阿杰の教室

Time Management

2011-08-25T02:12:00.000-07:00

Just had my work review with my HoD, and 1 issue we discussed was -- Time Management.

Came back and planned to start working on setting my End of Year exam papers (due tmr) and came across this article by Success Resource.

Rather interesting read. Issit gonna be useful? We'll know when I meet the deadline (or not)

Thursday
25 Aug '11

How to Manage Your Time and Choose the Most Important Priorities in Your Life

2011-08-25T02:11:00.000-07:00

How to Manage Your Time and Choose the Most Important Priorities in Your Life

There’s no denying that time is a luxury in today’s fast paced environment and sometimes you can’t help but feel like there is never enough of it!

Whether it is during work or off-days, people are constantly racing complete a deadline or an objective, their minds spinning with all sorts of thoughts and ideas that lead to useless stress. While that may be true for most people, it doesn’t have to happen to you!

A critical part of time management has to do with how you look at time and how you understand it. Recognize that there is always plenty of time. But if you think there isn’t enough, you will be right. If you’re always worrying about not having enough time, you’ll end up wasting even more of it.

What is Time – and How to Manage It

What you’re about to learn is a life-changing philosophy about time management that has worked extremely well for many successful people, providing them with a fulfilling life and the income to enjoy every minute of it. You can apply that same philosophy to improve the way you manage your time and reduce the stress that’s preventing you from unleashing your true potential to succeed.

The philosophy is this: Time doesn’t actually exist and is merely a man-made invention that is used to measure passing moments from one period on to another. Understanding this philosophy doesn’t mean that you should live your life in a daze and lose all awareness of what’s happening around you.

There are certainly important schedules to honour in your daily life – and people to whom you will be accountable, such as your family, your friends, and your superiors at work. But instead of worrying about whether you have time for them, the key thing is to slow down and devote your fullest attention to the Present – in anything and everything that you do.

Whenever you are with your family, make sure that every moment of your existence is dedicated to them. Whenever you are having your meals, take your time to appreciate and savour your food. The same applies to your work, business and nearly every professional relationship.

How many times have you been in a conversation with someone else and realized that you have not been paying attention? When you disconnect, you not only break the relationship, but all chances of closing an important deal. So you have to be able to switch from interaction to interaction and be totally present in each one.

How to Choose Your Priorities

One of the biggest mistakes that many busy people make is that they think they have to do everything. That’s not necessarily true. You don’t have to run every errand and you don’t have to control every activity in your life.

You can have priorities. You can learn to ask for support from people who are better at doing some things than you are. But you have to ask yourself: Is it revenue generating or not? Is it relationship-building or not? Is it a worthwhile relationship or not? Is it busy work or not? Are you giving yourself so much to do and being busy rather than being effective? Are you on your own or do you have a team?

Choose and then be present with your choice.

So if you still find your mind wandering like a wild elephant the next time you are in a conversation with someone, slow down and get 100% present again. Because when it is all said and done, there is no tally sheet that will score you on how many things you were able to do in this lifetime. There will only be the impact, the positive relationships that you nurtured and the memory of what your most important priorities were.

Be thankful for the time that you DO have. And choose wisely on how it’s being spent.

Thursday
25 Aug '11

The Ant and the Contact Lens: A TRUE STORY

2011-04-15T20:13:00.000-07:00

The Ant and the Contact Lens: A TRUE STORY

Brenda was almost halfway to the top of the tremendous granite cliff. She was standing on a ledge where she was taking a breather during this, her first rock climb. As she rested there, the safety rope snapped against her eye and knocked out her contact lens.

'Great', she thought. 'Here I am on a rock ledge, hundreds of feet from the bottom and hundreds of feet to the top of this cliff, and now my sight is blurry.' She looked and looked, hoping that somehow it had landed on the ledge. But it just wasn't there.

She felt the panic rising in her, so she began praying. She prayed for calm, and she prayed that she might find her contact lens. When she got to the top, a friend examined her eye and her clothing for the lens, but it was not to be found. Although she was calm now that she was at the top, she was saddened because she could not clearly see across the range of mountains. She thought of the bible verse 'The eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth.'

She thought, 'Lord, You can see all these mountains. You know every stone and leaf, and You know exactly where my contact lens is. Please help me.'

Later, when they had hiked down the trail to the bottom of the cliff they met another party of climbers just starting up the face of the cliff. One of them shouted out, 'Hey, you guys! Anybody lose a contact lens?'

Well, that would be startling enough, but you know why the climber saw it? An ant was moving slowly across a twig on the face of the rock, carrying it!

The story doesn't end there. Brenda's father is a cartoonist. When she told him the incredible story of the ant, the prayer, and the contact lens, he drew a cartoon of an ant lugging that contact lens with the caption, 'Lord, I don't know why You want me to carry this thing. I can't eat it, and it's awfully heavy. But if this is what You want me to do, I'll carry it for You.'

I think it would do all of us some good to say, 'God, I don't know why You want me to carry this load. I can see no good in it and it's awfully heavy. But, if You want me to carry it, I will.' God doesn't call the qualified, He qualifies the called.

Yes, I do love GOD. He is my source of existence and my Savior. He keeps me functioning each and every day. Without Him, I am nothing, but with Him...I can do all things through Christ which strengthens me. (Phil. 4:13)

This is a simple test. If you love GOD and are not ashamed of all the marvelous things He has done for you, share this with others!

9 April '11
Saturday
Morning

IPPT @ 5 April 2011

2011-04-15T20:10:00.000-07:00

IPPT @ 5 April 2011

Sometimes, there's just such a thin line between success and failure. So so so thin line.. And a 4-letter word almost destroyed my self esteem..
Thanks for the voice inside me keep chanting "NuStar NuStar NuStar NuStar"... NON-STOP! And SAM WANG's face with different expressions keep appearing in my mind...

I didn't win anyone. All I did was winning myself in June 2009.
从这一刻起对我而言，Kevin Khoo 的名字就是「再坚持」的象征！！ >...<

5 April 2011
Tuesday
Evening

Before-and-After photos 12 wks of TRA

2011-02-13T16:34:00.000-08:00

Before-and-After photos 12 wks of TRA

Okay! Finally! 12 weeks have passed since 23 November 2010.

Other than loss of 5kg+ body fat from 20% to 13%+, muscle raised from 34% to 37%, visceral fat from 8% to 5%, and a weight loss of 10kg... One glad thing is my long-lost abs hv finally resurfaced again! :D

Thanks to TRA for helping me regaining my health. Finally can say good bye to my irritating sinus, flu and insomnia. Off worry from my previous complexion and hair loss problems too. At last no longer looking like half-balding uncle anymore... :p

So glad :)

12-wk TRA program. Finally gotta see the 12 wks' results ^.^

14 Feb '11
Monday
Morning

Before-and-After photos 5 wks of TRA

2010-12-27T11:20:00.000-08:00

Before-and-After photos 5 wks of TRA

If a picture speaks a thousand words...

What about 2 pictures?

:)

~Front view, before TRA vs 5 wks into TRA~

~Side view, before TRA vs 5 wks into TRA~

12-wk TRA program. Can't wait to see results in 7 wks' time ^.^

27 Dec '10
Monday
Post Midnight

Health Progress after 4 weeks TRA

2010-12-20T23:43:00.000-08:00

Health Progress after 4 weeks TRA

After 4 weeks, finally see some remarkable progress... :D

Broken my record low of 71 kg, from 75 kg lost almost 5 kg to 70.1 kg in 4 wks! Yeah~
Still remember the last time i hit my record low was when i just finished my Practicum, was feeling v stressed & sick and kept vomitting out almost every single dinner. Skinny until left pack of bones, like skeleton lidat. That time feeling so miserable; now feeling so good. Same weight; 2 totally different experience :)

Even happier is my muscle rate & metabolism rate has risen significantly, signifying my body is now functioning at much better condition now, as compared to 4 wks ago. As such, i've "grown 5 yrs younger"~ hehehehehe~

Proudly presenting... Here u go~ ;)

Not to mention 2 inches lost @ waist as well.. hehe :p

21 Dec '10
Tuesday
Afternoon

The Right Approach

2010-12-12T20:08:00.000-08:00

The Right Approach

A three-pronged weight loss programme helps people lose weight by combining weight loss products, good nutrition and plenty of exercise.

IF you consider the countless weight loss programmes you can choose from, you may find it difficult to believe that the underlying philosophy of losing weight basically boils down to one equation: when you take in less calories than you spend, you have weight loss. It is that simple, says Nu Skin enterprises chief scientific officer and executive vice president Dr Joseph Y. Chang. But although everybody knows that, it is not easy to lose weight with our current lifestyles.

“I always find it ironic that people have to drive to the gym,” says Dr Chang. Indeed, as machines increasingly replace muscles (the way cars replace the need for any legwork), there seemed to be less reason to spend calories any more than we absolutely need to. And thanks to fast food and convenient mamak stalls, we are now blessed with more calories than we ever need.

With these in mind, Malaysian-born Dr Chang and his research team in the US came up with the The Right Approach (TRA) – a patented weight loss programme by Nu Skin Enterprises that combines supplements, nutrition management and exercise with an additional element: group support.

Available in countries like Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand, Philippines, Brunei, Hong Kong and Taiwan, the weight loss programme has recently reached our shores.

“By bringing in TRA, we hope to provide Malaysians with a scientifically tested system to help them lose weight the healthy way,” he adds.

The reason we sometimes eat too much is our brains associate eating with sociable events, where we sit down with friends and family to eat and chat. And often, we eat more than we should, says Dr Chang.
Malaysian-born Dr Joseph Y. Chang and his research team in the US came up with the The Right Approach – a patented weight loss programme by that combines supplements, nutrition management and exercise with an additional element: group support. – AZMAN GHANI/The Star

That is why we need to retrain our brain to eat less and exercise more to achieve permanent weight loss, he explains.

People who go on TRA will be encouraged to exercise and practise portion control, where they can eat their normal diet, but half as much. On top of that, they could also take meal replacements to control their calorie intake and consume supplements to control carbohydrate cravings, absorb fat in the digestive tract, increase their body metabolism and burn fat.

To check their progress, they are encouraged to form small support groups that meet regularly.

A “TRA Consultant” will be assigned to monitor the groups’ progress or on a one-to-one basis. (The company conducts regular TRA consultant training for its distributors to educate them on The Right Approach to weight management – the Right Supplementation, Right Nutrition and Right Exercise.)

It may be difficult to do it on our own, but having a group that reminds you to eat healthily and exercise regularly makes it easier, says Dr Chang.

The problem with most diets is that when you are on it, you lose weight fast. The moment you stop, you put the weight back on. As Dr Chang put it, “it’s like a yo-yo”. That is why weight loss medications like laxatives that help people lose weight by losing water are, at best, temporary measures to reduce weight. With TRA, we place more importance in keeping the weight down, he says.

While he concurs that there is no best product for everybody, he cautions against some weight loss products that contain dangerous chemicals, some of which have been pulled off the shelves recently.

Our best protection against these dubious products is our common sense, says Dr Chang. Some of the questions you should ask are: does the product come from a reliable company? Has it been researched well? How exactly does the product work?

A rule of thumb is: if it sounds too good to be true, be careful. As nothing beats reduced calorie intake and exercise in weight loss, if you have to lose weight with the help of supplements or weight loss programmes, choose them carefully.

13 Dec '10
Monday
Noon

Happening December wkend~

2010-12-10T23:02:00.000-08:00

Happening December wkend~

Friday went back NUS Staff Office to conduct a health screening for NUS Staffs & Students, response super good! i.e. shag until cmi, but shiok. 1st time doing corporate health screening & presentation for health information, great sense of achievement.

Lunch time, rewarded myself to a sumptuous laksa yongtaufoo @ Arts Canteen. Yummy~!! YTF uncle and auntie still remember me! So kind even to treat me to YTF, free of charge! :D (aww... so paiseh thou... :p)

~Dec holi, "Best Canteen Stall" still damn long Q as usual~

Shag until buay tahan, went home concussed immediately. Luckily still able to wake up in time for Charlie's Breaking class @ 9pm. Trained until hands damn pain, legs damn weak, but shiok shiok~!! :D

~Charlie, my cool Bboy instructor ;)~

1st time helping out at CNX Intensive Training Program (ITP), lotsa things to learn. Best thing being, able to re-sit for ITP for free, w/o having to pay $50 re-sit fees! :D ..LOL.. Been wanting to re-sit ITP for months liao, cos previous time didn't really catch much, but always no space. Now coming back as a different identity, hehe~ Not bad la. ^.6.

Sakae sushi for lunch again, as usual. CNX 十年如一日，nv change their menu one. haha.

~52 students w/ 4 trainers, 1 of whom ur dear fren mr khoo~

In short, this wkend is happening, shag, but fruitful ^.^

Shout out: I love december!!

Saturday
Afternoon
11 Dec '10

Stock Alert - StraitsAsia Resource

2010-12-10T22:33:00.000-08:00

Stock Alert - StraitsAsia Resource

StraitsAsia is a very hot counter in our forum recently, currently even being mentioned in class by our new students.

Trend: Uptrend.

Observations:

- Uptrend trendline, confluence with horizontal resistance turned support level of 2.39.

- With MACD multiple reds and Stochastic @ oversold region, do watch for a potential rebound to occur at 2.4 range in next 2-3 trading days. Once taken place, MACD will give boy signal of 4red1green, Stoch will give boy signal of bullish crossover.

E = after cfm rebounded off 2.4 level
S = 4% below support
P = 2.8 or higher

WARNING: MACD showing bearish divergence. Hence i wouldn't recommend going long recklessly UNLESS higher low confirmation.

Author's personal opinion only. Disclaimer applies.

Saturday
Afternoon
11 Dec '10

3rd measurement after The Right Approach ;)

2010-12-07T09:32:00.000-08:00

3rd measurement after The Right Approach ;)

Yday, Monday, went for weekly TRA lesson 1, learnt to eat healthily and the dangerous food to avoid. Good good. Next Monday learn abt Food Nutrition. hehe~

Took my 3rd measurement yday, shockingly, made some progress from last Sat again. Good good~ ^^

Even better, Ying Ying also decided to take up TRA, 1st step towards losing weight n fats healthily, with The Right Approach~! Good for her! :D

Shall update on my progress here every week, to serve as self-reminder to persevere thru these 3 months. After that, want do anything oso can, no need worry abt rebound le! :D

Yawns.. lol

Tuesday
Midnight
7 Dec '10

Losing fats with The Right Approach :D

2010-12-05T00:42:00.000-08:00

Losing fats with The Right Approach :D

Yday was great for me! :D

Lost 2.7kg Body Weight & 0.8kg of Pure Fat in 11 days, with Body Fat % falling from 20% to 19.7%, Visceral Fat down from 8% to 7% (1%-4% being healthy). Most importantly, my Body Age dropped by 2 years! :)

Well, the story began last Monday, when i first attended a "Healthy Eating" class conducted by my friend, Sam. Learnt about food nutrition there, the right proportion of vege, carbo, and protein intake for every meal, etc. Very enriching! It amazes me how those ppl can eat SO MUCH and enjoy gd food w/o worries, and YET remain slim n healthy, and even look youthful.

Okay actually i wasn't really THAT fat la, but keep getting the comments that i look over my age (hey, i'm only 21! LOL =P) Damn.. but true. Don't like it, but can't rebuke.. Sigh.. Hmm well.. Since this program can help me shake off some unwanted excess fats PLUS regain some youth as well, no harm trying out~ Afterall, hey! "debox" is definitely way better than "botox" right? haha..

Anyway, Sam has done it before, hasn't rebounded for 5 yrs. So do many many others. I've also seen with my own eyes how it worked for my pretty colleague Natsha since she took it up this April. Amazing challenges. Am looking forward to it ;)

Now, after taking my 2nd measurement yday, i hereby proudly present my results~ ^_^

Okay, enough talking. Dinner time! Hahah~

... ...

PS: Readers come, readers go. But all came & go silently, w/o a sound...
NOO!! I don't like that!! How can an author write with passion w/o knowing who are his faithful readers?!
Thereby...
Calling out to all faithful readers! Thanks for ur support, but it'd make me glad if i know who u are! So do leave ur footprints behind on the tagboard @ the left of this post, k~
You'll put a smile on the author's face :)

Sunday
Evening
5 Dec '10

Millionaire Mind Intensive!!

2010-12-01T04:26:00.000-08:00

Millionaire Mind Intensive!!

Oh gosh! Just logged on then realised, i haven't been blogging for almost a quarter! 3 months, an incredibly long period of time. Oh man..

So many updates, but guess i'm gonna skip those mundane stuffs away. Not gonna mention how Term 4 was great, Promo & Prelim marking was intensive, and how I'm proud of my kids' performance in Promo. Not gonna mention them, all too mundane. hehe..

Okay, serious stuff.

Hv u ever heard of T. Harv Eker, the great inspirational speaker and author, the amazing businessman, the multi multi multi millionaire? Just took my last weekend off and attended his Millionaire Mind Intensive seminar. 3 full days. (go google him if u haven't heard of his name. GO! GO! NOW!!)

Oh my, he's a hell lot of inspiring and motivating i must say, a total mind blowing seession that changed my mindset completely. Goddamn, didn't know my mind is so full of "dirty thoughts" that's sabotaging my success in life so much. Glad to hv undergone a whole series of "brainwashing" session, it's much cleaner now. The feeling is like a body that hasn't been cleaned for 26 yrs, now got soapped and shampooed and scrubbed really hard, and suddenly all the dirt and mud are gone! Amazingly holy! :D (And who says branwashing is bad? Don't u ever wash ur clothes, body, or brush ur teeth? haha~)

These 3 days, i've learnt SOO SOO MUCH from T. Harv Eker and his trainers i must say. Too many to even LIST out all. And one of the MOST VITAL skills i've learnt there (and hv benefitted me a hell lot), is PEDAGOGY. Harv's amazing presentation skills, coupled with audience interaction, is a PERFECT MODELING TARGET for me, as a teacher, a public speaker, a trainer, a leader. To put it simply, if u could even catch a glimpse of how he teaches (and i'm not even talking abt "training"), ur pedagogy skills would jump to a total whole new level, be it in lecture or tutorial.

Hereby i shall briefly share 1 concept of Money Management with u, to serve as a constant reminder to myself too.

Now, split ur income into 6 different jars:
10% Financial Freedom Account
10% Longterm Saving / Spending
10% Education
55% Necessity
10% Play
5% Give

The magic behind the numbers and the names of the jar, i juz taught my new faithful reader ying over msn. Too lengthy and complex to share here. Consult me if u're always having trouble managing ur monthly income, finding urself always left with less than a penny at the end of month, yet dunno where has ur money gone to. Consult me if u're interested in start getting ur financial life into proper order, so u'll ALWAYS have sufficient savings left for ur dream car, dream bungalow, after spending relentlessly on ur daily necessities, and enjoying urself thoroughly along the way. Most imptly, find urself financially free at the end of working hard for 10 years, or even 5 years!

In case u're not aware, working hard for life does not make you financially free. Excellent money management skills does. Look at those people around u who're slogging their lives out making more than 10k/mth and are still poor at the end of the day, u'll understand that.

Working is good, esp. if u're in ur dream job which u've always been aspiring to be in, like me & the ppl ard me. But working for the sake of money is a freaking bad idea. It not only is impractical, and also kills ur passion for the job 10x faster than anything does. We should be doing smth bcos we LOVE TO, not bcos we HAVE TO. If u're in a job which u're constantly thinking, "hell damn, i'm gonna sack my boss when i can!", u're not happy. And as a matter of fact, u'll nv be. If u're working bcos u've to "make a living", then the truth is, u're not. U're "making a killing", killing ur true passion for life by stucking urself in a job u dun hv passion for. That's no way to live.

Do the things u LOVE to do. Pursue ur interests, ur true PASSION. Life is short, spend ur time doing things with the people u really love. Whoever that say passion & bread cannot co-exist must be shutting himself out while living a hard life. OF COURSE THEY CAN! ... ... at least for me ;)

~Adam, the awesome trainer @ MMI~

~The arrow i broke with my throat on the 3rd day~

PS: Nice chat with Muneer, Ying Ying, and Esther before blogging :)

Wednesday
Night
1 Dec '10

All love Sept holi~!

2010-09-05T06:09:00.000-07:00

All love Sept holi~!

Woohoo~!! Here comes Sept holi~!!

XD

Nth much to say, don't feel like typing much. Just feeling a sense of relief to have spent an entire wkend doing lotsa things, almost totally unrelated to work. i.e. Financial plans, Stocks analysis meetings, bball & chats, tidying emails, gym. Come to think of it, the last time i spent a wkend w/o work was more than 10 wks ago. And even march holi was flooded with preparation stuffs. Thanks to Promos, we've got less stuff to prep during this 1 wk break. Oh Yeah~

But of course, still got a LTA trip this wed, and gotta go meet the officers there tmr for planning purpose. Tues gg back sch whole day for work, but nonetheless, still hv Wed night & Thurs to catch up with NIE & NUS frens, as well as checking out Supperclub on ladies night~ ^.< And all these will be done while our babies are busy studying for exams, LOL~!

Okay, don't talk so much. See pics bah! All taken on Teachers' Day celebration, 31 Aug 2010, this Tues.

During celebration. No don't worry they weren't playing poker cards.

可愛い日本妹妹~

The masculine side of the dept. "4 handsome boys" according to the ladies (you know :p)

Year 5 team!

The entire Econs team! Cool stuff~ ^^

Yeah, that's what I have for now. Presenting to all of you, the DHS Teachers Day 2010. =)

*Gotta spend this precious one week wisely, striking a gd balance between work & life, before 7 days pass by in a blink again*

Nitez~

Sunday
Midnight
5 Sep '10

Last week of Term 3

2010-08-29T09:36:00.000-07:00

Last week of Term 3

Almost a mth passed w/o update again! This term is indeed a crazy period indeed... Guess all teachers & students would agree with that.

Began the term with Common Tests, left with only 8 wks to impart 2 major micro topics, as well as exam skills, really not easy. Students r not having an easy time either. Most of them stuffed up to their throat, overwhelmed by all subj, esp PW. Sometimes realli pity them, feel like lightening their workload... but can't. Short term pleasure = Long term regrets. Rather we both endure thru this period and hv a gd laugh after Promos over. Believe my kids ain't myopic ppl :)

So fast last week of term le, still got quite a fair bit of stuffs not yet addressed in class. Particularly essay skills on Mkt Failure, Govt intervention & Govt Failure. Coming to last week, suddenly realised there're so much we need to do, but there's so little time left.

As far as possible, really dun wish to call for extra lessons in Sept holi..

*Done preparing tmr lesson. Time to recharge b4 lesson. Zzz~*

Sunday
Midnight
29 Aug '10

Happy National Day!

2010-08-06T11:18:00.001-07:00

Happy National Day!

Wow! Been more than 1 mth nv update le! Guess also know why... Too busy with work! Don't even hv time for facebook! Omgz...

But it's been a fruitful month, nonetheless. Undertaken several big and small projects and assignments, in teams and individuals. Beginning to have a better feel of how real working life is like. If any one of you still think teaching is mainly about teaching, pls don't be naive anymore. hahahaha....

One of the proj i've been handling is organising the Programmes for Senior High NDP Celebration. We've got Charles from SG Idol to perform for us, as well as Don't Forget the Lyrics and Singapore Photo competition, and Dance by our students. Pretty packed and exciting stuffs! Oh yeah! Still remb an aim I made a few posts ago? Today NDP Perf was satisfactory. The feedback was great. Students' responses were awesome! Took some fabulous photographs with beloved 31.. hehe.. :P

Went KTV with my new class 5C31 in the aftn, had some crazily fun time togt. Guess they probably enjoy that more than their Econs lessons... :P

Oh yea, and my previous post, regarding dilemma in Hostel or not. Made up my mind already! Since I can stay dilemma for so long, must hv its pros n cons. Many things I won't know untl try it, so might as well go for it! :D Yeah, done my application already. Most prob by Nov or Dec holi would be able to start moving in. Seems like i just gotta be a little more patient there..? *shrugs*

Getting tasked with more n more leadership roles recently. Not exactly smth i wanted from the start. But who knows, might be time i get out of my comfort zone. Might be tough in these few yrs, but better than to leave regrets in the future.

