Every cloud engenders not a storm.

I went back to my hide-out today. The last time I was there was with Disong and Jenny. There were strong memories with great pals that were spent there. And Grace got her induction into this hall of fame today.

There was this old man selling ice-cream and I bought two cones from him. We had a friendly chat on ‘addressing people’ before he suddenly said 我结婚到没有结婚. Aw… I hoped that I did not rake up any of his 伤心事 even though he laughed it off in the end. I guess every man on the street has his own story to tell. It is just that we don’t have time to listen, and perhaps we never will until we will ourselves not to look without seeing.

I had a good tuition session with my younger kid Brian today. He is really a pleasure to teach. Whenever I arrived for our session, he will immediately plonked down his Amaths questions in front of me and ask me to teach him. Sigh! I really want to stop tutoring at the end of this year. But I sort of grown quite fond of him already. 师母 also asked me to take good care of them. Brian will be transferring from his international school to a government school at the start of next year… So will see what transpires at the end of the year.

The previous session with the older brother, Abel, earlier in the week didn’t went off as well. We were talking about English and the importance of general knowledge and I was trying to convince that world news are indirectly important to him, so that he will read the newspapers and improve his grasp of the English language in progress.

So I asked him:

Me: After the examples that I’ve raised, don’t you think general knowledge and thus reading the newspapers are important to your growth?

Abel: I don’t think so. I don’t find them very relevant to me. They are beyond my scope.

Me: But you don’t you want to grow in knowledge and perspectives so that you can lead the house one day the way your father does?

Abel: I think I can do a better job than my dad right now. He places too much importance and time on his job.

Sigh. And I dropped the matter after that because that was not the direction that I expected the conversation to be progressing. It is a matter of not getting too involved because I am just a tutor, yet knowing that perhaps you can make a difference.

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Last CG of the semester was spent at West Coast Park. I’m going to miss going for the same tutorial as Florence! Being year4, she is supposed to be the ‘veteran’ guiding the ‘freshie’. Haha! She makes studying Vietnamese so much more fun and enjoyable. Regardless of the grade that I am going to get, I really got much out of this module, and I cannot wait to use it when I head off to Vietnam mid December. : )

The classic ’Flo look’. Brightens up anybody’s day when you see her laugh. *tremors in the classroom.

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Had my Vietnamese oral test together with Jeremy last week. We were partners and we spent hours at Sheares hall and PGP over 2 days perfecting our conversations. We managed to pick the one that we had painstakingly prepared. : )

My friendly neighbour, Trung. He studies as he eats and his mean grade of 4.45 is a good reflection of his dedication… Ah! He makes me look lazier than I actually am.

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Me & Danielle @ the Deck. She said that we have some form of sibling likeness… so I call her my いもとちゃん。Jiayou for your coming exams and especially the modules we are taking together!

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Shall end it off with this picture taken near my tutee’s house. Everyday can be beautiful with our Lord.