What you don't know about me

First of all, a big hello to my first visitors from F31! Step in and I hope you'll linger for a while and we'll get to know one another better in class, in this nebulous world of cyberspace and even in the neighbourhood where I spend most of my non-working hours.

Someone threatened to spam by blog while I was having lunch at the canteen today and though I acted really nonchalant about it, in reality I nearly choked on my fishball. Please please, have some respect for the elderly. I took 2 years to build up this blog so don't massacre it. If it's spammed, and thrashed, and disfigured, my blog would simply disappear into oblivion and I won't have the energy nor will to raise it from the ashes. Perhaps our lesson on Unit 4 of Power-Packed Vocab is what triggered the sudden aggression in the student. Perhaps I should skip Unit 4 and go on straight to Unit 5.

In any case, I should take this chance to introduce myself to you all, since we are new to one another. So a peek into my secret world :

* I love languages - English, Chinese, Hokkien, Teochew, Cantonese. I love listening to a language that is beautifully spoken. I love listening to Mandarin because it touches my heart the way English can't. In my dream, my Romeo would be someone who can spout sweet-nothings to me in perfect Mandarin. I love watching the Chinese news on TV. Somehow, the English newscasters with their fake accents really turn me off.

* I love Engilsh pop songs more than Mandarin pop songs. There's more variety in English pop songs, I feel. I've recently discovered Keane and Click Five and they're brill!

* I'm a gadget babe. I love my gadgets more than I love my wedding jewelleries (seriously). I throw my wedding ring carelessly into a drawer and now I don't know where it is. But I still keep carefully my very first PDA (a Psion Series 5 which is now a collector's item I'm sure).

* I MUST change my handphone every year. I can't imagine life with the same handphone for more than 12 months. I'm a flirt when it comes to handphones.

* I'm crazy about my daughter (9 years old). She doesn't like it that I'm crazy about her (the first hint of her pre-puberty angst) but she knows I'll do anything to support her. I've changed jobs, moved house and given up my studies just for her. And I have no regrets.

* I'm very excited about my form class this year. I always start the year in a rather tentative way, not sure what to expect with each new batch of students. But I'm quite positive we'll have a great time together this year. :)

I shall now go back to marking your essays. And pray really hard that this blog will not suffer an ignominious death because of some prankster. Remember hor, your tests and exam marks, and TESTIMONIAL are in my hands. So don't do anything dastardly (Mdm Sng brandishing red pen menacingly in the air).