YIKES!

EX students again

2009-08-03T20:09:00.000+08:00

Jeff from 6E 2005 returned and the class called for an even bigger class gathering. It was good meeting the old kids - all grown up and all more mature. The photos were loaded in FB - now its the portal we all get connected - esp when jeff is returning to the States again. He will not be returning in the near future. As for th rest, they are all slogging for the O levels this year. God bless them - may they all pass with flying colours!!

EXSTUDENTS

2008-07-13T08:44:00.002+08:00

Met up with the 2004 batch kids BBQing at the Astor Green Pit. They'ew 15 now and all, well, let's say half grown up. They boys were very tall and many towering above me.... tsk tsk, to think some were shorter than me, now they say i'm short... hmph! Well, it's good to see them and hear of their stories. So full of life and zest and not many cares in the world. Call for the occasion? It's the return of Jeff from US. He has this drawl in his accent and it's weird to heard it from an Asian.... But God bless his heart. i'm glad they all took the pains to connect with me year after year after year. Not sure if they went overnight last night.....

Wanna load the photos of last night but I dunno how to operate my new nokia 6300!! I'm a dinosaur when it comes to technology!! I plug this USB cable to my macbook and then nothing happens!! How on earth do i trnsfer the photos? Now waiting my me saviour, aka computer man hubby to redeem me from this helplessness..... face it i can be a helpless damsel.

Part-Time Maid

2008-06-26T22:41:00.002+08:00

Can I share my joy with you??!!! My 1st ever part-time maid came to clean the house!! TODAY!! Yeah!!! I dont need to fuss over housework anymore!!! DOUBLE YEAH!!! I just hope that this lasts.... and Another JOY to share....... My tingkat dinner has started since last monday evening...!!! YEAH YEAH YEAH!! No need to cook and clean dishes!!!! YEAH YEAH YEAH!!! Now my next headache!! Is to convince my daughter to sign up for chinese class. You see she's very herd mentality one... must have friends to be with her then will go! But how to synchronise the timing with another child??? I'm crossing my hands and fingers and toes that she'll be OK for the bukit batok berries.... or the orchard one or maybe the tanglin CC one... sign... parental woes! Also, thinkinf of the boy... ACS or St Andrew's Junior???? I cant decide. If distance, ACS. If want to save fuel and be with husband, the latter.... how how how how how how????? Questions.......Decisions...... Wouldnt it be better to be a student than a working person and married too??? Decision decisions etc etc bah blah blah

nightmare

2008-06-12T15:33:00.002+08:00

Nightmare last night and had another after waking up from a nap. A blood pressure check 132/92. Mild hypertension since yesterday. Headache pounding on my right. Nap nightmare - I tot i woke up from the nap, walked down the stairs to the living room, saw hubby, talked to him about the headache then I fell fainted o the floor, I had a half vision, blurred and a prayer rang thru my ears - God be merciful to me, my kids are still young, I cant die yet. pop! there went a dream. scary!

prince caspian

2008-06-06T12:29:00.002+08:00

Just saw the show 2 days ago. Just when I thought movie tixs are expensive, I found out that I could get a movie at $6 using NETs payment at the cathay in orchard (dhoby gaut, actually). Anyway, there is major difference between the movie and the actual book. Reading the book is so much better than the movie. So anyway, the show was so long - 2 plus hours!! I had to take a leak in between! The young actress who acted Susan reminded me of one of my students in 6I. Some resemblance there except that my student will be the Asian version with glasses.

picture

2008-04-19T22:47:00.001+08:00

After a month, I finally got the picture of granny. What set me into tears was when matt said, "Tai-ma's picture, I miss Tai-ma." The picture now stands on top of my piano. She had a nice smile, so serene. It's the one month anniversary of Granny's death.

2008-03-11T08:25:00.002+08:00

This story was written by a doctor who worked in South Africa .

