Life as a teacher

Looking through the pictures that I took with my Sedaya students , it's always nice that photo is able to capture the moments and memories..

Being a teacher nowadays is challenging and definitely different from the old time, other that instilling knowledge and values into students mind, we also portray ourselves as their friends. Thus they will not hesitate to come to us when they encounter problems.

During my time, most of my teachers were serious and strict. They got zero tolerance for nonsense and I'm always scared of their laser stare. Their stare might be able to slice me up like fruit ninja.However I can't be over friendly till my students climb up to my head, thus i apply and linean but mean business kinda style with my students.Time to study and time to play,



Why do I choose to be a teacher?
I enjoy spending time, teaching teenagers and children,
Not to say that im able to produce zero failure rate but at least I'm able to make a slight difference in their learning experience.

Why do I choose to teach Mandarin?
Well, my major was in Chinese Studies, why not spread the knowledge to the next generation. thus what I've learnt is not going down to the drain. I practice what I had learnt.

Thanks for giving me such an valuable experience, let's cherish the memories together.
Last bu not least, Good luck to all PMR candidates.

Educational Trip to Putrajaya

After the finals had ended, our school organized an Educational trip to Putrajaya. Students gathered at the basketball court according to their bus. Each bus were accompanied by three teachers to babysit take care  of the monkeys students. The journey took about 45 minutes from Subang Jaya.

First destination, Taman Warisan Pertanian aka Agricultural Heritage Park. 

This park showcase Malaysia agricultural development over the decades, such as agro industry plants, tropical fruit trees, herb and spices. Thus, I think this is the perfect way to expose our students to plants that had contributed in the growth of  Malaysia economy.

Kenneth, Me, Wai Xing

 Jian San, Me， Justin

yea, they are my bodyguard LOL

 Camwhore is a must

2nd destination, Putra Mosque

 Ms Tan, Ms Foh, Ms Wan, Me

 Zera, Pei Xian, Me, Jian San, Suet Yeng,

it's so hard to keep our eyes open against the hot sun

Lunch time- Freedom time

Me having tomyam udon for lucnh at black canyon

3rd Destination, The Pm's residence

Ms Tan, Ms Foh, Me

Mission accomplished.

Time to head back to school

Mid Autumn Festival 中秋节

哈咯～好久好久没有写中文了～在此献上迟来的中秋节祝福～好啦，我知道有些迟了～但愿月圆人团圆～

 华文学会举办了空前绝后的中秋寻宝夜～为何空前？因为之前没有人办过～为何绝后？因为经过这次的经验我们不想再办～详情自有分晓～


中秋节的前夕，跟学生们一起在学校烤肉+寻宝游戏。晚上提着小灯笼，还真把我拉回时光隧道。特别感谢敏仪、慧燕和芯仪帮我串鱼丸～感恩啊～没有她们帮忙的话我恐怕会串到手抽筋～
感谢我中二的宝贝学生～没有他们的水当晚的饮料就泡不成了～
感谢坚欣和熠盛报效燕菜糕～

 #传说中的鱼丸和香肠～

我目前患上鱼丸香肠恐惧症

#泡饮料当中

我不得不佩服莲花能在那么短的时间内煮出五十人分的炒米粉、咖喱鸡和菜肴，

真的让我佩服得五体投地、甘拜下风。

 #我、彦颖、嘉琪

 #我、韦意

 #全体照

感谢老板娘抽空出席。

话说中秋晚会圆满结束，大家都可以松一口气。虽然说有一部分的筹委都非常用心地在办，其余的那些人还真的有待加强。从海报、入门票、膳食、寻宝游戏都是由老师设计/策划 ，简称包山包海。据我所知，顾问老师只是在旁协助，并不需要凡事都亲力亲为。顾问老师最早到最迟回，吃饱学生散，剩下我、莲花、Ms.Wan这些顾问老师收拾狼藉。这是什么世界？悲哉悲哉～倘若你是我们，你明年还想再办吗？无言。


中秋节当天就和母亲大人庆祝，很简单但很温馨～我已经过了提灯笼的阶段～

#中秋节应节食品

 #所谓的棱角～

学生一直认为是牛角==

 #小芋头

#剥皮后的小芋头

最后,献上苏轼的《水调歌头》 

人有悲欢离合， 

月有阴晴圆缺，

 此事古难全。 

但愿人长久，

 千里共婵娟。

因为我的学生还停留在李白的《静思夜》 ，

叹气～

p/s:你们家的月饼吃完了吗？

我家还有也。。

260811 Sedaya Graduation Night

One day, Zeboss suggested to hold this year's graduation ceremony in the hotel. Then i was assigned to form my committee to come out with the games. Should be no problem with that as my students were very co-operative and willing to help out, and most importantly they are obedient . Everything went well over the week until i saw the detail of works for the teachers, my name were stated at the Games MC column and also the decoration column. And the event is only a week away, i pushed my panic button. I need time to prepare the script, figure out how to decorate the ballroom. Seriously I dont have much time left, why didnt they inform me in advance? A superwoman, I am not. And why in the first place did they pick a Mandarin teacher as the MC? I'm sure that the English teachers speak better English than me.

On that praticular day (26/8/11) , after seeking permission from Zeboss I took my students out to decorate the ballroom. But to my surpirse, the ballroom blacked out while we were blowing the balloons  and got no choice but to decorate in the dark. Ironically, the rest of the ballroom were working well. Did they did it on purpose or what? Time was not on our side as school dismissed earlier on Friday and i was stucked in the jam while driving back to school.

Then I was stuck in the jam again while on the way to the hotel, it was the hari raya cum school holiday jam. Then some random dude from the car in front waved to me,speechless..not like im wearing anything revealing.

