Friday, January 18, 2008

Just to keep the blog alive...

Hmm...haven't posted since 2 weeks ago. Just shows how much adjusting to I had to do since school reopened. But I must say I LOVE my timetable this year. Just 3 first period lessons as opposed to FIVE last year which was an absolute disaster in terms of stress management. And I have nice little breaks in between lessons for me to do last minute photocopying or tidying up of lesson notes before I head off to class. whooppeee... :)

Well, just decided to post some stuff that was meant to be posted after my HK trip, but I just didn't do it ....just so that my blog doesn't die on me :P
This is a SUPER DUPER MEGA ULTRA YUUUUMMMMMMMMYYYY dessert that I had in Hong Kong last December. It's coconut juice steamed sweetened egg with..err....something else which I do not know how to say in English :P
Yummmmmmyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy............... :) I love steamed egg dessert... :P
Heh, my brother enjoying his dessert... :)





And this is a countdown timer in one of the Hong Kong MRT stations that counts down to the Olympics that will take place in Beijing next year! Quite cool I must say....

One fine day I decided to pack one of my cupboards before school re-opened...
FINALLY decided that it's time for me to trash my university notes that I've kept over the last....erm...6 years?? Haha..the bane of being sentimental person again....taking up cupboard space for nothing..
This is one of my "helpsheets" from my uni days..heh. The concept of a helpsheet was so exciting when we were first introduced to it..because...when did students ever get allowed to bring notes into the examination hall to refer to during major exams??
Well, in uni you do ;) As you can see, the words on my helpsheet are all ant-sized....haha.. :)
And the following is proof that my friends weren't paying attention during lectures...coz they kept drawing on my notes! Haha..this is my friend Spidey J, who wrote on my notes...
"When you do your tutorial...............
think of Spidey J" hahhaa....crazy woman.....nothing to do...wrote every letter in a different colour somemore! Just goes to show how bored she was.....

Haha and I think I was the one who drew this during lectures....oops. Haha...negative demonstration..DON'T LEARN FROM ME :P
Heh, typical of a girl...I loved decorating my notes .....Gone are the days of handwritten notes.....kids nowadays don't know how fortunate they are to get PRINTED notes in class...so don't complain!
Look at my monster tutorial solutions! :) Think it's the chapter called Network Optimisation...

Woohoo! I scored an A1 in one of my tests.....

But look at what I didn't do??! I totally overlooked this 3 marks worth of True/False questions -.- Just simply DIDN'T DO. -.-"

Haha...those were the days of being a student...............

Now it's back to the present of being a TEACHER. Muahaha.

Friday, January 04, 2008

First week of school..

First "week" of school's over.....well, actually not quite a week...only 3 days in this short week of school. Quite a nice way to ease back into school with a short week...then next week is the start of the real battle, COUNTDOWN TO PRELIM 1.

Actually, even I can't quite believe that my kids are gonna be taking prelims in 25 days. Just feels a bit...err..fast..but oh well, what to do, it's the big O's for them this year.

Though I feel it's daunting to be taking sec3 and 4 at the same time..I'm somehow still feeling quite positive and happy about this year's deployment..at least for now..till work crushes me..haha. It'd always been my wish to be in the sec4 team, and it gives me great pride to finally be a part of it. I know tough and busy times lies ahead...but somehow, I have this feeling I'm going to be enjoying the process of bringing the sec4s through the Os. I hope my gut feel is right. =)

Due to banding, I'm currently only teaching 20 out of 31 of my form class kids. Personally I feel that it makes it a little difficult for me...coz I don't get to see the entire class as often anymore... kinda miss seeing everyone in class TOGETHER. A bit sad.... =/ But what to do? I guess it's all for the good of the kids..
Find myself missing my other math class that I used to teach last year too...but like I said, what to do? Sometimes, the choice is not mine...and no matter what, it's still all done for the good of the kids.
Haiz, the bane of being a sentimental person...

As for my sec3 class, can't tell much about them as yet, since I have yet to even see the full class because a lot of them are involved in the Sec1 orientation programme. But they seem like a nice bunch of kids..

I think I'm getting old...coz I'm suffering from a sneezy and leaky nose just from one day of lack of sleep.
So I shall do the right thing now, and go to sleep.

G'nite...

First week of school..

well, first "week" of school's over.....