Monday, February 27, 2006
my colleague was saying how shallow our students' blog will be, which i agree. they will talk abt going to sch with their stead, he smiled at me, lunch eat wat.. haha.. without anything further than those daily life incident.. must add some reflective elements into my entries..
today when i came home, my sis told me my hammies died already.. was quite sad about it.. but i think luckily now i've got my rabbits for company. my mum was like saying dun rear anymore hammies, cos she feels that i will not have enough time for time, i think she dun like pets lah.. but i think it's really fun to have them. and time is for ownself to manage, which i felt right now i'm doing ok already. luckily. maybe cos i got the hang of things already..
one last look at my hammies, i love u milo and danny!:
and then one happy thing is i made someone happy. i went to watch a teakwondo tournament at geylang west CC on Sun. woke up late and rushed down on a cab. luckily can see her fight. seriously felt a bit bored. cos wat's so nice to watch? 2 person fight only wat.. anyway, i also dunno how they calculate the points, who win by how.. anyway, was glad to build a closer relationship with my students. show u some photos:
thu is my birthday, and my silly sec 1 student ask me when's my bday.. i said thu, she said, "issit on 30th Feb??" i was like"!!!" haha.. anyway, i said yes, so in the end she asked wat i like, then i say no need no need.. etc.. but actually, she asked whether i wan a hello kitty stuffed toy.. i was thinking.. "how i wish!!" haha.. anyway, DON'T BUY for me ok? although it's my fave character, i seriously have no more bed space for a new hello kitty!! haha.. i love hello kitty, i dun deny.. hahaha..
recently, i think the songs i wanna sing when i go KTV is all the SHE new album songs!! hahaha.. i feel like a teenager nowadays.. ok gonna watch campus superstar now..
| posted by clouds at 7:52 PM
Friday, February 24, 2006
just after i wrote about the student who gave me apple tea, hmm.. something else really funny happened.
let's call him L.
on wed, he took out a piece of paper with my picture (taken from the school website) printed on it before the lesson started. i was shocked and quite embarassed. he asked me whether my name is "..... YUN" which is said yes, cos the words weren't printed properly. Anyway, i sounded quite cross when i asked him how he got this picture, he said he didn't know how to print but there was this other sec 2 boy at the computer lab who was printing my photo, so he asked that boy to help him print 1 copy as well. he said," the boy v smart to know how to print the photo out, so i asked the boy to print 1 more copy for me"
i was like!!!!!! so this means that there's another boy who also idolises me??? gasps!! i still haven't found out who the other boy is but i suspect it's my sec 2 class boy.
then i also asked him why he wanted my picture. he very innocently said," so that i can take out and see when teacher not here after june" yup, cos i told him i wont be around after june (no matter wat, if i really do not get into NIE, so be it, im giving myself till then)
anyway, so i think i sounded quite angry (actually i think i was embarassed and blushing liao and some other classmates heard of that and was laughing.. tui xue..) so he was apologising profusely to me. which i said nevermind, it's ok many times also.
anyway after school, after my meeting, he found me and passed me a small card which i think he bought at the school bookshop. and he said sorry again to me.. on the card, he talked about being sorry etc.
so the next day on thu, i went into the class again and he came over to say sorry again . maybe he really scared im so angry i dun wan to give him remedial anymore, haha.. and i said it's ok again.
after school, this other gal from the same class came over to talk to me and asked me to go for her teakwondo tournament on sun, she asked me to bring camera. then we were talking and she said she also wanted me to send her a photo. i refused then she said, why L can have, she can't.. so i said i'll take photo with her on Sun. the L overheard our conversation, and was so excited he said " i want also!" then i was like.. er...
sometimes it's like quite overwhelming hor? anyway, he's really got good foresight, cos the next time i become a superstar, the photo he has will be the most valuable. just short of my signature. haha..
yah yah, dream on lah, superstar my foot, can't even be a proper teacher want to tok about being a superstar. LOL..
| posted by clouds at 11:07 PM
Friday, February 17, 2006
Beware: yun will be whining as usual in the later part, so u can ignore this post if u dun like to read about my whines..
today is fri, and sch ends early at 1235pm. 3 of my students came to look for me to get some help on their maths. the 2 gals and 1 guy are from a class which i co-teach with another more experienced teacher.
the 2 gals are quite hardworking, but i must say that they take a longer time to think and grasp mathematical concepts. they are also easily distracted yet i can feel their passion to learn. the guy is a vvvvvv hardworking boy, in front of him, i feel so ashamed.. cos he's already on to the 2nd semester's work.
so i gave the 3 of them a few simultaneous equations to solve. and of cos, the guy has no problems with the questions but the gals are having a hard time solving it. even after telling one of them for the 1ooth time, she still can't get the steps right. i must say, a part of it is her lack of confidence in herself.
so after some time i got quite fed up and raised my voice on her, i blamed this impatience on my stupid PMS, tiredness, the hunger that is causing gastric pains or my stomach cramps. but now when i reflect on it myself, i shdn't have done this to her. it's not that she don't want to know how to solve the questions independently, it's just that she just can't get it!
