Saturday, January 30, 2010
.:. Teaching .:.
My teacher assistant attachment is going to start this monday. Feeling kind of nervous actually, after all its going to be my very 1st job (yes i've never worked b4). So far other than the 2 day teaching course to prepare me, i am very much unprepared and have almost no idea of what's up against me. I hvnt even met my teacher supervisor yet, only know her by name. So i went to do some checking, found out that she teaches a primary 5 class, which means i'm going to teach pri 5 students??? omg!!!
No i am not complaining bout me getting this attachment, i noe i am lucky to get selected for it, its jus tat nervousness tend to set in when i am doing things for the 1st time. So ya, gonna hv to report at Kuo Chuan Presbyterian Pri by 7am on monday (wow they start school early), meet my teacher supervisor for the 1st time and see how things go. What will the class be like, will they behave, can they be taught, will i even get to teach at all...etc etc are but some of the ques that is swimming around in my head.
The teaching attachment is gonna be for 1 month, and as the normally shy me (i dun interact well with ppl i dunnoe), i am super scared of how things will turn out. Imagine if the teacher to like ask me to go canteen, sit down and chat bout things over coffee, lik teachers always do, i will die, dunnoe what to say.
Lets just hope all things will go well :) after all i'm in it for the experience of teaching.
And i hope i dun get too addicted to jubeat, kuo chuan is near bishan, and there's arcade there haha!!!
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Thursday, January 28, 2010
.:. A Happy Happy Day .:.
27th Jan, 11.50pm. Was in my room, all prepared to sleep, with aircon on to a nice temperature, laptop and tv beside, snuggling under my nice blanket. I was so mentally and physically prepared to sleep later. Then at 12am, i received a call from Ryan, saying he forgot to pass me my bday present and he is outside my house. So after checking my dad's room door is properly closed (he's asleep), i went to open the front door. Tadah, first saw Ryan, a lighted cake (of which i was only 10 years old) held by Michelle, Sharon, Sushan, Zhi Yong and Terence, and was greeted by a very soft happy birthday song (they scared wake neighbours).
It a little unexpected la. I mean ya i tot that GOF would do something, and the tot of them appearing at 12am did cross my mind, but the fact that it actually happened is kinda surprising :)
So they came in, photos and cut cake (now its 19 on the cake). Then i was made known bout what actually happened, which was utterly funny!!! I shall not disclose the details, for its too hilarious to do so. We all bunked into my small room, lucky the aircon was already on so quite comfortable. As usual of GOF, we jus sit down and talked through the nite :) Till bout 4.30 (Sushan already KO-ed by then), we all went to sleep, leaving Ryan and Terence as the only 2 awake. Woke up at bout 6.30, cos Mich had to go home and prepare for her interview at 11. The rest that stayed had breakfast, which was spent discussing what to do later in the day. Without surprise it was to no avail, so they went home to sleep 1st. As for me, after sending em home, I went home, slept abit. Wake up for lunch and parked myself infront of the com. After realising the most in GOF were too tired to actually go out or not free, I then decided to ask sushan for movie with my free tickets lor.
So we met at PS at bout 6.30++, walked to cathay looking for nice movies. Watched edge of darkness, which wasn't exactly nice imo. Walked to astons at little india, and walked further to farrer park talking on the way, then home.
Yup so tat's how i spent my 19th birthday, with very excellent friends of GOF. This has definitely got to be my happiest birthday celebrations ever, normally i dun celebrate until lik tat one. Thanks for taking the effort to plan it and spending the nite with me :) Luv u all!!!
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Tuesday, January 26, 2010
.:. Orange tainted sky .:.
Yesterday was walking back to my house with Terence, Sushan and Sharon after early dinner. Then Sushan pointed out how she wished she had Bella with her, cos the sky was very nice. It was sunset, so there were like streaks of orange running through the clear blue sky.
Everyday each of us wakes up, we see the bright morning sky, with white fluffy clouds floating by. Then by the afternoon, one hardly looks up into the sky, because of the glaring sun that sometimes peek through the clouds. When the sun sets, it taints the sky orange, bringing with it the blue sky. The once azure we know is now a brightly lit orange, a spark of difference than what we normally know. Yet in the end, night still comes, as expected, bringing end along with darkness.
