AWAY

Okays no time to do fanciful picture to show that i am AWAY this time round. Looking at the time now, its 2am ! I'm suppose to wake up at 5am in the morning for my SQ flight to Beijing! Had to reach airport latest by 6.45am. Guess wad? I'm am still trying to upload some 'remaining' photos in all my SD cards and i need to charge the batt. Hmmmm hmmmmm.

I hope i get to use the internet to blog @ the airport. If not, use father's hp to try to blog. Tho i'm away, i'm still contactable via my HP. Anything, just simply a click, sms over ya ?

FD peeps, any announcements or watsoever, let me know ya ? =)
i know 29th is COMING... wooo

Okays thats abt all.

Good night and ..... CYA 8 days later !

*the reason y i have no time to blog recently is becos i started to RE-play Civi4. Heh heh, too hooked to the game that i can even forgo mapling ! =)

ok fullstop.

Tired? ... Very!

I've never had such a packed December before! Hmmmm ... have been going out basically everyday. I guess its probably cos i wont be in SG for 8 days thus i always feel that i am lacking of time. Heh...

I'm tired but just cant sleep early at night ... and surprisingly, i dont wake up late either.

Ok thats all for now. I'm still transferring the photos i've taken today to the com. ( S.L.O.W)
Photos later ~

Lost and Found

Some random photos here, taken within this month la... found it on my phone so jiu upload lor.

Complimentary. I did not pay anything.

Got jammed on the bridge. Somehow not too bad to get jammed here since the scenery hai bu cuo.

The popular ramen that has been recommended just by word-of-mouth. It just shows how powerful ur mouth is, to eat, to pick and to spread.

Ok la, its really nice with a thick broth. 12 bucks per bowl.

I've always like to dine at Jack's , esp when we're having the set lunch. Its affordable and its nice. Ribeye. Dear friend doesnt eat steak so ate crayfish.

Christmas is coming. Do you still remember your loved ones? Grab something for them. Its the season of thanksgiving.

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I met Clara's on her birthday without knowing it. =P She took leave for monday and tues asking if i am free, so i tot she is just clearing leaves. She didnt tell me and i've nv know when her birthday.(Eh...special case la hor, normally i rem my friends' birthdays de. This time its cos the way we become friends is a special case.) Nx year la k. I'll rem liao.

She's frm A01 while I'm frm A04. We knew each other by name but not by person. (Becos of HY). Then one fine day in the Flim and History lecture(NUS), we were 'formally' introduced by another friend of ours. At that time not much interaction cos we are all quiet peeps.(Tho she refuse to believe i am quiet.) PLUS!, all the while i tot she is an 'ang moh' kinda person while i am a 'cheena' kinda person, so didnt really talk much to her. As tho we are duck and chicken communicating. (afterwards i came to know she is actually more of a chinese speaking person.) Right, i shld say she is really bilingual.Good at both languages. (Top history student of SR k...lol)I dont know how and when la, i think we arranged to meet.(thats when we had already graduated frm NUS.) We met and dang! we click. Its not as tho we meet often now, but strangely we still can click. Hen nan de k.(Oh and that common friend of ours, sorta lose contact with us liao. Strangely.) Anyway this is called 人与人之间的缘分.

Yesterday we both mentioned that if only we get to know each other well earlier, we would have chosen history and stick tog. Same interests. She would not have chosen psy, i would not have chosen econs, if not for its so called 'practical' values.

Think we'll meet up again, last week of Dec. She's really clearing leave then.

*Oh its a small world, his brother was my brother's 1st 3 mths classmates. =)

Good idea right?

Imagine someone 告白 in front of the whole theatre, in front of the queen of love ballads, who so happens to be ur idol ? Hmmmm cool.

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Maple.

My look now in maple. Under the cheery Sun.

This is FD's Max. He mapled too. Lvl higher than I am.

My Character

I might be at fault for taking things for granted.
I might end up disappointing u when u're looking forward to something.
I might be clear minded enough to think i can change.

I think i did tried but somehow

"A leopard will never change its spot".

I am not trying to shift the blame to 'hey that's in me' .

I guess each and everyone has our strengths and our weaknesses which can be known or unknown, seen or unseen, felt or 'un'felt by people around us.

