Monday, February 27, 2006
Follow me.... =)
Last week, i had much discovery during my classes... on thurs, poorvi surprised me with her excellent memory when we were playing language game... also she can rem all the items in memory game well... i am very happy with her progress! on fri, i heard from wei xi's mummy tt she has been reading alot at home and is doing very well... on sat, ethan started to recite the memory pictures in class... its great to see him participating in class... i have been teaching him for 9 months and it was the first time he is willing to tell the answers instead of keeping quiet... =) on sun, i see yusuke trying to imitate me in class... haha whenever i said, "close ur eyes" and he starts to say "open ur eyes"... =p den my new student, yu en, tries to imitate my hand gestures in class... hahaha i just cant stop laughing... she is very cute!! two year olds sure like to imitate alot ya? =) and and chloe likes to show me her stuffs whenever she comes to class... last time she showed me her bun for breakfast before she eats... den this wk she wore her new orange tshirt to show me! great to hear from her mummy tt she looks forward to my classes too... :) not forgetting my ke ai de arielle... she keep calling my name at home... haha maybe she misses me more compared to my bf? :p because i have cute n loving children, suddenly i feel a renewed passion in my work... *
Tuesday, February 21, 2006
A man has multiple roles to play in life
just came to realise this sentence a few days ago... "a man has multiple roles to play in life"... hmm, its something worth thinking about... sometimes we are very good in a particular role but we might fail in other roles as well...
for example, you might be a very successful business woman... in your working role, you are powerful and knows how to run a business in order to earn profits for your company... when you return home, you might not be a good mother... you spend only a few hours with your children and they seemed to like their maids more than you...
Or maybe in the eyes of your colleagues, you are a stingy and irritating manager who is hard to please... but you are a great dad to be with and you just know exactly how to communicate with your children...
everyone has multiple roles to play in our lives... learning how to juggle between different sides of ourselves and facing the different groups of ppl is everyday's life challenge... in front of different groups of audience, you have to learn how to show the correct side of yourself... only in the backstage, you reveal your true self...
have you tried to realise the different sides of yourself?
for example, you might be a very successful business woman... in your working role, you are powerful and knows how to run a business in order to earn profits for your company... when you return home, you might not be a good mother... you spend only a few hours with your children and they seemed to like their maids more than you...
Or maybe in the eyes of your colleagues, you are a stingy and irritating manager who is hard to please... but you are a great dad to be with and you just know exactly how to communicate with your children...
everyone has multiple roles to play in our lives... learning how to juggle between different sides of ourselves and facing the different groups of ppl is everyday's life challenge... in front of different groups of audience, you have to learn how to show the correct side of yourself... only in the backstage, you reveal your true self...
have you tried to realise the different sides of yourself?
BaReLaNg
it's a very very very beautiful place where bridges joined up the islands (Batam, Tonton etc...) initially, we passed through a reservoir which is huge and beautiful... with the mountains surrounding it... not like bedok reservoir lor... at first i tot it was a lake... in the end, we checked and realised its a reservoir... the roads are very straight and few cars travelling... before left turn into the first bridge area, there are many stalls selling drinks and snacks... its a spectacular sight to see the first bridge... reminds me of the hongkong hsing ma bridge (if i nvr got the name wrong?) there's quite a bunch of ppl taking pictures... so we also alight from the car... OH NO! the wind is very STRONG and the worst thing is, mutsumi n i were wearing skirts... hahaha trying our best to smile and take picture despite our messy hair and hands busy pressing the flying skirts... -_-"
we passed by an island called pulau tonton... so easy to rem the name rite? den i got a stupid idea... i wanna stay in pulau tonton and set up a starbucks cafe... so ppl can get coffee from me... wahaha... he says i can only earn mutsumi's money which is very true... she's a coffee addict!! anyway tonton is very small... so only me can stay in the island... =)
we travelled for dunno how long to see the oncoming bridges... i see the blue blue sky with beautiful clouds following us... and the fields and wooden huts... somehow made me feel peaceful and happy... how are the ppl spending their life? maybe they nvr really use money? they only plant their own food and leave their fate to mother nature? i am very curious about their life... i wonder if they allow homestay? i wld like to stay for one day to experience a day without electricity, hp, internet etc... mutsumi asked me if i could take this kind of life... i really dunno? maybe living in singapore is too much a luxury? so much convenience tt we take for granted... tts why it wld be nice to experience this simple life and yet i suspect tt i probably cant spend my whole life like this... because i am already so used to my life in singapore... i feel insecured when i cant use my hp and internet? maybe its not just me but everyone?
in the end, we even went to a kelong to eat seafood when we dun have enuff money to? hahaha lucky he gotten discount from the person else i think we wld be helping them to wash bowls till night... =p the scenery is quite nice... though at some point in time, i feel like i am moving with the waves? haha it was low tide when we went off and managed to see some crabs crawling out from their breathing holes... those one arm big one arm small wan... :p
on the way home, i saw pretty clouds and forced him to stop the car so tt i can take a pic... haha dunno why i just love clouds so much... =) anyway i hope to go back to barelang again if i have the chance?
