Hardly have any time for updates these days. Had induction programmes until 4pm or 5pm each day. Lots of relief teaching. Lots of invigilations. On the contrary, not much of lesson observations. Today, for instance, I had 4 periods of invigilations and 4 periods of lesson observations. For two exams, I had to stay behind after my allocated slot to collect papers. And basically, my whole day was occupied, with no lunch time. I survived with a bun. Oh man, I hope I've better luck next week.

Stepped into normal technical classes several times for relief teaching. Really got to react on the spot. For instance, one of them just stood up and said "teacher, I love you". The whole class roared into laughter. I had only three seconds to think of how to react. Another time, one told me a list of bad things they did and asked if I'm scared. Three seconds to think and respond.

This is more challenging than university maths. Hopefully, at the end of the ESE, I can really handle these students.

At times, I couldn't help but ask myself, why did I give up the well-paid jobs in banks and the chance to do p.h.D for this teaching career? Especially when I was standing in front of a class of noisy students during relief teaching, when students were throwing papers at each other while I was collecting exam scripts, when I witnessed a public caning during assembly etc. Oh well. I try to convince myself that this is the group of students whom I can make a difference to. All they lack is just motivation.

Have been sleeping before 10 for the past few days. No lunch, no nap today. Sigh. I had no nap for the whole week. I miss my university days!

I think this is such a cool game. Too bad I have little time to play. >_<




Was thinking of getting a small tv in my room, so that I can play whenever I feel like it. And I gave up that idea after ten minutes of consideration. Haha. I think I'll have no time to play it anyway, so no point wasting money.

Just yesterday, I considered getting a bookshelf in my room. Before I took out my bank book to do some serious planning, I realized there are two cupboards in my room, and they don't belong to me. Haha. Yes, you know what I'm going to do right? Yah yah, I'm going to ask my dad to remove whatever he put in my room. I mean, he has his room, the storeroom and the living room to put his stuff. And my brothers have moved out. It doesn't sound logical for him to put things in my room. Of course, we can turn things around and view the room as part of his house so he can do whatever he wants. Haha. Nevertheless, I'm going to fight for space this time round. I'll think of a good speech such that he has no way to counter my argument. Lalala. I still have some time to think about this, since I don't need extra space to store my books and files right away. :)

Still in the midst of doing my thesis amendments. I think I'll have to go back to school for consultation even during my enhanced school experience thingy. There's still a paper to write. Sigh. Sometimes, I feel pretty demoralized by the silly mistakes I make in my thesis. I feel that my knowledge is not sound enough, and I wish I can be less forgetful about the stuff I learned.

Yet to get my appointment letter and medical checkup forms. Sent another email yesterday, and no reply yet. The in-charged apparently isn't very prompt when it comes to replying emails. I think I have to call her next week! >_<

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Haha, I think I'm really lazy when it comes to updating my blog. Lalala. ok, I was busy amending my thesis. And now I have to read through whatever I have corrected before I email the new copy to my supervisor. I don't want my supervisor to see tons of mistakes while correcting my thesis, you see. It'll reflect badly on myself. And furthermore, my supervisor is a really busy guy, I thought I should lighten his workload slightly by doing my part well. :)

Watched Shrek 3.


There's something which Shrek said in the movie which made me very touched. Haha. Indeed, we don't have to care about what people say about us all the time. We are what we want to be. I couldn't help but agree with wq that someone is just like the prince charming in the movie. People think he is a nice guy. And that's because they haven't gotten to see the kind of mean things he do. ok, I shall not elaborate further. :P

Sometimes, we just have to learn how to shut up and keep certain comments to ourselves. Reason? Hmm, because sometimes, it'll do us more harm than good. In a way, this explains why I reduce the number of posts in recent years.

ok, back to my thesis. I must work hard. Haha. Going to see my supervisor this coming Monday.

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