A rainy day during the monsoon season...


The people in the marriage support group (MSG)


The kids' kitchen :D


MV Doulos - the oldest ship around by God's grace


The performance of the cadets during my farewell celebrations


The teachers who will be taking over for SJAB: eric, nicholas, yvonne and jenny


The seniors who came back during the farewell celebration


The cake the cadets baked for me! very thoughtful! they know i love soccer! :D


great grandfather's and david's birthday celebrations. One is 84 while the other is 2! :D


me and moses with our birthday cakes! :D


the students who came and gave me the surprise! :D


the boys n the man! LOL!


them again! :D


the balcony people!

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The face of a child changes the most during the first few years... if you miss it, you will not be able to remember/capture how he/she looks anymore... this is part 1 of a series of faces of my kids! starring in this episode, Christian Chow, my eldest son :)

characteristics: he loves marine creatures and animals, he loves to sing, he loves to dance, he wants to learn the guitar and drums (which we are enrolling him into this coming week!), he loves to draw! :)

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A.C.E and their cousins with the puppeteer for the Eric Carle's The Hungry Caterpillar!


Chris and Ekklesia taking a break @ ACT 3 Academy. They are learning Speech and Drama there every Sat! They are loving it! :)


Chris helping me to fill in the marks for my students' scripts! :)


The kids having their dinner cum picnic @ the playground! :)


Ekklesia and Ariel @ Carrefour!


Ekklesia and Ariel playing under the trolley! :P


JJ's BD on 29 Aug! The Class celebrated for him with a swiss roll and some gummy sweets surrounding it! innovative! :)




301'06 had our flea market for CIP these couple of days, selling ice milo freeze, sweets and balloon flowers :)


Balloons with well wishes released into the sky, wishing them all the best for their Prelims and O Levels! :)



2 model houses that my students did for PBL/TOL :) It works like the real thing!


The double hearts made of a single dollar note. Thanks to J.C, I managed to learn how to make such a nice masterpiece! :)


The first card addressed partially to me from 304'06! Curious: who are the guy and the gal?



The first two presents i received for teacher's day this year from liting and andrea :) thank you!

shall end here! having teacher's day dinner tonight! the theme: aloha (hawaii) :)

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First and foremost, I would like to offer my heartfelt thanks to all who took the trouble to show appreciation to me as a teacher through the gifts, cards, sms and verbal greeting on this special day! I am deeply touched by the effort put in. This is the intrinsic reward that no job in the whole world can even offer! :)

Well, here they are: the photos of every single gift that was given in random order (NOT in any order of preference/liking! I cherish every gift, whether big or small, simple or delicate, cheap or expensive, hand-made or bought! it's the thought that counts!)


My table was so packed with gifts that i took quite a while to clear them! :)


thank you adelaine for the happy beans pen and the paper crane! got your msg! Jia you for your EOY exams! you can! :)


thank you jane and yufeng for the stirrer! thank you for faithful and passionate service in SJAB! all the best for your prelims and coming Os! :)


thank you annabel for the card, the teacher's day msg and the lollipop! I will defintely eat it! Dont lose heart! I believe you can make her proud! :)



thank you zilianers for the hand-made crystal ball and the falling star! continue to stay "chio" and so "zai" in your studies! :)


thank you sonia for the red pen, chewing gum, the nice ribbons and wrapper! glad that you will work hard to do me proud this EOY! jia you! :)


thank you jasmine for the rochers! i finally gave you what you have been pestering me for! happy viewing! :)


thank you terrance for the jar of sweets! thanks for being such a good logistics head for SJAB! :)


thank you coolness for the cup of sweets and the note! stay cool by always doing so well for physix, ya!? :)


thank you christina and tracy for the red pen! 2 chris: stay pro for physix!! 2 tracy: u know what 2 do, right!? :P


thank you xinyi for the photo frame cum note pad holder! continue to be such a sweet and dilligent student! :)


thank you yaohui for the stuff dog! it was a nice surprise for me! dont be discouraged by your CT results this time round! do well for your coming EOY! :)


thank you amanda for the hand-made card! never knew we took a photo together during NDP! hopefully i will get to teach 109 again next year! :)


thank you joscelin, my mentee, for the apple! keep staying ever so creative and artistic! :)


thank you mei luan for the beautiful cake puff! never knew you are so good in baking! shall visit you one day @ cake avenue! :)


thank you guan qun for the toblerone! jia you for physix! dont freak out bcos of it! i am sure you will eventually master it! :)


thank you councillors for the descriptive ice-cream sticks and hearts! I believe it must be your hard work right, kit yeng? :)


thank you huiwen for the red pen! 303 is fortunate to have a chair person like you! :)


thank you peilin for your book of thankfulness! i shall remember every single bible verse in the book! hope they come in handy for you too! :)


thank you xuejie and wanqing for the trophy! i will definitely try my best to reach the goal! thanks for being my wonderful physix reps! :)


