And so begins another term of trying to reach work early but failing, trying to leave work on time but leaving only after 8pm each day and being stressed out with the never ending list of things to do.

Somehow it never seems enough no matter how hard i try :( I abhor that i can't seem to do all the work quickly and leave at least by my stipulated time; i just end up leaving work around 8pm with more work on my mind as i get home. Teaching is not easy. Screw you if you think it's just about changing diapers (which is not that easy and fun a task) and talking about apples!

I don't want to be mediocre. I don't want to teach anyhow or repeat a word 100 times for children to memorise and remember. I don't wish to pretend to be nice to the children just so others see it like i honestly think is what you are doing. Please stop your juvenile acts and drama, it's getting on my nerves. I want my lesson to be fun and still they learn. I want to put in my all and see the worth in it.

So anyway, i left work at about 9pm (that's more than 12 hours of work, mind you. That's why i have the right to rant. That, and also because this is my blog) and reached home researching more for my lesson tml. Why am i taking so much time to plan 1 day's lesson? It's 3 levels but just a handful of children! *Harrumph.

Oh yeah, i found something interesting in the process of researching on Singapore's culture (relating to the theme this week. i was trying to find out about the traditional costumes and food of our 4 ethic races):

"Nearly everyone in Singapore speaks more than one language, with many people speaking three or four. Most children grow up bilingual from infancy and learn more languages as they grow up. Naturally the presence of other languages (especially various varieties of Malay and of Chinese) has influenced the English of Singapore. The influence is especially apparent in the kind of English that is used informally, which is popularly called Singlish. Singlish is a badge of identity for many Singaporeans.

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Speakers of Singlish will usually end his sentence with a distinctive exclamation. The three most common are ah, lah, ley and what.

Examples:
OK lah, bye bye.
Don't like that lah.
You are going there ah?
No parking lots here, what.
The price is too high for me lah.
And then how many rooms ah?
It is very troublesome ley.
Don't be like that ley!
I'm not at home lah. That's why ah." (extracted from singaporeexpats.com)

HAHAHA. Goodness gracious me! So Singlish has really become OUR language. Like other countries have French, German, Spanish, ... ... we have SINGLISH. And it even has its definition and examples that come along with it on the net. It's like checking out the dictionary for an unknown word and they tell you the context of how it can be used.

So now do you know how to use your 'lahs' and leys' already? Please brush up on 'em as it is our identity and in time to come, tourists might be visiting just to get a 'feel' of our special language. *Shudders*

We are most certainly an unique bunch. Maybe i should tell my kids tomorrow about our local culture and language huh?

Okay LAH. Enough already LOH. I need to go off AH as i'm still hoping to finish watching a dvd Mr boyfriend and i rented but dint manage to finish. I'm still trying to sleep early, mind you AH.

Night world, and Happy 31 Month hon! (:

it's 1:30 AM now