Tuition

It's the third week giving tuition to some foreign workers. Some from India while the rest are from Malaysia. The youngest was 23 years old. (I remember). The oldest was more than fifty years old. He didn't tell me his exact age. I have never expected to have a student as old as fifty-plus.

It was a different kind of experience teaching adults. They were definitely different from the kids I taught. Different from Secondary students too! At first, it was only a class of five students. I was the oldest then. In the second week, more students came in to join the class. The class was very quiet. They didn't talk much. The Indians were better at the English Language as they had learnt it when they were in India. They were pretty 'well-educated' as most studied up to university level. They were all from Southern India and came to Singapore to work as Aircon Servicemen. Sometimes, they had to do other odd jobs like cleaning and other labour work.

Happy National Day!

Hihi! I went to watch the fireworks and aerial display near the Marina Bay during the NDP Preview the week before. The aerial display was taken in a carpark in Shaw Tower. I didn't know that you could see the display so well at the top storey of the carpark. But I don't think you could see the fireworks as there are other buildings blocking the view.

National Parade 2008 Preview