12yo Joel said...

"Teacher Esther, do you know that we gave Dad our red packets after we collected from our relatives."

Well, a Chinese custom when families pay visits to the elderly & friends during Chinese New Year with mandarins and the children get to receive red packets from the married couples and elderly. The little joy is that the red packet contain CASH! which means the more they collect, the merrier they are! ;)

"That's nice of him, he helps you to take care your red packets." I replied.

"No, he mixed my red packets with my sister's! And my sister cried!" Joel wasn't very happy with the idea too.

"Haha, don't worry. I'm sure he will divide into twos for both of you and you get the same amount as your sister. That's really fair!" I calmed him down.

"No, he said the red packets belong to him!" He was very disappointed.

The whole class laughed and said he should have kept the red packets by himself instead.

"Well, that makes sense too. Your dad has to give away red packets as well and his children collect them back for him. What do you think?" I talked sense to Joel and he strongly agreed!

Well, it is a cycle! I must say.

My MC Days!

I was very sick, I had to take MC for 2 days classes ,
when I was resting and I found this message from my student.

年初六与七，我生病了，中伤风感冒又发高烧，真是没有方法上课，只好拿病假。没有想到学生在想念我了！

My students' conversation makes me laugh!

9yo Chloe asked the class, "Have you seen Teacher Esther's husband? I have seen him before!" 

I told her, "He's very handsome right!" 

"Hmm, he looks weird!" She replied.

The others asked, "how does he look like!"

14yo Theon interrupted, "I know how he looks like, they both look alike! He looks like Teacher Esther - The Man Teacher Esther!"
 
Gosh, I laughed out loud!