My One Year in Patschoolhouse Halifax

My One Year Working in Patschoolhouse Halifax

I got attracted to this line because I love kids, love their smile and love their simple heart.

To be honest, it is physically and emotionally draining for me because I was taking care of the playgroup children. They required all my attention and besides, I have to go for night class, 3 times a week. However tough and tiring the journey was, I managed to survive through my one year! Wow~~

Is by His grace and the wonderful and awesome colleagues that supported me throughout the one year (many more years).

Special thanks to Ms Serene! She gave me advice, counsel, corrected my mistakes and supported me whenever I needed help. Her hugs and concerns are genuine and I thank God for placing her in my life.

Thank you Belle and Michelle for being my level partners. :D

Thank you Jiang for being my partner. You know what, I really love working with you. You are not calculative and always supporting and helping me as a freshie. I hope that I can be able to work with you again and again and again and again. Hahaha...

Jessica!!!!!!! If you are looking at my blog, I just wanna tell you that I love the genuine friendship that we have built. Thank you for your generosity, love, advice and help. Please keep in contact, and if you want anything from Singapore, especially ba gua, let me know... Will post to you. I am looking forward to London next year Dec. Study hard, play hard and take a look at the western world for me. Take lots of pictures and we will be there SHORTLY!!!

Thank you baby for the daily dosage of love that kept me going till now. You have been my greatest support. Your advice on how to handle the kiddos and situations at work makes me think you should be teaching the kiddos instead.. Haha... Your love and patience I am learning and absorbing everyday.

Preparation in progress

My heart is so excited and yet at the same time, feeling heartache coz cannot bare to leave my parents.. I am getting married soon. Mummy and the whole family especially jie jie are more excited than I am.. They are bringing me to POH HENG to select jewels for my wedding~

As the date is getting closer, there are just so many things to plan out and execute..
Plan out the guest list~
Buy bed~
Book tickets for honeymoon~
Rental of bus for entourage~
Rental of cars for wedding day~
Decorations for our church matrimony~
Food tasting~
Book hotel~
Prepare ang baos~
Select wedding gowns~
Wedding favors~
Meetup with all the entouragess...
Practice walkin march with the page boy(Nathan) and flower girl(Debbie)

Just so so so so many more~~~ haha...

Health
Go gym
Go swim

Wanna thank Yvonne Jiu Mu for being an adviser and counselor to me during this period of time. Thank you so so much... :D
Thanks to Baby for being so understanding towards my school and work commitments... Love u baby...

A gratitude heart despite bad experiences

Used to be angry and bitter with whom I had bad experiences with, I learnt to grow from there and be thankful for all those bad experiences which made me a stronger and mature person. There's a saying, "Without the tough experiences, I will never be able to feel and be compassionate for another person" which I felt was so true. I am thankful that God has His wonderful plan, a plan that is meant for good, to give me a future and a hope. Heart is just so thankful to God that after all the bad experiences, he has blessed me with a wonderful fiance and soon to be my husband, Victor. :D

"Someday, someone will walk into your life and make you realise why it never work out with anyone else"

3 Nov 2010 ("Yes, I Do"!)

A love journey that is going to last with His Grace

3 Nov 2010 was one of the dates I wouldn't forget. It was an evening full of romance, surprise, joy and happiness. The start for a new beginning for Victor and myself.

The story of his proposal begins:

He gave a phone call to Ms Ada(my principal) and asked if he could propose to me in school with my friends and family members. Ms Ada was so excited and said this will mark the beginning of many proposals to come. Victor met up with Ms Leng Na and Belle on 1 Nov 2010 to plan the setup. On that evening, I was still in office when Ms Leng Na "shoo" me off to my night class as Vic and Gabe were waiting outside my school (I know nothing).

On the actual day:

I was asked to evacuate my whole class to Michelle's class, reason being, "Uncle Bala is going to do some drilling in your class at 4.30pm, so you have to move your whole class to Jemina Puddle Duck", Ms Leng Na. I followed her instructions not knowing that the proposal will take place near my class. I was supposed to be at the playground with the kiddos at 4.45pm but Jiang Qi, my partner asked me to finish up the things to be done for my noticeboard in Michelle's class. I said "ok"!

Ms Leng Na then came in shortly to comment on my portfolio. I was "kan chiong" coz she gave some comments for me to improve on.

At 5.30pm, I wanted to visit the toilet and was told to use a specific toilet. I was like~~ (what's going on today??) But didn't pay much attention to that coz I was beginning to be stress up over my portfolios.

At 5.50pm, I wanted to go back to class to take my hp coz Victor said he will be coming to pick me from my school but was held back by Michelle and the reason being, "Ms Jessica is still in the toilet, I cannot handle the kids by myself". I said no problem and waited for Ms Jessica to come back.

At 6pm, Michelle said, "Ms Leng Na just give me a call and she wants to see you immediately at fast track room to discuss with you about your portfolio". I was like "siao liao this time"! Very stressed me slowly dragged myself to the fast track room and along the way, some teachers smiled at me and said Ms Leng Na wants to see me. At the back of my mind I was thinking "You guys must be laughing at my portfolios, sighhhhh~~~"!

