Friday, September 16, 2005
Celebrating...
the arrival of yet another weekend!!! yes yes yes!!! haha... one week down, nine more to go... shit, dat seems like a loooooong way... its so far out i cant see the light at the end of the tunnel... but never mind.... its ok its alrite... a weekend is a weekend... its a break nonetheles... no matter how blardy short it is... and why on earth am i stil at home... shouldnt i be in school... or at least getting ready to go to school... but noooo, here i am... have not even ironed my clothes or anything... aaaaaaargh... maybe i should get domestic help... someone to wash and iron my clothes.... hahaha... kinda like room service... and i tink i noe why i havent been sleeping well recently but we'll discuss dat some other time... maybe my theory's rite after all... hmmm...
i hate fridays... its the longest day of the week... meaning i have the most number of teaching periods... i have only one free period excluding recess... dat amounts to about 50 minutes break only... 50 may seem like a big number... but by the time i get down to the staff room, put down my things, catch my breath, tink of wat to do, get down to doing things dat i need to do... and before i'm halfway done, the bell goes and i need to climb my way back to class again... sheesh...
maybe i should take mc... hehe... irma's on mc on mon, tini on tues, noni on thurs... so i tink today must be my turn lah rite... but going to the doctor is juz not my cup of tea... bcoz it involves getting some kinda medicine which i would not take... or which i wouldnt even want to look at... haha... medicine... the grossest things on earth... yucks! bluwek! cant explain it... but im juz one of those pple who cant swallow pills... juz putting them in my mouth, on my tongue makes me wanna puke... haha... and the syrup kind of medicine... worse!!! tengok the botol je, loya tekak... eeeeee... disgusting... lets change topic...
probably gonna be in school til 9 tonite... finish up wateva things dat needs to be done... markings and other stuffs... and tomoro is makeover day... for su, not me... i'm juz accompanying her... but pretty excited to see her pics... but dats tomoro... for now, well i better get off dis chair and prepare for sch... *yawn*... hehe...
Wednesday, September 14, 2005
Dreading...
to go to work... hmmm... dis happens pretty often... in fact i tink its a freaking everyday experience... dragging myself to work... hehe... could it be dat i'm in the wrong blardy profession...? if i luv the job soooo much the dread of stepping my foot or feet into the learning vicinity shouldnt be dis overwhelming isnt it... yet we continue day in day out... crazy pple we really are... anyway, dunno why but feel kinda exhausted lately... difficulty going to sleep, duno why... so crappy... and ders always a consistent list of pple on mc each day... pple juz keep getting sick... taking turns to MIA... sheesh dis job really is hazardous...
neway, met up wf ma best fren all the way from sec sch last nite... yup ancient best fren... hehe... her sis came along... wanted to go shopping actually at JP but by the time we finished dinner at Siam Kitchen, most shops are like closing... darn it... shops should really extend their operating hours man... wat a bummer for pple like us... we cant go shopping b4 work coz the shops aint open yet... we dun really have time to shop after work either bcoz like i juz mentioned, by the time we step out of the eating place, the shops are rolling down dat metal thing (wateva its called) to signal dat they are closed for biznes...
the waiter at Siam Kitchen got us in stitches... not sure if he's new and eager to please or he does not understand english or wateva... he keeps refilling our drinks... yup, our iced lemon tea and lemon grass tea were freeflow but ders no need to refill our glasses like every 5 seconds... hehe... its like, he watches our every move and each time we take a sip on our straws, he would promptly come by and fill up wateva portion we had juz drunk... kinda irritating a lil bit... and his facial expression was classic when we told him dat i got smtg different from wat i ordered... it goes smtg like dis...
me : "excuse me, i ordered chicken laksa but dis is seafood"
him : a surprised and somewat confused look as if he dun understand a word dats comin out of my mouth...
me : "dis is seafood rite? i ordered chicken"
him : " errr..." (at dis point, he kinda looked as if dis is the weirdest thing ever as his mind is going "dis is impossible! it cant be happening! seafood laksa!")
hai... macam2 perangai... the 3 of us exchanged looks and were like... apasal ngan deni... paham ke tak ni... he was wide-eyed but no words came out of his mouth... like he was too perplexed by the whole situation... my laksa being seafood instead of chicken... hehe... juz take away the blardy bowl lah, and ask the chef to change... aiyoh... his reaction kinda made us nervous too in a way... but we didnt do or say anything wrong... hehe... but the topping up of the drinks was really tops lah... 5 stars for dat... kembung air kite bertiga... bloated seh...
aaaaaargh and its 10 now... have to get ready for sch... and i have step classes later till 9 at nite... why oh why do i feel dis way... like smtg is weighing me down... maybe i need a break... and not one of those pseudoholidays... a real break... so how about it Nanin... Espanyol??? Australi??? Turki??? Itali??? hehehe... brangan, brangan...
