Celebrations

This year, I totally do not feel like celebrating my birthday. Reality has set in that I'm already 27!!! And I still mistook and thought I was 26 when someone asked me. Lolx. You know you are old when you no longer wants to make a big deal out of your birthdays.

But anyway, I still had a few surprises. Ben got me a set of earrings and necklace which is pretty good for wedding dinner! I do not have any proper nice looking pieces for dinners. We went Prive to have fine dining. I guess both of us are really not into fine dining especially me since I'm a VERY picky eater. Those ox tail, canapes etc are not really my kind of food and I'm back to square eating the safest dish - spegetties. Lolx.. Having said so, the ambience was good and yup, it made me feel that it was an important occasion. =D Come to think of it, he doesnt really go to such places but these few years, he has been doing alot of researches bringing me to places both of us has never been before and each tiny plate really cost a bomb. I guess I can really feel the efforts put in.

Back in school, I received a bouquet of flowers from anonymous. This person has always been sending me flowers for the past consecutive years. Nope, they are definitely not from Ben but whoever it was, I really thank this person for the kind thoughts, that is, if you are reading my blog. Audrey was also very kind to buy me a giant size Mickey Mouse which was good enough to be my bolster. I had a cake from her too. Gad was kind enough to give me a book about being a good wife. Lolx.. I may look bad in his opinion. Just kidding. =p

The children were very active in FB so many of them came prepared with cards etc knowing it was my birthday after FB prompted them. Being Primary 1, they are really so cute and innocent, a few came to me with gifts from their parents and one even gave me her used cartoon comb wrapped in a nice piece of coloured paper. Haha. Some parents even signed off the birthday cards from the whole family, the mum, the dad, my student and the sister. Seriously, I've made some friends with the parents of my students already. Even before this special date, they had been very nice to me, encouraging me, giving me chocolates and snacks. I am really blessed in this job. I guess blessing the children with my guidance and teachings in turn leads to blessings from their parents for me. =D

My all time buddies, Kaili, Xiang Ting, Adrian, Eileen and Greg has also gotten me something which I wanted to buy since last year! They got me a digital photoframe! Can be put into good use on wedding day hehe. Anyway, they took the trouble to buy me a meal and a lychee martini cake! Every year without fail, everyone is always so commited to celebrating birthdays for each other. I really hope this will continue on despite everyone hating to get old. Haha. I love you guys really! Muacks!

Anyway, as the days to NIE approaches, I'm beginning to have the 舍不得 feeling coming to me. Truly, this year, I had an easy year. My class was almost near perfect. I happened to have many smart people in the class and they have good habits/behaviours. Because of that, teaching them becomes very easy and learning is fast that I'm always on time for my topics unlike last year. The test results were out and indeed, my class has the highest averages for both English and Maths subjects, with the lowest number of failure rates. I'm very proud of them and would like to see them grow till the end of year but it's impossible now. I have to give away all these 'polished gems' to someone else just like that... You know how I feel right? Finding gold but needs to give it away to someone else to benefit instead. If I had been a trained NIE teacher, I guess this class would be my best portfolio! Oh well.... I believe more good things will be coming by the grace of God. So far, He has not fail me.

When One Gets Into Bad Company...

I'm not talking about the working company but friends. Friends are really important because it makes or breaks you.

I have a primary school mate whom I used to be very close to. She was my best friend and someone whom the class looked up to. She stood up among all of us for she was obedient and smart. A prefect, a teacher's pet, filial, helpful and unselfish. I remembered calling her every single day asking her to help me with my homework. There was no one at home to help me and my form teacher, Miss Sim, always gave us lots and lots of problem sums which was my weakest link. Once we had to do 100 problems and I clearly remembered how this friend of mine took the pain to tell me the answers on the phone (of cos some I can do la but I think alot 3/4 was her answer. =p). She would tell me to draw how many boxes for models, shade how many boxes etc without complains. She never once talked bad about me (you know in primary school alot of friend and dun friend problems and girls are very bitchy). When the PSLE results were out, as expected, she was one of the high flyer and went on to a well known girl school.

Time can bring someone closer, it can also bring someone apart and in this case, we grew apart. We had our own secondary school friends and she had her own but once in a while, we do meet up or write snail mails to each other. After Secondary 3, we almost did not contact anymore.

I heard from common friends that she did well in her O levels too and studied at another high profile Junior colleague along Bukit Timah road. A year later, I was told that she had dropped out of school and decided to work. Thanks to Friendster during those days, we got connected and I was amused that she looked completely different. From a chubby decent girl to a hot revealing Ah Lian. Then I began to hear news from our common friends that she got into bad company, knew some guys and became some party animal. Even that, we did not meet at all.

However, three years ago, we had a mini gathering with my primary school friends and she came. I felt distant from her. We are very different now. Topics are different, dressings are different and values are different. During the meet up, we chatted a little and I took up the courage to ask her why she quitted school. She said she had an opportunity to work and she was interested in it so she came out. But had thoughts about going to a private school to continue her studies. I never know if it ever happens.

Despite the change in her, I can still feel that she still maintained her good personality of being filial, unselfish and helpfulness. However, values have changed I guess.

That was the last I saw her but we remained connected via Facebook. About three years ago, she got wedded and I always see her posting on Facebook pictures of her and her hubby. No doubt they had married but to me, most of the pictures are indecent or too revealing which should not be the case for a person who is in their mid-twenties. I always thought that only young adults or teenagers would post such pictures like showing off cleavages after cleavages.

Anyway, just today, I visited her page after seeing the status feeds and found out that she had a new boyfriend already. The old was gone... Of cos, people would say I did not know what was going on so I cant conclude if she's at fault or not but nope, I'm not saying that she was at fault but more to the sympathetic fact she could be one of the high flyers in the commercial world if she had gone the correct way. No doubt she may think this is the best route for her and she is happy about it. But as an outsider, I just felt it was a pity. She had a very loving family, a smart brain a kind heart but just because of a mistake to drop out school, life became so different.

Seriously, how can one resist the pressure from bad friends during the young age? I dunno how I did it but I was quite lucky and I thank God that most of the friends in my life are pretty decent and do not have extreme habits.

Nevertheless, I wish her all the best and hope that she will not have much regrets in life.

Happy News

I've got my BTO at Seng Kang! It has been a long unbearable months of waiting and finally, they agreed to let us have the flat. =) Looking forward to a totally new home of my own - though it takes a few more years. =)