Here comes the once a month posting again! Not on purpose for the once a month thing, but it just so happens…
Friday was family day as we brought our parents to watch their first movie since Money no enough (1998)… it has been 12 years since… Well kudos to my younger bro to take the initiatives, for i am always one who only think but no action… its just something in the family that is hard to change..
The show was Ip Man 2, haha cos its mandarin and cos there is good fighting (for my dad). Well the show is quite good, but if you have watched Ip Man 1 before, you would find that part of the novelty is lost, as it revolves around similar things… This time round, Ip Man migrated from Fo Shan China to British controlled Hong Kong and the struggle of the chinese under their western masters sets the storyline… At the end of the show, i actually feel proud to be a chinese and feel that there are alot of traditions, culture and most importanly values that should be passed on for generations… But it is definitely not an easy task in this new world that is quite heavily influenced by the west… Somehow after the show, I feel that the rise of china is not that scary after all, and is actually justifiable and overdued… Could this be a propaganda film? hahaha
Exams are coming! Time of stress for the students.. for me i hope it will be a period of slack, hopefully there wouldnt be much marking for me… and there will be post exam activities for the kids before the holiday! Well seems like a great life huh, I guess its cos i’m still not a full fledge teacher yet… Can see many teachers busy all the way organising this and that, and fulfilling umpteen requirements… But well since now i can enjoy just enjoy the lack of responsibilties and honeymoon period ba!
Just want to blog abt this: Last week i got a treat from a stranger… it’s a 20cents treat ha… I was at the coffeeshop and he came to ask to share a table with me.. Later the uncle came to take our orders for the drinks… I ordered Kopi-bing $1.20(1st time trying) and he added another one… The uncle thought we are together… later he came with the drinks and asked for $2.40, the person took out a $2 note and pass to the uncle while i was still fumbling for money… the uncle look at him with the sort of this is not enough look… and the man passed uncle another 40cents before uncle walked away… The awkwardness came when i only got $1 coin and a $2 note, so i decided to pass him $2 but he has no change, and he says nevermind no need to pay… in the end i only passed him $1 and ate my noodles quietly… He too quickly finished his meal and walked away… well i guess funny things happen around us everyday… should i have initiated to chat with him? if yes what should i talk about? will it be even more awkward? haha… i think we are still a very conservative society after all.. ppl mind our own business….
Funny things in school:
Student1 was playing with his depleted correction tape.. dismantling it like a roll of cassette tape and disturbing his friends. I said “Give it to me…” He handed over and parroted “give it to me…ah… (seductively)”
Student 2 was disruptive and sent out of the classroom. The Classroom door was closed. He wrote RIP on the glass plane of the door using his finger and keep using his breathe to blow on the door…
There are many funny moments that i cant recall now.. but its not things that you will encounter in an express class… the T students are creative in their own ways, its just hard to unleash the potential in them when they cant seat still… and its draining on the teachers too… but the satisfaction will be great too… provided you live till then to enjoy the satisfaction when you see them succeed one day… haha
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