homework for the long weekend

Homework:

1. Spelling 12 Corrections and parent signature
2. Writing Exercise 13
3. Chinese Magazine 13, Pg7-8
4. Spelling 13 on Tue (10/05/11)

Dear Parents, these work are to be handed up on 10/05/11. Thank you.

Index No. 13,22 to bring their Chinese Storybook 《岛》

Updates of my life

Finally decided to update my life for the past few months... Seriously my life is going under a major change this year. For the better of cuz.. Hee.. I hope life will get better and better from this year onwards...

Everything kinda fall in place when we saw the flat that we liked on the 28th Feb.. Then seems like we have to get married in case we dun manage to book a date for ROM.. Hmmm.. So on 2nd Mar, we went to book a date for our ROM for the 22nd Apr. We even went to get our wedding package from Bridal Concept.. Hee.. Seems like everyting is done backwards.. Hee.. Get flat, book ROM, Proposal.. Hahahaha...

Over the weekend, after Family Fun Day in 14th of Mar, Shang proposed to me after i got back to the chalet.. I was very very touched.. He kept his promise of proposing.. Hahaha.. SO happy.. He said he went ard Sentosa to find flowers but he din manage to find any shop that sells flowers... hee.. SO i will still be waiting for my flowers for this year..

He dirtied the chalet floor.. hahaha.. but i must say his handwriting not very nice when he writes with a brush... :P

My proposal ring but hor, too small.. hahaha.. So went back to change it yday.. And we got our wedding bands too yday but all rings can only be collected on the 26th of Mar.. (the day for the HDB first Appt) hee..

After the proposal, we just went out to walk walk and take some crappy pictures.. Quite cute hor?

I was kinda disappointed with the Sakae Sushi at Sentosa. The grilled unagi was cold when it was served.. Then after that we let some guest take our seats so the supervisor gave us a 10% disc.. And i commented on the way they serve the food.. Hee.. Shang says i am too particular..

I look forward to our ROM on the 22nd of APr and i will update after that.. hee..

Our free makeover shots

We went for a complimentary makeover and photo shoot today.. hee.. not much make over for shang cuz they just styled his hair (though i think he can style it better himself) hee.. But the photo shoots were quite fun and abit tiring.. Cant imagine if we go for wedding shots.. haha..
But overall, we only had 2 complimentary shots la.. They wanna earn the money if i wan all pics! $500 for all the shots!! I must be mad if i accept the offer.. hahaha.. so too bad, only got 2 nicest shots..
Next time wedding, must make sure we get the best deal and if possible, get all the shots back..

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This is the video montage my P6 Faith gals did for the teachers.. I am super impressed by them.. Seriously, the joy of being a teacher is when your gals do things like this..

This is not the only thing they did but i haven gotta the pictures of the rest.. :p

Talk abt best teachers' day ever... Hee..

记叙你生活中难忘的一件事

There was an asg that i had to do on this topic.. So in the end, i wrote this essay as it was the closest to my mind.. Shang said i will definitely get affected as i write this essay.. I thought i wont but i guess Shang knew better.. Of course.. I still miss her a lot..

由于家庭环境的关系，父母需要外出工作养家，极少照顾我，也因如此，照顾我的责任落在了我几位姐姐及哥哥的肩上。就连学校的“家长日”，他们也从未出席。我常常哀求他们到学校看一看我的学习环境，妈妈的回答总是：“你又没做错事，就不用去了。”
我的母亲一直都在当清洁工，也曾换过几个工作地点。一有机会，我便会到她工作的地方找她。也许，这是因为我想更靠近她，想更了解她的工作环境。我从不因为她的工作而瞧不起她，反而，我觉得妈妈很伟大。她的工作一点儿也不简单哦！
有一段时期，妈妈辞掉了清洁工作，留在家里替邻居带小孩。那时，我下课后，一回到家就能看到妈妈。但是不知为什么，那时候，我总觉得妈妈被厨房给“霸占”了。从我踏进家门，她在厨房择、洗，忙进忙出，做好吃的给家人……一刻都没休息过。有时，我会把宝宝放在摇篮里，哄他睡觉过后，我则在厨房门口睡着。
妈妈无需出外工作，在家当全职的“煮饭婆”兼“管家”。她在家的时间长了，我却少了。无论妈妈有没有工作，饭桌上的食物绝对会准时出现。一年三百六十五天，天天无休，晚餐日日送上。妈妈似乎很害怕孩子们饿坏，食物多得让人不敢恭维。天天都有剩菜剩饭，每天的晚餐都会有一两道昨天吃过的菜。
哥哥姐姐长大成家后，家里的经济情况有所好转。空闲时，妈妈会带我到牛车水逛街。我最喜欢这个时候了！妈妈最爱到奥奇商场去，不过，我极少看到妈妈在那儿买衣服或日用品。更多的时候，是我拿着可爱的绒毛娃娃不放，用恳求、渴望的眼神，使得妈妈不得不买给我。久而久之，我们只要一踏进奥奇，我的橱里就会多一个绒毛玩具。
妈妈很喜欢替我买连身裙，我衣橱里也只有一种服装款式，那就是连身裙。年纪稍大时，我不时向妈妈抱怨，为什么就是没有牛仔裤或短裤嘛？妈妈也因此不再买连身裙给我。取而代之的，是我喜欢穿的裤子。
2002年，妈妈患上了高血压，没几个月便患上了肾衰竭。她的病情没有好转，因为年纪大了，医生并不鼓励换肾手术。不久后，她得开始洗肾。需要每天洗肾的她，身体每况日下。当时，因为某种原因，我和姐姐一起住，爸爸妈妈则和大哥一起。我下课后便到大哥家探望妈妈。我觉得到大哥家很麻烦，回家的车程得花一个钟头！
2002年底，妈妈全身瘫痪。她只能躺在床上，时而能正常交谈，时而语无伦次。
2003年的某一天，我到医院探望妈妈。医院的走廊干净，地板光滑，空气弥漫着浓浓消毒水的味道。我乘坐电梯，到妈妈的病房里。只见她双眼无神，目光呆滞地望着医院的天花板。
我走上前，把书包放在地上，握起妈妈的手，在她身旁的椅子坐了下来。看着她躺在医院的病床上，一句话也不能回答我，此时，我不禁问自己：她心里到底在想什么？她知不知道我正在她的身边？已经无法言语的她，只能用手，紧紧地，紧紧地握着我。这或许是她告诉我，她意识里还知道我存在的讯息吧？我握着她冰冷的手，想把自己温热的体温传给她，想让她舒服点儿。也不知道医院的冷气是不是有问题，怎么妈妈的手是那么的冷，怎么无法让这双手温暖起来？
我握着妈妈的手，另一只手翻着小说。左手麻痹了，换右手握着妈妈。大概过了45分钟，我觉得不耐烦，想早点儿回家休息。我内心挣扎了好久，该回家还是该继续留下来陪妈妈？心理交战了许久，我站起身，打算离开了。我轻声地用闽南语跟妈妈说：“妈咪，我先回家了。我明天再来看你。”这时，我仿佛觉得妈妈的手握得更紧了。我轻轻拨开妈妈的手指，说：“我明天一定会再来看你。拜拜。”
她放开了。我提起书包往外走。我回头向她挥挥手，她把头转过来，看着我离去。在那一瞬间，我心里被某种钝物重重地撞了一下，心也如千斤重地沉了下去。她当时的眼神，深深地刻印在我的脑里。她多么不舍得我离开，她多么渴望我能多留一分钟，她多么希望我能掉头回去陪她。
只可惜，当时，我一边内疚自责，一边流泪离开了医院。至今，我还是无法忘怀那一天所发生的事。我不能理解我当时的举动，我为什么会抛下妈妈回家？我难道不能多陪她一会儿吗？我真的有很重要的事要做吗？

