Oh my I just found out my ISB PE shorts are from Adidas. No wonder it's so expensive. D: And it's specially for football. -.- Weird.

And I just realised something which I should remark on. Haha. French people love to speak French; even to foreigners who don't understand French. They know you're speaking in English, and they answer in French. With hand actions so that the other party can comprehend. I see similarities. When in France, the French waiters speak French all the way. If they suddenly switch to English as they know you don't speak French, then they're not French; might be German or Italian (another nationality). Well I'm not sure if this is a generalisation, but that's what I observed. Isn't Madame Tournay quite like that too? Hah.

Okay... I'm counting down the hours to my 1st day in school, a school that isn't MGS, not in Singapore and not local. Yay. :)

The Enchanting Twilight

Labels: French

Yay yay yay. School is starting tomorrow. A lot of administrative things to clear though. Because my furniture is also arriving at my house tomorrow. Omg, everything is tomorrow! :O

Well I went for the orientation talk for new families yesterday. The speech by the director of the school was kind of boring, and my dad got restless, played with his phone and it rang accidentally. Hahaha! He's like being so immature, unlike ME... :P There were so many people! (A lot of new families) Most of them are westerners of course. Only saw 3 other Asian families? I checked the parent-student address book which the school compiled for new families, and found out that my batch doesn't have a single Asian! So that means I'm the only Asian, or perhaps, East Asian girl? Haha. I'll be so recognisable with black hair. ;) Good and bad.

My sis and I had to buy the school PE attire, which is a white T-shirt and red shorts. Red shorts. :P Looks a bit weird I thought. I think I prefer MG's PE attire. White T-shirt with navy blue shorts. Haha. And MG's PE T-shirt has more style! It has MGS written in Italic on the back, whereas 'International School Basel' is written in Times New Roman font. A bit boring. ISB looks really fun - the programme and all (and the teachers are very friendly!) but I sort of miss having uniform. Now I have to keep thinking about what to wear the next day every day. D: My dad realised a lot of girls wear make-up and he was like, Are you going to follow them? Haha. At the moment, no, because I don't have make-up anyway. -.- One step at a time. Choosing clothes is troublesome enough. My new class: 9B. :) I'll be in Grade 9 from Aug'09-June'10, which is the equivalent of Sec 3 in Singapore.

You know I can't believe it; I actually, for a moment, forgot my French numbers! Like I didn't know how to go on after 10!! D: OH NO. But well now it's all back. :) And my French prepositions kind of slipped out of my mind for a while. It's indeed painful searching for the word. I guess the thing I can read best in French now is the menus. Haha. Cos I go to restaurants most often and if in France, speak to the waiters in French. :P But I still become blank at times though. :'( Hopefully my French will all come back in ISB.

Btw I feel so short. The girls about my age are taller than me. :( And they're not on heels. Argh. Fine I guess it's because of my race/blood. :P I haven't grown since the start of the year. NOT HAPPY. D:

Looking forward to induction tomorrow! :D

The Enchanting Twilight

Labels: French, School reopens

Well as I was sick on Monday, I didn't go for the French lesson. Instead, I went on Thursday, which proved to be a rather insane lesson...

Firstly, Mlle Lim was absent because 'elle prepare pour se marier'... Haha, I remember me and Pingwei went oooohhh when Mme Teo (the relief teacher) told us so. Mme Teo made the lesson really quite boring... Oh I missed Mlle Lim's teaching style that's why. Mme Teo spoke like a bullet train, and kept emphasising that we have to go home at 7pm if we didn't complete the lesson in time... This continuous repetition = naggy! D:

As usual, most of the HCI boys were late because their school ends late anyway. Kelvin was being so polite; he knocked on the door for don't know how many times, but Mme Teo didn't acknowledge him... Maybe she didn't hear. BUT it was so loud, like the whole class heard and we started raising our hands telling her to let Kelvin in. Then finally she said come in. She looked at the clock; 3.55pm. She screeched, "What time does the lesson start?!" "3.30pm" "What time is it now?!" "3.55pm" And then she stared up at Kelvin and fume (Hehe, Kelvin's like suddenly so tall now and Mme Teo was kind of short...)

A few minutes later, another boy (I think it's Zachary?) came in late. Same thing happened... Me and Pingwei were thinking Kenny will have such a bad time when he comes in... 4.40pm: Kenny came in. Late, due to a competition. Glare, glare, glare. Scold, said some horrid things I wish no one will say to me. She didn't even ask for a reason!

Anyway, the whole point was that she spoke really quickly, clicked on the powerpoint at full speed (her fingers are really so nimble) that I had no time to copy down notes, no room to ask questions/clarify my doubts etc. Sigh, and it was an important part of grammar that she was teaching. Pingwei did ask her to slow down, but she then scolded Pingwei for disrupting her and said that we must stay back until 7+pm if we don't complete this. I mean, if we really fail to complete in time, just tell Mlle Lim to carry on next lesson...! It's better to have the students understand the foundation and concept and not keep going on and rushing everything...

AND THEN. Because silly Kenny and Kelvin, esp Kenny I believe, felt rather bored, they felt like they had to SOMETHING. I gave Pingwei a V-Day present, and she said, "oh give Kenny 1 chocalate (from us) because he was so kind to help me throw away the wrapper." Haha, we tied a nice purple ribbon plus a note before tossing it over the 'corridor' to Kenny. And then he thinks that he can throw NOTES to us during class! Argh, Pingwei and I got hit by so many pieces of crushed/folded paper from Kenny and Kelvin. Hehe, I was in charge of replying to the notes... but I did not (except once as I told them to stop it)! As everyone knows, I'm not a person to pass notes in class! Disrespectful act. I had to try and concentrate! Next Kenny threw slices of eraser. Hit Pingwei unfortunately, not me fortunately. She thought it was Kelvin so she threw back paper or something to Kelvin. Poor Kelvin. He got "framed" and wronged.

Well, however droning the lesson was, something humourous must happen right? I was coughing, then I suddenly lost most of my voice for a moment. Needed to drink water, but had no water. So I went up to Mme Teo, who was writing vigorously on the whiteboard. I tried calling her, but my voice failed me. I went closer her and tried to get her attention. Then suddenly, she turned around and screamed into my face. Like the high-pitched kind of scream when a woman is frightened or shocked. Er, how could she be scared of me?! Like she didn't notice me behind her at all?! Hahaha... The thought of this just makes me laugh like crazy... And it made the class laugh too.

Well, 19/2 French lesson was really rather hilarious! Between teacher and between friends. Haha. Worthy of my remembrance. ;)

Hope no teacher finds my blog, or even worse, Mme Teo herself... I know I'm not supposed to be expressing my great displeasure for Mme Teo's attitude for her students..., but well, if she does find my blog, I hope she'll change for the better. :)

Still laughing crazily away,
The Enchanting Twilight! :D

Labels: French, Humour