and the most memorable event of year 2012 goes to...
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the running man marriage proposal!!! :)
Monday, December 31, 2012
recap of 2012
and the most memorable event of year 2012 goes to...
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the running man marriage proposal!!! :)
Friday, December 28, 2012
4E2 2011 gathering
they are, in my opinion, the best class of my teaching career so far.
it is really great to be their co-form teacher in 2010, and their chemistry teacher in 2010 and 2011.
let's look forward to our gathering in 2013!
and i got this bruise while playing 'Running Man' with them. they can be quite physical. haha.
Thursday, December 27, 2012
congrats!
my younger sis got ROM-ed this evening at starbucks at 1 fullerton!
my sister and mother made all these on their own! :)
when will it be our turn? hahahahaha.
(dun you agree that i have slimmed down? all thanks to the 攀 practises. hahaha.)
(dun you agree that i have slimmed down? all thanks to the 攀 practises. hahaha.)
the best christmas present
manchester united wins newcaste 4 - 3!!! :)
presenting the goal scorers!
the match-winner, javier hernandez!!! :)
will go to tomorrow's workplace meeting with a big smile on my face! i will wear red!
presenting the goal scorers!
will go to tomorrow's workplace meeting with a big smile on my face! i will wear red!
Tuesday, December 25, 2012
christmas party at kim tian!
"so 14 of us had:
One large pizza (from JW), 80 nuggets (from WJ), two large packs of chips, one chicken (from XY), one box of grapes (from JP), two bottles of Moscato (from ES), one tin of Garrette popcorn (from JP), 12 donuts (from MC), three bottles of drinks, etc. OOPS...
Oh, we have one log cake left untouched. And we totally forgot to make the prata-wrapped sausage that YY was craving for."
merry christmas everybody!
Monday, December 24, 2012
Making a mountain out of a molehill
i started my christmas eve on a very early note, waking up at 630 am to make a trip down to the workplace.
it all happened yesterday night, when clara from RnM sms-ed me, asking me whether did i or did my students see the studio tshirts on the reception table when we left. they found out that the tshirts were missing when they were unpacking their stuff.
this matter spread like wildfire, and the emergency panic button is pressed, and everybody started to react, in a very panicky manner, because of the tshirts.
after clara sms-ed me, kenny sms-ed me to ask me about the tshirts. and after i replied the same stuff to kenny, xiaoyun also sms-ed me, asking me about the tshirts, and i have to reply the same thing again. my fingers did alot of exercise and nearly had blisters.
so after much discussion with clara, we concluded that the tshirts were either misplaced somewhere, or they were placed in the trash bags and disposed as rubbish at the workplace's rubbish point.
we straight away eliminated the possibility of the audience taking away the tshirts because the audience are the dancers' good friends and family members. we strongly believe that the good friends and family members will never put the dancers in a difficult position.
we decided to go to the workplace at 7 am to check the trash bags. the trash bags are definitely still intact because nobody goes to the workplace on sunday to clear rubbish, and it is a christmas eve so i also doubt that the cleaners will come and clear the rubbish so early.
i was late and reached the workplace at 705 am. clara and bin ge ge were already there. another dancer (her name is kerrie) was also there, together with her mum. and they already found the tshirts, in one of the trash bags!
this incident touched my heart, because of the two kids' utmost responsibility, in finding back the stuff that they misplaced. special mention goes to bin ge ge, as well as kerrie's mum, who love kerrie and fetch her from yio chu kang to tampines, and find the tshirts together. this is the ultimate collaboration of stakeholders: the parent, the children, the trainer and the teacher.
and of course i need to mention mr derek seong, who yesterday night pressed the emergency panic button, and insisted clara and kerrie not to go to the workplace to find the tshirts, only because he dun want to trouble his students, and he wants to find them on his own. he also went to the workplace this morning, but reached there later than us, only to discover that the tshirts were already found and his students disobeyed him, because their responsibility overrided his instruction.
i strongly believe that the troupe will go far, because of the responsible young ones.
the trump card of any workplace, organisation or country is actually the younger generation, who will hopefully surpass the older generation, and lead their home, the place where they truly belong, to greater heights.
recap of 10/11/12
i was about to do the video for the running man proposal on 10/11/12, and sadly windows movie maker refused to work for me, because need to install an update, and i cannot install on my own because i am using the workplace laptop and i do not have the administrator settings to install updates or software. :(
but anyway, here's something i had done, so while viewing these pictures you can play the mission impossible soundtrack. haha.
looking back, darling and i are thankful to have such great friends to help us for this major project, and also for any matters when we need help.
we sincerely thank you from the bottom of our hearts.
but anyway, here's something i had done, so while viewing these pictures you can play the mission impossible soundtrack. haha.
looking back, darling and i are thankful to have such great friends to help us for this major project, and also for any matters when we need help.
we sincerely thank you from the bottom of our hearts.
