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Monday, March 30, 2009
Another cute remark..

[ California trip ]

(During January, during toilet-break)
Seth(with his heavy philippino accent): Miss Kho, can I bring you to California?
Me: Why?
Seth: Because I want to bring you and show mommy.
Me(amused): Ok sure.
Seth(looking and sounding very serious and concerned): Do you have a passport?
Me(very amused): Yes.
Seth: Do you have a luggage?
Me(very entertained and was suppressing my laughter, trying to look as serious as he is): Yes.
Seth: Ok. Then I can bring you to California, ok?
Me: How do you bring me to California?
Seth: You take aeroplane with me and daddy. I will ask daddy ok?
Me(laughing by this time): Ok.

(Today, on the school bus)
Me(disturbing Seth mood): Seth, I thought you say you want to bring me to California?
Seth(looking sad): I cannot bring you there Miss Kho.
Me: Why?
Seth: Cos' only daddy can bring you there.
Me: But I thought you say you want to ask daddy about it?
Seth(looking very sad): Oh. Daddy says cannot.
Me: Oh ok. Then I don't go with you.
Seth (going out of point): But daddy has two luggages. Do you have a luggage?
Me(confused): I do. I have one luggage. I told you that before.
Seth: Yeah! I think you can go to California with me and daddy. Daddy has to buy the tickets.
Me(totally lost): So am I going with you or what?
Seth: Yeah, daddy will buy tickets. (smiles happily at me)

P/S: I am too lazy to put up photos anyway. My laptop is soooooooooo slow and laggy when it comes to uploading photos. GAH! Next time ba.

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Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Sick again and again

[ Sick of being sick ]

Yeah. I am sick. AGAIN.

AND it's supposed to be my break, cos' it's THE one week March holidays.

It was such a vicious cycle. I was the one that is sick first, cos' I got it from my brother.

Then after that, I think I spreaded it to dear. Somehow, after I was well for awhile, dear got sick, and after that, it came back to me.

So much for not relying on anti-biotics.

Anyway, just some random updates on the events. I've gotten my very beautiful looking pink external hard disk from the IT fair. Thanks to Qi. AND it's so chio. That's the word for it. It even won some design award cos' of it's pretty design. It costs about $129 for a 320Gb hard disk.

Qi says more important is the functions inside, not the outlook. So she says it's not worth it cos' there are others around that is cheaper, for a 320Gb hard disk. I think the cheapest one is $99.

But I am sorry lor, I don't want the cheap one cos' to me, it's looks ugly. It's black, (and don't get the wrong idea, I don't hate black, I love black too) but it's the kind of ugly, plastic~ky, cheapo black. Which I don't like. If it's the glossy, elegant, porsche black, I won't have minded.

I mean, after all, I have to face that external hard disk for a looooooong time. If it's so ugly, I won't even want to look at it. And I am sure if I bought the black cheap one, every time I look at it I will think about the nice pink one. So I am so happy to own my pink cute one. Haha. I am SO vain.

It's owned by a German company called Freecom, though it's made in China. But a quick google search makes me realise that Freecom is not as unheard of as I thought, cos' that was my main worry at first.

AND mine is known as Freecom Tough drive pink. Cos' it's shock resistant too! So don't think it's pink means it's bimbotic ok? I didn't mind paying more not only cos' of its looks, but its shocki resistant. God knows I have a fettish for things shock-resistant (like Baby G). (It's cos' of my occupation, when dealing with children, it's best to own TOUGH things.) So when tough+good-looking comes together = Joyce's favourite thing. Haha.

Here is a picture:

Not very clear....

Much better. AND the cable is attached to it so I won't need to carry extra cable around, unlike other external hard disks. For it's toughness, design and cable-attached, I don't mind paying extra:)

AND we met this stupid salesgirl (who's selling the cheapo $99 black 320Gb hard disk). She is really stupid I tell you. So dumb that she pissed me and Qi off.

