so if you have realised, updating of the blog is getting less frequent. i have been leaving sch at seven pm almost everyday. sometimes i will bring my marking back home, and i dun even want to on the computer. if someone thinks that being a teacher is easy, go have a taste of it.
this whole week i am like a superman. i am in charge of teaching the whole school the ACES Day workout, which is actually the sexes item for DR08, which i got make some minor adjustments. its really not easy to teach 5 pe classes in the hall, especially when teaching dance. most of the students are still not comfortable with the body movements, especially the boys. actually i can sympathise with them because when i was their age i also ostracise dance because of my wushu background. so its really amazing that i am dancing so much right now. haha.
so anyway, some classes are receptive towards it and find it fun. of course there are other classes who totally detest dance and cant be bothered to do and they just play a fool while i am teaching. well, since i am the one who pushed for this ACES Day mass dance routine, then i must try all means and methods to interest all my students and get them to do. although it is really a tough job.
establishing rapport is really very important. my chemistry classes and pe classes all learnt the dance willingly and attentively. thank goodness i have these classes. they make my day, and make me feel that my efforts are worthwhile.
next monday i will be teaching the teachers! think it will be fun. hahahahaha.
Saturday, July 31, 2010
Sunday, July 25, 2010
pics of wushu performance
remember last wed i performed wushu with my students during assembly, and then after that i rush off for my nie investiture?
presenting you the pics! haha.
i can 下腰 leh! hahahahaha.
the final pose!
wonderful teacher and wonderful students
this may be a bit bhb, but i heard that i have my own fan club in the sch. two china students just joined wushu as a cca. they only came to the sch in march this year, and both of them were cca-less.
so they came for their first training on friday, and i asked them to introduce themselves to the other members. after their introduction, i asked them,"为什么你们要参加武术?"
one of them replied,"因为你." and her face turned red.
my face din turn red. i just smiled and nodded my head.
presenting you the pics! haha.
this may be a bit bhb, but i heard that i have my own fan club in the sch. two china students just joined wushu as a cca. they only came to the sch in march this year, and both of them were cca-less.
so they came for their first training on friday, and i asked them to introduce themselves to the other members. after their introduction, i asked them,"为什么你们要参加武术?"
one of them replied,"因为你." and her face turned red.
my face din turn red. i just smiled and nodded my head.
Saturday, July 24, 2010
saw the leopard!
today i went to suntec for a site tour with the handball yog volunteers. and i saw the leopard right in front of my eyes! of course i got very excited because i was a tankee during my ns days, but i only received training in the SM-1 tank. now SM-1 is being phased out and leopards are being used! i doubt i will have the chance to be trained in leopard. :(
of course must take photo! hahahaha.
after suntec we went to nie to check out the youth olympic village. omg how nie have changed! check them out:
ok i am going to sleep now cos tmr have to wake up early to play soccer! i want to get rid the fats on my tummy!
of course must take photo! hahahaha.
after suntec we went to nie to check out the youth olympic village. omg how nie have changed! check them out:
ok i am going to sleep now cos tmr have to wake up early to play soccer! i want to get rid the fats on my tummy!
friday post
after work i rushed to raffles place to meet darling. we had dinner at one of the many seafood restaurants located along the bank of singapore river. the mango prawn salad which was our appetizer taste damn awesome. darling said next time we can make this on our own. haha.
and then we went to the art house to watch my a play titled 'Cabinet', which my little sis was involved. this time she is not acting. instead she is the STAGE MANAGER! wow. but she is not paid. stage manager is a sai gang job, and if you are not paid it is sai gang x 10.
the stage is in the form of a parliament house, and we were sitting at the top, just like ministers listening to a parliament talk. anyway the art house was actually the old parliament house, hence we purposely took a pic of ourselves in black and white.
its already my 4th week in sch. time really flies fast. got lots of performances in aug and sept.
