leap year post

today is 29th Feb 2012! 


this afternoon we had IT training.


we learnt how to set up a LIVE classroom, so that we can conduct lessons LIVE, from the comfort of our home, and our class of 40 students can also "attend" the lesson, from the comfort of their homes.

one of the most fun IT training we ever had. hahahahahahahaha.   

first aid REFRESHED!

yesterday and today i went for first aid refresher course. 


it is really a good break for me. on course is the best! but i still feel a bit guilty when i am unable to find a relief teacher, and my pe colleagues have to take over my lessons during this two days.

my face put on quite alot of weight, since 2009. haiz. 

what i actually do

for the media, i actually want to put a picture of a toilet with a pinhole camera. or any indecent acts. because the media, especially the newpaper, always like to put the spotlight on male teachers who committed indecent acts, labelling the teaching profession as immoral, unprofessional and all the blah blah. 


but they can't seem to realise that out of 40,000 teachers in this world, there are bound to have bad apples that spoil the teaching profession.


they don't put the spotlight on teachers who really go all out to make a difference for the students. they don't put the spotlight on the MRS CHONGs (the photo at the top right hand corner). they don't give recognition to teachers who give out their all in engaging students, in ensuring quality teaching & learning takes place in the classroom, and providing a quality school experience for the students. 


the teaching profession is coming under alot of scrutiny, is all thanks to the pointless local media. i am disappointed, and disheartened. 


on a light note, mr nzj, or anyone, please do not publicise this blog post. thank you~

dinner at 满福苑

the 流沙包 was sooooooooooo gooddddddddd~ 


6 包s for 12 dollars!


满福苑 is at intercontinental hotel. 2nd floor.

1st to reach sch!

yawn~~~ sick and tired...

v day presents

i dunno who gave me the rose. and the jug of sweets. hmmmmm....

POTD

on valentine's day, i shall share with everyone this pic, that is not related to love or couples. 

POTD

a restaurant at the bottom of a waterfall! cool right! no need toilet. can just pee in the waterfall. can wash hands using the water from the waterfall. 


located at phillipines. "WHEN BOY BOY GOES TO WAR, I WILL STILL CARRY BOY BOY'S BAG. AND ALSO BOY BOY'S EYE PARD 3."

photos from the cameraman

from modern era...

we take time machine to black and white era. the irritating clothes rack is the time machine.

 

choreographers, i din exceed the diagonal line! yay!

i think i snatch beat again. hahahahaha.

the finale was super messy. if you dun believe me, you can see the girl in red, at the first row, 3rd from the right. 

you can see for yourselves how few dancers there were in this performance.


comparing with efflorescence...

saturday post

darling and i had our early vday celebration.


brought her to grand mecure roxy hotel for... buffet dinner. not to stay overnight. the restaurant is at the 3rd floor of the hotel. if i din remember wrongly, the name of the restaurant is Feast @ East. and the theme for the buffet is heritage. the deco of the restaurant showcases sg in the 1960s. they have bottles of san zha, white rabbit and other childhood sweets. they have the old ice kachang machine for you to make ice kachang. the one that u saw in phua chu kang. and they even have a rojak counter, where you can make your own rojak! 

the food was not too bad. expected of a decent buffet restaurant, that costs 46 nett per person, on a saturday night. the most popular dish is the chilli crayfish and the laksa. the seafood counter has prawns, scallops, mussels and oysters. the sashimi is also very fresh. i also like the herbal chicken appetiser. the chicken, although is breast meat, is very very very tender and soft, and the herbal taste is very distinct.


the dessert counter was awesome. apart from the ice kachang, ice cream, cakes, nyonya kueh, the warm chocolate fudge cake with vanilla, and the fruits, the champion of the desserts has to be the fresh durian paste! one whole chunk of it on a big plate. take as many as you want! 


service was good too. the waiters/waitresses cleared the plates promptly. and our warm water was topped up promptly. and the temperature of the water is really warm. the thing that touched me the most is when i was peeling the prawns, one waiter appeared with a bowl of water with lemon for me to wash my hands, and new serviettes, without me asking for it. and darling dipped her hands inside, and her eyes lit up, and she said,"dear, 那个水是温的 leh!!!"


omg. how 贴心. win liao win liao. 


after the magnificient dinner we went to I12 Katong. omg the place has really changed completely, compared to the ex katong mall. no wonder katong area always jam in the evening. zzzzzzzzzz...


btw i bought darling's v day present. and she love it! :)

thursday night post

i seriously think the students from my form class are a bit crazy. i dunno whether isit because they have a crazy form teacher.


yesterday i told one of my students to take pictures of the classroom after school and whatsapp me. so she took the photos already and sent them to me.


after i downloaded completely all the photos, this was her goodbye message:

"happy new year handsome merry christmas i am returning to heaven"

*shakes head*

thursday morning post

good morning my dear readers!


after checking my blog's statistics, i am pretty sure that the juniors have found my blog, and my blog address has been circulating around everybody.


haha.


for the juniors, i believe all of you have lots of withdrawal symptoms, so i hereby present to you this:

POTD

i just have to show everyone this, before i go to sleep. hahahahaha.

the united states should send X-men and marvel superheroes wat!!! aiyohhhh~

7 Deadly Sins

compared to previous performances, this time round i only took 3 photos using my camera.

the usual vainpot.

choreographers + dancers for GREED! 

thank you choreographers for the figurine and the card. :)


and i heard that the juniors have found my blog. hello juniors! happy reading!


ok now i shall give my personal comments for this performance. 


1) my favourite item is PRIDE. i love the choreography. and the purple costumes.


2) my favourite music is from WRATH. especially the yiruma's river flows in you techno version, and the last part of the music that really brings out wrath to the climax. 


