My Temporary Job
Hello, my dearest friends!!!
So sorry for my silence for some time…Now, here I am, back with this long mail
As you know, I have graduated. I haven’t found a suitable permanent job but things are going great. I attended several interviews but found the jobs not suitable to my area of study as well as interest and personality. Even rejected interviews from some good companies because of the company location. I’m praying for a suitable job in Kluang. Of course, it’s very convenient and cost saving staying at home in a small town. Furthermore, I’m quite involved in my home church and feel that there is a need to serve here. While searching for a permanent job, I thought that it will be a good idea to serve for a period of time in a church or non-profit organization and utilize my time in a meaningful way. And during this time, my mother mentioned a Christian school. I contacted the Pastor and learnt that they were actually in need of a BM teacher.
With that, I’m currently working temporarily as a teacher in a Christian school called Shalom Learning Centre. It’s a ministry oriented school run by Peace Assemblies of God here in Kluang. This church is not my home church but I used to attend its Youth Fellowship during my schooling days, It’s a new and wonderful experience teaching in a Christian school. School starts at 8 am and finishes at 1 pm. The dress code for students and teachers is casual. The school is run in an air-conditioned shop lot building, upstairs of the church. Before school begins, the teachers have a time of devotion. Everyday, even the students are so privileged to have time of praise and worship and devotion after the recess. And on Fridays, we have Chapel service in the church (sanctuary) downstairs – a service just like our weekly Saturday/Sunday service for the children. It’s so wonderful to begin the day corporately with our Lord in school. Wish I had that privilege during my schooling days.
I’m teaching primarily Bahasa Melayu, and have to coach students in History and Geography. Other tasks include scoring and helping students with their English, Science, Maths and Bible (they have a primary teacher for each of this subject). Oh yes! They have a subject called ‘Bible.’ Isn’t that nice? The entire syllabuses come from the United States of America (except for BM of course) and the medium of instruction is English. There are about 32 students ranging from ages 2 to 18. Students learn at their own pace. Classes are not conducted in our school like manner, in a class of 30 students and a teacher in front. Here, it’s more of coaching and personally tutoring the students. The syllabus are designed to enable self learning and students are individually tutored, or at most in groups of 3 or 4. It’s using the home-school concept, practiced widely in the US.
The education system is approved by our government and students have access to all colleges and international universities upon the completion of their studies. However, they cannot enter the local university. In another sense however, a student’s life in this school is pretty much like that of a student’s the secular school. Students study similar subjects. They have Physical Education and games, and interschool tournaments. They have a small Science laboratory for experiments and a playing area with ping-pong table.
It’s really surprising that the majority of the students are not Christians although it’s a Christian school. We even have international students – children of expatriates who have been sent to work here. Some of the children come from broken homes, are very problematic and require a lot of grace and patience in teaching. I was also told that some of the students were children found by the church, abandoned on the streets. This place is really a place raised up by God to reach out to the lost. It’s also a great place for children to grow in a godly environment where they are instilled with Christian values such as integrity, love and respect for one another.
I really enjoy serving at the centre and am learning a lot through my interaction with the staff and while teaching different students of various family backgrounds. I’ll only working here temporarily till the school term ends in November. I’m sure I’ll miss this place a lot when it’s time to leave. The staff and children are such wonderful people.
In the meantime, I was called for a second interview by a company here in Kluang. The company was expecting me to start work next month. I explained my situation that I have made a commitment to serve at the learning centre till November and was hoping that they could accommodate that, and I’m still waiting for a reply. I’m praying that if it’s the will of God that I should work there, they would wait for me. If not, I have no regrets.
By the way, I met the international children’s parents. The family is from India and they happen to live in the same row as my house. They are a Hindu family and their daughter just accepted Jesus into her heart today during chapel service. The parents asked me to tutor their 11 year old daughter and and 5 year old son for Bahasa Melayu since they are going to be in Malaysia permanently. The children are really brilliant with superb memory power, and they like learning BM.
You know something, one thing about being small sized is about blending in with children..On my first day there, one of the bigger children, rather mature looking, came and asked me if I was a new student and started making friends with me!!! Some of the children actually run and hold my hands and talk to me like they are talking to the fellow children friends when they come to me with their studies related problems or just want to chit chat! (something that they don’t do with their other subjects’ teachers) They even bring their card games and ask me to play with them. Well, I happen to be the youngest teacher there at the moment. The rest are above 30 years old, and married with children… (no wonder:P)
I seem to have written a rather long mail…well, u know me. If you have read up to this point, THANK YOU for your time:)….I think I shall stop here for now and give your eyes and mind a break :P
Take care, friends! Have a productive week and the blessings of the Lord be with you! Hope to hear from you soon:)
With Love,
You know who:)
So sorry for my silence for some time…Now, here I am, back with this long mail
As you know, I have graduated. I haven’t found a suitable permanent job but things are going great. I attended several interviews but found the jobs not suitable to my area of study as well as interest and personality. Even rejected interviews from some good companies because of the company location. I’m praying for a suitable job in Kluang. Of course, it’s very convenient and cost saving staying at home in a small town. Furthermore, I’m quite involved in my home church and feel that there is a need to serve here. While searching for a permanent job, I thought that it will be a good idea to serve for a period of time in a church or non-profit organization and utilize my time in a meaningful way. And during this time, my mother mentioned a Christian school. I contacted the Pastor and learnt that they were actually in need of a BM teacher.
