0212th

Never expected to be missing Cambodia this much.





People at UNACAS, specifically.

batmanzoee 

And sometimes I wish I was you.

Shi Pei has taken his Primary School Intake papers, Nigel and Aida have finished PSLE Math (Results out on 25th!), Aisya's and Amir's Math Exam has finished last Tuesday, Brandon's moving house hence tuition's stopped for the time being AND NOW I'm so free like a jelly bean and gonna be 1-month's-income-broker.

So it's just left with Sanika, and prep-tuition for Aina and Aida to start preparing for following year's syllabus.

Guess I shall just take a break during the month of November, coupled with only 3 tuition days a week and allocating more time for my studies huh. And resume tuition 8 lessons a week again in December when Nigel would be back from holidaying and Brandon ready from his new house. Not too bad, I hope, fingers crossed.


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My brother is absurd!!!!! He JUST asked me to cut his sideburns for him. BECAUSE IT'S OF UNEVEN LENGTH. On normal days, he would ask us to do other weird things too.

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Same here, I'm weird. I like to cut fingernails! Haha I'm gonna cut fingernails in 5 min! :-D

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• Excited for BKK trip next year with PL!
• Anticipating some nice shirts to be done in November :-D
• School's hours good this sem, not too spread out! NO MORE 3 HOUR BREAKS!!

My typical Tuesday for past few weeks:
Leave house at 2pm.
Tuition at Rivervale 3pm-5pm
Travel to Eunos Mrt by purple line/circle line/green line 5pm-6pm
Travel to Siglap by bus 6pm-630pm
Tuition at Siglap 630pm-8pm

Because I've 2 P6 students who's having their PSLE in 2 days, I'd 2 extra tuition lessons and in total 4 which was super hectic.
 
My Tuesday today:
Left house at 12pm
Tuition at Rivervale 1pm-3pm
Travel to Boon Keng mrt and walk to Whampoa CC 3pm-345pm
Tuition at Whampoa 345pm-515pm
Travel to Boon Keng Mrt and to Eunos Mrt 515pm-6pm
Travel to Siglap by bus 6pm-615pm
Tuition at Siglap 615pm-745pm
Travel to Joo Chiat 745pm-830pm
Tuition at Joo Chiat 830pm-10pm

My only meal was slices of bread in the morning and along the way outside I dapao-ed KFC Shrooms Burger and had to eat while walking super fast. Not nice.

So, in order not to be late from my 2nd to the 3rd tuition, I walked super fast from the place to Boon Keng Mrt, rushed down the esclator cause train was coming. 6 mins later, arrived at Srgn station, walked fast enough from purple line to circle to catch the next train. On the train, I iris-ed for my next bus at Eunos Station which said my bus will arrive at 23 min later at 6.06pm. 8 min later. arrvied at paya lebar mrt, zoomed out of the 3rd door whereby when door opens it'll be the esclator, then rushed all the way up to green line (including running up flight of stairs cause esclator is just too slow with all the people around), then rushed for the coming in 2min train, and walked to the 7th door whereby when door opens at eunos mrt it'll be the downriding esclator. Time check: 5.58pm and I thought Í had about 8 mins to relax and slow walk to the bus stop from the mrt until I saw my bus from a distance and I ran all the way to the bus stop. It was only 6.01pm by then! What an eventful day!

To those who happily rejoice being able to earn money without even teaching as the clock ticks by because the student is probably distracted and you thought ''Good, I might as well stone too, just like my student, yet still getting money'', and to those who thinks that tuition is a job that can earn you ''easy'' money and are looking at it as a short term assignment, one that you can take up during your school holidays and can simply ditch once your school reopens... know what?

Being a tutor isn't an easy task, and it is not just yet another job.

