Turais House VIA

in the past, we call it CIP, community-involvement project. 

now we call it VIA (Values In Action). 

this year the staff VIA is conducted in house level. so my house did our VIA project yesterday afternoon. each of us contributed 10 dollars, and we bought food to distribute to the needy residents of Tampines. this was our first time doing such a project and it was a very meaningful experience. 

east zone pe retreat

east zone pe retreat is for HODs or SHs of east zone schools to attend. however my hod have to go hainan for a recce trip. so he asked me to take his place, and hence i went with my SH. 

the pe retreat is held for two days (thursday and friday) at city beach resort! went there before and even stayed there before in 2010, because i was part of handball federation singapore in hosting the singapore youth handball tournament, whereby we hosted the handball teams from hong kong and taiwan. 

on thursday the focus was on outdoor education. we did tent pitching, outdoor cooking and orienteering. 

outdoor cooking was the most interesting! we got different menus to choose from: chicken rice, baked macaroni with cheese and popcorn. i immediately dragged my SH to the popcorn section and we fried our popcorn. damn thrilled when we heard the corn popping sound in the frying pan. hahahaha. and the other pe teachers who cooked the chicken rice did a fabulous job! the chicken rice really tasted exactly like chicken rice. i didnt get to taste the macaroni. haha. 

our sch was also chosen to share our pe program, which i honestly dunno why we were chosen. so after we shared and after we hear from the other pe teachers, i found out the reason why. it is because we are one of the few schools that has implemented two hours of pe lessons for almost all the classes. and it is really not an easy job to make this happen. kudos to my hod and the pe dept! i am really thankful to be in this dept that is always so vibrant, so dynamic and so cohesive. my hod got tell us before that we are always envied by all the other departments, because we are so united and we are also pretty capable as individuals. :)

happy to see my pe classmates at the retreat! i have been teaching for four years plus already! omg. 

7 years & 11 months

happy anniversary darling~ :)

mortal kombat!!!

this doesn't fail to crack me up. hahahahahahaha. 

happy birthday tan yuyang!

happy birthday to my little sis tan yuyang! her birthday was on 19 sept, but she had rehearsal on that day, so we can only celebrate together yesterday. (clarification: this pic was actually taken in feb 2014, not yesterday)

she ordered her own birthday cakes from classic cakes at siglap drive. classic cakes sell mille crepes of 4 flavours - original, chocolate chip, apple and durian. she ordered two slices of each flavour, and cost me $60.60. -.-''' ok lah nvm lah is her birthday. hahaha. 

looks good isnt it? this is the chocolate chip flavour. but my favourite is still the durian flavour. 

olive run

olive run is organised by mike oscar echo every year, held at east coast park. schools are highly encouraged to send their staff to participate in this event, to promote healthy lifestyle. 

this year my workplace have 10 participants! because batman say the workplace will sponsor our registration fees if we can get at least 10 participants. hahahaha. 

i signed up for the 5 km category, together with my two fellow pe teachers, john and aloysius. 

our charming aloysius, first among us to finish the race, at 21 min. 

i finished the run at 25 min. :)

john finished slightly later than me, because he is not feeling very well. if not he will surely be faster than me. 

met my pe/armour friend mr sim! this is an armour formation shot. aloysius is also a SM1 tank commander, just like me! 

#throwback teachers' day celebrations

i got nominated on stage with other colleagues to play the 'One Minute to Win it' game, against the students! 

my colleague has to throw the ping pong ball on the floor. when it bounces up into the air i have to catch it with a stack of paper cups. once i got the ping pong ball in the top paper cup, i have the bring the top paper cup and stack it to the bottom, and catch the next ping pong ball. altogether i must catch 5 ping pong balls with 5 paper cups! so do you understand how the game is being played? if you understand, this shows i am a professional pe teacher giving clear instructions on how a game is being played. hahahahaha. 

and we won the students. HAHAHAHAHAHA. 

weekend with darling

we went to brussel sprouts at big splash east coast park for dinner. brussel sprouts also have branches at sentosa cove and robertson quay. brussel sprouts is famous for its mussels cooked in different flavours. 

each pot cost 40 dollars. if you go during mussel madness hours (check their website for more details), you can get two pots at 60 dollars!  

after brussel sprouts we went to dutch colony, newly opened at frankel ave. we go frankel ave a few times, to eat at different taste restaurant as well as the pepperoni pizza. so glad that there is one more place for us to go to. :)

flat white for me, cafe mocha for darling. 

