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SUPER UNGLAM. hahahahahahaha.

saturday post

saturday started with a 22 km run, that was flagged off at 7 am in the morning. the name of the run is Trail Seeker, and it is a challenging route that consist of river crossing, jungle bashing and obstacle clearing. halfway through the route i was cursing and swearing at myself for signing up for the run. hahaha. 

signed up for the run with my pe colleagues. it was them who psycho-ed me to sign up. hahahaha. they finished the run much earlier than me and still waited for me patiently at the finishing point. *touched*

after the run we went to the hawker centre opposite tjc for breakfast, and i quickly rush home to sleep because i am meeting darling in the afternoon for an excursion to Sea Aquarium!

the fishes together with the corals are too artistically pleasing to the eye. we really enjoyed ourselves at Sea Aquarium. :)

dinner was at Feast@East restaurant at Grand Mecure Roxy Singapore! we had a early birthday dinner because my little sis have rehearsals until 1 am on 11 november. 

the 3 siblings of the Tan family! dun you think the 3 of us are so good looking? hahahahaha. kudos to my dad and mum for the good genes!

goodbye mrs chan

robin #1 is leaving the workplace, after 17 years here, starting from a teacher, to the HOD of Art & Craft Department, and to the VP. 

she has been a wonderful mentor to me, and always one of the first few to acknowledge my hard work and contributions. 

she told me to be thankful that she will not be around to nag me anymore, but honestly speaking i never thought that she was naggy. LOL. 

all the best for your next VP tour in a particular school in woodlands, and hopefully i can join you in 2016! 

sunday post

right now i can only afford the time to update yytellmewhy once per week, because of my commitments as the o levels chief presiding examiner at a sec sch in the east. let's call the school juliet yankee. 

the experience has been great so far, and the students there are very well behaved. 

for example, to compare these students with the students from my workplace:

1) last year, after my students' papers were collected, and the invigilators were tallying their scripts, the students start to whisper among themselves. whereas the students from juliet yankee will keep quiet, and stare blankly in front, until all the scripts are being tallied and until i release them from the hall. 

2) last year, if my students forgot to bring their calculator/stationery/entry proof/nric into the hall, they will bua long long walk slowly out of the hall, and bua long long walk slowly back into the hall, like the whole world owes them a living. whereas the students from juliet yankee will speed out of the hall, and speed back into the hall with their stuff. 

and now, let's talk about the teachers at juliet yankee. 

firstly, on every exam day, one of the teachers will prepare hot milo and biscuits for the students. because some of the students will skip breakfast. 

and before the paper, the subject teachers will be with the students at the canteen, giving them last min revision and motivation. ok the teachers at my workplace also do that. 

but this is what impresses me. the teachers will go up with the students to the hall. and they will remain standing at the back of the hall for fifteen minutes. because the students have to be seated 15 min before the start of the paper. and once i announce the start of paper to the candidates, the teachers will then leave. that. is. really. IMPRESSIVE. 

two more weeks of o levels to go! the last paper is on 15 nov 2013. :) 

a trip to river safari

we got free tickets to river safari, thanks to darling's sister. 

quite an interesting place to go, but the tickets are a bit expensive... if you ask me, i will tell you honestly that i will give this place a miss if i have to buy my own ticket. :p

thank you darling's sister! :)

Happy 7th Anniversary

time really flies. we are together for 7 years! still going strong, and not going to be itchy. :)

last day of school

the last day of school is pure madness because i have to coordinate a flash mob in the morning. honestly i already feel super uneasy because xuehong is not around as he has to teach in another school. but thank goodness kenny and wilson are around and their strong presence (nothing to do with their size hahahahahaha) made me feel better. 

honestly speaking the flash mob was quite below par. and is because of human errors, and i am the main source of error. xuehong, i have disappointed you! :(

you know that it is a disaster, when batman came up to me, and told me:

"from the performance angle, the flash mob is quite bad. but for the first time that they are doing all this, is pretty remarkable already."

haiz... nvm we move on! we will be better! 

because of my chief presiding examiner duties, i have to leave school early to go collect the papers, and i was unable to personally give the result slips to my form class students. 

out of my 41 form class students, 37 of them get promoted to sec 2 normal academic, and 4 of them got promoted to sec 2 express. 

it warms my heart, when the top student of the form class, who is a studious boy, very quiet, always have a emotionless face, posted this on facebook:

"mr tan i will still be your student even though i am in express."

