It was a really exciting gathering which was initially filled with apprehension among us all but was later a relaxed one. She's still beautiful for her age (to me). I've always found her a bit ang moh. I still wonder if she's partly eurasian or something despite her Chinese surname but didn't ask her such a boliao question just now. She's warm and friendly, as if it was only recently that we just met. I'm glad that she's now a HOD. With all those years of hard work and dedication (29 years..), I can say that she deserves this although I have no idea when she was promoted haha...
I'm looking forward to the next gathering with her which if all goes well, will be a couple of months down the road at her house.
Provided it materializes. :P
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So far my holidays have been spent quite productively. It's so fast that May is coming to an end! It's a pity because when June arrives, it will pass even more quickly. I'm done a major packing and tidying in my room. Unwanted clothes have been set aside for donation. Boxes have been bought for storing things neatly. It's better to buy one of those plastic transparent boxes than one of those carton boxes from Ikea. Although the former is more expensive. $14/ box from Ikea (can't remember how much the carton boxes cost me long ago...$5 for 2?), it's more lasting and you can wipe away any dust (or even splash with water) better. Better to invest in something for the long term, so bear in mind the next time you are shopping for storage boxes at Ikea :P
I've also found an affordable tailor at Tanjong Pagar Plaza. Can you believe the ridiculous difference in price? I was asking for a quotation from a tailor on the phone and she said $100-$150. Another said above $150. Daylight robbery!!!! Making gown meh?!?!?! At Tanjong Pagar Plaza, it's $38. "-_-
It's always wise to do some research before committing haha...
Serendipity believed today at 11:13 PM
I should get back to writing in my journal. I've not enter anything into it for ages. A year? Almost a couple? Some time back, I purchased this Le Petit Prince diary online. It came with lovely rubber stamps. 5 of them which up till now, I can't bear to use for fear that the ink will dirty them. How silly right? Haha... Anyway, it's always like this. Things that are precious to me, I do not bear to use them, which defeats the purpose of buying them in the first place.
There are several reasons as to why at times I prefer making entries in my blog as compared to writing in my diary.
1) I love to type. *I get very engrossed when I type*
2) I can share with friends my musings and any other crap.
3) Can share pictures. *Though I hardly upload pictures due to laziness but will try to do it more often this holiday*
I love reading blogs of friends and even very selectively picked random strangers'. They make me feel like I'm in tune with their life journeys although I'm not beside them. However, I do know that more often than not, blogs only reflect the superficial side of their lives that they want to show the world. Similarly, my innermost private thoughts and feelings are fiercely guarded by my own heart and mind and are not convenient to be let known.
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Below is something I've copied from an email I received some time back. Meaningful~
Enjoy~ :D
DO IT ANYWAY
People are often
unreasonable and self-centered.
Forgive them anyway.
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If you are kind,
people may accuse you of ulterior motives.
Be kind anyway.
* * * * *
If you are honest,
people may cheat you.
Be honest anyway.
* * * * *
If you find happiness
people may be jealous.
Be happy anyway.
* * * * *
The good you do today
may be forgotten tomorrow.
Do good anyway.
* * * * *
Give the world the best you have,
and it may never be enough.
Give your best anyway.
* * * * *
For you see, in the end,
it is between you and God.
It never was between you and them anyway.
~Mother Teresa
Serendipity believed today at 1:29 PM
Tonight's dinner will be extra special because we're going to meet up with our primary school teacher! She actually taught us in primary 5 and 6 and was really nice. Ok, in the first place, our class was the best class which didn't behave that badly so she had no reason to be that strict towards us too. It's been 13 years!! Have never seen her all these years. Thanks to one of my friends who was super on enough to organize this meeting. I think he met her outside and asked for her number. Unfortunately only 3 of us "pupils" would be able to make it. It would be more fun if there's a bigger group (not always the case but this is special...). I wonder how it will turn out. Haha... it sounds like it's going to be a blind date :p I was kind of surprised that he managed to ask her out because it's been so many years. If I were her, I might be hesitant about meeting up with a bunch of almost total strangers. However after voicing out this concern to A, he reasoned that it's actually kind of flattering if after all these years, your pupils could still remember you. Now that sounded quite enlightening. I supposed there's truth in his words :)
Serendipity believed today at 4:04 AM
I finally got hold of my (and Y's) endearmints! I also realized that Soup Spoon is expanding fast (which is good since I love their velvety mushroom and Boston clam chowder). From what I can recall, I've seen Soup Spoon at Paragon, Raffles City Shopping Centre, Raffles Exchange, Market Street (also at Raffles) and today I saw Soup Spoon at Tanjong Pagar Exchange! To think that just a couple or 3 years ago, there's only 1 branch at Raffles City. An always very crowded branch that is :P Unfortunately, I've never really gotten to try much of other stuff on their menu. That's because when I eat alone, my stomach can only contain the soup plus the bun. Nothing more. Moreover, ever since their have the pre-packed soup, most of the time, I'll just get 1 or 2 packets to savour at my cozy home. It's good and convenient supper since customers can just pop a bowl into the microwave oven to heat up and voila! Wholesome soup! Their weekly menu (which actually changes every 2 weeks) have rather exotic names with interesting combinations of ingredients @_@
Serendipity believed today at 8:37 PM
They should seriously consider banning people from turning on their music loudly and having loud ring tones on public transport. There's this stupid (or deaf or both) woman (not a teenager but a working adult) who had earphones on and the stupid disco-like music was played so loudly that even I could hear it very clearly although I was sitting 2 seats away on a crowded train. Her ring tone was the stupid Tong Hua and was put at a high volume. I was trying to take a nap but that ring tone sounded at intervals which woke me up again and again and again. Please go dig your ears if you can't hear. If not, just make yourself deaf once and for all and you can imagine your tong hua and hellish music in your stupid brain like a broken record. Don't force others to listen to your low- class music when I did not request for music to be played.
Serendipity believed today at 10:05 PM
I caught the charity show on TV just now. It was for the quake victims of Sichuan. To me, that was one of the most successful charity show firstly because celebrities did not have to perform life-threatening stunts to pull in donations and secondly, the fact that Singaporeans were willing to donate money that would fully go to foreigners made it worth our applause. Although the scenes in Sichuan had been flashed on TV before, when they were shown during the 3-hour show just now, it was still heart-wrenching to watch. To me, tragedies involving children are the worst. Mum and I donated some money via phone calls but in the end, dad wouldn't accept our money (since he's the one paying the phone bill we felt it would only make sense if we were to give him money for the calls haha) "-_-. I guess the worst is yet to come. These young survivors will suffer from psychological effects of the quake, which is a problem more difficult to solve than anything else. For once, I felt that the tears from the celebrities were real.
Hope that God will speed up the recovery of both the towns as well as pain in the survivors' hearts. It was featured in today's Newpaper that it's strange that in Myanmar and China, after the disasters, statues of their Gods have still stand erect, undamaged by the strong-force of the disasters. Even a mosque in Aceh was undamaged after the tsunami. I don't feel that it has anything to do with the religions. Rather, lots of money were probably spent making sure that these idols and places of worship were properly constructed and were not built with inferior materials.
As someone who have studied materials of buildings before, I know the importance of the quality of the materials, as well as the proportion of raw materials in producing cement, etc. It's not like building sandcastles whereby one just has to ensure that the structures stand by themselves and that's considered done. It was mentioned by someone in the papers that (something along the line) this was a retribution on humanity because of greed, etc... I agree with the greed part (too many corrupt officials in these countries) but retribution? I don't think so... These civilians are just victims of the corrupt system that they so unfortunately have to be under. It wouldn't really be fair to consider there fate as retribution but then this guy who said it probably meant it in a general sense so no harm intended by his words.
May the aftershocks stop once and for all or else there would be more victims.
