Monday, September 05, 2005
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...