Too easily,
Too easily...
Too easily...
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Monday, June 29, 2009
Injured my tendon
做运动时，不小心弄伤了手肘的筋。本以为没什么大碍，可是这几天睡得不好，昨晚肩膀疼得难以入眠。所以今天终于决定去给陈医师推拿。
手肘的筋直接连接到了肩膀和颈项，所以导致这两个部位也酸痛。本来医师要为我包扎，可是我想了想，包扎需要包3天，很难冲凉，手简直没用。。。好啦，重点是爱美啦！所以请求他帮我推拿放药布就好。
还得吃那一闻就很苦的药丸。就这样，$30 就飞走了。
不推还好，现在推了后，拿起书包都很痛，连转头都费力。:(
手肘的筋直接连接到了肩膀和颈项，所以导致这两个部位也酸痛。本来医师要为我包扎，可是我想了想，包扎需要包3天，很难冲凉，手简直没用。。。好啦，重点是爱美啦！所以请求他帮我推拿放药布就好。
还得吃那一闻就很苦的药丸。就这样，$30 就飞走了。
不推还好，现在推了后，拿起书包都很痛，连转头都费力。:(
Sunday, June 28, 2009
NDP 2009
Aunty participated in this year's National Day Parade again under People's Association and as usual, I get very excited when she brings her costumes home. Every year without fail, they have very WOW explicit cheena costumes.
I always wanted to join her for NDP performance, but somehow or rather I always have other commitments. But when I saw her costume this year, I was glad that I didn't take part.
Look at my 38 photos below and you will understand why.
BUT WAIT!
Before I show you guys these amusing photos, please make sure that you aren't drinking water or anything. hee hee
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Presenting, 欧宫女丑照...
I always wanted to join her for NDP performance, but somehow or rather I always have other commitments. But when I saw her costume this year, I was glad that I didn't take part.
Look at my 38 photos below and you will understand why.
BUT WAIT!
Before I show you guys these amusing photos, please make sure that you aren't drinking water or anything. hee hee
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Presenting, 欧宫女丑照...
Obviously, the top and the dress is too big for me. But not to worry, I have secured it tight enough. I wanted the blow-fan-hair-fly effect but mission failed la of course. Due to space constraint, the background isn't the pleasing yea. HAHA
How can I forget the flower head gear! Wonder what will strangers do if they see me on the streets with these...
I controlled my laughter and took this pose OK!
Ok I have to admit, the skirt is pretty. BUT, IT IS SUPER HEAVY!
Close Up
Have you felt like vomitting already? WAHAHAHA.
This is what we do on a boring Sunday. I nearly freak my Grandpa when he came home and saw this siao cha bor posing. LOL!
Saturday, June 27, 2009
Panting
今天很喘！
When I start giving tuition 7 years ago, I always remind myself that 世界上没有笨小孩，只有不用心的小孩。Up till now, this belief still holds strongly in my mind.
I had a new Primary Four boy 1 month ago, introduced by another student. Teaching him is a very depressing task. Every lesson, I look at him helplessly. Because,
I really don't know how to help him. Throughout the month, I tried different methods of teaching and different ways to deal with him. But I can't seem to find the correct way of doing things.
温柔地跟他讲解，他无动于衷。
喊他、骂他、对他凶，他也没感觉。唯有我失声了一个星期。
不管用什么办法，结果还是没有结果。
2 hours is too tiring for him.
1.5 hours, nothing much can be done. His corrections cannot even finish within that 1.5 hours. And he still needs me to re-do his whole school homework with him, which lasted more than 1.5 hours.
Throughout the years, when students come to me telling me that they don't like Maths or the fail their Maths, I can sort of figure out their problems and have the confidence that they will love Maths very soon.
But this time round, I have no confidence at all.
And the most disheartening thing is, there is no support from his family members at all. His parents spend their time managing their own business, leaving the house early and coming home late at night (around 10pm). So the kid spends his time watching TV right after he reaches home from school. Nobody guides him in his homework and he just anyhow does it.
I thought I can get some help from the family so I talked to the mother, telling her honestly that I have no confidence of him passing his exams. And indirectly telling her that she should coach him more, if not he won't be able to pass his primary school at all.
AND, GUESS WHAT THE MUMMY TELLS ME!!
“哎哟读不了书，最多去当咖啡仔咯。我可以养他！”
如果家长那么不负责任，那把孩子带来这世界有什么意义？
I seriously don't know how to teach him. His standard is really depressing.
AND, HE COMES LATE FOR MY TUITION. Because the mother left the house late, then there was a jam in PIE (they live in Bukit Timah). Last week, they were late for 35 minutes. Today, they were late for 20mins when I have already warned the parent one day before not to be late as I have another tuition to rush to after him.
Ok, this explains my very very hectic day.
This boy's tuition is 10am today at my house but he came at 10.20am. So I have to release him later, and his granny came late to fetch him, so in the end I was left with 10 mins to pack and eat lunch and rush off to Khatib for my another tuition.
Gosh, I can amazingly finish my duck rice in 7 mins. I don't think i chewed -_-
Then panting, I reached my another student's house in Khatib at 12.55pm and I die die have to end by 3pm as I have a keyboard lesson at 4pm in Bugis. So I walked and ran at the same time so that I can reach MRT station by 3.15pm to catch the train to Bugis and walked very fast to music school by 4pm.
Then played the piece hastily. Not very happy with my performance today :(
Went to meet Andrew for dinner after that. Thank goodness I don't have another tuition at 7pm, if not I will just die.
Aunty says it's good to squeeze all tuitions on Saturday so that I don't have to waste other days. True but it's super shag especially when the day started off with the challenging kid.
And I have to keep track of timing very closely so as not to be late for the next appointment.
Like that tuition, sibei shag. And if one tuition is delayed, everything else will be delayed.
所以搞到自己今天很喘！
到家晚上11点，看着那份FYP Research Paper，一点心情都没有。可是 by 明天，死死一定要吐出一些字。
神啊，救救我吧！
When I start giving tuition 7 years ago, I always remind myself that 世界上没有笨小孩，只有不用心的小孩。Up till now, this belief still holds strongly in my mind.
I had a new Primary Four boy 1 month ago, introduced by another student. Teaching him is a very depressing task. Every lesson, I look at him helplessly. Because,
I really don't know how to help him. Throughout the month, I tried different methods of teaching and different ways to deal with him. But I can't seem to find the correct way of doing things.
温柔地跟他讲解，他无动于衷。
喊他、骂他、对他凶，他也没感觉。唯有我失声了一个星期。
不管用什么办法，结果还是没有结果。
2 hours is too tiring for him.
1.5 hours, nothing much can be done. His corrections cannot even finish within that 1.5 hours. And he still needs me to re-do his whole school homework with him, which lasted more than 1.5 hours.
Throughout the years, when students come to me telling me that they don't like Maths or the fail their Maths, I can sort of figure out their problems and have the confidence that they will love Maths very soon.
But this time round, I have no confidence at all.
And the most disheartening thing is, there is no support from his family members at all. His parents spend their time managing their own business, leaving the house early and coming home late at night (around 10pm). So the kid spends his time watching TV right after he reaches home from school. Nobody guides him in his homework and he just anyhow does it.
I thought I can get some help from the family so I talked to the mother, telling her honestly that I have no confidence of him passing his exams. And indirectly telling her that she should coach him more, if not he won't be able to pass his primary school at all.
AND, GUESS WHAT THE MUMMY TELLS ME!!
“哎哟读不了书，最多去当咖啡仔咯。我可以养他！”
如果家长那么不负责任，那把孩子带来这世界有什么意义？
I seriously don't know how to teach him. His standard is really depressing.
AND, HE COMES LATE FOR MY TUITION. Because the mother left the house late, then there was a jam in PIE (they live in Bukit Timah). Last week, they were late for 35 minutes. Today, they were late for 20mins when I have already warned the parent one day before not to be late as I have another tuition to rush to after him.
Ok, this explains my very very hectic day.
This boy's tuition is 10am today at my house but he came at 10.20am. So I have to release him later, and his granny came late to fetch him, so in the end I was left with 10 mins to pack and eat lunch and rush off to Khatib for my another tuition.
Gosh, I can amazingly finish my duck rice in 7 mins. I don't think i chewed -_-
Then panting, I reached my another student's house in Khatib at 12.55pm and I die die have to end by 3pm as I have a keyboard lesson at 4pm in Bugis. So I walked and ran at the same time so that I can reach MRT station by 3.15pm to catch the train to Bugis and walked very fast to music school by 4pm.
Then played the piece hastily. Not very happy with my performance today :(
Went to meet Andrew for dinner after that. Thank goodness I don't have another tuition at 7pm, if not I will just die.
Aunty says it's good to squeeze all tuitions on Saturday so that I don't have to waste other days. True but it's super shag especially when the day started off with the challenging kid.
And I have to keep track of timing very closely so as not to be late for the next appointment.
Like that tuition, sibei shag. And if one tuition is delayed, everything else will be delayed.
所以搞到自己今天很喘！
到家晚上11点，看着那份FYP Research Paper，一点心情都没有。可是 by 明天，死死一定要吐出一些字。
神啊，救救我吧！
Friday, June 26, 2009
Girls Week!
TUESDAY: Jie Ying is back from Taiwan and we met for dinner as she wanted to pass us souvenirs. So sweet! Initial plan was to go Glass House Fish n Co as they have a 1-for-1 promotion. But we were too lazy, so eventually we end up in AMK Fish n Co. THEN, we found out the promotion is not valid in AMK branch, so we decided to go New York New York. They have a seafood platter for two which has a fresh cold crab! Pics below:
Thanks girl for the souvenirs! :D
THURSDAY: Accompanied Fungie for lunch at Zhou Kitchen in Novena. She was upset for her maxed out timetable. It was a dimsum high tea buffet. Pics below:
Jia you Fungie! :D
FRIDAY: Met YAC peeps today for lunch. Suppose to go Crazy Ang Mo but it closed down! Sadness. So we ended in the coffeeshop opposite which sells mexican grilled chicken. It was so SALTY!
Went to watch Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen with Shigong after that.
It was a NICE SHOW!
Yup, that's all for this week. My legs are 酸 today. Im getting old. -_-
RANDOM: Actually I still haven't get into the mood of working, so I hope I don't get any job. But Im very broke now and my tuition fees will only come in next week. But well, if i can't get that job which I have gone for the second interview, I have decided to go for contract teaching.
Ya la, stable job, good income, good benefits. Or maybe I cant even pass the interview? LOL. but not because of all the above la.
虽然不想接受，我觉得我有教育的使命。
Maybe because I am a gangster teacher, that's why I mix very well with secondary school students.
拜托，我曾经年轻过，别以为姑奶奶不知道你们耍的手段！哈哈哈哈~~
And I still have to be back in school next week for Research Paper.
DAMN! WHY IS FYP NEVERENDING!
I need a haircut. BOTAK BOTAK BOTAK! The weather is killing me.
Michael Jackson passed away this morning due to cardiac attack. Gosh. He is a good singer, though I don't idolize him. And the only thing which I remembered about him is his fake nose... -_-
RIP, talented man!
hohoho!
This was taken when Jo Mei came over to Singapore...
I am super hungry. Where is Eugene, Shuli and Fizh?! :(
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Badminton Challenge 09
Yes, Badminton Challenge 圆满结束。Planning started way back in April and marketing started in mid May, after the kids finished their exams. We aim to target 16 schools, which really is not a easy job.
Andrew and I have been calling up close to 50 schools and it's been so hard to get hold of the teachers. PLUS 老师们超不积极，让我们更难办事！Actually I didn't do much la, cuz most of the schools are found by Andrew!
Must really thank Shijie for her help, if not it won't be so easy to get AMKSS teams to come down. Pics below:
Andrew and I have been calling up close to 50 schools and it's been so hard to get hold of the teachers. PLUS 老师们超不积极，让我们更难办事！Actually I didn't do much la, cuz most of the schools are found by Andrew!
Must really thank Shijie for her help, if not it won't be so easy to get AMKSS teams to come down. Pics below:
SP students helping us on that day...
Marsiling Secondary. Shirin is only 1 year older than me!
This fixture thing is complicated.
The Duman girls, they are damn enthu!
We are both called Qian Hui...
The gabrielite guy is cute! LOL
It was a fun yet tiring day! From 7am till 7pm, we have been kept in the stuffy hall. I sweat like I just came out from shower k! But it was indeed a good experience! And not forgetting the chicken rice for lunch and the stingray for late dinner.
We sure know hw to make full use of the manpower. Four people doing a one person job - buy chicken rice for lunch. Weibo knows how to drive, Johnson knows how to get to Kovan market, I know which shop sells the best chicken rice, Chongde pays the money. WOW!
But it was fun!
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Bak Kut Teh / Singapore Arts Museum
Andrew recommended us to Rangoon Road Ng Ah Siok Bak Kut Teh. So we brought Jo Mei along last Wednesday. It was really YUMMY!
Before heading to Singapore Arts Museum! SO angry, all NUS and NIE students have free entry, but NTU students have to pay $4! But well, all these art pieces are too abstract that we simply don't understand at all.
Then went Dome to have Bubble Coffee.
Then celebrated Aunty's birthday at night. Bought lychee martini cake! :D
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