My father is so disappointing. Now, soes he does gamble for the thrill? Why is it that after so many ten and twenty over years of mounting debts and being hounded by countless loansharks in the past, and currently owing two loansharks again, he can yet still continue betting? With technology nowadays, really, it's increasingly difficult for him to keep his hands away. He's often checking up scores on livescore/soccernet, and when I questioned him seriously, he claims he's not betting but why else would he be interested if he isn't! Then he shot me his stare, the kind whereby he is getting serious and the kind of stare when he's having a fight with my mother. ''Go do your own things lah! PLEASE LAH!" he pleads, in the tolong-lah tone. Sigh. We're moving house soon and we need 16k and here he is, I don't know what is he doing or rather, what is his purpose. HE NEVER FAILS TO GET BACK TO HIS BAD HABIT. Well I suppose it's a habit of his. Gamble, whether win, or lose. That aside, I would be more than happy if he ever gets his mind cleared and rid off from gambling and its ways and start providing for the family PROPERLY. Not to mention about even receiving any gift from him for all 17 years of my life, and for my siblings, 22 and 21 years of their lives. When we were younger, my mom, always my mom, will buy the three of us, mini cakes, and the birthday kid will get to choose his/her cake first (with cute cartoon on top). He was never around. Well, not that we're on really good terms with my mom anyway, but I suppose we're getting better. SIGH. The father really needs help. GOD DO YOU HEAR MY CRIES. That aside, I'm glad that I've managed to
1) Write all the letters (left with getting more stamps tomorrow morning)
2) Do up my tuition kids' childrens' day presents and cards
3) Write/Update in a book journal that Joel and I share/keep
4) Mark Aida's work and did corrections working

Still have yet to
1) Iron and hang up all my worn&washed clothes from past few weeks ( 25<pcs<30)
2) Keep away (find storage space) sem 1 module textbooks and notes
3) Change the bedsheets

Been meeting Joel for Breakfast lately, before going for tuition. So busy, so little time!! I only have 2/3 day to myself every day.



And it's the holidays for me now.
WHAT AN IRONY.

It's kinda heartbreaking to see so many of your friends mentally drained x100 because of JC Promos. How those who used to be happy-go-lucky and always wearing a smile on their faces have undergone a 180 degree change.

Yes. I'm meeting Sarah and Denyse about 2 weeks later. There's still Natasha, Sally, Sharon and all the other JC kids. So :-) whenever I think of the times me and Nat once had, like during trainings, where we were always looking forward to chilling out and relaxing at Videoworld after training, well for me I'll be anticipating for my super nice yummy refreshing 60 cents packet seasons ice lemon tea. Haha yes I've been crazy over that drink since Sec 1.


And to those who're preparing for O's, hang in there!

Every little thing by Dishwalla;
I was just pondering over the lyrics as I listened to this song this noon when I was out and about travelling, that we're just exactly like every little thing that God wanted. He wants us, he wants us. He wants us to talk to Him, to know more about Him, a deeper insight of His character and that's what praying and daily QT is for.

Today, I said a little prayer and God answered hehe. Apparently when I left my tuition kid's place at Sengkang area, the clouds were very dark + thunder + lightning blots could be seen. When I reached boonkeng mrt about half an hour later, I expected it to already be raining. But no! God held the rain all the way till I reached my next tuition lesson destination (which I had to walk about fifteen mins), then came the downpour. :-) PTL.

Giving tuition has since taken a toll on me.. Been acting like a full-time tutor since holidays started two weeks ago, taking 13 lessons a week, maxing 22 hours. But well it's only temporary, 2 out of 5 of my kids are p6 and PSLE math ends just before school re-opens for me :-) Plus... for another 2.. the k2 kid will probably CMI in the primary school intake paper and gotta go back to China, and the other, p5, sigh. It has come to a point where I am starting to doubt my abilities. It's been one whole year, yet this particular kid is still sooo, sigh, he doesn't feel remorseful when he don't do homework, he can waste 20 min in the toilet, he complains he's tired after attempting two simple section A questions, well basically he completes an average of only 5 not difficult questions in 1.5 hours! I know some people might embrace the idea of able to idle away during tuition when facing such students, but to me, I feel like if my kid's results doesn't show ESPECIALLY AFTER SO LONG, it doesn't feel nice. At least his sister's improving.

Ok, now I feel so hungry. :-(