Holidayss 1- The Family Episode

The long waited family trip. After the much disappointed Bangkok plan, this Mc-Sz-Hk trip held a great stress over me. I cannot accept another blow if this time the airplane or whatever political chaos or h1n1 pandemic stop my holiday plan. Blessed, i finally brought my family except Jie oversea to Mc-Sz-Hk.

I guess a picture wins over a thousand words... lets just post some holidays pic =). Thx zuan for making these pictures. =)



Oct east --> The wetland garden



Macao-- The historical and entertaining city.



Hong Kong-- the peak n wax museum.


Oct east

There's a lot of lessons and memories for my first oversea family trip. Sometimes I may be too anxious to show them what to see during the trip that I overlooked my parents esp my father's needs. Free n Easy is tiring n requires lots of walking which may not be suitable for elderly. This is one thing I need to take note. Anyway, is a nice trip and I enjoy listening to my father's great discovery of sz life which I never noticed during the last trip, 'How come Sz never has fatso. The fattest is your mummy', he said. =)

How Many Times...

No invigilation duty today, after that day the invi mistake, now i felt so odd to go for any invi duty. Luckily, there's only one more day left.

1 student sent me her blogspot add, in her blog posts, most of it mingled around her messy life, her broken family, her boring life. At that instant, I felt so much to reply her; life is not boring. U determine ur own life, although u might from a broken family, but it shouldn't block ur way towards pursuing the lilfe u want. I hope she won't blame her mother anymore, because from wat I see, her mother still loves her alot. When something happens in life, we like to put the fault on others, how many times do we really thought about our own mistake?

Talked about 'the gal' that day. I knew my fren will stay by her. Alot of times, frens told me this is none of my business. If he really wants to go bec to her side, it is none of my concern also, I'm not his parents or family. I told my fren, if one day, they 2 are really together, I won't give them any blessings. I said that. I'm not purposely want to make my fren life worse, I knew he will feel bad because of him, I hate the gal so much. But when I truely think abt it, it is no longer totally because of my good fren, is because of the gal's character. Some mistakes in life cannot be fixed. When once there's someone give u so much concern and loves which u reject and even hurt the person, and now you want to get it back. Sorry, I will only look down at you.
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These days have been quite free, not much school duties. I hate gg out the room early in the morning if i'm not required to go school, wk would ask:' today no sch again, so nice to be a teacher, so free.' Not sure is it teaching trained my EQ, I did not show my temper, just rebuke him that since he felt that so, why not take up teaching? He just barely answered because he is not interested.... Always, people like to compare and envy of others, how many times do we really cherish of what we have? I knew every jobs has its difficulty, so I never give any sarcastic comments to their jobs since I didn't even try of these jobs. As teacher, I need to overcome the fear of speaking in fronts of others, so many times, I need to control my temper when dealing with groups of monkeys. So many times, I need to think of ways to encounter questions from students and even teachers and not to say crack my brain for more creative lessons for students. When late in night I'm still preparing for next day lesson while others who claim they work from 9 to 6 which to them is consider so much hardworking than teachers is playing and surfing nets, how many of you really realize I'm busy, teachers are busy, and more, we do not have OT. Please stop comparing, that will only make your own life suffering.

Reading 'Rich Dad, Poor Dad' at the moment. The book teaches us how to become rich. But wat more, I feel that this book is actually teaching us how to look at your own life, what do you want for ur life and how to look at people characteristic. The book challenges the belief that bright kids with professional jobs will be rich. When I'm reading it, I realized that my school education does not even teach me about money. We have the belief from young, from secondary sch when we are choosing elective subjects. The brighter ones will go to science stream, the not so bright or so called useless kids go to the literature class. School trains the brighter one to become professional people, but not rich people. In one of the chapter which Robert wrote about 'Work to learn; Don't work for money', that talked about a writer who has a great talent in writing, but her novels just cannot sell. When Robert recommended her to take up selling and marketing course, she rebuked that she is a highly educated, professional trained writer that do not required selling course, like a low standard course to help her. Sometimes, our pride leads us to dead road, it blinds us from looking clearly for opportunities. Highly educated doesn't mean you are top of others. Highly educated doesn't mean you do not need further learning.

Look at things at different ways. Do not block your own views. =D

In Sunday Mood- My dream 1

I spent this weekend mostly on updating my blog, read on books and magazines and then I came across this book ' The 100 Places a person should go', chinese version which i bought in Shenzhen.

When always we were asked about our dreams, most will say: to travel around the world, however, in the end, how many of us could really achieve it? When in 20s, we said this is the time to start work hard, earn money and prepare for our dream. In 30s, we start building up a new family,and this dream gradually moves away slowly from our mind. In 40s, our life mingles around family and children. 50s approaching and comes 60s when our physical no longer supports our dreams.

