last day of school, 10th November 2009

86 more days to the last day of school. I'm seriously thinking how I should spend my days after I finished school but currently I am being so lazy to even start on my assignments.

This is definitely not helping.

10th November, last day of school!

10th November will be my last day of school!! Whoooo! I really cant wait and I'm seriously counting down. No more assignments and travelling to NOVENA!! That amount of time and cab fare I can save is making me so excited, really can't wait.....

exactly 100 days to go!!!

so many things I wanna do after that...
concentrate on work...
tuition...
play..
beach...
diet.... (actually I can do it now, just that the stressful life is causing me to eat and eat)
catch up with my friends...
movies...
driving...
more vacations... hong kong... taiwan... and graduation in Perth...
swimming...

Those were the days....

Been struggling to adjust to the hectic life in Singapore... thinking back on those days when I...

took the 24 bus to UWA childcare centre in the wonderful winter season,
spent the time in UWA childcare centre with Hannah, Emi, Gina, Lucas, Amelia, Jordan, Luke, James, Zadie, Thomas, ChiHiro, Lyela, Elena, Daniel, Adam, Donna, Niki......... and more,
blogged in the Ngee Ann poly classroom,
had lunch and having breaks as a class of IT 15,
squeezed the lift together in poly,
stayed in mont clare apartment....

so much more......

Perth Aftermath

Work is getting insanely busy and crazy for me. I miss Perth!! I wish I could go back there to work. Been really demoralised by the workload and the culture over here. I can't use my theories and Australian style. It is really conflicting and I'm in a dilemma.

Missing everything there.

Can't wait for 11th November, my last day of school! No more assignments. I hope everything will be better!

Perth Update!

Yea, I'm going back to Singapore in a few days time and I can't wait to eat the food back in Singapore. We shall go somewhere nice for Singaporean Breakfast, what shall I eat? Nasi Lemak, fried bee hoon with chicken wings, my mother's curry, lasak, sweet and sour pork, fried hokkien mee, fried carrot cake... Wah. I'm drooling now.

I went to Fremantle last Sunday, and had really good seafood but I wasn't really enjoying it because I wish my family will be here to eat that with me!! Aww... I'm running out of money. Die die die...

I miss Singapore but then I want to stay in Perth for life. Hmm, hard choice.

day 4 and 5

On weekdays, my routine is the same everyday!

6:45am - Rise and shine and breakfast
8:00am - At the bus stop waiting for bus
8:45am - Reached Childcare Centre
12:00pm - Lunch
1:00pm - Work
5:00pm - Take the bus home
6pm - Reached home, cook, shower and rest
9pm - Homework
11:00pm/12:00 am - Sleep

Day 4
I cook spaggetti yesterday and it was yummy, at least to my tastebuds. I had bake broccoli with potato and cheese. Delicious! Haha. Work in childcare was happy and fun. It is really getting better each day. On the 3rd day, we were almost freaked out when the bus ended at a different stop which was so far away from home but day 4 was great! We kind of familiar oursleves with the streets here or at least 1km radius away from our house. Haha. Hannah brought me to the chinese supermarket and it was like heaven to me. Haha! I had a really good time shopping.

Day 5
Same routine for day, I had fun as well and I was able to come online for like 1hr 30mins. I fried rice and hashbrown for dinner, feeling so bloated now. Yum YUm. In school, we had pizza.

Day 3 in Perth

Connection here is pre-paid. So I'm in the rush over here. Day 3 was good. We were very worried over the child care centre we were posted to but everything turn out pretty well. We had a straight bus to the centre and the journey was only 30mins. Although buses come every 1 hour but they have designated time for the bus. We managed to work out the time pretty well.

We had a good day at the centre, everyone was really friendly but the difference between countries were huge. They believe on learning through play but we believe in stuctured learning. We came back in the same bus and was told that the bus ends at a different place. Hannah got really worried and we managed to take a free bus back to our house. The sun began to set at 5pm and it was really dark at 6pm, almost equavalent to our 8+pm.

Food was boring and I wish i have fried sliced fish bee hoon with extra milk from Yu Hua Market. I miss everything about Singapore, family, friends and my children but i dont have much time to think much too. Lots of work for us to do everyday. Will Try to update again.

Check out my facebook for pictures..

Before I Fly...

I met up with my friends on Friday, loads of them. I was quite surprised that some of them actually turned up, well, it's really good to have their company. Really appreciated the efforts that you guys made to come down.

Initially wanted to go over to Barnone, but we went elsewhere to chill instead. After that went over to eski bar to eat! We just love eating don't we?

http://stronghui.blogspot.com/2006/12/cold-night-hungry-night.html

It's been a long time since i last blog and i realised i'm actually getting bad at this. Thoughts used to flow quite smoothly but now, i had difficulty typing what i wanted to get through. Hmm.

my angels

Me: Next monday is my Birthday.