Saturday, December 22, 2012
releve 2012
congrats to RnM for another successful performance!
kudos to xuehong for doing a great job on his first attempt as the lighting designer! you are really very versatile!
got my students to be the ushers for this performance.
judy and josh, the filipino couple! i really like both their items! the hip hop item was super energetic and the modern item was super emotional.
my favourite item was the one choreographed by xiangyuan. both xiangyuan and weiren's expressions were great and the movements were sharp and precise with the counts of the music.
the crowd favourite item has to be the popping item by derek, specially showcased to the students of RnM. i was really impressed.
blackbox is not a bad place to stage a performance. probably will stage one here for my workplace. :)
my favourite item was the one choreographed by xiangyuan. both xiangyuan and weiren's expressions were great and the movements were sharp and precise with the counts of the music.
the crowd favourite item has to be the popping item by derek, specially showcased to the students of RnM. i was really impressed.
blackbox is not a bad place to stage a performance. probably will stage one here for my workplace. :)
saturday post
this whole week i have been going to nus for dance practise, to prepare for a performance happening in next year march.
this time two choreographers from china flew in to sg, and they choreographed 5 items! they were only here for two weeks and they finished choreographing the 5 items. in short i finished learning my item in 4 days (monday to thursday), friday and today were used to refine our steps.
the item that i am dancing in is called 攀. and to be honest i quite like this item. if darling, mummy and the nuscd alumni see this item, i am quite sure that they will say this item is very YY. hahahaha.
it is a pretty challenging item, need lots of strength and stamina, and also has gravity defying stunts. the most challenging stunt is given to xuehong, whereby he will transform to a 武侠 hero and has to use his legs and run across the chests of a five-men wall. and then after that he has to flip over the five-wall and as a result his leg got caught by one of the shoulders and he landed awkwardly on the floor with a super huge impact and got injured quite badly. and that resulted in his bad mood facebook post on wednesday. please rest well xuehong~
the girls in the item are very strong in terms of flexibility and technique, especially my partner. she is a year 1 student, and with her around, we no need to get "small fly" to dance for nuscd anymore.
as for the boys, we have the "old men" contingent consisting of michael, xuehong, bin gege, myself and luohao. the other 3 are newbies. the 3 newbies are willing to learn but then there is 1 particular newbie who is a phd student and he thinks that he is a phd student in dance, always make alot of unnecessary comments, always does his counts wrongly, and it is seriously irritating.
oh well, let's hope the group dynamics will become better in the next 3 months and this item has the potential to be the crowd favourite item.
the best thing about going for dance this week is that i lost weight! even the china choreographer also pointed that out to me. haha.
this time two choreographers from china flew in to sg, and they choreographed 5 items! they were only here for two weeks and they finished choreographing the 5 items. in short i finished learning my item in 4 days (monday to thursday), friday and today were used to refine our steps.
the item that i am dancing in is called 攀. and to be honest i quite like this item. if darling, mummy and the nuscd alumni see this item, i am quite sure that they will say this item is very YY. hahahaha.
it is a pretty challenging item, need lots of strength and stamina, and also has gravity defying stunts. the most challenging stunt is given to xuehong, whereby he will transform to a 武侠 hero and has to use his legs and run across the chests of a five-men wall. and then after that he has to flip over the five-wall and as a result his leg got caught by one of the shoulders and he landed awkwardly on the floor with a super huge impact and got injured quite badly. and that resulted in his bad mood facebook post on wednesday. please rest well xuehong~
the girls in the item are very strong in terms of flexibility and technique, especially my partner. she is a year 1 student, and with her around, we no need to get "small fly" to dance for nuscd anymore.
as for the boys, we have the "old men" contingent consisting of michael, xuehong, bin gege, myself and luohao. the other 3 are newbies. the 3 newbies are willing to learn but then there is 1 particular newbie who is a phd student and he thinks that he is a phd student in dance, always make alot of unnecessary comments, always does his counts wrongly, and it is seriously irritating.
oh well, let's hope the group dynamics will become better in the next 3 months and this item has the potential to be the crowd favourite item.
the best thing about going for dance this week is that i lost weight! even the china choreographer also pointed that out to me. haha.
Thursday, December 20, 2012
Philippines Trip - Last Day!
last day is shopping, shopping and shopping! we shopped at greenhills mall, whereby it is like ten times bigger than bugis street. and the stuff sold here are really cheap!
the girls went crazy. fen went crazy. even derek also went crazy. i bought only a few stuff but i did not go crazy. i changed 250 sing dollars, and that amounts to 8000 pesos. at the end of the whole trip i only spent 3800 pesos. hahaha.
lunch at another buffet restaurant
please identify the two filipinos
reached the philippines airport. btw philippines airport is voted as one of the 10 worst airports in the world. we can understand why.
fen is utterly shocked for dunno what reason. hahahaha.
the trademark nuscd pose again. i seriously dunno why i did this.
having a debrief, seated on the floor, in the middle of the terminal. how cool is that! each of us have to relate our most memorable experience during the trip. for me is the powerhouse showcase, and the camaraderie in the bus. we sang alot of songs, said alot of jokes, and played kiddy games. 1 2 bingo! 4 5 bingo!
we were extremely amazed by the services provided by jollibee. jollibee knew how difficult it is to get out of the airport terminal once you are inside, so they stationed a staff at the terminal to take orders. WOW~~~
eating in the middle of the terminal. we belong to a refugee camp. haha.
it is the minor's birthday! happy 14th birthday gloria!
and this marks the end of the philippines trip! to be honest i did enjoy myself.
and i like to share this phrase which i find it very memorable, and it comes from derek:
"适可而止，点到为止。"
meaning to say i literally smoke through the ten hours of dance training. hahahahaha.
the girls went crazy. fen went crazy. even derek also went crazy. i bought only a few stuff but i did not go crazy. i changed 250 sing dollars, and that amounts to 8000 pesos. at the end of the whole trip i only spent 3800 pesos. hahaha.
and this marks the end of the philippines trip! to be honest i did enjoy myself.
and i like to share this phrase which i find it very memorable, and it comes from derek:
"适可而止，点到为止。"
meaning to say i literally smoke through the ten hours of dance training. hahahahaha.
Monday, December 17, 2012
Philippines Day 3
woke up at 450 am today because we have to set off at 530 am. today is our RnR, and we are going to Villa Escudero, which is about 4 hour journey.
we stop over at burger king for breakfast!
finally we reached. first we explored a museum.
gloria, the minor. hahahahahaha.
group photo! :)
we changed into our swimwear and did a series of water activities. :)
bamboo rafting at this tranquil lake
the bamboo rafters
the lousy paddles
after that we went for a swim and played kiddy game in the pool, titled 'Catch the Fish'. derek caught some fish in the lake and released them into the pool and we had a great time pushing and pulling one another to catch the fish. hahahahahaha.
the ideal holiday setting
derek the fisherman
really crazy and fun. hahahahahaha.
after that we had our lunch at the famous waterfall restaurant! i am so glad that i got to see this with my own eyes! saw the picture of it on facebook and i told myself that i must go to philippines to witness this magnificient place and here i am! this is so unbelievable. :)
they have a wonderful spread of food!
what is the most convenient of eating at waterfall restaurant, with your legs immersed in the water? you can wash your dirty hands inside the water with utmost convenience! hahaha.
of course we have to take pictures in front of the waterfall:
with the minor.
nzj said this photo is very YY.
WAHHH so macho.
the brown sufers.
after the watery lunch we showered. the next two programs are going to coconut plantation to learn how to harvest coconuts, and watch a cultural show.
wilson already KO-ed before the start of the show. hahahahaha.
the cultural show was a bit monotonous so we left Villa Escudero and travelled back to Manila. it took us more than 4 hours because of the crazy traffic jam. travelling on the roads in philippines was really an eye opener for me. the drivers here are aggressive and breaking of traffic rules here is the NORM. you can travel against the flow of traffic. you can see two lorries hoarding a lane on the expressway. you can see vehicles cutting in left and right like nobody's business. you can do illegal 3 point turn in the middle of the road. saying that this is dangerous driving is truly an understatement. kudos to our mini bus driver who is also very aggressive but still never compromise our safety. we are still in one piece. :)
we arrived at our dinner place. the sian thing is that we already travelled for so long in the mini bus with cramped buttocks and legs. at the dinner place we still had to wait quite long for our food. haiz.
the happy customers who dun mind waiting...
the sian ji bua customers who dun like waiting...
and the ultimate customers who showed the ultimate reaction:
we stop over at burger king for breakfast!
finally we reached. first we explored a museum.
we changed into our swimwear and did a series of water activities. :)
after that we went for a swim and played kiddy game in the pool, titled 'Catch the Fish'. derek caught some fish in the lake and released them into the pool and we had a great time pushing and pulling one another to catch the fish. hahahahahaha.
after that we had our lunch at the famous waterfall restaurant! i am so glad that i got to see this with my own eyes! saw the picture of it on facebook and i told myself that i must go to philippines to witness this magnificient place and here i am! this is so unbelievable. :)
of course we have to take pictures in front of the waterfall:
after the watery lunch we showered. the next two programs are going to coconut plantation to learn how to harvest coconuts, and watch a cultural show.
the cultural show was a bit monotonous so we left Villa Escudero and travelled back to Manila. it took us more than 4 hours because of the crazy traffic jam. travelling on the roads in philippines was really an eye opener for me. the drivers here are aggressive and breaking of traffic rules here is the NORM. you can travel against the flow of traffic. you can see two lorries hoarding a lane on the expressway. you can see vehicles cutting in left and right like nobody's business. you can do illegal 3 point turn in the middle of the road. saying that this is dangerous driving is truly an understatement. kudos to our mini bus driver who is also very aggressive but still never compromise our safety. we are still in one piece. :)
we arrived at our dinner place. the sian thing is that we already travelled for so long in the mini bus with cramped buttocks and legs. at the dinner place we still had to wait quite long for our food. haiz.
and the ultimate customers who showed the ultimate reaction:
