Dreaming in the clouds

Friday, June 09, 2006

~ bbq with the kids --> fun! ~

yesterday went for a bbq organised by my sec 1 class which i'm teaching them maths. erm.. but i think most of the work is done by the 4 teachers present. meaning setting up the fire (which we do not have much luck and skill), fanning the fire, bbqing the food. the kids are prolly too young to know how to do so.. there's a couple of kind souls who came ovr to help flip the food, spread the margarine, and i can say they are really nice kids. if there's really so much work to do, then why do i say it's fun?

fun becos i saw many different characters from the kids, uniting as a class. lemme highlight some of the outstanding ones:

Ms Xiao Fan: not her real name, but we all nickname her that becos she is irritating (fan!) and rude. she wore short denim skirt, off-shoulder -top with spaghetti straps, and blue eye-shadow!! @_@ she looks like a kid but doesn't wan to dress like one!! *faint* and u know what she did when we were waiting for the bus? she took out her makeup compact and used the mirror to try to clean off her blue eye-shadow.. er.. why put make up if mum dun approve? waste time, waste $, next time u have complexion like me u'll cry (not that i put lotsa make up in the past?)
Mr Chicken Little: he's kinda irritating but i dun really mind him. he looks like chicken little with glasses and hairstyle quite similar LOL, sometimes he speaks as if he's a mature guy, yet sometimes he's just a petty little boy. his voice quite irritating tho, which i think better call him nan (boy) fan (irritating)
Mr Russell Lee: actually u all will not understand why we call him Russell, cos he looks like this naughty sec 3 boy called "Russell", tho not as naughty. the resemblance is splitting that some teachers will accidentally call the wrong name on their 1st wk of sch, which i ALMOST did. this sec 1 boy i start to find him irritating, with all the vulgar words from his mouth. but well, when ppl gets on my nerves, i'll hate themuntil they change.
Mr Nice-Guy: he's one of those few sweet boys who stayed by the bbq pit to help out most of the time. and then i rem last wk when he was asked to come back for punishment, he came back (during the holidays), never complained abt the punishment n went on to it. when we asked him he came back for this only, he said yes. but the punishment (carrying some paintings from level 3 to level 1) was done within 15 min. this poor boy stay in TPY, yet came all the way to school for his punishment! we pitied him so much and gave him a pack of choc. he must be puzzled. hee..
Ms Attention Seeker: the way she dresses i think quite in appropriate -- she was in denim skirt, white top with those small black cardigan, with her leather bag, i think she's all made up not to be in pasir ris park but somewhere else. haha.. i mean somewhere else like shopping or wat. and she came so late we were almost done.

there're quite a lot of those nice kids as well which i have really too much to say now that i can't finish. but well, it was a really great experience despite the slow fire, insufficient cooked food, insufficient drinks and insufficient help from the students.

one thing to note: pls never ever take bus with the group of students, especially no 1, and 3. i think u'll die of embarassment, which i almost did last nite. they were laffing, toking and teasing and playing music so loud i think the bus uncle hated them. and my students din even want me to get off the bus. they wan me to accompany them to their stops! bleah, mistake.. so i told them not to call me "teacher, 'cher etc", so they tried to change to "cheh cheh (sis)" but they go like: " 'cher.. er no, cheh!" "tea..ch.. er, cheh cheh.. " *blush*

and then this silly gal wants me to be her "cheh cheh" after i leave too.. er.. what does it mean? anyway, i'm really touched to have them and i must thank them for the box of rocher and bottle of stars.. but most of all, i will cherish the little notes they've written for me. i think all these little, little notes will remind me that i am able to touch SOMEONE's life, even if i dun touch EVERYBODY's life. and little by little, day by day, i'm going to "throw more starfishes back into the sea" when i mature in this line.

thank u all for the little encouragement, and i will rem not to be so depressed over work the next time round! boy, im glad this journey brought me to where i would like to be and i will continue to work towards the bigger goal, in this direction! wish me luck!

| posted by clouds at 10:13 PM

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