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It was a trip to Queensway shopping centre, Anchorpoint and Ikea today. Was hoping to get presentable PE attire for teaching since I only have 2 sets of PE outfit but am having PE on 3 days. So I'm basically wearing the same thing every week haha... However, somehow I always never manage to get clothes from Queensway. I don't know if it's because it's overcrowded with shops but it could also be that the prices of the clothes are not that much different from sports shops outside. Not that I have really compared the same design specifically before.
Anchorpoint is like Singapore's version of a factory outlet (imitating the West..). There are shops like G2000, Charles and Keith, City Chain watch shop, etc. Factory outlets sell things that are out of season at a cheaper price. However, for certain items, common sizes might not be available anymore. Still, it's worth a try. I was just browsing at Charles and Keith and saw a pair of heels that were quite pretty. Costs only $14.90 but didn't have sizes smaller than 41 (@_@) already haha.. For watches, if you're looking for a watch at this point in time, there's discount of up to 50% (I think...). There's this Nike watch which I saw at Queensway Shopping Centre that cost $180 over (didn't state that there's discount) and at this City Chain, it's going at $170 something plus there's a 20% discount. Same model lor!! :D
Serendipity believed today at 12:15 AM
Thought I would just post an entry before going to sleep. I think I will drop dead on my bed later. Since I did not sleep on Friday night, after settling the deeds on Sat morning, I came home and had lunch. Took a nap after that but it wasn't really enough. It's almost like a habit but I must go out on Sat. This Sat, there's not much time to spend outside since I only woke up at night. Managed to catch a movie and had a simple dinner.
Indiana Jones' a great movie! Exciting and didn't make me look at the watch too despite it being a 2 hour movie. Lots of action and a fast paced storyline made it really exciting to watch. Do catch it. Get your tickets early coz many people are planning to catch it.
I have started packing my room. Cleared unwanted stuff from one of my wardrobes too :). Clothes that are still good but useless to me shall be going to the Salvation Army. But seriously, every time I pass by that place, the shelter to put all these stuff tend to be over-crowded. I wonder what they do to clothes that are still wearable (not torn nor having faded colours) but somehow can't be sold. Do they give to the less fortunate people in other countries/ specific local charities? Do they spend resources (human and money) on that? I think I should try emailing them about this query. It makes me feel better if unwanted clothes go to the less fortunate rather than end up in the dustbin after all the effort of bringing the bags of clothes to donate :P Realistically speaking, not many people go there to shop all the time for stuff. Therefore, I don't think it's easy for the Salvation Army to rid old stocks.
If I get an answer from them, I will post it here :)
Serendipity believed today at 3:33 AM
Despite feeling tired, the camping night went smoothly and well. We had lots of time to spend marking our stuff at the staffroom in the comfort of air-con so it was pretty cozy and peaceful. Thank goodness when it was my turn for duty, there wasn't anyone who sleepwalked. I was having this funny image of a person trying to get up by grabbing my ankle and I used my foot to stamp on the person's hand :P (Hey it's boring to sit in the dark for 2 hours alone so I had to think of things to amuse myself). Nonetheless, the 9 hours passed more quickly than I had expected with food from McDonald to keep us awake and sane (we paid for it from our own pockets). It's like having "me" time since I brought along a book to read and my discman which I've not touched for ages...
Serendipity believed today at 1:12 PM
I can't believe how hard it is to look for sureties. Conditions like only 1 can be a family member is kind of restricting lor. I mean, how many friends are willing to be one? Plus the timing of it... If you aren't a longtime friend, I don't think you would wanna be a surety for someone right? Risky and unpredictable.
I'm to be blamed too for this last minute thingie. Too caught up with "to sign or not to sign" issue that I completely did not read through the thick "love letter" up till now. Luckily tonight's not Friday night or else I definitely won't be able to find anyone at all. Now still waiting for friends to reply me. Where is everyone when I need them? Most are uncontactable"@_@. Maybe it's the moonlight effect...
Serendipity believed today at 11:52 PM
I keep thinking of random (and corny) jokes that I have read before here and there.
