忙碌的星期六

It's been months since I teach in Nanyang Primary School. Used to go Nanyang Primary School frequently but I had stopped due to some reasons.

I knew Mr. Alex (my boss) for almost 5 years since I was still studying in ITE Yishun. I was in the School Robotic Team and Mr. Alex was the one who provides us the robots for numerous competitions. Of cause my team had won numerous awards too... hehe.... (I will upload photos of those awards soon).

After graduated from ITE, I worked part time for him to teach Robotics in primary schools as well as enrichment centre. From there i gained lot of experiences. Experience like how to handle a class and do presentation etc. Mr. Alex called me up recently and said that he need manpower for the Robotic Selection (05012008 & 12012008). Since i have nothing much to do for Saturday, i decided to help him. The session only last from 9am to 12pm.

The aim for today's session is to choose the best students for the School Robotic Team. So my jobs are to choose the capable student to go for school team. I hander 16 students and in the end, I only select 5 for the school teams. It's been a busy morning, so I forgot to take photos with the cute little boys and girls. Ha-ha... One of the reasons I like to teach is because I love kids. Hehe... They are so cuteeeeee...........

After the class, I went to have my lunch at nearby cafe "Penang Kitchen" with my friend. We had Penang fried kway teow, Penang prawn mee and fried rice. I miss Penang food and that's why I choose "Penang Kitchen". “Penang Kitchen”’s fried kway teow taste like those in Penang and that’s the reason why I choose to eat there.

Malaysia’s Fried Kway Teow is different from Singapore. Singapore’s Fried Kway Teow is sweeter while Penang's Fried Kway Teow is more salty. Both are nice but I still prefer sweet Fried Kway Teow, hehe...

After my lunch, I went to visit my grandmother and uncle at whampo. My uncle’s health is not in good condition. He just had eye and stomach operations. Hoping he can recover soon. As for my grandmother, she is very healthy. Few years ago, she tried to killed herself two times and the reason for commit suicide is that she don’t want to give my uncle extra burden. But her life is strong, she survived from both suicides.

The first suicide was by drinking a bottle of detergent and another time by chocking herself with bread. I remembered I visited her in hospital, and I couldn’t stop dropping my tears. I regretted not be able to visit her often. That’s why I tried to visit her once every month since then.
After nagging at her, she stopped committing suicides and carry on with life. But we all know that her mind is full of ‘die, die and die’. Ha-ha… I asked her to wait for me to earn money so I can bring her back to China, Teochew to visit our relative there. And she replied ‘ok ok’. Ha-ha… so cute little girl… By the way, she is 98 years old already and her IC shows 100 years old.

I do not know how to speak Teochew and guess how i communicate with her? Ha-ha... in hokkien plus a bit Teochew. I am trying to learn Teochew from my father. As a Teochew "lang", I should know how to speak Teochew. A Teochew can't speak Teochew is just like a Chinese can't speak Mandarin. Hehe... So "ma lu"