Unwell

Today is a bit disappointing with my classes on some parts but I need to think positively and focus. I need to really focus on what I am doing these days most especially that the summer term is fast approaching and I would be terribly busy at that time. Yes, indeed summer is the busiest days of our lives here at school. Well, I need to prepare myself for it and reserve more energy to fight against boredom, disappointment, and burnout. I hope I can make it through. Sad but trying not to be.

We Enjoyed Much

Tonight's class is just so enjoyable I didn't want them to go home. Grins. They were such a very good bunch of enthusiastic learners of English. We went on banging some good ideas on different aspects of advertising. Advertising. Yes, that is our topic for tonight. They didn't have any problems on role plays and any other game I played with them. Excellent! I wish they would be the same for always. Really, I enjoyed my class tonight with my level six students. I wish to have them the next term soon. Smiles. Now I feel fulfilled and satisfied as they bid goodbyes and went home. So do I. I'm really excited to watch my favorite TV series. You guess. Grins.

As the Summer Term Comes

As the summer term is fast approaching, I am dreading of a much more busy schedule and truly hectic days of work. Though it has its advantages so to say there are much more disadvantages rather than the good. First, there is not enough time to really plan and polish one's lessons which I could say that is not really good for in order to have a really great class to run the foundation of the plan must be very good. Second, there isn't enough break time in between classes which only means that for those who are fully-loaded it would be like hell everyday. Sad. Third, everybody is very busy on their own business and there isn't enough time to brainstorm for ideas, activities, and games for the class. Here, we do have a regular meeting every Fridays in the afternoon. However this should stop for the summer term instead would be just consultation type one-on-one discussion with anybody who is free. There are so many downsides of summer but I should stop looking at it for it would only worsen the idea of fun and enjoyment. There is nothing to do but just get it on and I'd try my very best to have fun and enjoy while the weather is hot and thus a perfect time to cool off in the swimming pool nearby. Smiles.

I Have Been

Today is another so so day for me here on a day off. The rain is sooo heavy and I've got nothing to do but watch my latest addiction - Prison Break. I couldn't move anything or do anything without first watching a couple or two episodes of the seasons I've just bought recently. I am planning to finish the three seasons and now I am even more excited to watch the upcoming release of the next season - four. Well, after every episode that I watch I have something to learn and it makes me more relaxed in such a way that Micheal Scoffield is trying to do his best only for saving his brother's life in prison. Smiles.

Shocked and Confused?!

I went to school after lunch today with my house mate and when we arrived there she immediately looked at the weekly schedule. She noticed that I have a scheduled Life Club tonight and I was caught in total awe and confusion overwhelmed me. Then and there I started asking do I really have a class tonight? Well nobody can answer my query except my DOS so I decided to ring him on his mobile though I'm aware that today is his day off. Well, I just asked for clarification on my schedule and he apologized and confirmed to me that I don't have any class tonight. Whew! I felt a nail was taken from my flesh at that time for in the first place I never thought of any preparation at all. I just came to school to prepare for my classes this week and that's it. So, I planned for the week's classes and went home early. Smiles.

MP4 or Shuffle? or Both?

Well, right now I am a bit shaky on my decision to buy an MP4 or an IPOD Shuffle. I am just tempted most especially at times when I got to travel and I have nothing to do with boringness inside the sleeper bus like when I went to Shanghai and Hangzhou several weeks ago. More so, when I go to school alone and I need to listen to some cool and relaxing music I don't have any player with me. I know this is not really a necessity but a luxury to my life here. Well, at times I just like to pamper myself too much. Would I or wouldn't I buy one? Mayn't or might? I guess I just need more days to really discern on this matter. Check my priorities first? That's the first thing to do for now. What do you think?

Windows of One's Soul

They say that the eyes are the windows of the soul. I concurr to this fact that really the eyes can tell what the person really means what he thiks and feels. Yes, we can verbally say what we want but deep inside we couldn't hide what we truly feel and they eyes could tell. If you are really observant to a person when she talks then you could see through her eyes when she is really telling you the right thing or not. Though science and technology are doing their good job through innovating different types of tests to know if a person is really telling the truth or not. In other cases like in our daily lives, we use just our intuition or as what other say our instinct. Yes and even others are much gifted in this area or they are just so sensitive and open. For an instance, between lover's talk or even best friend's telling each other's secrets. Sometimes we just rely completely on this side irregardless of the other facts to consider which I think is not justifiable. Well, whatever may it be it really depends on how a person reacts and how she sees things in her own perspective. Smiles.

