So this is the 3rd week of practicum and i think i am getting this teacher thing more and more. like today, right now, at this very moment, i can say that i feel like a teacher. It an incredible feeling, like power and control in the palm of your hands. You blow a whistle and they stop, you say sit down and keep quite, they dont make a sound. Awwweesome!!
For the first 2 weeks, i was feeling kinda awkward, a little out of place and confused the role between a teacher and a student was kinda grey for me cause the last time i was in a school, i was being punished for not completing my tutorials and running into school cause im almost late for the morning assembly(although this is still happening) i felt like a student to my CT but on the other hand, a teacher to the students in the school. I guess you can not get anymore confused than this as you are taking on two roles that are polar opposite in nature like heaven and earth.
As i was saying i was feeling outta place so i had problems interacting with the students because you dont know if you want to take on the role of nice teacher that jokes with them or be the stern teacher that expects nonsense. One student came up to me and asked: "cher, can i go to the toilet? i wore my shorts inside out." (she really did) I looked over to my CT and asked for permission and he said: "hey jacq, you're a teacher yourself, come on man, you can do this" So what i did basically was just.... ignore them altoghther and pretended that they were not there.
yeah.. outta sight outta mind they say. they also say you live and you learn and i actually did learn ways to get yourself into the students' good books Basically, you gotta get into their conversation and how so you may say?? have you been in a situation where you realy want to join in a coversation but you just dont know how?? Well fret no more, cause here are tips and tricks for all you guys. well, just 2, but 2 extremely tried and tested methods that really works
1. Make them feel uneasy You make eye contact. really uncomfortable eye contact. let them feel uneasy and that you are coming
2. Personal space barrier Break it! You know how there is this imaginary line? cross it. They will automatically acknowledge you and let you in the circle and BAM! you're in
and voila! you're officially one of them
p.s: they even did the chicken dance for me today after my lesson:)
p.p.s: i am really thinking about getting a doggie and if i do get one i want this one! a red toy poodle it looks so much like a bear! look at its stubby legs!! i want this or an orang utan:)
I'm sitting at my desk trying to do my weekly reflections and if u're no idiot you'll probably already know that i am drawing a blank its probably due to the fact that i was absent on thurs and fri and from mon to wed i was feeling too sick to observe my surroundings i guess i am not really good at hiding my feelings cause my face usually tells it all. Pls dont tell my face any secrets because it so can't keep one My CT on wednesday asked me: eh, why do u look so sian and pissed off? It was that obvious. But you cant blame me. I was coughing my entire GI tract out through my mouth and my tonsils felt so swollen it was chocking my airway making breathing a chore.
Surprisingly, i was reading the newspaper on friday and learnt of the poor man that got crushed by the crane on the upper deck of a bus. What is saddening to know is that he is survived by a family of 7? who relies on him as the sole breadwinner of the household. Apparently he was on the show RenovAID where they help families in really bad situation with their house and try to provide them with a better living enviroment.
Isn't it funny how life works? What are the odds that the man who got killed by the crane happens to be someone who really needs to be alive to provide for his entire family How on earth did one of our veteran althele Mr Tan Eng Yoon a sprinter got knocked down by a car when he is famous for running damn fast?? If you've got the time, i can name so many more. The very young and successful girl in the mumbai terrorism? The RJ triathele that died after a race? I am always flabbergasted by these ironic situations and start to wonder if there really is a big man up there because odds like these dont even happen in casino royale. Anyway, if this were my reflections, i would've filled up the page quite effortlessly. But this isn't. So i am still drawing a blank
p.s: i wish i could control time right now cause i would foward it to week 5!
i had such a blast at my sister's wedding held at shall talk more about it some time for now.. its goodbye erratic weathered singapore and hello cool cold winter melbourne!
i love my dress see any similarities?
congrats kassyn!! as long as you get my drift!! now we're in equilibrium........ but i am at the wrong end of the spectrum. boo
Birthday shoutouts to 2 people whom i have no idea why they have not been beaten up on the streets yet. Best of buds have to have their birthdays falls one after another!!
1. Mr Kumar Love ur 42" chest that you have been working so hard on. Its already wide enough for me to project the world cup and watch it from afar so start working on ur biceps! (pls ignore daniel's face. my photo cropping skills needs some working on. But its either this photo or the max brenners one which i aleady used for last year's birthday post for you!)
