August 30, 2008

• My kids made me feel Special and Loved today
  
  

  Spent Thurs nite wrapping and decorating all the gifts i bought for the whackie bunch of teachers in my kindergarten. Even though Teacher's Day is on the 1st of Sept it falls during the one week term break so we moved it up to Friday. *heehee* When i got to work on Friday morning, i dropped all the gifts in the classroom first before going over to the staff room to drop off my bag. When i walked it i was greeted by the others with hugs and gifts. Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww i felt loveeeeed! Told them their gifts were in the classroom so we all went over and Zalila and Liza actually lined up in front of my classroom to receive their gift. *lol*

  After giving my dear teachers their gifts which i hope they like... it was time to start the day. The Sunday before i had attended the Singapore Fireworks Festival courtesy of Betsy (she held a competition for the biggest Knottie Fan and heh ... yeah i won..) and during the event there were teenagers selling these braces-like flashing lights thingie for $. At first i thought that it was somewhat disturbing and a cause for concern that it might malfunction and eletrocute the kids but then realised that the voltage would be rather minute. Well i got myself one and was going to greet the kids with flashing lights coming from my mouth. Heehee all the children squealed in delight and were laughing really hard. They even asked Suzana why there were lights coming from my mouth and she told them that i had swallowed some batteries the day before. They ACTUALLY believed her! *lol*
  

  
  The teachers with their gifts from me.

   
  Mars children with their gifts to me.

  The next hour or so was a frenzy of trying to organise the presents that they gave us on the table so that i could take a picture. I managed to take most of the children with the present they gave me so i could remember them by ... missed out a couple though .. but got most of them. After i took the one and only shot of the presents that i received from the other teachers, i got them to open the present i gave them...not before i took a shot of them posing with the present. *heehee*  After a few hours of feeling relax, letting the kids play freely and with no deadlines to meet... it was time for them to go for their snack break.
  
  When we walked into the snack room, all the tables had bee nicely arranged and set up.... there was a huge spread of food and a huge ass cake right in the middle of the snack room. There were also a handful of my k2 parents in the snack room helping out and making final adjustments.... in my mind i was going "Oh no... did we forget that one of the kids is celebrating his/her birthday today???" Then it dawned on us that this was for us... the K2 teachers..... the parents threw us a part.... a Teacher's Day Party!!! Omg.... it was really touching to see how 19 parents came together to plan for this party.... *tears* I was soooo touched.... i felt sooooo special.... i felt like i was loved....It gave me so much more motivation... it was like i was given an energon cube and felt recharged.

  
  The lovely cake and the teachers cutting into the cake.

  
  The huge spread of food and the children desperate to tuck into it.

  
  All the teachers were invited to cut the cake but not before making a wish and heh we all basically wished for the same things... after cutting the cake, we showed the parents that teachers have a wild and fun side too... how did we do that? Each of us took a turn to swipe the cream from the cake, then running around chasing one teacher and smearing the cream on her face. *lol* That was fun. *heehee* The children were definitely harder to manage since they were all hungry ... but after digging into the food they basically entertained themselves and kept on eating and eating. I spent a good hour or so chatting and laughing with the parents and all .. so much so i had to tell hubbie i would talk to him when he gets up in the morning cos i was still trying to soak in the atmosphere and talking to the parents.

  I also received a bouquet of bright orange Gerberas from Hubbie with Chupa Chups and a note that got all the teachers laughing and giggling. Don't think i will reveal the note here since it's a lil naughty but heh it is safe to say, the ladies won't see lollipops the same way ever again. *grin* THANK YOU, HUBBIE!
  

  
  This pink rose was complimentary from the florist for Teacher's Day.
  

  
  In the afternoon, i greeted the afternoon class the same way i did with my morning class..... yep with my flashing lights mouth. *hehehehehe* I had some really nice cards from the afternoon class. Really sweet and thoughful cards... One of the girls was really really upset that she didn't have anything for us nor did she have a card made. While the children were gathering around Suzana after their insistent on opening up the presents in front of them, she was just sitting down there looking really upset and tears running down her cheeks. I gave her a nice big hug and asked her what was wrong and she said quietly "I don't have anything for teachers...". Awwwwwwww.... she felt a whole lot better when i said i really appreciate that she wants to give us a gift but it is the thought that counts. And if she really want to, she could go to the art studio and draw us a picture or make us a card and we wouldn't peek and it still be a surprise for us. Seriously we don't expect the kids to be buying lavish gifts for us and i even mentioned that i would rather they drew and made me a card or letter. She ended up drawing each teacher a full size painting that she was really happy with. 

  
  Jupiter children with their gifts to me.
  

  
  At the end of the day when all the kids had left and i was cleaning up the classroom, i heard a voice call out from the main door.... "Teacher Ee Wei!" ... I turned and saw Mock Zhen Yuan... one of the little boys from my first class of kids from 2006. He transferred to another kindergarten a couple of blocks away in 2007 and since then he has never failed to drop by just to say hi and give us a hug at least twice a month. Today he dropped by just to give me, Zalila and Liza... three teachers who have taught him over the years... a felt rose with a pen attached to it. I only taught him for 6 months and i never expected him to drop by this often for the last 2 years or so just to say hi. His grandma has told us that he has always pestered her about coming to visit and all. It is really touching to have a child remember you even when he has left the school after so long.

  
  Mock Zhen Yuan... such a sweet kid!

  I cannot say how thankful i am to be in this career...i really feel good about myself to have found my calling. I've said this in the first 3 months of being a kindergarten teacher and i will say it again ... This is one of the most rewarding, fulfilling and loving job i have ever been in.
  
  To all the children that i have taught and currently teaching... thank you for giving me your unconditional love. I will miss you all when i leave Singapore next year...

  
  

  HAPPY TEACHER'S DAY!
  

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