The Kinda Quote that I like:

Courage is fear that has said its prayers.

The Kinda Life that I live:

SUN

goodbye SDP5287A! thank you for bringing me around so faithfully these past 5 years! so sorry for "disfiguring" you just one week before we say goodbye.. I hope your new master will take care of you as you travel overseas to a new country!

 

Yup! I will be without a car for about 3 weeks before my WISH comes true! not a easy decision to make (loads of calculations and market research to be done before buying cos i have a limited budget and i want the best deal!) learnt a lot in the process when i decided not to be paiseh to ask! do the same too in class alright!? you will learn a lot more! but then again, dont ask like a machine gun (esp 2 of them from 3/****! LOL!)... i need room to breathe...ahaha!

 

how to go to school by bus from sunset way ah!? oh no! i need to check it out! i think i can take 151, 154 or 184 is it!? so dont be surprised if i bump into some of you on the bus or walking to school! :D

 

SAT

there's a new student today.. looks kinda like taufik.. dont know whether he sings like him too! anyway, loads of laughters teaching him and s.e and t.t as usual! my sat morning just brightens up bcos of you 2! :D

 

decided finally on which car to be getting... what is so coincidental is this: the day i knocked my car was the day that the sales person who attended to me knocked her head and had 3 stitches! :P

 

my wife and I have decided to switch over from singtel to starhub for our mobile and internet plans. their deals recently are simply more value for money! :D thinking of getting the Sony Ericsson K800i (3.2 mpixels!) cos we can get it at a much cheaper price! :D lobangs and the clever me! :P

 

no time to blog about fri, thurs and wed for now... gg off for soccer! Chris is yelling! :P later ba!

 

back again! :D ok where was I?

 

FRI

having loads of fun teaching the classes these days cos I am kinda hyper! showed them loads of videos that i have! :D

 

The classes generally did not do too well for the recent physix test.. kinda worried for them not just in terms of physix but their studies as a whole... typed and printed out some articles that i hope will help them to study smart... shared with them about the left and right brain memory method too! too bad you cant transfer your short-term memory in your left brain to your long-term memory in your right brain by just simply sleeping on your right! if only faithful gravity can do the job of pulling the data down to the right brain! oh well, remember the price you need to pay: daily revision of a day's lessons by creating your own mindmaps, notes or blog or anything reflection records at all so that all that is fresh on your mind can be summarised and transformed to be your very own! you like your notes the best! :P jia you! :D

 

though it was hot and not easy to do any fruitful teaching at all, i enjoyed my time with 3/2 downstairs under the shade and saying what is in my heart to them... :D sincerely... 

 

3/1: scolding you is just not the thing i would like to do to you... i hope you will listen and take heed of what i said to you this day and excel! jia you hao ma?

 

THURS

i like using PBL (Problem Based Learning) to teach physix! it's so much more interesting and enriching for everyone! really really hope we can implement that for the other levels too! meanwhile, the sec 2 tablet classes are the pioneers to experience such a learning style! first in Singapore among all sec schs! be proud! :D what is it about? in short, it's about posing to them a real life problem that they have to solve as a team through research and activities! it's as real as it can get! e.g. design a lighting circuit for a newly wed couple (Ah Nan & Ah Hua) and calculating the monthly utility bill so that they can live comfortably in their new apartment.. next week, some of them are gg to build the actual model of the apartment! :D

 

Had a long chat with f.d... she came back to visit me and to consult me about her problems... shall not say a word here but i am glad my advice to her is sound and useful! :D had a short chat with k.y and w.t as well... if only i can just be a full time counsellor and just teach physix and not be involved in anything else!

 

played soccer with w.j, k.y and theo... my legs are crying out to kick ball so i happily obliged! hahhaha! not as good as before le... long time no play... getting rusty in skills and stamina! but nvm! I will train myself up again! I'd be back! :P 

 

WED

what happened ah!? i cant rmb a thing le... am i getting senile or something!? oops! :P

 

oh... i rmb something!  i got for myself a new pet! a CRAYFISH! :D it's gorgeous isnt it!? LOL!

