Loving couples

Watched this cooking showdown between 2 local celebrities couples on TV last night. Felt super envious of them.

Huang Si Nan/Pan Ling Ling and Chen Tai Ming/Chen Li Ping are probably few of the celebrity couples who have such a loving relationship. Both of these couples have one thing in common. The husbands adore their wives immensely.

Their wives are no where near perfect woman. Even tho they are celebrities, Chen Li Ping has no figure, Pan Ling Ling has a sharp tongue, and it obvious from the program that neither are fantastic cooks. In fact, Huang Shi Nan may have been the best cook out of the 4.

Yet the couples always had a strong relationship. No matter what other kind of negative comments have been made about them, their relationships have no such thing attached to it.

It just goes to reaffirms the old wives' tale: A woman has to marry a man who loves her more than she loves him in order to be happy.

I'm not saying the wives dun love their husbands, but their spouses love and adoration for them is obvious on screen. Tho they are actors, I doubt they are acting how they feel. And if nothing else, their long marriages speaks for itself.

School holidays

For students only. Whoever even dares to mention for me as well, im gonna sock them one. Mine dun start so early. (yes, i'm grouchy. and your pt is?)

Hoildays

Come NOW!!! Instead of a week later. I need a break right now!!!

Pondering "issues"

ADHD, ADD, anger management issues, autism. It is starting to seem like kids these days all have some issue or another. I know i'm going to sound granny-like when I say this, but when I was a student, these problems didn't seem like there is at least one case in each level of EVERY SINGLE primary school. I have managed to deduce that compulsory primary education is the problem. While there is oso a lack of sufficient special needs school in singapore, it oso seems that even if there were, not many parents will choose to make use of it. There are of course, parents who are in denial over their children's condition, but there are also those who seem to think that special needs school will segregate their children from normal children, which would result in their condition worsening.

There are also, parents who believe many in our era or earlier actually have these problems, just that they have never been surface and by treating all these ppl as normal 'cured' them of it. Frustratingly, they also use the child's condition as an excuse/reason (Sometimes I really cant tell if its an excuse or a reason, i think the parents have the same problem) for whatever problems that occur around the child. Sadly, they bring it up in front of the child, request teachers give the children special consideration, while hoping at the same time their child will grow up like every other child.

I have come to the conclusion that it is not possible to do both: get special consideration and be like 'everyone else'. Parents should make up their mind which way they want teachers to handle their child. I am no doctor or expert, but through my personal observation, the 'be like everyone else' treatment only works for mild cases and only if parents stick to it. That means absolutely NO special consideration.

And regarding the matter of a lot of ppl in my era and earlier having problems that just have not been surfaced, I believe that is true. I wonder if it is a good idea if all suspected adults of this age group, go for the diagnosis test. Like school counsellors keep urging presently suspected school children to do so. A problem doesnt go away just because nobody knows is there. But then again, the question is "would knowing help' ?

Double Happiness

Nope, i'm not talking about a wedding or table tennis merchardise. I am super happy today for two reasons. Today, becas i'm following the students, I got to watch ALL the matches that were held today, right there at the stadium!

Further more, Kym Ng came to watch the Finals, and I took a picture with her!!! Give me some time to figure out how to upload the photo from my phone, sorry ah... personnel is expecting technical difficulties. :P

Singapore, as expected, only got 2nd. But the Boys' match is extrememly sastifying. Exciting to the max! I wonder if people who are not familiar with the game are surprise that Japan representative, Niwa, won. He's really good, but he was very subtle. Mostly using small actions and good ball control to defeat his opponent. I wished my students noticed that.

K, uploaded photo. :)

Cornered

Its tough when you cant be heard. Its horrible when you are not able to defend yourself. Somehow, when you cant speak up, its seems the world conspires to take advantage of the situation. Maybe its not on purpose, I duno. I just know i feel bad enough, and the situation is making me feel really helpless. I wish I can throw away my sense of obligation. Then I can ignore my responsibilites and hide at home tmr.

Singing my mood

Are you lonesome tonight? Lonely~~~ I'm so Lonely~~~~ Blue Blue My world is Blue! Only the lonely...

Still cant guess? then you must be blind. Sigh.... I understand why Ah Niu would sing a dorky song to catch a girl's attention. Cause some ppl would nv notice you otherwise. Waiting is tough. Its worse when the party you are waiting for doesnt seem to notice that. Wat to do siah?

Envy Jacky Wu's rooftop. Telepathy like that makes things a lot easier. Pity neither my dreams or sleeplessness help me any.

I know why being sad is also called being depressed. Caz you sink deep down into that invisible hole in your heart.

Weight

Its probably not a new thing that females are extremely touchy about their weight. But weight is a really lousy indicator because little things like a meal or a trip to the ladies room can cause a difference. I checked a few times to be sure.

Urgh... I gained back some of the weight I lost in the hols. Irritating. Heard from colleagues that its common in our line of work... gosh... Sigh... When I eat with my students who are in their teens, I can only shake my head in envy and disbelieve. How do they eat so much and not show it?

Break and Freedom

I really need a break. And i really crave freedom. Total freedom. Sometimes i get the feeling i want to leave everything behind for a couple of months to a year. I want to do nothing but travel, read and take pictures. I dun even want to contact anyone i noe. I dun even need to leave the country for all that. I can just head to pulau ubin, woodlands or yishun, or get a license to camp on West Coast. As long as its someplace i seldom go and im not familiar with. So i can explore, and do anything i feel like no matter how crazy it is, without worrying that someone i noe will spot me doing so.