Monday, September 12, 2005
Welcoming...
the eagerly-anticipated, much-appreciated pay day... hehe... hari yg terpaling mulia pada setiap bulan... hehehehe... when hard-earned money comes in... waaaaah... its a great feeling... to see the numbers in my bank account... before it starts to dwindle at an alarming rate... slowly but surely and steadily it will decrease... till the next hari yg mulia tiba... and i can breathe easy again... hehe...
i'm juz crapping here... wat a start to the new term... after the pseudoholiday... juz dun feel like goin back to school and the kids and marking and rushing to finish the syllabus and tinking whether ders time for revision (apparently not much... but it doesnt hurt to be optimistic ya...) plus all those other shit dat we (me and my fellow comrades) have to deal wif day in day out... and why on Earth did i choose dis noble profession... oh wait, i juz said it... it's noble... supposed to be anyway but well... wateva lah... kinda woke up to a silly yet heart-stopping situation in the morn...
woke up at nine and wearily smsed noni: "wat time u going sch?" and she replied:"juz realised i have vetting today. late oredi"... and automatically my eyes nearly fell out... jumped out of bed, unzipped my bag, flipped thru my file to look for dat piece of paper... and jeng jeng jeng... wat i suspected but hoped was not true was staring at me... i have vetting at 9 too!!! damn it... no way am i gonna make it on time... couldnt have started the term on a worse note... hehe... well, i managed to reach sch at ard 10.15... better late than never... i bet the rest were like cursing under their breath when i entered the room... hehe... so so sori for dat... but i'm not the only one who had forgoten abt it... is dat supposed to make me feel better??? hehe... lets juz hope i wont be late for tomoro's vetting... doing the maths paper tomoro... sigh... and i juz finished doing the Health Ed paper (which is kinda overdue)... she is so gonna kill me when i submit it tomoro... hehe...
guess i better turn in... escape into my comfortable pink room wif pink wardrobe, pink walls, pink bedsheet and pink photoframes... wat more can i ask for... life is great... gosh i Really am crapping... hope tomoro will be much better than today... *fingers crossed* maybe can go for a nice dinner somewer wif da gals.. considering our wallets or purses have been topped up... hehe...
Sunday, September 11, 2005
Disbelieving...
that tomoro marks the start of the final school term!!! omigod... the craziest, maddest, busiest, stressfullest (hehe... new word...), blink-and-u'll-miss-it term... phew... deep breaths, deep breaths... no need to hyperventilate ya... before i noe it, it'll be the dec hols... yeah!!! i can do it!!! hmmm... lets see wat i've accomplished during the one-week hol... i've juz completed my LP for the week and i've marked the maths practice paper... dats the school part (more things not done than done... hehe)... on the homefront, my room has been painted *wide grin* and i'm very satisfied wif the colour... furniture's been moved around and all is settled... didnt get down to cleaning my wardrobe and study table tho... well wateva... life goes on... hehe... i'll find time to do the rest...
another thing dat i'm kinda disbelieving was smtg mentioned by my dear cuzin... yesterday at my nenek's hse... we had a kenduri so she told me dis while we were gobbling down the delicious food... hehe... (kinda hungry at the moment, talking abt food... havent eaten a real meal the whole day... sheesh... my tummy's making vicious yet funny growling sounds...) dear cuzin is frens wif a fren of x-man... cuzin and fren (let's call him M) been frens since sec sch... neway, she told me dat in one of their recent conversations, she cant remember why and how, but somehow x-man got into the story... and she kinda referred to him as a good-for-notin or smtg along dat line... and M wasnt very happy abt the labelling and jumped to x-man's defense... so according to dear cuzin, she and M were like "Do u noe wat He did to her?" and "Well do u noe wat She did to him?" respectively... hehe... untill they both decided to let it rest since wat happened between x-man and me has got notin to do wif them and like why the hell are they fighting over us... good for them... coz it'll be sooo not worth it for them to fall out wif each other bcoz of dis...
