I read a comment on DimSumDolly's blog about this stall that sells chocolate ice-kachang & was very curious about it. So today my Dad & I went to search for it. I didn't try the chocolate ice-kachang, or the highly recommended Red Tea jelly but chose the traditional Tau Suan instead. It was YUMMY!! Lots of beans....unlike what we eat at other places which is usually all "soup" with miserable bits of beans. And it's only $0.80 for a big bowl. The best thing is... it's actually quite near my place! Yippee!! Can always go there eat desserts liao *Drool*
Check out their desserts here:
http://www.soonhuat.com.sg/index.html
Sunday, July 23, 2006
Friday, July 14, 2006
J B****h
There's this irritating Jap lady at the education centre where I work at. She never fails to spoil my day. Often when i just report for work. She behaves like she's the boss. Hello? U being able to converse in Jap, Chinese & English doesn't make u the boss here.
The way she speaks to me (duno if the rest kena too) is so attitude!! "U noe wat's this box for? Do U noe it's for "express marking"? U should mark it first. Now can u mark tis set 1st?" It's not my first day at work. She didn't have to talk to me like I'm so ignorant! Maybe I'm just too sensitive. But that spoilt my whole morning.
Then tdy she spoilt my afternoon again. There was nothing to do at our jap dept, so my colleague & I started chatting. She kept looking over our side, then finally told another teacher in Japanese "The 2 of them seem very free. Get 1 out of the room to do other things. Ask the girl out. Coz they've been chatting away." And she said it right in front of us. Excuse me? We don't speak in Japanese doesn't mean we dun understand it.
So irritating!
The way she speaks to me (duno if the rest kena too) is so attitude!! "U noe wat's this box for? Do U noe it's for "express marking"? U should mark it first. Now can u mark tis set 1st?" It's not my first day at work. She didn't have to talk to me like I'm so ignorant! Maybe I'm just too sensitive. But that spoilt my whole morning.
Then tdy she spoilt my afternoon again. There was nothing to do at our jap dept, so my colleague & I started chatting. She kept looking over our side, then finally told another teacher in Japanese "The 2 of them seem very free. Get 1 out of the room to do other things. Ask the girl out. Coz they've been chatting away." And she said it right in front of us. Excuse me? We don't speak in Japanese doesn't mean we dun understand it.
So irritating!
Monday, July 10, 2006
Let's sing along!
Doraemon Theme Song
konna koto ii na
dekitara ii na
anna yume konna yume ippai aru kedo
this sort of thing is good
I wish I could do it
that sort of dream, this sort of dream, I have many of them but
minna minna minna
kanaete kureru
fushigina POKKE de kanaete kureru
sora wo jiyuu ni tobitai na
all of them, all of them, all of them
he grants my dreams
he grants my dreams with a mysterious pocket
I want to fly freely in the sky
(hai! takekoputaa!)
(Here! Bamboo-copter!)
AN AN AN
tottemo daisuki
DORAEMON
ah ah ah
I love you very much,
Doraemon
konna koto ii na
dekitara ii na
anna yume konna yume ippai aru kedo
this sort of thing is good
I wish I could do it
that sort of dream, this sort of dream, I have many of them but
minna minna minna
kanaete kureru
fushigina POKKE de kanaete kureru
sora wo jiyuu ni tobitai na
all of them, all of them, all of them
he grants my dreams
he grants my dreams with a mysterious pocket
I want to fly freely in the sky
(hai! takekoputaa!)
(Here! Bamboo-copter!)
AN AN AN
tottemo daisuki
DORAEMON
ah ah ah
I love you very much,
Doraemon
Doraemon!!
Doraemon
I'm a little crazy over Doraemon song now ever since my dear sang it for me last nite
(^-^) Enjoy!
I'm a little crazy over Doraemon song now ever since my dear sang it for me last nite
(^-^) Enjoy!
Thursday, June 29, 2006
Zoo for a day
No, I don't mean going to the Zoo for a day. It was the students' parents who were at the Zoo. And here when I say Zoo, I mean the english classroom being the Zoo compound, and me, the teacher being the main Exhibit.
It's "Open Day" today. And I hated it. All the other teachers hated it too. Imagine more than 10 parents squeezing at the back of the class looking at you teach for 45 mins, 3 times a day. Some even took photos! Other jap teachers, HOD, principle, parents.... they just popped in some time during the lesson to watch u. The students seemed fine, prob coz their parents were there.
We had to submit lesson plans for this day, ensure that the lesson consisted of some games besides work. This was ok for me since we've to do that often anyway. I'm so glad that my students behaved themselves well. Esp my Pri 3s. They were like angels today! And I didn't warn any of them to behave (the day before). I guess they wanted to act their best in front of their & their friends' parents. Anyway, all of them deserve a nice sticker from me tomorrow! :)
Miss Sotong me forgot to leave the comment slip at the prominent spot for the blind P2 parents who didn't see the slips & none of them wrote any comments for my P2 lesson. My HOD didn't seem annoyed by this, but I can't help feel stupid about it. And a little disappointed too coz that happened to be my best class. Sighz....
For all the effort I put in, some parents just aren't satisfied. One commented that the lesson (for P1) seemed to be games/playing only. Another commented that there was too much free time (while waiting for other students). Excuse me? In a class of 13 with varying levels of English, how do you expect all 13 to end at the same time? There're bound to be those on express train who finish early & self-entertain themselves by reading, coloring etc. And some who're crawling, demanding more attention from me. Irritating! I can't please everyone. I do what I feel is best for the students.
