I think I'm already immune to the irresponsible and crazy antics of my korean bosses because I find myself surprisingly calm despite their latest screw-up. I'm supposed to work at their Paya Lebar centre on Mondays and was told by the female boss to do 12-hrs shifts there for 3 Mondays starting from last Mon. So, i dragged myself outta bed early this morning ( i take abt 1hr 15mins to get to PL from my place) and lo and behold, what do i arrive to?? A closed centre. Called my male boss (because he runs this branch) and he tells me that there are no morning classes today and i am just supposed to work the usual afternoon hours. When I tell him that I am already at the centre and asked him why no one informed me that i don't have to work this morning, he's tells me surprisingly that his wife or their assistant was supposed to do so last week and starts apologising. Why am I not furious at this stupid screw-up which wastes my time, energy and money traveling from west to east back to west and to east again in the afternoon and back to to the west later at night?!?! Probably because I know I just have to endure another few days of this crappy bull before I bid this hellhole goodbye.

On a side note, I will miss the students when i leave because i really like most of them. If only the centre was run by decent folks.

Some of my students munching on x'mas candy during class:

Cheol Hee (initially quiet and shy but full of drama antics when he gets familiar with u)


Ji Tae & Jun Seok (extremely adorable and likeable boys who are in s'pore for a month or 2 for the English crash course)


Geun Tae (one of my fave students)


Super mischievous but extremely adorable Min Ji

It's Christmas but i feel like crap right now; throat's hoarse to the max and my body feels like an overworked grandma's. Plus i'm still extremely pissed with the fact that i experienced the shittiest Christmas Eve ever last night, all thanks to my shitty korean boss. Worked 12 hrs yesterday (yes, there's no 1/2 days when you're working with koreans) and the fact that 1 teacher was on leave meant that the bulk of all the teaching went to me, eventhough there was another teacher on duty too. Reason? I'm the newer teacher and the quiet sort and the boss thinks it's easy to take advantage of me. Something which she's been doing the past 2 weeks. I taught a record high number of students yesterday and was the last teacher to be let off. Didn't even have time to catch a bite/drink or even go to the toilet for 6 hrs straight because the students kept piling up on me. Wtf? She thinks she's running a prison camp or what? I was so exhausted to the point that i had no appetite for the x'mas dinner prepared by my mom last night and i headed straight to bed feeling crappy and feverish all over. Thank goodness the fever and body aches have gone away after a proper night's sleep though I still feel sick.

Whatever, am just gonna quit on the spot when i get my pay next week. Was initially thinking of quitting only after i get a new job but i've seriously had enough bull from these people.

I'm this close to going mad. After working non-stop for almost 12 hrs today, i can't seem to fall asleep. Reached home ard 9pm, ate dinner, bathed & went to bed ard 10pm. And 3 hrs later, i still can't sleep which is freaking annoying because i am 101% exhausted, mentally & physically. I'm soo tired that i had difficulty keeping awake and concentrating during my last lesson but now im wide awake though im positively sure that my brain's already shut down, plus i can feel the start of a migraine throbbing its way through my head again. And the shitty thing is, i have another 12-hr work shift again tmr!!! ARGH, i just want to fly away to some paradise place & sleep my time away. Really am so stressed up recently; the migraines are more and more frequent and i've lost 3kg in a month or 2. Don't know how long i can continue stomaching this kinda crazy work schedule; just feel like quitting at the end of the month.

Happy holidays NOT!

My body's like a magnet for ailments. Just when the nasty tongue ulcer is gone, a serious case of rashes started on my right leg last week & i have no idea what caused it. Could have been some insect bite or allergy reaction and it was itching like mad the first couple of days. Thank goodness the itch is gone and the swelling has subsided now.

Anyway, the very familiar sense of tiredness (which i experienced with my previous job) is creeping up on me again now that i'm scheduled to work frm 9.30 in the morn till 8.30 at night (with only a 30min lunch break in between) thrice a week. Even though my workplace's a mere 10mins away and i get paid for the extra hours, I still hate working mornings & 12-hour shifts. My boss' a real slave-driver & i wonder whether all or most Korean employers are like that? 'Cause according to my mom, Koreans are known for exploiting their workers. Just hope i dont have to put up with this crappy work schedule for long. Hopefully the job market'll improve next month :(

Pls let more good stuff happen before the year ends

The ulcer on the under side of my tongue is really killing me. I can't even speak without wincing in pain and the pain is so sharp that it makes my head hurt. shit. I positively loathe ulcers, esp those on the tongue 'cause they impede my eating!!

Anyway, my all-time favourite month is coming up soon, can't wait! Just a pity that i won't be traveling out of s'pore though :(

Good morning world (by moi)!


Gasps! I bought another bunny? Nah, just played host to the little guest for about a week and a half as my friend was abroad. Doesn't he look just like my bunny? He's alot more energetic (well my bun's already an old boy in the rabbit world) though not as friendly and approachable as my bun.


I'm getting fed-up with my job search. There seems to be little or no jobs related to my area of interest available and the people i've sent my resumes to are taking eons to reply. Just feel so annoyed and pissed at current which is crap since I usually start to feel jovial this time of the year.

Nov updates

One of the good things about my current job is that I get to read novels..a lot of novels. But the sad thing is that most of the books are superficial, unrealistic kinda fairy-airy tales and worse still, with grammatical errors (I know im stereotyping but I wouldn't have expected more from most American writers). Well...it's expected given that the large majority of the books are for lil' kids but i was expecting more decent novels for the higher level students which isn't really the case, though there are exceptions like "The Giver" (by Lois Lowry) which I've just finished reading. It's been ages since I've read a u/dys-topian novel and I remember being irritated with this genre after studying too many of such texts for Lit during A'levels.

Anyways, I really enjoyed "The Giver" and I don't know why critics say that it's too blatant a novel when I find the themes & events more subtly portrayed as compared to similar books like "1984". Sure, it's not as "deep" and layered as say "Brave New World", which I think was where Lowry got the idea/basis for her book but still, it's a good book for older kids (& even adults) provided they are able to comprehend & analyse the themes and events, which i seriously doubt my students currently in this level are able to. Can't really blame them though since they're mostly 11-13 yr olds.

SWs & B

I'm getting sick of eating sandwiches almost every other day (even though it's the easiest thing to whip up for lunch). And i've gotten used to having a tiny can of beer every other night b4 bed...

Pls dont let me have a beer belly!!