Dont know how i should type this post. Just feel like saying:

Sometimes I might do things which i may not know it hurts.
Sometimes I do things behind the scenes that u may not know i care.
Whatever it is, after knowing how hurt u are, i am badly injured by ur words too.

We do not need to quarrel at all but i feel the burden.

"为何要无话可说 才懂沉默比争吵难熬"

P.S/Dont Ask.

I've got a mail!

Eventhough we are living in a IT-savvy generation, I still find that small thoughts from snail mails are far more heartwarming. I've always like the little surprise element when my parents handed me a blessing from the mailbox. Simple things we can sms or msn. As simple as a click we could forward a very nicely sentenced email or sms to so called pple we treasure. We can send to as many pple, send to as far as we could, but it seems it is lacking of something. Something that we can strongly feel for. In fact i dont usually read those 'trying-to-be-mushy' forwarded sms or emails. I also, simply a click, i pressed on the del button.

Well, let me revert back...

Yesterday i received a letter, from the pencil marks and the drawing of lines, i knew it must be from my student. Neatly written ." To : Miss Luo" . I just miss them so much!

The joy from teaching is not only the results and the on-the-job satisfaction, but also from the sincere wishes from our students. My address was given to them as part of their "assignment" during their June holidays. They were suppose to learn how to write and post a letter thus i wanted them to write about their holidays and mail it to my house. Little did i realise, they would still remember to send me Christmas and holidays greetings now.

I cant rem when i've came across an email which says that u wont remember who is amongst the top-'est' of everything, but u'll definitely remember the person who had make a difference in your life. I hope, i can be a successful teacher who is still remembered and known to my kiddos many many years thereafter.

Somewhere last week, our school talk to us about blogging issues. Talking about knowing what we shld do and wat we shldnt and we must be professional. Being a blogger for 5 years, i've known myself as someone who shares happiness. I have no problem about that. As a passionate teacher who teaches using my heart, never did i ever or never will i ever badmouth the system, the school or my kiddos. I love the education industry =)

I truly believe that those who are really teachers, will not post corrupted or inappropriate contents on their blogs. We're professionals. (Boo boo-s again, to those baa baa black sheeps amongst us.)

I miss the them alot and hated myself from being a contract that i cant follow them to P2. However, i know that the nx teacher who will be picking them, are good teachers who will help me take good care of them. SHPS is a school filled with wonderful teachers. =) No baas-baas.

Heritage Discovery 1 (Chntown)

Post later on, i'm tired. think i missed out some photos but i think its adequate enough for it to speak a thousand words. Ciaos. Enjoy

Where to go ?

Few days ago the P released the level that we would be teaching next year. Due to the fact that i will be leaving the school in July(either i get into NIE or i'll just go jobless.), I cant possibly be following my class up to P2(like my other P1 2007 colleagues did.)Well, at least by staying put in the afternoon session, came as a bonus to me.

I've always said , hmmmm or rather console myself that i am very versatile. I can adapt to whatever levels i'm being assigned, i still feel a bit of alienation.(haha)So, i can understand how would the p1 kiddos feel when they are assigned to different classes nx year instead of remaining enbloc up together with their own class. Being in the same class for a year, then realises that u have to breakaway from their friends when they've just have gotten closer to one another, is rather disappointing. Same applies to me. Well, no matter what it is, i will of cos do wad i am suppose to do at the situation although somehow i felt a bit shaken regarding the entry to NIE.

I stand on this that we need to have the heart in order to go far in this career and i think i do have what it takes. (probably needs some brushing up here and there.) I guess the fact that i am a bit hesitant is due to the insecurity that i have in me :'What is it going to be after leaving this sch for a year?' Tho i think i can be flexible, but i've always liked stability over anything elses.

Unnecessary thinkings are unhealthy. I shall just cast all this aside and enjoy my holidays first! Things will turn smoothly ultimately, i strongly believe it to be.
Last day of school. I shall use my time for relaxation and reflection.

Till nx year, will i blog more about sch. For those who have been regulars of my blog would have realised that i have been blogging abt sch life this whole year long. Ha, while i'm taking a mth's break from sch, u can get a rest from my mundane narrative too.

Cheers to all.

