Halli-copters

Yup..that was what the children called it when they saw it flying in the sky during outdoor play. It has been officially one week since i started work in childcare...and i've really grown to like what i'm doing with my time in there. The children are just so adorable in their own little ways and all of them are really uniquely themselves, i had difficulty identifying a favourite among them..love them all!
Today was a good day for me, felt so satisfied with my day with the kids, had a few magical moments with some of them...and their adorable smiley faces made me smile too.
The not-so-good moments, were changing pooey nappies and clearing the nappy bin after that! YUck yuck yuck, wonder how they stand their own smelly poo! Changing them always makes me feel pukey too. You can always tell when they have done a poo in their nappies, they suddenly become very still and quiet, they start holding their bottoms or they start pulling their pants down...they are that predictable! The joys of innocence...

My First Day Of Work

Today was my first day at the child care centre...am so so tired now....but my head is so full of thoughts about the day i just had, a headful of mixed emotions and feelings about my experience today.
I must admit that it was better than i thought it would be, my colleagues are pretty ok, i guess i would have to get to know them better, but am still struggling to adjust to the way they communicate and just the way they are, we are just so different...sigh. And apart from that, i was in a constant blur the whole day, i think i was the only blur blur one, cos the rest were all in childcare for many years. But the day did get better when i actually got to interact with the kids and as there was an Open Day today as well.
But there is more to just playing with them, reaching out to them and having them play with you is a skill! Not easy, have to decide when and how to approach them, so that they won't run away from you!
There was this cute little girl with the same name...she was so so cute...but ignore me i'm biased!
All in all, i just really thank God for being with me and arranging for things to be the way they were today...i still need time to adjust though...Lord give me strength and courage...

Another familiar face from home...it was good to have you with us Lloyd! Got to know him a bit better too...and that guy is really crazy over his schweppes! He made both of us gain that extra KG...he can really eat!

Inter-cultural communciations

Yup...started realising how different the aussies are to us. I guess it struck me when i was attending a First Aid course (oh ya, am a certified First aider now!). When i tried communicating with them....just had so much difficulty connecting and maintaing a conversation...why?
Sigh...talking with them has made me so conscious of how i spoke and if they could understand me at all and if i was using the right grammer etc etc...why?
Rubbish!!I know i can speak good english...i shall just be myself and try again to communicate with the members of this community which i have to call home for 3-4 years more...Lord give me the courage and thick skinnedness!
Back to episode 11 of The Successful Story of the Bright Girl!

The successful story of a bright girl!

Started watching the korean drama serials that my sis sent to me...thought i should get started on it before i get back to work...
Am hooked! It is so intriguing that i find myself wanting to put in one disc after another...refusing to stop and watching in anticipating to see what happens to the protagonist...now i understand why my sis says that its good...ok...back to episode 4...

The Day After Tomorrow..shiver shiver...

Yup..that was how i felt throughout the entire show...COLD! Maybe cos its also winter now, so i could totally identify with the protagonists of the movie!
But i must say that it was beyond my expectations and it had the right elements for a catastrophe-thriller kind of film.
2 thumbs up, since i only have 2 thumbs!

Housewives moving on...

Today was the last time i'll get to go grocery shopping with Lianne (my fellow housewife!)Cos once i start work in the childcare next friday, i won't have the luxury of going grocery shopping in the afternoons. Felt kind of sad that we won't be able to do this anymore.
Was so so happy for my other fellow housewife, Vicki..SHe's got herself a job!! Could feel her excitement and joy over the phone while talking to her just now...Go girl! Lianne will be start schooling soon too...
Yup...our mini homemakers' support group is slowly moving onto bigger and better things, a sign that we are all finally settling down to living out our lives over here! Really thank God for His providence for this little group of ours. Still remember the times when we were moaning and groping for some kind of direction and wondering what to do with the time on our hands.
But i will make sure that we will still meet up at least twice a month, to yak and catch up with one another. Hmm...it might have to be Saturday mornings, while our husbands catch up on their sleep...we will sneak out and have a cuppa together!