#My outfit for the event.

Tell me Is this very revealing?

 

#Voila~

 #It turn out quite well after they switch on the lights.

 #

 #with my girls

 #with my boys

Overall, the games went smoothly and I couldn't have done this without my students' help. I owe them a big thank you for their effort and time. You cant imagine what we had gone through, im thankful enough that the event is finally over.

Picture says a thousand words

I believe picture says a thousand words and this is a useful visual aid while lesson is conducted. As students are able to visualise better with picture rather than just looking at words. This time i decided to do something new in class, I asked my students to help me with the drawing. Fyi, it seems that god forget to pour the artistic part on me. So my drawing skill remains at pre-school level TT4TT.

 #Picasso in the making

 #Hazim, me, Vincent who is standing like a stick=.=

#Hanis , me 

#Fatihah, me & Hanis 

 #Bell bell, me

 

 #Tada~the master piece~

the flower pot and fishes which were beautifully drawn, 

but somehow the people turned out as naruto character
guess my students are anime fans.

Since my drawing skills are way below average, I admire those who are able to express themselves by drawing. But the bright side is I'm still capable to express my thoughts by words. In short, try not to compare with others on what you do not possess but look deep inside yourself and you might discover your hidden talent.

Exam blues

Hi peeps, enjoying your weekend?

It has been a week of invigilating and marking test papers. From my past experience, invigilating is more tiring than teaching. As I'll be walking around the class, attending to students who need extra answer sheets.

I know STUDYING =STUdent + DYING. I seem to more stressed out than my students as my pimples are popping and dandruff are falling like snowflakes, arghhh. I had tried my best to help them, hope my students gonna do well.*finger crossed*

However, when I started marking the marks are way far from satisfactory, *bang walls* my heart dropped into the bottom of the valley. Sigh, is it my fault or they are just not interested? Kaolat, looks like it's my turn to write report to explain why the passing rates are low. This is very sad and disappointing if you read my emo post few days back, it's about the grades.


Few days back, while I was rushing against time to do revision with my students, some of them were willing to ask if they still had doubts about the subject, im more than happy to clear their doubts. But, some just ignored and happily think mandarin is not important and they even tell me that it's a useless subject. =.= how disrespectful and im kinda immune with this sorta remarks.

Now it's not easy being a language teacher, as most students are more focused on maths and science subject. Hence, the standard of language is slowly deteriorating as less people emphasized on the importance of language. They will be okay in daily conversation, but they gonna looked awful on paper. I can shower them with knowledge but if they are not willing to absorb, I cant do anything.

Are there any more effective method to study?
I need help~

Impossible is possible

When I was told that my colleague and I were in charge of the Chinese Fan Dance, I pushed my panic button.  Why me? Nooooooooooooo.. The voice was screaming inside my heart. Dancing seems like an impossible and unreachable task for me. For those who know me well, breaking planks and sparing seemed to be an easier task for me. Fyi, the performance was two weeks away,  do I even have enough time to teach?

With zero knowledge in dancing, I searched high and low in youtube looking for suitable dance moves to master within 2 weeks. I can settle with something presentable and easy.
My friends said it's rather impossible for me to teach dancing as I used to spar my ass off during tkd practice. Apart from our hectic timetable, we squeezed every bits of free time to supervise our students' progress.

After the first full dressed rehearsal, im flattered when i received positive comments from my colleague,
I felt the burden on my shoulder was slightly lighter.On that concert night, my girls were really stressed out as they were worried they wont be able to maintain the same standard==. I hugged them before they went on stage.Although we were exhausted but when i saw camera flashes while i was recording their dance routine~I knew they nailed it. Big wide smile ^_______________^

Thinking of carrying their costume from the 8th floor in Kuen Cheng School and going all the way to Petaling Street to get their dancing fan is totally worth it now.
Thanks to my colleagues Ms Wan and Ms Foh, our girls wouldn't make it without both of you, our teamwork rules~

Thanks to my students who were willing to sacrify their time to practice,you all made us proud from the very first moment you all performed on stage~

Here is the video

enjoy =D

The valuable lesson for this story is if there is a will, there will be a way.
It's never too late to start practicing for whatever thing if there are hard work, commitment and determination involved.

=The End=

Gonna continue doing my exam papers TT3TT

0807 Sedaya Night 2011

Sedaya night was held a day before the "Bersih" rally, as you know that there were road blocks hence the traffic was super duper jam and I was stuck in one of the Subang Jaya roundabout for at least 45 minutes. It's so near yet so far, at one point i felt like walking was faster than driving. I felt frustrated to the max because i was in my car and the traffic remained stagnant for so long!!! But my goodness, i was only 10-15 minutes late, where some of the teachers were stuck in the jam for 2-3 hours T.T I was lucky compared to them, I shall stop complaining from now on.

#My outfit for the night~

Simplicity is always the best

#Put on falsies and did some light make up for the occasion

 #Tadaa~~with my form 4 girls

#Jasrin, me

#Jia en and me

 #With my twins Nikki and Nicole,
guess who is the older sister?

#Wanling, me and Tommy

 

 #with my form2 boys

#Group photo with Ms Wan.

#Model search? Lol

Looks like Ms Foh and I blend in really well

 #Hair tied, costume changed, fan done,
everyone is ready~

 #Voila, it's show time 

#My girls mesmerised the audience with their graceful dance moves

 #The climax of the fan dance

Im so proud of my girls

#Ending pose and we nailed it <3

#Young blood in school ^^

#Credit to Ms Foh for capturing those chinese fan dance photos with her professional  DSLR.

Gonna upload the Chinese Fan Dance video after I've finish editing it.

Cya.