Colour me, With Love...

|| Wednesday, March 12, 2008 ||

I forgot to mention that i forgot to update. I knw it has been kind of long since i last updated. I was too busy with work, yes at the child care. Still working thr and the kids still adores me no matter how much i scream and yell at them!!
I work in the afternoon so the timings are from 2pm to 7pm. But now another teacher, ful timer came back i had to switch with her and work only in the morning from 8.30 to 11.30 sometimes extending up to 12.30 or 1pm. I dun mind that either. But what bothers me is that the kids in the afternoon session loves me too much. Im not praising myself too much.
It pains my heart, whenever those kids will groan saying, " ahh cher u not coming anymore. Aiya dun teach the morning session la, teach us la.. PLEASE dun goo pls.. We gonna miss you."
Haha such sweets lil annoying students of mine.
But once in a while i'll have to cover the afternoon session if not wrk for the entire day. There are also times whr i have to meet my boy soo i have to work only in the morning so that my entire afternoon is spent with him.
My dear one is having his off days on Monday and Tuesday so i can get to meet him in the afternoon, but today my boss told me tt i might have to work in the afternoon on tuesday. I can say yes easily bt then again i had to think abt my dear one too. I cant bear to see him only on one day of his off days can i?! So i told my boss, can i jus work in the morning instead, cos i might have plans..
I jus hope i can work in the morning.

Its already the end of March and my baby's bdae is coming. Such a poor thing, he is working on his bdae.. bt tts the reason why im meeting him on Monday and Tuesday.. and probably on his nxt off days soo that i can pass him his present. Havent gotten him anything yet bt i definitely have smthg in my head :) Gonna piss him off a wee bit and yet make him happy at the same time. Oh boy, how much i love tat fella!!

Oh, (29/03/08) Today, my clan n i had plans of meeting up for nee's bdae surprise so after wrk i went dwn to town to meet my frens and went to toa payoh to have lunch at macs. Met rio and went to nee's hse.. waited patiently for nee's arrival and haha he was soo shocked to see the entire clan in his room. haha
Had fun, ate pizza and den went off a bit early cos, Rio n i had to meet Ismail ltr in the day.

After soo long i was seeing that boy.. well the last i saw him was after i went to his hse to visit him after he was discharged frm the hospital.
So yaa my life is such.. I have a busy schedule..
I have to wrk on alt sats also.. i might also have to do my afternoon shift as well.. well i love to teach tt class also.. Being in that class, makes me learn. Even tho it has been ages since i last touched my primary school maths, now i have the chance to look at it and teach the students..

Even today, Sat(29/03/08) i was teaching a pri 6 students ratio, PSLE prob sums. It was just not the same anymore. The questions are even more trickier nowadays. Its like sec 1 level maths. Tho at first i had difficulty in cracking one particular sum, bt after reading it between the lines, i found out the trick. Hahah...

Oooh another way to makes kids to love u even more and to make the naughtiest student listen to u, just restrict them doing wad they love most. GAMES!! In my case, i can ban the kids frm playing computer games and indoor/outdoor games.
And another of making them to come my way, i offer them sweets. Well its not everyday u get a teacher who rewards u for good behaviour and for doing 10 pages of their assessments :)

Its not alot you knw. 10 pages is still very little. Becos these sutdents finishes the assessmen within an hr bt their assessment timing are an hr and half. Soo u see, practically for the nxt half and hr, they would jus be rotting! But then again, i find pleasure in teaching the kids. Its jus smthg u cant get when u study in nie.

Cos when u're in NIE, u go thru the school teachings and all and u are trained to be a teacher. But here, in the child care im teaching, its like doing teaching as a free-lance. U can be as free as u want. U don need to follow the rules. U set ur own rules and all.

The best part is when the muslim or malay students come up to me and salams me. That jus simply makes my day. And when i have to leave a bit earlier, the kids wince alot.

Im soo happy i got to teach these bunch of kids. I soo love them. Im gonna miss them when school starts. But i soo hope my boss wld want me back again :)
Its nt abt the money, i work becos i have the passion. I sometimes may have to wrk an hr a day and get $5 a day itself..or maybe 3hrs and earn $15!! I dun care abt the money and i dun care hw long i wrk; the longer the better laa bt then again its abt the passion and the love of teaching..

I always wanted to be a teacher ever since i was 6 years old. Im not kidding!! Its the fact. So now im 20 years old.. imagine the years i've dreamt of becoming a teacher. I wanted to try teaching tuition but i was afraid i wont be able to teach the students or i may nt be up to the student's parents' expectations. But right now, im teaching a class.. about 20 students or less.. its more worthwhile.. even tho the pay is a wee bit low. I enjoy every minute im workin at ayer rajah cc, rotary student care centre.. :)

I would like to thank my whole class for everything and dun worry i will always come back to teach u guys again.. Love u my class.. :)