The Tree

When we first moved to Seri Gombak , we had to locate the nearest church and the nearest that we got to was the St.JOseph's Sentul Church . Now , in the parking lot , stood a huge tree . It was the best tree that was ever planted there , It gave us ample of shade , green leaves and we had our breakfast sales under this huge tree.

It never failed year in year out ,thist tree was our landmark. If anyone wanted to visit the church , we would tell them to look out for a huge tree. We seem so comfortable having this tree around and legend has it that this tree is old . How old I just could'nt say .

As a little girl I was aware ofthis tree and it has heard many masses over the years . Now I know trees can't hear very well but I know this one did!!!! How I knew don't ask,but I just knew it ...
As we got older this tree too got older . It was time for us to move away and sadly enough I said goodbye to this tree as I just don't know when I will ever see it again ..


I went back a few times to visit and this was still there , standing strong and tall. It welcomed me with a wave !!!!

Today , I went for a wedding and as I entered the compound I was met by two huge cranes . I was crushed . I saw my once upon a time tree being cut down. It stood so proud showing us it's branches , trunk leaves and shoots. It's no more to be seen . Someone told me that this tree was 80 years old. What I heard next was even sadder. It seems that this tree was feeling not too good and on one Sunday morning, it's branches just gave way and thus it fell onto some cars parked below it. They tried to save this tree however ,the best solution to everything was to cut it down.

I said a peacefull goodbye and so did my friend . We shared a few memories and blew flying kisses at it .

Goodbye dear tree.

Today After a WEEK of school...

I must confess that I am tired after a week of school . With concert in October , for some it's a long way to go , but for me it's not !!! So here I am with many things in my head . Which should I do first ? Everything ? Well , if I had my way I would do everything at a go ... which could only mean one thing ... that is I have to say put in school and that will not do at all !!!!

Okay first things first , this weekend , I will be resting and celebrating father's day at home , which also reminds me that I have to go and get a cake . The coming week will not be a breeze however I am willing to make next week a good week . The coming weekend will be our much awaited parents day . All I need to do is talk and talk and talk !!! Here comes the best part, for lunch , we the teachers will be going to SHAN'S for lunch . Yum , yum and more yums to come.

Then, my dear student has gone to Bangkok and she will not be back till next week and I will be having a new student ..... arrghhh!!!! but I will prevail .. Then with all of these so called happenings , I will start my concert .

Please wish me luck . I need loads . Really I do ... hu ..hu... hu...!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The Word Bank

It all started , when I was thinking how I could zest up my class . I was trying to come up with ways .... you know to add more fun in the classroom . Actually the word bank activity has been around for ages . It is just that as teachers, we are sometimes too caught up in our work to spend some time with this activity . It is not new to me and why have I not thought of it before ?


Anyway better late than never right ? So with all the semangat in me , I asked the kids to just write out a word each . it could be anything .. however I had my doubts if they could give me a word . So I did the next best thing . Today we learned about Nouns , I wrote everything down and then I just told them to pick and write the word that they like.

It was time , then , to have our lucky- draw -word- for the day . I called the smallest child in my class. He came up shook the container and he picked the lucky word . I decided to write down the word and to my surprise , they managed to identify the word and they had so much fun . Oh, and the picker gets to glue the word on a manila card .

Surprise , surprise .. well I now have a new best friend and I can't wait to do it again .... it really helps and that really gets the children to spell and say out the word .

Okay you might ask , what is so special about it ? Well , it's not but it sure means a lot to these kids ..

Just so tired

I was so tired and I just need a few winks . The past few days has really been to just tiring . Like today I received a call from a parent saying that my student brought RM20.00 to school . So I went in to the class and I ask him where was the money and he denied 100% saying that he does not know where it is and he did not take it !!!

I told him to tell me truth but he still kept on insisting that he did not take it . Bless this child. As I was about to give up ( cos I was so darn tired ) , another boy said 'it's in his pocket teacher'. Okay busted, found the money and returned it to the mother .

Then I went to see my principal because she now wants me to be involved in the YOUNG LEARNERS CAMBRIDGE --- At this point of typing I can't seem to hold my head up !!!! So with the briefing and time table and planning we will begin soon and , and I have some reading to do , to familiar myself with the components and such , such and much , much more ..............

tHE dAY

Today is the day we started work . I did not dread the day because I knew I was ready . With 2 weeks of rest and all of my insides was shut down , it's time to awaken all of my senses and move ... Yup I like to move it ,move it .

Frankly speaking I can't stand that darn song . So why did I ever use that particular line then ?
School was so swell today , we got some reading done , subtraction done .. although some got lost along the way !!!!!!!!!! But they tried .

We are in the midst of creating this lovely craft . We plan to sell these crafts during our concert and with the money that we raise , it will be donated to charities .
I told my students that they have to do it with love .

Stage one has been completed and we have a few more stages to cover . Let's hope that everything will work out fine .... the art of course !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sadly enough I can't show you the finished work here :(

Sleepy

Sleepy cos it's quiet;
Sleepy cos I have nothing to do and think about ;
Sleepy cos tomorrow is a working day;
Sleepy cos I'm penniless;


Sleepy cos I can't touch my toes ;
Sleepy cos the a bee went flying by;
Sleepy cos I'm moody;
Sleepy cos the cat dragged in the trash;

Sleepy cos the next door neighbor roared ;
Sleepy cos I really have nothing to do at all;
Sleepy for I won't be for too long;
As the next day I would be sleepy all over again !!

Made Someone smile Today :)

That is what I like . TO put a smile on someone at least once a day . It's okay too if you can't . Anyway this person was quite stressed up . I don't know why . So I happen to read his thread and thought to myself , why not just try at least to put a smile on this person .


I did and it made me feel nice as well . In fact I was smiling too . What this world need is a lots and lots of smile . Enough of what is going on right now . A smile should do it . Okay here is the deal since I will be going for mass today , I will try to at least smile to those whom I meet . Does not matter weather I know the person or not . My job for today is ;SMILE 101 .

Easier said than done . A smile means a lot . A smile takes your troubles away . A smile means your being ; admired , appreciated , loved and cared .