We saw this company's( I can't remember the name) external hard disk, and asked her which country it is from, not which country it is made, just to gauge whether it's reliable. (Like mine is from Germany, even though it is made in China, so even though we never heard of Freecom, we are still more or less assured of its quality)

Then that dumbo(bimbo+dumb= more dumb than a bimbo) told us that it's made in China, which we could see(we're not dumb like her), since every piece of hard disk there(even mine) has a big MADE IN CHINA at the back. (I mean seriously, alot of the big names assemble their pieces in China nowadays, like Sony etc.)

So Qi patiently rephrased and asked her question again.

That dumbo, replied, "I don't know! Some parts of the hard disk can be from Thailand, some parts from China, if you really want to know, I can show you the different parts lor!"

How dumb!

By this time, even I was pissed off at her apparent idiocy. I told her, "What my friend meant is which country the company that made it is from, you know where it originates from. Like Samsung is from Korea."

After listening to my super obvious explanation, do you know what the dumbo said?

Dumbo said: "I don't know la! Samsung is no longer from Korea what! It's now in Japan!"

Wow. What a smart dumbo! Firstly, I didn't know companies can be so dumb to move from Korea(of a lower cost) to Japan(of a higher cost) AND secondly, I didn't know some company from Japan bought over Samsung! Which company is that, I wonder...hmm? Toshiba or Fujitsu?

AND lastly, which part of originate from you don't understand dumbo? I don't even think spelling the word O-R-I-G-I-N-A-T-E will help her to understand our question.

Thanks for that piece of information dumbo. I assume she must be right. After all, she is working at IT fair you know! How can we second guess her?

Anyway, enough of that dumbo.

Dear told me that he will be even more busy once he starts his PhD. I am glad he was awarded the scholarship, since the economy is bad now and it's difficult to find a job.

But the thing is, he is already quite stressed now, even though he is still doing his honors year. He hasn't even started his post grad studies, and he already is so stressed and so many things to do.

So I am quite worried about him. AND I have to remind myself not to complain about him not being able to meet me as often, especially when his PhD starts. Cos' I think he has enough stress and doesn't need me to add on his stress.

I think I am worried cos' this is the first time I see him so stressed out. As in usually when he is under stress he won't mention it to anybody. He will just brush it off and when people asked him he will say, "it's ok la" that kind of thing.

Now, he is telling people he has no life etc. Must be hard on him. Hmm. I wonder besides being supportive and understanding what else I can do. Any suggestions, people??

That's about all for today's entry.

P/S: Oh! I am so happy. I am going to learn scrap booking tomorrow!!! Yay! Thanks to my colleague, Melissa. She can be very nice when it comes to scrap booking.

AND next entry I will be posting photos taken from Chiang Mai Palace which we feasted at last Saturday!

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Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Children are the light in the darkness

[ Because I love you ]

I know teachers are not supposed to have favourites. I try not to show favouritism in my class, but it's hard for me not to have favourites.

Especially if you have those children who know how to make you smile, and you know they mean it.

That's one of the main reason why I want to stay as a preschool teacher. Generally, preschool children are not the monsters or irritants alot of people think they are. Those irritants are from an older age group.

But then again, maybe I am lucky. Cos' I somehow seemed to get children that do not have much behavioural or discipline problems. But I don't know how long this will last, cos' I heard I've got this horrible new kid coming in that is a spoilt brat.

Anyway, I have sidetracked. Today, class was enjoyable. And of cos', it is thanks to one of my favourite boy, Seth.

Seth is a cute chubby bubbly boy who speaks with a philippino accent. He is very active, and loves to speak his mind, which sometimes doesn't make any sense. I dote on him alot, cos' he is just like a baby at times, yet I scold him quite often too cos' he can forget himself and misbehave by talking loudly and shoving other children (but he seemed better behaved since this year).

He is also very affectionate, perhaps only to me( I don't know, other teachers who find him cute wants to hug him but he refused complained that to me).

Cos' he is cute and loves to speak his mind, I love to disturb him.

So today, as usual, I did.