sunday was spent at OCBC Arena, supporting Team Singapore against Sri Lanka in the final of Mission Foods Asian Netball Championship 2014! Team Singapore was a bit nervous in the first quarter, but thank goodness they played better from the second quarter onwards and won the final convincingly! 

congrats singapore netballers! 

finally, dinner with darling and her family at G7 frog leg porridge. 

buy 4 frog legs, give 3 frog legs free! comes with free porridge for two pax! crazy deal!
  

sch reopens tomorrow! term 4 let's go! :)

Mission Foods Asian Netball Championships 2014

went to the newly built sports hub today to support the singapore netball team in their match against the hong kong netball team. among the singapore netball team i actually knew two players personally. one of them is huifen, who was my pe classmate for two years in nie. the other one is anna, whom i knew through ntu handball. anna is a garang lady who signed on armour, and is now a leopard tank commander! and her face is everywhere on SAF posters. 

mr sim (also from armour), anna soo and me! we are all from armour! once armour, always armour!

anna at the top of the poster! 

great game huifen! your arms very sapau! (sapau means muscular in malay)


pictures with huifen before the game and after the game:

before!

after!

the other pe classmates who also went down to support! so happy to see them again after so long. 

the GS who had a super good game. her shooting accuracy and goal conversion rate was super high! another player who caught my attention was the WA with her excellent passing skills. her balls are super fast and can unlock the defence! manchester united need those kind of passes! 

my first time watching an international netball match, and i really loved the experience. :)

weekend post

last sat i went to kallang theatre to watch 'In The Making 2014 - Rose', by Distinct Creative Arts. 

the most memorable part of the concert is the awesome video projections, as well as the primary school kids' item, dancing to backstreet boys' music. i always love retro songs by the old school boybands such as westlife and backstreet boys! 

i am more intrigued by the vision of Distinct Creative Arts, which is to reach out to at-risk youths to create an environment where they can call home, a place where they will not be susceptible to bad influence, as well as to put up yearly productions for their students to perform beyond school campus, and to allow them to interact with others who share the same passion for dance. i think they nailed it. :)

one more interesting point: i just realised that i actually know the female lead! i performed with her in 2012, for my colleague's dance troupe in chinatown! hahaha sg is too small. 

she is one of those in blue.

yup that's her! 

after the concert i sent darling home. she has to wake up early the next morning (440 am) because she is one of the sisters for her good friend's wedding! being the loving and wonderful fiance, i woke up together with her and send her to the bride's house at amk. 

congrats seow joo! :)

in the afternoon i went to vibez to celebrate xiaoyun's birthday. it was an early birthday celebration as her birthday is on 9 september. wilson invited me, and i agreed immediately, because she has been working very well with me in nurturing my students to be collaborative, committed and confident, through the arts. 

darling, i purposely wear this tshirt, which is the same colour as your dress! hahahaha. 

and the night was concluded at copthorne king's hotel, which was the banquet dinner of seow joo and her husband. food was good, waiters at our table were a bit inexperienced, the ballroom was super cramped and parking was ridiculously expensive, which cost 16 dollars! thank goodness darling got for me the complimentary parking coupon. phew~ 

most meaningful teachers' day card

hey mr tan!

happy teachers' day! thank you for all your efforts and time. 

most importantly for also recognising me for my art in dance with all the great great opportunities. 

you are the only teacher who was always there for me when i had troubles and problems. thank you for always being my listening ear and all the encouragements. 

i am very lucky and fortunate to have a teacher as wonderful and caring as you. :)

thank you so much for everything. i appreciate it alot! have a great day ahead! 

teachers' day 2014

my favourite presents this year are cupcakes baked by the students. 

this was baked by my form class student. 

and this was baked by five students from sec 4! 

the most cheeky present is:

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this was actually from my PE colleague, who is a male. hahahahahaha. 

in the morning was ACES Day, and i got a zumba instructor to lead the lower sec students for ACES Day. the zumba workout was physically INTENSIVE. but i really enjoyed myself doing the workout on stage. although after that i was damn shag. haha. 

here are some photos!

after the teachers' day lunch we had lasertag in sch! basically it is like a war game whereby we "kill" teachers using laser guns. very fun! 

and after lasertag was the yearly tradition at teo heng ktv, followed by dinner at a shabu shabu restaurant opposite 112 katong! 

happy teachers' day to all my teacher friends! continue to lead, care and inspire!