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Sunday, August 27, 2006
We had our fund-raising activity yesterday. That's the easiest fund-raising I've ever had so far because all these students are good boys and girls, all of them were very 'automatic', so there isn't much need to scold them.
That's a picture of the students, with the 'Great Wall of Newspapers' that we built with the newspapers that we have collected, very efficient ar! haha. But look at the way Weilun and Junwei are sitting, so 'lovey dovey' and disgusting.
Linghuan and Angeline came to help out too. The councillors were supposed to prepare things for the Teachers' Day after the newspaper collection, so they came earlier to volunteer their service first. They did quite a bit of work though. They helped us to buy the strings and the scissors and tied the newspapers that we have collected. I wondered why scissors and rafia strings were not provided in the first place. How did the other groups arrange their papers?
Joel and Bryan helped too. But they came so late, so there's nothing much that they could help. But this photo was taken by Joel before the newspapers were loaded onto the lorry.
With this newspaper collection, it probably marks the end of the fund-raising activity for this term. Need a break from all those planning and executing of tasks. The teachers have tons of work to clear during the next two weeks. The students couldn't be missing lessons all the time too. Though some of them have suggested selling brownies and cookies and milkshakes for the next fund-raising activity, I guess we need to put that on hold first.
But we should be back for more fund-raising activities in Term 4 before the examination and after the examination, and before we know it, we would be on the plane to Yunnan. But no SIA planes though. Too expensive. Haha.
Anyway, I changed my blog song le. Thanks to ZY and Bryan. Zy downloaded the song for me and Bryan helped me to change it to wma format before i can upload it to iwebmusic, too chim for me to comprehend. haha. and i owe him a bottle of m&ms for that 'hard' work. haha
That's a picture of the students, with the 'Great Wall of Newspapers' that we built with the newspapers that we have collected, very efficient ar! haha. But look at the way Weilun and Junwei are sitting, so 'lovey dovey' and disgusting.
Linghuan and Angeline came to help out too. The councillors were supposed to prepare things for the Teachers' Day after the newspaper collection, so they came earlier to volunteer their service first. They did quite a bit of work though. They helped us to buy the strings and the scissors and tied the newspapers that we have collected. I wondered why scissors and rafia strings were not provided in the first place. How did the other groups arrange their papers?
Joel and Bryan helped too. But they came so late, so there's nothing much that they could help. But this photo was taken by Joel before the newspapers were loaded onto the lorry.
With this newspaper collection, it probably marks the end of the fund-raising activity for this term. Need a break from all those planning and executing of tasks. The teachers have tons of work to clear during the next two weeks. The students couldn't be missing lessons all the time too. Though some of them have suggested selling brownies and cookies and milkshakes for the next fund-raising activity, I guess we need to put that on hold first.
But we should be back for more fund-raising activities in Term 4 before the examination and after the examination, and before we know it, we would be on the plane to Yunnan. But no SIA planes though. Too expensive. Haha.
Anyway, I changed my blog song le. Thanks to ZY and Bryan. Zy downloaded the song for me and Bryan helped me to change it to wma format before i can upload it to iwebmusic, too chim for me to comprehend. haha. and i owe him a bottle of m&ms for that 'hard' work. haha
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Thursday, August 24, 2006
FINALLY, I've been waiting for TODAY. Such a sentence might give people the impression that today is such an important day. Nah, it just marked the end of one of my sufferings. Haha. 'Suffering' might sound quite exaggerated, but that's how i see that. Those 10 days were really very time-consuming. I hate to rush off for oral immediately after school and had to reach Hillgrove by 1415 to start the O Level oral exam. Then I had to sit for a good 2 hours plus to 'talk' to the students, talking to strangers, haha.
Not that it's a boring process throughout, I was amused and entertained by a few students, both good and bad. There are some good students who can really speak well and present their views. But there are some bad ones who really turn me off with their childish mentality. At 16 years old, and sitting for their national examinations, shouldn't they try to make the effort to impress the oral examiners, instead of showing their ignorance and arrogance?
Being the 'evil' teacher, I too had my fair share of 'suaning' the kids. Not that I'm being nasty, but I can't really stand those behaviour and had to give them a piece of my 'lameness'. haha.
