mission

it's 1.32 in the morning.. i have tuition at 11... and i'm wondering why i have my ideas to write this late. lolz~

well well.. today after practice.. mr lum reflected on how we should take the switzerland trip seriously.. how we should not be seeing as a trip but as a mission... how we should make good our word of having 60-80 people over there...

i hate to disagree but... well... i beg to differ.

i believe most of us are not going... or choose not to go is because of the money problem. i, for an instance.. is totally not needed to be there because sincerely my cello skills won't contribute much... i would still go if i have the moolahs. but then i don't. haha.

see the thing as a mission? frankly no one's obligated. i mean.... a mission to? fulfil what's promised by our NUS dean? eh... get him to find us sponsors then.

it's the moolah. it's the money.

oh dear. this is way shorter than i planned.. but at this cranky hour... i'm bound to turn offensive.

i'd better stop. *yaWNz*

梁老师周记(Part3)

梁老师周记(Part3)
“老师，你可以read story book给我听吗？”（一双哀求的眼神看着我）“老师有时间才说给你听。”（第二天。。。）“老师，可以读故事书给我听吗？" "对不起,老师没空."(下课时发现一本故事书在我的包包里.)"老师,你有boyfriend吗?" "老师你结婚了吗?" (Take note, these are all asked by P1 kids) "老师,你有孩子吗?几个?" (err..你们太"看得起"老师了. But it also make me realised that 不只是爸妈`亲戚好友,连这些小朋友们也关心我的终身大事,好"感动"啊,感动到我不知怎么回答....)"谁可以帮老师把本子拿到楼下?" "我!我!我!" (还没有叫名字,一堆学生挤在我桌子旁.) "你可以吗?" (worried look on my face)"老师,我可以!" (一本书掉在地上.) "真的吗?" "我可以的!" (两本书掉...) "还是叫另外一个同学帮你吧?" "老师...(挣扎的语气)我可以的!!!" (一堆书掉在地上) (Tell you ah, my nerves snapped again.)"老师....(很甜的声音)我画得美吗?" "你为什么在我上课时画画?!!!" (poor boy, the teacher just poured 'cold water' over his head)"做完作业彩颜色!" "老师,他说我colour很难看..." "XXX, 你彩的颜色也好看不到哪里去,别说其他的同学!"(上课上到一半)"老师,你知道我住哪里吗?" (god knows....)"不要问不重要的问题!专心上课!!!!" "老师,recess 几点?recess很重要!" (*speechless....)What I've written above and in previous posts are all real-life accounts. (Dont ask me how come I get such 'drama-tic' lots of kids, let's just say I'm 'lucky'?But then teaching life is not such a 'bliss' though my blogs seem so. But I had 'sifted' out the negative aspects of it and think positive. (Hey, I've such a bunch of cute students. Nay.....:P) Lately heard that a few friends of mine are interested to join me in 'moulding the nation's future'. Well, hope you enjoy yr contract stinct. (I'm ending mine soon, Yea HOO!!!)

zurich

hey lallang,

do continue ur 'column'. I'm sure the rest love ur stories, even though they dun say so... already thinkin tt teachin is quite fun, haha...

regardin the zurich trip, how serious is the prob of shortage of performers? seldom hear our lao da sound so cordial... think the criteria of being available, financially-ok and able to play all pieces is quite a squeeze...

but hope the trip can solidify and the perf be a success....!

梁老师周记2

How come no one write anything anymore?? Since no one write, I write lor..(maybe cos sch started liao..) Since last time someone think my post is funny, (还是是我一厢情愿的想法?)I shall post an update of it.
嗨！欢迎来到梁老师时间。让我跟大家分享本人这周所做的“好人好事”。As last week, I continued to 'amaze' my kiddys with my strength in opening water bottles for them. I still cared for my students' throat( remember the 四片饼干 incident?)I tried to convince them that the school has no budget for biscuits to eat in class everyday till the end of the year. I tried to act 'sympathetically' when they tell me they are sick of chocolate biscuits.I tried to give 'moral education' (it's more of a piece of my mind, anyway...) to a Malay pupil in Chinese. (Who knows he's a Malay?!)I desperately tried to scare students who like to jump down from the steps of staircase with 'bloody' stories and portrayed a 'horrible' image of Drs who like to go around 'stitching up' naughty kids. (gave apologetic look to Yixuan) I tried to convince some 6/7 years old kid who refuses to 'grow up' that saliva should be kept in their mouth, not on their desk. I tried to give compliments to my students' awful colouring skills. ( I think I over-tried cos they dun seem to look happy after my compliments.)I explained to my kids the similarities between the word “青色”and“绿色”till I began to forget that I'm a Chinese teacher, not an Arts teacher. I saw students with watery palms after I taught them to say "bo" "po" onto their palms. I heard saliva splattering sound when I'm teaching "bo" "po". I had to teach my kiddys after a week of school that their textbook is 'green' in colour with the word“课本”written on it. My classes went chaotic when I'm teaching them how to pronounce hanyu pinyin "pi"第四声. (Naturally people young and old will connect it to 'droppings'.) I'm a walking time-table. My students expected me to remember their whole timetable such as when is their music, arts or English period. (wonder if they asked their Eng.teacher when is Chinese period coming...)The school had stopped giving them biscuits yet they still ask questions like '老师，几时可以吃饼干？' as early as 2pm, one hour after school starts. Sadly, despite the 'care' I showered them, they still called me “杨”老师。Maybe I should get them to write my surname 100 times.

