Stories of me and myself

"After a hard day's work.... lalalala... lalala..."
- An attempt at a trigger activity to get ppl's attention. Heh. More with my horrible singing actually! Hee.

Yep, finally got the risky youth essay out of the way. I completed it 1 day before submission leh... can you believe it? Me?! The renowned procastinator! Heh. But that was only cos I had a pile of history stuff to do... which is now truly HISTORY! Hah! I still reveal the traits of a professional procastinator lah... worked non-stop for 24 hrs just to complete this history assignment. Till I just look at the comp and I wanna puke! (I'm sorry, Apple.)

Was focusing so much on SBQ and SEQ that I got so tired typing "provenance", "reliability" and its sort! And you know what the irritating thing is? My fingers STILL naturally type "provenace" despite the 6 millionth time I have typed it! (And no, I din have to purposely type it without the 'n'! Din know I could count till 6 million huh! Hmph!) But I must say that throwing me into the deep end and making me create an exam paper and its LORMS really teaches me how the entire thing works. So I do appreciate it in a sick kinda way. Heh.

Anyway, I have a couple of thanksgiving items. (No, not turkey nor pumpkin pie!)

1) I wanna thank God for keeping me sane throughout the last 2 days of bia-ing, for giving me a clear mind to think, for keeping me alive and healthy despite the loss of sleep, for keeping me calm and relaxed through it all.

2) I wanna thank God for keeping Apple healthy and hardworking. He has been working non-stop with me too. My reliable partner. (Argh! And that's another 'reliable' being typed!)

3) I wanna thank God for all the people He has provided to keep me going, those who have been around me keeping me company one time or another, giving encouragement, laughing or playing with me, people whom I know I can trust, etc. Oh, and special thanks to 3 wonderful ladies who helped lighten my originally hectic Friday! Credit to YP jiejie who helped me print and hand in my risky youth essay, partner-in-procastination ZY who collaborated and printed the history assignment, and Emay jiejie for being my trusted alarm clock! =)

4) I wanna thank God for my practicum posting (for it being like 400m from my place and it's small, cozy environment), my understanding supervisor (I haven't met him yet but so far he has been really nice!), my cooperating teacher (she's young, bubbly and friendly... I hope I become good friends with her.) and just the initial good impression and excitement that I am feeling right now about practicum. I pray I have loads of fun! *dying to bounce around now... boing boing boing*

5) I wanna thank God for the sudden surge in badminton sessions. From Fridays with Char (no, Tuesdays are not with Morrie) to Sundays with cell, and even impromptu Saturday sessions... (now with buddy, pure fren and "lacklustre sloth" iliep! Hahaha!) Hmm... "i'm lovin' it". Give me badminton and I'm happy! Heh. I pray that there'll be more badminton sessions to come, or even other sports, or just the continuation of these sessions. I pray that more people will join us on Sundays. It's just amazing how one badminton session with cell one Sunday evolved into a somewhat permanent activity! Worship with cell, Bible Study with cell, badminton with cell and dinner with cell! Sunday equals cellday! But still... "i'm lovin' it!"

NIE Life: Now that NIE is approaching its end... I wanna thank God for...

6) My tutors, especially Tutor S (who's clear about what she teaches and eager to impart her knowledge and provide advice. You just feel so secure under her.), Tutor K (whom we have grown used to and I am still amused by his idiosyncrasies and character), risky youth tutor (she's one whom I really admire), even Tutor "dance-to-my-hp-tune" (she added to the boliao side of it all too. Heh.) etc.

7) The opportunity to just be myself, be it antagonizing fellow classmates, or having awesome fellowship with friends, etc.

8) My History class! Every single soul... Viki the black teddybear who calls himself 'nei', Mr Tan the Wise-yet-rubbishy, CM the microsoft word guy, Wes the okay-till-he-swears fella who gives 'zero' without mercy, and especially to Pokechar, Pokekar and my partner-in-porcastination who are always there to play with me, giggle to no ends, talk about anything under the sky, and yet are trustworthy friends of mine.

9) My SS class. Though they are only 5 of us. But I really like the coziness of it all. And the familiarity with each other... that even though it gets dry at times, the company is enough to make me yearn for more. Oops, do I sound masochistic?

10) My Geog class. The microteaching days were really fun fun fun! It allowed me to bond with my classmates, and in the process also learn hands-on classroom management skills. Through it, I got to know the Company, the Mathmos, Chris the outrageously funny guy ("oops! *covers mouth and giggle*), Dolphinzzz the one who got antagonized by the pet 'rock fish', LL the cool gal who rides the motor and even hid in the cupboard with me, SW the super zai 'cher of us all (whom I enjoy antagonizing and oh my she retaliates! Hahaha!), OBSunsetLY who is forever so nice to me, Mas the forever-so-stylo, nice and down-to-earth 'cher, Prakesh the hp-stuck-to-ear-Bollywood star, CY the one without a hp, etc etc.

11) My GESL group. For gelling so well together and cooperating so efficiently that there were little or no complaints. For everyone who were responsible and gave the best. For W and her 2 little gifted boys... her leadership still impresses me to no ends. This group is really a miracle cos we are probably one of the rare groups who worked really well together.

12) For my last stint as a student before officially entering working life. I truly appreciate and treasure every moment spent in NIE (even the travelling time!).

Teaching was a good choice. I kinda believed in it, I still believe in it (duh!) and I hope I believe it for as long as possible. Heh.