It sounds so sad when we look back our life journey, most of our dreams are not achieved. But, to look at the other side, dreams support our life. It makes our life wonderful and colorful. I believe the process counts, not the result.

So, I have a dream, which is to visit the Top 10 destinations in my mind, the list goes as below.


rocky mountain Kilimanjaro




Hokaido Switzerland



Vermont New Zealand


Maldives Niagara Falls

2 more--- to be continued.

Why Men stay with Miss Wrong

I read this article in recent CLEO, 'why men stay with miss wrong', and in my mind, straight appearing one of my good fren image, with a gal that seems far from perfect from him.

They are not together, not couple btw. But i just cannot accept the fact that after so many things happen, he still stand with her. I admit i'm someone who will not change opinion easily. When my six sense tells me something wrong with this person, dun expect me to be fren with her. Even thought how well she was in front of others.

When you are the one once weeping in front of me, telling me how it hurts that she did this and that to you, please don't expect me to believe in her again, saying things like she had changed, she is just indecisive in relationships matters.

You may be surprise, but women that i hate most are not those bossy, self-serving or overdo in make up as wat mention in CLEO. Yes, they may be irritating but not to the extend that cause me to hate them. But those hypocrite, act pity gals are.


When a right guy/gal met with a wrong gal/guy, they have different poles charge. This is why they are attracted to each other. One day, they will split, when one party neutralizes another. This is a vicious cycle.

The right couple will have same charge, they are not ligated together because you knew they can stand on their own with each has different personalities and characters. They will stand along side by side supporting each other.

My Sister's Keeper

OK, there's gone my blog layout. I lost all my current fav movie, books column etc etc. This will take some of my time to redesign my blog, beautify it. So, just bear with its empty shell for a period of time.

Is there a theory whereby if u sleep more, u get more tired? The last weekend was more like a sleeping week to me. I slept almost 1 hr plus on Fri nite, reluctantly wake up for a supper and bac to dreamland again. Sat nap around 2 hr plus.. which is a lot to me because I normally take only half n hr nap. BUT, the main point is, I still feel restless.. err.. izit a sign of aging? should not be that fast right?

Watched 'My Sister's Keeper' last Saturday. I have not read the novel before, without knowing any synopsis of the story, just based on Ann's good comment of the novel. These days, I have to trust Ann zai, although she might not read the lot of storybooks before age-13, but after coming to Singapore to study, I have to say, believe in her choice. The movie tells the story of a family struggling to cope with a child illness while presenting different points of views from the family members. A tear-jerking movie. The sadness in the movie goes so deep into your heart that you can feel the pain of Kate and her family.

The strength to overcome a sickness is not easy. Often, we would rather die than suffering mentally and physically. Especially for a young child, is cruel. What is still in your heart is the hope of recovering and the support from your loves.

I had been telling myself, even though some days work and stress from school is so great that discourages me a lot. I am so fortunate to be still able to work and teach the children. I am so fortunate that I can continue color my life. I am lucky I do not need to work under the sun. You can learn alot from movies, novels and surrounding. Even though we knew this deep in our heart to cherish our life and your loves one. But most of the times, we just overlook this importance.

放手

林峰 《愛·不·疚》

*收藏再眼眸，常徘徊左右
爱，猜到没有？
愉快玩笑后
能全然退后
你开心就够
这种感觉太真厚
讲一千句也不够
假使讲了你听到后，或会走
这种恋爱太罕有
不需真正拥有
成全 ，衷心祝福然后...
就放手
放手，放开所有
彼此更自由， 放手...
其实我决非爱得不够！
放手，豁出所有
还有这个好友，已经，已经足够...

*遥远是宇宙
静静在背后
去看守就够
这种感觉太深厚
讲一千句也不够
即使一刹有过冲动
挽你手
这种恋爱太罕有
不需真正拥有
成全，多舍不得仍然是放手
放手，放开所有，彼此更自由
放手，其实我决非爱得不够
放手，豁出所有，还有这个好友
已经，已经足够

*放手，我的牵挂，找不到尽头
放手，寄望你幸福什么都有
也许，爱很深厚
而我，早看得透
放手，只可拥有

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是时候，
放下过去，
珍惜现在，
展望未来。

也许，
我早就不应该那么执著，
坚持在错与对的争论，
其实都那么的不起眼。

Finally...

Finally, after so many round of entries of all sort of quizzes and lucky draws and watever, I won one. izit a sign of my voucher luck recovering? I do hope so. Yeap, my Shenzhen travel blog entry has been published on savvy traveller of NST which won me a staying trip in Parkroyal Penang=D... Anyway I haven got informed of my prize details yet.

