pek cek!

got so pek cek with the residents...the whole pantry is a mess...clogged sinks, dirty floors, oily counters, burning leftovers on the hotpan....gross...decided to send an email to them...this is like dunno how many times i sent an email regarding the same things...looks like the difference between all the emails that i sent were the decrease in tolerance level when typing them out!

here's the transcript... the one in brackets are the ones which i wished i had included!


PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING> HIGHLY IMPORTANT

Dear residents,

Just some housekeeping reminders(!!!)... (in case you dunno some of the terms i've used...kindly check the dictionary...cos i realised past emails don't seem to work...)

1) The sinks are choked again.(@#$@%@$%@) Please do remember to use the filter. For those who have no idea what a filter is, it is the device that is placed at the area where the water flows out. (If you still have no idea....please come knocking on my door...524 and i'll personally show you what it is and how it is to be used) Please remember to use that when you are washing your dishes. Kindly dispose whatever residue (the solid food that is washed down from the dirty plates) that is left after the washing. The sink in the third pantry is very badly choked. Seemed like someone had dispose oil through the sink (you know who u r...there are only two vietnamese cooking there). As for the other two pantries, the filters are not utilised as much as they have to (meaning please use them all the time!). Chokes happen quite frequently (very frequently to be exact...you don't wanna make me ask you to pay for maintenance rite?).

2) Please remember to wash your dishes straight after cooking (I know who you are). Please do not leave your dishes overnight. Dishes that are left overnight give off a bad smell, and they attract pests as well. (i'm gonna throw away every pot and pans that are left overnight)

3) Please clean up any spill after you cook (This pantry is not yours alone!). Our poor cleaning aunties have to help clean up any oil or sauces that are spilled over the counter (FYI, they are not suppose to be your maids...you clean up your own act). In addition to that, it makes the whole pantry look like a mess, not forgetting they attract pests as well (u realise more mosquitoes now? maybe they breed from the stagnant water from your unwashed pots).

4) Please do not place wet pots on the hot pans (told you many times already...hot pan spoil...everyone has to pay! i'm not going to ask for pardon...think you don't deserve it!). This might actually cost a black out because of short circuit. We don't want any refrigerator malfunction again right?

Our hostel is our home (our home!!!! and we want it clean!!!!). Please be considerate and make this home hospitable (a varsity student cannot practice consideration makes the education go down the drain). We can all do our part (actually is a few black sheep should try to do your part to keep our HOME clean...and not dirty it!). We each have a share in doing this housekeeping. An inconsiderate act will make another very inconvenient (I think it's time for you to realise that...i stopped going to the pantries because they are so dirty!). I believe we can all work this out together (pls...pls...).

Zhengyi (super sian diao)
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super grossed out by them...it's no wonder i stopped smiling when i see them...gross

victory~~!!!!

i used to enjoy teaching this tutee of mine, until i realised something which is intrinsically characteristic in her family.

i thought she was quite a sad case in the beginning...parents pressurizing her to study and sort...and at her age feeling stupid and pathetic just because the rest of her sisters are doing better than her. after a month of visits, i started to see that there was more to that than the innocent and harmless ten-year-old girl.

i started to dread tuitioning her. it was pressurizing juz to go to her house and teach and i wasn't sure why. at first i thought it was the parents having high expectations on me...then the thought dawn on me. the girl has no respect for me at all!! hai... she yaks and yaks throughout the lesson and i can't even get things done. after much persistence for her to hurry up...she juz looks at me and smirks and continue her yak. everything to her is juz fun. she can tell me she doesn't want to do corrections too!

what about the parents? they come in once in a while to ask me about her progress. i just told them she's careless and that she needs to build up her english language. there the father comes telling me how i should do...monitor her reading....show her the books to read...how i should teach blahblahblah. and the mom was telling me you should put in more effort...
how to not feel pressurize?

two incidents which made me got pek cek:
incident 1
dad: so what do you think of her progress? can make it?
zee: she's smart by nature....but she's careless...and her language structure not as strong...so need to buck up
dad: so how u think can improve?
zee: read...ask her to read more books.
dad: so why didn't u ask her to read more books? maybe u can go lib help her borrow some books...then make her read? a reading schedule maybe?
zee: <$%^^&* > i've already asked her to read...and i've chosen a book from YOUR library...she keeps complaining i give her so many hw...and she doesn't have time to read... what i would suggest is you monitor her...cos i'll only be here 3 hrs a week...better right? no matter how much i push she don't budge i can't do anything...