With that, I’m currently working temporarily as a teacher in a Christian school called Shalom Learning Centre. It’s a ministry oriented school run by Peace Assemblies of God here in Kluang. This church is not my home church but I used to attend its Youth Fellowship during my schooling days, It’s a new and wonderful experience teaching in a Christian school. School starts at 8 am and finishes at 1 pm. The dress code for students and teachers is casual. The school is run in an air-conditioned shop lot building, upstairs of the church. Before school begins, the teachers have a time of devotion. Everyday, even the students are so privileged to have time of praise and worship and devotion after the recess. And on Fridays, we have Chapel service in the church (sanctuary) downstairs – a service just like our weekly Saturday/Sunday service for the children. It’s so wonderful to begin the day corporately with our Lord in school. Wish I had that privilege during my schooling days.
I’m teaching primarily Bahasa Melayu, and have to coach students in History and Geography. Other tasks include scoring and helping students with their English, Science, Maths and Bible (they have a primary teacher for each of this subject). Oh yes! They have a subject called ‘Bible.’ Isn’t that nice? The entire syllabuses come from the United States of America (except for BM of course) and the medium of instruction is English. There are about 32 students ranging from ages 2 to 18. Students learn at their own pace. Classes are not conducted in our school like manner, in a class of 30 students and a teacher in front. Here, it’s more of coaching and personally tutoring the students. The syllabus are designed to enable self learning and students are individually tutored, or at most in groups of 3 or 4. It’s using the home-school concept, practiced widely in the US.
The education system is approved by our government and students have access to all colleges and international universities upon the completion of their studies. However, they cannot enter the local university. In another sense however, a student’s life in this school is pretty much like that of a student’s the secular school. Students study similar subjects. They have Physical Education and games, and interschool tournaments. They have a small Science laboratory for experiments and a playing area with ping-pong table.
It’s really surprising that the majority of the students are not Christians although it’s a Christian school. We even have international students – children of expatriates who have been sent to work here. Some of the children come from broken homes, are very problematic and require a lot of grace and patience in teaching. I was also told that some of the students were children found by the church, abandoned on the streets. This place is really a place raised up by God to reach out to the lost. It’s also a great place for children to grow in a godly environment where they are instilled with Christian values such as integrity, love and respect for one another.
I really enjoy serving at the centre and am learning a lot through my interaction with the staff and while teaching different students of various family backgrounds. I’ll only working here temporarily till the school term ends in November. I’m sure I’ll miss this place a lot when it’s time to leave. The staff and children are such wonderful people.
In the meantime, I was called for a second interview by a company here in Kluang. The company was expecting me to start work next month. I explained my situation that I have made a commitment to serve at the learning centre till November and was hoping that they could accommodate that, and I’m still waiting for a reply. I’m praying that if it’s the will of God that I should work there, they would wait for me. If not, I have no regrets.
By the way, I met the international children’s parents. The family is from India and they happen to live in the same row as my house. They are a Hindu family and their daughter just accepted Jesus into her heart today during chapel service. The parents asked me to tutor their 11 year old daughter and and 5 year old son for Bahasa Melayu since they are going to be in Malaysia permanently. The children are really brilliant with superb memory power, and they like learning BM.
You know something, one thing about being small sized is about blending in with children..On my first day there, one of the bigger children, rather mature looking, came and asked me if I was a new student and started making friends with me!!! Some of the children actually run and hold my hands and talk to me like they are talking to the fellow children friends when they come to me with their studies related problems or just want to chit chat! (something that they don’t do with their other subjects’ teachers) They even bring their card games and ask me to play with them. Well, I happen to be the youngest teacher there at the moment. The rest are above 30 years old, and married with children… (no wonder:P)
I seem to have written a rather long mail…well, u know me. If you have read up to this point, THANK YOU for your time:)….I think I shall stop here for now and give your eyes and mind a break :P
Take care, friends! Have a productive week and the blessings of the Lord be with you! Hope to hear from you soon:)
With Love,
You know who:)
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