by the way, he went to some nice kelong without me... saw the pictures he took... really very beautiful... the sunset and everything!!! i wanna go kelong next time!!!~
we passed by an island called pulau tonton... so easy to rem the name rite? den i got a stupid idea... i wanna stay in pulau tonton and set up a starbucks cafe... so ppl can get coffee from me... wahaha... he says i can only earn mutsumi's money which is very true... she's a coffee addict!! anyway tonton is very small... so only me can stay in the island... =)
we travelled for dunno how long to see the oncoming bridges... i see the blue blue sky with beautiful clouds following us... and the fields and wooden huts... somehow made me feel peaceful and happy... how are the ppl spending their life? maybe they nvr really use money? they only plant their own food and leave their fate to mother nature? i am very curious about their life... i wonder if they allow homestay? i wld like to stay for one day to experience a day without electricity, hp, internet etc... mutsumi asked me if i could take this kind of life... i really dunno? maybe living in singapore is too much a luxury? so much convenience tt we take for granted... tts why it wld be nice to experience this simple life and yet i suspect tt i probably cant spend my whole life like this... because i am already so used to my life in singapore... i feel insecured when i cant use my hp and internet? maybe its not just me but everyone?
in the end, we even went to a kelong to eat seafood when we dun have enuff money to? hahaha lucky he gotten discount from the person else i think we wld be helping them to wash bowls till night... =p the scenery is quite nice... though at some point in time, i feel like i am moving with the waves? haha it was low tide when we went off and managed to see some crabs crawling out from their breathing holes... those one arm big one arm small wan... :p
on the way home, i saw pretty clouds and forced him to stop the car so tt i can take a pic... haha dunno why i just love clouds so much... =) anyway i hope to go back to barelang again if i have the chance?
by the way, he went to some nice kelong without me... saw the pictures he took... really very beautiful... the sunset and everything!!! i wanna go kelong next time!!!~
~Chinese New Year~
it's kinda funny to update this entry cuz chinese new year happened long long ago... haha i rem the new year eve, i was still having lessons... so sianz cuz everyone dun have to work except us... anyway, i rushed home right after the last lesson... dad came to drive me home... and my bro came along too... had our usual steamboat dinner before dad went to work... the first day of new year, i actually dun have feel very excited? maybe as we start to age, we start to lose feelings for traditional festivals? haha went to my dad's sister's place to bai nian... seemed very weird cuz nvr seen the relatives for so long... those korkor and jiejie tt i long knew are already turning uncles and aunties... those lil cousins are already teenagers... of cuz the uncles and aunties are turning old too... wat a festival to remind ourselves we are no longer children... :( after tt, dad drove us to ah na ah yi's house to see ah yi's daughter's baby... so cute! she is only 3 weeks old... its a special new year cuz first time dad gets to drive us around... on the streets, we see so many ppl waiting for cabs but cant seem to get one... =p
the next morning, i woke up very early to travel to harbourfront so tt i wun be late meeting mutsumi... atlas, the harbour was very crowded... lucky we booked tickets but the queue was quite long too... there was some problems with wavemaster and in the end, we only got mutsumi's ticket... i was kinda worried tt i could not get my ticket... lucky the guy at the counter was very helpful... we queue to get into the immigration while he prepared my ticket... :) den we embarked on our exciting journey to batam... haha i have nvr bring a fren to batam before... was quite worried tt it wld turn out to be boring for mutsumi... when we reached there, she had to queue up for visa which was another queue but the officer chased me to queue for the immigration side... i managed to pass through easily and i saw him waiting outside for us... but but mutsumi did not come out till very long... he was angry with me for leaving her to queue for visa cuz scared she might run into problems with the officers... heng nth happened... :s we went back to his place after a long delay den went to barelang... the next day we visited his frens' place and also a big big temple... after tt we came back to singapore... i tink mutsumi likes the food there! hahaha it turned out to be a fun trip too... everytime when they speak in chinese/teochew, i have to try translate into jap/eng for mutsumi... den everyone thinks my jap is good!!!! (even if my jap not gd, they also dunno mar???) -_-""
the next morning, i woke up very early to travel to harbourfront so tt i wun be late meeting mutsumi... atlas, the harbour was very crowded... lucky we booked tickets but the queue was quite long too... there was some problems with wavemaster and in the end, we only got mutsumi's ticket... i was kinda worried tt i could not get my ticket... lucky the guy at the counter was very helpful... we queue to get into the immigration while he prepared my ticket... :) den we embarked on our exciting journey to batam... haha i have nvr bring a fren to batam before... was quite worried tt it wld turn out to be boring for mutsumi... when we reached there, she had to queue up for visa which was another queue but the officer chased me to queue for the immigration side... i managed to pass through easily and i saw him waiting outside for us... but but mutsumi did not come out till very long... he was angry with me for leaving her to queue for visa cuz scared she might run into problems with the officers... heng nth happened... :s we went back to his place after a long delay den went to barelang... the next day we visited his frens' place and also a big big temple... after tt we came back to singapore... i tink mutsumi likes the food there! hahaha it turned out to be a fun trip too... everytime when they speak in chinese/teochew, i have to try translate into jap/eng for mutsumi... den everyone thinks my jap is good!!!! (even if my jap not gd, they also dunno mar???) -_-""
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