how things......
how hearts have thawed out since the last talk..
how friends have come and gone..
how love has landed since the last meeting…
how ice has melted since the last conversation…
how things have changed since the last time am home
Better Year?
"Happy new year...hope it'll be a better year for all of us...bla bla bla"
Having received some texts with fairly similar subject this new year...made me think maybe some or most of us hope for the same wishes this year =)....
PS: happy birthday for YOU, too. hope you still enjoy all the 'same old ritual' on your b'day.....mimosa...
Happy Christmas to You...
not as a white Christmas
not walking in a winter wonderland
no frost...no snow..
Christmas here is hot,
with my singlet, shorts and thong =)
but still...Christmas (wherever it is) is always the same...
while all family and friends gather with all presents, kisses and hugs...
me miss fams, friends, beloved ones, and everything familiar back home *sigh*
wish u the very Merry Christmas...and best New Year ahead to come...
*this year indeed flies, doesn't it?*
-the man-
Aleshia: (in the car, on the way home, after her mum picked her up from school) We have new teacher, mummy. He is the man. The man wears the black pants and black shirt. The man is lovely.
Mummy asked Aleshia: Is he? How is he like? Did he play with you?
Aleshia: Yes. I played with the man today. He is a new teacher. I love playing with him. He made me the sand castle
Mummy: Wow. That's great, sweetie. What's his name?
Aleshia: Yes mummy, his name is the man.
Mummy: I know that, Aleshia. What is his real name?
Aleshia: Yes. His name is the man
*Aleshia is one the youngest in my class*
karena ga kerja hari ini g jadi bisa nyempetin buat nonton konser musik anak" SD n High School. seru..pas banget lagi school break juga n g nonton yang pertunjukan siang jadi kebanyakan yang nonton ibu bapak ama anak"nya, n orang" tua.
menarik juga karena ini juga jadi salah satu hiburan buat orang" tua, banyak mobil dari nursery home yang terparkir di luar gedung. mereka dikasih jatah ama pemerintah buat nonton. terharu juga ngeliat mereka nari" n tepuk tangan dengan hebohnya waktu ngedenger lagu" itu. lagu" itu emang familiar buat jaman mereka.
anak" juga terlihat senang sekaligus bangga bisa perform di panggung di dpn orang tua mereka n public tentu saja. kebanggaan tersendiri juga lho. jadi inget waktu g TK n SD gitu demen berat ikutan mentas. salah satu kebanggaan waktu kecil dulu hahaha... jadul jadul....
concert ini sebetulnya adalah salah satu program pemerintah buat juga buat nyari dan ngembangin bakat anak", juga buat menambah percaya diri mereka lewat nyanyi. anak" dari berbagai sekolah, ada dari public n private schools....mulai dari preschool sampe secondary school. semua numpuk.. pembukaan ama penutupan semua nyanyi bareng n total ada sekitar 200 orang anak. dengan baju warna warni gitu mereka ga cuma nyanyi aja. tapi juga sekaligus ada kabaret n mini opera gitu.
seneng banget ngeliat anak kecil dengan polos nya nyanyi, ada beberapa yang modal teriak n semangat waktu nyanyi, tapi itu semakin menambah kehebohan. ngeliat anak" maen alat musik sendiri...i wish i could play one of them *huks*, nari dengan heboh beserta segala atribut n kostumnya.
kebanyakan lagu yang dinyanyiin di
lagu" yang dinyanyiin antara laen adalah "side by side, won't you come home, Bill Bailey, Daisy, Fie Nay Prithee John, Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo, Sentimental Journey, That's Amore, I am going back again to Yarrawonga, Second Hand Rose, O Sole Mio" and masih banyak yang laen. Total ada 24 lagu yang mereka nyanyiin...
