The Big Ka-BOOM!

A big bang happened in the house! Calm down guys.. It's not a bomb. It's my mom's 13 years old dining table letting go of its last breath.. That gigantice dining table finally takes its last toll and broke down. Mom and I had to un-attach its parts to make it easier to get rid of it.

It happened when we were doing house cleaning from top to bottom.. Sigh, looks like we need to go hunting for a new one.

Rest in peace, my precious dining table. You have served our family well over these years. X3

FAMILY DINING TABLE

1996 - 2009

*no photo was taken as it's just unbearable to watch*

Second Phase Practicum

This morning was my last day of practicum. Half of me was like "Whaa.. can't wait for the time to scram" and the other half was going "Going to miss here.. Thiam, going back to 7am-4pm schedule of lectures again.."

My second phase practicum was completed in SK Tambay, a very small school with average of 15 to 22 pupils in a class. It's a pretty laid back school where all the teachers are very friendly and warm as well as the staff there ranging from the cooks, clerks, security guards and cleaner. My session with the pupils was around 5 hours a week excluding all the other teach-ins that I might have to take. I taught Year 4 Mathematics and Phys. Ed.

So, this morning was my last day. I bought some gifts to 17 'Denise the Menace' in my class. Well, not all are menace but most of them are. =_=" I had my last lesson before the recess and after the recess, we had a short assembly. After the short assembly, I was planning to pack my stuff and getting myself ready to go back when the class monitor of Year 4 pulled me to the class, claiming that they were crying in the class. Indeed they were...

Being a very cold-hearted teacher.. acclaimed my practicum partner for me not crying when I saw them cry, I just felt weird thinking the whole time, I kept on lecturing them on finishing their homework and punishing them whenever they make noise and being naughty during my lesson. So how in hell would they miss me??

It was like 16 broken pipes in the class! Even the naughiest boy whom I punished almost every lesson. Gosh~ I had to retain myself for quite a while just to comfort all of them and when I started waving goodbye to them, they all cried back!!

In the end, a teacher asked me to ignore them and walk away or else I could not leave the class. I did that and after packing my stuff and bringing it all to my car, there they were! All 17! Crying on my car! Aiyoyo~ Some of the girls even pull my clothes asking me not to go.. but what can be done? Every journey has its end.

Anyhow, feeling pretty tired atm. Symptoms of flu are appearing.. and holiday's around the corner. Going to zz soon so logging off..

Wake Up People!

OMG! The weather these days are so so so hot! I felt like bringing an air-cond everywhere I go but I can't do that. I taught Physical Education and some of my students barely can stand the weather. It's hazy, hot and humid. I even bathed like 4 to 5 times a day than the frequent 3. =_="

What bugs me is that the villagers along the Kota Samarahan and Asajaya district (I'm not sure whether it's a district or not) kept on burning their fields despite the hot weather. It's making the air so polluted and hazy. Ashes sticking on the car and clothes too.

Last Friday on my way back to Kuching, a forest was burnt down and fire fighters had to go and put the fire out using water from the drain cause there are no fire hydrant nearby. The fire was pretty big and near the main road. Hope that after this, they learn not to burn their fields recklessly.

El Nino is coming indeed. I saw today's newspaper and there's a typhoon heading to Borneo! Gosh~ No wonder there was not even a single rain for the past two months. The rivers in rural areas are beginning to dry up.

All I can say is that this is not the work of God or Mother Nature but man alone. Human did this to Earth and we are paying for it. This means every single two legged mammals that are reading this and even me when are typing it down. I guess we got to realize how big one single person can affect the world. No more of the excuse of "I am just one human, what can I do".

So, guys! Please save Earth anyhow you can. Recycle, car pooling, whatever it takes that can contribute even the least.

Moving

The four of us officially moved in a rental house which is about ten to fifteen minutes drive from the school I'm having my practical in.

We moved on Tuesday afternoon. Some of us, including me being the 'clean-addict', we started cleaning the place up. Sweeping, wiping, mopping, washing, brushing, arranging, throwing out the rubbish and etc. A housemate works on the kitchen while for me, the toilet and the bathroom. =_=

By the time we finished cleaning everywhere, it's about 8pm! And gosh, we haven't started out daily lesson plan yet. Luckily managed to finish it and got a few hours of beauty sleep before going to school the next day. The funny thing was I was so sleepy that my lesson plan got so many typo error. XP

This week was a pretty busy week. The house is a nice place to live in although it's a bit rundown. What's killing my back is the bed. Need to buy a better mattress or I'll be like an old lady by the time I finish my practicum.

Oh ya, do you know where do the villagers throw their rubbish everyday? We were quite curious on how to manage our rubbish as there were no rubbish bin in sight. So, we went on to ask a villager living nearby. According to the makcik, the rubbish truck only comes twice a week that is on Tuesday and Saturday. Hence, they throw their rubbish into the river. I was like THE RIVER???!!! Gosh~ I can't do that. The river is God's creation. Making it dirty means that I'm ruining His creation. Furthermore, the river is so beautiful.

Lastly, we ended up putting our rubbish outside the house to avoid attracting ants. Guess what? Next morning, it was gone. Now thinking of it, someone must had helped us throw it into the river.. NoOoooOoo...

All in a Life as A Human...

Currently not in the mood (T_T)

Incident #1

Actually found a place to stay for the 2 months practicum. When we decided to go and clean the place up, we realized that we can't park our cars there due to the extremely small bridge. So, if we want to live there, have to park at roadside which is super dangerous with the chances of:

i. Big lorry hitting our cars anyday of that two months

ii. Probability that we would accidentally drive our cars into the big longkang near the house

Another option is to park our car near the shops. Bad idea according to locals as there are many bandits lurking around the area.

So, bo pien.. Paiseh, paiseh have to decline the kopitiam lady's kindness in helping us to find a place to stay. Now, we have to drive up and down 1 hour plus from campus to our practical place. Jia you, Amy for taking the role to drive~ Hopefully, I can help her by turn-taking...

Incident #2

In my attempt to search for a new place to stay cause I want to avoid from being overtired from the long drive everyday, my practicum partner and I were almost being bitten by a furious, angry looking dog. I could still remember the adrenalin rush of standing just a few feet away from the dog who was ready to attack me any moment before its owner managed to save me.

After whole day talking to the locals there, still no luck finding a place to rent. Long hours of driving, here I come.. xS

Incident #3

Practicum + 40% of semester's credit project + fatigue from everyday trip to practicum place + lonely campus = me making this face (=_=") and also developing pessimistic thoughts.. Pray for me...

Incident #4

Allowance's not out yet... *pockets fill with dry leaves*

Incident #5

Car buat hal.. She's sick and asking money for me to heal her. Luckily, it cost me no above than RM500. If not, I'll be eating dirt until my allowance's out...

Incident #6
I want to shoot that stupid c***d *takes a bow, shoot and miss* DARN! Get out from my head!

Then again, what's life without these challenges right?

*current optimistic level: 2/5*

Best of Friends

Time does fly, doesn’t it? My three weeks holiday has come to an end. In a while later, got to go back to campus and prepare for the new semester starting tomorrow and... I am so not looking forward to getting the new schedule as I know it is going to be super packed. Like 7:30am to 4:00pm packed. +.=


My three weeks holiday as short quoted can be defined as unproductive, I guess. Been a sloth at home, going online almost every single day of the holiday but heck, this is the only time that I can be that lazy before stepping back into the hectic life of assignments, practicum, projects and campus activities.

I managed to meet few friends yesterday. YEAH!! A little gathering of ours just to catch up with what is going on with everyone and have a laugh from crappy to insightful topics. This is the thing that I love the most during holiday is to be able to hang out with them.

Being a Greenian has been one of the wisest decision made by me. In this school, I get to meet a bunch of great people which I am honoured and grateful to call them as friends. All of my sweet, funny and memorable memories revolve around them.

Every time when I hang out with them, I get to relax and be myself... and I just love that feeling. So, whenever I have holidays, I would try my best to meet up with them. I guess they give me energy to continue on the winding road of life. That moment with them... I forget every worry and let down the bag of stress on my shoulder.

In college, I do enjoy the companion of my college mates but that feeling is incomparable to this genuine feeling that I get from these Greenians. This is a mystery that I could not figure out why...

BLESSED and GRATEFUL. These two words are the words that I can describe. I don’t know what my life would be if I have not be given the chance to know them. They are just the best of friends that one can have in life.

Thanks a million for being my friend. You guys know who you are. ^^ This is a friendship that I will cherish always and forever, even to the grave. XP

Stop. Take a Look. Think.

I let you guess. Is this sunrise or sunset?

Pretty right? Ok.. Actually, it's much more beautiful in real life than the picture. And it is sunrise... What I am trying to say here is that "Stop. Take a look. Think". We move too fast and rush over things in life.

Sometimes, we think that what we are doing is right or wrong. Is this my road or just a road I'm walking on? Is this road leading me to a good life? I guess most of us worry too much about "me" and missed out on the beauty of nature itself. Its effects are just breath taking.

God created nature for us to enjoy, for us to appreciate. Take a stroll on the beach and let His magnificent work sweeps you away. While you're doing that, think not of yourself but of how beautiful life can be. Frustration, stress.. all will just puffed away!

I spent the last day of my vacation to the beach sitting down on a swing under a tree, looking at the sunrise. I guess that moment is the time that I stopped thinking of myself and of all that I am worried about and just relax, have my breakfast under the tree with such magnificent view.

Spend a day or two away from all your work, your city life and away from all the things you should be worrying about. There's more to life than our career, our study life.

STOP... TAKE A LOOK... and THINK...

Mom enjoying the swing under the cottage..

Movie nights in the cottage, cinema style...