eating dnr alone...shop arnd alone to while awae the time whenever i'm earlie fer lessons....hardly get to tok much wif my family....hardly get to eat mum's cooking....n when i m home fer dnr, she dun cook...on sundaes like todae, i'm home n the whole family's out....hardly take my dad's car tis week cos he out of town or gg home late or i go fer piano.....haiz....

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Tuesday, September 11, 2007Y

yest was the focus group with parents n i completely fergot bout it....mi n sal agreed to dress up so dat we look like teachers!! (all becos of a comment frm a parent...) how could i ferget??! wasnt dressed too nicely but in the end i realised...hoo cares....not mani parents r coming n after having werked here fer 2 yrs...i haf met most parents if not all!

most of the pple who attended were the architects....onli less den 20 parents came i tink...dey gave views on the outlook of the new centre...at elliot road....oh well....it all seemed nice n pretty on print...but i realli wonder how it's adapted to students' needs.....so mani water features....must bring my whole wardrobe to werk man...bet mani students will probably tink dey can do the walking on water stance....pengz....n the walk into reach the classroom clusters is quite a long walk....dunno how mani times we must redirect dem frm ani possible distrators arnd before we reached....n by den the teachers wld oreadi haf used up all our energy just merely trying to bring dem to klass....

well, in ani case....the new centre at elliot road is part of the reason y i'm staying on....cos i realli wanna see wad's the outcome like when we r running at full capacity of 400 (which is quite unlikely to reach) n how it's ever gonna made possible.....n most importantly i wanna vouch saac's yrs of groundwerk to its successful daes....but all these r provided i still haf the life to see it through.....2010...dat's 3 yrs awae man....poof.....

was awae frm office fer almost a week n there were so mani updates....gonna haf mani visitors coming these 2 weeks...(so i gotta dress nicely so as not to throw boss's face)....symposium the 3rd is coming too....gosh....gonna haf a one-week training in dec....n we r gonna haf a 3D2N CAMP!!!! faintz....teresa feeling damn stress now...hardly see her smile....unhappy wif boss n prog head plus lotsa wierd ideas coming in from boss to ask her org tis n dat....knew boss wanted a camp a yr ago....n we were joking on how unrealistic dat is! n now we die die gonna haf one!!! how to make students sleep in tents safely?? we probably can just become panda after the camp! n how much responsibility will be on us shld aniting happen?? *stressed* but i guess we'll haf to be gungho n take tings in BIG stride....u never try u never noe.....

there goes my dec holidays.....*sobz*

2 new colleagues just joined us....quite frenly...unlike the previous batch...dey too quiet n in their own world....

yest there was a new indian boy in my existing klass...n guess wad....i knew nth bout it...well dey had all the rights not to tell me...cos i'm onli a stand in teacher...well he was gd fer the ferst dae...pretty compliant n could do a lot of tasks wif me....

todae was hell....the pretty-new indian boy hoo joined us just b4 sch hols came back....he's the super cry baby....once he sae "apa amma" (daddy n mummy) i knew it was coming.....n true enuff....he started crying say 1/2 hr after he reached klass....A2 started crying....A1 started screaming n T starting imitating....so the new boy A3 got overstimulated frm all the noise....A2 is like the loudhailer hoo kept crying non-stop.....prog head came in n made him do tasks b4 he could go home....n he was crying while doing it...den it was snack time...he ate n simmered down....den....tis A3 started crying....cos overstimulated fer the whole morning....after A2 hoo was on a 2hr prog went home, A3 started crying non-stop too....n tis irritating T still wan to go disturb him.....prog head came in again to handle A3....haiz.....he said boss is oso over-stimulated in his rm...haa..wad to do?? his rm is the nearest to our klassroom! n so we had such an eventful morning....n the 17-yr-old student frm the other end of the corridor kept telling the teachers "the baby is....(crying)!" he's the fill-in-the-blank guy wif a v low tolerance for crying....todae he's sick n he was telling his teachers "the nose is.....!", "inside the nose is....!" (ans given by teacher: sick?, mucus?)...must answer him according to the wae he wans us to den he happie....hahaha.....when she told us in the staff room we started luffing....he is just so adorable....aniwae, had such a long dae man.....4 hrs were like crawling lor....so much crying.....i practically tune myself to the crying frequency liao....such dat i become immuned to it.....tmr A2 not coming...hopefulli it will be better....but thurs there will be all 4 in klass man....scarie....but my sunshine boy is coming back on thurs!! so at least sth to look forward to ba.....i hope the mum not gg back on her werds...or fergot bout it....hmmm.....*keeping fingers crossed*

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left tis part out when i wrote the previous post...

05 September 2007 marks my 2 yrs in saac....it seems like a long yet not-too-long time....long cos we've been thru alot these 2 yrs....changes after changes....pple come pple go.....more n more students....learning how to deal wif all the different students....but it all seemed not too long ago when i ferst started werking....but very glad dat i've survived two yrs....n oso celebrating wif me on our 2nd yr is anu...only....all the rest had left us....sole survivors....still hanging on....=)

i've realli learnt alot bout life thru werk...n i've began to discover more bout myself n my perspectives in life....everyday is a learning day....everyday is so full of surprises....dat realli kips mi going....n of cos sometimes we nid to learn tings the hard way....

