yoz!

hey!!! it has been so long since i visit this website...life has been a rollar coaster last week...pls come ask me personally if u wish to know...aniway...i dun even hv time to sleep! almost doze off half the time everyday...but since everything is over..things gradully change back to normal.. im still busy with the practice for my company's DnD item! coming week will be the last week! aftr that..i hv TONS of time to meet up with ur..lets go subway again!!! hee..

and ya..seen nu peng you n ah neh's blog. i hv really learned alot frm my job. u know, social skills...OFFICE politics..disguisting collegue(there's onli one) that i totally cant stand..haha..lots n lots of things..unforseen circumstances everyday...everything's pretty unpredictable n i hv to always be prepared...but im lovin my life now..i reali experience alot...i juz kind of realised we are so sheltered..hidin in our own nutshell..oblivious to wat is goin on in the REAL world...haha...makin decisions for urself..learnin that if u reali wan to survive u nd to work extra hard for it..not the same durin school days...even if i sleep in class or if i dun pay attention..its TOtally my own buisness...now...i hv to ans for it..coz im earnin a living...

n yes...although i hv income now..no more hw, no more bOoks, no more runnin away from KOK...despite all this..i miss schooling!! wearin the same suit of uniform, not worryin wat to wear the nex day(due to the lack of clothes in my closet, i know i totally look like an aunty and NERD durin work.BLEH) jokin ard with frens, my STUDENt bus fare, the CHEAP canteen food, n the abundant amt of time i hv everyday to rot,slack,stone ....


lalalala...i realised..


i just love to reminise about the past.







aniway...take care people!! i cant wait to meet ur again..i wan to tell ur bout my first experience to MOS on friday 26th jan with my collegues!


love,
Silin(or to IRIS HOW...its JACqueline Lye)



p.s nu peng you's bdae photos will be upload once i sort them out n mayb photoshop a couple of them!

i'm bored!

harlo!!!i'm so bored!!hehe..working life is so bored..i everyday slack at my booth..!boo hoo!!for those of u that are bored too..come raffles xchange n find me..i'll be more than glad to talk to ur..hehe..

i wanna complain abt the transport fee lar..!!i feel like walking everywhere nowadays!!!boo hoo hoo!!i top up 20 bucks into my ADULT ezlink card every week lei..i dont know how i travel de..i really cant imagine that the amt i spend on transport now, is like 4 times more than what i spent during my schooling days..argh!disgusting!i dont wanna grow old!i dont wanna be a "kidult".such a disgusting stage of life..do ur get what i mean?so unsure of what's going to happen in front of u..and u are not earning sufficient income to support urself..what a stage of life!!! i dont like..

work

i guess all of us are learning many new things from our jobs yeah...dat's cool! ahahaha......aftall we haf to grow up and be more mature...and i'm glad dat all of us are going thru dat learning process....

okai jus some things to say abt work.....aft working for 5 wks, dere are quite alot of things dat i wanna share wif u all....first of all, the world is realistic. ahahaha ya i tink all of us noe dat....bt smhw aft working i gt a taste of hw realistic the world can realli be......dey lk 4 ppl fr top schs, and welcome dem wif red carpet laid on the floor even if deir results may nt be dat great.....den dey'll jus ignore dose dat came from any colleges other den top 6......so even if dose top students cant reali work or anything lidat.....its still fine wif dem.......so the moral of the story is, ppl are realistic.

secondly, its quite disgusting to c hw commercialised education can gt.......in order to open up new classes or keep a class wif little students going, dey can jus chuck in an untrained tutor to teach the students......cos dese untrained teachers haf to teach dese classes for free, while dey charge the parents of dese poor kids the same amt as any other children fr other classes wif experienced teachers.........and the moral here is dat dey do care alot abt money.

bt nevertheless nt all's bad though......lyk wat rain said abt respecting teachers, i do agree alot.....cos aft taking classes myself, i realise dat i'm reminded of myself whenever i c the kids dreaming away in class or staring into space pretending dat dey'r actuali listening.......ahahhaa yeah i admit dat i did alot of immature things in e past when i was in sch which are nt too pleasant for the teachers, nw to think of it.........its onli when i'm standing in front of the white board and taking charge of everything dat i truly understood hw our teachers have felt in the past.......we owe dem lots of thanks......