While walking up the staircase, I saw candles that were lighted and roses that were evenly spread, but I couldnt care less coz my mind was filled with "PORTFOLIOS"(Ms Leng Na, if you happened to be at my blog, I was really stressful ok!!!! hahahaha)!

The moment I opened the door, I was SHOCKED! Victor was holding on to the roses and the many flashes from the camera started to flash at me.

I was like....... That's it! It is "D" day~ Happy, pleasantly surprise, overjoyed... You name it, I am over the air.

The video done by Victor's manager.

My parents and Victor's Family

Thank you all!

Especially to "Robert" (Hi Boss aka Brother, if you are looking at this blog, I was really hoping that you were there for my proposal day. But Victor said there was limited space, so couldnt take in so many people. We will meet up with you soon!)

Thanks to all my dearest friends(Liang, Jeremy, Karen Chia, Keeliang, Shu Jun, Zhanwei, Claire, Gabe and Meiyi) who were there to help out on this special day.

Thank you Mummy and Daddy for coming! Your presence means so much to me.

Thank you Victor's Mummy, Daddy and Vanessa for coming too.

Thank you Ms Ada, Ms Leng Na, Belle, Michelle, Jessica, Xiao Yun Lao Shi and Jiang Qi for your support! Love you all. Thank God I am in Halifax!

Vernon(Victor's Brother): Thank you so much for the arrangements and the help you have given to Victor. Without your help, it wouldnt be such a great day for me and Victor. You are awesome!

Last but not least! Thank you Jesus for making it happened for both of us.

James 1:12 Blessed is the man who endures temptation; for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life which the Lord has promised to those who love Him.

Our Wedding Date has been set.

19 November 2011 (Matrimony and Solemnization)

20 November 2011 (Traditonal Chinese Wedding and Banquet)

We are enjoying the process of planning and anticipating for that day to come.

Updates about my life

"Fun at Work"

Been very happy and looking forward for everyday's work. Coz to me is not just work, but is fun with the kiddos. However, maybe my immune systemai is not that strong, I often am sick due to sore throat and recently had tonsilitis. It was a painful experience for me coz i cannot even swallow my own saliva and had high fever for many days. Was admitted to hospital to be put on a drip and antibotic. 3 days later I recovered and was given 9 days hospitalisation leave. Am contemplating to work till Dec' coz my family is worried about my health condition. Everyday been feeding myself with pi pa gao, honey and vitamin C to keep me away from becoming sick.

I love my kiddos coz of their innocence, purity and simple heart. They are not complicated and are fun to be with. They have the most adorable smile and it melts my heart. It trains my patience also coz I have to repeat over a hundred times to behave themselves and etc.. Haha..

"My Family"

I am probably the most blessed person here on earth to have such a wonderful family. I love my mummy, daddy, brother and sister. I can talk to my mummy about everything and anything under the sun. Just yesterday night we chatted till 2 am about my future, family, marriage, relationship and work. Through her, I learnt wisdom. How to become wiser when making certain and important decisions in life. She is also a great listener and giving great counsel to my circumstances. Thou daddy is often quiet, he expresses his love towards us through actions. His actions is definitely louder than words. He fetches me to work whenever he could and picks me up from my night classes every night. He is such a great daddy!! I love him.

First Day in Patschoolhouse

Vic asked me to blog on my first experience working with children so that next time when I am weary, at least I can have this blog to turn to, remembering the first experience.

One sentence/phase to describe my first experience working in Patschoolhouse: "Holistic experience"! Friendly and sincere staff, great environment with lots of plain water(for some closer friends who know me) and finally adorable and lovely children. What more can I ask for?

I love the children, but not their behaviour at times. I've learnt that if I dont like them behaving in a certain manner for example, snatching, I will tell them, "Brendon, I dont like you snatching the ball from Jolene. Can you please return back and ask her politely if you can borrow the ball from her". When you have to repeat this sentence every now and then....... is really no joke, hahahaha.... Thus, the most important character I have to develop is "PATIENCE".
Believing in time to come, I will develop my mind and heart to be like what the WOG says, LONGSUFFERING.

I prayed this prayer before entering into Patschoolhouse this morning, saying,
"Dear God, please give me wisdom to guide the children to become who you want them to be"!
And this prayer will follow me throughout the days, months and years in Patschoolhouse.

4 big cups of herbal tea and litres of water

Vic has a bad sore throat and fever since yesterday night but insisted on wanting to play with Marcus on a Saturday morning. He arrived my house at 10am but was in a bad shape. I then gave a sms to Yvonne Jiu Mu saying we couldnt make it as Vic wasnt well. She was so sweet to send her regards hours later to see if Vic was well.
I made for him 2*Pi Pa Gao Drink, 2*Herbal Tea and tonnes(Litres) of water. He probably drank up to 5 litres of water today.
I am praying hard that he will get well soon.