School was good today. I actually felt OK at work. Not that stressed. Maybe its the preparation that I have already made. Anyway, am expecting worse things to come. Hmm...kind of sad, isn't it?

I have put on so much weight over the last 2 weeks of staying home!! My clothes are ONE SIZE too small. I can just die. It's so difficult to choose what to wear to work! Imagine having to select clothes from a rack that has all size S when you're an M? What can you buy? Nothing right? Precisely. Urgh. I cannot imagine that I was ever even fatter than I am now. How did I fit into those clothes? Man....I must NOT allow history to repeat.

By the way, my class was really really sweet today. They actually bought a cake for me and celebrated my birthday (though its super belated) for me during recess in the canteen. I tried to tell them to keep a low profile for it but they refused and were practically yelling out the birthday song in English and Chinese. They also insisted on sticking the candles on the cake and crowding those candles in the centre of the cake so my cake looked like it was "on fire". Yeah...that's how old I am...
Well, what's nice was through this, I also got to see another side of some of my students and I realised that some of them have impecable manners and good family upbringing. Many actually waited for me to finish cutting the cake. Once I was done, they took the plastic knife from me and said "Ok Ms N, you sit down and eat your cake, we'll clean up." I thought that was really pleasant. We don't get many such children anymore. Most are too self-centred or pampered so it was really a very good feeling to see some of the these kids exhibiting such good behaviour. I must make it a point to mention it to their parents when I meet them.