Received this piece of news on Thursday night. But it all didn't really sink in till yesterday. Guess these kinda things really takes time to sink in.
J sms me and told me that God-auntie (in Taiwan) had passed away in the afternoon. I just saw her in Singapore like earlier this year! She was still so bubbly and cheerful and always making us laugh with her 'high class attitude'.
I first met her early last year when we went to Taiwan. Although that was the first time I've seen her, she was fast and ready to accept me as her younger sister's god-daughter. And ever more ready to stuff us with food and delicacies while she only drank the bittergourd soup and smoke. Afterwhich, my god-ma and her brought the whole gang of us for a KTV session. I can still remember how she sings and how we laughed as she performed.
When she was here earlier this year, we even brought her for crabs and seafood.
I'm very sad that I don't have a chance to get to know her better.
亲爱的姚阿姨，谢谢您让我有机会和您相识。和您度过的时间虽短暂却非常得愉快。我真的会好想念您。
姚阿姨，一路好走。。。
Saturday, October 25, 2008
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Bad Day and A Made Up Mind...
I just received the approval for my leave for the Taiwan trip. But not the dates I applied for. Now I have only 3 choices. 1 - change the dates and enjoy 3 days alone and pay SGD 250 for the change in dates. 2 - don't go for the trip and forfeit the 300+ SINGAPORE DOLLARS. 3 - find a new pay check and resign the current one. I am swaying more towards the last option. Once I'm back from the long dreaded company cruise trip, I'm be attacking the recruitment advertisments again. I already have one contact in mind already. So I'm going to send out my R once I'm back.
Wish me luck...
Wish me luck...
Thursday, October 9, 2008
A Difficult, Challenging but Fruitful Trip
Still settling down and trying to get back my energy from the most recent Vietnam trip.
Tour lead a TP group to Vietnam from the Global Citizenship course. It was a group of 45 students and 3 teachers. One of them being my ex-Japanese teacher and he brought me to Japan on an exchange programme when I was still a student with TP.
It was fun mixing around with my juniors but this trip is really stressful. Their schedule was dead tight and practically everyday I was under time stress. To meet the timing of specific arrangements. And it really doesn't help that the kids were falling sick one by one.
The weather was horrid. It was hot even with all the rain. The nights were cooler but not much better.
I had one student being stalked for the full of the 10 minutes walk back to the hotel from Ben Tham night market. It was just lucky for her that A and I decided to go to the market that night. Ended up escorting her back to the hotel and staying around to ensure that all is ok. Didn't get to walk round the market but it's ok. At least everyone's safe. On the next night, the vietnamese Uni students took us to another local night market, Ky Hoa. It was definitely an eye opener.
More adventure on the following night. One of the students felt sick and we have to send her in to International SOS, emergency clinic. I was totally stone out the next day.
By the end of the trip, I was fighting back tears of exhaustion. Now I'm still recovering for all the drama and happenings from my trip.
Hope the trip to Melbourne next month is better.
Tour lead a TP group to Vietnam from the Global Citizenship course. It was a group of 45 students and 3 teachers. One of them being my ex-Japanese teacher and he brought me to Japan on an exchange programme when I was still a student with TP.
It was fun mixing around with my juniors but this trip is really stressful. Their schedule was dead tight and practically everyday I was under time stress. To meet the timing of specific arrangements. And it really doesn't help that the kids were falling sick one by one.
The weather was horrid. It was hot even with all the rain. The nights were cooler but not much better.
I had one student being stalked for the full of the 10 minutes walk back to the hotel from Ben Tham night market. It was just lucky for her that A and I decided to go to the market that night. Ended up escorting her back to the hotel and staying around to ensure that all is ok. Didn't get to walk round the market but it's ok. At least everyone's safe. On the next night, the vietnamese Uni students took us to another local night market, Ky Hoa. It was definitely an eye opener.
More adventure on the following night. One of the students felt sick and we have to send her in to International SOS, emergency clinic. I was totally stone out the next day.
By the end of the trip, I was fighting back tears of exhaustion. Now I'm still recovering for all the drama and happenings from my trip.
Hope the trip to Melbourne next month is better.
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