5th and 6th aug i am involved in a company's dinner and dance event. dancing winter again. going to be angry again. anyway chio outdoor enthusiast happened to be working at that company! how coincidental is that. hahaha.
10th august i am performing shui xiu with some of the guys at nus. the purpose is to showcase chinese dance to nus students, and to attract more pple to join the troupe, ESPECIALLY GUYS. honestly the older i get, the lazier i become, and the more unwilling i am to go for practises and performances, unless its really desperate for me to dance. i am sure my other counterparts feel the same way too.
6th sept is teachers' conference. and i am doing a contemporary dance item with 11 other teachers from different schools. i look at our practise videos and the way i dance is so different from the rest. the rest are really dancing, while i am like wushu-ing and dancing. yucks. i look ugly. :(
Thursday, July 22, 2010
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
racial harmony day!
my first time wearing this batik shirt. bought it at surabaya two years ago.
anyway this two students are from my form class.
some said i look like indonesian datuk. some said i look like mafia boss. hahahaha.
i myself like the mafia boss better. :p
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
scorpio
traditional scorpio traits:
- determined and forceful
- emotional and intuitive
- powerful and passionate
- exciting and magnetic
on the dark side...
- jealous and resentful
- compulsive and obsessive
- secretive and obstinate
today, this scorpio teacher was teaching in class. acids and bases. very boring topic.
this student yawned loudly in class.
the scorpio teacher flung his marker at the student. the marker hit the student's shirt. and a black line was drawn across the shirt. (forceful)
teacher told the whole class that he can't stand students yawning loudly in class.
but he allows students to yawn softly and cover the mouth with their hand if they yawn. (compassionate, but that's not one of the scorpio traits)
the student cried.
teacher talked to the student after the lesson, and apologised to the student for throwing the marker at him and dirtying his shirt. student dried his tears and told the teacher it's ok.
i think the student will remember this teacher forever. and this teacher is me.
- determined and forceful
- emotional and intuitive
- powerful and passionate
- exciting and magnetic
on the dark side...
- jealous and resentful
- compulsive and obsessive
- secretive and obstinate
today, this scorpio teacher was teaching in class. acids and bases. very boring topic.
this student yawned loudly in class.
the scorpio teacher flung his marker at the student. the marker hit the student's shirt. and a black line was drawn across the shirt. (forceful)
teacher told the whole class that he can't stand students yawning loudly in class.
but he allows students to yawn softly and cover the mouth with their hand if they yawn. (compassionate, but that's not one of the scorpio traits)
the student cried.
teacher talked to the student after the lesson, and apologised to the student for throwing the marker at him and dirtying his shirt. student dried his tears and told the teacher it's ok.
i think the student will remember this teacher forever. and this teacher is me.
Monday, July 19, 2010
fullmetal alchemist brotherhood
i finally finished watching the anime! it is very very nice to watch!
"A lesson without pain is meaningless. That's because you cannot gain something without sacrificing something else in return. But, once you withstood the pain and overcome it, you will gain a heart that is stronger than everything else."
-Fullmetal Alchemist
Saturday, July 17, 2010
rehearsal @ fort canning park
as a result, he was quite emo...
anyway, this is something random, noticed by nzj:
PLEASE SWITCH OFF FANS WHEN NOT IN USE - A
PLEASE DO NOT REMOVE THIS NOTICE - B
since there is no notice below B saying not to remove notice B, therefore we can remove notice B. and once we remove notice B, and after that remove notice A, hence we can dun need to switch off fans when not in use.
agree? hahahahahaha.
after the rehearsal we had a teabreak session at HANDBURGER!!! the burgers and fries were awesome!!!
these burgers were the small size version. their original size is enormous!!! next time i will order the original size! :)
nie convocation 2010!
