jUsT e SiMpLe Me

2012-01-16T22:45:00.001+08:00

Saying hi from genting~

coundown

2012-01-02T03:51:00.003+08:00

Had an awesome countdown this yr bcos jostling with crowds were minimal and no need to take public transport! WOHOO! Best thing in the world!

Started the last-day-of-the-yr day at bf's hse doing my assignment. So ridiculous right. Oh well.

Then, Had dinner together with e guys at katong area cos cy suggested to try this famous indian cuisine near katong. Found the place but we had some trouble ordering cos we cldnt figure out wat's wat. Haha! N when e food came we were in shock! Portion was pathetic but i guess it's worth paying for e atas experience. Dinner round 2 at fat boys further down e road. Food was yummy! Portion real huge. Good thing i shared the chilli cheese fries with reb or i'll become fat gal.

Drove off, n bravely into city despite the risk of traffic jams. Haha. Not tat bad. But navigating ard the place was hard with all the road blocks and closures. N we did a ultra scary jaywalking across the road under the marina squ bridge. I swear i cldnt open my eyes while i was pulled along. Didnt have time to get a high spot by midnight so we stood stranded abt 200m in front of mandrian hotel. N guess what. we had the best spot in the world! fireworks were working their ways right before our eyes. Even the not very tall person like me had a good view and it was spacious albeit a little humid.

The fireworks were INCREDIBLE! Even better than those on ndp's!

N then it was otw to clark quay. The crowd was overwhelming! Scary max. N i left my ic on the car, so no clubbing. hahahaha. Which is a gd thing! So went to chill at cafe iguana cos everywhere else was TOO PACKED. The music there sucks! They think it's funny to cut off e music so ppl can sing along to it every few sec. But it really sounded as though they had a bad stero =.=

Love love love fireworks. Im sure 2012 would be a blast jus like the fireworks! :)

last photo of e yr.

cd's yummy lava cake with wild strawberry ice cream

that me n reb kept koping. damn gd!

PRETTY!

2012

2012-01-01T23:59:00.000+08:00

Cant believe 2011 is over already. Still in disbelief actually and i bet i'll still be writing the date as 2011. Guess it'll take some getting use to. Haha

You know how ppl like to reflect what they've done for the past yr, what they want to improve, n what they wanna accomplish the next yr, but for me...my memory is SO BAD, that is out of the qn! All i could rmb was that i haven touched books for like almost the entire year! But all e different work experiences, and interaction with different ppl from all walks of life has made my 2011 a much worthwhile and enriching one. Picking myself up from e previous yr of unhappiness and losing the composure and confidence i once had. Not forgetting all the big and small fights when it comes to matters of the heart. But im glad i made it through.

Felt e same way gk did, that 2011 haven been the best yr for us. But a new yr brings new hopes, new aspirations, n new beginnings. Im sure 2012 would be an awesome one. I'll promise to be a better daughter, better sister, better friend, better student (no more ponning classes :p), better tuition tcher, better ah yi, better gf n everything else than ever. I know it's gg to work out bcos i dun get mad at bf the way i use to anymore. Getting more tolerance and compromising than ever. For better or for worse we shall find out in the yr to come.

Happy new yr! Happy bday mummy! =*

jingle bells

2011-12-26T14:34:00.000+08:00

Spent a homely xmas, xmas at jq's home ytd. Supposed to be a potluck dinner but gathering with like 7 guys, what do u think. Mostly bought drinks, alcohol to be exact, some ordered pizza, some tabao-ed dessert from wherever. At least jx brought made-with-love hotdog buns. Haha. And me n bf brought apple crumble(his masterpiece) and potato salad(super safe) which we spent like a few hours at my house previously, cooking up a storm, literally. Haha.

N after enduring for so long, my tube broke again while eating the pizza. Tsk. $5.70 gone for a tiny mental tube less than 2cm in length. Oh well... It's like the nth time already anw.

N u know what happens with all these guys who r alcoholic and clubber-holic. They DRINK, like ALOT. Think they finish like 2/3 bottles of red wine, some sake and who knows what since i wasnt looking. Me is liang jia fu nv so decided to do something more intellectual than drinking and playing finger guessing games. Which ends up to be mahjong. N i totally got scammed when i sat down bcos they were playing mj, involving money, AKA GAMBLING. You know how when u say u really suck n then e whole table reply that they're not good either. YA RIGHT! I was catching no balls n just kept paying money to whoever and for whatever reason. Santa claus on xmas. Until like a few hrs later n i swear i only had like a dollar left (started with 20 bucks btw), when bf decided to check on me ( drink drink drink, n forgot abt me. tsk) , when he took over n recoup a little for me during the last win. Thank god i lost only 7bucks. Lesson learnt, all set for new year mj ( @ced,joel,jh) hahaha!

Had xmas exchange which always takes quite awhile, all the reallocation bcos somehow somebody just had to pick their own gift. HAHA! Finally got our present n i guess bf n i haven been gd cos our gifts are how-do-i-say, UNIQUE. USB fan for bf n i got a alien organiser which is the size of a tissue box. hahaha. I guess xmas is indeed the season of giving, n to enjoy the joy of getting gifts for ppl.

Cldnt decided where/wat to do after that n eventually e guys decided on summerbreeze at pr park, which is like a bar in case u dunno. (Told u they were alcoholics). Ha! Set off in 3 diff cabs so had some time in btween. So the guys ended up playing all the rides we all used to play when we were much younger. Nostalgic. How all the memories came flowing back... It kind of makes me smile.

N then we went to have bkfast @mac at the new sports recreation centre. Quite a pretty place. N i reached home in the morning like 7am when everyone was abt to embark on a fresh new day. haha

Anw thanks jx, gk for the presents :))

Merry xmas!

2011-12-20T09:15:00.000+08:00

commuters nid to understand tat ppl must get off to get in. So freaking let me get off e train at eunos! RAH

2011-12-19T22:46:00.002+08:00

IT A COLD DAYYYY.

ENDLESS RAINNNN

I swear im gonna wear my slippers to work if it's still raining tmr cos apparently wearing wedge to work didnt help to keep my feet dry AT ALL

N fatty BIT ME JUST NOW! I SWEAR SHE LEFT A SET OF TEETH MARK ON MY ARMS! N IT WAS RED FOR A WHILE! Imagine how it'll be like when she has her full set of teeth! *shudders*

I shall slp soon bcos i nid to wake up early to offset the time for SLOWPOK trains n really low frequencies. Tsk!

NIGHTS!

when technology isnt that reliable

2011-12-18T01:34:00.000+08:00

Me is an angsty commuter. Had lunch at tamp after tuition n was abt to make my way to sch when i realised that red line was down. The worst thing is the screens located at lvl 1 died so the only time u know red line's trains r not workin is when u alr tapped in. How annoying! Did some mental calculation and figured out my best bet was to take express 518 to town. City hall would be probably be trapped with lots of ppl wanting to catch the free shuttles by then.

Bus took dino yrs to come n den it decided to be like the train n underperform, travelling at like say 30kph on a freaking flyover. Which eventually made me 60MIN LATE FOR LSN! WTH!

Officially hate smrt but totally cnt boycott it bcos im such a road idiot, i rely on the train for dear life.

DAMN IT!

What a bad day but at least got to meet mav,fel,tl (all together) finally! Didnt do anything actually, just had to sit ard, talk rubbish n it felt like we were back in jc days. It's so nostalgic, not that i miss anything abt studying in a jc. But let me say this ONE MORE TIME. NO MORE ARMY TALKS!!! RAH!

atonement

2011-12-17T02:00:00.000+08:00

I know it's ironic. But at times, i feel like im still not mature/old enough to be in a r/ship. I knw it've been like freaking 36 months. But the sense of helplessness, uncertainties and pessimism still overpower me at times. You think it's easy to love? It is. But to trust, to have faith and to hold on in times of ups and downs can be a daunting task. Like what ppl always like to say, 'it's easy to fall in love but maintaining it, is another issue altogether'. There's much truth in it.

im no expert. i made/make wrong decisions, i lose rationale, i become emotional like a mad woman...

It's funny how ppl lose their mind when it comes to matters of the heart. We all become amateurs all of a sudden (unless u're a player).

We all learn along the way and grow(old) together...

im hope im getting better at this

e one u love n trust

Thanks for being the one there (most of e time when u dun MIA. tsk)

happy anniversary boy (better late den nv)

pretty flowers in full bloom. REALLY HUGE.

changi point city!

2011-12-16T22:04:00.001+08:00

went changicity point to explore with gk after work. Main aim was to go to bookfair at expo hall. n guess what! i was expecting mountains of ppl, long q at the cashier n ppl lugging handfuls of books. In contrary, it was kind of empty, lots of space to move ard, waiting time for cashier-bout 1min. =O gk's comment was CUI. LOL! So shocking. But even better this way! Got lots n lots of nice new pretty books ard. :) Bought 8 books including 1 for fatty cos i really cldnt manage the weight anymore. Hee!

Finally got to check out the mall after getting all my loots. Changicity mall is so PWETTY! Really nice place to shop with all the outlet stores. Had dinner at the food court. Alright la...

Then we checked out the water playground located just outside the food court. So cute! N looks fun too. Im too tall(for once) for it though. =p

Pretty walls

my loots!

let me catch my breath

2011-12-16T14:08:00.003+08:00

i know it sucks to be financially strapped n i really want to be that nice fren for u to comfort u

but im just too drained with all e other things on my mind

:((

MOR E RETAIL THERAPY @EXPO BKFAIR LATER

happy bday love

2011-12-04T16:49:00.000+08:00

my bday boy's 20th bday. Arranged for his classmates to meetup for lunch. Was supposed to be a surprise but this kpo boy kept looking over my shoulder when i was exchanging texts with them so he kind of guessed it alr. Tsk.

Went to j's new hse after that for his bday(too) cum hsewarming celebration. Had free food-so so only. N den just hang ard. Rot a little before REALLY REALLY LONG later, they decided to catch "na xie nian" together. But bf n i watched alr so we caught arthur's xmas instead. It was SO SO SO adorable. Feel so christmasy n I LOVE X'MAS :))

of uneven roads n bad traffic

2011-11-28T16:32:00.000+08:00

3d2n mini getaway with bf to KL, away from work, all the stress and uncertainties in reality. Probably my last holiday trip before sch starts next month. Oh man!

Anw took grassland bus which was quite comfy. Looked ard n realised tat we were the only young ppl onboard. =X The rest were mostly old couples gg for the trip or just msian who were on their way back home. Traffic was relatively good, not much jam :)

The driver played movie on the tiny tv right in front of the bus. Was so tiny, we took to slping n listening to ipod instead.

6 hours later we finally reached kl. The traffic in msia was really bad. Lots of jam, untidy rows of cars n reackless driving. =S

Spent most of the time at the shopping malls. Just within walking distance from our hotel, there's like 5 malls alr. =O If you think walking the whole stretch of malls from orchard to sommerset or vice versa, try just one mall in kl. Took us practically the whole day!

Caught twilight there n it was realtively CHEAPER! N one medium popcorn plus drink plus 6 nuggets cost only like 6 bucks.

