It is paying off. All the hard work, the millions of brain cells that die at the course of trying to prepare and the actual act itself, the stress, the trauma and all it entails... the satisfaction comes when the students finally get it!!! aaaahhhhhhh...... what a great sense of achievement.
This happened today. The problem to teach on is on circuits, that means Voltage, Current, Power and Resistance. And mind you, we were not supposed to mention anything about Ohm's Law and all the formulas. We were required to impart the underlying knowlegde and reasoning behind the relationships of these V, I., R and P in words. How hard it is. I thought it was impossible. I guess i was wrong. The effort put in were worth the while and when you see that your students are getting the concept and able to apply them in the questions you asked them,... the feeling is YES!!! and it takes away all the complaint and the tiredness. Hehe.. i guess this is the reward. I am happy now.. very satisfied with my class' performance today.. hehe... happy only.
this is just a random entry.. Having my lunch break here... at least am trying to break by doig some non work related work... Work is full on. I have finally met all 100 students of mine this week. Spent a total of 20 hours with them cracking their brains and 'making life difficult for them'. I have their good intention at heart ok... but i was very critical i guess.. hehe. now is the time to avenge myself.. of the hard times i had i school. But i think i am much nicer than my teachers/lecturers.
I dunno. Maybe life has been too good, or has it been too busy. Tell me. Reading my frens blog, hearing their heart, i can;t help but feel with them but at the same time i question myself." Is there something wrong with me?" I do not have such heartfelt entry to post, i don;t think there is anything major stirring in my heart and is there something wrong with me? Hmmm. have i missed living life? have i been living?
It is true that sometimes, no news is good news... i am very thanksful for all that is happening around me, thanking God for a good working environment (though it gets a bit crazy and too hectic), i thank God for the people here, the people He has placed here to help my relocation and even kmy new boss. He is faithful and He is really good to me. I know He loves me... so dearly.
It is the end of 3rd week at work, and last day of Week 1 in school. I am beginning to get the hang of what is required of me and how to communicate with the students. That also means that i better know my stuff before i try to teach or facilitate their learning. Next week's problem is on CIRCUITS!!! can someone help me? About Voltage, Current, Power and whatever. I am supposed to teach them. hmmm.
Life is good!! if you are wondering... I am alive and kicking. Drop me a note when u do visit. Love you all.
M
It’s been over a week since I started work, and you won’t believe what funny and unanticipated events I have encountered. Work related stuff aside; I have had 2 very interesting and ‘dunno-what-to-say’ encounters. Last week on Fri, after taking off halfway through the all staff compulsory Principal’s Briefing, I made my way back to Malaysia, with the intention of catching an half hourly express bus from JB back to Kluang. I started the journey at about 6:45pm from my home in Woodlands and by the time I got to the checkpoint which is also in Woodlands, it was already 7:30pm. Nevermind. It then took another hour before I managed to pass through the immigration clearance and proceed to the Larkin Bus Terminal in JB. I finally arrived at the bus terminal at 8:45pm. To my horror, the bus tickets to Kluang for all scheduled buses for all the 3 different companies were sold out. That in other word meant that there was no way I could take a bus to go back to Kluang. I couldn’t believe myself!!! And there I was, stuck in this Larkin Bus Terminal, with no bus ticket to go home.
I wasn’t alone!! There were many other Kluangite in my shoes and we were all stuck wondering what to do… Soon there was this Malay guy taking the opportunity to ‘do business’. He shouted “Kluang, Kluang” and offered to drive four people back to Kluang at the price of RM35 each (bus ticket only cost RM6.50). As there was nothing much we could do - we gotta get home somehow - I started to bargain my way and finally with the co-operation of the other 3 persons, we managed to strike the deal at RM30 each. That is a good RM120 for this driver alright!! So we made our way to his car and he started to drive. Finally at around 10:45pm, we reached Kluang bus station. We didn’t want him to send us home one by one because we thought it would be safer for both me and the other girl to get off at the same time. Mum came to pick me up and we all had a good laugh!!! And for now, I wouldn’t want to go back on a Friday night even if you kill me.
Another bizarre thing happened to me last night. Just when I thought I would have a relaxing evening at home after a long brain draining one and a half week, my room door decided to play games with me. I was locked out of my room!!! Not because I left my keys in the room, but because the lock decided to get stuck. I had my keys with me, I could turn the key but the door just refused to be unlocked. I tried to knock the door open, throwing myself onto the door, but it hurts me more that anything. The door is solid. Why is my life so tough?? I asked myself. Thank God my housemates came back. I got him to try knock the door down for me but even him couldn’t get the door down. We went searching for tools but we found nothing suitable or strong enough to knock the lock open. We tried and tried… finally after a good 30 minutes of trying and ransacking the house for more tools, we managed to knock the door knob down, dispatch it from the door just to open the door. So now, my room door has got no door knob. It has a hole were the knob was supposed to be and it is now covered with a piece of paper. The owner promised to get it fixed tomorrow when he comes back from the sea.
What can I say?? I can only laugh.
Finally a fter a good 6 months since the day of interview, i am officially employed!! Started work yesterday and will be in this training course for the entire week. So far it has been good. Got my new HP Tablet PC and yes I AM CONNECTED!!! How does it feel actually? Hmmm... actually it is pretty interesting. i dont feel that i am working at all. It feels like i am on holiday or a conference. Just attending session after sessions and interacting in teams. And during those tea and lunch break, i get to explore the new place and the brand new campus building here. As the cafeteria is not up and running, we get shuttle service to the shopping malls to get food. Feels like a resort conference eh? There's wireless connection all around the campus and hehe... the feeling is GOOD!!!
am now on lunch break.. session starting soon. will stop now. by the way, all of us are pretty lost on the whole training thing :-)