For one, I was sick on my birthday, which I was supposed to attend tuition. Having missed so much fun around in woodlands. For another, I was sick again, but I chose to attend tuition today, and chose to teach Shuy Hui although I know I have my own limits. But I enjoyed helping her.
Maybe I shall post my sentiments I had on rsphi tuition.
Ever since I joined RSPHI, I clearly know that some of my time will be taken away. However, this has somehow been a large issue ever since I fell sick almost every other month. I still enjoyed it somehow, thanks to everyone out there who have given me enough understanding. Especially Kimphong for letting me bully all the time, but gives real good advices in my journey as a student, cum polar bear too. And Mabel, who has to attend to quite a number of my problems and nonsense all the while. Thank you so much!
Let's roll my time back to when I started... I remembered I came to the recruitment drive with Yanting and Zhiying, along with the welcome tea. That time I kind of couldn't make up my mind of which to join. I chose RSPHI because not only tuitions, sign language, and also we have quite a number of opportunity to join performances as I would wanna do something during my uni days. Long ago, I had always love singing and wish to join some bands in uni, singing chinese pop songs. However, I couldn't seem to find any in NTU and given my voice, my stamina... I have to give up this thought of singing. So I chose signing instead of singing (though the spelling looks almost the same with "is it an typo error" questions you get all the time) I find that song signing, not only can raise awareness about deaf culture, and also it can helps to express your feelings that cannot described using words out in a song to everyone out there watching the performance. I step into the interview room, well I didn't wait for long. Then the two most zhong liang ji cum da pai coordinators interview me (I still don'tknow xue fen that time). I had much wanted to go Clementi because it is nearer to my house. They offered me Farrago but I rejected, so I chose to go to Sembawang instead. It's like ending up with that no choice decision. A few days later, Zhang Wei rang me up and accepted me. Til then, I am always bothered about thoughts of couldn't make it into Clementi. But somehow tuition has not started, so I just let go with it.
Then came BS1. I enjoyed every lesson of it with Lily. Make a few friends in my class because I don't really know them well. In the class with majority of TPY-ers, I always sit alone or not, with Isaac practising away. I wasn't keen on the thought of going VOC because there is so many people (more or less) I guessed, use sick as a reason not to turn up. However, I just ying zhe tou pi and attend with YanTing that time. Got to know KimPhong (who looked so young at that time but actually is a graduating student) and Zhangwei, and EnChen plus some other seniors who help to start Sembawang centre (at that time). And also, I got to know some good friends around in our batch. People like MunLing, Li Wei, Lay see and Wanlu (left not long ago then), and Chasoon, Benson and also our Mabel! The games were rather fun and not tiring. I always hated the tiring part in camps like that. But VOC has given me a rather good impression. For one reason, our GL (KP) was not very very enthu and high (Okay he is enthu and high) but not that kind of extreme state like those people on ectasy. You know? the caring kind... hmmm. I know I am quiet at that time because I just got to know people, I won't "release" so much of my true colours yet. However, I still enjoy being with them at least. Well, wait til tuition starts before my Saturdays are burnt out. I was thinking that, given the fact our centre is so small, we could bond together easily?
Next up was the highlight of our year in RSPHI. Christmas Song Sign! I didn't know that KP is in the same song as me. Through that month we bonded together as Polar Bear in Last Christmas. I really enjoyed everything of it. Then was centre exchange, that was I met some other centre people but we still don't know each other well then.
It was Sem 2 then, when tuition has officially started for us. One thing was that Sembawang was officially known as Woodlands and it was so much convenient for me, and other people as well. I was quite nervous during that period if I could adapt to my tuitee. Got to know Sheryl. She was rather good, don't need signing, just a little bit patient with explaining more difficult concepts. And once her mum called me to thank me for her help that she said she liked my style of teaching. Or kind of, listen to me.. that kind of comments from her mum. Hmmm, that was the kind of satisfaction I got. Same like the case of Mabel and Yong Chong. So the tuition continues on and on. In the middle was preparation for I Hear you. It was also fun working together with the TPYers. Since then, I was very glad I chose Woodlands because of the wonderful friends I made. One year has passed and our ZW has to step down. Mabel and MH stepped up to be our second generation centreheads! I am sure they could really do a good job than me as I was also one of the nominees when I thought I did nothing at all. I gave up that thought of CH totally because I know I don't have that kind of motivation and strength as other people have. The time consumed has always been an issue to me as I always fall sick with hectic schedules during my summer holidays. Even up to now...
I find that teaching Sheryl has always been a responsbility to me, as her tutor, and as a future teacher-to-be. She has been used to my style and she understands me better than her teacher sometimes. It is the time issue for me as sometimes I do really need my Saturday afternoon badly to study. But sometimes I don't because Sat afternoon may be used for my nap. At least initially I thought Sat is like burnt out for me. But later on, I thought that it is a very good way to distress myself from stress I got from my abstract world of academic. At least I teach something that I understand, and I am not a good person with kids. Seeing Elhan, and the rest of the kids smiling at me during tuition dearly warms my heart, in that very cold Amazon room, especially after the twins join us, liwei and jerome too. I could never forget how Michelle was totally siann-ed after each session with Mahesh, timetables, counting money. How James become Daniel, and now james daniel (what a great pair I thought) I guess ChaSoon is suitable to teach Daniel. There was once I taught Shuy Hui when there were not enough tutors. And I was very scared when she is about to ask me physics. But thankgoodness she was doing Maths that time, my faute and also something I want to enlightened in people. Errr, I guess she enjoyed me teaching her too. HAHA, she may look serious but I can guarantee she is 1000 times better than another one. I taught her for another time last week (a short one hour) and also this week's too. I guess I am still not very good at Physics concepts.
Let me see, I looked after haziq a few times. Shuy Hui two times. I guess I have interact with other tutees as well too. I have totally enjoyed my days there with Mabel, Shelvi, Mun Ling, Liwei, Menghwee, Chasoon, benson, Michelle, Lynn , uncle Jeremy, uncle Kimphong, zhang wei, enchen and Jeremiah! Ooh, and I found another two cat lovers in woodlands too! Meow!
I guess I should really continue staying on to teach Sheryl. I don't want her to left with any other tutors that don't suit her and she will start becoming lazy and lazy. A Maths is no joke! Plus at the same time, I can train myself to become a good teacher too! I shall restate my stand that, I will not quit RSPHI as for now. But I will not join anymore activities except for new year song sign, the new farra-land event Hark, and BS3 (if there is), and tuition?. I do really wanna see Woodlands progress and accompany our centreheads as they "slog" together. =P As for the issue of tuition, I will re-think again after exams are over because I guess I should concentrate on my studies first. In addition, yesterday is our last day at Woodlands library. I am so gonna miss that place ever. Where will our venue be next year? Still remains a question. Tuition next year will definitely be different again, with the next batch of juniors, new students... Tuition? I will consider it again, discuss with my parents and friends and fellow rsphi-ians. If I were to stay on, I hope that I am allowed to take a break during the time that I cannot cope with myself and studies.
May the Woodpeckers tok tok tok all the way...
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment