Siang Wei = Employed

Yes! After 29 days of waiting for my student work visa, it has finally gone through! Ladies and Gentlemen, you are looking at the new employee of :

Kumon was started 50 years ago in Japan by Mr Toru Kumon and has since developed into a learning method with worldwide success for millions of students across cultures, languages and education systems.Mr Kumon was a teacher and parent who wanted to help his son do better in school. Focusing everything on his son's actual ability, the unique instructional method he created was so successful that his son was able to do calculus by the time he was in the sixth grade.After enormous success with children across Japan, what evolved as "The Kumon Method" began to spread across the world from the early 1970's starting in New York, USA and Taipei in Taiwan. By 1984, with more than one million students enrolled, Kumon came to Sydney, Australia and grew in popularity across all states and territories.Kumon's English and mathematics programmes help children master those fundamental skills essential to their overall academic performance.Mr Kumon provided universal evidence of his belief that every child possesses untapped abilities. Belief in every child's potential to excel remains central to Kumon philosophy. In short, there's nothing a child can't do.The Kumon Method was developed to unlock the potential in every child.

And that's what i'll be doing, helping to unlock the potential in every Kumon child! Sounds good eh? :) Haha..well basically, i'll be working as an assistant in a Kumon centre. Kids come after their school and they will be given worksheets to do. The worksheets work in such a way that the child can be self taught just by reading the instructions on it (even on topics they have not yet learnt in school) There are time and accuracy goals to be met and when met, they can progress to a higher level so on and so forth. The assistants are there to mark their work and provide feedback to them. They are not required to teach because one of kumon's mission is to cultivate independent learners (how brilliant!) First day at the centre will be on Thursday. I'm excited!! :)

Even though i've a job at the moment, i will only be working for one day a week cus my class ends late on other days and the centres operate during the early evening only. Sooo..i need another part-time job! I'm lusting after money.

My brother sms me the total amt on my debit card statement which came in. I got a bloody shock. I didn't even realise i had spent that much :( Now you know why i am lusting after money. I'm going to record my everyday expenses from now on!!!! Must keep track! BUT i'm proud to announce that i haven't been a shopaholic like how i was back home. Else, i would be a begger and perhaps sleep next to 'eyes behind dirty shaggy hair' by now! I saw him again today. He was sitting on the pavement reading newspaper.

We were all comtemplating about our dire money status and thinking on how to cut expenses and earn more $$ (except for claudio!!! he was just acting for the picture. the 50 bucks was his btw haha) I think i need to move out of this apartment once lease ends in aug. As nice as the location is, the rent is too freaking high. I will have to work my ass off just to pay the rent then starve for the rest of the month. The idea of asking my dad to settle the rent is just too damn tempting. Bleagh. But i wouldn't want to ask my parents for anymore money. They are darlings to pay for my course here already. I'll survive alright man! And be proud i did :D

Random pics of my school's cafeteria. We started reading up on our Salmonella and Camphylobacter after the whining and comtemplation. It'll be our rice bowl afterall. Haha.

And dear Claudio produced this out of his bag. A tripod.

'It goes everywhere with me.'

' i must take a pic of this'

'you are sick.'

'look who's talking. you don't even bring your camera everyday.'

Grins