Great... started working as a relief teachers for 4 days and it is just "fun" with an exclamation "!". Initially i thought it will be kind of weird to be working with the full time teachers in the office, but it is not. Also, i m not the only one there, there are abt 8 relief teachers with 6 teaching arts and GP subjects. Ya... so my working environment is kind of flooded with english all the way. Thanks god, i got lots of RJ friends in army around me, at least they let me accustomed to this kind of english env, and yes, those RJ english is ridiculously powerful -some are literally walking dictionary.
Nothing much to do there. Need to be there for at least 5.5 hours daily, while my longest teaching hours in one day is 3 hours and shortest, is no lesson at all. lol.... so need think of stuffs to do in staff room. The more interesting part is teaching the students. All in all, i would say so far so good. The "fun" factor is there.
What is holding me back? - A dumb promise i made, or my incompetence?
I think is my incompetence. I seriously cant make it...
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
Happy new year pull your ear!
Looking back at the last entry posted, i had not update my blog for 2 months. Seems that my life get more busier after ORD. Let's see, from november till now, what had happened.
1. Bought new furniture and gave my room a new outlook. Quite proud of this!
2. Successfully became a member of mensa.
3. Organised Christmas and new year events. Painful process, entertaining result
4. That's all i think.
Yea, then subsequently met up with one of my JC friend whom i had not seen for 2 yrs plus but still remain in contact via msn. The topic we discussed was, wad do we want to achieve in the next 5 yrs. 5 yrs is quite a long period of time, and my goal was to my the time as short as possible when i m inside the 5 yrs period. In this 5 years, no doubt most people will be in uni studying for this whole period. Other than academic achievement, what more can we achieve? This is the question i pose to myself. Ok, back to this friend of mine, he got a well laid out plan to make entrance to the stock market and earn a large some of money to start a business. The interesting part about his plan is he take into account failure. Imagine this, who will actually put failure in their future plan, like, i may retain for 1 yr, or i might get expelled from school. Back to me, i dun have any grand plans to become a millionaire or lawyer or doctor etc. But i know i have many small plans that is going to add up to become a great significant plan. I wil keep the plan to myself for the time being first. Then to conclude, we will meet up again 5 years later to talk about wad we had achieved for the past 5 yrs and our plan for the next 5 yrs. Really enjoy this kind of conversation which really shed alot of insights to me.
Next up, organised a trekking trip for my buddies, and met up for dinner at changi village and supper at prinsep st area on last sunday. lol... All the food is i introduced one, especially the food at changi village. Despite being away from there for 2 months alr, i still kind of miss the food there. And yes, the rochor "dou hua"- my camp buddy and i always had this after our night pool session. Initially kian, kiat and kong were very very reluctant to go because of the distance and time factor. Thankfully kong managed to get a car and drove us there. But really, sometimes life should not be bound up by all these factors. lol, sometimes its ok to do some stupid stuff once in a while. Who knows, you may discover something new along the way.
ok... end off here. Wish everybody a good year ahead and of course, happy chasing dream.
1. Bought new furniture and gave my room a new outlook. Quite proud of this!
2. Successfully became a member of mensa.
3. Organised Christmas and new year events. Painful process, entertaining result
4. That's all i think.
Yea, then subsequently met up with one of my JC friend whom i had not seen for 2 yrs plus but still remain in contact via msn. The topic we discussed was, wad do we want to achieve in the next 5 yrs. 5 yrs is quite a long period of time, and my goal was to my the time as short as possible when i m inside the 5 yrs period. In this 5 years, no doubt most people will be in uni studying for this whole period. Other than academic achievement, what more can we achieve? This is the question i pose to myself. Ok, back to this friend of mine, he got a well laid out plan to make entrance to the stock market and earn a large some of money to start a business. The interesting part about his plan is he take into account failure. Imagine this, who will actually put failure in their future plan, like, i may retain for 1 yr, or i might get expelled from school. Back to me, i dun have any grand plans to become a millionaire or lawyer or doctor etc. But i know i have many small plans that is going to add up to become a great significant plan. I wil keep the plan to myself for the time being first. Then to conclude, we will meet up again 5 years later to talk about wad we had achieved for the past 5 yrs and our plan for the next 5 yrs. Really enjoy this kind of conversation which really shed alot of insights to me.
