Super Sinseh diaries #5

YEeees! I think I'm gonna be able to finish my syllabus for the sec3s and 4s on time...or at least, according to what I have planned and made up for. *phew*

And guess what, I'm finally sick. On the verge of a mega flu...trying really hard to not let it blow up into a mega flu, can't afford to bring it to sec3 camp with me. I think it's a case of my body giving way after it senses that it doesn't need to be working at 110% anymore (been overworking for a couple of weeks..) Pleeeeeeeease, let me get well quick. And I'm convinced that flu panadol has zero effect on me. I've taken 8 already, and no signs of improvement. Hmm..shall switch to something else.

Well, this week there were 3 major events, CHMA auditions, Student Leaders Investiture, and my Land POP.

CHMA Auditions 2008

I would say, all went well, thanks to the efficiency and experienc of the IMedia crew. The results were announced on Friday morning. For the results of the auditions, refer to the CHMA Blog.

After the first meeting with finalists next Wed, it's gonna be non-stop action all the way till 19th July itself!! AAAAaaaaah!!! *breathe in breathe out*

CHS Student Investiture

It's like a super sense of dejavu...because I seem to vividly remember last year's investiture, and suddenly, it's time for the sec4s to step down.

This year's theme...set sail..
The outgoing sec4 excos....

I love the way the investiture is carried out..very grand..there's this very real sense of pride, and the passing on of the baton to the next batch signified by the passing on of the blazer from the outgoing exco to the incoming exco.
And there was the much anticipated dance item, which seem to have not gone on as smoothly as planned. But hey, sometimes, things don't happen the way we want it, and frankly I think given the time to learn the super complicated steps, it was already a good attempt. To my 2 chairs, am proud of you guys whatever the case ;)

NCC(Land) POP 2008

It's come to the time of the year again...where the new batch takes over the leadership of the unit. There's a feeling of anticipation and excitement as the Passing Out Parade (POP) approached, it's always exciting to see a whole new batch rise up to leadership and lead the unit to even greater heights. And yet at the same time, there's this tinge of sadness...coming from not being able to let go of the older boys who have served the unit well and have led the unit in this past one year.

The plaques for each of the sec4s to thank them for their service to the unit and to commemorate 4 good years of serving together in the unit..
The new leaders, waiting to take over the positions of Company Sergeant Major and Assistant Sergeant Major..
Getting ready to take over the unit.... The seniors were back to show their support!
The outgoing batch, standing proud at their last parade.

The official handing over of pace stick to the new blood of the unit.

Part Ds 2008, saying a final cheer at their graduation, one of the best I've heard them cheer. You can literally feel their pride and cameraderie as they cheered together.

Officially SENIORS :)

This is the batch that I've watched grow since they were in Sec 1. Cliche as it may sound, it seemed only like yesterday when I saw them as Part As. They joined the unit about the same time as I did...and now, they've gone one full cycle, to graduate to the rank of being Seniors. So to me, this is a special batch....also one of the most united batches I've come in contact with.

We'll miss you guys Part Ds :) Take care and all the best.

SUPER Sinseh diaries #4

Horrendous Marking


YESSsss! Super sinseh has done it, 10 classes of marking done in 4 days (with the help of other big-hearted sinsehs :P).


Before you think it's no big deal, let me tell you, it is a BIG DEAL.


50 marks per student, 10 classes of average of 36 students per class. That's like, 18 000 marks?!



Goodness me, I think I almost went bersek.


But in order to slow down my rate of going bersek, I met up with other teachers to do our marking...and this are some of my haunts during marking periods...









Coffee Bean :) My cup of yummy Latte to grant me my right to sit at that table :P


Purposely chose a non-crowded coffee bean...so not that paiseh to sit there for long hours..

And my horrendous pile of marking....

My other haunt..... Icekimo near to my place=)

My yummy Bailey's ice-cream to encourage myself on...

Oh by the way, I had one more class of sec2 to mark after I finished my 10 classes of sec3. *faint*









But it's all over now!!




Hahahhahahahhahhahahhaa, when I finally finished all the marking I felt as if the holidays were here. Muahaha.














Visit to Old School




So here are some pics from my visit to my old school, which is now an Arts Hub, called OLD SCHOOL. Haha. I must say, the feeling of stepping into the school compound that I once studied in when I was in primary school was, really really interesting. Many memories of my days spent there came flooding back..it was all so nostalgic, but yet at the same time, a little foreign, as there were new additions to the compound too.Where I'm standing as I took this photo, is the old basketball court, now turned into a carpark! Haha, the court looked so tiny now that I went back many years on, but in my memory of the school, the basketball court was SO LARGE and had endless ground to round about. Haha, I guess that's the memories of a little 7-year-old girl.

What once used to be classrooms and science labs have now been turned into restuarants, photo studios, etc. What used to be the school canteen is now an arts gallery.
This structure greets all who enter into Old School. VERY freaky looking isn't it, coz it seems to have a child's face, but an adult's body. But apparently it's suppose to be the art piece of one of the very famous artist, and it's one of a series of pieces.And this is the little slope that my friends and I can spend loads of our time just climbing up and sliding down...climbing up and sliding down...climbing up and sliding down...climbing up and sliding down.... :P

Heh, doesn't take much to entertain a kid in the past I guess :) Somehow we just found it hyper entertaining to climb up and slide down that little slope..haha..

Went to the toilet before I went to watch the movie. It was SUPER nostalgic, coz I remember all those years when I had my GB camps in the school, and we'd have to all bathe using water hoses, buckets and scoops in the toilet, (no shower heads btw) and bathe super quick due to time constraints! Haha...now, the sinks look so tiny and short...So this is why I was back at my old campus, coz of this place called Sinema.

Sinema is basically a small local cinema for showcasing of locally produced films. Very cool idea in my opinion, to have a place that is specially dedicated to Singaporean works.The merchandise shop of Sinema..
And this is the film that I went to watch, called "The Smell of Rain". The reason why W asked me along to watch is because, the lead actor is my choir junior. I remember singing with him in one of my JC choir concerts, when he was still in the college choir, while I returned to sing in the school concert as an alumni member. Very interesting to see him join Mediacorp just a couple of years after that, and he seems to be doing well now too. :) And this is one of the first few scenes of "The Smell Of Rain"..look at the typical HDB flat-and-skyline shot of Singapore! =)

Although I thought the film was a little draggy, think overall, the storyline was not bad. :)

Seoul Gardens with 4-1
To cut the really long story short, my dear class brought me out for a birthday treat to Seoul Gardens on labour day :) Very very sweet of them..and, twenty of them turned up! woohoo...Thanks guys ;)

Meow?
OK, before you call up the SPCA with this picture as evidence of animal abuse, I'm NOT strangling the kitten. Was just one of my numerous attempts to snap a picture of this SUPER CUTE kitten that was outside my house while I was playing with it. It's one of those you know, that runs over to you the moment you say "meow" and start twirling around your ankles and lying on your toes non-stop? :) I think some of you would have had similar experiences. Such a warm little kitty...but a pity I can't keep him.









And to end of my post, this is my newest love, MR SOYABEAN!!! :)
Haha, isn't he cute!??
I bought him from Square2, from the MrBean soyabean shop, you know, the one that sells all sorts of soyabean pastries, soyabean drinks, red bean/peanut pancakes and soy ice-cream? If I'm not wrong, there's a small little outlet at the basement of J8 too.

Can't stop looking at this little bean hanging from my phone...keke... :)

CHMA AUDITIONS
OK, that's all for now.
And to all those who put in a registration form for the CHMA auditions, it's ON!
MONDAY 12th May, (HALL, 3.15pm)
- ALL ROCK BANDS

TUESDAY 13th May
- All other vocals (Auditiorium, 3.15 pm)
- Instrumentals (Music Room, begins at 5pm)
And for those new to CHMA, you're most welcome to watch the auditions. It's free! =)

For more information, check out the cool and stylish CHMA website ;)

See you guys at the auditions ;)

Super sinseh diaries #3

We're finally in the month of May, and if I'm not wrong, I'm still sane. *Phew*

Today's Labour Day holiday...boy am I glad for this day of "rest". In inverted commas simply because we all know that there's LOADS of work to be done, except that we do not have to report to work. My phone alarm rang this morning at 6am, and I almost bounced off my bed upon hearing it. The first thought that popped in my head was... "what day is it today?"...."is it the weekend?" .."what day was it yesterday? " (ANS: Wed), "Eeks it's not the weekend, so I'm supp to wake up now to go to school?".....and finally " OH, it's Labour day holiday"...and I fell back onto my pillow and continued to sleep...only to be awaken by my OTHER alarm clock 5 minutes later, which is supp to prevent me from oversleeping on normal days. Haha...oh well...glad that it's a holiday afterall..

