Saturday 28 April 2012

Giving up ain't my style

Dearest Class 3B,

Andy Lau's version: 天王之座, 等你黎坐
Mark Lam's version: 天王之Note屎, 等你黎Do

最近都俾左大量秘製既Handouts大家
e.g. "Connectives" 同埋 "Gerunds/Infinitives" 個 d
都知道大家覺得好work, 好正
不過阿Sir想係度不厭其煩咁 cliché 一句
就算Mark Lam既Handouts幾有用, 幾精闢
大家都係需要時間去digest架

As a result [依個Connective作文仲唔用? 三隻字喎],
Wait no more! Kick off your revision today!
29 teaching HOURS left (only)

Don't you plan to burn the midnight oil before exam!

Thursday 26 April 2012

a Heart Free to Fly

I
Moments of dread and darkness
A haunted road in dark blue
'm impatiently behind bars
Not the usual one, mind you
But the one confined by time
A mental journey so weary and tame
I kill time uncovering myself
In the hope of getting wiser


II
Be that as it may
The deeper I dig
The more I face timidity
Deep down I know
I ain't the person I used to be
The ambitious and bold "me" is greatly missed;
He's got helplessly lost the day before yesterday
For no more I find myself pursuing dreams far-fetched

III
'm just like the folks around me now
Becoming so I see no problem, really
For, the more I assimilate
The fewer disagreements they and I will have
But at times I doubt
Who is that angry, young man I see
Staring straight back at me?
How come my reflection's someone I barely know?

Sunday 15 April 2012

A Bridge Too Far

HK & UK
Toilet & To let
Highway & Taxiway
Reality & Fantasy
Read & Write
Suggest & Propose
Ambivalence & Acquaintance
Present participle & Past participle
Falling & Fallen
Male & Female
Good buy & Good bye
Filthy rich & Respectably broke
Diamond & Charcoal
Fancy food & Fast food
Hatred & Happiness
Cannot & Can
Fear & Flee not
Scar & Success

Companionship

[...]
But I came late to primary school,
Everyone was a pair.
I stood alone, feeling a fool
Wishing I wasn't there.

As I grew older and less of a brat
One friend wasn't enough
Plenty of interests taught me that
Friends are from varied stuff.

I need one to talk to [Herman Lai], have a laugh [Vincent Lau],
One for quiet times [Benett Rose]
One to walk with [Robert Beula], one I can chaff [Dominic, LSK]
One who enjoys my rhymes [Masayasu Yuki]

I'd like one with whom to travel all over [Keith Lau]
On foot [Hung Tsai], by air [KTC], or on buses [Patrick]
From England to Asia, and back to Dover
Someone who never fusses.

Ten friends are good, twenty is better
Especially when out of school
Contact by e-mail, or even by letter
That way, life is cool

※ a modified, abridged version from Exam Skills+ ※

(real') working holiday

Hey Class 5R,

You may wanna do your "homework" by making good use of the holidays - simply by coming back to MC.

I'll be working at MC on the following days, so you may wanna find me (for lunch/tea LOL) AND give me back all your handouts:

3 April (Tuesday), 9am - 4pm
5 April (Thursday), 9am - 4pm
12 April (Thursday), 9am - 4pm
14 April (Saturday), 11am - 4pm

Saturday 14 April 2012

True Calling

When laid-backness dominates
I mark, as a profession
But, when soledad haunts and lingers
I write, as a confession

Tuesday 10 April 2012

non-stop

Filing as Flashback
Meal together as Mutual understanding
 
Free as Fiesta
Siesta as Sacred interest payments for Hades
Eager teaching as Enlightenment
Money as Manipulation
Writing as Wit wakening
History as His story
English as Embodiment of dread (to most local students)
B classes (both 1B and 3B included) as Brilliant
R classes (both 1R and 5R included) as Remarkable

Monday 9 April 2012

Aprilday

Raining cats and dogs
Working by myself
Report for duty - obliged, half-done (as of 6 April), progressing

Miles to go before I sleep
I hope, "When it rains it pours" isn't true
I'll be working every day, rain or shine
Failure ain't an option
Will is the key
Alone yet not lonely
A state of mind so soothing I indulge in from time to time
Perplexed, weary but not hopeless (yet)
Rainbow shall come and prevail, I still believe
All a fuss about nothing, really
Stream of consciousness


MC Hallway to South Wing (1/F)