后记：
妈妈在2005年安详地在大哥的家里去世了。因为我无法忘记，所以我2006年在博客里写下了以下的一段文字。

思念
会侵蚀心灵
会令人陷入痛苦
会令人哭泣
在人多时，
我会思念你。
在夜深人静时，
思念更加剧烈。
每逢佳节倍思亲，
这是现在的心情写照。
我很后悔，
为什么从来都没跟你说，
你对我有多重要，
我很爱很爱你，
为什么我在言行举止上，
从来未曾表现出我对你有多么地尊敬，
多么地心疼你。
我的手，
始终留着你紧紧握着我的手的温度 我的眼，
始终留着你那慈祥溺爱我的脸庞
我的心，
始终留着你对我深深的教诲
记得你还在医院，
每当我离去时，
你那渴望我留下的眼神，
我的心会被你那眼神揪紧着。
你离开前的那一晚，
我怎么没有留久一点？
我怎么能在你离开前的最后一晚，
还与朋友去玩乐？
我怎么能？
怎么能？
做了这么多明知不可为而为之的事，
你会原谅我吗？
你会的，
我知道你一定会的。
因为，
你是我伟大的妈妈。

眼泪好咸，好烫， 烫伤了我的眼，我的心... ...

This is the comments given by my tutor.. （文章心理描写细腻，感情真挚动人，要是有标题，主题会更突出。）
And i scored 58/70.. not bad though.. considering that i din spend much time on this essay as i just wrote it as it comes..

Our first anniversary

We had our first anniversary lunch at vivo city Aji by Hanabi.. We splurge anyway.. It was a $120 set lunch with a scrumptious spread.. The food was good, ambience was good and company of cuz was fantastic.. Hee.. That was a very filling lunch.. Then in the end, we din really had space for dinner..
We wanted to go to Hort park for a walk however, there wasn't enough time as both of us were pressed for time to go back home to do asgs and all..

Our starter.. Miso soup..
This is marvellous sashimi!!! Yum Yum!!
The spread of food.. Seriously, i din know wat to eat first..
I asked the manager to help us take.. Hee.. Seem like National Day though..
My Present from Shang.. I managed to guess correctly the gift and even the colour!! hahaha.. Aren't I smart?

Bad thing though, is that I DID IT AGAIN!! I bought a PSP memory card which he already bought.. Luckily I bought mouse for him and i did a photo montage for him.. That montage was a saving grace.. Sigh.. Why cant i get anything correct for him ah??

LS Chalet

It was fun having chalet with the LS gang!! Woohoo!! Hee... Though i went super late after the OO rehearsal (9pm), but shang came to fetch me.. With ter and his gal and JJ too..
The chalet is super big! a bungalow with 3 rooms.. But that's why i din really dare to bathe that nite.. Shang had to stay outside the toilet in the room and lucily gar came in to keep him company so he dun feel so bored.. Haha..

We had Sukiyaki on sat for dinner.. Oh my goodness!! The premium (or like wat ter says, it's the equivalent of Kobe beef) pork is sooooooooo tasty!! yum Yum! And i had several food that i tasted for the first time.. Nice..
We played mahjong and i won.. haha.. but it was only ard 8 bucks la.. Nothing much..

Judy was so funny, when we walked past old changi hospital and it was quite creepy at night, i suddenly grabbed her hand and shouted "oh no!" she screamed and shouted "*B" so loudly lor.. and she hit me so hard cuz she got a big fright.. haha.. But i shouted cuz she forgot abt chry's bd present.. haha.. Her reaction is worth a million! Then when JJ came running to the bus stop with the present, she shouted once again to him not to run cuz he might get cramps and the way she shouts tickled chry.. hee..

On sunday, i got all of them to wake up at 9plus.. Then when i called the front desk at 10 plus, i realised that the check out should be on monday.. haha.. blur sotong.. so in the end, they were so happy cuz we dun have to leave so hastily.. so we had a walk down changi broadwalk and bought lunch back for 2 pigs at the chalet.. Then we played mahjong again.. And hee.. I realised tat shang is my lucky pig.. I will win when he sits beside me.. Hahaha.. "stroke stroke" then will be "heng heng"..

So i am glad i booked the chalet.. Though this time round, not all of them can stay thru'out but at least we all made it on sat nite..

My next aim is to book another one for the end of the year.. Hopefully can get the one we want..

