Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.
Phil 4 : 6-7

something about Maths and Biology

i guess the weather does contribute to the rise of jimoness in the air...
and it makes you wanna sing No Air, No Air...

school holiday is coming, yeay! ;)
and i'm going home this friday! ;)

ah, random things.

Week 4 in school. thinking how to confuse the F1 kids with Addition and Subtraction of Integers. We have Friends & Enemies, Cats and Dogs, blah blah blah .. the classroom discourse was something like what you are about to read.... And all *blahblahblah* are monologues, okay?

eg: Talking about changing signs.... one kid proposed this method....
9+(-3) = ?

+ is Friend
- is Enemy
Your friend's enemy is also your enemy. Therefore the equation becomes 9-3=6
so you have "your friend's friend is also your friend", "your enemy's enemy is your friend", "your enemy's friend is your enemy". *pengsan*
*dang, just memorize: - for the different signs, + for the same signs*

*haih..*
another one..
-3+9=?
- is Cat
+ is Dog
One dog will chase one cat. So, the three *crazy* dogs are busy chasing the three *crazy* cats. How many dogs left berlengang-lengang?
Or..
One friend will handle one enemy for you. So, the three friends will gao dim the three enemies for you. How many friends left standing there berlengang-lengang?

*Haih*....
Then the kids went 'ohhh', 'ooooo', 'yeaaaahhhh, i got it'......
after looking at the questions in the textbook for sometime, a few girls came back and said,

"Teaaaaacherrrrrrr, i don't understand laaaaaaar..."

and the jiaaaaaa in me fainted. :p *failed wei me, failed!*

Then i came out with the i-owe-you-money to explain 5-10+2....
"You see, you only have rm5 and you want to buy a book that costs rm 10 from me. You paid all that you have. How much do you still owe me?"

"yeah... it's -5"

"yups, so... if your mum gave you rm2 this morning and you used that money to pay me back. How much do you still owe me?

"ohh... it's -2"

"yaa.. if you still can't see, draw the number line, k?" *draw the number lines, baby!*

"okay, Teacher."

Seriously, their smiles melt my heart. All of them. :)
Yeah, that's a little bit of what jiaaaaa does when she goes to the form 1 class. and by the way, today i had to see the kids for three hours in a day *FAINT* -- all 3 are relief periods. The teacher-in-charge was so good to let me enter my form 1 class to handle the relief periods. I went in to the class at 730-830, 12-1, 1-2pm. The moment I stepped into the class.. their eyes were like terbeliak and they went crazy 'begging' me..

"oh no Teacher, no maths pleeeaasseeee....."

"Teacher, pls don't teach today..."

"Teacher, please don't give anymore maths homework....
you have already given us A LOT.."

*GRINS.. HEHE..*

Ok la.. then they started telling me that they have to do 5 times of correction for every wrong they got in the Sejarah paper. *a waste of paper and green ink and time* Pity them.. so i didn't telan the relief periods to teach maths. memang pun i gave them a lot of maths homework. School holiday is coming mah.. ;) and i memang generous in giving homework. *but i'm still not as hebat as ajw larrr*

That's about that for Maths.
Biology.. thinking how to make plants stuff such as Photosynthesis as interesting as the topic of Reproduction. *haha... what the crap*
Taught Biology for the first time yesterday. Realised that once i got excited i will tell Biology stories. Sheeeesh.. that's why lar i can't finish teaching Micronutrients. ok la, started the class late anyway. so it's not totally the fault of my biology stories. :p

Ok, it's bedtime. ;) let's see what happens tomorrow.

i'll be seeing you

My Dearest Allie,

I couldn't sleep last night because I know that it's over between us. I'm not bitter anymore, because I know that what we had was real. And if in some distant place in the future we see each other in our new lives, I'll smile at you with joy and remember how we spent the summer beneath the trees, learning from each other and growing in love. The best love is the kind that awakens the soul and makes us reach for more, that plants a fire in our hearts and brings peace to our minds, and that's what you've given me. That's what I hope to give to you forever. I love you. I'll be seeing you.

Noah

i'm waiting.

but where are you?

strikestrikestrikestrike!

weekends have been my killer days ever since then.
it's a cycle. a darn cycle that i never wanted to repeat. i looked forward to weekends and at the same time dreaded the whatevers that may come or happen. how ironic is that! you are happy and at the same time you are angry and disappointed and frustrated.
it's like you know the impossibilities. the darn freaking impossibilities. and yet, something inside you tells you to continue playing along. desires. and more desires. you just want the company. we just want the company.
they said i shouldn't continue with this kind of stupidity coz i may not be able to take the consequences (and that might be an understatement). they said i shouldn't let people treat me like i'm the second best, a spare tyre.. sigh.

what happens if we are living symbiotically where there's this thing called
'mutualism'?

my mind can't stop running through today's incident. again and again.

your words in my memory are like music to me.

this is what we do..

in our 'staff room' *once in a LONG while*...


;)

this is it.

where are you?

what you don't know you can feel it somehow

the moon

taken outside of 3rd.

some time ago. i can't remember when.
outside 3rd college block A.

this was taken the day before i moved out from 3rd.

this is the latest picture.
taken from the balcony of my new 'hiding place'.

i think i have a thing for sunsets.. and also full moons.

salt and light.

you are the salt of the earth and the light of the world.

***

Teachers are like street lights along the road.
They don't make the distance any shorter
but they light up the path
and make the walk to success worthwhile.