wat strikes me about her brief recount of the conversation was... it seems to me dat wateva x-man had related to M... he made himself sound like the victim in the whole situation... which is like soooo not true... wateva dat i did... the informing and all dat... it's all well-intended coz i knew how incapable x-man was at handling such a crisis since we've been der before... he has proven his incapability to clean up after his own mess and all i wanted to do was to make things easier for him... i would have thought he'd be grateful to me since it saved him the hassle of having to muster the courage (which he has little of... haha...) and think (another trait dat he lacks... hahaha... now i'm being mean) of appropriate words to use to explain the situation to certain individuals dat ought to be informed... well well well... pple do change but i guess certain characteristics (like having courage and the ability to think and being grateful) are hard to nurture... at the end of the day... some pple still juz tink of themselves... to them it's all about Me Me Me... how it's bad for them, how dey've been wronged, how dey were denied a second chance, blah blah blah... and i'm like... Helloooooo.... wake up already... the world doesnt revolve ard u alone... duh...
okies... my darling bro has juz walked thru the door and i can smell the LJS take-away dat i ordered from him via sms... hehe... smells good... and i'm famished... so jemput makan... Bismillah...
Friday, September 09, 2005
Reminiscing...
actually it's not so much reminiscing... juz me and my galfren talking about the past and wat we used to do... hehe... all those things, dat upon hindsight, when we tink about it now... we go like "wat the hell were we tinking?"... and the movie dat triggered the rather humorous recollections was The Perfect Catch... the drew barrymore & jimmy fallon movie currently showing in cinemas... sidetrack a little... urs truly was out since morning... had a learning journey at Starbucks TTSH from 930 to 1130... went for turkish lunch at arab street wif colleagues before heading to suntec city for another wkshop from 2 to 5... Humour at Work... and dat was when me and Noni decided dat we should catch a movie...
the movie was about dis guy, Ben, who is obsessed wif the Red Sox... a baseball team dat he practically worshipped since he was a boy... and i mean really eat, sleep, breathe, bathe the Red Sox... dey are all over his hse... pillowcase, bedsheet, towel, mug, shower curtain.... u name it, he got it... to the extent dat his gf commented dat it's like he's living in a gift shop... haha...
neway, der were certain points in the movie dat me and my galfren could relate to, situations which were like sooooo familiar to us... we were somewat transported back to the time when we were... ahem... young and silly and totally devoted to our then-bfs... the things we had to encounter when it comes to them and The Game... u noe wat i mean... soccer lah, wat else... over dinner, we had fun exchanging stories... most of which were similar actually... how it was a lose-lose situation for us gerls... whenever dey had a match, we were at the side cheering them on (now i'm wondering if our presence ever made a difference)... if dey lose, dey'll be in a foul mood and we will be like... walking on thin ice throughout the journey home, afraid to say the wrong things for fear of worsening their mood... try as we might to make things better, more often than not, we'll be treated to a silent bus ride home... minimal conversations, their minds elsewer... and we'll be cracking our brains to do anything or something dat will make them happy... and if dey win... even worse!!! if we r lucky, dey'll send us home... before dey rush off to meet up wif the rest of the team to celebrate or wateva it is dat dey do after a victory... if u r not so lucky, dey'll go home wif u 'halfway' then rush off... if it happens to be ur damn unlucky day, u have to go home by urself or wif some other equally unfortunate gfs... hahaha... so sickening... bila happy, ngan members... bila susah, pandai carik kita... when in a joyous mood, dey run off to their frens... when things were not so well, we had to pacify them... and we, being the goondoos, put up wif dat kind of treatment... for years and years... sheesh...
well... dat was then... and things could not have turned out more differently... i guess dats life... u'll never noe wat is to come... u gotta take the good wif the bad and take it all in ur stride... and yes, people change... ders juz no escaping dat... sometimes it happens in a blink and u are caught unawares... other times, u see the gradual change but refuse to acknowledge it until it is thrown directly at u... most people make the right decisions, move on and lead happier more fulfilling lives... there are some who might make a miscalculated move which dey later regret... and by the time dey realise their folly, it's already too late and the situation's irreversible...
i tink my own take on relationships is... give it ur best shot & pray for the best... if it works out the way u planned, fine... if it doesnt, then take it as a lesson learnt... and probably a sign of better things to come... and an opportunity for a new beginning...
