and the annual work review is here. let's recap the memories of a happening 2014.
January
i met 1T1 for the first time, on 2 Jan 2014. my first time being a form teacher of a normal tech class. my colleagues were telling me this was a match made in heaven. hahahaha. this pic was taken at the end of the sec 1 orientation camp.
February
the CNY month, and it is an annual affair for the chinese dancers to perform for CNY lunch organised by the community. i went to sch on sunday just to support them.
March
signature event in March was the Fiesta, whereby all the classes set up stalls to raise funds for the needy. the Fiesta also has fringe events such as sports telematch, performances, dance battle and talent competition. here i am explaining the judging criteria to the 3 honourable judges, mr john khoo from sg show choir academy and my 2 VPs.
April
the workplace's 28th speech day. this is my 3rd time being involved in the speech day celebrations. no thanks to my portfolio as the head of performing arts in the workplace.
after being the overall in-charge of numerous performances, finally i am the overall in-charge of a sports event! this was Mass Run, held at pasir ris park. i really put in alot of effort in planning this, and i want to thank my PE dept for being so supportive. and this was the first time i saw the power of the gopro, thanks to aloysius (the one holding the selfie stick). and i told myself i must purchase it!
May
bringing my wonderful show choir to esplanade to perform! this performance was the last one for my sec 4&5 students. will definitely miss them when they step down.
and of course must organise a farewell party for the sec 4&5 students, who really contributed alot to the CCA.
yessss i am overall in-charge of a PE event again! this was Sec 3 Adventure Camp. in order to have a good camp, you must have a good vendor to run the camp. i am glad to work with Adventure Plus who has wonderful staff and instructors, and they made sure the whole camp was run smoothly, and both staff and students enjoyed the camp. one of the benefits of being the camp commandant is that i get to choose the colour of the camp tshirt. and hence in front of you, a sea of pink!
June
cohort bonding for the sec 4&5 students. a platform for them to let out their stress after all the june holiday remedials. i was particularly close to this batch because i was their form teacher when they were in sec one and sec two. 我看着他们长大。
July
B-dazzled 2014, the signature event for my show choir. our concept this year was doctors vs mad patients, singing the songs Monster and SOS. our dance was good, but vocals was bad, but thank goodness we still got the Diamond Award (equivalent to syf distinction) and Outstanding Choreography Award. really must thank our instructors deniece and safy for bringing all of us to where we are. anyway this pic was taken in the dressing room of me giving a pep talk to them before they go up on stage to perform.
racial harmony day 2014! i became the most 心机重 teacher by wearing the 清男 costume, which of course attracted lots of attention. and hence i won the best dressed staff. and the fatty bomb bomb beside me won the best dressed upper sec student. hahahahaha. ip man melayu was awesome too! he went to rent the 马褂 at a ethnic costumes shop that was run by my student's mum.
right after b-dazzled is the workplace's signature arts event, a platform for all the performing arts CCAs to showcase their performance. the backdrop look nice isn't it! (i design one hahahahahaha)
August
organised a celebration party for my show choir students, for the hard work they put in during b-dazzled. the lady in white is deniece the vocals instructor and the lady in blue is safy the dance instructor.
national day celebrations! that's why we are in red and white.
a proud moment for me, whereby i was chosen by the workplace to go to istana for the teachers' day reception. toilet selfie taken inside the istana. :)
September
teachers' day celebration! the pe dept always have to work on teachers' day, because it is also ACES Day. this year we did zumba, and it was a great intensive workout. thank goodness i don't need to lead the students, because i got ivan from RnM to lead the students, and kenny to encourage the students. both of them did a great job. i just do the zumba happily on stage. hahahaha.
October
why did i start playing netball?? it all started because our pe colleague wanna start a netball team to take part in competition, and so here we are. our first match playing together as a team was against the alumni netballers.
i was voted by the students as Mr Sporting. thank you for the votes!
November
our wonderful staff team, unveiling our new staff kit! november is the period where we can have a bit more time to play football matches. i must say that we are quite strong as a staff team! we played around 10 matches this year and we only lost twice. kudos to our football wonderkid aloysius, who always carried the team forward, encouraging us throughout the whole game. he is the incredible hulk on the field, with beast mode on. he once told me the football pitch is his stage to perform, so he will go all out.
and finally, grad nite 2014, the event that concludes the whole of 2014. beside me is miss hafizah, who was supposed to go with me to hong kong, but the trip got cancelled, all thanks to the riots. the lady in white is miss chua, a very good friend of mine in the workplace.
i also will like to share with everyone that i won the Outstanding Contribution Award this year, for my efforts in building a creative and expressive arts culture in the workplace.
with that, let's look forward to a meaningful 2015, which will most probably be my last year in the workplace. on my last day at the workplace, i will kneel down in the middle of the parade square, stare up at the sch logo, and cry.