PS: Don't foresee any good times ahead in near future. Destined to be a workaholic. But maybe a happy workaholic ^^

Friday
Post Midnight
6 Aug '10

Embracing Term 3!

2010-06-27T03:08:00.000-07:00

Embracing Term 3!

Yeah~ Indeed. Holi passed by in a swift, am sure all peers in teaching line or still in school would definitely agree with me on that.... Undergrads excluded!

Went back school last 3 days, gradually getting used to the fact of becoming a perm staff. Own desk, new classes, new duties, etc. Looking forward to finding out my new CCA and committee.

Probably staying DHS hostel as well. Too many factors in consideration, tough decision to make. Anyone wanna decide on my behalf? Haha..

Counting down to start of Term 3, 12 hrs more to go.

楽しみです！^^
(Translation: Looking forward)

Sunday
Evening
27 June '10

my NTU roomie is back!

2010-06-03T11:16:00.000-07:00

my NTU roomie is back!

mr He Junda, my dearest roomie finally back from his SEP @ Finland le!

juz had some long chat with him n Weemin on msn, miss the days when 3 of us r togt. To the extent we even gonna move back NTU Hall 5 to spend 1 night togt nx Thurs, juz to relive the precious memories (Don't things always look most beautiful when you know they will never come back again?)

Fell heavily sick after practicum fyi. body cant function, while brain cant stop thinking.

Damn sleepy, good night.

Thursday
Post Midnight, 2am
3 June '10

Work life resumed (after Practicum)

2010-05-30T10:45:00.001-07:00

Work life resumed (after Practicum)

Hmmm~ Just spent $500 today on a 3-hour "tuition" session. Yup, after being tutor for 5 yrs, today my turn to be tutee. Main difference lies in the rates. $500 for 3 hrs? Gosh... My rates hv nv been THAT high man (heartache a little).

But okay la, still a fruitful learning session. Acquired quite some useful techniques, skills, and knowledge. Smart readers like you should be able to guess what's the field I seeked help in... Economics? Oh well, u're a little on the right track, but not really, hehe..

Gymed with David after lesson. Worked some chest & arms out a lil' to the limit, gonna need some recovery time. Seems to hv regain some flesh recently (at undesired places), but weighing scale tells me i'm still standing at 71.4 kg. Hmmm.... Still same as last wk, thou looking fatter. Vain? Sure... But which teacher isn't? We're afterall the ones fighting the battle at the frontline everyday~

Tmr back to working life again le, hmm... in terms of hours at least. 9 to 5 almost every single day for nx 2 wks, marks the end of my rest period of past 1 wk plus. But stress level shouldn't be high. See? lesson starting in 7 hrs time, still can stay up to 2am to blog. Not like i dunwan to slp, but got my battleplan to craft! Juz finished charting n doing my analysis for upcoming week. Market currently too volatile, am looking to see a bull rally for nx 2-3 days before another round of sell down starting on Wed / Thurs. (We shall see how accurate ah Jie's market forecast is) ^.< With the current turbulent situation, pays to be careful and nimble in action.

Phew, finally done with a busy and fruitful weekend. Looking forward to meeting frens this coming wk! Alright, time to catch a wink, still got a long battle tmr! Gd Nite~ :)

Sunday
Post Midnight, 2am
30 May '10

Life after Practicum

2010-05-25T06:10:00.000-07:00

Life after Practicum

Been 2 wks after practicum has ended. Halfway into 3rd week. Also the last week of rest & relax, before getting involved with daily activities in NIE again.

Well, finally a long break since last July, been busy these 3 wks. With? First of all, a gd time to fall sick and recover from it. Haven't been spending much time to take care of health. Recently went gym wif frens, to my shock, 5kg lost over past 3 mths of practicum. Oh dear, is tat a blessing in disguise? or a sign? Nvm nvm, good to hit a record low, haven't been this light since Secondary times 10 yrs ago, haha~

Really appreciate these 3 weeks, good physical & mental break. Did lotsa soul searching, emotional management, and A level syllabus content upgrading on my teaching subject, esp on Macroeconomics. Wow, nv read so much Economics notes and textbook within 1 wk. Not even during my own A lvl times. Pretty interesting to stuff my little head with all those macroeconomic concepts and knowledge. At least now feel more contented and secure with my job competency now. Muahaha~ :)

Currently dealing with bearish market, badly affected by Europe and US poor performance. Aww poor world, coming down like nobody's business. Let's see if ah Jie can manage to pull some money out of this financial event, or whether he'll be buried in the midst of mkt crash as well??

Tuesday
Night
25 May '10

End of Practicum

2010-05-12T21:07:00.001-07:00

End of Practicum

Last friday, last day of practicum. Conducted one last lesson with 5C42. Went v smoothly. They've been nice kids, thou at the start given me some trouble with homework discipline. Overall academic performance oso not v gd. Hmmm... But end of day, received a present from them. A book, with whole class writing on it. Very encouraging. Very touched. Am glad that they're appreciative of my effort, and encouraging towards their rookie teacher.

Back in staff room, shared with Marc what our students wrote for us. Very sweet of them.. Good thing we're still coming back to teach them next term, unlike the previous few attachments, where we just went and hi-bye with those lovely kids. Not v good to the students as well, to have temp teachers keep coming in and leaving.

Anyway, despite being the last day, we still stay on until 6 plus as usual. Typical workaholics. I know Marc is always one. Didn't know I'm such a person until I come to Dunman. Gotta use more work-life balance man.

...

Weekend, practicum officially ended. Perfect timing for me to fall sick. Damn... :X
Ear infection causing fever, causing headache. Cough n Flu as well. All these bad things happen togt. Drug allergy on Sunday didn't make things better. End up i not only had to skip school for 2 days, but also had to give our Mother's Day + Father's Bday celebration on sunday a miss. Sigh... Even until now still coughing. Good thing today no school... Hope to recover by today. Tmr still got Mrs Chan's Econs lesson & Econs class chalet. Better not be sick.

God, pls bless me with a set of healthy body. I need to recover real quick.

Thursday
Noon
13 May '10

Reliving my life~

2010-04-24T20:20:00.000-07:00

Reliving my life~

My Daily Horoscope: April 24, 2010

"It's said in the mystery schools that everyone who gets beyond basic survival will find their own avenue for growth, Gemini. Due to the retrograde and today's planetary configurations, you may be thinking about something you were interested in doing in the past, but set aside. If this happens to you, pick it up again, and pursue it with enthusiasm. The benefits will be very deep and improve all aspects of your life. You do not have to start immediately, but one day soon you will, and you'll be happy for doing so."

Can't agree further with that first line. After 8 weeks of practicum, being through some extreme downs and ups, perhaps i can finally say i've gotten beyond the stage of basic survival. Now it's time to find my own avenue for growth, in several aspects. (1) Pursuing own interests, (2) re-developing skills and talents, (3) re-igniting teaching passion, (4) taking care of health and wealth, these 4 fundamental issues are the next thing i'm gonna address from now on. After all, life can't be juz revolving around survival, can it?

Short term plans (May & June):

- I wanna get back my vocal skills! Argh!! :(

Upon entrance to NIE in July '09, i put my Muaythai, Japanese, and vocal training to an endless pause. Among which, vocal was my main source of identity. Initially had thought that given the rigourous prior training, few months of lagging wouldn't cause much disaster, little did i expect that my current form is no longer recognisable in comparison to that of 1 yr before. *sad*

Nah, this wouldn't do. This May-June break will be my comeback! Am gonna train real hard on my own and make a stunningly great performance in July in front of whole school!

Aim: DHS Superstar, beyond Year 5! Wahaha~ XD

- read, read, read. My personal source of comparative advantage. Shan't elaborate on that.

Long term plans (May onwards):

- return to Music Garage & continue break dancing

So so inspired by DHS Dance Concert "Danzage" on Friday night. Those students are awesome. 6 of which are from my class. How can their teacher be a mediocre dancer beneath them?? And so, bboy here i come!! XD

- return to Fight-G, re-pick up Muaythai boxing.

Been slacking for almost one year since I started NIE. It's time to stop depriving my body for the burning fire it yearns for.

- health, and wealth. Not gonna explain either ;)

End off, lesson planning for tmr, as usual~ :p

Sunday
Noon
25 April '10

First lecture of my life! :D

2010-04-20T06:23:00.000-07:00

First lecture of my life! :D

As an education officer, today is significant occasion. First time of my life, I conducted a lecture. It may not sound very special to many people, indeed. But it is memorable to me at least, and supposedly to my audience and fellow colleagues, I hope? 'cos it's really a timely encouragement, esp after all the negative feedback i received from NSC & CT 2 wks ago.

Topic was Internal Economies of Scale, pretty dry & technical one. Not exactly the best topic you’d like to lecture on, especially as a rookie. Fortunate to have the strong support of seniors & frens, who provided me opinions and ideas on examples and illustration of concepts. Took me quite some time to come up with the slides, wif animation & stuffs. For a 40-min lecture, the preparation work was WAY more than 10 times the time. Brainstorming, editing, refining, and rehearsing, those were quantity & quality time spent on preparation. It was only possible because I am still a trainee with half teaching load compared to a permanent teacher. That probably explains why we dun usually see our seniors spending long hours of preparation for a single lesson like us. It is simply too time consuming.

Nonetheless, all are worth it. When you see that kinda response coming from the audience, you know it is worth the effort going through all the preparation. Dunman High students are really spontaneous, I must say. Perhaps bcos they know I am a trainee teacher first time giving lecture, they were exceptionally generous in their responses. It was also the first time I had seen so much interaction in a lecture, where students actually answer questions, respond to prompts, applause, and the constant laughter. On one hand I felt really great; on the other hand, I was grateful. Thanks for giving so much encouragement to a rookie lecturer. I’m glad they enjoyed it. I did.

Engagement is one thing. Learning value is another. Couldn’t be really sure if they were able to digest what was taught. After all, assessment of learning is not quite possible within such a big cohort, which is what the tutorials are there for. Today’s lecturing experience makes me realize how impt tutorial sessions are, consolidating of students’ learning + application skills should be the focus of tutorial lessons. Now then I see how the way I had been teaching previously was not effective. Content delivery should not have been the focus in tutorial lessons.

Acknowledgements:
Seniors - Chee Wee & Michelle for mentoring
Colleagues - Marc for explaining concepts to me & Cynthia for ppt slides + moral support
NIE frens - Jintian & Lilin for discussion on Sat
GESL frens - Rion & Vernice for technical advice on video editing!

Last but not least, my dear students Junrong & Justin for helping me act in the hilariously nice introductory video!! :D :D :D Hahahaha~

(Alright, most of these peeps hv no access to this page except JT & LL, Rion & Vern. Haha~)

As much as i would like to show the super nice video to u guys, shall juz respect the privacy of my 2 cool students. Got chance meet up den ask me show u bah~ ^^

Alright, gotta to rush lesson plan for Thurs & Fri liao. Byee~!!

Tuesday
Night
20 April '10

Missing in Action

2010-04-13T04:55:00.000-07:00

Missing in Action

Sorry i had been missing in action!

Yup, as u can guess, it's SOLELY due to work.

Ehh... last wk got into some real depression mode after some poor (and consistent) performance at work. Supervisors' feedback made me so ashamed of my own effort and ability, really took lotsa courage to get over that period. Okay, shan't elaborate further. But i'm fine now, mentally. Workload wise it's still the same. Done with observations (phew!), but preparing for lecture & test. Having first lecture next tues, kinda excited yet uneasy, wonder how fun would my lecture be (no i can't stand monologue! :X)

Almost forgotten still gotta write lesson plan for Thurs & Fri lessons. Damn. Only realised i hadn't done so this morning, and it's already TUESDAY! Which means i've gotta churn them out tonight and send to CT for vetting (if she actually has time, which i doubt). Grr... Too much focus on yday's major observation + next tues's lecture, totally slipped my mind abt my routine work of lesson planning. Sigh... Actually i know wad to do alr, took me ~1 hr to plan + prep. But the real pain is penning the plan down into words, which is what taking the most time out of all NIE trainees...

Fine, so be it. 3 and 1/2 wks more to go!

PS: July onwards u won't hear me complaining abt writing lesson plans anymore, but perhaps the topic will change to admin, CCA, markings, etc. Never ending. Haha..

Alright, back to lesson plan. Byee~!!

Tuesday
Night
13 April '10

Lesson Observation part 2

2010-03-25T06:55:00.000-07:00

Lesson Observation part 2

ah Jie is a happy boy as long as his CT is pleased with his performance! :)

Mr Khoo is a happy teacher as long as his students are passionate about learning, and indeed learnt smth from him! XD

yeah! ^^

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2nd lesson observation, smooth.

Finally can 松一口气了。 Phew! heez.. =P

Been feeling down since monday's debrief. Okay, shall work harder from now on. Jiayou! :)

PS: Rushing Lesson Plan for nx wk (and CT's Lesson Plan as well). But still happy :)

Thursday
Night
25 March '10

unpleasant but fruitful learning experience

2010-03-22T08:18:00.000-07:00

unpleasant but fruitful learning experience

At this current point of time in life, making my CT upset is probably the 2nd last thing i'd ever want.

Having my students not taking academic work seriously probably is the last.

Today I have both. Together with NSC observation, all within 1 session.

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My CT was terribly upset today. How do i know? Well, i can only say she doesn't hv a poker face, which can be read like a book. And the reason of tat was simple, my lesson was way below satisfactory standard today.. :(

... ...

First period of the day. First lesson of the term. First formal observation by NSC and CT. Also, first time in my life trying out a different style of teaching, student-centered lesson. It has nv been my style, as you might have known. Being a control freak as i am, had nv tried out facilitating activities or anything unconventional. Today was the first time, using gallery walk to go through tutorial qns. Wasn't a flop actually, in fact would like to call it a success for a first-timer, in my own opinion. However, the issue is my CT & NSC both think otherwise...

Quite a few points brought out by them, seperately. One thing is common was failure to address the case of students coming to class w/o having done their assigned tasks for march holis. Wad i did was merely displaying a little dismay, followed by asking them to submit by the end of the day. No scolding, no harsh tone, no punishment nor follow-up action, nothing. And that, to both my observers, was totally unacceptable. Frankly, i was shocked to learn that initially. In fact, before listening to their explanation, i even thought wad i did was right -- to give students a second chance to make up for their errors -- shouldn't that be the way? I genuinely thought so actually.. But now, nvm le la.

Assessment wise, alr over. Wad matters is the learning value. In this case, i've learnt thru the hard way. Juz as well. I believe after this painful experience, i shd learn to set a stricter tone in class when necessary alr. After all, they're still kids. W/o an authoritative disciplinary figure keeping them in check, who can guarantee they will stay on task? Ultimately, it's them who lose out. For the sake of their own good, it shd be worth putting on a "black face" image once in a while bah? Hope it's still not too late..

Seen the class again in aftn, tried to be sterner abit, only to resume back the "friendliness" with them after a while. But I guess the message was sent across le la. They shd be sensible enough to know how to behave le. Deep in my heart, actually still believe in talking sense to them, instead of reprimending with punitive measures. Yes i may hv a stern face, i noe, but i can't scold students. Somehow, at least for now, i juz can't. Not this age grp at least. Hope they won't prove me wrong..

PS: Marc commented tat i'm a laisser-faire teacher, I agree. He suggested tat i shd adopt a more authoritative style, i can't disagree wif tat either. But as much as possible, i'd like to see how far can a "Care Education" bring them to. If realli can't work, too bad will hv to resort to "Cane Education" le, which is definitely not wad i favor...

Monday
Midnight
22 March '10

Feed More, Gain Less

2010-03-17T05:08:00.000-07:00

Feed More, Gain Less

Scenario

Beside the weekly lesson plans and materials to prepare for our lessons, as well as the pile of essays marking to keep us occupied in this march holis, it is also the pleasure of the bunch of JC track trainees to face the following deadlines:

CLS Individual Critical Reflection due on 1 April (Thu)
MTS Individual Reflective Essay due on 5 April (Mon)
CLS Comment on lesson adaptation due on 8 April (Thu)
PW E-portfolio and written assignment due on 23 April (Fri)

None of this is actually important nor helpful to our teaching career, but nonetheless still have to be done and submitted by the deadline. Why? Well, simple reason. Do for the sake of doing. Don't ask why.

Story

A farmer has some crops in his field. One day he realised his crops ain't growing very quickly, eager as he is, he thought of a great idea -- pulling the crops up taller, one by one. After taking great pains and effort, he is finally done raising the height of those crops. "Wow, look at how tall they instantly become", the farmer proudly thought to himself...

Guess what happens the next day?

Dear readers being smart people should expect all the crops to wither after being forced to leave the soil.

What is the moral of the story? You tell me.

Application of story to scenario

Many modules & assignments were actually created to help freshmen like us to maintain our passion and stay on the job longer. However, as much as rationale & intention may be good, the effects & outcomes may be otherwise. If the top decision makers understand the simple & logical moral behind the story above, many lame stuffs wouldn't have existed for so long. But then again, things not within our control, are not for us to comment.

What is within our control, is what follows below.

Note to self, and fellow peers

Think carefully before assigning our students work. Simply adding on to their stress & work burden without meaningful learning outcome is certainly not what we want to achieve. While our intentions for them may be good, always give thorough thoughts to your plans & assignments to ensure they're indeed purposeful.

Force-feeding sucks. Over-feeding kills. Many peeps have lost their teaching passion during the 1-year course already, we'd probably don't wanna kill our students' learning passion as well...

Just hope my students will love & enjoy studying Economics in a pleasant learning environment. Nothing else matters more :)

Wednesday
Night
17 March '10

First lessons yday!

2010-03-09T04:38:00.000-08:00

First lessons yday!

WOW (Words of Wisdom):
When a teacher says he is angry, you can be sure 90% of the time it is not true.
On the other hand, when a teacher says he is happy, he can be sure 100% of the time it is true.

WOW, how did i come up with tat WOW? (since MOE likes to use acronyms so much) Well, by experience perhaps? Anyway, as the title suggested, had my first lessons with my 2 classes yesterday!! Woohoo~ :D They were awesomes lor (yes, plural) And my CT even sat in for informal observation, with Cynthia. Hmmm... Should be fine bah, as it seems? hehe.. Didn't scold them in the end la, aiya.. all so lively n adorable, Mr Khoo soft-hearted la.. tsk tsk.. Anyway had a consultation today with those few who did extraordinarily badly, actually quite smart oso wad? i say one time they can get it liao leh? kns.. tat means muz be nv study la.. either tat or i'm a damn good teacher. hmmm.. maybe both?

Lesson was rather interactive as planned, only "little" shock i had was that the "short" self-introduction which i allocated 10 min for, actually dragged on to 30 min!! Oh gosh.. Guess we were really having a good time introducing each other, and the kids realli hv lotsa interesting stuffs to share! ^^ Alright, nvm. It's only the first lesson. Won't have much chance for self-intro in future le, hehe..

Marc sat in my 2nd lesson, also the 1st lesson with the class. Hmmm, not bad, even did an APT for me. Pretty lotsa honest feedback. Cool. In fact even much more than CT's feedbacks. Well, his comments on my rapport & interaction with students kinda make me "float" (飘飘然), but the part on "monitoring understanding" brought me back to reality. Indeed, that's something I do need to spend extra effort to work on. Probably can brainstorm some more questioning techniques, to bring out the best from my students, at the same time checking for their learning progress. Ultimately it's what they've learnt that matters, not what we've taught, yeah? ;)

Last but not least, 3rd wk only, but i've gradually bcum a workaholic le. Alr the n-th day i'm staying back in school until 5 plus, 6 plus, everyday getting later and later. Sometimes it can be quite cool la, realli, to see the entire office empty empty, only a few other peeps staying back late (including my CT! =P). Hmm, those muz be the ones as hardworking as me, LOLz~!! But juz as well, 5pm+ onwards seems like the best moment to chit chat and make frens with nice colleagues from other Dept. Alr gotta know quite a number of frens here le (okay, maybe more than juz "a number"), and the number is still growing. Guess it won't be long before you see me camping overnight in DHS staff room le, haha! XD

PS: hi mrs chan if u still remb John Wu from last batch, omg he's awesome la. Juz attended his lecture today, freaking cool sia. Wait wait, gimmi a few months, will be as zai as him too! Haha~

Tuesday
Night
9 March '10

Fuming mad at Class Test results!!

2010-03-05T08:28:00.000-08:00

Fuming mad at Class Test results!!

HMPH!! >_<"

this is utterly unacceptable!!

HMPH!!

:(

(double checking if i've locked this blog already... okay, done.)

haiz, our Dept had a Content Test today & yday. Was a really simple test, testing on concepts like DD & SS and How Price Mechanism works. Supposedly these high ability students shd hv no problems managing such low level tasks, as long as they've paid attention in lectures & tutorials. Yup, not much revision even needed to score a high score. It is THAT simple.

Yet, after spending my evening marking the scripts of 2 classes (which i'm gg to take over nx wk onwards), my blood boiled.

Almost tot it was a prank from them initially, only to realise that no student in this sch would actually joke abt his test score.

Okay, then that means it's true.

They're not THAT high ability afterall.

Hmm... In fact I've even planned a thorough tongue-lashing session nx monday, for both classes. Even got the points & exact words thought out in my mind. Omg. Interesting usage of bombastic words, inclusive of both hard and soft approaches, meant to strike them hard and "wake" those muddlehead students up!

But of course, to play on the safer side, I've emailed my superiors abt my plan. If and only if they're fine with it...there's gonna be some bloodshed in 2 classes in this sch nx monday.... Hmmm....

First official lesson i'm taking over oh... Wad a bad teacher i'm gonna be... :(

But no choice, it's for their own good. If dun wake up now, wake up when? After March holis? Ya, ya, see how they die by then lor.

Last but not least... HMPH!! >.<"

Friday
Midnight
5 March '10

Econs LG3 Gathering

2010-02-26T06:59:00.001-08:00

Econs LG3 Gathering

hi lilin, know u'll be the first one to drop by tonight. :)

but sorry to disappoint u, this post isn't abt any classroom strategies & ideas, but the fantastic gathering we had juz now. yea, thanks to u, the organiser, that we had so much fun & exciting sharing in one evening. (The only worry is tat i might hv talked too much due to my sudden over-enthusiasm, lolz~ :p)

blogspot ain't exact the best place to talk abt teaching ideas (in case i get into copyright issues :p), we shall share more when we meet on msn k! ^^

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today is realli an inspiring day. had PW observation in morning, followed by Econs observation in noon. The teacher whom i observed (let's call him my co-CT) taught essay writing skills in parts, imparting and revising skills like "PADS", and paragraph writing skills like "SEE". On top of all, there's still a "LCD" that guides the students in their planning phase of essay writing. OMG! There's so much scaffolding in process! :D

Stayed back late after work to discuss abt lesson ideas and teaching plans with the co-CT whom i observed, raising enquiries i noticed & my own thoughts. OMG (again), i can't believe i actually could learn so much from a single observation alone. This is exciting. To see that there's so much learning potential is thrilling. Which explains why I was so excited & hyperactive throughout the entire night. So, mel-char-lynn-SL-LL-MrsChan, pls pardon if i realli talked way way too much over dinner. i was juz overly inspired this wk, esp today! Hahah~

Nonetheless, the main highlight of the day is still the LG3 gathering. It's impressive how our gatherings & outings always turn out so happening & eventful. Our awesome event organisers Shuning, Melvin, & pretty Lilin (ya, happy? :P) hv done such a splendid job, making our events as interesting as our Econs lessons~ hee! ^^

3 Cheers for the event organisers, as well as Mrs Chan! Hurray! :D

Friday
Night
26 Feb '10

ROLL CALL!!

