weekend post

feeling very happy this weekend because i spent lots of quality time with darling.

on saturday afternoon we went to my colleague's church wedding. 

our outfits of the day! darling's dress and my shirt are bought in korea! the shirt fits me perfectly! thank you darling~

my personal views about the wedding:
1) very sweet and touching of the groom and bride to thank their parents
2) the buffet lunch is very nice! i think it is worth 30 dollars to 40 dollars per pax!
3) there were way too many students invited to the wedding. felt a bit uneasy to see so many of them, especially when darling was with me. somehow i could sense that they keep scrutinising her.

finally left the wedding and we went to 112 katong to watch Man Of Steel! 

gave darling a surprise by choosing gold class! our first time! but the surprise was spoilt when i went to the counter to collect the tickets early. 

the staff told me: gold class right? you have to go upstairs to collect your tickets.

and darling was standing right beside me. zzz... 

gold class was awesome! we love the self adjustable arm chairs that can go up and down by pressing a button located at the side of the armchair! super cool! each armchair has a blanket! but still we think that gold class is a bit overpriced. one year go once can already, to spoil ourselves. and the movie must be at least two hours! Man Of Steel was 2 hour 23 min. haha. 

on sunday we went to darling's relative house for her cousin's daughter baby shower. and we started to play with little children.

i think i am good in making children happy. hahahahaha.

the very very very happy couple. :)

3A gathering

had a gathering with my nie pe classmates. 

it is great to see them and talk cock with them, after so so so long.

funniest moment of the day was when Mel told us that there is a girl in her class whose name is, the most popular word this few days: HAZE. 

everybody just burst out laughing. hahahahaha. 

looking forward to the next gathering!

4E2 gathering

it is the gathering of my favourite form class again!

i was co-form teacher of 3E2 in 2010.

i was form teacher of 1E1 in 2011 and 2E1 in 2012.

i am now the form teacher of 1N2 in 2013. 

out of all my form classes, this class is still my favourite form class, and also favourite class, out of all the classes i have taught. i always look forward to gatherings with them! 

the gathering was supposed to be held at the workplace, but at 2 pm an announcement was made that the workplace closes at 430 pm, instead of the usual 630 pm, due to the irritating haze. 

so we quickly discuss over whatsapp on where is the alternative gathering place, and one of them offered his house, because he stays at a condo, and we can use the function room which is indoors and have air con! 

anyway let's recap the gatherings we had so far:

march 2012, at aloha loyang.

july 2012, at the workplace.

december 2012, also at the workplace.

today! very few pple compared to the previous gatherings because of the haze. hahaha. 

HKOTD

Hello Kitty Of The Day.

pictures to commemorate PSI 321!

wanna guess who they are? hahahahaha. 

batam trip 2013

went to batam in 2008 with my 2 army friends.

this was taken in 2008!

we wanted to take again this time but for one reason or another, we didnt. so i can only show you this:

we are so busy with our handphones because we only get free wireless in public areas such as the restaurants and the hotel lobby. 

things we did at batam:
1) 2 hour spa package at award winning tea tree spa for S$121.00

2) went shopping at nagoya hills shopping mall

3) went for 2 hour massage at Isabella Spa that is just outside nagoya hills shopping mall, for S$50.00. if you do 2 hour massage the Spa provide free transport to pick you up at your hotel, and also free transport to send you back to your hotel! aweome!

4) sing ktv at holiday inn! dun expect to have kpop songs, but still got chinese songs from our mandopop idols like jay chou and four heavenly kings! 

5) swim at the pool

6) work out at the gym

go batam also must buy their kueh lapis! batam is famous for delicious kueh lapis!

one for my family, one for darling's family! i am a loving finace! 

now PSI index is 290. zzz...

back from batam + POTD

the surprising thing is that batam is not as hazy compared to sg, even though batam is part of indonesia. possibly it is batam's geographical location?

without further ado, the Pic Of The Day:

the couple indicated that it is psi 172. now is psi 190! crazy...

monday post

finally able to enjoy the june holidays. 

going to batam today and coming back on wednesday! staying at holiday inn!

also stayed at holiday inn for the previous two times i went to batam. it is quite a nice place to chill.

i am not going to do any water sports. i just want to shut myself away from work, and relax all i want for the 3 days 2 nights. 

i will come back recharged and give out my 101% effort to the workplace for semester 2! :)

Field of Wonderland

some pics that i ka-pohed from colleague and student's facebook.

my previous boss. forever loves to be in the limelight. in case you forgotten, he has changed his portfolio from hod pe to hod pd. pd stands for pupil development. 

my station, 'Bombs Away'. touches my heart to see the students so deeply engrossed in preparing their ammunition for the water bomb game. 

wahhh so well prepared.

the best caption for this pic is: ALL HELL BREAK LOSE.

PE retreat @ Aloha Loyang Garden Bungalow

i have been at the workplace for 3 years, and this is the first time we have a retreat at a chalet.

this initiative was started by my new boss who just came into the workplace in jan. he felt that the staff morale in the workplace was a bit low, and wondered how come there is no gathering for all the staff to come together and relax and chit chat. so he asked me whether can we start as a dept first, and slowly reach out to all the staff in the workplace. he definitely asked the correct person because i am always the one everybody turn to when it comes to fun stuff. i take up xuehong's role in the workplace. :p

welcome to garden bungalow 3 - coucal! i book it at a corporate rate of 182 bucks. if normal public go and book it is around 320 dollars. 

dining room. we sat here to discuss about the future direction of the pe dept from 1030 pm to 12 midnight. zzz...

the 4 bedrooms! each bedroom is air conditioned, and has toilet! 2 bedrooms got queen size bed, the other 2 bedrooms got 2 single bed. altogether can have 8 pple staying overnight! in the end only me and aloysius stayed overnight in this large bungalow, and we only take one room, with 2 single beds. -.-'''

the kitchen that is very well equipped. got detergent, got sponge, got mugs, got frying wok, got knives and chopping board, got gas stove, got microwave. i prepared kimchi salmon here, and it is a great hit among my colleagues. taste absolutely delicious!

inside the kitchen also have a fridge and a powerful chiller to put ice or uncooked bbq meat.

the spacious living room. with lcd tv! oh yah, free wireless is provided too! :)

super big courtyard for us to bbq food and sit at the table to eat the bbq food.

our other colleagues arrive with the PS3! winning eleven tournament among us!

my hod! haha. awesome person who really cares our welfare alot. keep treating us food. 

time to start the fire! while the rest are happily playing winning eleven, i start all this on my own! actually i am pretty good in starting fire for bbq. the awesome thing about this place is that there is a spotlight shining at the bbq fit, so you can see whether the food is cooked or not.

is my turn to play! i am always very excited and vocal when playing, and shout alot, until my colleague's children cannot stand me. hahahahahahaha.

ok this comes to an end for the PE retreat. hope that the rest of the staff will be receptive to this retreat when my hod wants to have this again in term 3 for all the CCA teachers.

now getting ready to meet my PE classmates, KC and zhenhong, for dinner! our half yearly gathering. if you forgot who they are, both of them went with me to taiwan in June 2009! 

thursday post

week 2 of june holidays is going to be over.

yesterday night had supper with xuehong and nzj. xuehong got me a bottle of sexually explicit sweets from hokkaido, which i think is not appropriate to show the picture here. hahahahaha. 

today we have pe dept bonding at a chalet at aloha loyang! going to eat bbq food for dinner and play winning eleven overnight. 

tomorrow the workplace is organising a day of fun for the graduating students, and i am one of the station masters. the event is called 'Wonderland'. i think this is an awesome initiative, but not all teachers and students will appreciate it. some teachers may think it is a 'wayang' event, and some students think that it is pointless to go to school to play and they rather sleep at home after two weeks of remedial in school. 

oh well, just hope that the students really understand the pain that some teachers went through in making this event happen, and hope that they appreciate these teachers. dun need to appreciate me because i am just being roped in last minute to help out.

and lastly, i am being selected as a cast to perform for a major performance at singapore indoor stadium! finally my wish of performing at singapore indoor stadium is coming true! thank you xuehong for this wonderful opportunity!!!

b-dazzled

B-Dazzled, Show Choir Festival 2013, will be held on 21 July, 330 pm at NUS UCC Hall. 

my workplace is taking part in B-Dazzled. i am very happy and excited to bring them there because nus ucc hall is my home ground!!! i have performed there many times, since 2007 until now. 

today i also hung the publicity banner with the help of my ex president and ex vice president of show choir.

this girl is my student! she is in sec 2 now. 

hope that my show choir can do well in B-Dazzled. :)

POTD

these human boards were prepared because my workplace participated in a roadshow (yes you did not read it wrongly) that was held in a pri sch in the east, to attract the pri 6 kids to choose my workplace after their PSLE. 

upon seeing these boards, the first question i ask myself is, how come i am not being chosen as one of the human boards?

even some colleagues came to ask me why they didnt see me among the human boards. 

and one day i happen to see robin #1 looking at these human boards, so i went up to her.

