Well well, today is the last day of discovery camp for this week. It seemed almost like a miracle that I had survived so long with a bunch of mischievous kids. I almost had a perfect record of keeping my cool until today where I totally flared up at them. Sad to say, according to others, I didnt sound angry but just louder than usual.
Im so Shi Bai, angry also cannot make myself sound angry. Sighs. Shows that both me and my partner are not cut out to be teachers. I've actually having mixed feelings now. Part of me is glad that one tiring week is finally over and I only have one week left. But the other part...really misses the kids. I will definitely miss their cheeky smiles.
I still remember vividly how wei tze had looked over, then when I stuck my tongue out at him, he smiled so sweetly at me. And when I was in exasperation and all the kids didnt want to listen to me, he raised his voice to get everyone to settle down for me.
And Yixun, even though he bullies me quite often( and he admits liking to bully me..) there are several moments where he tries to stop the others from disturbing me. And when he's being so ultra naughty and Im getting fed up with him, all he has to do is flash me one of his mega watt smiles and my heart will just melt.
Janelle...always so considerate and helpful. She'll always remember that I havent eaten and save some food for me...
And so many others I dun have time to name...They're just so adorable, energetic and full of childhood innocence!
Damn. Though I've been complaining about all the mess and trouble they've given me I think that I cant bear to leave the discovery camp on next friday...*shivers at the very thought of it*
Just when I feel so attached to them they had to leave....:(
Maybe this just teaches us a lesson, people come and go, we just have to remember to cherish every moment with them.
Anyway, back to the kids. Hahaha. Oh my, seriously, kids nowadays are really more "mature" than they ought to be. Everyday I'll be getting questions like, when are you going to get married to yan ming kor kor? Do you like him? And obviously I'll try to explain.
Today Mui Hwee came to me again. Mui Hwee: Are you sure you don't love that kor kor Me: Yes, we're just friends Janelle: See i told you they are FRIENDS!! Mui Hwee: I don't believe. I still think you are getting married to him next time... Me: hahahaha, why do you think so? Mui Hwee: You all two look like boyfriend and girlfriend.... another kid(I cant remember who..): Ya! The way you both walk out of the door...looks like that! Me:*Sighs in exasperation and amusement* Okay okay, thats not true okay? Now LINE UP IN TWOS!!!!
And thats not all...there're still bits and pieces. Im really in a huge dilema when facing Omar though. He is always so naughty and is running here and there all the time!Once he poured paint all over the table and kept insisting that I have to cut his art work for him and complaining about the other kids all the time. Grudgingly i took his art work to help him cut...
And still feeling quite pissed at him I returned the finished product to him. And then he looked at me with those puppy eyes and said thank you so sweetly that I was wondering what the hell was I angry at him for.
Sighs. These kids. They sure know what can make a leader not get angry with them...
There're just too many funny stuffs they did which I cant remember at the moment. How I wish I could just record down all of such candid moments and store it somewhere in my memory...
Sigh. Alright. Im bracing myself for what is to come for the next week and I do hope that I'll get such loveable kids in my class again...
For the time being, I shall rest...until there is more to report. Adios!
Our Promise (:
10:28 PM
Tuesday, November 27
Just came home after a tiring day at the dvc camp. But despite the hardwork, it was fulfilling to see the kids smile happily at you. Im not sure if I make a good leader though-I seem to be encouraging them to doing naughty stuffs since I always cannot help but be impressed by those naughty things they are doing.
Thank goodness my partner has experience in this before. Kudos to him since it enables us to finish our preparations for the next day in a fairly short amount of time AND this allows us to go home early! YESSSS
Yesterday was actually more tiring than today. I ran a lot more yesterday so i guess less energy was spent today. The kids were awfully mischievous. Vanessa actually wrote: "I am a nerd" on a piece of masking tape and stuck it onto yan ming's shirt! Well, it was partly under my constant egging that she did it though. I guess I kinda missed these childish behaviours. And all that painting activities nearly drove me crazy. They were sooooo messy in their work!
Today we went for an outing at seletar reservior. The bus journey there was really fun. I got the kids to teach me a few tricks with the rubber band. Yixun's mother turned out to be a teacher at hwa chong! LOL and she used to teach my partner! Wow, the world is full of coincidences...
The kids asked me a question today: Why everyone crowd around you and not him. Why he so no fun one, yesterday never play with us, so boring.
And I was thinking, oops. Looks like its my fault, cos I hardly know how to set up anything and so he has to be the one, causing him to be unable to play with the kids, AND being labelled boring. Dang.
Hmmm, okay, even though today wasn't as tiring as yesterday, i still feel rather sleepy. Shall blog again another day.
Our Promise (:
7:45 PM
Monday, November 19
These few days have been downright BORING. Im staying at home doing nothing constructive and it doesnt help that my already not so good health is deteriorating from being a couch potato.
To improve my health I did try several ways though.
Firstly, on thursday i went with my dad mom and sis to trek in macritchie. My dad looked insanely happy at the starting point where he announced the time and the target set for us to finish the route. Along the route me and my sister discussed possibilities of the many different ways to die while trekking and how the caucasian boy taking photographs of some fascinating(to him) insects would somehow morph into a monster and gobble us all up.
This trail kind of proved to me how horrible my stamina was since I was sweating like a pig and totally tired out. When we finally reached the ending point, my faced prabably matched that of my dad at the start. I was insanely happy.
