God blessed the broken road

it hit me when i cabbed back with 3 bags of stuff from my work place tonight (2 bags of barang, 1 bag of marking) that things are not gonna be the way they are as of the past 1 year. yupp, i've been working at FSPS for almost a year! 2 weeks short, but still.. annoyingly it's the teachers' day fortnight (and my bday week) that i've missed this year and last so i decided to give my students an unsubtle hint - "if you want to give me teachers' day present don't wait until next week ah! tmr last day already!" still thinking if i should stash all my the teachers' day cards somewhere so i won't have to bring it to huishan's place and subsequently to the staff dinner-.-''

anyway i don't think i'm really at a fork of a road yet, more like a change of environment. but i think the crossroads will be coming soon when uni life takes me full force. i don't know exactly what to expect and i'm half putting up my defences while wanting to soak myself in the fact that i'm a student again! it's different hanging out with colleagues and with classmates you know, i mean besides age, it's like a portion of the working relationship thing hangs over you. that's why i've really enjoyed this past week cuz i think i've been letting my inhibitions down a little so i could be more kiddy and laugh n joke more, and maybe cuz my colleagues have been more relaxed w me too since i'm leaving. it's really a lovely feeling, to have people wish you the best - colleagues, bosses, parents of students... and saying goodbye has never felt so happy before! amid all the well-wishes i was really touched to hear from a colleague, quite unexpectedly actually, that i would be missed. i think after the hustle of change has blown over, i'll look back and find that yea, i miss the people here too. my first proper working experience has been so eye-opening and fruitful and made so pleasant by the people that's filled my days. thanks ya'll ;)

4 more days!!

THE.END.IS.NEAR.

but first i need to do a major cleanup of my workdesk, which means clearing a lot of chucked away backlog!! BOO :(

anyway the impossible happened as another potentially major thing may happen in my last week of school, to my class -.-''  my student has suspected HFMD (handfootmouth disease - who's the genius that named it i wonder) but hasn't been diagnosed officially so can't call the crackdown yet. like evacuate n sterilize the classroom... sigh and i'll be telling my students after their test this tues that i'll be gone next week, so i hope they take it well:)

today my sister said a v sweet and funnily mushy thing while we were changing into home clothes - she pulled out the same nightie which i was wearing (yes, we have matching nightgowns, thanks to my grandma who lovingly sews hideous yet incredibly comfy nightdresses for us) and she went "who's gonna wear the same nightie as me when you're gone?" AHHAHAHAH.

oh well. i'm not looking forward to the massive cleanup i'll prob need to do when i move in on sunday... 

but there's the wonderful weekend first! my only break in between schools:)

YEAA looking forward to fri's staff dinner!!!

SHOPPING!!

bought:

maroon converses

coloured leggings

black wedges

lingerie (essential ok!)

over-the-knee socks

 

need to get:

himalayas face moisturizer

do my brows

paint those nails

learn how to wear fakies (eyelashes)

i'm in preparation for next week's teachers' day staff dinner! and the afterparty..

and also preparing for uni (hence the converse shoes). not sure when i'll ever wear the knee socks tho:/

anyway. i'm not even feeling broke (YET) cuz i convinced my mum to give me birthday money since my parents wouldn't be around for my first month in uni AND for my birthday:( so.. these are presents to myself haha. but it would be nice to have my parents at home when i come back on weekends. ah well. let you know how the room looks when i go over next sunday to springclean and move in.

7 more days!!! praying hard no other major accident will happen to my class before i leave..

sisterly love

one of the things i'll miss while staying in hall - my sister's presence and our night chats...

wish we could spend more time tgt before she moves out!

LULL

see michelle i'm dedicating an entire blog post to you!!! thanks for waking up early to meet me for breakfast and laughing over my students' work with me! forgot to tell you to wash your hands after helping me mark the math WBs, cuz they're filthy.

 whether or not we're gonna be in the same hall, i'm just really glad we're so close by each other. we've had our differences but i know we love each other too much to let it ruin our friendship, and i really appreciate all the long convos (free calls to each other!!) and time we spend together doing silly fun things or just lepaking. and how you're always there for me (financially or otherwise HAHA) even though we're an east-west line apart.. but not for long!!! :D

LULL, looking forward to spending entire days with you again in sch.. i can't wait!! :)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SINGAPORE!

I spent national day with my family, mostly. Had delicious home-cooked lunch at home before heading down to church to help faith n vee with rttp decor. Went all the way to parkway w faith to get the A1 corrugated boards and queued up for koi! YUM:) oh, did you know if you rotate the word KOI 45 degrees to the left you get the chinese character "dou", which is bean. i thought it was very clever until i realised that koi sells bubble tea not soya bean milk....

been quite an eventful weekend for me, but i've tuition tmr at 9am so let me summarise:

FRI-  lunch w colleagues followed by costume rental for staff dinner (i got a han bok!). i left my phone in the cab on the way to the rental shop so kept calling till the taxi uncle picked up (later he told us he didn't know how to answer the call! touch screen...) Thank God i managed to get it back:)

went to meet vee n nicole for dinner after that, and we watched the last airbender! it's not too bad, despite the bad reviews. it's a decent action film, just not as humourous as the cartoon.

