nice movie! both darling and i teared. :p [spoiler alert] 言承旭 appearing at the last part of the movie was really a surprise! and the theme song (sung by hebe) is now ringing in my head.
the car that we chose is hyundai elantra, and the colour is fiery red.
the new car arrived yesterday. :)
dad's colleague knows the assistant sales manager working at hyundai, and the colleague even gave her a phone call to ask her to give me a good price. the price is good. i am happy with it.
for those who want to buy cars from hyundai, i will refer you to her, and she will give you a good discount too!
darling and i paid 50% of the price on our own first. the remaining 50% we borrowed from my dad. if we take bank loan, the interest is ridiculous. i rather pay interest to my dad compared to pay interest to the bank. but i know my dad will refuse to take the interest from me. he even said he will pay for the remaining and no need to pay him back. but cannot lah of course we will pay him back. thank you dad! love you~
i think my life is almost complete. got 妻子，屋子，车子。now what's missing is 孩子. hahahahahaha.
a farewell message from ian, who graduated last year, and he was the AVA president.
Hi Mr Tan, I heard that you are leaving TPSS already.. I like to thank you not only for believing in the AVA, but also for giving us an opportunity to serve and lead. If not for the performing arts, we would have no job. You have inspired many students and made TPSS notable for it's performing arts. When I think back about TPSS, the thing that makes me identify with the school is the performing arts! So, I wish you all the best in your future endeavours and continue to inspire! on a side note, my parents and sister are back from their spain & portugal trip! :)
i have survived the second week of o levels. every morning i will wake up at 5 am and leave house at 545 am, so that we can reach SEAB early to collect the papers. thank goodness my PE drives and he is a really great guy. we work very well together. :) we will reach at about 605 am. the collection time is from 6 am to 7 am. we rather reach there early and go to the school early to prepare for the exam. and singapore's traffic is too unpredicatable. you kenna an accident on the expressway and that's it for you already. hence i appreciate weekends, when i can wake up at any time that i want. this morning i woke up at 730 am and went back to sleep again, and woke up at 9 am. such bliss. i am having dance practises on tuesday, thursday, friday and sunday every week. tuesday is for nuscd, and the performance is in march 2016. the thursday, fri and sunday practises are for Xin Yi Dance Troupe. Xin Yi Dance Troupe will be putting up its chinese dance production on 20 Dec 2015 at golden mile theatre. there's 2 segments, one choreographed by Bai Laoshi and the other one choreographed by xuehong. i am dancing in both segments! #shaggg the fun thing is that i will be flying to japan with darling for our honeymoon, and will only be back on 18 dec. 19 dec is bump in and rehearsal at the theatre. 20 dec is actual performance! damn high sia~ hahahahaha. i just received the posting letter from the ministry. my first day of reporting to the new workplace will be on 4 jan 2016. actually i have already spoke to the pe hod of the new workplace through email and whatsapp. i am really very excited to join the new workplace and i am ready to embrace the new challenges! it is good to have a change because right now i feel more and more unattached to the current workplace. i am really on the 'ORD' mood already and i have shut myself off from alot of things. to put it simply, whatever i can siam, i will siam. whatever i can taiji away, i will taiji away. before the o levels period, i was really very angry that i was appointed as the chief presiding examiner. the VP kept explaining to me that she cant find anyone else to do and asked me to do it again (i did it in 2013). but now i count my lucky stars because i have this official reason to siam alot of stuff. if i stay in school during the o levels period, god knows what kind of duties or sai gang will the school ask me to do before i leave. 'Everything happens for a reason'. now i believe in this quote.
it is the last day of school for the sec one and two students. the sec 3 students still need to come back to school next week for their consolidation programme, which is basically giving them extra lessons to prepare them for sec 4. i went to the hall early in the morning to take a look at the dancers' practise. they are doing a flash mob for batman's farewell assembly later. the chinese dancers looked at me with a tinge of sadness when i reached the hall. after the practise they asked me to take photos with them. :)
chinese dance in singapore schools are dying. more and more schools are into street dance and hip hop as these are the genres that teenagers like. for me, chinese dance do has its 'wow' effect, as it showcases our values, traditions, heritage and culture through dance. so whenever i am still around, i will always give Chinese Dance the platform that they truly deserve. honestly once i am gone, i worry for them... :'( i also gathered my turais house comm members to take a group photo with me.
asked all of them to wear the turais house tee but two of them still wore pink and that cute malay boy wore the polaris house tee. polaris is the arch rival of turais. this year they got champion house again, and we got 2nd place. hahahahahaha. all the best to all tampinesians! see you all next time! (although i also dunno when is the next time) 不能和你 say goodbye, 我怕走不开 珍重是最难下咽的对白
see the bright green lanyard that i am wearing? i am chosen as the chief presiding examiner again for the o levels. sigh... luckily i did this before in 2013, and at that time i was quite afraid and stressed. now i am much more chill and of course more experienced. :) the last o level paper will be on 13 nov! after that i will commit all my time to wedding preparations, honeymoon planning and house renovation. busy, but very fulfilling. i like it!!!
