Haze

The haze is back every other day, and the PSI is shooting up to over 100 occassionally. Today is one of these days and the current PSI is at 113 (3pm). Sigh..

Effects of haze:
1. My mind and brain turns hazy.
2. The smoky smells suffocates me, making the air stuffy.. especially in the afternoon.
3. I have to give up on outdoor sports and activities, draw the curtains and switch on the air-con to combat the bad air.
4. As far as I can remember, the last time it was this hazy was during my O levels. Erm...seems like a long time ago. But anyway, the haze just reminds me of my secondary schooling days.
5. I kept wishing that either it stops, or shoots up so much more that school closes. Heheh...

Triskaidekaphobia

There's all kind of phobia in this world, since human beings are naturally paranoid creatures.

A few days ago it was Friday the 13th, legendary a very unlucky day. I managed to survive through the day without much harm, other than screaming at kids for most part of the day (maybe they're the unlucky ones). And now introducing a new term that I've learnt from my sis's MSN nickname: triskaidekaphobia

Main Entry: triskaidekaphobia
Pronunciation: "tris-"kI-"de-k&-'fO-bE-&, "tris-k&-
Function: noun
Etymology: New Latin, from Greek treiskaideka thirteen (from treis three + kai and + deka ten) + New Latin phobia
: fear of the number 13

I really wonder what these people do on the 13th day of every month.. hide under the bed??

Do you know that some famous people like Napoleon and Franklin D. Roosevelt were triskaidekaphobic? Hmm..maybe it does pay to be superstitious, somehow you'll become successful and famous.

Sianz..

Have you ever experienced this feeling? The feeling that you don't wish to go to work anymore. The feeling that you just want to laze in bed, play games, idle around.. and sadly, its not even mid-week.

Or it may be the feeling that you don't wish to do ANYTHING AT ALL. Just wishing the day will pass unnoticed.

The feeling that life is nothing fantastic, there's no motivation to keep you going.

I just experienced that kind of feeling, but I don't wish to say life sucks because I know for that fact that my life really doesn't. I hope that tomorrow I'm going to wake up and meet my students with much zest and enthusiasm again. Go go go!!

Short Notes

While waiting for the bell to ring, I have this sudden urge to blog. I'm at work actually, feeling quite happy as it's already the last and final week of lessons before we break for PSLE markings and exams.

It's revision, revision and revision this week. I really glad the haze had cleared these few days, otherwise it's just going to give me more headaches on top of the markings that I have to complete by the end of the week. All the backlogs..arghh..

In class its also quite chaotic as papers are flying around. I hate this part of the year when we give back all the worksheets, do corrections and file them step by step (some kids can never keep in steps). For primary school kids, it's a lot of spoonfeeding. We punch holes for them, we even keep all the files and worksheets in class in case they'll lose it once they bring the files home.

I wonder why during our times the children are much more responsible and independent. Pondering..