Me: Mrs Chan ah, how come dun have me ah?

Mrs Chan: Because we know that Mr T_ _  Y_ _ _ y _ n is too dynamic and too vibrant, just a 2-dimensional human board alone is not enough to do him justice. We at least need to have a video projection. 

i really have to admire her for being so diplomatic and being so witty with her answers, all the time. kudos to robin #1! 

but, if i assume correctly, these pictures were taken when i was away for reservist. hence i am not inside. if not i would have been inside. hahahahahaha. 

Show Choir Experience

this week, monday to thursday, my workplace is the official venue for Show Choir Experience, a 4-days show choir workshop organised by Singapore Show Choir Academy. 7 schools attended this workshop, and my workplace is one of the schools.

Singapore Show Choir Academy invited Brendan Jennings and Jennifer Oundjian from Powerhouse Show Choir, Los Angeles, to conduct the workshop.

this 4 days i have been running around, making sure all venues and logistics are prepared, making phone calls here and there to do lots of coordination, and typing lots of whatsapp messages. 

thank goodness due to my past experience as the O Levels Presiding Examiner and as CSM during reservist, i am used to all these and everything seems pretty much manageable. :)

the perks of hosting this workshop is that i get to meet Meryl, one of the Final 1 finalists, who was also one of the instructors to conduct the workshop. she is really pretty! i also get to meet Asher Su, also one of the instructors. he conducted the Dramatization workshop, whereby drama skills are essential in show choir, because you need strong expressions to connect with the audience. this is especially so for my show choir kids, because they are performing 'At The End Of The Day', whereby lots of acting is required as it is a powerful song with powerful lyrics.

if you dunno who is asher su, here he is:

the guy wearing the cap is asher su! 

the other pics:

group photo with the different schools, on the last day. this photo is not representative of the attendance, because some schools choose to go back early on the last day. the highest number of participants visiting my workplace for the workshop is 177!!!

brendan jennings and jennifer oundjian with my kids! my kids really learnt alot from them. :)

sunday post

this morning i went to the temple to 拜拜 my late grandfather. 

so while waiting for the rest of the relatives to come, i started talking to my two young mischievous cousins. they love to "ji siao" darling by making funny comments on her facebook pics. 

here goes our conservation.

Justin: Repeat everything that I say.

Me: Ok.

Justin: The sky is blue.

Me: The sky is blue.

Justin: The sky is very blue.

Me: The sky is very blue.

Justin: The sky is very very blue.

Me: The sky is very very blue. 

Justin: The sky is very very very blue.

Me: The sky is very very very blue.

Justin: What is the colour of the sky?

Me: (hesitating for a while) Blue lor. 

Justin: You should say 'What is the colour of the sky'.

the improvement

when i first saw the workplace's chinese dance performance in 2010, i felt that they have lots of room of improvement. what caught my attention, in a wrong manner, is that they are really lacking in facial expressions. 

in 2011 and 2012, under mr bai and miss zhao's tutelage, they have improved significantly.

2013 and beyond, they will definitely improve further, and get back the certificate of distinction in 2015. :)

POTD

jurassic park theme FTW!!!

back from kota tinggi

what i like most about going to overseas camp is that i can just fully focus on matters that are happening during the camp. i can shut off my mind from things happening in school. my school colleagues are also unable to reach me because there is no reception at the campsite. 

another good thing is that i get to know the teachers better and have a good bonding session with all of them for the 3 days. the teachers' morale are very high during the camp and they enjoyed it, and they will love to go again next year. but probably most of them will not because they will follow up with their classes to sec 4. 

and the school is very kind to give all the students and teachers who went for camp a day off for today. woo hoo!

but still i need to go back to school in the late afternoon for show choir cca practise. 

at least it feels good to wake up late this morning and do my stuff at the comfort of my own home. :)

sunday post

my agassi... (not andre agassi the tennis player hor. is the korean agassi, which dr jin calls lady yeong rae. agassi means young lady.)

darling is enjoying her trip in korea, while i will go for an overseas camp with the sec 3 students at kota tinggi tomorrow for 3D2N. hope everything goes well during the camp!

POTD

hw will like this...

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they call it the giraffe's kuku bird.

*kwang soo's theme song playing in the background*