SAT- went to donate blood with taariq in the morning! too bad his veins were too small so he couldn't donate:/ then i had tuition with abby, then i went home and slacked the rest of the day! haha ok not very eventful there.

SUN- church service, then short leaders' meeting, then off to play netball at my junior's church! wah i'm aching slightly from the exercise. i haven't played in ages!!! and missing it more now.. 

evening was our annual SNP national day hide-and-seek!! managed to spend some time with Rita (friend from China on holiday here) so that was good:) 

by the time i reached home i was so exhausted i dozed off for awhile on the com before dragging my stinky self to the shower and to bed...

Oh when, oh when can i do my marking?

love this love song

When We First Met - Hellogoodbye 

When we first met
Your hair was long and brown
You hadn't yet cut it all off
And now it's long once again, oh
Oh, it's long once again

As I kept track of every haircut that we ever had
I could, I could see how long it had been, oh
Oh, how long it had been

And this thought, made it clearer
I ought to be near her

All I see is where our days repeat
And our love goes on
As our hair grows long

Oh, Chelsea Lynn
I watched your hair grow from the root to tip
I know, I know I have always known
And I always will know
Oh, oh
That I could have a single direction until I am dead
I'll go, I'll go as I always have gone, and
And I always will go
Oh, oh

This thought made it clearer
I ought to be near her

All I see is where our days repeat
And our love goes on
As our hair grows long

nights out

been coming home late and going to work early this week, and i'm pretty exhausted! bleagh. 

the nights out have been pretty good though:)

yest dinner w mel n taariq was nice n cheap, and i loved the post dinner walk n talk w riq cuz we have comfortably serious/lighthearted convos which are always so real. and i met jo for dinner today, zo n charm were sick so i forced her to meet me cuz i dressed for the occasion HAHA. it was quite refreshing! like haven't had such a long comfotable evening with a girlfriend in quite long. we talked and talked till we both got a little sleepy (might've been the beer) but it wasn't like we were gonna run out of things to say. YAY for sincere conversations! <3 <3

INCEPTION TOMORROW!!!!!

really hope i can wake up tmr for sports day/ national day celebrations! rarrr

23 more days

 

so turns out i'm included in the annual staff dinner, this year it's at THE HILTON woohooooo! and the theme is "Around the World" so i'd appreciate suggestions if not i might just wear a fruit basket on my head... it'll be a great way to end of my last day of work!

i wanna learn social ballroom dance!


you are dear to me cuz our conversations keep replaying in my head

my new leggings has a nick in the knee

feel like getting different coloured opaque stockings but i don't know if i'll ever have opportunity or guts to wear them out...

busy busy this week:

NIGHT TIME SCHEDULE

mon-marking

tue-colleagues makan

wed-dinner w taariq YAYYYYY

thur-serve babes

fri-dinner and movie w nicole and vee!!

TO DOs

testimonials for nicole and amaryllis

get leaders to call parents for rsvp

start clearing marking backlog so the new teacher won't hate me (whoever it is)

check w admin staff if i'm going for the annual staff dinner on my last day of service

24 days to farewell, 26 days to a new experience!

best moment today

while waiting for dismissal i told my class that i want to go home early so the class must show everyone they can be the quietest (the asst DM dismisses them according to noise level). in order to achieve that i...

1. had to call out the talking kids repeatedly to tell them to shhhh

2. threatened that if we all stay back cuz of them, tmr they will suffer

3. refused to answer their incessant questions, my favourite being: miss lee what is "suffer"?

It worked! we were the first to be dismissed today!!! (4/5 days my class is always the last)

couldn't conceal my proud smile HAHAHA:)

feel-good song:)

baby it's a fact- hellogoodbye

Just in case they're wondering
They've got us pinned terribly
They don't believe our love is real
Cause they don't know how real love feels

You should know it's true
Just now, the part about my love for you
And how my heart's about burst
Into a thousand pieces
Oh it must be true
And They'll believe us too soon

Baby, it's fact
Our love is true
The word black is black
And blue is just blue
My love is true
It's a matter of fact
Oh, and you love me too
It's as simple as that
Baby, our love is true

They may say some awful things
But there's no point in listening
Your words are the only words
That I believe in afterwards.

You should know it's true
Just now, the part about my love for you
And how my heart's about burst
Into a thousand pieces
So it must be true
And they'll believe us too soon

Baby, it's fact
Our love is true
The way black is black
And blue is just blue
My love is true
It's a matter of fact
Oh, and you love me too
It's as simple as that
Baby, our love is true

25 days to last day of work!!