after awhile the two gals had to go for CCA (cos i forced them to go - else they take me as an excuse to skip CCA and keep draining away my energy), so im still left with the guy whom i sorta left out cos i was busy attending to the gals (he also helped teach the gals abit as well).
then i had to tutor him after the gals had left. erm.. frankly speacking, he's too hardworking that i feel abit irritated cos he needs to find a teacher almost everyday to ask maths questions. once a week i feel its ok for me, but that is too taxing to be everyday isn't it? anyway, i've been rejecting him for the past 2 wks cos i really had to go off for netball tournaments straight after school, which i feel a bit bad as well.. i can't blame him for being too hardworking isnt it? cos hardworking students are really rare nowadays.
the point is, although he asks a lot of questions, he doesn't take u for granted like most students do (i think i also took teachers for granted last time.. ). he will be v appreciative towards u.
some of the things he told me(in is slow and stuttering manner):
"Miss Chan, thank u hor, for helping me the jan -feb past 2 months, sometimes u stay back help me.."
"Miss Chan, will you be with us thruout the whole yr? Because i think 2 teacher teach better than 1 teach.."
"Miss Chan, you teach v good leh, bi3 jiao4 wen1 he2.." (implying im not fierce lah..)
ok, dun get the wrong idea, cos seems like he is v appreciative towards ALL his teachers. which is a gd thing.. how i wish i can have a whole class full of these pple! *Dream ON*
and i was so tired today (because of the extended time without food-- i get grouchy without food!! haha..) that i also lost my patience on him, and i felt so bad for doing this to him.. after he was finally quite satisfied with clearing his doubts, and i went back to hide in the staff room, u knw what he did or not? he asked for me at the door, but i was hiding so my colleague help me talk to him.. my colleague brought back a bottle of apple tea and said this student wanted to pass me this cos jus now i very tired. .he just wanted to say thanks to me with that bottle of apple tea. yet i still thot he's trying to disturb me from my rest.. how mean of me?? Actually this means so much to me, esp since its something monetary.. becos he is not a very rich boy. he can't afford a scientific calculator but he will buy things for his teachers. things like a flower on teacher's day, a chinese new yr card for CNY, and now a drink for his wornout teacher!
boy, what kind of teacher am i? to feel irritated with someone who's so nice to me, who want to learn so much from me, who teaches me the way of life more than whatever i've given him in terms of knowledge. today, im a lousy teacher but i promise i will try to control myself better.
u know how these things make u happy? tho many other students make u give up on teaching, but just 1 student will light up my life and reignite my passion for it? i know im giving my best, and its their lost if they dun take me seriously. i wanna tell everyone out there, esp those who belittle me, i will be better than who i am, since the day i stepped into ur school..
many other things to talk about in my life, but no time, cos im trying to show her that i am not the wimp i used to be!
| posted by clouds at 11:31 PM
Thursday, February 09, 2006
it's been such a long time since i blogged, and within this one week, i acquired 2 cute little bunnies.. hee...
they're pure white drawf rabbits.. with really nice pink eyes.. but my smaller bunny got something around the mouth area fungus or what.. and i dunno what's wrong.. i'm thinking of monitoring it for 1 week and see if it grows bigger or shrinks.
so now im a proud owner of 2 hamsters and 2 rabbits.. ok, nothing more than rabbits i promise. no dogs, no cats for me. actually, i think a rabbit is just a bigger version of a hamster. it eats, drinks and shits a lot.. actually, i really wonder how much food i should give them. they're so greedy.. and can't stop eating. and once they eat, they're shit.. i'm really not so much of a rabbit- rearer, cos i dunno how to take care of them properly.. but they're real fluffy and nice and i'll treat them well.. tell u all more about how i got the bunnies some day..
here're some photos of them :)
| posted by clouds at 11:44 AM
Thursday, February 02, 2006
Calling all Maths Grad out there, dun think that having a math degree means you're doomed to get either a very general job or something to do with teaching math. i read this article this morning and was so hyped up 1 part of me really feel like going US to get a Masters degree in Math.. or at least go study programming to do some optimization models.. so exciting rite?? and i promise i wont be complaining if i study instead of work. at least i wont be whining, at least it's genuine stress.. but i'm lovin' it.
Link here, it's too wordy i dun think u wan to see it on my blog.
the other part o f me know that im so used to my life now that i really do not want any changes. and oso, im starting to find meaning in my job, only negative thing is the tremendous amount of work and the tremendous amount of shows u have to " act" in..
and of cos, someone whom i can't leave behind too.. stepping into our 2nd yr together soon. and oso, my family too.. will miss the food mama cooking, and the car papa driving, and the comp sis is playing and my room where i'll be sleeping..
i think if i really dun get into NIE, i will try this option. but then, i will need to brush up on my Maths skills. too rusty liao. Been facing lower sec stuff most of the time... can't possibly use o level knowledge in operations research and other type of optimization processes? dream on!
| posted by clouds at 10:37 PM