Next up, organised a trekking trip for my buddies, and met up for dinner at changi village and supper at prinsep st area on last sunday. lol... All the food is i introduced one, especially the food at changi village. Despite being away from there for 2 months alr, i still kind of miss the food there. And yes, the rochor "dou hua"- my camp buddy and i always had this after our night pool session. Initially kian, kiat and kong were very very reluctant to go because of the distance and time factor. Thankfully kong managed to get a car and drove us there. But really, sometimes life should not be bound up by all these factors. lol, sometimes its ok to do some stupid stuff once in a while. Who knows, you may discover something new along the way.
ok... end off here. Wish everybody a good year ahead and of course, happy chasing dream.
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Into the past.
Something that i have been looking forward to: that is revamping my whole room. Did some tidying up and spring cleaning today. I have never done a serious tidying up of my room before, so today i actually thrown away lots of stuffs and in the process of sieving through all my belongings, i found some items that happen to be lost years back. Beside that, there are still secondary school maths test paper in my cabinet, which when i look at it, it really brings me back to the time when i am fiddling with coordinate geometry and quadratic. Then there are those little dairies that i kept when i in primary school. When i read the content, it is just too hilarious, i cannot believe i wrote those words. LOL! There are also photos from my primary school all the way to JC time. Lastly, need to decide what to keep and what to dispose off, this is kind of like the hardest part. LOL! I can just stare into open space and think, should i keep this for about 5 mins before continuing. Well, all in all, it is quite a successful one, my room looks neater, but there is a round 2 tomorrow. There are just too much stuffs in my room,
Next, i wanna talk about something which i observed. If we review what happen in the world, there are the 911 incident that concerns with terrorism, then Sichuan quake, Environmental issue, poverty and everyday, there are natural disasters that took away lives daily. All these are big events that surround us, but dun actually affect us much. When we read the news, our reaction will likely to be emotional at first, but later on, this piece of news will just be store at the dark and cold storage compartment in the brain. Next, we will just get on with life with our line of sight limited to what we can see and do or even continue to lament about those small trivial stuff that we happens to see on the street. What i am trying to say is, why are people just too concern about themselves such as earning money, studying or indulging in any entertainment activities. Whenever i hear talks about singaporean argueing over MRT seats, tissue paper, i was thinking, can they please look out beyond the sea, there are people suffering, starving or even dying. If they got the energy to start forum like this, i will suggest they do some voluntary work.
I mean if people want to limit their world to nothing beyond 10 feet from them, it is ok, just that end of the day, they will be ridiculed as myopic, ignorant and apathetic. Which i think is a shame. What i am advocating here is, please be concern about the world, Dont do things just for yourself, try to help people that are suffering. The grades on the result slip is not all there is to it, and so is the money that people are busy accumulating.
Next, i wanna talk about something which i observed. If we review what happen in the world, there are the 911 incident that concerns with terrorism, then Sichuan quake, Environmental issue, poverty and everyday, there are natural disasters that took away lives daily. All these are big events that surround us, but dun actually affect us much. When we read the news, our reaction will likely to be emotional at first, but later on, this piece of news will just be store at the dark and cold storage compartment in the brain. Next, we will just get on with life with our line of sight limited to what we can see and do or even continue to lament about those small trivial stuff that we happens to see on the street. What i am trying to say is, why are people just too concern about themselves such as earning money, studying or indulging in any entertainment activities. Whenever i hear talks about singaporean argueing over MRT seats, tissue paper, i was thinking, can they please look out beyond the sea, there are people suffering, starving or even dying. If they got the energy to start forum like this, i will suggest they do some voluntary work.
I mean if people want to limit their world to nothing beyond 10 feet from them, it is ok, just that end of the day, they will be ridiculed as myopic, ignorant and apathetic. Which i think is a shame. What i am advocating here is, please be concern about the world, Dont do things just for yourself, try to help people that are suffering. The grades on the result slip is not all there is to it, and so is the money that people are busy accumulating.
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
ORD-ed.
Have not been blogging for some time, and when i pen this entry, i had ORDed. It is really kind of fast. I know is cliche, but enlistment just felt like yesterday, and those period in camp is stil fresh in my memory. LOL! Anyway, it is something like 2 days after i ORD, and what have i been doing, or am going to do.