One night I had worked hard to help a mother in the labor ward; but in spite of all we could do, she died leaving us with a tiny premature baby and a crying two-year-old daughter. We would have difficulty keeping the baby alive, as we had no incubator (we had no electricity to run an incubator). We also had no special feeding facilities. Although we lived on the equator, nights were often chilly with treacherous drafts. One student midwife went for the box we had for such babies and the cotton wool that the baby would be wrapped in. Another went to stoke up the fire and fill a hot water bottle.

She came back shortly in distress to tell me that in filling the bottle, it had burst rubber perishes easily in tropical climates). 'And it is our last hot water bottle!' she exclaimed. As in the West, it is no good crying over spilled milk so in Central Africa it might be considered no good crying over burst water bottles. They do not grow on trees, and there are no drugstores down forest pathways. 'All right,' I said, 'put the baby as near the fire as you safely can, and sleep between the baby and the door to keep it free from drafts. Your job is to keep the baby warm.'

The following noon, as I did most days, I went to have prayers with any of the orphanage children who chose to gather with me. I gave the youngsters various suggestions of things to pray about and told them about the tiny baby. I explained our problem about keeping the baby warm enough, mentioning the hot water bottle, and that the baby could so easily die if it got chills. I also told them of the two-year-old sister, crying because her mother had died. During prayer time, one ten-year old girl, Ruth, prayed with the usual blunt conciseness of our African children. 'Please, God' she prayed, 'send us a water bottle. It'll be no good tomorrow, God, as the baby will be dead, so please send it this afternoon.' While I gasped inwardly at the audacity of the prayer, she added, 'And while You are about it, would You please send a dolly for the little girl so she'll know You really love her?' As often with children's prayers, I was put on the spot. Could I honestly say, 'Amen'? I just did not believe that God could do this. Oh, yes, I know that He can do everything, the Bible says so. But there are limits, aren't there? The only way God could answer this particular prayer would be by sending me a parcel from homeland. I had been in Africa for almost four years at that time, and I had never, ever received a parcel from home.. Anyway, if anyone did send me a parcel, who would put in a hot water bottle? I lived on the equator!

Halfway through the afternoon, while I was teaching in the nurses' training school, a message was sent that there was a car at my front door.. By the time I reached home, the car had gone, but there, on the veranda, was a large twenty-two pound parcel. I felt tears pricking my eyes. Icould not open the parcel alone, so I sent for the orphanage children. Together we pulled off the string, carefully undoing each knot. We folded the paper, taking care not to tear it unduly. Excitement was mounting. Some thirty or forty pairs of eyes were focused on the large cardboard box. From the top, I lifted out brightly colored,knitted jerseys. Eyes sparkled as I gave them out. Then there were the knitted bandages for the leprosy patients, and the children looked a little bored. Then came a box of mixed raisins and sultanas - that would make a batch of buns for the weekend. Then, as I put my hand in again, I felt the......could it really be? I grasped it and pulled it out - yes, a brand-new, rubber hot water bottle. I cried. I had not asked God to send it; I had not truly believed that He could.. Ruth was in the front row of the children. She rushed forward, crying out, 'If God has sent the bottle, He must have sent the dolly too!' Rummaging down to the bottom of the box, she pulled out the small, beautifully dressed dolly. Her eyes shone! She had never doubted! Looking up at me, she asked: 'Can I go over with you and give this dolly to that little girl, so she'll know that Jesus really loves her?'

That parcel had been on the way for five whole months. Packed up by my former Sunday school class, whose leader had heard and obeyed God's prompting to send a hot water bottle, even to the equator. And one of the girls had put in a dolly for an African child - five month s before, in answer to the believing prayer of a ten-year-old to bring it 'that afternoon'. 'Before they call, I will answer' (Isaiah 65:24) This awesome prayer takes less than a minute.

When you receive this, say the prayer, that's all you have to do. No strings attached. Just send it on to whomever you want - but do send it on. Prayer is one of the best free gifts we receive. There is no cost but a lot of rewards.

Let's continue praying for one another !

