Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Hello !
It's been ages since I last updated. So I kinda just figured out perhaps I should do something before cobwebs start to take over the place.. =)
I think I'm just gonna go through the past few weeks bit by bit..
blogger's a bitch though.. it's taking forever to load my photos.. hahaha..
Let's start from the beginning.. before leaving Singapore..
I was doing a week's worth of relief teaching at a certain secondary school in Sengkang..
was supposed to teach Social Studies and History..
History didn't actually go very well.. haha..
since I did not have any knowledge of it beforehand..
but social studies was kinda like a breeze..
there was this big stack of worksheets that greeted me..
supposed to give it to the students everyday for the whole week...
couldn't take it anymore halfway through and helped them to go through stuff required for their tests that week.. haha..
hope they didn't fail because of me though.. hahaha..
not to mention their o lvls are like.. real soon..
anyway.. their classroom is really nice ! hahaha..
didn't get a seat in the staff room because it wasn't very convenient for their original teacher to be walking up and down.. so.. let me show you guys how their classroom looked !
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it's kind of a very interesting period though.. hahaha..
but the timing is a little too tight to my liking..
it's like I'm still teaching even on the day of my flight !
owells.. working experience.. =)
Now.. onto the day of the flight..
I think it's like one of the not so sad goodbyes you guys have had in quite some time isn't it..
ahaha.. but.. thanks to all who came.. =) .. will see you guys really soon I guess..
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Nothing interesting about the day of the flight though..
My baggage went over by 5kg but they let me off.. phew..
very very long journey to Amsterdam and then subsequently to Norwich..
I was sooo tired that I practically slept throughout the flight..
and I'm really irritated that I missed dinner !!
I heard that KLM's dinner is really really nice..
ate breakfast on the flight though.. very pleasing..
I would say that it's prob better than SIA.. but..
I can't judge.. because the last time I took SIA was like very very long ago..
so.. no comparisons there !
Reached Amsterdam.. and was really really gutted that there's no free wifi access...
everything needs to be paid for.. and everything else is like very expensive..
bought a couple of drink, TIME magazine and a slice of pizza (a really big one actually)..
a pity that I didn't take pictures of it though..
spent around 3 hours before getting on the flight over to Norwich..
It was a really pleasant surprise.. took this tiny aircraft from Amsterdam to Norwich..
and it's really really scary..
there was this period where we met with turbulence..
it felt like the aircraft was dropping out of the sky..
and.. we are all so used to planes having engines...
that tiny aircraft I took.. had propellers ! omg..
hahaha.. well.. eye-opener...
Norwich airport is rather small..
there's like only two counters for immigration..
and only one counter was used for that day..
the taxi ride to university was wonderful... and expensive..
hahaha.. first impression of Norwich ?
totally different from Singapore..
here.. it's peaceful.. and quiet... (except for those drunk people..)
and the scenery is really nice.. grasslands and stuff..
compared to the concrete jungle in Singapore..
will continue another day.. my pictures are still not loaded.. zzz..
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