There's alot of things to type but i am super lazy to organise my thoughts..

Oh!! 1 more thing, are i SURPRISED that we DID NOT EVEN TOOK A SINGLE PICTURE! Argh.. I cant believe it!! It's incredible!!! And we din even do the "advertisement" video.. Wah.. That's the only bad thing abt the chalet lor.. Haiz.. Wat a waste!!

Official Opening

It have been quite some time i updated my blog.. So here goes the series of updating.. :P
Our OO on the 1st of Aug was a success.. Luckily the weather was quite cooling in the night and I manage to keep the kebaya on for the whole nite.. It was quite a waste that when the P3 Mass Dance came on, the PA system became crappy.. But overall, everything flows smoothly and the timing was good.. After which i went to the LS chalet.. Haha..

Gang of 4!
Mrs Lee, Mrs Wong, Myself and Mrs Tay.. (贵妇们，除了我）:p

With Sharon and Mdm Jin..

Sharon was the most stressed person on that day as she was the Emcee.. Script changes like nobody's biz.. Guess that was the most "memorable" bd she ever had lor.. hee.. She even "postponed" her bd for the OO.. hahaha..

Batam..

Before i went to for a trip, i went to the IT show with Shang and i bought a new CAMERA!! It cost me 530 bucks.. 10M Panasonic Lumix with 25mm zoom.. Woo!! I love the camera as it's so much better than my nikon one.. Hahaha.. Considering the price, it better be good! Hee.. But if the camera was bought earlier, it's lagi better cuz can take better pics at jol's wedding ma.. Sigh...

This is a short getaway from the hassles of life and work...

While waiting for our room to get ready, i was testing out my new camera!! It's a smart camera for stupid ppl like me(that's wat JJ said)..

Our First Lunch there... It cost 14.80++ for this set.. Super ex hor.. Luckily it's delicious if not, money will be down the drain...

I was told that the local agent din book for us... So..... TADA!!! A Deluxe room instead!!! WOoHOO~!! Shang said how come i go holiday everytime got good deals one?? Hee.. Well.. I am a blessed person ma.. Hahaha...

There wasn't much to do in batam, so we decided to rot in the room and watch animes and tv.. We had this super spicy but delicious BBQ chicken for supper and our lips were super red.. (BUt cant see in this pic leh)...

This is a beautiful sunset that i took near the makan areas..
We had our game of pool.. And sigh.. i am still quite bad at it...

This is after we had a swim.. haha.. SO we decided to be monk and nun..

Our Facial regime became "Phantom of the Facial"..

End of the trip.. Gg home le.. Though the ferry terminal is just opposite the hotel, we still took the bus there.. hee hee.. Simply lazy..

This marks the end of our batam trip.. Not interesting and it's too ex.. Wont intend to go there again.. Phuket is a better place ba.. Hee..

Wedding!

Finally got to the wedding where we sabo KM.. as usual, lipstick on groom, groom's leg hair fetish, push ups etc.. hee.. But we had a good time making him do all these.. He din really did all we told him to but ok la, it's acceptable..

This is the first time i attended a church wedding, i thot it's kinda romantic to get married in a church.. Hee..

Wedding dinner was kinda busy as i thot i was only meant to do the polariod and in the end, shang n me were manning the laptop.. It's kinda stressful as we din even planned to do it.. But anyway, since the laptop is shang's and well, i guess we were the best persons to do it (jo tinks so lor..) ET and joan did a good job for the emcees.. I tink Et is funny (aka crappy) so the mood is relaxing and fun.. Anyway, i din manage to go up to the bridal suite!! So sad.. Wanted to go and take a look and take some pics ma.. I din take a lot of pics during dinner due to the lighting and time factor.. Kinda sad..

His puffed face looks odd...

