nie days

NIE is like MADNESS!!!! Oh goodness. I have like super duper many deadlines and I was really stressed for the past week since March started. Its like fighting a battle from March - May. It's really CRAZY. There is just so much work to do that it will be neverending till May. The reason why im really stressed too is cos i still have my ROM to prepare for!! ARGH.

Good thing that i made some really nice friends in NIE, other than Eunice! Huihui n alethea are 2 dearie friends who are keeping me company in school. Huihui has dogs at home! and we are quite similar in many ways - she is very sensitive like me too, she is so nice. Alethea says that we are like primary school mates, meeting each other everyday in school, we will sometimes behave childishly in class and make fun of teacher's pronounciations.. :P alethea is like so different from me - she is so loud, smart and speaks with a slang. the first time i knew that i had the exact same timetable as her, i was like so afriad that we wouldnt like each other because we are so very different. but i really love her.

Only 6 of the 48 magnets that I have ordered arrvied. I'm anxiously waiting for the rest to come!! argh, why do they take soooo long?? The girl sent out tog in 2 parcels - 1 big 1 small. And only the small one arrived. The magnets are ok, just not as nice as i imagined it to be... :)

Feb is halfway through, i am so not looking forward to maRch!! sigh. I will be so busy gg to school everyday after march starts. But there is the JJ conert on 28mar that i am really looking forward to though. Hehe.

SC hasnt replied at all, and i sent an email to them again 2 days ago to "remind" them but still no replies. Hais, think i m just not fated to teach there! So i wont change my address le..only this way i will have some chance to be posted to the same sch as eunice! heh.

This year's vdae will be different, as we will be shopping for our presents, and also our wedding deco! It will be fun, but stressful!! wat if we cant find anything to decorate?

HP EliteBook 6930p

Oh my god!!! I shouldnt have bought my sony vaio. It really sucks. I went to NIE with Eunice today to loan a HP laptop for $38.50 for a year. It's like a damn good deal lah, and the lappie is really good!! I really like it alot, and it's much faster than my SONY. Oh mans. I am so sad. Cause I'm really starting to hate my sony now. It is slow, my desktop wallpaper cannot display well and my iTunes kept going crazy!! I am really mad at my sony. SOBzzz

Hehe.. studied with eunice in nie today. Also dunno how to say, but she's so fun to be with and if there's anyone who could really influence me so much, its really her! haha.. so glad to find such a good fren. :)

Save the Date Magnets!

Yeah.. I am done with the invitation for ppl to my ROM day! I just need to wait for it to be sent to me then i can start giving out! But there are still so much to prepare for the big day. Oh my god.

Here are the designs that I have chosen. Thanks to Sharon Fitzsimons from Heaven Sent Designs, UK. :) They are created by her and they will be shipped to me by next week.

Actually wanted to wait till they are here then let my friends choose, but think they are so lovely i just wanted to post them here. hehee.

Hais.. now pondering whether i should change my address. I applied for SCGS but then they have not replied me yet. Come to think about it now, though i wanted to teach in SC so badly just a few weeks ago, i dont really mind if i dont go SC for my practicum liao. Just hope that i will get a good mentor that will help me and not torture me. And also, i want to have a chance to get into the same sch as Eunice too. But if i change my add, the probablity of that will go to 0. If i dont change, my chances of getting SC or a better sch will be lower.

Chinese New Year!

Chinese New Year was so much fun!! 2 nights of mahjong at home and 1 day of blackjack at daryl's house!! I simply love little gambles! :) great entertainment to me.. hahaha. Too bad this year's CNY is like so shoRT. Next year is gonna be exactly the same...boo.. lousy!!

Here are some photos taken during CNY, I dressed Max up!

joan my cousin

this is how much we look alike

The papaya tree at my grandparent's house!!

a BIG bunch of bananas!

Sigh, these few days i've slacked so much. Simply forgot abt school work, didnt print notes to school and never study for my maths test that is coming very soon! Feeling quite stressed now but dont feel lik starting my engine at all. This is really bad :(

My family had dinner with daryl's today and we lau yu sheng! :):):)

CNY eve

Today is the eve of Chinese New Year already. Time really flies. Cant wait to start gambling... :P

Yesterday Daryl went for a bowling competition at RTC and was the champion!! SO good! LOL. It was so exciting!! hehe.. he won $330 worth of vouchers to eat at RTC. heheh. I also played a few games at night after the competition. I improved!! yesterday all my games were above 130. yipee.

