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met up with my platoon mates at People’s Park Complex to look at the various offers the tour agencies have..was raining quite heavily and brought the BIG umbrella that I borrowed from kev..Well went across the street to Amara Hotel to get curry puffs from Old Chang Kee since I missed lunch..Recalling the numerous occasions where people are so reluctant to share their umbrellas, I decided for a change that I shall be different..I approached this male Caucasion to offer to share my umbrella..Haha…and on the way back shared the umbrella again with another lady in her late 20s, and she kept thanking me..lol…Actually all it needs is just a simple act of kindness on one’s part and it can really brighten up someone else’s day, and to remind us that the world is still a pleasant place to live in..

Continuing on my day, current best offer is from Chan Brothers(but still 1k+)..we spent most of our day walking and walking, and made our way to Carl’s Jr @ Marina Square for dinner..Chatted for quite a long time, basically talked about everything under the sun..Really enjoyed the chat, really felt at ease, particularly because the rest are starting to clear their ORD leave..Went to the arcade to play some shooting game later (which i sucked at).

looking forward to the trip!

It’s the last week of april! Time sure flies, it’s been more than a month since I ORD-ed and it’s going to be the ch and co’s turn! What have I done since I’ve ORD-ed? Nothing much really…I kinda enjoy the slack and carefree life now..can do whatever I like, go out whenever I want, meeting up with many friends..I think I ll need some time to adjust to uni life when the course starts..

I am currently giving part time tuition now..refreshing my JC stuff as I teach. What else have I been doing? Finished watching a korean drama - Love Story in Harvard. Recently I have also been very active in my Maple Guild, met up with quite a number of them in the past month. Carefree enough? Plus the one day stint(or more to come) as a relief teacher, I would say that there are lots of reasons to make me feel positive about life. So many things to look forward to, including a holiday trip with my platoon mates.

Sun - Was in the lift with this old lady and she started chatting with me. I am so proud that our whole conversation was in hokkien! She said something about not having seen me be4, and said i looked "chu bi". LOL. But that brightened up my day. Then I went over to xy’s house to teach her sis..Haha the two of them look alike! Her parents are so nice! They even prepared snacks as well as lunch for me. *appreciates* Anyway I look forward to weekends, 7pm, cos there’s this detective show on tv called 卫斯理. (did I write it correctly?)

Haha I would be catching another show with my platoon mates today. Eight Below, and I have no idea what the show is about..LOL..Anyway here’s wishing all a good day!

21april - a new experience

The day began with me trying to find my directions to XXX Primary School. It was a 15min walk from the MRT station. It wasn’t hard to find my way there, because i basically just followed behind the students. It was a short wait at the General Office before some teacher came to brief me. It wasn’t a detailed briefing, since assembly was starting soon. It’s been a rather long time since I sang the National Anthem and recited the Pledge. Haha and it just reminds me of my primary school days.

Lesson started immediately. P5 Eng, and I was just given a handout last minute. I merely asked them to copy some points down and they complained. Pampered kids! Everything must photostat! And they insisted that they bring their work back home to do! Then I had to take some music lessons for P1 and P2 classes. Oh well, some classes are more well-behaved than others. It’s nice hearing a group of P1 P2 girls singing songs aloud, it’s enjoyable. Amidst the lessons were funny incidents like helping some girls find their shoes, their locker keys, their wallets.

The teachers there are really helpful. Perhaps they are used to seeing relief teachers around. It’s tough being a primary school teacher. Experienced ones know how to control their students. Given a choice, I would prefer to relief teach at higher levels. However, it was still an enjoyable first hand experience.

"Thank you and God Bless you."

