I've just finished cleaning/vacuuming and mopping the house.
There are a few more stuffs that I want to do before I feel as though I've totally cleaned the house, but I've got to get ready for my movie date with the 7 favouritest persons in my life. (Ryan is way up there that he's in another league altogether, ok!)
But, I decided to not sweat it too much. Must learn to let go of certain stuffs. Not too anal about stuffs cos I'll just get stressed and what do I get for that? More wrinkles.
And I SHOULD be getting ready by now cos my normal getting-ready time is 45mins-1hr. But ever since the boy entered my life, I can make do with 15 mins! Terrer eh? ;-)
ANd I figure, I should take this time to blog a little before I get caught up in the manic weekdays, as I usually do ever since the year started.
I had a wonderful time last night with Shahreil and friends last night.
I finally got my PRINTS wrapping paper for my record book @Citylink after 4 weeks of school term! I NEED to wrap my record book, so that I will feel more motivated to record my lessons for the week and dutifully submit it to my HOD every Monday morning. (ok! I lied, I always give it to her before I go home in the afternoon!)
Have I told you before that I LOVE PRINTS. I can stay there for hours just ogling and molesting those beautiful papers and books! I'd love it if for my birthday I get nothing but papers after papers after papers from PRINTS! (hint hint)
Both Shahreil and Shahrul said that it's ridiculous that I'm paying so much (it's just $4!) for a wrapping paper. But it was so pretty! And pretty makes me happy. And happy is good, right?
;-)
Then we decided that instead of wasting money on movie tixs, we'd just have some old-fashioned fun. Friends, junk food, dvds @ home. Halem, Hairul and Ros met us at the void deck and our horror-filled night started. We watched Skrip 7707, which was a pretty decent scary movie and then Fobia. And we exchanged some ghost stories while we had the toilet break in between. I was already dozing off on the sofa halfway through Fobia and when it ended at 3am, we went to send Shahrul home.
And now, we'd have another go at another Malay ghost story.
See you there, Ikin, Diyana, Aini, Mimi, Abg and Man.
Jangan lambat.
Nanti aku pulak yang naik hantu for I simply can't stand people who are not punctual.
Sunday, January 31, 2010
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
I am still struggling with the whole work-life balance thingy.
It gets harder everyday. But well, since life is pretty unpredictable and short (evident it the going-ons around the world), I'll try to just enjoy the ride no matter how bumpy it is.
But I do wish that:
1) I have more than 24hrs in a day to do everything that I need to do daily
2) a miracle energy pill that I can pop into my mouth and get the much needed energy level to keep up with everything that I have going on
Argh. Sometimes I don't even know if I'm doing things right.
The word cost-price keeps emerging in my head. It's one term from my JC-days econs lectures that I remember. Something like, you choose something but you have to let go of another thing.
And that's how it's been like in my life.. never-ending choices I have to make.
If I do not do that housework now, I will have a scary pile of housework to do on the weekends.
If I DO choose to do the housework, I will miss out on some family bonding time.
If I stay back to do work in school, I will be late in fetching Ryan.
If I fetch Ryan earlier, I'm way behind in marking/admin work.
If I enjoy myself on weekends and not bring work home, I will be unprepared for the coming week and that's like shortchanging my kids.
But if I do bring work home, it just means I practically work 24/7.
If I bring work home on a daily basis, I'm shortchanging my family.
If I DON'T bring them home, Im shortchanging my kids.
HOW?!
Bloody hell. I'm getting breathless just thinking about it.
I want to be a great mom, a great wife, a great teacher.
But it seems so hard!
It gets harder everyday. But well, since life is pretty unpredictable and short (evident it the going-ons around the world), I'll try to just enjoy the ride no matter how bumpy it is.
But I do wish that:
1) I have more than 24hrs in a day to do everything that I need to do daily
2) a miracle energy pill that I can pop into my mouth and get the much needed energy level to keep up with everything that I have going on
Argh. Sometimes I don't even know if I'm doing things right.
The word cost-price keeps emerging in my head. It's one term from my JC-days econs lectures that I remember. Something like, you choose something but you have to let go of another thing.
And that's how it's been like in my life.. never-ending choices I have to make.
If I do not do that housework now, I will have a scary pile of housework to do on the weekends.
If I DO choose to do the housework, I will miss out on some family bonding time.
If I stay back to do work in school, I will be late in fetching Ryan.
If I fetch Ryan earlier, I'm way behind in marking/admin work.
If I enjoy myself on weekends and not bring work home, I will be unprepared for the coming week and that's like shortchanging my kids.
But if I do bring work home, it just means I practically work 24/7.
If I bring work home on a daily basis, I'm shortchanging my family.
If I DON'T bring them home, Im shortchanging my kids.
HOW?!
Bloody hell. I'm getting breathless just thinking about it.
I want to be a great mom, a great wife, a great teacher.
But it seems so hard!
Thursday, January 14, 2010
Busy bee.. as always
Currently waiting for the hubby who is (I believe) screaming his lungs out, belting to the tunes of Greenday. Yes, the very same hubby, whom just minutes ago texted me, "feeling like a f&@$-ing 15 yr old!!!!!".
It's ok. He can have his fun cos I will have mine tomorrow. Bollywood, here I come!!! Say shava shava! Say shava shava! Can't wait! Can't wait!
What a way to end my hectic week. You won't believe how exhausted I've been (or still am)! All the admin work, lesson prep, committee responsibilities, the slowly but very scarily piling up marking. And the fact that somehow my lessons end very late this year, as late as 3.45pm! Mak oiii!!! And please, for those of you who ever dare think that a cher's work ends as soon as he/she finishes lesson, I'd come lunging at you with my red pen! That is an irritating misconception! Yes, we have a choice to go home right after lessons (at specified official school timing given by the ones above, that is).. but we rarely are ABLE to do so. There are CCA duties, committee issues, meet students for all kinds of reasons (counselling/detention/nagging sessions/remedials/supplementary classes), admin work, all sorts of forms to collate for the form class, prepare tomorrow's lessons. print endless copies of worksheets, mark all those work we regret giving, call parents, meetings, workshops, powerpoints, and I can go on and on and on.. The point is, I'm grateful if I can go home by 4pm.
And once home, it's work all over again. Housework, of course. Something I usually enjoy doing, but not when I've been working for the past 10 hours or so. I try not to do much work while Ryan is awake cos that's the only quality time I get to spend with him. But for the past 1 week, I fall asleep while trying to put him to sleep only to wake up at midnight .. and poofff... there goes my plan to catch up on some housework.
I've been given so many responsibilities, sitting in so many committees, i/c of so many programmes that I don't know whether to jump up and down in excitement or crawl under my desk and hide till 2010 ends.
Nevetheless, I sense that 2010 will be a good year for me, career-wise. I hope. Never have given much thought about my career, i guess, since my initial ambition was to be housewife. Hehe.. But having Ryan made me want to be the best that I can be. And being at a new place has been very motivating in some ways. I was really jaded at the old place, I guess. So, all's good now.
Well... tomorrow IS Friday. And I just LOVE weekends! It's my let loose time with my son, with my hubby, with my siblings, with my parents, with our friends. Ooooohh.. I miss my ibu and ayah so much sometimes it hurts. I sometimes wish that i still their little daughter and live the life I used to have. All 8 of us in that chaotic but fun (sometimes stressful) house. But, I have my own little family now. Better enjoy it before it's MY turn to have my kids grow and live their own lives... NOoooooooooooo!!
K, better ply Ryan off the tv set.
Good night, peeps.
Hang on! One more day to weekend. (Argh! Just remembered that I AM working this Sat!)
It's ok. He can have his fun cos I will have mine tomorrow. Bollywood, here I come!!! Say shava shava! Say shava shava! Can't wait! Can't wait!
What a way to end my hectic week. You won't believe how exhausted I've been (or still am)! All the admin work, lesson prep, committee responsibilities, the slowly but very scarily piling up marking. And the fact that somehow my lessons end very late this year, as late as 3.45pm! Mak oiii!!! And please, for those of you who ever dare think that a cher's work ends as soon as he/she finishes lesson, I'd come lunging at you with my red pen! That is an irritating misconception! Yes, we have a choice to go home right after lessons (at specified official school timing given by the ones above, that is).. but we rarely are ABLE to do so. There are CCA duties, committee issues, meet students for all kinds of reasons (counselling/detention/nagging sessions/remedials/supplementary classes), admin work, all sorts of forms to collate for the form class, prepare tomorrow's lessons. print endless copies of worksheets, mark all those work we regret giving, call parents, meetings, workshops, powerpoints, and I can go on and on and on.. The point is, I'm grateful if I can go home by 4pm.
And once home, it's work all over again. Housework, of course. Something I usually enjoy doing, but not when I've been working for the past 10 hours or so. I try not to do much work while Ryan is awake cos that's the only quality time I get to spend with him. But for the past 1 week, I fall asleep while trying to put him to sleep only to wake up at midnight .. and poofff... there goes my plan to catch up on some housework.
I've been given so many responsibilities, sitting in so many committees, i/c of so many programmes that I don't know whether to jump up and down in excitement or crawl under my desk and hide till 2010 ends.
Nevetheless, I sense that 2010 will be a good year for me, career-wise. I hope. Never have given much thought about my career, i guess, since my initial ambition was to be housewife. Hehe.. But having Ryan made me want to be the best that I can be. And being at a new place has been very motivating in some ways. I was really jaded at the old place, I guess. So, all's good now.
Well... tomorrow IS Friday. And I just LOVE weekends! It's my let loose time with my son, with my hubby, with my siblings, with my parents, with our friends. Ooooohh.. I miss my ibu and ayah so much sometimes it hurts. I sometimes wish that i still their little daughter and live the life I used to have. All 8 of us in that chaotic but fun (sometimes stressful) house. But, I have my own little family now. Better enjoy it before it's MY turn to have my kids grow and live their own lives... NOoooooooooooo!!
K, better ply Ryan off the tv set.
Good night, peeps.
Hang on! One more day to weekend. (Argh! Just remembered that I AM working this Sat!)
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