 

 

 

 

went to b.t hawker centre after street soccer @ Ngee Ann Poly to celebrate Bo's BD! we ordered loads of food to such an extent that the person delivering the dish asked if we are sure about finishing all the food! :P met shana there! what a small world! :D had a hard trying to light the candles cos the fan was blowing and the kids were relentlessly blowing them off when it is lighted! it was an enjoyable experience to be celebrating BD at a hawker centre instead of a restaurant! unusual but unique experience! :D

 

then came the BANG! while turning out to the main road, i focused on the cars that are moving on the main road and forgot about the car in front of me! for the first time in my 5 years of driving, i made a LOUD BANG against the TAXI in front of me! the outcome: there was a tiny little crack on the TAXI's bumper while my front was pushed in and the 2 signal lights dropped out! that, to me, is miraculous! thank God that nothing really happened to the taxi (i just need to pay him $20 for compensation - which is very little when it comes to accidents) and everyone in the car is fine and i still can drive the car! the only thing now is that the signal lights are held in place with masking tape! and all these happened on the same day when i went to a car dealer to enquire about getting a new car... i guess my car is "angry" with me for forsaking it... LOL! now, it is more or less confirmed that i have to scrape my old car and buy a new one soon! :P WISH comes true... get the hint? :P

 

 

my table was vandalised with crazy ribbons when i cam back to school! culprit: ms lim p.s!! taking revenge for what i did to her on fri! :/ anyway, i gathered all the crazy ribbons (dried up!) and kindly deposited it back on her laptop to share my shower of blessings! :P

 

went 2 holland v for their famous nasi lemak with w.r, x.j, a.l, s.m, c.t & d.g! amazingly, they all managed to squeezed into my car. LOL! had a good laugh talking to them over lunch... :D we shall eat laksa the next round!

 

went with Yvonne to Ghim Moh Sec for O levels Listening Compre invigilation.. the school is merging soon with another... so the student population was amazingly small.. about 20 plus students per class! what a nice and cosy number to have as a form class compared to 42... ahahha! but i still cherish every 42 of them lah! :P  the passage was quite boring (shh! but easy to answer!).. i almost fell asleep while invigilating... had to walk around to keep myself awake... :P poor Yvonne had to stay back longer to do the Malay LC... she was like so lost during her invigilation cos she totally dont understand what was gg on... when the students laughed at the jokes by the radio DJs before the broadcast, she was like "right, right... that was funny isnt it? but i dont get it!" oh well, i have been through it bf... it's just part of the job! but at least, i understand a few words every here and there during the broadcast! :D

 

 

CD period on sexuality and dating: (after some open discussions) 

girls want you to read between the lines, boys just speak to the point so the boys dont get it! :P

boys dont like girls who act cute! girls dont like boys at all! LOL!

 

3/4: 

what does sushi A say to sushi B? what's up, B? (sounds like wasabi!)

what do you call dinosaur who is blind? Heneversaur (He never saw us!)

lame! :P

 

3/2:

they came in late as usual... :( i had a "bad day"! :P enjoyed it? :D

 

3/1:

FIFA best goals! oh how i love the way that keeper saved the goal! :D they are always drained out after their c***** lessons... had to keep them entertained to keep them awake!

 

had a talk with *.*... there is 2 ways to resolve a pressing crisis in your life: change the situation (by dropping things of lower priority) or change yourself to cope with the situation (by becoming stronger)... either way, YOU are the deciding factor! YOU have the CHOICE! :D

Daniel Chow 

 

 

 

deeply impressed by the solutions offered by 212 for the problem given in PBL! Thoroughly enjoyed the lesson! one of the best lesson ever in my teaching career! :D i guess me teaching u listening isnt the best model 4 learning! u learning me guiding is even better! :D

 

had a fruitful session with k.y and r.l today... exchange of worries, concerns, questions and advice... meaningful and sweet.. :D

 

 

Silence is beautiful in a noisy class like 3/*... ahahah... when they quieten down to take their physix test, I could hear the crickets sing... really wonderful! and it's only heard in their class alone... :D

