your mood affects your working attitude very much. recently probably its due to some wrong chemical reaction in my body, i am feeling tired a little easier. after teaching my nursery class, i feel no energy to help buy lunch for the rest and i just want to sleep. i think i need a longer time to adapt to the full time life. :/ bleah.

sometimes i feel that once you are nice for once or a few times, people tend to take advantage of you. example: everyday because my nursery class ends the earliest, i will tend to buy my lunch and help the rest to get, out of good will. okie, so today i was really feeling lazy, don't feel like doing anything after my first class but to rest, one colleague asked, "eh you not going to buy food today?" holding money in her hands, so ready to pass me. her tone sounds as if why am i not doing it today? crazy...

maybe i am petty, cos you may think that since its on the way, should just help one another. i am really fine about it but ... sigh. its me.

♥ there's not a place
in heaven that we cant reach

i want to excel at work.
i want to excel at work.
i want to excel at work.

i just want to be a good teacher.

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i may be wild, but i can try to be nice too.

♥ there's not a place
in heaven that we cant reach

sometimes i don't understand. i feel that i have to work harder at work. i am trying my best, trying my best for the children. trying my best to be a good teacher.

if i were to rate myself upon 10, i guess i am only 3.5/10. failed.

♥ there's not a place
in heaven that we cant reach

just when i thought that everything has settle down, but i know more changes are taking place. didn't people all say that changes are good, well i guess it does not apply for every case. a few teachers might be leaving and more coming in. gosh, how sad for the kids to keep trying to adapt to new teachers especially in just one month, worst when they are still so young, when adapting to a new person is quite a hard thing for them.

spoke to my mentor today, she commented that i have to be more firm in order to get through the rest of the year well. time for play, time to joke, time for lesson and time for serious. probably i am seen as a good-to-bully teacher, because i try to get into their lives to understand them. but they haven't seen my true colours yet. wahaha.

i did a mistake in class today and i regretted my actions. reflections are good. though it makes me feel bad about my day, but at least i can try to amend my mistake in the next few days. its not about the actions or reason/explainations but all about the intention. you may appear good with big actions but still have evil intentions on the inside. on the other hand, good intentions from the inside but not expressed well on the actions or words you used. i hope i may not fall into any but be on the border line: balanced.

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i need to manage my expectation level for my children. i have to be more S than C. strike a balanced between D and I. my current is ISDC... not sure how true it is. of well personality test are just so to make you feel that you are this or that kind of person. how true is it to an extend?

♥ there's not a place
in heaven that we cant reach

been doing a lot of things but it only seems to be a week that has just passed. wow! i'm amazed at how much things i have done last week. :)

finally this week more or less i am more adapting to the working full time lifestyle. teaching 6 hours a day is sure not easy especially when you have difficult children. i used to have top 8, now it dropped to mr tan and him alone. cos i managed to control the rest already. worst or maybe challenging enough, i just got a transfer student from the next-door-class. he's almost like mr tan just that it is easier to tame him. if you observe my class, half the time i am calling out to the both of them to sit properly.

maybe i should buy some super glue or rope. haha. :) kidding.

♥ there's not a place
in heaven that we cant reach

fish and co. haha :) cindy gave me a belated belated birthday treat, finally. it was really filling all the way till the end of prayer meeting. and it helps me to save some supper money. gee. :)

back to work tomorrow. i am half worried, half excited. what's wrong with me?

sigh*

i love my job, right? :)

♥ there's not a place
in heaven that we cant reach

i'm down half day.
miss tan down full day.
trisa and i, away tomorrow.
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HOW? we take turns to take MCs. haha. ops i meant, i am worried for my other colleagues too. who's taking who's class? my nursery, my k1. arh... sigh* i wish i am well asap. though its not really serious, but its not healthy enough to report to work. -_-, what if parents are upset with me or blame me if their child gets sick too? i can't bare that kind of responsibility. :/

strong. healthy. that's my aim for the year 2007.

♥ there's not a place
in heaven that we cant reach

caught a flu.
down with sore throat.
eye sore.

gosh is this my reward for being a teacher? i hope not. losing of voice is because i am doing alot of talking and calling out for student's name. flu because some students in class kept sneezing without covering nose plus due to the sudden change of weather. eye sore is probably due to lack of rest. hai hai hai. i need to be well, i can't fall sick. i have to be strong.

