Room , Roomy or Whatever else YOu might Want TO Call It .

The meaning of Room ; an enclosed area in a building ; unoccupied space ; which also mean spacious ,

A friend of mine once said that as a teacher she does not interact or talk or do small talk with her students .She would only speak to them when it is the last day of a term break . Seriously , to which I would say yes .

On the other hand I love having small talks with my students and as I say here once again , interaction is a must and it is okay for it to be bilingual as long as I get to speak to them ... No matter what .

Not at times but most of the times , I would allow my students room to move around and say what they have to say . At times it goes just like this ;

Me : Okay class I want you to start talking right now .
Students :?????????????
Me : Don't look so puzzled . Look , go ahead and talk , talk all you want and if you don't talk, you can't get to go home .

I mean kids will be kids , If you say no, you can't talk , all the more they will do it . When I told my friend what I did , she said that I was crazy . To tell you the truth , I am amazed by what I see in my students . Be it a big or a little thing , it makes a huge difference in their lives.

I am glad being a teacher though !!!

Bad Hair DAy AMy

Before I begin ,this is the second post . I will try to rewrite what I wrote in the earlier post as closely as possibe .

This post is not about anyone whose names are Amy . YOu see in today lesson ,( in class of course ) , my students were asked to draw missing parts of the facial area and by the time you read this , yes it's the ears , eyes, nose ,mouth etc ... that we are talking about and seriously I know it will be a very good and pleasant day for me till a student showed me his drawing of Amy , and poor Amy had the biggest hairdo in the whole wide world .

I told this student of mine to give her a nice hairstyle , but did he listen to me ? No, .. he did not and all he said was that this was his impression of Amy ... Huumph !!!!! Okay you win and teacher loose !!!!

That was not all untill another student showed me his drawing and Amy had no nose and to which he proudly told me that this is just a drawing and that Amy is not real . THere he said it . Am I suppose to just sit and keep quiet ? Yes , I did . I loved what they drew , each one of them .

At this point , the only thing I can say is ; NO COMMENT , I REST MY CASE !!!

I need A new Thing going on ... but what ?

I need a new thing going on cos I'm restless;
I am antsy and I need a new thing going on;
How about if I tumble all the way to work and back again ?
Then my back would be all black and blue;
I sure do need a new thing going on ............. but what ?


I need a new thing going on cos this poem does not make any sense to me at all;
I cold walk on fire and see how that turns out , for my feet would be well done then;
I do need a new thing going on ................. but what ?


I really need a new thing going on ;
I could teach a school of fish and perhaps swim with them;
But that would not do cos I can't swim !!!!!!!!!!
I do need a new thing going on ..................... but what ?

PLEase Don't Kenakan Me !!!!!!!!!!!!

Come April 1st , I must be very and extra careful . My dad just loves to kenakan me . THis morning in the car I told him not to kenakan me . He said okay but I know for a fact I will not be spared by him . But how to remind yourself that you won't kena ?

Okay I will be prepared . Maybe if I could get my hands on a pair of binoculars with extra night vision might just help cos then I will know where he is at all times . But this is not a hide and seek game .

My dad will not wait for you to warm up . If I happen to wake up at 5 am , he sudah sedia already !!!!!!

THis calls for some strategic planning hehehehe !!!!!!!!!!! Let's see if this time I can kenakan him .

How and what to ask and how to go about it ...

Just the other day , a friend asked me if my sudents could tell the difference between a big number and a small number . Well , most of the time they can't and it does not mean that they do not recognize the numbers or they are just too lazy to know them .

She was quite stressed out because she felt that she has to repeat and repeat , what she wants them to learn and know . I mean I have my stressful days too but most of the time it's not the children , rather it's with the adults that I work with . True right ? And I am sure you just get so pissed off with them . ....

So to this friend , I suggested that she apply the group work approach . It's very senang and also you will feel happy and senang as well . She left without saying anything . TO me it's okay but .... If I were her I would apply this approach at any given time .

I try to make my lessons interesting .. interaction is a must and no matter what class participation is very important to me . Because when a teacher gets maximum participation from her students , a teacher will know if her students understood the lessons and her as well .

The golden rule is to always know how to ask simple questions to gain an answer. You may think that you don't know how to ask but at times without realizing, you are actually doing it already . I find applying this approach is so mush easier on me and my students .

No more stress for me and trust me at the end of the day , you will say that you had a good day in school .

My winners

Lucky I read your blog Grace , I mean how could I forget to annouce the winners kan . They will have my head . So congrats to the 5 winners and they are Saving Grace , Unleashing Drama , Just Us , Simply Feliciuos and Robert Lau and by the way Robert if you are reading this post , please give me your link to your blog , so that I cant send you your gift ............... don't want ah ? Mei Lee ( just us ) sorry dear I can't seem to add you into my blog ..

Okay winners thanks ya , wait for your gifts patiently ok .


Muuaaah !!!

Take a look....

My ex classmates had a reunion yesterday , to which I did not attend . We have been friends way back .. some from kindergarten , then we met again in primary school and still met or rather kept in touch during secondary school . That was once upon a time ..................


After 25 years , we found some of us again and the best part it was through face book and it was last year tahun tikus . It was really nice to finally chat with some of them on face book .

Yesterday was the day where they all decided to meet up . Even though I was not there yesterday , I will say this , it has been a long time . And to see them now ............ so nice .

As I look upon the photos that they have posted , I laugh , and try to remember all the naughty things we did as children . Speaking of being naughty , I always tell my students that it's okay to be naughty ... we were once so young ....then.

I remember not too long ago a student of mine asked me if I used to be naughty when I was little.............. yes , I was naughty and my mum would cane me for being naughty . I tell them too it's okay to be naughty cos they're only children .

Like I said it was a long time ago , and we are all grown ups now ...