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Intro
i am who i am
i hate squatting toilets and people who cycle on pedestrian paths
i love my sg gibson bass guitar and playing crisis core
i spend half my life in yuhua secondary school
merry christmas!
Saturday, December 26, 2009
To everybody, whether you celebrate it or not, merry Christmas! =) (Btw, in the Catholic calendar, Christmas is a season, not only one day, so I technically can continue wishing everybody Merry Christmas till 10 Jan. Ho Ho Ho!)
Minnie, Merv and I were having a discussion which led me to think of my sons. Yes, I have "sons", several of them, all who insist upon calling me Mum and behaving in general like they are my offspring (eg. asking me for money, ignoring my advice, etc). Well some of them anyway :D So here's a family breakdown of the boys. Take note that the word "son" should come with inverted commas, but I'm lazy to put them in.
1. MY ELDEST SON Eugene Goh - followed me home (he's the first one to start calling me Mum =.=")
2. MY SECOND SON Cedric Yee - fell from the sky (heard Gene calling me Mum and also started; uses variations like Mummy and Mama =.=)
3. MY THIRD SON Zane Chan - picked up from rubbish bin (heard Ced calling me Mum and ALSO started; growl)
4. MY FOURTH SON Klinton Chow - legally adopted (actually I don't know why he started also; I think it was so he can ask me for money)
5. MY FIFTH SON Melvyn Ng - brought home by stray cat (he called me Mum by accident, and was promptly welcomed into the family)
6. MY SIXTH SON Mervvyn P.S. - chased into my house by angry Punjabis who accused me of being his mother (at least that's what he says; also called me Mum by accident, but it's better than him calling me Grandma which he used to)
It would be nice to have a "family" photo one day. That's if I don't keep amassing sons. And in case you're wondering why I don't have any daughters, I don't know. Apparently the girls do not find it as appealing to call me Mum. (Thank God!)
Pervy Boy has a song called Stalker Girl. The chorus goes like this:
I would do anything to ruin my life In exchange for you my precious prize Don't you try to run away There is no need to escape That's the way I want it to be
I heard that Apple has her own stalker girl, even though she said that the girl has changed her mind and is now interested in someone else. I used to have one, in secondary school. But she was nice, she just really, REALLY liked hanging out with me. It was scary. And now I shall stop talking about it because I don't want to be reminded further.
Speaking of stalkers, the person/s who tag everywhere with the prefix 'not' and someone else's name, it's creepy and I don't like it, so please stop it. Please stop using my name, other people's names, everyone's name except your own. What's wrong with using your own? You ought to be proud of your own name.
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I feel like a Barbie doll, because there are so many different kinds of me.
There's Babysitter Ms Straaten! Comes with a burping blanket, kids' games and an endless supply of cartoon videos.
There's Domestic Helper Ms Straaten! Sweeps the classroom and picks up litter after her living-in-pigsty students.
There's Indefatigable (!) Marker Ms Straaten! Able to plow through stacks of essays, tests and badly-written worksheets with a single red pen.
There's Emo Ms Straaten! Accessories include black makeup, rings, a black electric guitar and a Simple Plan CD.
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Yew Liang has a very interesting catchphrase: "Your mother ah!" Either that or "Don't be a bird la!" I don't know why but I find it very funny. Now I cannot stop laughing.
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Oh there's Singfest on Saturday! Yes! I get to watch people like Travis and Newfound Glory (and Simple Plan? I think). Thank God people like Alicia Keys and One Republic are playing on a different day. Especially One Republic. Ugh. Whiny.
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This video is for Mag (aka Eugene - Mag is short for 'magnanimous', because he kept repeating "Never mind, I'm magnanimous," and Erin said it sounded like a superhero name so I'm calling him Mag).
TAG REPLIES!