I Made Him Learn the Hard Way

Huhuh! The class began with a cry of our naughtiest boy in class – Ian. As what I’ve shared here before, he is my naughtiest student this term. I came in the class with a parent waiting for me to observe my class. I knew it would be fucked up ‘coz of Ian. However, to my surprise that it wasn’t that easy for me to be strict. In the first place I am a no strict instructor. This is the only class that I need to be strict. Well, I am well aware that my problem for this class is classroom management. I have tried several management strategies and it didn’t work with them. Now, I guess I have to really be stern in my rules. Let’s just say that I have to stick to what I want them to do and all I want from them is to BEHAVE properly in class. So, as the first hour ended, the parent came to me and commented that I pretty well delivered the lesson well though some of the boys aren’t paying more attention to what I’m saying. Yes, it’s true and I said I have to work more on that part. Still, she said no worries you are doing great and I am happy that my son has learned many things from you. She said that we are on the same boat so no worries I sympathize with you. Well, I am just thankful that she was able to relate with me and I am happy to have her in my class today. Nervousness overwhelmed me at first but I was pretty doing well on the most part of the first hour. Smiles.

Hope It Would be Fine

Being a tough teacher sometimes pays off most especially when the students are so naughty. I would apply this strategy tomorrow after on my HF1B class. They are just a bunch of easily destructed kids who always take more time on chatting with their seat mates than listening to me. I would just see tomorrow how would it work with them. I would try my best to be the toughest teacher as I ever could be. Let's see who will behave. Grins. Or else my last resort is to call my class monitor and let her be my TA for a while. Smiles. Tsk tsk tsk,,,last resort?

So Fulfilling with Pink in My Class Tonight

I have this amazing and wonderful early learner student in my EL3B class. She came in late for my EL3A class before almost half of the term. And now she is doing more than excellent as I can say. She is really brilliant and has a very witty tongue. She can pronounce the words better than me! Smiles.

Tonight is a night to remember for me since she is just doing great and she motivates others to speak louder. I love her very much. Actually I was the one who gave her the name – Pink. Why? Simply because it is the color of her dress when she came first in one of my Small Stars Fun before she joined our school and since then, she didn’t like to change her name. Whew! It only shows she loves it. Smiles. Indeed, I could say I am proud of her and in behalf of her parents’ support and love of English she is able to the best as she can be. Go Pink! Keep it up always! Smiles.

Glad to Chat with You My Life

I am so happy today since I don't have class as I said so I went home so early. Hurriedly I turned on my laptop and chatted with my significant other. We went bubbling with each other for nearly three hours before he bids goodbye since he's got some things to do at home. I really missed my place and everything! Sighs. He just said that I have to enjoy where I am right now and I guess he is right. I have to make the most of my days here while I am still here. Next year is about to come and let it worry for itself. What is mos t important is NOW not yesterday nor tomorrow. As what the line of a song states, 'Tomorrow never comes.' Smiles. Do you concurr?

So Early at School

I am so early at school today. I need to since I have no work and I want to stay at home after six to chat with my significant other. Grins. Well, I am happy that I don't have any class tonight and I am just here in school to prepare my lesson plans this week. I am busier than a bee on weekends most especially on Sundays as I have four classes in a row. Frowns. Okay, got to get back to work now. I guess I am not that sleepy. Smiles. Got to write more later.

Haircut Anyone?

This afternoon I had a very relaxing time with my closest friends in school – Tina and Alice. I met Alice at one in the afternoon and we went to the nearest biggest supermarket in the city where the salon is just nearby. I thought that I could also buy some personal stuff in there so we decided to call Tina and told her we would just meet in the supermarket instead. So off we went and I really bought many things including stuff for my kitchen. Whew! I know I spent so much today but I think it’s just right for I need to cook for myself tomorrow. Adobo it is. Hmmm I am so excited by now to taste my cooking. Grins.

