i can't be bothered about the previous entry already.
managed to explode another round in front of muay fan and already 激动 one more time.
so forget it.

i shall think really hard if i should stay on there to teach.
in the meantime.. like what xf says.
get private students.

anyway.
不想再提不开心的事了.

now, for a change of mood now..

yesterday i was at the fairprice xtra with muay fan as she needed to run an errand for her mum.
so we were queuing to pay her stuff.

guess what?
the cashier next to the one we were queuing actually paused her work and came and exclaimed right beside me "哇! 你的眼睛很大!!"

i was like..
huh??

can you imagine how ridiculous that woman is?
i mean my eyes aren't really THAT big for a stranger to even come up to me and make that comment right?

RIGHT??

honestly have never encounter this before.
super shocked.

the best thing was after she made the comment,
she went back to do her work and i realised that she kept turning back to look at me.

= =
super 无聊 can?

another thing is..
i thought there are still 3 weeks more, including this week, before cny.
so the rate i'm doing things is really own time own target.

was wondering why is everyone around me in such a hurry to buy stuff, spring clean blah blah.

until muay fan 点醒我 yesterday.
and that set my alarm off man.
so much that i came back home and started to clear my table at 11.30pm.

as for today, i went over muay fan's place to start baking the pineapple tarts.
just for fun, i shall include the "tutorial" here.
seriously just for fun.




1. weigh 150g of plain flour.




2. sift the flour.




3. add 2 tablespoons of custard powder.




4. add 3 tablespoons of caster sugar.




5. mix in 1/3 block of salted butter.
[muay fan highly recommends greenfields salted butter.]




6. mix them well by niaping the mixture with your fingers.




7. after cutting the dough with the mould, brush a layer of egg yolk on top; add pineapple paste on top thereafter.

8. set your oven at 180 degrees celsius, preheat your oven of course, and bake for 18-20 minutes.

after which, the end product..




feeling real tired now because besides the baking session today,
i had tuition and went to dye my hair.

omg.
it was another round of sitting at the salon for 3 hours.
damn long can?

shall go bathe now and chiong to sleep after that.

just a short update about my brother.
he so happened to belong in the super sway group.
he "deproved" and only managed to get a 10.

well well..
i shall try to be nice and still get him a reward.

also, he just put on his braces today.
according to him, it isn't that painful, just very 酸.
*shrugs*

let me tell you.
i got really pissed off, angry, agitated today that i was on the verge to cry.

do you know that kind of anger?
it's like no other way to express it except to cry.

i got my pay at the music school today.
and i realised that because 2 of my students didn't pay their dec school fees, i didn't get my share too.

wtf.

it's not as if i'm the one who is collecting the fees from them you know.
how the fuck do i know that they have outstanding fees??

do you have any idea how i spent my sundays stuck in a bloody studio to teach like 8 students and my pay there is like just a mere 100 bucks more than teaching 2 students privately?

that's not all.

i went back for a semniar today.
and got questioned by XX why this particular student of mine is losing interest in piano.

wtf.

i asked that kid like from the very beginning.
she doesn't even like piano alright.
so obviously the parents are the ones who want the kids to come for lessons.

and now you're questioning me WHY she is losing interest?
how can you bloody lose interest when there isn't any to speak of??????!!!!!

guess what XX ask me to do?
she said that once i detect that the child is losing interest, i should stuff those interesting, disney, pop songs to her.

hello?!!!
have you ever thought about things from my prospective??

the parents are like so damn eager to have their kid starting on her grade 1 you know.
i'm like fucking under stress to push her for the exam which is coming in aug/sept.

what's worse.
i got to like "test water" first right?
like make the girl learn scales, start on the pieces before i can really tell if she's up to it right?

yes.
and the damn closing date for registration for the exam is like 6 feb?

i myself am on a tight schedule and the girl herself isn't absorbing things well.
and now you still want me to teach interesting pieces.
you tell me.
the 45 minutes lesson a week is like eternity or what?!

i just teach a simple like crazy c major scales also take up like 15 minutes?
and excuse me..
somemore hands separately ok.

