An Telephone Encounter with a Buay Smart Act Smart Mum

Sometime last week, in a moment of "kei kiang mentality", I went to register myself with a few tutoring websites. In short, I went to "sell koh yoh" about myself on the net lah. Today, I received a call from an agent who saw my profile on 1 of these websites, to ask if I'm interested in tutoring a P5 girl, living in East Coast, EMS. But there's 1 condition lor. The girl's mum want to interview me on he phone lah. So I got the number and called lor. Wah piang eh! I've never seen (ok, technically is "heard" lah) a mum so "act smart" & kiasu wan lor. Here a transcript of our conversation.

Mrs X: "Have you taught P5 before?"

I: "Yes I have. I taught P5 for 1 year."

Mrs X: " Was it last year?"

I: "No, I didn't teach P5 last year?"

Mrs X: "Haaah??? Then are you familiar with the new science syllabus?"

(Tamade! Just because I didn't teach P5 last year, doesn't make me a less competent teacher, ok! For your info, I was in the science committee in all my teaching years, and I set numerous P5 science exam papers, and marked hundreds of PSLE science scripts. If that don't make me competent, what will? But I can't tell her all these, can I?)

I: "Yes, I am familiar but the new syllabus will only affect the P3s & 4s. The P5s are still using the old syllabus."

Mrs X: "Noooo.....The current P5 is using the new syllabus already. I've been tutoring my girl since she was in P4 last year, I'm very familiar with the school syllabus. Now they lump the topics together. Now you can't even get the assessment books for the old syllabus."

(Wah piang eh! I'm correct lah! I'm in the science comm, I attended meetings on implementation of the new science syllabus. I'm still teaching my P5 China kid science. You can't bluff me on these things wan lah. As for the assessment books, P5 still can get lah. As for the P3/4, the only time there were no assessment books was during the period of Jan - Mar when the publishers couldn't edit and publish the new syllabus kind on time. Now there are already some available liao. )

I: "Mrs X, I'm very sure about the implementation of the Science syllabus. The only syllabus that will affect your child is the maths syllabus."

Mrs X: "We'll see about that. By the way, what are you strong in? Which subject?"

I: "My strength are in maths and science." (Of course lah! I'm not "Master" like some people leh.)

Mrs X: "I see. To be frank with you, I'm more concerned about my daughter's english. She getting very low A-. Her maths and science are still quite good, A+. I'm looking for a tutor to push her english to A+, do you think you are able to do so?"

(KNN! Now she is hinting my "ang moh" not "powderful" enough. From A- to A+, how many tutors can do that? English leh! You think what? Eat-fish ah? Normally compo is the deciding factor for those extra points and compo writing skill is a damn difficult skill to teach wan lor. You so "li hai", you go teach lor.)

I: "I see. If that's the case, then it's alright, I won't take up your assignment."

Faint ah! Talk to that mum! Act smart never mind, still want people to push EMS from A to super A! You'll need Tom Cruise to do that lor. Mission Impossible!

PC Show Excursion

I went to the PC Show in Suntec City with my SIM kakis today. My main purpose is to hunt for a scanner. Nope, I don't want a multiple in 1 kind scanner cum printer. I just looking for a pure scanner lor, as I felt my present printer is still quite solid, so no point upgrading lah. My second purpose there is to "shortlist prospective wife" lor. Sigh......sad to say, no good candidates leh. LOL

Heart-pain & Angry

I very heart-pain & angry now. I parked my car under my block, some f%*#$r went to "molest" my car's front bumper in the middle of the night. Now that part of the bumper on scratch marks. One of my fog lamp also cracked. KNNBCCB! Luckily the whole bumper's shape is still whole. I only found out this disaster the following night when I went to use my car. Don't let me catch that f%*#$r who did this to my precious. I make sure one of his body part is shorter than a certain person I know. Bloody hell! I haven't even reach the my first 1000km yet, that f%*#$r go and "buah" my car! Really never give me face!

Bo Liao Entry #02/08

Quite happy today! I'm recovering from my flu. Finally, I can go out and play. 1st thing I did after I ate my breakfast was to give my "redhead" her weekly "body scrub". Wah! Now she is beautiful on the outside and also on the inside because I very diligently "mencucuk" all her "orifices", outside and inside. She really make me work hard man! I was so exhausted after these "activities". LOL 8-)

Oh yeah, today I check my uni results. Not bad, heng-heng pass all. Actual results don't reveal lah, just know pass can liao. LOL

Btw, for the past few days I been seeing "black smoke" raising up into the sky. The smoke seems to be coming from the direction of Toh Street. I heard the smoke is due to some "sewage water pipe" matters. Shall avoid that area for the time being.

Down With Flu

Down with flu now. Nose running like crazy, Mouth coughing like crazy. Whole body lethargic, feel even more lethargic after taking the medicine. Sian sia! Just now Obi Wan messaged me to help her set her P5 Science paper. I have to reject her lor. Don't want to cause my flu to erupt into a full-blown pneumonia. Plus, I don't want to set something which final product is 99.99999999999% different from the original draft. Hahaha 8-)