Father, I ask you to bless my friends reading this right now.
I am asking You to minister to their spirit at this very moment.
Where there is pain, give them Your peace and mercy.
Where there is self doubting, release a renewed confidence to work through them.
Where there is spiritual stagnation, I ask You to renew them by revealing Your nearness, and by drawing them into greater intimacy with You.
Where there is fear, reveal Your love, and release to them Your courage.
Bless their finances, give them greater vision, and raise up leaders and friends to support and encourage them.
Give each of them discernment to recognise the evil forces around them, and reveal to them the power they have in You to defeat it.
I ask you to do these things in Jesus' name. '

Do not ask the Lord to guide your footsteps if you're not willing to move your feet.

Holidays

2008-03-06T08:26:00.001+08:00

Yeah yeah yeah! March Hols are here!! Gotta catch up on some sewing, drawing and home improvements..... yeah yeah and super yeah!!

Holidays

2008-02-24T07:34:00.002+08:00

I can't wait for the March hols to arrive! But of course, hoping to have some catching up on marking, nothing else. It's too short ot have a holiday trip to somewhere else.

For the June, we are planning for a June church camp and perhaps a week's trip to Korea for the family. It will be a fun filled June hol!!

6I girls

2008-02-02T09:16:00.000+08:00

The 6I 2007 girls came for a visit, here are some shots of em. They were playing Uno stacko and basketball at my place.

Double ENglish

2008-02-02T08:55:00.001+08:00

Taking Double class English this year is a great challenge!! Compared to last year of all 3 subjects (EMS) the planning was better this year though. I have lots of stuffs planned to make the lessons interesting, e.g. games and group work stuff. But, time is so short! I'm fighting for time each period and it didn't make things better if I had to check if the whole class had handed the work in - sometimes one by one.

The adrenaline pumps high this year and the pace is faster than I had expected. I'm dead beat the moment the bell hits at one.

I'm glad I managed to get the 2 classes to create their FORMAL blog sites - now I gotta check if their postings are done...

I know

2007-12-31T15:05:00.000+08:00

"I know the plans I have for you
When you don't know what tomorrow holds
And when yesterday is through
I know the plans I have for you

Hope for your days
Joy for your sorrows
Strength for all that you are going through

For my ways are higher than yours
I know"

Kaiseki

2007-12-25T17:01:00.000+08:00

Not sue if it's spelt like that. Kaiseki.... It's what I ate with Chris, andrea, shawn. It's costs $70 at Nogawa. Many different entries and food. Interesting and surprising. the most ex was the Otoro (fatty Tuna Belly) as oppsed to Maguro or Chutoro. Ex, but nice..... Yum

chords

2007-12-18T17:43:00.000+08:00

I have a prob working out chords ... takes a long time to work out chords just listening from a CD. But thank God I pulled through. Playing in F# key and Aflat key is challenging... I should sign up for the "play by ear" music course for Jazz ... but the cost is high....

holidays

2007-12-03T09:03:00.000+08:00

holidays for me had just started. But I have several projects at hand to finish. Plenty. All of them are either handicrafts, sewing projects or some kind of art farty thingy..... things I love best to do. Mayb I'm in the wrong profession..... And yes also, music... thinking of picking up another instrucment... drums.... violin...??

symptoms

2007-11-27T12:02:00.001+08:00

symptoms of braindeadness:
1) eyes in a daze
2) diminished concentration - eventual ZERO concentration that leads to heavy eyelids
3) increased attention to games found in patient's palm e.g. sodoku, text twist
4) mute to all questions
5) deaf to all instructions
6) sudden life when lunch / tea occurs at noon and at 4
7) total drain when released at 5

Secret

2007-11-21T19:01:00.001+08:00

The secret to a clear system.... to clear the rubbish that stretches from the top of you to the other end ... is .... is .... plenty of fibre!!! I mean plenty, plenty, superfluous, excessive, overflowing, endless amount of fibre you can ever pack into that tiny digestive bag that hangs at the end of your oesophagus. The result? Endless relief......!!!! I mean ENDLESS!! Wah......

Hmm

2007-11-21T16:27:00.000+08:00

"Even if her child is under her watchful eyes, her mother worries"

Interesting but true... think about that.

