Over the past few days, I have been sent numerous signs that it is time I start buying anti-aging cream. Not only do my students doubt my youth, but most of the teachers do as well. Not just the teachers. The office staff, the canteen vendors, and the librarian. This is starting to get very [...]
Archive for February, 2008
Sweet Bird of Youth
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged A levels, aging, work on February 28, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Just Call Me Angel
Posted in Uncategorized on February 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Kid, use your real name. Take a pill and chill.
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Give it Where it’s Due
Posted in Vociferations, in a funny mood, tagged anger, armchair critics, poetry on February 21, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I’ve never felt so satisifed after writing a poem
THE NINGJAS! THE NINGJAS!
Posted in Shits and giggles, in a funny mood, sian, tagged look at me now, ninjas, who am i? on February 20, 2008 | 1 Comment »
You know how playing back your voice on a tape recorder makes you cringe with self-disgust? I wonder why looking in the mirror doesn’t induce the same sort of feeling. Maybe it’s because you look in the mirror everyday, so you get acclimatized to a 3rd person perspective of yourself. You know exactly where all [...]
The Good Parts
Posted in Debate, tagged Debate, dunman, french, JG's on February 16, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Yesterday gave me something that I haven’t felt for awhile now It wasn’t just happiness, it was an explosive rush akin to a very powerful and ecstatic fart. I am so proud of how far the kids have come; they’ve made amazing progress in about a month. And I don’t think a sec 2 3rd [...]
Not So Funny
Posted in Debate, Shits and giggles, tagged first jobs, money on February 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I used to like watching the numbers in my bank account get bigger. But with first salaries, you get a new kind of power. A very important kind of power; being able to buy things for yourself that your parents would never spend a dime on. In my case, the things I most want to [...]
Wishin’ and Hoping
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged the FUTURE on February 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
There are only so many things that occupy my mind now. But they are all heavy stuff. Ok, so the history of Singapore does not count has heavy when compared to The Rise and Fall, but its dryness compensates. And I only think about that for my job, which I try to expunge from my [...]
The Darling Buds of May
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged age, aging on February 7, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Relief teaching can be a very rewarding holiday job if you have the calling. I just found out that most colleagues will believe that you do because you signed up for it in the first place. However, I have always maintained that I was not put on this earth to be a teacher. (I am [...]
