Domestic Humour: Stock Supply

Mr. Gecko caught the flu bug from me early this week; the day I popped the last Panandol (For Cold Relief) pill into a recovering me.

He was also suffering from flatulence and had slight tummy pains. I remembered that my mom had taken away with her my Tiger Balm after her last visit.

I felt guilty as I watched a sick, sniffling Mr. Gecko trying to sleep that night.

The next day saw me marching into a pharmacy and buying emergency medical supplies for the household worth over $45.

Mr. Gecko: Wah! Are we stocking up for war?

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It was a lazy Sunday mid afternoon. Both of us were inclined to breakfast indoors.

I was contented with 2 pieces of bread from yesterday's breakfast leftovers. Mr. Gecko wanted his weekend staple - instant noodles.

I told him that his mom slurped up the last packet of instant noodles last week. Hence, he had to go and buy fresh supply from the provision shop downstairs.


Me: Wah! Are we stocking up for war?

P/S: There're only 2 of us living together.

Kawaii Desu Ne ~~~~ *In My Mock Jepun Voice Tone*

Hiragana Never So Delightful Before!!!

Felt like indulging in some giggling schoolgirl whims. Hehe... couldn't resist shelling out money to buy the stickers though I don't foresee myself using it - I can't bear to use it anyway!

I take out the sheet of sticker once in a while to get a feel of the characters' contour by pressing my fingers on them and relishing it all in its pretty primary poster colors.

Would have bought a few more sheets if it wasn't so exorbitant for a sheet of stickers. Selling at Daiso (Vivocity) at $2.00 apiece.

BAH............

It's been nine months since I volunteered to tutor my cleaner auntie's 2 daughters. (Read: Stumped...... And Embarrassingly So) One of the ways I have been trying to improve my now Primary 5 kid's English is by expanding her vocabulary. And I believe(d?) vocabulary is best learned in context.

My conventional method is to task the student to find the meaning of a word in the dictionary and make a structured sentence out of it. You know, making sentence? In fact, it does not matter to me if my this kid's sentence structure is grammatically incorrect as long as I could see that she understood the gist of the word. I understand her English proficiency is really substandard compared to peers in her level.

With the already low expectations, I was nevertheless shocked into near catatonic state when I marked her homework [making sentences] last week. The mind blower ones as below:

Blaring (Blare) - When the wind blow, the leaves on the ground make a blaring sound.

Instinct - All humans even animals had their own instinct.

The moment I read those sentences, I had only one classic mentor's grouse in my mind: I don't know whether to laugh or cry...

Bah. She makes me feel I'm lousy at my job .