Album's favourites

As i've mentioned earlier this is a goodie album. Its hard for me to choose my top 3 but i did anyway. Wanted to promote this album so i tot i shld paste the lyrics of my top 3 songs here =)

排名不分先后

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生命中不可承受的轻

让耳机循环这旋律
反复超重低音震动着宁静
挡风玻璃里爱成了蒙太奇
我哼着我自己的叹息
只是爱与被爱的比例
不是爱或不爱的问题
如果明天还有好天气
都已经跟你没关系
你让我梦见了太美的梦
生命中不可承受的轻
你证明了每一颗流星
都遥不可及
你因为了我每个所以
所以了这一百年孤寂
你洒下默默无言的雨一滴
一滴一滴一滴滴遗忘的泪滴


偶阵雨偶尔会天晴
还好星光熠熠好心的提醒
一个人追寻一个人的和平
我看见我自己的天际
爱真的需要一点勇气
就看我们敢不敢忘记
我和彩虹最短的直径
也不一定没有你不行
你让我梦见了太美的梦
生命中不可承受的轻
你证明了每一颗流星
都遥不可及
你因为了我每个所以
所以了这一百年孤寂
你洒下默默无言的雨一滴
一滴一滴一滴滴遗忘的泪滴

就让我狠狠地加速前进
脱离你所给我的梦境
再零点零零一公里
就可以清醒
我决定不再等你决定
我决定不再当局者迷
我决定属于我自己的黎明
距离你一世纪下一个世纪

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会呼吸的痛

在东京铁塔第一次眺望
看灯火模仿坠落的星光
我终於到达但却更悲伤
一个人完成我们的梦想

你总说时间还很多
你可以等我
以前我不懂得
未必明天就有以后

想念是会呼吸的痛
它活在我身上所有角落
哼你爱的歌会痛
看你的信会痛连沉默也痛

遗憾是会呼吸的痛
它流在血液中来回滚动
后悔不贴心会痛
恨不懂你会痛
想见不能见最痛

没看你脸上张扬过哀伤
那是种多么寂寞的倔强
你拆了城墙让我去流浪
在原地等我把自己捆绑

你没说你也会软弱
需要依赖我
我就装不晓得
自由移动自我地过

想念是会呼吸的痛
它活在我身上所有角落
哼你爱的歌会痛
看你的信会痛连沉默也痛

遗憾是会呼吸的痛
它流在血液中来回滚动
后悔不贴心会痛
恨不懂你会痛
想见不能见最痛

我发誓不再说谎了
多爱你就会抱你多紧的
我的微笑都假了
灵魂像飘浮着你在就好了

我发誓不让你等候
陪你做想做的无论什么
我越来越像贝壳
怕心被人触碰你回来那就好了

能重来那就好了


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给未来的自己

站在狂风的天台一望无际
这一座孤寂的城市
在天空与高楼交接的尽头
谁追寻空旷的自由

阳光覆满这一刻宁静的我
隔绝了喧嚣和冷漠
川流不息的人游荡在街头
谁能听见谁的寂寞

找一个人惶惶相惜
找一颗心心心相印
在这个宇宙我是独一无二
没人能取代
不管怎样怎样都会受伤
伤了又怎样至少我很坚强
我很坦荡


夜幕笼罩灿烂的一片灯海
多少人多少种无奈
在星光里遗忘昨天的伤害
一觉醒来还有期待

我不放弃爱的勇气
我不怀疑会有真心
我要握住一个最美的梦
给未来的自己

一天一天一天推翻一天
坚持的信仰
我会记住自己今天的模样

有一个人惶惶相惜
有一颗心心心相印
抛开过去我想认真去追寻
未来的自己

不管怎样怎样都会受伤
伤了又怎样至少我很坚强
我很坦荡

我不放弃爱的勇气
我不怀疑会有真心
我要握住一个最美的梦
给未来的自己

不管怎样怎样都会受伤
伤了又怎样至少我很坚强
我很坦荡

未来的你会懂我的疯狂


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Feel it.

j ' Adore


I'm definitely going to buy more copies of this album. It is a very emotional and FEELing album. Anyway , i am not those who listen to songs just for the sake of listening blar blar blar. I look out for the feel of the song. Or to put it this way, the soul. This week my Fish Effect has been activated. First was by Xiaoying, then earlier on was again 'aroused' by Masie, Ski and Busy Keith. Woohoo ~ Any other details regarding Jingru , refer to fishdream singapore 's blog at http://fishdreamsg.blogspot.com or alternatively, u can just click on my links at the side. Jingru is coming and i am excited.

Join Fishdream today ! =P

*my fav song now is 《给未来的自己》.

90/10 Principle

Saw this in my inbox. Singsing fwd-ed this. I read it and agreed with it so i decided to share it here.

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Author: Stephen Covey

Discover the 90/10 Principle.

It will change your life (at least the way you react to situations).

What is this principle? 10% of life is made up of what happens to you. 90% of life is decided by how you react.

What does this mean? We really have no control over 10% of what happens to us.

We cannot stop the car from breaking down. The plane will be late arriving, which throws our whole schedule off. A driver may cut us off in traffic.

We have no control over this 10%. The other 90% is different. You determine the other 90%.

How? ……….By your reaction.

You cannot control a red light. but you can control your reaction. Don't let people fool you; YOU can control how you react.
Let's use an example.

You are eating breakfast with your family. Your daughter knocks over a cup of coffee onto your business shirt. You have no control over what just happened.
What happens next will be determined by how you react.

You curse.

You harshly scold your daughter for knocking the cup over. She breaks down in tears. After scolding her, you turn to your spouse and criticize her for placing the cup too close to the edge of the table. A short verbal battle follows. You storm upstairs and change your shirt. Back downstairs, you find your daughter has been too busy crying to finish breakfast and get ready for school. She misses the bus.

Your spouse must leave immediately for work. You rush to the car and drive your daughter to school. Because you are late, you drive 40 miles an hour in a 30 mph speed limit.
After a 15-minute delay and throwing $60 traffic fine away, you arrive at school. Your daughter runs into the building without saying goodbye. After arriving at the office 20 minutes late, you find you forgot your briefcase. Your day has started terrible. As it continues, it seems to get worse and worse. You look forward to coming home.

When you arrive home, you find small wedge in your relationship with your spouse and daughter.

Why? …. Because of how you reacted in the morning.

Why did you have a bad day?
A) Did the coffee cause it?
B) Did your daughter cause it?
C) Did the policeman cause it?
D) Did you cause it?

The answer is “D".

You had no control over what happened with the coffee. How you reacted in those 5 seconds is what caused your bad day.

Here is what could have and should have happened.

Coffee splashes over you. Your daughter is about to cry. You gently say, "Its ok honey, you just need to be more careful next time". Grabbing a towel you rush upstairs. After grabbing a new shirt and your briefcase, you come back down in time to look through the window and see your child getting on the bus. She turns and waves. You arrive 5 minutes early and cheerfully greet the staff. Your boss comments on how good the day you are having.

Notice the difference?

Two different scenarios. Both started the same. Both ended different.

Why?

Because of how you REACTED.

You really do not have any control over 10% of what happens. The other 90% was determined by your reaction.

Here are some ways to apply the 90/10 principle. If someone says something negative about you, don't be a sponge. Let the attack roll off like water on glass. You don't have to let the negative comment affect you!

React properly and it will not ruin your day. A wrong reaction could result in losing a friend, being fired, getting stressed out etc.

How do you react if someone cuts you off in traffic? Do you lose your temper? Pound on the steering wheel? A friend of mine had the steering wheel fall off) Do you curse? Does your blood pressure skyrocket? Do you try and bump them?

WHO CARES if you arrive ten seconds later at work? Why let the cars ruin your drive?

Remember the 90/10 principle, and do not worry about it.

You are told you lost your job.

Why lose sleep and get irritated? It will work out. Use your worrying energy and time into finding another job.

The plane is late; it is going to mangle your schedule for the day. Why take outpour frustration on the flight attendant? She has no control over what is going on.

Use your time to study, get to know the other passenger. Why get stressed out? It will just make things worse.

Now you know the 90-10 principle. Apply it and you will be amazed at the results. You will lose nothing if you try it. The 90-10 principle is incredible. Very few know and apply this principle.

The result?

Millions of people are suffering from undeserved stress, trials, problems and heartache. We all must understand and apply the 90/10 principle.

It CAN change your life!!!

Update the Outdated

Jin was left home alone for a week as her whole family(including close relatives) went overseas. She had the whole house to herself and she practically camp herself in her parents' bedroom due to the convenience of the television, toilet and the big bed with many pilllows. The first day she was left alone, she fell sick. =( Although Jin is an independent person (as in someone who knows how to take care of herself), she is used to having many people in the house. Initally Jin enjoyed being alone because she is someone who likes to have alot of personal time. However, after a mere 2 days, she realised that enjoyment has turned into boredom/lonliness. I think it has got to do with her sickness. Imagine you are sick and no one is there. Anyway, here are some of the things she did.


On the first night, she was done with fever,flu and cough. She had to call off the original plan she had made with 2 of her friends. Jin had sms-ed ling if she is able to cook porriage for poor Jin but Ling didnt know how to do it. So, that day after a long day work, Jin went home and cook herself porriage. Cuttlefish one tho cos thats one of her favourites.

According to the plans she had made earlier on with her friends, Sat's breakfast was supposedly to be this, so Jin carried out as usual.Since she only woke up at 12pm, it became her lunch. Not exaggerating, but its not easy to find such nice bee hoon. HAha... those 'economy bee hoon' that the food vendors sold outside, doenst taste as good as this lor. ( okok i admit, its too overconfident.)

Because Jin is so used to cooking for the whole family of 6, she tends to 'overcook'(eh.. as in cook too much in bulk) Thus, she had to eat the bee hoon for dinner as well. Just a phone call from her younger brother that he would be released for 1 hr to come home and pack some neccessities, Jin decided to make him some soup to go with that bee hoon. There it is, the wanton soup. Eh the aboved shown are the wantons(uncooked). Haha its appearance is not really up to standard because that girl is rushing for time.

In her house, normally they get to eat a feast when it comes to weekends. Eventhough no one is at home, she tries to fulfill that. Especially so when her younger brother was allowed to book out for a couple of hours. So, she planned the appetiser, main course, soup and dessert. The appetiser is a cold dish with a sour and sweet taste which will supposedly make one yearn for more food.

The main dish comprises of 2 sides and the spag. The spag and the sauce was ready made so all she has to do is to cook it to the correct consistency. The spag looks plain cos the garnishing was not done yet at the point when i snapped this. The stuffed sotong is a bit complicated. Its stuffed with potato fillings. The sotong was marinated beforehand to give another taste to its Q-ness. The preparation for the potato filling is not easy either. The we had the cheezy mushroom which my younger brother liked the most. Eh. I used button mushrooms as the mushroom smell is not as strong as the other mushrooms. The cheese i used those cheese bits. Soup we just had the campbells as i have no time/mood to try making the pumpkin soup.(I was still unwell at that time) Dessert we had pudding.

3rd night. I came home late so i thought maybe i'll just have the rendang spare ribs since i've thawed the spare ribs before i left the house in the afternoon. That is the only dish i had to go with the rice. Woo ... haha i liked that alot that i even smsed my mother telling her. Whenever we cook these dishes, we have to put some dark soya sauce to give it the color. Dang! Or else it will look very plain.

After that rendang meal, Jin did not have any other decent meals as she was busy in school. The marking of papers and tonnes of admin work to clear before the release of report books ya? And some other ling ling long long stuffs to do la. Teachers have alot of things to handle de la. Talking about this, on the 9th we had P1 orientation for those who will be coming in nx year. I was praying hard that i would get to do paper work but hmmmmmmm, my duty is to be a temporary form teacher. =( which means i have to handle the kids while their parents are in the hall having their briefing and the settling of some paper admin. I will have to give them a tour ard the sch as well as to occupy them.

When Jin is home alone, she needs to do her dish washing ever now and then.
Does her laundry from time to time. (that includes her didi's army uniform lor!)

Last but not least, chance the light bulb when it is malfunctioning. Ok i'm proud of myself for that becos i am afraid of heights yet i managed to climb up there. Normally i cannot hold out too long if i have to stand up that high. 2ndly, i'm afraid of darkness . The reason why i am afraid of darkness has got alot to do with i'm afraid of being in a confined space. My eye sight is very poor at night and most of the times i cant see. Thus, being such a night blind, it seems to give me this 'confined' feeling and thus the creeps. ANYWAY, ya, i managed to change the bulb at night la by borrowing some light from the service balcony.

So, Jin can be independent if she wants to. HOWEVER, she prefers to rely on others whenever she can. LOL. (females are always liddat.)