Hari-hari pertama...

Today is my second day teaching at this college. Yes, my application was successful and my interview went well.

At the moment I am feeling slightly dizzy because I have just recovered from a shock - not a heart attack though. One of the classes that I was assigned to teach had just told me that there are only two weeks to go before the final exam, thus, they have very little time to do assignments (please Miss, don't give susah-susah one to us). I was so surprised upon hearing it that I had an instant headache, and God knows how humid it is here in Gombak!

The class that had almost gave me a panic-attack had never had any lesson before I joined this college, so I was cursing in my heart (this college ah...). Where to begin if there's only two weeks left? How to help these kids? I'd die lah if they blame me for their failures...arghhhh, no, no, nOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

I was supposed to give a brief introduction about myself and the course I'm teaching, but in the end I had to begin with the first lesson straight away. I spent five minutes to prepare what to give them as their major assignment and how to divide the 50% for continuous evaluation.........arghhhhhhhhh, marahnya aku!!!!! Luckily, I was trained as a creative, critical and analytical problem solver hahahaha - lansi!

When I entered the lecturers' room (our dept lah, one medium size hall shared by 7 lecturers) I saw my C.C. and I quickly asked her about the final exam. She told me there's another SEVEN weeks before the finals. Eiiiiiii, lagilah marah rasanya, kena tipu dek bebudak yang nak assignment senang!!!!! Geramnyaaaaaaaaa!!!

I came here to teach, to help and to guide the kids...but so far, I've been tricked for not less than five times by them. Yesterday, they said they've never watched Akademi Fantasi so they don't know who's Abang Api when I introduced the word "freelance" to them and tried to relate it to Aznil+Abang Api incident. I believed them, I swear I believed them! After the class finished, I was told by one of my colleagues "alah, budak2 ni memang hantu AF pun, diorang ni saje je pretend, bila kita tanya kata tak tau, semuanya tak tau...tapi, bila suruh nyanyi ke bagi contoh ke...balik2 citer AF je." Duh, terkena lagi diriku yang kudus dan jujur ni. There are many other incidents that involved the students telling lies to me...but at the time being, it's better not to write it down here so that I won't get so upset upon re-reading this entry in the future.

Although I've been tricked at least five times in two days, I think I've found what I like to do most when it comes to profession issue - I want to teach, not necessarily in the confinement of a classroom...I do enjoy teaching these kids although I had almost had a panic-attack (I don't have any history of panic-attack, nauzubillah minzalik). Hmm...siaplah korang next class nanti!!!! Hahahahahah (ala2 bunyi gelak loan shark :P )

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I miss my mom's cooking - during lunch lah, sebab dinner kat rumah hehehe.
I miss blogging from home, I miss lepak-ing at home doing everything but nothing, I miss tkd very badly (weih CNY mmg la cuti tkd!), I miss my afternoon naps, I miss my cats and I miss having nothing to do.

ok, I have to go back to my grammar books now, nak kenakan my students kaw-kaw in the next session hahahahaha.

OUT!