my life

has been pretty stagnant with nothing exciting going on!

school has been alright. when u are at your fourth year, everything becomes a routine and for me, i just wanna it to zoom past.

i realise.. i really don't have much to blog about. till the next!

school attachment :)

My school attachment experience has been nothing short of awesome! It's the first job I really enjoy, so I am glad I have signed my bond with MOE already. I am so thankful that I got posted to such an awesome school.. PEI TONG PRIMARY SCHOOL (: The principals and teachers are really nice to us [award holders and scholars]. Most importantly, the students are so adorable! They are just so excited whenever they see us, waving madly, going "Ms Au... Ms Au....Remember me????" and then they will flash gigantic cheeky grins.



I was attached to a Primary 1 class. See their cute and cheeky grins? :) My mentor is a really nice teacher. She is an authoritative teacher, firm yet giving the kids space - treating them like young adults. I really like the fact that she respects the students and teaches them the right things. Primary 1 kids are really cute.. the things they say and ask..

"Ms Au, can i go..pass motion?"
"Ms Au, he take my color pencil........"
"Ms Au, can i teach him how to do the questions....."

puts a smile on my face, really :)

I particularly admire the teachers running the Learning Support Program [a program to help the weaker students].. They are really patient and dedicated. Lessons become so fun and engaging. They take patience to a whole new level.. I think it will take a lot of effort and practice before I become SO patient.. but I must get there!

Attachment was made enjoyable by very fun and very nice fellow award holder and scholar! We had breakfast and lunch together, discovering the new places in school together and laughing at dance classes when we walked past the dance studio. It was great fun with the girls below (: We made posters, did our projects, explored the various programs in school and sat through meetings together. Really glad to befriend them! :)

Worked on the project with Samantha.. She's really nice and she made the difficult project an easy one. We worked on developing formative assessments for the Primary 1 students. I do hope there will be a shift from summative to formative assessments, then young kids won't need to go through the stress of CAs and SAs! Must say I have learnt a lot from working on the project!:D

NIE trainee, Candy + Sam + me ((: it was my last day! :( Love Fridays..can dress down and wear jeans!

Really thankful for this short teaching (not really) stint. It made me realise that it isn't easy being a teacher, what with many adminstrative work and meetings. However, it is worth it when you see the smiles on your students' faces.. when you see them learning the right things. My mentor told me that it is her passion for teaching which drives her forward. Once in a while, we would need to refuel this passion to make sure that teaching is not a routine but something enjoyable! I hope this burning passion within me would continue to push me forward! :)

In an attempt to liven my blog and to relieve my boredom, I shall blog about my 22nd birthday! Plus jo's as well.

I can't really figure if my birthday, this year, was a good day or not.. No doubt, it was a day filled with wishes and love, yet it marked the first day of me falling ill. So anyway, I spent the day with my love, having a simple lunch at Tao's. It seemed like a long time when we last had a good meal together. Meals with him are always fun because he says the funniest things. Humour is something that he is so gifted at (:

The cake he bought me! Meringue from The Patissier. Really awesome cake. We met up with my family for dinner after that. By then, I wasnt feeling too well already so i ate little for MY birthday dinner. (zzz)

Í really appreciate my family so much.. They are ALWAYS here for me, especially after this whole episode of falling ill, I really am so thankful to have them.

With some cousins and uncle!

The sick birthday girl :( So after dinner, I came home to eat medicine and received a surprise conference call from sishood! :)

On Monday, met up with Alex and kairu to have dinner. Was still sick and had little appetite! Nonetheless, it was great meeting them. They are really special friends of mine (: They surprised me with a small cake. Blessed to have them in my life!

The next day was a meetup with pei and cherie! Got a cute birthday card and vitamin C. They must know that i really need the Vit Cs. hahas. (:

Met up with sishood on Friday! Was supposed to go to Night Safari but there was a last minute change of plans. Continued with the sleepover..

Played super fun and loud games. haha (:

And they surprised me and Sam with a cake (:
Precious friends.... (:

They bought me a super expensive foundation from SK2! Can't say enough thankyous to sishood for being the friends i know i can always count on. RV is such a nice place to allow me to find such awesome friends (:

Jo's birthday gift! An automatic Ted Baker watch! (: He bought me a Agnes B. wallet. =)

His birthday! (:

His friends came over. So sweet of them! They talk really weirdly though, constantly bickering and stuff. Think it's a guys thing.=p

Ok, i think i am not good with the captions thing.. So i hope the pictures speak for themselves. I think the best thing about birthdays is not the presents but the comfort in knowing that people care about you and want to make you happy. Ï'm glad to have a group of friends and loved ones who want me to be happy. For that, I can't be more thankful. (:

reason

you know, a lot of people say that things happen for a reason.

now, i seem to really think so as well.

i have been sick for the longest time ever. not that i like it to happen but it made me..want to change how i live.

i have been pretty unstable.. perhaps due to being sick.. i don't know. it made me realise who i could rely on though..

for the first time i keep sending jo mushy messages on fb, not because i want the world to know i love him.. i just can't seem to adequately express the amount of appreciation i feel towards him. he has been the one who held onto my hand when i felt so scared. (so scared could be an understatement) and thank you just can't sum up how i feel during the aftermath.

and my parents. it sucks to make them worry so endlessly. yet at the same time i feel so comforted. lucky. nice. warm.

and sam. when i msged her to tell her about how i felt, her nice words through the sms exchanges touched me.

maybe this episode of being sick happened to let me know that there are people who care so so much.

back from hk!

it was really an awesome trip with jo and his family. i have read in magazines how holidays with partners can become disastrous, an example may be how the guy's hygiene may put the girl off, or things along that line.. but i am glad my first overseas experience with jo was a terrific one! :))

thanks for taking care of me and holding onto me when i was so scared on the plane (maybe cos first time not taking sia =x).. many many other things to thank you for which i will probably do in private. love you!

received my results before flying off and i did reasonably well! many many thanks to cool senior and gang for helping me with my most difficult module! and of cos sammie for everything else!

i am a happy girl this summer! (: