miau...

Sunday, November 18, 2007,8:54 PM

saying goodbye

3 days ago.. 15 Nov 2007 (Thurs)

Saying goodbye is hard.. and I totally didn't see it coming.
For the whole year, teaching them wasn't easy. They are really the kiddish lot. still child-like.. only thinking about themselves and running to the teacher whenever they face problems and looking for answers or directions from the teacher..
Naughty, yes some are. Sweet and innocent..

I called them to me.. sat them down on the floor around me.. told them they will have to work hard next year.. this is the last day of school.. last day miss du will speak to them as a whole class in 1.5 classroom.. last time they will be in P1..
and as i turned around.. i saw tears in my monitress's eyes.. i called her to my side, patted her head...

and gosh that totally turned my internal tap on. tears rolled in my eyes as I tried my best to fight back the tears..
Never did i expect myself to cry.. all this while i've been telling myself i don't want to take them again next year.. and frankly, i still feel this way.. but i'd miss their naughty and cheeky tricks.. and their silly comments and the things they say..

When the teacher cries, the class cries too.. and that's what I saw.. many kids with tears in their eyes... then a few kids suggested still meeting me during their recess time next year.. then i said ok.. if they want.. but oso depends if i'm in school already anot...

sweet children..
naughty children..

will i miss them? I think i will... I already am..(a little) :P

"Goodbye Miss Du.. See you next year!" as they turned and walked away..

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Sunday, November 11, 2007,9:05 PM

my new obsession~

Our new home...

*The living room*

(before)

(after)

*The kitchen*

my new kitchen!

*The dining area*

(before)

the dining lights and frames

(after)

*The bomb shelter*

(before)

(after)

The study room*

(before)

KIV - to be updated later

(after)

*The master bedroom + toilet*

the old MBR toilet

our brand new MBR toilet

*The view during sunset...*

lurveeee it!~

^-^

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Sunday, November 04, 2007,12:05 AM

tiring day

this evening, after a hard day's work at our new house, we decided to go for a nice dinner.

sw suddenly had this craving for Seoul Garden, but coz I'm not really for it, I suggested maybe eating at PS since we need to go Spotlight too. But then, sw kinda still feels like eating something korean, so he suggested going to this Korean BBQ somewhere off West Coast road (i think).

Anyway, we walked in and sat down. They presented us with the menu and we got a shock of our lives. We've never tried Korean cuisine before and we knew nuts about Korean food culture. And oh what a shock we got.
It's charcoal bbq, so the menu had plates of meat, and prawns. We looked so lost just simply looking at the menu. it was so embarrassing. We contemplated leaving the restaurant, but decided to give it a try in the end.

We ordered a plate of chicken meat and pork. We had absolutely no idea what the hell we were doing and eating. We were then served plates and bowls of kimchi, beans, some soupy thing and tofu, and a LONG tray of lots of salad vegetables. We absolutely had no idea what we were supposed to do, so we kept eating our rice and looking at the angmohs, trying to figure out how the hell to eat the plates of food on our table.

Then they started to bbq the meat for us and while we were eating the food happily, we both discovered we were having a super hard time trying to use the metal chopsticks. So difficult to use! the food that we picked up, kept dropping!! So malu.

When it was finally time to go, the waiter came to us and told us to use the wet tissue. he pointed at this 2 cute mentos looking thing.

I stared at it and said 'what? where? "
And almost instantly, the waiter poured some water into the plate with the 2 mentos thingy and it literally GREW TALLER!

I stared in amazement!

SW couldn't help but laugh at my reaction. i bet the waiter muz be thinking wat a mountain tortoise i am.but it's seriously unbelieveable.

anyway we paid and left the restaurant.

I guess we probably won't go there again.

Din exactly know what we are eating and hence din exactly enjoy the food either.

But for some reason, the restaurant is packed with people.

btw, if you're wondering what we were doing the whole day... here it is!

#1 - spring clean the living room

#2 - DIY our living room painting (by artist Du)

#3 - fix up the clock for our living room

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