day report of little perks of happiness
LOTS of little happiness add up to give the heart a warm fuzzy feeling :)
#1 QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Ooh I like the seats here, I can see very well from herel!”
```overheard from two old grannies sitting behind me on the bus
#2 "All the best with the little ones"
Receiving a good luck messenge from my Mum in the morning
#3 My brother passed his driving test yesterday!
``` Let's all cheer for the new chauffeur of the family~ ^^
#4 SOS! I'm LOST!
Thank you Dubdub for saving me! Gomen ne, woke you up from your cozy bed.
#5 What’s better than ending a day of tired testing with the last girl telling me, "“I hope you will succeed in your project and all the best with it!”
``` Awww~~~ She's SOO SWEET! *squeals* I wish I could just give this sweet little girl a bear hug there and then without scaring her off. I was extremely touched when I heard that. Her little face was full of serious earnestness. *HUGS*
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8 hours straight of testing is not a joke, especially with the little ones. I need to read, I need to refocus their attention every now and then, I need to tell jokes and from time to time I need to snort like a pig. LOL. Tell me about confound variables huh. LOL.
But despite all the extra energy given into entertaining them instead of spending it on the proper testing procedures, it was still, great tiring fun. (Perhaps it's my inner CHILD who woke up to play with them)
I have a little girl who is full of curiousness, who can't stop asking me questions, from how old am I, to why are there little pieces of paper sticking on the back of my story cards; whose attention only lasted for 15 minutes - you could see her eyes wandering, laying her head on the table, playing with "Teddy" my dog-shaped book holder who is the guest star for the day or asking me to tell jokes with her.
Joke #1
She: Knock knock
Me: Who's there?
She: Boo
Me: Boo who?
She: It's only a joke, please don't cry~~~~ *burst in laughter*
Me: Hahhahaha... *burst out in fake laughter* ^_^;; It's donkey years ago since I last heard that. But then, didn't it show even that even jokes like this are international?!?! LOL.
Joke #2
She: Why do chickens cross the road?
Me: Why?
She: Because they want to go to the bathhouse! *burst out in laughter again*
Heh, I don't get this one though.. Anyone knows what's so funny about this? ^^; Heheh, luckily I remember a joke something like this, so for my turn...
Joke #3
Me: Why can't the chickens cross the road?
She: Why?
Me: Because it's Zebra crossing!!!!
Both of us: Wahahahhahha~~~ *twinkle eyed*
Oh, and this little girl can't not do something with her hands, she INSISTED on drawing lines with the glittering pen I let her use before on my story cards. -_-;; Luckily they are covered in plastic, so I can rub the marks away...
Hehe, the most important thing was:- this little energetic girl, was my VERY FIRST participant. For a moment, as she got more and more distracted, I was getting worried that what if all the little ones were like her?!! I think I will run out of energy after just testing 3 of them.
Fortunately, or maybe unfortunately, the rest isn't like her at all. They are nice little girls, quiet (shhh) and shy (shhh), who stared at me seldom-faced, only smiling once in a while. Testing went really smoothly with them, quick and effortless. Oh, one of the quiet ones is the twin sister of the energetic one above. That's so cute isn't it? While talking to the person in charge, apparently, the loud one took after the father, the quiet one took after the mother. Hehe..I really want to see the family together! It must be a really interesting sight.
Then, I have to mention the only little boy I have for today. Unfortunately, I could never get his attention back to me and the games after the first 5 minutes. Even my snorting didn't work. ^^; He was more interested in the mirror behind me (hmm, perhaps I should shift him then), either admiring himself, or making funny faces at it; and admiring his GREEN fingers. I wonder what he was playing with before then. Hehehe.. Anyway, I gave up after awhile and let him go away, back to his game. He was still a very cuuute kid! Oh did I mention? He's the little brother of the twin sisters. Heheh.. Took after the father! I can recognize the family patterns by now. :)
All in all, i'm tired but content.
Okaay, I lied. Honestly, I'm too tired to feel any other emotions now, but! I will leave the contentment part either in my dreams tonight or tomorrow! :)