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...

40 MINS!!!

Oh my!! I can't believe it!! I waited for a GOOD 40 MINUTES for bus!!!! I waited for the bus from 7.15pm till 7.55pm!!
I really should have just taken CH's car to Kovan and change to feeder bus.. I really dun know i could waited so LONG.... for a bus.. I was so tempted to take a cab home lor..

Shang was so angry, he said he wanted to complain.. He even told me to take down the details... Haha.. I am the one waiting lor.. Not him.. But i guess he's too angry with the bus services in S'pore le.. I have a feeling that the bus was jammed somewhere... Cuz 2 buses came together after that..

Haiz.. Waste my time.. THen by the time i reach home, i was so tired that i cancelled the mtg with judy.. Sorry babe..

My adorable P6 gals

I must say teaching P6 is stressful but much better than lower primary.. After all, they are already in P6, they understand the need to be focused and they are motivated to get the results they want..

Danielle in my class drew a picture of the whole class and i scanned it.. Though all the gals look the same.. But it's real nice of her to draw the picture and getting her classmates to sign on it.. Well, i am glad i am also inside it.. haha..

My Xmas Present

It's a coincidence that we are wearing the same colour shirt.. :p

The doggie on Ah Pooh's head is soooo cute!!!
Ah Pooh is so innocent.. Cute...
ARGH!!!! Help.. Pooh is falling..

This is call 叠罗汉.. and btw, shang din even need to tiptoe.. Duh!!

Compass Point = the place to meet old frenz??

1st time: Went shopping with sis and i met chee keong (my sec sch fren aka dua kang) and his wife.. Well, he wasn't exactly as high as me when i met him.. But i myself have no idea why i was so excited to see him though.. We were close frenz but as the years goes and we grew older, i wasn't so close to my sec sch frenz...

2nd time: This is the most unexpected.. (ya.. in a bad way.. i wasn't real keen on mtg her.. not when she is the FIRST person to make me swear all the foul language in Hokkien over the phone.. to tink that she used to be my best fren in sec sch.. but after sec sch, we were no longer frenz...) I was shopping for the last SD Gundam (see 孙权 story in the prev entry) when i saw her queuing up outside sakae sushi.. Well.. Past unhappiness aside.. I went up to talk to her.. Well she is pregnant and she stays ard that area now.. Oh great... We are "neighbours" now.. Nice.. but i dun tink i asked for her no. at that time.. Neither did she.. *wink*

3rd time: Dinner treat from me at Soup Restaurant for dad and Shang.. While queuing, i saw Jiawen and her beau.. Hmm.. SO excited to see her.. Haven seen her after graduation from NIE.. Though it was only a brief chat, i was glad to see her there.. She was disappointed that shang wasn't ard.. Hee.. Well, gal, next time ba..

Xmas Present

Finally gave the Xmas present to Shang le.. Tink he like the presents ba though he said it's not something practical.. Hmm.. It's always difficult to buy presents for guys as the stuff they love is always on the more expensive side.. Haha.. Anyway, this is my first time attempt for figurines lor.. So not bad.. At least i managed to finish 3 of them..
The funny thing is, i complained to him that the groin armour for 张飞 and 关羽 keep dropping out.. Hee.. Who knows, i actually put their lower body part the wrong way! Oops.. Hee.. Blur blur me...

张飞、刘备、关羽。

These are the 1st 3 heros i made.. Hee..

After I gave these to Shang, we went ard to buy the rest of the pack.. There are total of 7 figurines with 吕布being the special edition one.. It has got a plane that can fit with some of the heros and the 赤兔马can be transformed into a bike! Cool siah..

The most difficult person to get was 孙权! We went to so many places to find until i finally got it at compass point..

It's quite fun fixing the pieces together.. And we took so many pictures of them.. But I am lazy to put up indivdual shot of them..

This is the group photo! Haha..

三英战吕布

Phuket

Finally arrived at the Phuket airport.. Keeping my fingers crossed that the beach is not as bad as Krabi..

We had the half day city tour before checking in the hotel.. The tour guide brought us to a T-shirt wholesaler.. Here, they have a variety of t-shirts that is cheap and nice! 100-200B for the t-shirts.. And Shang had to sign credit here le lor.. Next we went to a pearl factory where they serve free drinks.. Hee.. We asked the tour guide abt the various shows, massage and Muay Thai Boxing.. However, the shows are quite ex.. So we only settled on a massage and the infamous "tiger shows" of Thailand.. These already cost us 1400B le lor.. But luckily the massage i used credit card.. Last stop was a local products shop, the testing of food is quite enough to fill us up.. Haha.. I spent quite a lot here too.. Suddenly i am quite worried that i wont have enough to spend le... Sobbie..