874 teachers attended the convocation at nanyang auditorium. which means 874 pple went up to the stage, shake hands with the GOH, and went down the stage. which also means that it is a SUPER LONG WAIT. and it doesnt help that the pe graduands are the last group of people to go up. hahahaha.
but its definitely a wise choice for us to go up last. because we end the convocation with a bang. the academics teachers go up on stage, only can hear few pple clapping.
when its our turn, all of us clapped and cheered with our might. and then when we went back to our seats, we din sit down and remained standing, and clapped our hands in coordination, cheering loudly as each of our pe classmate goes up to the GOH to receive his/her scroll. and then when its my turn, my classmates purposely din cheer just to make fun of me. hahahaha thanks ah.
i really love my batch of pe classmates. i am sure the rest of the nie cohort will be envious of our unity. but i heard from my colleague that some pple were quite turned off by our actions. but anyway, the director of nie love us, because at the end of the convo he walked past us and showed us a thumbs up sign. hahahaha.
photos for everyone! hahaha.
thank you dad and mum for coming! hope that both of you are proud of me. hahahaha. see the polo tee that my dad is wearing? i bought it for him at hong kong! haha.
thank you darling for taking half day leave! and your dress is very nice! :)
check out the "flasher"! hahahaha.
alex the basketballer, kang chien the basketballer, huifen the netballer, and myself the wushu-er!
king, the top student of the pe cohort!
with my colleagues! in this photo we have the HOD look. hahaha. joshua, the future science hod, myself the future pe hod, jenny the future maths hod, sheena the future english hod, sihua the future pupil development hod, and pervin the future humanities hod. hoho.
honestly i am happy being a HOT. HAPPY ORDINARY TEACHER. no need to be hod. hahahaha.
but its definitely a wise choice for us to go up last. because we end the convocation with a bang. the academics teachers go up on stage, only can hear few pple clapping.
when its our turn, all of us clapped and cheered with our might. and then when we went back to our seats, we din sit down and remained standing, and clapped our hands in coordination, cheering loudly as each of our pe classmate goes up to the GOH to receive his/her scroll. and then when its my turn, my classmates purposely din cheer just to make fun of me. hahahaha thanks ah.
i really love my batch of pe classmates. i am sure the rest of the nie cohort will be envious of our unity. but i heard from my colleague that some pple were quite turned off by our actions. but anyway, the director of nie love us, because at the end of the convo he walked past us and showed us a thumbs up sign. hahahaha.
photos for everyone! hahaha.
honestly i am happy being a HOT. HAPPY ORDINARY TEACHER. no need to be hod. hahahaha.
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
injured myself...
my sch is having performing arts festival this week, so tomorrow during assembly there is a performance by the performing arts groups, and my wushu team is also performing, and guess what? i am performing together with my students!
yesterday was the full dress rehearsal, i did a 腾空飞腿 and when i land on the floor, i felt a sharp pain at my groin area and discovered i had injured one of the 筋. wah super pain. so i immediately called my personalised sinseh to come to my house to help me massage.
now feeling a bit better, not as pain as yesterday, but still a bit sore. tmr i shall rub alot of deep heat on the injured area. hahaha.
tmr is finally my nie convocation! tmr is really a packed day for me. lessons in the morning. and then the performance start at 11 am. i should be done performing by 12 pm. then quickly shower and get changed and rush to ntu with my colleagues. must mark attendance at the auditorium by 130 pm. convo starts at 230. then after the convo i have to rush to ccab for the teachers' conference dance practise. woo hoo. super happening.
ok to end this post i shall share with all the guys this very nice video. got chio korean babes dancing. woo hoo!
yesterday was the full dress rehearsal, i did a 腾空飞腿 and when i land on the floor, i felt a sharp pain at my groin area and discovered i had injured one of the 筋. wah super pain. so i immediately called my personalised sinseh to come to my house to help me massage.
now feeling a bit better, not as pain as yesterday, but still a bit sore. tmr i shall rub alot of deep heat on the injured area. hahaha.
tmr is finally my nie convocation! tmr is really a packed day for me. lessons in the morning. and then the performance start at 11 am. i should be done performing by 12 pm. then quickly shower and get changed and rush to ntu with my colleagues. must mark attendance at the auditorium by 130 pm. convo starts at 230. then after the convo i have to rush to ccab for the teachers' conference dance practise. woo hoo. super happening.
ok to end this post i shall share with all the guys this very nice video. got chio korean babes dancing. woo hoo!
Monday, July 12, 2010
busy weekend
on saturday i went to nus to attend darling's convo! bought for darling the convo teddy bear! i din attend the convo when i graduated from nus, so being in the ucc hall seeing how the procedure is like, and seeing the balloons falling from the ceiling, more or less 弥补了我的遗憾. hence, thank you darling for inviting me!
as per usual yy blogging style, here are the photos. hahahaha.
congrats darling! graduated with honours!
darling strangling the bear that i bought for her.
darling strangling the bear again. hahahaha.
after the convo i followed darling's family to turf city for a sumptous seafood dinner at ah yat restaurant. we went to unique seafood to choose the seafood, and then the fresh seafood is being cooked at the restaurant. and during this dinner i only got to know that darling's mum also shared the same surname as me! its not too late after 3 plus years rite? hahaha.
then today i went to SYOG in the morning for the handball meeting. after that go to bukit batok help fen and nzj with shifting of house. shifting house is really quite siong. thank goodness they dun have much things. anyway here's pictures of fen sitting at the back of the pick-up after all the shifting:
i was inside mike's car when taking the two pics. haha.
as per usual yy blogging style, here are the photos. hahahaha.
after the convo i followed darling's family to turf city for a sumptous seafood dinner at ah yat restaurant. we went to unique seafood to choose the seafood, and then the fresh seafood is being cooked at the restaurant. and during this dinner i only got to know that darling's mum also shared the same surname as me! its not too late after 3 plus years rite? hahaha.
then today i went to SYOG in the morning for the handball meeting. after that go to bukit batok help fen and nzj with shifting of house. shifting house is really quite siong. thank goodness they dun have much things. anyway here's pictures of fen sitting at the back of the pick-up after all the shifting:
i was inside mike's car when taking the two pics. haha.
Saturday, July 10, 2010
hong kong!!!
this will be my last post of the shanghai shenzhen hongkong trip!
day 2 in hongkong, we went to have dim sum for breakfast, at this restaurant recommended by huizhi. good recommendation because the food was really good! you can tell by the happy and orgasmic faces:
(look at where hw is putting his hand)
after breakfast we set off to lanma island!
as you all can see the weather is very very good, but its very very hot...
as we were walking aimlessly on the island, feeling hot and thirsty, we saw this tau huey stall and immediately sat down and ordered the tau huey. the cold sweet tau huey taste damn shiok, especially in the hot weather.
the attractions of lanma island include the wind generated power station, the beautiful scenery, and the yummy seafood.
after the seafood dinner we took the ferry back to hongkong mainland. shopped at h&m, i bought a pair of white pants, a white top and checkered metrosexual shirt. hahahaha. then i did more shopping again at mongkok which has many shops selling sports apparel. its my shopping heaven! i bought a netherlands polo tee for my dad and a pair of super AA sneakers for myself. (as if the pink nike sneakers are not AA enough hahahahaha)
it was the last night for me and hw at hongkong. fen and nzj are still staying at hongkong for two more nights. huizhi came over to the hotel to find us and we had a supper + taboo party. supper consists of mcdonald nuggets, which we ordered 36 pieces! because their sauce were super delicious! got satay sauce, got cheese sauce! why singapore dun have these sauces.
ok that's all!
hope you guys enjoyed reading my travel posts! and i enjoyed travelling with the gang! let's travel together again next time! :)
day 2 in hongkong, we went to have dim sum for breakfast, at this restaurant recommended by huizhi. good recommendation because the food was really good! you can tell by the happy and orgasmic faces:
after breakfast we set off to lanma island!
the attractions of lanma island include the wind generated power station, the beautiful scenery, and the yummy seafood.
after the seafood dinner we took the ferry back to hongkong mainland. shopped at h&m, i bought a pair of white pants, a white top and checkered metrosexual shirt. hahahaha. then i did more shopping again at mongkok which has many shops selling sports apparel. its my shopping heaven! i bought a netherlands polo tee for my dad and a pair of super AA sneakers for myself. (as if the pink nike sneakers are not AA enough hahahahaha)
it was the last night for me and hw at hongkong. fen and nzj are still staying at hongkong for two more nights. huizhi came over to the hotel to find us and we had a supper + taboo party. supper consists of mcdonald nuggets, which we ordered 36 pieces! because their sauce were super delicious! got satay sauce, got cheese sauce! why singapore dun have these sauces.
ok that's all!
hope you guys enjoyed reading my travel posts! and i enjoyed travelling with the gang! let's travel together again next time! :)
Monday, July 05, 2010
from shenzhen to hongkong
sch holiday rocks! darling go to hospital to work. hw go to camp to serve the nation. i also serve the nation by marking my students' test papers at starbucks. hahahaha. then i went home to prepare my ppt slides for tomorrow's lesson.
ok back to blogging of the trip. we left ulu pandan shenzhen and went to developed first-world hongkong! its really very different once we were in hongkong. the vibrant city. the well-dressed commuters. nobody carrying their babies to pee in the drain. no luohu village. no ah ma eating food from the rubbish bin. although still got see a few beggars here and there.
we went to check in at our hotel, which is called casa hotel. very convenient location because it is two min walk away from the mrt. BUT. the hotel room is very small. very very small. got no space to walk around the room at all. for the toilet, it is so small that the shower head is above the toilet bowl, for you to pee and shower at the same time.
after putting our luggage, the first place that we set off to is the big buddha at ngong ping! i went there before in 2008, together with leow chee leong and mak hong sen! let's do a compare and contrast!
(last time i bought starbucks. this time round i also bought starbucks. haha.)
(foggy weather this time round. but the fog gives the place a different feel.)
after big buddha we did some shopping at citygate factory outlet, which has shops for big brands like adidas, nike, timberland, espirt, whereby the stuff are sold at warehouse prices. but actually is not really that cheap. in 2008 i bought alot of stuff from there, but this time round i din get anything. hahaha.
then we had dinner at this absolutely fabulous hk cafe called satay king!
the food was super delicious! next time if i go hongkong again i will definitely go to satay king to eat! thank you fen and nzj for recommending this place!
ok back to blogging of the trip. we left ulu pandan shenzhen and went to developed first-world hongkong! its really very different once we were in hongkong. the vibrant city. the well-dressed commuters. nobody carrying their babies to pee in the drain. no luohu village. no ah ma eating food from the rubbish bin. although still got see a few beggars here and there.
we went to check in at our hotel, which is called casa hotel. very convenient location because it is two min walk away from the mrt. BUT. the hotel room is very small. very very small. got no space to walk around the room at all. for the toilet, it is so small that the shower head is above the toilet bowl, for you to pee and shower at the same time.
after putting our luggage, the first place that we set off to is the big buddha at ngong ping! i went there before in 2008, together with leow chee leong and mak hong sen! let's do a compare and contrast!
after big buddha we did some shopping at citygate factory outlet, which has shops for big brands like adidas, nike, timberland, espirt, whereby the stuff are sold at warehouse prices. but actually is not really that cheap. in 2008 i bought alot of stuff from there, but this time round i din get anything. hahaha.
then we had dinner at this absolutely fabulous hk cafe called satay king!
the food was super delicious! next time if i go hongkong again i will definitely go to satay king to eat! thank you fen and nzj for recommending this place!