Difference between children and adults

When I told my hubby that I won't be dancing together with my fellow CL colleagues and will be joining the P3 teachers on stage instead, his immediate reaction was that, that was a poor PR move. He advised me to join the CL team too, or else others would think that I have no team spirit.

When the pupils did not see me dancing away with the rest of the CL teachers, one or two asked me why. My answer was : my main purpose was to "entertain" them. Once would do. Since I am a P3 form teacher, its only logical that I join the P3 teachers. They smiled and seemed satisfied with my answer.

I had the same answer for both of them, yet their reactions were so much different. Adults tend to think too much, care too much what others think of them at times. Children are more innocent, less complicated.

When handling such situations, I prefer the children's way of thinking.

Good Bye , Serene

Someone I used to know passed away recently. We were from the same sec and jc. Took me a few days to link her name with her looks. Although I did not know her well, I remembered she was a nice gentle gal.
Sad and shocked to hear that someone my age had passed away. Life is so unpredictable. Fate can be so cruel......

もう疲れた

最近いろいろことがありました。本とに疲れました。現実から逃げたい。この冷たい世界が嫌い。私はもう疲れた ......

背痛啊！

昨天早晨醒来，赫然发现自己的背非常僵硬，很痛很痛。我无法转动我的头，连低头都有困难！昨天看了西医，今天见了中医，到处寻找能减轻我的病痛的“灵丹”。医生们都说我这病是职业病，是长期坐着批改书本所造成的，也可能是压力造成的。不管是什么原因也好，我只想快点好起来。还有很多事等着我去做，我不能病倒。

Quote from Hazel

Hazel 对我说了一句很有意思的话。应该是从电视上学来的。

“我什么都有，但也什么都没有。
我什么都没有，但也什么都不缺。”

致6F的学生

我今天虽失望，但也感到欣慰。失望是因为你们当中有些人做了一些不该做的事，欣慰是因为你们勇于认错。It takes lots of courage to admit one's mistake. 你们能坦然面对自己的过错，为自己的行为负责，我感到很高兴。希望你们将来做什么事前，都要考虑后果，勇敢地面对一切。

购物袋

为了减少使用塑料袋，最近我去“买菜”时，总是会携带自己的购物袋。今天在超市时，看到一个auntie也这么做。刚开始，我觉得这个auntie好IN哦，也会环保，不错不错。仔细一看，她的购物袋里有好多个塑料袋。我猜想，她应该不是为了环保而用购物袋的，只是嫌大包小包的，很麻烦，于是把一切全都“丢”进购物袋里。唉，她这么做，不就失去了使用购物袋的意义了吗？

Duck Tours

Joined the Duck Tours on Thursday. Rode on the authentic Vietnam War craft that glides as well on land as on sea. The whole journey lasted 60-minute. I was prepared to get wet, however, as it was low tide during that time, my hubby and I did not even have a drop of water splash on us. The whole experience was quite refreshing and unique. We were looking at our country from a tourist point of view. Made me feel proud to be a Singaporean.

Reflection

Every now and then, I would reflect upon my life. Started doing this while I was a primary school pupil. Usually its during the hols and at the end of the year. At that time, I would write down my resolutions for the new year, such as what marks to aim for, which sch, better behaviour etc. As time passes, the " reflection time" seems to grow more and more frequent.

Perhaps I have matured. Just realised that I do not "aim" for material things anymore. Nowadays, I have become more "spiritual". Ha ha......I will not go into details but my recent reflection could be summarised into a short phrase " 一切尽力而为，只求心安理得".

好开心！！\(^0^)/

昨天，我好高兴。不是因为我收到了好多礼物，不是因为盼望已久的假期到了，而是我去年的一位学生回来看我。

D是很多人眼里的“坏”孩子。他不准时交功课，上课时不专心，偶尔逃课，常被校方罚。

我教了他两年。这孩子，虽然读书不怎么用心，但是我深信他本性不坏，至少我认为他肯给我这个老师“面子”，上课时，没有给我添太大的麻烦。

D见到我时有一点不好意思。他还把他的成绩册拿给我看。他考得不错，只有两科不及格。我忘记是哪两科了。(^-^) 我只记得他的华文及格了，history 和visual arts考到70分。很不错。

不知是不是受了“黑色”的影响，我告诉他：“老师看到你好高兴，好想抱一抱你!" 可是，我只是说说罢了，没有抱他。哈哈！！


我感到好欣慰，这”坏孩子”竟然还记得我这一个老师，还特地把成绩册拿出来给我看。他的出现，比任何礼物都来得可贵......