thank you ivy for the hand-made card and crane! it's really the thought that counts and i will take note of your constructive feedback! :)


thank you vanessa for the figurine and card! it was a pleasure having you as one of my mentees for TOL! your model house rocks! :)


thank you zhi yong for the pen! though you are ultra cheeky in class, I enjoyed having you as my student! :)


thank you yini for the photo frame! wishing you all the best for the coming promos! jia you! :)



thank you joyce and jia ying for the famous amos cookies! dont lose heart concerning your results! JC life is tough but you are tougher! :)


thank you emily for the hand-made card! I believe your hard work will pay off this coming EOY exams! Jia you! :)


thank you kit yeng for the brownie! I'm sure you are doing just fine in JC! continue to be so happy always! :)


thank you daphne (303) and jinghui(not you meh!?) for the soccer ball stuff toy! jia you for your coming EOY! do me proud! :)


thank you abigail, yiyan, chrysan, amanda, yining, sabrina and cynthia for the stuff bear! stay always so close together as friends! hope you will all be in the same class next year! :)


thank you 303 for the hand-made card! this class is getting so much more alive these days! keep it going! :)


thank you lixuan (304) for the male sign, the msg and the photo frame! very thoughtful of you indeed, considering the fact that you are so frustrated with physix! I am sure you can do very well for your EOY exams! Jia you! :)



thank you felicia and melissa for the gigantic card and the jelly beans! this card tells it all! continue to work hard understanding physix! let's have more remedials, ya!? :) free kick was great fun! :D




thank you weiru, soh min, rebecca, xinjie, lynn, cuitian, cheryl, sok ee, daphne and jamie for the big bouquet of sunflowers, the card and the photo frames! very very sweet of all of you indeed! really hope that the 10 of you will always be close friends (not just only playing bridges together!) and you will all excel in physix together! rock on! :D thank you 302 for signing the card as well! prove that you are exceptional good in this coming EOY, ya!? :)




thank you 301 for reciting that "marriage vow" to me! till death do we part indeed! really hope that the class will excel in this coming EOY exams and become even more united! :) thank you letts for the gift (that you bought from Europe) and that you are giving on behalf of the class. appreciate your act of sacrifice! :)


that's me with my new found brother, chow ah beng (aka mr liu)! tucking out all the way! cool isnt it!? LOL! :P


that's me with puay bing, esther, jia ying and pearlyn! thanks for coming back to pay me a visit! shall catch up again with all of you when we manage to arrange for a class outing! meanwhile, stay cheerful and funky! :D


that's me with some teachers and 304! thank you 304 for the pizza party! it's was simply wonderful! the teachers really felt like superstars! enjoyed the captainball game a lot a lot! the ODD team is fantastic but the EVEN team is even better with me around! LOL! :P we shall have another round soon, ya!? :)


lastly, I was there at the teacher's day rally 2006 with PM Lee as the guest speaker! The talk was inspiring! heard that i was caught on TV, messaging on my phone! omg! :P but it was for a good cause so no regrets! :D

this entry took me hours to complete but it's worth it! :D happy holidays!

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going down is no easy matter! we had to park at Bo's house before hailing a cab down cos the car park was full! when we finally reached there, there was a need for security check before we can go in to enjoy viewing the planes! Cool! 3rd Generation of the S'pore Air Force is great, considering the size of Singapore!

The photos tells it all!


the antique sky hawk! :)


the F-16 fighter plane! :)


the family with the team and their chopper! :D


my camera managed to capture a flying bird and a flying plane at the same time! :P


ariel covered her eyes when the planes flew by... she should be covering her ears! :D


who's taking who? chris and his random shoot with my camera!


the 2 beauties... :P

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Chris on a mini kart @ the road safety park!




Ekklesia "pumping petrol" @ the road safety park!




Ariel and I taking a ride together with Ekklesia tail-gating behind! :P




Found this pair of beautiful flowers lying on the grass @ Labrador Park!




The flower is actually bigger than my palm! anyone can tell me what flower it is!?




Found out that the flower grew from this seedling!




Here we are having a pinic by the sea side @ Labrador Park!




One of the long jetty, where people can do some fishing! BTW, there are BBQ pits for rental over there as well! Anyone keen for a class BBQ outing @ labrador park!?




Chris resting on my back as he gobble up his biscuit!




There is one something that i don't mind people doing behind my back: smiling away! :D




Ekklesia learning about insects from afar! stay away from me or I will roar! :P




2 is better than 1! sisters power! let's look @ the insects together! :D




A very unique bug that we found on! it's orange in colour and has a glossy look!




And did i mention that it's super dupey small in size!? as compared to our palms!




Bugs and more bugs! Attack!!




Chris is looking @ how the boy is learning to make something with a palm tree leaf. What is it!? look below!




It's a grasshopper made from a single palm tree leaf!! and the best thing is: I have learnt how to do it!! :) Cool, isn't it!?

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