1. Go for a morning run daily if possible. ( Actually is like afternoon run, cos i always woke up late.)
2. Fiddle with my guitar. Still exploring and learning man... There are so much things to learn!
3. Play my piano. Continue the journey that stops temporarily when i was in primary 3.
4. Of course, reading up books everyday. Now reading up on astronomy, geog, econs and current affairs stuff.
5. Sign up with few tuition agency... No reply sia... Guess must wait a bit longer.
6. Trying to apply for relief teaching.
7. Apply for voluntary work, but there is like no response also. Argh.. I think the processing will take quite some time.
That sounds like a lot of things i am going to do everyday. But seriously, it is not.... I still can get bored at home. Ya... So is either i go to the TV and try tuning to every channels i subscribed and check for interesting programmes or i just sleep. Pace is quite slow and is good. I intend to keep it this way. lol... Anyway, from what i compute, i guess my future life will be slow and good as well, unless i forgot to account for other factors that will screw up my computation.
These few days really is good. Doing what interests me, no restrictions. Listening to music, playing music, reading up texts that interests me... That is really LIFE! After been through the 2 years, i really reformed my whole life and thinking man. 2 years back, if you give me this time, i guess i will be slacking, playing comp game plus reading books as well. So what's the difference between now and 2 yrs back?
1. I dun game that much now let alone been obsessed with it. Last time i quite obsessed with chinese game and when started with those RPG, i could hardly pull myself away from it. Now, i do very occasional gaming, and even if i game, i am in control, i wun let game occupy half my day man!
2. OK. I dun exercise in the past. Always, wanted to get started, but never get started. Now, i feel working out is a good way to start a day or rejunevate oneself.
3. Then is the genre of book i read. Now i m reading a more diverse types of books. No long confined to my relativity and quantum physics. Sometimes reading up about what is happening around us(life politics or volcano bla blah), make us understand better and appreciate better. It will really be quite a joke if here we are living on this planet, and dun even know what is happening around us. People are apathetic because they think what is happening dun affect them when in actual fact, it does. I will say, it is ok not take participate or act but must at least know.
4. Oops... third point sounds too serious. Anyway, i got my new-found interest that is music. I want to try this out for a while. I dunno how far i will go, but i just wanna indulge in it for a moment. lol.. Sometimes it is really mesmerising that you can just blend into the melody..
Anyway, i going to end this post with what i have learnt over the 2 yrs. It is not easy been in infantry especially when mine is a trial plus active battalion. From the head to end, the schedule is packed, with no lull in between, and is that bad that i ORD with un-cleared off. But is really not big a deal. In wun be worst than, you having dinner with ur family at IMM and suddenly, a phone call came and tell you that you are activated and need to be in changi in 1 hour time. By the way, all my stuffs still at home. I still remember i ran in the shopping mall which is totally very "shi tai". haha... after been through so much stuffs, i accumulated damned lots of stories and funny moments. Remember i saying, when i post to BMT i in leopard coy which is very slack. That is like throwing a 6 in a dice. Then when i post to changi there, is like throwing a 1. The worst throw ever. Some people got 6 all the way... But at the end, i am glad that i ORD with a 6 in a dice-throwing. This last "6" that i gotten is probably so powerful that whatever number i got before that is deemed unimportant. The hell lots of hardship and the changes in my personal life makes me grow up a lot. What i've learnt is really beyond words can describe...
To end my 2 years. I dare say i serve my 3SIR unit with pride! Bye to my 2 yearS! Arios!
1. Go for a morning run daily if possible. ( Actually is like afternoon run, cos i always woke up late.)
2. Fiddle with my guitar. Still exploring and learning man... There are so much things to learn!
3. Play my piano. Continue the journey that stops temporarily when i was in primary 3.
4. Of course, reading up books everyday. Now reading up on astronomy, geog, econs and current affairs stuff.
5. Sign up with few tuition agency... No reply sia... Guess must wait a bit longer.
6. Trying to apply for relief teaching.
7. Apply for voluntary work, but there is like no response also. Argh.. I think the processing will take quite some time.