looking at all the kids in their uniforms, i really understand hw much i miss school! ahahaha okai dis may sound amazing bt its true......i'm nt sure whether u all feel the same too.......bt its onli till nw dat i realise we realli didnt noe hw to appreciate wat we've gt in the past......we wld be grumbling when we haf hmwk to do, complaining when our teachers give us extra work, angry when our parents nag at us to study......bt all dese are realli privelledges in actual fact......look at us nw and u'll understand y.......we'll nv be able to put on our uniforms and step into our schs wif our sch bags anymore......no longer cld we stand on the parade square and sing the national anthem, queue up in our canteens for food during breaks, or sit in the classrooms to listen to our teachers............

the kids reali reminded me of myself alot....esp when dey talk back to deir parents, kept persuading deir parents to let dem commence deir tuition on the latest date possible, threw tantrums when deir parents wanted to sign dem up for more den one subject........i realise hw insensible i was in the past when i din appreciate my parents for wat dey've done and thank dem for everything..........now i reali noe dat parents are great ppl........its touching to c dem throwing in lots of hard-earned money jus to provide better education to deir children.......though it may sound absurd to be moved by such things bt dat's reali hw i feel......so my dear frens, be fillial! treat ur parents well cos u'll nv understand hw much dey've actuali sacrificed for our sake.........

okai, i guess i'll stop here for today.........e blog seems to be stagnating lately........has everyone been busy? wish to hear fr all of u soon! :)

A day in the life of a Teacher

Notice how I now caps the initial letter of the word, TEACHER.

This is a show of my immense respect for the profession. And I am pissed that being a teacher only counts for a semi-profession. How is that label even good enough to essentially summarize what a teacher does and signifies!

After working as a relief teacher, even though I've only just started, I appreciate my teachers much much more now. I never knew how much footwork there was to be done before a lesson begins. Oh come on, all of us know the typical lesson plans thing that every teacher does. Oh and surely the teachers must prepare for the lessons using Powerpoint or Word and oh, perhaps she may also have to deal with other adminstrative matters such as attendance, CCA. And oh, maybe some other "stuff" like standing in front of the class with 20 pairs of eyes staring back at you, like unappetising fish eyes on a plate. Or maybe sometimes you've got to deal with students who sleep and nod off in class and pretend that they're listening. And how can we forget that teachers too must deal with lousy bosses. But you may say something totally crude and brainless I may add like WHERE GOT TOUGH BE A " T-CHER"! HIGH PAY WAD. SLACKER JOB.

I want to sock you in the eye if you say that.

Being a teacher requires you to have GRIT. You must GRIT your teeth when your student refuses to hand up his work. You must GRIT your teeth when MOE suddenly and randomly decides to change syllabus and you've got to re-do your notes totally. You must GRIT your teeth when you have endless deadlines to meet and unreasonable people to deal with. Most importantly, you must be tolerant of all the untold risks/dangers of being a teacher. You must learn how to control. You must be able to multi-task. You must be this, you must be that.. Seriously, can we give our teachers higher pays? Cos i think they seriously deserve it.


See, I'm multi-tasking now. Writing this entry, listening to songs, chatting in MSN and doing research for the next topic. Exhausting.

Oh, btw, SBS and SMRT's nutty price hikes is senselessly depleting my hard-earned pay. I have nothing to say to them, perhaps my clenched fist will help say it all. ARGH.

Au revoir!

new yeAR!!

hehe...duno why...im already into the CNY festive mood...wahahaha

new year new beginning! new job, korean lessons, dance class..

NO MORE rushing of homework, ironing of uniform, for some pple dyein the haircolour back to black..hehe..i dun even know where's my uniform now...wahaha...n all the pens in my pencil case oredi start to dry up n FAMEI huh..hee..yesterday i went to take a pen out and was surprised to find DUST on it...hee..best of all..no more sleepless nights on tues, one day b4 sch reopens...
after so mani yrs..i always get nervous about going back to sch the nex day..coz no more slackin,endless piles of hw, more naggin frm teacher,kok,lesser time to sleep and always multi taskin etc...haha

im oso nervous bout my first day at work..luckily there's yw workin upstairs! hehe...for mich oso the same thing ba...but she's lucky! normally first day in sch..she dun hv to do much...BLEHhh...

ok btw,

3rd jan..this wed..there's invitation for dinner at j8!!! meet 7.30 there...hehe..msg me if u are goin!

anyway, hope this will be a good year...may dreams come true, may the GUPOS find their mr right(for me its mr piggy), the prettys become pretties, IN*IANS become BLACKIER. :P

love,
silin.