& i quote directly from a message, "you are too kind It's nice to see fun teachers like you else school is boring. Hope there are more teachers like u."

aww. I guess that's one of the best job satisfaction you can only get with working with children (apart from seeing the child grow and improve, and coming to school happily all because you're there). The sms comment touched my heart and made me stop in my footsteps on the way home. At that moment, i felt so proud of myself x)

Okay, you must probably be wondering what these have to do with e picture above. The bouquet of flowers was given to me from 2 kids and their parents. A week ago, we had our Adventure camp and i had to fetch these 2 sisters from their house to the campsite and back for 3 days (by cab of course!). At the end of the 3rd day, they received goodie bags and a certificate but the elder sister's bag did not have the goodies. So, i told the parent i would drop it off at the Tumbletots in cck (they're not from my centre, but the cck one) since i stay nearby. I wasnt able to do it cause by the time im off from work, the centre here would be closed. Then i thought, wth, i might as well bring it over to their house since i know where they stay. The mummy invited me up to their house because both the girls wanted to see me and tadah! they surprised me with the flowers. The sms was received after i left their house & messaged to thank her for the flowers as well as for having me over.

It's things like this that make a teacher feel appreciated, and parents like this that we love to see. How often do we let somebody know that we appreciate them or their efforts? How often do we look at the good points in a person as compared to pinpointing his/her flaws? At times, i really do feel lousy as a trainer/teacher when i know about things like for example, parents doubting our abilities or parents complaining. Not to mention the famous misconception that preschool educators wipe children's backsides and teach "apple orange" only. Hey! wiping children's backsides is sth to be respected of okay? (at least in my opinion) Nonetheless, the children still make it all worthwhile laa.

I guess I'm glad i got a job in this line instead of switching to a complete different industry. Im still with children, im still doing lesson plans and much more :/, but im a Trainer. I would love children to see me as whom they go to for fun, fun and fun! Alright, let me bring myself back before i go too far into this topic. Last Saturday (yesterday) was a fulfiling day for me. I dont know how to fully express my feelings regarding the comment made by the parent; it's a feeling that makes me look up at the sky and smile.

Here's more of my flowers (: In their original wrapping, then in a lil container i made in primary school. It has butterflies and hearts on it okay!

and here are the 2 sisters, Chiron and Chiral. Pardon the lousy picture taking because they were done in the cab when its moving. There's also little Joel (fetched by the other trainer) in the background.

and us together! Think the picture quality is really quite bad but im too busy+lazy to photoshop nowadays. Oh well.

I hope it's fine that im posting their pictures up here. I didnt send them to their parents because it's not a proper picture :/ Anyway, i meant for this entry to be a really short 2 sentence one but somehow i went on as usual (:

"you will be part of chiron and chiral's childhood memory..." Im sure they will stay in my memory too. Good night world (:


-everybody's home for the night. love.

it's 2:21 AM now