finally i endured through the first week of practicum. yesterday i slept at 930 pm and woke up at 4 am today to do work. this week i only need to observe classes, still dun need to teach, but i am already so tired. wassup man. i cant imagine what will happen to me next week onwards.
maybe it is not a good thing to go back to a sch that you are familiar with. yes you are in a familiar working environment and you know most of the colleagues. but when you see your students who were pure and innocent in sec 1 and 2, then now you see them grow up to sec 3 and 4, they changed so much and have such lousy attitude. and dunno why, is always the students with lousy attitude who have more influence towards their peers. so the bad apples spoil the rest. i really feel sad for them.
so this afternoon i was specially selected by siang guan to accompany him to send quite a number of weighing balance to pa-ser-ris sec and ten-pines jc. because my sch is a poor sch and got no money to buy equipment so must loan from them. how sad rite. and teachers are sai gang warriors. become a delivery man is one of the sai gang.
after the delivery, both of us went to buy wanton noodles from this very famous stall at the round market near my house. this stall appeared in some channel u food variety shows, and the stall is decorated with the pics taken with celebrities like fiona xie, michelle chia and bryan wong. oh the owners of the stall have a daughter who used to be a student in my sch and i taught her before when she was in sec 4 normal acad. saw her at the stall and after that siang guan told me she did not continue with sec 5. i was a bit surprised.
went for the wushu training, and i was quite heartened that there were more members this year. there are two lower sec students who learnt wushu before in primary sch. so the wushu team has really grown in strength as compared to two years ago when i was still there. and i met the coach who is from china. i think he is really good and very passionate. so this is a good sign! next year must attract more sec 1 students to join.
its only the 4th day in the first week, but i am like half dead. i am rushing lesson plans. i am going for relief. and today i went to help out with the sports heats at bedok stadium, reach the stadium at 215 and left the stadium at 645. now my body got a very nice tan on the arms, the lower legs, the neck and the face.
students are very observant. they know that you are a trainee teacher and they will try to ji siao you in class. idiots.
i am very tired now but i still must do my lesson plan. i feel sad. i feel sucky. and i dun really feel like going for dance tmr because is a item i do not like to dance, and fellow *ahem ahem* dancers have lousy attitude.
i am very looking forward to sch tmr because is a friday! and there is wushu training! haha.
it feels good to be back, and i feel happy when students still remember me and greeted me. everything was fine today except towards the end of school, someone shoot me a very big arrow. but comparing with zhongyi, i think i am luckier because he kenna a bigger arrow. he has to go overseas next week! bringing the sec 2 students for a camp at kota tinggi!
today witty send a email to the class yahoogroup. and she ended off with:
Witty NO INTERNET CONNECTION, NO TABLE, NO LAPTOP!
so after that email is many replies, comparing which sch provide the best welfare and best resources for the trainee teachers. haha. i shall not disclose which sch they belong to for safety and security reasons.
Mel No internet connection, GOT BIG TABLE, Self-provided laptop to start writing lesson plans... =)
myself
no internet connection, no laptop but got table. table in the staffroom whereas the other trainees are in another room. because got 11 trainees and the other room got 10 tables. so i am the poor thing that got shifted to the staffroom, with all the arrows coming in.
James
Sent from my laptop...no IPHONE, share one table with 3 other trainees (can mahjong), no account, no internet, lots of arrows.
the next one is the most hilarious. i laughed like mad upon reading it.
KinGGot table, got laptop, got internet connection, got 2 indoor sports hall and 1 mph, no vegetarian stall
(yes he is a vegetarian. hahahaha.)
Jieyun
I've got 3 long table joined together, shared by 5 teachers (practicum). No Internet connection, even nearest power point is quite a distance away. So yeah. No Internet coonection for me 2. But got my iPhone .:)
and for today, the final reply comes from KC.
No laptop, no internet connection, but all trainees got our own L-shaped table, 2 small movable cabinets and 1 tall cabinet! Suddenly feel a bit more fortunate!
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finally, here comes our last day in nie. next monday, we will embark on the hell journey of 10 weeks. we are the practicum trainees in the schools, the lowest life form, getting scrutinised, getting observed, and being pushed around. haiz this suck.
we had a fitness & conditioning test in the morning. it was quite a difficult test, not because the questions are difficult, but because most of us never really study! we were too "looking forward" to practicum and thus we simply dun have the studying mood.
after the test we had a class lunch at ntu sakae sushi. not the whole class went lah. only half the class.
good luck to everyone! hope you will enjoy your ten weeks in the school! teachers are professionals, and the school exists for children!
the cny long break is over in a flash. good things come to an end very fast. so the morale of the story is be a bad guy, so u can live longer.
all rite anyway, today i went to zhongyi's house to 拜年, KC brought along his pet dog anzer, and this is my first time being so close in contact with a furry animal. anzer ran past my legs countless times, lick my arm, sat on my thighs and groin, and i was so scared that it will pee on my jeans. thankfully it din, cos anzer is really a good and obedient dog.
(zhongyi and family)
(group photo!)
3 days of heaven left. tomorrow, i have a softball test, which i din really study. but i have to do well because my softball lecturer is also my practicum supervisor. thursday, i have two hours of softball lesson in the morning, then in the afternoon i will go to my workplace to meet my bosses. i hope i get good CTs. haha. friday i have a fitness & conditioning test, and i also have to submit my final chemistry assignment, but i think i will submit it on thursday.
and not to forget, i got dance practises on wednesday night and friday night.
so it will be damn busy for me in the next three days. haiz want to enjoy and nua my remaining 3 days in heaven also cannot.
hell starting on 22nd feb!!! haha wish me luck. i wonder whether the workplace has changed much ever since i left two years ago. hope the good things still remain, and the bad things have improved.
this year is the most chop chop in terms of 拜年.
we left the house at 12 pm and reach home at 345 pm for afternoon siesta. then 730 pm left the house again to go to my grandma's place for dinner.
anyway, i will like to show everyone what i am wearing. think of PAP going gay.
