Childhood Memories

One of my P2 students gave this to me. haha... Brought back my childhood memories really. I remember that i used to do this a lot with the coloured papers (those one stack $0.70 each).

Used to write notes on the underside of the edges then see which number your partner will choose. But i alr forgt wat notes did i write on the underneath.

2nd Oct 2007

My 5 Gentleness

ONe kid in tis class which i perfectly dislike previously with no sense of voice control and always like to disrupt class.

But today, i think i saw a different him. He broke don twice in front of me today! OMG! Nvr imagine tat he would do tt. But i think i really undderstand him or rather, understand him better nw.

HIs attention seeking might nt be wat he wanted. His family background is also no much to be desired. His is one of those traditional one whereby the mum would cane him whenever any teachers called his mum or any complain, he sure kena beating one. I think today, he would kena beating again as he gt a warning letter fr his form teacher. Haiz...

Anyway, hope i can understand him better. Not tat i wan to get into his good books
(wat for?). It jus tat i feel every child has his own prob, thought it might seem peanuts according to us. I just try my very best to bring out the angel in every child. No use scolding everyone in the class. There are bound to be pple tat can brighten ur day. Looking back at the past few wks since i stepped into that class, thing have improved tremondously thought its still the class i dread to go in, hahah..

Cheapo Fine Dining

Hi Guys

This cafe is worth trying. Esp students and new working adults, tis is a muz try. Cos it cheap and the food is good. Wan to impress ur gf or celebrate your impt someone's B day? Tis is the place. Wan to find a place to chill? Tis place is cool.

Tried the food there today. I tried the duck's leg, Quek tried the fish and KT tried the lamb shank! It was good! Except for the fish, i didnt really love it. The prawn bisque is nice too. Can taste the freshness of the prawns in every spoon of the soup.

The drink is nothing to compare of but the main thing is the food! Outdoor and indoor dining is both good. Indoor ambience is better though u might smell the food cooking and hence, stain ur clothes. Outdoor is windy (depends on the weather though) but might smell car petrol as there is a car mechanic shop nearby and the outdoor dining area is very near the road.

Tis cafe is defintely not for pple who are:
1) Looking for cheap food tat come in bulk
2) Looking for buffet where there are lots of things to choose from at a fixed price
3) Fussy people as the food option is quite limited
4) People who hv some comments abt tan skin people
5) People who cant wait too long for their food (we waited 45min at least)

Try it! oh ya. If u wan try it, drop me a line! It very close to my house, so i wan to try it again, hahah.....

Went to NTU CAC String Orchestra concert yesterday at the NAFA wif my buddy. a bit sianz cos i don think gt profeesional enough. Quite a bit sloppy and seems to me like training ground b4 they move up to NTU Symphony Band concert, haha... After which, we went to the 24hr food centre @ Bugis (beside Apollo Hotel).

Seems to me tat they went thru a renovation. As usual, like other renovated hawker centre, the food doesnt taste as good anymore. The hokkien mee was ok. The sting ray was nice. But the rojak is damn sianz lor. nvr ate such "lan" rojak b4. Forgt to take photo and place in my blog. Also, the chix wing (as in the pic above). First time i eat BBQ chix woing and don feel like finishing it cos it suz BIG time! Remember, if u r really hungry and u don feel like spending much. Order one of the chix wing in tat hawker centre. You will save lots of $$$$$.




Brought my BB boys out for a Childrens' Day party @ St Andrew Cathedral today. The party was quite nice. can see tat my boys enjoyed themselves totally. Then throughout the party, gt one boy came and sit nxt to me. haha... the small guy in the pic above lar. Throughout the service, he was telling me his family and his dreams. I think the 2 hrs there, he told me his whole family stories. Quite cute. He even ask if he could sit on my laps so tat he can have a better view. At first i was quite apprehensive abt it as his paretns might think i am a maniac or wat.... Then i think, nvr mind la. Cant be so suay... haha... His parents even came up to me after the service to thank me for looking after their boy... Diaoz... Win liao lor. They sit on top, i sit below to look after their 6 yr old boy. haha.. But it fine with me. Its kids like tat tat brightens up my day.

The secind pic is the boys tat i brought to the Cathedral today. Not bad la. Behaved themselves quite well generally. Nice bunch of kids.

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..