2. Mr Fazly Please stop preying on young girls. I constantly worry for Sarah's sister and your camp kids. Say it with me, Peadophilic no more!
i think my mum is really stressed out with the impending wedding of my sister in a few weeks time. All of a sudden i see furniture being shifted around, curtains getting hemmed, weird red decorative stuff being bought and so much more. And since then, my mum has been nagging at me non stop to pack/clear/clean my room cause there's gonna be guests at our house on the wedding day. No.1, how about the guest go check out the bride's room instead of mine? Its not like i am the one getting married. No.2, no one is gonna come into your hse and see if your curtains is of a nice length and open up my wardrobe and check if i have stacked my t-shirts neatly.
Okay, that aside, i promised my mum that i will get the room done by the 19th anyway cause being such a good daughter, i'll just let it go. BUT NOOO.. She comes in every freaking day and shakes her head and leave. Not 1 day, not 2 days, EVERYDAY. On a typical day, i just continue with whatever i was doing( ususlly watching a movie on my laptop) and ignore her My cue to start screaming came when she stood at the door and wouldnt leave until i acknowledge her presence
## me: yes mum, what do you want? mum: can you please clear you room, i dont wanna keep reminding you everyday me: i am clearing a bit at a time and i promised you it will be done by the 19th, even if i have to stay up all night on the 18th I WILL GET IT DONE! mum: why do you have to wait till then to do? cant you just do it now? me: because if i do it now, i would mess it up again before the 19th and i dont wanna pack twice. mum: why cant you just stop watching your videos and pack you room me: so, when do you want it done by? Give me a date. You said 19th and i am gg to clear by the 19th, but you keep coming in everyday to bug me. Pick a date. 15th? tomorrow? when? mum: why cant my daughter be clean and neat. I give up! me: I promise the 19th and i will get it done. there's no need to give up ##
how irritating was that? to have someone come into your room and tell you what to do with it. I admit its kinda messy now. but dont judge me. personal hygene is subjective. this may be clean to you
but this IS actally still quite clean to me
i mean, those are just clothes and clean ones FYI. i just dont have the time to pack them into my wardrobe yet. I am really trying to pack it a little at a time, rome wasnt built in a day and you cant expect my room to miraculously clear up within a day right? My mum should really treat me better, now that my sister is married and gone and my brother is gg off to serve the nation next week. If she pisses off her only daugther available to her, who is gonna amuse her? Shoudlve thought of that before you come shaking your head in my room everyday right?? tsk tsk... a little too late mamma.. a little too late...
okay. i usually dont stay pissed at my mum for too long cause she would usually bring me something nice to eat and i get happy when i see food. Today, she brought me Siew mai and cherry. I'll deal with the siew mai later, let's talk about the cherries first You know what they say about being able to tie a cherry stem knot with you tongue means you are a good kisser and all the crap. Im gonna bust the myth once and for all!!
So here is me, with the cherry stem
and then i remembered that all these cherry stem, kissing thing has some sexy vibe to it and there i am looking all jolly with the stem in my mouth. This is not the way to go jacq. This is the reason why no one wants to comment on your blog, its cause you're not paying enough attention to such minute details. Its all about the details baby. Okay, so, what is sexy i thought. And i think elizabeth hurley in bedazzeled. take 2. me with the devil horn headband. A she devil is always sexy.
wait.. i think i look like a jolly cow Okay think jacq, smeyes. Smile with your eyes and add a little fierceness, you didnt spend all your time watching america's next top model for nothing. take 3
take 4
okay. I give up.
So i googled, "tying a cherry stem" and it brought me to one of those wiki how page and i followed all the instructions and voila!
easy peasy breezy and then i tried other variations and there you go, a braid!
this is for when you meet a vampire and need protection urgently, use 2 cherry stems.
when i realised my tongue was so nimble, i thought, i shall try the advanced style. and even i surprise myself this time.
an ant! so this leads me to conclude this myth has been confirm that ppl who can tie cherry stems are damn good kissers. and if you can do the ant, you can suck the soul out of the other person like a dementor. awesome.
