January 26, 2010
I’ve been so down these days it seems that I’ve been really wanting to go home as soon as possible. Been sulking, thinking, and always catch myself with a long vision of something with sometimes find myself not looking at something at all. Totally absent-minded at times. There has reasons for this kind of thing, I said to myself. Not until I opened my YM account after a day’s tough work at school had I known that one of my dear friends and colleague in my previous company where I worked at already passed away just today at noon. I don’t know what to say and do right now because I really want to see her for the last time but here I am again so far away from home as I’m working abroad at this moment. All I can do is keep on wishing and of course thinking and praying for her soul to travel peacefully. I know she understands me. Sighs… 
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May 24, 2009
Today’s pretty great with my classes and this morning’s class was just so awesome. As always expected, Wayne’s really outstanding and we are happy to see him improving a lot in class as the course is about to finish. We were so tired today and we didn’t have really great time this morning. I don’t know I just woke up tired and didn’t want to work at all. Huh! This is my downside of being left alone by so many important people in my life. Yesterday was just so taxing for me and I left last night so heavy hearted and I just cried coz of a dear friend’s leaving too soon at school. Huh! I am really sad coz of it. Oh well could be because of the fact that she is my monitor of most of my classes this term. I would surely miss her when I leave soon. There are so many ways to connect though but personal communication is really preferable for there a lot more than a thousand word to express one’s feelings clearly and effectively. 
Still right now while I am writing this I’m still sad and I hope to carry on this feeling while it fades away soonest. 
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May 18, 2009
I’ve finished my EL3B class last Saturday and I’m so happy tonight that I’ve got only one class to handle. I decided to observe for other classes of my colleagues and enjoyed some activities. I love to just watch the real class on-going while being observed for I know my nerves just can’t be controlled at time I feel nervous. So to speak, my class tonight was fantastic and we somehow enjoyed the activities together we did all the ones written in my plan for the day. After I observed I decided to just stay in the teacher’s office and read a book when my colleague came in for a break. We just chatted for a while. I just like this man for he is full of energy and positive thoughts. He is just the right person to talk now for I am clouded with pessimism these past few weeks. Whew what a life after all! I don’t mind the hurtful things anymore except the things that make me happier and fulfilled as a teacher.
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May 14, 2009
This is a short story about a workplace humour. One fine Friday afternoon, my colleague who’s just a few weeks at work in the school asked each on of us what ‘wo bu zi dao’ means. All of us answered with ‘I don’t know’. He was restless for a while thinking that we really don’t know. And kept on saying, ‘uhmmm’ after each of us answered, ‘I don’t know’. Then, a Chinese staff came in the adjacent photocopy room and he finally asked without any hesitation as to what does ‘wo bu zi dao’ really means. Nancy answered with full explanation and said, ‘It means, I don’t know’. We burst into laughter for we know that he really wasn’t satisfied or he didn’t get what we meant. That became his byline since then and everytime we played each other’s jokes at work we’d always end up with ‘wo bu zi dao’ story.
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May 12, 2009
This evening’s classes has been great and we had some fun with the kids. They were just so attuned and focused on the lesson. They were so happy as they went home tonight. In my first class I really saw improvements with Lizzy and that she actually spoke on the second half of the lesson. Ther rest were just so receptive with all the activities most especially when we were watching the video sketch about ‘The Little Seed’. On my second class a boy cried in my class for I really showed them some discipline. I confiscated a play money for not listening after I told them that I would really get their paper money if they won’t listen to me. So as the story went, one boy didn’t listen thus I got his paper money and he cried after a few moments. He was so pitiful for he just shed tears head down the table. What a pity! On the other side of this, at least they learned something about discipline. Oh well, above all these mushy story, a funny and impressive thing happened in class for Robyn, the one who’s the spoiled brat slowly explained to Nelson what happened and why I got his paper money. Never had I seen her acted that way and that really impressed me for her great improvement. I am so happy today. Indeed, after my second class I and my class assistant talked with Nelson’s mom about what happened in class tonigt. I am so happy that we somehow met halfways and she showed her understanding and willingness to cooperate for her son’s English learning.
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March 16, 2009
Tonight’s classes really went very well and it just occurred to me that patience is a virtue which I have been cultivating since I came here. After I reviewed with Dora who is my early learner student, her mom was talking to me in Chinese and I understood what she said but I can’t answer in Chinese so I called my class monitor to translate for me. She thanked me and said that she has never seen such a patient teacher but me. For me what I did was just be with her child and reviewed some picture cards and showed her how to do it with her daughter. I am so glad to know that she really appreciated my efforts in teaching her daughter and the rest of the class. Indeed a simple thank you brightens my day and makes it even more meaningful. It’s one of the many reasons why I am up and about until this time of day,
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March 14, 2009
Today’s classes has been really awesome and my kids were in the right mood to learn. Much more when I had Alice as my assistant for those two classes with early learners. I’m always glad to have her in my classes because she’s just so flexible and apt to get whatever I want for my kids to do. She is so friendly and we are close to each other at school. I believe she’s my best friend at school. More than anybody else, I love Alice.:)
This afternoon’s first class was so wacky because we had actions and one card says standing on the head. She got the turn while we were playing charades and she then didn’t know how to act it out and one smart gilr in class told her to do it and immediately raised her hand and said, ‘Alice is standing on her head’. We had so much laugh when she finally did it and the kids just bursted into laughter. Until the time we went home that kid – Venus kept on saying and giggling about funny Alice today. Though I can’t understand her in her native language but I can read in her eyes how amused she was at Alice.
Indeed a fun-filled class with them today aside from their receptiveness to our target language. As an overall, I am wholly impressed!:) Whew!
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March 13, 2009
Last Tuesday this girl in my class fell into temper tantrums just because she’s didn’t know how to write numbers. She cried for more than 15 minutes and disrupted our class. I hated her for that night and tonight she was just amazingly great! Whew! I said to her grandmother that she’s doing great tonight. They all went happy tonight. I am glad too for we enjoyed our class tonight.
I could remember myself when I was still a young learner that I also cried many times because of the fear of doing something or failing at something if I tend to do it. As a student, I was so idealistic and I wanted everything to be perfect. I always wanted to excel at something if not everything. As I grew up, I tried really hard at almost everything I stumble upon my way. Mainly I devote myself to studies as what my parents have told me to always do good at school for it’s the only treasure they could leave me when they’re gone. I took that seriously and had proved myself that I can make it to the top or outstanding student. Until now that I am a successful ESL teacher in a foreign land, still I strive even harder to pursue my short and long-term goals in life for me and my family.
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March 12, 2009
Today’s weather is crazy again hmmmp! Really makes me sicker each day here. Oh well, I just hope this won’t get worse because weekends are coming fast and the days are flying like eagles. I’m so happy that I controlled myself from buying added extra items today at the supermarket and guess what, I didn’t buy any junk foods! Whew what an accomplishment for me coz all these months I have been eating lots of junk foods which are to think not really that important for my body. I’m so glad looking at my receipt after shopping and I really made it to my targeted budget today. I made it!
Just a few minutes ago, I installed vista codecs in my housemate’s laptop so she could watch all the movies and documentations I gave her last year. Last year! Yes and she been keeping it because she doesn’t know how to and what file should she get to watch all the videos I gave her. Now, I can hear her laughing her stomach out watching that funny movie I guess or that BBC documentation about the clever monkeys.
I just hope everything this week would be fine.
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