Will house visits work? I'll see soon...

My fellow friend, Dipesh has started house visits, and it seems to help.
Students want to know that you care. And they need you to show it.
It takes effort, not easy, but not impossible.
I befriended my 2 girls from class already, by making 1 house visit.
Got to know her a little better and the girl and her classmate, who is also my student, brought me to the night market, became my "tour guide" and even helped me picked fresh veges cos the girl I visited has parents that work in the market nearby.
Another girl I visited showed me a loving side compared to what she has been acting like in school and what all the other teachers have said about her.
There are stories behind all those faces, and I want to be in their stories too, be it harsh or happy.
I hope they understand that I mean business and their future is my business, even for awhile...

SMK Juasseh

Life has been hectic and swell at the same time.

I'm blogging in the midst of planning lessons for tomorrow. 

My kids deserve a lot more than I am giving, and I will better myself day by day.

Tomorrow will be my first real lesson in Maths.

Diagnostics will be marked as soon as I am free, but lessons come first.

I'm not sure if I am just cheating myself so that I don't stress out, but my 2UPM kids are doing better by the day.

The number of listeners I get in my class now is more compared to my first week.

One use-to-be-rowdy kid actually nudged his friend to not be disrespectful (kurang ajar) cos the teacher is in front. AAAWWW... *melts* he got teased a little by his friends when I thanked and complimented him for that. 

When I see progress in culture, I will see progress in learning. Right? 

I trust that they do want to do well, and my pep talk seem to work. Hope it works for all my other classes as well.

I leave you with serene scenes from my balcony.

Spectacular sunset from my balcony

My school for these 2 years, or maybe more?

What if I know...

I am a teacher now. My focus should be on my school students.
But what if I know of a child who has not have the privilege to education since kindergarten?

Life has been hectic. Moving house, buying stuff to fill the house, preparing for school, new admin work, balancing work and personal well-being.
My students deserve the best, and I have not been giving them much.
Need to buck up asap!
But now that I know of him, plans need a slight change. Maybe not change, but an additional plan need to be added in between.

More to be done.
Hang on tight, Juin. It's gonna be a long and bumpy ride!

There is something about you...

that I can't let go~

I love singing Christmas songs!!

I love them! Christmas songs!!
I love harmonizing for caroling!
And I get warm and fuzzy when a stranger tells us that we sing well...
FYI, my friends and I were just queuing to go on the cable car to Genting. We were self-entertaining ourselves and started singing. Caught up in our own crazy world, practising our caroling songs, when this uncle guy complimented us. Aaawwww...

This is one random year I got to do this, don't know when else I can sing loudly in public with friends anymore after this. One memorable moment I'll never forget!

The beginning from an end

Kem SKORlah has ended.
To all my kids, what we may have taught you in Kem SKORlah is very little compared to how much you can learn. Teachers may be wrong too, sometimes, so always keep your minds open!
I personally hope what you got from my classes is not only locus and circles, but a different way of learning.
Keep asking the how and whys in life, it is sooo interesting to find out about stuff around you!!! Even if there is no answer here, ask again there, ask ask everywhere!!
I hope you realize how great each and everyone of you are on the inside. All the potentials yet unleashed, all the curiosity untapped, all the wonders yet to be discovered inside of you.
All subjects can be fun, if the teachers are not providing you with fun, make some on your own. You can do it in your co-curricular activities, if not in class. Apply what you know and share it with others.
Tears of farewell are finite, but hopefully what you took away was infinite.
I have seen each of you change and grow, and I am very proud to have been with you for Kem SKORlah.
May our paths meet again someday, and I wish then what I see and hear from you is AWESOME, FANTASTIC and BRILLIANT news!

[Life's short; candles burnt, brief; fear not of death but life unlived]

A2, Awesome, Fantastic, Brilliant!! Be cooool~

But for me, the journey has only begun.

come to a point whereby the body says no and the mind says go.

Mind over matter.
It is true. I believe it so.
However, I also always leave space for doubt.
We'll see how long a physical body can last while the mind says "GO".
That'll be the start of matter over mind.