Mad people in school on a Sat!!

L came for a visit and we got bored waiting for the bhai… so we took her camera and started snapping away!!

There’s more… but frankly speaking… those are scary… haha…

More pictures!

Hahaha…. we’re class 4e9! 

It’s always sweet when ex-students come and visit. Especially my top student! =)

Me and the tall girl

Boss looks cute with the bunny ears!

The coolest department in school.

My kids

My ex-students came back today! Not all of them, but most of them. Was truly happy to see them! I think they have a special place in my heart. My first batch of silly kids. Didn’t take pictures of all of them coz my camera wasn’t with me and I was busy with the performance… but I really love love love the ones I managed to take with them!

Super sweet girls who made my day by giving me my first teachers’ day present! =)

One of my “darlings” who came to school and after a lot of nonsense comments, didn’t even wish me HAPPY TEACHERS’ DAY!!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

With my darling YJ. She’s always cheerful and bubbly.

 

Silly zul who is still so absurbly cheerful. Haha… and not to forget…

The unforgetable magneto… he’s just adorable lah. I’d seen him grow from a small round ball into a big… only slightly round ball… He’s really one of my favs.

Then here’s some of my current kids. Equally cute.

It's the end of the term!!

It's the celebration tomorrow. Strangely, I am not really excited bout tomorrow. Sure I'm happy bout it. But only because it signify the end of a term and the start of a whole week without lessons and kids. My form class is rather sweet but I'm looking forward to seeing my ex kids again. If they come back that is. I'm hopeful but not 100% certain. =_= 

The coming week will be filled with endless preparation, extra lessons and over-due markings. Hopefully it'll also be filled with days of rolling around doing nothing, watching endless dvds and meeting up with dear dear buddies. =)

Financial planning

Was supremely bored today and was chatting with PK on msn. He ended up being my financial advisor! It was quite funny actually but in spite of all the name-calling and insults we directed at each other, he did manage to give some enlightening advise on my financial situation. 

And so, I'm to save 40% of my income every month. No more internet purchases for me till the end of september and more importantly, no more LV bags. 

Yes father, I've seen the errors of my ways and I'll change... or at the very least, I'll try. =P

It's a calling... of which I lack

Disjointed rant ahead.

Nowadays, I can totally understand why people said that it is a calling. People who do not have it will not last long. I can feel it now. The feeling of being stretched (not in a good way) thin and my own inadequacies in my profession. I used to laugh and take things in my stride but I find that increasingly hard to do. I don't want the kids to suffer because of my inadequacies but it's so hard to find the time for them. I especially find it frustrating when I don't have the time for extra lessons with them. What's more contradictory is that I don't want to give up my life for them.

If the kids are good, I really don't mind giving up part of my weekend for them. Like my sec 4s, they're fantastic, therefore, I don't really mind if they need more of my time. But looking at the sec 3s I feel drained. I'm not even comparing them to my previous classes anymore. I still feel drained. I hate being a form teacher. All the forms to collect, the problematic kids to handle, the complaints from other teachers, their lack of motivation, their lack of responsibility. It's all killing me. I want to teach, not be an administrator. If I got to be an administrator, then I'd rather be a full-time adminstrator, not a part time teacher on top of all the adminstrative work I got to do. It's really ridiculous.

Sometimes I just want to stone the day away. Don't feel like doing anything at all. Just heck it all to hell and let them handle themselves for a day or two. But the backlog of work is worse than before. So that's not a good idea.

That being said, I don't hate the kids. I just don't like their attitude. It seriously made me wonder what their parents have been teaching them at home. Sometimes they are adorable. Other times, they're like little monsters. I feel like inflicting pain on someone right now.... in fact, anyone will do.

God help the next person who provokes me. =_=

Just a little dribble...coz I'm bored...

Have a little bit of time before S comes to pick me up from my place, and I'm bored. So I thought I'd reflect a little on stuff that I've seen and thought about these past few months. Might not be new or anything but I've realised that people tend to view things differently at different stages of life. 

I was at e-hub just the other day and I saw this group of teenagers behaving rather badly in public. I've seen kids behaving badly before and I've seen my share of good and sensible kids. Was just thinking to myself that if any of the kids were MY kids, I'd feel so ashamed and sad. At that point in time, I've realised that I'd joined the "aunties" category. But I can't help it! Maybe I won't have kids after all. The chances of them ending up like those people will be there and I don't think I can stand it. 

On another totally unrelated point, I was just talking to my dad. Totally random chat about his business, my friends, his friends etc etc. Ya know... just a random pointless chat to pass the time. But it got me thinking about the kind of friends I had and still have and the kind of person I want to aspire to be and the kind that I don't want to become. Am not a very nice person by nature. Funny thing is, I don't really aspire to be nicer than what I am. I don't have the burning need to try to be a better person then what I am now. However, I do want to be more of my own person, to stick to my own opinions and have confidence that while my views are not 100% right, they ARE my views and therefore worth defending. That's not to say I'll think that my views are always right but I think I'll try not to change my views to suit what my friends feel. I've seen it happening first hand on some people and I feel sad for that person. How do I put it... when you have to change your opinions or your view on things to suit another person's point of view, no matter how much you like the other person, I feel that it's kinda sad. That eagerness to please and the fear that you've incurred the 'disapproval' of the other person. That just smacks of insecurity. No matter how important that other person really is to you, you shouldn't let it progress to that stage. It's just sad. 

And once, a friend told me that the reason why people feel so strongly against a certain kind of characteristics is because they have the potential to behave that way or are already displaying that kind of characteristics. I find that super scary. If I do behave in that manner, do give me a smack on the back of the head to wake me up. =_=