It was supposed to be a 1-to-1 session, something offered by the tuition centre I am working at.
I was really glad to see dat the student is pretty eager to learn.
I had taught students who are lacking in interest, be it in my science class or during 1-to-1 session and I feel really sad seeing that.
But from this kid, I could really see his willingness to learn and he is really polite.
Before he left, he bowed and said "thank you".
Really, this is wad we call good upbringing.
&he is so cute, he said he completed his maths tutorials while waiting for bus.
HAHA.
Tuition centres are meant to help students who are weak, but yet because of large class sizes, many of them couldn't really receive much help.
Tuition centres then became the source of supplementary materials but alot of times, students need more than that.
1-to-1 coaching is more helpful.
This inspired (okay, not the best word to use, I know) me to try out being a private tutor.
I also wanted to try out those 1-to-1 tuition for needy kids.
It is those voluntary work, where you provide free tuition to needy kids.
How meaningful is dat!
Hahahaha.
Okay, Idk when I can put this into action, as I became really lazy on my off days and all I wanna do is to rot @ home.
But I will try, cos I think it will be very meaningful!
date/time Saturday, February 11, 2012,8:29 PM
HELLOOOOOOOO!!
Okay, I know I had not been posting since the day I left for Korea.
I just couldn't access Blogger from my com.
WHHHHHHY???
I'm now using my mum's com~
Anw, so I'm back from Korea.
Free and easy is so much more fun than going with packaged tours.
We had so much fun @museums and memorial halls.
HAHAHA.
My bro apparently loves museums!
But because the weather is extremely cold, so my aunt and mum often suggested to go back to our hotel as early as 6pm.
It really spoilt the day you know.
I was initially terribly (wad an understatement) upset with this, but nonetheless, on the whole, the trip was still great.
We did many things Koreans do and tourists wouldn't.
I really felt like I had lived like a typical Korean for that 7 days.
&it also made me appreciate home.
When I was there, I must constantly be on look out for the bus/subway stop dat we need to alight.
We had to find our way to every place and think bout how to ask for directions.
Basically, everything seemed so foreign dat you couldn't help but appreciate our home.
More importantly, th constant pushing and shoving @public places really put me off. I expected more civilized behaviors, really.
Of course, it was still a wonderful experience to venture out like this and I definitely would want to do it again~
Omg, okay, I'm really lazy to type.
I dun really like this keyboard of my mum's com.
HAHA.
Anw, I made a video compilation of the photos taken there, so let the photos speak!
...
Okay, idk wad was wrong, but I couldn't upload the video.
Guess it could be because the video is too long?
Probably I can just post up a photo collage first, altho it is not representative of where and wad we had done cos there are only a few photos. T.T
date/time Monday, January 2, 2012,8:22 AM
HELLO. Im @ Hong Kong Airport now. HAHAHAHA
date/time Saturday, December 31, 2011,8:33 PM
HELLOOOOOO.
Omg, Im back to the days where I cant access blogger using my own com -_-
Anw, my life had been pretty boring recently so I better off not posting.
LOL.
Job had been alot easier now.
I guess it just takes time to get used to all the processes/rules blah.
The branch manager told me she will put me IC of printing when I get back from Korea and I can print &ask others to staple for me.
HAHA.
Currently, Im either printing or stapling or both.
Actually I dun mind doing both.
I thnk I will just do all by myself.
Waste thousands of paper per day and just grumble to the papers and expecting random paper cut(s)~~
But at least printing &stapling worksheets are more fun than checking attendance or filing registration and/or withdrawal forms.
BTW LET ME TELL YOU A GOOD NEWS.
IM LEAVING FOR KOREA ON 2 JAN AND WILL BE BACK BY 9 JAN!!!!!
SO MEANS I WILL BE AT AIRPORT BY TMW 11PM.
YAYYYYYYY :D
We are going free and easy and Im the planner!
Okay, it is seriously not easy, despite th use of guidebooks.
But the whole planning process had still been pretty smooth?
With exception of finding how to get from Hwacheon to Gangneung.
HELLLLLLLP!!!
IM. SO. EXCITED.
IM. SO. GOING. TO. SPEND. ALL. MY. PAY. THERE
BUT. I. HV. YET. TO. FINISH. PACKING. AND. THERE. ARE. STILL. PLANNING. TO. DO.