K1 Lotus Class: Huh, Teacher Ericia's Birthday???????

K1 Lotus Class: In school or at home?

Me: Do you want me to celebrate in school or at home? What cake would you like?

K1 Lotus Class: Spongebob, Chocolate, Bob the Builder, THOMAS AND FRIENDS!

Jordan held my hands and said: hmm, I don't know, you choose since you are the birthday girl.

School

Me: I am your teacher and all of you are my ........?

K1 Lotus Class: CHILDREN!

The right word is supposed to be "students" but yes, indeed you guys are my children.

=)

Busy... with phototaking and national day celebration!

Spot the similarity. =)

brown - Teacher Ericia

White with blue tick - Nicholas

Black - Nevan

White with lace sock - Nurul

Too bad my name doesnt start with a 'n'.

Too soon.

Okay i was too soon to blog about Dom's case, cause after that he doesn't pee in toilet bowl anymore, even though he was able to tell me not on diaper but in the toilet. Haha. I guess it just takes time. Anyway, I look forward for my phototaking session on Tuesday! Cant wait. Haha.

Great job, Dom!

Despite being so busy, I have to blog this down in case I forgot. For the past few days, I had been trying to toilet train Dominic but to no avail. For the first few times, he was actually afraid to go near to the toilet bowl, but after some encouragement, he was able to go near with some whining.

Today, as usual, before bathing, I brought him to the toilet bowl again and told him to pass urine. He was able to go near and stand in front of the toilet bowl for some time but he didn't pass urine. So after bathing, i asked if he wanted to go to the toilet and he nodded his head and this time round, he actually did pass urine in it! I was surprise as i didn't expect him to get it so quickly. When i asked him where should he go if he wants to pass urine, he was able to tell me "toilet!"

I was elated for himself and on the other hand, satisfied with myself. It proves that as long you have the patience, you will be able to do it. To others who think he can't, he actually can!

Great job, baby dom!

How can i not love them...

Now my class is totally not shy when it comes to taking photographs. They love it in fact. So first day of holidays, decided to snap their pictures!!

His 1st shot, his smile looks so reluctant.His smile still look so grumpy. 2nd shot! After I said, I want to see your teeth. 3rd Shot.

New haircut

My precious baby Dominic has a new haircut today! Botak!! Arrgh, dont think that suits him but then Persis said he looks better but hong and lu are on my side. So is 3:1, but after looking at him for long, i realised that it is not that bad afterall.

Well, at least most of the celebrities are having that botak hairstyle.

Baby Justin Timberlake

Baby Michael Scofield
Baby David Beckham
My Dear Baby Dominic

A week well spent

Took a break from work, should say I really did spend it wisely or at least i did try to do the things i wanted to do. Though there wasnt enough time, but at least i did most of the things i wanna to do.

Went Ikea on mon and got my book shelf. Thanks to my mum for accompanying me.

Tues, met up with rui and candy at PS. Great dinner and great company. Got my scrapping stuffs.


thurs, spent with my tuition kid the whole day! from 1pm to 11pm. went to his mum's stall to eat, movie(Horton), dinner at his place and had a long talk with his parents about his progress and they are still in denial. Can't believe it.

Fri, tuition again, went ikea with Huang, Wei lun and Ken. Bought things again.

Sat and Sun, slacked at home. Settle lesson plans and cleared my com out of junks.

Love the break and i wish i have longer break.. hmmm.. or rather endless break will be good.. hahhaa.. But i still miss my kids.. So glad that i'm going back tml.

No. 2

Thankful that I saw you. =)

My motivation.

Sunshine!

I scrapped Dominic's picture yesterday, spent around 4 hours to get it done. Somehow, didn't really come out the way i want but considering the fact that i had limited resources I'm quite satisfied with it.

Model for my new phone

Happy Holidays....

New year seems to get more boring as years passes.

Anyway within this 4 days, caught 2 movies with my cousins and granny. So sweet.

Both was okay not exactly nice but was quite funny at some parts of the film. I still want to watch Sweeney Todd. Johnny Depp! hehe =)

Back to work tomorrow. Sigh. Totally not in the mood for work nor school.

Moved on.

What a trip!

Went JB with hwee and her parents! Love it! Made a fruitful trip, got the things I wanted. Never so satisfied with my shopping stuffs before. Went over to her granny's place first, love those wings. Yum Yum! Like the mee siam too. =) Thanks aunty and uncle!

Time pass so fast, when you are doing things you like. Weekends are like seconds whereas weekdays are like minutes.

6 more days!

