Stories of me and myself

Went swimming today during the 4-hr break. Had a peacefully enjoyable swim cos I practically owned the entire pool! A great feeling, you should try it some day! Then I lazed on the beach chair and read. Read what, you might ask. Upper Sec Social Studies textbook. Such a nerd hor? Haha! But it came into use ok! I knew what the Malayan Union was when the question popped up in class! I could even list the states! Hee. But to find out that it is non-examinable and out of the syllabus. Why still include it in the text?? We figured that it is the bridge linking the colonialism/nationalism of SEA to Singapore/Malaya merger. So there. Oh well, at least I learnt something new.

I also got super burnt. Din realise that I was gonna be burnt so bad! the most hilarious thing was this... Haha! Self-harm?? =)



Tutor K's lesson was interesting today. More lively, even though he did wonder why his energy level is always so low during our class. Hmmm. But he did offer us Rocher today. Only cos it was left over by the other class and he can't eat nuts! Haha! but I'm not complaining! Not when I hadn't eaten the whole day!

Quote of the day: "No, we are not gonna look at owls or turtles, we are gonna look at lions!" Wah.... Hahaha! Tutor K said that when he mentioned editing pictures as sources, and we were discussing the familiar pictorial sources about owls, Peranakan ladies and turkeys (not turtles!). Apparently someone was so desperate for pictorial sources for the Tamil Tigers/Singhalese conflict that he resorted to drawing a cartoon himself! (And he din dare to acknowledge his work!) Hmm, where is the professional integrity?? Anyway it was quite funny cos you could infer quite easily that a Singaporean drew it. The Lion looked like Merlion, the tiger looked like Singa the courtesy campaign mascot and one of the guys looked like Flintstone! And I think that guy is quite funny cos the University had something resembling a halo round it, like how you get enlightened when you go to Uni? (Yar rite!)

And the next interesting thing. About the importance of putting yourself into the shoes of the student (And I still haven't caught "In her shoes"!!) and thinking like them. We were asked to interpret a cartoon like N(T) kids. The cartoon portrayed a stork carrying a basket with a human baby in it, a father stretching out his hands and apparently going "No no!" and a mother beside him, with her back turned, and counting money with question marks above her. So how would you interpret this source? As adults, and "professionals" (Tutor K, 2005/6), we infer that the couple is worried that there is insufficient funds to support another baby. However, N(T) kids, or whoever at all who doesn't know the myth about the "baby comes from the stork" story, they might interpret the cartoon in this way. The stork is kidnapping the baby... the father is trying to stop the stork, and the mother is counting the money for use as ransom. How interesting are the turns?!! It all boils down to the prior knowledge which we conveniently assume that students have. Whatever it is, we should include it in background information, caption or provenance, even if it's just to cover our precious butts!

Proceeded to Chinatown after class. Die die want to buy my skirt!! Been eyeing it ever since Giz and Geordie were here to visit! Between the white, brown and maroon, I chose the latter. Here it is! =)



Had dinner with mummy, and proceeded to Bugis for more shopping. Shopping spree! Wheeee....
Din have any luck looking for appropriate and pretty blouses. Hee. We ended up buying jewellery! *grin* And then we had no more cash, so I guess I'm not meant to buy that bag today! Shopping sprees are fun when you have the cash and you get good discounts! Haha! Not otherwise! =) Unless what you are buying is really worth it!

K I shall have to go cool my burning self down with a cool shower. Now is the perfect time to have roasted duck. Slowly roasted in the natural way. Flavours all intact. =)