Eid Mubarak.

I have been in festive mood since early this month. With children around the centre, it's hard not to. Everyone was either talking about celebrating it or the holiday itself.



Now that we're back at the centre, we have a lot of things to do. 12 days of homework to be marked and they're for around 200 students. It's endless.....



I have been invited to a couple of open house. Yummy! This weekend, I'll have another one. It's nice to see the students in a different environment. They act differently.

Hari Raya Break

I'm on a long break now. Only this time of the year, we get to take a long break from the centre. The next long break will be during the Christmas and New Year week.



Everything went well on Tuesday despite the fact that my Ms Admin was not there.



Korean boy came in with positive attitude....maybe he thought it over about what I said last week, and accepted my positive feedback.

All in a day's work

Today was a challenging day for me. I didn't even take a break throughout the day. My first appointment was at 10:15. Mrs Singh stayed till about 10:55. She has 3 children and we had a lot of sharing. My second appointment was with Mrs Cheok. She came at 5 minutes past 11. She didn't stay long because we only had one student to discuss about. The last appointment for the afternoon was Mimi. She was my school mate. First, we discussed about her 3 children. Then, we talked about old times...it was so much fun and we dragged on talking till about 1. She came at about 11:45.

Right after all the appoinments, I had to updates a stack of files on my table.

One of my staff reported sick, so all her students were diverted to my classroom. All seats were taken from 3pm to 5 pm.

What made me really tired was one Korean student, who decided to be difficult.

Tomorrow is going to be an easy day. Good Instructor friend decided to give me a treat for my birthday.... phew.....

My Prekindy at work.....at the English area

This is one cute girl!!

Networking

During this fasting month, all the parents and students are aware that we close early. It's good to see everyone being disciplined about coming on time and leaving on the dot. It makes my job easier.

Recently, I managed to track back some of my old students. Most are at college and some are still in school, but most of them are no longer coming to the centre for extra classes.

Jazeman who's an upcoming F1 driver for Malaysia also wrote messages to me. He remembers the centre and would like to come for a visit.

Some parents who used to send their children to me have also written to me. It's nice to keep in touch because that way, I'll always know how my students are. To me that's important.

Ms Admin

We have a few students at the centre that we feel are uncontrollable. As our students are with us for a few years, most times, we could see how they change as they grow up.



Since I hired Ms Admin, communication with parents are easier because she'd talk about the students behaviour with their parents when she sees them. Sometimes, she'd advice parents on what they should do if they face behavioral problem.

Fasting month

First day of fasting was good yesterday. I didn't have any difficulties. A few non muslim students asked how it's like and I answered them.

Ishan asked me if I was hungry. I told him I was and can't wait to eat at about 7:15pm for breaking fast.

We had a few Muslim students who came to the centre and fasting. They were as young as 8 and they were fasting.

When I was 8, my parents never really pushed me to fast. When I was with my cousins, I would try to fast for half a day. I would challenege myself the next day for longer fasting time.

Fasting to me is like a test for a person of how much a person can take. Not just from not eating and drinking, but also how well they can handle their everyday situation despite fasting. How a person can stay calm and not getting angry over little things.

My Korean students told me that they cannot imagine they can fast the way we do, ever. I could not imagine myself fasting when I was their age.