Shall I write a column?

Hmm....glad that my post can make ppl laugh..(long time neber make ppl luff liao lor..only 'monkeys' :() Haha...thanks Jieying, maybe I should set aside a weekly update of my teaching life here, something like"梁老师时间"or"梁老师信箱"or"梁老师有约". Let me think about it.....

sch!!

had a reali gd laugh over lallang's post.... wonder if broken nerves heal themselves? else one might run out of nerves to break... haha...

lt 13 is quite nice, save for the blushing feeling dizians get, under the cosy warm lights... but then, our dimos were in gd condition, unlike the bad ugly state they get in in the cold audi...

sch's started, yes, can feel my brain cranking away at last, after a month of dust-settling... need a bit of grease though, a bit siap siap...

finally... combine prac again

well well.. i'm excited.. because i was telling myself not to post until the day comes where we'll be having our first group prac at LT13. i don't know. i didn't think it will be particularly exciting or thought-provoking but then again... i always insist on weird things. lalala~~

missed out on a lot of action because i came late (i missed bus 33 right at the stop... and missing it once means i have to wait for ten thousand years before the next one comes). okay... i reckon putting out the chairs as not too much of an action adventure (but hey. give me credits alright... i did help put them back)... so i ended up not knowing where the rehearsal room was... now i know.. and i like it. i can visualize having good sectionals there.. although it's a tad too cold. i was freezing.

one thing good about having our practices at Lt13 on saturdays is that there's coffee club there. so i can get a nice coco freeze every now and then (but it killed me today cuz i'm still having my cough.. should have stayed away... yikes). i like where we are now... somehow the lights at lt13 is very.. conducive.. it has the stage feel (which is obvious since we ARE on stage)... and i like it that we have more space.. nice... haha...

and i'm so happy~~~ i can play shan he xing... i'm doing my cello justice FINALLY.

教师周记

因为无聊,所以想把我无聊的工作写下....
"同学们午安!" "......" "同学们午安!""梁老师午安!""我要去小便!""要有礼貌,要说:老师,我可以去厕所吗?""老师,什么是作业本子?""这本har?""什么是科目?""什么时候recess?我肚子饿!""我要吃8块饼干.""不可以,吃太多会喉咙痛,4块就好.""老师,帮我开水壶please????""老师,我的书包美吗?昨天卖的.""很美,来!专心上课.后面两个同学在做什么!"(生气...)"Auntie, I want to tell you something..."(老师听后想晕倒.)""老师,他打我的bird."(老师不知如何回答.)"老师,我们等一下有PE吗?""老师,我想妈妈...呜呜呜""不要哭,今晚就看到妈妈了.""我的maid 等一下来带我,不是妈妈,呜呜呜....""老师,他也哭了."(原来crying是有chain-reaction的.)"那个同学,你再玩窗口,坏了,我叫你妈妈赔!!!""老师,if我们乖,可以早一点回家吗?""同学们,我要看到两行直线,排好!你不是站这里的,去后面!!!!""谁要去厕所?"(每个人举手后,冲到门口.)"每个回去!"(one v.pissed-off teacher)"我让一组一组去.红组先去!""某某某,为什么习字没做?""老师,他以前上X老师的课也是一样.""谁在吵闹?"(全班一致:XXX!!!)"I dunno how to do this?""用华语问问题!!!"(神经断了一根.)"大家都明白吗?"(silence...)"明白吗?!"(silence again, only hear sound of the fan)(老师叹了一口气)"谁不明白举手!"(everyone raised their hands)(我的神经pick pick piak piak断了几千根.)"同学们下课,谢谢同学!""谢谢梁老师." By 6.45pm, one very exhausted teacher walks out of the school. And the cycle repeats everyday, 5 days a week.

(转载自本人的Blog)

THE nEw yEAr

It's a new year, and it's 5 Jan, yanhong! ^_^

To update what I've done: nothing much, still collecting the profiles, which trickle in like they are mercury- viscous and heavy... the most common response is that it's too, erm, lame? Not very enticing to fill in, that is... btw, sent a copy to our dizi Lao Da... hehe, but no response yet... =(
Well, maybe it's time to modify the questionairre...

Hey, this place is gettin stale again... tt's pretty fast ain't it... was created on 29 dec, barely 1 week old...

Anyway, may all ur wishes come true, as well as resolutions for the new year... wtg, lallang!!

Crap post

Yea..I'm the first non webcomm ppl to post here! (*dance a little dance*) My new year resolution is to attend every NUSCO practice 'faithfully'. (*cross both hands' fingers*) Dont ask me to 'soon pa' cos I scared lightning strikes....