the last day at the temple

finally we are bumping in at Singapore Indoor Stadium tomorrow. 

today we had our final rehearsal at the temple, and the durian vs mango saga escalate to a whole new level. it all begin when xuehong flare up. everybody who knows xuehong should know how nice xuehong is, and when he flares up, something is very very very wrong. 

but anyway, i hope that tonight will be my last time stepping into that temple. i dun think i will ever be involved in their activities again once the production ends. 

i missed the durian days. let's recap them!

happy birthday!

another Water Repentance Sutra practise, the practise coincides with a performer's birthday, the performer forgoes the birthday celebration with her family members/friends, and comes for practise. the performer is none other than my ex student. :)

5 more days to the performance!!! 

my thoughts on PSLE 小六会不会考

supported my little sis for the above mentioned production held at National Museum of Singapore. she is the assistant director, lead actress as well as the scriptwriter! wow!

upon reaching the theatre, i was impressed by the stage and audience setup. the audience setup was in the form of secondary school classroom desks and chairs. on each desk there are worksheets (to give us a real feel of PSLE classroom setting), as well as a bottle of chicken essence for the audience to bring home! 

the production was of top standard, comprising of good acting, good storyline, magic tricks, as well as good use of technology that shows whatsapp conversations between parents in chatgroups. the conversations are so real, and i as an educator can really relate to it.

the climax of the production tugged my heartstrings and i teared. 

in conclusion, it is really a good show, and please watch it if you havent!!!

ktv with show choir kids

you know that there is a big generation gap between you and your kids, when they sing kpop songs, and know every single korean lyrics by heart, and also dance pretty well to these songs. 

*amazed*

西游记 - 大闹天宫

wednesday post

this is going to happen in a week. 

last weekend the taiwanese pple came down to check on our progress, and also gave us additional coaching. one of them is an actor from 三立电视台. apparently there was a small group of fans waiting for him at the airport. wow. 

this production has many ups and downs, and all the incidents that happened so far can be used to shoot a 20-episode drama serial. from this production, i learnt that COMMUNICATION is very important. for this case, communication was not done properly at the start. alot of freedom and creativity was given to the director and choreographer. so the director and choreographer made this production to become a durian tree. and when the taiwanese realised that it became a durian tree, they got a shock, and said that we should stick to their original mango tree. 

but the thing is, right at the start, nobody told us that we must grow mango tree. we spent months growing the durian tree, seeing the durians bear fruit. 

and hence during that weekend, all the actors/actresses/dancers went through intensive practises to convert ourselves from durian to mango. 

the whole process is very tedious, but through this ordeal, all of us got closer and more united. :)

saturday post

having afternoon tea with darling @ Flor Patisserie is ultimately bliss, and it blows away all my tiredness from the 6 hours of rehearsal. 

the cakes are really nice! thank you darling for recommending me this place. :)

tuesday post

i received two belated birthday presents. 

one of them was on 20 november. 

my new pink ic! no more nerdy geeky kiddy photo!


and the other one was yesterday, from my two colleagues, miss chen and miss chua!

i really love it! when i saw this cap worn by Haha in runningman, i really want to buy it. and then when i saw it in a marvel shop at malacca, i was thrilled, but the price (100 dollars!!!) totally turned me off, so i didn't buy. thank you miss chen and miss chua! :)

PSLE 小六会不会考

support my youngest sis!!! :)

dusty penjuru

we had a rehearsal at penjuru, an industrial area at the outskirts of west coast. 

the reason we went there is because we need to practise together with the drummers. upon reaching there, i appreciate that we practise at the hall at tzu chi, air-conditioned and clean. penjuru is dirty, stuffy and... DUSTY. 

dancing together with the drums is magnificent. the vibrant energy from the drummers and dancers combined together is simply breathtaking and awesome. 

however something happened over there. a few of the performers went into the lift, and unluckily the lift broke down. they were stuck inside for at least half an hour, and were feeling breathless and traumatised. my ex student was the most affected, and the moment the lift door was opened and they came out, she cried terribly and she was totally not in the condition to carry on with the rehearsal. 

if u ask me, i honestly think that the time taken for them to be rescued out of the lift is a bit too long, and this kind of standard is totally unacceptable. when i was trapped in the lift at darling's house, it just took 10 minutes for the maintenance guy to arrive and rescue me out. 

over there, there was no lift maintenance guy. instead we need two firemen to come and rescue them. i think the boss of penjuru need to do something about the lift breakdown SOP. zzz... 

