Hmmm...my day started alright-ish, only if I didn't get yelled at by mum for wearing too little in the morning before I left my house. You know, my over-protective dearest will always be worried about my health >.>
Enjoying that 2 hours of tutoring was rare, it only happens when Calvin's attention span is a bit longer than usual lol Today I arrived at Chatswood a bit earlier, had my chicken roll there...Oh they put too much chilli inside though. Jenny asked me to help Calvin with his assignment today. I wasn't really that surprised of his excitement towards his speech since he's a talkative one, who loves to present himself lol One topic was chosen from the list, 'Racism is bullying' was the one he wanted to do the most. Here, we've got something in common because I was going to suggest him to do that topic as well haha After I made some dot points to the main body of his speech, I asked him to think about some examples that have happened in his life. He said to me he has never encountered any of those moments where he was discriminated by people. But I did, so did some others I know. Therefore I share my own personal experience with him and the one that my ESL teacher told me when I was in high school. It was quite saddening when she was only walking on a street, suddenly there was this man in his car yelling at her to go back to her country while throwing a water bottle at her from nowhere. That happened almost 18 years ago, it was the time when she just migrated to Australia. Same as everyone else, we have to learn almost everything from scratch, including some cultural aspects that we didn't know before. For me, my experience is about there was once I went to get a pack of chips from the canteen and I got publicly humiliated by the canteen lady, who said to me 'Here is not Chinese bank, we don't have that much change for you to only get a pack of chips' when I handed her my only 50$ note from my wallet. There was a dragon long line behind me waiting, and I was shamefully standing there like an idiot. I said 'sorry', yet, she was just standing there and being unresponsive. So I ended up walking away having nothing and told my teacher about it. I was almost crying in front of her but I held back all my tears because such a mistreatment will remind me of what I have been through like one of those old times, and that I'd train myself much stronger. Hence, I extremely hate racists. And this happened a few years ago...Anyways back to the point where I told Calvin about my life, he wasn't interjecting at all, but being a quiet listener the whole time. Also, a speech has to be engaging by asking some questions to get the audience involved. This is one of the really basics, so I asked him to think about some before he started another paragraph. We then finished doing the introduction, defined the term and related to the issue of bullying as well as the consequences along with it. And for conclusion, adding a bit of facts to show how bullying might lead to low self-esteem or even self-injury. In addition, we have to take some actions to go against racism to provide a more peaceful environment especially this country, Australia is a multicultural one that consists of hundreds of nationalities. We support for equality and justice among this nation~
Ok....end of discussion of racism...This post isn't all about racism..>.> So I went to get my mango cheesecake for my lunch after tutoring. As I have promised myself last week, I'd explore around Chatswood more from now on :) Btw there was a person got ran over by the train at Chatswood. I only knew that when Jeff posted up 2 photos on fb. But Eric's ruthless comments got me quite shocked....
I guess I didn't really do THAT much work. I did read something and spend most of my time reading online news. So really, the cutting fund program won't have any effect on me, except that I am unsure if my continuity to study for AIT up til 2016 will get me higher loan as well. But I told mum not to worry because nothing can really be planned beforehand when there are so much uncertainties out there. Assuming that by the time I finish my degree from uni, take a part time job and part time/full time at AIT, every problem will be solved by then. Mum no need to worry about whether the rent is affordable, she can still continue with her English course, while my income can lessen a bit of burden of the family. How good is that. We already have pictured how our life will be like in the coming 5 years. Our greatest moment exists when our dinner time is filled up with our dreamful thoughts. We don't compare with the rich because we are way too distant from them, nor don't we compare to the lucky ones, mum said, our luck will come, and I agree with her. My opportunities just aren't arrived yet. I might be as great as the ones I have been envying for so long as well in my future. :) I remember what fatty has always been telling me that 'to be rich, be mentally rich first', and I believe that, our family is mentally rich. We love and are loved...
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