So there's this food fair going on at the expo and my brother and mother are all excited over it. I think my brother goes there with his gf like everyday and he nvr fails to come back with bags of food and one weekend, my mum tagged along coming back with more food. resulting in this
So she bought this siew mai from the food fair which we had for dinner cause i wasnt that hungry
looks good right? one huge ass prawn plastered to the top. look at the name.
okays.
finally, i was chatting with rizal and he said that he's addicted to the word LOL i think the siew mai king is def a LOL moment sadly, i dun ever use LOL when i chat instead, i use haha cause haha is the sound you make when you laugh. i just think its more natural to type out the sound you make rather than describe what you are actually doing no? all LOL users, you are weird!!!
okay, im off to pack my room again. ** waves hand in left to right manner with palm facing you** weird right??? and there you have it.
p.s: the cherry knot tying thing, i cheated. Its impossible!!
have you ever experienced a situation when you are chatting with someone online, and just when you are starting to get into the flow of the conversation, he or she says:
leonardo dicaprio say: hey jacq, i gtg!
jacq says: no problem leo, talk to you some time soon! bye!
x leonardo dicaprio - has left the converstion
and then half an hour later, leo still remains online! online []leonardo dicaprio- my heart will go on
not that i am being a psycho freak or anything, but you're stuck there wondering if they do not wanna talk to you and hence they say they gotta go. why dont they wanna talk to me? and for some reason, i become obsessed with their online status wondering and thinking of all the possibilities that couldve really cause the premature exit of the convo and if they are really gone for real. have you ever wondered about this ever? im sure you have! im actually guilty of that myself too. But i'll try to be more tactful and appear offline cause i just dont wanna talk to anyone at all. see, "ourtesy begins with me and you" i quote the kind lion from the courtesy campaign. but i cant rmb his name.
right? actually,i shant ask for ur comments anymore, cause no one seems to be commenting anyways. and ppl who previously commented got their comments deleted anyway. hah! let it go jacq, u're such a b*tch!
Well.. because im bored like that, i shall attemp to blog about a decent topic. Not toooo decent but it beats the one liners that ive been coming up with huh? Although this is probably gonna be quite an awesome post, i can feel it in my bones already, note that the star attraction is the post before this. Note to self, bookmark it, safe picture as, add formaldehyde to it, whatever to preserve it. or.... i should just start the post with this, just to remind all of you.
Take that melati! NO! I'm kidding! I love you, you know that:) A back view is still a view okay. Shoulders with a bit of hair(and fazly's hands) Okay, enough of self indulgence.
You know what's really embarassing? I can bet everyone a dollar that this situation has arose sometime in their life and more than once for sure, but it seems that we just brush it off all the time and pray for it to be over soon. So what it it already?
I was watching a rented DVD with my family over dinner last sunday night and everyone was cuddled around the sofa just watching when suddenly..... the couple started making out.
AWKWARD. What is amazing is that the scene only lasted for about 5 secs or less, but amazingly, within such a short 5 secs, my mum got up and went to the kitchen to get a drink or something. Lets just say she left the tv "coincidentally" when the make out scence was playing and only returned way after the scene was over. You may call me a skeptic but i sure as hell do not think it was a coincidence cause deep deep deep down inside, i wanted to leave the hall as well.
It just wrong wacthing a love scence with your family right? It's not so much of a question. Change that ? to a . Right. Even when you are watching lets say a movie with your friends i think the reaction you show will also be carefully thought through. So what people really often do is to say something random to fill out the awkward silence in between.
## Couple makes out you: you know, i never understand why a young of a pig is a piglet and the young of a bull is not a bullet friends: yeah! You know right. Not that i know a lot about pigs. I can't eat them. couple still making out ##
Well, the other question is what do you do? Its really quite confusing cause you dont really what reaction you really want.