The basic thing they need to do is to make sure their shirts are tucked in properly. There's really important to create a good first impression. Some of them still tried to brush me off by saying their shirts were already tucked in, when it's so obvious that they only folded their shirts. Of course, being the fussy me, I did not allow them to sit down until they satisfied my criteria. I think a teacher would be in a better position to decide whether the shirt was tucked in properly or not, then the students. Once you denied the student of the chance to sit down before his shirt was tucked in properly produced a rippling effect. The rest of the students waiting behind will then automatically follow suit.
Then they were students who kept on talking while they were waiting for their turns, laughing and talking like nobody's business as if they were in the coffeeshop. It's really an eye-sore and a distraction. Even when I was staring hard at them, they would continued talking again after they paused for a while. Once it's their turn to speak, I said," You had a lot of things to share with your friends just now. Hope you will have constructive things to share with us during oral later." The student was stunned, and tried to laugh it off with a 'hur-hur'. Will that affect his performance? But who cares? Who asked him to be so talkative in the first place!
Another student was dozing off while waiting for his turn, can you imagine that? Shouldn't he be worried and anxious when he's waiting for his turn? When his friends tried to wake him up, he was agitated and snapped at his friend. Can't stand him. The sarcastic me commented," Oh i can see that you are more awake now compared to the tired you who was dozing off just now?" Again, the reply was a 'hur-hur' again. "Roll my eyes!!"
There were other things that happened, but shan't mention them because they were crap to begin with, all those silly replies that were so inappropriate.
But the consequences of having to be away for ten consecutive afternoons were really disastrous. My free periods in the morning were spent trying to clear those admin stuffs that I was not able to do in the afternoon, my table is in a terrible mess now as i've no time to arrange the piles and piles of paper. I just had to dump them aside and stacked them up and quickly settled other stuff before I left for my orals. The markings are all piling up too. YUCKS. Must spend the next few days and the September holidays to clear the markings.
Come to think of it, I also did not have time to punish students and keep them back in the afternoons, I haven't had time to check the CR and SW. GOSH, the mere mention of those things just give me the headaches. My "Things to do" list just gets longer and longer, and the rate i tick against the things that I've completed just gets longer and longer. What gets shorter during this mad rush?
We had our second fund-raising activity today. Selling satays and milkshakes. The milkshakes' response was good, to the extent that Ros and Subair had to make a trip to "Shop n Save" to get additional ice-cream to replenish the stock. But there were a lot of satays left, maybe the response wasn't very good or maybe we have ordered too much. There were about 10 packets of 50 satays left after the Sec 3 recess. The teachers had to fork out the money to buy the satays at cost price, which became my family's dinner today. I paid for about 20 plus sets to treat those deserving students who helped to serve the food during the recesses. Otherwise, we would be left with more satays, haha. It seemed that I was forking out money to buy the leftover and forcing the students to eat it. haha.
The first fund-raising was more successful, I guess. Students preferred those fried finger food compared to the satays? We made about $200 profit from the first activity. I haven't had time to count the takings for the second activity. But the first activity required more work to fry the food. If it wasn't for Mrs Kartar who has kindly helped us to fry the food, I don't think the kids would be able to serve the food within such a short time. Yuxiang would be glad to know what we were praising Mrs Kartar, cos she's his favourite teacher. haha. Is there a tinge of jealousy here? haha. Was really surprised when Eve told me about that. I thought she was kidding but I was wrong. She told me I should be sad cos my favourite student's favourite teacher is not me! haha.
Hence, for the effort that Mrs Kartar has put in to help us, Nic, you shouldn't complain about the few fishballs that she has eaten. Probably, she needed to taste if the food was good. Is this a case of the pot calling the kettle black? Our 'pot', Nic, also ate a few fishballs and french fries on his way from the Homec room to the canteen. Still had the cheek to ask me how i knew about that!
