Went to KK just now to see a newborn. They were restricting 2 visitors per patient because of H1N1 and we had to wait for eons. I don't have an issue with 2 visitors per patient but they weren't taking temperatures of any sort, manually or with thermal scanners. So what happens if 1 of the 2 have H1N1?

People were creating havoc trying to go up and visit their family and friends but couldnt go up with the restriction. I like the way East Shore works though. They block all entrances so there's only the main one and any staff or visitor have to get pass the thermal scanners. So if they have a temperature, they are sent out and if one doesnt, they get in.

There's always soo much excitement especially if it's a newborn. Naturally, everyone wants to see the baby. Somehow, after the baby is out, the mother does not get any attention. Hahaha...

It was my last day. No doubt there were plenty of walls that had to be broken to be part of them, I had my fair share of fun, learnt a lot of things, gained plenty of knowledge and experience that I know I wouldn't have got anywhere else. Saying goodbyes were hard but somethings are just meant to be and like I always believe, there has to be a blessing in disguise.

Continuing the same thing at a different place is going to be a challenge. Getting used to the new system and the way they work. But if this is the only way that I can move forward, then I don't have another choice...

Read the article whereby MM said he made a mistake in the bilingual policy. Actually, I don't think it was a mistake. At that point of time, people were not well-versed in the English language and thus Chinese may not have been such a challenge to the students. Also, the team that he had were taught that way, so I am not surprised that he didn't get much feedbacks or opinions.

But now, times are changing. Many are very comfortable with the English language and that being the case, reading and writing Chinese seems challenging to this generation. Chinese is not the only language that is now suffering, many families are not speaking their mother tongue anymore.

Guess as time changes, policies and methods have to change as well. Mother tongue like any other subject has to be taught in an interactive way. Teachers now have to break away from the usual method of teaching and get their students' love for the language back again. I mean, what teacher are you if you can't sustain your students' interest???

Saturday was the last lesson with my K2s. A wonderful year. I practically grew up with them. They never fail to amuse me though. Can you imagine a bunch of 6 year olds talking about the existence of ghosts while doing their work? It was nice to just hear them talk. Didn't interrupt them or question them about their thoughts.

Next week is the parent teacher meeting and after that I'll have my saturdays to myself till classes start again. Time to get back my 4pms to watch Hindhi movies... =)

I went to the airport in the morning. Sent off buah,bapu,Yaseen and Syed to India. THe house is super quiet without them. Its just Kolis and me till the girls come back from school in the evening. Got to start thinking of ways to keeping myself occupied in the day.

I sooo want to have a getaway. Anywhere is fine with me. Akkama and I were looking at the departures and asking each other where we want to go like as if we could just simply catch a flight and leave. Haha...

With just 3 of us in the house for 2 months, we shall find ways to entertain ourselves...

I tried very hard to upload the audio but couldnt. Heard this somewhere and its very funny. So I resorted to typing it out.

This is your captain Haredi welcoming both sitted and standing passengers on board of Egypt air. We apologise for the 4 days delay in taking off. It was due to bad weather and some overtime I had to put in at the bakery baking cake.

This is flight 717 to Alexandria airport landing there is not guaranteed. But we will end up somewhere in Egypt. And if luck is in our favour, we may even be landing on your vilage. Egypt air has an excellent safety record, in fact our safety standards are so high that even terrorists are afraid to fly with us. It is with pleasure that I announce that starting this year over 70% of our passengers have reached their destination. If our engines are too noisy for you, on passenger request we can arrange them to be turned off to make sure that you are feeling comfortable.

We regret to inform you that today's in flight movie will not be shown as we forgot to record it from the television. However, for the movie box, we will be flying right next to Somalia Airlines where their movie will be visible from the right side of the cabin window. There is no smoking allowed in this aeroplane any smoke you see in the cabin is only the early warning system on the engines telling us to slow down. In order to catch important landmarks , we try to fly as close as possible for the best view. If however we get a little to close do let us know. Our enthusiastic co pilot sometimes even flies right through the landmarks.

Kindly be seated, keep your seat in an upright position for take off and fasten your seat belt. For those of you who cannot find your seat belt, kindly fasten your own belt to the arm of your seat. And to those of you who cannot find your seat, don't hesitate to get in touch with our stewardess who will of course explain to you how to fasten yourself to your suitcase.

Thank you all for choosing Egypt air to fly for the first and last time .

Hahaha....

Had a damn good time during physiology practical today. New lecturer. He's friendly, young and definitely engaging. We were being taught how to check our pulse at all the different places.

The best part is when someone starts to giggle and say "I can't find my pulse!!!" Haha... It was hilarious really. Then, he went around helping these people find their pulse and commenting things like "oh no!", "you are in trouble" or simply smiled till he came to their rescue.

Learnt how to read an ECG, sort of. Then used this machine whereby you blow into it and it gives you a reading on your lung capacity. Throughout the whole lab session, we were all laughing as some were being called up to use the machine or simply be a 'subject'.

This must be the most relaxing lab session that any one of us has had so far...