Wednesday, September 07, 2005
Yawning...
aaaaah... juz came back from the Batam trip organised by my sch's SWC for staff and family... brought along abah, mami, sakeenah and KY... been out since 645 in the morn... so damn early... the trip was ok lah... the places we went to (go-cart racing, the seafood lunch place) were the exact same places we visited tbe first time my family went to Batam in 1997... notin much has changed i can say... pretty much the same thing... hehe... weather was extremely hot... i could feel the beads of perspiration trickling down my back... sheesh... felt so sticky and oily...
Nora and Mus, plus lil Ikram, were waiting for us at harbour front when we returned... welcomed us back to Spore, wer we belong... hehe... the whole lot of us had dinner at Breeks... the lunch wasnt very filling and i was rather hungry by time we got off the ferry... wasnt quite a fan of seafood so except for the rice and fish and bits of crab meat, i didnt get much to eat... but dinner at Breeks was wonderful... bcoz we were famished, we completely devoured wats on our plates... smp licin... hehe...
and now, i'm waiting for my darling bro to finish his dinner... bought take-away food from Breeks for him... he wants to paint my room once he's done eating... and i want to be awake to supervise the work... trouble is, i'm not sure i can hang on for very much longer... my two eyes are but 2 thin slits... tak larat nak bukak... makin sepet... and i have to be in sch at 930 tomoro morn for a make-up step class... man oh man... but my bro seems very keen to get the job done... good for him... i am hoping to wake up to a brand new vibrant room... hehehehe... gotta go and check on him now... he's getting the rollers and tray and paint ready...
Monday, September 05, 2005
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Tiring...
It's a tiring, tiring day... juz woke up from slumber about 2 hrs ago by the wailing of the lil boy beside me... opened my eyes reluctantly and realised dat i was alone at home wif a one-month-old!!! gosh... die die oso must force myself up and carry him... my mom, nora and sakeenah had left for the shops for a while... to buy paint... so i carried him... but of coz the crying didnt stop... i wasnt sure wat he wanted... so tried my best to soothe him... experimented wif different positions to hold him... hehe... gave him the pacifier... tried singing to him... he was quiet for a while and i was relieved... nearly 15 min later, the trio reached home... phew... saved at last... at the first opportunity, passed back lil Ikram to his mummy...
backtrack to the beginning of the day and to how dis entry got its title... my alarm sounded at 5 but i only managed to get my ass off my bed abt 45 minutes later... keep snoozing the hp until cannot snooze anymore... or actually, until i convince my half-awake self dat if i dun jump off the bed, i will be late... good thing i've already ironed my clothes & packed my stuff the nite before... but still i was late and had to call for a cab... hehe... wats new rite...
fastforward to Kallang Netball Centre... the P3/P4 Netball Carnival happening today... a few schools were already der when we arrived... kinda exciting for us since dis is our first time playing against other schools... it turned out to be such a hot hot day!!! all of us were perspiring like mad... and me and mishon (the other teacher-in-charge) had to keep reminding the gerls to drink lots and lots of water for fear of dehydration... the gerls played 5 games in total... we lost 3, won 1 and drew 1... not too bad... initially, we thought dey wld get a thrashing from the other schools... coz our gerls are in P3 and would have to play against more experienced, polished P4 players... however, we did tell our gerls dat the objective of them participating in the carnival is to gain experience and exposure of playing with others... and we thought it is best dat we introduce them to the game by letting them play in a non-competitive environment... based on my observation juz now, ders plenty to learn but ders potential as well... so dey'll do fine... i'm sure dey'll improve wif more practice, commitment and determination...
by the time we played all 5 games, it was a lil past noon and the sun was at its hottest... goodness... i pity the teams playing in the afternoon... KY's school, for one, had games from noon till abt 4... sigh... guess dey'll be roasted at the end of the carnival... me went straight back home after dismissing the gerls from school... upon reaching home, urs truly took a nice cold shower and then... headed to my room and straight to la la land... zzzzzzzz... until i was awoken by the cries mentioned earlier...
and at dis very moment my darling niece is kissing my arm as i am typing... dunno why... juz one of her unexplained moments of showing affection... hehe... hmmm wat is der to look forward to tonite... ders anugerah... and probably some painting (by my dad) since the stuffs are here... still feeling kinda tired... i tink its the weather... really drained me off all my energy... so so so tiring...