But come to think of it, Mrs Kartar was having lessons in the Homec room during that time and she's not obliged to help us. Instead she helped us so much to fry all the food, and cleaned up the area and the cookery after the cooking. Moreover, Mrs Chan and Mrs Kartar have kindly started on their little fund-raising project to help OSL Yunnan too. Mrs Chan prepared her famous curry puffs and sold it to the teachers. The teachers are free to donate any sum of money. Mrs Kartar prepared Banana Walnut cake too. That was really so nice of them. Really appreciate their effort. Mrs Chan was saying that perhaps one of these days, she will prepare the curry puffs in bulk and sell it to the students. There's really a major project. So OSL Yunnan members, remember to thank Mrs Chan and Mrs Kartar when you see them in school.
But honestly, planning for all these fund-raising activities is no mean feat. Luckily, Siraj and Ros were there to help me, from planning the duty roster, to buying the frozen food, the plastic cups, plates, ice-creams, milk, marshmallow, etc etc, to briefing the students and instructing them what to do, right up to the actual process of preparation, selling and clearing up, it's really a tedious task. Not forgetting the effort put in by our dear OSL Yunnan members and having to miss lessons to be involved in the fund-raising activity. *Clap Clap* for everyone. haha.
Oh that brought me back to the camp that the OSL students attended at JJC. I was really impressed with the teachers and the students. They had a wide range of activities, from archery and golf to ballroom dancing and rooftop concerts and food balloting, i was really amazed. The kind of bonding and camaraderie that were displayed by the students were simply impressive, and it is something that is seriously lacking in our students. One student councillor that has left a deep impression on me was Sherman (not sure if i've spelled his name correctly). He's really a good host and leader too. He's very polite to the teachers and ensured that the teachers were well taken care of. I was talking to him during the rooftop concert and he came across as a very matured and thoughtful student. Kang Sheng is another student councillor worth mentioning too. These two boys are really angels. If only we have such students in Bukit View, that would be wonderful.
Maybe because they are 17 years old now, they are more matured compared to the boys in our school. Is this a case of good upbringing in the family? The only person that comes close to resembling them is probably Yuxiang. 3 years down the road, he may grow up to be a fine young man too.
The teachers at JJC were very helpful too. One teacher who left a deep impression on me and even the students was Simon. He came across as a teacher who's very approachable. He's able to motivate the students and stirred up the emotions within them. He's always constantly reminding the students to be grateful for people around them and not to take them for granted. During the rooftop concert, when he mentioned about such things, i was really touched by the things he said. A very inspiring teacher. I haven't encountered such a teacher who really speaks at length to uncover the inner feelings that is hidden deep in our hearts.
The most significant part of his inspiring and motivating speech was probably the things he shared with the students during the last day of the camp's debrief. He explained the rationale for any incident from the point of view of the teachers and the students. When he talked about the teachers' aspect, i was like "wow", these are things that really set the emotions in place. I was moved to tears by the things (didn't cry yet cos i was still able to command my tears to stay put in the eyes) he said, how caring and self-sacrificial Siraj and I were towards the students, and that we actually set aside time on a Sunday to be with the students for their camp, when we could have spent the time with our family or to clear our work.
Then when he allocated time for the students to show their appreciation to Siraj and me, I was like "Omg!! Please don't do that!" I'm not comfortable and ready with such an open display of affection and appreciation from the students to the teachers. The students were supposed to thank us for and say words of appreciation to us.
At that time, I was really trying very hard to hold back my tears, until I saw students tearing in front of me. What touched me most perhaps Huimin and Alison. Both of them were crying and saying how much they appreciated us. And the most embarrassing thing happened. My tears just flowed down beyond my control. Gosh, it's probably the first time that I was so moved to tears by the students.
In the past, no matter how angry or sad i was with the students, I will always tell myself that I should never break down and cry in front of the students. But i was not able to put a stop to the tears until I saw our dear Haojie. He was crying too, and crying so loudly that I couldn't help but burst out laughing too. How could he cry so dramatically? But then again, if he wasn't moved by what Simon had said, he wouldn't embarrass himself like that, so it's very bad if I made fun of him like that.
I guess this is what you call 'special moments' that teachers shared with the kids. It's not often that we see students crying for the teachers whom they appreciate. I was really very touched, really. But Haojie, promise me next time when you cry, cry softer please. haha.