To do so, i need money, a long break, and a way for my family to leave me alone. I'll be the first to admit im an overprotected child (despite the law recognising me as an adult). My parents will freak if i just pack up and go, leaving a letter behind. But if i try to explain wat i wanna do to them, tell them not to worry about it and just let me go off even just 2 days and a night, by myself, without any idea where i'll be going except to explore, they oso freak. The only difference being i dun get to go. In fact, even if i say i wanna visit IR and stay overnight on Sentosa by myself, they will oso freak and refuse.

Maybe I should just settle for one whole afternoon. Purposely leave my phone at home and set out on an exploration trip. I may not get to relax and read... but i squeeze in plenty of reading as it is now. So i shall prioritise traveling and taking pictures.

ha ma la and the alamak

high ability, middle ability, low ability and the ones that make you want to laugh and cry, tear out your hair and strangle them all at the same time.

Am stuck with the las and alamaks for this year. Am so happy to go for CCA and meet my has and mas, I've almost forgotten there are such ppl already.

Leisure

Leisure

What is this life if, full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare.

No time to stand beneath the boughs
And stare as long as sheep or cows.

No time to see, when woods we pass,
Where squirrels hide their nuts in grass.

No time to see, in broad daylight,
Streams full of stars, like skies at night.

No time to turn at Beauty's glance,
And watch her feet, how they can dance.

No time to wait till her mouth can
Enrich that smile her eyes began.

A poor life this is if, full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare.

By William Henry Davies


One of my favourite poems to recite since my Secondary school days, when i first came across it between the pages of my literature textbook. Last time, i recited it so often i can memorise it. Unfortunately, I seem to have less and less leisure to recite it. Kinda ironic eh?

Helpless

There is construction work going on at the overheadbridge near my house. On my way home today, saw a butterfly trying to find a way out of the net that they used to curtain off the area where work is being done. It wasnt really caught, as the net isnt very high and it can easily fly over it. Also the net was full of holes, big enough for it to get through. But the poor thing just couldnt see the way over or around it. It flew back and forth along its length, never finding a way out.

I wanted to help it. I decided to try and catch it, then bring it to a wider space to set it free. But it sense me nearby, and fluttered about more frantically than before. The few times i had a chance to, i hesitated, and it got away from me. I was afraid of acidentally tearing the delicate wings. In the past, when i caught butterflies, there were some that were so scared, they gripped watever they were holding on to so tightly, their legs came off when i pulled. The memories of those incidents made me hesitant. In the end, I went off, feeling as helpless as the butterfly.

Tired

Feel very drained out by work. Today have a "free" afternoon, as in no meetings, no remedials, no CCAs. But i still end up working till 6 and rushing out of staff rm to avoid being nagged at by the auntie in charge of closing up.

Tommorrow the children are going to East Coast to run. kena roped in as road marshal. Meaning i gonna park myself beside a lamp post for hours under the hot sun, watching them run past. Hopefully no accidents or anything. Got zero first aid knowledge. Dun really wanna have to deal with blood and such oso.

That day one primary one girl had an accident during PE, bleeding thru both mouth and nose, so scary. The PE teacher is a young relief male teacher, and uno what to do with a bleeding and crying girl. So got pass on to me. To tell the truth, I was scared too. She looked liked something out of a horror movie or one of those shows with an amagadeon theme. But cant freak out on a 7 year old who is already in pain and scared out of her wits.

Would rather not have to deal with something like that again.

On course

At an ICT workshop, so making use of the 20 mins break to do some personal stuff. :P So far, dun see anything useful. Maybe its because of my subject. Wish there are more suitable stuff. Can't even type in Chinese for this computer.

X X X X

So scary. That computer just now saved my username and password and everything. Lucky managed to solve the problem by clearing history. Shows that you shdnt fool around with computers that don't belong to you. Even or especially the comp labs ones.

National Geographic in Vivocity wakes the spendthrift

Went Vivocity this afternoon and saw a huge shop on level one taken up by National Geographic. Was curious so I went in to look-see. There was the expected magazine and nature related books, stationary, soft toys and clothes, but it was more than that. Half of it was sort of like a photos gallery and its way cool. of course, they are selling pictures and posters, this is why there is such a display. Still, the photos were amazing. Makes me feel like buying a DSLR again. Sigh....

I like taking photos, and often feel irritated by the limitations of a digital camera (e.g. I nv had been able to get a good picture of the moon). But that camera is gonna be so heavy and bulky, it'll be kinda troublesome to lug it ard, so I might end up hardly using it. Furthermore, it seems that if I really want to take good pictures, I am gonna need to invest in lens. But my interests are diverse. I like landscape, but I enjoy taking close-ups and trying to capture things in motion as well. So in order to sastify little ole me, I will need to invest in at least a few different lens, and that will cost a bomb.

I'm not trying to become a professional photographer, or even a particularly good amatuer. I just want to take pretty pictures. Is that really worth it?

Alex Toh

During my Secondary school days I idolised him. Gd looking, can sing and dance and always crooning the most romantic love songs: 钟爱一生 (a lifelong love), 把你宠坏 (let me spoil you), feel so lonely, 嫁给我 (marry me), 不走 (baby don't go)... and many more.

Today was watching the rerun of Taiwan's Taoyuan's New Year countdown, and as the last item of the year, he came up crooning those love songs. I dropped wat i was doing to listen and was enjoying so much, then the bomb dropped. The last song is the infamous "脱掉(strip)". Goodness. I literally ran away from the TV.

Real life is fairy tales in reverse. The prince ends up becoming the frog or the beast. With age, the romantic prince charming became the lecherous old pervert. So sad. I still like those songs, but I can never admire the singer again.