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Happy Teachers' Day!

After working in the primary school for the past 2 months, the tiredness of teaching seems to have catch up with me.

I haven't been blogging much, so do bear with me while i do this long and lengthy one.

Today was Teachers' Day celebration at the Primary school. There were performances held by aspiring students and inspiration speeches made by the principal. As i am not an official teacher, (trainer i am, teacher am not--- Yoda version), i watched the performance beside the hall entrance while the teachers sat before the hall stage.

Inside me, i had this thought that the teachers do deserve their bit after being teachers/care-givers and so much for 365 days of the year.

And so, i sent a sms to my friends and siblings that are in the teaching career.



Apart from seeing the teachers in the school carrying hordes of gifts, i also managed to get some cards and gifts too. It is indeed touching to see that my little effort is recognize by my students.

:)


Cake given by a Primary 2 class.


A Primary 5 student.


Apparently i let the students hung out in the lab to do their project work. And they remembered it! Haha... so nice of them.


A card given by a Primary 1 kid. He has a sister in Primary 4...


Card and a keychain given by Primary 2. The envelope is quite badly damaged. Kids... Highly destructive in all forms.


Primary 2 students again.


Notice that the 'heart' shape on the right is a leaf!


Another Primary 2 kid.


He drew me as "Captain Mr. Pang" and had a comic strip on the right.


And another Primary 2 kid.


This is a (first name ) 50 sticker pack from Ikea given by a class. Now i can hand in my assignments with a sticker of my name.

I suspect its the form teacher cause i did her a LARGE favor some time ago, because i have not let any students know what my first name was.


This other teacher gave me these chocolates for Teachers' Day. Heard that she has been giving sweets to most of the teaching staff for the past few years. I also did a LARGE favor for her too...

Haha...

After all these cards and gifts, it brought me to recall a conversation i had with a teacher yesterday. He said that,

"Well.. If you really want to teach. You got to be willing to spend your time. "

And he pointed to a bag full of unmarked work done by the students that he is going home to mark.

It seems like to go on a teaching path is really a long a hard route and that the individual need to be focused to brave that route.

I need to have some thoughts about it.

Tomorrow, i am going to Johor to watch my Instructor's CO in Kluang. Going to meet Joanne and some old friends from Kluang too!

Labels: Trainer work

WTF. I came back home on a cab at 11pm.

Whole day, i didn't get to eat my lunch and dinner properly (only ate one small pack of glutinous rice).

All these just for the kids' competition tomorrow.

TIRED OUT!

Labels: Trainer work

I just realised that i should have gotten Chee Peng to go with me.

Damn.

It was fun. Cycled from SIM to East Coast Park. Although i don't really like the part where i am a road marshaller having to tell everyone where to go while i am senseless about the route.

I got to meet people in SIM, meet some old people from ODAC SIM, see some police action and get to know a route from SIM to East Coast Park.

We cycled from last night 10pm to this morning 5am. We had some stops where we chatted and played silly ice-breaking games. It has been some time since i played silly games. I realised that my social skills have truly weaken and am glad that Roy roped me in to join this Night Cycling.

After working the whole day from 6am to 7pm and then cycled from then to this morning 5am, i was truly a 24 hour warrior without sleep and i was glad to catch some sleep during the bus ride home from East Coast Park to home.

Missed my bus stop, and ended up walking home from a further place. WTF!

A tired banana is a happy banana.

Labels: sim

I am so back tracked with the photos on hand. Pardon me.

School is hectic as usual, and the deadline seems to be so close that i can see it already!

Especially with the September holidays, i fear that some classes need to return back just to finish up their classes. And i really want the students to enjoy their holidays instead of dragging themselves back to school just to do their project.

The weekends are getting more meaningful and my cello lessons are really progressing in a steady speed. I seem to have conquer over my handicap of bad habits and manage to start practicing good habits in playing the cello. The amount of things that i need to learn is boundless, and i look forward to learning.

Yesterday's NDP rally was not really welcomed in my house as the speaker managed to hog all the channels during prime-time hours. Some cursing were made as my house has no cable TV. Its hilarious hurling insults to someone hogging the TV.

There apparently seems to be a surge in the Tuition jobs that are offered to me. Its good prospect because i can carry on the Tuition jobs as a sideline during my school term.

Labels: cello, Trainer work, Tuition

Was not able to get my July's pay.

WTF.

Its been like so many days already. What is wrong!?

Ever since my first online game, Granado Espanado is now pay to play, i am out of games to play.