*eyes starting to tear*

saturday post

on friday night, after the o levels blog post, one of the invigilators sms-ed me, saying that he fractured his leg and will not be able to do invigilation for 3 weeks. 邪门 to the max... i will never hope for anything on my blog again. 

today there was practise at the temple, and we had a costume parade in the evening. 

i am the 假药贩. scene 26.2.

the boy beside beside me is my underling. the women beside the boy boy will be conned by me. they said i am super convincing as the conman. zzz...  

scene 31. i am the 负心汉, who has a pregnant wife and a mistress. i am sure you can tell from the picture who is the pregnant wife and who is the mistress. haha. 

thank you xuehong for taking the pics! 

after the costume parade xuehong helped to sew the cloth in different partitions in order to put the marbles into the different partitions at the end of the cloth. the marbles will give the cloth more weight so that the whole cloth will fall easily down from the rooftop and will not get stuck halfway. 

the sewing machine belonged to him and he lent it to the temple. when the temple staff came into the room and saw him sewing, they were all... (with all the adjectives that i can use):

1. SHOCKED

2. SURPRISED

3. AMAZED

4. IN AWE

5. STUNNED

as for me, i feel humbled. in front of me is a dancer/dance instructor/dance choreographer, who not only dances/teaches people to dance/choreograph items for students to dance, but also know how to sew costumes, know how to edit music, know how to do video projections, and able to influence everyone with his positive energy (and he is able to do many many many more things), positive to the extent that people sometimes take him for granted and causes him to 'lose faith in humanity'. 

he is my role model, and my inspiration, to become better. 

friday post

ready for the big day on monday! 

hope everything goes well...

thursday post

xuehong came to my workplace today to choreograph a flash mob for my kids.

we spent quite a long time teaching them how to run with the coloured cloth, under the cruel hot sun.

on the stairway to heaven~

even my hod came up to check out what's going on. hahahahahaha. 

woo hoo~~~ if the blue and red cloth fall in front of the "window" it will be perfect!

this one is worthy of a facebook profile pic!

i think my kids are damn lucky to work with xuehong, and they should feel damn honoured. 

xuehong FTW!!!

friday post

so many things had happened this few days. 

first is the photo of a dancer acquaintance that went viral on facebook. it all started with a harmless and artistic intention of doing a photoshoot for a dance performance (if i got my information correct). once the photo was uploaded on facebook, it attracted many comments, and unfortunately, most of the comments were totally uncalled for, made by shallow netizens. right now i can only say that i feel very sad for the dancer acquaintance. all of us hope that she will stay strong, and this incident will not burn away her passion for dance. 

secondly, i just got news that my last year's chief presiding examiner passed away in august, due to cancer. i was shocked at that very moment, because we worked very closely together during the o levels, and i always admire him for his dedication to the teaching service. shared the news with miss chua and robin #2, and they too were shocked... :(

darling said cannot put this photo on facebook because shallow netizen will say: 'school making teacher too stressed and he wanna commit suicide.' 

but anyway i was up there because xuehong wants to try something theatrical and special for an upcoming performance at the workplace. :)

long overdue pic

my wonderful colleagues. :)

pardon me for the lack of updates because i am super busy planning the invigilation schedule for the upcoming national examinations. 

i am the chief presiding examiner for this year. damn shag... hahahaha. 

Grad Nite 2013

in the morning, the graduating students learnt ballroom dancing, so that they can dance the ballroom routine during the grad nite. 

initially i was very worried that the students will not be receptive. i was afraid that some will refuse to dance, some will throw tantrums, some will scold vulgarities at the instructors, some will feel very awkward and dun dare to hold hands. 

but it actually turned out quite ok. i am super thankful to the instructors from rhythm n moves for doing a good job! not only they taught well, but they also help out in the pairing (especially my darling fat boy kenny seong), making sure that everybody has a partner. :)

this year's grad nite theme is "Be A Movie Star". 

cpt jack sparrow and angry bird. they are my school counsellors. super 用心 lor~

this two also win already. chucky and jedi warrior. 

i am ah boys to men! aloysius is peter parker the geek from spiderman. 

the students really made alot of effort to dress very well. totally dun look like 16 year old kids. 

we even got a photo booth for grad nite! it was a great hit! darling we can engage their services for our wedding! :)

teachers can be fun loving too!

the wonderful robins. where is batman? hahahahaha. 

and the finale of the grad nite is ballroom dancing. thank you mr derek seong for being such a wonderful host, getting everyone to the dance floor to dance. really appreciate the efforts of rhythm n moves trainers for making the ballroom dancing segment a success! :)

wakeboarding

went for wakeboarding at marina country club with the RnM pple. 

the saddest thing is that i cannot even stand up on the water. and i drank alot of seawater. yucks. 

我们出海了！ 

 getting ready... 

now you see me...

now you don't...

with the wakeboarding dancers. derek seong is not in the picture because he is the photographer.