Finally, after a dramatic life change of school term 3, the short 1 week break has arrived. I need some time to settle down all my work, reflecting of my teaching career for any improvement needed. All the feedbacks that i had received so far is either i'm too soft,too small to be precisely, my malaysia English slangs, no experience and my freaking pr skills. I realise i have problems interacting with peoples. argh...people management skill.. sucks alot...Surprisingly, my EQ level is high enough to sustain the students behaviours, which might explain why I'm still survived. I do understand now why they say teachers have great stress.. stress from teaching, stress from students, from your own peers and heads, from the parents down to the rigid conservative protection rules and education culture of sg. The belated teachers' day, I got some sweet gifts from students, but somehow I felt that I'm still not qualified as a teacher, a good teacher to say. When I looked back to my teaching life in New Kota, I had some regrets infacts, I don't know what are those but one thing i need to do now, is to put in all my efforts in this career, let it be my long life career or not, is not up to me to decide now. I just have to do my best and try hard to sharpen up my sucking pr skill. Buck up!

and and, a good news, we finally booked cheap air tics to Macao this dec. 5 of us except Nie jie, if she has time during the dec, then it will be a complete full family trip=). I sincerely hope and pray, this time, will be a successful and enjoyable safe trip (fingers crossed)pls pls.

Wasted....Argh

Gone.... $20 voucher just gone like that... wat the hell am i not noticing the deadline of the voucher!!!!!???? bloody hell....

Suppose to be a beautiful Saturday :).. Good morning gone with school CCA, I'm sooo "lucky" to be one of the 2 teachers kena Saturday CCA... -_-... Down with slight flu and the monthly physical disturbance... Argh.. Then got the shock news the voucher is overdue!!!! Wat wrong with this Sat morning...

Pls pls... just let me enjoy the rest of the weekend....

I may limit my blog , not open to public anymore... Privacy is one of my main issues concerned... I do not want to be caught by students using vulgar words here....

The First Month Pay

They say....
We have to celebrate for the first job first month pay =D
So, ther's a list of ppl i ve to treat, the See's family, the NTU gang, and aunty helen... ok, 1 by 1.
Some say, do not work for $$...but still, honestly speaking, money is one great encouragement for u to continue ur work...

The first month pay represents too my independence. my own ability to feed myself. that's why, i need a way to manage my finance now, the limit i can spend, the amount of $$ for rainy day, for saving, for insurance and for paying the loan=(.

I actually had a list of monthly intentionally buying list... let's see how many stuffs i have really bought by the end. My first n 2nd month pay is reserved for a lappie, seems unlikely now since I'm pretty satisfied with my 4-yrs desktop, let's reserve for other purpose.. hee

First Week of Teaching Life

I was told we couldn't blog much abt our teaching career thro blog, esp those sensitive issue of the sch.. so, i wouldn't write much abt my day & nite teaching life, maybe just some thoughts =)

The first week of teaching life was greeted by friendly colleagues and pretty exposed relief life. When i first entered the class, memories of teaching days in New Kota Primary sch flashed back. The students were not as well-behaved as i thought, I was hoping sec students should get better, not really... they just transformed to another form of discipline prob that u ve to tackle..

And after the 2 days course n dialogue session with the principal, i finally get bit steady with wat my career path, at least for this 1 yr should be. Whether teaching is my career path, i couldn't make a 100% promise right now.. wat can i say: I ll use this chance to hone my communication skill. Teaching is not just you and your students; in many times, it involves more than 2 parties: the sch, the parents, your "cute little" kids and your colleagues of course. School is a small world; u ll meet any kind of people here......

I always believe success of learning is not the result; but the process. So whenever the monday blues is back, I ll tell myself. Hey, ther's the chance to learn again!At least, it makes you feel better-_-

And i better get out of the house at 6.30am tmr!!! IT is rather awkward to join in the sardin fish's club with the students in the bus that spoils all my image ( u know, when u intend to get a bus, esp when the bus is just right in front you and you do not want to miss it, you will just run across the road and hop in rite? this is a NO-No for teachers, esp if u get in the bus sweating, then suddenly someone calling from the back: Hey, good morning teacher! At that moment, the whole bus knows who r u. Teachers need to have a clean, high, professional and godlike image... ( I wonder do I have any of these)

Hong Kong Trip 18-5-09 to 21-5-09

❤ Hong Kong Trip 18-5-09 to 21-5-09
❤

不夜城的神话

海洋公园Go Go Go

Others~~

The 100th blog post!!

The 100th blog post!!

This is my 100th blog post. Congrat!
Anyway, this post has nothing to do with the title... just feel like scribble something.

