CNY preparations

Not sure abt how the rest of you feel but it seems that the cny mood this year is rather still and quiet. And... its just 2 weeks away ! :O Well, no matter how, there will still be some spring cleaning be it a big or small scale . I packed my room 2 weeks ago. Erm but i did not really have a thorough clean up. No time to do so. Oh... but the bar counter in the living room has been removed. My kor and I have always been rooting for it to be removed, finally this year our parents hold same sentiments. Therefore, we have a much spacious living room now. HAHA. Maybe i'll take a photo of the living room on CNY eve to compare with the one i took last year.

Wednesday went chinatown for the first time with mother and ah kor. Quite a disappointment actually, considering that i think the lightings are not as detailed as last year's plus, the variety of stalls there seems lesser than last year's too. I bumped into my colleague who shared the same sentiments as i do when we chatted about chinatown the nx day at office. Heh... then on Friday, i went there for the 2nd time. I didnt really foresee that i will be there on Wednesday , so i jioed friends over for a walk. Hmmmmm ... the crowd on friday was definitely more than wednesday. Hahaha as usual i had my coconut drink before i leave the place. Oh... almost forgotten, that day we had dinner at De Bao and realises something real coincidental. There were 5 of us, Siyi,Aud,Ling,Sing and myself. We were seated at table 55. It was the 25. Our bill came and there were 15 items and ... the bill was $55.55 ! And our receipt number ends with a no.5 . Look at the trend, the number 5 keeps on pop-ing up. Of cos, Aud must have enjoyed the acoompaniment of that number 5 since its her favourite.

Today, i went to Waterloo st to bai bai and to buy dried goods. Those CNY dried goods. Was crowded. Initially i wanted to snap a shot of the crowd but my hp failed me. That place is SO bright. The lights and electricity machiam very cheap over there. LOL .All my photos looked as tho it is over exposed. Anyway, we bought a lot of stuffs. Goodie stuffs. After that we went downstairs(hawker) for a drink and rojak. When we were leaving that place, fire alarm sounded. (hmmmm how come i sounded as tho i am writing a composition. =/ Anyway i did witness it !). Then initially i tot it was a false alarm. (I thought it was those kind of burglary alarm which will sometimes go bonkers and ring.) Yupz, i guessed wrongly. It was really the fire alarm. I happen to witness one of the stalls, i think socket fused then short circuit. The "rochor soya bean" stall. 3 times explosions and i saw some fire sparks. People start to evacuate, rather calmly. Luckily, there wasnt any flammable goods around, so it did not result in any fire. Just some black smoke and the electricity being cut off. I vid it with my handphone tho i did not catch those "important scenes". Probably i will del it soon.

After that, came back to tampines area and bought some CNY cookies. I think we spent like 70 or 80 bucks there. Hmmmm ok enough liao, no need to buy le. Its more than enough le. 2 types of sugee, my kueh bangkit,my peas de cookie, 2 pineapple tarts, 1 almond cookie,1 bee hive and ha be hiam. Think should be ard there le ba.

Another well spent Saturaday. One more day of rest and Monday back to hectic working life. Fri i am having Open House. Parents coming in to observe us(teachers). Wish me good strength and clear/creative mind when planning all those. Ha...

Recently didnt really take any photos.(except my kiddos) so i guess i wont be posting photos ba. ha unless u are not sick of me always blabbering about my kiddos. =)

For a change.

I seriously thought i would use that previous skin for my entire blogging life as i really like that skin alot. I've been using that for quite a long time le. Well, a week ago, i just feel that i am getting rather boring in my blogging probably due to my boring lifestyle and bored personality. Thus, for a change, i shall change the blogskin and then, blog more interesting stuffs, hopefully. Haha. Okays thats all for now. (am still trying to collate my beijing photos.Heh.)