Monkey

2007-11-19T10:52:00.000+08:00

I think it wasnt a ghost.... we saw a monkey, a macaque, on the fruiting coconut 3 at the back yard. 2 in fact. They were busy peeling the husk and eating the young yellow coc0nuts.... my house back yard must lock gate .... scary leh, what if monkey comes to have a slumber party w us?? hiak! hiak! hiak!

Mayb there's a ghost

2007-11-17T14:09:00.000+08:00

It's a quiet saturday morn with my cheeky daughter. We had bfast in the kitchen and when I finished mine I threw my limp body on the sofa and started potating (doing nothing while slouching to grow virtual roots). Both of us decided to hop over to the provision shop at the neighbouring condo. Once we returned home, I found the loaf of bread next to the sink (I left it on the table actually before i headed out of the door) and the plastic bread wrapper had a huge ripped off kind of hole. My rash instinct is to summon her majesty the cheekiness and demanded an explanation for the position of the loaf of bread and the hole in its wrapper. Many rounds of questioning - to no avail - her majesty cried and said she dont know what had happened to that wrapper and that bread.

Maybe got ghost lor.... I said.

I released her from her position.

I live opposite the reserve and just outside my kitchen is this coconut tree which is often visited by squirrels, medium sized geckos, funny looking parrot-like birds.... so the best guess I could make is that one of these 'ghosts' could have hopped into my kitchen to chew open the bread wrapper. The clues....? .... grey ink-like patches round my white kitchen sink.

Or mayb really got ghost... who eats bread... hiak! hiak! hiak!!

Last day of school

2007-11-16T16:47:00.001+08:00

The class girls started crying before the graduation tea started. Strange isn't it. Then when it was all over, they continued with another round of crying.... is it something that has got to do with women? Crying all day over everything? Perhaps it's the atmosphere.

Brandon Goo came for a visit today. A faithful old student. Good news is he switched course from Normal (T) to Normal (A). I'm proud and happy for him. I hope for all the best for him.

reading

2007-11-14T15:24:00.000+08:00

I'm supposed to announce the prize winners tomorrow and on Friday for the prize giving ceremony. I'm nasal now.... and super constipated and I think the waste have filled up to my oesophagus... pardon me... I'M SUPER CONSTIPATED!!! Anyway, I hope my rhinitis doesnt affect my voice tmrw or I'll sound like a stuffed up... dumpling...? URRGGH!

catching up

2007-11-13T20:03:00.001+08:00

Old pupils, now sec 2, were streaming in day by day so I've been catching up with them. Yesterday, the 2005 batch came, about 5 of em, and they stalked me to the gym in park mall before heading off to plaza sing to catch the bee Movie. After my workout, they stalked me and called me again for tea, so I obliged. They were well-behaved kids so I didn't mind treating them at Gelare at Plaza Sing. There was a lot of catching up thru updates. Nice kids are really pleasant to be with. They make you feel you had done a great job as a teacher. While there are those who are low on courtesy, the nice ones should be the only ones I should think about to make my day. So I bade farewell once again to good old student friends, Sarah Beh, Wee Keong, Charis, Selica & Linus. Anyway, I get to see Linus now and then cos he is in the same church as I am. Oh dear, Timothy and Bryan came by several times but couldnt catch me cos I scooted off once the bell rang for my gym workout....

As for today, I caught up with colleagues at the NTU alumni. Hey, the food is affordable at 9.90 for a full set... yum yum.

The afternoon was spent with the kids cos I needed to get uniforms for the girl, who's going getting into P1 next year... booo hooo hooo.. there ends my honeymoon toddler years.... . booo hooo hooo....

Gym and Myopia

2007-11-06T19:48:00.000+08:00

I had to get back to gym!! Spent 400 over bucks on gym unlimited for 6 months at Amore. Not too bad when I could claim part of the remaining LDS fund. I'm gonna start tmrw.... probably will complain to you about my achy muscles by tmrw or the day after. One hour flat in the gym is the minimum.

Anyway, Timothy and Bryan came to sch today but I couldnt get to meet them, cos I gotta scoot off. So the boys will have to see me again another day. I heard from them Jordan had gone off to the land of the free - the US.... Why is every student going off to US for studies??? Isnt the local schools good enough, or are the local schools too tough to stay on and so those who couldnt make it locally will have to pay huge sums to go overseas?? Tell Tell me...

I screened this movie to the class today - The Sandlot. Excellent comedy and very funny. One thing to take from this movie is that you have only one chance to do something great and many were not able to because they were either scared or to lazy to do it. What a good ponder point! Well, what is my great thing I wanna do? Teach in a 3rd world country, like Thailand, or Cambodia!!! I nearly applied for a teaching post in Hong Kong 5 years back.... but then, somehow, having kids and a family weighs heavily on committment. I thought perhaps start small?

You ask me if I have problems? Hell yes!! But who cares about these problems!! There are enough myopic people out there who think only of their own problems and drown themselves in it in their own little tiny world!! Time is the only fixed entity and there are so many needs to be filled for those who need it, we dont have time for myopic people. Maybe we should all look outwards more than inwards... heh heh I think I need to practise this outward looking thingy myself.... well, I'm optimistic but I ready......!! No one is truly a handicap! The only thing that makes YOU a handicap is when you DON'T USE WHAT YOU HAVE.

Period.

Jacob Ballas Children's Park

2007-10-12T09:20:00.000+08:00

The new Jacob Ballas at Botanics is a very nice park, not only for kids but also for big people like me!! Ha ha! we hopped over after dinner with Edwin (the one i wanted to intro to my cousin Jess, but dropped the idea later) and Joserve, both swinging singles.

pics getting across the log and picking up sand

jewellery

2007-10-12T09:10:00.002+08:00

my student is so talented! look at the jewellery she made!! very enterprising!! I hope she gets her dream to enter SOTA.

Lazy Saturday

2007-10-06T16:11:00.002+08:00

It's a lazy Saturday, and a very sleepy one. After prayer meeting last night, we head off, together with Gerry's family and Shawn, to the Mr Prata place opposite CPE. It was my first time trying thr tissue prata - very sweet and .... thin. We reached home at 12.30 am. By then, the kids were asleep. As for today, it's a lazy day.... maybe to catch more sleep.

2007-10-03T19:49:00.001+08:00

Stairs in my new place which leads to the bedrooms upstairs.

clowning around in the living room

moved

2007-06-24T17:01:00.001+08:00

I finally moved. So much to unpack. I'm down with flu too. So tired and sick... arrgggghhh!
I'll try to get a few snapshots of the new house for you to see.... one thing I gotta get used to this new place is the climbing up and down. If i forgot something, I might need to climb upstairs to get it and then, the kids loved running up and down the stairs - hope there is no accident.

Spider3

2007-06-06T20:35:00.000+08:00

Spiderman 3 - Ahhhh, a very good movie, very touching. And the message is clear - that everyone has a choice, the power to make decisions that could change one's destiny....

I spent my birthday watching 2 movies - Spiderman 3 and Shrek 3. The former, with my beloved hubby, and the latter with hubby and the 2 little ones. I thoroughly enjoyed myself. It was a relaxing day out!

quarantine

2007-06-02T09:26:00.001+08:00

6 days of quarantine,,,I'm dead bored and I'm dying top be let out of this cage .... my little boy should be OK. We brought him back to the clinic and the Dr certified that he could return to school on Monday... Yeah!! This spells the end of my confinement in my in laws place!! The last time I remembered this confinement was when I just gave birth to the 2 kids and had to stay home for a month..... when will this old fashioned thinking about being confined at home due to child birth end??? I hope it stops at my generation......

Remember my old class 6E, one of my students, Jeffrey, is in US. How fortunate he is!!! I've never been to the US. Not interested in going anyway, unless, to visit relatives or old friends... or maybe in the future, attend Jeffrey's wedding.... ha ha ha... will be old and rickety by then. Very nice of him to email me... this is the rewarding part of teaching... when they come back and keep in touch with you. Oh, Brandon Goo came by school too! He is so much taller, and bigger in size too. Also not forgetting the old boys, Funny and witty Xianwen came by the last week of school together with Linus of 6C (2005). Linus also brought Wee keong along. Wee Keong is in Maris Stella. I also happened to bump into Kevin of 6C in Church 2 weeks back. Timothy and Bryan came too and they helped abit in the Tennis CCA I was placed in this year. In short, seeing these boys are so heart-warming. They are all so handsome and tall and so grown-up. Reminds me of my time last time. Well, I do hope they still keep tabs with me in years to some.... God bless all these little boys... :)

Yikes!!!

2007-05-28T19:06:00.001+08:00

Yik3ees and double yiiikkess! Matthew has Chicken pox!! Actually, I half suspected it yesterday but i didn't wanna raise an alarm, so I told my mom-in-law it was probably a heat rash. We were up and about at our new, but old condo place. Very dusty! So we cleaned it up a bit (how I wished I had a part-time maid) and the dust was flying about. The previous owner had a cat, so there was a lot of pet dander. I did suspect Matt was suffering from a bout of allergy, or perhaps chicken pox. I did hope it was not HFMD, cos it is also spreading around in Singapore. The vesicles had water in the middle of it, so ..... BINGO.... chicken pox!!

So here I am, quaratined... for a .... week.... Oh the picture shows Matthew's crushed finger. We were waiting at the radiologist clinic for an x-ray to be taken, so I decided I'll take a photo of his finger. See his middle finger swollen? Thank God there are no broken bones. Matt is still jumping like a red-spotted rabbit!

Talents

2007-05-01T19:38:00.000+08:00

I have this talented girl in my class who makes lovely costume jewellery. I'll take a photo of it ... actually couple of photos because she made 2 necklaces and 1 pair of earrings for me. So sweet! Send you photos ina couple of days later.

Moving house

2007-04-03T20:44:00.000+08:00

I barely stayed in my brother's empty HDB jumbo flat for 1 month and now I was told to move again. The buyer of his house needed to shift in earlier into the place because he had to vacate his own place by April 25. So we have to move, thank God we are offered my bro's in law's house in bukit batok - a 5 room flat, so we will be shifting again.... HEADACHE!!

I cant wait to get into the new house in.... somewhere... bukit timah.... will keep you in suspense exactly where.....

March hols

2007-03-15T16:46:00.001+08:00

Its thursday - the 4th day of the march hols.... but isnt anything like a "holiday". Cos I have been back to work everyday, except for yesterday. There are countless of stuff to do, mostly admin, but I need to set papers, mark compo etc

Chinese NY visits

2007-02-19T18:59:00.000+08:00

Xianwen & Gareth

wee min

Several ex-sch kids came back last fri for a visit. There were too many of them hanging around the staff room and the noise level was up. To avoid complaints, I had to chase them out of the staff room.

last year's Sarawak trip

2006-11-03T16:14:00.000+08:00

Just to share with you last year's trip to Sarawak. I had fun with the class. I wished I could do the trip again with them. But I guess no money can buy back time. So all I have are photos in which I could share with people. These are the memories that I treasure - students.

What to do?

2006-11-03T09:21:00.001+08:00

The exams are over. So what am I to do with a bunch of 29 kids? Go sentosa. Go zoo...? I have been doing that every year for the past 8 years. Go picnic? Where then? Perhaps just stay in school and make them play board games. I can't wait for the hols to come..... yeah....! I'm going to club med with my family and four other family friends.... yeah! I just hope it would be sunny days.
Anyway, Isabelle would like to see the class, but I have trouble getting the correct date for her to come. Should I order a class photo for her too?

Exams

2006-11-02T14:24:00.001+08:00

The exams are over. My marking took 4 days to complete. It was very tedious, not the marking, it was the flipping of the pages over and over again. Anyway, I played Cluedo with the kids.... I played Cluedo since I was primary.... 4? Well, the game is still around after so many decades. I heard there is even an online Cluedo.. I wonder where?

