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Ariel falling down the swing!



A.C.E posing for the camera!



My good friend and brother-in-Christ, Shinn Jong, getting married!



What a student of mine would do to "destress"! Be Ultraman!?



Mid-Atumn Festival @ Sch: Ariel and my wife posing with Jas and Jos



Mid-Atumn Festival @ Sch: A.C.E enjoying the cross-talk though i doubt they understand a single word!



Mid-Atumn Festival @ Sch: Ariel posing with Letts, Jas, Jos, Kit Yeng and Ces



Mid-Atumn Festival @ Sch: Ariel posing with a "Halo"



Ariel posing as a fairy!



Ekklesia and Nicoles as fairies!



Christian's BDay Celebration with his cousins!



Christian's BDay Celebration with his friends!



Pulau Ubin Trip: Entering in!



Horseshoe Crab: it's part of the spider family, not the crab family!



Sea Grapes: tiny but edible!



Fig Tree: rare sight to me cos i always thought it is only found in Israel!



The most primitive toilet: you can even see the fishes swim as you do your "business"



Cat's Tail Plant! Lovely red "fur"



Bamboo shoots! remind me of the movie "Flying Draggers"



A Huge Spider spinning its web!

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failure and not doing well is not an alternative in life. It is part and parcel of life. if you go through life without it, you will be unpolished and an armateur when it comes to taking on bigger challenges in life. failing may make you feel lousy but being resilient (never giving up) is the key to go and grow from there...

I am glad that some of the students have assured me of that... they will not give up... they will try harder... they will not lose faith in themselves... that's the kinda spirit that will carry them far in life... :D

and of cos, dont try to compete with others... compete with yourself... improve yourself and be better than you were before... it is more positive that way and it is not stressful...

let's put this aside ba...

today is a special day...

it's CHRISTIAN CHOW's 5th BIRTHDAY! :D

Happy birthday, darling!! :D love ya loads!!

not feeling well at the moment... but i hope that will not stop me from bringing my kids to Pulau Ubin tmr for hiking!

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I have finished marking the scripts for 301, 302 and 304...

Let's try to look at the results on the bright side of life...

It is tested on an entire year of work... that's quite a lot to remember... but i did create mindmaps to help, didn't i?

It is a difficult paper... definitely above O levels standard and the time allocated is not really enough for you to think through... but it will train you well for your O levels and you will be able to pass and do well in it with ease, isn't it? not many scored A1 and A2 but there are a couple of them who still made it above 80!

it came after s.s... i guess the first paper wore your brain down to do the physix paper at your best...

oh well, the real results will be out tmr! :D

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Watched the documentary “the child of our time” (Thurs Ch12, 10 pm – it’s very, very educational and interesting!!) and they taught 6 tests that parents can conduct on young children (4-6 years old) to find out about certain characteristics of the child.

1. leave a sweet on a plate with the child all by himself/herself. Tell him/her that he/she will get a plate full of sweets if he/she can wait for 5 minutes. (test on self-control: if the child resists the temptation, he will most likely grow up to be well disciplined)

2. ask the child to build a tower with a building block. Accidentally knock it down and see if the child will take the initiative to build it up again. (test on resilience: if the child rebuilds it again, he/she will most likely be resilient)

3. fill a bowl to the brim with water. Ask the child to walk quickly with the bowl. When the child spills the water, ask the child the reason behind the spill. (test on optimism: if the child blame it on the environment and not himself, he /she will most likely be optimistic)

4. using toy figurines, paint a scenario where the mother is cooking dinner and left the boiling pot by itself. If the child accidentally spills the boiling soup on his hands, what would mommy do? (test on level of happiness: if the child says that the mommy will show concern and comfort, then they will most likely grow up to be happy adults!)

5. ask the child to play a prank on their parents with a snakes in a can (similar to jack in a box). (test on exuberance: of the child laughs happily and loudly at the reactions of the parents (be it good or bad), they will most likely grow up to be excited about life!)

6. hide your mobile phone (with speaker) within a toy doll or stuff toy and talk to the child (with another voice) through the phone in the doll in a private room. (test on social skills: if the child shows concern for the doll more than himself and listen well in the conversation, the child will most likely grow up to be popular with good interpersonal skills)

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the day of liberation has come! they are finally freed from the bondage of exams! they now have a whale of time to do whatever they want to "de-stress" themselves for all their mugging these past few weeks! the heavy burden from their back is finally off-loaded! doesn't it feel great after exams!? I loved it when i was a student! long for it so much during the exams that I look forward to it as if it the day i will be meeting my Lord face to face!

but the irony is this: when it comes, i suddenly don't know what to do! i suddenly feel so bored and just feel like going home to have a good sleep! all of a sudden, there seem to be a loss of purpose... :P exams give purpose in life!?

oh well, now that i am a teacher, the feeling is kinda different!! when my students mug, i worry for them and try my best to prepare them for their big day! when their exams are over, i am stuck here with a big pile of exam scripts all ready for me to mark in the shortest deadline! suddenly, the red pen becomes the most powerful thing on earth! it determines the fate of my students! with it, a tick and a cross means heaven or hell! with it, 0 is a sacred number that they hope they would never see in their scripts! no wonder the pen is mightier than the sword! RED pen, especially!! LOL! :P

alright... it's time to end my break and get back to the "leaning tower of pisa" that is waiting for me at my desk! :( teachers "have no life after exams"! they mark after 'they' mug!

from the scripts i have marked so far, i felt like i am the captain of the Titanic ship.. the ship was cruising smoothly on course (the classes i am teaching were doing well for physix) but now, it ran into the ice berg (the final year exam) and it is sinking... I am trying my best to save as many people as possible but there are quite a number who may not survive...

to the tune of My Heart Will Go On,
pass, fail whatever you are, i believe that your heart will go on... and on... :D

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