Only in the agony of parting do we look into the depths of love.
George Eliot
Today was my ‘retirement day’
from teaching practice after 2.5 months of teaching:-( Before we started our teaching practice, it seemed to take forever. Haiz…kau meng ah…(HELP…ah) Benjie and I were always looking forward to our last days at the school. Indeed, it was a very short practice. Thinking back, I guess I will miss my students a lot despite them being barbarians at times. YoY. I woke up very early in the morning today because I have yet to finish marking my students’ books…essays..I dislike marking copyrighted essays. Not only one or two but at least 10 which were exactly the same. 
Then, getting ready to go shopping for gifts for my students for all their hard work though I have no idea what to give them. Snacks? …Nah…My bro noted that they are little kids no longer. I cracked and cracked my head. I ended 
paying through my nose for the gifts on Wednesday. Say to sad, I didn’t give them those gifts because Benjie noted they seemed like for kids. He was shocked at first wen I gave him free preview of the gifts. Haiz.. I was hurt. I even showed them to Ms. Atrah and a student of mine. They were shocked as well. I was crushed. even I myself knew this but excuse me for being childish. I can’t help not being childish. At first, I really thought of holding a party but my request was being rejected totally…*sighed*That’s why I have to go shopping again. I’ll just buy snacks la. Though I really wanted to give each and everyone of them self-made bookmarks( no time to make la…47 of 
them, die). Naturally, we teachers will tend to give gifts to our favourite students or the students who performed the best etc, however after looking at my students, I’d a change of mind. They competed against each other like nobody’s business in every task that’s given to them. Proof? Treasure Hunt that I conducted yesterday. They were so mischievous. I kinda lost my temper in the middle of the game but at the same time trying to control my laughter. I ended up buying gifts for evione in the class because I sayang them. Besides, dun you think it’s very unfair to other students whose english proficiency is low? It’s not their fault anyway. After all, they tried their best. I spent quite a lot wen it came to this but I dun mind it at all. Hence, off I go to shop at 9 sth in the morning. I timed myself that I will only take an hour to shop for I need to meet up with Benjie at 1 pm later at Pudu station. He’s so nice to volunteer to pick me up there (I 
hinted, hinted and forced him to do so or else…muahahaha) Wat to do…I can’t carry all my shopping luggage with me throughout 15 stations, I guess. Heavyla.. Besides, I have to clean the house for my siblings will be coming over this weekend. So many things to do in such a limited time. Unfortunately, I spent more than I was supposed to in the shopping centre. An hour and a half. Then boarded the wrong train before realising it. =.=. I bought so many things-4 huge plastic full of snacks etc. So heavy. Luckily, I din buy more despite the temptation. Getting off and boarding the next train took me 15 minutes. It’s 12.15pm by the time i reached my house. I was so so late. Of course I can’t go shopping with my skirts(formal wear…i hate that small piece of cloth) since I need to move around fast and it’s impossible for me to walk around with at least 30 exercise books in that piece of cloth. That’s why I need to go back to change. A good way to build up muscles though. *highly recommended* hahaha
Luckily, Benjie made me waited for him instead of the other way 
round because I couldn’t possibly made him wait for me since I was the one pestering him to fetch me at the first place. Both of us managed to made it in time to punch our cards. ^^ One minute before we’re both officially late. Hahaha. we were so lucky…
My students surprised me at the parking lot when they gave me a huge present. I was totally speechless at the sight of the present. It never crossed my mind that they will ever give me such a huge present. What did I do to deserve such a huge gift? I did admit that I was quite lenient with them. I was embarrassed. really…I thanked them. I was happy at the same time feeling a bit of worried at the gifts that I bought for them. It can’t be measure
d to such a huge present. I then told the kids to stay in the class during recess so that I could give them something. I don’t have any class that day so I really need to this despite I was forbidden to do so. Muahahaha. I’m too lazy to care. ^^
It’s a teddy bear, noted Benjie. It’s impossible, I said. It’s a teddy bear, noted Benjie again. 
Nah, I insisted. I bet it’s a very small gift and they used lots of newspaper to wrap it hence making it huge beyond comparison. This is because the gift was lighter than it looked.
Sorting out gifts was another hard thing to do because if I were to sort gifts according to the best group, it will be quite unfair to the others since the it so happens that the best kid was in that group, hence doing almost everything to herself(most of the time) while the rest of the members looked helplessly at her. Besides, it will be unfair if the winner group includes the students who refuse to pass up their work most of the time, if not copy people’s work all the time or pass up their work late. Hence, i ended up grouping the best students together whilst the ill-behaved students last. RIIINNNGGG! At last… The parting moment has come…With help of my students, we carried the snacks up and the huge present up( they wanted me to open it in front of them).
I gave them the snacks etc, took pictures with them and fooling around with them in the class. Then, it was time for mr to tear up the gift wrapper. But before that, I was asked to guess the present. I have no idea, I replied. Guessla…, they chorused. I was indeed no match for that pleading, excited eyes of theirs so I gave in by saying the first thing that comes to my mind. Teddy bear? At that moment, silence dawned. I looked at them. One of them managed to recover and said, ‘Ms. 107, you can guess whatever you want. Quick, open it.’ Then, out sprang…
my teddy bear…hahaha. I stared at the soft toy helplessly. So huge. I received other gifts as well. A bracelet with my name on it, a small cup, a book, pens, an album and a self-made scrapbook with pictures of them and their wishes not only to me but to Benjie in it. You can even find, questions like, ‘Is Benjie your boyfriend in it?’ I will definitely treasured everything that I shared with them forever. I will definitely miss them terribly. 
Minasan, arigatou gozaimasu. I appreciated it very much.
Parting is such sweet sorrow.
William Shakespeare
Puzzles? Hmm….Bingo? But I’m teaching Literature tomorrow. *sighed* Help me….I always do things last minute. It’s not that I dun want to do. It’s just that good ideas are hard to come by. Even though I have something in mind, I’ll still change it last minute. Last minute ideas are always the best. I will not settle for something that I thought of and be satisfied with it-Period!….I will still be thinking for other perfect ones until the day. That’s why I’m slow. Hence, I sleep lesser than any other people(I guess). My sleeping pattern is weird as well. The time when everyone is asleep, I’ll be burning midnite oil and vice versa. Hmm.. wat to do? I can’t think of anything. It’s not like I can’t think of anything, it’s just that I refused to do what other teachers will do. That’s so boring. *Yawning* 
Nite……
Imagine me staying put throughout the journey. Of course, u yourself might be shot by the unidentified bullet. Hey, u never noe…
Hopefully I can make it. Worst to worst, I’ll just read about it lo. ^^
Heehee^^