well...senang juga bisa nonton konser itu, g emang demen lagu" tradisional gitu soalnya. n atmosphere yang dikasih juga menambah suasana konser semakin meriah. ga rugi deh g ga kerja hari ini =). It’s my great privilege ad pleasure to spend my afro with these kids just to watch them ‘singing’……
belajar menulis
salah satu hal yang paling sering membuat kening berkerut di kelas skrg ini adalah mencoba untuk menebak apa siy yang ditulis anak"? mengingat mereka baru belajar menulis, jadi ya mesti pinter" nebak deh ceritanya
hari paling seru adalah hari jumat karena biasanya anak" udah ga sabar untuk nulis diary mereka. dinamakan diary karena mereka bebas untuk nulis apa adja. mulai dari rencana mereka di akhir minggu (ini yang paling sering mereka tulis), ato apa adja yang udah mereka lakukan sampai hari itu, ato apapun yang ingin mereka tulis.
alhasil selama session berlangsung, mereka selalu sibuk menulis, kelas hening sekali karena masing" sibuk mengarang, sibuk bengong mau nulis dari mana, atau ada yang dengan pelan" colek" untuk bertanya kira" apa yang mesti mereka tulis....
buat g sendiri, hal ini menantang sekali, karena bukan hanya mereka yang sibuk mengarang. g juga ;) karena mencoba untuk membaca apa yang mereka tulis itu sungguh bukan pekerjaan yang gampang. i really don't have any ideas on what they're writing sometimes ..
salah satu issue utama di kelas adalah adanya gap yg mayan gede antara slow learner ama bright students, jadi kita" bisa ngeliat bedanya handwriting mereka...
ini ada bbrp contoh tulisan yang gampang untuk ditebak sampe yang g ga pernah kepikiran sama sekali:
ini contoh tulisan Emma:
"I like my tiches. I riley like it here and I woud like to show my mum"
--> artinya pasti udah pada bisa nebak kan? yup..
klo yang ini punya Samantha:
"On the wcend, I will go tu de BoolandBronc Rodyo"
--> artinya On the weekend, I will go to the Booland Broncos Rodeo"
klo yang ini punya Brody:
"On satrdei, I em going to th shops wes mimum"
--> maksudnya On saturday, I am going to the shops with my mum
beda lagi lagi tulisan Jasmine:
"When I wos in granma's hous, I went to mcdonels. I had chips and tooey"
--> When I was in grandma's house. I went to McDonald's. I had chips and toy.
masih banyak lagi contoh' laen. unik dan menarik tulisan mereka. Kita" menikmati banget tulisan" mereka.
Ada beberapa anak yang masih menulis dalam bentuk scribbling n huruf berbentuk kotak, bulat, ato hanya garis panjang. Butuh perjuangan untuk bisa membaca tulisan mereka.
tapi g tetep semangat karena untuk mereka yg bener" blon jelas tulisannya, mereka biasa menggambar di bawah 'tulisan' mereka. Believe it or not....their pictures really told us what they're trying to write. At least they're showing their effort to reach their goal from their drawing and we truly value their achievements.....way to go , class...
To a wonderful friend....
do you think that we'll still be friends when we're lil' old ladies?
that we'll still get the giggles and laugh till our bellies ache?
do you suppose that we'll still talk for hours?
tell each other anything and everything, share worries and gossip over coffee and tea?
I do...I think we'll be friends forever...
thanks for telling that life (always) has its little oddities sometimes....
I love you....
The ratio...
I was trying (and am still) really frantically trying to determine the best ratio of how my mind works...
trying to get rid of my so-called suspicious, insensitive, sceptical, or cynical (of everything)....like they say, "Try to look at something from the positive side. Make some perspectives; look at from outside the circle. Try to listen. it's no use of asking people's thinking, eventually you still end up doing the same thing"
well...
When you see things go wrong, you try to say..."I think it's right, I think I took the right decision" bla bla bla..
When you realise, something has gone off track, it is not supposed to be like the way you wished, you may say..."I told ya or you're not supposed to do that at the first place'
When you think you'll succeed, someone may say, "Are you sure? you'd better think about it over and over again"
When someone you care say something, you may think, "he/she just wanna make me happy, just wanna please me...he/she didn't mean on what they said...they're just such a damn big deceiver..."
Well....what is defined as positive or negative anyway???? ...no matter how good or bad thing is...no matter how right or wrong it is....it's damn freaking me out...
...yeaaah...am still struggling. wish i could heal from this endless madness....and keep my mind (back) on track..