My school week ended nicely on thursday night, after my TWC meeting. Yesterday, I visited the clinic which had me waiting for 2 hours. Lady luck totally turned her back on me because it rained cats & dogs at 4+ when i was supposed to be at Toast at RafflesPlace at 3. Due to the heavy rain & traffic, the cab driver was going at 60km/h!!! Poor Elvin spent forever waiting for me. Haha. Paiseh, but the food was lovely. Hazelnut cupcake! Next, i spent my evening at Kallang MRT waiting an hour for Hua, Becca & Johanes. We then went for the pre-camp briefing & training. After much difficulty with the rope jumping game (duh) & many roll-eye responses to a few MCP-ish guys, we left the place with Kenny, for Geylang- for some supper. DURIAN!!!
So in the mist of a dewy morning, I went to Geylang Methodist Primary School via Cab at 6+am (YAWN) this morning. And my smartypants cabby didnt know where the place was. Grr. Luckily, we found the place eventually. I expected a cab ride screw up, what I DIDNT expect was that GMPS was a little (okay, fine, not so little) shop of horrors. The kids, especially the boys, were UNCONTROLLABLE. Haha. I shouted myself hoarse & the kids are still louder & noiser than me. It's so tough trying to tell them something. Oh well, I'm glad I survived the camp. I just hope that they werent too bored.
Despite everything, I thought they were an adorable bunch. Regardless of the fact that they fought uncountless times, argued with each other endlessly, chasing each other around the classrooms, whining about going to the toilet, about going to buy drinks, about being hungry. We were supposed to teach them values of integrity, responsibility, respect, co-operation and compassion. I doubt we actually used any of them. The only thing they learnt was probably like my age or something. Haha. It was too much effort to get them to play the game properly according to the original rules. Having fun is more important, since trying to discipline them is wayyyyyyyyyy out of my limited abilities. Its probably easier to get a pig to fly 10metres. Comparing these bunch with my quieter Zhenghua Primary kids, the latter were ANGELS. They really were. Genuinely enthusiastic & co-operative. No discipline problem, just playful kids.
The kids in my care today were quite funny, because they seem to think that every other guy facilitator is my boyfriend.
"Eh, jie jie, you got boyfriend???"
"Nah, dont have..."
"EH, confirm got loh..."
"Eh, jie jie, the 2 of them are damn handsome leh. Your boyfriends ah? "
"EW. NO lah!"
"Eh, teacher, that one handsome, your boyfriend is it?"
"AHHHHHhhh!!! You like, is it? I tell him for you. Haha. "
They called me teacher, Ms chua, or jie jie. Haha. Quite weird huh. Hurhur. I feel OLD again. I'm like 8 years older than them. At the same time, I feel sorry for Johanna, the long suffering Class monitress. I'm also really glad for Jia Wei who helped me carry my stuff, keep a lookout for my phone, pulls out a chair for me sit n blah blah blah. He was basically being my helpful handy assistant.Gentleman in the making! He has the "ah beng" Seh-ness also, plus he knows how to bootlick everyone. Haha. Bryan too, is always very eager to do things. Gladys is really upright & shes a no-nosense kinda girl. I wished i had her guts when i was in primary school. Haha.
I guess today reminded me very much of my own primary school days. My pri 5 class was notoriously BAD & playful & mischievous. I missed those days. Haha. These kids really brought back memories. So, I'll thank all of them for doing that.
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