Past week has been pretty eventful. Started off with a nice dinner on Wed night (23 Apr) at Auntie Kim's, this cosy little Korean restuarant along Thomson Road. Went with 5 other colleagues coz they wanted to treat me to dinner. Little did I know that they sneaked in a cake from the back of the restuarant! Haha...that's a good one, a successful surprise ;)

Yummy Kimchi at Auntie Kim's.. =)

The bunch of us at dinner..

My lovely well-concealed bday cake...

Hee :P

Think the waiter at the restuarant almost gave the game away when he came to ask one of my colleagues "How many candles do you need?" And I saw that suddenly all my colleagues had this half-shocked look (without knowing why, haha) on their faces. Haha...super funny.. thankfully I didn't hear the waiter :)

My first present for this year came from LC, who gave it to me a day earlier so that she wouln't forget to amidst all the busyness. :)



Then came the actual day. Was still remembering how when I reached my table last year, there was this BIIIIG pink heart pillow on my seat. And vividly still remember the whole of string of surprises that ensued. That was truely one of my most memorable celebrations.



For this year, it was a slightly more peaceful one...but still with it's little perks here and there. When I got to office this year, no surprises.......yet. :P



Soon after I got to office, a voice came from the speaker phone "Can we see Ms Chow pls?" Thought it was pretty strange for people to look for me that early in the morning..so I went out of office to take a look.

And...this was what greeted me...

Haha. CUTE isn't he? My Land people decided to get it for me....super sweet of them. Thanks a lot guys, to all of you who had a part in this sweet surprise :)

Rest of the day went by pretty peacefully...

Had a loud and enthusiastic birthday song sang to me by my form class...haha..thanks guys.

Had afternoon lessons with them as well....

AND, during the afternoon lesson, I suddenly got 2 calls from J. I ignored the first one, coz I was having lessons afterall. But J called a 2nd time, and told me that I needed to go downstairs to take a look at my car coz L had SCRATCHED IT ACCIDENTALLY.

I half-believed that. But since he was persistent, I went down.

When I reached my car, another 3 people jumped out from the corner exclaiming "The wind's too strong we can't keep the candles lit! " HAHA. Super funny.
Look at the number of blotches of wax on the cake caused by the wind! Haha..
So I spent a brief about 5 minutes with them, and after they sang me a bday song and I blew the candles, I ran back up to continue with my lesson.. :P

After the lesson, stayed to chit chat a little while with the kids...


Just look at my class noticeboard!! Wah I love it...hehe...all the pictures of my class kids that I've taken of them at the various functions that the class has been taking part in. See the little whiteboard in the middle? :P

And this is an attempt to take a picture of ourselves, by stretching out one hand. Haha, it's DIFFICULT OK!? I always end up taking only like half of my face..keke..

This is a nice little thingy from A....she never fails to remember.. ")

My sumptious meal prepared by my mum at home!! :)

Yummy-looking isn't it...got 2 ang baos from my aunties who came for dinner....

But guess where the 2 angbaos went to?????

To my friends' wedding dinner the day after -.-

Haha...well, not that I'm complaining I guess, the money would have come out of my pocket anyway. Just that, it'd be nice to buy something with the angbaos given..that I could keep at home, and look at a few years down the road, and remember that it was bought by the angbaos which my aunts gave me. OK, so I'm sentimental :P

So this year I had quite a few treats, as opposed to physical presents. Perhaps coz our lifestyle is getting busier and busier, that it becomes a more viable option to treat someone on that special day, rather than go out to buy a present. But I guess it's always the thought that counts..and am always greatful for the opportunity to be able to spend time with people who matter to me.

So here's a list of thanks....

Thanks to G, who treated me to Swensons on Friday. Appreciate it ;)

Thanks to S and M, who treated me to my favourite JAP FOOD at Far East...so yummmmmy... :)

Thanks to D, who's soon going to give me a treat this Sat :)

OK, shall end here for now, post another time about last weekend...which saw me revisiting my old school campus at Mount Sophia, which has now been converted into an Arts Hub, and it's called Old School. It was SUPER nostalgic for me to be back...shall talk about that, next time ;)

My marking is coming in tomorrow!!!!!!!! *faint*

One of my loves..

Went for David Tao's concert yesterday....woooo....
My 4th major concert for this year..Ah-Mei, Jay Chou, Jeff Chang, and now, DAVID TAO.