Q: Who is more talkative? Bread or Coffee?
A: Bread. Because Breadtalk and kopi diam.
In this week's 8 Days, there's this winner for worst packaging. The product was a soup mix. On the front of the packet, it says "Cock-flavoured". Hahaha... to which 8 Days disrespectfully and humourously labelled it as "cock".
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I was feeling very endearmint-y today and decided to meet the seller tomorrow to get them. Don't I sound like a drug addict who's going to get her fix from a drug dealer? :D Anyway, she offered to have them delivered instead. Well, considering that I have to spend on transport anyway, I guess it wouldn't hurt to pay a couple more bucks to have them mailed to me or something.
I've been watching the 9pm drama serial lately. Not for the plot but for the photographic moments when certain scenes were captures as a still picture machiam like a snapshot. A few left very memorable impressions. One was when Jesseca rushed to the lecture theatre to pass Chris his architectural drawings. She had this silent and emotional look on her face. Today was a snapshot of the scene in which she passed away. It was kind of beautiful because these pictures were in black and white. The one in which she passed away, the pictured was blurred too. I think I've mentioned before that I've always liked black and white prints. They allow me to focus on the expressions of the subjects instead of getting distracted by colour. :P
Serendipity believed today at 10:05 PM
Once again I stood in for the tuition session. In fact, 2 teachers were rushing to get me to stand in for them. Probably coz they were super sian about staying on until night time. Unfortunately, I picked the wrong class. You see, we are paid according to the number of pupils for the class. Turned out that many of the pri 5 pupils did not turn up today. Ok but in a way, I was thankful because a smaller class meant less rowdiness. No matter how tired I am, I try to oblige when it comes to tuition sessions. Treating it as something extra to add on to my income.
When I gave out the prizes today, the pupils were of course very happy. However, the most prominent of all was a boy who got Best In Progress for English. I guess it could be because he's never received any academic- related prizes before so he was genuinely stunned when I announced his name. It made me feel that it's worthwhile spending money on such prizes. At times, such low ability pupils need something to boost their morale and give them a sense of self- worth. I just hope he'll work even harder to pass the next time round and not slack after receiving the prize.
Serendipity believed today at 10:46 PM
After going out for the past 3 days, today's supposed to be a day of lazing around to relax and recharge. It's so sunny and glaring outside that I feel like going to bed once more to shut my eyes and shut the world out to indulge in more sleep. Got to go to Big Bookshop later to get little gifts for the 2 pupils who got best in progress for Maths and English. Something nice to encourage them to do better the next time round :).
There's something else I must do during the holidays. It's to try Lana's chocolate cake! Wanna see what's the hype about. There are mixed reviews online (though most of them about the chocolate cakes are good). There were people who felt that the cake did not justify the price and the attitude from the workers. There were also a few who mentioned that the standard had fallen over the years. However, many still raved about the yummy top-grade chocolate-y taste of the cakes :P. Seems to be $75 for 2kg according to someone. Don't know the price for 1kg though. Some of the stated prices were from a few years back and most like the prices have increased a lot over the years since the cakes are so popular.
I would also like to try Awfully Chocolate's chocolate cake (Katong Mall). They only sell 1 type of cake. What else but chocolate? ;D But $25.80 for 6" cake? Very ex leh! "-_- 6" is like the length of the normal plastic ruler. Which is not very big in diameter. It's actually opened by the local singer Stella Huang who has since disappeared from the local music scene. Maybe she's focusing on the Taiwan music industry.
Boo hoo hooo... I've been craving for chocolate cakes for the past 2 days. I can imagine the aroma and the melt-in-your-mouth fluffy and moist chocolate cake. The sweetness spreading slowly over your tongue.
Heavenly.
Serendipity believed today at 4:03 PM
It's been a long time since I've been to the island and for some reason, we decided to have a look at what's it like over there. The monorail is now known as Sentosa Express (very commercialized name). It's very much like the LRT, with not many seats but lots of room for standing. I still very much prefer the monorail of the past, which made many stops along the way and being none air-conditioned, there's an island-like raw feel to it. Furthermore, there were plenty of seats and were a lot longer than the current version.
Anyway, at present, there are only 4 stations - Sentosa Station, Future Development Station, Imbiah Station and Beach Station. "-_-. Ya, it's like, "That's it?" Not many attractions though there are new ones like the Sky Tower and the Luge & Skyride. Wanted to go on the Luge although I've been on it in New Zealand. However, it's such a horribly sunny and humid day that we figured out that the helmets that riders got to put on would be stinky with sweat. Therefore, in the end, we did not try anything. The combo price of the Luge & Skyride was $10. Not too bad a price if you've never been on a Luge before. It's a little car-like thingie which you just got to control the handles by pushing forward or pulling back (to move or stop) as you go down a gentle turning slope. It's really fun and safe. The Skyride is the kind which you sit on to go up a slope just like one of those at a ski resort whereby you ride on a bench that's moving upwards in order for you to go down the slope later on, on the Luge.
I guess all in all, it's not really worth going to Sentosa unless you specifically want to visit something or hang around at the beach. However, I believe that after 2010 when they have finished constructing the IR, it'd be a much more happening place to be at.
It was really coincidental but we actually saw a family at Sentosa whom we saw at Orchard Road just on Friday night!! The reason why we recognized them was because it's an unusual family whereby the guy's Chinese and the wife's a taller caucasian with a toddler. The guy's almost bald and the lady's got long curly hair. Hahaha... can you believe it? No, not about the baldness or the long curly hair but rather Singapore may be small but to meet strangers like this on consecutive days? A saw a friend of his at Sentosa plus a close ex-colleague too! The whole world's at Sentosa today! :P
Serendipity believed today at 4:23 AM
Today I heard a sad sad story from a colleague who found out about it last night. When I heard it from her, I feel both heavy-hearted and at a certain part, felt goosebumps because it involves spirits. Nothing horrifying. More of a heart wrenching unfortunate incident that no mother should go through ("white- haired sending the black- haired").
It really boils down to how unpredictable life is and how unfair it can be for some people who are even younger than myself. I feel very affected whenever I hear stories of young people passing on. Probably because I have had classmate and course mate who either suffered from a terminal illness or passed away at a tender age.
May the girl's soul find her way to paradise soon instead of lingering around
Serendipity believed today at 10:29 PM
7 more days!
I'm so excited about the holidays!! :D :D
I'm going to make a list of what I'm going to do during the holidays. Wanna make the most out of it instead of hibernating. Not in order of importance...
1) Try out the famous Lana's chocolate cake. May have to make 2 trips down if the first one's not successful and they don't take orders through phone.
2) Meet up with friends whom I haven't met up with for some time and whose bday presents I still owe.
3) Probably gonna rebond my hair again so that it's more manageable.
4) Tidy my room again. Clear unwanted clothes and give to salvation army.
5) "Sell" unwanted textbooks to second hand bookshops.
6) Develop photos of my footwear to paste on shoe boxes so that it's easier to look for them instead of having to open up shoe box after shoe box :P
7) Catch up on my reading... Books that are still hiding in the cupboard.
8) Go try the ice cream at the ulu (but cool) shop/cafe around sunset area.
I guess that's all for now. Can't really think of anything else at the moment.
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Random info: I ran out of shampoo so I used liquid soap of wash my hair. Yes, I'm that lazy about such things these days.
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I forgot I had duty for the upper primary physical fitness test. *smacks forehead* It totally slipped my mind to look at the glass door of the staffroom for my name. The good thing was, I wasn't the only 1 who forgot. However, I still felt bad because other teachers had to do extra stuff and I don't like to appear unreliable. Too caught up with results and report book matters to remember other minute (and not so minute) stuff. I super hate relying on others for the token for access to the system. Actually all in all, I hate relying on people. It's always good to be self- sufficient and in control of own things. Grrr.... how can a form teacher not have access to the system that is needed for the keying in of results and attendance (yes, these days, attendance has to be in soft and hard copies, which makes use like data entry assistants cum teachers cum admin assistant cum baby sitters).