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Sunday, September 09, 2007Y

time flies....bz n sick...been more den a week since i blog....okie...here's some updates...mabbe not some...

31 August (Friday)

it's teacher's day celebration.....was a messy one...cos everyone was on impromptu mode...both teachers n students...just gathered arnd n made some students perform fer us...haa...eh...boss wasnt too pleased....commented dat it was too messy...just like heartstrings walk...grr...wad he expect?? he shld just come n observe n he'll noe our students' better...some mothers got tog to make a big frame of artwerk fer us....so swit....fergotten to take pic...shall upload it again...surprisingly i got more presents tis yr...came to the conclusion dat it's becos i changed mani klasses...some ex-student's parents gave me presents too....so much food fer lunch n ample fer tea....chocolate cake, chocolate muffins, curry, buloh hitam, chocolates, cheese bread, etc....gosh...death by chocolate....

okie...dat's how messy my table is....

met up wif jc gang for qy n anz's bdae...finally i got a date where most pple r free n most imptly b4 anz fly off on mon...wing's just back in town frm holland n anz's flying off to ireland....got wing to accompany buy their presents....din spend too much time but got nice presents fer dem...estee lauder perfume fer qianz n topman's red trendy belt n tie fer anz...went mr bean n minds cafe...

on the way back, wing was oreadi v seh...while anz n rong continue to tok kok...i was half awake too...rare dat anz sent me back cos i live way out from the rest of dem...along the wae we played some mind-boggling math game...using the car plate number of the car in front and either +, -, x, divide to get 24....oh pls...dat was oreadi in the mn....gosh...brain cant werk....dey got kinda irritating dat mi n wing decide to ignore dem n let dem continue in their own world....den asked us to play the lang game like wu zong xian's .....oh man....dunno when will be the next time we get tog again liao....mabbe cny....at paul tham's hse again....=P

01 September (Saturday)

din go fer piano lesson but went for a course instead...9am to 5pm....came home 2am last nite n woke up at 6+am....feeling sick n having sore throat....probably cos of the late nite n eating all the chocolatty stuff dat students brot yest....attending the course alone is boring....but oh well....i cld pay attn den...tho i dozed off fer mabbe a few minutes...the guy played on the piano too nice liao....so soothing...spent 145 bucks on it in the hope dat i'll b able to hone my piano teaching skills....haiz....

promised zq i'll go fer his ntu band concert....almost wanted to go till he told me it will end at 9+...cannot lar...i'll b dead by den...feeling sick...last yr when he asked me to go fer his concert was the dae i fainted...still rem...fated....aniwae, if i were to go, i'll be alone too....nah....

next up on priority list was meet up ct n huiping....but tink i nid rest so went window shop fer awhile at raffles city b4 gg home...

02 September (Sunday)

wad else but teach piano....meet up wif my 50-yr-old colleague fer dnr cos she wanna blanjah me....got pay rise...haa...my turn will come....shall treat her to carousel...shall ask wendy n eva along...miss eva man...went to california pizza....great food there....couldnt finish so she ask me dabao back fer my family....haa.....tok alot bout werk lar....obviously....gossips....haa...n wad we see ourselves at werkplace....n some part of the time she was telling me bout god...haa....how she'll confide to god....went shopping arnd...n obviously all of us has tis occupational hazard of shopping fer the klass n students...(another one is to go arnd collecting recyclable stuff fer tasks like the garung guni man)....

03 September (Monday)

sch hols starts...no klass but i had to attend tis course ALONE at amk...how to coach pple....oh pls....i'm not even in dat kinda position lor.....thwarted my plans of gg sentosa wif my colleagues....we oreadi planned to spend our dae at sentosa, go chill out at cafe del mar...watch the musical fountain...haiz....well...too bad it rained too....so in the end stayed at vivocity....n onli yin hong n clara came....so we were the trio of 20s, 30s n 40s (dun let clara hear tis...she'll probably kill me...) had dnr at santorini...a greek restaurant...was quite empty....clara wanted to drink red wine...so asked yin hong to drink wif her...i cant man....bad sore throat....it's realli farnie when gg out wif ms clara....haa...

