今仔不在家的第五天 (October 8, 2010)

天晴大風

今仔不在家, 呢個禮拜我返學日日都遲到, 每日都瞌眼瞓 今日要響大學上堂, 由早上八點直落到下晝五點, 連食lunch既一小時都被用作開會, 全日呆坐在課室

放學返左屋企休息一陣, 跟住又去左今家食晚飯! 唔知由幾時開始, 我同今媽、今爹都可以單獨相處, 已經做到一家人咁 大概係由今媽去年患病開始, 當時我每日都會車出車入, 陪佢去睇醫生. 之後, 去到年尾, 今媽跌傷隻腳, 我就每日下晝返今家煮野比佢食, 慢慢傾下, 發覺今媽都唔係一個難相處既人! 最意外係佢同今爹下個星期返香港, 今媽話佢會約我爸爸、媽咪飲茶, 我真係覺得今媽好識禮數

夜晚返到屋企, 同今仔講電話, 知道佢病左, 好擔心! 我個心即係諗: 「去悠閒度假都會病既」唔知佢係唔係患左相思病呢

十月九日
仲有15分鐘我就要出門同今爹、今媽上加拿大啦 我已經準備好一大袋藥比今仔!

今仔不在家的第四天 (October, 7, 2010)

天晴多雲

太陽終於出黎啦

今日繼續唔夠瞓, 上堂時亦好攰! 明明已經暖返D, 但我坐響課室改簿仍然改到手凍腳凍, 忍唔住去架車度攞張氊入課室! 我個mentor知道後大笑一番, 仲叫我企響個雪櫃隔離吸下發出既熱氣

有個學生問我今日會唔會教書, 佢話"I like your teaching!", 聽到呢句話話真係開心晒! 放學後hold左個tutoring, 有十二個學生黎左, 最高興係令到一個上堂遊雲, 返屋企又唔溫書, 基礎又打得唔好既學生明白堂上學既野, 同完成一份功課 我同我個mentor都好擔心呢位學生! 根據我mentor既形容: "呢位學生唔督促住佢, 佢就會去左發夢, 但你猛咁叫佢做野, 佢又會好焦躁, 仲會好似心臟痛發咁抖唔到氣!" 經過我今日既貼身輔導, 我發現佢連堂上一D好基本既指令都唔明白, 例如: 點樣響張graph paper上劃x-axis同y-axis. 其實, 我mentor響堂上已經講左好多次, 但係佢原來一路都唔知點做. 我今日教佢做substitution, 佢先恍然大悟咁樣! 希望以後會多d機會同佢接觸, 等我可以了解下佢!

放學後, 去左做facial同剪頭髮, 我諗我實在太攰啦! 做facial時瞓到不醒人事 夜晚返左今家食飯, 比我偷聽到今媽講電話, 發現左件不可思議既詭秘事件! 頭先同今仔討論, 佢都不敢相信 星期二既謎團終於解開, 被人吊癮既滋味真係唔好受! 祝福謎團既兩位主角, 希望事情會按照原定計劃進行

今仔不在家的第二天 (October 5, 2010)

下雨

我懷疑今仔真係貴人, 佢琴日朝早出門就開始落雨, 今日又繼續落雨, 好凍呀 上個星期一 (9/27) LA Downtown 錄到自1877年有紀錄以黎最熱既一日(113F), 一個禮拜後竟然跌左50F, 得返65F. 天氣真係反常呀!
L.A.'s Hottest Day Ever
Low Temperature Records
上星期一夜晚八點都仲係110F, 熱到好似去左Las Vegas咁, 我真係感覺到熱氣從地面上昇. 今個星期一同樣時間, 我就凍到打冷震, 要攬住張氊去上堂!

今朝好攰, 好眼瞓, 駕緊車返工時都好想瞓! 唔知係唔係因為天氣影響呢 早一日無瞓覺好似仲精神過瞓五個鐘喎! 唔通我個睡眠週期係要瞓雙數鐘數?!!