I got a $0 phone. A Nokia 6070. Very basic. They didn't require a trade in, so I'm stuck with my old Siemens C65 and Motorola E398. What am I to do with these 2 old phones? They are in good working order.... I would like to sell them, but who will take it???

sprained ankle

2006-10-25T15:46:00.000+08:00

I was running after Matthew, after serveral shouts of "Stop! Stop!" I fell. I sprained my right ankle as a result. It was an excruciating pain I couldn't let out a scream. I stared into blank space, clutching my right ankle, and I bit my tongue. People aroun me asked if I was alright. I couldn't answer. It was as if I was mute for a moment. My 2 kids didn't even know why mummy was lying on the floor! My husband didn't even see me because he was busy talking to this other person about the PA system in church. Thank God an orthopaedic surgeon happened to be there and he checked my ankle, rotated it and told me it was just a level one sprain. Was on MC for 3 days but I couldn't stand (literally) staying home staring at the TV. And taking the pain killers made me drowsy I slept like a pig. So I cut the MC short and went back to work. What a week!

Funny Guys

2006-10-13T16:28:00.000+08:00

Three funny guys came. One of them - his voice cracked - its weird speaking to him. The other 2 - well, they look the same. But of course, they are still far more handsome!!!

It's Friday

2006-02-17T16:39:00.000+08:00

If you are thinking about coming back to see me on friday, you have to come earlier! I will scoot off by 5pm - I plan to and resolve to get home earlier than usual this year. Well, to be back home a a wonderful retreat for me. As for the day, I spent it in the Home Economics room with 5I. We fried eggs and sprinkled food stuffs on it to make it look like an animal cell. Then we eat it up. We ate out lesson.... cool, isn't it? I mean, eat our lessons... get it??

two handsomes

2006-02-13T09:38:00.001+08:00

Two handsomes came to see .. supposedly not me... they said they were looking for Mrs David. They walked along the aisle and the 'shorter' one.... ironically banged against this chain of sea-shell-looking kind of thing and it created a crushing sound. So I spotted them. So their response was they thought I was not around. It was the first time Michel came to school once the term started. I was afraid to stand up lest he realises he is taller than I. heee heee hee.... But they look good. You can judge for yourself how handsome they are... (they will all be handsome and beautiful as far as I'm concerned!) I'm glad they came.

Chinese New Year

2006-01-29T17:25:00.000+08:00

Tis the season to be giving... gosh... the hole in my pocket gets larger from today onwards and lasts for 15 days... or is it 30??? But no fret!! I get reinbursement in the form of 2 kids who belong to me, heh heh, just when I thought the hole gets larger, it actually isn't too bad.... well I can only think of 1 reason why chinese have children, the more the merrier, so that when CNY comes, you don't "lose" as much, or you break even... hahahaha.... what do you think? So how much did you receive... you must remember to 'give it ALL' back to your mommies and daddies.

I feel older

2006-01-27T15:15:00.000+08:00

Happy CNY!! I feel older.. some kids came to visit, I was thrilled to see them. They've been bugging me to update my blog, so I guess this blog owes it to them.... so great students big and smaller, and to the bigger and smaller ones too... theis blog is dedicated to you!! Just a secret... I actually missed all of you.... even the naughty ones. :>

Bad hair day

2005-09-12T15:30:00.001+08:00

It's been a long time since i blogged. The 1 week hol was good, so that I went back to work, marking 4 days out of the 5 day hol. Then on the 5th day I attended this seminar about injecting humour in our lessons. Anyway, I felt I had to do something about my hair, so I decided to go for a cut. I sisn't get an appt so I just stepped into this salon called "red hairdressing" . My hair cut turned out to be a perm in the end. I thought I looked kinda nice in it but I knew some of the school kids will comment on it. So I was prepared. Here today, I've got a sweet little one asking me "Hi Mrs Yit, is your hair like that or did you get a bad hair day?" WSob * Sob* I thought I looked nice in it...???/