 

p.s' b.d today... 212 invited me to join them for the celebration! so i happily went along and sprayed loads of crazy ribbons on her....oops! i can always do that to her every year but she can't do it to me cos my b.d is in dec... no sch then! :P but me so envious of the cake and present that she is getting from her class! :P

 

 

Had a fun time teaching @ Solomon today... silly s.e and t.t kept teasing me about having an e.m.a! come on! what a thing to say! I'm innocent, ok!? :P

 

family trip to qian hu fish mart! simply wonderful! loads of fishes to see! the owner is one impressive entreprenaur to learn from... there are loads of articles about him @ the fishmart! came across one that says "lesson from my mum: stay cute always! be cuter as you grow older so that you can be accepted by the younger generations!" hmmm... sounds like me, isn't it!? LOL! :D

    

A.C.E are all in for the "4 million smiles" Singapore Project!

 

check it out:

 

 

Can you spot all 3 of them? :D

Quote of the day:

Be master of your petty annoyances and conserve your energies for the big, worthwhile things. It isn't the mountain ahead that wears you out - it's the grain of sand in your shoe.

 

A clue about my life:

 

Sat

 

MOE EXCEL FEST once again... not much "business" lor... barely have any "customers" to share about our interesting project of using 3G handphones + blogging for students to do research on a physix topic. Videos and Blog Entries are sent in through the phones using 3G tech and SMS! cool, right!? :P

 

Discovered that i have a distant relative in sch: L.S.X from 211! She is my wife's sister's husband's cousin! took a photo with her as evidence! :D

 

Sun

 

met some of my 4/3'05 people @ Solomon. Really nice to see them face to face again :D J.Y seem to have a sticky situation that she needs my advice to solve... yet to find out fully about it but i guess it may not be that easy to resolve ba... just hope that history will not repeat itself...

 

went to Ngee Ann to play soccer ytd.. there's a nice new street soccer court there! but it was pouring ytd so we did not manage to play for long before we see flashes of lightning that sent us fleeing to the shelters.

 

Here's the BIGGEST coincidence: i was wearing a blue Italia t-shirt with the no. 3 on it and the team i was in are all wearing blue. In one of the matches, i managed to score the winning goal that send a team wearing white out. In the finals between Italy and France, the last person to knock France out in the penalty shoot-out is Grosso, bearing jersey no. 3! LOL! :P  Ekklesia woke up in the middle of the night too and watched the match together with me! :D

 

Mon

 

Met 2/9 for the first time for PBL.. quite an interesting class… but I wished I was teaching 2/10 instead cos I miss them much… hahaha :D

 

Was a bit annoyed by 3/2 during lesson time… they are talking away and cant really be bothered again… told them if they cant be bothered, then they can jolly well go down earlier for lunch… so that those who wanna learn can concentrate better… they kinda like shut up after that and tried to concentrate… appreciate that! :D but I hope that it will just come automatically one day…

 

Lab time with 3/3… this class is beginning to be cheekier these days… opening their mouths more often and getting vocal… it’s noisier this way but at least there is some interaction between them and me… not “silent hill” anymore :D

 

Tues

 

Showed the classes the “cool pool” video… a beautiful demo of physix at work (momentum, the law of reflection and dynamics) :D

 

Supposed to referee the match between Nan Hua and New Town but I ended up playing instead! :D played as midfielder instead of striker but it’s ok cos I assisted in the last goal that equalized our score with NT (4-4). Took a corner kick that hit the vertical crossbar!! What a pity!! Would be great if I could have scored from a corner kick! Finished the game by penalty. NH won 5-3! :D

 

There is another match coming this fri and next tues! If all goes well, be prepared to have a soccer clinic for boys and girls, where I will be the coach!! :D Soccer, the most beautiful and exciting game in the whole wide world!!