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(ok nvm if its not funny. at least i tried. haha.)
plus the beautiful pink shoes, woo hoo, damn AA.
drove to darling's place to spend a few hours with her, because its v day! we just lie on the bed and chit chat, sit on the sofa and watch tv, eating durian ice cream from the newly opened ice cream cafe near my house. simplicity is bliss.
since v day happens to fall on 大年初一, and both of us are obedient children who value family ties and encompass traditional virtues, we decide to still 拜年 with our own families on 初一, thus we brought forward our v day celebrations to friday, which is today.
darling is using uob credit card, and uob is having this promotion of 1 for 1 buffet at some restaurants, so after doing some elimination, we are left with the 2 best choices. aquamarine restaurant (typical fusion buffet) and ristorante bologna (ITALIAN buffet). i went to search the food reviews and the majority of the foodie population favoured aquamarine more, but then in one of the food reviews, it said that aquamarine must call to book 2 weeks in advance! wassup!
but i still tried to call on monday and true enough, reservations are full. so i quickly made a reservation with ristorante bologna, and thank goodness there is a table for the both of us!
btw marina mandarin is linked to marina square by some secret doorway. and behold, this is the restaurant:
(its the one on the 4th floor. darling is standing on the 5th floor.)
so the buffet got 5 sections - the appetiser section, the salad section, the soup + pasta section, the main course section and finally the desserts.
the appetiser got many dishes:
1) two different kinds of ham where both kinds are very very very nice. its the best ham i ever tasted.
2) smoked salmon with onions as garnish. even the onions taste very nice.
3) morazella cheese with tomato, which both of us din try. we scared the cheese flavour is a bit too strong for us.
4) potato salad which is not very outstanding.
5) hard-boiled eggs with mayonise and cherry tomatoes. the eggs are very fresh and very nice.
the main course section:
1) chicken with asparagus. chicken is very hard. but the asparagus is very very nice.
2) tomato pasta
3) seafood - MUSSELS, PRAWNS, SCALLOPS AND LALAS. this one is our fav of the day! we had dunno how many helpings.
4) crabmeat rivoli. very creamy.
5) fried dory filet
6) beef (cannot eat)
dessert section got different varieties of cakes, jellies and tarts! look very colorful, pretty and appetising.
ok enough describing. pics tell a thousand words.
(soup of the day is cream pumpkin soup)
(darling look more pretty than the desserts)
after the full and satisfying lunch we went to watch 苏乞儿! is very nice! 赵文卓's fighting is still damn awesome! i think is a nicer show than 锦衣卫.
and this is wat i got for darling as a v day present:
couple rings! i like to clarify its not engagement rings. got our initials and birth dates engraved on it.
darling, thank you for being together with me for this 3 years 3 months plus! thank you for bearing with my shortcomings, embracing my longcomings, and loving me who i am. i love you very much too~
ok very mushy. haha.
to end this post, i will like to wish everyone a happy TIGER year!!! xin jia tua tan!!! HUAT AH!!!
this evening i received a letter, and on the envelope says "ON GOVERNMENT SERVICE".
i got a serious bad feeling about this and quickly tear open the envelope, and to my utter shock, i am called up to serve the nation by attending the Armour Company Sergeant Major (ACSM) course from 16th august to 6th september.
that is a total of 3 weeks leh! wassup!
but the good news is, YOG is from 14th to 26th august, and the handball competition is 20th to 25th august. so that means... i can apply for deferment!
i only scared that my RSM will du lan me because he is trying his very best to enrol me into the course every year but every year i always siam the course for one reason or another, and i will like to clarify that i am not trying very hard at all to siam, its just that i am not fated to attend the course. so it looks like i am also not fated to attend the course this year.
this week is the second last week in and-ai-yi, i am very very very sad because i will be leaving my lovely classmates. i will definitely miss them. :'(
(the guy on the extreme left is our fitness & conditioning lecturer, called mr azhar. he is in his late thirties but is fitter than all of us. 2.4 km can run under 9 min. pull-ups can do more than 20. not only he is fit, he is also very charismatic and a very good lecturer. mr azhar rulez!)
the above mentioned happened last weekend. its an event that i will really love to attend, having attended it in year 2004, when i was still in the army and i dunno why i got free exclusive passes.
but after reading this two blog posts 2 years ago, i am absolutely turned off and decided not to waste my time.
so here are the two different blog posts:
1) http://www.weikiat.net/blog/2008/02/23/singapore-airshow-2008/
2) http://www.jialat.com/2008/02/23/long-post-with-photos-why-the-hell-i-toutured-myself-visiting-the-fiacking-airshow/
the queuing is seriously kua zhang to the max.
anyway, i happen to chance upon my friend's friend's friend photo album of the airshow in facebook. omg this friend's friend's friend really took very beautiful pics of the aeroplanes. his camera must be the damn solid kind, and of course his photography skills very solid.
RSAF F-16C
RSAF F-16C & AH-64 APACHE
USAF A-10 THUNDER BOLT II
ROKAF T-50 GOLDEN EAGLE
USAF F-15
and lastly...
(dunno wat model is that)
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today i got a 2.4 km test and my timing is 10:12! fastest in the class is king, who ran 8:54... yup i think around there.
dinah chan, the ex-national triathlete but current national cyclist ran 8:57! second fastest in the class, and fastest among the girls, and thrash all the guys in the class, except for king. hahaha.
