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*

beautiful photo collages

all made by jingwen! *clap clap clap*

jw's birthday celebration round #4

round #4 was at five and dime, a cosy little restaurant at river valley road. 

we were seated at a ping pong table, decorated with enid blyton and bookworm books. i love the childhood nostalgia setting! :)

miss oh, hope you enjoyed your birthday celebrations!

on another note, darling is flying off to korea tonight!

have a good trip! enjoy yourself tremendously at korea! 

i miss watching iris II and dr jin. :p

jw's birthday celebrations

we celebrated jw's birthday by indulging in delicious sinful food, chilling in a 5-star hotel room and playing taiwan-variety-styled games. 

celebration round #1, at guan hoe soon restaurant at joo chiat. guan hoe soon serves awesome nyonya cuisine. 

the disappointing 招牌烧肉 that doesnt taste anything that is worthy of its "招牌" title. QOTD from NZJ:"招牌 means the food is given different treatment compared to the normal ones from the market, but is not necessary to taste nicer than the normal ones from the market."

the fish is really good! i can just eat the white rice with the gravy alone.

wonderful spread!

group photo! nzj was late... :(

five of us shared this small bowl of chendol. 

celebration round #2, at cheesecake cafe. i have been there many times. brought darling there a few times. it was the first time for nzj, grace and jw. glad that they love the place! :)

wassup with nzj's expression.

the cheesecakes really look beautiful!!! strawberry oreo is always my all time favourite. 

celebration round #3, at marina bay sands. we played charades, in taiwanese variety style, explained by our games host, miss gorgeous grace. the outfit she wore totally suits her role as the game host.

we are so serious. our games host also prepared the game very well, bringing cue cards and blue tac. her determination is second to none. 

thank you xuehong for the dim sum supper!

and we welcome back the candle app, thanks to the wonders of technology. hahahahaha.

awesome friends, awesome company!!!