 

Thanks w.r for the reminder... hope you will heed mine too! :)

 

Wed

 

needed to talk to some people... they are troubled by stuff... managed to talk to someone today.. :D at least 2 more to go... as much as i hope to help all of my students, i am limited by time and space... can't be everywhere all the time.. cant helped everyone... if you think you need my advice or help, please feel free to just approach me... sorry if i neglected some or not sensible enough to pick up some people who are troubled... i am but a human too... :)

 

sonia tested me about "fuzzy wazzy likes green but not pink, likes loillpop but not candy, likes apple but not orange..." and i got the answer to why it is so!! so she and sarah promised to study hard for the coming physix test! :D 

 

People asked why I am so happy these days… my answer is simple… not becos of anything at all… you can have all the money in the world and still be unhappy… to be happy, you just have to CHOOSE to be happy, that’s all! It’s your choice and does not really depend on anything at all… :D easier said than done? Well, at least I succeeded in doing this for now… btw, there's an invisible smiley face on my left hand! (see photo! - not something new but whateva!)

 

Jenny shared with about this joke that a student made: people always spell physics as physic..(without the 's')!! so a student tried to rmb to include the 's' by spelling it this way: PHYCIS! (sounds likes "faeces"!!) me, a "faeces" teacher!? LOL! :D

 

A twist of events… the soccer match was cancelled cos it did not receive the approval from someone… :/ the match will be postponed to next tues instead..

 

w.r informed me that there was a netball friendly bet. NH and BB but I had to go home early cos the kids are running a fever… ariel was running a very high fever… 39.4deg… she was standing at the balcony, looking out for a moment before she started crying for no reason… I went to hug her and sat with her on the crouch but she was not responding… placed her on the mattress to pat her to sleep, then something terrible happened…

 

She started to shiver and shake about vigorously and suddenly she went blank… she just stared into space with totally no reaction at all… omg!! We suddenly realized that she is having fits bcos of the fever!! We quickly rushed her to one of our family doctor, praying hard that she will not be mentally affected by the fits… when I was carrying and running to the clinic, tears inevitably were streaming down my eyes cos I was so worried what is going to happen to her and at the same time, feeling sad that such a thing has to happen to her at such a tender age… The doctor told us to sponge her at the clinic until her temp is down… when it finally came down, she was still in a daze and seem to only repeat whatever I say to her… she does not have any response of her own… I tried to test her out at the supermarket by asking her about the fruits… she only repeated after me: apple, orange… apple, orange… finally, when I passed her a kiwi fruit and ask her about it, she replied “KIWI”!! I was so relieved upon hearing that! At least she is recovering.. but she did not smile at all and fell asleep shortly after that … it was only at night that she finally recovered back fully and spoke to us and smiled and started asking for food… thank God she is fine now… don’t know what I am going to do if anything happens to her… phew… :) she is so precious to me… in fact, all three of them are… I am so blessed to have them as my kids… :)

 

FRI

 

Did SPA practical with 3/1 and 3/4.. was hurrying them cos of the early dismissal today… 3/4 had only 15 mins to do their pract… ended up having to eat into their recess so as to finish it up… halfway through, most of the class went out of the lab to watch the lower sec in their NDP performance… when they were about to leave, f.l asked if she could pull the lever for the shower in the case of chemical spill… I said, “go ahead if you dare…” she PULLED!! The floodgates were opened! Water started gushing down like a waterfall… I waited for a while thinking that it will stop, only to realized that the lever needs to be pushed up to stop the water… pushed up the lever eventually, with a pool of water below… she ended up having to mop the floor… it’s all part of the training, right, BY? LOL!… only the relevant people will get it… :P

 

The whole family went for joshua’s bdae party @ west coast mac… he’s 5 now! They had quite a lot of fun there playing musical chair and eating the bdae cakes… it was wicky’s 34^th birthday as well… ahahha… he has an ice cone on his cake as part of the décor… nice! :D met mr yeo and mr see as well… they went jogging @ west coast… their IPPT are coming, that  explains why they are “training so hard”! I’m also training myself up recently after watching all those soccer matches… wanna be super fit to play soccer once again… wanna regain back my 8 abs muscles… they are fading away le… ahahha… starting it slow though… doing 40 sit-ups and crouches and 15 push-ups everyday before I have my dinner… slow and steady win the race :D

 

If things can go according to plan, I hope to be the coach of NH soccer team! :D

 

MOE EXcel Fest was tiring... but i had fun printing the banner for our booth :) excuse me, can you hear me!?  