3) the dancer that wows me the most is the gal who danced in PRIDE, GLUTTONY and WRATH. heard from xue hong that she is hawk charlie's lead dancer, and also came to know that she and bin ge ge knew each other in PA. 


4) and i realised that almost every item used a distinct prop. PRIDE uses the big white cloth. SLUT, i mean LUST, uses the sofa and that encyclopedia. GLUTTONY uses armchair, hershey kisses look-a-like furnace, lollipop, satay stall, that are creatively made using cardboard. ok SLOTH din use any prop, as far as i can remember. GREED uses that irritating clothes rack and that irritating piece of cheongsam on that irritating hanger. ENVY uses the 2 红绸. and WRATH uses the ring files. 


time flies, and i realised this is my 9th time dancing for nuscd.


1st time was in DR2007, and the theme was something peranakan, at ucc hall.


2nd time was psyche 2008. at ucc dance studio.


3rd time was DR2008, a chasse across time, at ucc hall.


4th time was retrospect 2009, at ucc theatre.


5th time was DR2009, the theme was something to do with body language.


6th time was motion in stillness 2010, at ucc theatre


7th time was cold night 2011, at ucc theatre.


8th time was efflorescence 2011, at ucc hall.


and the 9th time is 7 deadly sins. 


xuehong said the 10th time must end with a BANG!!! hahaha. 


and i want to sleep already. 


but before i sleep, i wanna thank those who sms-ed/whatsapp-ed me, wishing me good luck. they are: my fav xinyi, xue hong, nzj, jingwen (all the way from hk), michael and ah liang! thank you very much once again~


and also a special mention to ZLS, who gave me a kick on the butt before the performance, and said i am very handsome. so i returned the compliment, saying that he more handsome. haha. 


GOOD NIGHT!!!

tuesday post

tomorrow is the performance.


just now we had a technical run and full dress rehearsal.


after the technical run, i went to where the alumni was seating, to hear their comments. ms lim mentioned that the choreographers are putting me in a difficult position because i am paired with lollipop whisky, who is a very good dancer with strong technique. she said that because of my wushu background, the disparity is very obvious compared to her. 


my confidence immediately dropped and before the full dress rehearsal, i told myself to jump as high as i can, extend the lines as far as i can, point my toes as pointed as i can... and as i was to preoccupied with how i look on stage, i forgot one big chunk of movement... and i was very guilty. and apologetic towards my two choreographers. 


and then i watched the video clip. i think i look ok leh... hers is her style and mine is my style... i dun think i lose to her too much leh... oh well... i think is very hard to achieve the dance feel, since my body is too wushu.


nvm lah, i shall just do my best for tomorrow. :)

publicity for 7 Deadly Sins!

how come this year we have no poster ah?


come to think of it, i still remember this poster:

si bei chio leh~ hahahahahaha.

guess whether nzj is a tourist, asian or arts graduate

the seven virtues

thanks to mr nzj who publicised my blog to the alumni, my page views yesterday reach an all time high. 


anyway i forgot to mention that, the theme for next wed's performance is the 7 Deadly Sins.


the 7 Deadly Sins consist of: LUST, GLUTTONY, GREED, SLOTH, WRATH, ENVY and PRIDE.


and xue hong found this:

please pick a sin and a virtue that is most associated with you. 


hw's sin has to be LUST. 

friends are greatly missed

i went for the full dress rehearsal just now. 


there are so few people... 7 items in total... altogether there are about 30 dancers? 


the absence of the alumni can be felt greatly. during the debrief, i am cutting a lonesome figure, sitting all by myself, right at the back. i reach out my arm and want to wrap it around darling's waist... but she is not there (dun worry darling i din wrap my arm around anybody just now). i turned around to flirt with hw, but he is not there. i am waiting for some random comment made by xuehong that always make everybody laugh and make ding laoshi roll eyeball, but that comment never came. after the debrief i went to find mummy, nzj and xiaoyun to talk cock, but they are also not there... 


in short... i really miss their presence. and i am thankful that i still see bin ge ge and zhunian around.


let's talk about the full dress.


firstly, there was no proper briefing before the full dress. i din even noe the sequence of the items. 


i din even noe where is the boundary of the stage. 


when the full run was going to start, the president just said,"来, Pride, 请准备。" and so it started, just like that. ok lah maybe i was late, i reach at 745, and the briefing was done at 7 pm.


so my item was the 4th item. and the music started playing, and the president and secretary started to dance. after they dance their part, comes mine and lollipop whisky part. so both of us posed on stage and waited for our music. and then... THE MUSIC WAS WRONG. super anti climax. 


and the president just laughed off the whole thing, saying that it was a technical error, and my item became the last item for the full dress. and i can imagine if xiaoyun was the stage manager, confirm will have a thunderstorm during debrief. but i think in the first place, if xiaoyun was the stage manager, the wrong music wun ever happen.


therefore, the most perplexed part of the night is, during the debrief, the stage manager, din say anything much about stage matters, and instead did a each-item analysis based on blocking, actions and expressions. and the most champion thing is, because she said all this in mandarin, there happened to be a dancer in one particular item who can't understand mandarin, asked the stage manager to translate to english for that particular item.


i was on the verge of pulling out my hair, thinking to myself, why cant she ask her choreographer later on, instead of wasting everybody's precious time, listening to the english translation. and the stage manager really translated for her, and for everybody to listen. 


honestly, i have nothing against the president and the stage manager in person. i still can talk to the president normally, without any sense of grudge. i dun talk to the stage manager often, except during last october, when i talk to her quite a few times, because of ticketing matters. but just that i think more professionalism is needed in running a production.


next wednesday is the performance. i really cannot believe it. let us hope for the best. 


right now, i can think of this song lyric:


不要问，不要说，一切尽在不言中...


guess the song title? haha.