it's hard not to have favorites.but there's a reason why we do.

meet ricky.: )

(on the playground during recess)
ricky:"teacher, what can't jam eat?"

before i have time to ask what, ricky goes: "traffic. because of traffic jam!"

this kid is so cute. partly because he's from singapore and he has the accent and also because he laughs so much. i really like kids who laugh a lot; it's just so heart-lifting. yeah it's weird how much i'm getting attached to these kids. it's only been three days but i've spent so much time with them already.



this morning, before morning exercise time ( i had to lead the kids in warm-up stretches and random dance moves, such as the "macrena"), i read a book to three of the kids in my class. in order to get them to read an English book, I had them all take turns reading. it worked pretty well and i'm glad my kids don't hate me haha. sometimes (well most of the time) it's hard to pay attention to all ten kids at once but i'm glad they trust me enough to ask me. multi-tasking is the skill i'm honing through this summer job. i have to remember to do so many things it's kind of insane but i'm getting by pretty well.

during "do the emotion on the page" activity.the emotion was "enraged."

yeah i'm starting to like this job. hopefully God will give me the persistence and a joyful heart for this job for the next couple of weeks (all the way till 8/25). less than two months. but it really isn't a bad place to be.


plus, it's nice to delegate orders (haha boss others around) now after being the one being ordered around all the time. so this is what it feels like to have a younger sibling. totally enjoying it while it lasts. i'm just thankful it's friday and i have tomorrow morning to sleep in.

i look like an elf but ricky is cute.