Teacher's Day 2017

this week is a lovely week for all teachers, as well as students. 

1st september (fri) is hari raya haji. hence teacher's day holiday is on 31st august (thur). and teacher's day celebration is on 30th august (wed). which means it is a very short week! woo hoo!! 

it started off with aces day. in my current workplace, aces day is a big thing. very big credit goes to miss nuriah, who has been the choreographer for 7 years, and every year is almost 100% of the whole school will dance, including teachers and the vice-principals and principal. i know because i personally saw the principal and vice-principal dancing. 

on the makeshift stage that is made of canteen tables, together with the sec 4 and 5 dance leaders. the dance leaders have to go through an audition by miss nuriah in order to get selected. out of these dance leaders 4 of them are from dance club. :p

a group photo with the pe dept after a successful aces day! pardon that white rubbish on the right. hahahahaha. 

after aces day the teachers will go back to their classes for class party. we are only given one hour for class party, and during the class party we have to give out report books and that takes up about 25 minutes. :(

but anyway, myself and my partner FT are very touched by our form class efforts. the moment both of us stepped into the class they sprayed confetti at us. hahahaha. they prepared a gigantic card for each of us, with all the teacher's day wishes by every student in the card. so touched sia~ 

thank you for doing my trademark pose! hahahahaha. 

the 4E1 ladies

as well as the 4E1 gentleman. and so coincidental that me and my partner FT wore the same colour combi shirt. :)

after the class party was teacher's day concert, put up by the students, a band that consists of teachers, as well as a dance performance by the parent support group. kudos to the parents who actually come back to school on saturdays to choreo the dance steps and practise the dance! and they really look synchro on stage. i am impressed. this year's parent support group is super strong. they made gifts for teachers. and during night study, they came down to distribute oreo biscuits, as well as made bookmarks for every student to encourage them to study hard. so much effort. i really applaud them. 

with the wushu team! the balloon sculpture in front was also prepared by the parents. 

another photo with 4E1. :)


let me share with you some of the presents/cards that i received! 

handbaked cookies by my colleague who always wish me good morning when she walk past my table. :)

this is from my science HOD. so personalised! i love it! 

the other science teachers in the department. he really tried to match every teacher with their hobby/cca. i am impressed by his sincerity. 

and this is the most creative card that i received for this year. she is a very good student who got very good results. she will definitely be one of the top students. not only can study, can draw very well too. so talented. thank you so much for the card, i really like it alot. 


after that i went back to the previous workplace to play soccer with my ex colleagues. so happy to go back again, and so happy to see them again. 

what makes me even happier is that i saw my form class students when i was their form teacher when they were in sec 1 and 2. now they are already in sec 4. time really flies. 

happy teacher's day to all my friends and colleagues! 

Teacher's Day Dinner

this year's teacher's day dinner was at red velvet restaurant @ village hotel bugis. 

the theme is "When I was 15". all teachers have to dress up as an occupation that we dreamt of when we were 15 years old. dress up as teachers is not allowed. hahaha. 

15 table decoration done by the SWC teachers. the president of the SWC is a art teacher. 

the lucky draw table. this school's lucky draw prizes for teacher's day dinner are really very good. last year's top prize is a LCD smart TV worth $1000. this year's top prize is a one night staycation at MBS with breakfast included. 

my pe colleague, miss nuriah. she is such a fabulous emcee. i laughed until my stomach super pain whenever she crack jokes at the teachers. btw can you guess what she is dressed as? 

kudos to the SWC team! 

and let the party begin! 

with my partner FT, Mr Ray Chua. he is exactly 10 years older than me. btw my dream occupation when i was 15 years old is to become a wushu actor, so here i am as an Asian jedi warrior. 

check this out. victoria's secret model (because of the wings behind), surgeon (i dunno where he get that green suit from), and chef (she rent that whole costume for 50 dollars! #effort)

and there is a segment where teachers have to guess who the teachers are when photos of them at 15 years old were shown. nobody can guess that's me. hahahahahaha. i love the shock on their faces when it was revealed that the person is me hahahahaha. 