In life, things dun always happen as expected. Things can happen, and we could have thought all bout how we are going to deal with it emotionally and physically, but during the course due to certain circumstances and coincidences, something crops up. Much like the morning sky we see, when we know that what comes after that is darkness, sometimes an orange sky will make its appearance. So dun get me wrong, it might not always be bad, sometimes it can be very good, but justs deviates from planned.
Here's another example:
Locked behind bars,
where no one can get pass.
While one tries to reach thru it,
only the hand makes way.
In the end,
the body remains stuck.
In the end, the darkness will come. The problem is, will we get to see the orange sky the next day...
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.:. Theory Trial Test .:.
Just went to sign up for 3 Theory Trial Test (TTT) for monday, to practice for my Basic Theory Test (BTT). But somehow after the 2 free lessons by the instructor and reading thru the book, I dunnoe why but I am not confident of the test. No idea why. Maybe because its the first time i'm going to take such a test ba, and fyi its mcq max 5 wrong to pass. So come to think of it, why is it that when i can memorise huge stacks of bio notes and etc, but then things in such a little book i am not confident of, why ah? When people around me have all passed, and i think with a breeze, and here i am worrying bout it...haiz
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Tuesday, January 19, 2010
.:. Phases of life .:.
Last fri met up with wendy, zhi yong and sushan for random dinner at chomp chomp. Then mich and sharon joined us, with mich feeding us some kueh. According to zhiyong, whose maid is an expert in such kuehs, the texture is fail but taste ok. We settled at some playground thingy, sat there staring at stars, and went for super expensive yoghurt which was shared by 3 ppl lolz. Then we seperated, walking to mich house, then sushan and wendy to bus stop, leaving me and zhi yong to walk to lorong chuan mrt. Then on the way we were talking like bout phases of life...
4 phases of life includes:
1) Studying.
2) NS and uni (might be getting a gf)
3) Chionging of career and marriage
4) Retirement
So ya for us these past 18 years of what we could remember is studying, studying and more studying if u get what i mean. Its like the focus of our life is tudying onli. No doubt we do insert bits and pieces of fun, friends and family inside, but its undeniable that most of these 18 years is studying. And then looking back, I feel that these 18 years are already quite long, really. While days can go by very fast for us, like A levels is over after so much anticipation and we are just waiting for results now, somehoww the 18 years seems very long. Sometimes when looking back, i feel mentally tired. Like is this really what i want, what i should be doing...
And then looking into the future, 3 phases of life more to go. If now i'm feeling like this, what's coming? With onli uni as the course of studying, it leaves one with anticipation of what the next phase of non-studying as a focus would be like, maybe work? But anticipation aside, will it be as tiring, or more fufilling...?
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.:. Schedule .:.
Every cut is painful for me, yet I have no choice but to do it for my parents...
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.:. Class Chalet 2009 .:.
Yup the long awaited class chalet 2009 has come and gone, and i must say it was throughly enjoyable.
So monday morning, even though i set my alarm at 9+, i got an early sms from Sushan saying she was officially down with flu. I tot it was a bummer to be sick during such occasions, for one i am a person who will KO when i am sick, so lucky me. Packed my bag, ate lunch and left home for pasir ris mrt. Met up with Jos, Diane, Yeow Kheng, Jeremy and Ter and we proceeded to the chalet 1st. Dropped our bags of, was joined by Boonbinand Wendy and we went to NTUC Fairprice to get the remaining supplies. Couldn't do anything/din wan to do anything till Ryan arrives, then we started preparing and starting the BBQ.
