Season's Greetings Presents

Presents from colleagues/ friends for the new year. Feeling much loved. :)

Holiday Presents

Received plenty of presents from friends and colleagues during this holiday period, from their travels. :) Mostly from Japan! I am getting a message here! :P

My Birthday Presents

The other birthday pressies I have received. :)

Korean dinner birthday treat from Liyana and Sabina. Thank you!

A sweet birthday cookie from Liyana :)

A hand-sewn Pikachu from Juliane. Her first sewing attempt! :)

Surprise!

I came back from teaching today only to find these lovely presents from my current and ex-colleagues waiting for me. Thank you!! It is greatly appreciated. :) :) 

I totally enjoyed the chocolate mint cupcake. :P

Teachers' Day Presents

The girls asked me for advice on what teachers like as Teachers' Day presents. Based on my personal experience as a teacher, I love things that are practical and meaningful. I told them I loved receiving red pens and I also loved receiving hand-made stuff, like cards, etc. That's exactly what they prepared as presents for their teachers. A pair of red pens and a hand-made card for each of their teachers! Lol. :)

PS. I also informed the girls that if the present a teacher received is above a particular value, he/she has to either return the present or declare to MOE (and MOE will decide what's to be done with the present). Otherwise, he/she might be perceived as receiving bribes because teachers are civil servants. So it's better to spare their teachers the extra paper works. This is little known to parents and students but known to all teachers and civil servants.   

Mad Scramble

Last minute, Marieann decided she wanted to get presents for her teachers. She had initially wanted to make presents for them. She started on the second one when she decided it was too much work. Sigh.

Thank goodness, we managed to buy all the presents at the first place we went to. Phew.