1st of many?

1 pkt Hershey's kissables, 3 pc roche, 1 small box of Passion, 1 mini pouch, 2 towels and a lot of cake on my face, literally.
not bad for 3 mths on e job...

Dugaan

Well, i juz lost my mood. and to think i was having an OK day. god damn it.
some ppl juz dun think do they?

mak dia punya laki punya cucu nye mak ah sudah bikin aku ni marah sgt. i was in quite a good mood. some of my "low-risk" students are in this program where they learn to cook. it has been goin on for some time now and tdy some of us were invited for a TD lunch. oooh wat a spread they readied for us. so there i was enjoying a hell of a meal wif fellow colleagues ang mingling wif the kids, being proud of them tt they did a gd job. and one outsider haf to spoil the day for me!!!

wat happened was, some of my sec1 kids decided to stay back aft skl, wanted to borrow some badminton rackets and shuttles to play. so followin procedure, i loaned them the eqpmt wif their EZlink cards as "collateral".

at 420, they came to look for me while i was eating at the ND room. so i told them to give me a few minutes while i finished my crab. it took me less than 5 minutes to get back to them. right after i finished returnin them their cards and kepin the equipmt, the office called me and told me a parent was on the line lookin for me.

i picked up the call and u noe wat. i was reprimanded. a woman on the line accused me of holding her son's card and not being responsible. i shldn't haf kept her son back for so long. i had to be diplomatic. i told her it was procedure tt i keep the card to make sure that the borrowers return them and in good condition. then she went on tellin me she was disappointed in me la tt i had no responsibility la bla bla bla n tt she will report me to my P. i immed told her go ahead. if she wans to tell my P, then go ryt ahead. i juz stayed calm and tried to explain myself but since she wans nothin of it, then wat can i do? her son is all gd, i m in the wrong??
Was i the one who encouraged her son to go hm late n not tell his mom? NO!
Did i not want to return her son's card and purposely held her son back? NO!
Did i hide myself so that the kids wldn't b able to find me n purposely made her son go back late? NO!
I was irresponsible in agreeing to lend them the epmt and agreein tt they wanted to go back at 430. i was being irresponsible becoz i did not babysit them while they played their badminton. i was being irresponsible coz i left my desk, n did not patiently wait for them juz in case they wanted to return the eqpmt early.

kids r so protected nowadays. we cant touch them, n even when we help them we get screwed. bloody hell, sometimes i do think if itls all worth it.

A realisation

hmm, mebe i was actuali deluding myself. i haf always tot i was good at wat i do but apparently i came to realise tt i'm not. no appreciation haf been forthcomin. hey it's oni been 3 months, wat dya expect ryt. but i didnt expect the converse either. so far wat i've been hearin is mainly criticisms for the way i do my job. so the T's ard here think they haf it all figured out and this poor BT here is doin it all wrong. so clever of them to put the matters straight to my RO instead of to me. well, mebe they mean well. my RO is supposed 2b taking care of me and guiding me.

tdy was not the first time. tt's wat makes it all so much harder to swallow. they are saying i'm too lenient?? mebe i do give chances here n there but we r humans, i do take reason. u dun immediately blow ur top evry time somethin's amiss.

hmm, come to think of it, i may haf too much compassion. i haf been known to hold back my punches but these are 13 n 14 yr olds here. wat dya expect me to do? mebe i'll noe wen i haf tt meetin wif my RO.

the intriguing thing here is, who the hell haf been tokin abt me huh?

Things we do for our kids

Way back at the start of the term, a bunch of us "enthusiastic" adults got together to put up a show for the "darlings" of our lives. So started 2 weeks of intensive practices and rehearsals with the lot working/shaking their asses off till sundown almost everyday. some of us do not even have prior experience so it was commendable that they tried their best and i would gladly say the end product was nothing to be ashamed of. so after enduring two weeks of aching muscles and tired limbs, on the 29th of June, the community got to witness a phenomenon of Punggol.




at the end of it all, i believe all of us involved enjoyed ourselves. 8 weeks have passed since then, and the day of fun may have been forgotten by many. all the blood and sweat may have nothing to show for but i am proud of my comrades. let this clip serve as a memory that we got out of our shell and tried something different, all for the sake of our kids. this also serves to show that if we put our mind to it and say that we can, we can almost achieve anything. the important thing is we give it a go and do it. If we just say cannot and neva even give it a try, most certainly nothing will happen. so, friends, Bravo!

Cable Ski

Had a short trip to Batam on National Day. Ghani "tuah" me again. luckily Sharin n friends came along. Jit also made the trip. Reached CableSki Park, Batam at abt 10am WIB and after changing, we headed for the waters. Out of 8 of us, only 5 played the skis, me, Jit, Sharin, Mark and gf, Claris. The others just sat and chilled the whole day till 430pm WIB.

Then we headed to the hotel i booked, Hotel Royal. For S$60 a night for a standard room, it was quite good. near the city centre, has a pool, gym and massage plc in the hotel. the next day, i slept in till check out time coz my whole body was aching after the day before's demanding hours of cable skiing. actuali it may be due to a long time of non-physical activity also. haha.

below are some clips of the cable ski thingey. some photos can be found @ http://xyreus07.multiply.com/photos/album/63/Cable_Ski_090807