That sounds like a lot of things i am going to do everyday. But seriously, it is not.... I still can get bored at home. Ya... So is either i go to the TV and try tuning to every channels i subscribed and check for interesting programmes or i just sleep. Pace is quite slow and is good. I intend to keep it this way. lol... Anyway, from what i compute, i guess my future life will be slow and good as well, unless i forgot to account for other factors that will screw up my computation.
These few days really is good. Doing what interests me, no restrictions. Listening to music, playing music, reading up texts that interests me... That is really LIFE! After been through the 2 years, i really reformed my whole life and thinking man. 2 years back, if you give me this time, i guess i will be slacking, playing comp game plus reading books as well. So what's the difference between now and 2 yrs back?
1. I dun game that much now let alone been obsessed with it. Last time i quite obsessed with chinese game and when started with those RPG, i could hardly pull myself away from it. Now, i do very occasional gaming, and even if i game, i am in control, i wun let game occupy half my day man!
2. OK. I dun exercise in the past. Always, wanted to get started, but never get started. Now, i feel working out is a good way to start a day or rejunevate oneself.
3. Then is the genre of book i read. Now i m reading a more diverse types of books. No long confined to my relativity and quantum physics. Sometimes reading up about what is happening around us(life politics or volcano bla blah), make us understand better and appreciate better. It will really be quite a joke if here we are living on this planet, and dun even know what is happening around us. People are apathetic because they think what is happening dun affect them when in actual fact, it does. I will say, it is ok not take participate or act but must at least know.
4. Oops... third point sounds too serious. Anyway, i got my new-found interest that is music. I want to try this out for a while. I dunno how far i will go, but i just wanna indulge in it for a moment. lol.. Sometimes it is really mesmerising that you can just blend into the melody..
Anyway, i going to end this post with what i have learnt over the 2 yrs. It is not easy been in infantry especially when mine is a trial plus active battalion. From the head to end, the schedule is packed, with no lull in between, and is that bad that i ORD with un-cleared off. But is really not big a deal. In wun be worst than, you having dinner with ur family at IMM and suddenly, a phone call came and tell you that you are activated and need to be in changi in 1 hour time. By the way, all my stuffs still at home. I still remember i ran in the shopping mall which is totally very "shi tai". haha... after been through so much stuffs, i accumulated damned lots of stories and funny moments. Remember i saying, when i post to BMT i in leopard coy which is very slack. That is like throwing a 6 in a dice. Then when i post to changi there, is like throwing a 1. The worst throw ever. Some people got 6 all the way... But at the end, i am glad that i ORD with a 6 in a dice-throwing. This last "6" that i gotten is probably so powerful that whatever number i got before that is deemed unimportant. The hell lots of hardship and the changes in my personal life makes me grow up a lot. What i've learnt is really beyond words can describe...
To end my 2 years. I dare say i serve my 3SIR unit with pride! Bye to my 2 yearS! Arios!
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Q&A
Ok, got this from chee blog. Kind of interesting... and since i got the time, i will do it.
Questions!
01) Are you currently in a serious relationship?
02) What was your dream growing up?
03) What talent do you wish you had?
04) If I bought you a drink what would it be?
05) Favorite vegetable?
06) What was the last book you read?
07) What zodiac sign are you?
08) Any Tattoos and/or Piercings? Explain where.
09) Worst Habit?
10) If you saw me walking down the street would you offer me a ride?
11) What is your favorite sport?
12) Do you have a Pessimistic or Optimistic attitude?
13) What would you do if you were stuck in an elevator with me?
14) Worst thing to ever happen to you?
15) Tell me one weird fact about you.
16) Do you have any pets?
17) What if I showed up at your house unexpectedly?
18) What was your first impression of me?
19) Do you think clowns are cute or scary?
20) If you could change one thing about how you look, what would it be?
21) Would you be my crime partner or my conscience?
22) What color eyes do you have?
23) Ever been arrested?
24) Bottle or can soda?
25) If you won $10,000 today, what would you do with it?
26) What's your favorite place to hang out at?
27) Do you believe in ghosts?
28) Favorite thing to do in your spare time?
29) Do you swear a lot?
30) Biggest pet peeve?
31) In one word, how would you describe yourself?
32) Do you believe/appreciate romance?
33) Favourite and least favourite food?
34) Do you believe in God?
35) Will you repost this so I can fill it out and do the same for you?
