*applause* Special thanks to Swee hoon who has so graciously and kindly rendered help for my thailand trip! She has even gone as far as to ask her sister (who has been to pattaya) and friend (who works in phuket) for answers to my pesky enquires. thanks for taking the trouble, ah bu--muchly appreciated:)

25/6/03 (wed)

felt a bit sorry for my jap sensei today. he was teaching us correct jap grammatical rules in his as-usual-not-so-comprehensible english and mandarin while this gal beside me was engrossed in decorating her notes with doodlings of pop idols' names. i kinda caught him stealing glances at her while he was rambling on and while we were practising conversation later. wondering if he feels compromised and unhappy by his decision of coming over here to teach disinterested teenagers with short attention snaps. whether he feels insulted by them not investing greater efforts in HIS language, especially since watching jap dramas has given me the impression that Japanese males have a proud streak

of course, he has stayed here for 2 decades and i guess he should be past feeling liao?

wasn't so sympathetic though when he adovcated memorising conversations as a vital way to learn jap well. the japanese are indeed pretty rigid in their ways