The Flavor of Life

Theme song from the Jap drama "Hana Yori Dango 2" --by Utada Hikaru.

Busy + bad luck

Soon after i posted the entry "Too free", I was swamped with work at school. Had to plan & prepare for new chapters to teach for 5 levels. And also plan for "Open Day" which all teachers dread..... I think about it every other day but still don't know what to teach on that day... stressed!

Recently I was a little upset with the bad luck I've experienced at school, affecting my "working mood". I sprained my waist twice & kena complaints twice.....all within a month of school!

I'm convinced it's bad fengshui coz I didn't have such nonsense last year. In my new classroom, my desk faces the door, which in turn faces the staircase landing, I'm being "chong" at.....like some strong force hitting at me directly, and I don't have a strong backing to block it coz my back's facing the windows. I've since changed direction of my desk. Now just need to get a little mirror to hang facing the door to reflect the "force" away. Must make sure I've good fengshui in time for Open Day! hehehe

Supposed to color my flashcards now but lazy. Been bringing home work everyday coz I just feel so tired in school, can't wait to go home. However I'd usually end up doing half or what I'm supposed to do at home. This coming PH & weekend must really piah...... sianz....

Which "M" do you love?

Do you love Me or my Money?

I know I love my Teru for his personality coz he really don't have much money for me to love anyway. I know he doesn't love me for my money coz he doesn't need much money on that little island. Hahaha!!

It's sad when a person is too blinded by wealth & luxury to cherish what they have now. I don't hanker after wealth, but I'm very afraid of poverty. That's why I'm always nagging at Teru to save more $$$ so that we won't starve if anything happens.

I wonder why some people can stake their lifelong happiness on wealth. Can money bring you happiness forever?

Too free?

Bored..... these days I've nothing much to do at home after work. I try not to bring work home, so that leaves me with nothing to do. I'm almost done with my travel plans. I'm slowing down my search for wedding songs coz my collection & knowledge of J-songs has reached a limit.

I end up watching j-drama & anime online most of the time. Although the screen's very small (12 x 6cm?), I continue watching coz it's free & has the most recent dramas or those showing currently. My friends were talking about a show called "Heroes" which I've never heard of before. I'm still in the ER / Desperate Housewives era....... hehehe

There's this new Jap drama which started airing in Japan last month. Titled "Jodan ja nai", starring my fav actress at the moment "Ueno Juri". It's a family drama about a 40-yr-old guy who married the 20-yr-old daughter of his ex-girlfriend. Touching yet funny at times. But I've to wait for 2-3 wks before some kind soul uploads it. Sianz...

Back at school

Only 2 weeks back at school and I'm losing my patience with the kids..... I've almost all my same students from the last academic year for P2, P3, P4 so the rapport's there and lessons move more smoothly compared to the rest.

P5 as expected is a nightmare. They just go on and on talking in Japanese. I introduced the yellow/red penalty card soccer system to discourage them from speaking Japanese but it didn't help. And I've this super problematic kid who's all out to disrupt lessons and bullies the rest. He even farted in class twice! It's no wonder that nobody wants to sit with him. One day I'm really gona lose my patience and give him a good scolding before putting in a complaint to his form teacher....he'd better watch out!

We've yet to start "full-force" on the textbooks and many lessons were canceled for past 2 weeks, but we already feel very tired......duno how to survive thru this term!