a picture with mrs jocelyn tan and miss cheris tan. worked with them when i was in dance club as both of them are the dance club teachers in-charge. we clicked right from the start and can talk cock about any random thing. mrs jocelyn tan is of same age as me, and is already a mother of 2 daughters. miss cheris tan is 5 years younger than me and will be getting married in october this year, and i also know his husband-to-be from the camps that i organised when i was back at tpss, as he is one of the camp instructors. talk about small world! 

thank you ADSS for the wonderful evening! :)

monday post

many updates to share with everyone. 

two weeks ago, darling, myself and yuanze fell sick. yuanze had fever and at one point in time his temperature went up to 39 degrees celsius.  it was a testing period for the three of us. thank goodness all 3 of us have recovered. 

i have also been transferred to the wushu cca from dance cca, because the wushu teacher in charge had resigned, and because of my experience in wushu, i am seen as a suitable candidate by the school to take over wushu. and so yes, i am back to my roots. this wushu team that i am inheriting is stronger than the one at the previous workplace. however what is lacking is the character and attitude an wushu exponent should have. during my time when i was learning wushu as a student, my coach keep educating us on the importance of martial code of conduct (武德). therefore i shall carry on educating my students on the importance of 武德, as their teacher in charge. and this weekend i will be bringing them to the wushu nationals. omg just take over only must bring students for competition liao... 

last saturday my nuscd friends, yoke kay, huang leng and weiyi came over to woodlands to play with yuanze. ok lah not considered for huang leng because she also stays at woodlands. hahahaha. yuanze really likes them alot because he is more expressive than usual, especially in front of 3 unfamiliar people. probably because they are young ladies? hahahahaha. and i really cant believe that the 3 of them are already in year 4. come to think of it, when i first performed with them it was in jan 2015 when they were still in year 1. 2 years have passed and ta daaaa they are in year 4. 

thank you to the 3 ladies for ordering so much delicious food! :)

and the next day, i went for army half marathon, and i ran 10 km, instead of the usual 21 km. even if it was running 10 km, i also nearly died. i realise how much my fitness have dropped. i only started running last week. first i started off with 3.8 km last monday, finishing the run in 24 min 50 seconds. then i ran 3.8 km again last wednesday, finishing the run in 24 min 15 seconds. and last friday i ran 6 km, finising the run in 37 minutes. 

yesterday morning i finished the run in about 1 hour 5 minutes. that is like 6 min 30 seconds for every 1 km. thankful for completing the run!! 

memories of the past; dreams of the future

went to ucc this evening to watch the nuscd 40th anniversary performance. 

i joined nuscd in 2007, and so this is my 10th year anniversary. hahahaha. this time round i didnt dance in this performance even though i really wanted to. right now my family is my priority. maybe will go back and dance again when yuanze gets bigger. and that is if nuscd still wants me. :p

i love the opening item. i love the happy birthday song as the music. and today is coincidentally nzj's birthday. machiam like everyone inside ucc hall is wishing him happy birthday. and so coincidentally he is placed right in the centre of the stage. :)

i love 苗族 also. feel so happy to see ah liang and nzj dance together on stage. weiyi also did an exceptional job as well. her smile was so radiant. she has improved alot since i first saw her in Senses 2015, where she was in the same item as me. 

i also like 镜水月, 长江恋歌 and 乐舞. saw these items during the 2013 production, when i was also one of the dancers. now i see this 3 items again as a member of the audience, the feel is totally different. all 3 items are beautiful in their own way, and really must applaud the choreographers' effort, as well as the dancers' calibre in bringing out the essence of the dance. mike's duet with jiemin is so nice to watch. and mike is the symbol of longevity on stage. he is my role model and my inspiration. 

watching 极 gave me memories of the mauritius trip in 2009, where i performed this item to the chinese community in mauritius. i remembered i was the only one who dunno this dance and i had to learn it from scratch. and i nearly died. be it learning the steps and performing on stage. really wanna thank xuehong for patiently teaching me all the steps. i really love dancing in this item and i love the costume. although at that time i was already a bit plump and that costume exposed part of my tummy. hahahaha. 