 

 

Just finished watching Portugal vs France! PORTUGAL played brilliantly!! They deserved to win if not for that penalty!! So many goals opportunities that they wasted... especially that free kick by C.Ronaldo!! :/

 

I hope they will beat Germany and be 3rd!! :D

 

A long day ahead... yawn... hope i can sustain through... I will be refereeing a soccer match this afternoon between Nan Hua and New Town... ahahha... hope i will be able to do a good job and not kayu!! Would LOVE to PLAY the game instead if i had the choice!! :D

 

 

 

Doris Lessing

 

 

Went to science centre with my family to watch T-rex movie :D and had lunch @ mac! nice time of enjoying time together as a family! :D

 

Went on later on a solo trip with Chris to watch SUPERMAN RETURNS @ JEC. It's was a nice and long movie! brings back all the memories of this childhood superhero of mine!! Chris enjoyed the movie very much!! when Superman discovered that he now has a son and he quoted this profound statement of "the son will become the father and the father will become the son", there is this unusual warmness and bonding between me and Chris all of a sudden. I suddenly feel so happy about the fact that i have a son! and i have the opportunity to guide and lead my son to be an greater blessing to the people around him than I am now... :D

 

We are supposed to do about BGR and Sexuality during CD Periods for term 3. Got the boys and girls in the class to brainstorm about questions that they would like to ask about the opposite sex. The boys came up with really silly questions like why do girls dare to go for plastic surgery but yet be afraid of the crocoach?! ahaha.. i await the answers from the girls... Are girls and boys different when it comes to watching world cup!? girls watched the match for those "pretty boys" and feel sad when their fav. teams lose. boys watched the match with a sense of responsibility that they are part of the team and the victory of the team all depends on how hard they concentrate and direct the ball to goals! :D ahahaha...

 

Ben and his team of interviewers came back to sch to do some interview for their project work about the way sexuality education is done in schs. so coincidental to be doing something related to that this morning... when the questions came and the camera started rolling, i surprisingly babbled on pretty much about the topic! told them my pt of view: there is actually no use telling students about the factual part of sexuality and simply just telling what is the right thing to do... the students know more about what teachers can imagine and they know what is right and what is wrong... but yet some will still choose to do the wrong things not because they do not know enough but because they do not have enough love. They are often not loved and dont know how to love others.. they are sometimes misled by the media to think that love can be obtained through sex and not realised that such a search will leave them as empty and have more hurt than before.. If there is an education that should be taking place, it should be love education, not sex education!! XP better not rattle on and make this a GP essay!! ahahha..

 

 

Chris is learning to swim on his own! :D

 

 

woke up @ 445am just in time to watch the extra time between Germany and Italy.. Italy is evidently a much better team, building up attacks patiently... the Germans were lucky to escape a few goals when the ball hit the vertical and horizontal bars... but in the end, their luck ran out and the goals came within a few minutes towards the end of the extra time! the 2 goals were brilliant!! into the bottom left and top right hand corner of the goal post!! such goals are almost impossible to save!! 

 

Tomorrow is Portugal vs France. I believe Portugal will win France cos they are the underdogs!! In this world cup, all the less favoured teams are all causing major upsets in the betting world bcos of the unexpected outcome!! Fortunately, I dont bet on any of the matches at all cos I have realised the deadly effect that gambling can bring, no matter how small the amount... :P

 

go PORTUGAL! :D my heart still likes Brazil and Argentina though!

 

 

Do what you love, love what you do, leave the world a better place and don't pick your nose. Jeff Mallett

Rating: 9/10 (minus 1 bcos of the bad sunburns that i have on my back... hahahha!)

 

The price to paid: $270 (3 days 2 nights, inclusive of transport, ferry, lodging, food and snorkeling to sea!!) + 12 hours journey on a coach!! (but it's worth it!)

 

the most memorable:

the crystal-clear sea, filled with colourful fishes!! swimming among them is simply fabulous!!

 

we managed to catch a clownfish (Nemo!) and i have to swim a long distance with it in a bread wrapper to show it to the kids before putting it back to its home again (coral reef)...

