These pictures were taken at Dempsey Road. Took Maya there for the first time and she loves it. :) Random, I know.

It has been a while since I last blogged. I have been so busy with work it is crazy! It just feels that no matter how hard I work or how much I do, I never seem to be able to finish my work. And it seems as though everyone wants a piece of me. This HOD, that HOD, this committee, that committee, and this is on top of my basic teaching and lesson preparations. It is only 2 months into the job and I feel like a veteran once more. I have never been so tired in my whole life before. And it's times like this that I wish for the happy times I had in Australia. I miss it man. So much. No stress. No responsibilities. So much freedom. Just life as a student. But I guess this is reality and I should be thankful that I had that 1 year off to just enjoy life. Not that Im not enjoying life right now, but it's hard to enjoy life when you are perpetually sitting at the edge of your seat.

And cos Im under so much stress right now, my period is whacked. I have very regular and consistent periods. Always. But for the past 2 months, it has been erratic. In January, I got it twice. And it came 10 days earlier. This month, it came 14 days earlier. I went to the doctors to check and he told me it was some hormonal imbalance bullshit. So Im supposed to monitor it and if it persists, I need to go for an ultrasound to make sure everything is working alright in there. I hate having irregular periods. It's so incovenient and the cramps just kill me.

Thank god the kids are making it bearable for me. They are terrors but they are the best. Very very protective of me. My boys are always there to jump to my defense and protect me from what they call 'the evil people in the school' and their solution is always...'If they bully you Miss Khai, just tell us. We beat them up.' Hilarious. :)

I've been watching them in their rugby tournaments. Most of the boys in my class are in the school's rugby team. They are playing against other schools now and I try to keep my Thursday afternoons free cos thats when their games are on. My God. The difference it makes when they are on the rugby field and in the classroom. They are so focused and disciplined and fierce in the field, tackling the opponents, regardless of the opponent's size. But in the classroom, sigh...let's say many a times I have to use all of my charms and powers of persuasion to get them to listen to me. Amazing what passion can do to kids. Or people in general. Anyway, I go for the matches to give support to my babies but also, to get away from school and do something that I actually enjoy. Being with my kids and having fun with them. Not stuck at my desk furiously trying to meet deadlines. That's not what I signed up to do.

It's the weekend and I have stacks of common test papers to mark. 6 classes. 3 more weeks to the term break. Im counting down.