Oh yes, before the school holidays, we have the long weekend to look forward to also!
DOUBLE YAY!
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Serendipity believed today at 10:32 PM
The current channel 8 drama serial at 9 is a bore. I wouldn't watch it if there's something better on TV at this time slot. It's a time when I will be using my laptop and have the TV on at the same time. Mediacorp is seriously running out of ideas. I see imitation. Resemblance to My Sassy Gal storyline, that is. With Jeanette Aw as a girl with lots of pent-up emotions and would tear for no rhyme or reason in each episode when she thinks of her dead ex. Her character found a replacement in the form of a toot-toot Elvin Ng who is willing to do anything foolish for her, which includes jumping into the waters at the beach to look for a ring which she deliberately threw in to make him look for - it being a condition he must fulfill in order for her to be his girlfriend. She has the tendency to make unreasonable demands and questioning him about everything. However, with her manja voice, I feel anything but touched when watching it.
Just yesterday or the day before, in the Newpaper, there was a report about Joanne Peh's new show being a copycat of the swimming drama serial (Ren Wo Au You) which Fiona starred in last time. In it, Joanne, Jade Seah and Jesseca Liu having to run around at Tiong Bahru market in bikinis after they lost a bet with a rival team. After much hoo-ha and publicity over the scene in the swimming show, now they are recycling the idea again. First time = success, subsequent times = cheap imitation. Mediacorp never learns.
:P
On more serious matters... There seems to be many natural disasters these days. Within a short period somemore. Cyclone in Myanmar, cyclone in the U.S. and just today, reports on major earthquake in China. All within these couple of weeks only. Probably a sign that the world is coming to an end. Slowly but surely. Too much sin in this world anyway, not that those who died are sinful lah. In fact, to die in such ways, it's very tragic and they deserve our sympathies.
May the survivors be able to get aid soon.
News on 5 just featured something about the ghost at Raffles Place. Turns out that it's actually to spread awareness to people about work-life balance and to remind people not to stay back for work until too late. Hahaha... Interesting.. But not scary lor... Ironically, I viewed that video clip when I was staying late in the staffroom and wanted to take a break after all the marking. So much for discouraging people from staying back! :D
Serendipity believed today at 9:56 PM
I hate it when people msn me out of the blue just to occupy themselves for that 10 min and then disappear without saying a word anymore. So rude and like making use of people. Grrrr....
Super hot and humid weather these days right? People all around are complaining about the weather but it makes no sense to blast the air-con like there's no tomorrow. Not good for the body to have such contrast in the temperature of the external environment. It's the humidity that makes us perspire. At the end of the end, I feel like a sticky mess, feeling dirty all over unless I go back to an air-conditioned place like the staffroom or a shopping centre. I don't even have to exercise and I can feel sweat dripping from my back. Haha... gross right?
Met up with Y after work for dinner and coffee& cake. I received my belated present! Something very different and original. I welcome originality~~
Sometimes I really feel bad. I feel like an impatient and hot- tempered teacher when I do some self- reflection. It doesn't help when the weather is so hot and humid too and pupils are taking an hour to do something that could be finished in 15 minutes if they had paid attention. Even when the 1 hour was up, they ended up doing it wrongly and I really showed the frustration on my face. Mixed feelings actually. On one hand, I feel that I shouldn't have done it. On the other hand, I hate it when they don't pay attention and end up just wanting me to look through their work and give them the answer. Especially when it's something that will be graded for their report books! At times I feel like I'm going to have a nervous breakdown when pupils are calling from all directions, all demanding my attention at the same time or coming to me after each sentence just wanting assurance that every single part is correct.
