Monday, January 02, 2006
:: NanO Day11 [8th Dec] ::
Saman was very naughty. I felt like killing him. His attention span was super short. He could not concentrate and he was slower than the rest. Nevertheless, I still like him..jpg)
Me and Saman 
During lunch, I went around with the P3 girls. They sticked to me and held my hands. Haha. I was enjoying it. They gave me a lot of flowers. So sweet of them. Then they dragged me out of the school. At the school gate, they broke a plant when they were plucking the flowers. I was shocked at the sight of it. At the same time, I was amused by it. Yesterday, they broke a plant at the school gate too. The broken plant was still there. They placed it back into the bushes, which camouflaged well. Haha. The P3 girls were very cute..jpg)
My P3 girls. Lovely!
After lunchtime, it was M3 lesson again. I had lots of fun with them. They were more like my friends than students. Playing hard and, at the same time, working hard. Haha. We balanced fun with teaching.
During OT, I followed 2 of my P3 boys to the school 'farm'. It was behind the library but we could not see it. The kitchen and canteen were blocking our views from it. Anyway, it was like a 'suprise' for me. While I was following them, I was wondering where they are bringing me to. There was some anticipation. When I saw the place, I went 'WOW'. In fact, we saw the place from outside yesterday. But we did not know that it was part of the school and that it was so near to the library. Also, the feeling I had was different from yesterday. Yesterday, the place was empty. So, it was dull and lifeless. In contrast, the place was filled with children who were working on the 'farm', their laughters and voices, the trace of the children running around and they were enjoying themselves.The children have brought life to the dullness. That's the power of children; their smiles and laughters melt away all the dullness. I felt as if I have just entered a different world. A world with children without any worries and troubles. A carefree life. The place was flooded with innocence and joy..jpg)
The 'farm' without kids.
When I shouted 'Hello' across the field, I received many replies. The responses were so warm. Even those who did not know me replied. I felt as if we were one big family. Haha.
Later, I tried ploughing the soil. It seemed simple to them but was hard to me. There was a reversal of roles. They became my 'teacher' as they taught me how to plough the soil. I found this significant. Through this expedition, we learnt from each other. They learnt English and new games from us while we learnt many thing, which could not be taught in the classroom, from them.
Some of P3 girls climbed up the tree to pluck flowers for me. This time,they climbed higher than before. I was so worried and kept asking them to come down. However, they seemed to be enjoying it. Haha.
While walking back to the library, XJ and I saw some of our M3 girls were peeling eggs. We stopped and helped them. We tried to chat while peeling the eggs. We were like one big family; in class, we taught them and after class, we helped them with the food. That's what you could hardly find in Spore. Did you ever see teachers helping their students to peel eggs? Or did you see a few students peeling eggs for the whole school? By the way, they helped to prepare food for the whole school after lesson. The school was like a big family. The teachers were so closely bonded. They stayed together and played togather. They practically did everything together. They were super close friends. As for the students, everyone knows one another. They shared food together during breakfast and recess. A great contrast to the local schools.Anyway, let me get back to the peeling of eggs. Suddenly XJ remembered that we were not supposed to get near chicken or egg because for the fear of bird flu. We went "Oh shit" and followed by, "never mind" because we have already touched the eggs. So we continued with the peeling. We were rather scared that our teachers might see what we were doing.
I did not eat much for dinner because it was vegetable and green curry. I hate it. I sneaked back to the house to have maggie mee. Yummy yummy! But I did not feel good about my act. I felt bad. At night, I 'fought' with Sarah again. haha. I had fun.
10:30 AM
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