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Talentime

It's been such a long time since I last went to the cinema. Blaming myself for taking up the part time job as Maths tutor.

It left with me just a little bit of time for me to rest - to sleep. Fortunately, I've made some arrangement and I will have more time for myself now.

I just went to watched 'Talentime' with Xuan few Sundays ago. My rating for this movie - 5 stars. Yasmin Ahmad did a good job again!

Her movies have been so real all the while. It's so 'Malaysian'. Yet, she always got criticised by the extremist, claiming that she had 'polluted' the cultures and bla bla bla... Kak Min, you are doing the right thing, don't give up!

This time, the focus wasn't on the inter-relationship between Malay and Chinese families, but Malay and Indian. Therefore, one would be exposed to different languages during the movies. Just wondering, what the stories of her next movie would be?

I still remember watching 'Sepet' for the 1st time (uncountable, after that) with my house mates back in Coventry. It made we missed home that time, especially seeing all those familiar places of my hometown. Why? The movie was shot in Ipoh!

Next, 'Gubra'; then, 'Mukhsin'. I have been waiting for the release of 'Muallaf'. But, it would only be shown on Astro and not the silver screen. Kak Min stands firmly this time for not wanting her movie to be 'edited' by the censorship board. Bravo!

I would mark 'Talentime' as my all time favourite among her movies. I enjoyed the storyline more; the touching scenes and nicer OST... I am going to buy the vcd or dvd once it's released and going to watch it again and again.

 

Thanks Kak Min for loving Ipoh so much. Don't stop coming back here for movies or tele-commercials shooting.

The winner takes it all

It's 2-1.

No. It's 4-1.
Don't forget the previous 2 parliamentary seats by-election.

But, I would say it's 5-1.
We all know well enough which side was the winner in the 308.

我在做Part-time

农历新年后，无端端地当上了‘冒牌’的数学导师。

一星期里，其中三晚在一间新开的补习中心教学；另外两晚，就在我家附近的救世军男童之家，义务地为那里的孩子上数学课，指导他们做功课。

你说，我空闲的时间，是不是一下子就少了许多呢？

说真的，是有点累的。

有时候，下班后回到家，真想好好地睡一大觉、今晚不去救世军那里。可是，臭屁的意志力还是有能力对我的脑子催眠。时间一到就出门去了。

两小时不停地为孩子们解答数学课题，真的可以把疲劳这码事给抛诸脑后。跟孩子们道别后，就会很开心地、很有满足感地离开。

反正在家里闲着也是闲着，做点对社会有贡献的事也无妨，对吗？

当初也想到，赚点额外的零用钱也好啊！就当着是筹一筹盘川、投资在‘旅游基金’啰！

补习中心开价，一个学生六四分帐。我六、他四。学生付一科，四十五令吉。算一算，我也有二十七。很好的价钱，对不对？

错了。一科四十五。但是，报名四科有折扣，共一百零五。这样子，平均一科才二十六左右。六四分帐，我才拿十多令吉，鸡碎咁多。

还有，这间中心开门至今，才有小猫两三只。加加减减，第一个月才有，大约百七。

一个礼拜十个小时，才有一百七十。我之前上门教一对一，可是收费二十五令吉一小时。蚀晒啰！

本来，还接到通电话，问我要不要上门教。可是，我真的没有多余时间，唯有推掉、看着两百多块飞走。

我那里可以忍受这样的underpaid。所以，就跟负责人谈谈，提议把一两班combine起来。那么，我就可以省点时间，不至于每小时才拿几块。还好，她答应了。

在救世军教，和在补习中心教，有什么分别呢？当然有啦!

在男童之家的话，没什么压力。谈一谈、笑一笑，很快地，时间到就回家。

相反的，在补习中心，会感到有压力的。遇到比较差的学生，自己很懊恼，为什么就是教不会他们。‘受人钱财，替人消灾’。这是我的责任。

我还打算今年去进修，教育系硕士班，好让把自己从‘业余’提升到‘专业’。可惜的，不知道什么原因，我的申请被驳回了。只好去找‘西家’，或其他课程呗。

想一想，这样子做part-time，也算是自我增值的一项吧！累计经验也可以，不一定要去上课考张‘沙纸’。你认为呢？