Hen's Party for Jo

Woh! A close fren of mine getting married is the time we start to go out and have a hell lots of great time! heee... Hen's Party was meant to be filled with booze, laughter and drunkards? hee.. Anyway, we had a great time! Other than that Long Island Tea that was caused by that ET! Why LIT?? Why?? It's not tat nice to drink lor.. and to think that it's the only drink we drank that day! Chey! Ok.. sorry.. back to the hen's party.. We started out with a nice dinner at a Jap restaurant and then proceeded to St James.. Walked a round and then decided to go into the Broiler's Room for some drinks.. Nice live music but i must say it's too loud.. Anyway, our dear great artist got high and so the hugging and kissing begins.. Hee.. And yes, she molested me (with my permission! haha)..

Kissing starts here..

Hey ET!! Where's our 50bucks?

One of my fav shots...

Erm.. Pubic service..

This was a milder shot anyway.. Hee..

地震无情，人间有情

昨夜观赏了新传媒的慈善节目，每每看见四川灾害的那一幕，成千上万的人无奈、无助的神情，我就禁不住流泪了。每当我看见那些无辜的小孩被压在废墟之下，心总是被揪得紧紧的。虽然地震无情，但我们却能从这场灾害里，感受到无穷无尽的母爱、父爱、友爱、同胞爱... 在屋顶倒塌之前，那些身为母亲、父亲、教师、朋友的人们能在这一刹那间作出舍己为人的决定，他们的情操是无上的。有多少人能在灾难来临时，还能为他人着想，甚至牺牲自己宝贵的生命以确保他人的安全？



无情的地震，
将原本拥有
光明前程的你们，
一瞬间，
给夺走了！
无情的地震，
让上万的人们，
一夕间，
失去了挚爱。
地震虽无情，
幸而人间有情。

愿所有灾民勇敢地活下去！
连死去亲属的那一份也一并活下去！

妈妈,别哭(转载)
妈妈别哭
作者：猫扑网友

妈妈别哭,我现在已没有痛苦
不用再看我,你一辈子也会记住
地震来得那么唐突
没有什么可以遮护
幸存的同学真让人羡慕
那一刻,求生的愿望强烈却茫然元助

妈妈别哭,我不能陪你走今后的路
这么多人陪我不会孤独
却担心你悲痛地泪流如注
我多么希望你能幸福
我多想长大了孝敬父母
我真的不想早走这一步

妈妈别哭,地震是大地在发怒
也许是它一时糊涂
才伤害了这么多无辜
我只是不幸中的一卒
还有更多的人惨不忍睹
泪水掀不起压我的混凝土

妈妈别哭，别再抱着我幼小的身躯
我已没有往日的温度
呼吸和心跳已经止住
请给我换上爱穿的衣服拿来我爱读的书
假如天堂里还有学府
我会在梦中告诉你考试的分数

妈妈别哭，天灾人祸是对圣灵的荼毒
你柔弱的身躯无法挡住
只要妈妈你还活着
就是上天对我们的眷顾
因为有你，每年清明那小坟上，会多一锹土．

Meet the parents

Today is so busy and yet not so busy for me.. I have got lesson observation today and i have got mixed report from both ro and vp.. vp thot the lesson was very good and classroom mgt and instructions are clear, yet ro thot i prepared the lesson well but classroom mgt still needs improvement and instructions are too long.. Hmmm.. contradicting views but i do agree that the mgt still need more brushing up.. Anywy, today weather SUCK!! It's so HOT that i was perspiring like hell during lesson time.. After that go in and out of aircon room, sooner or later will fall sick lor.. But tmr must go to sch la, cuz i need to give out holiday homework and collect things from the students.. Sian lor..

The students dismissed early as there's meet the parents at 1pm.. Wah.. Since 1pm, i sat in the hall all the way till 5.50pm.. Almost 5 hours of sitting down and no toilet break, my backside and back aches lor! There was a moment when i din even know wat i was talking abt.. Cool right? totally blank out and words just came out without me comprehending wat i was saying.. But hee. I guess that was wat happen last yr too..