IM. SO. DEAD -_-
BUT. IM. STILL. SUPEEEEEER. EXCITED!!
Okay, I think Im honestly mad, esp after today's work.
Today had been so hectic.
There were payments after payments, answering countless phone calls (most on asking if we are open today. LOL) and printing all sorts of worksheets for students who were absent.
But I felt so accomplished!
HAHA.
Actually I kind of feel like going out to countdown (dat tiny little 1% of desire~).
My colleagues are all going to a colleague's house to countdown but the thought of my unfinished planning and the idea of travelling home in the middle of night just reduce my enthusiasm to -100% -_-
Two years ago, I countdown with Cold Storage frens @Orchard Central.
One year ago, it was more exciting: I countdown-ed with OBT team @Taiwan in a small hut behind our base camp!
This year, I will be just planning for my Korea trip instead.
But I dun mind! Hahahaha.
Okay, I shall get back to planning :D
Bye and HAPPY NEW YEAAAAAAAR~
date/time Saturday, December 17, 2011,8:37 PM
Oh yeah.. I wanna share a song.
I really like this song cos it has a really sad melody dat suits the lyrics of the song but yet not those melodramatic-typical-kdrama-ost-song.
I even cried watching the video.
Kyuhyun sang really well but most of the time, my eyes were looking @ the eng sub instead.
Must really look @the eng sub!!!
You can really feel something after listening to the song.
&then I had a weird dream involving my dad (Having weird dreams had alr became a norm for me. I had been having really weird dreams before A levels even started. My mum apparently think there is a problem with me. Hmmm, I think so too..) and in the dream, I cried for 2 seconds then I opened my eyes.
I started to tear uncontrollably next.
Tears literally flowed out itself.
-_-
&now I really think Im abnormal...
date/time 8:08 PM
HELLO.
It had been long since I last posted.
The blogger page could not be opened using my laptop.
-_-
Anw, A levels had finally ended, fullstop.
Lol.
&I had gotten myself a job @ some tuition centre.
Okay, I think Im going to complain about the job...
I think Im not happy working there.
Dat job is not something I want.
Most of the time, Im just doing admin stuff like stapling&printing worksheets, checking attendance, answering phone calls,filing blah...
I also handle tuition fee payment for parents and dat is like the only task dat falls under "interaction".
If not, Im just interacting with non-living things.
I dun wan dat.
I mean, I thought I would be fine with it since the pay had been really good.
Okay, it is a single digit hourly pay, but it is still a good one, really.
But now I dun think Im "fine with it" anymore.
Okay, I think it is my own problem.
I know Im the most junior there but sometimes I really think tone of the other staff could be better.
I mean, they could rephrase sentences like "How could you not know. You should know how to read the printing sheet" when 1 second ago I told her idk cos i dun hv the printing sheet (implying dat I can actually read the sheet and hence answer her question if I do have the sheet), "You get wad am I trying to say?" blah..
I really think it is the tone dat mattered.
But again, I think it is my problem.
Im the least experienced there so it may not be wrong if they sound like they are reprimanding me, but...
Im really particular about manners (Dun puke. Sometimes I may not be very polite to you, but dat is because we knew each other well alr. LOL. Otherwise, I will make an effort to ensure my tone sounds right/formal enough/polite.) and their tone really... disturbed (not exactly a suitable word tho) me?
The thing dat disturbed me the most today was a hand gesture by someone.
Not middle finger tho. LOL.
She may not think too much about it, but I think it is rude.
Aiya, okay.
&I feel kind of stressed working there.
Like when Im handling payment, Im worried dat I had forgotten to add a discount (some internal stuff); when Im printing worksheets, Im worried dat I had printed the wrong thing; even when Im answering phone calls, Im worried dat I had said the wrong thing.
Okay, &now, Im finally @the main point.
If Im working @Cold Storage instead of the centre now, I wouldnt hv thought of quitting if I encounter the above-mentioned "events" because the bulk of the job involes interacting with th customers which I really like and so I could bear with it.
I will still look forward to working.
I may still grumble as I walk towards the counter, but once there are customers, I will really feel energised to work.
But @the tuition centre, I will just feel sian all the way.
When I encounter the above-mentioned "events:, I will feel like quitting cos anw, wadever Im doing now isnt wad I enjoy.