人应该要学会如何不让自己不开心

Easier said than done. However it is still easier to "not let ourselves feel unhappy" than "stay happy always". Tho the opposite of unhappy is happy, but by not being unhappy doesnt mean we MUST be happy everyday. At least we can feel neutral. Eh okays ignore those confusing sentences.

Recently, many unhappiness fill my days. Not pertaining to me per se but pple ard me. of cos, more or less I'm affected. When someone ard u is not happy, i'm sure u wont be happy right?
By saying not happy, there are many "degree" of unhappiness. The unhappiness that i sense is saddening.

Just hope that brighter days are on our way.
We should learn how to avoid being unhappy by receiving care,concern and love from pple ard us. Its better to accept than to isolate. Care and support from others, helps.

My Class 2008



It has been exactly 2 weeks since sch re open. In another 2 weeks time we will be having open house for all p1 parents to visit our classroom. So i need to understand my class even better before the open house.



Ok cannot compare pears with apples ... Hmmmm but if i am to compare:Last year's students are better behaved(i think). They only started to play a bit of "funny" stunts when the year is coming to an end(cos they are more familiar with me.) On the whole , 2007 P1/2 is a very well behaved class. A class who will wait quietly for me in class. (I miss them dearly... esp their hugs.) That day(cos i teaching 2/12), i walked one of my ex-student to the bus bay. (she used to follow me to gate 4 in the past when i need to report for my traffic duty.) Then today another ex-student of mine requested me to wait for her. After a while, she hugged me tight. Hahahaha tho i say that she is already a junior leader still behave like p1-s but actually i do like that hug she gave.



Well well... lets get back to present state. This year's 1/2 is not that bad too. Just that they are stil very fresh and new to me. They are more teachable. Eh wrong, maybe i shouldnt say teachable... maybe i did improved in terms of preparation, organisation and teaching mtds. I find that this year my students can better follow instructions. I can get things done faster. I am quite impressed by the class, for their written expression. They get the idea of 2 fingers spacing, fullstop and leave a line. Tho i need to constantly remind them, but ultimately most of them can do it. Their handwriting is rather neat too. (just that they need time to really learn how to draw a proper straight line) I am happy that i did manage to do alot of group work since the start of the school. I hope i can sustain that. Haha oh and my sup did say my lesson plan has improved. =). Time spent is worthy. I spent like 5 hrs and more on 1 lesson planning.



This year i had a fun class which is more interactive. They ask questions every now and then. Sometimes i stumbled over their questions. (as u know, kids like to ask some questions dont usually have an answer to it.) Oh maybe becos of that, they can be talkative. Hard to make them quiet. Normally i make them quiet by praising someone. LOL ! It works leh... but at times when it didnt, they will see me yelling at them. (Thats very seldom la. unless i cannot tahan the noise lvl.)

ok it is late now and i lost the feel to blog. So nightZ ! Tml's thursday le !

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Oh my nose just won a medal in a race. It has been running like marathon. Non stop. Plus a bit of the boost from the sneezing, it managed to run like a tap. My running nose just to delighted to stop running and my lungs are jealous of it. They feel like leaping out to, protesting their envious jealousy through the multiple dry coughs. my nose and lungs, they are best partners, for now. Thanks to the running nose and dry cough.

Blame the unpredictable ... ...

WEATHER.

This weather is making me sick. BUT! I am not going to get MC. I want to aim ZERO MC. Hahaha...

I hate to catch flu. Nose seems to be detached from the rest of my body... Anyway i just hope that i dont get any fever. Tml's Wednesday. Going to be weekends soon. Persevere ! I dont want MC.............

2nd round of 12.

I dont know if you it this way: a day seems yet, a year seems to have become shorter as compared to how we used to feel before. If you'd recall, when we are still a child, we always find thadt each day passes very fun and fast yet a year seems long.Just recall how we look forward to a new year that seems long. Now that we're grown-ups, a day seems to be draggy(probably we just have loads to accomplish in a day) but a year passes so quickly that we dont even realises that a new year is approaching.