Thats not all that I did. I swam as well on saturday. Not as much as i had hoped to thouhg. I merely swam 10 laps. Probably could have swum more if not for the fact that my dear little blur queen sister forgot to bring Her swimming costume along. This forgetfulness of hers caused quite a lot of unhappiness in the car where everyone started blaming each other, leaving me all silent at one corner waiting for the moment when fingers began pointing at me for fault. Just when i thought I had cleared it, due to the silence, my mom suddenly spoke up to me: Its you la! Who ask you never remind her? You know she's like that.....
nag nag nag. Yeah Yeah, eventually it boils down to MY fault too?
Throughout the journey i witnessed the black face of my sister, the stormy face of my dad who stubbornly refuses to turn back to get her swimming costume, and the frustrated face of my mom who was torn between my dad(let her learn from this, Im not going back for her just because of her mistake) and my sis(Just turn back la! Whats wrong? I just forgot what. Urghhh)
And there I was, sitting silently amidst the brewing storm. Or rather, staring at the damages of cyclone Seline.
Thankfully, at the end of the day, everyone became friendly again and we all patched up to become one happy family....for the time being.
I can bet for sure that this week is going to be a really boring one. i just just hope that we can finalise a class gathering? Cos by the time everyone decides to reply to our class blog, I think the holiday would be over already?
I've just read my junior's online newsletter. WOW.
I seriously must applaude you, renyue. For daring to speak up and account for your own actions by bolding writing down your full name. I would never never dare to write such politically incorrect stuffs about the school, teachers or even people I know, for fear of offending them. Yet, there she is, blatantly revealing what she thinks with nothing as a cover(eg, fake name)
So zhai!! Whoever reads my blog must go see this newsletter:
Alright, its time for watching our daily dosage of movies which my sis borrowed from her friend! :D
Our Promise (:
5:49 PM
Wednesday, November 14
Yeay, came back from my class chalet le!
okay, no yeay that its over liao...Im quite sad its over actually. It was so much fun. Everyone was nice and lame and funny. We played mahjong and cards. We squeezed into 2 single beds(6 ppl).
I cant describe everything in words! Argh. First time in dunno how many days that words have failed me. But one thing I have brought back from this chalet apart from memories is also INJURIES! Dang. From cycling. Which, sadly, i still haven learnt how to cycle! sad sad sad.
Well, once again a picture speaks a thousand words! Thus, whoever wants to see the pictures can go to http://07S7C.blogspot.com/ ! oops off to slp!
Our Promise (:
10:52 PM
Monday, November 12
today going to S7C's class chalet!
Despite what everyone says, im STILL feeling rather apprehensive and lots of "what ifs" just keep floating into my mind.Sighs. Wish I wouldnt think so much. I really really hope that I would enjoy myself there, even tho, as the only girl not in S7C there, im actually quite extra.
Dang, somebody banish away these negative thoughts will ya!
okok... one fun thing is-we get to use our sleeping bags! hahahaha....i dunno why, but somehow i just have the fetish for sleeping bags. Perhaps I will make a really happy kumpung kia. :D
Alrights, i've got to go and pack my stuffs since i'll have to leave my house in 1 hrs' time. Dang. Jitters jitters jitters....butterflies in my stomach....
Shall be back on wed...
Our Promise (:
11:01 AM
Saturday, November 10
It's been a rather eventful week i must say, with 4/5 days out of home. But then again, going out doesnt necessarily means fun and exciting.
We presented Sheena her birthday present on thurs.
Anw, Im kind of sick of saying mundane daily happenings that would bore anyone to death. Thus, the most interesting topic I could come up with right now is a girl. And Im sure anyone who knows me might be able to guess who she is.
SELINE.
My sister...
Yes. Recently she has been actively informing me of who her ideal Korean Prince is. This guy from korea who is in her tuition class. She has continously babbled on about him for several days now. And from a mere korean boy who came to Singapore to study, he has now morphed into a would-be Prince of Korea whereas my sister would be the Queen beside him. LOL. Talk about fairy tales mann.
Yesterday she spoke to a few of my friends online and called them weirdos. Oh well, I wonder if she could fully appreciate the meaning of pot calling the kettle black.
Argh. Must be my mood. Suddenly I cant think of anything interesting to say...
If a picture speaks a thousand words then i really really hope that my computer is able to upload all the photos from my phone as soon as possible..
Our Promise (:
5:40 PM
Friday, November 2
Yeay, PW is finally over and Im glad of it.
The OP was quite okay, just that I was so nervous that my hands were shaking like mad, though it wasn;t really that noticeable according to my pw mates. I missed out quite a few lines too, although those were deliberate actions, since I thought I would be short of time. However, it was an unecessary action.
When I first stepped up I was grinning like a lunatic and I found that somehow, my muscles were stuck and my wavering smile just remained intact almost through out the OP. Im thankful that we had such nice audience who kept smiling at me and nodding their heads to show affirmation. And my gp tutor too! Miss Koh was smiling away as if she really enjoyed my presentation! I guess thats what an invigilator has to do.
The Q & A part was not so well done. Although Munyee kind of predicted my question a few days back, I forgot to think about it. I can just smack myself for that, damn.
Anyway, I felt so high after PW, that by the time late afternoon came, I was almost totally drained of energy. We went to Qiao's house to make cheesecake!!
Today I woke up and I felt like some lost leaf...floating around and not knowing what to do....PW was like some kind of harbour to us and now that we are cut loose, I feel quite aimless. But never mind, I'm sure that I shall be able to find something meaningful to do!
just not homework please...
I just finished watching 3 vcds at one go! whee 2 horror, one suspense thriller...
Wish I could be a director some day!
Our Promise (:
3:02 PM
The Princess
Name:Abeline/Shinzo Abe/Maggie/abalone/da mee/xiao mee/abby/Xiao bao/Si mao
age:17! No longer sweet 16:(
sch:NJC
horoscope:Aries!
