After being on and off Dayre for a while now, I have decided to forsake the mobile blogging platform to seek a space slightly more concealed so that I could be at ease to write about issues more personal and close ro heart. Adopting the idea from Charlie in âPerks of A Wallflowerâ, Iâm contemplating to write an entry each week to document my daily happenings and thoughts, which I reckon would make a nice read when I look back years down the road.
Essentially, itâs just all going to be verbal vomit. So here goes.
It has been a great week thus far and I have so much to tell you! Â Granted that I was lazy to hit the gym on Monday and wasted that entire day doing nothing, I was more spurred on the next day when I received a whatsapp message from the parent of one of my tutees, requesting that I begin on a new tuition assignment with his second daughter. I thought that I had enough of lolling around so I got changed and packed my gym bag almost at once. I donât know if itâs natural to feel lethargic at first, but finds the surge of energy once youâre on the exercise machine. Well, thatâs me. At that moment of time, I felt like I truly belong to the gym. Ha ha ha.
Gym was followed by a really sinful lunch that I havenât had in a long while. MacDonaldâsâ. The new creation of Buttermilk Crispy Chicken Burger has been on my radar after hearing the hype and good reviews about it. I told myself it was alright because I did manage to burn at least 500 calories before settling for such an indulgent feast.
I woke up diligently for gym on Wednesday as well, but didnât quite have as much energy to burn the same amount of calories like the previous day. Accompanied Vera to collect her graduation gown at Farrer Park and we had the lunch sets at Watami thereafter. I swear I was really famished by then. We headed down to Tyrwhitt Road to get ice cream lava cookies for desserts as I showed Vera the video of delectable treat and we were later spazzing over it.
Both Tuesday and Wednesday ended at 9pm after tuition with the Siuâs for the second and third daughter. Eldest daughterâs tuition is on Saturdays. I was contemplating if I should ask Daddy Siu to combine the two tuitions in a day but I have yet to see my final timetable. So plans for that would probably be on hold now.
I wasnât feeling as diligent on Thursday. While I did wake up in the morning early enough to hit gym and grab lunch before heading for my afternoon tuition, lolling around reading on my kindle seems far more attractive than anything else then. I fell asleep halfway and woke up barely having enough time to prepare before heading out. Tuition with my Thursday kid went pretty ok. We have just increased tuition duration to 2 hours this week and I hope that sheâs coping fine because Iâm lenient enough to allow her breaks while I mark her work. Read: use phone. I think itâs fine for her to use her phone while Iâm marking her work and likewise, for me to read my kindle when she doesnât need me to supervise while she tries the questions. Win-win.
One friend asked me what plans did I have on Friday and I told her ârestâ. I wasnât even kidding. It felt like Iâve been out of the house a lot and I just need some me-time to loll around and do some reading like the geek I am. And so I did. It just feels so right to be spending my time like this. And yes, no gym because I wasnât diligent enough. Fridayâs dinner was at MacDonaldâsâ again, but this time with my parents. They wanted to try the premium burgers and I wanted to have a taste of the new Nasi Lemak Burger so I thought why not? Ordered it ala carte for myself to make it less sinful. The burgers are so good and Iâm kindaâ worried I might have a craving for it sooner or later. Must. Resist. The. Temptation.
I usually like to lie on my bed and watch some shows before bedtime. I wanted to finish Master: Ruler of the Mask but it was getting too boring and the connection too sloppy so I agve up and to my surprise, I found the new episode to Suits Season 7 Episode 1: Skin In The Game!!! I roughly know they are coming back on air some time in July but I didnât know it was this week. What a pleasant surprise yes? First episode took off pretty well, and who knows Donna is actually a seat for herself at the table when she hinted that she wants something more? And hey, I didnât know it would be a difficult transition to Managing Partner for Harvey⌠Watching him struggle to take the position unsettles me. Towards the end, I canât help but gave a thumbs up when Harvey told his client off. I was like âWAY TO GO, HARVEY!!! THATâS IT!!! SHOW THEM WHOâS BOSS.â Canât wait for Episode 2 already! The rest of the night was just me starting on ANTM. I kindaâ like some of the models already but their true colours seems to be showing as time goes by???
Slept at 2am and woke up 7 hours later for two back-to-back tuitions. The first one has been alright as usual and the second one is probably getting more and more dreadful. The kid has no desire to learn and she outwardly exclaims that she hates tuition. It is so difficult to get her to listen while she easily gets distracted and haggles on the questions that we should cover. Sweet and funny as she can be, time still passes pretty slowly as I try every ounce of energy possible to engage her into learning. Someone, tell me how to save a person when he/she has already given up on himself/herself? I conceded defeat and told her that itâs alright to dismiss me if she isnât really learning anything from me. I ended the tuition by encouraging her and very matter-of-factly drilling her on the importance of education in todayâs society & the aftermath consequences while she fires away at a game on my phone. Whether she gets it or not, I donât know, but I have really tried my best. While I donât mind having additional income, I was already thinking to let her go when she doesnât really pay attention during lessons. Do you see the dilemma now? I have decided to let the family choose to continue tuition or not because I donât wish to think about it any further.
Onto more exciting news, I canât wait for my 4d3n Taiwan trip with my mousey friend in a few daysâ time! We have planned to cover Yilan and its wonders of nature before stopping by Taipei to satiate our Taiwanese snacks cravings! Thinking about the upcoming ginormous food indulgecne, I reckon I probably need to hit the gym almost every other day this week yes?
Please give me the diligence and perseverance to endure 5 consecutive days of gym.