incident 2
mom: how's her progress?
zee: ok not bad...just her language.
mom: you must put in more effort you know..
zee: <$%^&&*> huh? i've asked her to do stuffs and she doesn't...there's nothing i can do...she doesn't seem to have the motivation to start...always very slow and all...
mom: then it's ur job to make her do it
zee: <@#@#$%^%^> er...let's juz put it this way...she simply doesn't respect me at all...it's difficult for me to teach (and i've already told her b4 of the unfinished hw and the mom didn't seem to react much to that!)
mom: girl ar...if u don't do well huh...daddy will punish u one
kathleen: punish the teacher la...y punish me
zee: (super pek cek) i can only do as much as i can...the rest is up to her and u

incident 3
mom: hey...u slim down alot recently...u on diet huh?
zee: no lei...think i've grown bigger..
mom: no lar...i think u really slim down... dieting right?
zee: no la...grown fatter
mom: haa...ok la...u continue with ur teaching.
mom walks off and come back seconds later
mom: btw ar...u're suppose to say thank you.
zee: "ha ha ha"

gross..was super pek cek after the last incident...parents always make me feel i'm not good enough...like i'm a super despo person who die die must have this tuition job...worse thing is...the parents always tell me how bz they are and employing a tutor is cheaper blahblahblah...and the kid has come to think that anybody who's poor would not have a tutor...gross..

was dreading going tuition today...cos the mom always last min change the shedule...there kathleen was again...wasting time by yakking n yakking...i swear it takes a full five mins for her to even get ready her pen to write...and another five min to flip the page...gross
there she was getting on my nerves...when she said this: i EXPECT you to teach me blahblah today"

that was when i blew my top and i said:" what do u mean you expect me to do this? how can i continue when u r so slow? if u still continue expecting me to do this or that....i'd rather not teach! do you know you are the rudest girl i've ever taught? you simply have no respect for your teachers...do you use the word 'expect' on your parents? i don't think so...so DO NOT use this word one me...and please show me respect from now on. I can play with you and talk to you...but when i am teaching...i expect u to shut up and do your work!

haa...i won...the lesson went on smoothly and she totally shut up!!

victory never taste so good...

pirated skin

haa...finally finished the new skin after two hours...should i say adding on graphics only...took a long time to find these graphics....ooh...just realised i wasted so much time on this...well well..

took this graphic from many blogskins...hehe...here there and everywhere...practicing piracy...comments comments?? hehe

abit seh now...shall go sleep...taa

work load

wonder why they have this phrase work load? it is use to as a collective noun...how much is your work load...funny how ppl can say their work load is ok...not heavy blahblahblah...when the 'load' itself means a bundle of weight!!!

gross...my work is loaded!!! 3 group projects, 2 individual big assignments...(like projects) and 2 mid sem tests!!! All in consecutive days! oh man...this week is not (school) break...but (physical)break... oh...and the work load is not inclusive of daily work like tutorials and readings...damn...

been very nua these few days...woke up yesterday late... could have sworn if somebody saw me sitting upright on the bed...they could have seen a speech balloon with these---"!!!???"
"!!!" stands for....what the hell?! and "???" means....how did i manage to sleep thru the darn alarm! missed a tutorial becos of that...went back to sleep and woke up at 10!!!!! met up with a few friends for awhile and the time stretched to 2! did abit of tutorial and watched one episode of despo housewives and the time stretched to 5!!! time dun fly...u can still fly at low speed. i dun even know how to describe...it whizzes like it is running from death!

i m getting old...and my time is short...so many things to do..i wonder what life will be like when small car comes back...let's not talk abt 4 years...even if he's like coming back in december...i think the change would be drastic....even this little room wont be here anymore... one change of lifestyle..hai

time to stop nuaing...but where shd i get started? motivation where r u? i need u now....sob sob...nuaing nuaing nuaing...u see...i'm not even concentrating in writing blog...lamenting lamenting lamenting...what the heck...waste time...haha