I think i'll feel so much richer if i stay in msia. But i'll probably die from the traffic! Zebra crossings or pedestrian crossings are just ornaments. No drivers put them to heart, seriously. N the thing i hate most is jaywalking in such dangerous situations. Tsk.

Nothing much actually but it's amazing how holiday just made u more excited abt each day n to see life in a different way :))

i wanna board a plane on my nxt holiday!

Too lazy to upload so many pic at once so shall take a shortcut. haha.

2011-11-20T17:10:00.004+08:00

It's a lazy sunday. Practically stayed at home the whole day unless u think gg out for tuition counts. J came over in the morning to pick up stuff from C and then walked over to pick up books from me. Chit chat awhile and den hurray! i got a lift to tuition cos he drove today and my tuition kid stays nearby. I got a nice fren :)

Feels weird today cos i haven seen my tuition kids for like 2 weeks. N i wont see them next wk either. PSLE results coming out next wk n hopefully all's best for him. Apparently he told his mum that he wants me to coach him with math n sci in addition to eng n chi. Hahaha! I initially thght he finds my lsns boring. But that wld mean 4hrs of lsns on sundays... GOSH! My mummy says that i'll turn into a skeleton soon with work from mon-to-fri 830-6pm plus tuition on sat n sun mornings n when sch starts 7-10pm lsns. @.@

Oh ya. After bout 2 weeks at work, my supervisor actually offered me a perm position in the company. But judging from my schedule, i'll really reduce to bags of bones at e end of it. Plus i hate e responsibilities that comes with being a perm. Temps come and go which suits me pretty fine. Hate the feeling of being restrained and bonded. So well...

Anw had tuition ytd with my p1 kid n he was wearing specs! So cute! He gave this bashful smile when i laughed at him. Haha! N when there's a speck of dust on e lens he insisted that they were germs. N he was super liberal when he needed to settle some big business. He look at me with a straight face n told me he needed to go pass motion. Hahaha. Pass motion sounded funny, kind of strange even, cos we're much used to hearing e word shit. =x

The world is super small i swear. Left for tuition n met my junior at the void deck. Guess what he was doing with another guy. SMOKING! In uniform btw. N he had the cheek to say hi to me n talk to me! This is atrocious! I mean of cos i do understand that smoking is a habit n it's not likely that if i tell him not to do it he wont, but i cant possibly talk to him like nth's wrong right. That's beyond me. So he got a earful from me, too bad.

Met bf in the late afternoon n went to vivo since he was in the vicinity. But too bad i wasnt n i was nua-ing so happily at home when he was done. So he reached like an hr before me :p Love the stretch of shops with fox, f21, aldo, zara, gap... u get where im referring to. N i found 2 new places where i can get shoes! gapkids n zarakids! But i hate winter/fall collections. Got to wait till spring's here.

Caught happyfeet2 @gv max. The threatre's huge n really spacious! Haven been there to catch movies for like AGES. happyfeet2 is like the perfect movie for kids. Loads of them in e theatre. happyfeet2 is mainly abt the father and son relationship n eric is SO CUTE, e voice that is. I find it a little flat, lots of singing, dancing, tapping of feet like always.

anw i still cant figure out wat to get for bf's bday. SOS!

2011-11-17T21:11:00.002+08:00

I can totally understand y some ppl refuse to watch local productions.

'The Oath' on chn 8 started out pretty well, but the problem with local dramas is that they tend to have ridiculous storylines. Seriously, how can a passionate doctor get blinded by greed and fame so easily n become so despicable overnight?

I bet they'll have silly endings as well.

Tsk..

2011-11-17T20:37:00.003+08:00

Went dental today n i've got red brackets for xmas! =)

Dentist was super duper efficient today. I think the whole thing from registering to tightening, to making new appt took less than 15min! =0

Was waiting to get my next appt date set when i heard someone calling me. Turned ard n saw my ex students. Apparently we have the same dentist. The world's so small.

To prove that point, i met another student while having lunch at nex with gk in the afternoon. Usu i wld brush aside surveyors but bcos he's my students so i've got no choice. =/ The weird thing is i've only been to their class to relief a couple of lessons, but they still rmb me. Goes to show how often their tchers werent ard. =x

But it's rather heartwarming to know that they still bother to say hi and acknowledge your presence bos they cld have jus walk right past u like any stranger on the streets.

Waiting for my antm....

2011-11-13T22:15:00.002+08:00

Holiday plans all set :)

musings

2011-11-12T22:10:00.000+08:00

Had tuition today n my p1 kid is so funny. Kind of miss him after missing one week of lsn.

kid: i need to starting wear specs nxt wk

me: how come?!

kid: bcos im blind

me: HAHA! It's called short-sighted, u're not blind

kid: (looks at me) mummy,...

me: HUH im not ur mummy

kid: (laugh) Eh, i call wrong

kid: where do ghosts swim?

me: ghosts dun swim

kid: yes!

me: where?

kid: The DEAD sea

me: Ohhh...

kid: y dragons dun slp at night?

me: they dun like to slp?!

kid: no.

me: den why?

kid: bcos they fight the kNIGHT.

me: -.-

See, he makes me laugh

:))

2011-11-04T12:37:00.002+08:00

it's so hard to communicate with someone who jus refuses to reply ur msges. Im not even talking abt immediately or 5 or 10 min. Jus within a freakin hr wld suffice.

seriously.

2011-11-04T03:05:00.001+08:00

stop throwing questions, feed me solutions.

HATE

LEAVING

THINGS

HANGING

MID

AIR

2011-11-02T17:02:00.003+08:00

Another babysitting day.

My sis had to go to office to finish up her freelance work so i had to take care of fatty again. Good thing she's really chirpy and cooperative today.

Watched some telly, played a little den fed her some yummy grandma-made sweet potato porridge. N she LOVES it! So scared that i might over feed her.

Den played somemore. Changed her smelly diapers.

Now she's down with grandpa for her favourite daily stroll.

So i finally have time to eat my lunch.

It's funny how i dun feel hungry at all actually.

mummy training

2011-11-01T18:10:00.002+08:00

It's a stay-at-home-be-my-mummy tuesday. Sis had to go for press check @damn-far caldecott to link her high res pictures. Whatever that means with all the jargons that i dun quite get. To cut the story short, it means that i got to babysit fatty for half a day.

Sis left at 2pm when she/we finally coax fatty to bed in her cute sarong, the thingy that bounces. But with all the annoying drilling downstairs, n fatty being a light sleeper, had to have her stay in my sight round e clock jus in case she stirs.

Sis wld usu be dying to get away from her but today she complains that she's having anxiety from separating with fatty. Nonsense much. Ha.

Fatty was wailing so loudly in her slp, i had to wake her up. Must be some really bad monsters in her nightmare. Poor girl...

Watched some silly show on okto while i fed her bread. Fatty loves to eat nonsense

Daddy came home at 3-ish n fatty wailed so loudly, refusing to let my dad go put down his bag before picking her up. She must be real bored of me. Hurhur.

Daddy went down to get some errands done n den e worst thing on earth happened. Smelled something stinko, check her diapers. Guess what i saw- GOLD. GOLD POO! Damn it. Second time i cleaned her poo ok. Ultra smelly i almost fainted. =S

Im the world's nicest ah yi.

Daddy got back n brought her down for her daily stroll.

So now it's ME-time before fatty's back. Got to heat up her milk, clean her up later, feed her milk, n den coax her to bed.

Gosh! Being childless isnt that bad i guess.

She's adorable though.

monday no-blues

2011-11-01T00:15:00.003+08:00

Monday today but it feels like tuesday since i didnt see bf on sun. Gloomy day with the heavy downpour in the early afternoon. Feels duper good to be rotting at home on a Monday.

Feeling lazy but with LOTS of mental strength and self persuasion, went to ndc to get my dangling and poking wire problem solved before fri's trip. So crowded surprisingly and waited for like an hr.

Met up with gk, ran some errands n den had dinner together @pastamania. Pasta was slightly below standard, must be bcos of the huge crowd the chef just anyhow. Cheesy crumble too dry, aglio olio too oily n spicy. =/ But the garlic bread is yums, esp after u make them heat up for u. =)

2011-10-30T18:22:00.004+08:00

Buffet dinner at todai @mbs after work today. Thought the boss drives to work initially but she didnt. Cabb-ed to mbs and the driver uncle was so eager to start conversation, in mandrian. So only the boss n i cld understand. But the conversation was totally pointless. -.-

Reached the place n it was flooded with ppl! Mostly tourists i suppose. Wide array of food from all sort of cusines. Western, japanese, korean, chinese, deep fried, grilled, seafood... Totally spoilt for choice.

But i guess there's only so much you can eat, before u can sick of them even though there are like super yummy n fresh.

I think the best way to know ppl is really to have meals together. Bcos u cant help but have to make some small talks no matter wat. Didnt talk much cos i dunno wat to say but it's nice to hear n listen to adults' stories.

Oh well... Yummy meal, albeit a little sinful n e meal is as much as my one day's wage. =O

eye doc

2011-10-30T18:13:00.001+08:00

Had tuition at 11 today instead of the usual 10am, which means i cld slp in for an additional hr. Shiok! But not much diff since i slpt at 4am hours before. My brain was like not working at all throughout the whole session. Haha.

Rotting at fel's house now. Supposed to drop her my gc n head home, but apparenly that didnt happen. Still rotting here. Hee. N that's how i spent my entire sunday.

saturday/
Educational trip at sp today. Helped out cd with his clinical modules after tuition today, which equals to free eye checkup. The downside, sore backside from sitting down for 3HOURS. Been eons years since i last checked my eyes and my specs was like from more than 4 years. =O Not like i wear them though.

Anw got checked by cd's female fren and i swear she came so near i could smell her. =/ n it's kind of awkward. Ha. But i guess getting checked by a gal is better than getting done by a guy. Started off with the normal routine-read the row of alphabets on the screen with ur left n right eye respectively den getting checked by the machine. But apparently e sch has much more gimmick. Check eyes reaction with light, accommodation, colour blindness etc. All i can rmb is lots of equipments and lots of qns ans going back n forth, n ALOT ALOT of BLINDING LIGHTS FLASHING. Almost wanted to push her away cos it's so annoying.

Thebest thing is you get to find out for urself how professional optometrist does it cos the tcher will come in, do the exact same stuff on u so that he can counter-check the student's reading. The tcher is so quick n succinct in his checking. N he could tell that i had eczema by looking at my eyes. Totally amazing! Plus he was so SO gentle when he was pulling/pushing my eyelids unlike the student. Tsk.

But the most unbelievable thing is- he told me that i can throw my specs away cos i dun need specs at all. Great!

Was supposed to continue with contact lens fitting but dont you think it's ridiculous to try on contact lens when u dont need specs?! Lol! So tried cosmetic lens instead aka colour contacts. COOL MUCH! Nice BIG eyes! But it's too much discomfort for my ultra sensitive eyes.

Finally done at 5. *YAWN*

pics soon

edited~

thai food for dinner

the eye test room. Super sleek n clean looking

2011-10-27T09:27:00.001+08:00

It feels like a Monday morning but anyway today's thurs. Chilling at Starbucks now cos im 25min early for work n I dunno y since I leave house e same time everyday.

Love love love caramel latte.

Gtg to work alr. Bye! Boss giving dinner treat at todai at mbs after work today! :o

2011-10-26T20:22:00.002+08:00

Feels like a sunday today. In fact, it's even better since i dun have tuition in the morning and can finally sleep in.

Met bf who booked out just hrs ago since he had duty the day before. Caught "In Time".

It's really good, amanda seyf looks like a doll with her preppy hair and big round eyes. Sci-fic and romance all jam-packed in one. N it's so realistic. You know the saying "time is money"? They made it literal. Time becomes a currency. You finished up the time u have, u time-up, u die. It just brings forth the very real social problem in our everyday life-the widening income gap between the rich and poor.

Right, that's all im saying. Dun wanna be a spoilsport for those who's planning to watch.

Back at bf's hse and caught "Real Steel". Father and son story and it's equally heartwarming.

Feels gd to be typing normally on a gd keyboard. =) But that's all for now. Gtg so bf can book in.

Till then~

:)

2011-10-24T21:35:00.008+08:00

it's.funny.how.i.used.to.stare.blankly.at.this.white.space.

when.e.laptop.is.completely.fine.

n.nw.when.i.have.tons.of.random.musings,

e.laptop.decided.to.die.on.me

#life

Anw..

i.can.cycle.all.by.myself.alr!

all.thx.to.my.bf

love.e.way.he.chases.after.me.as.i.cycled.wobbly;

love.e.way.he.catches.me.when.i.fall

:))

n.my.mum.knows.how.to.sms.alr

nw.she.keeps.spamming.me

haha

not.forgetting.to.mention.tat.i.finally.met.up.with.e.gals.last.wk,

wed.to.be.exact

-yz,gk,sz,lynn,wc.n.her.fren.

it've.been.like.SO.LONG!

pics.up.soon.when.super-busy-wif-sch-yz.uploads.

oh.ya!

i.caught.ONE.DAY,

e.other.day.

Slightly.draggy.in.e.middle,

but,

it's.a.sweet,sad,love.story

AWww...

2011-10-16T22:44:00.002+08:00

thinking.of.catching.a.movie.(insert.qn.mark)

watch,

What's-Ur-No!

over

The-Change-Up.

Super.hilarious!Finally.caught.a.movie.at.downtown.after.so.long.

Cupwalker.ftw!

I.know.im.speaking.like.caveman.now-incoherent.thoughts.

#stupidkeyboard

2011-10-15T18:25:00.001+08:00

Sister wives on cable is damn S.I.C.K! I really cnt comprehend y polygamist still exist in e world today. What happened to women's right!

Anw, working at this law firm now n e lawyer boss is damn cool. Update soon when keyboard's fine

2011-10-09T21:42:00.002+08:00

havethingstoblogbutlaptopismad.

spacebarspoil;letters'n''h''y'rfaultytoo.

hiatustillprob'sfixed.

sat with gf

2011-10-02T00:23:00.003+08:00

Met up with gk today. It's been like so so so long... Went retail therapy @bugis, chill out, n update each other. N it's amazing how much u find out after each meetup. Hahaha.

Anw, made her tag along with me to some indoor bbq with ppl she dunno. I bet she thinks that they're the most bizarre ppl she've met n she probably dunno y im associated with them. Haha! I know right... Anw stayed out till almost midnight before we left. N we stink like mad!

It's only human to err. But what's impt is to make the right decision thereafter, even if it makes ppl think u're insane. Ha. Live life with a leap of faith =)

2011-09-29T22:42:00.003+08:00

It gets harder to get out of bed as the days goes. It's finally friday tmr. Expecting to go home early since the kids start exams tmr. WOHOO!

I might just be out of job nxt tues on. My boss conveniently forgot to brief me abt the upcoming schedule till i asked. Good job! I wonder if it's a teacher disease. The sec3 tcher always told me she wld send me her lsn plans, ws, ans, watever to my email. But seriously, till now, she nv did. N yet she's always saying the same time. Watever!

Anw it's Yay! and Oh no! Getting away from all the kids. Haha. But times flies or maybe not. It feels like forever though it've been only 3 months+. Yet, it feels so nostalgic when u know the end is near. Ha. Ironic much. Find the kids quite funny these days. My sec 2 small gal telling me im cute when she's actually the small n cute one. Hah. N my sec1E guys singing songs for me in class; students asking me y i didnt go in class when i have relief duties. I wld ask them if they miss me in a jokingly manner, n surprisingly they wld say yes. Funny right! N another sec1N boy telling me he cant believe that some sec2 kids said that i was pretty n he thght that it's the biggest joke in life. Lol!

I wld probably think of them some point in time after i quit but till then, i think sec sch kids r a nuisance n they stink, literally.

Friday pls come quickly~

Fatty was down with fever ytd. Heartache max. Glad she's better alr. Poor gal..

2011-09-27T21:54:00.002+08:00

2 of my sec 1 kids were playing with a condom today. wonder which idiot brought it. Seriously. grow up pls.

2011-09-26T20:07:00.002+08:00

What a day to start the week...

1. 5 min before lsn, history tcher walked to me, asked me to take e class for double history lsn with zero instructions but with the help of 3 guidebooks. How nice! Class was still in holiday mood even though eoy starts this fri, refuse to cooperate, resort to annoying off-lights-and-fans method but to no avail. Give up, dun wanna give a damn, sent 2 boys down to discipline comm. RAH!

2. 5min before period, geo tcher texted me to go down to brief me on the lsn. Passed me some notes to go through with them on coasts, which i dun even rmb learning. Speed read the whole chapter in 5 min, go to class, n pretend to teach in conviction. Kill me! Anw brought the geo txtbook home to study today. -.-

I think they nid to realise that im not nie-trained n i nid time to prepare lsns. -.-

3. Had assembly today. With a weird tcher singing a too long version of this -i-cnt-rmb-e-name song in phantom of the opera. @.@ N one whole assembly on the eoy. Like how u cant cheat, school rules etc. I think they nid to hear twice a yr-moy&eoy, which means sec 4s listened to this talk for 8 times alr. WTS seriously. i cld have camp in the staffroom to do my own stuff.

May tmr be a better day~

On a lighter note, jus got back from a jog at the park with ced. Feel so healthy! Not very vigorous but i guess it's a good start towards a healthier lifestyle. LOL! More to come i hope...

18chefs

2011-09-25T22:00:00.000+08:00

Finally went up to celebrate choo and scott's SUPER BELATED bday cos the gals were so busy with their exams. Short meetup till 'A' 's over. =))

2011-09-20T22:08:00.001+08:00

went for tuition today. Asked my sec1 kid where his assessment book was, he told me he lost it. wts. eoy in 3 weeks time. *faints*

Anw, happy bday big sis! =*

2011-09-19T22:33:00.002+08:00

Ponned work today. =X Felt a little bad but feel so sian of working alr. It sucks to go to work everyday n countdown till knockoff time. There's just no sense of motivation nor fulfillment of any kind. Sucks right. Shall think of something meaningful to do...

Work tmr =(

an exhausted but happy gal :))

2011-09-18T21:57:00.007+08:00

Had tuition as usual on sat morning with my naughty-but-really-cute-n-innocent p1 boy. No matter what he does, nth beats slping on the floor and refusing to get up during last week's session. So i think today's session is relatively productive cos i know what he's weakness is alr. He loves to read encylopedia and start asking me random science related qns. "Why got thunder?", "What is a bulb"... So funny right. Kept getting sidetracked. So i let him read one paragraph of the book for every set of completed qns that i assign him to finish up. Works! yay. =))

Supposed to meet bf after that but things took a turn of event. Ha! Super dramatic. Apparently his aunt works at the e swiss club n there's this oktoberfest event (aka Germany beerfest). It actually started from wed alr, lasting till sun, n his aunt was short of manpower. Bf helped out the previous yr so i know how occupied he wld be. Hence, instead of not seeing my bf for 2 days straight, i decided that i wld rather get tired. So got roped in to help out.

It was really tiring ok. 2pm till 2am, but dun forget packing up time. Sat was so called adult night. All the drinking and merry making. Seriously. 90% were angmohs n they were so in their own world. Jumping up n down on benches, tables, everywhere. I was kind of afraid that the benches n tables will give way. Oh ya, our main job was to man the souvenirs booth. N mind you, they were really EX. But u'll see the angmohs buying like free. Some got so drunk they started buying rubbish, talking gibberish to you, or cant even tear n count the coupons. Lol! The security cum bouncer was our best fren. Keeps us safe from harassments. Haha. N the aircon uncle help us to adjust the aircon when we're really cold cos the place was FREEZING. Today this angmoh guy came in with bookletS of coupons, amounting to $650 n he asked me what can he buy. Im like O.O. Alot of stories to tell.. HA! Anw all the men wore cowboy style clothes with suspenders n high socks, while the women wore milkmaid clothes. Even kids. Super adorable! Wonder where they got their clothes. Me wants them too!

Spent the night at bf's aunt's spa which was in the club. So fascinating! Cos i haven been in one. Haha! There were 3 massage bed so the boys had to slp on the floor. =p Bf's sis n i were trying all the facial products, getting amazed at all e equipments. Had supper aka cup noodles together when all e rest of them were aslp. Dun understand y they werent hungry. Haha. Ended up being the last to slp at 4.30am cos bf's sis n i were chit chatting. =o

So ended up slping for 4h cos nid to set up booth by 9am. =S So exhausting! N my flats spoil liao. Emo max.. but time to get new ones. Retail therapy! But it's so hard to get shoes my size. Bohoo...

Anw we got to eat the german buffet which the angmohs paid like more than 70 bucks for. Quite yummy but so caught up with work, so only got to eat a little. Pity... HA!

Bf's parents came to pick us up after that. So nice right... The club is SO far away from home. N it feels foreign too. The vibe there is so... different. So laid back! Saw angmoh kids peeing by the trees. Lol!

What a wkend! Super jaded but it was bliss and fulfillment at best. :))

Selling something unhealthy for the first time =X

top: Atmosphere for sat night was totally club-ish

Bottom: Sun was super homely. ha!

Wore shirt bearing this logo which meant notti gal. So cute right.

2011-09-16T11:16:00.000+08:00

Slacking at Mac again. Love Fridays! Only have 2 periods. Trying out this new blogger app for IPod. But it doesnt work. -.- can't wait for sch to end...

34 mths n counting.

2011-09-15T19:39:00.003+08:00

one click on the mouse n i spent more than 100 bucks today. =O But it's time to get a new phone i guess. Coming tmr~ Stay tuned =P

2011-09-12T20:25:00.002+08:00

Super slpy now! That's just my body trying to get used to sch timing all over again. *yawnnn* Was thinking that tchers cant possibly be sick on the first day of sch which was quite right. But ended up got this tcher on reservist. *faints* Had to relief first 5 periods straight. POA somemore. N students still in their own world despite exam being less than a month away. What can i say...

Anw took over sec 3 geo lsn all by myself today n e tcher only told me 10 min before. =/ N she always like to ask me, " did u bring ur laptop today." Like pls la. dun even have connection i bring for wat. @.@ Lsn's alright today but they damn nua la. Think i too nice. Lol. But they so old alr i also dun want scold... Oh well, hope subsequent lsns wld be better...

Went dental after sch today. Appt supposed to be tmr morning but got sch tmr so heehee.. just crap n say teeth pain n all the nonsense n den got them to slot me in. =X But my doc change the way she tie the rubber thing n it's so freakin tied. N she finished so quickly i didnt even have time to remind her to clean my stains. Plus she damn lazy one. Everytime i ask her to clean she will say it'll still get dirty at the end of the day, wait till u take out ur braces all the rubbish. =S Like shower alr will still smelly, so dun nid shower at all izite?!

Anw the papercutting on chn 8 now is SUPERB!

wkends dun go...

2011-09-11T23:05:00.002+08:00

Izite just me or izite that this week really did just zoom past like that. Oh man... Today marks the last day of the sch holidays. End of unemployment that is, but i really wanna just continue rotting at home. Throat haven recover fully and all the discipline issues i'll need to handle tmr onwards just drained all the energy and optimism out of me. GOSH! #wakemeupwhensepends

Anw met bf for a little while just now after lunch. Went to addidas expo sale n today was the last day so didnt expect much. But it was damn crowded n running shoes were SO CHEAP! It's hard to argue whether u shld chiong first day or the last min instead bcos the price of the things gets cheaper with each passing day. However, sizes become limited after that. So well.. It's a trade off thing. Today sports shoes, adizero even, were gg at $40-60 bucks. Dirt cheap okay! Boohoo! dun have my size though. If only my feet was like a size bigger. Bf managed to get a pair of adizero for 40 bucks. So worth it right! Didnt manage to get any shoes but bought myself a blouse. Cheap thrill~

SATURDAY

Anw had tuition as usual first thing in the morning. Haven seen him for quite a while but he wasnt any more cooperative than ever. I swear he's stretching my patience to its max. Was so pissed i told e mum that i'll just have a 1h instead of the 1.5h session. Had to coax him to do every single qn it's so freakin tiring. I dun get paid alot btw. Check out what he did below... He just lie on the floor, close his eyes n refuse to get up. RAH!!! Anybody wants to take over?!

Met bf earlier bcos of that n went town. Finally got into H&M. It's gg to be my next fave place bcos there's so much potential loots in the kids' section. LOL! Size 4 shoes HURRAY! But cldnt get a good look at the stuff so basically went in to check out e place only. Gg to do serious shopping on a WKDAY when i dun have to q to get in, q to try clothes or q to pay. It's INSANE!

Caught crazy stupid love, finally. TOTALLY LOVE IT! N the babysitter got this really stunning look that is so super familiar, i kept asking bf which other movies she acted in. But cldnt figure out till ced texted me this afternoon. It was like enlightenment. LOL! She's the pretty gal in ANTM Cycle 13!!! N the hannah gal inside acted as a doctor in the drama house. N what's with josh groban participating in the movie. HAHA! GREAT MOVIE!! 5 stars despite the slight draggyness. =p

Had supper at prata after that bcos bf had craving for prata. Wasnt hungry at all but he convinced me to eat something. So much for commenting tat i look like i finally lost weight n den now im just eating all the calories n fats back. =/ Bf is very adventurous to try something that neither of us ate before-chapati. Not my cup of tea though. It's a little too doughy for my liking. =S

2011-09-09T22:14:00.004+08:00

Had tuition today. AGAIN. I've seen my kid for 3 consecutive days n it's driving me nuts. Plus maybe bcos i jus woke up or wat, had really bad sinus throughout the whole lsn n it's super annoying. N when i see him writing 2a x 2a = 4a after explaining twice i feel like tearing him apart. Lol. Just kidding. Im a really patient person, really. Esp when im having an inflamed throat, there's no way to increase my volume. Hah. Surviving on pi pa gao sweets now =x

Decided to drop by charles n keith warehse sale at tai seng after that. Was slightly worried that i might get lost even though i used to work in the vicinity. But got out of the station n the huge ck banner was staring right in my face. Was debating which route was the nearest way to get there n then this really nice lady tapped my shoulder n asked me to take the other route. So nice right! Where to find such helpful ppl! Anw got to the place n the crowd was beyond description. Btw today is only the 2nd day of ck sale but it looks as though it's the last day. Kind of value for money for ck shoes, not dirt cheap of cos, but... no sizes alr. Emo or wat. So gonna chiong first day next time... lol.

On a sidenote, tried mac flavourburst chocolate today n i think it tasted like milo. lol.

Tuition again tmr. Albeit another kid. =/

2011-09-08T16:30:00.002+08:00

having a bad throat...

n fatty is so notti!

2011-09-07T19:36:00.000+08:00

Today is a really absurd/queer/puzzling day. On a sidenote, i had tuition marathon today-3 kids all the way. @.@

Incident no 1.

Was giving eng tuition to one of my kid. So i asked her if she had any hol hw that she needs me to go thrgh. N guess what she took out... Math ws. I was like =/... But i did go thrgh some of e qns with her ok. Lol!

Incident no 2.

Wanted to get mcflurry ice cream to eat at 201 while walking home. Guess wat... Machine broke down n no ice cream AT ALL! What r e chances, really. Was having ultimate craving ok...

Incident no 3.

Decided to get nice teh bing from mr teh tarik instead cos i really needed something cold. Uncle told me $1.7, cash register wrote $1.70, paid $1.70 exact... BUT, the uncle returned me 70c n told me a string of words i cldnt make out. =S So just take it that he wanted to treat me n quickly siam home. Lol!

What a day!

6 months n counting~

2011-09-06T14:25:00.004+08:00

Happy half a yr old fatty!

Thanks for being a part of my life. =*

xoxo ah yi

2011-09-05T23:37:00.002+08:00

It's SCHOOL HOLIDAYS! No school/work today so went to do a 1day invigilation @mjc. For the fun of it. Anw invigilation sucks now cos there's no more breaks AT ALL. You r either in the hall or classroom. Anw i think i damn suay today. Kena the freaking tcher in this particular class im gg into. She an ULTIMATE BITCH! I swear i wanna slap her face every single time i see her. Nv liked her when i was in mjc, dun like her now, n wont EVER like her.

So what happen was, like all students shld know, examination in the hall nv seem to start on time. However, all those in the classroom managed to start on time. Hence, all EIs schedule got screwed up a little cos we were delayed in the hall. Fyi i was the first one to finish taking attendance n head for the classroom. So i walked in, give a PR smile even though i alr hated her from e beginning, n den she give her stupid face n said, "Please be on time." Like wtf. ur first time in mjc izite?! Dunno how it's like in the hall?! N she's super loserish. Subsequently for all the periods when we have to take over each other, she definitely come at least 5 mins late. Our break is go hall, her break is go office shake leg eh. *roll eyes* So after that when i exchanged shift with her i didnt even bother looking at her n jus her a straight face.

If u think that's e end of the story, u're wrong. If that's really the case, i wldnt have been so particular. So here, part 2. Was collecting the papers, n den counted them. So apparently, the papers have to be double signed by another person other than urself. So i dun understand why that bitch yee ( i think she shld be called bitch ewww) had to pick up my pile from amidst many other EIs' piles. So she said super loudly, " I think wrong eh." Couldnt even be bothered with her, just happily counting my other scripts. I counted twice fyi ok. She's such an attention seeker i dun think she's fit to be a civics tutor. She teaching all the wrong values man!

On a lighter note, ced n i GATECRASHED wen's nus lect today. LOL! The train journey there is simply unbearable, just e ride to outram for dental wld have gotten me whiny, what more b-vista. See, maybe taking my pte degree isnt that bad. It's only at bugis area. Hee. Anw started the day chasing for bus 95! Wen says the frequency is damn low so we better catch it so that we can have comfortable amt of time for a lunch before lect. Had lunch @arts canteen n the food is SO CHEAP! mjc food is simply overpriced max! N deck sells nice milo n ice lemon tea. =)

So set off for first lect- world religion- islam. I swear it sounded promising, but 1.5h lect is really too much to handle, esp since my brain haven been working for quite a long while. hah! n met maria at the lect. C was trying to spot her n then suddenly she went "im here," right under our eyes. Damn qiao. LOL!

Was on the way to the next lect n met CHERIE! So hilarious! She was screaming, laughing, jumping n hugging me when she saw me. She's so funny. =))

2nd lect was on international relation-nuclear warfare. I thght IR sounded much more interesting than islam, but i guess it's too abstract to understand. Wanted to leave halfway but we got sandwiched btwn students, plus that lecturer doesnt give break, plus she was so happy, so enthu, so passionate abt what she's teaching, i cldnt bear to walk out on her. Haha. So we did cheng thrgh the entire thing ok. N felt so drained. Oh ya. did i mention i only had 3.5h of slp.

Bought waffle n den made our way home. Long long journey.... Kind of glad i dun have to do this everyday nxt time. =p

What a day. Dead beat!

2011-09-05T01:31:00.000+08:00

Was so dying to get of the house after i got home. Just told him off in a fb msg, came back n i see him still in the house. So ultimate annoying. It's a sunday cant u 2 just get out of the hse, get out of my sight! RAH!

Good thing we plan to meet tonight for supper or else i wld turn INSANE! Chilled out at mac, catch up with life, talk abt all the silly things. Mr pharmacist's cafe. LOL

Grateful for all the ppl in my life. *hugs*

shopping spreeee

2011-09-04T18:23:00.000+08:00

Caught real life barbie n ken @the airport today. It's kind of sad that they look so REAL, which means they look really fake n plastic-ky. Ironic. Hee!

Anw retail therapy is even more useful when u know ur money's well spent. Bought some stuff today, so happy! Plus my very nice fren, jx, helped me to get a super gd deal 500gb harddisk for me since i didnt have time to check it out. So helpful right! =)) Next time if i nid to get laptop i'll bring him along. hehehe

pissed ttm

2011-09-04T09:19:00.000+08:00

Frankly, i think you're quite a nice person, but it really gets on me when u stay over in MY room. In case she forgets, i do have a stake in that room. Maybe bcos i've been really tolerant, hence she takes it that im fine with it. But really, i do find it an invasion of my privacy. If u really really really needs a shelter over ur head, i do think there's plenty of room in the living room than my tiny room.

Pardon me for my impoliteness/being straightforward, but i do think it's pertinent to make myself comfortable in my own house, room for that matter. Just so you know.

Your kind understanding and cooperation would be deeply appreciated. Thanks! :))

YUP, my exact words. Didnt want to embarrass him by telling him in his face, nor have his mobile no, hence thanks to social sites, i sent a fb msg. Was struggling with the idea as i didnt want to be so bad. But i no longer want to put myself in jeopardy nor distress ANYMORE. Been very subtle n polite alr. Bcos want i really wanted to say was (Pardon the bad language): F u! Seriously my room is not a hotel room for u to come n stay as n when u want! Been turning a blind eye to the frequent visits but enough is enough. Cross the line n dun blame me for being nasty. My sis is damn selfish, not like i dunno, but i didnt think ur skin could be so freaking thick, disturbing others like that n not feeling apologetic. You're becoming such an eye sore seriously. Screw you man!

If he still dares to stay overnight after my fb msg, i will scold him IN HIS FACE! Just tells me how thick skinned n selfish he is. N he NO LONGER DERSERVE MY GDWILL N RESPECT. N i will definitely openly declare him as my enemy i swear. RAH!

On a sidenote, my bf very kindly offer me his room n bed since he's in camp from mon to fri. Definitely wont go over but it's e kind gesture that matters. Plus c n wen's there to share my pain! =)

baby baby baby oh

2011-09-03T15:21:00.000+08:00

Fatty holding her own bottle.

ADORABLE MAX! =D

fridayyyyy

2011-09-03T02:04:00.000+08:00

Today's Teachers' Day! Too many ppl to give thanks to hence didnt send anybody any msg. =p Just me being lazy actually. Didnt want to give a general text to all e tchers, ended up not sendin at all. Heehee.

Anw sch holidays officially begins! Means lots of REST but no income. Haha. Trade off i guess. Bf was on leave today as well so finally went out together on a wkday. Cant even rmb the last time we did that. See wat army does...

Went town to shop ard n saw the huge h&m building. Bet ppl would be q-ing all night for the voucher's sake. Topshop n f21 would be in trouble too. Definitely will have an impact on their businesses. But even better for consumers isnt it.

Wanted to catch crazy stupid love but kwa kwa... Left first 2 rows. *faints* Ended up compromising n watched cars2 @the cathay. Not that bad either. But, i really really really wanna watch csl!

Had hot tomatoes for the first time in my life. I know i live in the cave. Hah. The waitress had super good marketing skills. Was indecisive whether to eat there but after slight persuasion, we decided to go ahead. Serving is quite big but didnt like how all the tables were so close together. So hard to not eavesdrop on other ppl's conversation. Lol!

Bf's frens randomly decided to meet up, so went to beer market again since bf was wearing slippers. But lots of ordeals before that until we finally settle down at the bar. N e singer was actually our ex-sch mate. What a surprise/shock.

Being really gd citizen. Drink dun drive, Cd drank the most expensive coke in the world just so that he could send us home. So nice right! Anw bcos of that i think i can have a gd slp tonight. Tata~

2011-09-01T23:04:00.000+08:00

standing shoulder to shoulder, yet feeling miles apart

2011-08-31T17:05:00.001+08:00

met x for lunch after school today. It's nice to meet up with frens every so often. Thanks for e lift on a very environmentally friendly vehicle! hah!

anw today marks the last day of the term for me! Gonna be jobless till sch hol ends. lol!

rage

2011-08-31T09:28:00.001+08:00

I'm like bursting with anger now. RAH! It's not easy to conduct a double period lesson all by urself when u only knew abt it like 5 min before e lesson, n when u kind of lost touch with the syllabus alr. Furthermore it's a higher order thinking skill tat lower sec might not be able to handle. What made it worst is their discipline issues. Is it so hard to stfu n listen. Been super tolerant alr. Ask them to read, they talk. Tried to help them go through the series of events since they werent reading, they talk. No freaking contextual knowledge how to cross reference?! So pissed that I was so tempted to walk out of the class. It's alr a difficult skill n I really nid lots of time to explain but they just kept yanking away. I had to kept stoping the lesson which I totally hate but the disruption is so great I can't be screaming n shouting amidst the noise right. It's so unfair to those who are listening n I really really hate it. Really does do them justice to be situated on the ground floor where the discipline department is located. N the freaking tcher I dislike dunno come in for what. She's just an invisible figure in the room. Bloody hell. In not even nie trained. She is ok. N yet all she does is stand at the back n chit chat with the students. Shldnt I be pissed! Of cos i have to thank her for giving me the freedom and not interfering with my teaching but sometimes u nid to know when u shld step in n give a little help u know.

They're not scared of me I know, I might not be super clear in my explanation. But Im sure every bit of help does make a difference right. Plus i think I still deserve the respect, maybe not as a teacher, but at least as someone a few yrs more senior than them in terms of age right. It's just ridiculous. It's like I can't even do credit to my teaching capability at all. RAH!!! N I dun know how to account to the history teacher alr. Why can't we swop n i take the sec 1 class instead.

No wonder teachers get high blood pressure. I think I should stop being bothered with them. I care abt their learning, abt their eoy, but if they think they can talk their way through exams y shld I care. Seriously.

*take deep breath*

2011-08-30T22:48:00.000+08:00

Brought fatty SWIMMING today. Haha! Went to singapore swimming club and the baby pool is HUGE and super FUN even for someone who's hydrophobic. There's a fake waterfall in the middle, mushroom shooting water on the right and jacuzzi area on the extreme left. Fatty wore her sexy red and white polka dotty one piece swimsuit. So sexy. hahaha. shall not post it here. =X

It's her second time in the pool and she's quite getting better today. She was wailing so badly the previous time. Must be cos i not with her. Heeheehee.

Tagged along to my bro-in-law's shop after that n met bf there since i was too lazy to take a train myself to meet him. =p Anw my b-i-l owns a cue stick/pool/billard related shop so there's this table in his shop to demo watever to his customers. So ended up trying to play. Trying, cos im really bad. N we both earned a free lsn from him. He's gd! Like really, nv knew that. hahaha. But i got bored after awhile cos my arm really quite tired hence the zipai-ing.

Had dinner at this jap restaurant after that. The pasta not very nice though. =/

2011-08-29T12:40:00.000+08:00

Fatty is watching FAKE Hi5 now n giggling herself silly. LOL!

2011-08-28T21:58:00.001+08:00

Had tuition in the morning. My kid is damn funny n super not shy in front of me. Cos he always wears his pj when we have tuition. lol! Anw his mum told me to put in an hour more to coach his sister eng. So puzzled until after that he told me his prelims results after that. But i wldnt take credit for his improvement. Lol! How much difference can 8 lessons make, really? But oh well. I got another student alr. Hahaha.

Went to meet bf n his family n ikea after lunch. I think it's an age thing ba. Somehow gals want to have their own privacy. Lol. So bf's sis 'chase' him out of the room n now they both got their own room. Hahaha. So went ikea to get stuff to do up their room. It was SO SO SO CROWDED. Impossible to walk a single step without rubbing shoulders with anyone. Wanted to eat the soft serve ice cream but the q was SO LONG. Sad.

Anw his mum asked me to stay for dinner which is akin to seeing shooting stars. LOL. She nv dared to cook when im ard for dinner. =X

arty faty

2011-08-27T23:58:00.000+08:00

TERACOTTA WARRIORS

Went to visit the ACM today. N it sure feels different to be gg to a museum when u're a history teacher and all the things you see are so relevant to what u're teaching in school. =o Well, our main aim was the terracotta warriors. Nv knew bin ma yong was called terracotta in english. =p

Btw it was SUPER crowded with locals n vistors.

Was greeted by a series of modern interpretation of tradtional warriors. Quite funny. Like the guanyin lookalike holding a laptop, warriors al wearing earpiece etc.

It's amazing what technology can do. They actually have this acm app you can dl n it provides a 3d view when u point ur cam at specific symbols ard the museum. N u can follow the animation n go thrgh the story of what actually happens. So incredible right! N fyi ALOT of ppl were using it, really tells u how many ppl in the world's actually using iphone.

this carriage is the only replica in the museum as it was too fragile to be flown over from china.

armour n helmet string up from pieces n pieces of clay blocks

the tummy so cute right. he's prolly an acrobat to entertain the emperor

see! the 3d view from the cam. It actually moves and not just stay stationary!

These soldiers walk from one end to another to demo how they use the bow n arrow!

n then u can go ard n collect all the stamp emboss. So adorable!

this status is SO elaborate u can actually see the braids so intricate n there is a red rope tying the bun. =o

The rest below are from the han dynasty.

The warriors now r more miniature as they think it's more practical. Anw the warriors were made to be buried with the emperor as they believe that what they buried with them will be their assets in hell to use/spend

at the entrance there's 2 warriors where u can fix up e pieces on them. haha

Was so hungry after that we decided to go eat the nice bakuteh near clarke quay since it was just round the corner. SO YUMMY EH! n bf said tat youtiao is nice with bkt. i was like @.@

Walked ard after that n all the HUGE lanterns were up alr! Bf was like nagging at me cos i wore sandals n then we cldnt go to helipad. But it's okay la. wasnt in much of a drinking mood cos got tuition to teach tmr morning. =X But e place's really pretty, wld definitely go one of these days. =p

Trained back to tamp after that n i seriously cldnt believe my luck. I met my ex n he was standing right behind me on the escalator. I saw him looking at me but i jus looked away. So ungracious right. =X Seriously, im over it, but i just cldnt bring myself to say hi. Maybe someday...

Then met ced at cs n he gave me a shock when he popped out from nowhere. But what's that shock compared to the one before right. lol.

Then then i met my ex bf as in bestfren. Totally felt like killing myself. N he still introduced me to his gf. That's akin to giving me a stab at the back ok.

Anw, bf told me that they'll be gg on a cruise for cny next yr since they're not supposed to celebrate cny. N his mum actually asked if i want to tag along. =D I wont be gg of cos but that's not e point right... Hee...

Oh well, what an eventful day... Shall rest early. Tuition tmr....

2011-08-26T10:33:00.002+08:00

Woken by the heavy rain n I so wanted to just sleep in. Good thing I didn't on the aircon e night before if not I wld have been froze to death. Took the bus to sch instead. Rain was mad heavy when I left e house. Anw I dunno if I'm lucky or unlucky, I only have one period of lsn at 1210. Which means that I've been rotting in e office since 7am. N I got so bored plus e office was freezing, Im seeking refuge at Mac now. Hee! Free wifi to tap :))

TGIF!

busy tuesday

2011-08-23T19:03:00.002+08:00

Super duper busy today n the days to come. =( All thanks to external evaluation from moe. So tchers wld be in n out of class. N i kind of figured out that im the only relief tcher in the sch other than e 3 adjunct tchers that i know of. I had 8 out of 12 periods today. RAHH... But at least upper sec r not that rowdy n wont talk rubbish. Just thinking of my sec 2 class tmr n i feel like strangling them alr. =S

Anw fatty is super adorable n getting fatty-ier. Hee. N she can roll over alr. Cant crawl yet though. =))

blue monday

2011-08-22T16:26:00.002+08:00

Supposedly my last wk in esss but oh well. Sch commencement date got postponed. =(( Super sucky. Shall take it as a sign to save more money before sch starts ba. How sad. Im really getting quite sick of the ppl n students there alr. RAH! But u wldnt want to find other jobs after working at one which allows u to get home latest by 230pm, not much transportation costs and allows u to read/do leisure stuff half the time u're working?

See. Shall just hang on ba. Anw next mon n tues is holiday! =))

Anw, assembly got cancelled today idk y, but it means that i only had 2 periods today. Shiok or wat. N i finished my book alr. 6th book ever since i started working i think, which means in a span of say slightly less than 2 months? Bookworm or wat. If only i was this hardworking when im studying. Lol.

fatty n her chewable sophie e giraffe teether.

she's eating giraffe meat! =O

after all e drilling they r finally putting cement. gosh. just hurry up n get things done! rahh

sunny sunday

2011-08-21T23:06:00.004+08:00

Love sunday cos it's a wkend, but hates it bcos there's work/sch e nxt day.

Spent e day lazing at mcafe, just reading a book, leting time slip away, having each others' companion. I love to drink coffee! but been trying to abstain from it cos it'll stain my teeth n it's so hard to clean when u have braces. =( But decided to let loose on a sunday. Hee. Always share cake with somebody, dun be greedy, cos u'll feel sick after a while. Haha. Too cheezzy n not nutty enough. But still quite delectable la.

Anybody watches 9pm show on chn 8. Saw the kimberly gal tat acts as ah ya in the show, studying at mac. She's much skinner n more bimbotic in person. =x Thght she was my age, but she's only in sec 4. =o Feel so old... But i look young! =D

see my mochacinno so pretty, cldnt bear to stir it. =p

my hair so long right. hehehe

Went home to catch a ride to my grandma's places cos we're celebrating her bday. Celebrated earlier cos my 2 cousins were supposedly gg back to china soon as their vacation's ending. N bcos my dad's car cldnt fit all of us, he drove his bike den my sis's bf took my dad's car n drove us there. His driving sucks, n he stalled twice. lol! Makes me miss driving so much. =(( Miss being on the road, miss the speed, miss being in control. *pout* can money pls drop from e sky...

Anw went to have this at this restaurant near my ah ma's place. N e food sucks. N e thing is we ate at e same place last yr, it sucks, n then they booked e same place this yr. -.- Waste of money. N everyone was using iphone while waiting for food to come. oh man. All IT slaves. I think im one too. =x

There was this waiter n his name was luo zhi xiang. like exactly. lol! I heard my uncle calling him n i thght he was making fun of him cos he really look as though he's trying to imitate show's style. But after that i saw e name tag n it's really tat! But shall just take it with a pinch of salt. Those ppl in service sector can put any name they want on e name tag anw. lol.

sat

2011-08-21T02:47:00.001+08:00

Super random but ended up spending at wildwildwet. Surprisingly, it's much more crowded than i thght. If not for my bf, i'll prolly nv step into that place. =X Feel like lazing ard so started the day with countless rounds in the lazy pool sitting on the huge float. Love the luxury of time. Then, bf got bored n insisted that we do some exciting rides. =S But i was really in a laid back mood n so he let me off n we didnt have to take e slide up. =X Ended the day having learnt how to do a breast stroke n freestyle with the help of a float. lol. That's wat u get for having a lifeguard bf- getting forced to try n get comfort in e water when u're hydrophobic. Haha.

Anw we went to buddy hoagies for dinner n im so gonna BOYCOTT that place. Food sucks! Service shitty! They r fastest when u nid to get ur bills. Waited super long for the food and when e food came, it wasnt hot at all. Super wth. Shld have just sticked to all time fave-pastamania. =S

Im like 2 shades darker now. oh man!

sandwich is damn hard, not hot n fries disgustingly cold. yucks! but bf always have this e-food-damn-nice xpression cos he eats so fast

boycott pls!

TGIFFF!

2011-08-19T16:07:00.004+08:00

TGIF!!!
Been out after sch almost everyday this week in a bid to avoid all the drilling downstairs. The noise just just deafening! N poor fatty can hardly slp at home.

On an airport expedition today n fatty got a new throne- e airport's baby sitter. Super useful and fatty loves it! Think she's super overwhelmed by the swirls of colours. Sitting at e viewing mall now while fatty catches some sleep. But I have no idea why thus group of other nationality ppl wants to come n sit beside us, breaking the serenity. RAH!

I'm really really Slpy now. Yawn

handy pram

fatty looks so adorable

huge washroom @t3

2011-08-18T22:16:00.000+08:00

so exhausted idk why. lol! knocked out from 6 till 9pm.

eating dinner now =X

exhausted

2011-08-17T20:59:00.002+08:00

Had a duper long day. 10 out of 12 periods today. RAH! At least i was taking the sec 3 classes tat i've been seeing the past few days cos the same tcher was sick. Hope she's better alr. Sick for 3 days seems quite serious. =/

Anw damn pissed at this stupid woman. Had to invigilate this sec3 class for geo test n den after that submit to this hod. So i passed to her n den she asked me if i realised e mistake in e paper. N den i was thinking like. hmm. izite tat the table heading got mistake cos e food consumption in LDCs is higher than developing cty. But i didnt say anything just asked wat e mistake was. N i was right. Den she was like "didnt u realise the mistake?" in the very demanding voice n i was so tempted to slap her, like seriously. I thght the figures cld be like that on purpose like an exception or something. Didnt want to be a smart alec plus i had nobody to check with. But didnt know e setter would make such a mistake. N the worst thing is when one tcher found out e mistake, nobody went ard the classroom to inform anybody. wtf. This is CA eh n all e tchers just ma hou pao after e paper den come point fingers. Full of shit. I cant be bothered. RAH!

tuesday with my 2 boys =)

2011-08-16T18:52:00.003+08:00

Busy day today. Had 2 tchers on mc and 1 tcher on course, which amts to like 8 periods today? Cld have zao-ed home at 2pm like usual but i just had to have a single period at 2pm. Emo. So had duper long lunch break from like 1145am till 2pm. So fatty came to find me n we had lunch @mac together. N i think bcos e malay r fasting so e place is quite quiet. =)

Anw quite like to take 3E classes cos they r much more controllable. =X Took a non 3E class @2pm n i jus feel like strangling them. Izite so hard to stfu n do ur work? All the nonsense qns, try to bargain, stone, refuse to do, bad attitude, n e list goes on...

Fatty waited for me to end work n den we went to my aunt's place just across e road from my hse. Just so to avoid all the drilling at e void deck. It's SO LOUD i haf a splitting headache ytd. No idea y they had to redo e cement downstairs when it's all fine. Waste of money n LOTS of inconvenience. Tsk.

My 2 nephews finished sch alr so talked to them a little n stuff, n taught e p4 one chinese. It's really quite bad. I dunno wat's my cousin doing, sending him to eng tuition when it's his chinese tat nids help. lol. Anw im glad im didnt end up a pri sch tcher. Bcos i really doubt i can handle that. *faint* kids these days r SO DIFF from our time. Ha! Generation gap. =X

wkends

2011-08-14T21:29:00.001+08:00

Had a homely dinner after watching cowboys n aliens. Anw the movie is as the title stated, cowboys n aliens. lol.

not gonna take any individual shots till i lose some wt. getting rounder. =/

SUNDAY

u wldnt believe that we spent both wkends @dtown. oh man. watched rise of the watever ape. It's not too bad really. N though it's an older movie compared to the cowboy n alien, there's ALOT more ppl watching ape. Ha!

N since we had time before e movie, we went to e arcade. unbelievable.

n changed all these tickets for 2 tiny packets of chips n A sweet, just right for us to eat in the theatre after tat. =X

went to collect this free pokemon trading card using the voucher we got for renewing our nebo card. Super LOL!

thosai n prata for dinner before bf books in. Personally dun like thosai cos damn nua n e colour's not very appetitising. Hee!

empty

2011-08-12T11:34:00.004+08:00

That's okay," he says.

"No. I want to," i tell him.

"Really. It's okay."

I remove my hand from my husband's neck and place it on my lap. I look out of the window. I'm afraid i might cry. He puts his hand on mine. This time, i pull away.

"I'm sorry," he says softly.

"It's not my fault," i tell him without looking at him. But i don't believe it. I think everything is my fault. i am the woman in the family; I'm supposed to make everything work. What i can't seem to say aloud is that i'm failing.

What does it all seem so familiar?

Bottleneck

2011-08-10T17:35:00.003+08:00

Chilling at coffeebean @ehub with smelly felly now. :)) but poor her is busy burrowing her head in chem while I enjoy my hot tea. =x n I seriously cant rmb nuts abt organic chem. Oops. So much for all the hard work last year. Lol

Anw finished 2 sessions of tuition today. So accomplished! Can enjoy my thurs n fri afternoons with no more commitments already. Though it's kind of weird seeing my Sunday tutee on a wed morning. Totally made today feels like another Sunday. Hee! I kind of forget how to spell pyjamas today. Ha! Anw my second tutee however, woke me up from this illusion. Like seriously, it took him 5 min to figure out what's the ans of 10x + 4x + 4x. I think he got a shock when I increased my volume as the lsn went by. =/

Oh man sch/work Tmr again...

so close to losing it

2011-08-09T19:14:00.002+08:00

been finding excuses for all the things u chose not to do.

frankly,

i dunno how to do this anymore.

2011-08-08T22:52:00.000+08:00

when u've lost the reason to hold on

tgif tgif tgif

2011-08-05T17:58:00.004+08:00

TGIF! It's friday, once again! Love it when i got no relief to do, which means i only had 2 periods today. =D

anw the parade squ is covered with this really HUGE tentage with this makeshift tiny stage for the upcoming national day dinner for the public i think this coming mon. Hence morning assembly was held in e classrooms for ytd n today, which is GREAT! Cos i can stay in the staffroom and enjoy my breakfast. =p N i realise tchers in the staffroom dun bother to stand for flag raising. =X

Got an unexpected call today from moe, offering me a vacancy in nie. Which after some thoughts, decided against it. Dun think i wanna be stuck teaching or am ready for teaching yet, esp after the relief tching stint. =x

Hmm... i wonder if i nid to report to sch on mon... Shall ask my boss tmr. Too lazy to think abt sch now. =)

2011-08-04T22:57:00.000+08:00

it's amazing how i took a nap just now from 4pm till 7.30pm, yet i still feel so tired now n have no qualms abt getting to bed.

Oh gosh. Am i gettin old?!

Nights ppl! =p

2011-08-03T20:53:00.001+08:00

i think im probably the most tactless person in the world. shoot me! lol.

went for tuition today n i very naively asked my student if he wanted to go get a drink since his mum only got me a drink. N then he replied "im fasting", with a smile.

i was SO apologetic, esp since i ate sweet to keep myself awake. =X

tuesday with bf

2011-08-02T20:30:00.000+08:00

Bf took leave today as he had been really busy with family matters for the past wkend. Hence we decided to meet up n shun bian cut hair together after i knocked off. Apparently the hairdresser that cut my hair had a much easier time since i only snipped off 1 inch from the back n trimmed my fringe, which all took less than 10 min im sure. But i reckon it's better to look like u haven cut ur hair at all than having ur fringe or hair looking too short for ur own gd aka kuku looking right. =p

Went to tamp to catch bridesmaids after that. Now i know y it's rated m18. Hmp... But apart from that, it's kind of funny. N e film is bout 2.5h long! No wonder i feel my back aching cos gv's seats isnt exactly very comfy. =X

Bf's on his way to book-in alr n im so gonna slp early tonight. So TIRED! *yawn*

sat dayout

2011-07-30T23:27:00.001+08:00

Chilled out with sec sch frens today. Totally no plans for the day but nvtheless fun. Somehow we always work better without plans. Haha.

had lunch. cupwalker-ed. saboteur-ed. mj-ed. cluedo-ed.

n we had zichar for dinner together. Feels kind of homely, the way u order different dishes and share together. Though ced was damn disgusting, the way he demonstrates how he licks his spoon clean. =S

Next month's gonna be a busy month for everybody alr. wen n deb's gonna start sch, joel gg enlist... Cant wait for my sch to start too. Miss being a student... Bet i wld take back my wrds when term really starts. But it's for real, at least for now. =X

n thanks gf! for mini magnums to satisfy our cravings at such late hours. hee

2011-07-26T22:56:00.004+08:00

Ytd was a damn draining day. Today too actually.

Anw one student jus had to spoil my mood first thing in the morning ytd n i had to send him down to the office cos he was simply beyond my control. N mind u it's a sec 4 kid, supposedly in the best class. Delegated work to the kids to do n he just have to conveniently forgot that it's a ss lsn n started doing chem work. Asked him to put it away, refused. Gave last warning, AP-ed. Ask him to stand outside the class, refused, n said that he wont listen to me. So i decided to treat him like transparent, facilitate other kids in answering qns, turned to look at him n he was busy talking. Hence, BAO! N sent him down to discipline mistress.

N guess what happened today. Apparently, the student told a diff version to the dm. Good job, u're in the wrong n u push the blame to the tcher. Checked with other tchers n wasnt surprised to know that other tchers had problems with him too. I wldnt have minded him not doing his work but it's his attitude that really got me. Even if he doesnt respect me as a tcher, im still many yrs his senior pls. What happened to moral values

Of cos, was damn apologetic for sending my boss's kids out of the class cos it's not very nice right... So explained to her what happened today when i finally see her. N she told me it's gd to be stern to control the class, but be careful not to provoke students, obviously in a really TACTFUL way. But still, i really minded actually. Im not the kind that puts ppl down when im mad nor will i sprout offensive words to agitate others, n i always make sure that i dun over-flare up n always choose to talk sense into them someway somehow. N then somebody comes along n say u shldnt provoke students. Like wthell! If contradicting/correcting students means provoking them den im probably doing that everyday. If that student uses tat kind of attitude to a tcher n i dun have e right to correct him or simply choose to ignore him, i dunno what's e pt of being a tcher anymore.

Anyway, the incident does indeed sets me thinking. If e sch doesnt trust e way i handle students/situations, den wat's the point of hiring me. It really does gets to me when ppl ask for ur help n afterwards question ur ability.

It also makes me wonder if a relief tcher shld just be somehow who's there to merely give out instructions and work to do, n not be bothered if they are actually doing their work or not, or be concerned with discipline issues. Maybe i shld just take a backseat in class from now on, not be bothered if they're really doing their work at all, n just chit chat n let time slip away with e students.

ya rite. Just whining. I dun think i can ever let that happen. Cant get over my own conscience. Anw went out to have big breakfast with my pe fren. Blissful max. Love big breakfast! =D N then it started pouring madly while we were eating. Good thing we had time to spare n wait out a little n e rain got smaller just before our lsns starts.

Had my first mini lsns with my 6 china kids today. Abit tiring but quite fun. Think my chinese getting sucky, abit stuck when im trying to translate eng geo content into chinese. Hahaha. I think lsns will be more fun when we get our own classroom. Heehee...

Anw i've survived the 3 lousy days of the week. Horray to thurs n fri!! im super slpy now alr. Shall have an early nite! =))

monday BLUES!

2011-07-25T17:25:00.003+08:00

Today is a BAD monday. Im like so drained out now. Kickstart-ed the day with 5 consecutive periods of lsns without having my breakfast. N this sec 4 class had to make me scold them before they know how to shut up, keep away phys chem malay hw they r doing, during a HISTORY lsn. Seriously! Which part of e word history do they not understand?

Den took a 1t class, not generalising all e normal students, but this particular class drive me nuts, even when another tcher from discipline comm is taking them as well. Totally OUT OF CONTROL, i dun even know how to describe the scene. Oh man. Just pray that i wont have to stepin ever. Feel so breathless in there. RAH!

Den had to stay back for asp with one class of sec 4 students. N guess what. Everybody was LATE. Some almost 30 min late like r u kidding me. You dunno how to read clock/watch izite?! N u freaking step into my class like nobody's business?! Kids these days r such a bunch. Made them stand outside e classroom n lectured them. N this gal dare to give me a chao ah lian attitude. Such a waste of our time. Please wake up ur ideas, be gd, n i'll give u more bearable time during lsns as simple as tat.

Anw assembly today was east spring got talent. Damn funny! n the performance were not too bad. But kind of dun agree with the results. Oh well... hah

N i realised actually alot of tchers notice my presence. ha! Walked back to staffroom at 4ish 5 n at least 2 tchers who dun actually talked to me usu asked me y im still ard at this time. =X

So nice to be home! =))

lazyy sunday

2011-07-24T23:17:00.003+08:00

Went tuition today. Happy day cos it's payday. =D

So went to expo to check out the sales gg on since my tuition place is damn near expo. The NLB book sales is damn shiok. No strength to carry so many books so bought only 5 books, which amounts to only 10 bucks. Cheap thrill! Saw ppl bringing luggage to carry lor. Kua zhang! Ha. But it's really quite worth it. =))

N check out all time fave, jl sale. Best time to stock up on cosmetics and junk food. =)) But no charles keith this time round =/

Went tuition today. Happy day cos it's payday. =D

N check out all time fave, jl sale. Best time to stock up on cosmetics and junk food. =)) But no charles keith this time round =/

fatty today. so adorable. still no hair though. hahaha =)

saturday

2011-07-23T23:45:00.011+08:00

Slpt for like 10 hrs today. Damn shiok! Was supposed to meet bf at like early in e morning but he was disturbed by a call from camp that demanded everyone to report in by 10am. So poor thing. Ended up meeting bf in the afternoon.

Went picnic @barrage today. =)

N happened to catch the helicopters and part of the fireworks. =))

damn cute boat kite. like e boat floating in the air. lol

super puma

damn candid pic. lol

see my face so small =X

chinook

f15

i think my teeth looks quite straight alr. heehee

anw i have ugly tank top tan now. =/

2011-07-22T23:23:00.001+08:00

Today is a happy happy friday since i only had 2 periods of lessons plus there werent any relief to do. WOHOO!

The only gd thing abt being a tcher is that u can leave the sch without the seccurity guards questioning. lol! went out to have mac breakfast with my pe tcher fren at 10plus. Super gd timing cos there isnt much ppl ard. =)

Anw my other fren is the phy chem tcher aka my flag raising fren. But today was his last day, so emo, nobody to talk to during flag raising nxt wk on. =/

My boss told me today tat she will be on course for 2 days nxt week which means i nid to cover ALL her lsns. And since she's the hod, she teaches ALOT of classes n all UPPER SEC. Sucks! Plus monday she nid help from me for asp(academic support prog) aka REMEDIAL after sch. Gosh. Nxt wk pls dun come... On a lighter note, TGIF!!!

Met bf after sch since he took leave for today. Wanted to catch a movie but i cant believe there's no nice movie other than harry potter which we've alr watched. Boring!

yet another midwk

2011-07-20T21:43:00.005+08:00

yay! i survived yet another wednesday. Really really hate wed. Though there werent any classes to relief but the no of lsns is enough to kill me alr. Imagine 5 periods straight all the way till 2pm n i nid to have lunch BEFORE 11am. Nonsense timetable. Emo.

Lessons were okay today. But sec 1s are forever noisy, just cant keep quiet for even a second. RAH! Plus after like 1 month they not scared of me anymore den will start to talk rubbish n test my limit. Tsk tsk... But they r quite sweet la. Damn concerned when i happened to look troubled/emo/worn out. =) N they like to praise my dressing. =X But really i think im the only tcher that dares to test the limit of the sch. Heehee. Since i haven got any guidebooks nor proper briefing to really know what to wear. So just act ignorant. But really im trying my best to look like a tcher but it's so hard cos i was nv the typical tcher to begin with. N now my wadrobe is only 50% wearable since all my dresses n skirts r too short/body hugging/informal according to tcher standard. =O N wearing pants drives me nuts in the heat. This wld probably be the biggest push factor in considering to become a tcher. Hah!

Anw bf took off today, not for me though. =( But anw we had lunch together and hang out abit.

kind of like this pic cos the smiles look so genuine. It was heartfelt emotions until reality sets in. oh well...

1 day nearer to e wkends

2011-07-19T21:13:00.005+08:00

Today was elearning day or home-based learning they call it, for the lower sec. Thought i could shake leg at home but my boss aka the hod said that she needs my help with the upper sec classes. And fyi i dun like them at all. =X

Reached sch n was greeted by aunty with my bombs as usual. Surprising only had 1 lsn for the day which was a gd n bad thing. Just waste time n get bored but paid for waking up early. But ended up the aunty miss out 2 other sheets, so had 3 periods for today which was good enough. =))

anw went to take over this sec 3 normal tech class today n thght it wld be a nightmare esp when i heard all the loud noises n shouting while waiting for e tcher from the previous lsn to pack up. To my surprise, they were so quiet n did their work dutifully. SHOCKED. They said that im damn fierce. Hahaha. It was eng lsn btw n i felt SO at home. Really much prefer taking language lessons when i feel that im more capable to help them.

anw, wish everyday was o lvl listening so i can knock off at 1245. =X

2011-07-18T21:57:00.001+08:00

It's Monday blues at it's max.

Reached sch n was greeted with many bombs. Teachers shld really take care of themselves so that they won't have to take mc. From 4 periods on a normal mon, I had 7 today instead. To make things worst, I had 5 straight periods first thing in e morning.

N it sucks that I'm taking poa classes when I didn't even study poa before. Dun like to feel like I cnt value add them n they'll just waste their time complaining that it's too tough. I can't even judge if it's really the case or they're just lazing. I think triple poa lsns r too much to handle. I get tired of seeing them, n they get tired of looking at me. Towards e end of e lsn they got so restless n chatty but I decided to close one eye since I myself feel like slping.

Anw I concluded that students these days really need anger management lsns. This student was doing other hw during my poa lsn n she got e nerves to slam e table. Felt like giving a tight slap I swear. N I can tell u she's not a only one I've met alr.

Wen said that sociologists say that violence is a form if expression for ppl who cant express themselves in words. I totally agree but that's not e way to handle things ok. These kids...

Today's assembly was damn cool. This guy tcher played e ruan. Lol! So strangely familiar. =x

N pledge today was in Chinese cos it's racial harmony week. Lol! Bet no one will know unless they're schooling. Hah

Elearning for lower sec Tmr but still need go sch take upper sec classes. Very emo =x

sundayy

2011-07-17T23:29:00.001+08:00

Lazy sunday but had to wake up early for tuition. I think im so tuned to the school timing, it's almost impossible to wake up late. Slpt at 1am but kept waking up once every hour from 6am onwards. Oh man. Haha.

Went to bf's place after tuition to watch deathly hallow part 1 before we catch the part 2 at night. Good choice! If not i wld have been quite lost throughout the show too.

