It's only with the HEART one can see rightly, what is essential is invisible to the eyes.
真正重要的东西是肉眼无法看见的,只有用心灵才能看清事物的本质。
~Le Petit Prince, novel by Antoine de Saint Exupery~
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Monday, January 31, 2011

Teaching Life, great one!

Wow, so...... CUTE!!!

Time really flies fast...  I've been teaching at SJK( C )Mawai since 4 weeks ago. The school is located in a rural area which takes time about half an hour to reach there by car. There are only a sum of 36 primary students and 7 teachers including me. I'm so impressed by the students' politeness. Unlike students in the town, they always greet each other and quite obedient. The primary 1 students are not only cute but also naive. I like them the most.

My task is to teach BC, Mathematics, Science and Music of primary 5 and 6. Furthermore, I also teach Mathematics and P.Moral of primary 1. Undoubtedly, I've managed to gain first-hand experience of formal teaching. Of course, I realise that teaching is not as easy as ABC. Now, I can put myself in the shoes of my previous teachers. Only by now, I understand the obstacles faced by my teachers during their teaching.

Although I'm burdened with a lot of works, I enjoy teaching very much. I'm very satisfied especially when the students can understand and answer the questions well after listening to my teaching. Besides, whenever I present story-telling to primary 1 students, they sit quietly around me and listen carefully. Some of them even volunteer to tell me about their stories in front of the other students. Such activity gets me closer to them. What an effective way of communication!!

My mother always advise me to teach with love, "Be a teacher whom the others respect and not to be afraid of."

"Yes, I will."


Jin Yuan (left) and Wen Bing (right). They are my favourite cute-looking primary 1 students!!


Mawai school teachers with a pair of twins and two pairs of 龙凤胎. Fantastic!!!




Thursday, December 23, 2010

Winter Solstice

Chinese celebrate Winter Solstice (冬至) on 22nd of December every year. Of course, there is no exception for today. According to Chinese belief, this is the day which has the longest night length throughout the whole year. During Winter Solstice, Chinese families have to make sticky rice ball. Some elder people even say that the number of rice ball consumed represents one's age. For example, if you are 33 years old, you have to eat 33 rice ball on this day. However, I always eat more rice ball when compared to my age. Haha...><

My mother cooked the sticky rice ball for us this morning.