March 2006 Archives

I've missed a lot of blogging, mostly because my hosting upgraded some items and then totally forgot to upgrade the perl package as well. Yes it seems I'm the only hostee here using perl to blog. WHAT!!! Forget bout that.. let us continue to the stories....

Things I did and happened while I was away.... 1. I went to Sri Tujuh Beach at Tumpat for my school's Leadership Camp. Was the facilitator there. The camp is actually for the school leaders, i.e the prefects and what nots.. we had fun there (more like I did and they suffered). The students was constantly under pressure to be on time and everytime, especially because the first thing we did was to strip them off their watches and lend them 1 watch each night so they wont be late for subuh prayers. The activity was really packed and gruelling from activitiy to activity there's not even enough time to think. A few friends and I handled the morning session, my part was to do some stretching with them.. that's it. Then I'll pass the baton to a friend who will do physical exercises with them. Those physical exercises are really tiring.. heheh.... the apex of it all is the last night, it started with a sombre enough activity which will force them to rethink on what and who they are and followed by a blind folded solo drop at the beach that will last till 1 AM, and then still blind folded they will have another activity at the hall that will continue until 4.30 AM in the morning. I failed at that one, was so damn tired, I bailed out at 3 AM. We packed and left for home the next day.

2. Got my first pay + the backdated one that I was due. Was so glad of it all, splurged a hundred over on the car for a new floor mat and get it all cleaned up.. hehe will spent a few more ringgit to fix the alignment, yes the terrain I drive thru is a bit torturous for my car.

3. Will be packing off to my KPLI convocation at the college next week. Have already applied for a leave. The principal said something about signing it the other day. Wonder if it's approved or not, I guess she'll approve it anyway. Have already gotten myself the bus tickets for the day. Was thinking of going by car but decided otherwise as I don't want to get there tired. Really looking forward to meeting all of my friends there, and on hearing all of their experiences so far. Only a few more days to go

Adieu

Just finished my volleyball coaching course, it was a tiring 3 day for me. (asyik kena lari keliling court je) The theory class was interesting, and very informative, learning volleyball strategies and all. But the crazy part is practical part, that one is damn tiring, running around, doing formations and all. But all that is over and I already sat for the theory and practical part of the test. Hoping that I do pass and get certified as a volleyball coach.

Talking of certs, got a letter from my College, asking whether I want to attend my convocation, called my lecturer to ask about the convocation. I might be going seeing that many of my classmates are going as well. Just a good time to reminisce our one year together

Adieu

Just started a one week school holiday, not going to be really holidaying though. I have a short course on Volleyball Coaching. I'm also helping out my seniors at the school in doing their master assignments. The assignments are all in English, and they needed help in translating the related articles.

Talking about short courses and masters, I've always dwelt on the need to further my studies, at least getting a masters degree. My general feeling is that, a teacher's education is and never will be complete, you need to continually educate yourself in order to teach/understand students better. In that point of view, why not get a masters in the process, something to show for all your efforts.

Nevertheless, there's that itch at the back of the neck, what type of masters do I want, a Educational Management masters or a TESOL masters, or maybe even an IT in Ed masters? Guess I will have to think deep on where I want to go from here. An administrator? a true to the bone English teacher or a mix of IT/English teacher. Now that's a very hard question to answer. Lucky that I still have a few more years to think on it. (most univ needs 2/3 year experience in teaching in order to get into a M.Ed program)

But for now, I'll just concentrate on finishing the assignments and being a certified volleyball coach.

Adieu