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Thursday, August 23, 2007Y

irritated...

hoo else these daes apart frm her makes me feel irritated? okie...must clarify...it's not so bad lar...just dat i nid to complain....catharsis u noe...n tis is my blog...so i get all the free speech....i still tok to her nicely...without any pricks...even kinda comforted her todae....mabbe i'm becoming more n more hypocritical....*shrug*....aniwae, todae is the new indian student's 2nd dae....he rocked the whole sch wif his crying man (almost turn the other klasses upside down too...some students came over to see wad happened...) cried almost an hour non-stop....okie...apart frm him sipping water...on mon he cried at 11.30am....todae at 10.30am....getting worse man...couldnt make him stop....haiz...my prog head came in n helped to intervene....still crying but at least he made a point dat he does some puzzle before going home with his mum....he nids time to settle in n we nid to adapt to him....the other two kids in klass oso go gaga....in the afternoon i tink she cried...cannot take the stress...sae she's overwhelmed...wad sia....she wasnt even wif him....i was the one taking him lor....i shld feel worse rite....but i'm not...haa...not cos i'm cold blooded....but cos i've learnt not to take tings personally.....i told her dat....otherwise life here will be v tuff....told her to take into acct dat it's his 2nd dae...n it's her 2nd dae wif him too.....of cos we'll feel helpless n lost....haiz....n i mentioned tis "cannot take tings personal here...be it frm students or parents"....n she had to complete my sentence with "students not a prob...but the teachers here...i'll be happie if they r kinder..." kauz.....c'mon....do unto others what u wan others do unto u!!! simple as dat....shld haf rebuted her....her stinging words r starting to piss everyone else off in the office too....i shall try hard to do my part by stop complaining bout her to my other colleagues....dat does not mean i'll not do dat in my blog....=P

motivated.....

tis morning while the student was starting to feel overstimulated by the noise level arnd, i covered his ears n gave him a hug of reassurance....n the ang-moh teacher consultant came over n said dat's the rite wae of doing it....she told me she's so glad i'm still here n din go fer the nie course....dunno wad dat means....but it just made me feel gd too.....i survived his crying wif these man...haa....praise....coincidentally i was doing lesson plan on praise n reprimand....the intrinsic part is fulfilled fer the dae....=)

now the extrinsic part....heh....wad can i say but my boss finally is a man of his words!! tho i wasnt exhilarated, i did feel quite good....such dat i cldnt fall aslp thru my journey frm tampines to woodlands.....at least i shld sae...i'm contented....n wif dat comes...

obligated....

as i thot more n more bout it....does it mean my werkload is gg to increase soon? probably so....then i started feeling guilty dat i'm the most eng teacher arnd these daes....shld i start volunteering to take up some jobs like organising or arranging fer the upcoming events? but these are shit jobs leh....n i'm not sure if i'll be able to do it well....better dun volunteer....the RT has been taking up such jobs on her own initiative n now she is v upset cos it landed her wif more werk....somemore dey ask her to do her RT planning tog wif reliefing of klass....oh well...but she hasnt been bringing ani klasses out fer mths liao.....so now dat i haf nth much to do on hand....i dare not brief a word bout it...but of cos others all realise lar....now i'm like the ad hoc there man...."serene...where is XXX?" "serene...ask u ar...." be it stationery, snacks, their own practicum, resources, when to clear leave, transport claims, petty cash claims, etc all ask me....now plus our special needs volunteer oso kip pestering me asking me wad is there fer her to do...cos the other teacher is bz n she cldnt get her....poof....yest asked her to pack the stationery cupboard, the storeroom....n i packed wif her lor....gosh....

tmr is finally friday!! had a hard time surviving the hours without students this week...haiz....it's tuff trying to make myself look occupied....

ends at 7:25 AM