Tuesday, July 17, 2007 @11:25 PM
so in the blink of an eye, an entire month has just FLEW past me and my brains just like that right in front of my eyes.
my dearest SHAM came back and flew back today. i am already missing her tons. wished that i had more time to spend with her, but then she had her other friends as well. i am glad that the one month she was here she was able to make the beautiful memories she needed to bring back to the states with her. Sunday was fun, at the request of Al, i kinda organised a farewell lunch gathering for Sham which kinda evolved into tea and dinner. hahah the last time i was out with the girl she was complaining about how in the US all the stationery are ugly and they didnt have the nice markers she loves, so i brought her stationery shopping and bought her the markers she liked. haha she also finally got the spongebob squarepants tee shirt she really wanted at HALF the price... so i guess she is happy. =D
WSDC Team Singapore 2007 went to Seoul, Korea and came back as first runners-up this year! i am so happy for Cheam and Auyong! =) hahah glad that the cards i gave them came into good use. man, last tuesday when they were debating aussie-land for the quarts i was so fidgety the whole day, could hardly keep my mind focused on the lessons i was observing or teaching. hahahah when i heard that they won the aussies, i was HIGH!!!! hahahah excitedly high! then sam's msg came in, that they made the grand finals! haah the first person i called was sheng, needed to tell someone who understood my excitment. definitely make a terrible day and two long weeks a better one! hehe. so i have come to the conclusion that the teams who had a hard time enroute to Worlds will come back with the best results! hahaha.
School - well, the best thing i like about school is being able to talk to the kids. not that they always understand me, but they are rather fun kids to talk to. i have been into the normal tech and normal acad classes the whole of the last two weeks. quite an experience but i guess being once a rebellious kid like them i knew what buttons to push and i am actually quite surprised that they actually fall for my "tricks"! haha this is the most sucky thing. my teaching subjects are lit and history which makes me kinda redundant in 70% of schools in singapore simply because these are two subjects which are not offered at O Level. So in these 70% of schools i will end up teaching lower secondary school. this is what i personally feel. (1) there really is no need to make someone study four years and get an honours degree just to teach personification, similes etc (2) if you intend to post me somewhere where my degree and training cannot be used, why then did you insist that i major in lit when i and my teachers repeatedly requested for my major to be changed to history? also, if the school i am posted to, does not need a history teacher (second teaching subject), i will be expected to teach Eng.Lang instead. here is the catch, I AM NOT TRAINED IN ENG.LANG and I WILL NOT BE TRAINED. also, if the school i am posted to does not need a lit teacher, chances are i will be teaching history and SOCIAL STUDIES (of which I am not trained either). so kudos to my strange subject combination, i have three mentors in the school and i have to observe FOUR different subject classes when everyone else has only two. (not to mention, the constant questioning by my fellow trainers about why some students just dont pay attention in class and how to deal with discipline cases, sometimes seriously, it is common sense. i really cannot understand at times how people can go into a job without finding out about the system and how to get about it.)
SYF - got off school early for two days because of SYF. the drama presentation was good, but i was really pissed off by the school that i use to work with. All my years as SYF stage manager, NO ONE and I mean NO ONE has ever dare to ARGUE with me when i give instructions and i have never ever met a group of people who are so self-absorbed that they ignore every single instruction we tell them TWICE. FUCK OFF seriously fuck off. obviously had no idea who they were pissing off huh. guess who is on my speed dial number, you numbskulls. on a happier note, i really like the play "The Art of Life" the acting was strong and today the lines were delivered with accuracy and punch. totally enjoyed it. best of all props were merely five coloured boxes! haha i love schools with minimal fuss, this is the way SYF drama should go.
Hwa Chong Junior Invitationals - hahahah well i am proud and happy for the little one. for the first time, i actually witness him being so serious about something. i guess he really wanted to win the debate huh and he tried acting nonchalant. but he did great and i hope he aint too disappointed by his loss in the semis. =) had dinner with the family, second bro was funny but it was the strangest and most surreal conversation i have had over dinner ever. really, imagining talking about Jonathan Swift's
A Modest Proposal when you are having goose and russian caviar for dinner. hahah.
So, school experience is coming to an end, i have got to write that reflection for the P on thursday night. man it is going to be a long long piece of writing and i seriously thought that writing five to six pages things were all in the past! crap.
damn i miss working in nyc. and i need my drinking and clubbing friends. liberation is much in demanded and will be much appreciated. like really, i dont buy the whole teachers must be holier than thou thing, because you will have no life if you insist on that. and i was never and am never and will never be a prim and proper person. i need alcohol and fun. summer will agree with me. hahaha.
miche is off to bed, sleep is a precious thing these days.
The grace of God is etched onto me forever, may His Wisdom and Grace grant me the courage and the strength to tide through this period of dissatisfaction. May his Truth guide and show me the destiny installed for me, that i am be made for greater things. Amen