In a blink of my eyes... I'm in my 2nd round of 12. I remembered how excited i was when i am at my first round. Ha... as for now, i just feel that i have not done enough and i'm already in my 2nd round of 12. Hmmmmmmmmmmm...what have i done during that 12 years?

When i am reflecting, i always feel that i have been childish. No matter how much i've grown or how much i've changed, the childish element is still there. I really need to path the next 12 years that i will be walking. I do not have systematic and thorough plans like Ivan and I am not as determined and motivated as Xue Lun. But as fortunate as i can be, i've found my direction. At least 5 years down the road, i foresee myself as a teacher. =)

Stories

Just ended a "rollercoaster" msn chat with Ski,Jason and Jito. We shared some of our Emo stories. 原来我们背后都有一段故事. (maybe not just one... but many stories, sad and hurtful ones.) We are all very sentimental and emotional people. Perhaps thats why Fish's songs are able to hook us up. For me, i've been her fan for 5 years. Not very long if we were to compare to the number of years she had been singing. She had been in this industry for ard 9 years.

As we grow up, we start to feel the soul behind each song. In the past i prefer songs that are fast paced becos they, tend to be nicer and happier. Now, i go for slow ballads. We try to relate our stories and realises how true the lyrics can be. We get to understand the reason behind each stories and we get to experience our lifes accordingly. The reason why her songs are so powerful is not only because of the way she sings(the biggest factor), or how well the music and lyrics are , but also it ties in with our life. Sentimental people has a weakness, they can never go out of something they encountered. It will be hidden, not forgotten. Everything remains vivid and nothing is easy. Whats more, i am a pisces.

Time passes, things start to fade and lives go on but why the scar stays. Different people needs different time to heal. People like us, we cant move on unless we are being pushed forward.

I want to move on, i've mentioned it more than once. I wish i could.
Great that, i am an optimistic person.

I'm really trying, and thus u see a change in me.All the best to myself in 2008.

Hopefully attainable

Well, when it comes to new year resolutions, i've always been saying that i only have 1. That is, "to be a better person than the previous year". Both practical and attainable, at the same time, no boundaries.To look back into my 2007, indeed i am a better person as compared to 2006. I am better off in my career, my relationship-s, my character, my behaviour and wadever nots. So hopefully by end of this year, i can say the same for myself too. Ha.

Anyway if i am to break down what do i mean by "better" person, well there are still some expectations that i would want to hit or sustain la.

1) To sustain and achieve high esteem and passion in my career. To be more efficient and effective. (i am doing alright in 2007, i hope it is better in 2008)

2)I always believe that character is something that is HARD to change. So, as long as i am not as short tempered, not as perfectionist(not as demanding), not as practical, and more responsible, i can smile and say well done to myself le.

3)Sustain good relationships with whoever i am attached to, including my family, friends and fishdreamsg.(Hope all fishdreamers can stay close and bring fishdreamsg to greater heights)

4)Better health. I've been in and out of hospital for many different reasons in 2007. Things will be much better in 2008, i hope.

5)Able to enrich myself in any ways possible. Be it attending courses or go travelling. =) I like the feeling of knowing 1 more NEW thing that its not known to me now.

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Okays bascially thats about all. As for things that cant be helped, we dont go and brood over it la huh. Things happen naturally. =) Take things to its stride and seize any oppportunies whenever possible.

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5 Must haves in 2008:

1)BBQ(s) that binds everyone together once a year.
2)Have JingRu in my heart and mind.(sry if it sounds hmmmm unbelievable for some of u...but those who know me long and well enough, u shld understand.)
3)An optimistic and motivated character. (must strive when we are young)
4)Look good and stay good. (LOL.... no more heck-care attitude)
5)Compassionate good heart. Heart is the most important thing that controls what we will do. Keep all evils away !

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lalala today is my blogging mood cos its Friday tomorrow !

