New fan of ゆず (Yuzu)?

I was bored & finding songs on Youtube when I stumbled on Yuzu's songs. I remember my Hokkaido friends had specially driven 7 hours by car to attend their concert in Sapporo, so I thought their songs might be nice. This is one of my favorites. Enjoy!

My hubby's coming!

Counting down to 17th November now. Although it's a very short trip, I'm glad he can make it. We have to rush down to the bridal shop to get his suit on the day he arrives, followed by a dinner gathering at my house for him to meet the wedding helpers. On Sunday we've to buy the wedding bands. We'll do the photoshoot on Monday & he'll fly back to Japan on Tuesday morning. Sounds like a supermodel on a photoshoot assignment? heehee...

The things students do....

Not sure if it's because the term is coming to an end, so the mood in school and during lessons is more relaxed these days. I'm beginning to feel a little sad about leaving. It's really fun to teach even though it's frustrating at times.

The other day my P2 kid had to write sentences like "These are hats." This blur boy wrote it as "Thesearehats." I told him to re-write with spacing between the words. He came back with "T h e s e a r e h a t s." I had to control my laughter when I saw it. He finally got it correct the 3rd round. He must be thinking why I'm torturing him!

My P5 students had to pair up and write a ghost story for Halloween. While they were doing their work, I saw 1 of the girls shaking the table. Puzzled, I went over for a look. Apparently they were trying to write words with a scary & shaky font, so 1 shaked the table while the other wrote. Haha...smart kids!

I was in a "near-fight" with my P5 boy the other day. He was rocking his chair with his legs and his elbows were leaning on the table. Like in a flying position. That's distracting for me & his classmates and dangerous for him too. I warned him twice to stop it but he was back at it soon after warning. Finally I just went straight to him without warning & tried to grab the chair away from him. What followed was a "wrestling fight" between us --> he hooking his legs tightly onto the chair while I tried to pry his legs away from the chair. The whole class stopped work & looked on, duno in fear or shock. I finally pulled the chair away from him and told him he doesn't need a chair if he doesn't know how to sit. A while later I returned him his chair and he sat down properly and quietly for the rest of the lesson. And he no longer sits in that flying manner now.

Today I had a P4 girl telling me "Miss Chan, I love you" in a joking manner. So I replied her, "I love you too, MUACKS". And we just burst out laughing. They are surprised that I gave them a loud disgusting kiss sound. I was just as surprised that I could be so crazy. Haha.....

Sometimes I wonder...... am I a "teacher from hell" or a "crazy teacher"?

No more Open Days! (^o^)/

All teachers in my school dread "Open Day". That's the time we put up a "show" for parents who come to observe lessons. What was supposed to be just 2 classes of Open Day ended up with 5 classes due to some idiots' mistake. Instead of sending a circular out to inform about the mistake, they decided to torture us through another round of stress. Hate it!

Everything went on quite smoothly but of course we can't please every parent. Some just simply had to put some negative comments. Some were plain rude, chatting among themselves while the lesson was going on. Forget about punctuality here too. Half-way through lesson many of my students would look away from me & towards the door coz some stupid parent came late.

I had to fight for attention with crying babies too. I just don't understand why they are so inconsiderate, letting their crying child affect the whole class. Can't they just bring the baby out a little while? Their child won't die if their mother isn't observing the full lesson, right?

Anyway that's probably the last Open Day for me over here. Hope there isn't any in Japan....

Happy Birthday, Ah Ke!

Ah Ke celebrated his 19th birthday today. Bought him a little chocolate muffin. He had a candle to blow & we cut the muffin together. His present was new skin on his legs. He looked really happy.

Can't believe he's already 19 years old! He's like my baby. A cute baby who never grows up!

I think I'm gona miss Ah Ke a lot when I go to Japan. I don't want to bring him along coz Ah Ke represents me in Singapore. And I'm scared he'll be lost in baggage or lost in mail. Or that the customs would think I'm smuggling drug in him. Hehehe.....