Ok enough crap already, haha. Realised that I've written a lot already. There's more things that I want to share actually. But will leave it to a later date. Otherwise, it will seem like I'm writing a 3000 word essay, as this is more than 2000 words. haha.
So here's 2 group pictures that we have taken at JJC to end this post.
Not that it's a boring process throughout, I was amused and entertained by a few students, both good and bad. There are some good students who can really speak well and present their views. But there are some bad ones who really turn me off with their childish mentality. At 16 years old, and sitting for their national examinations, shouldn't they try to make the effort to impress the oral examiners, instead of showing their ignorance and arrogance?
Being the 'evil' teacher, I too had my fair share of 'suaning' the kids. Not that I'm being nasty, but I can't really stand those behaviour and had to give them a piece of my 'lameness'. haha.
The basic thing they need to do is to make sure their shirts are tucked in properly. There's really important to create a good first impression. Some of them still tried to brush me off by saying their shirts were already tucked in, when it's so obvious that they only folded their shirts. Of course, being the fussy me, I did not allow them to sit down until they satisfied my criteria. I think a teacher would be in a better position to decide whether the shirt was tucked in properly or not, then the students. Once you denied the student of the chance to sit down before his shirt was tucked in properly produced a rippling effect. The rest of the students waiting behind will then automatically follow suit.
Then they were students who kept on talking while they were waiting for their turns, laughing and talking like nobody's business as if they were in the coffeeshop. It's really an eye-sore and a distraction. Even when I was staring hard at them, they would continued talking again after they paused for a while. Once it's their turn to speak, I said," You had a lot of things to share with your friends just now. Hope you will have constructive things to share with us during oral later." The student was stunned, and tried to laugh it off with a 'hur-hur'. Will that affect his performance? But who cares? Who asked him to be so talkative in the first place!
Another student was dozing off while waiting for his turn, can you imagine that? Shouldn't he be worried and anxious when he's waiting for his turn? When his friends tried to wake him up, he was agitated and snapped at his friend. Can't stand him. The sarcastic me commented," Oh i can see that you are more awake now compared to the tired you who was dozing off just now?" Again, the reply was a 'hur-hur' again. "Roll my eyes!!"
There were other things that happened, but shan't mention them because they were crap to begin with, all those silly replies that were so inappropriate.
But the consequences of having to be away for ten consecutive afternoons were really disastrous. My free periods in the morning were spent trying to clear those admin stuffs that I was not able to do in the afternoon, my table is in a terrible mess now as i've no time to arrange the piles and piles of paper. I just had to dump them aside and stacked them up and quickly settled other stuff before I left for my orals. The markings are all piling up too. YUCKS. Must spend the next few days and the September holidays to clear the markings.
Come to think of it, I also did not have time to punish students and keep them back in the afternoons, I haven't had time to check the CR and SW. GOSH, the mere mention of those things just give me the headaches. My "Things to do" list just gets longer and longer, and the rate i tick against the things that I've completed just gets longer and longer. What gets shorter during this mad rush?
We had our second fund-raising activity today. Selling satays and milkshakes. The milkshakes' response was good, to the extent that Ros and Subair had to make a trip to "Shop n Save" to get additional ice-cream to replenish the stock. But there were a lot of satays left, maybe the response wasn't very good or maybe we have ordered too much. There were about 10 packets of 50 satays left after the Sec 3 recess. The teachers had to fork out the money to buy the satays at cost price, which became my family's dinner today. I paid for about 20 plus sets to treat those deserving students who helped to serve the food during the recesses. Otherwise, we would be left with more satays, haha. It seemed that I was forking out money to buy the leftover and forcing the students to eat it. haha.
The first fund-raising was more successful, I guess. Students preferred those fried finger food compared to the satays? We made about $200 profit from the first activity. I haven't had time to count the takings for the second activity. But the first activity required more work to fry the food. If it wasn't for Mrs Kartar who has kindly helped us to fry the food, I don't think the kids would be able to serve the food within such a short time. Yuxiang would be glad to know what we were praising Mrs Kartar, cos she's his favourite teacher. haha. Is there a tinge of jealousy here? haha. Was really surprised when Eve told me about that. I thought she was kidding but I was wrong. She told me I should be sad cos my favourite student's favourite teacher is not me! haha.
Hence, for the effort that Mrs Kartar has put in to help us, Nic, you shouldn't complain about the few fishballs that she has eaten. Probably, she needed to taste if the food was good. Is this a case of the pot calling the kettle black? Our 'pot', Nic, also ate a few fishballs and french fries on his way from the Homec room to the canteen. Still had the cheek to ask me how i knew about that!
But come to think of it, Mrs Kartar was having lessons in the Homec room during that time and she's not obliged to help us. Instead she helped us so much to fry all the food, and cleaned up the area and the cookery after the cooking. Moreover, Mrs Chan and Mrs Kartar have kindly started on their little fund-raising project to help OSL Yunnan too. Mrs Chan prepared her famous curry puffs and sold it to the teachers. The teachers are free to donate any sum of money. Mrs Kartar prepared Banana Walnut cake too. That was really so nice of them. Really appreciate their effort. Mrs Chan was saying that perhaps one of these days, she will prepare the curry puffs in bulk and sell it to the students. There's really a major project. So OSL Yunnan members, remember to thank Mrs Chan and Mrs Kartar when you see them in school.
But honestly, planning for all these fund-raising activities is no mean feat. Luckily, Siraj and Ros were there to help me, from planning the duty roster, to buying the frozen food, the plastic cups, plates, ice-creams, milk, marshmallow, etc etc, to briefing the students and instructing them what to do, right up to the actual process of preparation, selling and clearing up, it's really a tedious task. Not forgetting the effort put in by our dear OSL Yunnan members and having to miss lessons to be involved in the fund-raising activity. *Clap Clap* for everyone. haha.
Oh that brought me back to the camp that the OSL students attended at JJC. I was really impressed with the teachers and the students. They had a wide range of activities, from archery and golf to ballroom dancing and rooftop concerts and food balloting, i was really amazed. The kind of bonding and camaraderie that were displayed by the students were simply impressive, and it is something that is seriously lacking in our students. One student councillor that has left a deep impression on me was Sherman (not sure if i've spelled his name correctly). He's really a good host and leader too. He's very polite to the teachers and ensured that the teachers were well taken care of. I was talking to him during the rooftop concert and he came across as a very matured and thoughtful student. Kang Sheng is another student councillor worth mentioning too. These two boys are really angels. If only we have such students in Bukit View, that would be wonderful.
Maybe because they are 17 years old now, they are more matured compared to the boys in our school. Is this a case of good upbringing in the family? The only person that comes close to resembling them is probably Yuxiang. 3 years down the road, he may grow up to be a fine young man too.
The teachers at JJC were very helpful too. One teacher who left a deep impression on me and even the students was Simon. He came across as a teacher who's very approachable. He's able to motivate the students and stirred up the emotions within them. He's always constantly reminding the students to be grateful for people around them and not to take them for granted. During the rooftop concert, when he mentioned about such things, i was really touched by the things he said. A very inspiring teacher. I haven't encountered such a teacher who really speaks at length to uncover the inner feelings that is hidden deep in our hearts.
The most significant part of his inspiring and motivating speech was probably the things he shared with the students during the last day of the camp's debrief. He explained the rationale for any incident from the point of view of the teachers and the students. When he talked about the teachers' aspect, i was like "wow", these are things that really set the emotions in place. I was moved to tears by the things (didn't cry yet cos i was still able to command my tears to stay put in the eyes) he said, how caring and self-sacrificial Siraj and I were towards the students, and that we actually set aside time on a Sunday to be with the students for their camp, when we could have spent the time with our family or to clear our work.
Then when he allocated time for the students to show their appreciation to Siraj and me, I was like "Omg!! Please don't do that!" I'm not comfortable and ready with such an open display of affection and appreciation from the students to the teachers. The students were supposed to thank us for and say words of appreciation to us.
At that time, I was really trying very hard to hold back my tears, until I saw students tearing in front of me. What touched me most perhaps Huimin and Alison. Both of them were crying and saying how much they appreciated us. And the most embarrassing thing happened. My tears just flowed down beyond my control. Gosh, it's probably the first time that I was so moved to tears by the students.
In the past, no matter how angry or sad i was with the students, I will always tell myself that I should never break down and cry in front of the students. But i was not able to put a stop to the tears until I saw our dear Haojie. He was crying too, and crying so loudly that I couldn't help but burst out laughing too. How could he cry so dramatically? But then again, if he wasn't moved by what Simon had said, he wouldn't embarrass himself like that, so it's very bad if I made fun of him like that.
I guess this is what you call 'special moments' that teachers shared with the kids. It's not often that we see students crying for the teachers whom they appreciate. I was really very touched, really. But Haojie, promise me next time when you cry, cry softer please. haha.
Ok enough crap already, haha. Realised that I've written a lot already. There's more things that I want to share actually. But will leave it to a later date. Otherwise, it will seem like I'm writing a 3000 word essay, as this is more than 2000 words. haha.
So here's 2 group pictures that we have taken at JJC to end this post.
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Saturday, August 12, 2006
Waiting for the drownziness of Panadol Cold tablet to set in so that I can have a good night sleep, comfortably tucked under the thick comforter.
Can't really sleep although my body is physically tired. Perhaps there's too many things on my mind now: the students having the OSL camp at JJC, tons of work that remained undone due to my flu bug, and the Cross-country tomorrow.
I'm nursing a bad flu now, think it's not getting any better but getting worst. Hate the feeling of having a blocked nose, a sore throat and body aching all over. Yucks.
Felt so bad and guilty that I've to 'dump' the students at JJC for their camp. Sigh...If not for the fact that teachers have duties for Cross-country tomorrow, I would gladly stay over with them for the camp. Hopefully, the students wouldn't feel that they are abandoned by the teachers.
Gosh, if I were them, I would be overwhelmed too. Imagine there were only 31 Bukit Viewans at the camp, compared to 250 JJCians who were also at the Leadership Camp. My poor kids were like the minority there, with so many big brothers and big sisters surrounding them, I just hope they won't feel left out, awkward or weird, although I know they are in good hands.
And the awful fact is that there were not any teachers to 'sayang' them when they miss mummy and daddy, nobody to show concern for them when they feel lonely, no one to talk crap to them to ease the uneasiness they feel. Gosh, all these thoughts just add on to my guilt. OH NO!!! Add on to the fact that several JJC teachers were asking if any teachers were staying over tonight, and the answer was a sad 'NO'. Haiz...wondering if JJC teachers were thinking that Bukit View teachers were so heck-care, conveniently dumping their kids with them. NO, that's a wrong perception. We care...When Siraj checked with the coordinator, she insisted that teachers need not be there. Haiz, a case of miscommunication again.
But we'll be there for their "Rooftop Concert" tomorrow. Cool sia! Their very own performances. But tomorrow is going to be a long day. The OSL teachers are meeting for lunch after the Cross-country to discuss details for the fund-raising.
That silly haiizationist is making me angry again!! Again!! Dumbo! What can i do to convince him to stop that silly action? You don't have to do that to repay the harm you have caused to Chicken Little. There are definitely other ways to do that! If that's the case, according to his logic, for all the hurt and disappointment he has caused me plus the care and concern that I've showered him, does that mean he has to repay me with his two arms? Sounds gross right, but that's his logic. CRAP LOGIC! All I need is for him to show me his little success and little achievements that he can call his own, his trademark cute, bright, cheery pufferfish face, NOT his sleepy face, and definitely NOT his silly thinking and isolation techniques.
Duh, the mere mention of all these dumb things brought me back to that fateful day, when I totally lost control of my cool, and flared up in public, the MRT station.
We were supposed to go for lunch one fine day after school, a treat for them for their 'little accomplishment'. But on the way, we have two SUPER EMOTIONAL boys who were playing the EMO game. CRAP CRAP. One was purposely walking very fast in front, and the other was purposely walking very slowly behind, very TCS drama hor.
Honestly, I have never come across guys who are so emotional, if there's anything that you are not happy about, talk about it, shout it out. That's it. What's the point of putting the blame on yourself? What's the point of getting upset over a little setback? They are only fourteen and they can't handle the stress and the problems. There's bound to be more stress coming your way, there's bound to be more problems coming your way, then what are they supposed to do? Get upset over such silly thing is so dumb!
I hate to pacify small kids when the problem is so small, I hate to sweet talk people when the problem is non-existent! I hate going for lunch with two SOUR FACES. I hate to eat and have to pretend that everything is so wonderful. Maybe an hungry teacher is an angry teacher. Can you imagine all I had for that day till 4 plus was only a cup of milo, and the last thing I would want to see are two EMO boys.
I shouted at them at the top of my voice exclaiming that I hated to see such a situation. If there's anything that they were unhappy about, we settled it there and then. I hate to drag on with such matter and suffer from indigestion later. If it was so difficult to eat a proper meal in peace, I would rather cook my own instant noodles at home and eat peacefully. What's the point of spending money treating them to Pizza Hut and had to put up with those two dumbos?
I think the rest were really shocked that I flared up, scared the hell out of them and drew curious stares from passers-by, but I couldn't care less. I hate EMO boys. My brothers don't behave like that, my guy friends don't behave like that. Hence, i really cannot fathom why boys need to behave like that. Is it a case of having too much female hormones in a male body?
Come to think of it, it's really embarrasing ar. The passers-by must be thinking who's that crazy woman shouting at the students? A case of the mother scolding her kids? No more image to talk about le. Die die. Just hope that such thing needs not happen again. Maybe, the best way is to ignore them. Just like spoilt brats who yell and cry at Toys R Us when their mothers do not buy them their favourite toys. When they know that such nonsensical act won't yearn any results, they will stop their silly acts.
Gosh, why hasn't the drownziness kicked in yet? Instead, i felt more awake now, except for the body ache. Should have met Chris for our usual West Coast Mac session and order a medium Coke Light. Maybe that will help to soothe the throat. Haha, then can share with her about my thoughts, rather than typing all these here, and of course, other things that are not meant for discussion here. Haha. She knows who I am refering to...Someone! Haven't mentioned about Someone for a long time. Maybe the feeling has already subsided, or it's in denial stage now. Haha! Crap again.
Miss my poor kids at the camp. Hope they are sleeping well. Oh ya, must remember to keep a lookout for our dear handsome ASM BB welcoming the Guest of Honour tomorrow at the Cross Country, and our dear Haizationist aiming for the top 20 runners for C Boys category. Coincidentally, both of them share the same name too. Maybe I should watch Healing Hands III before I sleep. By then, even if the drowziness did not set in, the sleeping bug would have come into action.
Can't really sleep although my body is physically tired. Perhaps there's too many things on my mind now: the students having the OSL camp at JJC, tons of work that remained undone due to my flu bug, and the Cross-country tomorrow.
I'm nursing a bad flu now, think it's not getting any better but getting worst. Hate the feeling of having a blocked nose, a sore throat and body aching all over. Yucks.
Felt so bad and guilty that I've to 'dump' the students at JJC for their camp. Sigh...If not for the fact that teachers have duties for Cross-country tomorrow, I would gladly stay over with them for the camp. Hopefully, the students wouldn't feel that they are abandoned by the teachers.
Gosh, if I were them, I would be overwhelmed too. Imagine there were only 31 Bukit Viewans at the camp, compared to 250 JJCians who were also at the Leadership Camp. My poor kids were like the minority there, with so many big brothers and big sisters surrounding them, I just hope they won't feel left out, awkward or weird, although I know they are in good hands.
And the awful fact is that there were not any teachers to 'sayang' them when they miss mummy and daddy, nobody to show concern for them when they feel lonely, no one to talk crap to them to ease the uneasiness they feel. Gosh, all these thoughts just add on to my guilt. OH NO!!! Add on to the fact that several JJC teachers were asking if any teachers were staying over tonight, and the answer was a sad 'NO'. Haiz...wondering if JJC teachers were thinking that Bukit View teachers were so heck-care, conveniently dumping their kids with them. NO, that's a wrong perception. We care...When Siraj checked with the coordinator, she insisted that teachers need not be there. Haiz, a case of miscommunication again.
But we'll be there for their "Rooftop Concert" tomorrow. Cool sia! Their very own performances. But tomorrow is going to be a long day. The OSL teachers are meeting for lunch after the Cross-country to discuss details for the fund-raising.
That silly haiizationist is making me angry again!! Again!! Dumbo! What can i do to convince him to stop that silly action? You don't have to do that to repay the harm you have caused to Chicken Little. There are definitely other ways to do that! If that's the case, according to his logic, for all the hurt and disappointment he has caused me plus the care and concern that I've showered him, does that mean he has to repay me with his two arms? Sounds gross right, but that's his logic. CRAP LOGIC! All I need is for him to show me his little success and little achievements that he can call his own, his trademark cute, bright, cheery pufferfish face, NOT his sleepy face, and definitely NOT his silly thinking and isolation techniques.
Duh, the mere mention of all these dumb things brought me back to that fateful day, when I totally lost control of my cool, and flared up in public, the MRT station.
We were supposed to go for lunch one fine day after school, a treat for them for their 'little accomplishment'. But on the way, we have two SUPER EMOTIONAL boys who were playing the EMO game. CRAP CRAP. One was purposely walking very fast in front, and the other was purposely walking very slowly behind, very TCS drama hor.
Honestly, I have never come across guys who are so emotional, if there's anything that you are not happy about, talk about it, shout it out. That's it. What's the point of putting the blame on yourself? What's the point of getting upset over a little setback? They are only fourteen and they can't handle the stress and the problems. There's bound to be more stress coming your way, there's bound to be more problems coming your way, then what are they supposed to do? Get upset over such silly thing is so dumb!
I hate to pacify small kids when the problem is so small, I hate to sweet talk people when the problem is non-existent! I hate going for lunch with two SOUR FACES. I hate to eat and have to pretend that everything is so wonderful. Maybe an hungry teacher is an angry teacher. Can you imagine all I had for that day till 4 plus was only a cup of milo, and the last thing I would want to see are two EMO boys.
I shouted at them at the top of my voice exclaiming that I hated to see such a situation. If there's anything that they were unhappy about, we settled it there and then. I hate to drag on with such matter and suffer from indigestion later. If it was so difficult to eat a proper meal in peace, I would rather cook my own instant noodles at home and eat peacefully. What's the point of spending money treating them to Pizza Hut and had to put up with those two dumbos?
I think the rest were really shocked that I flared up, scared the hell out of them and drew curious stares from passers-by, but I couldn't care less. I hate EMO boys. My brothers don't behave like that, my guy friends don't behave like that. Hence, i really cannot fathom why boys need to behave like that. Is it a case of having too much female hormones in a male body?
Come to think of it, it's really embarrasing ar. The passers-by must be thinking who's that crazy woman shouting at the students? A case of the mother scolding her kids? No more image to talk about le. Die die. Just hope that such thing needs not happen again. Maybe, the best way is to ignore them. Just like spoilt brats who yell and cry at Toys R Us when their mothers do not buy them their favourite toys. When they know that such nonsensical act won't yearn any results, they will stop their silly acts.
Gosh, why hasn't the drownziness kicked in yet? Instead, i felt more awake now, except for the body ache. Should have met Chris for our usual West Coast Mac session and order a medium Coke Light. Maybe that will help to soothe the throat. Haha, then can share with her about my thoughts, rather than typing all these here, and of course, other things that are not meant for discussion here. Haha. She knows who I am refering to...Someone! Haven't mentioned about Someone for a long time. Maybe the feeling has already subsided, or it's in denial stage now. Haha! Crap again.
Miss my poor kids at the camp. Hope they are sleeping well. Oh ya, must remember to keep a lookout for our dear handsome ASM BB welcoming the Guest of Honour tomorrow at the Cross Country, and our dear Haizationist aiming for the top 20 runners for C Boys category. Coincidentally, both of them share the same name too. Maybe I should watch Healing Hands III before I sleep. By then, even if the drowziness did not set in, the sleeping bug would have come into action.