♥ there's not a place
in heaven that we cant reach

audrey down.
lin lao shi down.
everyone goes crazy!!!

audrey and lin lao shi were on MC today. i practically wanted to faint cos i was so looking forward to friday as my k1 has their language class, which means i can at least rest for an hour. when she doesn't come last year, i was able to let my class do free play and all because they are under controlled, but NOT for my this new batch of students. they need more practise and before they can reach that level where i can let them play the whole day and not cause any trouble. apparently having mr tan in class, doesn't help me to visualise my goals... but thank God for television. i was able to at least keep them occupied. hehe.

i'm losing my voice... half of it is gone with the calling for mr tan. he's really cute but it's IRRITATING when he does all the wrong thing at the wrong time. he likes to call me jie-jie, runs around in class, run from class to class to look for me when i am not in the chinese classroom [i'm looking for you, why are you here? (he said that in chinese)], make me laugh with his innocent expression and going WAY-OUT-OF-FLOW when i am supposed to be angry with him. HAIz! HELP. i am screaming for help. haha!

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everyone gives me a look when i tell them that my profession is a teacher. as i explain, preschool teacher, they then smile. do i so not look like a teacher? or it is my dressing? i need to change my dressing. cos i have more skirts than pants, more sleeveless tops that is not appropriate.

money to fall from heaven, money to grow on trees, money to be rooted from ground, money to be planted in pots... money money money! $$$

♥ there's not a place
in heaven that we cant reach

you wanted something that didn't have and you push your way through. trying so hard to get it, still you didn't. trying again and again makes the intention of wanting it originally diluted. at the end of the day, when you finally got/have it, you then realized that it isn't what you really want. you, probably just, want to believe that you are able to get/have it.

isn't it so weird how the world works?

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sharing makes you grow. submit.
be firm.
be strong,
and stay strong.

♥ there's not a place
in heaven that we cant reach

i'm losing a little of my voice. thanks to my k1 rose, especially my top 8 students. but today, today i manage to grab the hold of the correct button to control them. well, its all about writing letters. well its all about hitting at their weakest point: the fear of their parents. haha. i really have no choice but apparently it works. but i know it won't work for too long... but lets hope it can last as long as can be. :) hai. being a teacher also have to come up with tactics.

i'm investing... investing on pi pa gao. hee.

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oh audrey is leaving, going back to admin jobs. she said teaching is always been a challenge to her and she cannot stand children. well, i think she is doing the right thing. if you can't stand children, please don't force yourself and be unhappy everyday, it affects your whole life. kids nowadays are NO LONGER as easy as the past, where you can do anything to them. now, they have a bigger backing, their parents. plus, they are getting smarter at talking back, getting on your nerves, boiling your blood, irritating you. yes, that's why some TOP __ kids are good at. but beneath all these, they are always so cute, so sweet. :) and i love working with them.

teaching is always a challenge to many people. it's indeed one of my biggest challenge.

♥ there's not a place
in heaven that we cant reach

monday was a good day at school. mr tan didnt turn up for class. it was much easier to teach the class yesterday. :) but he's back today. i seriously can't handle him yet. how? maybe i am not fierce enough? but apart from him, there are the other 7 highly popular kid in my class that demands more attention than the other 13. which also means, the other 13 needs my attention, but not as much as the TOP 8. sounds like some star awards with TOP 10 most popular artist. but mine is TOP 10 most "on my nerves" kid. haha. i already have 8 and i know who are the upcoming 2 going up my list. i spend half my breath calling for mr tan and the other 3/8 on the TOP 7 and last 1/8 for the other students. so you can imagine how happy i was without him.

hai!

GIVE ME MORE POWER... wahahaha.

♥ there's not a place
in heaven that we cant reach

i just received a news that i am maybe having 2 more students in my k1 class. best of all is they are foreign students. is makes me worry cos my best language is either english or chinese. apart from that is my own best "hand action motion" language. haha.

anyway i was so so glad that my nursery girl only cried for 15mins yesterday, as compared to the first 2 days where she cried that whole day. gosh! it was bad. sometimes i thank God for the experiences i have with young children in my ministry. i have acquired the skills of handling with crying children. hee. :) but of cos i don't want to say i am a expert...

when monday comes... haha. i hope they wont be affected by the weekends and not want to come back. but i have alot of confidence in my nursery class. they are all so so CUTE. especially when i am blessed with a handful of responsive children. :) winks!

k1. argh. lets talk about them another day.

