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Hi friends:) If any of you are still coming to this page to read more about what i've been up to...not that i think there'll be any thanks to my inconsistency:(( well, you can also sometimes go to thoughtsinapot.wordpress.com. Sometimes i scribble there. I blog less now- basically because im not disciplined to sit still enough to extract all those thoughts running through my head and put it legibly into a blog post.

but what i've been up to after IB?

1) 3 months of teaching internship at Fuhua Secondary School. Best choice i ever made by signing up. The kids make me smile, and it makes all the having to sweat in a classroom, lose my voice, stay up late marking all worth it.

Just a few of my classes. The most rewarding isn't teaching gifted kids. But normal, everyday kids like you and i and helping them to grow into good people:) Gratification isn't instant, but when it comes, it knocks you over and leaves you craving for more. In that instant, you remember why you started doing it in the first place.

2) Catching up with the K-wave and getting swept away by it. COMPLETELY. thanks to my aunt who introduced me to 'We Got Married' and my students whom i catch looking at 2PM in the files under their tables.

yongseo:) sweet potato.

khuntoria:)

2PM. the cute...

and the charismatic.

How deep have i fallen? i went from neglecting my ipod to using it daily, from owning NO ALBUMS to buying one two weeks in a row. And i don't even know Korean. but now i can understand phrases. i know k-variety shows like the back of my hand:) yes, its like im studying this as a subject intensely, except if there is an exam for this, i'll rejoice. twice over:) you might be confused at this point if you don't know these idols- like me last year. now i understand why fans shell out big money for limited edition albums and all. not that im THAT CRAZY. not yet anyway. but i'm close.

3) experiencing the working life by combing through classifieds looking for jobs. scams and all, i learnt the importance of having legal knowledge. worked as an appointment setting officer (nice name, shabby job:O) with an insurance agent. agent was nice, but everything else about the job sucked. contracted a HUGE fever after 3 days of work and i called it quits. in those three days...i made over 700 phonecalls and got phone slammed down with 'im busy' like its the norm.

still, i never did regret trying this job, for at least now i can say 'been there, done that'. i appreciate these people more, and i'll probably give them three minutes to hear them out before rejecting them. i know how hard it is. it got to the point where i keep my fingers crossed that the person doesn't pick up and im spared the pain of rejection for like, 5 seconds before i move on to the next number.

now i work as an accounts assistant/clerk/receptionist at a marine construction education company and im learning SO MUCH on the job:) time flies when im working, and i came to appreciate foreign labour so much more after interacting so much with them. they are not all bad, unhygenic or rude. dont generalise. most of them are helpful, family centered, and trying their best. give them a chance. they are the ones who work for $16 a day under the hot sun building our sheltered overhead bridges (just to name one example). don't complain unless you tell me that you will do that job for that money, or that you can live without such luxuries(most Singaporeans can't).

and that's all for now:) whoever's reading, HELLO:)