Beijing Trip

Such a delay in posting up what i've done in Beijing. In fact, i've already developed all my photos and put it nicely into albums a week ago. I've been lazy to update my blog simply cos i have like 800plus photos and i need to strink everything together.(meaning i need to edit my photos) Anyway, i do enjoy my trip very much i would say, so i feel that i should blog about it. I shall do it slowly la huh...

Day1 of the journey...

I did not sleep well the previous night. Not even solid full 2 hours i guess. But anyway thank God that i did not feel pukie or watsoever because of the lack of slp.(i remembered 2 years ago when i go HK, i did not slp well the night before too and my day 1 was ruined cos i feel BAD.) Hahaha everything went fine =) It has been a long time since i take off in a SIA flight. Still, as nice as before or much better in fact.

The moment we touch down, its ard 5 degrees there, so we'l have to get ready all our stuffs. All the winter clothes that we've stuffed in our hand luggage.

Immediately, we went to see ice sculpture. Well, according to our tour guide- Xiao Liu, Mr Lau, he wants us to get used to the weather there. LOL. Anyway this is a much smaller scale as compared to those i've been to in the past. Nevertheless, it still has its own Beijing elements.

We had dinner at this hainanese restuarant.(heh but we did not eat any hainanese chicken rice la) Dinner for the 1st night is not that bad. I can adapt to it, just that all of us ate many bowls of rice due to the cold weather. Travelling with Chan Brothers is good because they provide good food and lodging tho its slightly more expensive than other tour companies. (Actually the difference is really q. insignificant la... 1-2 hundred bucks in exchange for the satisfaction.) Overall, i give Chan Brothers an Excellent grade. Next time i'll just travel with Chan Brothers.

1st night, we checked in at this 4-5 star spring resort somewhere in the sub-urban area. This resort was said to be one of the best in Beijing which has indoor personal spring sauna. That is to mean, we have our very own space to pao wen quan. =) Smiles. Its nice to be able to pao wen quan in such a cold weather! Whats more, its indoor, right in our own room. I cant imagine if its outdoors man, we can just lie there frozen. (Lol). The position that the resort was build there, has its history. It was said that Kang Xi's mother used to come to this area for wen quan too. So they make use of the same place and turn it into resort. We're just like the Royals ! =P The tour guide did mention that this resort is also very popular among the locals. They will just book a room for the family(well those who can afford la) and spend weekends there. Thus its always fully booked.

Shag!

I slept 12 hours last night. I slept at 8.30pm all the way thru 8.45am this morning. I did wake up in the middle of the night, erm but fell asleep str away. I remembered 5plusam i did check my HP for the time. Ha thats all. I didnt even wake up for toliet tho i've drank like a bowl of soup plus a cup of water before i sleep. That just show how BUSY i am first day of school.

This year, i think my students are more active than last batch. I miss my P1/2 (2007)! Anyway, school has been q. hectic yet relaxing at the same time. This batch of children are more responsive and thus it made teaching easier and moreover, this is my 2nd round taking P1s. (I least i know roughly what things need to be done, etc etc.) Its still hectic cos i need to train them frm stretch again. So far, they have not disappoint me yet, except that they are abit talkative.

Today played some games with them. They know it as "games" la, but i'm actually teaching liao. Some introductory. Stress. Seems that i have alot to clear. Whoops. Tomorrow will only be seeing them for a while. Hope to clear things fast fast.

Anyway i still love my job. Much more than last year i think.
I'm easily attached. =)

Happy New Year !

Heyo folks! I've no time to manage my blog and thus the lack of posts recently. I foresee that i wont have the time to blog about my Beijing trip in weeks to come, considering that sch is re-opening TOMORROW. Busy and getting busier. On top of all the busy things here and there, I'm missing Jingru badly.

2008, lets all shine.

(Heh but i've wrote a very long entry about jingru's concert over at Fishdream blog. Feel free to browse. I used q. some time to churn out. Some more its in chinese ! )