## Couple makes out You play it cool. Pretend that nothing is happening and continue watching But, NO. But if you keep staring your friend might think you're checking them out or something that you are not getting any of it youself. Okay, look away. Just look away. But, NO. If you look away, your friend might know you are really uncomfortable with a love scene. ##
So did i get it right? This constant battle that is going on in your mind when a love scene is showing? I think it also applies to magazines as well. Like in Cleo, they have this Sex and Men page when you DO NOT, i repeate, DO NOT read in public cause its just weird. Well, at least for me. I will just skip through that page and read the entire thing and when i get home i forget toatlly about that page cause i assume that i have finished the magazine already. This explains why my classmates are always coming up with terms that i do not understand and i get really confused becasue i assume that when they as you if you've been kissed on both lips they literally meant the 2 lips everyone has on your mouth, but NOOOOOOO. Go figure. EWWW.
SO.... WHAT DO YOU DO? Have you got suggestions? Let me know. I say, my mum was brilliant. You just walk away. Bye.
p.s: i finally appreciate my the tiger stripes(or shld i say preens) head scarf from africa:) animal theme party anyone??
go figure. i sure didn't. ICPESS day 1, check. Its kinda shitty knowing the fact that the work load isnt equally spread out amongst all the student helpers. Now, my only saving grace is that my group mates are nice. Otherwise i can always hope over to room 58 where the all the retards and 2/3 of the PPGs are in. This is my current groove to song now. Do the hellen keller and talk with your hips! Except that... What the heck is the Hellen Keller??
**PPGs, we shld do a sing-a-long video for this!!**
I wonder if my paddle will glow when i pick it up for the first time. You know just like when Harry Potter picked up his wand at Ollivanders.
It's been such a long time. I cant belive ive slack off that long. I wonder if Macritchie, sans me became a better place? Story of my life, cause im lazy like that.
PPT and tennis session in school today. And i would have to say that i wasn't as bad at tennis as i had expected as i havent touched my tennis racquet since before the exams? I threw a ball at a person's head today during PPT. He asked for the ball and i threw it to him but he didnt catch it. The ball bounced straight off his head,upwards! Imagine that scene. Funny, except that I would seem like someone who cant really throw a ball??? Again, story of my life!!
Anyway, my mum has been nagging at me to clear my wardrobe and room cause my pile of clothes i brought back from hall is still untouched since i have moved back. So yesterday, i decided to start on what i thought was the easiest to clear which are the towels. I took the whole pile out and threw away the ones is didnt want and use anymore and re-folded the ones i use. And here is the final product!
A nice and neat towels section. So if you havent noticed, most if not all of my towels are yellow in colour. Different shades of yellow but nonetheless yellow. My family adopts this colour system for towels which i think is pretty interesting and effective. It is quite simple actually where everyone in the family has a different colour for their towels. So when my mum buys towels for us, she would pick out our specific colour. Mine obviously is yellow. Sister's is pink Brother's is blue Mum's is green and dad's is of an assorted colour. So, with this great system in place, sorrting of the laundry is so easy and there's no discrepencies to as to whom this towel belongs to! Just sharing a little something something which i thought is quite neat. Is it only in my family? Or do some of you adopt the same system too?? Tell me about it!
Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh! What's that? I think thats the sound of someone skiing down a mountain!!
I think im sleepy already!!! Its 1:07am?? Probably the earliest i have slept this year!! Dance with me people!! Uh huh, oh yeah!!!! NIGHTS!!!!
NICOLE!!!! Happy 22nd Birthday:) First of all, we'll start with the birthday wishes! I hope you stay happy and bubbly and may all your wishes come true! hahah.. Cliche much?? Anyway, i just wanna say, thank you so much for being such a dear friend to me the past 9 years. Though we may disagree and argue sometimes(all the time!) but im sure you know that we still love each other a lot. Thanks for being such a wonderful host to me during my visit to Australia, i wish i could go back to explore more of down under with you( lesser shopping this time round), but i am still figuring out my schedule cause its dead pack with a lot of school stuff:( So, if i cant go over, COME BACK!! Everyone in the group miss going to your house for sleepovers and dinner parties! Just so you know, you can always call me if you need someone to talk to, if marcus is too busy with his exciting "happy" life!
Have a good one down under and i'll see you real soon!!!! LOVE YA ! p.s: Hope u like your present part 1! Come back for part 2!!!
After a long tiring day, this couldn't never have come at a better time
Door: *knock knock* Jac: Come in! Alvin: This is for you Jac: What's this? Alvin: It's your birthday present Jac: oooh... what could it be? Its so huge. Thank you!