Seth loves to hug me suddenly and I always return his hug. But today, I decided to tease him a little.

(In the classroom, during lesson time)

Seth: Miss Kho! (tried to hug me)
Me: Seth, I don't want your hug today. (by now the other children were paying attention to our conversation)
Seth: Why, Miss Kho? (Eyes grew wide, looking teary)
Me: Because I don't know why you want to hug me.
Seth: No, Miss Kho. Kiss is very very dirty. Got saliva, then can make me sick. (He loves to talk out of point)
Me: No, Seth. I ask you why you want to hug me(rephrased my question, seeing how he talks out of point).
Seth: (creeps very close to me, both hands cupping around my right ear, and whispers like he is sharing a secret that he doesn't want other children to hear) Because I love you Miss Kho.

AWW!!!! Was how I felt, but my first reaction was laughing out so loudly that other children were laughing with me. Christy, one of my favourite girls in the class who is very mature, remarked, "Seth is so cute."

I laughed because that was unexpected, especially when he leaned so close and cupped my right ear with his hands, I was wondering he must have some secret to tell me.

Somehow, it reminds me to the cheesy water chestnut advertisement too.

Anyway, Seth laughed with me. He has no idea what's so funny. Poor boy. But of course I told him I love him too.

Even though they had no idea what Seth said that made me laugh, but they all felt he was cute. Somehow.

A few photos of my beloved Seth:

That's me and cute Seth:)

P/S: He's so attached to me probably also cos' he doesn't have his mother by his side. But he's got a loving and doting dad.

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Saturday, March 07, 2009
Gossips

[Two kinds of gossips that I hate]

What is the definition of gossips? Why do people like gossips?

I generally dislike two kinds of gossips. I mean, I am not being a saint here. I gossiped too, at times.

But usually I only gossip about people whom I am not close to, AND I would not purposely find out gossips about these people just so that I can gossip about it to my friend. AND usually our gossip do not degrade others(meaning laugh at others). Usually.

Of course, I admit, I did it before. Long time ago. Till I experienced this kind of gossip against me, I realised how hurtful it is.

So generally, I hate two kinds of gossips. One, is the kind of people that purposely go around and ask about this person, trying to act very concern, but in actual fact she/he just wants to satisfy her/his gossiping needs and tell it to her/his friends cos' she/he has nothing better to do AND cos' she/he enjoys laughing at other people's problems/misery etc.

Second, is the kind of people that gossips about her/his close friends. Those close enough to be trusted and rely on. AND not only does she/he gossip, she or he does not mean well, but just doing it cos' she/he enjoys the gossip.

A classic example. Her. His ex.

Purposely asking him questions, that did not really concern her.

Seriously, I didn't even really purposely ask around things concerning her, so why did she have to do that?

But of course, she is THE gossip that I hate. The kind like those aunties who had nothing better to do AND so asked questions and die die also must find out what happened even though they were not close to the person, and just so as to gossip with her mates lah! What else?

AND the worse part is, her intention to gossip is to degrade and laugh at me! Imagine you're hurt like mad and someone gossip about you, by laughing at you! How cool is that?

Maybe one day I might be like that, when I become a forty-going-on-fifty auntie.

The second kind that I hate, is those who are close to you, yet gossip about you, but from their tone and what they said you know they did not sound really well meaning. Just say it for the sake of saying it, just so all of them could say, "Aiyoh, why she like that?"

If it's really well-meaning, I prefer true friends who tell it in my face if they really feel there is something wrong with me, like what Faith or Qi did, rather than avoid telling me.

I know they might not want to tell me cos' they might be afraid that I will not speak to them, or angry, or hurt or etc.

For the reason on hurt, maybe I can accept. But the rest of the reasons are bullshit. If you are so nice to me, and that you are supposedly one of my close friends, whom I tell my secrets to, you should know me well enough to know that I-WILL-NOT-BE-ANGRY-WHEN-YOU-TELL-ME-WHAT-MY-PROBLEM-IS.