 

there is this island which has a valley in between it... at the other side, the sea is about 45 m deep and is full of sharks during the monsoon season!!

 

the water for bathing and consumption is actually from the mountain...

 

the sand on the beach is super fine and white!

 

i caught a crab while swimming in the sea!

 

we saw baby sharks and a baracuda!! 'live' within reaching distance!

 

A.C.E all enjoyed themselves very much!! picking seashells and swimming in the sea!!

 

I would wanna go again!! :D

 

 

had fun cycling... rented from WIMBLEDON bicycle kiosk... it's really cheap to rent from there!! $8 for overnight rental of a mountain bike!! where to find!? :) rented a double bicycle cos Ces doesn't know how to cycle... the seat for the bike is so hard and the gears are all spoilt... :/ had a hard time cycling around.. but anyway, we went to bedok jetty and the ski park.. :) helped to start the bbq fire... and started cooking satay and otah.. it smells so nice and taste so yummy!! i found a part-time job to do when i retire!! sell otah and satay!! :) do you know there is a singaporean who only have to work a few hours a night selling satay and earn $500 a day and stays in a ranch in australia!? hahahah :)

 

played zhong ji mi ma with some of them... we were watching singapore idol and we decided to let the forfeit be singing!! had to do the forfeit twice.. more of a treat to their ears than forfeit, isn't it!? :P

 

ok, i am almost ready to go off to Redang island!! won't be back until SUN night!! work hard, people! you have only a few days to finish up your HW or study for your common tests!!! JIA YOU!! i will, meanwhile, be snorkeling in the crystal clear waters... :) the only pitiful thing is there is no TV reception there... no World Cup for these few days.. ahahha... doesn't matter so long as argentina, portugal and brazil are in for the next round!! :P

 

Courtesy

“What a great way to greet another person,” I thought to myself as two Japanese business men approached each other with a slight bow. I wasn’t hearing some cliché greeting filled with insincere flattery, but witnessing a genuine act of courtesy.

I had been attending these trade shows and conferences for years, yet I had never had a single act make such an impression on me. Watching these two gentlemen, I became lost in thought and stopped. Just a few minutes earlier, I had barely dodged a door slamming toward my face. The person in front of me had not even looked to see if anyone else was following him before letting the door go.

Wham! I guess I had picked a bad place to stop in the busy corridor. A sudden bump from behind jolted me back to the present and I saw an armload of pamphlets go flying. I immediately bent down and started gathering up the scattered pamphlets. As I handed my collection to their courier he smiled, “I guess I owe you an apology and a thank you. You really didn’t need to help pick those up.”

“Yes, I did,” I told him. As I started back down the crowded corridor, my smile grew just a little bit wider.

 

 

Went to watched CARS with my family @ west mall ytd... a wonderful show indeed! nice and meaningful!! it reminds me of what i told 3/1 THAT day... so what if some of them did well for their exams? It would have been more beautiful if everyone could have helped each other out and do well together! Winning the race is not everything, helping others to finish it IS! yup! that's one valuable reminder that i gained from watching this movie! :) watching it with my kids isn't really that smooth sailing... they take turns to do "big and small business" throughout the show, complained that they are hungry and demanded for milk, then food... and chris asked countless number of "why" during the whole show... omg! but i still enjoyed it anyway!! if you have not watched, do go and watch it!! and do stay until the credits are over... there's a little surprise at the end... hahaha... not gg to tell you what... :P

 

went with my whole family to sentosa the whole day to bring a brother (in Christ) from Germany out.. it was simply wonderful!! tried the Sentosa Luge and Skyride with Ekklesia!! very exciting and thrilling indeed!! :) i actually took a footage of the whole ride on video while i was gg down the slope!! went to dolphin lagoon and underwater world as well... there was a nice display of fishes and sea creatures :) met the itmc people (who were there for their Amazing Race) and the Guzheng people (who were there for an outing)!! such a small world! :) finally went for the musically fountain and took the cable car back to mainland! :) Singapore, by night, at such a height, is just fabulous! :)

 

Now, where am i!? hahaha... just finished watching Ger vs Euc @ l.y's house :) b.r and b.g are staying over to study and watch world cup together... so i tagged along to watch with them too! more interesting that way than to watch it all by myself! :) next match: Eng vs Sweden! until then... :)

