Hello, yes. Tell me, I know. I have been away for a long time, again. If I am not mistaken, the only thing that I had posted into this blog for this year 2021 is the teaching materials for the Tech-Camp Malaysia Philippines that I did for the past few weeks. So, here I am now, trying to post something so at least I know whenever I log into this blog, trying to look back at how things goes and what I have been doing recently, its here. So, this post is one of them.
Self note, I am here, stuck (that's how I called it) in this little town of Sebauh, a place where I do the job to earn for my living and to pay all the bills. That is not a really nice way to say it right? Well, of course apart from earning my monthly pay, this is also a place I am sent to by the Ministry to educate and enlighten the mind and souls of the young ones. Why do I call myself stuck here? Well, apparently COVID is still here, after a year and it still hit harder than before and we are all trying to play our part to reduce the cases and to break the chain. So, that is why I am still here (For about 4 months now since the last time I went back to my hometown) and trying to be a responsible citizen of keeping myself and people around me, safe.
A little talk on the teaching life itself, well it has never been easy with this whole Covid stuff still out here. At first, coming back to this little town in January, I had to teach 7 classes in which 2 of it is my 2020 Form 5 SPM Candidate and the other 5 classes is my online class or PDPR. It was hectic but of course I managed to get through. Then, during the SPM, I am glad that I took the chance to be one of the invigilator. My first experience was back in 2015 which is around 2 months after I got posted to SMK Sebauh. So, SMK Kidurong was the first school that I had my first experience as the SPM invigilator and that was for Private Candidates (Calon persendirian) and for SPM 2020 batch which was held February 2021 till March 2021, I had my second SPM invigilation in SMK Bandar Bintulu. To be honest both had its own experience and for the record, I love invigilating in SMK Bandar simply because the students that I had under me was so good and well mannered. They had good English too that I can use English as the medium of instruction.
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| Me and the SPM Invigilators Team for my Pusat Peperiksaan in SMK Bandar, Bintulu. |
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| Me and the SPM Invigilators Team for my Pusat Peperiksaan in SMK Bandar, Bintulu. |
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| My OOTD during the SPM Invigilation in SMK Bandar, Bintulu. |
Anyways, coming back to how things are so far. our school break started on 8th of May till 16th of May 2021, which means that its a one week break for our online class. If only this covid is not an issue, I surely will be going back to spend time with my family. Unfortunately, since the cases are on the rise we are restricted from moving around. I may be able to go back if I go for the struggle to apply for the police permit but hey, I should not be selfish right? First, I must obey the law and second, the law is made for our own safety. So, having too many cases I believe it is best for me to stay home and not going anywhere apart from going around 10km radius, most is 50 km away for groceries and cash withdrawal. Other than that, I just stayed at home and revive in my own way before our "school break" ends.
So, how did I spent my school break? First of all is reading! Yeah! I am learning to respect my me-time by not being too attached to works and stuff all the time and I am glad I did! For some, this whole quarantine or lock down (or even online classes) is a burden but I tried my best to look on the bright side. I had more time for myself and I get to have enough rest because I won't lie, working from home enables me to do almost everything that I used to be so hard to, both personal and professional stuff. I managed to cope with classes and lessons better because I don't have to waste so much time on getting ready every morning before off to work. By this I mean preparing the printed materials and physical book marking, ironing cloth, get ready with the skincare routine and of course preparing lunch box for school. It get easier with this work from home because I really don't have to run here and there for my class or meetings because everything is done virtually now. As for food, I am at home so of course foods and drinks are just a step away. Compared to being physically in school, I barely have time for toilet break, let alone for food or drinks. So, yeay to that! But then of course, doing online classes has its own issue and I may elaborate more on that in the next post.
Now, a narration of the photos I am going to share in this post, I am getting myself busy taking care of the kittens. There are 5 of them and I am yet to give them names. The mama cat is not mine actually but since she gave birth inside my home (under the sofa to be exact) then, I shall call those kittens mine and yea, haven't had any thought of giving them away, so they are mine. Hahaha..