2010-02-25T05:50:00.001-08:00

ROLL CALL!!

a NIE fren juz reminded me smth... officially entered teaching liao, would be advisable to lock this blog & keep those "uninvited visitors" away to get myself free from trouble. Guess she's right. Recent yrs too many similar cases liao, plus i noe i'm the 心直口快 + 尖酸刻薄 type. Better safe than sorry. (To Mrs Chan, Ros & Nas: it juz means i'm blunt and mean in my words, aka "zek ark" in tat sense :P)

so wad's the conclusion?? yea.. no choice but to lock it back liao lor.. :(

as some of u may know, blogspot only allows 100 readers to access a locked blog. previously had locked it b4 to steer clear of cyber pests, but as time goes on, the 100 limit began to prove insufficient hence, back to unlocked state again (which i personally prefer ^^). Anyway! Before we actually seal up this place against those "uninvited strangers", shall we juz do a little roll call to know who to invite and who not?? :D

Action required: leave a msg on the tagboard u see on ur left. any msg. E.g. u can say u love reading my posts or say u love me... or simply a hi. (thou personally i'd prefer the former)

Thanks for ur support and participation! Remb to give urself a round applause after doing that! Cheers! :D :D

Thursday
Night
25 Feb '10

to my bestie fren

2010-02-24T06:03:00.000-08:00

to my bestie fren

it's only been 2nd day. but how come i alr felt so disturbed?

the sch is gd, env is gd, colleagues are gd. in fact, way better than juz 'good'. they're fantastic ppl. i'm so lucky! everyth is juz so fine, but...

hehe.. ya. there's always a 'but'...

hmm... not juz me. the rest hv sensed it too. he/she is different, perhaps.. a little different from us.

hmm...

家家有本难念的经. guess the same applies to schs too.

...

juz had a short htht wif my NIE bff, realised he/she isn't exactly having a gd time as well. scenarios are kinda similar, thou not exactly same problem tat we're facing.

din kinda expect things to be tat bad for him/her actually. although, of cos, i always hv faith in our ability to handle crisis and adverse situations, and i'm sure things will eventually turn out well for him/her. but it would take a little more time, i guess, for things to change for the better. in this aspect, i suppose i'm considered much luckier alr.

Let's be strong, my fren. If external factors are not beyond our control, let's make best with wad's within k! We can one! =)

PS: thks for being such a gd listener, feeling much better nw. Hope u are too. Nitez

Wednesday
Night
24 Feb '10

《第一天》

2010-02-22T00:12:00.000-08:00

明天是 Practicum 的第一天，这首歌送给大家! :D

《第一天》

下过雨的夏天傍晚
我都会期待
唱歌的蝉嘿把星星都吵醒
月光晒了很凉快

就是这样回忆起来
第一次告白
尴尬的我看
爱装得很哲学的你其实很可爱

你说活在明天活在期待
不如活得今天很自在
我说我懂了会不会太快
未来第一天要展开

第一天我存在第一次呼吸畅快
站在地上的脚踝
因为你而有真实感

第一天我存在第一次能飞起来
爱是腾空的魔幻
第一天的纯真色彩它总是
永远那么灿烂

你很搞笑你很奇怪你头发很乱
有的时候你
又突然为我的事情变得很勇敢

这么说来很不单纯你陪我看海
海那么蓝我
又好像不应该把你想得有点坏

坏的是我发现不知不觉
不见到你不是很习惯
你的眼神里好像也期待
期待不一样的未来

第一天我存在第一次呼吸畅快
站在地上的脚踝
因为你而有真实感

第一天我存在第一次能飞起来
爱是腾空的魔幻
第一天的纯真色彩它总是
永远那么灿烂

蓝色的海 (阿信:蓝色的海)
海上的云 (飞儿:海上的云)
云的那端 (阿信:云的那端)
不转弯 (飞儿:不转弯)
到未来 (阿信:到未来)

你说活在明天活在期待
不如活得今天很自在
我说我懂了会不会太快
未来第一天要展开

第一天我存在第一次呼吸畅快
站在地上的脚踝
因为你而有真实感

第一天我存在第一次能飞起来
爱是腾空的魔幻
第一天的纯真色彩它总是
永远那么灿烂
永远那么灿烂
永远那么灿烂

FIRST DAY FIRST DAY FIRST DAY
FIRST DAY FIRST DAY
TODAY EVERY DAY FIRST DAY
FIRST DAY FIRST DAY FIRST DAY
FIRST DAY FIRST DAY
TODAY EVERY DAY FIRST DAY

Monday
Afternoon
22 Feb '10

My dearest NIE teacher

2010-02-18T03:53:00.000-08:00

My dearest NIE teacher

alright, CNY juz passed, dun mean to sound depressing.

but recent days realli getting unbearable. and it's sch work.

alot of work, until i alr given in and begin to produce substandard quality work liao :(

actually i seldom let sch work tie me down, last time no matter wad oso "boh gah lan" one. but somehow perhaps cos it's realli getting a little more taxing, and "the end" actually isn't the end, but another beginning.

as a Gemini, shdn't i love and embrace changes in life? supposedly yea? but tat u oso muz hv mood n energy to adapt la.. abit sentimental, but i'm alr getting okay abt parting wif those frens le. same as NUS 1 yr ago, deliberate acts of anti-social seems to ease the pain a little. the less u feel attached to the atmosphere, the company, and the place, the lesser the loss aversion u'll suffer. Good strategy? yea. see? v soon i oso nv miss my NUS frens le. out of sight, out of mind. that might be a good thing. In future will experience lotsa parting with graduating students, i can't possibly be feeling nostalgic towards every single batch rite? 原来, the 1st pre-requisite to being a teacher is being able to 舍得 & 忍心.

speaking of which, see our Econs teacher Mrs Chan lidat so close to us... see her put in so much love & effort to nurture us... now tat we're all leaving her le, wonder if she'll 舍不得 us anot? Hmm... Sure she will be able to cope.. rite? After so many yrs in this line, she shdn't hv tis problem la..? But how? How to bcum lidat? i oso dunno leh.. I oso hope I can take it v easy when sending off my future graduating students like her case now. But might not be easy la...

Haiz, ask u la.. those good teachers who had touched ur lives b4, u grad liao won't miss them one meh? Those lousy ones still okay la, won't even remb a shit abt them, who will miss them lor! But those good ones leh? Like Mrs Chan lidat, how?? i dunno leh.. i dunno... some 恩情 in life realli is cannot reciprocate one, juz like my JC Econs teacher Mr Lee lidat. Both also teachers who had changed my life for the better, picked me up from the bottom. Saying a word of "Thanks" would be an understatement. Still remb i used to dislike her alot, end up she's the one i'm gonna miss the most when i step out of NIE next wk. Not those peers whom 出生入死 togt all this while, but her, my teacher.

But it's okay! Nvm. There's a time for everything. as long i do a good job, 对得起她的教诲, she'll come to know abt it and be proud of me one. Juz like how i made Mr Lee proud... :)

人有悲欢离合，月有阴晴圆缺。

PS: NIE had many horrible moments, but attending Econs lessons is always one of the most enjoyable AND fruitful sessions... :(

Thursday
Night
18 Feb '10

I am. Heartbroken.

2010-02-07T09:11:00.001-08:00

I am. Heartbroken.

It's midnight. Got 2 proj meetings tmr. Am supposed to prep materials for discussion, but haven done so. Sorry to my grp mates. I can't start work as yet. I need to pen things down when smth hit me hard, be it good or bad stuffs.

Unfortunately, this time is the latter.

... ...

Dear frens, hv u ever bailed anyone out of police station before? No, i haven't.

Dear teacher frens, can u imagine hw it feels to bail a student out of police station? I hope all of u would nv do. Cos, it's a real awful feeling.

Tonight was my first time, and hopefully last time in my lifetime. I am, really heartbroken.

... ...

She was my ex-tuition kid, haven't met up for months. Been well-behaving, good by nature, i know. Juz turned 20 this wk. We even arranged to celebrate it togt. Little did i expect tat the nx time we meet would be under this kind of circumstance. Wad irony. And the reason is actually the thing i detest the most, shop theft. You know, this could be one of the things that pains me the most? I would rather u get involved in fights, gambling, or smuggling, things i did before. At least that would make me feel better. But theft? I dunno. I realli dunno wad to say, girl.

Thought of many reprimending lines on the expressway, even tot i might slap her face upon seeing her. All possible scenarios. But upon reaching, upon seeing her, wad occupied my mind is juz disappointment. A little disappointment, overflowed with alot alot of pain. Scolded, but stopped halfway. Hit, can't bear to use force. "Why?" This is a pointless qn to ask, but still do. It's a stupid reason. The most typical reason for teenagers. Wtf... What the fuck! u how old liao?! v fun issit?! It's not a matter of whether ganna caught or not u noe?! Bloody hell...

Yes, i'm angry. But more heart pain than angry. Duhz! ... hais, forget it. What done cannot be undone. Spend some time tidy up ur emotions and start getting back to life okay. Stop thinking abt it liao. Let this be a lesson learnt. First and last warning. One more time lidat u see i still help u anot. U'd better not try i tell u.

Hey.. Silly girl. Next time b4 u do anything stupid, think twice. Once for ur mother, second time for me. Understand?!

PS: Still got SC & Econs proj materials to prep for tmr, another sleepless night again. Grr...! =X

Sunday
Post Midnight
7 Feb '10

TANK - 如果我变成回忆

2010-02-05T11:14:00.000-08:00

TANK - 如果我变成回忆

　　累了照惯例努力清醒着
　　也照惯例想你了
　　好怕一放心睡了
　　心跳在梦中不听话的就停止了

　　听着呼吸像浪潮拍动着
　　越美丽越让我忐忑
　　我还能珍惜什么
　　如果我连自己的脉搏都难掌握

　　如果我变成回忆退出了这场生命
　　留下你错愕哭泣
　　我冰冷身体拥抱不了你
　　想到我让深爱的你人海孤独旅行
　　我会恨自己如此狠心

　　如果我变成回忆终于没那么幸运
　　没机会白着头发
　　蹒跚牵着你看晚霞落尽
　　漫长时光总有一天你会伤心痊愈
　　若有人可以让他陪你我不怪你

　　快乐什么时候会结束呢
　　哪一刻是最后一刻
　　想把你紧紧抱着
　　可知你是我生命中的最舍不得

　　如果我变成回忆退出了这场生命
　　留下你错愕哭泣
　　我冰冷身体拥抱不了你
　　想到我让深爱的你人海孤独旅行
　　我会恨自己如此狠心

　　如果我变成回忆终于没那么幸运
　　没机会白着头发
　　蹒跚牵着你看晚霞落尽
　　漫长时光总有一天你会伤心痊愈
　　若有人可以让他陪你

　　如果我变成回忆最怕我太不争气
　　顽固地赖在空气霸占你心里每一寸空隙
　　连累依然爱我的你痛苦承受失去
　　这样不公平请你尽力把我忘记

I will miss my NIE classmate

2010-02-05T09:07:00.000-08:00

I will miss my NIE classmate

Today over lunch, was juz telling Alvin n Benjamin abt my recent fav song, 《如果我变成回忆》 (For Rosida & Nasreen: If I become a memory). Indeed, recently somehow juz keep humming this song, thou still dun realli noe the lyrics well. Only managed to caught a few lines, including the song title. It is a v catchy tune, soothing melody, but it's the lyrics, the title, or rather the story behind it that triggers my heart tightly...

... ...

This wk has been an eventful wk.

(1) Stocks mkt seemed to hv stabilised a little, b4 it finally crashed the n-th time in this correction today. But it's alright. As the saying goes, "u can lose some money in the stocks, but u cannot lose ur confidence." Alright, fine. Anyway despite Jiemin's repeated reminder, i still closed almost all my positions yday/today le. Realised all my losses le, since mkt outlook still v bearish. Nope, I didn't hv my fingers burnt, juz lost both palms tat's all. If each finger represents 1k, i'd need to include almost all my toes in the losses le. Expensive lesson, but tat's probably the best way to enforce it into my memory (btw, i've gt some awesomely poor memory if u guys still dunno me tat well yet).

(2) Sch posting out liao, didn't get posted to my desired JC, can't deny indeed feeling v disappointed. After all, my motivation to enter teaching line is to return back there to reciprocate wad my saviour teacher Mr Lee had taught me. Now tat it's not possible, I juz hv to channel my energy to another sch. Just as well, gg to a totally unfamiliar place would mean i've to start EVERYTHING frm scratch, building up every single bit of my reputation with my own bare hands w/o help. That'll be tough, indeed, esp wif a "Mr Awesome" standing in front of me. But if u tink tat's gonna stop me from moving forward, pls think twice. Stocks mkt has trained my mental well. No hurdle is too tough to overcome for me now, not even "Mr Dumex".

(3) Proj meetg everyday. E.v.e.r.y S.i.n.g.l.e. F.k.i.n.g D.a.y.!! Everyday, every breaktime is proj meetings, meetings, and meetings! But i'm not complaining, cos i'm fortunate to hv efficient grp mates, which enable me to steer nearer towards deadline so quickly. Enjoy working with Benjamin & Alvin alot, especially. Somehow in NIE, male frens juz more pleasant than female ones... Or issit juz our clique? dunno. sample size nt big enough to get a statistically unbiased estimator result. doesn't matter anyway.

(4) Last but not least... Back to the topic. NIE is ending soon.

... ...

I think I will miss my NIE classmate badly... this classmate, in particular, especially.

1st lesson togt was EdPsych1, didn't realli notice her.

1st interaction was ICT, sat beside each other. Blur girl.

1st good friend made in NIE, whom spent many sleepless nights togt chatting online, rushing last min assgm, and looking haggard the next days.

Only fren whom I enjoyed bullying all the time, calling odd nickname n teasing, yet can't help missing after months of interaction. Perhaps cos she looks fragile n innocent, as if unable to tkcr of herself? But of cos she isn't. Small but strong girl, she's not silly, she's juz kind.

Always like to call her by the nickname, found it v fun. dunno why this wk suddenly stop doing so le. maybe cos parting soon, scared after tat will miss this nickname too badly, so better start kicking this habit early while i can. Going separate ways v soon. From experience I know, no matter how close a bunch of ppl hv been, once out of sight --> out of mind de. Tat's the reality. With a few exceptions of cos... but, ohhhh com'on...

v soon, this bunch of classmates who hv been thru thick n thin, quarrels n laughters togt, v soon, will be categorised into ex-classmates and stored into archives folder, and eventually rubbish bin folder when memory nt enough space. If we happen to keep in contact, good. If not, it's all expected, nth to be dejected abt. Good to know she's gg to a gd sch, thou she's doubting her ability to handle smart kids, but i hv faith in her adaptability and survival skills. The school culture is gd and after all, there's a dependable big brother there to take care of her if anyth goes wrong. Free transport service every morning somemore, haha! So fortunate! :)

... ...

Night. Left NTU for Raffles Place, riding along AYE, listening to the song 《如果我变成回忆》repeatedly on the way. Was listening... listening... Still okay. Started singing along with Tank, den suddenly tears almost burst out. Remb chatting wif Ben & SL wks ago, mentioning parting is inevitable and expected, it'd be silly to allow myself tear for such things. Indeed. Tat's silly. One shd always look forward to future. Practicum will be much more happening. Shall look foward to it. Who cares abt the sweet memories shared togt. Who will care... right?

PS: Nice chat wif Rosida at canteen after class, thanks to the rain. Unknowingly inspired n motivated her to be a saver. wtf..? Haha..

Friday
Post Midnight
5 Feb '10

梁文音の校园音乐会

2010-01-28T05:38:00.000-08:00

梁文音の校园音乐会

today's been a long day. CLS, followed by SC and GESL. In betwen still got EdPsych2 proj meeting. Stocks market finally rebounded back slightly, improving my net loss from 5 digits to 4. Every guru is advising cut loss upon next low high. Well, situation is unclear, perhaps i might wanna play safe bah. Near term prospect is bleak, but once i survive this, future will hv a long way to go. that, i'm certain.

no mood to join GESL frens for dinner, rather look for Wee Min hv our last dinner togt... (Oh, cos today suddenly gt informed to move out by tmr, so tonight gonna be our last night spent togt le. Hmm, we've been 相依为命 ever since ada left. Now so sudden leave realli kinda nostalgic.) Anyway, unexpectedly, WM was queueing for Concert when called him, with an extra ticket! And so, 阴差阳错-ly i oso ended up at the 梁文音の校园音乐会. Hmm... Life is full of unpredictables, and tat's wad makes it exciting, isn't it?

Wasn't allowed to take pics, too bad. Her singing is awesome. I mean, absolutely. Was listening rather critically throughout, but it is flawless. True professional indeed. WM and his fren got her CD + DVD + poster, me jiu shunbian joined them in getting autograph + handshake as well. =P Hmmm... Good singer. Wish her luck.

PS: last night in hall. got lotsa packing to do. hmmm, dunno since when, ada, weemin n me alr so used to each other until closer than family le...

带得走是行李，带不走是回忆。

Thursday Night
28 Jan '10

J4 @ Helipad

2010-01-23T23:34:00.000-08:00

J4 @ Helipad

lost a little control at blog yday, am glad there's still a place for me to rant it all out. thanks for reading, sorry for worrying. i hv ways to handle my issues.

made an investment on myself today, signed up for a Technical Analysis Course with ChartNexus. been considering this course since last October, but been holding back due to the fees... costing me another 1 month+ paycheck again. A little heartpain indeed. But nvm la, as long it's for long term benefit, it's all worthwhile bah.

J4 piggy twins Jevin & Junwei の 26th belated bdays. our friendship coming to 10 yrs. We'd probably didn't see that coming 10 yrs ago. a decade is a long time, glad we're still togt. Wonder where will we be 10 yrs later? perhaps all married wif kids le bah, haha...

J4 @ Jan '08...

J4 @ Jan '10...

Toast to our friendship. Cheers.

Saturday Midnight
23 Jan '10

20 to 22 Jan. Wed to Fri. Less than 3 days...

2010-01-21T19:51:00.001-08:00

20 to 22 Jan. Wed to Fri. Less than 3 days...

(post taken out due to inappropriate image portrayed)

Friday noon
22 Jan '10
World stock market crashed.
Life still goes on.

charms: $1.50 alarm clock

2010-01-19T09:06:00.000-08:00

charms: $1.50 alarm clock

charm's new alarm clock. $1.50 only. Good buy today.

somebody claimed tat she tmr sure wake up on time.

(Ya right.)

Note: Following is "kevin's theory on alarm clocks". Quoted from a small part of a conversation. Requested to put this on blog. Dunno why thou. Dun uds her :x

- alarm clock is smth ppl hate the most, emotionally;
- yet rationally, ppl need the most.

- when it works, ppl throw it around, hate it for ringing;
- yet when it doesn't, ppl push all the blame to it.
- as if they themselves ain't responsible for their own life.

ah Jie's use of metaphor (in case anyone dun get it):
Alarm clocks are like gd frens, gd family, or juz the gd ppl care alot abt u. to the extent they keep nagging, getting on ur nerves, but for ur own good. When they're showing concern, u kick them ard like ringing alarm clocks. When they aren't, u blame them for not reminding u to do the right things.

Tough luck being the alarm clock for ur loved ones :X

PS: juz got nagged to start working on my Social Context esssay again, damn.

Midnight
Tuesday.
19 Jan '10

下辈子要真正地打篮球！

2010-01-19T05:03:00.000-08:00

下辈子要真正地打篮球！

PS: 阿杰一向很罗嗦，这次希望能长话短说（虽然 nt quite possible..)

Been looking forward to today's yoga lessons, went SRC after class at noon to sign up for Yogalate and De-stress Yoga. 2 courses. 5-7pm. Pretty gd. 希望今晚不要再失眠。

After Yoga, was abt to head back hall for a run and dinner, etc. So as to start working on my SC essay due on Thurs (And... NO. Blogging wasn't part of today's plan actually). 突然传来几声不规则节奏的重低音，有点像鼓声，但不是。倒像是阿杰平时练拳踢沙包的撞击声。走近一看，原来是两支即将进行篮球赛的女队在热身。嗯，ok nvm, 长话短说，长话短说。

End up saw a male bball match going on at the another indoor court. Between guys and gals, how u choose? Of cos watch guys la! 比赛才刚进行不到4分钟，双方比数各2分。阿杰心想，"4 mins only 2 pts each, muz be a low scoring match." 仔细看了一下，才发觉全然不是那么一回事。白衣的 Ngee Ann Poly 对垒黑衣的不懂什么队(heard is NTU), 双方一开始实力平均，球风华丽。只不过第一节比赛，双方便三分球连连命中。“噢，原来不是泛泛之辈啊”，阿杰心想。

观赛没多久，黑衣队先声夺人，率先把比数拉开，一度到达 10 比 2, 算不俗开场。白队也开始打出阵型，连连以 NBA 式の超华丽球技引起全场惊呼。场外的尖叫声覆盖了观众的意识，突然一瞥，不知曾几何时，白队已静悄悄地反超了比数，以 24 比 18 取得领先。白队领先的地位就在双方激烈的你来我往中越加显著，约半场时分，竟一度到达了 32 比 20, 以 12 分之差的高姿态遥遥领先对方。这种时候，如果是 NTU Inter-hall teams 的水准与精神力(mental strength),只怕早就缴械投降了吧。。但不！这群不知哪里来的小伙子就算陷入困境，也不辜负观众们的期望，继续打出值得我们掌声与尖叫的篮球。或许这时候他们的心里都在想，“可以的，12分之差不算什么，我们一定会取得最后的胜利的！”或许就是这样的一股信念，支持者这群单纯小男生，燃烧着他们的斗志，促使他们有足够的勇气跨过分数的障碍。

PS: 一般篮球赛，40 分钟内能够取得 60 分左右算颇高了。像我们 Hall 5 不成气候的球队，不只连输两场遭淘汰，更在两场赛事中都只得区区 20 分。电视上 NBA 里那种上百分的比数只有在荧幕上才会出现，所以一般领先个两位数已经是挺压倒性的战况了。

噢对了，都忘了介绍双方主力球员。首先最引人注目的是黑队里的一个笨重的黑人大块头，高度普通，不到 190cm. 此黑人块头颇大，动作及表情无不在告诉你，他是个四肢发达，头脑简单的呆头鹅。另外就是一号球衣的小个子，打球时不只不停地大声嚷嚷，更是自我表现十足，一副唯我独尊的鸟样，看了真想抓来海扁一顿。只是...着臭小子虽然左看右看都不顺眼，但球技还真着实不赖的呢！虽然标榜着自我主义、又爱抢风头，但他就能够靠着一股冲劲与斗志为球队频频抢到漏球，并连连成功得分。和白队那优雅如白天鹅般的华丽球技相比，这个一号的小个子就犹如丑小鸭一般，但他不止能靠自己的能力为队伍建功立业，也很明显的拥有教练的重用和队友的信赖，就这样，黑队在团体的努力与个人的表现下，分数一分一分的追上。但白队也绝非省油的灯！单单就他们一位主力中锋 alone, 就不知封杀了多少次黑队追赶的机会。瘦瘦高高，约 190cm 的身躯，敏捷的身手，含蓄的领导与组织能力，看来他和那黑色一号小个子一样，都是球队的统帅与王牌。比赛有了这几个抢眼的家伙，想不精彩也难！每一节的结尾，在时间倒数最后几秒的关键时候，总是会发生令人意想不到的精彩赛事，当然最后结果都是引爆如雷掌声的进球得分。

PS: Bball match divided into 4 Quarters of 10 mins each, in between got 1 to 3 min short breaks. Scoring in the last few seconds not only means not wasting precious opportunity, but also a great boost to the team's morale by ending a Quarter beautifully.

As per all typical exciting bball matches, the last quarter is ALWAYS the most exciting and heart-triggering. Why? Simply because ANYTHING can happen within the last 10 mins of a bball match! Yes, ANYTHING. Even if one team is having a huge lead by 20 over points. In short, 4th quarter is the stage of many magic shows, where miracles are most likely to take place. Blink a little longer, u may end up be asking ur neighbour wad made the audience cheer.

当然，这场惊心动魄的球赛也不例外。第四节比赛一开始，黑队便只落后 5 分。这样的差距，在剩余的 10 分钟里根本不能为白队提供任何喘息的机会。双方卯足全力，火力全开，在前 5 分钟上演了一场如漫画情节般的好戏。除了灌篮外，什么快攻、三分球、盖火锅、反守为攻、犯规战术、等等，you name it they have it. (haiz, wad a pity. If tat tall guy actually executed a Slam Dunk once, the entire match would be a PERFECT 10.) Anyway, when the match is left with last 5 minutes, a foul took place and hence timing was paused for free throw. Took a glance at the score chart, draw. Yeah, Black Team finally caught up with the score le. 1 guy scored a basket and got fouled, hence pausing the game. Well, he managed to get the free throw in, which means Black Team finally overtaken the Whites in the score le, after suppressed for so long! :D oh man.. even thou i wasn't supporting any side, the typical sympathy mentality oso as-always will make audience take side on the weaker team. Now that they finally has led the Whites by 1 point, how can the crowd not roar?!

