Happy Korean Day

I was asked 2 lead a grp of 30 Korean Students on wed, 20th April. For tat, i had planned e dayz program for 2 weeks, hoping to give the Koreans their best day under my charge.I even lost my sleep e nite b4 coz e next dayz program was on my mind all nite. I even got up 2 pen down new ideas in attempt 2 make e day more interesting.

Took a cab down 2 YMCA, was e 1st 2 reach tere. Eventually when e Koreans got down 1 by 1, i tried 2 break ice with them. I was told of their realie poor english so i tried my best 2 convey my messages across as clearly & slowly as possible.I felt like i was speaking Mandarin to 20 Clarences, damn tiring, but i cant blame them. Tats y they r here in Spore for, 2 improve their english.

As a facilitator, i cant realie interract much with e koreans or volunteers likewise, becoz i had 2 concentrate on e program flow & details. Tats y sometimes i feel rather happier 2 be a volunteer than an organiser.We went to science centre, but for some reason, e omnimax movie was cancelled, tat disappointed mi.Then went 2 Y hub my workplace in e noon, thought they felt it was boring coz when we were performing for them, some of them were either sleeping or left e room midway.Quite inappreciative rite?

The worst part of e day was @ Jurong Birdpark. Initially we were all supposed 2 go Crocodile farm, but as e Koreans wasnt make known tat they had 2 pay, there were some who had a change of mind.Weird, i gave them e option of either 1 place a week ago, & they chose Croc farm, yet on e day then they tell mi they want Birdy park. 4pm, pay $14 & see no show, no shops open & no pretty gals.WTH, waste my $ leh. We had half e grp following mi 2 e Birdy park initially, then slowly in 3s & 4s, e Croc ppl came over. As we can get a lower price if we go in as a grp of 30, it took mi 20mins 2 confirm e ppl. haiz, i had neva organised such a lousy & inefficient outing in my life b4.

On e way back 2 YMCA, 80% of e Koreans were sleeping, while i finallie had e chance 2 chat with e volunteers becoz my duty as a facilitator was over once we left Birdy park. They were interesting ppl 2, looking 4ward 2 working with them again.Farewell dinner 2moro, gotta noe more gals then, haha.

Paradigm Shift

Had been working @ Y hub for 2 weeks liao, but im still lost @ work.

Mark told mi e purpose of e Y hub on my 1st day, i understood it & saw tat disparity in e present state from wat was expected. Kids come into e centre everyday treating it like an arcade centre 2 play computer games, while e grp of malay kids thought its Orchard Rd closer 2 their homes. They basically had e wrong attitudes & my 1st idea was 2 change their wrong behaviour.

I tried 2 be patient, hoping 2 touch them with my sincerity. Mark warned mi 2 be harsher on them coz they will climb over my head if im 2 soft & nice. I will be 'eaten' by them eventually. I asked Mark 2 give mi a chance 2 use my own methods on them & he agreed. I spent many hrs everyday 2 think of solutions & ideas 2 revolutionalise e place, then when i thought wat i was doing was rite, Mark intervened.

Twice, he showed his displeasure in e way i treated e kids, he said i was 2 'nice' 2 them.I allowed a few into e office area 2 play with our computers, coz i thought instead of using a punishment system, y not adopt a rewarding system. Reward those who helped mi or doesnt cause probs 2 mi & e centre? Apparently, allowing e kids into e staff area, or wat Mark called it, e adult area is unacceptable. I didnt understand.

It was e 1st time i was being lectured 4 doing something which i thought was gd for e others.I wanted e kids not 2 only treat e place like a video arcade, but a place where they can seek help for their sch work, or even haf gd positive interactions with adults. Instead of chasing e naughty kids out of e centre, y not educate them.Juz like if a student committed an offence in sch, do u think e principal shd expel him or punish him & let him know his mistake by educating him? But Mark thought i was 2 idealistic. I was shocked when he said" Our role here is staff & client. There is no love here."

U want mi 2 be indifferent & be haughty, putting on airs in front of e kids so tat they noe tat we adults are not 2 be trifled with? I noe i cant do it. But dun noe if e day will come when i have 2 do it.

Aniwaes, i attracted a wrong gal. This grp of commonwealth gals came 2 e centre 1st time last week, but it was only last fri when i 1st talked 2 them. They were invited 2 perform for some Korean Students who i will be leading e whole day around on 20th, wed.They agreed & when i was asked 2 evaluate their items, i was asked 2 sing oso. They liked it & when 2 gals suggested i do a duet with another malay gal, i smell a rat. I was rite, tat gal apparently fell 4 mi,im sad 2 say, coz she did weird things e following visits @ e centre.She told another regular patron & when she popped e qns whether i noe someone likes mi, i guessed it rite.Shes only 14 btw.

Haiz, it getting harder & harder @ e centre 4 mi. Perhaps i shall take it as a test.

Thanx Ben, quite accurate

Saw Ben's blog, got this personality test, found his traits quite true & accurate, so tried oso.

In e end, surprisingly, it turned out quite accurate 2, haha. Thanx Ben 4 e reccomendation. But i think its getting harder & harder 2 find tat "right" gal now, i feel.

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PPT Failed

Received e letter, i was rite, i failed my swimming. Gymnastics get 2 pts over 3, unexpected.

Will retake the test in May, gotta improve my swimming liao.

Gambate Neh.

Wish Mi Luck. I realie wanna be a PE teacher, pls

Finished both my PE PPT(Physical Proficiency Test) & interview with MOE liao. So gotta wait 3 weeks b4 e results reveal my outcome.

Last week's PPT gave mi some hope yet dashed another hope. My biggest worry in e test was initially both swimming & gymnastics. but with e help from my cousin, i managed 2 master e breast stroke in a week's time, quite incredible. So on e test day itself, my worry was gymnastics, i couldnt do a proper backward roll & cartwheel. So i arrived @ NIE, got in2 my grp, & 1st station: GYMNASTICS. Wah lao, fate is making fun of mi, i thought i had 2 fail @ my 1st station.

I was e last candidate in my grp of 10 ppl, so i watched e rest do their items. I couldnt believe it, even tat muscle man & "ball man" could do such a nice & proper backward roll, so y cant i? My name was called, i did, w/o knowing whether i can succeed tis time round. I didnt know my results then.

Came on 2 badminton, i initially thought there will be many gd players. 2 my surprise & disappointment, they moved like robots on e court. My opponent was tis tall lean guy, we sparred for 1 min, i knew his level & played him for e serious competitive round. I had a hard game coz i restricted my shots so much tat i felt i played my best game in my life.No pt killing him juz 2 get myself full marks rite. we all shd pass 2gether.

long story short, after we finished all our stations, our grp leader secretly told us our results. Zero failure for gym, hah, i was so happy, i thought i sure pass PPT liao. But he oso said 2 people failed swimming. I thought it had 2 be mi since i felt tat e rest swam beta than i did. Well, 2 more weeks & i shall noe if my prediction was rite.

2dae's interview i was prepared 2 get qns like" Wat made u want 2 teach?" or " are u aware of e stress teachers face now?" But i didnt, instead, their 1st qns 2 mi was" U ORDed last yr rite? so since then wat had u been doing?" & they oso mentioned abt my NCC, ODAC, NS, but not anything relating 2 teaching realities.

But e last qns was like e deciding factor.They asked if i only want 2 teach PE only, i said im interested in geo 2. Then since i got an A for Chinese, they oso asked if if it ever crossed my mind 2 teach tat, i said i wasnt confident. Dun noe if tat ans will penalise mi or not.

Haiz, 3 weeks later i shall noe.