As for reading, I am getting more attached to books now that I spend most of my time at home. I am happy that I just realised my ability to read a book of about 300 pages in about two weeks time. I know that for an avid reader this is kind of slow but for my personal record this is so much better. I used to spend like half a year to finish reading a book because I was too coop up with works and stuff (or maybe that is just a lame excuse) yet I keep on buying books because one, I love keeping them as my personal collection and two, because I just want the books to be available near me whenever I feel like reading. I had this one experience during the first Quarantine back in 2020 where I went back to my parent's house and brought only one book with me since the school break was just one week and knowing myself and my reading speed, I believe that I won't be able to finish reading them in a week but I was wrong and that was a big mistake. When the government announced an extension of the quarantine I was lifeless when I did finished reading that one and only book. Since I was so eager to get something to read, I searched around the house for any book and I found my old chicken soup books and started reading. I thought I would love it but sadly I did not enjoy the book and I started to search for books online. I ordered some and by the time it arrived the ministry announced the opening of schools and that teachers must be back to school in about three days after the announcement. The book took almost a month to arrive due to the lock down stuff and that is something that is so not convenience. So, that is why I always wants my books to be around me.
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| Reading Heartstopper - Graphic Novel on my Tablet |
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| Heartstopper Volume 4 is coming out very very soon! I can't wait! |
Related to the paragraph above, that is how I spent my school break. I bought a new Ikea book shelf from Emart DIY Bintulu for RM109 (I checked online, in the peninsular IKEA store it costs only RM79. hahaha. Now that I have a new book shelf, of course I want to spend the 'free' time to re-arrange my books and put them in a better condition. So, there it is as shown in the photo.
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| That black shelf it the new one and the silver one, I moved it from the old place to this new edge. |
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| This is my source of happiness. I am only renting for now but surely will have mini library at home one day in my very own home sweet home! Fingers crossed! |
Apart from reading physical books I had also read some novels online from Wattpad on my tablet. Doing so much reading on the tablet which I got back in 2016 made me fell in love with the tablet, once again. Well, I used to love it so much since I have a bigger screen for youtube and other stuff but when I bought new phone, I rarely use the tablet. Now that I spend most of my time reading on the tablet, I loved it and just realised I had been keeping and using the tablet for about 5 years now! Proud of myself that I took good care of it! hahaha... I had also read some graphic novels and ebook on the tablet now that I learned I can have my personal digital library on it just by installing the e-reader app called e-prestigio. They layout of the book is super nice, and the reading experience is good too though of course I have to bear with the blue light which cause eye strain and I hate that. As for that, I found a new solution (I believe so but I can't say anything from a real experience since the kindle I bought is stiill has not arrive)! Hate that I had to bear with JNT bad service here in Bintulu. I purchased the Kindle Paperwhite 4 on shopee on 4th of April 2021 and stated in shopee, I shall receive the Kindle by 7th May 2021 since I chose the sea shipping which I am totally fine with the 4th April till 7th may waiting period. Unfortunately, as I was excited to track the device to be arriving in JNT Bintulu on May 5th, they keep putting my parcel on hold. I even went there twice to self pick up but they kept saying the same thing asking me to wait. I was like? Huh?! By the time I am typing all this 17-05-2021, my stuff is still put under "on-hold". I am really pissed off but I know its pointless since I tried everything I could yet all I have left to do is to just wait and bear with their bad service. Let's just hope this week will be the week they will do the delivery. *sigh.
This post is getting longer than it should, so I may want to end it here. So, below are some photos I took when me and my housemate went out for grocery shopping after we were done with the online Sunday Mass. I thought it would be a great idea to take some photos that I can go back and look into in the future when I am no longer here in Sebauh. So here are the photos.
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| The shoplots at the Kemena Riverside, Sebauh |
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| The Kemena River! |
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| That shop on the right is our Favourite Bakso restaurant! |
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| The Sebauh Tamu and one of our favourite eatery too on the left! |
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| One of the limited parking space in Sebauh. |
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| We buy most of our groceries here! |
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| The one and only petrol station in Sebauh |
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| This used to be the place we can get our vegetables supplies before Covid hits us! |
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