LOBO

2005-09-02T16:24:00.000+08:00

I'm listening to this CD one of my students gave me for Teachers' Day. I feel old man... I was wondering why my student gave me this CD... it contained evergreens such as " Me and You and A Dog named Boo", I'd love you to Want Me", Dream Lover etc, all oldies. Why huh? Do I look old? Anyway, I enjoyed the songs. They were good and gave me this old days feel. My colleagues thought it was cool man! So everytime I play this CD, I think of my student. ^_^ I was also so glad and pleasantly surprised that I got a rose from one of the naughtiest boys in class. Naughty boys can be so sweet too and considerate too. ^_^

Double thanks

2005-08-31T13:46:00.000+08:00

I have decided to take 2 pictures of all you have given me, cards and presents and all. The cookies were yummy, the other inedibles were useful. Thanks again!! ^_^

Thanks Guys & Gals

2005-08-31T11:13:00.000+08:00

I'm sooooo touched by all your well-wishes and presents. They are really nice and it makes my day. I promised I wont scream at anyone today or on Friday..... But that promise expires on 23.59am this Friday... heee hee hee...

Hell Ride

2005-08-24T11:14:00.000+08:00

I had one of the worst taxi ride in my whole life! I innocently flagged this yellow cab down. I never knew I was about to have the worst hell ride... this cab driver was this old wrinkly man with this large goggle-like spectacles that covered almost half of his puny face. He could well be 66years old... what the heck is he driving at such an age!. OK, never mind if he drives well and safely! He brakes at the last minute, beats the red lights (also beat the fright out of my pure innocent heart), swerves from lane to lane like a mongoose! Usually, I do not belt up in cabs but this time I feared for my dear precious life... I mean who will take care of my 2 little darlings and 1 big darling (my husband) and 2 old folkies (my parents) should my life be taken away? Touch wood!! So there was I, belted up and praying at every second for God to be merciful to me. I even confessed my sins and hoped that God will let me live on!!!! So as you would have known by now, I'm still alive. As the hell ride ended, (which costs me 5.70) I shoved the hell driver my money and left saying, "Keep the change!" He smiled and said, "OK, see you again!" My jaws dropped and I muttered under my breath, "No way!" and the door slammed shut. From the corner of my eye, I knew this hell rider had sped off in search of his next prey.

Hand Foot Mouth Disease aka HFMD

2005-08-11T19:15:00.001+08:00

Just when you thought you are out of the woods of the dreaded flu, another dreaded task comes your way. sol! (scream out loud). My cute baby boy of 2 years had HFMD last Tue. the funny thing was that I didn't know that he had HFMD! Neither did my Hubby! We saw popped up red dots, similar to chicken pox on his butts and hands. Then he complained at night before he slept, of course he can't speak well yet, so we didn't know what he said. What he spouted was "Pain! Pain!" and the rest, was gibberish. What pain? Where? He can't even indicate. How didfficult it is to be a parent! I can't even decode this alien language of his! lol! So this 2 year old's blur parents still sent him to school on wed and thu, til my hubby got a call from the childcare at noon. The teachers suspected he had HFMD. I could not be contacted that Thu because I was so busy in school and also had choir practise till 5.45pm. Then in the evening on Thu I read my sms. That was why you guys didn't see me last fri and I couldn't celebrate the NDay on Monday. So I was "in isolation chambers" with my son till wed. But then I "loogi" my 1 week childcare leave because of the National Day hols. So I'm back at work today. sigh!... However, I do miss all of you... I miss all of you so much... I miss giving out the scoldings... heee heee and I miss giving you more work to do, and more tests... . BTW, I thinking of a children's gift multiplied by 74 twelve year old kids. If each kid is given a budget of $3, what is the total I need to spend... your maths homework. Could you suggest what I can buy with $3 for each of you?

flu

2005-07-28T14:26:00.001+08:00

I have this flu for the past 2 weeks and hadn't gotten well. It didn't help when I still need to teach and speak in a loud voice.
There was this moth so huge that flew into my kitchen! My kids were screaming at home and it caused a mayhem! But my lovely and brave hubby managed to catch it before releasing it into the yard. Along with it, the moth took my troubles away.