Kids Nowadays

Having a really bad mood now.
Back stabbed by a kiddo!

Introduction to this kid:
- 8 years old
- bald
- was my student (I worked as a temporary teacher a month ago)
- very dishonest
- greedy
- having numerous disciplinary problems

So, I stopped teaching on 1st April 2010. I was the class teacher of 2P and this kiddo was in my class. I had to collect computer fees of RM 10 monthly.

Today, my mom came back from school and told me this shocking incident:
Your ex-student, XXX, told his current class teacher that you had collected his computer fees but didn't hand it in to the management.
I was like, "Wat the....., I didnt receive even a cent from him!"
He insisted that I corrupted the computer fees. And so, thanks to the management's trust in me, they know that the kid is lying. They pretended to call the police and finally he confessed, "I lost it."

Although he has confessed everything, it's still unfair for me. Polluted my name in front of all the teachers and students. So frustrated now. I've did my best to teach them and this is the only 'gift' I received. Gonna leave the teaching field forever and ever. Now I realised that a teacher is not a respected profession anymore, most parents look down upon teachers.

*Doing yoga to calm myself down.

Currently In Love With.......THE VOCA PEOPLE!!!

Just watch the videos and I am sure you'll be amazed!!



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What A Great Night!

Just had my birthday celebration with friends (16/04/2010).  It's my first time to celebrate with friends though.  Felt really excited and happy. 

We went to Kado Cafe, a cosy cafe situated behind Lok Thian Restaurant, non-air conditioned, but with fantastic decorations.  Pei Zam was already there waiting for us when we arrived at around 6:55pm.  She reached there 30 minutes before us.  What a pity to have her waiting for us, the VIPs. LOL!!

(We = Karen @ Master of BL Zoo, Siew Lin @ The Royal Cow, Phyllis @ Piggy Choo, Jennifer @ Eagle, Me @ _ _ _ _ _ <> _ _ _ _ *secret)

We talked and laughed all the time.  It had been a while since we gathered and went crazy like that.  Piggy and The Royal Cow went to the toilet a few times that I thought they were having bladder problems.  LOL... After we had finished our dishes, The Royal Cow came back with a Chocolate Cake!!!! Arghhhhh...I went crazy...Chocholate-rich cake...My favourite flavour... :P

We asked the waiter to switch off the fan as the candles couldn't be lighted up.  Then we were asked to change to another interior room, with no fan, no air-conditioned.  After taking photos, we switched again to another section of the restaurant because it was too hot.  The waiter had to clean three sections all together.  Poor him.  We called him 'uncle' although he was not old. 

Pei Zam and Jennifer had to leave earlier as they have other plans/transport problem.  We continued chit-chatting for an hour or so and decided to change another location.  Switch atmosphere. Teehee..

We went to Tarrots Cafe at Jalan Kereta Api.  Had another round of drinks and played UNO too.  It had been ages since I played UNO.  Can't remember a thing about it.  *embarrased

Before we left the last location, The Royal Cow took out a present from her bag, asking me to open it up on the spot.  I was too 'shy' to do it in front of them...LOL!!!

That's all about it.  This birthday celebration will be embedded in my memory and my heart forever.  Thanks to my lovely friends.  Muacks!!!

Now it's 1:40a.m. and I am still awake, fully powered due to the happiness, excitedness and craziness experienced.  =P 

The lovely present from Cathy Lam, Phyllis Jap, Karen Chong, Jennifer Ng and Pei Zam .... XD

Grey Area in Life Philosophy

I’ve been living for almost twenty years and still can’t understand the meaning of life.

Just clueless.

Should we strive, to challenge ourselves to do our best in everything, and to utilize every bit of talent or wisdom God has given us to become someone successful in life?

OR

Should we just stay cheerful and live our life the way we like? As people always quote, “Life is short. Live it the way you want it to be.”

For some people, the two statements can be merged into one good sentence, and be practiced in their life as well. For example, a musician can live a happy and meaningful life and be successful in his career. Minorities can achieved this balance.

In comparison, a doctor, who strives hard to study all the human anatomy and stuffs his brain with unlimited increasing knowledge, can’t be cheerful always. Disappointment and depression are always by his side. He might miss many beautiful things in life, such as the precious moments with their love ones. Majorities fall into this group.

For most people, it resembles the case of the doctor. The two lifestyles are just like a pair of parallel lines. Never meet.

But we always hear that doctors are serving God, as they are appointed specifically by Him. Is this what life is all about? About serving Him the way He wants?

Life After STPM 5 :)

Yeehaaa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Finally, I have regained my freedom.  

