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Peace and Calm

Rocks! The madness is somewhat over. What else...but the observations! One more next week but I'm already taking things pretty easy. Complacent? No....rather I'm tired. I am now just glad that I have my breathing space. It really feels good to have such a heavy load off my brain.

Well well....I'm satisfied with my performance and progress. Never was I aiming for the high-D (although Joani claims I have low ambition) because I don't see the point to. I know my abilities are being observed and appreciated greatly without me having to score well on the performance sheet. And I am NOT IN THE LEAST BOTHERED TO IMPRESS ANYONE ANYMORE!

There were good days and there were bad days but overall, I will give myself a fat A for a job well done. I personally think I have exceeded the expectations of a trainee teacher on practicum. Not going to list the things I have done or about to do. Let bygones be bygones ...kekekek.

Today marks the last observation for EL and I got my class to do a sandwich making competition to teach Procedural Writing (Instructions). Ok....it sure was more chaotic than I expected and I should have known better to put in more control to manage the kids. Anyway both my CT and SCM each have their reviews and though I concur with my CT that this surely was not the best, I am nonetheless satisfied that I've tried to do something out of the class! It won't be the last. The kids didn't dare to eat the sandwiches they made (they exchanged recipes so ended up making someone else's sandwich!) but I took some snapshots of one before it went to the bin. Oopzz...sorry for wasting food but I don't want to be involved in another case of mass food poisioning! :)

Tell me....does it look appetising???

Anyhow, good efforts from the kids despite the stupid hiccups that came up! I'm a little exhausted after the lesson.

Oh...before I make my exit....another exhiliarating piece of news that really brightened up my day. I AM NO. 10 IN MY AGE CATEGORY (25-29) FOR THE OSIM TRIATHLON. I was shell-shocked when I saw the result because I hardly trained for it and out of the 15 female participants in this category, I am Top 10. Whoopie doopie! This is surely a motivation for me to go for another one.

Alrighty...nap time before the Speech day.

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