Who needs firestarter when u have Ryan (ok he still needs firestarter la), haha but ya managed a very decent fire if i say so (of course la i helped in making the fire ma lolz). So mainly chefs were Ryan, Terence and Me (in order of credits haha), standing by the fire, barbequeing the food and sweating. Was joined by more class people in the course of the nite, followed by teachers!!! Mrs Tan and her 2 cute little boys who stuck to her like glue, Mr Foo and Mr Neo with his Ben N Jerry's ice cream. Somwhow, Mr Foo got high that nite. On what i dun noe, but he was definitely high. He was playing the 2 little boys, and everyone laughed like mad. Then Mrs Tan and Mr Neo left, with not much BBQ left, we all proceeded into the room for highlight of the day, MY CLASS VIDEO!!! haha. Thanks for Terence for beinging his laptop. I dun noe why, but Mr Foo suggested this game for us, using a deck of cards and base on what card u get, u either eat the satay sauce and sprinkle mix, get someelse to eat it or play something. Was joined by Wenzhen and Mr Quek in the midst of the game, and he brought donuts. With rules like no saying of "I, You, Me, Him, They etc", and a very high Mr Foo, naturally he got to eat most of it, which provided a wholesome laughing time for all of us. After we all went out and had a couple of Yam-Sengs and cheers for Mr Foo. Polar Bear time!!! Due to the popularity of the game, and my laziness to explain it, I shall not haha. If I knew 04 would like the game so much I would have introduced it to them long ago. Personally was never a huge fan of the game, to me it was more luck, but like i always say, its the company that counts. So it was fun still. By bout 2+, Mr Quek left, was quite shocked he was such a party animal and he had school the next day leh. We then proceeded out to sit in the balcony and talk under the nite sky, which to me was super enjoyable. By bout 5, ppl were all KO-ing, so we went to sleep, while Ryan went to get a snack from Macs ( I tink he got lost).
Slept for a couple of hours, woke up and went to macs for breakfast. Seeing as the arcade has yet to open, we all sat outisde Gelare and played polar bear again, omg we are crazy. By 10.30, we all went up to the arcade. Those who were arcade people played, while those who were not jus watched. We played Taiko, Time Crisis (in which I epicly phailed), Drum Mania which Sushan claimed was a scam cos the pedal spoiled (maybe that was why the machine was not open in the 1st place), and I found a new game, Jubeat Ripples!!! Woohoo great game. Its basically hitting of a 4x4 panel according to music played, and best of all its JAPANESE MUSIC!!! For once there is a game in which I know what the music is and its in my playlist!!! Wa High ah. No wonder said I look very happy playing that machine lolz. Then something bad happens (like always), Wendy lost her wallet. With that, Ryan, Me, Joseph, Zhi Yong and Sushan went to play pool, and Sushan jus sat there taking pictures. Went to kopitiam for lunch, and da paoed for the rest. Played card mahjong, while the rest played l4d on Terence's laptop. At 5 watched Yu Le Bai Fen Bai, decided not to rent bikes for nite cycling, Sharon's arrival and then it was to E!Hub(again) for dinner. Walked bout 3-4 rounds b4 deciding to eat at JusAcia, which was total value for money (except Zhi Yong's meal). Then arcade again to use up what's remaining of the class fund , played Jubeat ripples again, and back to chalet. Played more polar bear, this time a couple of hours, b4 ppl went to sleep. We proceeded to go bath, and by the time we returned, most of the girls were asleep liao. So the remaining, Sushan, Jos, Me and Wendy went out to talk. Talked bout here and there under the nite sky, sushan being sick went in to sleep, leaving 3 of us, then later Yeow Kheng joined us. Further into the nite, seeing that Wendy keep nodding off on the chair, we managed to persuade her to go sleep and all went in except for Yeow Kheng.
3rd was not much. Woke up, packed and left our seperate ways. Overall, I would say chalet was still great, but lacking in somewhat the class sense as compared to last year, mostly i think because of work commitment and stuff ba. Sleeping in the room was no longer as squeezy as previous time, and the chalet was more cliquish. But it was still fun. And I hope we get to do make tis a tradition, like yearly chalet. I mean seriously, even with our NS commiments and University, I'm sure we can pull out 3-4 days for this wonderful class rite??? PLease let this continue :)
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Saturday, January 9, 2010
.:. MOE Teaching Attachment Programme .:.
It feels weird to be sitting in a tutorial room after so long...
Yup the 2 days of teaching training is over. Location was at NUS School of Computing. That means that I've been waking up at 6, and then squeezing with ppl on the mrt. The bus (95) into NUS is always so packed...but at least the company of sharon and jiayen helps (even though jiayen's is normally made up of suans).
The training was fun. Had a very friendly trainer, Miss peck. It appears that she has extensive experience in teaching, being a principle and then MOE staff. She's the kind who is more of a hands-on person i'm guessing, cos there was lots of group discussions and such. She din refer to the MOE handbook much, for she said it was out-dated and i agree, haha. There was a lot of sharing of her working experience with us, which i believe really helps alot. And i get the idea that she is not just promoting teaching as a job, but also teaching us things on life in general, which i think is very helpful.
