Achievement unlocked

It took me a little longer than I expected, but for the first time evar,
I made a student cry in class some 2 days back.
You cannot even imagine how furious I was after learning that
one of my kids forgot to bring the work (again) that
he was supposed to have handed in 2 days ago and
blatantly lied that he's already submitted it. 

I felt slightly guilty when I saw him tear but honestly,
he deserved it more than less for trying to lie his way through
and thinking he'd be able to get away with it.

Personally, this would be classified as an achievement unlocked. 

I'm making good progress in becoming The Terrifying Teacher.
Way to go, AJ.

No entry too short

It's been a good 2 months since the last update.

There's been a couple of changes in my life since, both good and bad.

Let's start with the good.

When I titled the last entry as "The month of Two",

I sort of meant it in a literal way.

By welcoming the month of Feb as part of a duo.

I haven't thought it'd be anytime soon that I got hitched so quickly

but things happen, and yeah, I did.

My prior incessant worrying 

(e.g. what if I can't get used to having a boyfriend again?

or what if I can't get used to holding someone's hands once more?) 

had been uncalled for (phew...), 

because I've been having quite a wonderful time so far.

Many thanks to le bf, of course,

who's nothing but accommodating 

and encouraging towards me, 

as work has been piling up sneakily behind me

like an unwelcome ninja.

Which brings me to the bad.

Work got hectic.

Or maybe of course,

I could just have serious time management issues.

Things become alright for awhile after roughing some days out, 

but I find myself struggling to stay afloat not too long after.

I hope I'm not just hopping onto the "busy bandwagon" 

for the sake of appearing like I have important things to do

like what many others are doing.

This has got to get better.

I mean, I don't want to go on getting just a few hours' worth of sleep nightly on weekdays.

Before it gets better though, work's made me 

appreciate the weekends so much more these days.

I can't wait to meet up with le friends and bf
over the weekends for a nice catching up mostly,

And also, not forgetting, 

my daily lunches packed lovingly by Mumsy.

Alright. No more whinging.

I look forward to sharing interesting things that's been happening

at work more regularly!

The month of Two

:)

#29 The person that you want tell everything to, but am too afraid to

The last such person in my life was probably J.

I was fearful that saying what was on my mind would bring about abrupt endings.

But things were getting too much to bear so I decided what the heck
and went ahead with it anyway.

Ultimately, it did make things end in some way.

But contrary to what you might be thinking, I have no regrets for speaking
my mind because the relief from it was immense. 

Life goes on and people will soon forget about these petty and insignificant things that happen
to them once in a blue moon.

I mean, at least I would.

#vainpotteacher

I was looking for some kid near the canteen when two P4 girls (with their P1 buddies in tow) came up to me and smiled real shyly. I've seen them around previously and would usually smile to greet them so I'm not exactly unfamiliar to them.

One of them: Teacher, you are very pretty.

Me: Aww. Thank you :)

While I looked all calm and steady on the outside, this was how I really felt on the inside:

You know people always say kids don't lie... heehee.

tired

It's the beginning of 2013 but I'm already starting to feel weary.

I wish I can find some hole and curl up in there until the sandstorm blows past.

lessons from dating

It's the start of a new year and I'm tempted to talk about shiny new beginnings but I'm saving that for another entry (my backlog is only getting longer). 

For now, I'm just going to share something that offline/online dating's taught me in the past year:

You meet people whom you have sparks with,

you meet people whom you don't have sparks with,

and you also meet people whom you don't want to have sparks with.

Of course, this doesn't come entirely from me.

I'm speaking on behalf of some of the people I've met. So far.