本來諗住一落堂就即刻衝返屋企瞓覺, 點知要開會 開左個半鐘後, 終於走得, 跟住就開始落雨啦! 去完旅行社查詢機票後, 心情有點低落, 本來既計劃未能實行! 一個人在家真係有d悶, 睇怕我都係鍾意熱鬧既人

今仔不在家的第一天 (October 4, 2010)

下雨

今仔加拿大既表哥星期日(10/10/10)結婚, 今仔身為表弟專誠請假一星期飛去加拿大幫手籌備. 可惜, 我星期五要全日上堂, weekend先可以上去. 於是, 今日就變左係我響美國第一次自己一個響屋企.

今媽好擔心我自己一個在家, 仲邀請我去佢屋企過夜, 但因為我覺得唔係咁方便, 做功課又有好多野要拎, 所以都堅持響自己屋企. 二姑媽以為我自己一個人會驚, 仲叫我去表姐屋企住幾日添

我自己反而覺得呢個禮拜我可以做多d野, 同瞓多d覺, 因為唔駛煮飯嘛! 當然, 我亦心思思想約朋友出黎食晚飯, 實行今仔不在家, 我亦唔黐家

琴晚成晚開夜車, 朝早又要返中學, 夜晚仲要上堂, 成八點先放學. 之後, 就去左今家食飯. 今媽實在太好啦 佢仲預備埋lunch同湯比我帶返屋企.

返到自己屋企時已經係九點半, 寒冷既天氣令我只想喱響被竇同今仔講電話. 真係好懷念從前朝朝晚晚同今仔煲粥既日子

First Day of My Resisdency

Finally came to my first day to the middle school!
I was so tired after standing for the whole day.
My back was so sore that I can hardly turn my body.
I think I really need to do some yoga for stretching.

Some strategies that I learned:
solving two-step algebraic equation
- patient needs to be weighed at clinic
- patient wears a trench coat and has a suitcase
- what does the patient remove first to get onto the scale?
- e.g. 3x+5 = 17 patient =x, trench coat = 3, suitcase=5, weight = 17

combining like terms involving negative number
- e.g. -3m+m = 18
- use money/dollar to explain combining like terms

I like Mr. Clay's use of powerpoint to do review with the whole class.
It's so good that the whole class has to stand after they first get into the classroom,they have to earn their seats by answering one question, also students get to appoint another one to answer. I see students are very engaged in this activity.

For the 5 classes that I am going to teach, one of them is a honor class. All of them belong to the magnet program. That means all students are being selected according to their academic performance. I can see all students are well behaved, except a few students in one class. Mr. Clay said the first day of school is very important in shaping students' whole year behavior. They will get to know what the teacher is. Can they be relaxed and play in the classroom? Or, do they need to work hard? Mr. Clay did a great job in telling all students what he expects, and the students' standard. He particularly told those classes that do not meet his standard, but he at the same time said it's okay that they are not at the standard, we are going to help them to reach the class standard in this week, but those students have to work harder than other classes.

Mr. Clay said he is a reserved teacher. He usually doesn't talk much during lesson. I am looking forward to see how he can keep students engaged without doing a lot of talking.

又一個Quarter (August 15, 2010)

終於又讀完一個summer quarter啦

4月時去左一個全日既interview, 目的就係要入到而家讀緊既program!

O個陣真係好想入到呢個credential + master既課程, 因為有獎學金之餘,

仲會響畢業後分派我地去學校做野, 唔駛擔心budget cut唔請新老師.

去到6月確定收左我後, 我又唔係好興奮喎

可能, 呢個program同我原本讀緊既唔同方向, 而我又已經有左個credential,

所以其實而家只係當免費讀書, 而且仲有埋生活費, 都算唔錯既!

話說呢個係新課程, 所以有好多野都唔肯定, 好多問題連d professors都答唔到!

我同20個同學仔做左白老鼠, 比人做實驗, 不過我地既意見佢地都好重視,

發表左之後真係有人會改善!

