30th March 2008

wanted to blog yesterday but ended up going out with jere.

okies so i'm back to blog about friday.

friday was a long long long long day for me.

worked from like 7 plus in the morning till 9 plus at night.

there was waterplay in the morning.

and at about 5 in the afternoon, i went to the singapore flyer with my colleague and a few students.

i was quite excited about sitting on the singapore flyer.

the wait for our turn was really really long.

the ride was abit disappointing though.

it's more suitable for tourists.

thank goodness the children from my centre were well behaved.

the children from the other centre were horribly noisy.

i got dizzy from the ride probably because i was standing and walking around.

i would rather sit on 3 thrilling roller coaster rides than take a ride on it again.

=p

okies pictures!















the last photo is a random one.

i mean like how often do you see dragonflies nowadays?

its so uncommon now compared to like many years ago.

ladybirds are also quite rarely seen in singapore now.

i love this song.



The Real Me

Foolish heart looks like we're here again
Same old game of plastic smile
Don't let anybody in
Hiding my heartache, will this glass house break
How much will they take before I'm empty
Do I let it show, does anybody know?

But you see the real me
Hiding in my skin, broken from within
Unveil me completely
I'm loosening my grasp
There's no need to mask my frailty
Cause you see the real me

Painted on, life is behind a mask
Self-inflicted circus clown
I'm tired of the song and dance
Living a charade, always on parade
What a mess I've made of my existence
But you love me even now
And still I see somehow

But you see the real me
Hiding in my skin, broken from within
Unveil me completely
I'm loosening my grasp
There's no need to mask my frailty
Cause you see the real me

Wonderful, beautiful is what you see
When you look at me
You're turning the tattered fabric of my life into
A perfect tapestry
I just wanna be me

But you see the real me
Hiding in my skin, broken from within
Unveil me completely
I'm loosening my grasp
There's no need to mask my frailty
Cause you see the real me

And you love me just as I am
Wonderful, beautiful is what you see
When you look at me



i'm going to start japanese again.

but this time with qingqing.

(:

should be able to take jlpt (japanese language proficiency test) soon.


ok i should stop blogging and do my lesson plans.

25th March 2008

feels like it has been a while since i last blogged.

but i last blogged on wednesday.

time is going by too slowly.

its starting to be such a drag.

my life is so routined now.

every morning i wake up to go to work.

when i reach work, the children will be having their morning snack, then we'll have circle time, then we will go outdoors, then we will have a short lesson follwed by their lunch and shower and then their nap. after their nap they will have their afternoon snack and followed by their chinese lessons and after which they will play with their toys. then there will be music and movement and they will slowly start going home.

and when i go home, i'll bathe and have my dinner.

after that i will just waste my time, either watching tv, reading, using the com, talking on the phone or sleeping.

and the next day, everything happens all over again.

i'm so used to this routine that it might be hard to get used to another once i start school.



went to watch val's musical on saturday.

if i'm not wrong the title of the musical is 'the wrong clan'.

it was really nice.

and fun to see the bimbotic side of val.

haha.

and here's the group photo we took.
















and other random photos that qiuxuan took.
























after the entire musical, we met jamie and went over to jere's place.

elijah was so cute as usual and i learnt how to play chinese chess.

it seemed too complicated to play at that time.

but it was interesting watching jere and jamie play it.

reached home at bout 1.20 in the morning.

thank goodness i didnt get an earful from my mum. =p



oh i finally finished all my applications for university.

now all i have to do is to wait for the news.

which i hope will be good.



i slept early on sunday.

i think i had too many thoughtson my mind when i fell asleep cos i kept waking up in the middle of the night.

that made me horribly tired on monday.

so stupid.

i watched this show called 'the perfect child' which is hosted by amy cheng yesterday and i'm so amazed by the children's ability to memorise so much and to calculate so very fast because of the shichida method.

it's so amazing.

this little boy could like count the number of red dots on a piece of paper just by looking at it for about less than maybe 10 seconds.

another one could remember the colours of a picture which he only saw for 2 seconds.

i wonder how much it costs to enrol a child to learn the shichida method.

today the entire centre except my class went to the healthzone and one of my colleagues brought back extra pots of sunflowers(not grown) for me and daishu mama.

i just watered it.

i hope it will grow into a beautiful sunflower.