As if parents aren't irritating enough, I had this fellow English teacher (who's a native Japanese) who had to be a real kaypoh. She really pissed me off when I was already feeling a little lousy about my performance today. When I was reading through 1 of the parents' comment slip (which was written in japanese), she peeped and pointed at 1 of the lines & said "that's negative". And she gave a faint smile. Hello?? Did I say I'm japanese illiterate? Did I ask you to help me translate? And when did I ask you to look at my comment? Such a kaypoh! I was so annoyed I had to complain to another teacher abt it who in turn told me she had to check this kaypoh teacher's flashcards after she spotted a mistake (which Ms Kaypoh didn't even know is wrong). Ok, some bitching here.... seems like other teachers aren't impressed with her ability to teach. Her classroom is filled with japanese words -- translations of almost everything! I heard ydy she prepared a flashcard with the word "Jaket". What's that? Go figure it out.
I wonder if local schools have 'Open Days'. Apparently there were 2 'Open Days' last year -- 1 for normal lessons, the other for Jolly Phonics (JP). That's another nightmare, coz my JP kids are totally out of control. Yes, I admit I'm not good at controlling kids. Coz I'm afraid if I'm too strict, the students stay away from me. Or worse, I get complaints from these little emperors & empresses' parents.
A fellow teacher who started 3 wks after me felt that this job's isn't worth it. She felt shortchanged coz our HOD had told her "this is a laid back job". This certainly isn't a laid-back job!! Yes, official hours are short. But the amount of preparation needed....this is like a full-time job. I've lost count of the no. of times I bgt my work home on wkends to prepare. I never had to do that during my office life. I'm fine with it (teaching) though. I still enjoy what I'm doing. All jobs have their ups & downs....gd & bad pts... just focus on the happy moments, or look forward to the happy moments.... things will get better i hope...
Figured out what's jaket?
It's actually Jacket. The above's what my students will spell. Coz they simply translate it from japanese romanji (something like hanyu pinyin). And we're talking about an English teacher here.....a kaypoh one at that....
It's "Open Day" today. And I hated it. All the other teachers hated it too. Imagine more than 10 parents squeezing at the back of the class looking at you teach for 45 mins, 3 times a day. Some even took photos! Other jap teachers, HOD, principle, parents.... they just popped in some time during the lesson to watch u. The students seemed fine, prob coz their parents were there.
We had to submit lesson plans for this day, ensure that the lesson consisted of some games besides work. This was ok for me since we've to do that often anyway. I'm so glad that my students behaved themselves well. Esp my Pri 3s. They were like angels today! And I didn't warn any of them to behave (the day before). I guess they wanted to act their best in front of their & their friends' parents. Anyway, all of them deserve a nice sticker from me tomorrow! :)
Miss Sotong me forgot to leave the comment slip at the prominent spot for the blind P2 parents who didn't see the slips & none of them wrote any comments for my P2 lesson. My HOD didn't seem annoyed by this, but I can't help feel stupid about it. And a little disappointed too coz that happened to be my best class. Sighz....
For all the effort I put in, some parents just aren't satisfied. One commented that the lesson (for P1) seemed to be games/playing only. Another commented that there was too much free time (while waiting for other students). Excuse me? In a class of 13 with varying levels of English, how do you expect all 13 to end at the same time? There're bound to be those on express train who finish early & self-entertain themselves by reading, coloring etc. And some who're crawling, demanding more attention from me. Irritating! I can't please everyone. I do what I feel is best for the students.
As if parents aren't irritating enough, I had this fellow English teacher (who's a native Japanese) who had to be a real kaypoh. She really pissed me off when I was already feeling a little lousy about my performance today. When I was reading through 1 of the parents' comment slip (which was written in japanese), she peeped and pointed at 1 of the lines & said "that's negative". And she gave a faint smile. Hello?? Did I say I'm japanese illiterate? Did I ask you to help me translate? And when did I ask you to look at my comment? Such a kaypoh! I was so annoyed I had to complain to another teacher abt it who in turn told me she had to check this kaypoh teacher's flashcards after she spotted a mistake (which Ms Kaypoh didn't even know is wrong). Ok, some bitching here.... seems like other teachers aren't impressed with her ability to teach. Her classroom is filled with japanese words -- translations of almost everything! I heard ydy she prepared a flashcard with the word "Jaket". What's that? Go figure it out.
I wonder if local schools have 'Open Days'. Apparently there were 2 'Open Days' last year -- 1 for normal lessons, the other for Jolly Phonics (JP). That's another nightmare, coz my JP kids are totally out of control. Yes, I admit I'm not good at controlling kids. Coz I'm afraid if I'm too strict, the students stay away from me. Or worse, I get complaints from these little emperors & empresses' parents.
A fellow teacher who started 3 wks after me felt that this job's isn't worth it. She felt shortchanged coz our HOD had told her "this is a laid back job". This certainly isn't a laid-back job!! Yes, official hours are short. But the amount of preparation needed....this is like a full-time job. I've lost count of the no. of times I bgt my work home on wkends to prepare. I never had to do that during my office life. I'm fine with it (teaching) though. I still enjoy what I'm doing. All jobs have their ups & downs....gd & bad pts... just focus on the happy moments, or look forward to the happy moments.... things will get better i hope...
Figured out what's jaket?
It's actually Jacket. The above's what my students will spell. Coz they simply translate it from japanese romanji (something like hanyu pinyin). And we're talking about an English teacher here.....a kaypoh one at that....
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