另一個好處就係我地21個學生響為期14個月既課程入邊,

所有堂都會一齊上, 可以互相支持

啱啱讀完既Summer Quarter, 持續左6星期, 雖然比平時11個星期既quarter短左,

但就十分intensive! 每個星期一至五八點至三點上堂, 7個professors輪流教我地,

每個禮拜有至少一份功課, Labor Day前我仲要交多三份功課

希望快d做晒所有功課, 然後好好享受下開學前僅有既悠閒時光

夏天來了 (August 17, 2010)

夏天終於蒞臨洛衫磯啦琴日下晝我架車既溫度計量到外面既氣溫係95F,

今日下晝量到既氣溫就係105F! 熱到我開行架車既冷氣都勁出汗

其實, 今年七月同八月上旬既平均氣溫係大約75F, 係1991年以黎最涼快既夏天.

我上個星期朝早出門返學時都仲要著外套, 但今個星期就要著背心啦

上個禮拜我覺得自己去左三藩市, 今個禮拜就去左拉斯維加斯

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L.A.'s summer heat arrives late

After a prolonged June gloom, a heat wave is expected to roll in this week, beginning Sunday and peaking Monday.

August 15, 2010|By Rong-Gong Lin II, Los Angeles Times

 

Summer, which seemingly fled Los Angeles this year, will make a brief cameo this week.

Forecasters say a high-pressure system moving in from Arizona and New Mexico will boost temperatures to between 90 and 104 degrees in the San Gabriel and San Fernando valleys, making for a heat wave that is to begin on Sunday and peak on Monday.

One of the Southland's perennial hot spots, Woodland Hills, could reach the triple digits, and Pasadena may hit the mid-90s early this week.

"The summer heat has finally arrived," said Bonnie Bartling, a weather specialist at the National Weather Service office in Oxnard. This is expected to be only the second time this summer that temperatures will top 100 in the valleys.

The heat will raise wildfire concerns in the mountains and Antelope Valley as humidity drops, the weather service said.

Anyone seeking relief may want to head closer to the beach, which will be protected from the heat by the marine layer, the low, cool clouds that hug the coast in the evenings and mornings. Downtown L.A. will hit the 80s through Tuesday, while highs at the beaches will stay in the 70s.

The heat wave is expected to be short-lived. Cooling is expected predicted to begin on Tuesday, but that day will also bring humidity from the south, so "it might feel sticky," Bartling said.

Last week, the National Weather Service issued a statement explaining why summer jilted Southern California so far this year, saying persistent low-pressure systems have been loitering off the California coast for the last 2-1/2 months.

The phenomenon has kept Southern California's traditional May gray and June gloom around for July and August. For much of this time, fog has rolled in overnight and made L.A.'s summer seem almost as chilly as those in San Francisco. The average temperature recorded at Los Angeles International Airport throughout July was 65.7, a low that matched records set in 1948 and 1965.

Lower-than-normal ocean temperatures have also kept onshore Pacific breezes "extra chilly," according to the National Weather Service.

Those lower-than-normal ocean temperatures, a phenomenon scientists call La Niña, could exacerbate wildfire conditions this fall and winter by bringing little or no rain.

"The fires that would start would spread much easier during times of less precipitation, because the vegetation is much drier," said Jamie Moker, a National Weather Service meteorologist in San Diego.

Southern California's cool summer comes as much of the world has baked. The global average land surface temperature worldwide in July was the warmest on record, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The agency has records going back to 1880.

Moscow, which has been suffering a heavy death toll from an extended heat wave and nearby fires that have raged out of control, set a record July 30 when the mercury hit 102, surpassing the previous record of 99 set four days earlier.

China had its warmest July since 1961, and Finland set a new all-time high of 99 degrees on July 29, breaking the previous record of 96.7 made in July 1914.

From: http://articles.latimes.com/2010/aug/15/local/la-me-weather-20100815

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The mild summer weather? For many, it's way cool

Forecasters with the National Weather Service say the L.A. Basin's coolest summer since 1991 reflects a transition from an El Niño pattern to a La Niña. But a heat wave may be on the way.

August 14, 2010|By Bob Pool, Los Angeles Times

 

From: http://articles.latimes.com/2010/aug/14/local/la-me-cool-summer-20100814