XX is really sounding like nonsense okay.
you know what she said?

she said it's ok if the kid [any random kid] cant read notes, at least the kid can play the song and that parents are happy that their children can play richard clayderman songs even if they can't read notes.

are you kidding me??!
you mean parents will be happy if their child can recite a story or whatever even though they cant read the words?

then why is it that a significant number of parents are asking the teachers in the school why their children cant read notes????

nvm..
XX also said that kids who are able to read notes, on the other hand might not be able to play richard clayderman songs.

what rubbish is that?
where got people can read notes, but cant play one????

do you know that there is this student in the school who learnt how to read notes after completing grade 8?
that's how serious the problem is okay.

the parents of that particular kid who is losing interest is another ARGH!!!
on this hand, they keep questioning me why the kid cant read notes.
on the other, they tell XX that the kid is losing interest.

omg.
omg.
i really fucking pissed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

why am i getting myself stuck in this bloody school!
when i've got to monitor if parents pay the fees on time,
when i've got to make sure kids are forever having that interest,
when i've cant teach the way i want..

the list goes on and on.
there are so many restrictions for the damn sucky pay i get.

FUCK MAN!!!
FUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

the thing about teaching older kids is that they hardly or never call you teacher.
so i was quite shocked when one of my kids called me that [which she never did before].

"teacher.. i've got this score of twilight's bella's lullaby song. can you teach me?"

obviously the teacher has to agree right?
sadly, i've not seen the movie nor read the book,
hence am very bewildered by the big hoo ha over this twilight episode.

i asked her for the address of the website she got the score from and am now trying to decipher it.
am like trying to find the original soundtrack for the song.
but seems like those that i've listened so far doesn't match with the score!

so i searched in youtube, as advised by that kid.
and i found quite a bit of music tutorials!

omg.
i can't believe it man.

thinking that it's very amusing, i clicked on 2 random videos that claimed to be able to teach you how to play this song called "river flows in you".
one video was even titled 'River flows in you tutorial (for stupid people)'?

so i thought this tutorial targeted at stupid people ought to be easy enough for people with no music background.
the entire video is like 4.55mins and i couldn't even get past the second minute.

it's just fucking dumb lar.
how can anyone ever learn like this??!!!
unless:
1. your fingers coordination is good and
2. your sense of rhythm is fab and
2. your ability to learn by hearing is there.


so here is the video that is meant for stupid people.



seriously, after watching it for like slightly past 1 min,
i'm thinking to myself that i must be really stupid to even click on this.

if anyone without music background managed to learn how to play the piece just with this tutorial,
you're obviously NOT stupid.

plenty to blog about despite the last entry being 2 days ago.
some 惊爆 updates within this entry.

惊爆的程度就得看你和我熟的程度了.
读的懂就是读的懂.
不懂再读还是不懂的.
so..不要较劲脑汁想我讲的人事物是什么.


[[ thursday ]]

was telling muay fan that irene said that david is going to get married.
so was like discussing about that.
like how suddenly everyone is like so old and stuff.

then it suddenly stuck me that luckily things didn't work out with mr stone.
it's like.. he's approaching 30!
omg.
that's like freaking old can?
[ pls understand that i'm still stuck at the stage whereby i think i'm 20.]

muay fan replied "isn't it good to have a bf more mature than you?"

oh..
yea true.
but somehow this statement sounded really interesting.

anyway, i bought a new eye shadow from mac that day.
nice!
it's like greyish.. with perhaps a tinge of silver.

the best buy of the day got to be the new duster from magiclean [however you spell it].
hahaha!
you know.. the one that is being advertised on tv?
yeup.

thumbs up for the product.
it's pretty fun!
try it if you're interested.