But well, their lead wasn't long-lived either. From tat moment onwards, both teams seemed to transformed into some beast-like creatures, playing with almost flawless gameplay. It did not feel like a match between 2 Polytechnics anymore, but more like a grand performance between 两条活生生的黑龙与白蛟，完美地呈现在我们面前，the fortunate bunch of audience. Never had i imagined our local 篮坛 will hv so many talents, realli is 卧虎藏龙。

真正扣人心弦的来了，直到最后一分钟，甚至四秒钟，全场近百人都没有一个能预测结局究竟鹿死谁手。Why do i say so? In the last 1 minute, Black Team was already leading with 4 pts, which was already smth significant, even thou by no means can they let their guard down yet. It was realli unlucky for White Team, i must say, for them to lose TWO MAIN PLAYERS at this pt of time, due to Foul Out (犯满立场）。

Note: Each player can only commit 5 fouls throughout the 40-minute match. Upon the 5th foul, he will be called to leave the game by the referee and no to return. Hence oso called, 五犯离场。

Black Team had been chasing up all the way from a 12-pts lag, with a 4 pts lead now, everyone shd expect them to enjoy higher chance of winning the game. AWWWW... As if the outcome was THAT predictable. White Team caught up with 2 pts in no time and even earned 2 free throws with a foul, when left with 8 seconds. 1 goal, 1 missed. White Team was losing by mere one point. Ala! They lost the free throw rebound, and Black Team gotten possession of the ball, with 8 secs left and 1 point lead! Oh my god, all they hv to do is to hold the possession till the end and everyth would hv 成定局 already. Nth White Team does can ever change the situation again...

But guess what.

偏偏 at this sure-win moment, Black Team still wanna do a last-minute (or rather, last 8 seconds) fast break (快攻）, in attempt to score a one last redundant goal that they dun need. Maybe for glory, for pride, or sportsmanship, they wouldn't allow themselves to win a game in such an unexciting way. In any case, they did an attack, which mistakenly passed the ball out of the court. “哔！！！球出界！白队的球！” Huh...??!!! Serious not??! 6 seconds left, White Team lagging by 1 pt, and they have the ball possession! Omg. I can only say, that blunder pass 白白地把稳赢的机会摧毁，把全场比赛去向的主导权无条件的交到了白队的手上。6 秒钟，得两分，在一般境况下纪律是 50-50. At such a critical moment, will White Team get hold of the golden opportunity to score the 2 pts, or nervous until miss the shot 呢？Neither.

白队高个子帅哥拿到球，以及迅雷不及掩耳快传，逃过了所有人的视线，成功地传到了禁区内, beyond the expectation of all the agile and alert Black Team players, even the 丑小鸭。就在这时候，the most unexpected thingy happened le, 还记得黑队里那黑黑壮壮的黑人小弟吗？没错，他还活着。也就是他，不知是否误打误撞地，就轻易地把一记妙传给抄了!当时场面一片混乱，可能被人从后面推了一把，摔了一跤，裁判吹哨。哔！！！OH MY GOD!! 3.7 seconds left! And Black Team REGAINED POSSESSION AGAIN!! Totally incredible. Not only intercepted a pass as such crucial moment, even drew a foul from White Team, pausing the game at 3.7 secs! OK, now, finally. No one can salvage the game anymore, and I believe the Blacks oso won't be silly enough to risk their victory away anymore le. 哨声一响起，稍微懂篮球的人都知道是怎么一回事。是的，哨声一响起，比赛已成定局，双方球员虽然一次又一次的缔造奇迹，但很遗憾的，奇迹这次是真正不会再发生了。哨声一响起，为队伍立大功、一直保持憨厚 look 的黑人弟弟突然咧嘴大笑，大块头竟在场上手舞足蹈了起来，把观众都逗笑了。同时全场僵持许久的气氛也终于化解，除了如雷的掌声，更掩不住轰动的笑声。哈哈哈！:D ... Tension released...

Final 3.7 seconds, 黑人弟弟 free throw, 1st one scored. Black Team end up lead by 2 pts. 64 vs 62. The last free throw of the match, Black Team coach even gave us rebound, asked all the other 4 players prepare to defend even thou ball was on Black's side. 2nd free throw 黑人弟弟 missed, very deliberately, just to stall time. 1 second wasted as a result... another 2 seconds spent on traveling from Black side to White side... Leftover fraction of a second was used on a lay-up. Oh dear, White Team actually still has a chance to 出手！Tat alone is amazing enough! Ball was hanging in the air for split second, whole place quiet, but not a single breath could be heard, miracle might happen for one last time, as it had numerously. "Dang!" Ball dropped over from the rim. *Beep* sound from the clock. Time's up.

再神奇的魔术都需要时间。当时间倒数结束时，不管你有通天的本领，一切也都成定局了。结果：64 比 62, dunno-wad-school won Ngee Ann Poly. Awesome result. Awesome gameplay. 能打出如此高水准的篮球，相信双方不论输赢都不虚此行了吧。至少我是这么深信不疑的。最大的获利者当然是我们观众，战情如此峰回路转，双方一时瑜亮，不分轩轾。一时遥遥领先，一时互咬不放，一时华丽优雅，一时执着坚持。只能说，it's worth my 1 hour watching, and 3 hrs blogging abt this one single match le.

match の现场 upon game ended. ppl happy until 乱成一团。

PS: Watching such nice match reminded me of the pathetic interhall games we played last month. Really sucky. Didn't even want to blog abt it even thou i promised to. Opponent were weak, but our team was weaker. ah Jie didn't even get to play a single second on court. 哼！Nvm, hall bball coach dun appreciate me, 自有“天雷”的一班兄弟 appreciate, one fine day we WILL carve a name for ourselves in Singapore Basketball World 的！I believe!

Night
Tuesday.
19 Jan '10

香港之旅のpictures! :D

2010-01-08T10:35:00.000-08:00

香港之旅のpictures! :D

yeah! pictures are finally out! check it out at the following facebook photo album man~!! ^.^

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=147343&id=578116547&ref=mf

-ah Jie

香港之旅! =D

2010-01-01T02:20:00.000-08:00

香港之旅! =D

香港之旅第一天 - 中环

Wahh... To think that i'm trying this, offline blogging! Yea, blogging on my HK trip on MS Word doc... OFFLINE! Hmph... watta do? It's so hard to find a cyber cafe here, and the hotel actually charges HK$30/hr for their internet service! Omg. ex rite? Last time in China use their hotel cable go online oso free one lorr~ Hweetheng said, "nothing is free in Hong Kong". Okay lor, guess she has a pt there. And so here I am, jotting down the journey b4 my fabulous memory fades... ;)

To begin off the story, this is a 4-pax trip consisting of Junda, as well as HT's fren, Eileen, whom we didn't know before trip. First time met her was alr at Changi Airport. Pretty quiet person. Doesn't talk much. Nth much to talk abt. Nvm. Anyway, the flight departure from S'pore on sunday early morning, we were supposed to reach T3 @ wee hrs, which means ex ex midnight cab if no one sending. And so I tot, spending sat night over at family chalet was a gd idea, but then... forget it. Chose to spend the night at Junda's hse instead. And the bonus was we both got a ride from his dad! =D (yea... where was Clara when I needed her BM the most...?! =X )

PS: bumped into long-lost pri classmate Simin @ airport, who's heading towards HK as well. Wad a small world.

First time free-and-easy trip in a rather foreign land (if u exclude M'sia). It's pretty fun, I must say, to navigate our way thru the transportation system, as well as all the streets. Great sense of achievement! =D Map reading is a USEFUL SKILL, i'm glad I picked tat up during my NS stay in Intelligence unit (when I gotta noe Junda as well). Wanwen once said on my frenster testi tat I was a 路痴，she muz be glad things are nv the same anymore. Oh yeah, Junda, HT & Eileen muz be feeling v lucky as well, as it turned out tat none of them can read maps actually (LOL!). Totally unfamiliar place, took quite some time to reach our Far East Dorsett Hotel, but we did, nonetheless. First day is always tougher, but things juz got better after tat =)

Lunch after checked in. Japanese restaurant. Food nt bad. (insert photos) Adopted the "combined fuds" strategy from Rion, tink tat's a pretty gd idea. Helped us save quite a lot of trouble when it comes to payment. Did abit of shopping at 中环， thou the Shopping Centres there are realli like Paragon kind. Junda & I got a scarf (proven to be v useful later on), and he got this blue-gray-striped sweater which I found v nice! .... I wanted too k! But juz doesn't suit me somehow, thou I quite liked it. Nvm then, i'll find smth else tat fits me better somehow. 勉强 gt no 幸福 anyway, haha~

The sweater tat I picked for him. Quick! Agree with me tat it's nice! =D

1st day @ Hong Kong
Sunday
27 December '09

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香港之旅第二天 - 旺角、尖沙咀

Despite having undergone ex-gfs training, both Junda & me alr quite shagged out abit from the 2 girls' 运动量 @ shopping. As u noe, walking is nv tiring when YOU are the one shopping, but otherwise if you AREN'T! LOL~ Maybe cos 2 wks ago shopped too much @ KL, had alr bot almost everyth I wanted. Tis time come to HK 反而 not much shopping mood. Maybe cos the things ain't realli cheap here too so no strong urge to spend. But nonetheless, our Day 2 itinery is nth but shopping, shopping, and still shopping. Of cos, we guys were abit tired out. Good thing we 兵分两路 once in a while, which gave us some 自由活动。Freedom! Oh yes! We needed it badly! =D haha, no lorr, not juz us. The girls needed to break free away from us to do their own shoping oso k. And tat'll be the best time we can take a physical & mental break, and spend some private moments wif each other..... (as if we didn't hv enough of those when we were staying togt, hahaha~ =p)

PS: ada bumped into his NTU fren Huimin @ 旺角. Once again, small world.

Day 2 is realli physically demanding day. Walked all the way from 旺角の女人街，to 尖沙咀の庙街 (too bad daytime nt opened yet) until eventually 中环. 途中还经过了China HK Ferry Terminal to book our tix for Macau trip tmr. Totally lost track how many kilometres had we walked, but juz pretty sure it ain't less than 10km >.<" Too much minor details thru'out the day, but worth mentioning is, I actually found the 油麻地警署！=D haha~ What? Dunno wad issit? Did u even watch 《学警出更》？ Yup, inside the show, tat's the police post where all the main leads were working at during most of the episodes. And of course, we (or me, rather) took lots and lots of pictures with the police post! XD hahah... and nope, we didn't bump into the 钟立文 and 李柏翘 outside the police post, hee.. =P

Went to 星光大道 at end of the day, where those famous peeps left their hand prints on the tiles on the pathway. Hweetheng was crazily searching for Andy Lau 华仔の handprint, and so we were. And guess if we found it? Haha.. see pictures bah! ^.<

PS: Lunch @ 大家乐, HK's local fast food. Dinner @ Sogo, Japanese food again. Again. Haha.

Last thing of the day, walked abt and explored the area around hotel. Saw a cyber cafe ad which captured our interest, which led us up a narrow stairs up the quiet building for a few levels... until we came to this shaddy place with flickering red lights. Was juz telling Eileen jokingly, “tis place looks kinda like a... brothel?”, when ada n HT juz suddenly backed off and anxiously asked us to leave leave leave, asap. Well we did, hurriedly, clumsily, make our way down the stairs. Uh huh! So my instinct was right! Thou i've got no idea why we gotta act so scaredy, not like they'll bite..? Lol~ But anyway, for the rest of the night, the girls were like 惊弓之鸟, paranoid of every single dubious looking place. Hehe...

2nd day @ Hong Kong
Monday
28 December '09

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香港之旅第三天 - 澳门

Started the day early to head for Macau, which we had to take an one-hour ferry to cross over. Lost HK$800 @ Venetian Hote's casino. Awww... Painful? Awhile. But didn't last long. Haha, 钱财は身外の物，and pain could only last as long as u allow it to ^.^ And since we've lost almost all our money we had with us, the nx few hrs were spent (rather fruitfully) chatting wif each other while waiting for the girls to be done wif their shopping (ya, again). Guess money spent on shopping is more worthwhile than gambling bah? Hahaa~ during the day Junda kept teaching me 2 idioms, 十赌九输 & 愿赌服输。Wow, notice how the 2 words always appear together? It shd somehow hints smth alr yea~ But well, man juz has a heart of greed, dun we? =p

Night of Macau, went 大三巴to visit Ruins of St Paul, by BUS! Haha. First time we took public bus on our own this trip, pretty independent feeling. And there got this shop sellling 葡萄牙蛋塔、猪扒包 & 珍珠奶茶, which was using Korean Boys over Flower as advertisement. In the video, 金丝草 & a guy (花泽类？) bot and praised the 蛋塔 (in Canto) from tis shop @ 大三巴, both lost their wallet there and thus the guy was playing guitar along the street. Pretty nice short video. Dunno if the shop is realli the one in the show, but who cares? As long as the ad is showing results, as it is! Long queue, big crowd, guess they realli owe 95% of their business to 韩版流星花园 man~

Oh yea there gt tis Ireland Fries shop as well, selling fries tat came from...nope, not Ireland, but Hong Kong! Yupz, apparently the name is juz a gimmick, originating from the fact tat Ireland peeps love to eat fries. But then again, who cares right? As long as the food is nice, we're happy =) And so those junk food became our dinner, quite a filling one somemore. We all enjoyed ourselves, only to find that we both kinda fell sick eventually. Too much heaty stuffs, slight fever and headache. Good thing we were heading back to hotel alr.

PS: The girls are planning to go 东涌の Factory outlets tmr, obviously prepared for some MORE mad shopping. That was supposed to sound great to me, if during usual time. But apparently my spending 'feel' has yet to return yet (dun think it will ever do, anytime soon). And so we decided to (finally!) give ourselves a break (yes! finally!), 兵分两路，and will only meet up for 庙街 after that. Awesome idea. I love it. =)

Bumped into Phil Phua, a long-lost army fren of mine and Junda at a cafe near hotel. Had a long chat with him n his gf. We all changed a lot from 4 yrs ago. Oh our good old army days...

PS: (again) the world is small. Hong Kong is even smaller.

3rd day @ Hong Kong
Tuesday
29 December '09

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香港之旅第四天 - 自由活动！

Eileen called at 9am+ to ask if we wanna head out for breakfast with them. Oh no, u've gotta be kidding me! Not when i'm still lazing in bed and ada soundly asleep. Fyi, men are lazier in nature, in case u still dunno =P Anyway tat ada ended up sleeping until noon time. Ohh... guess he might be realli tired.

Spent the aftn touring around 澴湾，all within walking distance from hotel. We feel free, totally! Mentally relaxed, at ease~ Had our meal (erm... brunch?) at a local 茶餐厅，where the meals are sumptuous, delicious, and affordable~ =D realli nice authentic HK experience tat u can't get at those big shopping malls.

Eventually we came to the cyber cafe 网络战士 which ad we saw on the 2nd night. HK$12/hr, much cheaper than hotel rates. Couple of days w/o the internet, great relief we had as we checked our mails, facebook, and stocks prices. Ahh yes, stock prices, the thing i 放不下 the most these few days. Surprised to see pretty lotsa big changes in the market juz in 3 days. Mkt generally rose quite a lot, and so my portfolio. Juz too bad I was holding a short position on Cosco Corp which rose by 10 cents, causing my loss of thousand over bucks there. Aww... Too bad. Dec/Jan has always been a bull period. Juz hope Cosco Corp fall soon.

Accompanied ada see shoes, ended up buying a pair myself, while he didn't. You've gotta admit tat spending money can be such an easy task when the 'feeling' is there. 24 more hrs to departure, and here I am, holding HK$83 in my pocket. Hurhur... Guess that's it for souvenir! if u dun get anyth from me when I get back, read yday's entry once more alright~ Moral of the story: dun expect any souvenir from a fren who lost money! Haha! =D (Great excuse, I love it.)

Back in hotel, taking a break now. Waiting for the girls to come back from their shopping trip. Heading to 庙街 later on. Shall take a short nap once i'm done wif blogging.

Okay, i'm done. Haha~

4th day @ Hong Kong
Wednesday
30th December '09

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香港之旅第五天 - 香港/中环

终于挨到这天了，the day we look forward to the most. Checked in luggage at 香港站，before we made our last tour around 中环 Town area. Lunch @ some super ex restaurant, guess we were one of the tables who ordered the least =P Went to this World Longest Escalator, which led us all the way up the 中环 hill. Whole journey took us abt 25 mins lor~ Awesome. Took a video of it wif ada's cam, will upload it shortly. Hilarious.

Watched "Time Traveler's Wife" on the flight back home. Touching story. Touched. Whole show from start till end nv explain why he is genetically like this, but tat's nt impt at all. Wad touches viewers' hearts is the L.O.V.E. between them. And their attitude towards death... Eeeewwww... *touched* :'(

Touched down b4 midnight, countdown to 2010 wif ada they all at Changi Airport. Good to hv mom fetching. Too bad we missed the last train. Cab fare ex like siao. Damn. But mom paying. Hahaha~

Home Sweet Home.

5th day @ Hong Kong
Last day of 2009
Thursday.
31 December '09

Worst X'mas prez ever

2009-12-24T06:17:00.001-08:00

Worst X'mas prez ever

最近，圣诞佳节，朋友们纷纷搞起送礼物活动。虽然有点儿麻烦，但感觉挺好的。昨天从 NIE 同学会中收到了一瓶红酒，期待下次聚会时与他们分享。

今天是圣诞节前夕，天下着细雨，一早出门赴 CK の tuition. 路上塞着车，下着雨。途中，路经乌节路，车速行驶缓慢，与前方车辆也保持一段距离。这时，前面突然停车，阿杰也连忙紧急刹车，但路面湿滑，为时已晚。*buang!* 电单车撞上了汽车，虽然撞击力不大，但也人仰马翻，车毁人伤。

之后才了解，原来前方有车 abrupt lane change, 那辆车为避开它才会突然刹车。但，却造成另一场悲剧。不能怪他，也不能报警。在新加坡，车头撞车尾，没话讲的。那司机说得对，就算不是我的错，报警对我也没好处。搞不好还要 ganna Demerit points. Hmph... 算了呗。所幸伤势不太重，车子还能动，算不幸中的大幸。相比去年十一月的血流成河，这次算好多了。

Tuition 过后，去了 ex-student Nicholas 家一趟。多日不见，相谈甚欢。现在的他，考完'O'水准后，对数学自信心满满，还说要当数学补习老师呢！LOL~ 看见他超有把握地说 'O' 水准数学准拿 A1, 很开心 I've done my part :) 谈着谈着才想起忘了吃早餐，都已经下午三点多了。结果享用了他女佣煮的干贝鱼圆面，sangat sadup! :)

Evening, 修车，花了好几个小时。边等边读了些书。还好，维修费在预算内，只花了 $140.. 双手，暂时不能打球，但至少还能弹琴。Dinner, with parents. Went public movie with mother, "Where Got Ghost". Thou watched wif Nas, Zippie they all before, but realli worth watching 2nd time. Jio father along, but despite his empty schedule, he juz wouldn't budge no matter how i tried. Fine. 反正从小到大都没有爸爸陪伴，早就应该习惯了。男人为事业打拼，都说是为养家活口，但... Anyway, 天下儿女心，谁不想看到父母恩恩爱爱，相敬如宾？阿杰心目中最好的圣诞礼物，除了一家人开开心心地齐聚一堂，还能有什么... Nvm, still got Saturday's family chalet. At least whole family will be there together that day, 虽然三天两夜的 chalet 我只能出席一天，因为星期天大清早就要飞往香港了。

If the accident is considered the worst x'mas gift i've ever received, then let my survival be the best x'mas gift bah. At least i'm still alive n kicking. Tat's wad matters most, isn't it? Blessing or tragedy, sometimes is juz a matter of perspective, i guess... :)

Merry Christmas to all. Thank God.

Thursday.
24 December '09
Midnight

我 pass 2A bike 了！! =D

2009-12-15T10:12:00.001-08:00

我 pass 2A bike 了！! =D

hurray~~~!!!! 成功了！！！一次搞定！！ Yeah! ^^

okay, tired le, tmr morning still gt IHG bball match. First match. Shall blog abt tis nx time, hopefully tmr. Juz cant contain the excitement. hehe~ Feeling quite different now, though nt buying new bike so soon yet. Can't afford. If only stocks market sudden big rise den maybe can. hahahahaa~

super shag liao, nites~!

Tuesday.
15 December '09
Post Midnight

KL & Genting trip wif GESL frens!

2009-12-15T07:04:00.001-08:00

KL & Genting trip wif GESL frens!

Last wk was pretty happening wk. Went KL last thurs & fri with GESL frens, shopped like mad, shopped till drop there. Ended our KL trip with a soothing relaxation -- Foot Massage! Oh my, oh my, oh my. Shiok. Exactly wad we need after 2 FULL DAYS of walking & shopping, literally bot everyth covered from head to toe, inside to outside. too many pics can't possibly upload all to blog, all in fb liao, click on the link go fb photo album see see k!