Bf's parents went out for a walk n den came back with durian. *smack lips* Super yummy. But i feel like im gonna lost my voice alr. =X

me-day!

2011-07-17T23:07:00.009+08:00

Me-day refers to a day without bf.

Bf was damn unlucky/lucky to have guard duty on a saturday. So had the chance to chill with ced n wen. Set the date like one wk ago but notti wen had to ps us in the afternoon to run some errands. So stranded ced n i went to have lunch @mos burger together after i finished my tuition session. Shopped ard before we decided to go bowling. Super random but oh wells. Hah. N gd thing we're both avg bowlers. Lol. If not sure get laughed at for all the gutters we got. =X

my very cute socks. =X

Made our way to town in our neighborhood outfit cos we didnt expect wen to be in town. HAH! Shopped ard n we saw this damn nice pedro slippers that we think ced shld invest in. =X

Oh ya! n we went to the new HUGE F21 @ion. The moment you step foot in you can feel ur adrenaline rushing. LOL! Totally spoilt for choice but the long q at dressing room and cashier is such a wet blanket.

Den hang ard somemore n eventually ended up at sho toppan for dinner. It was yummy! Maybe cos we "cooked" it ourselves. LOL! Interesting experience. =P

wen's i-dunno-how-to-cook face

ced n his food shopping

N then we went to drink happy lemon! tea latte is e safest if u wanna try!

U're supposed to be at e back of my mind

2011-07-16T23:47:00.001+08:00

Today's a ME-day! Spent with Wendy n Cedric. But really too tired n lazy to post pics n stuff. Shall do it Tmr. Hopefully...

Anw I think I'm too whiny ytd. I still love my dad anyhow, though he's a lil stubborn n paranoid at times. *hugs*

2011-07-15T21:41:00.003+08:00

Really hates it when my dad nags at me to save money n all e bullshit. Just bcos my sis sucks at financial planning, it doesnt mean im like that too for goodness sake. You dunno how much it irks me, like seriously. Every single cent of shopping i do comes right out of my own pocket n it's not like im on an endless shopping spree ok. Im alr shelving my driving lsns to support my own sch fees. What more do u want from me. I pay for my own phone bills n living expenses. I work, i teach tuition to support my own expenses. So just leave me alone n spare me from all the lectures like im doing something wrong. RAH.

Sucks to be 20. Sucks to be me.

N to add on to my angst, bf called me 5 times before he managed to get to me n he sounded so irritated. Izite my fault that i happen to be taking my bath when u called. Y is it that my phone hardly rings when it's just right by my side, but when i doing my things or charging my phone, u just have to be so desperately looking for me. Damn sucky okay. Cant be bothered to appease u anymore.

So angsty now pls steer clear of me. RAH!

Btw im just whining, not sucidal in anyway. Still a happygal91.

TGIF! =)

tgiffff

2011-07-15T11:45:00.000+08:00

It's friday! TGIF!

Super happy friday today. Got no bombs aka relief sheets today! =) Which means i only have 2 periods of lsns out of the max 9 for today. Shiokness right!

Anw wore jeans to sch today. It's probably not allowed but just act ignorant ok. Anw im not a proper tcher which has the tcher's guidebook with guidelines to follow. =P Plus at least i wore a formal black formal shirt to match. Just had to steer clear of the GO. Lol.

Slacking in the office now. N i finished reading 1 ibook today alr. =)

My sec 1 kids todau r downright noisy n exceptionally talkative today. Must be the friday mood. Lol. They just dunno how to control their volumes one eh. Tsk. But it's nice to see them happy to see you. Anw they r damn joker. A asked me "Cher, r u malay or chinese?" My other tcher was standing nearby, heard it, n we both laughed out heads off. Is it that hard to tell? HAH.

Had to lug back a box of anemometers, rain gauges, hygrometers n stuff back to the staffroom and e kids were so eager to offer their help. Ha. But of cos i managed to lug it all back by myself. =P

Anw next tues is elearning day for them. Hope there wont be sch for me. Heehee.

Knocking off in like an hour's time. YAY! =D

sch n such

2011-07-14T11:25:00.000+08:00

Enjoying my break in the damn shiok air-coned staffroom reading my book, sipping my hot red tea. =)

Anw there's alot of weird ppl ard. =X There's this tcher that observes what i eat everyday which happens to be almost the same thing since it's e most convenient to bring- chocolate bread btw. So it just so happened that im eating hello panda now n he went "no chocolate bread today?" when he walked past me. So stalkerish. Totally psyched out.

Then another malay tcher who likes to act shou n go "hi eleen, how's class today..." n stuff like that. So today he went " i saw u at 1t1 just now. How's it? I saw u shouting at them. Blah blah..." Which is kind of annoying, like u ask till so detailed what do you want me to say.

Which brings me to e nxt point that i went to yet another normal tech class. Seriously not trying to judge as usual. But e experience was quite awful. They are not exactly uncontrollable like the upper sec classes, but they display ahbeng/lian tendencies n potential. Quite a bunch to handle. Was paired with this other tcher, same as e previous one so let her take majority control n do all the shouting first. You wont believe this but a fight broke out btwn 2 boys right under my nose when i was just standing nearby. Like wtheck right. First instinct would be to pull them apart but i cant believe the other tcher was tried to act fierce n shouted but didnt attempt to do any actions when she was standing even nearer than i was. Like what kind of nonsense is this pls. Of cos i can see that she's scared of getting hit accidentally but still... She's like so much bigger sized than me pls. So i had to try n pull the boys alongside with some other boys who ran up to help. Drama max.

On a lighter note, my sec 1 classes r so adorable n sweet these days. Was kind of putting on an expressionless n lifeless face without realisation n then one of them asked me. " 'Cher, y u so emo today?"I know... So heart warming right.. Even my bf pales in comparision. =(

The girls in class r damn cute too. They will say things like "Tcher tmr got geo/his lsn right? Yay can see you". Things like that. Totally made my day. =)

But that doesnt mean they're not notti or noisy ok. But actually i find upper sec kids more annoying. It's like they old enough to understand instructions, supposed to know what they can/cnt do, yet they dun comply. RAH.

Okay la. Break's gg end in like 15 mins' time. My upper sec class later better not make me bao.

TATA~

lousy midweek

2011-07-13T22:07:00.003+08:00

Had an awful wednesday. Like DAMN SHITTY!

I had like 10 periods of lessons out of the max 11! Totally drained out okay and dying of heat.

Was only assigned like 7 periods actually which was BAD ENOUGH. But so many teachers just have to be on course on the same day. RAH! Was actually resting in the staffroom during my alr damn pathetic 2 periods break which amts to 1h, but my boss/hod just had to call me and make me go to this class. And when students see relief tcher they get very excited and start to make damn alot of noise, which means i nid to scold them and talk all the nonsense like 'you r alr in upper sec, dun waste ur double period doing nth' etc. So nonsensical. Was gg through ss ans and these 4 guys had the guts to doing math hw okay. So pissed i made them present their ans. Sabo only. LOL.

anw the sch's welfare sucks ttm. They're not willing to issue relief tchers laptops n they expect me to bring?! What kind of nonsense is this. Gonna just say i dun have laptop, which is half true since mac got no ms office. But pity my students then. No ppt slides to look at. Shall see how it goes... Gonna be on my own, without supervision, teaching them alr. Stressed... =X

Worst day of the week is over. WOHOO! Im sure the rest of the week wld be much better.

NIGHTS WORLD!!! So damn tired alr. My body clock is like a student's alr.

Flying off~

2011-07-10T07:48:00.003+08:00

@the airport now sending mummy off.

n im still MAD tired. Slept @3+am ytd

YAWNNN..

Met up with fel and mav ytd @mav's hse and chilled by the pool/in the pool.

Love times like that when you dun abt anything else in the world.

=))

Den caught transformer with bf @1130pm which ended @2-ish. Find it kind of draggy but not too bad i guess. =X

club

2011-07-09T04:40:00.000+08:00

Long story but anw went to velvet undergrd to attend a private event which ended at like 9plus. So ended up checking out zouk along e way since we were alr there. Went in at like 11pm n it was still sparsely packed. Kind of like the place cos the lights and atmosphere were not too bad. Just that zouk doesnt actually play those mainstream music that u can sing along. Lol. So it gets kind of annoying after awhile. HAH.

Anw it totally screwed up my healthy lifestyle. Mad tired now.

Nights world

TGIF

2011-07-08T11:50:00.000+08:00

Had a damn emo day today. BOHOO!

Well, i guess it've been an eye-opener today. A slack day supposedly but ended up with 3 extra periods today. Expected it to be bad but didnt think it would be this nightmar-ish. It's one of those times that being mentally prepared doesnt help. HAH! I think you're abit lost. Let me enlightened you.. Took a triple period with a sec 3 normal tech class...

Stepped into class and was kind of glad to see another teacher already inside, though it's the teacher that i didnt quite like. =x But it's nice to know you dun have to bear all the responsibility on your shoulders. Hee

Apparently it was EBS lesson, which i took quite a while to figure what it is. It's element of business skills btw, a little like pw, but more business conscious. Well, the students are supposedly to be in the comp lab to do their research and stuff. But what are the chances of things gg on smoothly right. Im not trying discriminate or anything but they really make me feel like of depressed. I know it's really unprofessional, but i was so so so so tempted to come up with some nonsensical excuse to get out. RAH! They were like playing fb, youtube, slping, shouting, walking around, playing full screen games even. Im not even upset that they're sprouting vulgarities or anything like that, but i just hate to see them so unwilling to help themselves and it makes me so helpless that i cant value add them. Sigh... Perhaps mischief, violence, rebellion were just their way of defending themselves, esp since their growing years were always filled with disapproval and discrimination. Oh well, hope one day they will just wake up them ideas...

Kind of disheartening to see things like that. Oh well, i guess im too emotional to be a teacher alr. Ha!

On a lighter note, TGIF! Im gg to end sch in less than an hr's time. =) Im like really really hungry now but it's the kids' recess time and i dun want to squeeze with the crowd. So shall bear with it then tabao lunch and den PANG GANG! =D

happy days liddat

2011-07-06T20:35:00.003+08:00

Met yz for lunch today after school. Damn impromptu but that's what we always do. Hah.

Dined and chilled @airport again as usual since it's really convenient n there's no-gst-shopping. :)

Ate at aston's which i didnt know existed at t1. =X Food was alright since we're both really really hungry. Update each other about life and just chillax, and the whole afternoon just flew by like tat...

It's times like that that makes me feel so blessed. =)

school-play

2011-07-05T22:14:00.001+08:00

my 2n2

splashing gd time.

2011-07-03T23:14:00.002+08:00

Swimming with bf despite being hydrophobic. What a nice gf =x

pre national day!

2011-07-03T03:40:00.000+08:00

Went to watch ndp preview with bf n his parents on sat. WOHOO! Apparently bf's fren is involved in the ndp planning hence had tickets to spare.

This yr's parade is like a musician style n i think it's damn cool. By far the better ones i guess cos i cant rmb all the past ones. =X

But i think the fun pack song and the use of all the "happening" songs are quite -.- not tat much of the usual ndp songs.

Managed to get a seat with a good view of the stage. :))