The Schoolday After The Holiday

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Today is Monday.
Today is the first working day after a holiday.
Many people in the country would agree with me that this day is quite a miserable day.
After a week of relaxing & sleeping in...
I have to stay up late to think of lessons that will help my students understand & apply what I am trying to teach them, wake up early in the morning to go to school, manage classrooms of restless students who have been bored by other teachers all day & help them learn a langauge that many of them dont seem to have much interest in.

I was feeling somewhat down as I stepped into the staffroom...
And I was utterly shocked to arrive at my desk...
This was what I discovered...

Wen & ShinYi is baking again!
Now they have given Nesa, Shim & I a chocolate chip muffin each!

They were delicious!
It really did made my day & encouraged me!
Thanks, girls!

p/s:
Dont feel like you have to continue baking for us, okay...
I dont mind if this is your last gift.
Although I would be more than happy to recieve more!
But no pressure, okay?
=)

Comments

  1. ethan25/8/08 16:42

    LOL.
    Are they allowed to do that? I mean, like giving their teachers stuff...? It sounds like a bribe to me. meh :]

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  2. shinYi's25/8/08 17:18

    not good meh???

    weeeheee**

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  3. wen25/8/08 22:53

    y teacher feel very pressure meh! we didnt feel tat ah! ????
    hihi!

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  4. Kouji Shotiwuth26/8/08 01:18

    I always hated Mondays.. It's always a pain in the ass to wake up early in the morning and have to face the stupid KL jam right after the weekends.. ughh..

    *got distracted by the muffins..*

    ooh.. muffins.. why do teachers always get the good stuff.. sigh..

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  5. Trishomachine.26/8/08 19:46

    Kouji,
    Now, dont you wish you had taken teaching? Hehehe.

    (Mom would have been so proud!)

    Koko,
    Let's have donuts soon! I have coupons so we can go crazy! =P

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  6. Kouji Shotiwuth26/8/08 22:32

    Not really.. I'm not the teaching type lah.. hahha.. =P

    Ooooh.. I want donuts too..

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  7. ah^kam_koko'27/8/08 13:10

    Ethan:
    No... It's not a bribe...
    These students are just being really nice to an underprivileged teacher...
    =)

    ShinYi:
    good~~
    good~~
    very good~~

    Wen:
    oh, i just want to let you guys know that its ok if u stop giving us your wonderful baking!
    we wont think badly of either of you!
    =)

    Kouji:
    Why do teachers get all the good stuff?
    Well...
    Teachers give good stuff to students too!
    What you give is what you get bro!

    Trish:
    Let's have donuts when I see you today!
    =D

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  8. shinYi's27/8/08 17:11

    haha
    go dating wuiiii..
    We want to be spotlight!!!★
    haha

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  9. wen28/8/08 18:02

    n o la! teacher we got do extra want so ma.........
    dun think so much! haha!
    haha! i think after teacher leave our school no chance to eat liao!
    got la ur gf make de! hihi!

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  10. dayzee29/8/08 03:47

    If u get any luckier, perhaps cikgu will get a whole yummy cake soon. You know you are doing something right when kids love you that much *grins*

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  11. ah^kam_koko'31/8/08 18:56

    ShinYi:
    I dont think you'll be spotlight because we would be ignoring you!
    haha~~

    Wen:
    I hope she read what you wrote!
    haha~~

    Dayzee:
    I dont want to just make them feel good...
    I want them to learn!
    And I'm pulling my hair trying to figure out the right combination...
    Sigh~~

    Hope you'll do just as well with your kids!

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  12. shinYi's31/8/08 22:53

    =S

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  13. glo10/9/08 12:24

    i like the the thing that they put the cupcakes in! :D

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  14. ah^kam_koko'11/9/08 21:27

    yeah~~
    me too!
    I can forsee them being talented bakers!
    =)

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