the new school year 2009

And so, there goes my 2008 holiday. What have i done?

• Lazed at home and read 5 Nora Roberts' fiction. (Love them all. Still one to go. Save for CNY break.)
• Worked extra 10 hours at IPGKK at RM120 per hour! (Dear God, please give me more part time jobs like that! Amen!)
• Went Christmas carolling with a bunch of kids very, very much younger than me. (I feel like a dinosauress :'(...)
• Played for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day celebrations. (Haven't done that for some years. Where are those young ex-worship team members?)
• Marked SPM scripts and earned the experience. (A really vomit-inducing and blood pressure-raising work which pays peanuts. But the networking's great! We, English teachers, ARE a crazy bunch! Craziness in the midst of stress.)
• Went out with friends.
• Bought and decorated my first Christmas tree.
• Played for Debs for the Chinese Song-writing Competition.
• Slept before 10 p.m. on New Year's Eve! (A confirmation of me being a fossilized species.)
• Ate... a lot (Self-explanatory...)

In 2009, work-wise, I am...

• The Class Teacher of 5A (Sigh...)
• The Guru Penyelaras of the whole Form 5 (donkey job)
• The English teacher for 4B, 5A, 5I and U61 (Okay, this I like)
• The Choir Club Advisor (as usual... yawn...)
• The Advisor of the annual school magazine (yawn...)
• The Advisor of The English Drama Competition 2009 (stress x3)
• The Teasurer for my Sports House
• Other odds and ends...

Home-wise...

• Love my family more each day
• Clean my room more often
• Wash my laundry more often
• Wash my car more often

Service-wise...

• Be more punctual (^.^ ... was late for the first service of the year...)
• Train up 2 more keyboardists
• Get the chords for the song sheets done
• Be kinder to the 'kids' (For they are so fearful of me... *growl*)

Spiritually...

• Read my Bible more
• Pray more... honest and heart-felt prayers

Personally...

• Will be more relaxed
• Choose to be in control and calmer

Weight-wise...

• Lose those FATS!!! Sophie!!!! (Ma... what's for dinner?)

There... my list of tasks to do...

TentuSiok =D

Over & Done With

Woohoo! And the bunch of singers did not suck!!! Yay!

A huge burden is lifted off my shoulders today. The 55 kids trained, rehearsed, rehearsed, trained, practised, bought all the correct attires, came early this morning, put on make-up and accesories, warmed-up their voices, walked up the stage, waited for the curtain to open, smiled, sang the first song, sang the second song, bowed, the curtain closed... and it was all over.

After two weeks of training and coaching, it was all over in less than ten minutes.

Yeah, that's how it is with performances. Artists, singers, dancers, musicians could train for weeks and months on end and everything would be over in a few minutes, hours or so...

So much effort and yet how quickly everything ends.

This got me thinking about life. How the human race strive, work hard, build their life, accumulate wealth, upgrade their homes, cars, possessions, etc... Striving for perfection, for the best, in their life. And when the end comes, everything would be over in a blink of an eye.

What are we working for? What are we striving for? What are we stressed out over for?

And i will have to constantly remind myself to be careful and not lose sight of what i believe in, what i am convinced of...

Yours carefully,

SS -.-'

Tone Deaf

How do you teach a bunch of high school kids to sing properly and perform in two weeks' time?

When time is too short?

When they love to sing but not all are gifted?

When some are tone deaf and some others just couldn't carry a tune?

How do you get the group going and not suck big time on performance day?

Only one more week to go...

Haiz... stressed out... very, very stressed out...

The choir teacher's stress level has gone up a notch higher.

Her head is on the chopping board...

Someone... please save me...


Yours fearfully,
MatiSendiri ='(