Sunday, September 04, 2005
Raining...
typing to the sound of raindrops on the window... or on the road outside... hehe... juz changed my skin again... dunno how many times i have to keep doing dis... why do the pics keep not appearing... hmmm... no answer to dat... lets see how long dis skin will last...
and i am stil kinda pissed abt the 'trespassers'... still hanging ard... get lost oredi!!! so sickening... aaaargh... ok lets discuss other not-so-annoying stuffs... my dad's painting the room dat will be used for KY's wedding... juz the initial white coat... not the real colour yet... dat will come later coz we have yet to buy the paint... haha... i'm gonna get my darling bro to paint mine for me... hehe... but of coz, at a cost... which his 'agent' (my mom) has voluntarily negotiated for him... well wateva... as long as he gets the job done and do it well... will keep my fingers crossed for dat... will make sure i am ard to supervise the process...
anyway, seems like a boring day... and the weather isnt helping... juz making me feel more lazy and wanna get on my bed and hibernate... but on second thoughts, i'm feeling kinda hungry... havent had anything to eat since i woke up at ard 8 juz now... except for a small muffin while watching the rerun of TGIF... hungry, hungry... hujan gini... hungry and sleepy... hehe...
i was supposed to accompany Su to a free makeover dis mornin... at Boat Quay... she called me last nite to ask me if im ok wif it... the catch is... she's not allowed to bring anyone in... so if i were to follow her der, i will have to wait outside... wat kind of a regulation is dat... so if she takes 3 hrs, 3 jam lah i kene mendanguk kat situ... hehe... i was prepared to bring along my stack of compo to mark at Mc or wat while waiting for her... skali tak jadi pegi... i'll be accompanying her on another day... coz the thing is, she will only get 2 (pathetic) pictures out of the hundred over dat dey will be taking... for extra copies, she'll have to (surprise surpise) pay lah... so might as well go after payday rite... can get (or buy) more pics... susah2 make-up, posing2... tak kan nak bawak balik 2 keping gamba je kan... tak berbaloi seh... anyway, gd thing we didnt go out... dun really like to get stuck in the rain... wet and cold and soggy... hehe
which reminds me... i am bringing the girls to a netball carnival at kallang tomoro... hope it doesnt rain... gosh... i was told der will only be 2 tentages... der'll be so many gerls from schools all over spore... kalau ujan, bertempiaran lah semua... please please please dun rain...
Saturday, September 03, 2005
Lamenting...
about dis invaders taking unwelcomed residence on my chin... good thing dey'll only be ard temporarily... cant wait for them to buzz off... hehe... and wat good timing to pay me a surprise visit ya... juz the nite before the Teacher's Day Dinner... i looked into the mirror and aaaaaaaaaaaaaaargh... horror of horrors... the dreaded little red dot... well actually, der are 2 not-so-little red dots... sheesh... juz managed to dampen my spirits a wee bit... not about to let pimples rule my mood rite... hehe... apa bleh buat... for about 2 months of not having the uninvited guests... baru ingat the skin is getting better... skali jeng jeng jeng... nasib badan...
well well well... dat was 2 nites ago... and the Teacher's Day Dinner has come and gone... i personally think its better than last year's... not very sure wat made the difference but kinda enjoyed myself more... could be dat last year's was kinda nerve-wrecking... wif the performance and all... hehe... anyway, next yr it'll be YTPS turn to organise the dinner... which translates into juz one thing... more work for us... hehehehe... wats new ya... the amt of work juz keep piling higher and higher and we have to continue trying darn hard not to drown in them... such is life...
