Saturday, April 03, 2010

And I'm here again

hey babes.

it's been years since the last post eh? I am now teaching in a Chinese school in Sarawak. It was so hard to cope up with the pupils as they were still trying to cope up with me.

Sometimes, i tried so hard to make sure that t they understand the words that came out from my mouth. The thing is, 59% of the pupils are Chinese and another 40% are the natives and 1% of Malay. My only concern now is that the communication barriers that we have play a big roll in determining on whether the learning teaching process goes well or fails.

I used a lot of body language, face mimic and body gestures to support my teachings in the class but those are useless if the pupils were not even listening. That leads me to the only thing that i should emphasize-the set induction which i've abandoned for so long since i left the institution.

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I'm staying with another 3 peninsular teachers who teach in secondary school. They are ok...2 are from Johor and the other one is from Kelantan. When i first arrived here, the roof on top of my room was in a bad condition. It leaked badly when it rained. Therefore I had to sleep on the couch in the living room because I couldn't buy a bed yet until the roof was fixed. And as im typing this post, I still haven't gotten myself a bed even though I fixed the room and painted the walls. I'm too traumatized that t. he roof will leak again and I'd find myself one night wet.

But, i already bought myself a fan, and it will be delivered soon. At least I won't get sweaty whenever I change my clothes in the room. Gonna get myself a bed soon n start living well again.

haha.

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As far as the relationship between me and Froggy, there are times when we feel that this long distance relationship that we're having is testing us in every way to make us feel bad and iffy. I'm thankful enough that I have the phoneline and the internet as mediums of communication between the two of us. But when those are not working well, it's a madness i tell you. One thing about this place that I'm at now, everything is so limited. Like for instance, y Froggy sent me a postcard almost a month ago, and I haven't gotten it until now! Then he sent another parcel as a surprise and after two weeks i haven't gotten it, he had to tell me about it. And yes, I havent gotten it until now too~!

sigh.

He was furious about it. But i told him, whether the stuffs are here or not, i already felt appreciated with what he did.

I was told that the thought that counts anyway.

10 comments:

artisticklytouch said...

mak nanges!!! siyius!!! gishiew cabaran yang uols hadapi lantas memberikan maks inspirasi utk PJJ mak pula hiks mak harus lebih bersyukur....gaygeh jauh ke pedalaman kan tempat uols ittew..aku kat redang dulu pun tak seteruk ittew.

uols tabahkan hati berkhidmat untuk pupils iteu yer..pupils neh, mek selalu guna student sajork hehe

Efarojie said...

art: tu la..at least and redang is still semenanjung its near to 'texas'..compared to me la..but am doing the best that i can with what i have.

alas, am thankful enough with the chance of experiencing this. i may not get the chance of doin so there in peninsular.

artisticklytouch said...

to experience alexisme you mean? alaaaaaaaahhhhhh

Froggy said...

Art:komen yang terakhir tu cukup mencurigakan...hehehe
Efarojie:glad to know that u finally have settled down there. I'm really glad that you've finally received the parcel & the card.Take care sayang...love u

xoxo
Saya

Efarojie said...

art: alexisme nih. siap ada fahaman baru,mmg patut u dibabtiskan! wahahahah~!

froggy: thanks again for the gifts.
:X

Musang said...

good to see that you are writing again~ and all the best in sarawak~

cheers~! :)

Efarojie said...

musang, its been so long!!! hi babe!

it's all about me said...

efarojie....
one thing that i want you to know that i'm proud with you !!! u took the challenge to teach at the rural area... i believe you can adapt and make yourself comfortable with the place...

after i read your post... it kinda poor condition there... hehehe... long time no see.... hope you'll getting stronger there... and i really wanted to see you with your froggy one day...

wish you all the best with the LDR... its pretty challenging though... i used to have one !!! hahaha... but long time ago... wait for my come back k !!!

things getting more exciting and lot more to share... till then... all the best to you and always pray for your success... then you can move back to peninsular... hehehe....

Efarojie said...

gc: it was so afraid to b posted far from friends n family at first; but when i finally got here, it's not as bad as i thought it was...and so, m giving myself a chance to better myself here...

and if god wills it, we' ll meet sumday, aite?

cant wait to hear bout u too babe!

it's all about me said...

good to hear that you're pretty safe and happy there...

we can arrange perhaps... :)

yeap, will do... just wait and see... hehehe...