she asked fer the waiter to ask bout the wines....MANY times....unfortunately all the guys there were new...n hardly spoke proper english.....must admit some r quite charming...haa...mabbe dat's y she kept calling fer them...haa....clara din order set, but came the soup...so she called them...dey checked....came back....she wanted to change to set....next, mi n yin hong were supposed to get knives but clara got one instead tho she was eating pasta....asked fer knives....i asked fer water cos i buah tahan my dry throat....food came realised i ordered breaded chicken....goner....no voice fer sure....gave yin hong 1/2 of it....dropped into my precious iced water....den came the enthu waiter who wanna top it up...he actualli din realised there was sth inside.....(-.-)"" clara used up her serviet, asked fer one...the water gave one each to us....hahhaa....at dat pt in time i cldnt help but lol....asked fer bill....yin hong signed card liao den check bill...."hey, dey charged us fer the serviets!" we were like pengz....n puzzled...paper serviet charge 30 cents per piece??! tot onli wet towels will get charged...but we din get ani....the duo were so puzzled dat dey asked the waiter outside...misunderstanding man...got us the 90 cents back....i was quite embarrassed...but it's the principle lar...not dat the money matters...shld haf given us the wet towel instead mah....de two gers wanted to ignore me cos i tried to hide my face wif the 'Autism bible'...hahaha...clara even asked the guy where he is frm n true enuff like wad she said he's a nepalese....best....got study in UK realli different....haa...apart frm her england....

gotta do homewerk fer tmr...sianz....

04 September (Tuesday)

2nd dae at the workshop....sianz...but todae a lil more relaxed cos i made some acquaintances there oreadi....quite nice lar...chat wif dem abit...got to noe more tings bout the field....like the courses to take....the students at the other schs.....how their schs operate....pple r just so interested in us....i'm forever bombarded wif qns....so much so dat i become so politically correct and fluent at answering dem liao....haa...all thanks to my prog head lar....he withdraw frm tis ongoing stuff liao....cos boss realised he overqualified or sth....everyone asking me y he din come....well, bz....haa....happened to tok to tis boastful hk guy dat my prog head loathes...haa...but he v experienced lar....can learn frm him....heh.....told me dey haf some students gg over....one big fat boy of 12 gg....pinches very fast...he taught me how to deal wif it...he actualli peered over at my arms n said "no more beautiful hand", "plus ur size....too small...." haa.....best....sounds scarie....but i guess nth beats arm being twisted rite? pinching i haf lots liao...scars just dun heal...saw a teacher who was also at the course, her hand...scarie....i dun wan my hands to become lidat! thot dat boy gg to my colleagues klass cos i heard she will get more students when sch starts....n later i realised he probably will be in my klass...gonna stock up on gloves n shields...

was realli dragging myself to jurong west to teach piano....heavy head...but once i reached there i was better...haiz....wad to do? professionalism.....

05 September (Wednesday)

went back to office....the onli dae tis week....wore blouse cos no klass mah....den saw salbiah at the lift...i was in the lift gg down to buy breakfast n she was gg up...."so pretty"....n guess wad..the therapist guy frm the hospital seconded her showing thumbs up....(-.-)" din noe how to react...haa...see him up n down in the lifts often...never tok to him tho....kept v quiet inside the lift....paiseh....back at office sal had to tell everyone...duhz....

had to relief pm adult klass last min...well....as usual lar....tis "high" student kept kissing poor teresa, trying to hug her, touch her....omg....gave him the stern look when i reached there while teresa hide at a corner....harrassment man....luckily he listened to me dat dae...usual daes he oso v touchy one....

06 September (Thursday)

on another course at grassroots' club....opp aj....aj is forever so old looking...dunno y....course was boring...fell asleep...more fer presch teachers....so mani pple man....faintz....wanted to get eclairs during tea time n all was grabbed liao....

moe workshops alwiz like to start off wif touching movies to motivate the students...tis one was shown....touching...nearly cried...saw the lady sitting in front of sobbing awae....

http://www.makeadifferencemovie.com/

"On that very day, she quit teaching reading, writing, and arithmetic. Instead, she began to teach children."

07 September (Friday)

finally a dae when i can wake up late....nid a rest badly....parents awae at genting...so i nid to make sure my bro is studying n revising...haiz....din do well fer prelims man...n he's still not feeling the pressure n stress.....

went fer extra piano lessons fer 2 students n make up lesson fer yest at woodlands....met scc gang at chinatown....it took me near to 2 hrs to reach there....heavy downpour...bring my brolly everytime except todae cos it was darn hot n sunny n humid....suay...n thanks to my sis who told me to take a bus to sengkang n take the nel....i could haf taken to dhobby ghaut n den the nel!! argh....nvm lar...din miss much too...heh...went nectarie fer cakes at clarke quay....nice....gd place fer pple watching but not too gd fer guy watching....

08 September (Saturday)

had to look after the 3 meals fer my bro...so sickening....had an italian fiesta at home tog..haa...bot pizza, garlic bread n made spaghetti....so full dat all 3 of us were bloated....

my piano teacher was telling me she got high blood pressure....i tink i haf too lor....so she sae wanna refer some students to me....i was tinking....u wan me to share ur load of high blood pressure too huh....haa...scared i cant take up to the job....later tarnish her reputation....she has been referring autism students to me....well....asked me to help dem....i hope i can....=X

09 September (Sunday)

needless to sae....puke blood dae....tried to tone down todae....haiz....exam reali near liao...shall not pressure animore....dat parent asked fer another extra lesson again....i tink more oso no use...

finally mum n dad r coming home at 2am....

p/s it took me hours to write tis post!!! omg!

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