More pigs?

More piggies...haha...these 2 posts showcases 3 out of 6 "permanent residents" of my office tab1e...:)

Flying pig!

Whoever said pigs can't fly? =P

Term 3 Week 10

Wooohoo...we're finally reaching week 10 of Term 3. Has been a most challenging 2 weeks that has gone past..both physically and emotionally. Events that happened has made me think back to the days while i was in secondary school..I wonder if my class and I ever changed any of our teachers' minds about their teaching career...hopefully nothing that we said and did affected them to that extent. Don't worry, I still enjoy my job and the kids, just that events that happened have made me reflect a lot.

These 2 weeks has seen me drowning in marking, because of the need to key in the marks into the system to be processed for the kids' report books next week. So on top of lessons preparation, lots of time spent on marking till late. In fact, was so tired that when i was suddenly told that i was duty officer for Land last Fri, all I did was to go down for the parade at the beginning of training. I always made it a point to actually go down during the trainings itself (besides the opening parade), just to familiarise myself with what's happening and the cadets, as well as to get to know more of them...basically, to be around and be more involved in the training, and not be an elusive mdm. But physically i was just too tired on that day, and thus i left them all to my able leaders to take the entire training.

Marked marked marked marked marked, and finally keyed in all marks by this Friday. YEESSSS!!! Keyed in all the marks already. Felt so relieved that i almost felt as if the Sept hols has started...hahahhahaha...as if. But nevertheless, it is only a week away ;) Looking forward to the break..think the kids also need a break. Has been a long and tiring Term 3.

Went Rock-wall climbing at Safra yesterday morning...shall talk about it in the next post. For now, I have to prepare my lesson on CONES.

Continuous Improvement....are you up to it?

I am having gastric now, and have been having it for the last 2 hours since 3.30pm...was supposed to release my form class at 2.10pm, but couldn't do it till 3pm..thus lunch came at only around 3.30pm.

Over the last 2 days...my class has been reading the devotions to the school.....of all topics, on the topic of continuous improvement. I wonder if it is really so difficult to strive for continuous improvement, to strive to a greater height without falling back too much, to be responsible for one's own actions and words, to be aware of how it affects others, to be mature young men, to be appreciative of others' efforts.
Does eveything that one does only have the word 'ME' in mind...do "OTHERS" ever come into the picture?

I have slowly come to realise, that being overly patient and accepting is actually harmful to others, contrary to what I used to think. I thought that patience, care and reasoning can spur and encourage people, but I suppose I am wrong. What I have realised is, patience, encouragement and using reasoning does not work in all situations....that sometimes, a deterrent or consequence is a better way to get an idea across. Which i feel is a sad realisation...


“Maturity begins to grow when you can sense your concern for others outweighing your concern for yourself.”
~ John MacNaughton

NDP Happenings... (Part II)

Was abandoned by my old friend on Tuesday (she was suppose to meet me for dinner), so i decided to drop by Marina Square on my own to listen to people sing at Music Dreamer Live! Cafe...always loved listening to 'live' singing. Other than being able to listen to a whole night of live singing and accompaniment by very good instrumentalists, I also got to catch the fireworks display at Marina Bay from Marina Square. Was nice...seeing the fireworks.... here are some pics of the fireworks :)



Actually felt quite upset with my friend for cancelling on my last minute....but I suppose something good did come out of my "being abandoned" by my friend.... :P

NDP happenings.. (Part I)

On Tue 8/8, CHS celebrated National Day with our very own parade, must say the parade looked better than at the rehearsal, which is a great sign ;) Felt proud to see my Land cadets marching as smartly as they could. Thumbs up :) But could be a tat better still :P Some pictures taken with my new phone of the parade..




While waiting for speech day to start, a few of us decided to take some pictures of our national day coloured clothes :P

my cute cousin & niece

Was at the Popular Sale at Singapore Expo today, to see if i can pick up anything for my office. Was pretty crowded.. while i was walking around , i actually saw some parents pushing their baby prams while they were shopping around. Not a very good place to be bringing babies I thought, since it's quite crowded and noisy. But amazingly, the 2 babies whom i walked pass were both sleeping very soundly amidst all the noise and crowd! Haha, so cute. Makes me think about my own cousin and niece, both very cute too. Below are two pictures of my cousin and niece...they are both mega cute and have fantastic PR skills :) Always makes the adults around them smile and grin whenever they are around ;)

This one is my cousin from Hong Kong...only 8 years' old but sometimes talks like an adult...heh..
And this is my hyper cute niece..her name is Joy, and very appropriate because she's such a crowd pleaser, always brings the people around her lots of joy.