A silly random thing

This is a totally stupid and random picture, taken one afternoon after walking up and down Bugis and Arab street to get materials for the VDay flower sale. Jingsi took this pic for me when Bus 33 stopped at the traffic junction. We just though it was really funny there and then..*lol*

Its never good enough

I know Ive been taken advantaged of when i stayed 20min past the scheduled time and the mother shoves another assessment book in my face.

Its just never enough. There;s always something new to learn, another exercise to do, more questions to ask.. blah blah..

And its one thing to stay back of my own accord as I feel i want to finish a particular chapter and i dont to leave a few more pages 'hanging there'.. or there's a test on the topic in the next week and the kid still has queries so i feel obliged to finish up.

Its another thing altogether when the mum doesn't show appreciation for my staying back but pops in 20min after the lesson was supposed to end with another assessment book and asked her kid 'Have you asked tuition teacher how to do those questions?'( as if im not around??)

Even her kid felt paiseh and said 'no time already,not urgent one'.

But she persisted, sitting down, waiting for the moment i finish assigning homework and shoved the assessment at me.. repeating, to me this time, ' oh, she tried these questions but some dunno how to do'

and waited expectantly for me to go on from there

I said 'Can i do this next week instead?'

She said ok, but looked rather displeased.

ANd i know ive been taken for granted.
No wonder my NIE friend said never to give your student extra time. It'll become an expectation. Not a bonus.

A thankless job indeed.

This sort of thing actually happens a lot in life. A long time ago, i blogged a 'theory' of starting from a base. Its another example of it at work.

Neways i figure i cant be a good teacher. Not cos i cant teach, but because i cant instil discipline. ANd i think discipline is like 60% of the job. Im too nuah to be a teacher. My threats dont hold. If i say i'll make you do double the work if you dont do my work, chances are i would not exercise that threat. If i say i'll complain to your mum the next time you start daydreaming, chances are i would let it go a few more times cos i'll feel bad abt bad-mouthing the kid and am to be blamed for her getting a scolding.

Hmmmm... Sleepy again..

Sleep is good for the body and soul

Just a random post here.

Its rather scary to wake up one afternoon (yes afternoon) assuming you're alone at home to ...

hear voices.. (i thot mabe im dreaming or something)
then i opened the door and almost ran smack into my mei mei and her friend and the tiny living room looked like a battleground.

They are doing their project (on revamping the Tiong Bahru estate) and apparently the group of 7 had split up the work according to
1. Flats/Houses
2. Carpark and Playground
3. Shops

My mei mei and best friend cum squad mate Po Ching took part 3. Hence what was lying all over the floor on newspapers are miniatures (or attempts at making miniatures) of biscuits, cakes and pretzels for the bakery and bananas for the fruit shop.

That's as far as they went with the clay, plasticine, poster colour and accompanying brushes and water.

I made a meagre contribution by donating my 'hotdog buns' and 'kuehs' miniatures and left them to continue chatting and painting and i went back to ...

sleep some more.
That's what 36 hours of staying awake does to me ... .

My phone has been going coo coo for the longest time and I finally threw the towel and got a new phone at Singtelshop.com BEFORE 21 months. With just 6 weeks left, I gave up the battle to save 100 bucks. This is the first time ever, i change a phone before the 2 yr plan is up.
SO you c, SIngtelshop.com charges 30 bucks less than the hello shops, and they DELIVER to your doorstep.

Sounds nice? yeah it is.. except for one thing..

MY PHONE WAS SPOILT.
Of the hundreds, mabe thousands of Nokia handsets they have, I got the spoilt one.
I got a stupid, wacko bimbo phone! It took like 5 seconds for the screen to 'react' when i slide it open. When i slide it close, the screen would turn blank. Oooh.

ANd it couldn;t read my SIM card either.
So after being put on some crap music and listening to 'ALl our customer svc officers are engaged at the moment' over and over, the CSO who spoke to me said my sim card is not compatible with the new phone.

And so i went to the Hello shop at West Mall at 8pm and waited an hour before i finally got my phone changed. (It can read my sim card)

During which i had to contend with a toddler banging against my paper bag and basically climbing all over the couch we're supposed to be sharing amicably. I escaped to MOS to buy myself a MOS tea instead.

My mei mei's first bottle of perfume

** After Ck One, Calvin Klein is launching mK1, a new fragrance which will be in stores next month, along with a promotional roadshow at Orchard. As part of the pre-launch, customers will be able to purchase a full-sized bottle at less than a fraction of the price --> $19.90. (recommended selling price: $109).
To top it off, the second bottle is free.

Sounds like a great deal? Hurry hurry, while stocks last!


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And so the story goes,
My mei mei was at Orchard with her best pal Poh Ching, when a 'pretty young lass with nice rebonded hair' approached them with this wonderful offer outside TANGS.

After the sales pitch, my mei mei proceded to ask 'Is it real?'. (*Laughs*)
The pretty lass replied ' of cos its real, if fake, i'll fake chanel lah!'

Hence, the 2 stupid naive gers bought 2 bottles. (My mei mei's friend even called her mum to discuss first.) Cos the 2nd is FREE! And parted with 10 bucks each.

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My mei mei showed off her purchase the moment she got home.
"JIE!!!! Do you KNOW how much my CALVIN KLEIN perfume cost???" she screeched.
"Waa, CK? U got so much $$$???
"I show you.."

She flashed the box at me like a trophy! (so auntie rite? haha)

"mK1???" I asked ... "It looks fake to me ..."
"No lah, the ger said ... " (The opening speech --> ** refer to top)

I had to spend a good 15min convincing her how fake her fake perfume is.

Further examination of the packaging ...
Disclaimer at the back of the box

Granted they wrote it in like 5 languages?! And in good English too.

Bloody... the spray just screams 'CHEAP'



Now my mei mei has always claimed to be smart, reason being

1. She always claims to be in the top 8% cos she's in RV, and in dunno the top ? % of RV, hence = one of the top %.

2. She don't need tuition unlike moi who somehow can't do well for MATHS and hence had Maths tuition until my parent couldn't afford to pay the rates when it got more and more expensive in upper sec and jc.

3. Her Chinese teacher thinks she's smart too, sending her for competitons and all.

So well, i concede yes she's smart in certain things but downright dumb at some ..

LIKE THIS ONE

*Laughs*

Oh my .. im really having a field day over this. Pardon me. I was laughing all the way while watching the crap show shen2 yi1 xia2 nu3 as she called her best pal to repeat to her best friend what i had JUST told her. They're even planning to go down to the NPP tomorrow. Both of them are in NPCC. See the irony?

The point is people buy fake Rolex watches and LV bags knowing they are fake, hoping to pass them off as real.
My mei mei bought fake perfume believing its real...

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MK ONE???

PS: The above article is written with my mei mei's approval.

By the way it smells awful too. Left this weird metallic smell after the initial fragrance (which is actually quite nice) wore off.