Need entertainment. Found these games online, and they are just super fun!

Impossible game!?

Nana Game

Labels: GE

Just spoke over the phone to the manager.

He said that he just spoke to the accounting side and he said that he is "pushing" for my pay to come out by tomorrow.

BUT NO GUARANTEES.

People work to get paid.

Pay = Work

But if there is no balance between the two entities, it would usually evolve into a disagreement between the employee and employer.

Simple work theory.

Usually good companies have other form of matter to supplement pay, like

Pay + Benefits + Job Satisfaction = Work

But Pay is still the ultimatum to quantify for Work done.

This job may have all the Job satisfaction, but no Pay makes a banana's morale low.

Saddening. And the greatest losers in this silly pay truffle? The students that are out to learn, as they are the people that i face in the workplace.

Labels: Trainer work

The rock sugar on the left is the actual size of that sugar i mentioned before.

It was previously in a plastic bag. My mom rediscovered this afternoon and place it in a container.

Now imagine it falling onto my right foot.

Labels: funny

Today, tomorrow and the day after are holiday for me.

But i am stuck at home to finish up the work, because i would rather work at home than work at school.

Shitto.

Some happenings recently...

9 hours ago, a huge rock sugar a size of a tennis bag dropped on my right foot. My foot hurts when it bents.

5 hours ago, my manager purposely did not reply my text message about my pay. I want rebel!

2 hours ago, i spent 45 minutes trying to keep my spring tent into its carrier bag, hence missing a meet up with friends.

Just now, I just posted my long awaited book review.

My life is still quite exciting at times. But needs abit more flare like a crashing meteor or a giant hamster ball to make it better.

So many things to do, so little time.

For those that are in the tech support occupation, click this. Funny shite.

Labels: funny, Trainer work

Watched the Nightwatch movie some time ago, and was really excited by this new form of retelling the supernatural forces around us. When i spotted this book in the library, i figured out that I should get a sneak preview of how the second story will be like.

This novel, Daywatch, continues the Nightwatch novel in telling of how the Light/Dark forces trying to outwit each forces.

The Dark forces call themselves Daywatch, where they watch over the Light forces and ensure that they stick to the treaty rules (which keeps re-harping in the story).

Interesting shite.

Many more books needed to finish up my quota.

Read on!!!!

Labels: books 2007

I just counted the number of effective working days that i have in the school.

23 working days.

Thats a prime number.

And its also the age that i will be, along with my other CS mates.

What a coincidence.

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Last night, i had a dream that was like an episode 2 of my previous dream i had before. I did not record down that dream as it seemed insignificant. But when one has an episode 2 of a dream, thats weird.

I was in an abandoned church building that has no doors, and only windows (even had to climb through the window to get in). Being an officer cadet in this dream, i was walking in this building and i climbed out when the time came. I walked out and had a party.

Then due to some reason, i had to run. Then i ran. The pack infront of me was running so fast, i could not catch up. And the last thing that surprises me, is that HamHam actually runs up and runs pass me!

And i was in an Officer cadet running attire!

At that moment, i felt freaky because of some reasons,

1. I realised that this is a dream
2. How the F$%^ coulf HamHam run faster than me!?
3. And why am i running!?

At that moment of awkwardness and fear of failing so bad in running that even Hamham could run faster than me, i woke up.

Its all a matter of simple reflex from my mind to flush out my memories over the past weeks.

1. Hamham's recent birthday celebration
2. My lack of running, and desire to run
3. My fear in failing as a trainer

Amazing how my dreams work out. Think that there could be anymore meaning in my dreams!?

Labels: dreams, Trainer work

I managed to catch 2 movies over the whole week, but i totally have no time to rest.

Felt tired the whole week. The teaching IT stuff is really taking the strain out of my body.

Even the weekends, i feel tired.

WTF. At least this beats rotting. :)

Will post pictures from the weekend.

Watched "Secret" over the weekdays.

Directed by the Chinese music prodigy, Jay Chou. Never expected it to be so good. Really.

This movie is really good.

Got a really good soundtrack, pretty faces and good storyline. Worth watching it.

The piano pieces played in this movie is specially chosen to let audience be enchanted. As for the storyline never expected Jay Chou to be such a clever director to play the right shots for the movie. I guess left brain developed people are talented in the Arts after all.

And yesh,


He gets to speak more than one sentence in this movie. Go catch it!


PLUS ONE MORE THING.... (spoiler ahead)....


































He cut his fringe for the movie!

Labels: movie