Food wise, it was great haha. Having 3 meals provided there makes it seems as if they are trying to buy us over huh...haha. But the food was really good. And we had Mr Neo's eclairs for teabreak too...wootz!
So overall the 2 day training was fun :) Waiting now to experience the real thing.
Fun fact:
What do you think is important is life? What makes up the center of a person's character? Answer these ques in your mind, write it down if you want.
Here's an exercise to help you. Number the alphabets 1 to 26. Using the words you have thought of, add up all the numbers. Surprisingly, only the word ATTITUDE gives 100% in life :)
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.:. 2009 .:.
Yup so 2009 is over and here we are stepping into the new 2010.
2009 can be summed up as a year of friends, studying and play, literally that's all i can remember. But overall, I must say it was fun, really no joke. I know some of you must be thinking A-levels where got fun, but in a way it was, explained further down later.
I can still remember preparing myself for the start of 2009, that it would be a year of study, mugging, studying, mugging and A-levels, that's all. But it din turn out so. Studying with mates in 0804 is truly enjoyable, the nite study with Sushan and Wendy, the saturdays with Ryan and occasionally Mich/Terence/Sharon, and later part of the year nite study with xuan yi and clique. Studying was never that enjoyable. We study, laugh at each other's entics, study, ask ques, laugh somemore, it sure was excellent bonding sessions. (I am now smiling to myself recalling all the fun times we use to have). On this note, I must really thank one person, Ryan. He really helped me out a great deal. Studying with TOP bio student really has its perks, and he's great in other subjects too...not like you all don't know. Anything I dun know, its "ask and you shall be answered". After i finish my papers and checked, i would bombard him with all my ques, and he would all so willingly answer, and he makes sure that i understand it. Oh and he's a joker too, so it really livens up the studying mood when his around, like his daily que to me,"So Dalvin who you like?". Haha. So thanks alot Ryan for helping me in my studies. And one last thing for Ryan, "Do you reject or not reject when its less than p-value?"
Outings wise, I really enjoyed the outings with GOF outings alot. They were tons of fun. How many cliques actually do the crazy things we do, like buy food and be neighbours with the president for one night, and the most recent one, actually played "Shi Zhi Lu Kou" in Singapore? Haha. I feel that 2009, though hectic, has allowed me to really secured friendship, especially with people in GOF. Through each and every method available, somehow I seem to have to talked to all of them alot more (For more details ask me personally if you want, I dun tink I can list it down here). And like I've said before, I really wish for these friendships to last, and not fade forever. Once or twice I've talked to sushan bout this, how nice would it be if we were able to attend each other's wedding as either those best buddies of the groom/bride and then sabo them or even be the MC for that nite. Just wan our friendship to last forever :)
However fun it may be, A-levels itself was still presurrizing. There was so much to study, so much to digest, expectations to live up to. And I'm the kind-of-person that must relieve stress one, so i sms ppl lor. Hence here i must thank those ppl who helped/encouraged me along the way. Ryan, Mich, Sushan and Sharon. I know sometimes i might get irritaing complaining bout how little I've completed, so thank you all for being there to support me when needed.
Moving on to more personal things. I've found that my thinking has deepened greatly in 2009, for some reason or another, maybe its those long chat sessions that i'm having. I start to think more bout life, things around me, my relationship with other ppl etc. So I dare say my way of thinking and handling matters has actually really matured quite abit this year, and this i'm really happy about. Makes me feel older hehe. (refer to all my inspirational posts...if you find them inspirational at all haha)
Things/Events in 2009 that I can remember (in no particualr order):
1) Official release of the Fact at Zu Yao's house
2) Hair
3) Zu Yao's Farewell
4) Fencing
5) Epic week with most number of tests
6) Learnt cycling with no hands
7) GOF likes badminton
8) Kbox/singing sessions
9) DBB
I cant think of anymore to write about. 2009 seemed shorter year than usual, maybe cos studying took a major part of it. 2009 has come and gone just like that, but it is definitely a year I will remember close to my heart :)
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