Well, as I finished my grocery shopping, we met Tina at the entrance. Together, we went to the salon and stayed there for nearly an hour and a half. I was wishing to go with Alice in Hongxiao Road, the shopping district in the city but I cannot since she is also running out of time for her friend’s birthday party and she had to buy her a present. So, she just went there by herself. The hair shampooing was really great and then followed by ear cleaning. Ear cleaning?! Yes, they do and it was such a ticklish experience for me. Whew! After those tickling sensations, the massaging followed and it was really relaxing to the point that I wanted to sleep there. Grins. Then, we went downstairs where I waited for nearly 15 minutes. I had my haircut and I am so thankful to Tina that she explained so well to the barber what style I wanted. Now, I like my haircut much more than when I was at home. I am really satisfied with the service in that hair salon and I’d surely go there again soon. Smiles.

Got Busy with Chatting and HomeP Hopping Again!

There is nothing so feeling free except when it's my days off. Today is Monday my day off and its ironically spent apart from my friends. This a reason why I couldn't hang out with my newly found friends here since I am as busy as a bee while they are as free as a bird. Whew! My oh my! Gosh it's now almost two o'clock and I haven't started my general cleaning. I think I have to start now and gear up so I can finish before six this afternoon. Got to go! Write more later. Grins. To be edited. :D

Nice Chatting with My Long Lost Friend

A few hours back, I signed in through my YM and found out that my friend five years ago is online. I started to chat with him and at first he didn't know me but then on he came to remember me. We chatted for quite long time. Had such good laughs and updates about our lives since the last time we saw each other five years ago. There is always a good time after such a tiresome day indeed. Only a good friend can give that. Smiles.

Nice Chatting with My Long Lost Friend

A few hours back, I signed in through my YM and found out that my friend five years ago is online. I started to chat with him and at first he didn't know me but then on he came to remember my name and the memories we had while still at the same company. He was working a radio jack and I was on a call center project agent at that time I was a fresh graduate from the university. It was such a good chat indeed we talked about those good old days. A lot of things have changed now I am in a foreign country and he is working full time as a customer care representative in a popular company in our city. Well, that's life he said. There are lots of things that come our way which we only have to decide which road to follow that would somehow lead us to success, love, and happiness. Smiles.

Real Fun with the Kids

I really enjoyed my classes today for my kids were just so attuned and raring to go bold and they cooperate in all the activities I had. We made our own Olympic torches for we weren’t able to go to Wenzhou and watch the real Olympic torch relayed to our province. Well, it really a fun race indeed it was all documented for good old day’s sake soon when everybody would part ways and have different lives. We made all the kids moving and running around our school’s block waving their own torches feeling really like in the real Olympics event. Whew super! Smiles.

Live TV

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So Busy with HomeP Hopping

Gosh! I got really hooked on browsing on my other friends' photos. And now it's almost one in the morning. I guess I need to gear up with this again before going to sleep since I feel like sleeping without thinking of pending tasks to finish tomorrow. I have to do this and sleep later maybe at around three. Whew! Powerfull. Grins.

The Credit Card Specialist

Shopping is my favorite subject. It’s much more exciting than island hopping which is my second best. Thinking of cash less when shopping? Better have a credit card. Yes, that simple and yet essential piece of card most especially when you run out of cash in your wallet. If you are having several credit cards and now you are having problems on bad credit, then you must be looking for ways to solve that mess. For me, I have come across this significant and the most edifying credit card site I’ve ever met. Here at creditcardspecialist.com, one can actually be most benefitted notably those who are looking for credit cards for bad credit and even for those who have no credit at all. More so, they are offering even more services and the best card deals for everyone. With their easy to apply online credit card application form and their up-to-date credit card offers, one cannot help but delve and submit one. Still thinking of that mess? Stop and act now, visit them and let’s see what you’ll say. As for me, they are just simply remarkable and their site’s interface is really user-friendly. Indeed, a must see site if you are planning to change or get another credit card.

I Had Fun with My Adult English Club

Whew! For the first time and again, I had fun with my adult English club. We played place your bets in 45 minutes. We knew the time wasn’t enough for us to cover up all the word pairs in the game. We stopped on the fifth pair for somebody knocked at the door and said it’s time to go home. So, we just went over and cracked some difficult and queer words before I set them home. Really, if they would stay that way as tonight, then, I and my colleagues won’t have any hard time in every clubbing activity. Well, should I say that I am lucky tonight? Grins.