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=141049&id=578116547&ref=mf

PS: if can't copy, use the link on the tagboard. Yes, on ur left! Saw it? ;)

(now u noe shopping ain't exclusive rights belong to any particular gender huh huh ;)

After 2 days of KL, spent our 3rd day @ Genting casino. Quite a short day in fact, as last bus to Singapore had to leave at 3.30pm. Alright, fine. But still won RM300 nonetheless. Total played only 8 rounds, 4 wins 4 losses, 一鼓作气地赢了几把大的，连同 Clara 也赢了 RM100. High 5! =D

End of M'sia trip, didn't go hm straight went Vernice's hse for Mahjong instead. OMG! 真能撑！一晚熬下来，输了小小，赢了欢笑 :) 只不过，真的挺累坏的。Slept the whole Sunday away, hehe... :p

Tuesday.
15 December '09
Midnight

ngorh hou zhong yi PC66336

2009-12-07T13:25:00.000-08:00

ngorh hou zhong yi PC66336

juz watched finished《学警狙击》, after 3 consecutive sleepless nights. yeah, ngorh hou zhong yi 这部戏中每一位角色，特别是男主角PC66336钟立文，本当にすごい！过去三天，自从星期六下午，便开始不分昼夜，不眠不休的追看这部精彩倒掉渣的港剧。气剧情引人入胜、精彩绝伦的不说，单是剧情铺排方面就紧紧的扣住观众心弦。其中高潮迭起，即使有多处 twist 都早已猜到，却丝毫不减低我追看《学警狙击》的热忱。

两年前开始接触《学警雄心》，陪着众学警们一同受训、受罚、见证他们的成长，感觉似乎回到六年前新兵受训的日子。最近U频道又播放了其续集《学警出更》，两年前的回忆重新浮现，更是每晚不停的追看。但一天一集，毕竟进展甚缓。两星期前在网上遇到 Jiemin，闲聊下才知道她是个超级无敌港剧迷！继而介绍我上土豆网看这部《学警狙击》，因此展开了这段不解之缘。花了近30个小时后，只能说《学警三部曲》一部比一部'geng'! 《学警1》虽然不错，但尚属一般。《学警2》我还没看完，但剧情大略知晓，应该不如《学警3》震撼。接连3个晚上都熬通宵、开夜车，为了追戏，应该算头一遭。

非常非常喜欢有血有肉、有情有义的男主角阿文。其实以伯翘和立文的个性，早在两年前就已预测到他们接下来的路会这样走。但是当看到自己的想法和编剧的不谋而合时，还是会感到兴奋。其实我们观众看戏，无非是想找个精神寄托，任由情绪自由自在的放任。有时候，真的不是looking for a Super Hero to "save the World" kinda 老套剧情。经常看到那些没血没肉、怎样都打不死的超级无敌金刚主角在枪林弹雨中以一当百，一个打十个，看久了真的会腻。倒不如一班较具真实感、和我们一样不完美、有缺点的 ah Sir 和 Madam ，看着他们克服重重难关，陪着他们一起成长更感动人心。7年前'A'水准毕业，曾想过报考警校，完成儿时的梦想，但因为种种原因，最终选择了第二志愿。虽然不无遗憾，但相信这个选择是正确的。的确，要当一名优秀的警察，必备的条件实在太多太多了。虽然剧中阿文和伯翘性格上的缺点我都具备，但很抱歉，他们的优点我却一项都没有！哈哈！旁的不说，单就那份为了正义和原则，义无反顾、勇往直前的决心，就绝非我性格。怎么？以为我会被这部戏激励到去投身警队吗？哈哈，对不起，我还是清醒的。志愿归志愿，做人最重要有自知之明！:p

《学警狙击》中许多人物都被诠释得很传神，其中最经典当数本名梁笑棠的 Laughing 哥。因为之前的一部电影，我从一开始便猜到他是警方的卧底。但虽然预先知道谜底，但故事只有更加精彩。和一般香港黑社会片一样，剧情充满了尔虞我诈，但人物个性实在太鲜明，又或许是阿杰太聪明（笑），大部分的阴谋、算计、故事结局、人物下场，都在我预料之内 ^^（骄傲 look）。许许多多的真真假假，眼花缭乱，叫人难分清楚。也是啦，世事无绝对，本来很多事都无法分得清的，尤其是感情事。无对错，跟着感觉走，但求问心无愧。我宁可相信所有的一切都是真的：Laughing 对芯姐是真的敬爱、伯翘若煲及立文悠悠两对是真心相爱、就连大恶人江世孝，他对芯姐的爱也是真的，只是大枭雄嘛，大业永远排在第一位。可能这就是所谓的“成大事者不拘小节”吧？Reminds me of 清朝的摄政王皇叔多尔衮和孝庄皇太后大玉儿，真像。但这种感觉我永远不会懂，因为我从来都不可能会把事业排在任何感情上，也没有什么“大事”值得去“成”。如果把我放进钟立文的鞋子里，in the first place 就不可能答应接下卧底这种吃力不讨好的差事。又或许，in the firstest place, 上司胡 Sir 根本就不会选中我去进行这么艰巨的任务。要是真的去了，只怕多半会吃不了苦和受不了金钱的诱惑而中途变节，真正的加入黑社会吧？哈哈哈！！

好了，暂且不说了，写着写着天都亮了呢。前两个晚上虽然意志坚定，但一到凌晨4点多马上自动 K.O.！今晚可能是因为要看完全剧，竟然能 "dong" 到5点多。不止如此，还将满腔情感付诸笔下，不知不觉地就写了这么多。熬夜到天亮，对贪睡的我真是少见。明天，呃，不，等会儿三小时后还跟 Dr Ng 有个 consultation 呢，倒想看看我怎么撑住，嘻。

PS: Going Hong Kong in 3 wks time, none of us can speak Cantonese. Clara alr told me HK'ers there dun realli speak our language much liao, hopefully these few days indulge in HK Drama realli got some improvement. Lol~ Okay la, Korea oso went b4 liao, ngorh hai da de, sai mag geng la! :D

Taking a short nap first, good morning! :D :D

Monday? No. Tuesday.
8 December '09
Daybreak

有了兄弟，绝对无敌

2009-12-05T08:52:00.000-08:00

有了兄弟，绝对无敌

(dear avid readers, do turn up the volume and enjoy the song while u're reading this entry. Enjoy~)

Been quite a while since last updated le. Say busy, but alr no sch le. Say nth to update, but actually everyday oso quite happening. In fact, juz daily life alone alr eventful enuff until find no motivation to blog abt anyth le. Yes, got things to blog, but juz lacking the special "something", until today. The title says everyth.

Sun: After last wkend Dance Camp, had a surprisingly awesome bball tat night. Seemed tat all the muscles n endurance training for dance actually force out my physical potential. Been a long time since played bball like this alr. Awesome.

Mon: Econs Field Trip to Velocity, followed by 1st-time tuition wif a repeat JC1 student. Quite a good boy. Shall make him excel n love Econs more than any of his peers.

Tues: Highlight of the wk. Planned KTV wif GESL frens, fun. Impromptu Mahjong after tat, even more fun. Our GESL proj was a success. But wad i'm more proud of is our bonding. Gng on KL & Genting trip nx wk wif them. Looking forward.

Wed: Aftermath of tues, met up wif Clara the piggy girl to exchange HKD & RM. She realli can slp. 1.30pm reached Parkway liao she still in bed :X Took my hat off her.

Thurs: Turning pt. Impromptu decided to join Adeline & co. for cycling @ Ubin. Nt smth within my comfort zone, but was fun. Seems like joy can be simple, need not involve huge planning ahead. Haha. But the tragedy is got caught in rain on the way hm, plus past few nights burn midnight oil watch 学警出更 &　企鹅爸爸 wif mother.. rain + fatigue, health finally collapsed. Kinda unexpected. Good to hv David's company. my 兄弟。

Fri: Went back hall to pack some stuffs. Junda gng SEP nx sem, maybe can't stay hall anymore, gotta move out by end of mth le. Initial plan was to go sch lib to borrow materials needed for assgm, but end up spending whole day in hall doing stuffs, alone. Realli lotsa things to pack up. Night keyboard n bboy lessons as usual, fruitful. Juz tat still nt yet recovered, nt exactly in best shape.

Today: 重点 of this entry, met up wif Bball team pals at night as usual. After supper, initial plan was juz to shoot some balls, purely for fun only. Little did any of us expect tat, 投着投着，竟演变成一场 impromptu 的特训。从改正我投球的坏习惯开始，采取正确的姿势，到各个位置连投数百球。在那短短两小时内，一向纯以步法与上篮取胜的阿杰，竟然渐渐也和 David, Alvin, Daniel 一样，在各个不熟悉的位置连投连进！对于性格慵懒、不屑下苦功苦练的我来说，如此这般反复进行沉闷无趣的练习，只有在7年前刚开始接触篮球的时候才有过。这些年来，撇开懒散不说，单是这般接受小辈们的纠正和指导，就已不是我的性格。今天不知为何一反常态，竟肯聆听指点。或许是前几天一场大病让我不得不收起傲气吧？又或许是即将来临的比赛，潜意识到若要更上一层楼、突破以往的框框，必须借助团队的力量。反正无论如何，这次三位兄弟对我全心全意的指导及协助，lim beh 铭记于心。比赛中再报答你们就是了。

PS：努力不一定成功，因为不止你一人。但开启了机会之门，接下来的路就还能走下去。一个人的旅程不好走，但有了兄弟，就绝对无敌。

PS：Practised bball until midnite, maybe caused some noise (which wasn't loud at all) to some residents. Ganna 高楼抛物 by some 乌龟。Glass bottles, obviously not juz for threats, realli aiming to hit us. Glass shattered upon impact, broken pieces hit a few of us. Not funny. Such act in Singapore considered a heavy crime bah? But didn't call police in the end, since it's impossible to find the culprit. Anyway 吵到别人睡觉我们也有不对，就算了，虽然觉得那乌龟的反应有点过分激烈 thou... :x

明天星期天，谢绝一切节目，陪兄弟练球。
(... or issit the other way round...?)
(Wadever la. Same!)

Saturday
5 December '09
Post Midnight

Music Garage Dance Camp

2009-11-28T09:49:00.000-08:00

Music Garage Dance Camp

1 wk plus nv update le. Recently lotsa happenings, 一时之间 oso dunno wan say wad for now. Most happening thing is the Garage Camp over tis long wkend, realli damn fun damn shag. Esp tonite's showcase session, we all had damn loads of laughters from all the dance, sing, and acting performance. Haha~ Not only worked our muscles out to the max, even gotta noe lotsa nice ppl during this 3d2n camp, until now damn sleepy le, nx time den update more abt it bah. hopefully will get hold of those pics sooner.

tmr still got last day of camp, buay dong liao. Nitez~

Saturday
28 November '09
Post Midnight

Undergrads Jiayou!

2009-11-17T10:23:00.001-08:00

Undergrads Jiayou!

recently uni exam period, juz realised suddenly viewings & taggings here increased as well. dunno if got any link between them. maybe when our dear undergrad frens are diligently working hard, burning midnight oil mugging de time, my blog actualli serves as a e-resting point for them to take a short break from studies bah? i'd be glad if tat's the case. Even if not, juz wishing them a sincere 加油 from here, hope they can hear from their study desks at home too :)

To my NTU & NIE peers: Junda, Wee Min, Junice, Sam & Nasreen, 加油! ur exams are the earliest among all. fast come fast go, v soon is our holiday liao k! :D

To my NUS juniors: Jiaxin, Yihong, Eugene, Jinghui & co. 加油! Econs Honours yr nt easy. Super dry + sibeh sian oso, i know. but kevin could do it. u can too! :)

To my SMU frens: Junwei bro & Cindy mei, 加油! thou i seriously dunno wth u guys r doing over there, but juz go and score a few more As before u got burned out in yr 3 & 4 alright?!

Last but not least, NIE PGDE ppl, our sem is finally coming to an end soon! 2 more wks, let's quickly get over our stupid Case Study and EdPsych2 essay and enjoy the rest of our time togt! ^^
PS: shh... dun let those undergrads know tat we actualli dun hv exams over here k... keep it within us... =P

(Weather is cold, but our room is warm. Sleepy but happy.. Zzz...)

Tuesday
17 November '09
Post Midnight

our GESL on media!

2009-11-12T02:15:00.000-08:00

our GESL on media!

yea yea, it's us that u've seen on tv, heard on radio, and read on papers recently. NIE trainees of cos refering to us, foreign workers mainly consist of PRC & Indian workers. How exciting rite~! haha abit suaku maybe, but is kevin's first time appearing on local media mah... thou no pictures la. but maybe will be seen on tv news, perhaps as "moving background" during my peers' interviews. haha. aiya okay la, better than nth rite :p Still remb 1st time appearing on papers was 2 yrs ago in Japan, during our NUS Japanese de KEEP program, regarding our farmstay experience in Kyushyuu, wonderful memories... :)

ok back to topic! realli quite proud of our GESL grp for coming up wif such a great plan. come to think of it, conducting Basic Coversational English courses for foreign workers is realli meaningful. Hmmm... okay, shan't elaborate much on it liao. Wad's nice is tat the 24 of us actually built up some strong bonds n ties thru all these preparation and conduct of events, perhaps cos GESL isn't realli academic like the other modules in NIE, where u keep seeing the same ppl of same subj combi everyday. it's probably the only time where u get to interact and work wif ppl from different academic background and subj combi to get smth meaningful accomplished. the stress is halved, while fun is doubled :)

PS: GESL = Group Endeavour Service Learning, where student teachers are required to plan and carry out smth meaningful to serve our society.

Media coverage quite complete, on news today for Channel 8, Channel 5, and Channel News Asia; radio on dunno wad channels yday; Today's Today oso hv, and maybe some other dunno-wad newspapers as well. Check out the link below! :D

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1017618/1/.html

Juz back from Seoul Garden wif ah ji, time for Locking & Guitar @ Music Garage. Been a mth since last went MG for lessons le! due to Hell Month in Oct. Good thing NIE's workload finally dying down, time to relive my dance and music life again! :D

Thursday
12 November '09
Evening

Awww... Not again...?? -.-

2009-11-07T08:18:00.000-08:00

Awww... Not again...?? -.-

As the title said.... Aww... Not again?? :S

Gosh. it's nt the 1st time unwelcome trespassers pass by my blog and write nonsense on tagboard le. hmmm... shd be 3rd time le, if i'm nt wrong. still remb 1st time was some ppl forge ah Jie's name to post lewd msg on tagboard, wow, damn angry tat time (see entry on 29th July).

2nd time was similar occurence again, using ah Jie's name reply frens' post wif lewd replies. din blog abt it, saw it den juz quietly deleted jiu suan le, din realli feel much anger or wadever. after a while maybe the person find it too boliao, oso juz disappeared by itself le.

today another one, as u can see in the tagboard on the left. some ppl forge my ESE student's name to scold me, oso dunno why. been asking myself, do i actually know anyone who is as childish and boliao as this person? think think think... impossible leh... i where got such frens? all my frens are smart, sophisticated and intellectual individuals wad, like the person who's reading this right now (yes yes it's YOU i'm refering to! =p) haha ok anyway, after some investigations, found the culprit liao. was told by another ESE student it is her fren who did it, whom i dunno one!! -_-" apparently it was juz a prank on this student Shiyuan by her fren... Fine. But why step into my territory!! :@

kk anyway, forget it. enough le. tired of handling all these childish little stuffs. \>.<"/ suan le, suan le. juz gonna put this whole damn thing into private from now on le. 一劳永逸！一了百了！一览无遗！一支独秀！XD

Set! :D

PS: it's juz kinda funny tat today aftn juz posted in my tagboard encouraging Shiyuan to put her blog in private, now tonight i oso buay tahan anon strangers de cyberbullying le. Looks like MOE still got lots to work on in the area of cyberwellness huh.... ^.<

Saturday
7 November '09
Midnight

a happening start to Nov!!

2009-11-03T10:32:00.000-08:00

a happening start to Nov!!

Yeah! it's the 1st post of November! which means sch term is coming to an end soon! :D :D Sch holi, tat's realli the best part of NIE man, if u understand the concept of "relativity", u get it ;)

alritez, as we proceed into this new mth, many things happened these few days. First we started off the month with Jintian's bday on the 1st. Happy Birthday bro, u sure hv lotsa bday wishes on ur fb huh, as popular as ever ;) Next is dates for HK trip finally finalised on 27th Dec to 31st Dec. 5d4n trip, with Junda, hweetheng & her fren. $712 per pax, oso dunno considered cheap or expensive. but okay la, free & easy is literally, free & easy! so we can look forward to a good time there ^^ juz a pity ah ji & junice can't make it. 1 cannot tk leave, 1 跑路 wif parents to some super cold place called 哈尔滨。Well~~

Last but nt least, Junda & me actually managed to pull outselves out of our comfy beddy and go for a run tonight, after came back from lessons @ BBDC. 真是意想不到。It's the 4th run for me le, this sem. 1st was the one wif Hall Running Club, as reported in previous entry, 2nd was wif Junda in sch, 3rd was the same wk, alone at home. Today 4th, hopefully won't be last. Can feel the physical and stamina slowly coming back again. Hurray! hope will be in time to 大展拳脚 in December's Inter-Hall Sports Games の bball & tennis, and maybe badminton. HahA~

Life is good. Alrite, life can be good, actually, if i wasn't so greedy + hand itchy go touch so many stocks. this wk so far, both days oso big fall. yup, BIG fall. my pathetic portfolio from net loss 3k now become net loss 4.4k, equivalent to Teacher Khoo's 2 mths salary, pretty impressive. Always noe i'm a gambler by nature, but tot alr kicked the bad habit ever since 2 yrs ago quitted soccer betting le. Din expect gambling addict reappears now in the form of stocks, hmmm... let's wait and see how bah. perhaps realli might execute the "cutloss" strategy and really sell everyth and realise my 4.4k loss tmr le. Arghhh... tat's gonna be painful, i'm sure. ah Jie is fat indeed, but oso doesn't hv tat much flesh on him to let ppl cut out one big chunk lidat :x ... -.- Hmmm... let this be a lesson learnt first. at most lose 4k+ only, nvm. all is not lost yet. 加油！:)

Tuesday
3 Nov '09
Post Midnight

解脱

2009-10-30T09:26:00.000-07:00

解脱

现在是凌晨三点钟，看完电视头有点痛。Already 1 wk nv blog le, wow! Guess the reason is obvious, got read previous entry 就知道了。Past 1 wk is NIE's hell wk for most ppl. Dunno abt other subj combi, but for Econs/Maths i know is quite jialat. Monday submitted Maths LP & Econs Essay 之后，接下来马不停蹄地赶下一项工程。Friday due, 也就是今天。早上刚做完了一项 Econs 的 Microteaching, topic 是 Govt Failure. 15 min de teaching session went smoothly as planned, ppt slides were well-liked by some, although 我还是维持了一贯的风格 -- teaching style still teacher-centred (instead of students-centred which NIE promotes), i admit. Bcos there's always a trade-off between content delivery and student activity. Wanna achieve both? Can. You just need more time, and that certainly is not within 15-min thingy.

Got a mixture of feedback, some actually said i looked calm, while some could tell i was nervous, which i really was! haha! even lost slp last night after finally done wif ppt preparation at 1am plus. so funny, dunno wad's there to nervous abt, oso not 1st nor 2nd nor 10th time conducting lesson or performing on stage le. moreover, the microteaching wasn't even graded! realli shdn't hv anyth to nervous about. Mrs Rita said i'm probably a perfectionist, and thus set too high expectation of myself. Damn, she might be right abt it. it's not abt grades or assessment, it nv is. it's abt myself. 做事若 meet 不到自己的 expectations, 别人再怎么说好，自己心里也不会踏实。有好有坏吧，我想。

On the contrary, if smth is deemed as totally boliao and worthless to me, no matter how high the assessment weightage is, my attitude oso indifferent de. That's of course. Given that time & effort is a limited resource, of course muz choose to channel them into worthy usage. As such, the 2500-word EdPsych Research Paper that i anyhow-ly rushed out today 就是一个很好的例子了。One single research paper alone worth 60% of a module, considered quite a significantly heavy weightage le. But to me it's just crap. Previously we had PBL, now this research paper, all for show only, do for the sake of doing, wad for spend so much effort on it. In the end 随便写写 2400+ words 就交上去了。以前的我或许不会这样，但现实会磨练一个人，让他了解什么重要，什么不值得。人力有限，不可能面面俱到。这道理我也是近几年才懂。

Hell wk not easy to undergo，现在熬过去了，真要谢谢好几个人。首先当然是阿达和伟民，没有他们无时无刻在身边，艰苦的日子必定少了许多欢笑。再来就是在 NIE Hell wk 一起浴血奋战的同僚，他们的帮助起了实际的效用 -- Shiliang, Eevon & Jintian for Maths LP & Econs Essay; Jintian & Alvin for sharing their ideas & resources from their Microteaching & LP; most lost is tat EdPsych paper, totally dunno wad to write. Heng got ah fang came over to help me b4 went for movie, maths classmate Peiying jiejie oso shared lotsa advices online. Phew! 众志成城，finally all finish le, nt easy. sometimes realli v grateful to God for letting some many nice ppl into my life, more or less, even if some may be only 擦肩而过，there's gotta be some valuable learning pts. Be more observant and appreciative abit, u'll realise there're many things in ur life worthy to be treasured too :)

生活就像股市一样，有起有落。跌到谷底之后，自然就是反弹上升。Hell wk 结束之后，接下来课业步伐开始逐渐放缓，下星期只有一个 assgm, 一个考试。对温室里的大学生而言，或许不觉得怎样。但对身处与 NIE 的 Student Teachers 来说，简直是从地狱走上天堂。一个星期才两件deadlines，真是太幸福了！真的，不经历这个阶段，你不会了解大学生的所谓压力是多么的不值一晒。以前多少会抱怨 NUS 辛苦，现在想想真是好笑。也对，说不定一两年后回过头来，或许也会觉得现在经历的一切就如同度暑假一般轻松。“教书的日子才叫苦呢！”也许几年后的我们都会这样想。当然啦，能者们多劳嘛。如果你发现自己的工作量越来越轻，日子过得越来越舒服的话，那你可要小心了！要嘛是收成，要嘛是准备遭人取代，自己看着办吧~ 哈哈。

刚才说过，生活像股市，这句话反过来说也是一样。这一星期股市大跌，许多股民烧到手。我吗？多多少少吧，亏损一两个月的薪水是跑不掉的。富贵险中求，趁低又进了一些，接下来就看下星期的状况了。静观其变吧。

星期五回家，途中听音乐，忽然听到一首很有意义的歌。还记得第一次听到就被它第一句歌词给吸引了 -- 荡秋千，来回终究要停在原点。望太远，眼前幸福就忽略~ 很发人深省。不禁想起一个曾经交往三年半，很喜欢荡秋千的前女友。很喜欢被人推着荡秋千。歌词，每一句都很贴切。连接局也一样。时过境迁，现在的她也已经不是当年的小女孩了，说不定也已经不再喜欢荡秋千了。感情虽然淡了，但回忆是永恒的。听着听着，有点后悔从前怎么不多陪她荡荡秋千。从《爸爸闭翳》听到一段话，人生中有三段必经之路。先是面临“失去”，然后感到“遗憾”，最后才懂得“珍惜”。过去的是回忆，未来的是希望。嗯，“珍惜眼前人”，我好像有点懂了。

不知不觉才发现说了那么多，都四点了，心里话还堆得满满的，真是啰嗦。我不累，你们大家都累了。好啦，不折磨人了，有耐心读到这里我已经很感激了。快去睡吧~！ ^^

Friday
30 October '09
Post Midnight

When the hell wk begins!

2009-10-23T08:14:00.000-07:00

When the hell wk begins!

tis wk nv 堕落，wed after a long day of eventful actvities, finally went for my FIRST run wif Junda. Woo~ u're rite, it's tat hardworking mugger who's even LAZIER THAN ME in exercising, haha!! and then, more unexpectedly, actually went for a run BY MYSELF tonight after come home! hoho... really damn rare i'd do such a thing. usually will juz use "nobody pei" as a great excuse to avoid running :p anyway, NIE sch work too busy, alr 1 wk nv blog le, so let this entry today be a COMPILED WEEK UPDATE bah! XD

okay, other than the 2 runs, most significant happenings tis wk is the Class 2A bike lessons le. Wow, yeah. Really, as said b4 in 《我又初恋了》 previously, 2A bike power realli damn UP, harder to ctrl oso. went for 3 lessons tis wk, ctrl much better le, even cleared the evaluation stage today, 1st try! Woohoo~! realli q lucky, could hv gottan an Immediate Failure for "Change lane w/o due care" one. heng instructor "pang chance" lor. Hee. Anyway, the situation now is, i'm eligible for my Class 2A Traffic Police test le, but still haven decided on the date yet. Currently available gt 1st Dec and 15 Dec, but 1st one NIE still gt lessons, 2nd one in the middle of holi, dunno will impromptu-ly go overseas anot. if clash jiu no gd le. aiya nvm, since nw all money locked in stocks mkt, oso no money buy bike yet. no harm wait n see how. maybe nx yr prices will drop, or nicer models will come out leh? haha. thou unlikely la... ^^

okay, done wif personal development stuffs le, now let's see wad's the situation in NIE now. Hmmm.. Wed was Maths test, but was chiong'ing Econs essay whole day on Tues, until only started studying on Wed morning, 1 hr b4 test, dun ask me why. 反正 can score jiu can le. Thurs ICT proj due + presentation, our grp was realli great! but not my credit la, i know. Serena realli zai, 1 gal single-handedly accomplished a 4-pax proj, wif Eevon's help of cos. wad did i do? u ask me? oh, look on ur left lor, under "My Dear Friends" column, got 1 link to "How to Write Econs Essay", is a blog, done by urs truly. even if u nt JC Econs students oso go see see look look lor, lim beh eh 心血 leh... thou juz a minor part to our entire proj la. Okay good tat it's over! and so this wk marks the end of Maths & ICT, 2 modules down! timetable oso cleaner alot le. 3 Cheers to Maths student-teachers! :D

Now juz left 4 things to do nx wk ONLY, namely: (1) Econs Essay (half done) & (2) Maths Lesson Plan, both due on monday. (3) Econs Micro Teaching & (4) EdPsych, both due on friday. Obviously, (2),(3),(4) are totally untouched, or rather say, will-do-soon-but-yet-to-hv-started. but anyway, dunno am i 变态 or wad, actually feel a little excited towards tis madrush of assgm, wld like to see how am i gng to survive tis hell wk. Oh ya, juz gt a phone call from my SAJC teacher tonite, interview wif principal nx wk, juz nice falls rite in middle of hell wk, shiok liao. let's see hw i survive it wif my 出神入化の time management skills nx wk.

Curious to noe oso? Stay tuned to 阿杰の教室 then. Ciaoz~ ;)

Friday
23 October '09
Very Post Midnight

Hall Running Club

2009-10-15T09:59:00.000-07:00

Hall Running Club

this wk damn 堕落。Mon said evening wan swim, end up swimming pool closed earlier than expected. Fine, at least nt our fault. Tues said aftn wan swim, end up both laid on bed napped for 2 hrs b4 went for our eventful day. Wed said aftn/evening wan swim, end up woke up from nap feeling hungry, so went canteen 2 togt for sinful but yummy western + ice-cream waffle instead. And there goes our "weekly swimming plan".

today? today stopped saying wan swim le. since it's nv going to happen anyway. joined the hall running club ppl for a 2.4km run instead. say is 2.4km la, but god knows how long. or maybe i'm juz weak. but anyway, tat's nt the pt. the thing is ran too slow couldn't catch up wif the guys, while the girls are way behind me (at least not THAT bad, phew!), so the situation was such tat i was in between both grps, with no one in sight. and guess wad? yes, got lost indeed. -_-...

LOL!

bobian, NTU too big, 1st time running in sch somemore, only jogged the south spine only jiu lost le. reason being some wrong direction given by the running club captain la, but nvm. wad matters is at least i shed some fats tonight, like... FINALLY?! Moral of story is, 何俊达是不可靠的，邱殷杰也好不到哪里去，所以还是得靠外来的推动力让我们动起来。But then again, despite saying saying saying he wanna exercise, He Junda still ended up mugging in front of his comp when we were diligently running. -_-" 本当に江山易改，本性难移ね！XD

as ah ji says, 欢乐有时，悲伤有时。now ah Jie says, 睡觉有时。

Full stop.

Thursday
15 October '09
Post Midnight

我又初恋了~

2009-10-13T10:21:00.000-07:00

我又初恋了~

it's been an eventful day. lotsa things to blog abt. tat's why i'm still awake at this hour despite shaggness + sleepiness + 8:30 lesson tmr \@.@"/

morning EdPsych lesson finally handed in our Problem Based Learning grp proj. Phew! finally it's over! now juz left ICT den no more grp assgm for this yr le! :D well, did some sub-standard presentation in class, wif sub-standard ppt slides as well. basically wad we did was juz smoking thru the teacher as if we got do lotsa quality work la, but i think she'll noe nonetheless -_- (of course??) ... but who cares? it's a lame module. we juz wan our pass. even the earnest Anna & Calvin feel so too.

after EdPsych the gang says wan go Pasir Panjang for Korean BBQ. Gosh.. i tot, 又远、又贵、又肥，怎么想都不吸引人！>.<" They were enthu abt it la, didnt join them, thou tempted to. But cannot, need rest, late aftn got an impt date, gotta 养精蓄锐.. Yup... my "第二初恋"!

as u might hv read abt in last wk's entry, 6 Oct is my 1-yr anniversary. as such, i'm now officially starting my journey to Class 2A le! today 1st lesson, felt v fresh. a little lost & confused yet excited. despite riding for past 1 yr, 2A bike's handling feels q abit different. more difficult of cos, bigger wad. suddenly reminds me of 1 yr plus ago, when juz started learning bike last yr May, total greenhorn, noob like nobody's business. Today the old feeling resurfaced again, ga-lang-ga-boh. Quite memorable thou. Luckily not for long, towards later part of lesson naturally got the hang of it le. everyth juz fell into place and handling became smoother as well. Hmmm... Class 2A bike is really MUCH MORE POWERFUL, i must say. totally incomparable. turn trottle lightly only can feel the huge power underneath liao, unlike 2B small bikes. okay okay i know i lidat say those Class 2 ppl read liao sure think i'm 井底之蛙，but yes i am wad! >.< haha.. and somemore, dun think any of u guys reading now are bikers anyway~ :p LOL!

keep long story short, 第二次初学 bike 感觉像第二次初恋，嗯…怎么说呢？反正就…蛮甜蜜的感觉就是了。就算酱讲有一点荒谬，谁在乎哦！:D Oh ya btw, of course, needless to say, the result of first lesson is a... PASS! haha, of course rite, else where got mood blog abt it. hmm, in any case, few more stages only, hopefully NIE gives lesser work, lemme hv more time go BBDC clear those stages and practise more, and maybe can be in time for 1 Dec 2009's TP Test. 这样一来说不定真的可以在2009年结束之前完成今年的愿望，送一台崭新的 SuperFour 给自己当圣诞节礼物哦！^^ 希望吧~

Back from BBDC fetch Junda from hall, after dinner rushed off for some Technical Analysis talk at Tanjong Pagar. for those who dun uds, its some stocks thingy, which u'd probably be uninterested. learnt quite a few useful basic knowledge, as for the advance thingy, gotta attend their 4-day tranining program. Hmmm... got lotsa things they teaching, believe will be quite useful, but u wanna noe the cost? Special price... $2788! -_-" ... SIAO! limbeh work 1 mth oso dun hv tat kinda money ah! lol too bad for them lor. haha~

quite tired le, muz slp. juz now 3 of us crowded togt for Typing Maniac. Wee Min & me, both past 1-million mark de calibre, watching Junda struggling wif his ko-yak typing skills, 本当に ga-lang-ga-boh です。哈哈！ But gotta admire him for his determination la, evening said wan achieve 100k by today, really 有志者事竟成，竟然让他做到了。*鼓掌！* :D

*阿杰在掌声中合眼...*

Tuesday
13 October '09
Post Midnight

Most Traumatized Tuition ever

2009-10-07T20:03:00.000-07:00

Most Traumatized Tuition ever...

Yday morning Econs lesson was still discussing abt Market Failure, Govt Failure, etc. Little did i expect tat yday night smth totally unlikely would happen, "Kevin Failure"...

no exaggeration, indeed scariest kid ever. or rather, traumatized shd be more apt word. Yup, it was a total traumatizing experience throughout the session. trust me, 4 yrs plus of tuition experience, u wouldn't wanna doubt Kevin's credential. 借酒浇愁 was nv in my vocab list b4, last night it juz entered. Was a terrible night. Good thing got Weiming there to lend a listening ear, for so long hrs somemore... Thanks ah

Now on a brighter note, slp early means wake up early, with 满满的元気 to embark on an energetic day! Now let's juz forget abt the past and work hard today for a good weekend ahead! 加油吧！ :)

Thursday
8 October '09
Morning

1-year Anniversary!

2009-10-05T10:51:00.000-07:00

1-year Anniversary!

Today another damn long and shag day. Typical Monday, not only is it blue, it's oso jammed packed with lessons after lessons after lessons, 7 hrs straght w/o break, followed by Toastmaster activity at night. Yup, physically it was a little strenuous, yea you bet. Ain't easy to stay awake, but we had to, esp. when we were presenting Expositional Teaching for Maths today. I did some Factorization stuffs, spent some time n effort to prepare visual aid last night, but comments from Dr Dawn wasn't realli encouraging.. nvm, as my guys said, at least won't fail la huh, haha... ya, won't fail, i oso noe. but after putting in certain amt of effort, naturally expect some results. Oh well, guess time management was the main factor. 再接再厉吧！:)

Communication Skills lesson made us did some short speech thingy, i did announcement for fire drill. kinda simple topic, chose it cos i “很自量力”, too complex one oso can't handle :p Oh yea, maybe tat's why i need to go for Toastmaster, haha. Tonight is some L2区幽默演讲&评论比赛，most of them are quite competent speakers, wif a few exceptions. 值得庆幸的是两个冠军都是从我们潮安会馆诞生的，叔叔阿姨们都好棒！^.^ 阿杰太胆小，不知何时才能像他们一样站在台上从容不迫，侃侃而谈。说真的，我这张嘴在台上唱唱歌还可以，一开口说话就不行了。哎哟，这样将来还怎么做教师呀，得多磨练磨练...

Anyway, come to main topic. Guess u muz be curious by now, wad thing 1-yr Anniversary rite? Nah... wrong, i'm still enjoying my singlehood. so wad else? make a guess? haha.. it's my 老婆, my bike la~ haha.. 6 Oct has finally come le! tmr (or rather, today?), is a big day for me. Still remb 1 yr ago de today, was so nervous and looking forward to 6 Oct 2008, my first and only 2B bike test date. can nv forget my elatedness when i got my results! nt even so happy when i passed my driving last time lor, maybe cos totally different level of significance betw the two. Anyway, tmr (today bah? :S) can go BBDC register for my Class 2A bike course and test date le, which i'm going to do so after sch later. 真希望能够在年底前考到2A执照，然后换个First-hand的SuperFour, 以增强行驶上的速度与稳定度，也更安全。

其实在回来的路上就蛮想直接倒头就睡的，可还是情不自禁blog了一下。haha, okok, better catch some slp b4 waking up in 5 hrs time 4 EdPsych. Nitez~! Zzz...

Monday
5 October '09
Post Midnight

心灵物语之 Self-reflection

2009-10-02T10:23:00.001-07:00

心灵物语之 Self-reflection

今天是很特别，很有纪念性的一天。不是因为昨晚彻夜未眠赶作业，以至于整天精神不佳，混混谔谔，得不偿失。也不是因为股市忽然全面大跌，一夜之间亏了2千多，走投无路之下，动用了不到万不得已决不想使用的最后支援。值得纪念的是，接着这个机会，重新好好反省并自我检讨一下。

晚餐间和阿达认真深入地讨论，很有些感慨。。原本想一一陈列，但不知怎的，到了这个时刻，突然又不知如何下笔。是的，毕竟，要把自己性格上的缺陷在人前数列出来，的确不太容易。更何况有这么多！真要数，还不知道要多少篇幅呢。*摇头*

总结几样要点 -- 个性急躁，冲动。为人急功近利，重视眼前利益，缺乏耐性。经济学称之为 "instant gratification"。事实上，没耐性这一点完全反映在生活细节上，如与人相处，工作，投资，交通行驶等等。刚才晚餐后前往舞蹈课的途中，一反常态，平均时速约70左右，最高时速也只达到80，和平时横冲直撞，鲁莽驾驶的我有如天壤之别。的确，自我检讨后发现，其实种种因素皆有连锁关系，而说到底就一个字 -- “急”。急着成功，急着赚钱、买房子、创业，急着表现自己，急着赶路、赶时间，以至于习惯性对人对事易感不耐烦，对公路上的车辆及交通灯也是如此，若不改进到最后只会演变成“急着投胎”！呸呸，大吉利是。但说实在的，想通后忽然有种豁然开阔的感觉，一整天的抑郁也一扫而空。而在 PIE 和 AYE 上开那么慢，也不觉得烦燥。反正慢慢走，总有抵达时。忽然回头想想，开始习惯性飚车后，约会、上班、上课也经常有守时的问题，而且骑得越快越迟到，真是一大讽刺！反而今晚缓缓而行的时候，旅途更顺畅，抵达得也更早。

另一方面，人际沟通上出的多，入的少。无论是上课发表意见，还是朋友相谈，似乎都已免不了滔滔不绝一番。或许已经习惯处于优越及带头的位置了，养成唯我独尊的性格。嘴巴用得多了，耳朵自然就用的少。给自己的建议，与 MOE 的教育方针 TLLM 不谋而合。不过不是 Teach Less Learn More, 而是 Talk Less Listen More! 希望在不久的将来，能够成功摆脱这两大毛病，成为一个能够耐心聆听的学生、朋友、教师。

其实还有很多细节，但不说了。正如先前提到，自爆其短不容易，尤其现在 Blog 已改为开放式状态，还是简略点好。总结自我设定方针 -- 缓，不疾不徐、少说话。先做到以上几点，再更加深入检讨。

Friday
2 October '09
Post Midnight

Overnight 用工'ing @ West Mall Mac

2009-10-01T08:56:00.000-07:00

Overnight 用工'ing @ West Mall Mac

o'rite, keep it short. cos realli wanna 用工 one. come all the way here nt to surf net, eat mac, or watch soccer! (luckily i'm nt a soccer fan, totally nt distracted by the noise, juz as well~ ^^) Realli, realli, determined, to finish up my half-done Econs Lesson Plan TONIGHT! >.<

btw, was thinking today's title would continue yday's theme to "第7天". who knows suddenly today both Junda & WeeMin oso back liao. Yup, and they're here with me as well! :D (in fact we're here bcos of Wee Min's study date with his fren, whom we dunno :p) It's rare to see our super-game-addict-plus-slacker roomie to tk initiative to come out study. In fact it's our 1st time seeing Wee Min touching books oso, after 2 mths of cohabiting.. he's juz the total opposite from his super-mugger-plus-1st-class-Honours cousin He Junda, haha!

feeling sleepy, thou juz had coffee. but no bed here, so die die muz work. guess will juz grab 2,3 more cups throughout the night. 破釜沉舟！XD tmr 830 econs lesson. dear junice wonders hw i'm gonna survive tmr. i wonder so too. hehe..

Thursday
1 October '09
Midnight

没有何俊达的日子，第6天

2009-09-30T07:17:00.000-07:00

没有何俊达的日子，第6天

haha, title sounds abit... hmm... ya. okay. nvm! haha. anyway, it's been 6 days staying alone indeed. this wk NTU recess wk, Wee Min went back JB, seems like whole wk nt coming back le. Junda as usual, friday morng jiu chao until no shadow. Sunday night come back slp 1 night, and then shadowless again. People always exclaim at how we 3 guys can squeeze into a small room like this. Indeed abit cramp. But now looking around me, suddenly feel very spacious. Dun even use dao half the space. What? Sound lonely? Ya. b'cos indeed a little, esp at late nights.

These few days hv been happening. Monday 7 hrs straight, no break. After NIE's 7 hrs rushed to Geylang 会馆 for 讲演会 3 hrs. So hectic schedule, where will feel lonely? Tues after Maths lect chatted wif Maths guys @ Mac until late aftn, studied wif ah fang until evening den Sakae (her belated bday), movie wif Junice (Ugly Truth is nice), stayed out until past midnight, want feel lonely oso impossible. Finally until today, aftn, came back rm. Watch stocks, alone. Headache until nap, alone. Dinner wif ah fang & her roomie, alone (considered alone ma? hmm..) Trying-to-do-Econs-lesson-plan-until-end-up-playing Typing Maniac & Blogging now, oso alone. ehh... 1 person staying alone why the hell need such a big rm for wad! hmph... suddenly miss 3 of us de laughters, lame jokes, lame acting, and all those 笨蛋-like de signature "加油！" slogans, haha.. Eh! 死阿达快给我滚回来啦！Wei Min oso! >.<" Sickening NTU anyhow give ppl recess wk for wad! nx sem muz petition ask them cancel this recess wk thingy liao... LOL! XD

okay, vent finish liao. time to start working on the Econs Lesson Plan le! Err.. but but but.. but, not even 11pm yet alr feeling sleepy and tired le leh... how? juz had coffee somemore... hmm... let me think. let me think abt it... *go into deep thoughts, eyes closed, lying on bed*

... ... ... ...

Wednesday
30 September '09
Night

Random @ NIE lib

2009-09-29T02:40:00.001-07:00

Random @ NIE lib

suddenly realised almost 1 wk nv blog le, been busy with sch work and stocks (okok fine, mainly stocks), nt making money so no mood.

Yday whole market plunged down, everyth fell like siao. of cos including my holding stocks. of cos lost money as well. but fine, bot CityDev @ 10.12, considerably low price. Today indeed rise le. Can consider selling tmr. my most stable stock CoscoCorp oso fell quite a significant bit as well, so bot another 7 lots @ 1.21, might as well~ End up now no money to pay liao, when payment deadline nx wk. so b4 nx monday muz quickly sell them off else realli muz declare bankruptcy liao :[ haha ok la nt so jialat, juz will ganna forced sell and bad reputation only (still :[, lol)

"suppposedly studying" with Serena aka ah fang @ NIE lib now. but 1 hr liao haven started a thing. been busy settling stocks stuffs. now market closed liao, jiu blog. okok gotta start doing SOMETHING le, else they will snowball! >.<" later still gt movie date wif Junice @ 9 plus, lol~ :p

Buaiz~

Tuesday
29 September '09
Evening

Econs Cooperative Learning

2009-09-23T05:23:00.000-07:00

Econs Cooperative Learning

Heard this saying today. "In the midst of the most trying times, success beckons." Think it's a quote from Napoleon. smth like tat. Sounds kinda inspiring, isn't it?

Kickstarted the bright day with Econs lesson, yup her class. 8 of us were tasked to prepare some teaching strategy for students cooperative learning. Due to time constraint, only 4 of us managed to shared with the class. I was doing some strategy on "Sequencing", quite fulfilling. Realli gotta love the class for being so participative. The other 3 cooperative learning sessions were seriously awesome as well. Everyone enjoyed it, thoroughly, esp. the celebratary actions. Evidence is, time flew past realli fast. 1st time NIE lesson so fun. HahA~

took a good, quality, solid nap after maths lect. hmm.. it's good. the nap made my day. gave me the energy to return hm to bring parents out for dinner. we had yummy western, 3 of us, bloated. heard mom talk abt sis, think she's dating liao. saw her at night, kinda verified oso. haha. kkk, she happy jiu hao. my turn shd be not so soon. NIE workload too hectic liao, got good girls oso no time to date. right now only gf is assignments, gay buddies are Weiming, Alvin, Melvin. everyday stucked in same place facing same ppl, tink eventually i'll get married to a teacher bah? Ahhh!! >.< haha...

Sold OCBC 2 lots @ $7.87 today, made a mere $103.72 after waiting for so long. Bad choice. But nvm la. Never lose can liao. Bought Capitaland 3 lot @ $3.69 as well. Expect it to go up by 12-18 cents by nx wk. Aiming for 300-400 bucks profits only. Once CFD acct ready for use, can stop touching cash assets le.

Returning NUS academic gown tmr, back home tonight. Home sweet home. hehe.. :)

Wednesday
23 September '09
Midnight

Long wkend in Kukup

2009-09-19T11:01:00.000-07:00

Long wkend in Kukup

spent the whole aftn doing Maths ICT assignment, designing some worksheet using ICT programs. and guess where i am? a holiday resort in Kukup, Johor Bahru. wad a hardworking student rite, maybe u'll think.. but no la, all NIE student teachers are lidat one. All too stressed out by assignments, pressed hard for time until no time for other things.

but anyway, do until 1am, it's finally done liao. one less thing on the list! cool stuffs! :D (thanks Alvin Gan for the motivation) Next on list now is Econs teaching strategy, Lesson plan, and Maths expositional teaching (erm... doesn't sound v little as well, lol)

Come to think about it, Kukup is a pretty nice place. the holi resort has got facilities, everyth i wanted. mahjong, ktv, bbq, even wireless internet which i least expected it! oh man... no matter wad, i guess we all realli having a gd time here. Family, junice & her family, and strangers. too bad it's juz a 2d1n thingy. hope nx time gt chance come back relax out a wkend again. $100 for a quality wkend with family, realli q worthwhile.

Late le. Tired le. Slp le. Nitez~ ;)

Saturday
19 September '09
Post Midnight

Hall 5 Cultural Night

2009-09-17T09:00:00.000-07:00

Hall 5 Cultural Night

a GREAT night. with great dancers.

whole team of dance crews did an excellent job under the leadership of Roy & Keith, we rocked big time. big contrast with some so-so singing performance around especially.

wad's more to say?

These days of dance rehearsal esp. tonight's performance really brought us all closer to one another yet again. Hall 5 realli got some fun, great guys around. juz a pity my stay here is gonna be so short-lived... i hope i won't miss them after next Feb. but it's tough.

hope to upload pictures abt it soon ;)

Thursday
17 September '09
Midnight

My song's UP!!

2009-09-16T05:15:00.001-07:00

My song's UP!!

phew... finally, 经历千辛万苦，with the help of some v lihai de fren (thou nt v frenly), finally got the damn song uploaded to blog le! not a v easy process k, esp for IT-genius like urs truly... >.<"

anyway, did some editing of the layout here and there (wow~ :0), there it's how it looks like now. but maybe file size too big or wad, taking forever to load. got heart de frens, pls wait patiently for it to load k. v mafan i noe i noe.. sorry for the trouble!! >.<"

pls do gimmi ur comments!! XD

PS: ICT assgmt due tmr, muz jiayou tonite le. no finish no slp!!

Wednesday
16 September '09
Evening

Bad patch..

2009-09-14T03:45:00.000-07:00

Bad patch..

I am sick. Quite seriously.

That probably explains the title enough, perhaps, as I rarely fall ill, thus once sick, usually quite problematic.

Started since sat night, first with sore throat, den flu. Today sore throat kinda better liao, here comes cough. And flu usually accompanied by headache & giddiness. Last night was the worst, spending the night alone, tossed n turned, can't slp. All slp couldn't last past 2 hrs durations. Finally daybreak came, when problems started to lessen. Goodness.

But that's not all. Maths test tmr, juz printed out all my notes gng to start study tonight. ICT assgmt due thurs, 45% weightage. Not to mention tmr's EdPsych PBL discussion still got research to do b4hand. Nx mon Hari Raya, gng JB during long wkend. Muz bring laptop along liao. Tues Econs Unit Plan due, Fri Maths ICT assgmt due, followed by Econs Lesson Plan (this is real bulky!). Tentatively tat's for the nx 2 wks. 3 wks later and further ones dun wanna think abt it first, if can tide over this crisis liao den say.

Really nt a pleasant period i must say. But so be it! As usual, the deeper shit u're in now, the greater sense of achievement u'll get when u walk out of it! Thus, 我要撑下去！ ^.^

PS: bot 8 lots Genting @ $1.05 & 1 lot OCBC @ $7.72 near closing today. Hope they'll rise significantly within the week

Monday
14 September '09
Evening

Actually i dun like KTV

2009-09-10T08:02:00.000-07:00

Actually i dun like KTV

as the title states it all, hv been a couple of mths since my passion for singing faded. dun ask why. juz nt motivated anymore. yup, and tat means long time nv go KTV le. except for recently.. ALL 3 times.. ALL bcos of our dear ktv-addict fren! (Zippie u'd better be feeling touched and crying in Canada alone when u read this! XD) Our shenanigans friendships are noblest~ ^.^... LOL!

anyway, last sat's success at recording did ignite my flame of passion a little. thus went ktv with ah ji yday. 哎哟，真的是... 嗯... 不错哦。realli got "a pair of brushes" (两把刷子）*nods*... 似乎渐渐找回喜爱唱歌的感觉，真不错。nvm, copyright issue, dun feel like describing her singings here. 反正是 enjoyable 就对了。もう久しぶりで、こんないい感じがないよ！ ^.<

今天是极堕落的一天。基本上做的事情不少，有 fb game, monitor stocks, eat & eat, fb until tired den slp, oh ya we juz eaten pizza for supper too! （3个人一起堕落）嗯，反正就是没一件正经事就对了（不然怎么叫堕落）。ICT 的 assignment due nx thurs, Maths test nx tues, 还有 Econs Unit Plan & Maths ICT lesson plan both due nx nx wk... 统统！！都没动到。。像话吗？ If you ask me. 不像。但像我。谁叫我就是这样呢~ *shrugs~* 昨天和阿吉提到双子座的一大特性就是缺乏纪律，她也有同感。Looking at myself today, realli couldn't agree more. haha.

okok, slacked enough le. no matter Gemini how ill-disciplined oso muz go start work liao. 我可不想把整个好好的周末都耗在课业上，那多划不来！好了，不说了。拜拜~！！ :)

Thursday
10 September '09
Midnight

2 Vain Boys in Action

2009-09-08T08:38:00.000-07:00

2 Vain Boys in Action

wad else can i say, except loads and loads of pictures to show. so unlike my usual style, isn't it :P tis is how the story began..
- Hall Paegent events
- Junda in commitee
- found sponsor
- Show Luo's fashion shop
Sponsored items include a cap worth $80+ which we both found it cool. And so... here's how the shenanigans began...

and the final showdown... when my own cap has to appear too.

wad shenanigans right? ok no bombarding allowed. the title says it all :P

worth mentioning is, our so-called "weekly" swimming plan has finally finalised TODAY! oh gosh... say is weekly, but actually only the 2nd time in 5 weeks swimming in NTU. so bad. very bad. but at least today got some actions la. both swam 10 short laps + 5 long laps, followed by super delicious Subway. Passed by Breaking practice so decided to stop by and say hi. Watched them practise and did a little myself too. Tmr is Pop & Lock, but aftn got KTV @ Woodlands, dunno can make it back in time anot.. see how bah~

Gotta slp early, tmr morning Econs lesson again, better not be late. Wrong. Is MUST BE EARLY! okies muz slp early then. Oops! But Econs hw haven do! Aaahhhhhh~!!! XD

Tuesday
8 September '09
Midnight

1st Studio Recording

2009-09-05T06:30:00.000-07:00

1st Studio Recording

this is exciting. fun experience. did my first ever song recording in Music Garage studio. cool stuff. alrite, with prior experience in W3Muzic, perhaps it's rather unapt to call it the "first recording". but realli, to do recording in a properly equipped studio, the effect is real different!

wasn't realli confident initially, didn't feel ready to take up the challenge at first. nonetheless, with Jae's encouragement and pointers, came up with a completely own version of 李圣杰's 最近。hmm... feedbacks were quite gd. will be getting the CD nx wk, then can put in here as blog song. Yeah! whether nice or not, let u all decide on ur own bah! ^_<

-tis is a pic of Jae @ his recording-

sch work from last nite till now haven touched anyth yet. decided to stay up tonight settle everyth once and for all. tmr morning still got J4's Park Trail Journey to the West, aka long dist jogging. hope to slp early tonite.

Saturday
5 September '09
Night

Breakfree...?

2009-09-03T22:22:00.000-07:00

Break free...?

hmmm... i dun like school.. when issit going to end... next holiday is 7 Dec '09, and Practicum is 22 Feb '10. Hope it will come soon. Dunwan stay in NIE anymore... Everything has started and seems to be running smoothly as scheduled, with the slower ones trying to catch up from the back.. apparently i'm now one of them.

Nowadays every night ends in the morning 4,5am+, with endless work piling up. It's okay. I can handle it. But today I just stepped on the Her toes! Slept at 4am+ juz now, woke up at 8.35am when Econs lesson has ALREADY STARTED!! Oh my... had the biggest shock of the month. hurriedly rush to class in 10 mins, with such humongous embarassment.. She nv say anyth, but from her eyes, we all get it. Nth needs to be said, I was half doomed. The full doom came when I was caught for not doing the PETALS homework. That is it. DEAD. Full stop. The first week of Economics hereby ended, with a blemish stamped on my face. Period.

I dun like this kinda feeling. I dun like it when my healthy plans like swimming, sleeping early, no supper, etc. keep failing. It is so ridiculous to see the used-to-be-cool Kevin Khoo sacrificing activities and sleep hrs for the sake of readings, assignments and e-learnings. This kinda thing nv happen in NUS before! And *tadah!* things just happened... Wad a big change in me. Duhz...

It is friday and i dun even feel i'm breaking free out of this thing. Wkend has nth for me to look forward to. No slp means no energy for friday nights' Beatbox & Breaking. When will this ever come to an end...

PS: saw my sajc Econs teacher (aka my future HoD) in sch today, wad a big shock. And big pleasant surprise. Looking forward to my days back in the Saints with a new identity. Mr Khoo wants to be a good teacher...!!

...

...

but i'm not a good student, i know... -.-

Friday
4 September '09
Noon (break in between lessons)

busy teachers' day...

2009-09-01T01:06:00.001-07:00

busy teachers' day...

Happy Teachers' Day to all of us!! :)

been a busy and hectic wk with jam-packed schedules, and it's ONLY THE BEGINNING!! shan't elaborate on wad work i've got on my hands, but basically it's almost ALL the modules. ICT la, EdPsych la, Maths la, Econs la... all sorts of rubbish assignments, on top of tat still got smth called e-learning -_-" Gotta get each of those sorted out and settled one by one by tmr aftn. Jiayou!

brief reflections on past wkend. caught a movie with Michelle and her sis on sat, my Korea 旅行团 ppl last Oct. quite nice catching up. Sunday Keyboard lesson was great! Quite okay with 安静 alr, now proceeding to 不能说的秘密，so fun~ Aftn was KTV wif ky and zippie, and her frens. Last ktv session with ktv-addict Chan Ziping b4 she flew off yday. Awww... poor thing :(

Econs lessons starting this wk liao. Yday was first lesson for Econs. First time meeting the legendary Mrs Chan, hmmm... indeed. hearsay is reliable. indeed. not a pleasant person. o'rite o'rite. nvm. shan't complain. if we think we're tragic, think abt her husband and kids. we shd feel fortunate this way.

OCBC Bk suddenly plunged down alot, from $8.20 to $.7.74. Bought 1 lot at $7.80 after the great plunge. Hope it rise back up soon. Running out of money le, gotta sell away smth soon before i got chased by loansharks... :(

Alrite! gtg for tuitions now! 2 Nicholas today. 1 Econs, 1 Maths. Both diff places. Both v far from NTU. Both oso need to travel long long. No time to lose liao. Gotta hurry and BYE~!!

Tuesday
1 September '09
Afternoon

End of wk shenanigans

2009-08-28T11:22:00.001-07:00

End of wk shenanigans

Had fun playing tennis balls with Maths classmates Charmaine & co, still not too bad :) end up all so sleepy during maths lesson. Zzz... :p

finally back home after 1 wk, so lethargic n comfy lazing on sofa soaking in recorded tv programs. 幸せ！舒服到差点不想去 Beatbox & Breaking lessons. heng in the end still got motivation to. and it was great! :D tis is the first time we did freestyle beatboxing battle, realli learn alot from each other. And gosh! Charlie taught us handstand today. oh man, elbow freeze alr took so long to learn, today handstand by right even more diff. but with the relentless help, advice, n encouragement from great frens like Charles & Jae, i finally made it! :D :D okok still nt v consistent thou, can't realli make it all the time. but but but... we will practise hard and will make it de!!

had a loooong heart-to-heart talk with my recent best buddy Charles, my cool Beatbox teacher. Nice guy, find it so easy to share stories n knowledge togt. Been doing diff things on our own this period, but one thing in common is we both are working hard for our own future. life is precious, so is time. 加油，一起努力奋斗吧！

damn shag after long day. later still gt early morning tuition. feel like postponing to aftn. Sleep in till shuang shuang ^^

Friday
28 August '09
Post Midnight

NTU Break Dance & Hall Dance Club

2009-08-26T09:25:00.000-07:00

NTU Break Dance & Hall Dance Club

as the title said it all, and if u had read the previous post, yeah wednesday is my dance day! :) 1st time went to NTU Break Dance Club, quite fun, brushed up my still-very-raw basics. thanks to Sky's recommendation. Despite many attempts, still unable to manage Elbow Freeze thou. Arghh... but nvm, got a little progress nonetheless.

after tat rushed back for Hall Dance, Roy teaching us 2nd part of "With You", alot of advanced techniques, not quite easy to pick up. End of session, taught everybody Baby Freeze & Shoulder Freeze, everyone was so keen to learn, and quite a couple of them picked it up within 1/2 hour of practices. eventually Roy oso made it le! oh my, maybe i'm realli a gifted teacher :p

Hall stay is enriching. Freedom is sweet. ah Jie is happy :)

Wednesday
26 August '09
Midnight

KepCorp $7.82 - Wed 26/8

2009-08-26T03:30:00.000-07:00

KepCorp $7.82 - Wed 26/8

only had 1 hr maths lecture today. after returning back room, dunno y spent the entire afternoon staring at computer screen, looking at volatile stock prices going up n down, up n down, up n down... Zzz... until i sleepy. Not tat i've nth to do, but juz dun hv the mood to settle those assignments, readings, and e-lecture/e-quiz. Anyway, the screen-staring session wasn't fruitless. Bot a share at a low price juz b4 closing time 17:05. 1 lot only. Dun hv so much money n risk appetite.

Watching stocks prices moving is fun. No matter wad oso nt as sians as utopia. Sick of it, wan to quit. Esmond oso. But so hard. Like join gang lidat, once join cannot quit. Heard of this guy called Yakuza? Famous big gangster in Japan, if u noe who. He's our boss in utopia..

last night Guanghui told me he's now a property agent (nt surprising). v enthu in finding property 4 me. Even found a unit near sajc immediately. St Michael Condo, only $650,000. 958 sf, 2 rm. Wow, so efficient siah, realli tempting. But muz pay 20% upfront leh.. go where find $130,000 right now.. unless all my frens on fb all donate $1000 each? tat will mean $471,000 donations, den can buy condo le~!! \^_^/ yeah rite, if only it works this way.. if realli can, sure invite all of u come my hse stay as long as u want, party all night long! =D

Nonetheless, today is a relaxed afternoon. Wad a rare day it is. Seldom hv free time ever since attachment started in late June. Quite treasure it. Okay, gotta go for NTU Break Dance Club le. 7pm. today first session for me. Quite looking forward to it, yet a little nervous.

Wednesday
26 August '09
Evening

Random - Tues 25/8

2009-08-25T05:32:00.000-07:00

Random - Tues 25/8

Last night went 潮安会馆の讲演会 with Junice, enjoyed a few nice and interesting speeches and stories (and of cos a few not so nice ones...) Ganna arrowed by the host to go on stage make a 即席演说，and surprisingly gotten an award for tat! =D realli shocking, and so paiseh, dun tink my speech was realli gd actually/. but so happy n proud of it! hehe, like a child lidat. omg. this sense of 喜悦感 long-lost since childhood suddenly came back, caught me by surprise, and motivated me by quite abit. anyway, realli felt 感恩。:)

here's the little slip awarded to me. light, but meaningful. v encouraging.

late night quality chat on msn wif gd frens was great, only to woke up 8.22am, 8 mins before lesson started. alarm clock basically has no effect on dead logs. once again i uds wad is call 不省人事 -.-

lessons followed by Nic econs tuition, which unknowingly dragged till 3 hrs. talked alot abt stocks. came back room late, Junda gt smth on, our swimming plan had to be called off... oh ya, tis reminded me of last wed night after swimming & water polo, saw tis funny thing along NTU road on our walk back to hall. check it out! ^.<

spot the difference?? no, wait, see again carefully, i know the lighting ain't exactly perfect...

okies! time's up! hope u got it! (ain't many things in there anyway~) okay basically it's nth spectacular, juz an inverted roadsign. but an idea suddenly striked ah Jie at tat moment and came up with a realisation: so NTU students like to 颠倒“四十”！！ XD (nas: pls see me for translation)

haha, dunno if it's a gd joke actually, but Junda was laughing non-stop, v 捧场。realli an encouraging joke audience =p

anyway, no swimming means tonight can finally enjoy a relaxed night le. yeah~~ ah Jie embraces leisure and quality solitary moments~~ no disturbance, no entertainment, no mind boggles. only got me myself & my faithful readers :)

Good Night~!! ^^

Tuesday
25 August '09
Night

Fruitful wkend

2009-08-23T08:34:00.000-07:00

Fruitful wkend

What a busy and fruitful wkend! Fri after NIE lesson went back CSS meet up wif shenanigans Nasreen & darlings from 1/8, 2/8, and 3/3. Learned a few new names as well, particularly some 2/8 boys & 3/3 girls. I promise i'll forget all their names (if not most) by the end of nx wk =P tat's the powerful thing of my memory, the ability of "instant-forget" XD!!

Hurriedly left sch compound n went hawker centre wif Nas, Jo, Ade, KC. Bumped into some 3/3 girls again. Bot a little bday prez for Adelyn, whose bday falls on same day as my mom. Went Beatboxing & Breaking at night, pretty taxing as usual. Charlie was teaching Elbow Freeze, a prerequisite to handstand. but it's so hard none of us managed to get it w/o assistance >.<"!! And so i decided to practise hard this wk so as to master it by nx fri :)

Sat. Met Hendri & Bowan for Sakae after morning tuition. Had another fruitful round of stocks learning session again. Most rewarding event is my journey to the East! went Changi after lunch to meet Ying Xian they all for some Japanese Summer Festival thingy, super crowded man! Just outside the gate alone got 1000+ ppl queueing liao. Scary. nt my type, as u all know i got crowd-phobia one :S and so went back Expo meet Keng Yong for books. in case u dunno, National Library Board is having a book clearance sale now, almost everyth going at $2. Lotsa ppl there queueing up to 捡好料。As for me, pretty selective, thou cheap, oso dunwan to buy unnecessary things. As a result, found 4 realli gd & useful books, cost me only $8. Keng Yong bot 9, 1 of which is i want one. Will borrow from him after he's done reading :)

Dinner at 2nd uncle's hse, supposedly a fortnightly thingy. Had some family talk with Aunts and Uncles. Spent some quality & fulfilling time sharing ideas togt. But the conclusion is depressing but expected, nobody can solve my parents' problems, except they themselves. Not me, not sis, not their frenz, not relatives, nobody can do anyth to help them resolve their long-existing problems. not even if my grandparents come alive. Sometimes realli pity them. Both are adults liao, wad more can we say? Maybe married for too long liao, when young is 又爱又恨, old liao love fade only hatred left bah...? i dunno. i know i'll nv uds. dun wish to uds oso. cos i'll nv get married. maybe tat's why i'm so strongly skeptical towards marriage. Marriage hv no gd outcome, i strongly believe in that, nv see any gd outcome b4, wif the only exception of Junice's parents. So old liao still so loving like young couples, sometimes realli envy them. But i noe it will nv happen to me. Not tat it's impossible, but the probability is somewhat arnd that of striking 4D.

Sunday? Today. Watch tv. Now i only wkend can watch tv le. Bot lotsa dry ration after tuition to stockpile up in room, got maggie mee, biscuits, sweets, chocolates, etc... realli alot lor! can last us for 3,4 wks le! hahaa... but now midnight liao, Maths assignment still haven started... Muz design a problem solving lesson plan for lower sec class, using Polya's 4 steps, tmr 5pm due, wonder hw late i'm gonna slp tonite again... stress is NIE... i wanna grad asap... maybe working life will be better... bah?

Sunday
23 August '09
Midnight

Hall 5 Dance Club

2009-08-20T10:45:00.000-07:00

Hall 5 Dance Club

Wad a long day today! 3 lessons of 2 hrs each, from 1130 to 730. 好不容易等到放学的时间，嬉しかった～ Back to my Hall Sweet Hall, had a long talk over phone with student's mom regarding his 'O' levels. He's indeed slack, can't blame her for being anxious. After tat went Cultural Room for my FIRST club activity in Hall 5!! The captain Roy is a damn cool guy (despite his height :P), ownself cheorograph a dance for "With You" and taught us the moves over the session. Damn nice guy oso, after dance practice still stayed back with me discussing music and imparted some piano techniques, simple yet greatly beneficial :D of cos in return i shared with him a few Break Dancing moves and freezes as well. Me and a tall guy Bryan tried to teach him the fundamental Baby Freeze, but yet-to-succeed :P Nonetheless, it's a truly enjoyable experience, knowing frens in hall who love music and dancing, sure we can get along well in the future :)

Went back room and told my roomies Junda & Weiming abt it. They were both excited to learn, and so i taught them a few moves as well. They're realli fast learners i must say, both picked up Baby Freeze and Shoulder Freeze within pretty short time span, thou physically exhausting... and tat's when we got super hungry as well.. lol!! XD... o'rite, so here we go, my first hall supper experience at 2am! walking 10 mins out of NTU to 阿芳! no choice, too hungry after all tat workout, and so... 1 wanton mee + 2 pratas! double of wad Junda, Weiming, Wilson had! hahah~ so sinful!! >_<" okk, exercise exercise exercise, diet diet diet, kk?? :S

O'rite, finish supper, physically shag and sleepy, feeling contented. Now u noe where i'm heading to next le rite, hehe... Good Night~ :)

Thursday
20 August '09
Post midnight

Water Polo 初体验！

2009-08-19T07:20:00.000-07:00

Water Polo 初体验！

Today is mother's Bday, and so i went swimming! :D ... ok i noe there's no link btw both, haha. :p but anyway, 4th Aunt's (mother's twin sister) and our families went out for a sumptuous dinner @ Kitchener Rd for their Bday celebration. Spent the night at home too.

It has been 2 yrs plus since i last swam. Almost gave in to my laziness and was so tempted to juz give our swimming plan a miss juz now actualli :p Luckily got Junda's perseverence and 激将法，我们最后才没有放弃运动计划。Took a short walk from Hall to Swimming pool, pretty near, took us only abt 10 mins. Feeling quite lethargic and sleepy actually. Upon reaching, however, the urge to exercise immediately took over the sleepiness. 尽情游泳吧！:D

After a few laps on my own, went over to join our Hall 5 guys for water polo. It is my 1st time trying out this sports, looks easy from ashore, entered the game liao 才知道完全不是那回事。天啊！！merely held for barely 2 mins 就 tak boleh liao. 单单是 trap water alone alr exhausted out all energy, less speak abt all the swimming, attacks, and defense. Hmmm... basically tat's all abt my first water polo experience, v short n simple. Made me realise how much fun n training i'm lacking out. Gotta swim more on a regular basis from now on le. Hallstay is enriching :)

All in all, i hereby conclude tat Water Polo is the most tiring sports on earth... Even more shag than Break Dance and Muaythai Boxing!!! >_<||| But i enjoyed it. Hahah~!!

Wednesday
19 August '09
Night

Shenanigans Dinner & Movie Outing @ JP

2009-08-17T09:54:00.000-07:00

Shenanigans Dinner & Movie Outing @ JP

Wad a wonderful day, met up with my lovely dear fellow Shenanigans at Jurong Point in the evening, after a hectic workout of badminton at NTU SRC. Healthy lifestyle~ wednesday still planning to go SRC swim wif Junda. hahAz~ \^_^/

CWSS outing was fun, simple, and enjoyable. We hv Nasreen, Keng Yong, Kay, and most imptly, our bday girl Zippie! :D it was all thanks to her tat i got the motivation to organise this outing, with the legitimate excuse of celebrating her bday. haha. and Kay was sweet and thoughtful to think of getting her a pleasant surprise. all girls love flowers, perhaps tis statement is realli true :p We had a simple meal at 鼎泰丰，before picking up our S1/8 student Kay Chong. haha, first time outing with student, so young somemore, realli quite an experience. Cute little cousin Wanqing meimei came as well, enjoyed ourselves thoroughly thru'out the movie, Jack Neo latest comedy, "Where Got Ghost" 《吓到笑》。Not bad wad. Realli enjoyed their Hokkien language. Even Nasreen could understand. Not bad sia, my Shenanigans sweetheart ^.<

One thing i'd like to defend for the movie. No doubt it's a simple and budget production, undeniably, the effort and thoughtfulness is there. Many ppl dun appreciate its underlying meaning hence criticise and undermine the quality of the show, whatever, doesn't matter. But what matters most is me & my frens enjoy the laughing moments (and laugh-until-cough moments =p) and the simple-yet-meaningful moral behind each story touches my heart. Esp the 3rd one. Here we go...

-- We often expect to receive assistance and help in the way we reckon is best, but mothers often offer their helping hands in their own ways, more often than not, unnoticeable or even irritable. Just like in the 3rd story, when the 3 brothers did not receive blessing from their mother in the way they would like to ($$$), what they did not realise is they're already enjoying her "protection" from safety, illness, and disasters. All these, the most impt and basic things in life, often neglected until we lose them. The show taught me to count my blessings every single day i manage to stay alive, healthy, safe, and free from any further traffic misfortunes ever since my 1st and hopefully last one on 13th Nov last year. 想到这一点，我心里是感恩的。

All in all, the day has been packed and fruitful. But tmr is even more JAM PACKED with MORE activities (Oh My 天~!!) 8.30am lesson until 2.30pm, in between 3 hrs break still got Maths proj grp meeting. After tat 4pm tuition until 6pm. 6.45pm gotta reach Kitchener Rd (smwhere ard Mustafa area) for mom & aunt's Bday celebration dinner. Probably until 9pm or so...? den after tat 9pm+ gotta come online for Utopia conference. Alr missed previous 2 online conferences, and Esmond wasn't realli happie abt it liao. Haiz.. but wad to do? Life got many commitments much more impt than games wad... Now realli isn't the time to compromise studies/work for gaming le. Gotta be even more focused than in NUS times le :)

O'rite, say so much abt tmr's itinery, everyone oso noe wad i muz do now is... Zzz...!! lol~ thks for following, my faithful readers! Sweet dreamz and NiteZ~~ ^^

Monday
17 August '09
Post Midnight (0220)
beginning of 2nd wk hallstay. freedom is sweet :)

连环迷糊事件

2009-08-15T10:45:00.000-07:00

连环迷糊事件

ahh... these few days realli mentally shag, 精神不能集中, even hv 3 cases of carelessness in 2 consecutive days, man... :(

1st is Thurs evening, after lesson gng to meet Sara for dinner, den realised cant find my bike key anywhere. oh man, ganchiong liao! quickly go back classroom find... tak ada! how sia?? go back bike and check, found the key there on bike "nicely untouched". oh my 天~!! dangerous lor... key on bike, means anyone who walk past can juz start the engine and ride off, den i will juz lose my "wife" for good liao... so dangerous... :(

2nd and 3rd both happened on Fri aftn, 前后相隔不到 1 hr. hais.. Was sms'ing under table during Maths tutorial, so "conveniently" left it there when packing up and leaving. heng gt a few classmates staying back n discuss assignment, den saw my phone and somehow contacted my frens. phew...

3rd one even more ridiculous. was photocopying IC togt with Weiming n Eevon they all for new laptop collection. oso dunno issit cos my lappy sense its replacement coming, den jealous or throw tantrum so purposely play disappearance act or wad. i actually left it at the photocopy machine area after done with the printing. and this incident actually happened juz 10 mins AFTER i retrieved my handphone! Argh...!! 真受不了... >_< left library liao still nv realise! in the end reached hall packed things, wanna leave sch liao den realise hw cm my bag so light, my hands so empty? 天啊。。。 quickly bike back to NIE lib to find, heng ganna found by staff, 有惊无险 retrieved it back le...

3 things happened all within such short time span. too much coincidence le. i'm realli lucky. muz hv been God's bless to save me from all these ordeals. maybe it's a sign. getting too little sleep le. Bio clock totally upside down ever since moved into hall. sleeping late and too little, 睡眠不足，精神不足，no wonder so careless... hmm! muz slp earlier from now on le! starting from tonite! 2.16am liao, later 10am still got tuition man... :x 好了，不说了，必须早睡早起！晚安！ :)

Saturday
15 August '09
Post midnight

NTU Joint Hall Bash

2009-08-11T23:30:00.000-07:00

NTU Joint Hall Bash

2nd day of hallstay. NIE lesson, tuition, and dinner with Junda and... call it a day. tat was the initial plan actually. but who knows over dinner, Junda actually last-minute-ly told me abt this Joint Hall Bash thingy, which is like... so impromptu siah....! actually quite tired la, but being a newcomer in Hall 5, quite tempted to go and get to know some of his frens and hall peeps as well, so... yup! there we go~ =)

Zouk is juz so so so near to my hse, kinda ironical to travel back to home area on just 2nd day of moving out. but juz as well, now stay out till late oso nobody will keep calling and questioning abt my locations le (yes all these while i'm still being treated as an underaged teenage, with curfews and stuffs, and so is my sis). i'm not a chiongster (in fact i'm a guai-gia), can even count the number of times i clubbed in entire lifetime. simply bcos, every single one has its own significance and events. like last night, NTU Joint Hall Bash, my 8th time clubbing.... Hehhh~

Not really fun... in fact, not fun at all. Clubbing is juz not my cup of tea. Prefer pubbing more. Esp KTV pub, can sing and drink at the same time. 超喜欢在 KTV pub 唱 ROCK pop songs 的感觉，将全场气氛炒到最高点，酷毙了！Clubbing in contrast, still okay lor. Gotta drink la, but drank so little oso not high. Nowadays 酒量 better le, drink 1, 2 glasses oso totally no effect liao (wth, oso dunno issit a gd or bad thing :x) 总而言之，舞会上人挤人，热死人。Most irritating is those guys, so rude and hostile, anyhow push ppl here and there. Use body squeeze nvm, still use arms push. Totally hostile. Saliva and coughing into ppl's face as well. Still haven mention all the body odour... But nvm, 人生地不熟，暂且忍一时。只是觉得，怎么这里的男生都这么爱‘现’，而女生似乎也特别肤浅。 issit just the party animals? or issit Hallstayers? or both? i dunno. takes time to find out. but one thing i'm sure is i juz find no fun in clubbing at all. Dancing is cool. But not when u're squeezing with 7,8 guys surrounding all over u. 人满为患的意境，又再一次深深体会到。

All in all, it's nice to spend time with Junda, and some of his frens. We even went to visit Hotel Inn Atrium and played silly games @ the lobby, and took lift up to 21st storey to do nth, and play pictures in the lift. Yes we're tat boliao :x But it's fun la. haha. after all, stupid activites are often filled with laughters. 欢喜就好。 =)

Tuesday
11 August '09
Wayyy past midnight
2nd Night of Hallstay

新居入伙

2009-08-10T21:25:00.000-07:00

新居入伙

终于搬进宿舍了！

盼望了许久，一直期待这一天。毕竟，在NUS的这4年，我一直都申请不到宿舍。能在求学时期的最后一个阶段感受一下独立自主的生活，怎不叫人兴奋？！:D

搬进来前就已经听闻 Hall 5 的居住环境并非一流，所以已有了心理准备，expectations 也没设定得很高。的确，它并不如其他新宿舍一般，拥有绝佳的设备及环境，甚至还要和两个 roomie 3个人共挤一间双人房，的确没有 Redhill 组屋的舒适。但！这里却有我期待已久的 -- 新鲜、自由空气。无论如何，这都是我搬离她的第一步。毕业后也不回去了，所以从现在开始要让他们习惯没有我的日子。for the weekdays, at least...

