Monday, July 30, 2007 / 9:24 AM
It was a happy saturday and a fruitful sunday...
felt a surge of pride seeing all the rehearsals come to a wonderful end...all their hardwork, late days all paid off...as a teacher backstage, peeping at them through the curtains, i saw budding actors and actresses, with talents beyond the classroom. Looking at them reminds me that there are so many more ways to measure a person, rather then reduce students to mere As or Bs....
Yup, it's the things they do so naturally, like mimic cartoon characters, or sing along to jazz tunes, songs from musicals....these are really a talented bunch of kids...
Of coz there were other perks that night, such as seeing the students very smartly dressed in their No. 1s....wow wow wow, the boys all looked so smart, and im sure they felt proud standing at attention knowing that their presence adds to the formality and grandeur of the celebration
Post opening party was FUN! and FUNNY!!!
hahah...we were like the students, playing games, some blur, others slower, others making small talk...bt it was fun! im glad fer evrything dat happened that night...appreciated the company
Thursday, July 26, 2007 / 3:54 PM
if life was lyrics then what stories of mine will make you cry
if i told you my every step,
if you knew my every breath,
would you become the next friend i make
down the next street which i take
On days where the sun lights my smile
would the same breeze move your heart
will you make a stranger's day
with a simple smile, a sincere word you say
And if rain clouds should fill your day
what will it take to make it go away
will strawberries and cream cut it
or the laughter of children in the park
Let not the gloom bury your glow
let not anger linger
let not your spirit focus on the disappointments
but magnify the good
If i forgot to say i love you
as often as i should
remember that i wake up evryday
with thanks and praise for a friend like you
In my prayers i send my hugs
asking angels to bless you in every little way
In the end where i breathe my last
in the vast endless rolling plain i long for
where the song will dwindle to an end
i hope i'll play on in your mind
where the once happy moments are relived as you replay it in your head
That you will remember that god never shortchanged any of us when it came to life
Left the exhausting day behind
maybe i should stop expecting you to listen or understand
then it will stop annoying you the same way its depletes me
When lessons fail to teach you
when one voice fails to drown yours
when instructions fall on deaf ears
wen you make me feel like i don't belong
so i leave early
make my escape juz for the few hours before we meet again
but for now, my escape, into my own world
where i sip on cuppa and enjoy the rain
after the rain, the rainbow, the sun, the clouds will light my path
and again il emerge happier,
recovered
Wednesday, July 25, 2007 / 11:24 AM
Dolphins and blue skies
the caressing breeze which passes me by
soft sand under my soles
glistening like jewels against the setting sun
I remember the clouds and birds
beckoning as they take their leave
as night and dark clouds creep
like any day in Nature's routine
I miss Perth, the cool, the calm and the beautiful.....
Tuesday, July 24, 2007 / 3:02 PM
hw can i have a nie grad pic without bingz?!!I have in my hands a treasure...only wish i had the coffee time to read it leisurely.....Red Ink supply running low with all the marking...gald to be giving some smiley faces to kiddos with full marks....5th week into teaching, are there many more surprises to come? One of my kids told me today, MS LIN wo hen gei ni mian zi le...WELL, he is still knocking arounds with his classmates in class, so m i supposed to accept what he says? Honestly, i have higher expectations, but its ok....taking pauses to breathe patience into me, hoping that at the same time, god will bless me with the right words....not malicious dsnt mean acceptablestill abit light headed, especially when i raise my voice..il literally feel the energy draining away...dun wanna b popping the pills so i hope il gt betta soon..im sorry iv been treating you bad, you outta shaped body of mine.... :p i promise il try to eat more regularly n perhaps try to poison myself with those disgusting veggies....yucky booo!y cant healthy food b msg, katsu don, spaghetti, ice cream, chicken rice, otah, sugared water, especially sweet cold coffee?!! *dun b rolling your eyes at me, its my blog, my fantasies about food*well at least i was taken care of wen i was sick, thanx fer all the concern and love.......and to all the kids who wished my MC lasted a few more days, well TOO BAD! you may suck your thumb in that corner and sulk all you want! what makes you think ure such a welcoming sight?! bleah!