'Ms. Drop It'

Tonight I had a very interesting and comic adult class. They are just so great to teach English with all the enthusiasm and wit they could carry on the conversation for hours. Well, tonight is a different experience for us aside from the fact that we need to transfer to my assigned classroom, we had a teeth showing experience. It went like this. I gave them pair work to do which they have to ask each other questions and then write about that person after they finished asking each others’ information. While a.k.a. ‘Ms. Drop It’ called me, she was so busy chewing her gum to the point that when I finally turned my back to her the gum went out of her mouth! We all grinned and said uh-ohs,,,then laughed to our hearts’ content. Laughing. My oh my! Then she said sorry guys I didn’t mean it. Grinned and went on to her question as if nothing happened. Well, it wasn’t supposed to be such a comic experience but we all saw it. Can’t help but just laugh. This I hope would always be the same kind of environment in all my class wherein everybody is just happy and gay. Smiles.

Perhaps I have to Hit the Bed Now

Again and again here I am burning my eyebrows with surfing the Internet. I ain't got tired of this so called vice I should say. It's my addiction and it's not that easy to control myself when it comes to this one. I could stay up so late or even sleep not until early in the morning like now. I think I have to hit the bed and give my tired body and mind a complete rest for I still have to do many things tomorrow. I have to continue blogging when I woke up the next day. There are so many things to do but I have to give myself a break. Smiles. Perhaps this scenery could give you a glimpse of what I am thinking right up until now.

Had Pushed Almost to My Limits

This afternoon's class was really terrible with me since I've got the naughtiest stude in the school named Ian. A little boy who doesn't know much about English not even the correct spelling of his name. Gosh! What a pain in the ass. However, still, I try my very best to remain calm and patient with him. This afternoon was anothe incident wherein I was almost pushed to my ultimate limits of my patience with him. Finally, I went silent for almost five minutes and such a time they knew I wasn't kidding anymore. They kept quiet as well and saw me in my worst angry facial expression. I asked them do you want me to be angry or happy? And they said, happy. Then one student who is one of the brainy ones in class said to me sorry for the whole class. It was so sweetly said and heartfelt so I kept my temper down and said nothing then we continued with our activities. That was it. Grins.

I Had Fun with My Students Today

So far not too tiresome today since I had been rejuvenated from the pretty long May holidays and so do my students. I had such a great time with them. For all my classes today, I am so satisfied that we had such a wonderful conversation most especially my trailblazers. They are my high school students. Today they are so lovely and they carried on with topic on festivals for more than two hours. That’s amazing for me! Smiles. I got a parent for my high flyers who watched me for an hour and after that she really waited for me and finally said, ‘You are very good! [Thumbs up and a smile of appreciation.] Thank you so much teacher.’ I felt like I was floating in the air and I had a real pat on my shoulder. Twas a real compliment coming from a parent like Jakes’. Smiles.

A Nice Chat with My Adult Studes

This night is such a great class with my adult students. They are just there to really speak their minds out and share ideas on various topics. We had such a wonderful time talking about travel and holidays. We did enjoy and I hope they would always be like the enthusiastic and open-minded students I saw tonight. Smiles.

Last but not the Least

Tonight is the last day of my EL3A class with the toddlers. They are just so cute and brainy little girls who are trying to act like an adult. Grins. And now that the class has ended, I could really say that I will surely miss them and I would like to have them in the next level of their English learning at our school. I hope they would be my students next term. They are really worth reminiscing and I do really treasure those moments when all I could do is just whine and moan about their zero English skills. Now I can see that they are really have improved a lot so far with our almost more than half year being together of learning English. From zero they are now halfway to finish level one and I am taking this as sort of big accomplishment in my teaching career so far. As an overall, I really enjoyed my last class with my cute little girls tonight. I will surely miss you guys - Yani the picky, Venus the favorite and sweetest of all, Holly the spoiled little monster, and Pink the one with the smart and wit gifted. Smiles.

Hangman Revisited

Are you ready!? This is my usual shout everytime I get to play games with my early learner students. They are super energetic little girls and so cute with their witty tongues. Though they are speaking in their native language every now and then, I understand coz they are still learning. Their favorite game is the so-called Hangman Revisited or should we say 'Kill the Teacher' as what we call it at school. The kids love it so much that they would just play it the entire session. Playing Hangman Revisited is easy just like the tradtional Hangman but instead of the the stick drawn on the board like a man, we're using the shark's face at the bottom with a long stick with ladders at both sides of it which represents the numbers of mistakes/tries the students or the teachers could get before being swallowed comopletely by the shark, hahah. And this thought would keep them more awake and competetitive in playing this game. My little girls love this and so does my little boys in another early learner class on Sunday mornings. Smiles. Try this if it works.

Last Day with My EL3A

I really enjoyed my last day with the toddlers tonight. We did more games as usual and one of those that they like best is the musical chairs with chips or sticks. We play this using the vocab we have for the day with a music played while they are running around the circle of flashcards [the target vocab] in the middle of the room. They are so energetic and enthusiastic tonight that we extended for like 10 more minutes. Grins. Surely, I've seen them grow with me since November last year where we met for the first time. They were so small and now they have grown a bit bigger and grown smarter. Smiles. I am so proud of them when some of my colleagues would talk to them in English and they could answer some simple questions. It's more than a fulfillment for me.

Early Learners 3A Final Day

Our class has ended today and I am a bit unhappy for it. I have been teaching with these kids for over six months now and I just really love them. They are just so wonderful to teach with their enthusiasm and funny pronunciation. I have sought them grow up in my class as the months go by. It has been such a great time and I found fulfillment in them just seeing them know some basic words and say few complete sentences now. I am so happy when they can be talked with even just greetings and simple questions and answers. They all started with nothing and now they can talk even just simple greetings and expressions. Smiles.

Just Feel Like Isolating Myself from the Crowd

Again and again, here I am with my uniqueness so to speak about it. Sometimes I am hit with my blues at work wherein I just love to have my own space and I tend to have it in my own room. I love to be just out of the office and find my comfort in the sofa room. This classroom is intended for chats, life clubs, and viewing room for films and the like. There I can find serenity and I can concentrate even more. I always bring my laptop with me so I won't be bored at work and I do my lesson plans on it. I think I'd be going crazy when I'd lost my laptop one day. Gosh! I just couldn't imagine it to happen! Well, today is another unique day for me. I never care about what they are going to say about my isolation but I just need it sometimes. Grins.

Place Your Bets Best?

Today is quite different for me. I only have one class actually not really a class but an adult fun activity. We played a game of placing one's bets. After teaching them the basic words they were ready to play a game in which they need money to place their bets if the words [on a worksheet] I dictated to them sounds the same [homophone], spelt the same, and meant the same. They’ve got to make each bet higher than any other to win this betting game. We had lots of fun for in reality they just love money per se. In fact, we ended the fun game activity late as expected not until the monitor knocked the door and informed us that the time is over for us and we needed to go home. Well, I really enjoyed this night with them and I just hope I’d get the same people on my upcoming activity next week. There were so much fun and I am glad everybody spoke in English which is my main aim – speak in English as much as you can. Smiles.

Beautiful West Lake in a Neck of Time Adventure

My stay in Hangzhou last May 4-6 was so great in fact wonderful. Every day we went to the most beautiful place – West Lake. This is the place where lovers love to have their wedding pictorials and honeymoon. The place is just so big and awe-inspiring. That is our main reason why we always go there every day. Why? You think it’s boring? No, definitely not. The place is just so massive and in fact one cannot get tired of wandering all over the place for its scenery is just simply breath-taking. Our three days stay there wasn’t enough though we enjoyed so much despite the rain and all unexpected circumstances. We went on the all the rides such as the lake cruise, in land tour, and of course the most unforgettable bicycling experience. Unforgettable? Yes, indeed because we got lost in the middle of catching up with the time limit for our bus going home. Well, luckily we got it at the neck of time. We ran very fast from the bus stop to the bus station which is I think five-minute walk and we made it only two minutes to get there. With all the busy people milling around who’d also want to get to their own destination we managed to find our way. Take note we don’t know how to read Chinese and my speaking skills is just pretty basic. Smiles. With our luck, we made it all the way through. And when we got on the bus we muttered many thanks to the driver who waited a bit for us. Sounds VIP? Nope we weren’t for we arrived at the bus station at exactly 3:59 in the afternoon. Grins. Surely we’d like to go there soon and we are planning to also go up north going to the most beautiful mountain of Anhui province – Huangshan. Just wait and see.

Arrival

Today has been a long day for us. We just arrived at our apartment at half past nine in the evening with all our luggage and shopping bags. It has been so nice to have a breather in another city. We’ve seen lots of panoramic views and witnessed the daily life of each city – Shanghai and Hangzhou. It has been such a wonderful vacation indeed. Now, I am pretty tired and I need to rest my body. It’s just that I missed this blog so much that I go online and update it. Well, I guess I have to just write more soon as I am going to sleep now and rest my tired body. Got to go for now. Smiles.