and finally, watching 家园 made me tear. this dance is really iconic. this is my first dance that i danced for nuscd, when i first joined nuscd in 2007. and i performed this dance again in the dance production in 2008, A Chasse Across Time. and i performed this dance a few times at buddha tooth temple. and in 2009 i performed this dance again at mauritius. everyone was saying that this is the dance whereby all of us close our eyes also can dance properly and correctly. hahahahaha. 

thank you nuscd for the 10 years of memories. i really did not regret joining nuscd. joining nuscd shaped a big part of my life. 

oh yah i forgot to mention the video. when i saw this woman with long hair wearing nuscd tshirt, i thought it was DLS. then later on i realise she was mummy (jiepei). hahahahahaha. but yah lah, mummy is the only one in nuscd right now who can bring out the mother character. :p

happy 40th birthday, NUSCD. 

Baby Space

brought yuanze to baby space, which is at goodman arts centre. a big thank you to my little sis for recommending us to go. yuanze really enjoyed himself over there. :)

more information about baby space: 

Families with children ages 12 and below, who are keen to enjoy art together, can now do so at Singapore’s newest multi-disciplinary arts play space for children at Goodman Arts Centre.

Launched on Jul 7 in conjunction with the Tanjong Goodman Open House held over the weekend, The Artground comprises four accessible arts play spaces where the young are encouraged to develop a sense of curiosity and self-expression.

Developed by The Ground Co Limited in collaboration with the National Arts Council (NAC), it has a garden area, a white box space, and a stage for babies. Except for certain programmes that require tickets, admission to the play space is free, with a selection of indoor and outdoor activities that include gardening workshops, storytelling and music programmes.

“We aim to facilitate learning through play and empower children to express themselves in multiple ways. We are driven by our vision ‘to let art do what art does’ – to provide experiences that keep our children thinking, questioning, exploring, appreciating and discovering through art,” said Luanne Poh, director of The Ground Co Limited.


A current highlight happening at The Artground is “Baby Space”, a multi-sensory installation designed for babies 16 months and below. The arts space also includes a Baby Stage which features walkways and slopes with a slight incline to motivate crawling toddlers to start walking.


Read more at http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/lifestyle/the-artground-singapore-s-newest-arts-space-for-children-opens-9012274

photo credits: darling and ellison tan yuyang (my little sis)

a baby + one care giver to go into the baby space will cost 18 dollars. if the other care giver wants to go in, it depends on the number of adults inside the space, as the space is quite small and too many adults inside may spoil the experience for the babies. 

i highly recommend parents to bring their babies (6 months to 16 months if i remember correctly)to go for baby space! 

darling went in with yuanze first, and later on she came out because she forgot to bring her hp in to take pics. when i saw her i was amazed. because yuanze is left alone inside the baby space. if is at other places and he realised we are not with him, he will make noise. but he didnt. this shows that he is enjoying himself and he was ok with darling not being with him for a while. :)

Racial Harmony Day 2017

my first time commemorating Racial Harmony Day with the workplace. missed it last year because i was away for reservist. 

this year i am the form teacher of a graduating class. and i only joined the class this year. so i asked my partner FT, who was with them since last year, whether the whole class is sporting enough to wear ethnic costumes. my partner FT said last year only very few people wore, and he said i can try asking. 

so i asked the class, and if they are willing to wear, but no costumes, i can go and source the costumes for them. and to my surprise, the whole class is willing to wear! so i contact my trustworthy costume supplier, bin gege from xin yi dance troupe, and he gave his consent. i am really very thankful to xin yi dance troupe, who had helped me alot this year. firstly they loaned me costumes for the performance that i choreographed. and now they loan me 20 sets of costumes for my students to wear. i am touched beyond words, and thankful for the close friendship that we have. not like some other dance troupe that.... ok nvm. 

without further ado, the pics! 

my form class, 4E1. :)

took another photo at the flag pole. 

the president of band, who is wearing my wushu costume. 

this boy is the school's 校草 . hahahaha. very nice boy, very hardworking and very self-driven to do his best in achieving his goals. 

the ladies from the pe dept! 

my class secretary

my class vice-chairperson

the president of student council

and last but not least, my partner FT! :)