[[ friday ]]

i got a sms from francine in the late evening, asking if i wanted to meet up with her and a couple of my 1st 3 months friends.

guess what?
my 亲爱的 was said to be going!

would i go?
of course not!

alright.
it isn't as though i would go if my 亲爱的 isn't going.

but still..
it's "fun" just to make things sound as if i badly want to go, yet because of 亲爱的's presence, i couldn't go.

gathering was never my cup of tea.

talking about gathering.
recently, zei decided that he would go organise a gathering for the few of us.
i must say.. this is one gathering i'm most willing to go.

but.
the thing is..
i'm always not free on those days he proposed we have the gathering on.

it got to the extent that he got quite pissed and even questioned me outright if i miss him.
hahahaha!

in response to that 'if i miss him not' question,
i said '屁啦!!'
and he obviously got even more pissed than before.
damn funny!!


[[ saturday ]]

finally met up with pet after quite a long time.
and got each other the super belated new year's gift.
hahaha.

thank you my dearest pet for the bobbi brown kabuki brush.
i've been wanting to get that for months!

saw a super cute looking shih tzu walking along orchard road and wagging its feather duster looking tail.
omg.
damn cute!!
like DAMN you know!!!!

i so~~~ want to hug it!!!


alright.
that's about all for today.

p/s: the title isn't necessary related to the content of the entry at times.
*gee*

as i've said, i accompanied my bro to the dentist yesterday.
winnie came along as well.

so while he was like in the consultation room, having his teeth extracted,
we were outside waiting for me, laughing like crazy [not at him] and taking pictures.
very mean hor?

anyway.
the photos are with winnie.
i shall post them when i get them.

nothing much..
just a dress, a somewhat storage container and a makeup book by kevin.

and ma was like freaking angry over the dress.
coz it's black.
and i initially intended to wear that for cny.

really wth man.
it's like so bang tan for what?
keep saying it's other people who are bang tan..
but actually it's her lar!!!

* roll eyeballs and flutter eyelashes *

oh.
i bought a SCENTED candle from sephora.
grapefruit flavour.

i came home happily and lighted it up.
and my room ended up with some char da bi instead of grapefruit scent.
another wth.

whatever.

i've just discovered that 3G is really a very good service.
coz i can always video call pet and ask her if whatever im trying/buying is nice/ worth buying.
hahaha..

shall go off and prepare to meet muay fan later.
i can't help but say this.
i'm sick of shopping for things i dislike.
it's such a chore!!!

my bro came back from his dental appointment and announced that he has to have 4 of his teeth plucked out by this week.
he's going to put on braces next week you see..

yesh..
so he's in to pluck 2 of them tmr.

that's like so damn scary to me.
though it isn't as if mine are the ones going to be plucked out.
but still.. i feel nervous for him.

bull shit to those who say that plucking tooth doesn't hurt.
that's probably because you were plucking those baby teeth that were already shaky.

老娘 myself had an adult tooth plucked before when i was in primary 4.
wah... really 痛到~~~老娘大哭!!

what nonsense about the 麻醉药 reducing your pain and blah blah..
please lor.. the 麻醉药 itself already hurts like crazy!

the best part was that the damn dentist had the cheeks to ask me if i wanted to keep the tooth.
what the hell right??!

anyway..
because of my horrible tooth plucking experience,
i feel alot for my bro.

hence, i've decided to accompany him tmr.
obviously, i've got no guts to go into the room to "watch" the process.
just stay outside and 在精神上支持他.
hahahaha!

yuep..
and guess what?

we're going for shopping after his teeth extraction.
hahaha.
what a wonderful ending to this painful, bloody teeth extraction episode right??

the day wasn't bad.

my day at prelude was fine..
after which, i went to get those ingredients for those cny goodies that muay fan and i intend to bake.

i've not seen her for very long.
shall not say much about it.
whatever it is, i've more or less accepted her reason.

anyway.
as i said.. the day wasn't too bad.

then.
this idiotic parent had to sms me to ask me for make up lesson.
what the hell.

i'm like forever stuck with at least one such idiotic parent.
very 烦 one you know..

the best part is she's asking me how i am going to makeup for the cny eve lesson.
what the hell.
majiam i will 私吞 the lesson.

i told her that i would make up on the fifth week of march because:

1. my lessons are all back to back.
i can't possibly make up by extending her kid's lesson.

actually.. it's possible.
if i want.

but sorry.
老娘就是不要.
怎么样?

