My favourite flowers- Gerberas! :D
People have been distributing them free on street corners to promote the recently-started renovation of the Wintergarden mall... and everyone in the staffroom (who got one) has put them into a big vase on Michael's desk (which is just next to mine), where they've brightened up the staffroom for days with their pretty colours :)
INTERNATIONAL DAY today. A couple of photos a student has kindly just emailed me..
With Edgar from Korea (right), Jamie (left) and Rex (below) from Taiwan!
Had wanted to wear a kebaya but I didn't bring mine from Malaysia.. wanted to borrow one from [ Izzy ] but hadn't had time to drop by her place so in the end I just wore my old cheongsam.
We had the most awesome breakfast in class this morning. I currently have a lot of Korean students in my class and they're all amaaazing cooks! I can't rmbr the names of all the dishes and I forgot to bring my camera, so I'm still waiting for another student to send me photos.
More food back in the staffroom...
Tea + my colleague Bella's super duper yummy homebaked FRUITCAKE. I've never been a huge fan of cake but OMG this one's to die for. I was already bursting at the seams but I just couldnt. stop. EATING.
Containers in the background: Roti canai & chicken curry- my contribution to breakfast! I brought kangaroo sausages too since I thought the students should try something Aussie, being in Australia... By the end of the day, I came home with both containers empty :)
Other noteworthy goodies I've stuffed my
It was one of my Korean students' last day today, and she gave me a little teddy in a hanbok to say Thank You :')
Postcard of steam train & sakura was from another Taiwanese student, who brought in a few different postcards to share with the class during his presentation this afternoon.
These little gifts always mean so much to me.. just knowing that they came with such sincerity from people who had brought them here from a land far far away. I put them all on my pinboard at work so that I'd never forget how many wonderful countries and cultures there are out there in the world still, waiting to be explored.
Other photos!
Sweets from Saudi Arabia...
I'm not obsessed with candy either but I just love these creamy chewy ones!! Syokness. Pity they can't be bought here.
Okay this one was obviously not taken at work lah hehe. Beautiful paper fan given by an older Japanese student.
This lovely Japanese lady couldn't speak much English and she didn't leave with much either since she was only in Australia for a week... but she really touched me with her ambition and drive! People like her really inspire me. When you're young at heart, age is nothing but a number, really.
Do I have the best job in the world or what? :)
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QSC football match tomorrow! It's 1am now and I can't sleep cos I took a nap in the afternoon.. urgh.