I stare at it for a moment trying to figure out the contents under the obviously selfed wrapped gift. It was so big, it was square and rigid. It felt like a frame. I thought it was a picture. A picture of me? Then i couldn't wait any longer and gave up the guessing game and started to unwrap the gift which took less than 5 seconds, reconfirming the self wrapped theory.
It was a framed picture alright.. A familiar face stared back at me and it was of...........
ROGER FEDERER!!! This picture of him has been my desktop wallpaper for like ever! And i cant belive he managed to find it! The thing is, whenever i come across shops that sell posters, i would just stop to ask if they have roger federer and each time i would be disappointed. Yay my bro for remebering this. Sometimes, its the small little details that you do or remember that really counts And to top it off, the picture has a very artsy feel to it cause it has this stain glass/ water colour effect to it! How cool... What a lovely surprise i love it so much! Thank you my bro, now i have roger federe staring at me all day, everyday!
I thought, before this blog starts turning into a fashion blog i better do something! Reading the past few posts, i realised its all about fashion!! so here i am to make it not so much about clothes, bags or shoes.
so the exams are finally over and after only the first day of hoildays, i thought to myself, boy 4 months is gonna be a way long time. If you think about it, its longer than our academic semester!!
Ive been recuperating at home, staying in and just lazing around. What is taking up most of my free time is.... the TV. Catching up with unwatched shows, the star awards part 2/ survivor / american idol( boo you Casey james!!!)
**side tracking**
to all the idol watchers out there, do you think that Casey James shouldve stayed over Shiobhan Magnus? Personally i find him really boring cause whatever song he sings it sounds exactly the same. And no, i dont mean the same style, i mean it sounds like the same damn song. He doesnt like to take risks and always choose songs that sound similar. Compared to Shiobhan, she takes risks and performs. I seriouslly dont know what is wrong with America, but i couldn't care less cause this season of american idol totally sucks. I know although Sarah is waving her pom poms for casey james she would agree with me 100% on this. Anyone can win this and its doesnt really matter to me cause they wouldnt outsell Adam Lambert anyway. Somehow, in terms of performances, Adam is the mark to beat(at least for me). I would compare every single performace to Adam Lambert's and go "nah... not good enough" So yeah, GO Lee or Aaron!! Dont let bowersox win! She is too overated.
** end of idol bitching**
Its funny cause watching tv is something which i thought i would die not doing everyday but got used to not doing after i moved into hall. But now that i am back home, the routine automatically fell right back in place. Hence it cements the fact behing this line "a leapord never changes its spot"
So anyway, ive been watching alot of TV and also playing the awesome game called "Plants vs Zombies" I actually bought the game off the internet for 6.99usd and i cant belive i actually did that cause buying stuff online, yes, thats me. But buying games?? Hell to the no. Before you think its some counter strike esque or left 4 dead game, it is so not. Look at the banner!
Basically, its a defence tower game where you protect yourself from the zombies that are coming to eat your brains. And how do you do that? You plant an assorment of plants on your front yard, back yard and roof and your plants will somehow defend you by shooting peas and spikes and stuff like that depending on their ability.
Its really fun because its strategic and really smart. They've got really cute zombies with different abilities as well
This is the dancing zombie that would do the MJ trailer dance and moonwalk down your yard to try to eat your brains. Its damn fun! There is a 1 hr trial where you can try the game for an hour. I think you should try it. Just google plants vs zombies.
Went out with the PE peeps on friday to watch Daniel mr Sexy saxophone and his band perform at CMPB at dempsey hill. They play really nice and current songs, and apparently Sixx which is their band is up and coming in the local music scene. So if you wanna go listen to them, they play every friday at CMPB! CMPB has really nice ambience and great food. Try the wagyu beef if you can order only 1 item! heres Mr Saxy and his band mates.
whats so funny melati?!
random photos with caleb don aloy and cheng wei okay. thats about it. My birthday is on mother's day!! talk about being mummy's girl this is the ultimate testimony.
love this pair of gold zara sandals was about to pay for it when melati gave me the stare, rolled her huge eyes and said "so much for not wanting to spend money" i placed it back and left the store crying now i cant stop thinking about it. boo you and your freakishly large eyes!
