so i've finally decided that i'm done here. moving! where to; undecided.

i'm too lazy to update, mostly because nothing interesting ever happens anymore.
8:09 PM


in case you still have no idea (which is highly unlikely) how i did for A levels, i didn't do well. failed econs in fact, which is one of my H2s. ultimately this means that i'll have to redo the A levels this year.

i've decided to take it as a private candidate instead of going back to school, because the atmosphere there is really stifling. also, because SEAB doesn't allow H2 china studies to be taken by private candidates, i'm probably switching up to do H2 lit and drop china studies to H1.

oh by the way, the reason SEAB provides for not allowing private candidates to take H2 china is because they say that there's a coursework involved which 'needs guidance'. but the school, in trying to convince me to go back to repeat another year, says that i can not do the coursework this year because the marks from last year's can be carried forward. well, SEAB's reason for not allowing me to take china then doesn't hold water, does it. and tpjc doesn't even offer H2 china studies anomore. so i'm like, 'why are you still asking me to go back to school?'

i feel like i've fallen through a huge gaping hole, and everyone just looks in the other direction.

i've also officially left my job at temasek. i'm thankful for the experience, extremely.

i'm thankful for it because i'm liking literature all over again.
i'm thankful for getting the difficult classes to teach, because they taught me so much about people skills, even though they may not have known.
i'm thankful for meeting so many wonderful people, and obviously the people in my mind now are twoseven, haha. (i don't know whether you guys see this, but you owe me a class photo!)

speaking of photographs, i bought a new camera yesterday! it came a day late though, because i missed the photo opportunities on the last day of school.

it's pretty!

11:07 AM


for all the uncertainty that's going around; whether or not to continue with teaching one class, whether or not i have to repeat (prays really hard), whether or not to go to an over-priced trip to gold coast with the YF, whether or not to go to melbourne with the blitzes, whether or not to go to FASS if i can, i guess tomorrow's d-day.

pray REALLY REALLY hard for me eh?
7:02 PM


an update after long last.

going to school has started to become a drag, and hence i've decided to leave before it kills all my interest for teaching. of course, there are other factors too, which i would prefer not to mention here, so come ask me if you're dying to know.

so this means that there's probably going to be an opening for another relief teacher for 2 english classes once term starts again after march holidays. please call me if you're a bummer going around reading stagnant blogs like mine, which is a clear indication of how much free time you actually have, and are interested in teaching!

anyway, with that said, i thought it'd be appropriate to pen down my last thoughts about this stint.

overall, it was a really really fulfilling experience, and i'm not saying that because i'm obliged to. i really learnt alot through teaching, and it has definitely matured by leaps and bounds. i'd like to think that i made some friends there, even the students, but of course that may be wishful thinking on my part.

i pretty much learned on the job over there, which i suppose has its pros and cons. because it's a do-and-see-how-it-works-out approach, and different people respond differently to different approaches, some worked and some didn't. so yes, i've had successes and failures as well. i may well be deluding myself if i say that there were more successes than failures, but hey, i'm delusional man. but then again, who am i to judge?

staff room talk was somewhat of an eye-opener too, because who ever would have thought that teachers were such a humorous bunch of people? seriously, it seems as if the teachers depend on each other to maintain their sanity. it seems like a very different story from what seems to be protrayed by the teachers at tpjc, then again, only from what i know.

there are definitely classes which made me feel like storming out of class to vomit blood, but then, there were others like sweet 1/2, who made a card for me on my last day with them.

i know that some of them were probably forced to sign it, but hey, everybody's signature is up there man. i was damn touched can!

either way, i'm actually quite glad that i'm finally seeing an end to this stint. for a while, it somehow felt as if it would never come to a close, and it got somewhat depressing.

please remember to let me know if you're interested in the job and i'll give you details! please also let me know if you know of any place which is going to hire after 3 weeks and pays a reasonable salary!

and thus abruptly ends this entry.
8:57 PM