Back 2 ScHo0L a.k.a. WoRk

It's the second day back to work and I am feeling tired. Probably it's because of the two weeks break, there were no markings and now it's back to marking, marking and more markings. First day back at work, my voice was feeling a little strain - rarely raised my voice during my holidays and now have to raise slightly louder so as to get the pupils' attention.

TraN - TaS - TiC

Little Kayden's collection of Thomas The Train - in different shapes and sizes.

FaTHeR & SoN

Last night, I managed to capture these pictures. Looking at them warms up my heart. I am glad for these moments spend together.

ToDDleR ClaSS

Yesterday we brought Little Kayden to ISB. At first he was a little bit shy but after a few minutes of warm-up, he's unstoppable. He can even tell the other kids "No, No" as well as "Go..." I think Little Kayden enjoyed himself yesterday.

   

Playing with the toy trains

Reading a book on " Trucks "

CaR CoLLecTioN

Last Sunday, Kelvin bought a tee for Little Kayden and he loved it (I think it's the picture of the car tat he likes). Wearing the tee Kelvin bought, we brought him shopping yesterday. As usual, he shopped for toy cars. He already had a huge collections of cars and yet it's still not enough for him.

   

His brand new tee with a picture of a car in the middle

Putting the toy cars into the trolley

The badminton racket caught his attention. 

Here he is, trying to pull it out from the display.

His car collection

  

   

CoNfuSeD?

Maybe it's the wrong word to use but somehow Little Kayden was in a daze yesterday. For the very first time, he recognized the wrong people. I think it's probably because of his height and from there, he didn't look up ahead but at the clothes the person is wearing. So he called out to the wrong person twice which is inevitable. However, we did laughed out loud though at his simple mistake.

We went to the Mall again but this time for lunch. At Hot Point, I ordered a cup of hot tea and pan mien. This time, I actually took a few shots of the place (something I do not normally do) but they didn't turn out great though.

Inside the restaurant

Outside the restaurant

My cup of tea...

LiTTle HeLpeR

We went to the Mall to do some grocery shopping today. Little Kayden amazed everyone with his little action - he helped put the grocery we bought onto the cashier's table and insisted no one to help him. One by one, he put the things on the table for the cashier to scan and even said "thank you". A couple was looking at him and smiling  throughout the scene.How it touched my heart to see Little Kayden being so sensible at a young age...

KuRsUs / BeNgKeL aDaT IsTiaDaT

Finally, the course is over. Had a very long day yesterday. The morning course was interesting as we had a few mind games and physical activities. However, it was a very long afternoon - I was unmotivated throughout the course and there wasn't much activities too. It's all talk, talk and talk....

Today, there was a trip to visit the Lapau but I couldn't make it. The closing ceremony was in the afternoon and our certificate presentation was part of it too. We teachers had to actually practiced our walking style and learn when and how to bow down to our honorable guest. Some made mistakes and everyone laughed out loud. Oh what fun it was!

When it was my turn to receive the certificate, the guest of honour asked me a weird question "Are you a teacher?" Honestly, I was shocked and I think I forgotten to say "Menjunjung Kasih" to him. I assumed he knew that all the participants of the course were Chung Hwa Middle School teachers but to ask me this question made me questioned myself - don't I look like a teacher or am I too YOUNG to be a teacher? Haha...

Now the course is out of the way, it's time to plan out what I have to do for these two weeks - spending quality time with Little Kayden, washing my car (something I wanted to do since a few months ago), do some cleaning up and arranging the stuff in my room. Going to keep myself and my mind busy busy busy...

BoReDoM

It's just the third day of holidays and I feel so bored. I did nothing much except entering students' information into an excel file created by MOE for their usage. Dad and Kelvin went for their golf tournament at Empire yesterday noon so we took Kayden out to Qlap Hua Ho and did some grocery shopping.

One funny incident was that Kayden kept saying "Oh,Oh..." to a parent of three children when he tried organizing the bicycles (which his children accidentally made fall down) back to the way they were but failed. He was so embarrassed that he did not dare face in our direction when he walked away.

On Monday and Tuesday, the school organizes a full - day course for all teachers from 7.30 a.m. till 4.30 p.m. I bet it's gonna be a long and tiring day. I am not so looking forward to it though.

StArT oF HoLiDaYs

Today is the first day of holidays. I realised that I haven't taken pictures of Kayden for a very long time. So I started snapping a few shots today and decided to post them here...

My latest creation for Kayden.

Lately, although there were ups and downs in my life, I managed to get through them all. But honestly, I don't know if I have enough patience and courage to go on. I know I did many mistakes and I am trying my best to amend them but somehow it just doesn't seem enough. It looks like I have to go through a transformation in order to go on with my current life.I really need guidance...