Estates Gathering....

5 of the estates met last night at Vivo city. our usual hang out place. as usual, we took our dinner at Carl's Jr and shot some bad guys. it was fun to meet the estates after quite a long time. i think this is the first time 5 of us meeting this year. haha. c ya estates!!


Dan with his gay acts... and the 5 estates.... (Dan still with his gay acts)

Air Hockey... the 'V for Vendetta' onion ring and the final score... it's a trashing, man!!

Do teachers need to be stressed??

A lot of people have this misconception that teachers 'must' look stressed all the time. well, it's true that teachers workload has increased dramatically over the past decade but it's crazy to conclude that teachers are stressed up or must look stressed all the time.

If i have finished all my assignments, lesson plans and worksheets for the next day today, i can take a break already. if i'm effective enough to settle all my stuffs by noon, i can take a break in the evening. there's no need for me to be stressed as i'm prepared for the next day. in fact, i might have back up plans if something goes wrong. so do i need to be stressed?? or do i need to look stressed?

People should judge one by their productivity. not by looking at the face expressions. maybe some people just like to point others' mistakes. that's bad n i'm sad for them!

i'm back to my blogging ways, u know. typing something which i'm not satisfied with. anyway, things will get better. no worries bout it. coz i have some wonderful friends and kids! Stay Positive!!!

Cooooolllll... you'll be mesmerized by the performance!!!

Cross Country....

Last Friday, Chong Boon celebrated Total Defense Day (There's part for everyone) together with cross country day. well, as far as i concern, from the name, cross country means crossing few countries. back at home, during our cross country, we actually cross three different states. at least la. but here in Singapore, we just ran around the reservoir. culture shock.

Anyway, i competed in the teachers' category. it was fun to run with Mr. Wong, Mr. Vinodh, Mr. Mok and Mr. Bala. my goal is to run without stopping till i reach the finishing line. so i was following Mr Wong since he's a marathon runner. at last i finished the race without stopping. that's good for someone who did not train, who did not take his breakfast and who alighted 7 bus stops before the reservoir and ran to the rendezvous. yap, i ran twice on that day! haha. here are the pictures of the students and teachers in action:




This is Yvonne..... on your mark!!!



we were all smiling in the end....

look at that 164.... its not in the usual way!!!

when they are supposed to run, this is what they do! and i'm getting my medal

Bullying...

Making fun of people, teasing and being sarcastic maybe funny for some but definitely not for all. U might think its the joke of the year, but the 'victim' might be affected psychologically. This is also called psychological bullying.



Bullying doesn't only mean hitting and punching someone. even threathening someone through sms is also considered as bullying. And the effect of bullying is bad. it can go till suicide.

Big bullies are actually cowards. they go after those who are smaller and weaker than them. they like to bully just to feel they have everything under their control. survey says that 95% of singapore primary and secondary school students have been bullied before. where do u think the other 5% go? they are the bullies!



Since this is kind of a serious matter, i discussed bout bullying with my class. at the end of my class, i asked them to write ablout any bullying experience they have encountered before. From their sharing, i came to know that there's a problem to solve in the class before it gets worse. i'm trying to solve it with the help of the students and hope everything will go smoothly.

Remember, bullying is the act of intentionally causing harm physically and/or psychologically. Do not get involve with it. If you have friends or you yourself are being bullied, please report it!! Speak up your rights!!!

Chinese New Year...

chinese new year eve was not that bad after all for me... i had my reunion dinner with (not at) burger king. though i was all alone there but the fact that i was 'reunited' with burger king after a long long time, my reunion dinner was considered good!!!

well, in the school we had cny concert... quite fun where the staffs and students came together to perform... enjoy seeing the pictures while relaxing at home playing fire-crackers...

Gong Xi Fa Cai!




teachers when we r not teaching....


they all look cool!!!


MCs and si-fus

wow...... speechless

Things to ponder during this Chinese New Year!!

Happy Chinese New Year to all my chinese friends.... enjoy the celebration. get more 'ang pows'!

Defeat doesn't mean the end of the world. it just means that there are room for improvement. No one wins all the time. there'll be times when a person falls. it depends on how the person bounces back. the harder you fall, the stronger u'll bounce back. Think positive and never give up!!! this is the spirit of the new year. haha :)

hope the needy people will have an enjoyable celebration as well. i shall pray for them. last year, i came across a news where the son abondoned the mother coz of his wife and the mother has to eat some maggi mee alone for the reunion dinner. do not 'throw' away ur parents like that. coz that might happen to any one of us. this fetival is for us to form stronger bonds with our family and friends.

Happy Chinese New Year again and here are the pics of my school's volleyballers. though they din make it to the next round, i'm still proud of them coz they put a good fight! Chin up, guys!!!

High profile dinner...

Mr Yeo and PM Lee were wearing the same colour shirt....

i have never been to a high profile dinner before... high profile meaning when ministers around. haha. last sunday, i attended a Chinese New Year dinner organized by Ang Mo Kio GRC and the guest of honour is our PM Lee. thats really high profile.

when i got there, i saw a lot of policemen around. i was thinking to myself that all the policemen on the island have been deployed there. once the concert started, the lady was shouting as if it's the seventh month. haha. joking. the food was ok and i was with 9 other teachers from Chong Boon. had a great time and we took a pic with PM Lee. bet that pic is going into our school website.

Good Saturday...

i woke up early in the morning to go n watch my students play netball. they were up against CHIJ Toa Payoh. well, we matched them for the first two quarters but coz of lack of match fitness, the opponent was unstoppable for the next two quarters. i think the prob lies there. our girls get tired easily. lack of match fitness. if the girls can improve on this, we can put up a good fight in the next round. Congratulations on qualifying for the next round and keep improving!!!

Ms Charmaine was taking the photos. i realized that her techniques are way better than mine. i think if i dun really buck up, the gap between us can be measured using 'light years'. haha :D

Then i went for hiking... the peaceful and beautiful bukit timah. it was raining and all of us got drenched. it has been sometime since the last time i got really wet under the rain.

its not as easy as it looks....


even miss wati was there....