Modern woman

Since we were born in this modern city, female are taught to compete with male. We receive the same education, sit for the same tests/exams, compete for the same position as well.

So we female face the same problems as most of the male do. Like Job, Family, Study, Love. My mood is green, everyday mixture of the four major components. Or you may say the NESW of mahjong :P I can't let go of one.

Since we are empowered like the male, I am sure I can solve the situation like the male do. Yes, female maybe considered a bit 'weaker' than male. I am sure guys also have their weaknesses. So we women shouldn't retreat in our own batterfields.

Strong and controlled became my December's motto.

Have you ever had these experience?

I woke up 'now'.
When I said 'woke up', I mean really wake up. I woke up at 12pm and fell asleep again, got up and sit here now.
I need the sleep for most of the time I don't have enough sleep. At first I thought.
But then I think again, 'Do I really need that much sleep?' I don't think so now for I don't have anything to do (leave the composition mountain alone). I don't know what else can I do besides sleeping.
You may say, 'Hey, go out! Don't stay indoor!'
But I have nowhere to go and no one to go with. I have flipped my telephone contact last night after the tuition and called my friends. They were tired/would go out soon/wanna save money/ etc etc. I can only go home and watch TV.
Life is kind of boring. I am going to do sth to change it.
Maybe a movie is a good start? Heehee :P

Teacher development 2

As my previous post reminded you, the counsellor said I am good at communication and I am so happy to know that. You may think that I am being humble/ melodramatic/ hypocritical. If you have received enough amount of negative reinforcement of your communication skills, you will share my feeling of 'realizing my potential'.
I can't say thanks to my negative reinforcement but I guess, he really helps me to learn a few things:

1. A difficult person is a difficult person. You can't expect you will be understood or comforted when you talk to a bouncing stone. It's luck if you don't get hurt.
2. The best way to monitoring is not to monitor at all.
3. You shouldn't regulate others' behaviors at all! Even we are family.

I gave up the idea of communicating after I have tried very hard for >20 years . I have moved on.

The next step will be: How can I stay away from the annoyance?

Teacher development

My school organized a teacher development day last Friday morning. Among all the activities, I like the bible lego most. I have done some googling but can't find the instructions of the game. So let me explain briefly.
Targets:

1. Collect the Lego pieces which are located anywhere in the room
2. Rebuild (following the example) the model

Procedures:

1. Form a group of even no.
2. Half of the group members are blindfolded and half aren't.
3. The blindfolded can talk while the 'open eyes' can't. They can't touch each others.
4. The blindfolded rebuild the model after they have collected all the Lego pieces.

You are given 5 minutes to discuss before the game starts.

The game was fun. I am the guide. I made all kinds of sound (clap, whistle) to guide my little sheep to get all the pieces. Both the blindfolded and the guides enjoy the process.
The counsellor then told us that the game is to reveal your communication style. She told me that I am a good at communication :) for I am flexible in using different ways to achieve the goal. Happy to know/realize that I am good at that.

SWOT analysis

Look nice isn't it?
Look nice on others but may not look nice if you have to do it.
My school is going to celebrate her 45th anniversary. We teachers have to choose the performances for our 45th anniversary show, either African drum or bamboo dance. I was recommended/ suggested/ advised/ forced to choose bamboo dance by my buddy colleagues.

Now here come the SWOT analysis of the present situation.
Strength: I enjoy the dancing with my buddies/ colleagues. It's fun. I have learnt it in secondary school folk dance's lessons
Weakness: May made sth funny/ stupid in front of all the audiences. Fat is dancing when its owner is dancing.
Opportunity: A good chance to say byebye to my fat.
Threat: WHAT IF I CAN'T LOSE SOME WEIGHTS BEFORE I SET ON THE STAGE???

In order to maximize the S and O, got to surpress the impact of W and T by undertaking the following actions:
1. Visit the gym at least twice a week.
2. Start another blog to mark down the food I eat.
3. Update my weight (hopefully) lost weekly.

The show is in February. Hopefully I can lose 10-15 pounds in 3 months!
Bless me my blog readers.

Desperated Karina

Marketing

I am really into marketing these days. Partly due to the assignments I have handed and am going to hand in. Partly due to the fact that it's sth really fascinating.
The first assignment was about the communication process of a product. I have chosen Estee Lauder's fragrance, Beyond Paradise. You must be amazed at how powerful an ad can be. After the assignment, I really want to get a bottle though I already have more than 6 bottles of fragrance.
The assignment I am working on is about introducing the dating service from the US into Asia. I have been doing researches online to get some demographic information of Singapore in order to make the work more convincing. Let see what I will learn after this funny 1000 word assignment!
P.S. Hope you like the new music.

Hope you feel relaxed after you have taken a look of the adorable babies!  

A day before assessment

Tomorrow is the big day for my students. Mid-term assessment starts.
I really don't understand. IT SHOULD BE THEIR ASSESSMENT OK, but it became MY ASSESSMENT!
Test items:
A. Inspector skills: I got to 'dig' out the worksheets/ quizzes which are not yet finished/haven't finished the corrections or recorrections
B. Drama skills: How to raise your voice to attract attention? How to lower your tone to create a horrible/scary/serious/you know you are going to die atmosphere? How to surprise the traveling spirits by giving them 'WEI!' in order to declare your presence? How to answer the darling students when you are scolding those traveling spirits fiercely?
C. Physical fitness:
C1. Multi-functional eyes: Mark the worksheets/quizzes correctly when checking the process of the on-going quizzes.
C2. Powerful throat: Keep screaming/yelling/talking/scolding/explaining to my students from 0730 to 1230 non stop.
C3. Wrist flexibility: Manage to mark all the worksheets/quizzes. I am not talking about 10 but >100. Welcome them at fresh 8 and set them off before the school ends.
C4. Leg power: Stand/walk/run when I am not really awake. A test for balance.

Got to pray to God to make them diligent, careful and the most important, WIDE AWAKE when they work on the test paper.