 

wow! managed to stay awake to watch the 3am match!! It was a great match! fast paced and exciting!! too bad it's a draw!! :P

 

 

 

Courage

Very few people get the opportunity and privilege to have an impact. I like to think that each day I do my job in some small way I have changed something for the better. It doesn't need to be anything huge; when I was six it was as simple as getting my cat from the top of a tree. What equated to moments out of a normal day for this man became something extraordinary to me.
Now that I've become what I admired, I've had to learn to deal with situations that are both unexpected and difficult. There have been times when I've seen something so powerful the tears begin to fall before the emotion even registers. It's during those times that I fall back on memories. The difficult experiences in my life make every other moment better than it would have been otherwise.

Why do I do what I do? Because I need to find the moments that change the places and lives around me, and more importantly the moments that change me. It's what I live for. The desire to walk through each day with that ultimate goal in mind is the only fire that burns forever.

 

 

SAT

Went to plaza sing with my family and Bo for shopping :D we met w.r, s.m and a couple of netballers there... they were having their marathon netball competition... from 9am SAT to 5pm SUN... wow! what a way to play!? one of their match is like 12 midnight!! hahaha! :P they did not get into the finals but they won many of their matches!! :)

 

There was the arts festival performance gg on at the same time... we had lots of fun participating in the performances... :)

 

SUN

Went for Music Clinic 3rd Ann. Celebration Concert... saw lots of superstars and upcoming artistes there... i think i had an overdose of them and their singing after the whole event is finally over after 3 hours.. watched the concert with alex, willard (whom i got to know today) and 2 of c.t's or x.j's friends and ms ace. we were there to support c.t and x.j in their performance.. they got 3rd! :)

 

went to Bo's house for potluck dinner today... bbq and lots of food to feast upon... i am so bloated after stuffing myself with so much yummy food! me and A.C.E were watching world cup together for a while... they seem to like the game as well!! hahaha... Chris said that he likes the blue team (Japan) over the white team (Croatia)... oh well, i did not get to finish the match... wonder who won!?

 

You only live your life once. live it as if there is no tomorrow! Carpe Diem! :)

 

met w.r, s.m, sam and c.l for their long awaited treat @ sakae sushi for helping me out in the painting of the tuition centre. :) It was a great time of feasting!! we ate countless number of plates and played zhong ji mi ma and ate even more!! the last sushi was coated with lots of wasabi! poor sam has to finish it up! i guess we won't have sushi for a long long time!! hahahaha :P

 

campfire night was great! :) the skit put up by the trainers was so funny!! I like their skit on the visa commercial (the release of the birds with richard gere)!! they are fantastic with their indian accent and their acting as the birds! hahhaha.. :P

 

paid a visit to 4/5'05 bbq at l.y's house together with h.h as well... her house is so humongous (with their own bbq pit, swimming pool & clubhouse) and they have like 7 to 8 sports and luxurious cars!? omg! talk about choices... :P but one thing that i am most impressed is actually not all these stuff that she has but how l.y remains ordinary and humble and she is not proud just bcos she is rich.. it was nice to be catching up with them again.. :) managed to watched the world cup there too! :) 

 

The camp is ending today!! happy to be able to be back home again... but sad cos the camp was great!! really thankful to the organising committee for their great planning and hard work! the trainers (sec 3) were fantastic too!!

 

The next thing to look forward to: the class chalet and the trip to redang!! :)

 

If people only knew how hard I work to gain my mastery, it wouldn't seem so wonderful at all.

Michelangelo Buonarroti

 

 

Fire drill @ 1 am on tues night and 1:30 am on wed night to train the level of alertness and responsiveness of our SJAB cadets... poor things lah... all looked so "stone"... but all these are part of training, ya?! :P

 

Chris made me a paper tie for Father's day! so nice of him! :)

 

I find that taking photos of the netball rim can be artistic! :P

 

Campfire's burning tonight.. :) 

 

 

The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance; the wise man grows it under his feet.