1)  I don't have to wake up at 5.45 am every morning, just to get to school by 6.20 am.
2)  I don't have to prepare teaching materials until 12 midnight, which is way much more boring than doing homework.  :P
3)  I don't have to read any unreadable handwriting anymore, which resets my vision and brain to their original NORMAL settings. 
4)  I don't have shout my lungs out.
5)  I don't have to write record books and teaching plannings.


And, I have received my salary!! A cheque....My first pay!!! It feels good.  :)

Dentistry or Medicine?

I've applied for IPTA recently, putting Dentistry as my first choice and Medicine as my second choice.  However, I heard from an SUPP counsellor, saying that I have a higher chance of getting Medicine because there are more seats offered for Medicine course.  

The best ending I could have is to get a Dentistry offer letter from any local universities.  However, if it turns out as what the counsellor has predicted, I won't be upset, but I won't be too happy either.  Thinking of the future of a doctor alone is driving me crazy.  The formula generated in my nightmare :

Being a doctor = Working for 36 hours (on-call) = No hibernation for a bear = Self-torture = No life

So, if an IPTA offer letter for Medicine course is mailed to me, should I :

(A) reject it and opt for Dentistry course in private universities?        OR

(B) accept it joyfully and be a good doctor in the future?

No wrong decisions shall be made now..... :

Life After STPM Part 4

13 more working days to go and I'll be freed from these gaggles of school children.  Phewww!!!

I really can't stand the noise made by my students.  I don't understand, why they have to shout when their friends are just beside them? Why they need to talk non-stop during the lesson? As far as I know, there's NO rules stating that students have to TALK NON-STOP throughout the lesson.  Why they yearn for  the teacher to shout at them all the time? Why they are so 'amused' by the cane, that they stop talking and stare at it once I approach them with a cane?  LOL!!! 

If your answer sounds like this : It's normal.  They are just immature children.

Well, as far as I know, I never behave like these bunch of kids when I were about the same age as them.  Even the naughtiest student in my class wouldn't behave like these wild brats (I'm talking about Year 2 and  students).  It's like I am going into another new world, in which the all these "Na'vi people" are born with hyperactivity nature.  They don't understand my language either, as if I am talking alien's language.   The simplest formula to illustrate this situation is :

1 alien VS 50 Na'vi people = death of the alien, success of the Na'vis.  No unobtanium.  =D

Conclusion, I would never throw myself into the education field, especially in teaching primary school children.  I'll be dead 20 years earlier due to heart attack/high blood pressure if I am in this field.  Being angry every day and scolding people every minute kill me slowly.  The end. 

Life After STPM Part 3

The STPM result was released on 25th February 2010.

It was Thursday and I was still teaching in school when the result is announced.  To get rid of the nervousness and anxiousness trapped in my soul, I sms-ed to check my result.  After 10 minutes, I received the result.  Well, I expect to get 4.0 CGPA but as usual, I am not a very lucky person.  Didn't get what I wished for.

My result is not a secret.  So here you are : 3A, 1A-. CGPA:3.92     *sigh

My Maths teacher was so shocked when I got an A- for my Maths.  I can't believe it too.  Not that I want to boast myself, but I have put a lot of effort in Maths, as well as other subjects.  And I usually get around 85 marks for my Maths.  How can that be an A-?  Oh well, what can I do?  Nothing.

Our school didn't have straight A's (not including A-) students for 3 years consecutively already.  My friends know some of the friends from other schools who manage to get 4.0 CGPA.  According to the usual academic performance of these group of people, they didn't have good track results as compared to us, but they got straight A's.  What we can deduce from this phenomenon is that, each centre (school) is marked by different group of teachers and therefore, different standards evolved in the marking system.  "Un-lucky-ness" has become part of my life.  Let me bare with it for another, say, 60 years? (If I can live up to 80 years)  LOL!!!

Okay, get over with the results.  Now I have to figure out a way to get myself into the Dentistry programme in local universities.  With 300 STPM students getting straight A's and unknown number of Matriculation students emerging this year (predicted to be more than 600 due to the lenient system), I really don't know what is the chance of me getting the course I want.  Having told that there are 200 dentistry vacancies and 1000 vacancies in the local universities, I think the chances are getting lower.  My dad asked me,"Why you always choose the critical course?"  What should I answer him?

If the government do not offer the course I want this time round, I plan to take overseas course or go into private university.  Let the local universities be filled with the 'M' people.  I'll serve another country who appreciate me.  Failing to secure a JPA scholarship with my 10A1 and 1A2 result has really pissed me off.  If I fail to secure a dentistry/medicine seat in local universities, then that's it.  I fade up, not with myself.  You know the answer.

So currently, I am glued to my laptop whenever I'm free, searching for overseas scholarships and applying for local universities courses.  Let's see how it goes.  Will update if possible. :D