Jiayi - Hello! I will link you soon. :) 2E6 - YES you people drive me mad sometimes. not eugene - Obviously you are not Eugene, so who are you? Melvyn - I didn't say who! You did! Xinyi - Heh of course my English is profound. Good that you remembered the word! ;) Ruifang - Yes I love my current class! But I miss JSS 3-5 as well. You guys are a funky bunch. :D Juwina - Haha I'm trying to be "cool" with this blog but obviously I am not. LOL. Jun De - Yay! The Sec 2s can watch! Eugene - Ya I think I am fated to 3 and 5. Diao. Joshua - Hahaha! I'm sorry. I just found out today who I really should be linking you with. Hee. And I want 8 Aug to come soon too! Ai Poh - Ooh you got video cam? Haha it's okay dear, can use my idiot-proof camera instead. :D Shafiqah - Hee yes my English has to be superb otherwise I will have nowhere to hide my face in front of you guys. Valerie - I wish too! I have a picture of your class on my table at Yuhua. :) The one we took at the farewell party. Xinhui - Sure you can! Ai Poh - It's only the band section that I need to video. Haha and just the songs, not the bits in-between. Faiz - Don't spam my cbox! Sobs. not ms straaten - Don't use my name please. Even though you definitely aren't me. Apple - *blush* Peiling, Musarrat and Melvyn - I don't know whether to be flattered or disturbed that you visit my blog during lesson time :S Erin - Can we keep the Underwear Diaries on the downlow please? And yes I know Melvyn is horny. All boys are horny by default. It's the Y-chromosome. Fishball - Sorry to disappoint, but Outsiders is a normal movie. It's got Tom Cruise in it though. If you like that kind of thing. I don't. :S Chilli - Yeah I think the Socs suck. But if you were one of them you'd think the Greasers sucked. Just the way the world works. Lihui - Hello! And please! The Underwear Diaries! Downlow! not ms straaten(2) - ....
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Oh and Sahil, Musarrat and Rahul, I found out what 'douche' really means. But this blog is PG so I can't put the definition here. Go figure =.='
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This is for 2N4, whom I was teaching Latin the other day.
Cool Latin Phrase To Use On Persons You Think Are Stupid:
si taquises philosiphus mansises
meaning: If you had kept your mouth shut we would have thought you were clever
Yesterday 3E5 had recess during English. =.=''' After that I spent 1.5 hours practicing for the oral exam with them, and enduring Eugene sitting beside me and talking complete rubbish throughout. What horrendous bore? What horrendous balls? What "balloons look like eggs, maybe they will hatch later"??? And to everything his response is, "Got wrong meh?!" *faints*
I did the oral exam with some people from 3E7. Interesting lot. Some of the guys were really nice and polite. The last one to sit for the exam helped me to rearrange the tables in 3T1 that were messed up by his classmates. I am so glad I will not have to do oral exam again anytime soon. I know people get very nervous and scared by oral examiners, but really, I think more often than not, the examiners are trying very hard not to die of boredom. Having to hear the same passage 14 times and ask the same questions 14 times is really taxing on the brain.
*** After eating with Nicholas, Melvyn, Joshua, Eugene, Valencia, Shannon and Friend with the Black Specs (sorry I don't know his name), I went to Dunlop St in Little India for Pervy Boy's recording session. They're doing an EP now and I like to gatecrash whenever I'm allowed. I got to sing backup vocals on one of the tracks! Lol.
My cousin (plays rhythm guitar in the band) was bored and saw me marking 3E5's common test, so he took an extra copy and started doing all the questions. After proclaiming that he would get everything correct, he got very annoyed when I gave him 0 for certain questions (he forced me to mark for him!). Then he said, "What kind of teacher are you man? My answers are correct!" -.=
*** Proof positive that Eugene is pervy:
1. Conversation with Melvyn and Lincoln about jamming - Me: Is Friday night okay? Cos the rest of the week I cannot touch you already. Melvyn: But you're going to right? Me: .... I just realised how wrong that sounds. Melvyn and Lincoln: *blur* Eugene: .... Eeee that sounds very wrong!
2. Eugene is the only one who caught it.
Therefore Eugene = pervy.
