overdue post on 1 day relief

Casual relief for today. Then it’s a couple more weeks of slack before I come back here again for a week for actual lessons. I’m in class now for the 1st period of things and so far, things seemed to have returned to what it was like for the first half of the year.

Of course, it’s pretty obvious it’s not going to stay this way as things are going to change a mighty much in August. Change..something that I’ve always thought twice before venturing into. Most times I don’t have choice and get shoved rudely into. The current apprehension about university must be really normal. It must be, yet I sometimes just wish I can remain status quo. It’s really strange, for there’s really isn’t much reason that is holding me back.

Anyway, back to the morning, it felt pretty good seeing old faces I’ve conversed, laughed, hung out and cried with, although the last part about crying is not true and just there to make the sentence flow smooth. Heh.

And there were plenty of new faces too. So many new teachers, permanent or temporary, which really says a lot about the possible manpower crisis MOE is facing..These will be the new faces that will be taking the students for the next couple of months, or more I hope, for change isn’t exactly the best thing for students taking their finals in a couple of months.

I was a new face in the school once, worked a semester and when things were just really getting started and I started settling in, I was out of it. Well, technically 5 days more in July and then I’ll be out. And who knows when I’ll be back again. It’s really cruel when I think of it sometimes. Well, at least it feels this way but circumstances obviously doesn’t allow and people always have to move on.

I always wonder to myself sometimes how many of the people I’ve known over the course of the last 6 months in this assignment will still remain contactable for say, until the mid of next year. A quick glance back at personal history shows that I’m not really adept at keeping old friends, especially those that I’ve merely bonded with in a short time. 6 months isn’t exactly short, but it didn’t really feel sufficient either. I just hope that good memories aren’t the only thing I take away from this place.

Lesson’s ending soon and it feels good to be able to churn out this moderately emo post of this word length in this slightly less than an hour timeframe. Usually it’ll take more. Anyways, this post will only be uploaded later in the night because there’s no internet here and I’m using MSword. So I’m not having lessons at night.



*Meant to be posted on Monday night but posted only now because I'm lazy.

quick post before I go HK

Right now I'm at the departure gallery at Changi Airport. Free internet access. So since I'm a Singaporean and internet is free, I ought to use it right?

Ok, actually nothing really constructive to talk about. Just that I'm about to leave for HK in an hour. Reaching there just in time for lunch, which will be a chore deciding because of the variety.

I love the food in HK. A quick calculation tells me I've about 14 meals there, not including the ones before, in between and after. Let's see what percentage of HK cuisine I can cover.

Ok..free internet access is running out of time. Probably spend the last 4 minutes or so surfing aimlessly around although I've no website to visit in particular. Hey, it's free right? Gotta use as much as possible!

Bye, hope there's internet access in the hotel. But I doubt it's free.

ok some updates and changes

So here I am around 2am on a Sunday morning, web logging. Somehow, I had decided to make some minor changes to my blog and figured it was also a rather appropriate time to convey my thoughts.

I always figure that it is always during the wee hours of the morning, when everything is tranquil that is the best time to jot down what I feel with no interruption. With the low humming of the air-conditioner in the background, the only other sounds that seem to accompany my reflections are the almost rythmic tappings of my fingers against the slightly dusty keyboard tiles. To me, the nights are always a pretty time to blog, which kind of explains this blog address.

I have changed the colour scheme and background of the blog, removed the music and added a tag board. This tag board thingey I've contemplated for a while, ever since I've started sharing the url with my students. I figured they probably found leaving a comment not 'casual' or convenient enough, hence only the occasional comment popping up.

I don't really have a counter for this blog because it started out as a discrete, personal diary that served mainly as an avenue to structure and rationalise my thoughts. So I really wonder sometimes how many hits I get per day or per week, making me deliberate over the possibility of the shoutbox. Well, we'll see how it goes this week.

Anyway, the trip to HK has been confirmed and I'll leave in about 10 days time. Budget is probably the only thing that limits me but I'm not intending to do crazy shopping or anything so I'll probably be comfortable enough with the expenditure. It'll simply be pleasant to be able to finally see her again after this while.