So ultimately, pay is really not as important as interest.
If not for the fact dat my CS job involves quality check (aka interaction with non-living products), I think I would really go back CS and work, despite the low pay.
Lol.
But again, I think the manners issue is kind of my problem?
To you, you may not think too much about it, but to me, Im really particular about it.
&it was further worsened by the fact dat my current job is not something I like.
Sigh, okay.
Im done with ranting.
date/time Monday, October 31, 2011,11:18 AM
See dat countdown timer on the top right hand corner of my phone screen? (This is my phone's screencapture btw. HAHA)
Okay omg, idk why am i writing all this, but i honestly do feel something today in school.
like the end is sooooooo near now.
but again, so near yet so far.
I dunnoe, but wadever it is, i should just concentrate on mugging.
Lol.
I will move on, cos i realised i had not exactly succeeded in doing so.
it sucks all the more because im the one who made this happen.
whatever it is, be happy yeah.
date/time Thursday, September 29, 2011,10:35 PM
생일축하합니다!!!
3 people are celebrating their birthday today!!!
Firstly, it is my bro. HAHAHA.
Omg he had turned 16.
Incredible.
Cheesecake!!
*My mum bought it, not baked it.
LOL. MY BRO!!
Okay, my fault, I shouldnt hv taken this photo when he had dat gay expression.
HAHA.
Uh, omg his room looked so messy -_-
Secondly, it is KuanLian's birthday!!
We're celebrating this saturday!!!
Thirdly, today is the birthday of my "kid".
This is how he/she looks like:
姓：独立
名：研习论文
性别：不重要
(Do you know recently some country passed this law dat allows its citizens to choose a 3rd option other than F or M for their gender?? I forgot wad was the last 3rd option tho -_-)
Isn't he/she "cuuuuuute"!??
-_-
date/time Sunday, September 25, 2011,7:36 PM
Now dat i read my previous post, i thought im really too extreme.
LOL.
but anw, not like i will ever forgive.. dat person.
i cant bring myself to use th word "uncle".
tomorrow will be th day when all these shit ends.
hopefully.
i'll pray.
date/time Saturday, September 24, 2011,4:13 AM
Omg im still awake...
date/time Thursday, September 22, 2011,7:08 PM
恶心不等于肮脏
肮脏也不等于恶心
但那笔交易既恶心又肮脏
叫别人在你哥身上下降头的人也会不得好死
不要说我极端
因为受害者是我爸 指使人是他最关心的弟弟
date/time Sunday, September 18, 2011,11:31 AM
Hey, get well soon!!!
Omg, im a stalker.
HAHAHAHA.
date/time Saturday, September 10, 2011,11:11 PM
OMGGGG i can finally access blogger!
uh, im supposed to be mugging for prelims now, but okay, i need a break -_-
anw, when i was in the toilet just now, i saw this ant trying to pull a strand of hair.
at dat moment, i thought it was inspiring, like how a mere ant was trying to drag something dat is of many times its weight.
even its buddy (some other ant) just crawled away after giving his good fren a glance.
INSPIRING RIGHTTTT, esp in tough times like this.
so after i was done with my business, i went back to my room to take my phone, hoping to take a photo of that inspiring moment.
sounds really dumb, i know, but i thought it was... erm, a rather interesting sight.
why would an ant want a strand of hair right...
but who knows when i got back, the ant gave up.
it ended up crawling around the hair aimlessly.
anti climax -_-
right, dun ask me why would my toilet have ants crawling around.
i absolutely have no idea when the ant clan migrated to my toilet.
im going to annihilate the whole clan later... by flooding.
i dun mean to be cruel but if i dun do it, they will migrate to my room instead.
OMGGGGG, NO WAYYYY.
uh okay, i shall get back to mugging.
shall not rant anymore.
haha.
&&&please listen to this song!!
this song is so different from 2pm's usual songs.
i prefer this side of 2pm.
&omg, it was composed by junho.
dat is certainly impressive :D
as this is the theme song of a movie (named BLIND), the mv is of course, about the movie.
haha. enjoy!!~
(press CC at the bottom for eng subtitles.)
date/time Monday, July 11, 2011,8:13 PM
HELLO.
my OBT postcard finally arrived!!
i was kinda surprised... cos the words of encouragement i had written for myself @TW were wad i really need now.