I am talking about those people who are close to me. Whom I told before that I won't be angry or upset over whatever bad things you have to say about me. I might be hurt, yes, but not angry. Cos' I rather you tell me than talk behind my back. And not in a very nice way.

It's not the first time she did it. But I don't really want to say who it is, cos' she is someone quite close to me.

Whatever la ok? I can't be bothered anymore.

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Wednesday, March 04, 2009
Not in the mood to blog...

[Photos taken on V'day]

Since I am sick but bored to death and in such a foul mood...I decided just to post photos. I am sick of my laptop as well. It's so slow, I gave up on uploading photos on photobucket.

Anyway, today I will just be uploading photos of my Valentine's Day, when we went Pump room.

I've been clubbing quite alot recently, I wonder why. Just last week alone, I went to Zouk on Friday, and Dbl O on Saturday. Dbl O's door bitch sucks big time (I refused to call her a door hostess), cos' she was such a bitch that I quarreled with her. But in the end I decided not to let a door bitch(she's JUST a door bitch, not some big shot) spoil my night. Everyone else(dear, his sis, Qi, Amy and Fion)was very nice to cheer me up too.

On the whole, both nights were FUN!!!

Well, the photos from Dbl O and Zouk gotta wait cos' I haven't got the pictures from Qi, cos' she just went through an operation and I didnt want to disturb her.

So photos of Valentine's Day!!

This year's Valentine's Day was fun, even though it's the first time I didn't celebrate it alone with dear. We went to Pump room and took loads of photos!

We even met a stupid lau char bor who thinks she is so gorgeous cos' she couldn't even differentiate molest from accidentally touch!! Imagine she accused my dear molested her!!! Goodness, she is like an ugly pug who is old enough to be my aunt, saying my dear touched her!

My dear, who is good-looking, a future PhD holder, who can have any girl he wants from NUS, who are much more prettier and younger, touching HER??? Gosh, it's such a joke that I have to post it here to tell you guys.

AND the best part is that I was there, if he was so high and wanted to touch some girl, he could always touch me!! If you say, "Maybe she's got a hot figure leh?"

HOT my FOOT ah!!! That night, there was me, my bestie Qi, Jeanne, dear's sister Jesse and Fion. All and each one of us are HOTTER than her, in terms of LOOKS and FIGURE ok??? EVEN if you look at us from the BACK, we're still HOTTER!!!

Picture this ok? Curly ah ma hairstyle, flat boobs, flat butt, ugly floral RED/PINK dress that was KNEE length, saggy skin on the face, you tell me, PRETTY MEH??? HOT MEH????

SO even if I am not pretty or hot enough for my dear, our group have other PRETTY and HOT girls too what!!! So much younger and have better figure and skin and dress sense, WHY should he pick that OLD PUG to molest?

For goodness sake, it's so disgustingly funny.

Anyway, enough about that.

Photos!!!

Valentine's Day present:

Flowers!! A bouquet of towel folded flowers:) Dear doesn't like giving me real flowers cos' he feels I can't keep it for long! So this bouquet is my favourite:) cos' it looks so pretty, and real:) AND I can keep it for as long as I want in the same condition:)

Bag!! Inside the bag dear gave me a surprise by putting a fake bread from Action City that looked and even smell exactly like a real bread! Dear even put it in breadtalk plastic bag.

Pardon me for putting the same photos of the same bouquet of flowers but I just couldn't find the right angle!

My V'day puzzle message for dear:

Photos at Brotzeit with Qi before I met dear and gang:

Flowers given by Nazir from Brotzeit:)

Photos from Pump Room:
~Me and Dear~

"Michael Phelps replay"

Taken from our backs....

The last picture of me and dear....and my most favourite of all....

~Me & Qi~

My last and favourite picture of me and Qi

~Me and dear's sis Jesse and Fion~

The cocktail gang:)

Me and Jesse:)

~Chosen a few funny photos~(I didnt put up all the funny photos we took cos' I am afraid Jesse and Fion might mind, so I chose those few photos of my ugly face instead)