Blast from the past.

Mum and I suddenly came across a concert from 1995, showing on cable and laughed out hearts out.

The concert featured the 4 heavenly kings of that time and many many other artistes.. some alive today, some not. The thing that was too damn funny and cracked us both up major, was the 'in' fashion then. Anita Mui decked herself out in a man's suit and a sexy glittery bra inside. Leon Lai with his goody two shoes image and a fully buttoned up suit that stretched to his knees. Aaron kwok had super high pants and a fully unbuttoned top that was half tucked in. And more than half the artistes had that black necklace thing around their neck. I think if someone wore that today, it would be a total fashion disaster. But it was all too funny.. and even funnier, in 1995 there I was swooning over all 4 of them. Hurhurhur... And oh oh! Aniki was in the concert too. Still handsome and endearing hurhurhur (biasness max).

Anyone remembers Aaron Kwok's signature "dui ni ai ai ai bu ai" song coupled with hand movement? That was in the concert too. MUHAAHHAHA sighness we ALL did that once before in our lives right.... at the end of it all he did a swivel and ended off with a 'cool' pose. : )

Sally Ye belted out 'xiao sa zhou yi hui'.. and it brought back memories of aps and i in a karaoke full of adults when we were young. I only knew 2 chinese songs haaha and this was one of them. The other was 'ming ming bai bai wo de xing'. I can't read chinese words for nuts so this was purely memorized from listening to it countless times so that I could perform at least a song or two!

What a perk to a rain-y saturday!! It's such perfect weather to just slump into bed and doze off. ZZzzzzzz...

I have a new added on tan above my swimsuit tan from eons back. In the shape of my shirt and three quarts. I've also got a nice red-pink hue on the cheekbones of my face. Nice. : ) These are the after effects of the annual Sports Day that my school held today. The heat was extremely terrible. My skin under the three quarts felt like it had already baked to a nice crisp. The kids were quite dead at the start. They wanted their milo break badly. The heat was sucking up the energy fast and the cheers were pathetic. But at the end of the day, they cheered their hearts out with the help of a few leaders and the clouds saved the day. We 3 girls even took part in the novelty race!! Which required us to transport a beanbag, hockey ball and rugby ball. It was all fun fun fun : )

The milo van was a tad disappointing though. Perhaps as a kid being limited to only ONE cup, the milo was considered divine and shiokk ahh!!! But this time perhaps the heat was too much to bear. The milo seemed just, normal. By the time I tumbled home, I had only one thing on my mind. BATHE. And it never felt so good!! Washing away the stickiness and sweat felt fantastic. : ) : )) Well to get this rewarding and refreshing bath I sacrificed my saturday morning. It's back to school for some hardcore marking tomorrow!

Anyway, we're all already more than halfway through this practicum. As much as I'm seriously looking forward to the 4 month break, I think I'll feel rather sad when the day comes when I don't hear my kiddies saying 'Miss lim!! (Insert complain, request or general information)'. I've gotten so used to it already that it's defo gonna feel weird not facing my kiddies. Some are just so innocent and cute I want to pack them in my bag and bring them home. However so far all I've packed are textbooks, worksheets and workbooks haha.

I'd feel terrible that I have to leave them when I'd just started my remedial for the kids who require more help. I feel rather uncomplete because I won't be able to see them through revision for the exams and to see how they have fared under my care. I really hope I have educated them well because that's my main concern. So far with this short experience, I still feel that my initial passion to want to go into teaching is still there. : ) Yay for me!

On the good side at the end of practicum, no more endless lesson plans and preparation of resources!! Woohoohooooooo... perhaps I'll have more of a social life too. Actually I wonder how life will be when Jason starts teaching officially. I'll be on holiday mode and he'll be busy as a bee. Will I be ok with perhaps meeting only once a week and talking a little at night before calling it a day. With the current immense workloads, our meetings are so scarce. Even when there's that little time to spare, it's either a mismatch of timing or the excuse of 'too tired' comes up. *shrugs*

Oh wells, it's officially kick back and relax FRIDAY!!! So i'm just gonna..... chill. : ) Well of course, before plunging back into the sea of work tomorrow.

It's already wednesday?!?!?!!?

Time passes wayyy too fast. It's tough knowing that it's the holidays and yet there's a whole mountain of work waiting to be done. Because it's the holidays, I want to snuggle in bed and read my book, wake up and watch the telly, watch more grey's and then have dinner and surf the net. Which is actually what I've been doing for the past 2 days or so with the exception of tuition sessions in between.

Which is also what kills me because I woke up this morning and realised OH I'M SUCH A GIDDY GOAT. IT'S WEDNESDAY!!! Then the panic sorta sets in and yes I need a GOAL for today. Which is to complete all my math lesson plans for next week. It took me almost half a day to stomach the anxiety that went through me upon reading the email bomb. So, my first formal observation is going to be an observation from the supervisor. *kill me now*

Well the practicum thus far has been good. The kids are good and are not rude like in some cases that I've heard, and I'm really thankful that they do have the innate want to learn. The first few days of proper teaching weren't easy at all. My lessons were either underplanned or overplanned and with the unexpected disruptions in between, more often than not I came back to the staffroom feeling rather low. I survived though!!! on encouragement and support from my other fellow trainees in the school and my cooperating teacher too. Thank you all so so much. Sometimes the things that the kids say really spur me on as well. They're so innocent and ready to give you all that they can it's heartwarming. Then again, there are some that are just not so receptive towards you and so as my scm would say, you've gotta steal their hearts.... I shall work on that : )

So when the new term begins, the battle for sleep begins once again. I really need to regulate my sleeping pattern because the first week was soo terrible. To deal with the stress and lack of time to complete what I had set out to do for that day was really draining. I ended up suffering from sleep paralysis one night and it freaked the living soul out of me. : ( It's definitely something I won't ever want to experience again.

One thing to look forward before the new term starts though, is a cruise trip this coming friday!!!! : ) : ) and... one week into the term, I've got a treat to the phantom of the opera!! woohoohooo...

Ok I'm gonna get fired up and bulldoze through my pile of work now so that the happy moments can come by faster. Teeheeheehee

Enjoy the rest of the hols peeps!! And all the best for the rest of practicum!!!!