darling's meimei won a 2 night stay at rws hard rock hotel from a best denki lucky draw. (so lucky rightttt omg) i went over this morning to join them!
first a selfie in front of the USS icon. hahahahaha.
helloooo niece!!!
after that darling and i brought XX to adventure cove. because the meimei also have 2 free admission tickets to adventure cove. XX's mum didnt wanna go to adventure cove, so the heavy responsibility lies on the two of us. damn stressed to bring a 2 year old kid to a water park, but thank goodness she enjoyed herself alot! and we thought that XX was super tired after adventure cove because both of us were super tired. but she still had the energy to go to the sea aquarium, while both of us fell asleep right after lunch. hahahaha. and this was our lunch! awesome delicious food!
the niece having her gopro moment. hahahaha. great enjoyable day. :)
the day is here! #111015 first let me show you a present that my little sis gave it to me.
it is cuff links from shanghai tang! and she wrote a card for me: dear korkor, this is your engagement, birthday, wedding present all rolled into one (because it costs so... ... much.) i wanted to get you this because cuff links symbolise a transition into a man (she DOUBLE underline the man). also because this brand and its philosophy is very traditional and cheena... like you! thank you for being a wonderful brother. you are an inspiration to me, especially with regards to the passion you have in dance and education. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- the solemnisation was held at marriott hotel wan hao chinese restaurant. thanks to my mum's connections, we are able to get a very nice room in the restaurant for the solemnisation to take place. and we also get a 35% discount for dining there. our solemniser is Ms Jennifer Lim! please get her if you need a solemniser! very nice lady and got a good sense of humour. :)
we are now lawfully known as Mr and Mrs Tan! a big thank you to all our friends and relatives for the wishes and blessings on social media. :)
yesterday evening we went to the gown warehouse to select the groom suit and darling's bridal gown, evening gown and "kua" (red dress for tea ceremony). some sneak peeks for you all! :D
this evening we are getting solemnised at marriott hotel! stay tuned for pics!
yesterday night i announced my farewell on instagram. the comments left by the students are overwhelming and encouraging. from their comments, i think i made a positive impact on them, and i left behind a legacy. sharing with everyone some of their comments: i got no more master after this. cher why? sigh 2T1 will miss a fighter teacher. omg mr tan yy why?!?! who's gonna take over the arts scene in tpss? we going to miss the one and only amazing mr tan... cher i no motivation to go sch already. (got so 夸张 a not?!) waaaaa gonna miss you! why you move so far... gonna miss you house master. :( will miss seeing all your signature pose and what not mr tan. all the best!!! cher take care over there. come visit us alsoooo!!! will miss you. sorry for skipping your pe lesson once hahahaaha. anyways will miss you!!! you are such a good floorball teacher. dun leave lei. may you be blessed forever!!!!!!! good luck mr tan, my best form teacher, will always remember you. thanks for being a great house master. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ i will miss all of you too. :) 'Goodbyes are not forever. Goodbyes are not the end. They simply mean I will forever miss you, until we meet again.'
it is official. batman is leaving, after 6 years of dedication and service to the workplace as the principal.
Personally, I want to thank him for recognising my passion and
talent in the performing arts:
1) Choosing me to be the Artistic Director for B2B Concert in
2011
2)Putting me as the Show Choir Teacher In-Charge from 2012
until now, and always coming to support each B-Dazzled event
every year as well as SYF this year. And also giving me feedback
on how show choir has done.
3)Nominating me to be Outstanding Youth Educator in 2013
andSingapore Youth Ambassador in 2014 (even though I didn't
win but I am already very honoured and proud to get nominated)
4) Appreciating every single thing that I have done for the
school,and giving me the due credit.
We wish you all the best in your new journey as the Principal of a
school in pasir ris.
today he msged me: All the best on your wedding day. Things will be great for you. Always admired your passion for what you do. All said and done we will miss you.
i couldn't ask for a more supportive Principal. :'( --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- this morning darling and i went to ROM to do the verification of documents, so that we can go ahead with our solemnisation this sunday!
we celebrated our documentation with a good meal at Asian Market Cafe. 3 more days to become lawfully married! :)
i really really really love my pe dept. happy to belong to this department. we are so vibrant, so dynamic, can fight fire successfully even at the very minute, and we always deliver. i will miss them terribly when i leave. hope that the pe dept at the new workplace will be just as awesome!
finally a movie date with darling. our last movie date was Antman, 3 months ago!
sharing with everyone a review by Jeff Labrecque: Why are people always risking their lives to save Matt Damon?