*Sigh*
Really feel guilty. Feel like a bad person. Even sort of scolded my so-called favourite pupil for also making the mistake. Guess it's partly also because she did not perform for this exam. I don't like over-confident pupils and I can feel that over time, these better pupils are turning into over-confident ones who don't check their work, thinking that it's of superb quality when it turns out to be a letdown at the end of the day. I don't like to shoot down people's confidence but I feel that it's important to bring them down to the "ground" again in case they get too swollen headed for their own good.
I'm touched when I see pupils trying very hard to work hard although they may not be from privilege background. I remember a girl who refused to accept help from her friend who was sort of being too helpful and wanted to tell her the answer. She was determined to get the answer herself by doing the working. Little efforts like these, I really appreciate and I would like to do more to facilitate it.
I wish I have more time and energy to help those in need. I'm sure with more help, there are pupils who can do better especially when coupled with genuine hard work.
Serendipity believed today at 11:18 PM
With 1 compo paper missing, I'm in partial shit.
I hope the marker will be able to find it somewhere because I've never taken any of the compo out of the package after it was returned to me a week ago. Realized it just only when I was entering the marks to total up.
Out with the bad luck! I must be cursed "-_-
Serendipity believed today at 9:55 PM
I've never really been interested in the actual date of the course. It was the curiosity (and concern) of my reporting officer that propelled me to inquire about it with my beloved headquarters. Strangely, a few days after one of the staff replied my email (I love to email them instead of calling straight ), there on my table today, sits the deeds that I have to fill up.
I didn't really feel anything. Am just concerned that the date on which I have to go down to sign is a bit too soon although of course I already have all these months to think about it. After setting the papers aside, I noticed my class's maths papers on my desk. The teacher sure marked them very quickly. Looking through the mark list, double Ds filled my mind and heart. Disappointment and discouragement. These 2 words sure tell a l0t don't they?
Anyway, that's not over yet. Another colleague came to me to ask me if I went through every script of the class I was invigilating the other day because it turned out that there were 2 pupils were left like 1-2 pages undone.
Apparently, it's the practice of the school for the invigilator to walk around and look through every pupil's script to make sure all questions have been attempted. I didn't do a marking at the corner of their script to indicate that I'd look through. I must have missed them out and carelessly assumed that ALL pupils would put up their hands to get me to look through their paper because that was what the rest of the pupils did. It was just plain unlucky that I had to miss out the scripts of those who did not complete. "-_-
I'm kind of worried that they would fail their exam because of this although of course it's also their own fault for not checking their own papers. Felt bad but this nice teacher asked me not to blame myself.
Where does the responsibility of teachers stop? These days, even when kids don't complete their papers, teachers have to be around to remind. Shouldn't they be responsible for their own exams? Sometimes I really feel that what teachers are doing, have already exceeded their call of duty. A line has to be drawn somewhere but then, customers are always right, aren't they?
Serendipity believed today at 7:11 PM
Popped by Video EZY after work to get a few VCDs for my class's entertainment. 5 for $10 for 5 days, quite worth it but silly me shouldn't have rented them today because today's already Wed. I don't suppose given their level of attention, they can finish 5 VCDs in 2 days. Would actually make more sense to rent next Mon and return next Fri. Can make full use of the VCDs. Here are the titles..
1) Surf's Up
2) Open Season
3) Ice Age
4) Shrek the Third
5) Pocahontas
I added Pocahontas in because I, myself have never watched it before and since I was going to spend $10 out of my own pocket, I might as well add in something which I've never watched before right? Then I can enjoy with the class haha :P
Hope they don't not get too noisy. My throat feels weird again.
Serendipity believed today at 10:56 PM
I wanna try Hog's Breath Cafe! It's a steakhouse from Australia and if I'm not wrong, there are two branches in Singapore - Holland V and Vivo. It's a very "carnivorous place" and I'm a meat lover :P However, prices seem to be quite high when I look at the menu online. Even fish and chips cost $19 plus (a bit weird to go there and eat fish and chips especially when they specialize in steak and ribs haha). Their ribs cost above $30 @_@. However, one day if I'm feeling rich or if I'm giving someone a treat on his/ her birthday, I shall go there and splurge.
