a very SHAG week

i have changed a new skin again! cuz the previous one is very troublesome, wordings are small, cannot change it to a bigger font or it will go out of shape. and chinese words so small, machiam rice seeds like that.

This is a very shag week. I woke up at 6am for Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday to go school for my final semester shooting project. And i slept at 3am on Monday and Tuesday to rush for a chinese literature report that has to be handed up on Wednesday.

By Thursday, i just don't feel like talking anymore.

Perhaps I work too fast sometimes, perhaps I am ganchiong by nature, but alot of times, i felt that some process can be speeded up by half. it always felt like a waste of time.

well, im just glad that this week has passed. erm no, i shouldnt. cuz it means that 1st week of october has gone and im left with about a month to exams. this semester felt so fast.

The issue between nanyang chronicle and chee soon juan was the highlight for this week. two mths ago, dr chee (the controversial opposition figure), together with several Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) leaders, came to NTU to distribute flyers and interact with the students. it was part of a tour by SDP to "raise political awareness”.

Student journalists from my school (the Chronicle and student-run news magazine programme, Nanyang Spectrum) did a converge on Dr Chee and the SDP members but their footage/article was in the end removed.

Well, of course, being the extra school with people of many many viewpoints, this lead to a big commotion, for instance putting a freedom of press banner in school and going to speaker's corner to make a speech.

i shall reserve my comments. what do you guys think?

masks is selling pretty okay, hitting to approx 500 masks now. i hope i can clear this batch asap.

i made a mistake yesterday. i miscalculated something when i was in a daze. i was browsing through a taiwan website where they are selling 100 masks for NT1530. blur blur me, 1am in the morning, tried to convert the money back to SGD and see how much it was. and i was so stupid enough to punch 1530 muliply by 0.02. by right, it should be 1530 multiply by 0.05 OR divide by 20, in the end i got both of them mix up and calculated to a sum of 30SGD, i was so happy that 100 masks costs 30 dollars, which means 1 mask only 30 cents (and if i sell it for 90 cents, i earn more!), so stupid me, go and purchase it straightaway.

so when i went to bed at 230am, i was still so happy that the masks are 30 cents. then i did a mental calculation, and i jump out of bed. not in a very clear state of mind, i went out to the living room, frantically looking for a calculator, and realise i calculated wrong just now! what the fuck.

so i called the uob call centre at 3am, ask them to stop transaction. but i knew it was useless la, cuz once u approve payment, i has already been deducted.at that moment, how i hope i left with 30 cents in my bank so that transaction has failed.

well, thank goodness i didnt go and buy 1000 masks man. anyway i dun have the money for that too. haha. i emailed the company la and they didnt reply. run away with my money!! :( haha

take it as a experience lor. anyway i brought a new coffee masks lor! 100 pieces! oh my goodness, im going to sell it all, if not i have 100 pieces and maybe u will smell my coffee face from now. LOL

i am actually very pissed with my student's mummy and the tuition assistant. the mother hired a secondary 4 girl to coach her daughter. but realising that she is not very capable, she engaged me as her main tutor. so our tuition timing is always saturday 1pm, and on days when i cannot make it, she will always try to arrange another day saying that the child's exams is coming.

btw, she is in primary school.

then in 1 week's time, she is gona have a final year exam. ok i shall trace back to what happen around 1 mth ago. she had a school test, she scored pretty good for maths and the highest for english, which makes mi very happy (cuz she always fail -_-). before her tests, her mother would arrange for mi to come twice a week instead of once a week. so i have been drilling real hard on her.

and where is the assistant tutor? busy with her own exams.

so after the test, our tuition timings become very irregular, like she would miss 1.5 weeks of lesson for some reasons. and the most angry thing is, the assistant tutor keep arranging tuition that crash with my timing!

originally her timing is supposed to be saturday 5pm. and i would come at 1pm. then she sms the mum saying that she needs to study, so can she come at 12pm. she offered a 3 hours lesson. good lor, 12pm to 3pm. purposely lor.

then the mother has been pushing back my timing, or either cancel it because of her. and to make things worse, sometimes she cancel it last minute, which means the child wont have any tuition at all, which is very bad cuz this girl cannot stop pushing.

i have made myself very clear that no one is suppose to touch my 1pm time slot to the child and the mother. but time and again, when i have confirmed the timing, the mother would call and ask if i can come later.

reason why? she claims all credit for the high marks in the eng and maths test.

how ridiculous is that? and her mother should know that the assistant teacher was busy preparing for her exams that she didnt appear for a good two weeks before her test and onli came once before the test.

so fine, now poor me somehow became the assistant tutor lor. it doesnt feel good especially when somebody who disappears for so long, just come and claim credits and offering more hours of tuition wins the case.

im not trying to use powers over anything but since i m the one whu has been helping ur child to pull up her results, shouldnt i get more respect instead of always changing timing that in the end affects my whole schedule.

and the mother now says: oh teacher maureen dont come on saturday, just come on wednesday can already.

fuck.

im willing to give one more lesson on wednesday, doesnt mean that im always free. and in actual fact, i always take a cab down from ntu, which is totally "i am not earning already",

its okay, after this week, i just let the responsible tuition assistant do her wonderful teaching job and help the kid score A. GREAT, I will have more free time.

plese dont come and look for mi if you have a assistant tutor whu dun have her own assessment and uses all my school papers, who disappears for a good two weeks before the student test and then come back to claim credits.

no matter how high u give mi, i have my pride.

this is so not ethical! morally wrong! grrr

tml i will be going to holistic living festival at fort canning! so excited can! its a bi annual event and i will get to meet many many famous new age masters (tarot readers, crystal healing etc) there and get to try new stuffs at discounted price!

then i will be attending andreas's 21st birthday party at coasta sands. omg so far... but andreas, i give u face ok, my guides junior! haha

sunday i can sleep later and dun nid to complain to nick sir every sunday about waking up earli for tuition. LOL.

at night im going over to CA house for a mini family gathering.

all the emotions will appear whenever i am there. only my family is going to the once so familiar house, meeting a person who was once so familiar but now only meet twice a year. and meeting the maid whu has seen us grow from a kid, who still rememebers everything abt mi, and always bring extra chilli for mi to take home, and the benovelent mother...

面对还是有困难。

most importantly, im sure they are gona ask mi to help wen hao. which makes mi in a super difficult position. i have already stated clearly that im no longer working there and i cant be of much help.

起初已劝你谨慎，可是你一直很有信心保证一切一定成功。就因为知道你失败了很多次才给你忠告，why wont u learn from mistakes? 生意不好时，才来说那时每看清楚。我不是神，我不能呼来钟琴，也请你别一直抱着我能救你的那种梦了好吗？生意是要经营，不是一步登天的。而且你刚开始营业，难道你以为一个月内就能赚10千块？出来社会工作那么久，难道你不知道你的需要预备至少6个月的租金及准备前6个月会亏钱？世上没有一炮打响的品牌，所以请不要再给我压力。

speaking about wen hao, reminds me of fungie. sorry babe, i havent got time to accompany you to go look at tour packages, but i promise i will meet up with u soon yea?

and fungie say she is browsing clothes for xmas, perhaps its time for mi to do it too!

xmas is lonely without a bf, but its okie, i have a best friend :)

oh nick sir was sick the past few days. please take care.

ok fine, i have grumbled and whined and done everything. and lastly, this is dedicated to my lovely evelyn:

be strong, i am here. :)
*hugs* please take care of urself, i dont want to lose somebody so dear to me.