the one week hol is here... but it will pass very quickly and before i realise it, i'll be back in sch for the maddest craziest term... some things dat i wanna get done within the week... may seem ambitious but wateva... worth dreaming about it... hehe... i gotta mark the dreaded compo, paint my room, clear my wardrobe (it's REALLY gonna explode soon... have to donate my old but still in very good condition baju kurungs and wat not) and possibly also clear my table... stay tuned to find out whether i achieve dis short-term goals...
its a sat nite and i'm stuck at home... no way i'm gonna step out of the hse wif these things on my chin anyway... and as usual, noting's gd on tv... except for soccer later at 10... even dat, not sure how entertaining it'll be... (oh no!!! the Turkey ad is playing on tv!!!)... and suddenly i remembered dat my fren kena bubble again dis morning by the same freaking person who bubbled her the last time... or maybe dat person is a freak... wateva works... play wif the words... well, dats the last i heard neway... not sure wats the present situation... no updates yet... hmmmmmm... i guess some pple are juz put in dis world to test our patience... probably, dats the sole reason of their existence... hehe... pretty mean statement ya... but i really have no idea wat to make of their situation and it seems to me... neither to that bubble guy... dazed and confused... kesian dia... i juz hope he'll sort his thoughts soon and stop being a pain in the ass... and to my bubbled fren... macam crite bujang lapuk tu... ecubaan... hehe...
Thursday, September 01, 2005
Congratulating...
My darling bro for a job well done... again... bravo! bravo! *claps* *claps*... he has awaken from his slumber... or beauty sleep... hehe... and he has moved the tagboard to the right side... so its no longer bare!!! and added the title at the top... tadaaaa... hehe... tot of getting him to change the colour of the tagboard as well... the yellow and bright orange dun really go wif the rest of the new skin... but he has to go off somewer... so maybe later at nite ya... orites... urs truly gonna have my bfast now... wif darling sakeenah... all ready for a battle which will end wif a messy kitchen table... hehe... sweetness... outz...
Irritating...
Nope... me not referring to my kids here... hehe... tho its a very apt description for several of them in my class... i'm actually referring to my eye and nose... for some reason (which i dunno of coz) my left eye is tearing and itching... and my nose... aaaargh... keeps sniffling... enjoy my holiday, ya rite... great day to feel uncomfortable and sick... and of coz ders plenty of marking to be done... its really juz a holiday for the kids...
and i dunno wat happened to my previous skin... probably got expired or the creator removed it or wateva... so now i have to put up a new one... but the right side is bare and i have no freaking idea how to fill up dat space... kinda IT illiterate so i'll juz leave it ya... till i find another skin to use... or i'll wait for my darling bro to wake up and ask him abt it...
my mom and KY are going to geylang later... KY gonna collect her shoes & bag... not sure whether to follow them or shop for smtg to wear for tomoro's dinner... but kinda tinking twice abt parting wif my (hard-earned) money... i have already overspent dis month by like God noes how much... hmmmm and dis eye is really bugging me... i tink the sore eyes virus is lingering somewer in the air... had abt 3 kids on mc dis week bcoz of sore eyes...
my cute lil niece is watching a vcd currently singing "if u r happy and u noe it"... hahaha... kiut pulak... she's like standing less than a metre away from the tv screen... ngotot seh...my mom and KY encouraging her to follow the actions... poor gerl she'll be sent back to her mami and ayah later... coz its very trying to bring her anywer... lagik2 nak gi geylang... ecubaan... she's too active and we cant keep up... cant imagine wats gonna happen when my sis, Nora, goes back to werk after her maternity leave... me mom having to take care of 2 lil kids... currently 15-mth-old and 1-mth-old... goodness gracious... rumah jadi macam tongkang pecah... already, our living room looks like its been hit by a hurricane... hehe... Nora and Mus better get some kind of domestic help for her... it seems like an impossible task... thou when u tink of it, me mom's done it b4... wif me and KY when we were little... but then again, she was my age back then... the energy level is waaaaaaaay different... plus she only had to worry abt the 2 of us back then... now, der r like 4 other pple in the hse apart from the 2 kids... and ders stil KY's wedding in Nov to tink abt... ooooh busy, busy...
good news... my left eye has stopped tearing and is no longer itching or irritating... and the sniffling has ceased... which means... i'm ready to hit the stores!!!