Happy that xiuying's mum said that she opens her mouth to speak chinese.. the mum said since kindergarten, the teacher says she doesn't want to open her mouth at all.. But after i took her last yr, she started talking and she enjoys the lesson with me.. So the mum is very grateful to me.. I have no idea what i did but i tink she kinda connects with me and that's why she likes me.. Spoke with JM's mum too and i tried to dissuade her from letting her be exempted for PSLE.. After all the work i put in since P4, how can we just give up at the last leg of the race? It'll be so unfair for her who have come this far and me too.. I wanna see how well she can do! So i tink her mum is also convinced as she herself din want her to drop chinese.. JM had been a pain, but she is close to my heart.. She is a challenge to me and i know i am very harsh on her.. But i believe in her and have faith in her that she will be able to make for chinese.. A or B, i dun really bother.. I just wanna see how far she can go...

Bad week

This weekend is not what i had hoped for.. Firstly, on fri, some gals came to tell me that some gals went to cut themselves.. Self-multilation.. They claimed that they are stressed over studies and all.. I was with mich and she talked to them.. When i saw the 2nd gal, my heart sank to the pit bottom and i cried.. What's wrong with them? What's going on in their minds when they did what they did? Don't they feel the pain? Don't they understand the pain they will bring to the ppl ard them? And i cried, cuz the guilt and heart ache took over me when i saw the cuts on their hands.. As a teacher, as a teacher whom they know since last year or even 2 years back, why cant they approach me when they feel the stress and pressure? Is it cuz i was too busy for them or i potrayed this to them when they tried to approach me?

Then came my dad who was creating such big fuss on sat when i was at shang's hse.. I couldn't seem to know his next move and when he's gg to go crazy and start scolding the maid.. What's wrong? I really couldn't take it anymore.. I wanna move out with him for the good of everybody.. If he could just let go, if only he could..

I guess the only comfort i have is thru shang.. At least he is there for me.. So i should count my blessings.. I must always remember, no matter how bad things are, i am still much more luckier than the ones who are suffering right now in china and myanmar.. At least my dad is still able to shout, scream and walk ard, not bed-ridden.. At least i have clean food, water and shelter over my head.. At least....

Hols coming.. 4 more days to go... jia you...

Updates..

WOO.. Such a long time since i on this laptop and update my blog.. I have been very busy plus i have been getting quite lazy.. Well.. Now other than classes at SIM, doing assignments(wow.. long time din do assignments le lor.. hee..), teaching, i really don't know wat else i am busy with leh.. Ok.. Other than being with shang on weekends and some weekdays.. Haha.. But he have been extremely BUSY this year.. Cuz his SIM course is like so busy.. 3 months a semester, so that means every 3 mths, 2 asgs per module and exams.. Wow.. If it's me, i sure collapse.. But I hope he will perservere on.. Jia YOu!!

I finished 1 asg over the weekend.. I really think i din write well for the asg but i cant be bothered to make any more changes le la.. I just don't like essay writing.. This kind of blog entries, i am fine cuz i dun have to bother abt grammer and typo errors.. And it's only for ppl who knows me.. Hmmm.. But nvm, i will just hand it up and see how i fare ba.. The other 2 asgs is slightly easier.. So will spread it out this and next weekend..

Jol's getting married this june!! I am so excited for her.. Hee hee.. Though she is very stressed la.. But she will get over it soon and be a HAPPY and RADIANT bride.. Suddenly remembered what she said last yr, she told me to bring someone to her wedding and that's my 任务.. And i did 达成任务！haha.. though the person i am bringing to her wedding is not the one she was talking abt.. Hee hee.. But anyway, she is happy for me.. And i am sure i made the right choice anyway.. Well, Life works in such a way that you never know what it have in store for us..

Oh.. Last friday during Contact time, Joan drew a picture and poem for me.. Haha.. It's so nice lor.. i went to laminate it and displayed it in my cupboard.. That shows how much i like it.. Hahaha.. But i haven scan it.. So only ppl who come my house can see it lor.. haha..

Ok.. till next time.. Hee.. Do tag, so i know my blog still have readers..

CNY

Hi folks,

it has been a long long time since i blogged.. I had an enjoyable steamboat with LS ppl at Ice's hse on CNY.. ANd i LOVE her doggie!!! HE is so...oo... CUTE!! ANd hor, i think he very poor thing cuz he got a very very fierce owner lor!! hahaha...