James Oppenhiem

 

 

went to botanical gardens to have an outing in the rain with the children in chris' children mtg class... :)

 

 

happen to be looking around school last night and saw that the lights in the dance studio is switched on... thought there might be an intruder but it turned out to be a forgetful soul who did not switched off the lights.. :P saw the NHSD AVE sign at the window panel... hahaha... creative!! :)

 

w.r introduced me to a funny generator blog that creates hilarious pics that is to your customisation... had a bit of fun trying some of them out :P

 

received the chocs from x.j this morning! yummy! :D thanks!  

 

Courage is, with love, the greatest gift. We are, each of us, defeated many times - but if we accept defeat with cheerfulness, and learn from it, and try another way - then we will find fulfilment.

 

 

went to plaza sing on fri night.. was trying to search for a kid's guitar for christian.. he seem to love playing the instrument so we thought letting him to learn it from young... but they only have it @ parklane :(

 

had a fun time shopping @ Carrefour... bought lots of dried fruits and nuts for mixing and eating... cheaper and nicer that way! :) took some candid shots of the kids... saw the actress irene gan who was q-ing in front of us...

 

went to sch early on sat morning to bring 109 for the NDP rehearsal... quite fun lah... hahah... looking at the formation and performance... took quite a lot of photos and videos for the dancers as well... i think the gals are crazy over Jerry... right!? hahaha...

 

Quote of the day:

 

People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing. That's why we recommend it daily. - Zig Ziglar

 

Encounters:

 

family outing day finally!! after having sch events and remedials since sch holidays started... went to east coast park bcos chris requested it... we cycled and tried catching fish by the breakwaters... managed to catch a tiny little fish :) decided to bring it home... it was a test of my driving... cos the bucket of water with the fish is not covered... so i must drive steadily enough so as not to spill the water... feel like the training scenario in the initial D movie... hahaha..

 

tmr there's cluster electronics camp for the sec 4... went back to sch at 6 pm to touch up for the lecture tmr... it's me teaching again... being doing that for the past 2 years le... aiyo! why me again?! hahaha.. but i LOVE teaching PHYSIX lah... =P what to do!? papaphysix in action! :) first time ever, i was the last to leave the school... no soul around at all... for once, i can experience a quiet and peaceful nan hua... =P 

 

now we have lot of pets at home... hahaha.. tapoles turning into a frog soon... mini crayfishes... a kind of long and skinny fish (dont know what's the name)... fish from the sea... guppies... :) soon we will have whales, turtles, sharks and dolphins!! LOL! ;)

 

The deepest principal in human nature is the craving to be appreciated. If you treat an individual as if they were what they ought to be and could be, they will become what they ought to be and could be.

There is no stimulus like that which comes from knowing that others believe in you. There is no investment you can make which will pay you so well as your effort to scatter sunshine and good cheer where ever you are.

Applaud them when they run, console them when they fall, and cheer them when they recover.

As water is to a flower -- So is praise to the heart of another.

 

Encounters:

too busy and lazy to blog these days... cos blogging is very time consuming actually!! :P decided to post more pics instead... they are all worth a thousand words mah.. =P

 

went to the kids fest on sat @ acs baker rd!! their school is so big!! much much better than nan hua!! their canteen stalls are just like those in the foodcourts.. so many variety! they dont pay by cash.. they pay by some electronic paying system designed by a company called CHOWiz!! LOL!!

 

went for the PC show on Sun!! so many people!! omg!! it's crazy!! people mountain people sea!! bought a 1 GB MS Pro Duo for my phone for $65.. quite a good buy i must say... with that, it means i can store loads of songs and photos on my phone! yeah!! also went with my family to marina square as well... we bought tulips to raise funds for the children cancer society...and ate genki sushi after that!! NICE!! :)

 

Painted my tuition centre today... together with the help of w.r, s.h, sam and wes! started at 12plus and finished at about 10pm!! omg!! what a long day of hard work!! but it was really fun, fulfilling and enjoyable!! ate dinner with w.r and wes at about 10 plus pm lor!! had a little feast of carrot cake and stingray as a treat for their hard work! thank you for all your help!! appreciate it loads!! :)