Starlight Express

brought my show choir students to Marina Bay Sands to watch 'Starlight Express'. 

presenting to you the hunks! make a guess who are the students and who are the teachers?

for me, the show was ok ok only. hahaha. but the students love it, which i think that is the most important. :)

review of school life for 2013

yes!!! o levels is finally over! no more waking up at 5 am in the morning to go to tiong bahru to collect exam papers. and i have clocked my Chief Presiding Examiner tour at the age of 30. some of my invigilators were a bit surprised that i became a CPE with only 3.5 years of teaching experience, and even the principal of the school was surprised at how young i am.

ok now let's recap year 2013. :)

JANUARY

Singapore Book Of Records 2013 - Highest number of people doing cup stacking. This project is anchored by the PE Dept. GOH is mr baey yam keng.


FEBRUARY

CNY performance with the students from wushu and modern chinese dance. i got the feeling that this will be my last time choreographing a CNY item.

Commemorating Total Defence Day, by wearing our SAF/HTA uniforms.


MARCH

Mass Run, another big event organised by the PE Dept. beside me is one of my favourite dance students, audrey yong! she got 13th position in the B Girls category!


APRIL

my show choir performing for Speech Day. i was still having reservist and i obtained permission to "sneak" out of camp to watch them perform!


MAY

Sec 3 Overseas Camp @ kota tinggi. organised by the PE Dept again. i am the 2IC for this camp, as well as the kayaking expedition leader. next year's sec 3 camp i am "promoted" to become the Overall In-Charge. sian...


JUNE

hosting 'Show Choir Experience' at my workplace, in collaboration with Singapore Show Choir Academy (SSCA). SSCA invited 2 instructors from Los Angeles to conduct the show choir workshops. we have about 10 schools coming down for the 3 days of 'Show Choir Experience'. quite overwhelming, but is a great experience.


JULY

organising and coordinating PASSION 2013, the arts assembly for the whole school.


AUGUST

b-dazzled 2013, the biggest event that i am most looking forward to. the show choir trained really hard for this, and we bonded alot through all the practises.

and we achieved good results too! we got 'diamond' award (equivalent to syf certificate of distinction), as well as the 'most popular show choir' award.

show choir performed for geylang serai constituency national day dinner, and the GOH is mr goh chok tong.


SEPTEMBER

conducting mass dance for ACES Day.

thank you students and ex students for the teachers' day wishes and gifts! 

show choir chalet @ aloha loyang!

another important milestone for the workplace, because we are featured on the front page of straits times! as well as featured on 联合早报，and on the news on channel 5, channel 8, channel u, channel newsasia, channel suria. 


OCTOBER

Grad Nite, for the graduating students.

the flash mob on last day of school, choreographed by xuehong.


NOVEMBER

staff retreat held at serangoon gardens country club. i presented 'Niche for Creative Expressions' to the the staff. and at the end of the staff retreat, it was announced that robin #1 is leaving. actually i knew it 2 weeks ago, when robin #1 told me personally. a few days before the staff retreat, robin #2 called me, and said she want to tell me a secret, and i must not tell anybody. turned out that she wanted to tell me that robin #1 is leaving, and she thought of doing a special farewell performance for robin #1, and asked me for ideas. so we created a whatsapp group, invited all the KPs in, and discussed the details of the special performance in the whatsapp group. i even went to learn sign language from my ex-student for this special performance!

and to conclude this review, here are the comments from my hod. :)

It has been a successful year for Y_ _ _ y_ _. In the areas of teaching and co-curricular activities, he has shown great enthusiasm and commitment. Do continue with the high spirit in the creative expressions niche to promote it amongst both the students and the staff. Keep it up. 

Caring Teacher Award 2014

The Caring Teacher Award aims to pay tribute to teachers who show care and concern for the holistic development of their students, and go the extra mile to ensure their charges grow up to be confident and independent learners.