(:












i'm still wondering why i dreamt of you the other night.

19th March 2008

the trip to the zoo was fantastic.

(:

i enjoyed myself.

but it was super duper tiring.

walking and taking care of children at the zoo is not a simple job.

i slept really late last night and that made me very tired this morning.

initially i decided to leave the house at 7.15 but i ended up leaving the house at 7.45.

sometimes i procrastinate too much.

i almost reached the centre on time,was just 2 minutes late.

the bus ride made me a little giddy.

we got lost following the map which was quite inaccurate.

i was happily leading the way when suddenly this peacock (walking freely) decided to stop right in front of the small passageway.

it made me stop walking.

i was scared that it would attack the children but thank goodness it walked away.

then it proudly showed us its beautiful feathers.

it was so cool.

the next thing that amazed me was the monkeys.

they seem to be everywhere.

and it was while i was walking past one of the monkey's enclosure that i dropped my poor camera.

and it has many scratches on it now.

the more i think about it, the more i feel sad about it.

so heartpain!

oh did i mention that i took a while to find the animals in their enclosures?

i went to the otters enclosure but didnt find any otters.

went to the lions enclosure and took quite a while to spot the 1st lion.

the hippo one also took me a while.

and there were many others that were hard to spot.

i had a hard time pointing out to my students where the animals were exactly.

they were like "miss geri, where? i cannot see, miss geri."

and they started to frown.

so i either had to carry them to see the animal or i just came up with an excuse why the animal wasnt there.

and when they actually saw the animal, they will squeal with delight.

they're so cute.

they get so excited by everything.

we watched the elephant show cos the splash safari show was filled up.

the children quite saying that the elephants were naughty because of the things they did during the performance.

i never really cared about the smells in the zoo but today at the zoo really made me notice all the smells.

i had to endure all of the horrible smells so that the children could see the animals.

i wonder why it didnt affect me when i went to the zoo like years ago.


today's trip to the zoo really made me want to go to the zoo during my own time.

((((:

i'm so tiredddddddddddddddddddddddd!

but i decided not to sleep yet so that i can sleep better later.

(:

tomorrow is the last working day of the week!

FINALLY!

i have yet to submit my uni applications.

i really should stop procrastinating.

its starting to be a really bad habit.

=p

i sould stop blabbering.

16th March 2008

okies i'm done with the 1st week of lesson plans.

and the curriculum web for week 1 and 2 is complete!

but i'm still stuck with the essays for my application.

it's raining again!

i'm starting to love the rain.

(:

16th March 2008

one week of school holidays have just passed by just like that.

not that it makes alot of difference to me, since i still have to teach despite it being the school holidays.

tomorrow is the start of a new term!

and here i am blogging when i'm thinking of a short essay to write for my application to NUS and NTU.

i'm stuck on what to write.

should i write about my experience leading the choir in secondary school?

or should i write about my experience volunteering in the cerebral palsy when i was in JC 1?

or should i write about my working experience for the past 10 months?

but somehow maybe it doesn't really make much of a difference right?

i just need to write it prperly so that the person who reads it can really visualise what i really experienced and learnt during my experience.

(:

maybe i should just submit different essays for the different applications.

i should stop procrastinating.

i still have to do my lesson plans and curriculum webs.

it will be a long long sunday in front of the computer screen.

._________.

i should stop here first.

i'll blog again later!

(:

14th March 2008

i'm feeling sad today.

just sad.

that i spent like almost $50 in less than 3 hours.

was in a "just wanna buy everything" mood.

HAIS.

i MUST spend my money more wisely.

i shall save the money for driving lessons and japanese lessons.

but i still want to buy a jacket and a new bag for myself.

boo.

tomorrow will be spent at my uncle's house.

it will be a super duper boring day.

ahhh.

and i need to start with lesson plans again.

and my curriculum webs.

and some other things that i cant remember at thi point of time.


i so love the vaio laptop.

