Aches …

ACHES

My whole body is aching like crazy, especially my knees, my hamstrings and quads. It’s no joke to run a total of 8km because I had 4 hours of PE lessons. It’s really not a joke to have that many lessons in a day or for that matter, a week.

And I’ve lost 2 kgs since school started. Perhaps it’s partly because of the lack of ‘proper’ food. I shall not elaborate on the details but let’s just say the canteen in SOTA leaves much to be desired. But the uncle makes one of the best coffee I’ve ever drank. And it’s only $0.50. Compare that to a Starbucks!

Ok it’s definitely different from a cuppa Starbucks. The flavour is different since they use different beans. But at least the uncle’s coffee is aromatic and full bodied. That makes for good coffee.

I’m really very tired and almost exhausted to the point of collapsing. This has not been easy and maybe age is truly catching up with me. Yet I’m enjoying every SOTA moment as they come. Each day I fall in love with my kids more and more. I loved all the PE lessons right now. Even G2, which started with the week with a bad lesson did so well on Thursday that despite the extreme exhaustion, I felt happy.

The Sports Interest Groups will start soon. There is no CCA in SOTA. I mean their specialized art forms are, in every sense of the hours committed and effort, their CCAs. However, it’s important that the students do not just focus on their art forms but also develop fully as an individual. Therefore, the school has organized some sports interest groups to help them achieve some balance.

On another note, the teachers are concerned about the students eating too much snacks and drinking too much soft drinks. There’s no checks at the moment. There have been discussions about the need to curb the excessive munching. Maybe even take away the snacks and drinks totally.

I personally feel it’s better to educate the kids on why they shouldn’t be eating too much of these. It’s really no good to their development and health. 

Next week will be their Napfa trial test. Guess I’ll know how fit my students are.

And for those who have not watched Cloverfield, I suggest you go on an empty stomach. Hahaha. The unstable moving shots on the big screen has an undesirable effect on your tummy and I believe they use subsonic bass to induce the emotion of fear and discomfort. You can literally feel the seats and your legs shaking.

~ by Jae on January 26, 2008.