Whoopsies... o_O

Let me tell you a story...

One of my students threw me this question before anyone or anything else interfered. "Teacher, did you dye your hair?"

Gulp. 

I felt like giving him this response: "Uhh... yeah." Instead, I responded, "I don't know." I know, I know... that doesn't sound professional at all. But anyway, I knew he knew the answer even without me giving one. I had my hair dyed much earlier this year. Don't tell me someone just noticed today. 

Ah well, never mind that. I'm planning on dying it again next month. I dyed it on the second month and will add some emphasis to the now fading color on the second last month of this year. Some Asians, like myself in particular, just don't like that typical black hair. Sometimes. So they put some color to it. Don't worry, I won't go for blond - my Asian physical features won't fit into the color at all.

Yes... I am a good teacher. And, whether that is true or not, I'll leave it that way for today.

From the Japanese drama series, "Great Teacher Onizuka"

Come, I change from GTO to Great Teacher Lorena. 

Yeah! I feel good... na na na na na na na. 

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Someone just approached me and asked whether she could take piano lessons from me. Hehehehehe... can can can!

'Happy is this Heart'

Pictures, pictures. I can't do much with a 2mp camera hp, but heck with that - I'm posting some up anyway. Wait 'til I get a more advanced one (camera/hp/whichever) of which..hmm..will just have to wait.  Patience, dear.

Anyway...

Love the upgraded look here. Just realized the change yesterday. The glow from the lighting fixtures below plus gate post light(s) really does make the big difference. Oh by the way, the grounds are all wet - I was slightly spared by the rain. 

And here's to the bookmark - gift from a friend from miles away - that I got last Friday. Time received: Somewhere around 9am. Don't ridicule me - I take note of the time. 

Marriage vows to be exchanged when the dawn of a new day comes. Taken on Saturday midnight - that partly explains the stillness of this moment. Significant date and time: October 10, 2010 @ 10am.

Sunday. Sometime during the matrimonial ceremony, with the assumed permission from the owner, I took a snap of this key-chain. Secretly wishing I had one too. The word that spreads across this pink beauty speaks, "Believe" What's more beautiful about it is the biblical text inscribed behind it found in Matthew 21:22. 

May you and I find the time to seek and contemplate on His words ;)

Red Letter Day

Second day of PMR. Today's paper was English. A colleague of mine came over to my desk and asked me what my choice of answer would be for 'a red letter day'. It was a multiple-choice question. 

I gave my answer. We both agreed to it. 

So... when's your red letter day? 

I know one thing... I'd like to have lots of it in the days ahead of me.  

 

Living Today

Yes, I need the strength to live through this day. One day at a time will do. Now, I can go talking about strength through prayer or strength for our physical needs... food (plus beverage) whether it be healthy or not. 

Ice-cream that I had late Sunday evening to cool down whatever troubles I had inside. As I said to someone, this is only a temporary (cooling) effect. 

Box drink I drank up after having my brunch - my second meal this morning. How great I am. Ha!

Took this shot sometime last month. October 2010 is still very new peeps and September wasn't too long ago. Sigh. I have reasons to miss it. This... is the ABC I'm talking about. I would walk my way to town just for this when the mind and tummy calls for this sweet  cold treat.  From now on, I don't want you to wonder what this ABC is all about whenever I mention it. Say yucky if you want to... I say yummy-ness!!

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Take a deep, deep, breath. 

I want to think and firmly say to myself... You know you will be.

'pau ayam kokok'

A good breakfast makes the tummy all happy. I'm glad to say that mine is. Had something to eat before leaving for work and another one just about 30 minutes ago. My appetite is back. For the past week my tummy didn't go too well with food all because of a stupid mistake. 

Never, never, let these three be combined in the tummy all at once: kimchi, tuhau, bosou. Bad idea.

Anyway...

Today there was picture taking with the students. Haiya... Had I known earlier I would have shaved my eyebrows, overdo my lipsticks, and dye my hair purple. Now, of course I wouldn't do any of that. Just tell me lah so I can make myself look a little better than today. Haih...

On another note, I'm all nervous about something. C'mon... do I have to do the talking? Somehow being a teacher doesn't quite help with taming the stage frights. I have less than two weeks. Gulp.

Oh and by the way, about the title of this post, it's totally irrelevant. If you insist to know what it is all about... Well, someone asked me the filling of the pau that was sold in the school canteen (I was having my breakfast there). My reply was, "Pau ayam," then with lightning speed, I decided to add another word, "kokok". 

Thus, a minor story has come to life. 

I want to eat pau lah.

I Am Half Awake...September Has Ended

Today's quote catch:

Love cannot endure indifference. It needs to be wanted. Like a lamp, it needs to be fed out of the oil of another's heart, 
or its flame burns low. 

~ Henry Ward Beecher ~ 

No doubt. The person who wrote that must have known that feeling all too well. Or his emotional boundaries are extraordinary - his horizons stretch far. 

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Hmm... seems like the church is gonna have the comforts of technology soon - air-conditioner. That explains why there was the presence of electricians during the week. Am I excited about it? I'll just say... it's good I guess. Don't kick me out just because I said that. 

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Got my apartment lights fixed. One of it. The person in charge of doing all the fixing left the ladder at my place. Good. Now, I can clean that window screen above my front and only door that has turned black with dust. Cleaned it already with a mop (I'm sure you can picture that) but not thoroughly satisfied with the job. Yes, I'm smiling. Hehe.

Thinking of walking down to town across that steady hanging bridge. Noticed just this morning that the road was blocked when I entered one of my class. The other bridge below the hanging bridge was covered with bamboos and perhaps branches from upstream. Road block equals to traffic jam. Guess it's all cleared by now. I'll know soon. 

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Tomorrow morning will bring me to some place else. This time with different people to a different church. I look forward to more of that in the future. Thinking, "Wanna get my face all dolled up or not?" Just got into the mood of it. I might end up not doing it. Whatever the decision, I'm waking up early. Ladies. Girls. Whichever. Understand that they need double if not triple the time to get themselves ready compared to men. Guys. Again, whichever.

Anyway... I'll give this blog a rest over the weekend. May this October's treasure box be filled with many good things ahead. ;)