2. she asked me if i could make up on one of the sat, meaning to make up asap instead of waiting till march.

please..
i already 明讲说 i only teach on sundays.
which part of the sentence do you not understand??

are you crazy to ask me to go all the way down to teach your kid for a mere 30 mins and head all the way back again?

i don't happen to live next to square 2, you know?
even if i do, you can be dead sure i still won't agree to do a make up lesson for just one kid.

* roll eyeballs and flutter eyelashes *

so again.
i reminded her that i only teach on sundays.

i'm such a horribly busy person alright.
[i'm pretending to be one.. so what? ]
if you want to have that damn lesson made up,
please kindly adhere to my arrangement.
thank you very much.

super pissed off.
honestly, when you're faced with such parents, no matter how the kid perform, be it good or bad, you will start to dislike the kid.

when you start to dislike the kids,
you get impatient with them,
every mistake made by them will be magnified,
you can't wait for the class to end, despite it being only 30 minutes.

yesh..
so next time when you guys are parents,
please kindly cooperate with your kids' teachers.

we've got a life you know.
not just a whole lifespan of making up and making up and making up lessons.

* roll eyeballs and flutter eyelashes again *

just read the recent entries on sunya's blog.

no idea why when i came to this part where she mentioned "說真的JC的日子滿sucks的 但是你讓我覺得我沒白上。",
i just had this urge to cry.

yes.
jc的日子烂透了.
烂鄙了.
never at any point in life did i experience so many changes.

yes.
it's also the people i've met whom makes life then better.
at least some of them are here to be part of my life that's remaining.

不必费力气..
就一只手的手指头.
sunya, xue feng, agnes and lau.

这几只小猫应该有让我的 jc 生活更worthwhile.

i actually only slept 5 hours of my new year day away!
unbelievable!
esp when on average, i sleep more than 8 hours of a day away.

some 不可思议 stuff happened on new year's eve.
but it's far too long a story for me to narrate here.
i shall update those i want when i meet up with them.
easier than having me typed the long story away here.

anyway.
i woke up at 6.30am on new year day itself.
took a cab down to 阿姨's place.

to do what you ask..
to watch tv.

believable not??

actually i guess nobody really expected me to execute the plan.
but yes.
i did!

with that, i spent practically the rest of my day there.
watching tv.
please tell me i had a good start this new year.
hahaha!

anyway, we celebrated ah ma's birthday at night.
the meal was really good.
just that it's damn cramp with 15 people sitting at the same table at dinner.

xf told me that lau sent a mass email to all of us.
but i was like...
i never receive eh.

realised that he sent it to my old email address only after xf forwarded me the mail.
seriously.
his mass email makes me think that he's really going somewhat senile.

next up.
i heard from mrs ang that vivian just joined prelude.
wow...
quite surprised.

apparently she has already started teaching on sunday.
but i didn't see her.
probably i was stuck inside the studio teaching.

recently, not much grumble on prelude.
i'm more or less left on my own.
that's good.

i don't like to be interfered.
and most importantly.
i've learnt how to accept that i can't teach the way i think works.
just teach the way i'm paid to teach.

what's more.
i'm getting lazier and lazier.

i started teaching on friday nights and sundays from 10-6pm.
then i cut down by teaching only on sundays from 10-5.30pm.

now?
10-4.45pm on sundays.
i told lori that my last student would be at 4.45pm and not to give me any more new students after 4.45pm.

next?
i will ask my last 2 students to come half hour earlier and end at 4.15pm.
hahaha.

well..
that's about all for now.
happy new year to everyone.
may the coming year be a fruitful one!