Friday, July 20, 2007 / 7:32 PM
yesterday was a hardened heart and a hardened smile, but a crane, a note, an sms, a phonecall, and a funny man behind the starbucks counter chased the bad thoughts away.....even in tears behind the cubicle, work prodes at me to go on..and its true, no sadness lingers too long unless u will it to....so thank god for many other happy moments to make one upset moment look negligible.Today, they wrote their reflections. I was glad to see some writing seriously...For others, well...the usual. I don't know how honest they were, but when i read through each one, the whole confusion just began all over again. Its true, some babies read my blog, and im not about to hide my thoughts. Perhaps one day, they will understand and see the pain they can cause, the agony they can bring. You may be one person outta so many, but evry word from your one heart or one mind, can hurt, can cut and injure another's pride, can shorten another's patience. If you overlook other's faults, the way others overlook yours, then maybe one more person in the world will be happier. If you credit people more for the good they did, than complain about the bad they do, then won't evryone look more beautiful through these less critical, more giving eyes? We all learn and one day i know you all will learn too, learn to look back and laugh about your petty doings, learn to laugh at the silly scuffles you used to get into. But today, even for just one split second, your actions, which you've yet to laugh at and learn from, might already have caused some damage. Many a times, people, yes even me, fail to realize that alot of things in life doesnt have a second chance. We fail to look ahead and see that our actions have consequences whether we like it or not. Even i have to stop thinking that i dun hafta think just cuz i dun like to. I need to think so that i wun regret on decisions i make. This can be applied to many things, like relationships, like in choosing to let anger get the better of me. Dun give yourself room and space to regret sumthing evryday when you reflect on the day's happenings. Start working at how not to do things you might regret and you'll grow gradually to become more aware of urself, ur thots and more importantly, the way you treat people around you.You are all angels, and i dun even have to dig deep down inside....juz thru your eyes, i know that no one ever intended to cause harm or hurt. thats essentially what keeps me going in this job....the knowing that my clients-you all, are not malicious, unlike the people i may face in the other working world. Meanwhile, im back to enjoying the breathtaking skyline in Sengkang which hasnt been broken by the ugly concrete. and enjoying my cuppa, and enjoying dong bang shin ki in my ears....while i mark.......hahah...
Monday, July 16, 2007 / 11:34 PM
My 2nd Grad Day...
tHE pRInceSsES of qUeEn D's class
The Lovely faces who slogged, mugged, kena scolded as a class...yeah! glory is ours! no square hats! but potter outfits aint too bad....juz missing the wand and firebolt!
my vain, stylish sister
Sad that i wasnt there with them because i had to work to see to....but im sure baby jermaine was sweet like a princess, pretty like her mummy, playful like her daddie! Congrats again Eugene and Li Jin!
Tuesday, July 10, 2007 / 10:14 AM
a funny thought just popped into mind...someone commented recently in an sms..."you like to smell funny things.." which caught me by surprise and got me laughing to myself in that silly manner in front of my lappie, which to the amusement of my colleague was walk walking by my desk and noticed my shaking shoulders..I didnt think it was funny the things i liked to smell...markers as im writing on the board...new books-only particluar paper types, and the smell of the coming rain...haha well i guess its not normal to all..i mean i oso like the smell of laksa, chicken rice, herbal chicken and my granny's fried wanton... today, i caught myself sniffing at the sachet of 3-in-1 hazelnut coffee....after iv emptied its contents into my tumbler...haha there i was sniffing for a good 5mins, until i became concious of myself...hahah....which was a tad late cuz my colleague had noticed it earlier and commented i looked like i was trying to gt high from sniffingguESS evryone has there little quirks....so im sharing mine cuz it was harped upon recently...haha...nothing to be ashamed of...cheers to a gd week ahead..Ms lin gonna play nanny and accompanying my form class to SP...
Sunday, July 08, 2007 / 5:58 PM
its getting better..getting easier....some wrong moves during the week...but like any newb..im honing my skills..and hopefully, with every week, life will just easier and more in place....perhaps i do seek my comfort zone...but i don't think i could grow much if i was trying to climb my way up as im feeling my way around in a new envt....was greeted mdm fer the first time in my life...felt so strange...could only smile cheerily to hide the awkwardness..hahah...told them secretly to juz call me ms lin in school..smiling more, thinking more, slowly learning how to take more breaks and relax, with movies etc....sunday lunches with my family have become very gratifying since its my only time to catch up with my parents...next aim fer the week, to make time fer dance.....i must..because i know i can!everyone...GABATTE MAISH!
My 2nd Grad Day...
tHE pRInceSsES of qUeEn D's class
Sad that i wasnt there with them because i had to work to see to....but im sure baby jermaine was sweet like a princess, pretty like her mummy, playful like her daddie! Congrats again Eugene and Li Jin!