This is something I really have to remember because I tend to forget about places that I want to dine at.Labels: Food
Serendipity believed today at 10:16 PM
Not too long ago, because I was craving for strawberry donuts while at Suntec, we decided to sit down at Donut Factory cafe to savour the bakes. I found it quite amusing to see patrons using forks and knives on the donuts to eat them daintily. D wanted to get forks and knives for us too but I vehemently rejected the idea because it's kind of pretentious to eat something like that with cutlery. Don't you feel that some foods are meant to be eaten using fingers. The same goes for fries too! Taste nicer (psychologically and logically too!). When donuts are cut up, they will inevitably be flattened regardless of how carefully you slice into them, much less with butter knives... It's definitely much better to hold on to the warm, fluffy donut and bite into it heartily, not caring if strawberry or melted chocolate drips or flows down your fingers. The washrooms are nearby anyway.
Actually even when I'm at places like Fish and Co. eating fish and chips, I will use my fingers to eat fries. Probably much to the chagrin of some people :P. At Long John's, I even break up the fish/ chicken into parts to eat with my fingers. They definitely taste more delicious that way! Meant to be finger food anyway hahah!Labels: Food
Serendipity believed today at 8:11 PM
Currently, I'm trying to clear the compo exam papers before Saturday so that I can have a more relaxing weekend without having to think about having to complete this or that. It's more stressful to mark than to write compositions in my humble opinion.
I'm always in a dilemma as to how many marks I should award. Bearing in mind that it's upon 10, even 1/2 mark makes a whole lots of difference. It could be a matter of passing and failing. It could also mean being average or being slightly above average when compared to fellow classmates. On one hand, I don't want there to be any unfair advantage (although I'm not marking my own class's). On the other hand, I really don't like to fail anyone.
Hao ren nan dang...
And really, with ten being the total, there's only that much difference one can allow. Marking compositions is all in all, a very subjective matter. Sure, there are guidelines for the breakdown. However, it still depends on your own feelings while reading right? There's no hard and fast rule when it comes to marking it. No formula. No anything.
Just hope to be very impartial.
Serendipity believed today at 12:23 AM
Today's my first visit to the (rather) new Kallang Leisure Park Shopping Centre that's not far from the National Stadium. That's place is actually quite spacious because there's nothing much hahah... Can find rather unique shops though that you can't find elsewhere. That's probably how that place can survive.
Be different.
Went there to look see and at the same time watch Doomsday. It's kind of a gory movie. If you're someone who likes action-packed movies with humans being attack by an unknown virus plus humans whose heads are sliced off neatly or run over by vehicles. This movie would be a blast for you. Overall it's not too bad. Not about the usual zombies or whatsoever. Quite an original storyline.
:D
Serendipity believed today at 11:01 PM
I feel so much fresher now since I took time off to have a 3-hour nap in the late afternoon. Didn't want to sleep so l0ng but I forgot to switch on my alarm clock and so, exceeded the time I set. Fortunately I was still able to get ready in time to meet WJ for dinner to get my notes.
I really should take better care of my shoes. I have quite a number of pairs of shoes, both for work and casual but mostly, they don't look too good anymore. I'm just not the type who will come home and then wash the base of my shoes and clean them properly. When I come home, I just either chuck them on the already overcrowding (and rather pathetic) shoe rack but I put them straight into their shoe boxes which are piling high in my room. I was at Westmall and got myself a pair of shoes suitable for work and the sales assistant was trying to psycho me to get another pair so that I could join as a member. I declined saying that I already had many pairs at home and if I were to get 2 pairs now, why would I need a membership card to get more shoes after that. Then the quick- thinking China woman asked me if the shoes were old or new. "-_-
Anyway, I am glad that I did not greedily purchase 2 pairs just to join as a member. At times, they just wanna lure people with such tactics. :D
Serendipity believed today at 11:21 PM
