During SHG on Saturday, I was chitchatting with my student again. This talkative girl who doesn't do her work until the last minute. She reminds me of myself sometimes..maybe that's why I really like her.
Anyway, she was complaining to me again about her not being able to see, and that her mom does not want to change her specs for her. I realised her degree is really deep and she cannot see at all. She's probably around 300 degrees and she doesn't wear specs - her old specs are way past her current degree.
I talked to Chris to see what we can do. He made a call and informed her parents that we realised she cannot see in class. Later on during the day, she msg-ed me and sounded like she blamed me because I told her dad about it. I was worried, because I did not let her know before I called. On hindsight, I should have. She should be treated like an adult, and I definitely do not like to have people calling my parents behind my back! So I apologized to her about it...and guess what! She seemed to be happy about the possibility that her dad might bring her to make new spectacles!
Later in the day, she told me she went to have her eyesight tested and ordered a new pair of specs at the same time. She told me about how much does it cost, and what's the color etc.. Then she said something which made me feel appreciated.
She said, "You're nicer than my school teacher. She didn't care when I told her I cannot see."
So happy lar!!!!!!! =)
(But her being her,she didn't say it so nicely..haa.. there was some not-so-nice yet-not-vulgarities words inside.)
Small incidents like this really made my day.
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Went shopping in Chinatown with mom & dad yesterday. I haven't went out with them for quite some time, since we're always at home with the nephews. So, we decided to make a trip down Chinatown yesterday.
Was shopping around because mom was looking for a jacket for her upcoming trip. In the end she bought so many other irrrelevant stuff, like clothes, bah kwa etc..
Oh oh oh!! And I found this place in Chinatown which sells REALLY CHEAP toiletries and beauty products. They even have Laneige!! I felt like 省钱王 lor.. The shop is called Swanston, located on the 2nd floor of the just-renovated building behind OG.
So I was with my parents, and it felt so nice to be out with them. Walking around; laughing and making jokes with one another; listening to my dad talk about the past; waiting for my mom to try new clothes and giving her comments. There wasn't good food, nothing spectacular - but it was a day well-spent.
I feel so happy to be a daughter to my parents =)
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Footnote: I'm always irritated with shopowners to talk to my mom about clothes-making like they're some expert; and shopowners who talk to my dad about doors/furniture like they're experts too.
And I don't like male shopowners who wants to persuade my mom to buy something, acts zealously overenthusiastically and try to persuade me too. -.- Especially so when they tap me on the shoulder or something along that line. I mean like, KEEP YOUR HANDS TO YOURSELF LAR!