Answers!
01) YES! With my mum, dad, sis, friends!
02) This sentence is wrong semantically, but no matter wad i become i the future, as long as i can close my eyes and picture myself standing on a vast green land enjoying the breeze under the blue sky, i think that is good enough.
03) Seriously, never given this a serious thought before. Lazy to think about it also.
04) cocktail.
05) well, i got limited veg vocab. Can i dun answer this?
06) The end of poverty!
07) Virgo, Dragon
08) LOL! this is funny. "Explain" where? Shouldn't it be "state" where? Anyway, i got none.
09) Lazy.......
10) YES!
11) Badminton
12) Well, seriously - midway
13) Sit down and press the alarm.
14) Thinking about the worst thing.
15) Think a lot?
16) Nope.
17) Say hi...
18) I saw u at primary one. Do u think i can remember?
19) Both.
20) Hair bah.
21) Conscience.
22) Black...
23) No.
24) Can Soda
25) That is not a lot. lol. Too lazy to think about this also.
26) Any place under the night sky.
27) LOL... yes!
28) Listening to music ba.. read books
29) Sometimes.
30) Boredom?
31) Flaneur?
32) Seriously.... YES!
33) Just hate clam, oyster, century egg!
34) Yeap....
Ok.. done. Some questions require me to ruminate about the future. But since it hasn't happen, den i quite lazy to think about it.
Questions!
01) Are you currently in a serious relationship?
02) What was your dream growing up?
03) What talent do you wish you had?
04) If I bought you a drink what would it be?
05) Favorite vegetable?
06) What was the last book you read?
07) What zodiac sign are you?
08) Any Tattoos and/or Piercings? Explain where.
09) Worst Habit?
10) If you saw me walking down the street would you offer me a ride?
11) What is your favorite sport?
12) Do you have a Pessimistic or Optimistic attitude?
13) What would you do if you were stuck in an elevator with me?
14) Worst thing to ever happen to you?
15) Tell me one weird fact about you.
16) Do you have any pets?
17) What if I showed up at your house unexpectedly?
18) What was your first impression of me?
19) Do you think clowns are cute or scary?
20) If you could change one thing about how you look, what would it be?
21) Would you be my crime partner or my conscience?
22) What color eyes do you have?
23) Ever been arrested?
24) Bottle or can soda?
25) If you won $10,000 today, what would you do with it?
26) What's your favorite place to hang out at?
27) Do you believe in ghosts?
28) Favorite thing to do in your spare time?
29) Do you swear a lot?
30) Biggest pet peeve?
31) In one word, how would you describe yourself?
32) Do you believe/appreciate romance?
33) Favourite and least favourite food?
34) Do you believe in God?
35) Will you repost this so I can fill it out and do the same for you?
Answers!
01) YES! With my mum, dad, sis, friends!
02) This sentence is wrong semantically, but no matter wad i become i the future, as long as i can close my eyes and picture myself standing on a vast green land enjoying the breeze under the blue sky, i think that is good enough.
03) Seriously, never given this a serious thought before. Lazy to think about it also.
04) cocktail.
05) well, i got limited veg vocab. Can i dun answer this?
06) The end of poverty!
07) Virgo, Dragon
08) LOL! this is funny. "Explain" where? Shouldn't it be "state" where? Anyway, i got none.
09) Lazy.......
10) YES!
11) Badminton
12) Well, seriously - midway
13) Sit down and press the alarm.
14) Thinking about the worst thing.
15) Think a lot?
16) Nope.
17) Say hi...
18) I saw u at primary one. Do u think i can remember?
19) Both.
20) Hair bah.
21) Conscience.
22) Black...
23) No.
24) Can Soda
25) That is not a lot. lol. Too lazy to think about this also.
26) Any place under the night sky.
27) LOL... yes!
28) Listening to music ba.. read books
29) Sometimes.
30) Boredom?
31) Flaneur?
32) Seriously.... YES!
33) Just hate clam, oyster, century egg!
34) Yeap....
Ok.. done. Some questions require me to ruminate about the future. But since it hasn't happen, den i quite lazy to think about it.
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
A fullstop, at least for now.
Recreating my lifestyle.
