CIPLAK!!!!

sucess in life?

Success in life is not measured by how big a house I could live in
Success in life is not measured by the fancy sports car I might own
Success in life in not by how much I earn a year
Success in life is not how many times I travel around the world
Success in life is how Happy I am with my life, how I have strive to make my life happier and people around me happy.


The seven deadly sins makes people unhappy!


Life is short BUT is a long journey...we live and learn and grow.
Life is about taking risk to be a better person and a happier one.
Life is about giving and sharing.....
and sometimes life is very cruel and we have to be strong!


Strive to be happy and smile!

The trials of teen mothers

The trials of teen mothers

This is a good article I read this morning. I pray that when it ever happens to any of my "children", I'll be strong and able to face the challenge.

Fasting Month

We have classes on Saturday only in the month of Ramadhan. This is because we close at 5 every day, during the weekday.

Working 5 days a week at the centre is not a norm for me. Working till 5pm feels nice though.

Some muslim students would fast and attend classes. It's nice to see how these young people train themselves. Sometimes, my non muslim students would ask me how it is like to fast. I tell them, fasting is like training ourselves to be patient. Not allowing ourselves to eat when we're hungry, not allowing ourselves to drink when we're thirsty and not allowing ourselves to get angry when we feel agitated. They'd march out of my room saying "I can never do that!!!"

Conversation with Kushi

Kushi : How old are you Teacher?
Me : guess
Kushi : 33?
Me: I'll let you guess 2 more times
Kushi: 32?
Me: No
Kushi: 31??????

Me: No. I'm 38
Kushi : Oh! you're older than my mom. She's 34, and my dad is 35 (talk about giving it all out...children are children)
Me : really?
Kushi : do you have children?
Me: No

Kushi: How come? my parents are younger than you, but they have me and my brother
Me: different people have different Life dearie.
Kushi: Why?
Me: that's what we call life. You cannot have the same kind of life as other people. You have to be happy with what you have. You'll grow up and will have your kind of life ok? But you must always be happy with your surroundings. Then you'll always be a happy person.

Kushi : silent.

Kushi means Happiness...and that's what I believe she will always have. As for me, it's Kabhi Kushi, Kabhi Gum. (that's in Hindi!)

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I am in the middle of getting good videos for my presentation. This afternoon, I had the opportunity to mingle around in the library a little bit more. When Little Miss Nanako finished her Maths and English, she had to wait for a little while more for her brother. I decided to pick up a Japanese book to read to her. A book called "Ton  Kotori". The video would tell all. (that little time with Nanako made my day!!!!)

Quarterly Report

I received a quarterly report from my Area Manager today. I know we've worked hard this year. So, when I received positive comments from her, it made me feel like what we've done for the last 6 months, was worth it.

I work all day, I work all night.....

It's that time of the year again, where students from International Schools go on Summer Break, and I'm left with bills to pay, as usual. Nothing new, about bills to pay.....just during this time, the pressure feels more.

Even though we did a record breaking performance in July, August drop is not helping much. I'm hoping for September to be better again, and not like last year where it dragged on till end of the year.

A lot of communication has been done this year, between students and parents. I'm hoping I've somehow drilled in the concept and aim upon joining this program, more and more.

IN the middle of doing my accounts now, and I feel like getting a heart attack (kidding of course!)