Alternative proof positive:
1. Eugene is irritating me during the oral practice - Eugene: (says some random rubbish that has nothing to do with anything) Me: If you don't shut up I will carry your chair and throw you from the railing. Eugene: You can carry the chair but you can't carry me. Me: Want me to try? Eugene: Don't touch me in public. Me: Oh, but private can is it? Eugene: We'll see about that. $20 not enough. (dissolves into laughing fit) Me: ... Omg I have prostitutes in my class. Eugene: (laughs until stomach pain)
2. Eugene offers to sell himself to me.
3. Only prostitutes, gigolos and really pervy deprived people do that.
Therefore Eugene = prostitute, Eugene = gigolo or Eugene = pervy Since a) Eugene = student, and b) student and prostitute/gigolo are mutually exclusive,
Therefore Eugene = pervy.
Yes! Yes! I'm a genius!
*** Magnanimous: generous in forgiving an insult or injury; free from petty resentfulness or vindictiveness.
I said I would put that in my blog so there it is. 3E5 beware the spelling fodder. :D
Oh yes, and I discovered yet another love triangle to add to my list: Joshua (Hiang Teck) and Valencia. Actually that's not a triangle, but I am mathematically challenged, so there.
*** I don't like reading blogs that are very hard to understand. Like when people talk in code all the time and I can't figure out what they're talking about. It's irritating and makes me feel excluded. Then again, who says I need to read them right? :) There are simple answers to everything. My favourite is usually "People are stupid". Eg. Why are there so many wars going on in the world? "Cos people are stupid." Why can't they do what I asked them to? "Cos people are stupid." etc etc.
*** Sigh next week there's Lit Common Test. 2E5, 2E6 and 2E8, jia you! Hope you have been reading the text otherwise you'll be lost at sea.
I am tired... And I have to do relief later... Sigh.
... the Master of Making Excuses and Dubious Argument. =.-' What do I mean? Since this week I have been talking about drama and scripts in Lit class, I shall use a script format for the benefit of my Sec 2s.
SCENE 1. Classroom of 3E5, second period, Wednesday. 3E5 is doing oral exam practice. Ms Straaten (ie. Me) is walking around listening to people practice reading. She stops at Eugene and Ryan. Me : (After some time of listening, looks out the window) Hey you can see the MRT station from here! Eugene: Can you don't be pervy please? Me: ?! It's an MRT station! Dude! Not like there are naked people running up and down! Eugene: (suddenly interested) Eh maybe there are. (gets up to see) Me: ??!?!?!! Now who's being pervy? Eugene: Not everything has to be pervy can?? Me: (&*@$^*(@# (gives up)
You see? You see? The nonsense I have to put up with in EL class. X_X
OH. And today, my creepy little clapping class (otherwise known as 2E5) demanded that I sing for them. So I sang the first verse of Linkin Park's Numb (halfway through which I forgot the words -.=') and then I zao xia'ed at the end. Embarrassing. But they decided to be very good and cooperative and attentive after that so it was worth the torture. :)
In other news, today (apart from brief Yuhua Idol moment) was relatively boring. Nicholas wasn't in school so the class was quieter than usual. Where is Nicholas! During SEL the class had to work on the kite but nobody was interested. I felt kind of bad because everyone is worried about something or other - Maths test, SS homework which they haven't finished, etc - but I also know the RHD people have been working their butts off to figure out stuff for everyone to do. So while I kind of didn't want to have to do the kite, I wanted to do it at the same time for the sake of the people who had to plan the whole event. Sigh. Life is full of conflicting interests and the dilemmas that arise as a result of them.
In other, other news tomorrow is Common Test Day for 2N4 and 3E5. Hope no one is too stressed by the thought of it... Lol I think people should only get stressed when they see the results. HAHA. I fear for my students. EL is good because you can't really study, but it's bad because you have to consistently work at it, and consistency is not a strong point for a lot of people.
I marked 3E5's spelling. Melvyn forgot how to spell his favourite word! I am mortified and distraught.
Here's a parting quote for all of you (especially for Eugene, who is upset that I post gay-looking videos instead of nice meaningful things):
That was a memorable day to me, for it made great changes in me. But, it is the same with any life. Imagine one selected day struck out of it, and think how different its course would have been. Pause you who read this, and think for a moment of the long chain of iron or gold, of thorns or flowers, that would never have bound you, but for the formation of the first link on one memorable day.