Actually skating is kinda cool, after going through 1 lesson taught by kevin. But i think my priority now goes to getting a new pair of shoes, rather than skates..ahhaz..haven;t bought a pair for quite long le..i keep saying i wanna buy, but i still haven;t gotten it yet…zzzzz

anyway it’s hard to be able to teach well…i remember my maths tutor once discussed about aptitude and attitude..surprisingly, he said that aptitude in maths was more important than attitude…it’s debatable and certainly discouraging to hear, but he must have some reason in saying that since he has taught so many batches of students..sometimes it is true that hard work yields little or no results though..but in any case, what he said has left a strong impression in me..

afternoon, without fail, it has to rain! no surprise today too…it’s funny to see small kids cry when there’s thunder, and gal students freaked out and screaming ( though i do get scared too when the thunder is exceptionally loud)…went down to tampines to accompany qiqi..she went to cut her hair today..at shunji..first time inside there..ahahZ..also got to know one of her friends..pj..a nice friendly indian gal..dinner at cafe cartel…kaoz..there’s 10% service charge now apparently..when there’s not much service..and i got a nice ulcer in my mouth..

pj left soon after dinner…leaving us to go shop around in tm..was trying to help her check out the price of 7370 without line..and singtel’s the cheapest! AND i m impressed by the fact that qiqi seems to know so many people! one minute she ll be saying "hey this guy’s called ****" , and next "this auntie is ***" etc etc…zzzzz i need to have a larger circle of friends…

left for tuition at 6+..touched on curve sketching and functions..i LOVE maths lar..simply because there’s nothing to prepare…so slack..better than chem which i am going to go through next lesson..needa go revise…chem sux..maths rox…oh i realised that my tuition student is from co too…cello somemore! ahah such a coincidence!

Oh lastly, there’s this incident which happened on Mon which set me thinking..wanted to blog about it but i just can’t really express myself well..got jieying (thanks!) to help me though…she’s better at writing…LOL ..click here to see that entry.

It’s 1.57am on a sunday morning! The past week has been eventful! This shall be a continuation of the entry i posted on Mon.

Tue: met up with guild friends..met turtlefour, magimee, turtletw0, merrilyn and turtlefive! heeh went to catch the show "yours mine and ours" at lido..the show’s alright, a simple-plot comedy but i find the aircon a bit too cold for comfort..I think all of them are so friendly lar…hehe..nice people..can crap and crap like we used to do online..

Wed: this time round met up with platoon mates..met dwin, chris, liheng, tim, and 2 of dwin’s friends…watched the second show of the week "Ice Age 2". I usually do not watch animations but I must say that this show really impresses me. Plot wise it’s so-so but it’s really humourous..yeap entertainment value is 10/10.

Thurs: my one day break

Fri: met up with guild friends again..this time one more guy came. hehe this PoorBeggar, my age de, also another friendly guy..ahahZ..this time round met at city hall..and there was this makeshift stall promoting sunflower cooking oil at the control station area..and they were giving out sunflowers! in the end you could almost see every one in few people holding on to sunflowers at citylink! went to catch my THIRD show of the week, Dorm, the Thai horror show..apparently this time is qiqi jio de, cos she got "complementary" tickets which are not free..quite a nice show, not really very scary but after the show I can’t help but feel like sleeping lar! cos i woke up too early that day and slept late the night before, chatting on the phone, something which i have not done for quite some time le..

Sat: woke up early again, this time to give tuition..got lost but still managed to find my way in the end..It’s some private housing estate at Eunos there. She is a very guai and hardworking girl. Hope to see her through all the way to A Levels..Anyway i charge at really a low price lar, according to ch..LOL..after tuition went to ch’s place (nearby mah)..treated him to a bowl of fishball noodles cos got my pay on the spot..hanged around for some time until 4 which then i left for tampines..AHS 2A outing …wow like the first in 6 years? 11 of us all together..lazy to name all..had buffet at tamp safra sakura there…nice food…really nice food! so many varieties! must intro de! i psycho-ed qiqi to organise the next guild outing at sakura…LOL anyway had a good catching up session with all of my ex-classmates…guys tend to talk more about army..went to K Pool next..and the thing i hate was the trip back to home..so LONG..

Sun: I self declare it to be a rest day…spent so much money le..Oops..