Just came back from Taiwan. Seriously, Taiwan is really a nice place, the urban area is insanely fun, and the suburban area is exceedingly serene. Anyway, Because of some exercise, i get to sleep under the night sky in Taiwan. I seriously cant forget that, it was windy and above me, was tons and tons of glittering stars. I just stare at it for hours as usual, mind start drifitng about, thinking about various stuffs. This is something which i will not be able to experience in Singapore and i love it. Yea... then came the fun part at Taipei city. Ok, it is just shopping and gawking at many gorgeous girls on the street. Anyway, had a talk with taiwan friends that i know there, we were talking about the difference between Singapore and Taiwan, be it culture, society and even girls. LOL. I think i learn a lot from him. Aiya, i got update a of taiwan photos in my facebook, so can take a look there for more info. haha.
My service to the nation is coming to an end. To be precise, i am left with less than 2 weeks. In the past, whenever i project the panorama of ORD, i will get quite elated, but now, when ORD is literally beside you, i felt nothing. LOL. Could it be i actually miss my NS period? Well, i guess so... The good and bad time that i went through in NS, the friends that i met on the way, the myriad of profanities i learnt, i guess all these are really worth remembering. Something that i will bring away with me when i ORD.
Know 2 Taiwan friends there. Ah Jun(left) and Ah kuan(right).
One 22 yrs old, one 25 yrs old. The left one got a gf for 7 yrs, right one 9 yrs. OMG! Their GF are damned nice-looking somemore. Ah Jun always says, "我想被兵变啊，但她都不离我“ and "你是被兵变，Ah kuan 不想兵变，我想被兵变”. Quite true, 3 different scenario. Though ah jun always say that, but can tell he really love his gf, cos if not, he would have dumped her. haha! But really, if i got a nice gf that willing to stick to me, i am so willing to give up everything just for her. Sounds stupid huh.... I think is quite stupid also.
Ok, i think i end here...
Just came back from Taiwan. Seriously, Taiwan is really a nice place, the urban area is insanely fun, and the suburban area is exceedingly serene. Anyway, Because of some exercise, i get to sleep under the night sky in Taiwan. I seriously cant forget that, it was windy and above me, was tons and tons of glittering stars. I just stare at it for hours as usual, mind start drifitng about, thinking about various stuffs. This is something which i will not be able to experience in Singapore and i love it. Yea... then came the fun part at Taipei city. Ok, it is just shopping and gawking at many gorgeous girls on the street. Anyway, had a talk with taiwan friends that i know there, we were talking about the difference between Singapore and Taiwan, be it culture, society and even girls. LOL. I think i learn a lot from him. Aiya, i got update a of taiwan photos in my facebook, so can take a look there for more info. haha.
My service to the nation is coming to an end. To be precise, i am left with less than 2 weeks. In the past, whenever i project the panorama of ORD, i will get quite elated, but now, when ORD is literally beside you, i felt nothing. LOL. Could it be i actually miss my NS period? Well, i guess so... The good and bad time that i went through in NS, the friends that i met on the way, the myriad of profanities i learnt, i guess all these are really worth remembering. Something that i will bring away with me when i ORD.
Know 2 Taiwan friends there. Ah Jun(left) and Ah kuan(right).
One 22 yrs old, one 25 yrs old. The left one got a gf for 7 yrs, right one 9 yrs. OMG! Their GF are damned nice-looking somemore. Ah Jun always says, "我想被兵变啊，但她都不离我“ and "你是被兵变，Ah kuan 不想兵变，我想被兵变”. Quite true, 3 different scenario. Though ah jun always say that, but can tell he really love his gf, cos if not, he would have dumped her. haha! But really, if i got a nice gf that willing to stick to me, i am so willing to give up everything just for her. Sounds stupid huh.... I think is quite stupid also.
Ok, i think i end here...
Monday, October 6, 2008
魔杰座
How nice, just before i depart for Taiwan, i stumble upon Jay's new album for download. I like his album, most of the songs are still as alluring. Just that there are less emo songs this time round. I guess i can slowly listen and appreciate his song when i in Taiwan. And... i will still get his album when i return to Singapore. His album is definitely worth the money. NOT A SINGLE DOUBT!
The nicest song in this album is 失落的非主流. nice sad song...
The nicest song in this album is 失落的非主流. nice sad song...
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