♥ there's not a place
in heaven that we cant reach

one goodie class, one a little not too goodie class. it makes your day, somehow. (`~`) i can't really smile. it just balanced up the whole day.

famous names that i call out all afternoon long: aston, joel, teck sheng, rohan, yue jun... 3 of which are my "heavenly king". oh well, one didn't come today. then i realised that in fact there are more than 4 "heavenly kings".... ARGH! worst, i realized only today that i only have 7 girls in my class and that means there are 13 boys. woHOHO! how lucky.

i pray i pray i pray PRAY hard. haha.

jennifer said she has something for me. :) whee!! how sweet of her and i am going to receive it tomorrow. whatever it is, i guess i will really like it. cos it makes me feel so so loved that my students remember me even after the holidays. plus they buy gifts or enjoy giving me stuffs. haha! I LOVE PRESENTS... ops i mean, i think i must have really been too good to them last year that i am able to reap what i have. :) i miss them, my k1 daisy.

i will be strong to survive this battle! the battle is only for the strong.

♥ there's not a place
in heaven that we cant reach

back to school... erm i meant work. well i guess all the last minute touch ups and all did save some of our faces as we open doors to welcome the children. i was up all early, as early as 6am all by myself, some big miracle of the year. audrey and miss tan were all so shocked off their pants when they found out that i reached at 7.15am. big deal. heh. :)

it was really interesting as this year i am taking the morning nursery class and the afternoon kindergarten one class. it so happened that my previous class students were all in the morning shift. thus some parents brought their child to my class, without looking at the class signs. haha. they were all, "eh, miss neo you are not teaching them k2?". smiles. they like me right? haha.

after my hour's of first day of school orientation with my nursery, i went over to the k2 classes to pay a visit to my students. its either i look funny or they are cute, they can't stop giggling and smiling when they saw me. anyway i think they missed me. or rather zuen and a few others told me they did. :) wee!!

oh yah, my nursery class is okie, the kids are responsive and they are quite cute. :) they are quite independent and sweet! only one cried... but its a miracle, cos everyone expected my class to have the MOST crying children. i try not to be to happy as i won't know what will the kids give me tomorrow. aww. but i believe in prayers, i prayed before i start work, so it should be fine, as long as i am faithful in praying... :)

k1, alright i guess. playing and doing nothing the whole day is BORING. i really hate it. but no choice its the orientation week, i need to get the students to get use to school life all over again, especially the transition from the nursery class and worst still from home. cos some never go to nursery before. sigh* but i will stay strong.

THANKFULLY, my principle transferred 3 students over to the other k1 class as i had 23 at first and she only had 18. and the 3 students are ARHHGGHH!!! kill me to teach them. haha. ops i mean, i will try my very best if i ever have them as students. but sorry no thanks! why? cos i already have "4 heaven kings" of being famous since nursery. i observed them today, they are pretty sweet and cute... but they hold up to their description:
1. extra attention seeker
2. mischievously mischievous
3. interruptive
4. wrong flow...
haha* just a rough description. :) there are other students, i have yet to mention... cos i think everyone is going to bored if you keep reading me talking non stop about my students.

i don't know is it i love my job or what. i just can't stop talking about my students. it's like they are so close to my heart. mainly i love them i guess. :) talking about it, i miss my k1-daisy students much.

♥ there's not a place
in heaven that we cant reach

NOW we REST our VOICES.. the show is over.
it has been such a long week ever since the pre-christmas week till the end of the year. meetings, prayer meetings, meeting up with friends, ministry, christmas services, family dinners and gatherings, thanksgiving cell meetings and planning, conference calls, msn meeting, movie-ing, buying award presents... plus working in the midst of all these ongoing stuff.

the year ended well, i guess. have so much to say but i cant think of what to upload. when my brain is functioning well again... i'll load some interesting things to share. :)

♥ there's not a place
in heaven that we cant reach

regina neo.
female. :)
03 december 1985.
child of God.
graduated SP student.
graduated dpt student.
ft preschool teacher.





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hat that suits me.
formal jacket.
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guitar4christ.
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who lives near you.
photobucket.
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usti designer studio.
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