Monday, September 18, 2006

random stuffs ~~

finally my busy hectic days are (temporarily) over!! all the classes have been completed, all the courseworks have been marked, all the final exam papers have been submitted! so i shall enjoy my serene weeks to come, reading books that i've bought and borrowed last few months, and watching wayyyy overdued movies in my shelfs, and doing house chores that takes forever to be done!! -.-"

exam

invigilating is one of the lecturer's duties - although in local uni this thing will be conducted by the exam department... but i do enjoy invigilation. and some will ask WHY? simply bcoz i like to observe people. i have a habit of watching ppl's reactions to things, and be amazed how different everyone is and unique in their own way. and during extreme situation (like exam), it's even more interesting to observe...

some are scratching their head, forehead, nose, cheeks, chin, foot out of nervousness, regret and panic... some are quickly hynoptized by the question papers and doze off... some are looking at the invigilators constantly as if looking for inspirations or looking for chance to cheat and peek over others' paper... some are frowning maybe bcoz what they read were not what comes out, or they are trying hard to memorize all the mental map they have drawn but fail to remember... some are grinning maybe they have the "spot-on" questions or just out of plain desperation... some are constantly watching here and there trying to see if others are suffering just like them or waiting to build an alliance with others... some are just write and write non-stop as if they are JK Rowling working on her new prologue or epilogue (gosh how i hate marking long-winded answer scripts!!)...

well, conclusion is, that 2 or 2.5 hours are normally pretty entertaining ot an observer like me... sometimes when some funny actions appear, i can't help but grin... :P

of exam again

on my last day of invigilation, i was the relief invigilator - meaning if some (bloody irresponsible) lecturers fail to turn up, i have to takeover their (bloody) invigilating job!!! and yes, you guess correct - i ended up invigilating- UTAR mah... what do you expect??

and on my last duty of this semester, i caught someone cheating - so unexpected!! a uni student, hiding a finely written notes underneath his answer booklet, always looking around like scary cat, flipping his answer booklet suspiciously, and reading under the booklet in a weird weird angle - come on, tell me you are NOT suspicious!! (how smart!!)

well, i told the chief invigilator about this, and we decided to slowly take action.

well, being a buddhist (haha), i gave him another chance. i stood just in front of him for at least 15 minutes, i even looked straight into his eyes with a i-know-what-you-did-last-summer look in my eyes (i thot it is very obvious liao)... so i told myself any sane creature would have get the message already. then, someone at the back raised her hand, so i walked over to her and handed her a piece of A4 paper, then i turned back and walked in front again... and guess what? that boy was happily copy the answer again from his note.

so i told myself - you treat me like an idiot, so you shall be treated as one too!! i grabbed the note, grabbed his ID card and exam slip, and reported to the chief and handed him the evidence... DONE!!

no, not done yet, the chief then told me that since i'm the one who caught him, i have to write a report and pass it to the exam department... well, nvm, i'll do that since i'm a bit annoyed and pissed... then only to find out that not only i need to write the report, when the board hold a meeting to investigate or to decide their disciplinary action to this student, i'll have to be present too... WTH!!! i felt like i'm the one being punished for catching him!!

these aside

it has been fun catching up with frens - drinking tea and talking nonsense, and window shop... sometimes it's good to just chill...

of buddhism

well, i was lucky to be exposed to buddhism although i was borned in a taoist family. i bought the ideas of reincarnation, karma and doing good deeds. but i have never have any real motivations to explore these knowledge and really read the books...

i joined buddhist society back in uni, but just for a short 1 semester, then i proceed to the swimming team and life-saving society. i read books but failed to grasp the true and deeper meanings... no one to guide me, being the impatient person, i put all these books aside.

but recently, i've chatted a lot about buddhism with my fren and was happy with the knowledge he told me. he was so kind to lend me some books for me to read. well, this time i shall start with some "easy-learning" books so that i don't get "lost" so easily and then decide to stop again. no no no, this time is for longer time, hopefully for my lifetime!

of my parents and rat

one night, i woke up bcoz of nature-call. after returning to the bedroom and trying to sleep again, i heard a noise resemblance to book dropping on table... i got up, and see a big fat rat standing on my computer monitor rubbing its feet... ok, i made this up, i was too shocked to notice any of its actions at all... i think the rat must have been equally shocked by me too, so it jumped off the table and hide under my wardrobe. i was sitting on my bed thinking and panicking of what should i do next... then in a split second, it sprinted out from the wardrobe towards the door, and squeezed itself thru the tiny door gap and escaped! i felt so relief.... gosh, i'm so afraid of rats!!! :P

then the next morning i told my mom about this little rendezvous, she told me the rat also messed up the reading room and left some shites too... hahaha!! and she knows it has been hiding under the washing machine for quite sometimes and mess up the kitchen a little too... but this time it has stepped on my mom's nerve for messing up the reading. so my mom setup a trap, hanged a piece of fried squid - the ultimate bait for rat!!

we don't have to wait for long, the same night (which is yesterday), after a short 1 hour, the rat was in the trap! my parents said let's take the cage out and killed it tomorrow morning with boiling water... a chill sent thru my spines... "should we??" i asked in my heart... okay, my parents have done that before killing an "intruding" rat with boiling water... and i never had a problem with that last time... but i felt so sorry for this small animal this time... it has done nothing wrong, it's only living its most natural way, and does it deserved to be killed?? definitely no. and there's definitely another way of dealing with this than killing it.

i calmly suggest to my parents that why don't they release it tomorrow to somewhere far... my mom said it will return... then i said far far away lah... no reaction from them... well ok then, i will release it tomorrow on my way to work... they said ok... so settled!!

then later at night around 12am, i then felt bad again about this little creature - it has been placed outside the house, and what if it rains? (and yes it really rained last night in the wee hours of the morning) the rat will be so cold!! so i walked out from my air-conded room, and approached my dad... i told him let's go out and release the poor rat now. with an annoyed look, my dad refused as he still have his football match to watch... i said i just need him to accompany me coz it's late at night... well he told me why so "mah-fan" just kill it tomorrow... well nevermind then, i'll go out by myself lah - i told him.

so here i go, in the middle of the midnight... i drove myself and the rat out to the empty ground near a petrol station 5KM away from my house, and opened the cage. the small creature walked out calmly, turned back to look at me as if saying goodbye and make itself into the longkang. i said "amitabha" and may this return goes to my parents. i am happy for what i have done yesterday night... this is perhaps my little step to practice the buddha way.

18 comments:

Anonymous said...

sir...u are so kind...so "cute" too...y dont u bela the rat...i thk the rat will love u so much ...just kidding...i help the rat to say thanks to u...
sir,we are having holiday...n u r free too...no need "kek hei"...sir,we will miss u de...:P
see u during semester begin...take care ya sir...

Teddy Beh said...

hahaha... thanks, i'm not very kind one... i don't kill rat, but i torture students... wuahaha!

yup, see you when semester reopens.

Anonymous said...

瓦咔咔!天啊!偶一向来都知道你的房间有多凌乱,但是从来没想过老鼠竟然也来光顾了!为什么偶和你住在同一间房子,却不知道介一件事呢?不过,昨晚回到家发现冲凉房竟然这么干净,惊喜啊!谢谢你,gamsa hamnida!

Teddy Beh said...

no need to tell so detail kua... =.=
so free to read blog and comment hor?? no work meh?
btw, dad n mom are worried about your current situation, please don't hurry into any decision at the meantime. talk to them, they are wiser at least in business. :)

Anonymous said...

woah..sir u got catch student cheating at exam ar..did u feel happy abt it??i got c the lecture/teacher who love to catch students who cheat at the exam...the pricipal also praise the teacher smart in catch students...although the student dint cheat also "wat" they cheating.....it think sir wont like tat loh...hahah....
wat good heart u sir....release the rat....
so wat a abt cockroach??will u catch it den release it....hahah...

Teddy Beh said...

happy?? i got more work to do, so you think i want to do that?? =.=

i don't even dare to catch cockroach, let alone kill it! so no worries. :)

Anonymous said...

im not mean sir u happy doing tat lar..but some teacher happy doing this such thing of jobs...getting famous n praise by their boss.....

futhermore y lecture like stand bside student when exam n c what they write...it can make the student more nervous n forgot all the things...haha...im d person....

Anonymous said...

sir i thinkthe mouse will miss u cause u gv him another new life rather then been killed on that nite...haha....

i know tat some of the lec will like to stand bside u n c wat u write this really will make the student v.nervius n forget a lot of thing when they r writing cause not only u me and my frens also like tat...
don't so 'kek hei' la...
at least u hv gv him a chance already but he don't apprciate only meh ..
sir hope u enjoy ur holiday la..
take care ...
v will miss u punya la...haha

Teddy Beh said...

err.... i don't think the boss will like it... many boss hate lecturer catching students cause it means "more work to do".... they rather you see them cheating and close one eye and let them go... lagi senang! =.=

about standing beside and read what you write... i don't think i have ever done that right??? if i glance at your table, i was most probably looking if you hide any written notes on the table or not, i got no interest in seeing what you write! :P

Anonymous said...

iamyy was here !! :P

Anonymous said...

oh..i think sir u dint c wat v rite lar...but some lec do so....
have a nice holiday loh...

Anonymous said...

你太神了,竟然那么勇敢把老鼠带去放生。
上次有一只母老鼠在我家生了一窝小老鼠,我们发现然后打开来看的时候母老鼠跳出来,刚出生身体红红的小老鼠在动,walaueh,gerli到死!!!!!!!
我爸爸也不敢动,要麻烦我弟弟的朋友们帮忙抓出去外面丢,我躲在门后面看,真的是恐怖的经验!
生肖鼠也没用,我还是很怕很怕老鼠!还有蛇。。。呃!!!恶心!!!
不过你也真的很怪,对畜生这么有善心,对人却。。嗯。。你知道啦。。嘿嘿。。

naNes said...

原來你的房間....哈哈哈

怎樣ㄚ老師..
過得好不好啊.....

Anonymous said...

i feel pissed oso bcoz of that boy who cheated not once but twice in your face!
I hope he has learnt his lesson.

Sir,
so u are scared of rats...ic..hehe...me too....

Anonymous said...

happy holidays mr beh....

Teddy Beh said...

Happy holidays everyone, as for me, i still have a lot of works to do, holidays mean nothing to me... -.-"

wenxuan: well, i doubt he will ever learn. but we'll see.

++: i don't like the word 畜生 bcoz this word is for naughty students, hahahaha!!! kidding!!

linda: i'm good i'm good, hope you are the same!

Anonymous said...

it's fun reading ur blog..
hehe..

yewmiin said...

老师...
没想到你酱慈悲捏...
下次有这些众生跑到你家里来的时候..可以跟他们沟通一下...然后开点佛曲或梵贝之类的...让它们听法...信不信由你~~可是有效噢...你知道刘子贤吗?我之前在他的讲座有听过他是这样处理他家的蚂蚁噢...哈哈~~也有很多人跟我讲酱有效啦...嘿嘿...
原来老师怕小动物的...
啊哈哈...
我之前中六念biology时解剖过两只老鼠..
现在都还觉得白白牺牲了它们...
因为我现在竟然读的是broadcasting @_@