Okay, perhaps always is a bit much, but in Saving Private Ryan, a unit of brave G.I.s who barely survived the storming of Normandy in 1944 had to sacrifice their lives to rescue one average man whose brothers had been killed. The man is the mission again in Ridley Scott’s The Martian, in which Damon plays an injured astronaut erroneously left behind on Mars after his crew presumed him dead and rocketed back to Earth to escape a destructive storm. When Damon’s Mark Watney awakes in the red sand of Mars, alive but completely alone, he has to figure out a way to make his meager supplies last and get in touch with Earth so they can mount some type of rescue. As Watney says in one of the video logs that keep the narrative moving: “I’m going to have to science the sh-t out of this.”
Based on Andy Weir’s nerdy best-selling novel and Drew Goddard’s script, The Martian relies heavily on its leading man. Although the film is bursting with famous faces — Jessica Chastain, Kate Mara, Michael Peña are among his crew, while Jeff Daniels, Kristen Wiig, and Chiwetel Ejiofor are helping from Earth — Damon holds the screen for long stretches all by himself, either MacGyvering some gizmo to survive another day or speaking directly to the many cameras that serve as his log and personal refuge. “It’s his high-tech version of Wilson the volleyball,” writes EW’s Chris Nashawaty, in his A- review. “Damon sells these confessional monologues about thermodynamics, hexadecimals, and even Donna Summer in a way few actors could. He’s equally at home peddling pathos and punchlines. And he single-handedly turns an epic survival tale into something intimate and human.”
Damon, sci-fi nerds might recall, recently played another lost-in-space astronaut in Christopher Nolan’sInterstellar. That unbilled cameo tweaked Damon’s innate likability for dramatic effect, but The Martian is more earnest in playing to the actor’s strengths. “Earn this,” Tom Hanks’s dying Capt. Miller once whispered to Damon’s Private Ryan. At 44, Damon has, and Scott recognized he had the right actor at the right time to make this cinematic voyage something special.
Richard Roeper (Chicago Sun-Times) ▲ “The Martian … is a hopeful love letter to science and math, American resolve, the power of friendship and the dream of a world in which nations set aside their differences to unite to bring one man home. It’s also a visual stunner, and it features one of our most likable and dependable actors giving a performance that ranks with anything he’s ever done.”
Eric Kohn (IndieWire) “As commercial entertainment, The Martian delivers on expectations of a ‘smart’ blockbuster even as it adheres to the formula of a relatively simple feel-good drama. Though Interstellar aimed for more ambition,The Martian plays it safer: It’s a brainy studio effort that sticks to familiar ground in more ways than one.”
Ty Burr (Boston Globe) ▲ “The Martian … makes knowing stuff seem attractive, cool, even sexy. The details of how Watney turns farmer on a planet lacking oxygen or water … or how he cogitates his way to reestablishing contact with Earth are dramatized in scenes that are crisp, exciting, and zinging with wit. They trade on the bond that audiences have built over the years with Damon as a fleet but grounded presence — the movie star next door.”
Kenneth Turan (Los Angeles Times) ▲ “Damon is as likable an American actor as we have and ideally cast to convey the pleasing self-confidence and intrepid sense of humor that characterized Watney in the book. He’s just the kind of guy to add interest to the story’s considerable science and make Watney’sRobinson Crusoe on Mars situation plausible.”
finally it is our last day in Sibu. i am thankful that this trip has happened. first of all must thank batman for allowing me to take no-pay leave to go for this trip. thankful that i get to dance in bai laoshi's item and learn mongolian dance from him. thankful to know new friends through dance: viv, sandra, regina and zixiang. thankful to perform overseas for the 3rd time, to put singapore on the international dance scene.
this journey doesnt end here. we are now called 新艺舞团, and we will be putting up a dance production on 20 Dec. this dance production is divided into 2 segments. 1st segment is a mongolian item choreographed by 白老师 and 沈老师, showcasing the four seasons of mongolia. 2nd segment is a Princess of Peace item choreographed by xuehong, depicting the story of Wang Zhaojun in sacrificing herself to get married to the King of a rival country to achieve peace for her own country. xuehong am i correct in the storyline of your dance? do come and support us on 20 dec!! the performance will be at 730 pm, at golden theatre, opposite the army market at lavendar.
the last day of performance at sibu! we are performing 梅兰菊竹.
the popular japanese duo
finally we look in sync! when the pic of the outdoor performance was posted on fb, the blue couple was totally different from us, and the blue guy zixiang received alot of flak from his blue partner sandra. hahahahaha. let me show you...
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA. my favourite item throughout the 3 nights of performance is by the filipinos. they are really very good dnacers and this item is just... WOW.
the professional photographer took very good shots of them too!
and is back to the hotel lobby, in front of the mid-autumn festival backdrop, for a series of 梅兰菊竹 photoshoot. we want to take a lot of photos so that tomorrow (which is mid-autumn festival) we can post on fb/instagram to wish our followers a happy mid-autumn festival.
梅!
兰！
菊！
竹！(a bit 心机重 hahahahahaha)
xuehong, our choreographer. you choreograph the most visually impactful items with complex formations and manageable dance steps. this dance item the most siong part is running here and there and remembering the 1001 formations. HAHAHAHAHA.
