hi!!! just posting a short quick update here to make people and myself of course happy.... i know i haven't updated for quite a long time now, but i've been so busy with work that i'm often dead tired when i get home and all i want to do is go brain dead.
my work at the childcare centre is exhausting, yet fulfilling. i'm learning to handle tantrum cases in a way i never could have done before. i have to think on my feet a lot, because i'm the temp, so they tend to shuffle me around classes a lot. one minute i can be with my toddlers, then next minute a teacher comes in and asks if i can take K1 for the rest of the day. then i have to start thinking quickly what in the world i'm supposed to teach them. so far, im doing ok. i've been sick quite a bit, because there's a stomach flu bug going around the toddlers AGAIN, which means i clean a lot of backsides. the toddlers are also rather accident-prone, because some really don't watch where they are going and just bump straight into cupboards. some cry just because they feel like crying and they want to be carried. they fight and scream and cry, but in the end it is all worth it when you see that adorable smile heading right at you. at this age they are so very affectionate; they give out flying kisses freely, they kiss your cheek (wet kisses!), i had one toddler once kiss my hand just because he wanted to, and their hugs are really wholly given.
i have picked up so many children's songs in the past 1 1/2 months alone. i know the actions, and i try to be as engaging as possible. i have learnt not to get carried away playing with them and enjoying myself, because i have to be the adult as well and keep a very very sharp eye on events that are happening. they are exploring and testing their limits, so they love to climb on the furniture and as what happened today will attest, they inevitably fall off the table or chairs. so i essentially have to multi-task, and this is such enriching work.
valentine's day has just passed. thanks to terry for sending me the flowers all the way from Tekong: i really wasn't expecting anything this year because after all, you're not around! it was a lovely gift and a thoughtful gesture. i was relieved when the flowers made it home alive mostly because i was so afraid it would die on the way home. thank God that they are still alive. maybe they'll bloom a bit longer this year ya?
you're all i needmy lovemy valentine