I must say he's a really fantastic 'live' performer. Super pitch-accurate and great guitar player. And this is the first time I sat SO close to the stage. I was on the 7th row from the front...so near to the stage that I could see David Tao clearly without having to use a binoculars to view the concert. Very pleased.

Singing along was fun...something that I never used to do coz it felt so paiseh to do it. But then I realised, everyone else is singing anyway..and the music's so loud ANYWAY..so..what the heck..haha.

Met up with G and W for dinner at Seoul Gdns at Marina Square before we headed to Kallang for the concert. Has been some time since I last felt a little relaxed over the weekend...could be because I've FINALLY managed to finish rushing the super-a-lot-to-finish Sec 3 Maths syllabus..and perhaps also because it is the home-based learning week this coming week. So, a liiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitle more time for me to breathe.

Mum's leaving for a 2+ month trip on 28th April...feel that it'll be good for her...to be away..to relax a little. Hope dad's estate duty gets settled in once and for all while she's away so we don't have to deal with it anymore when she comes back. It's caused enough pain already..

Many appointments for this week...have had to push 2 appointments to next week as I think I'd like to spend most of the weekend at home since my mum's going to be away for 2+ months. Hope to be able to run home early enough to send her to the airport next Mon.

Alright, marking's waiting for me still.

Tata.

Super sinseh

Super sinseh diaries Entry#1

It's been a mad 2 weeks. MAD.

Mid-years are coming...in 2 weeks' time. OH MY GOSH. Once again I feel like I'm the one who's taking the exams. *gasp*

Straight after the mid-years, would be the massive preparations for CHMA. So far so good. The promotional posters are up on the walls (though some have mysteriously vanished), first announcement to the school made....promotional video coming up!! *breathe* Really thankful for the great help I was given last year and the time and space that everyone has allowed me in order to learn and pick up the ropes. Can safely say that I'm much more in-tune with the whole procedure for preparations for the big show this year.
Thankful also for the very experienced committee that I'm working with. You guys are great, thanks for all the bright ideas so far! ;)
So now we're just waiting for the registration forms to pour in. FYI, they are all located at the CHMA board which is beside the Media Resource Room. GO AND TAKE ONE NOW.

Been sneezing and coughing a little yesterday and today. Puuuhleeeassseee tell me I am not falling sick. I have no time to.

It's been 2 weeks since I morphed into Super Sinsei (Sensei - A Japanese term of respect often used to mean "master" or "teacher. Just a little translation for those who've been asking). Oops, seems I misspelt the word in my last post :/

The past 2 weeks have been.....gruelling, stressful, sleepless.
Frankly, I'm wondering how much longer I can hold out. Haiz...now it's just one day at a time.

What's happening...

An atomic bomb has landed on me.
I'm officially called Super Sinseh from next week onwards.
My gosh. Will I be able to cope?
Let's hope I don't die by the end of term 2.



Haiz.













It's only the first week of school..but I already feel stressed. Seems like more and more stuff about me kids are suddenly popping up to my attention. Is it because they are stressed too?













The holidays last week passed real quick. Before I knew it, it was already over..I really didn't feel as if it had been a break. Perhaps just a break from the routine of reporting to school at 7.30am. The only good thing that came out of it was getting sleep. Well okay..and meeting up with some old friends.













Went to watch 2 movies with my friends over the hols....can't quite remember when was the last time I watched a movie before the March Hols.

http://www.movieposteraddict.com/

filmelitist.blogspot.com

Both were about mystical creatures...hmm....haha..both were okay shows. Though I thought that the ending of Spiderwick Chronicles was most....err.....sudden...and err...innovative?

More wedding invites have come my way...most from my cell group. Guess it's a good time for me to spend time with them..

Have finally decided to go for my church's confirmation class. Suppose He's calling me to serve in the Saturday evening service...

Dad's estate duty is still not settled. It's been like what, 8 MONTHS plus already???? What's wrong with the people handling the case, don't they know that it hurts those who have to go through this whole process!?!

What's more, Singapore has already phased out this whole estate duty nonsense since Feb this year. So why are we still having to do so many things to answer to the enquiries that they keep posing to us????

STOP IT ALREADY ALRIGHT.

Haiz.

OK, enough I guess.

Shall go back to my marking, and enjoy (I hope) my last weekend before I morph into Super Sinseh next Monday.

Tired

I'm tired.
Really am..
Beginning to question why I'm doing certain things..