Thursday, July 07, 2005
baorong is sick! i dun understand why, but everytime i start to relief teach, i fall ill.. that time in hong kah, i lost my voice completely.. and now.. i've got a rather bad fever, and my voice's starting to get sexy and muffled.. cos my throat is sore and my nose is running a marathon.. ok i shall stop wallowing in self pity.. but peeps! next time you guys fall ill, you should try to pay attention to the onset of symptoms! its really interesting.. it comes so suddenly! like one moment i was swallowing saliva without much problem, then suddenly the next gulp felt painful.. one moment i was eating my mian happily, and the next split second, i realised my right nose is blocked, and things just spiralled downwards from there.. made me think of quorum sensing.. the viruses must have been planning an attack in my body for super long.. just buying time to prepare the troops.. :( yep.. this concludes my big discovery of the week! :)
reliefing in RJ is fun! the bad part is having to wake up at 540am every morning when i'm so accustomed to waking up at 930! bah.. it felt weird walking thru the canteen the first day.. i was thinking "i should be in uniform instead! then change later! i stick out like a sore thumb!".. met a lot of people! though i haven't met the super chio new PE teacher, and haven't had a chance to talk to the cute physics teacher! muahaha.. the school is so so so gargantuan.. i even got lost in the staff room, and sixuan was laughing at me..
the chemistry department is unbelievably funny! chee keong is very cute lo! (i'm reliefing him btw).. the note he wrote me was very funny.. esp the part about appreciating the liverpool merchandise on his table.. with a "YEAH!".. alfie is super poser lo!!! (hon lyn's reliefing him) his table got so many pictures.. he's dem cartoon in the pictures la! alfie's a great person! :) mr yeo is very personable.. very caring and nice.. mr chris tan is a nice man too.. the biggest joker has to be doctor chan!!! i used to be a little frightened of him.. but oh man! he's like the clown of the chem department! its so funny to be around him and his not-up-to-mark english.. haha.. he just can't stop diaoing me.. first thing he said when he saw me, "eh, you still with that guy or not?" wah! super hilarious! and cos we're supposed to mark chem papers.. then he kept teasing.. tellin mr yep, "look at baorong! she count until so qi jing! cannot finish then just give to her lo!".. then after that he'll tell them to "eh, dun qi fu baorong la!".. and today i told him that i told my class abt his analogy that "your parents have to come together with enough energy, and in the correct orientation in order to have you! and they need a lot of timing and luck too!" and he just laughed..
after that he was teasing the teachers about their powerpoint slides.. "aiya you all dunno how to use powerpoint ah! see? no one complain about me! i use transparency! black and transparent! how simple?....." and then teachers replied "but powerpoint nicer what.. transparency so boring.." and he actually replied "aiyah, you all dunno meh, nowadays, students are not attracted to my transparency or powerpoint.. they are just attracted to my face lo.. you know how attractive my face is not? and i was like "doctor chan!!! my hair is standing you know!! eeeyyerrrr...! and he was like "if you haven't meet your vice president first ah, i tell you ah.." then he wink wink! haha!!! goodness! "you know when i was younger.. hwah!" then he gave that act-shuai look.. haha and i demanded to see his younger picture.. heh.. i think he looks better now :) doctor chan is dem funny la.. but he's dem yong gong too.. his table is filled with chim chem books.. he's constantly upgrading himself.. reading widely abt chemistry although its not required of him.. no wonder he's a doctor! xue xi jing shen ling ren pei fu!
and its really a hilarious sight to see the chem teaching competing to see whose classes had the highest scorer.. like "quarelling" who got higher.. whose msg is highest.. which is the best so3 so1 so6 class.. compile top scorer list.. hear their excited squeals and bragging.. and like.. "wah!! so surprised that my so3X can do so well.." its like.. comparing ct results is their greatest thrill lo.. really a funny peak behind the scenes.. you never know your teachers until you see them at work naturally..
well.. talking abt my classes.. hmmm.. dunno if i'm a good teacher not.. i get my points across, but i dunno whether they find me boring.. i tell u, rjc students are a joy to teach! much better than primary school kids or those hong kah students! they are quiet (actually a little too quiet.. like talking to wall liddat..).. but at least i dun have to scream at them.. but i find myself going.. "eh, class.. talk to me leh.. i'm very bored!", or "eh class! answer me! if not i'll take away the transparency!" [still very quiet] "wah! i'm threatening the class and no one is taking any notice!" [a few chuckles.. but still no one answer the question.. bah!] i like tutorials.. cos i finish my tutorials early and then i have like.. talk cock session with them.. whereby i scare them that promos are only 10 ominous weeks away and then they start to wince.. and just told them how much easier a level chem is compared to rj chem.. just basically talk a lot of crap.. i like it cos its where the personal touch comes in.. you've got to make your class feel "open" to you.. :)
aaahhh.. everything would have been better if i was well.. :( but nevermind.. i always feel that being sick is god's way of making you cherish your health.. and now, being sick myself and going through all that ""suffering"" renews my passion for my course, makes me more determined that i want to be able to alleviate the suffering of others (hopefully).. but i detest being sick!! BOO!
wang came back yest morning.. couldn't be there to pick him up cos gotta attend assembly though my classes only start at 1105.. but spent some time with him in the afternoon.. not bad la.. he's like usual.. heh.. only 2 things to talk about! heh.. lame suff and army stuff.. bleahz.
the guy who committed suicide cos his gf dumped him is really foolish.. i pity him.. but its wrong.. he should have thought over his actions.. let his mind take control for a while.. its such a selfish act.. he's not only accountable to his gf.. he needs to think of his family too! and if he really loves his gf, why does he want to add this kind of trauma to her life? but at the same time.. i wonder.. is it true that only people who are really so deeply in love will feel like committing suicide when they're being dumped? ok.. for a fleeting moment perhaps? so maybe a criterion for measuring the depth of your love is to judge ur reaction when you break up.. if you feel like committing suicide, then you were really deeply in love.. if not.. its just another normal love huh? makes me wonder how that feeling feels like.. to ai dao si qu huo lai.. hmmm....
ok, time for youfu!! girls outing tml!!! :) yay! happy to see everyone again!!! :):):)
