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  • A New Teacher




    Yesterday was my first day as a high school teacher. I had come to the school on Saturday to clean up my desk, which was still cluttered by the previous teacher’s stuffs like old worksheets, books, CDs, test booklets, etc. My teaching schedule is still a mess, too, so I only get to teach five classes in two days, Monday and Tuesday, and for the rest of the week I’m off again.

    The last time I taught a class of high schoolers was one year ago, yet somehow I found myself already feeling comfortable talking in front of the class yesterday. I hope it is a sign that the rest of the semester won’t be as hard as I thought it would be. There are still more things I need to learn, though. I’m still confused about the new curriculum and I still need to get to know everybody at school. Also, my desk is still a mess and I need to dump three boxes of the previous teacher’s file. Now if only I could find an easy way to take all three boxes without asking for help from anybody (I haven’t known anyone!).

    But I found a meme in the textbook for eleventh graders! So all in all, it’s pretty good so far 🙂

  • Month One of Unemployment


    These past two weeks have been quite stressful for me. Staying at home all weekend may sound so exciting, but that’s it: one weekend. Staying at home for days isn’t as appealing at all. Sure, binge watching Orange Is The New Black is fun, but after just six episodes done in one day, my butt couldn’t take any more sitting. Unemployment sucks, yo.

    However, starting a new job also sucks. I’m kinda having a love-hate relationship with my couch now; like, I don’t wanna stay at home all day and yet I know I’m gonna miss it very much after I start working (which is this coming Monday, by the way). I know I shouldn’t be complaining. I should be happy that I have a job. There are thousands of people out there who can’t find even a minimum wage job. Oh Lord, I’m so ungrateful.

  • Eid Mubarak!

    Whoa. Look at that. Two weeks without a single post.

    I had planned to write a post before leaving for the holiday and another one to be scheduled to appear on last Tuesday, but I couldn’t find any spare time in between all the Eid shopping. And then we suddenly hit the road, with Miss Molly caged between my sister and me. It was Miss Molly’s first road trip ever. It took about 15 hours to get to my granny’s house in Lampung, and poor Miss Molly was stressed. She could adjust in just one night, though. The next morning she became herself again. She took long nap all the time.

    By the way, Eid Mubarak!



  • Week One of Unemployment

    I finally had the guts to resign from a teaching job that had made me tangled up with a low salary. Last Friday was my last day there. The good thing is I finally have time to finish some unfinished uni business like printing my final paper and distributed two copies to my uni’s and department’s libraries. Now I’m all ready for the graduation day on August. The bad thing is… well, my financial situation has hit rock bottom. I have no pennies left. Thank God I’m still living with my parents so I still have a place to stay and food to eat. Ramadan has come to its last 10 days now and so Eid is just around the corner. I’m starting a new job as an English teacher in a high school next month though, so I still have to face this situation for at least one month. All in all, I can say that this isn’t that bad, right?



    So. This week. What have I done in this first week of being unemployed? Well, just as I said above, I finish the unfinished uni business and finally got my permit to register for the graduation ceremony. I also had iftar with my girls at Ian’s place and got the chance to take tons of picture with her cat, which she calls Donat (or donut). Plus, Vicky and I had two meetings this week. We’re almost ready to (re-)open our business!

    Being unemployed has given me freedom. I keep telling myself not to be too comfortable, as I will start working full time next month. But as for now, I think I’m going to take my time and focus on the business. Fingers crossed!

  • Five Pictures!

    On account of my last post in which I whined about being a bad blogger because I rarely take pictures now, let alone those that are blog worthy, I attempted to document my life yesterday. I failed miserably. All I got were these five pictures. I’m not sure if they can be considered as blog worthy pictures or not, but here they are anyway.

    Tutoring in the morning
    Buying grammar books at lunch time
    Coming home and greeted by Miss Molly at the door
    Watching The Amazing World of Gumball
    Teaching English in the afternoon

    I know it ain’t much, but hey! At least I tried. Hahahaha