*beams*

cant wait for school to start.

then i can finally own my very own laptop.




oh yes... i'm not giving tuition anymore because apparently my "students" prefer to have group tuition rather than one-on-one tuition.

i'll take it as a blessing in disguise.

why?

because i'll be free on fridays again.

and i will never agree to give tuition on fridays anymore.

it was a nice experience giving tuition.

so anyone who has any lobang for tuition please tell me okies?

(:

11th March 2008

i'm starting to hate all the memories that i hold on to.

i wanna forget all of them.

ALL.

but its easier said than done i guess.

i seem to forget all the wrong stuff.

AHHHHHHH!

i'll go crazy one day.

i think it'll be soon.

with work and all the stuff i'm thinking about.

i'm sure i'll go crazy really soon.

forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget. forget.

yes its taking me that long.

days, months, years.

and it still cant be forgotten.

there's something seriously wrong with me.

i have yet to figure it out.

PERIOD.

11th March 2008

i'm having this horrible headache.

maybe its lack of sleep.

but i doubt it cos i think i had sufficient sleep.

the meeting today was alright.

thank goodness i went alone.

=p

we did some learning corner stuff.

it was interesting to know what one can do with a box.

woke up just before 7.30 to get ready to go fo the meeting.

left the house at 8 and managed to reach there on time.

i thought i would be so late cos there was like traffic jams.

i got confused on how to get back to the centre.

because i was unfamiliar with the place, i crossed the road thinking that i should take the bus in the opposite direction to get back to tampines.

BUT it turned out that i had to take a bus from the same bus stop that i alighted from.

and to make matters worse, it was raining so heavily and i had to carry a paper bag with the cardboard box in it and also my umbrella.

i was so tempted to just walk in the rain.

and i almost fell in the bus.

and for the rest of the day i had this headache that is only getting worse now.

tomorrow onwards have to prepare all the curriculum webs for term 2 and also to prepare the classroom to suit the new theme of family.

i also have to think of new art and craft ideas for my children.

i feel so tired just talking about it.

i've gave it much thought and i think that i might just study and work part time after i get into a uni.

and i need more kids to give tuition to.

i dunno how i'll juggle them but i will.

((:





i'm too tired to think.

oh and it should be confirmed that my students will get to go to the zoo next wed!!!!

(:

that reminds me.

i have to prepare a lesson plan for that.

boo.

9th March 2008

the issue is solved.

good.



had a nice time watching death note 1 and death note 2 yesterday.

i felt so tired after watching the 2 movies.

because the subtitles were in chinese and because its a vcd, i couldnt change the subtitles to english.

and the chinese was the not simplified one.

so it was like a test to test my chinese and japanese.

and i proved to my mummy that death note was not a scary movie.



and its back to work tomorrow!

the trip to the zoo has been postponed.

:/

8th March 2008

if my mother was as concerned as she is now, to my younger sister's studies, to me in the past, i would have been so grateful.

i hope this issue gets solved soon.

8th March 2008

i'm up early when i slept at 2 plus.

its stupid that i'm too used to waking up at this timing.

i cant seem to get back to sleep.

but its a blessing in disguise!

my ex students mum just called me.

she said that my ex student wanted to talk to me.

SHE'S SO CUTE!!!!!

she told me about her brother trying to throw her pink bear (the one that i gave her) away and that she was going for her ballet class soon and that she was going to be a flower girl and that she got to wear a magic pink hairband.

SHE'S SOOOOO CUTE.

i miss her.

but she's not in the childcare that i'm in now.

hais.

i really hope she will still remember me when she grows older (:

let me see if i can find her photos.

okies found them!









and my favourite photo of me and her!



i miss her so much!



the leap years was a really nice movie.

i loved the storyline.

i loved the way the put in all the corrinne may songs that they used.

and it was filmed in singapore which made it even more beautiful.

so loved the movie.

(:

dinner with a104 ppl was nice too.

first time at the central.

and first time that i had dinner at the manhattan's fish market.

i shall upload photos!

okies this is izyan and her birthday cupcake!


elicia. izyan. justin.


izyan. lappie. me.


izyan. me.


izyan's birthday cupcake.


izyan. i dunno what she was doing =p


i miss having tutorials and lectures with lappie and izyan.

i miss all the nonsensical stuff that we did in JC.

haha.



i still cant stand the fact that i am awake at 10 plus on a saturday.

arghhhhhhhhhhhhh.

i shall start preparing for my uni applications.

and i must remember to get my boss to write an appraisal for me.

