i was thinking about my life these couple of days and i realised that

i enjoyed the moment when my wife gave me a quiet smile...

i enjoyed the moment when my children did something sensible without my guidance...

i enjoyed the moment when my children understood my good intentions...

i enjoyed the moment when my class celebrated together...

i enjoyed the moment when someone is able to explain logically why things have to be done in a certain way...

i enjoyed the moment when someone is able to correct my wrong actions but yet not making me feel condemned...

i enjoyed the moment when someone exhibit strength and courage when they are down...

i enjoyed the moment when someone shared their joy with me...

i enjoyed the moment when i can be a listening ear to someone...

i enjoyed the moment when i can be of help to someone...

i enjoyed the moment when someone was glad to see me...

i enjoyed the moment when i can make someone laugh...

i enjoyed the moment when i taught and someone learned and vice versa...

i enjoyed this moment when i realised that i need others and others need me...

:D enjoy your moments in life!

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just finished watching "akeelah and the bee"... it's simply inspiring and touching... i begin to appreciate the derivation of words and languages from the movie and i am especially inspired by this quote from the movie:

Our deepest fear is not that
we are inadequate
Our deepest fear is that we are
powerful beyond measure
We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant,
gorgeous, talented, and fabulous?
Actually, who are you not be?
We were born to make manifest the glory
of God that’s within us
And as we let our own light shine
We unconsciously give other people
permission to do the same.

The full quote:

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.
Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.
It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us.
We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous,
talented and fabulous.
Actually, who are you not to be?

You are a child of God.
Your playing small doesn't serve the world.
There's nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other
people won't feel insecure around you.

We were born to make manifest the glory of
God that is within us.
It's not just in some of us -- it's in everyone.

And as we let our own light shine,
we unconsciously give other people
permission to do the same.
As we are liberated from our own fear,
our presence automatically liberates others

-Marianne Williamson

my moment of inspiration:
don't let anyone or you belittle yourself...
be great for that is what you are made for! :D

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What are your thoughts about the world?

it is not going to survive for long... it is just one degree celsius from critical weather condition. more than that and the weather will change radically for the worse... the air, water and food on earth is getting more and more polluted by the day... According to the Bible, there will be more earthquakes and pestilence and famine coming our way during the end times... why am I not surprised?

the society's moral values are on the decline... mankind is not getting kinder with their kind. they are getting more and more saddistic and violent in the way he deals with people and the environment. bcos of this, the hearts of many have grown cold... man is also getting more and more busy with materialistic pursuits and entertainment that will lead to instant gratification but a sense of emptiness. they are always in a hurry but have forgetful how to slow down and give full attention to people and be sincerely concerned about them. many have been deceived to think that busi-ness has meaning and purpose while spending time with loved ones are deserts and not the main course.

be in the world but not part of the world...
if today is my last day on earth, what would i be doing?
can i get you thinking about it or like most poeple, you can't be bothered with this question cos you have "more important" things to do? :D

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looks like this idea of home-schooling is creating quite a fair bit of "uproar" and comments on my blog...

thanks for the advice and feedback that everyone has given so far... I understand that you are concerned that this idea will do more harm than good for my kids as they may not fit into the society since they are not educated in the mainstream schools... well, we still have 2 years to research on it and see how feasible it can be... meanwhile, our minds are still set to go ahead with it bcos we have considered all the disadvantages that you all have pointed out and how we can resolve them... :D

In fact, it is an easy way out to send them to school... to educate your kids by yourselves require tremendous commitment and patience and love that many parents would rather leave it to others... it requires personal sacrifice on the parents as we have to give up ambitious plans at work or position so that we will not be too busy with our own careers and lifestyle that we give our leftover time for our kids... I saying all these not to condemn other parents but to remind myself of giving my best to the kids...

being a teacher myself, i know the limitation of a teacher in handling so many students... it's impossible to know them well and give them our best attention and help... but of cos, a teacher is defintely someone who can make a big impact in a student's life... so why leave it to probability to decide which teachers should be teaching our kids? why not take the initiative to decide!? :D

i rest my case for now...

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saw this ironical tagline on a bike while driving on sat:

nobody is perfect and i am nobody anyway... :P

read the first and second part of the statement separately and it will mean a pessimistic pt of view

but when you read both together and it will mean an optimistic or should I say an egoistic pt of view instead! :P

who said english is an easy language!?

fill in the blank with a YES or a NO:

_______, I am a pig!

get the idea!? :P

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I like "tuesday with morries" cos there is something striking in it that echoes what is within me: dont buy into the culture that we are living in. learn to step back and examine what we take for granted... what we think is so obvious... if it does not fit you, then seek for what is better!

why must the passing mark always be half or 50 out of 100? why cant it be less or more, like even 100 (e.g. when it comes to driving test)? I was posted with this question by someone today that left me thinking for a while...

anyway, here is the main point for this entry...

my wife and I have decided to home-school our kids all the way, up to primary six. We have decided not to let our kids go to public school...

instead, they will be waking up to go to school at home at a slightly later time :D...
where the principal and main teacher is my wife and I...
where the classroom will be the study room,
where the bus driver will be me...
where the canteen is in the living room, with home cooked food and special treats,
where the lessons will not be in the room always but involves going to various places of interest locally and overseas with personal "tour guides",
where they must learn to interact with all kinds of people and not just their own peers so that they have a wide circle of friends (toddlers, kids, teenagers, young adults, adults, elderly),
where they can pursue and perfect skills and talents that they are interested in,
where learning is not forced and is not restricted by the syllabus,
where exams and tests do not happen often and comes in various forms,
where meaningful playing can be learning,
where learning is at their own pace and self motivated,
where individual attention is always there and no one will ignore your questions or think that they are stupid,
where there is no uniform,
where break time is flexible,
where there is constant guidance to know and do what is right and meaningful,
where virtues is not just spoken but must be lived out by the "teachers" themselves (those eyes are always looking),
where misbehaviour means a personal time of reflection on the naughty chair by the balcony,
where the "students" learn from the "teachers" and the "teachers" will learn from the students as well,
where encouragements, hugs and kisses always abound,
where phrases like "why are your results so lousy, why didn't you get an A, why didn't you improve at all, why are others better than you?" will NEVER COME OUT of the "teachers" and parents' mouth,
where they are taught about biblical truths and the unconditional love of God so that they may grow up to be well pleasing to God and a blessing to others,
where our kids will eventually be sent off to take the PSLE with this understanding that grades isnt everything and their parents are always proud of them, so long as they have tried their best! :D

The following statement came as a shock to me when i was told about it by a home-schooling parent who home-school his son who is now 14:

secondary education is actually NOT compulsory in Singapore!

If a parent so desires, he/she can choose to home-school their teenagers with no questions asked! think about the flexibility of choosing the exact subjects that you want to take for O levels compared to what you MUST take due to the limited choices offered by the school! So if God permits, we may do homeschooling when our kids are teenagers too!

what do you think? do post your comments or questions about this style of schooling to me so that I can have a wider perspective of this way that is truly less travelled in a competitive country like Singapore.

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