My Fav class

These are my kids from 4 Gentleness, my fav class.. THe previous teacher, Mrs Loh, my fav teacher as well, reminded me of this class bahaviour. She said that the behaviour was bad, esp for some students. Hence, the first impression i gave them was that i am very very fierce. haha..

Who knows, they are my fav class now. I nvr dread gg into that class.. THey seem to be one of the motivation why i go into teaching. I don mind doing extra things for them to enjoy, spending extra $$$ on them.

One of the surprises they gave me was abt 2 month ago... When i was teaching one of the chn words to them, i suddenly asked them to check out the meaning instead of me explaining to them. I nvr imagine that they would automatically moved their chairs to face one another and discuss the meaning in their individual grp, even without me telling them so. They took out wat ever resources they have and shared amg their own grp members. Surprises nvr end... After they check out the meaning, they actually moved their chairs to face me and the grp leader raised up their hand... Wow wow wow!!! Nvr really expect it. When i asked them to check out the meaning, i was expecting chaos... But their actions really proved me otherwise...

Children's Day!!

Yesterday we celebrated Children's Day in my school. was quite fun. All the lvls of teachers have to come up with a performance each. Was quite entertaining. haha.. i think all the kids hav fun. i don think they can imagine how the stern looking fierce teachers can actually play like them too, haha.. Or even worse than them. haha.. Suraiya (the teacher in the pic above) acted as Jack Black the pirate.. haha.. So funny. Suriaya is one of the teachers i can joke ard in the staff room. I call her "Suria Channel" as her name was initially quite difficult to remember. Even now as i remembered her name, i jus call her "Suria Channel" for the fun of it. To get back at me, she called me "Di Ba Po Dao", haha.. She damn one kind. haha.

I think my kids aka students also enjoyed themselves. I gave presents to all my 3 classes. Initially, thinking of nt giving anything to my P5 kids cos they are my worse class... But then, think they will be quite sad if they nvr recieve anything from me. Hence, decide just to give them a correction tape each. But don know why, i buy more and more, then in the end, gave them quite a few things.

Of course, my other two classes gt more things la. They seem to be very happy to recieve presents. ahah. Seeing the joy on their faces, i seem to forget all my anger ... I remembered why i wanted to join this service. The delighted smile on the kids can really brighten up one's day. Above in the pic is wat i gave to them.

Of course, i also gave my tuition kids and their siblings. V funny lor. I went to Daiki's house yesterday to hav tuition. I gave the present to him, his sister and his cousin (cos his cousin always appears in their house. His cousin, with a face of amusement asked me, how come cousin also get presents? haha... I don know wat to reply so i jus said" if you don wan, can give me back lor.." but of course, he didnt return me la..

On the whole, i enjoyed yesterday. The kids smiles and their innocence really bring joy into my life. I hope that my passion for teaching will nvr end. I hope that i will nvr be like those teachers tat always complain abt their students. 10 yrs, no no! 20 yrs down the road, i still wan tat special piece of passion inside me!

Tian Wai Tian

One Sunday evening, my buddy and I went to a coffee shop called "Tian Wai Tian" to have fishhead steamboat.

This restaruant was located at Serangoon Road, near Serangoon Broadway Studio (those grad from NTU & NIE) will know. They are famous for the Fishhead steamboat.

I can remember that in my younger days, my dad use to bring my family and me to the shop to eat. Vaguely, i remembered that we need to wait v long. haha.. tat day, i xin xie lai chao, and went there to try the food again.

This is the first time i see pple queueing up to order food. Can you imagine? I need to queue for 30 min just to place my order. haha... Then the auntie taking order damn snob lor. As i didnt hear her say "what type of fish you wan?", i went again to order other dishes. She actually said v loudly "I said. wat fish u wan?" .... Diaoz........ If nt for the good food, i would have walked away.

Anway, ordered fried chix in prawn paste, fish head steamboat and kang kong with cuttlefish. The chix came quite fast after i ordered, roughly 15min... But then, even after we finish the chix, the steamboat not out yet.. haha... THink we probably waited for 45min (after i placed the order)b4 the steamboat is out.The Kang Kong??? Came after we finished everything.. Quite sianz.... hahah..

But the food there was okie lar. The chix is damn nice. its a MUST MUZ try. The steamboat i think they put a lot of wei jin in it. Quite nice but quite salty too.. The kangkong was nice though it would be better if gt sambal on it. FYI (we didnt ask the auntie to stir fry the kang kong with sambal as HY was sick). Worth trying..

Ju Wei Yuan

1 week ago, i went out with Adrian for dinner at Chinatown. Went to this famous coffee shop in Chinatown called "Chang Cheng Porridge Shop". The food was not bad. I had a Mixed Pig Organ porridge with fried pig intestines. This shop is worth going, except tat the porridge is not thick enough. The location is just at the end of the "Mei Shi Jie" in CHinatown. Sells all types of porridge. If you are craving for porridge and you don mind waiting for 30 min, tat is a good place to go to.

After dinner, we went to "Ju Wei Yuan" in CHinatown. Actually thought of having durians initially but then, seeing the durians on display, i decided otherwise. In Qu Wei Yuan, i ordered almond dessert and an additional chestnut cake. Was enjoying my dessert when i suddenly saw something damn happening..

I saw the staff place a bucket of white stuff near the toilet door. To my astonishment, the stuff in the bucket looked exactly like the almond dessert tat i am having. Adrian told me not to think too much as it might just be leftovers from other customers and the staff was thowing it away. Though i think otherwise, I maintain my composure and continue eating. Then, to my horror! I saw the staff washing STYROFORM plates!!!!! The last thing on earth i would expect in a restaruant was the staff washing styroform plates. Correct me if I am wrong but i thought styroform plates were disposable, as in, eat and then throw????? When adrian and me saw this scene, we immediately stood up and went out of the shop, after paying for the desserts...

Waht a shocking news! I regret not remembering to take a pic of the staff washing the plates........

The nxt wk, I told the whole staff room wat i saw. Ok, at least, i save some pple from eating unclean stuff... Then Auntie Ellen asked me whether wan go with amber and her to "Ju Wei Yuan" for desserts. I was a bit apprehensive @ 1st but then, since the outlet is in Junction 8, i decide tat its hygiene will be much better. Hence,went for it and hmmm...... Enjoyed it very much.

I came to a conclusion tat i would continue to patronise "Ju Wei Yuan" but definetely not the one in CHinatown.

My very First Teachers' Day

A lot of my friends are asking me why i sooooo long nvr update my blog. Hahah... Maybe the work monster has sucessfully prevented me from entering my blog. Don know why so busy also, damn sianz.....

1st September 2007 was the first time i celebrated Teachers' Day as a formal teacher. on the 31st Aug, Went to sch for celebration then went off to Batam.

ON thur, 30th Aug i was still pondering what to get for my collegues.... A sunflower will look nice but i decide agst it based on 2 reasons:
1) Too Ex to buy for 15 teachers
2) Flower to big to bring to sch


Hence,in the end, I bought daisies instead @ $2 per stalk. Though it was cheap, i thought it would be a nice touch to for the teachers.Nxt went to Popular to get vanguard sheets so as to make cards for them as well..

Wah lau.... The queue is damn bloody long. I jus gt a big piece of vanguard sheet and it took me 40 mins to pay for them...Jus a caution guys, nvr go Popular bookstore at 630pm. U too will be cursing and swearing! (yes, I know i am to be a role model for students so how can i swear? But i AM a Ah Beng teacher known to my collegues! So ThERE! Hahah..)

Went home to make the cards.... Tis is another tedious process.... After 3 hrs, i finally finished the cards. Though nothing fanciful( Just cards wif 'Teachers" written in different style), it took me half a black pen and half a red pen to finish all the cards. By the time, i was ready for bed, i was exhausted alr.

31st Aug 2007, went to sch not exactly on time. Recieved many presents fr the kids. After looking thru the presents, I decided. I would strongly encourage my students to buy me red pens and markers if they wan to buy something for me. These 2 things are the most practical stuff to me. Hopefully i can have F.O.C. refill for my stationary every Teachers' Day so I don hav to spend so much money on all these stuff, hahah...




Went to Batam after the celebration in sch.. Will update u all once i get the photos.

The day I gt tricked....

I was coming into the staff room one day when i saw a packet of tibits in my cubicle. One the packet was a piece of paper as shown in the pics. I was rather taken aback by the food. I was wondering who gave me the tibits. Fr the handwritting, it looks like my P4 class. I went to Sim Mei Chin aka Aunty Sim to ask herr whether she knew anything abt it.

She put on a face on innocence and replied "truthfully", "No, I don know lehz. Some students came to ask me where pan lao shi table is so i pointed to them lor. " I was bewildered and wonder even harder who the person is. Adding on the injury, the tibit is like shit lor. I spat it out once i placed it in my mouth. I complained abt tis to the whole staff room.

Ellen, the girl in the pic that is busy marking books, came over to ask me who gave me the packet of tibits. With a whole face of ignorance, I told her the whole story. Wah lau..... She told me tat with Sim mei Chin (the gal who is acting cute in the pic), they tricked me lor.

The packet of tibits is given by our HOD to Ellen and she didnt like the taste. NOt knowing wat to do, she placed the tibits on top of my table. Aunty Sim then tried to write a note to place on the titbits to make it look like some pupils gave the thingy to me.

Luckily, Ellen came to tell me the whole thing. I cant imagine if my HOD was in the staff room and she heard my words. I think i will die a horrible death.

Thnks ar, Aunty Ellen and Aunty Sim! Will nvr forget this trick one lor...

Days In NIE

Jus recieved a card from my classmate/ friend in NIE. Really touched to recieve this card.



I went in NIE in 2005 and grad from it 2 yrs ltr.

Vividly, i can still remember the feelings when i first stepped into the doors of NIE. I knew no one as I didnt went for the course Orientation. Everything and everyone was an experience. Lost in new surroundings, i had no choice but to try to make friends.

I first met Yan Ni ( the tall girl) in the first class i went to. It was a team bonding session (GESL) and i sat next to her. I was amazed by her height. I mean, how many gals in Spore can you find with her height like hers. She was like almost the same height as me! hahah...

Gradually, we began to know each other and then to form clicks.

The second person i began to know is Irwin, the other guy in my pic. He gave me the impression of an Ah Beng who be chap abt anything, haha.. The first time i met him was in class and he sat beside me. We intro ourselves and after tat lesson, we went to have lunch together. We ate our lunch quietly and I began to wonder wat type of topics should i start with him? hahah... Who can imagine actually he is a easy going person who can chat about anything under the sun?

Together with Samantha (the nxt gal in the pic) and Shiwen (not in the pic), we form our own click. Our grp is very special as we always go in one grp, more or less, inseperatable.

Throughout my NIE days, I was fortunate (or is it unfortunate) to always have a friend in my click that goes to the sme tutorial grp as me. Esp Yan Ni. Out of 10 tutorial class, she was 90% the same tutorial class as me, haha.. So suay right? heheheh......

We had our ups and downs together in NIE. There was a time where irwin and I gt called up by our tutor as we didnt do very well in our test. (Down part)... SiANZ.... We went to meet our tutor (up part) in one of the study corner. We both sat at the same side of the table. Then, an amazing thing happen. The table tilt to one side. haha... We were happily enjoying our Mac while waiting for our tutor when the table just slide to our side. We both tried to stablize the table but in vain. We fell to the floor, gasped in shock, look @ each other, then burst out laughing. haha.. Wat a joke! Even as I am typing out now, I cant help but to smile at the incident. The girl behind us saw the whole incident but she didnt laugh. My guess is, she is controlling her laughter. She left abruptly (3 mins) after the incident happen. I think if she stay on some moew, she might have internal injuries.

Of course, who can forget the proj. Being bochap and forgetful, my proj mates have to constantly remind me abt the deadlines and stuff. I think they remmind till they sianz liao, haha.. But thank God for them. I don know how i will survive if not for them.

I will nvr forget the time i spent in NIE, esp with the grp of 4 monkeys. It will be deeply cletched in my memories..........