Gone Too Soon (Haven't we been here before?)

The last time i was here, i was relishing the prospect of the (then) upcoming school holidays. Well, the holidays certainly came and went, and all of a sudden, it's the last Friday before school reopens. Hmm, how did that happen?

I was seriously looking forward to the June break as a very timely and much-needed opportunity to refresh and regroup before the second semester, but in the end, as with many of my best laid plans, it went awry. Ok, maybe not that it went awry, but just that as it turns out, four weeks off from school is still not long enough, especially when you've to finish off the rest of the year once those four weeks are done.

Not that i didn't get anything done during the break though. On the contrary, somehow within these past four weeks i squeezed in a three day course, two overseas trips, a real scare, and even one night in Ubin. I even grew tolerant enough of soccer/football to manage to watch almost a complete game (at a free live screening, of course - you'll still never catch me at a match live, not unless you pay me the cost of the ticket first at least) and actually be rooting for a particular team (though only because i was firmly in that playing country's territory).

One thing that i was reminded of, though, was that as long as i could ever hope these breaks to be, my job/calling at the moment is not to slack off watching telly and traveling the world, but rather, to teach. Sounds real cheesy, but well, you can't eschew cheesiness entirely if you want to tahan working in the S'pore civil service, can you (so many writhe-inducing taglines come to mind)?

So with that in mind, it's time to (try and) gear myself up for Monday. Awshucks.

Finally figured out how to use the darn timer on my camera...