Jingle bells

It's holiday! Been to Shawn's wonderful birthday party, thanks for the invite. Thanks Km for the ride. The supper was great, it's been a long time since I last went to Timah for prata. Can't help it, since everyone is down with commitments!

Been slacking for 1 week, watching some dramas and staying up to watch 100% entertainment, end up sleeping for an average of only 5 hours per day. It's time I get down to work. Whole list of things to be done, new classroom deco, create worksheets, lesson plans. . . . . . the list goes on . . .

With so much to do, people help by pissing me off and making my day miserable. Give up? Take the sh*t?

9 more days.

Update.

I'm supposed to be diligently studying right now but i can't help it to come online and do some random updates. Tomorrow will be my last paper. After 8:30pm, i will be a free man! On the 2nd thought, maybe not. Need to prepare lots of progress cards and tidy up their worksheets. They are so fortunate to escape all those filing cause i hate filing!!

Tomorrow paper is going to be torturing cause she is out to give us a hard time but got to pray hard that i will pass it with at least a credit.

When for xiao zhu's autograph session on friday. It was okay and the crowd was good. It was a pity that he did not perform his latest song. Cant wait for the concert, 19 more days to go! You may say that i'm crazy but at least i get to do the things i love!

Went for Menaga's son 1st birthday. Cute little boy. The cake was good.

Cant wait for exam to be over. So many things that i want to do but i'm sure after exam , i will be slacking my time away instead of doing those things.

I want to watch OC.
Eat over at Hwee's.
Scrapping.
Shopping with Chris.
Read!
Prepare teaching aid (it's a must)
Play DS!
Enjoy the concert!
Chill out with MEL.
Meet up candy, rui and girls.
Meet up long, Zh and feng.
Blog.
Write.
Tidy up my room.
Sleep. Sleep. Sleep.
Cycling.
Tanning.
Dieting.

to be cont.

Dom turns 2

When he first came in, he was 19 months and now he is 2.

From babbles to words. Love to see him grow.

Motivator

Finally

1 week break. Finally managed to survive the quarter. Still many more to come but I can overcome it. I bought Xiao Zhu's concert ticket, cant wait for the day to come. 3 more months to go.
First, teachers' day spent. Enjoyed myself at the chalet. Appreciate all the effort and gifts, especially the wallet from my supervisor. The best supervisor!

Meeting up with my buddies is the best thing that can happen in my hectic life even though the steamboat sucks. Haha. I miss Hwee, Feng, Long and Huang. Shall meet up soon! I miss Mari too, even though you bo sim. haha. =X

Love that call, that precious 10minutes.
Idiot, autistic, aunty, stupid, pervert and whatever you name.
24 to 28/9.

Happy Birthday Singapore

Had a rather busy day in school but overall, it was enjoyable. Here are some of the pictures with my darlings. Went out with Huang in the night. Watched the movie, Disturbia with his friends. Shia LaBeouf is so hot. Haha.

Bittersweet

Amazing that small things can do wonders.
A word, a sound can easily make one smile.

I'm an idiot, aunty, stupid..... etc.

My darling.

My dear Dom Dom cried yesterday. He screamed and shouted. I was shocked by his behaviour. But still he is still the reason to why
I enjoy going to work
quicken my pace upon reaching
cont working

Love him!

Happy
Elated
Motivated
Seeing Light

My joy

Dominic aka DOM DOM. He is sooo cute.

Graduation

Ok, today marks the day of my last day in Ngee Ann!

Feeling quite emo hoping that we will still keep in touch ya.
I love my class IT15. Thanks for staying with me throughout these 3 years.
Nice and fortunate knowing you guys. Take care and all the best!!!! Woo Hoo!!

Shall update the pictures soon! =)

1st day of work

25/4/07

First day at work, good environment with cute children. Slowly getting to know the children and observe them. It was fun and i was able to spend quality time with them.

Workout

I need to workout.
I want to workout.

But.... I'm lazy..

My cousin is back!!!

I'm so glad that my cousin, Jasmin is finally back!! I miss her soooo much and thanks for the nice top she bought for me!!!! =)

Just for Hwee Hwee

Fang Jet Hee

Last day at PCF

9/3 Friday, last day of term 1 and last day for me as well.

Well, though my days there were ********** but there were some enjoyable moments like Dovan speaking up for the first time, the nice spongebob from Shen Yong, Bryan's smile and flying kiss, Klenn's dynamites. etc.

Here are some pictures.

K1 Cherry













Thumbs up, K1 Cherry













Blue Group













Yellow Group













Red Group













Nursery Mickey













Cheese!













Haqiz and Klenn, same hair style rules.













Baby Klenn drinking milk. Yum Yum













K2 Lily













Bryan, the new kid