Moving into Hall was a hassle, esp when I had to bring in my own mattress as well, since i'm kinda the "third party" in this doubles room. Shhh... it's illegal, so dun go around broadcast it and let it travel to the ears of whoever in-charge of NTU Hall. Once done with all the moving and traveling here and there, went met up with W3m ppl at Jurong Point. they were holding the Grand Finals for Show Quest 2009, and for goodness sake, i dun realli know this batch finalists that well, personally. Still think the previous batch was better, closer, more united, and FUN! yeah, met up with the Show Quest '08 guys as well~ John, Ryu, Corde, and my idol Donnie! lol~ oh yeah, some ppl like Cammie & Lynn left early, and Zupeng, Olii, Peixia didn't even turn up when they're part of the organising committee... oh well, guess the exam stress is realli pressing hard on students nowadays. not easy to be a singer AND a student at the same time. perhaps tat's why i stopped singing already oso.. Picking up basic dance courses is much more fun~ :)

Anyway, staying in hall has its pros and cons, shall experience more of that later, when time comes. But one of which is at least i get to wake up as late as 7.50am for my morning class TODAY and even hv time for breakfast! haha~ got more personal time and less bugging ard the ears le la, tat's the most impt one. But... dun hv internet access in room for now, gotta travel to NIE last night (midnight!) for the wireless network! hope this problem will be solved soon bah. else u'll often see me sitting at NIE benches blogging, like now :x

Tuesday
11 August '09
Noon (break time)
2nd Day of Hallstay

My Kind of Girl

2009-08-07T01:05:00.000-07:00

(suddenly feel like copying this from my fb note and posting it here... =p)

My Kind of Girl

if you're a guy- post this as my kind of girl.
if you're a girl- post it as my kind of boy.

1. Do you need him/her to be good looking?
same as me. means yes.

2. Smart?
same as me. means yes oso.

3. Preferred age?
3-6 yrs younger...?

4. Preferred height?
160-168 range. cm of cos.

5. How about sense of humor?
juz dun be corny or goofy.

6. How about piercings?
eeek...

7. Accepts you for who you are?
Duh. most impt lor.

8. Pink hair?
siao ah?

9. Mushy or no?
When she means it.

10. Thin or fat?
doesn't matter. as long fulfil #1 can liao.

11. Black, Brown or White (skin color)?
doesn't matter bah..

12. Long hair or short hair?
as long fulfil #1 can liao.

13. Plastic or metal?
huh? smlj?

14. Smells good?
Duh! if nt i find pig ah?

15. Smoker?
No.

16. Drinker?
moderate, like me.

17. Girl/Boy-next-door type?
haha sounds gd.

18. Muscular?
pls dun

19. Plays piano?
YES YES. YES PLEASE! :D

20. Plays bass and/or acoustic guitar?
same as #19.

21. Plays violin?
can.

22. Sings very good?
of cos.

23. Vain?
no need, as long fulfil #1 can liao.

24. With glasses?
nvm. got lasik.

25. With braces ?
nvm. it'll not be there forever anyway right.

26. Shy type?
dunno. maybe abit bah.

27. Rebel or good boy/girl?
Good girl. u only heard 男人不坏，女人不爱。since when u heard the other way round?

28. Active or passive?
Active, but not too over pls.

29. Tight or bomb?
huh? smlj?

30. Singer or dancer?
Both. but gd voice more impt.

31. stunner?
dunwan.

32. Hiphop?
Gd ah. but musical talent more impt.

33. Earrings?
seriously, does it even matter?

34. Mr/Ms. count-my-ex-boyfriends-until-you-drop?
Preferably not. I'm bad in Maths.

35. Dimples?
hehehe can ah :)

36. Bookworm?
err... no thx. had enough experience of it alr.

37. Mr/Ms. love letter?
If she can read aloud for me, can. Else lazy to read.

38. Playful?
At the right time.

39. Flirt?
not excessively.

40. Poem writer?
Uh, provided I understand. Plus #37

41.serious?
When she needs to.

42. Campus crush?
NTU/NIE? sounds cool.

43. Painter?
plus point.

44. Religious?
dun too crazy fanatic can liao.

45. Someone who likes to tease people?
sure! as long not i'm not the victim.

46. Computer games geek? Or internet freak?
pls... i need someone to save me myself too... @_@"

47. Speaks 20 languages?
ya ya ya, u siao ah? she can speak i oso cannot uds lor! z_Z"

48. Loyal or faithful?
None. i like my girl to 劈腿... duh!

49. good kisser?
no need. she'll receive a gd education in time.

50. loves children?
Anyth, as long nt our children. Wait a min, hmm.. preferably not.

The End

Friday
7 August '09
Afternoon, lazing around at hm...

Jogging with sis

2009-08-05T09:32:00.000-07:00

Jogging with sis

Day 2 @ NIE today, Maths lecture, ended early today. Went hm waited for sis to go jog togt. waited damn long. nvm. we went to jog @ Tiong Bahru Park as usual, coincidentally bumped into 2 of our cousins. quite a pleasant surprise.. oh my tian, meimei recently realli very into running. after come back from china still went take part in wad Standard Chartered Marathon, tat Army Half Marathon oso dunno got go take part anot. but anyway the pt is, she now actually run much better than me liao! OMG! @_@"

me jog + walk 6 rounds, total 3.9 km, alr half life gone liao >_<" (wonder how i passed my IPPT in June...) while my dear meimei actually can run continuously for 9 rounds or more, non-stop! God knows how many more rounds she ran after i left =S wabiang... ok happy for her la. but as korkor cannot be lidat anymore. last time b4 i trained for IPPT, she was much slower than me one. recently suddenly 突飞猛进! man, i oso muz go 秘密练兵 liao. nx time aim for 10 rounds non-stop! HahA~!! :D okok, for the sake of health & fitness, gotta go slp early now liao. buaiz~! Wednesday 5 August '09 Midnight

NIE Day 1

2009-08-04T06:00:00.018-07:00

NIE Day 1

had been looking forward to this day for years. esp recently since i grad from NUS. after all these years of waiting, this day has finally come.

first lesson is Eduational Psychology, starts at 8.30am. woke up damn early, even reached sch much earlier than tat. this is rare for me, who usually count myself fortunate if dun get late for sch. went for lesson alone, glad to see someone i know at least. in fact, Melvin has all lessons timetable exactly same as me, which means i'll be seeing him wherever i go, EVERYDAY. hmm, new buddy-to-be, it seems. met up with Weiming, Jintian, they all as well. Oh! finally tried the famous NIE Western stall le! hmm... fish & chip nt bad la, but why the uncle face so smelly one! >_<" cannot smile abit or give better service like NUS Biz Ad Western uncle lidat meh... -_-" maybe cos his food popular tat's why. wadeva la.

met up wif ex-CWSS-colleague Sam @ Great World. so kind of him to lend me his EdPsych textbook, even gave me lotsa pointers on how to survive in NIE as well. Wow~ 萍水相逢，he treat me so nice :) it's realli good to know ppl around. hehe~

tmr morning lesson again, gotta slp early again le. Nitez~

Tuesday
4 August '09
Night

1st Insurance & Investment

2009-08-03T05:01:00.000-07:00

1st Insurance & Investment

met up with a new fren today. Hendri, a Financial Consultant (FC), who afterwhich introduced me his fren Derrick, a stock broker. both are nice ppl. ok, to make long story short, i'm quite surprised i actually quite receptive towards Hendri's way of introducing insurance & investment plan to me, cos usually my FC frens wanna sell me any plan i always reject one. all along i'm quite skeptical towards insurance and those saving plans, but now, i tink i'm gonna purchase my first plan. hope it's a right choice bah.

with Hendri & Derrick's help, created a stocks trading account in Lim & Tan Securities. v fast. all documentary work settled in 10 mins. nx tues can start trading stocks le! Yeah! :D okays frens, dun worry, i'll be careful de. still wanna work towards my target of owning a condo in 5 yrs time leh! won't anyhow lose my hard-earned money away de :)

Monday
3 August '09
Evening

Giving up on Bball...

2009-08-02T10:15:00.000-07:00

Giving up on Bball...

actually nth major went wrong today, but juz somehow it's the little things i mind alot tat pissed me off. started off the day wif a yummy breakfast by mother, den an impromptu quarrel with her. realli impromptu, oso dunno how it happened. it all began too quickly and we were already yelling b4 i knew it. guess over the yrs, it has juz bcum part of our natural instincts le bah...? thank God she's okay now le. but tis is nt gonna work, realli muz stop quarreling with her. good thing i'm moving out of this hse nx sunday alr. afterwhich won't hv much chance to quarrel with her le. 相见好，同住难。hope it works the other way round too. perhaps our r/s will get better when we're no longer living under same roof. realli pain my heart to see myself shouting at my closest kin. can only hope for the best after nx sunday now.

ktv with CWSS colleagues, keng yong & ziping. we had some fun. happiest shd be ziping bah, she's been waiting for this K session for weeks! poor girl, today 就了了她的心愿吧。my best song today is 五月天の抓狂，unexpectedly. maybe cos the lyrics totally suited my mood in the morning bah. anyway, 1 mth plus nv hv proper vocal training le, now voice lousy until like dunno wad shit. machiam normal ppl lidat. if let ppl hear me lidat, who'll believe we were once stage performers at public events and 民歌餐厅, totally impossible lor. hmm... trained so hard liao now stop indeed abit wasted la, but still, my interest is currently not in singing anymore le, gotta tk a break for now. 顺其自然吧，勉强不来。

went meet up with 天雷 brothers after tuition. realli happy to see them, thou sometimes all we do is spend time togt and talk abt BS, but lidat oso enough le. no need do anyth, juz be togt oso feel comfortable and at ease, 自由自在地畅所欲言, tis is wad i call brothers. many times we even stay outdoor talk until cows come home, until almost daybreak den go hm, maybe bcos r/s with them is simple, not complicated, no need think too much. simply revolving around basketball and bball team issues tat's all.

however, tonight David realli gotten onto my nerves, once again. this is nt the first time, and will never be the last time, but i can make it the last time happening in front of my eyes. yes, i can be slack or bochup at times, and i'm sure most of my NUS classmates know my 玩世不恭の态度 towards academic studies as well. but towards sports, i always believe in playing respectfully, be serious. By taking a game seriously, u're not only respecting the sports, but oso ur opponents. And most importantly, ur team mates! 多年来和你出生入死的兄弟！u dun respect all these, u're not fit to be a sportsman, regardless of skill level! tis is my ideology, and my entire team knows me well, let alone him, the Team Captain.

it wasn't the 1st, nor 2nd time i reminded him, advised him, warned him, and scolded him abt his attitude. tonite i decided enough is enough. he may be a rare talent, outstanding player, a capable coach-to-be, we all acknowledge tat. but tat's all in the past! living in own world and self denial is dangerous, as it detaches u from the reality. all these while i had realli hoped tat his very own arrogance and haughty character wont bcum his pitfall, which is a common trait among many talented Basketballers. a negative one. perhaps, it's the fate of a talent. perhaps if i'm as talented or skilful as him, i might be as haughty or even more arrogant, i dunno. but as an on-looker, i know this attitude will only be a 绊脚石 in his sports life career, which is wad i dun wish to see the most.. as a buddy, i've done my best.. as an adult, if he can't control his emotions，there's nth much i can say further oso. as for me myself, i'm realli disheartened to carry on this meaningless game anymore. dun wish to see the team collapsing with my own eyes. it's our fruits of labour. it hurts, u know?

today this post is named as giving up bball, but rather, it's more like giving up on my best buddy, David. hope he'll somehow wake up his idea one day and be serious towards life and his sports career. most imptly, be able to take control and responsibility of his own actions and emotions, like an adult. having a kid is the last thing i want in life, and i certainly dun wish to be the nanny of an immature little boy who's alr 22-yr old tis yr.

Disheartened, 失望。放弃，因为绝望。

Sunday
2 August '09
Post midnight (how come i juz can't slp before midnight?)

CWSS Visit

2009-07-31T10:39:00.000-07:00

CWSS Visit

it is Nasreen's last day @ commonwealth sec today, went back to visit fellow teachers and meet up wif students as well. v happie. started off the visit wif a rendevous shenanigans wif our Ms Shenanigan :p after tat had fun chatting wif S1/8 girls, they are fun, warm, and chatty as well. thou sometimes v rude to us... abit 没大没小。 :( but anyway, they are still kids. shan't be angry wif them :) bumped into S1/8 boys and S3/3 chairperson Melissa hence chatted awhile as well. lol. realli buay tahan her, often the topic of conversation btw me & keng yong. Gotta talk to Mr Joel Chua for quite awhile, he asked me grad liao go back take over his position as "the only Econs teacher in CWSS" so he can get transferred to JC.. haha. muz be kidding only la. me where gt so power rite :p

had dinner wif parents, which resulted in me getting dragged into a domestic affairs. had actually intended to lend a listening ear to mother, let her vent out wad she wanna say. din expect her to 越说越过分, end up i oso hot liao, quarrel back with her. Haiz... nt worth it la... moving out soon, only left 1 more wk to stay with her already, wad for make myself so angry... End up having a 2 hrs long talk wif father & his fren over tis topic, each of us gt so much to say n complain... but yup, say finish 就算了, 一家人哪儿有隔夜仇。nvm, shan't comment much, 反正家家有本难念的经。既然难念，就别念了。had a heart-to-heart chat wif Shup regarding tis issue at nite, haha din noe she oso same problem as me. haiz, guess tat's wad they mean by 天下的妈妈都是一样的吧？ *shake head*

PS: ended up pon teng my favourite Beatboxing lesson lor... >_<" been looking forward to it since 3 wks ago... cos stupid Charles couldn't make it last 2 wks, so haven been learning new stuffs for quite some time le. been practising hard on my own recently, did some beatboxing in front of students today too. but still nt v lihai la. hehe.. hope to be as zai as not-so-stupid Mr Charles one day :)

Friday
31st July '09
Post midnight (again)

I. am. damn. damn. pissed.

2009-07-29T11:39:00.000-07:00

I. am. damn. damn. pissed.

Today had been a fine day... until i stepped into here, when the blood boiling began.

The story started 2 days ago. when i discovered an anon person tagging on my student's tagboard using MY NAME (kevin), asking over-personal qns etc. Things got on my nerves further when i changed my name (ah Jie), he followed suit and continue posting. Now that my student has changed her blog to "Open to Invited Readers Only", he has no choice but to come to my blog and create disturbance. YES! he posted unsightful words on my tagboard, USING MY NAME, yet AGAIN! this is when i decided, enough is enough. such nonsense gotta be put to stop.

Glad to hv Angie's help in teaching me delete his post from tagboard, and switching my blog to "Open to Invited Readers Only". Of course, this isn't the most desirable outcome. As much as possible, I'd like all my frenz to be able to drop by and pop in as and when they want. But for now, i guess can only send out invitations to all my close frenz to keep annoying strangers out of reach liao. Hmm.. 真是的。。。

Really hope to get all my frenz emails and invite them back now...

Wednesday
29th July '09
post midnight

Utopia MJ gathering

2009-07-28T19:18:00.000-07:00

Utopia MJ gathering

after going back to sajc visit today, headed towards Bangxian's hse for mahjong. Totally shenanigans! XD

played so slowly, wif lotsa distractions, end up whole day only completed 1 and 3/4 rounds. bobian cos gotta stop at 10pm.. 保持我一贯放炮的风格，一开始就喂了几个满台，输了不少。Luckily 2nd round won back quite a number of small games, ended the day with $5.30 (even thou nv game any 满台 the whole day) Yeah~ :) 还是 play small small win fast fast 比较适合我，haha~

dunno wassup wif the sudden fried fish cravings recently, only had 2 meals today, both were Fish & Chips. 1 @ sajc canteen, 1 @ hougang in mj break. ok, shall develop some likings towards other forms of fish as well. gotta avoid my used-to-be favourite chicken more from now on..

Tuesday
28 July '09

Visits to alma mater! RVHS & SAJC

2009-07-28T12:03:00.000-07:00

Visits to alma mater! RVHS & SAJC

没错，就是回返母校探望老师了！：）

tis wk supposed to be NIE orientation, end up ganna cancelled due to H1N1. was quite disappointed actually, but oso a blessing in disguise too. tis unexpected 1-wk break has given me a rare opportunity to return to my alma mater, paying long-delayed visits to my 昔日恩师, esp Mr Lee TJ who saved my life, literally. Worth mentioning is ALL the schs i had attended, from pri-JC, had all moved location at least once (some even thrice...) diao... -.-

for example, SAJC has shifted to Potong Pasir since 2006, a new campus merged togt wif its sec & pri levels, named as St Andrew Village. quite a nice & refreshing place lor, nt as far as i had thought oso. Interestingly, my sec sch RVHS is actually now located at SAJC old campus along Alexandra Rd, which i visited on monday. Walking along current RVHS (previous SAJC) campus, wad came to my mind were pictures of SAJC memories, of course...? Another interesting note: CWSS, the sch where i had spent my past 4 wks of ESE at, is actually now located at Teban Garden, opposite Pandan Reservoir, the old campus of my sec sch. Wad coincidence! Not to mention the strong sense of 亲切感 when i was teaching there ^.^

the turnover rate in both RV & SA are pretty high i muz say. most teachers who had taught me b4 hv nw left the service, either retirement or otherwise. *Wonder if i did play a part in 气走 them?* hmm... in short, RVHS 的老师只剩下教我中华文学的蒋丽老师，其他的都对我没什么印象了。SAJC 还好，不只有对我恩同再造的 Econs 老师 Mr Lee TJ, 还有教我数学的 Ms Julia Kwan. 噢，人家现在都叫 Mdm Kwan 了，还生了一个小 baby 呢！感叹，时间真是过得快， Mr Lee 都升作 HoD of Arts 了，真想不到。昔日的恩师，就要成为明日的上司了。好坏掺半吧？得更努力才行，总不能辜负他老人家一番教诲啊！对了，居然还碰到 long-lost contact 的 Du Jiesi！真没想到她居然也成了教师，还成了早我两届的前辈呢！也好，以后有什么不懂的还可以请教她 :p

basically, visit to SAJC was juz quite fun la, full of pleasant surprises somemore. maybe cos went wif a companion Shuping, gotta meet more ex-teachers, perhaps the condusive environment and pleasant culture played a part as well. in contrast, RVHS juz wasn't tat interesting... supposed to meet Yongliang and go togt, hu noes his hp batt went flat, couldn't get to contact him the whole day, so end up roaming arnd the campus all alone... Nt exactly close wif many ppl there oso, other than 蒋丽老师.. Mr Desmond Lim nt arnd oso. Hmmm... doubt anyone else realli rembs me... 所谓的母校，也许只剩下一个名存实亡的 title 了。别误会，我并没有责怪的意思，只是有点感慨。但这毕竟是我们做校友的舍本忘根的必然结果，老师们又何来记住我们的责任呢？

New Blog Reborned!!

2009-07-26T12:16:00.000-07:00

New Blog Reborned!!

as u can c for urself, de entire blog has undergone a major transformation! Damn good!! =D

not only de blogskin has changed to my favourite colour, u can now leave msg on de Tagboard as well, nt forgetting de links to my frens~ those who noe me well shd noe how 'fantastic' my computer skills & IT knowledge is, hence definitely not capable of implementing all these changes by myself :p

Yea indeed, all these would not be possible if w/o de advices & help from my dear students in 1/8, esp pw.. As such, this post is specially dedicated to thank her, million thanks to pw :)
どうもありがとう！

PS: I'm still getting used to this new template, abit lost at first. takes time... ^.<

First entry in ENGLISH!!

2009-07-18T09:47:00.000-07:00

First entry in ENGLISH!!

hey yes man, as stated in title, this is my first bloody English post in this blog, my own damn blog! Alrite man some hv been wondering wassup wif all the Japanese/日本語 entries previously rite? juz clarifying ur doubts here, once n for all.

tat's rite. being a non-IT savy person, i had always prefer writing diary to blogging, even until now. tis bloggy was created at de beginning of de year, for de sake of a NUS language module... yes u got it rite! it's Japanese of cos! (duh...) to be used as some essay hmwk showcasing n stuffs. erm... so yes, upon graduation, of cos it now officially belongs to ME, MYSELF, and KEVIN!! ^-^ and so, being a lazy Japanese student, of cos i'd take a good break from tat 難しい language and pamper myself a little here. another reason being 应读者要求, after receiving numerous feedbacks from frens abt NOT UNDERSTANDING my entries... so how? no choice but to give those Japanese entries a pause lor (great excuse to slack, isn't it? :p)

o'rite! guess tat's abt all for an introduction post. do expect more to come in near future, and dun forget to continue showing support ya! ;) do feel free to publicly express ur likings by actively leaving comments on my blog too ;) spam me at ur own risk.... ^.<

猫の手も借りたいほどだ

2009-04-25T21:32:00.000-07:00

このごろは本当に忙しいね！期末試験を準備しながら、いろいろなことをやっているんだ。こんなとき、日本語では「猫の手も借りたいほどだ」とたとえて思い出す。実は、今週の水曜日に歌うコンテストの友達とKTVへ練習に行ってから、学生に勉強を教えた。木曜日に日本語４の友達と栄え寿司で一杯食べて、楽だった。金曜日は約束がなくて、自分でジョーギンーグをした。もうすぐIPPTという体能試験があって、必ず成功しなければならないので、今から体がもっと強くする。土曜日は期末試験が始まった！経済試験はあまり難しすぎないのに、できないという友達がいる。夕方は外の日本語クラスだった。もうすぐ大学を卒業して、日本語の勉強をあきらめたくないので、矢野 Language School に申し込んで、勉強する。

今日は？学生に勉強を教える予定があって、火曜日の日本語試験に準備しようと思ってるんだ。頑張らなければならないね！；）

金城武を紹介すること

2009-04-21T04:09:00.000-07:00

皆さん、今日の講師は金城武様です。こちらは日本と中国でとても有名な男優でいっらしゃいます。最近「チービー」というすてきな映画ができました。金城様は歌もお上手なので、今日の日本語のクラスでお歌いになられます。それでは金城武様でいっらしゃいます。どうぞ。

僕の悩み　＝（

2009-04-21T03:42:00.000-07:00

あ、困りました。いつもぬれていてしまって、どうすればいいですか？実は、僕は毎日学校にバイクで通っているんです。天気がいい場合はとても便利だし、時間も少ししかかからないし、大好きです。でも、雨の場合はいつも途中でぬれてしまっていますから、困りました。雨の場合には不便なのに、バイクに乗るのが大好きなので、あきらめたくないです。

地球を守ろう

2009-04-19T23:58:00.000-07:00

最近の天気は暖かくなったんです。地球温暖化はひどい問題になったので、注意する人が多くなった。私もこのごろ水と電気を大切に使うようにしているが、一人の力は弱いので、世界の人と皆で一緒に地球を守ったほうがいいと思う。皆さん、頑張ろう！