I MUST REMEMBER.

was supposed to ask her yesterday.

i'm so forgetful.

so forgetful that i can forget that i'm forgetful and i insist that i dun need to write it down to remind myself.

hais.

something's wrong with me.

i have yet to figure out what it is.

6th March 2008

yay i'm going to watch leap years!

((((:

i'm suffering from a horribly blocked nose now.

i blame my sick students.

my life has been shortened because of all their germs.

=p

ok they arent that bad as i make them out to be.

i hope my blocked nose goes away.

and also hope that i wont get a sore throat tomorrow.

i dun have tuition this week.

so its a nice break.

i cant figure out this problem sum on my pri5's assessment book and i feel dumb becos of it.

boo.

i shall sleep over it.

(:

cant wait to meet the girls of a104 tmr (:

4th March 008

i am so relieved that today is so over!

today went well.

nth went totally wrong.

except some stupid passerby decided to tear away one poor ginerbread man that i pasted on my classroom door.

the person who did that is stupid and inconsiderate and horrible and has nothing better to do.

i spent quite some time cutting out the shapes and laminating them and daishu mama painted the background so nicely.

and YOU had to go and tear the gingerbread man off the door, destroying the background and everything.

YOU ARE MEAN.

whoever YOU are.

argh.

apparently some ppl around that area find joy in destroying the outside of the childcare centre.

CRAZY PPL.


one of my students was so cute today!

we were having a meeting with the bosses and she wasn't asleep.

she was wandering around, eyeing the chocoloate cake.

and just as we were about to end the meeting, she started singing the barney song (i love you, you love me, etc.) in her own way cos she doesnt have much speech yet.

and the cute thing was she started to hug selected ppl in the room and i was the first to get hugged!

obviously she didnt hug the ppl she didnt like.

and one of those was the witch.

=p

she's so cute!


i cant wait for the A level results to come out.

cant wait cant wait cant wait.

3rd March 2008

today i had a bad day at work.

i thought i had almost completed all the decorations in the class BUUUUTTTT i was suddenly given more stuff to complete becos apparently i didnt have any learning corners in the classroom.

i stayed with daishu mama until 7 plus to rush out everything.

but we're still not done with everything.

so i really hope everything goes well tomorrow.

i hope all the students that cannot behave properly suddenly fall sick tomorrow so i won't have to deal with them.

i am so evil.

i shall stop being mean for once.



I'M SOOOOOOOO TIRED.

and my phone cant be charged cos i left the stupid charger at work.

it's at work cos i lent it to my colleague to charge her phone and she didnt return it to me!

):

but i dun blame her.

everyone was ultra busy today.

so if u sms me or call me tonight and i dun reply you, i'm so sorry.

(:



ok val is having her musical performance on 21st and 22nd march.

so i shall get qiuxuan, joey, khalis and jamie to watch it on the 22nd since i have tuition on 21st.

((((:

so please make yourselves free ok?

yay now i have something new to look forward to!

okies i shall stop here today.

take care everyone!

1st March 2008

MISS ONG QIUXUAN ISN'T REPLYING MY SMSES!!!!

i can imagine her mugging in a huge pile of notes.

hmmmm.

when i was in JC2, the week before my block test i was having fun holidaying in beijing.

=p

no wonder i did badly.

haha.

spent my entire afternoon in the centre cleaning up and decorating.

managed to complete most of the stuff that supposed to be done.

and i had the first look of my new student that is coming in on monday.

he is horrible.

he goes around hitting ppl.

and he's only 3!!!!!!

i wonder how i will survive with so many boys.

last night while i was waiting for a bus at the bus stop, i saw xiaoxuan in the bus.

and i smiled and wave at her.

then just as i was doing that, this guy alighted from the bus and he thought i was waving at him.

he stoppped walking and he stared at me with a confused look on his face.

so i gave him a "why are you looking at me look" and he walked away.

SO EMBARRASSING.

i got my pay for tuitioning!

((((:

giving tuition is so much better than working in the centre.

as in salary wise.

=p



okies i shall blog again soon ((((: