Photo competition entry

Nope I have not sent these photos for some big photography contest ;)  I however did send these in for my Learning Journey's photo competition though.. Hope one of them gets picked by the judges :p

Frenzy marking period!

Yes, it is the time of the term where chers have to be in a marking frenzy... have been marking frenzily to prepare my kids for their common assessments...

So to reward myself for working so hard that I'm on the verge of falling tremendously sick...I just placed my order online for....................................



..................this!!!!!!! :D:D:D:D

For the not-so-informed, it's a Fujifilm Instax Mini 25 polaroid camera ;) Can't wait for it to arrive!! :)

Quick quick quick...come to mama... :p

Hello 2011:)

Yes, I know 2011 has already started 1.5 months ago.  But busyness keeps me from posting, though there's much to post about.

In fact, I gotta get back to marking NOW!  So, here's just a short post to ascertain that I'm still alive, and I'll be back (probably in 2 weeks) to post more about CNY and Learning Journey :p

But to sum it up, new year..new class..my ex-students are now my colleagues.. :)

My new form class ;)

Tata for now...

Melbourne Vol 1

They say a picture paints a thousand words...so here's 24 000 words :)  I'm glad I went to Melbourne..was a relaxing almost 2 weeks there...nice and slooowww... :)

 The cookies at Victoria Market really looks yummy!!

 and the pizzas too :P

 I bumped into Santa at Docklands :P

 Lord of the....fRies? :P

 Can you bear to eat this cupcake? :)

 Competitor to our local Pie Kia! :P

 Gargantuan burger at Grill'd :)

 Night scene at the river :)

 Muscular manequins!! :s

 Bumped into ANOTHER Santa :) This time, he's Santa Stone :)

 My cousin C who's migrated to Aust, was nice finally meeting her in Australia itself..

 At Miss Marples @ Mount Danenong for lunch....yummmmyyyyyy....

 Mummy :)

 Yummy right??? :)

 Kor & Mummy :P

 scooooonnnneeeeee :) I know it doesn't LOOK like a scone, but it is a scone :)

I didn't know that 出前一丁had a girl version..so cuuute :)

 Rose Garden...would be even lovelier in October...



That's all for Volume 1 of Melbourne :)

(As you can see, I've already abandoned Japan....for now... :P )

Japan Day 3: Day trip to Otaru

 Super cold morning of our trip to Otaru!

 Cute lil' aunties waiting to cross the road in the streets of Otaru..

 Nice lil' railway track in the middle of the road :P

 Yes I know I look like a polar bear with all the thick clothing..but it was cold alright? :P

 One of the crabs was trying to escape out of the container! :P

 Poor starfish that accidentally got fished out of the water by fishermen and left on the floor..

 Famous canal of Otaru

 Old couple who makes a living out of making accessories out of wires..quite cool :)

 It was only 5.2 degrees in the day!!  Can you imagine the temperature that night? :P

 GARGANTUAN takopachi!! Look at the comparison with the normal-sized takopachi ball beside it :D

 Yummms :)

 Dustbins are an ABSOLUTE RARITY in Japan!  I had to hold my rubbish for loooooooooooooooooooong stretches of time before being able to find 1 dustbin.. so my friends and I were always saying "Quick, it's time for spot the dustbin contest!" to mean that we needed a dustbin :P

 Cute cross-eyed glass owl that was being sold in one of the many shops that sold many different glassware in Otaru..

 We saw a few demonstrations of how glassware was made, quite interesting:)

 They even decorated the tree with little glass ornaments.. :)

 These nice little harmless looking clams SPURTED WATER at us!!

 That's what happens when you spurt water recklessly :P

 Yuuummmmms...fresh seafood, and shellfish is my favourite!!!:):)

 Yummmmyyyyyy bowl of sashimi on top of yummmy ricee...this bowl was 200 times yummier than the bowl I had the day before:P

 Part of the light-up called Sapporo White Illumination that we visited when we were back in Sapporo after our day out at Otaru..

My nice warm latte that I bought to beat the cold.  The hilarious thing is, the latte kept me up till 3 am in the morning:S Haha.