Alone in Europe – Prologue

Sorting the ephemeras I collected during my first backpacking trip in December last year. I’m still not a firm believer of ‘everything happens for a reason’ but as luck would have it, I won a ticket to Paris at a CozyCot Holy Grail Private Party. (Thank you, CozyCot.)

A single return ticket to Paris via KLM, [...]

Post CELTA Thoughts

You’d say it’s home sweet home for me right now but I’d rather be somewhere else in the world living without the comforts of a 24/7 mother, caring and concerned father and sister, and friends who miss me. Not sure if selfish is the appropriate adjective for me but there’s so much I want to [...]

CELTA Pass B

It’s official. How awesome is that?
Doing the TEYL course right now.
Masterpieces by Ion, Tom, Eric and myself. Ion can draw so well. Did I mention that I love crayons?

A Letter to Family

Dear Michi,
All is well over here, please let Pa and Mummy know and tell them not to worry.
Golden Sweat has been very accommodating with my nonsense and makes sure I get to school on time every day. He is very smart and helps me a lot, especially on grammar and phonetics. When I get too [...]

Teaching Day 4 – First Conditional

Like I expected, I can’t remember what happened last weekend or what went on for teaching day 3 if I didn’t write ‘em down straightaway. There’s a cocktail of English and American accents and CELTA lingo in my head now with imaginary phonemes appearing on everything I say or write.
I got an “above standard” grade [...]

Teaching Day 2 & CELTA Dress Code

Just finished my assignment 1, stealing some time to blog a little. I experimented with using the Overhead Projector (OHP) for my lesson last Thursday. Too much drilling about “chesting” led me to forgetting to use the overhead transparency that I prepared (to give instructions) and had some students fill up the wrong column on [...]

CELTA – Teaching Day 1 & Stuff to Bring

The CELTA course has been keeping me very occupied.
Got a “Standard” pass for my teaching today. It’s not “Above Standard” but I’m happy because I know I still have plenty of room for improvement. Things like pairing/grouping students or “chesting instructions” seemed easy to execute while observing classes, but they turned out really awkward and [...]

CELTA + TEYL at ECC Thailand, Bangkok

Why Thailand?
The answer is simple, time and money.
Thailand is one of the cheapest countries to take CELTA, considering it costs about US$3,800 at the British Council in Singapore and only US$1,660 at ECC Thailand (after early bird discount, if you apply 45 days before the course commences). Do some simple calculation and you will realise [...]