The World of Tai Tai

I constantly have troubles dealing with others. Maybe it is because of my mental state. But I am by nature not like that. I was originally mild tempered. When I was at t he age of thirteen, mama had to leave Miri for work in Brunei. And papa became strange overnight, very violent and unpredictable towards me. In the first dinner without mama,  he portioned out  food,  me receiving very little but Ah Hui and Weng Weng had much more. But when I complained, his face dimmed and moments after that, I was slapped.   Yes, he had a hard time adjusting to the fact that he could no longer earn money for the family. We all knew that and had been trying to be considerate. But from then onwards, he always vent on me and I did not know why. When he was beating me, he used all of his strength, shouting and crying out loud. When I was studying in Kuching, despite his Ill treatment of me, I still missed him and my siblings. So, when I finally returned home f or good, I told mys...

Two years ago, the then principal Koh wanted to teach me a lesson by appointing a different teacher to take over my English Language Class. I still handled that class, but the subject I taught was Art. I was not happy with that decision, n insisted that I deal with English in that class. And he taunted me, ' Why back down all of a sudden. Don't tell me you can't teach Art.' Earlier on, I had ever requested teaching art. But not in a way that disturbed my teaching of English. He could have asked me to teach other classes art，which had no teachers. Hearing that, I stopped arguing with him. Not because he had won，but I had decided to let the git have his way. After all, he would retire soon. I only had to bide my time. And so I started teaching art. And I had lots of fun. Most of the students liked me and it had opened my eyes to how they behaved in a different subject. It had also made me realize that the English language was not the be all and end all. There was a r...