Taken at the Pearl Factory while waiting for others...

Along the way, we saw lots of shops.. Hmm.. Shopping!! Hee.. We reached Patong Bay Gardens and woohoo!! The room looks good..

After washing up, we went to shop around.. As it rained suddenly, we went to a nearby shopping centre for dinner.. We had Pad Thai, fried rice and tom yam soup here.. The food is good...

Next up is SHOPPING!! At the Jungleceylon, Shang saw a snooker cue which is on sale and he is very tempted to buy.. And on the first day, i already had to borrow money from Shang as i, a big big idiot, didn't bring my ATM card!! ARGH!!

A helpful Ang Moh volunteered to help us take this pic.. Very nice of him..

Our Shoppings!!

On the second day, we slept till 9 plus before gg down for breakfast.. Hmm. Buffet bf, not bad.. Then we went for shopping again before going back at 2 plus to wait for the massage ppl to fetch us.. Then we went for foot reflexology and thai massage.. Woooo.. The massage only cost 600B for 2 hrs lor! Cheap cheap and the Thai massage is shiok!! However, i still think that i cant take foot massage.. Esp when she massage my calf and thigh!! ITCHy lor... Hee.. We went for shopping AGAIN.. We dabao a packet of cha mee (which shang was craving for since the beginning of the trip) after which we had dinner at the stretch of seafood restaurants.. But the dinner is quite expensive.. Then we went for tiger show in the evening after dinner.. The tiger show wasn't what i quite expected.. But the show is an eye-opener for us.. The women in the show are quite beautiful..

We found this range of t-shirts (which we bought in S'pore Metro lor, more ex!!) in the shopping centre in Phuket too.

Our second day dinner is at KFC.. Yummy! Even KFC is nice there lor!! Much better than in S'pore..

Saw this Predator made of scrap metal outside a shop.. Cool right!!?? Life size one lor..

Day 3 is another day of shopping and more shopping!! Hee.. GUess what, we only used the swimming pool once and walked along the beach for less than 2 hours.. Haha.. Shopping was the main attraction there.. ANd of cuz not to mention the social escorts.. SO many of them there..

I feel more recharged after the trip.. However, of cuz i wished the holiday is longer... Hee...

P.S.: And hor, i tink i put on weight lor!!! Haiz... That's the downside of the holidays.. Haha..

Bro's Wedding

Oh.. Suddenly realised that i din put up my bro's wedding pics... Hee.. cuz that time not much ppl knew abt me and shang la.. So i pai seh.. hee.. din put up pics.. Hahaha..

My dear bro married on the 15th of Sep lor.. Hee.. It had been a long time since my family got a wedding le.. So i was extremely excited.. Initially wanted to sing for him on his wedding (since i am the emcee, alongside with my nephew, Wilbert).. But i gave up the idea.. Hee.. In the end, i did a video for him..

Cassandra & Me..
Me, Bro & Dad
OOh.. My sisters.. Excl big sis who went to fetch bride..
Blissful couple.. Beauty&the "beast"??
Family Pic..
Sis and sis-in-laws..
Ok.. I am short..

Look at my heels!! But haiz.. Reach neck only...
Act Mafia..
Another family pic..

This vid took me darn LONG lor... Hee.. But it's worth it la..

Fuss and Hussles..

Amidst all the big big events my school is organising at the end of the year, i manage to get several things done.. The last 2 weeks of school is like a mad rush.. The school is a mad HOUSe! I am still in the midst of collecting forms, report books and all!! I cant believe it.. The reason? Cuz i din even see my form class for the last 2 weeks.. They are either absent, attending courses, rehearsals and all.. Oh my! Really faintz...
Surprisingly we managed to put up 2 good shows for the school.. "Kaleidoscope" (year end concert) AND Awards Night (FYI, ON 2 SEPARATE DAYS!!).
Feedback to P on this, but the reason she give, well, not very convincing but there's nothing much i can say.. At least i said my piece and told her how overwhelmed i felt.. Shang kept asking me to speak up so, finally i tried to la.. I feel that i am beginning to be more forthcoming towards P.. Hee.. I hope she dun black list me, which i doubt she will la..
Now the 1st week of hols, we will be having our SEM (School Excellence Model), Year end reviews, strategic thrusts planning and dept mtgs.. This time round, all these meetings are actually going to be held till next mon!!! ARGH!!! Sickening..
Of all these, the BEST NEWS that i receive is that i will no longer be the National Education Coordinator!!!!!!! Yippeee!!! Haha.. I am darn happy..

And i am looking forward to the holidays with Shang at Phuket!! I will put up the pics after the trip!!