i love him

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY:D

haha, it was a sick, sick day.
(don't let your mind get ahead of itself.)
I fell ill. and he was here bright and early, collecting his first reward of the day!

I made scrambled eggs and sauteed fresh button mushrooms and baked bread(:
So we ate and I slept cos I felt really weak.

Sher sat by the bed, entertaining himself with his phone, his new topman wallet and some of my old yearbooks, conveniently placed in the shelf opposite my bed.

He was great. Just amazing. Being there. Being around.
Helping my mom with laundry.
Making sure I felt okay...

And I felt really guilty that we weren't able to have the celebration we planned for. =(



But we'll have one soon.

Broadrick's Speech Day

Last week, this time, I was getting ready to meet up with Shaina to go back for Broadrick's Speech Day

I like the idea of speech days. The acknowledgement of achievements, recognising students' efforts, summing up the year... Too bad I was never really good enough to receive such a prize.
(oh, with the exception of Sec1 when I got 2nd in cohort for English Literature)

So, the programme was short and sweet. Performances were great, the parade too. I especially liked the Malay Dance (my students did great!) and the CO. Fringe performances took place during the refreshments. Ms Alicia Loh performed :D:D and the songs were (Y)

I had lots of fun being back in the school. Plus night had fallen by the time we'd left...making the visit more special (yknow the feeling when you experience night-time for the first time in school?).

I miss the rest of the staff. I miss the students. :(

Shaina, Ying Chao and I will go back on...Teacher's Day ;D

whee

CLIMBLOVE

Fingers oh-so-raw

Perspiration dripping

The subtle yet knawing feeling of fear

Fear of the pending route

Excitement boiling

The climbing calls

The psyching-up

The first hold

The ascent

The fall

The unexpected happiness from an unfinished route

Pride from knowing I did my bestest.

((:

Overhang, i'll be baccccckkkkkk

3 days

It's three days to our first year. Who can believe that?

I'm really really glad that it falls on GOOD FRIDAY. which means sher's gonna be a civillian? Haha, the block leave week was too short =( and like he said, he's experiencing withdrawal symptoms... Cold Turkey treatment

Good news though, he'll be out for three days, in three days. And we'll feast and celebrate and be merry people(:

On the other hand, I has bad news... I was so looking forward to the next time i get to travel (without my parents). And my opportunity came - Batu Caves 2011 with the J1s. Sadly, my dad thinks it's dangerous and risky and whatnot. So i can't go =( Sorry jac =(((

Well, i won't dwell on the NOs i get from my parents. Life's too short for that.



Happiness is not having what you want, but wanting what you have. And I'm ever so blessed to have everything that I have.

2nd post!

Okay, im happy I've started posting again, so lemme just update on my past 65 days, excluding those I spent in Broadrick Sec(:

CNY: Celebration's always good, as usual spent in IPOH! and the photos will be out soon. Im very apologetic. Really >< My pics just pile up when I've got holiday photos to edit. Which take. 2 months. Hence.

Reunion with TJCCC: LARGE, LOUD and full of LAUGHS. The last time we'd have such close-to-full attendance, what with the boys going to army, and the girls starting to work. It was great:D

Half-Class outing: (same day as J1 mass dance @ suntec!) we had food at NYNY, talked a bunch bout where's and what everyone's up to(: catching up FTW

TJCCC J1 selections: Kind of disappointing. The number of girls who turned up for trials could be counted on two hands. =( how sad is that? I remember Phil saying something like, "When did it become them choosing us instead of us picking them" (speaking of when the selections were all made and some turned down our acceptance) But here's having faith in our 10/11 batch to groom them and bring their potential to light!

Reunion with VARY: haha,dinner with Vanessa, YuKwan and Rachel at NEX(: we toured the area for such a long long time, deciding on what to eat. And ended up having CAFECARTEL. fail =p oh and i bought new working shoes

Climbing (in general): Had a resolution (and stuck mostly to it) to continue climbing at least once a week! maintain fitness and refresh climbing techniques for NUS! yup, here i come ;D

putting off for too long

Okay, I haven't been the most hardworking blogger. But today ends the 65th day (no, really i counted) of procrastination

Of this past 65 days, approximately 30 were spent interning for the Ministry of Education as..well. A teaching intern.

A lot have mistaken it as mere relief teaching, and with all due respect, it's different. Relief teaching is but a tiny fraction of what we interns are assigned/scheduled to do. I was assigned to two Chemistry classes (Sec3 and 4) as well as a Math class (Sec4). These three classes took up about 10 periods a week. In my six weeks as an intern, I shadowed my supervising tutors as well as taught these students on my own. Lesson plans had to drawn up (and then edited. and then re-edited). Worksheets had to be printed. Impromptu changes had to made when the plan doesn't go as planned.

As the weeks went by, I began to love my job. Rushing enthusiastically for classes despite knowing that the students may be late, patiently explaining concepts on the whiteboard, bumping into familiar students in the corridor, being greeted with a HUGE smile and a HI MS TONG!, there were even days where i'd willingly stayed back in the school canteen, for what we commonly term (in JC) "consultation". Besides all these, there were non-academic stuff to handle. Together with two other interns, we set up a recycling corner in Broadrick, we put up a presentation in the hall during assmebly, we sat in for numerous CCA sessions, we arrived earlier in school, or stayed way later for Staff meetings/department meetings/team-building sessions/workshops. You name it.

Each day i'd return exhausted to the bone, some days with worksheets in my bag, other days with a pending proposal or powerpoint presentation to be edited. And then, there are days where my mind's saturated with thoughts.

How could I get my kids to settle down?

Why were some so hyperactive, and the others so quiet?

What could I do?

How long would it be till I lost my cool?

Did I have to lose my cool?

I am certain I developed some sort of maturity in those weeks (which, sadly, came in a package with wrinkles and sleepless nights)

And I'm ever so honoured to have had this opportunity. The workload, the long hours, the seemingly irrelevant tasks we were assigned, the wars and battles in the classroom - it was all part and parcel of this amazing journey I'd experienced.

To my disappointment,though, I was not able to extend my stay at Broadrick.

I can't wait to go back and visit((: