Tuesday, July 25, 2006
24 July 2006
a new beginning.
for a moment, it felt like the old times. :)
met up with a few beloved ex-colleagues for dinner yesterday at TPY sizzler. it's been years since i last ate that. i quite like the food, and i most certainly loved the company. maybe it made the food seem SO much nicer. :P
i guess what i am supposed to teach is not really fixed yet. i will probably know more about it today.
table still looks really bare. will populate it with MY stuff today!
for a moment, it felt like the old times. :)
met up with a few beloved ex-colleagues for dinner yesterday at TPY sizzler. it's been years since i last ate that. i quite like the food, and i most certainly loved the company. maybe it made the food seem SO much nicer. :P
i guess what i am supposed to teach is not really fixed yet. i will probably know more about it today.
table still looks really bare. will populate it with MY stuff today!
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Wednesday, July 19, 2006
so the time has come...
all good things must come to an end.
it's been a wonderful one and a half years here. yes, there have been lots of shit, but there are good times too. time spent with fantastic colleagues, who've become closer than friends. time with the students, who make me want to laugh and cry all at the same time. sometimes i don't know whether to pretend to be angry or just be exasperated. at times, they appear to be *almost* mature, able to behave sensibly and see the bigger picture; at times they regress to behaving like kindergarten kids, creating mayhem and disgracing themselves.
when i told my kids on monday that i would be leaving them, most of them told me that they were in shock. as one of my girls put it - "i've taken you for granted". i never expected that such a day would come either. my reason for leaving was never because of the students. students are my life. they cheer me up no matter how unhappy i am when i go to class. my ct kids bought me a cake and wrote their well-wishes on cards and stuff after which they presented to me in a box. and apparently another class was planning a surprise for me tomorrow, which i found out prematurely. unexpectedly, two of my students whom i had taught both last year and this year wrote me some things which really touched me. if a student ever comes across this blog, whether accidentally or otherwise, i wish to say:
you have made my short stay here more than worthwhile. i believe in all of you. whoever says that you're hopeless said it because they do not have faith. i know i've been preachy at times, boring at times, too nice at times. but i must say that every single one of you has left an impression on me. i will never forget a student who has wandered into my journey of life. it is precisely because of you that makes me go on. remember that it's not how short the journey is; it is where you go and who's walking with you along the way. believe in yourself.
i love you all.
it's been a wonderful one and a half years here. yes, there have been lots of shit, but there are good times too. time spent with fantastic colleagues, who've become closer than friends. time with the students, who make me want to laugh and cry all at the same time. sometimes i don't know whether to pretend to be angry or just be exasperated. at times, they appear to be *almost* mature, able to behave sensibly and see the bigger picture; at times they regress to behaving like kindergarten kids, creating mayhem and disgracing themselves.
when i told my kids on monday that i would be leaving them, most of them told me that they were in shock. as one of my girls put it - "i've taken you for granted". i never expected that such a day would come either. my reason for leaving was never because of the students. students are my life. they cheer me up no matter how unhappy i am when i go to class. my ct kids bought me a cake and wrote their well-wishes on cards and stuff after which they presented to me in a box. and apparently another class was planning a surprise for me tomorrow, which i found out prematurely. unexpectedly, two of my students whom i had taught both last year and this year wrote me some things which really touched me. if a student ever comes across this blog, whether accidentally or otherwise, i wish to say:
you have made my short stay here more than worthwhile. i believe in all of you. whoever says that you're hopeless said it because they do not have faith. i know i've been preachy at times, boring at times, too nice at times. but i must say that every single one of you has left an impression on me. i will never forget a student who has wandered into my journey of life. it is precisely because of you that makes me go on. remember that it's not how short the journey is; it is where you go and who's walking with you along the way. believe in yourself.
i love you all.
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Thursday, July 13, 2006
seven things
7 things that scare me:
- cockroaches (6 legged shiny flying organism – yucky…)
- scary, leery men (like, are they born that way??)
- growing old alone with nobody (can’t even stand eating alone…)
- losing my sense of hearing (i’m an aural learner!)
- the past jerks in my life coming back to haunt me (stay away!)
- the thought of packing all these rubbish at my workstation when the time comes…
- losing my memories
7 things I like the most:
- the smell of the air after the rain has stopped
- thunderstorms and lightning (provided i’m safely indoors)
- men (or women) who smell nice ;-P
- the walk out of school to the bus stop
- curling up on the couch with a good book when it’s pouring outside
- being driven around
- mountains, oceans, sky, snow! (ok, so there’s more than 7…)
7 important things in my room:
- my pc (where i can get lost in the world of maple story)
- stereo system (music is my life)
- books, books, and books.
- air-conditioner (i’ll boil at night without it)
- mirror (is my hair ok?)
- the bed (naturally)
- photos of me!
7 random facts about me:
- God must love me very much because I do not know how to study. Never did understand how other people could memorise chunks of notes when the exams were drawing near. I merely flipped through my lecture notes.
- haven’t gotten my driver’s license and not exactly planning to get it in the near future. I enjoy being in the passenger’s seat.
- my favourite drink is plain water. Beats everything else.
- been through more relationships than people thought, with all types of partners imaginable.
- my highest record for number of sms-es sent in a month: 5234
- I like big dogs. And I love the Siberian husky.
- I HATE birds that shit all over the place.
7 things I plan to do before I die:
- go to Europe!
- learn to cook
- inspire at least one person to believe in himself/herself
- forgive all who have hurt me terribly in the past and whose memories are constantly haunting me
- go to UK on the promised trip with a friend
- go to Canada to visit friend if he really migrates there
- be happy
7 things I can do:
- eat a ton of potato chips and still not get sick of them. Junk food rules!
- recognise who is approaching my workstation based on their footsteps
- be able to read minds (sometimes)
- say very mean and hurtful things purposely (nothing to be proud of)
- be super accommodating
- mark till 3am in the morning if i’m desperate enough
- listen to someone talk without interrupting
7 things I can’t do:
- really get angry with my kids
- walk away from this place without missing my kids terribly
- forget all the people i’ve once loved with all my heart (although my heart kept getting weaker after each episode)
- keep to deadlines (it’s the procrastinator in me)
- pretend i’m ok when i’m pissed off
- say sorry when i’m really in the wrong
- stop hurting the people i love
7 things I say the most:
- har?
- mmm.
- are you all ready?
- what?
- quick!
- orh
- soon
7 celebrity crushes:
- george clooney
- jean reno (the professional!)
- takeshi kaneshiro
- angelina jolie (tomb raider!)
- hugh jackman (wolverine!)
- tony leung
- catheine zeta jones
- cockroaches (6 legged shiny flying organism – yucky…)
- scary, leery men (like, are they born that way??)
- growing old alone with nobody (can’t even stand eating alone…)
- losing my sense of hearing (i’m an aural learner!)
- the past jerks in my life coming back to haunt me (stay away!)
- the thought of packing all these rubbish at my workstation when the time comes…
- losing my memories
7 things I like the most:
- the smell of the air after the rain has stopped
- thunderstorms and lightning (provided i’m safely indoors)
- men (or women) who smell nice ;-P
- the walk out of school to the bus stop
- curling up on the couch with a good book when it’s pouring outside
- being driven around
- mountains, oceans, sky, snow! (ok, so there’s more than 7…)
7 important things in my room:
- my pc (where i can get lost in the world of maple story)
- stereo system (music is my life)
- books, books, and books.
- air-conditioner (i’ll boil at night without it)
- mirror (is my hair ok?)
- the bed (naturally)
- photos of me!
7 random facts about me:
- God must love me very much because I do not know how to study. Never did understand how other people could memorise chunks of notes when the exams were drawing near. I merely flipped through my lecture notes.
- haven’t gotten my driver’s license and not exactly planning to get it in the near future. I enjoy being in the passenger’s seat.
- my favourite drink is plain water. Beats everything else.
- been through more relationships than people thought, with all types of partners imaginable.
- my highest record for number of sms-es sent in a month: 5234
- I like big dogs. And I love the Siberian husky.
- I HATE birds that shit all over the place.
7 things I plan to do before I die:
- go to Europe!
- learn to cook
- inspire at least one person to believe in himself/herself
- forgive all who have hurt me terribly in the past and whose memories are constantly haunting me
- go to UK on the promised trip with a friend
- go to Canada to visit friend if he really migrates there
- be happy
7 things I can do:
- eat a ton of potato chips and still not get sick of them. Junk food rules!
- recognise who is approaching my workstation based on their footsteps
- be able to read minds (sometimes)
- say very mean and hurtful things purposely (nothing to be proud of)
- be super accommodating
- mark till 3am in the morning if i’m desperate enough
- listen to someone talk without interrupting
7 things I can’t do:
- really get angry with my kids
- walk away from this place without missing my kids terribly
- forget all the people i’ve once loved with all my heart (although my heart kept getting weaker after each episode)
- keep to deadlines (it’s the procrastinator in me)
- pretend i’m ok when i’m pissed off
- say sorry when i’m really in the wrong
- stop hurting the people i love
7 things I say the most:
- har?
- mmm.
- are you all ready?
- what?
- quick!
- orh
- soon
7 celebrity crushes:
- george clooney
- jean reno (the professional!)
- takeshi kaneshiro
- angelina jolie (tomb raider!)
- hugh jackman (wolverine!)
- tony leung
- catheine zeta jones
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Tuesday, July 11, 2006
itchy fingers...
been playing around with the colours. a friend complained that the background and font colours were too similar for comfortable reading. so there you have it. happy now? ;P
feel that my posts are so frivolous compared to those of other people. some people just write so much CHEEM stuff... makes me feel like a brainless bimbo... oh wait, bimbo must have hot body right? oops, then that description doesn't fit me either. shucks...
feel that my posts are so frivolous compared to those of other people. some people just write so much CHEEM stuff... makes me feel like a brainless bimbo... oh wait, bimbo must have hot body right? oops, then that description doesn't fit me either. shucks...
