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Wednesday, May 30, 2007 first time being at that outlet, but i thoroughly enjoyed the evening it was a lot of catching up, certainly from lynda's side we then headed to haagen daz for dessert; the fondue was yummy! had class on tues and some of them were being so sweet came up to my office and presented a cookies and cream cake. =) later on in the day, two other guys from my day 2 class requested to see me at my office too they then gave me a card, which was signed by all their classmates so sweet! =) this has got to be the most memorable birthday so far! //posted by ivy @ 15:44//
Sunday, May 27, 2007 how sweet a couple of sms-es after that before i fell asleep and my twinnie, couldn't decide if i turn 24 or 25..so she typed happy 24th/25th birthday! haha. dumb dumb twinnie~ sweet sms-es kept coming in constantly throughout the day thankew to those who did that! =) had a shocking surprise at national stadium headed down for global day of prayer and was just sitting around admiring the place before the event started and out of the blue, joanie shouted my name so loud and sudden that i was caught unaware the whole bunch of youth then started singing a birthday song right there, in the middle of the crowd and i was so embarrassed! they simply grew louder though! now, such things have never happened before to me and among the surprises i had these three days, that ought to be ranked first! what a wonderful birthday! =) //posted by ivy @ 23:38//
Saturday, May 26, 2007 the entire bunch of them sprang a surprise on me yesterday and i totally didn't see it coming! yummy chocolate cake~ the whole process was hilarious jacob started the email chain and asked the rest for their opinion on the birthday celebration thingy a few responses transpired before someone realised that jacob has accidentally included me in the mailing list thankfully my outlook was a little cranky that day so i shut it down, and he was able to recall the emails successfully on the actual day itself, they didn't want me at the pantry so they asked choon hou, raymond and leslie to bring me to the meeting room for some short fake discussion leslie ended up discussing something real, and it then took so long that the bunch of them outside couldn't stand it, and decided to bring the cake into the room instead the supposedly fake meeting turned out to be real after all! haha. elena, my buddy's buddy gave me a real nice spidey birthday card! this morning, i was waiting for sau yee at raffles city when uncle raymond came along passed me a pink t-shirt he bought for me..heh. it's predictable what color it was when i took it out. such a sweet gesture. =) lunch was on sau yee; went to this nice italian place yummy, cheesy food! met baby for dinner at crystal jade in the late evening and was also presented with a nice butterfly necklace. =) happy, happy girl! //posted by ivy @ 23:07//
Friday, May 25, 2007 gail - my nice, chirpy and ever-encouraging colleague left a sweet flower on my table, with two notes! =) *smiles! on a side note determination makes a huge difference in one's action. by record for this semester, i will definitely publish the class's grades before the next class sometimes when i'm real busy, i'll only be able to finish on the night before my next lesson was pretty determined to be nice and fair to my students and decided that i will attempt to publish my grades within the stipulated D+3 deadline meaning.. if i've class on tues, the grades should be published by fri. well. i published the grades for my tues's class this week yesterday (D+2) and i published the grades for my thurs's class today (D+1) *beams //posted by ivy @ 13:23//
Thursday, May 24, 2007 have been trying to clear as much as work as needed published my grade for my tues's class this morning; quite an achievement - i only took 1/2 hr on tues, 1 hr last night and 1/2 hr this morning to finish them guess it helps when i'm very determined to finish it. class was okie today; thought they did the debate rather well considering this is their first debate ever for the majority of them i have not left my pod the entire of today - love day 2 class because the class is just 3 floors below my office two birthday pressies from my colleagues already one from wah long - ex-colleague actually. he made a real nice photo collage and decorated the frame himself too it's now sitting nicely on my desk the other from kelvin, handmade card and a little sheep smaller version of the one wah long bought for me in new zealand. whee~ //posted by ivy @ 18:31//
Wednesday, May 23, 2007 despite being a module chair last sem and merely repeating the routine this semester, i felt that this sem's admin work was very manageable but people issue is ridiculous i confess that i don't have the high level of patience to deal with people who complained about their workload and expect me to do something about it neither do i have the patience to explain the same thing over and over again when you're someone who comes from the private sector and have had 10 years of working experience in addition, i don't have a big heart to accept the fact that my own asst director is making a fuss about marking test simply because he intends to go on holiday in june but insists that the rest of us is capable of doing so again, i don't have a big heart to accept that he openly critisizes the decisions previously made by my module chair who has just left 2 days ago humans - simply unbelievable only wanting the best for themselves and not able to see beyond their own interest and it's so upsetting that this is happening right here in my dept there we are teaching our students not to be self-centered, to learn to see beyond ourselves, to give and not expect to be given.. and yet, these very things are happening in my time at work daily how tiring it is to deal with such people Lord, I pray that You grant me patience and the grace to go through each day. I ask that You'll season my conversation with salt and bring about joy wherever I go. In all that I do, I'll aim and desire to please the audience of One, and not anyone else. You'll provide me courage to do the things that I'm called for, and wisdom to handle the many issues that I'm facing. //posted by ivy @ 22:12//
Tuesday, May 08, 2007 well, now i know they do. =) theresa: By the way, thanks for the encouragements you gave me every feedbacks! That really helps me a lot to make me speak more and more for every lesson. :] Do comment me if I have my flaws, I’m so gonna work harder to open up and talk more. THANKS AGAIN! :] suyani: By reflecting back on the various weeks,I think that some of my weakness are my shyness and I do not ask much questions ,sometimes I dare not to speak out because I feel afraid of saying something wrong,hence I shall work my best on it,actually now I have the courage is all owe to Miss Ivy 's encouragement.When every time I read the self comments from my daily grade which is given by Miss Ivy,I always feel the motivation to learn better,hence thanks Miss Ivy ,for the guidance all these times,I will try to ask more questions during the class and try to be more active . //posted by ivy @ 18:36// just ended round 1 of poly forum interview more to come and we have to submit the names to TP next week. sounds interesting so far - subtheme is social entrepreneurship and responsibility i'm pretty tired class was manageable - rapport is certainly there for both my classes just that.. the topics are getting harder and more taxing to finish within the allocated time and being me, i'll make sure everyone understands and that constitutes nagging at them and repeating non-stop. i'm hungry. //posted by ivy @ 18:01// |
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