As time passes and feb comes, i am going to get so much busier. have to start thinking about how to write my essays and beware of deadlines. And also my Maths test is coming. have to cope with my tuition too. Hais.. sometimes i really think im not really up to the stress that i am gg to face cause of my thyroid problem. Sighs. But i will just try my best.

Saw my thyroid doc today. As expected, she said my case was unusual, and i am her 2nd patient to suffer such a relapse. She advised me to go for radioactive iodine treatment once my thyroid is back to normal working condition, cause my thyroid condition is unpredictable and thus difficult to control using PTU (the med that i am currently taking). Sigh. I wonder why i have such bad luck!

CNY is coming, and i really hope that my thyroid condition wont affect my mood for the new year. Bought 3 new tops from HURS. think i really like the clothes from there. Got the membership already! :) Looking forward to the CNY break and time to spend with my family n daryl... and also the GAMBLING!! haha.. it will be fun.

Thyroid relapse :(

I suffered a relapse for my thyroid even though i am under medication. Very sad case.. sigh. Can't wait to see my thyroid doctor to ask her why I did and my chances of recovering in future. Sighz. Why am I so unlucky and weak leh? It's really a very bad start for 2009 and a lousy ending before Chinese New Year arrives. Sobs.

I am so glad that these few days.. I've seen daryl's care for me. He fetched me to the hospital in the middle of the night, reminded me abt taking my mecidine, bought me a present, treated me to a nice dinner etc. Really very happy that he will love me even though I have illness. Thank you so much.

Is a driving license or a marriage license more important? We need to go for lessons and tests before we can get our driving license, and so why does a marriage license not require anything? Daryl and I met the solemniser last night, and he gave us alot of advices and told us simple stories of life. he encouraged us to go for lessons before marriage and even a few yrs after marriage as refresher courses. now i do think that these are impt! anyway we plan to have a simple rom in april and will do the customary one sometime later. :)

Max was sick for the past week. He vomited and had diahorea and was admitted to the vet's hosipital. It was really sad to see him locked up in a cage. The nurses mentioned that he was a good boy and cooperated well. But when i visited him, he started to go crazy and screamed and whined. He couldnt stop even after I left. It was really heart breaking to see him alone and sad in the small little enclosed area. He lost about a kg since he was sick. I am glad he's back home with me now. Poor thing.

1st post of 2009

It's a brand new year!!! What new year resolutions do i have? Hmm.. haven't really thought about it but I've new year wishes!! I wish that all the people around me and whom i love be healthy and happy!

NIE has finally started. 2nd jan marked the end of my holidays. But im still kinda in a holiday mood.. haha. Very glad to be back in school again with a new environment. Definitely gonna make new friends/coursemates again.. i'm not a very sociable person so not really looking forward to that tho. :P but i've tO!! So my new year resolution is to become more open to pple.. haha. lookin at the 9 modules already planned for me on my timetable and there's more to come, life is gonna turn busy for me definitely.

Bought a new laptop sony vaio to accompany me electronically for the next few years. Something brand new to keep my life interesting and fun!!!

Looking ahead at the 2009 calendar, my rom date is fixed on the 10th of april. excited! Lovelove!! i've got to learn to have more trust and faith in my relationship with daryl... another new year resolution. :)

abt...life?

Had this sudden urge to post after hearing the news about chew chor meng. The cells and genes in our body are constantly multiplying and growing..and you never know when they are going to mutate. worse still, there is nothing you can do to control your cells. I feel really sad for him, and this news really depresses me.

There are thousand types of illnesses in this world..why are some ppl lucky and some so unfortunate? Life is not fair, and is so frightening.

i will be signing the bond with moe tmr, and that will confirm that for the next 4 years i will be in the teaching line. life is too short to regret anything that is 4 yrs long. So no matter wat, i will try my very best to do well in my career.

Amelia's sis wedding @ Conrad

My bro's gf's sister wedding was held at Conrad. The food and ambience were both great. The bride is sooo pretty and slim.


my pretty future sister-in-law and my family! :P her makeup is sooo nicee.

Holiday is ending soon, meaning the start of my nie days is coming.. really quite sad that my slacking days are almost over, but at the same time i'm excited to start a new year!! I just hope that i wont get too stressed and hav breakouts nonstop.

Standard Chartered Marathon

This was the first time I went for a marathon! Of course I didn't run the marathon...I joined the 10km run for women with Meiqing. Steven and Daryl went for the half marathon. Was supposed to train for it like half a year ago, but I was too lazy to train and only ran about 3km once in 2 weeks during the last 2 mths before the race. Ha.. I was very anxious the day before and was pondering whether to go or not cause i was almost sitting for an exam without studying!

