TGIF: Last day of internship

TGIF. After spending 20 days together, today marks the last day of our internship. Despite being a short 20 days internship with each day having only 6 effective hours spent together, it is amazing how we manage to bond so tightly together that we start talking with the same style and accent:P I'm really grateful for this bunch of crazy nonsensical buddies. Without them, I bet I'll just quit the job within the first 2 days because of some shit that happened. They are the best bunch of people to be around, always there to entertain me with their lame nonsense, funny shit and impromptu activities. I'll really miss you guys, can't wait to meet up with you guys soon^^

It is indeed tiring to handle two jobs at the same time, tutoring at night and interning in daytime. However I find it fulfilling and interning is never tiring because my fellow interns are my source of caffeine. They always keep my hyped up through the incessant gossiping sessions:P Shag max at the end of the day, but I find it a fulfilling day because teaching is a benevolent job, plus interning at a social enterprise really taught me useful business concepts.

Feeling the love from my beloved intern <3

 One bad thing is I am too occupied with my work. Mondays to Fridays internship. Tues to Thursdays I have tuition at night. That leaves me with no time and energy to meet up with friends, making me guilty to reject my friends' meetings:( Thankfully, I managed to meet this bunch of awesome friends on my last day of internship:) I love how we are always filled with enthusiasm and lots of exciting stories whenever we meet. Sorry if I was abit quiet and dao today cos I was drained from days of work:/ Wishing these 2 all the best in their stuffs and have a safe trip to wherever they're traveling to^^

My awesome crazy nonsense gang

"If it's not from the heart, it is not worth doing it" 

(credits to a social worker whom I worked under last time, Mr Jonathon Toh)

Shagness overload

2nd last day of internship. All I've been busy with for today were printing notes, figuring out how to use the printing machine and drafting email. 

Tuition for a class mixed with students of different levels and syllables. Expended lots of mental energy and patience. Shagness overload. Thankfully no more tuition for this week and tmr is the last day of work. After which will be the time to crash.

But before that, a cup of avocado yogurt shake with chocolate chips to energize me for tonight's World Cup. So what if I've work tmr? #yolo

Angel Food Smoothie

Smoothie King sells this for $6 but I can make it too, with a bit more effort and a bit less sugar without having to travel out of my house:)

Ingredients: Strawberries, banana, yogurt, topped with chocolate chips for added happiness^^

Love this mix and how fuss-free it is. Sweet pink treat to end off Monday blues

World Cup to start a Monday

Woke at 6am specially to watch Ronaldo in action. Disappointed that he didn't make it to the scoresheet once again, but Team Portugal: job well done:) 

And now, a celery-carrot-avocado-orange smoothie to start my Monday:)

Hoping for a great week ahead^^

Just another Sunday

Just another Sunday. Just another disaster which I whipped up that is thankfully edible and accepted by my family:P

Pulled pork sandwiched between focacia bread, sauteed mushrooms and yogurt potato salad

Think if I wasn't too lazy to get a BBQ sauce the sandwich could have been better:P

Relief Tutoring

1st day of hectic lifestyle: Internship in the daytime, tutoring at tuition centre at night time.

Thankfully, my internship is quite chill and has relatively flexible working hours, so I am able to rush back in time for tuition. There is supposed to be a company cohesion event where we go to the boss' house and he cooks for us. But because of this tutoring assignment which I signed up for a couple of weeks back, I have no choice but to forgo the seemingly fun event. I was really half-hearted when I went for tuition as I kept imagining how fun it would be if I were at the event instead, talking crap and playing crazily with my fellow bunch of interns.

Guess what? I was wrong. Cohesion does look fun, but I had a great time with the kids too! Despite being rowdy in nature and me being inefficient (I only cleared 2 pages of worksheet in 2 hours), I really enjoyed my time with them. Time flew when I was in the classroom. I have to admit I am not a good tutor as I dont force students to do work and I talk alot of random stuffs in class. But the thing is I don't like to force people to do things. As such I adopt a chill approach when teaching. This sort of creates a dilemma where I enjoy interacting with the children, yet I fear I am not helping them in their education path. I am able to talk to them at lengths but I encounter difficulties communicating concepts to them. I enjoy talking to them but I am not fulfilling my mission. Should I really continue considering this career path then?

You can't have your cake and eat it.

Indeed, what you love doing and what you're good at may not be the same thing.
What is lucrative may not be where your passion lies in.
Sad 2-sided stories of life.
What should I choose then?

Credits: http://mylovelyquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/tumblr_md340jZkTB1r5meqxo1_1280.jpg

World Cup 2014: Germany vs Portugal

Germany wins Portugal 4-0

Disappointed that Ronaldo did not get to score a single goal. But I've to agree the strikers from Germany are really good and they have applaudable team spirit. On the other hand, Portugal seems to lack communication and coordination. Chemistry is lacking within the team which could account for the null shots:(

Football is a team sport. Reliance on 1 team player can't score u goals. Trust and teamwork is vital in this strategic dynamic game.