Only until recently, I found out that hating someone on behalf of another person is the stupidest thing in the world.. After a small incident, I realise it is useless for me to detest a person when she has nothing to do with me, wat's more, she is even well protected by the person who has the most convincing reason to hate her at the first place, turn out? the other way round.

So, I learn to let go.. I am a sturborn gal.. but i guess it has become lesser. I learn to be slow, learn to accept failure, and learn to be myself. But still, ther's room for improvement. Sometimes, learn to be urself not necessary turns out to be good. When I am dread to go workin in Robinsons, I ll just be myself, then be late ther for at least an hr plus, until thee aunty shouting at me thro the phone. But, I'm not that irresponsible at all, since I'm workin on hourly based and I ll make sure thers is at least a person there b4 making the decision to be LATE FOR WORK.. . this is how I learn to be myself. Do when I like, Ignore when it doesn't. Even though I knew that aunty keep on saying my bad things behind, I knew that.. so wat, it doesn't really bother me.

To end the post, since is the 100th post, I'll make a wish: Wish my voucher n lucky draw lucks return.. ( I have entered so many entries for the straits times contest.. but nothing in return... so sad)

Watched transformers: revenge of the fallen last Sunday as well to cele TC bday. I still loved Bumblebee... always my favo autobots, also the new added funny twin autobots. Felt that the graphical animated scenes esp the autobots n megatron this time is better, at least i can differentiate the two sides but still prefer the transformer 1 content which introduce more about the autobots.
Anyway, it is still a good movie to catch for the year, at least an anticipated and satisfied movie.
...Megan Fox is sooo sexy, even me as a woman says so.

and, Updatesss.... Our Bukit Batok Happy House members officially achieve 100% employment rate, congrats! But end up i n cs the latest to start work. For my Robinsons part time, I plan to stop it around 11th July, after confirm to get the first portion of pay. Then 2 weeks to prepare for my teaching career path. Promoter's life is hard, esp when you need to stand 10 hrs per day, and so I salute the aunties ther..

深圳之-世界之窗

深圳之-世界之窗

缩小版的迷你世界名建筑。 也许天气太热， 没有办法尽情欣赏这些迷你版建筑设计。 也或许这些不是正版的， 不会感到太多惊喜。 不管怎样， 世界之窗还是有他那迷人之处。

深圳之- 东部华侨城

深圳之- 东部华侨城

东部华侨城PART 1 - 在大侠谷 大侠谷，占地5平方公里，俯瞰深圳东部黄金海岸线，以“森林、阳光、大地、河流、太空”为主题元素，以人类对自然界广袤未知领域的全方位探索为主线，集山地郊野公园和都市主题公园的特色于一体。峡湾森林、红酒小镇、中心广场、发现之旅、地心之旅、未来之旅、海洋之旅和云中部落等八大主题区域，带给游人新奇刺激的体验。

东部华侨城PART 2 - 在茶溪谷 茶溪谷占地近2平方公里，体现中西文化交融并兼有“茶、禅、花、竹”等主要元素，包括茵特拉根小镇、茶翁古镇、三洲茶园和湿地花园四个游览区，体现了西方山地小镇的风情、茶禅文化的融合、岭南茶田的幽雅和湿地花海的浪漫，让都市人远离喧嚣，从容享受自然。

从东门到东部华侨城的车程大约1小时， 因为缺乏详细资料，到最后只有时间游访茶溪谷。

湿地花园
第一次看到花海景， 第一次身处在七彩的四季花田， 第一次看到一望无际的向日葵田， 那种喜悦感， 无比形容， 只有身处在那情景， 亲身体验凉风轻打你的脸颊， 带着花瓣的芬芳， 才能体会到什么叫做人间仙境。

那时候， 我只想时间停留在这里， 让我静静的用心体会， 人类与大自然的结合之作。

茶翁古镇
顾名思义， 连绵的茶田， 穿插着为游客而设的饮茶坊， 陶艺坊等， 让你一游品茶的乐趣。

茵特拉根小镇

美丽的茵特拉根小镇， 摄取了欧洲阿尔贝斯山茵特拉根的建筑色彩， 犹如身处在童话中的梦幻宫廷。

游感而言：茶溪谷是这旅程中， 我觉得最值得一去的地方。 让我震叹的自然景色， 一个景点， 看尽花的世界， 茶的故乡， 中西文化的交融。

小小提示: 如有想要用一天游玩大侠谷和茶溪谷， 建议早上9时便到- 东部华侨城大侠谷门口， 卖combo票， 搭小火车到茶溪谷， 逛至2时整， 下山游玩大侠谷。 如有足够时间， 可分别用两天时间游玩这两个景点。