Running with meiqing was good. she kept me going, and we didnt stop at all for the entire run! But due to my lack of training, after 1h15mins of running, i was damn shagged. Felt a little dizzy and nauseous by the end of it.. and took a long while to cool down. But the entire experience was good. It was so difficult to push on esp for the last 2km but I still continued to run..

JJ photoshoot session!

The most exciting thing that I've done this week was going to JJ's bai zhao hui!!! Yes!! I've been right beside that singapore most talented n cute superstar and had taken a photo with him! How cool is that!!

The entire process was so memorable. Mingwai and I were queueing up 2.5 hours before the actual event started.. I was holding on tightly to the coupon that i needed in order to take a photo with him, so damn excited to see him in real life beside me! The last time I saw him straight in the face was not his yan chang hui, that one i had to look at the screen to capture the expressions on his face. It was in suntec city quite late after his performance and I pretended not to know him cause it was just too shocking to see him walk right past me and yanjun when the suntec mall was already deserted.

So anyway, he appeared and received the loudest screams of welcome from our side of the queue! It was so fun to see him sing a few songs without music. He also sang the duet with 2 girls and even held their hands while singing! I couldn't have managed to control my emotions if I was the one up there. Haha, it would have felt so diu lian and scary to me. Soon we were up the stage to take photo with him one by one.

The following that I am going to describe happened in just a few seconds and it was all over. When it was my turn, i placed my bag beside me and then went next to him. We exchanged a faint "hello" and I was smiling at the camera, and my mouth was actually shaking while smiling. haha.. so funny rite.. I leaned towards his side, not wanting to look far and distant from him. After 2 shots, I shook his hands and said jia you! He said xie xie and then i was down the stage.

I worried if i actually looked into the camera because i really felt blur on stage. What if i ruined the photo by not looking at the camera?

The photo has been sent to us thru email. I dunno whether i should post it here cos i dont really like the photo. it looks abit like im leaning too close to him and it looks weird. I didnt mean to be so close to him. In fact, i din even feel his face beside mine at all when i took the photo leh. i dunno how this photo portrayed me leaning on his shoulders. its really wierd. Seriously, i dont like the photo. i just wanted to look like an onz and supportive fan and not a se lang. haiz.. but once again the entire experience of meeting him was fantastic! and a photo to keep as a momento forever!

ktv with colleagues!

Our school holidays are finally here! and see what we're doing while everyone else is working?? :P

Ktv sessions are really different with different groups of ppl.

different songs,

different tastes,

different voices,

totally different atmostphere!

eunice jumping up and down the sofa :P

the sad love songs and the happy ones... it was so much fun!

Blur Queen

Yes, the blur queen is me. Sometimes I cant help but call myself a sotong. I am really a BIG sotong. Everyone thinks so too. But I don't wanna be. :(

I went to Yishun Polyclinic to get my referral letter to the dermatologist@NUH and also to do my insurance thyroid function test. The fees for this test would be paid by NTUC income so I actually did not have to pay for anything at all. After waiting for hours at the polyclinic, I was finally done and went to the check-out counter, expecting not to pay any money at all.. The girl at the counter said that I will have to pay for it because I was at the wrong clinic! It was stated in the letter that I should go to Yishun Central clinic, not Yishun polyclinic! arghh... so on my way back to yishun interchange, I called my adviser to check if i could claim the money etc and she told me most prob can't. It was also very troublesome cuz i have to go back to the polyclinic to collect the test and then send it to ntuc. She told me to go to central clinic and do the test again. As i was talking to her and getting off the bus, I wanted to throw my plaster away. I dunno how my brain and my hand coordinate.. i threw my EZlink card into the bin! I was shocked the moment i did that and had no choice but to dip my hands into the disgusting bin to get my card. Luckily the amt of rubbish in the bin was huge enough for me to reach for the card. Arggh...

so that was wat happened today. and i actually took a wrong bus to fuchun sec too. sigh.

Happy Birthday Choon & Yanjun! & bro!!

We celebrated choon and yanjun's birthday at the sun and moon japanese restaurant at borders. The ambience was quite nice and there are many women whom we termed as taitais cause they wore scarfs around their necks. Haha..so to look taitai just wear scarf can le :P

The serving size was okay, just enough for ladies but i think not enough for guys. The usual me had unagi rice which was of course of good standard. Ming and choon ate something more special and they even placed an hr glass timer on top of the food cover.


Yanjun and choon with their lovely cake:




Celebrated my brother's 21st birthday too. Look at his wonderful cake that I bought. It's the monopoly board game design!


My blur account in school:

I had forgotten to bring my handphone to school and needed it badly to inform my tuition girl that I could not make it for the tuition because I had to stay back in school for my meeting. So one of my kind colleagues, Gavin, drove me back to get my handphone before the meeting. I was happy to be back in school with my handphone and then suddenly i realised that I was wearing slippers! I accidentally wore my slippers out when I got my handphone from my house! So poor Gavin has to drive me back again to change to my heels... :P

nearing hols~

Exams are just over for sec1 to 3s.. during exam life was really quite slack. Now we're left with a week and a half more of lessons and then the sec1 to 3s will disappear from sch for holidays. As for me and my 2 buds, we'll be doing 'o' level invigilation frm the 20th oct to 12th nov, after which we will go back to sch for 2 more days and then holidays for us too. Yipee!

But my future is so uncertain... sighs. When am i going to nie? We asked our HOD today, then for a moment he said the appraisal forms are not here yet then when we reminded him that the forms did come and was with mr alawden (the senior teacher), then he remembered it was mr alawden who filled in the forms. He said the 3 of us are satisfactory in our performance so can go.. and i think the forms should be submitted already. So the next step should be to wait for NIE to send us the letter to sign the contract..sigh, wonder if the 3 of us can really go nie together in Jan? I really dont wanna stay for another half a year :(

Here are the 3 good friends in evergreen :) from left, eunice, siyun and me!

Went for a-mei's concert last last sat, it was damn good! But then it wasn't really my type of concert cause it was very disco-ish. I prefer liang jing ru's sweetish type of concert. Hee. But then I also like abit of fast music type like JJ's! But overall, a-mei's concert was super.

Here is a photo of max enjoying the softness of the bed and pillow. He loves to sleep like this:

'school' days

Time flies when im teaching.. its has been almost another month since i last updated my outdated blog. Life is not too bad as a teacher.. well for the advantage of going home early, i wouldnt say that its an advantage anymore, cause the office was talking abt us, the contract teachers having nothing to do n going home early. Can't they be more understanding that we are just contract teachers and there are some ppl who would prefer to bring work hm rather than stay for long hrs in the office? Politics.. sigh.

2 more UGTs came into our school abt a week ago, and its such a great thing cause i can clique so well with the new girl! haha, the type of friend that can go on chatting with me for hrs..she's friendly, easily amused, and she's almost the same pattern as me: neither ang moh pai nor china pai...listen to both eng n chi songs. She's also abit like me, will worry abt certain things happening in sch etc. so fun to be with as far as i know her.

I really think my tennis teacher is damn gd..he was the only coach who came yesterday and we had 12 ppl for the lesson. yet he could manage all of us so well. Usually there would be 2 to 3 coaches to help out for the lesson.

I'm so glad that today's friday, its time for some rest and nuahing at home.

1 month update...

It has been a month since I started working. As for now, being paid is the best thing about working life, as there will be enough money to spend and to save as well. Although I am not earning big bucks, at least I don't have to ask for money from my parents, and I can even give my mum a dinner treat on her birthday! It's a sense of accomplishment and happiness.

As for how well I'm coping with my teaching career, well... I can't say that I am enjoying my job, neither do I dislike it. Firstly, dealing with problematic students is one thing that i hate most about my job. But I guess that's the bulk of what teaching is about. Secondly, I tend to forget some academic stuff here n there and it feels really upsetting when i can't give a student the correct ans. For this part, i think i am really not experienced enough to deal with such situations appropriately and professionally. Sometimes when I know that certain students dislike me, I tend to get abit upset abt myself. But i know that this cant be helped, since I cant have everyone to like me, unless im really a very very gd teacher which can only come with many yrs of experience. Apart from these, there are good students whom i enjoy teaching.. Think i'm more suitable to be a tutor coz i like students who wanna learn to learn from me. I hate forcing unwilling students to learn willingly.. that's a v v hard part. And going home at 2 plus on all days and 12plus on fri is one good thing that contract teachers get to enjoy most of the time. Well its still a long way to go for me. And there's so much to learn as a teacher.

Weekend is so precious to me nowadays. I look forward to it everyday and i enjoy friday nights the most, knowing that i have 2 days to rest ahead. cant wait to watch WallE next weekend! and i'll have my one week sep hols as well!