k e n r u s

2010-09-13T14:40:00.000+08:00

Heb 10:32-39

Think back on those early days when you first learned about Christ. Remember how you remained faithful even though it meant terrible suffering. Sometimes you were exposed to public ridicule and were beaten, and sometimes you helped others who were suffering the same things. You suffered along with those who were thrown into jail, and when all you owned was taken from you, you accepted it with joy. You knew there were better things waiting for you that will last forever.

So do not throw away this confident trust in the Lord. Remember the great reward it brings you! Patient endurance is what you need now, so that you will continue to do God's will. Then you will receive all that he has promised.

"For in just a little while,

the Coming One will come and not delay.

And my righteous ones will live by faith.

But I will take no pleasure in anyone who turns away."

But we are not like those who turn away from God to their own destruction. We are the faithful ones, whose souls will be saved.

2010-09-08T11:19:00.003+08:00

These are the 4 distinct learning styles, according to metamath.com.

1) The visual/ verbal learning style

2) The visual/ non verbal learning style

3) The tactile/ kinesthetic learning style

4) The auditory/ verbal learning style

2010-08-29T09:25:00.000+08:00

the perfect answer

"I'm always here"

2010-08-26T01:29:00.005+08:00

what is it about night that always brings with it a sense of sorrow?

is it possible to heal a lugubrious heart?

so laden and frail

where are you?

2010-08-11T21:37:00.002+08:00

OMG! I dreamt of my class for 3 nights in a row.

The girls were screaming loudly in my dream.

So loudly it woke me up from my sleep!

What a nightmare~

2010-08-01T00:04:00.004+08:00

"if you have no fear, what will you do?"

I posted this on facebook a couple of days ago and I was entertained and intrigued by replies from my friends and students. However one particular reply struck me. It was from Daryl Lovestosleep. He put it plainly,

Find fear

How true it is. While fear cripples and prevents people from going to the extremes, is it not true that fear also pushes people to challenge boundaries? Think about it, without fear, where is the 'kick' for bungee jumping and the challenge in sky diving. Just as emotions swing from one end to another, fear is capable of switching into other emotions such as faith. Without fear, there are no challenges. Without fear, all things will almost become mundane immediately.

So if there is no fear, are we still human?

2010-07-31T23:49:00.003+08:00

Sitting through about 15 teacher-parents meetings today made me realize the need to increase myself. I need more wisdom to lead, patience to guide and capacity to love.

Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud or rude. It does not demand its own way. It is not irritable, and it keeps no record of being wronged. It does not rejoice about injustice but rejoices whenever the truth wins out. Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance.

2010-07-25T17:14:00.002+08:00

"A word leads to a changed thought leads to a changed character leads to a changed destiny!"

wonderfully crafted

stunningly beautiful

2010-07-20T14:03:00.007+08:00

When wealth is lost…nothing is lost

When health is lost…something is lost

When character is lost…EVERYTHING is LOST

I pick up this quote today while I was reading. How true and important is this.

While everyone agrees with the importance of education and understands how it elevate people to a position of power, how many time have we seen these people falling from their elevated position due to the lack of character?

2010-07-18T13:40:00.002+08:00

Hello people, here I am, back, after a long break. There is a need and I’m going to start off with something casual and interesting to look at.

This is an illustration of a D.C character, Batman.

Here are the 10 reasons why it is a realistic picture

1) A photorealistic representation of Batman that also falls under Veristic Surrealism as it uses realistic codes/images to create a make-believe reality.

2) The subject is a man who is drawn proportionally with his torso and other muscles group clearly shown through the costume.

3) The costume he wore carries a symbol, which is commonly identified as batman, across the chest. The colour of the costume is also faithfully followed. Undeniably the subject is batman.

4) The materials of the costume are also realistically represented. The darker shade appears to be satin or leather while the lighter material seems to be cotton or lycra.

5) Viewers can also make out the different components and equipments from his utility belt.

6) With his right hand, he is holding a metallic object that resembles a batarang.

7) On the batarang, there are some red stain which suggests blood. This provides a greater sense of realism and also offers deeper insights of who Batman really is.

8) His pose and facial expression demonstrates anguish and stress.

9) The bats at the top left hand corner of the picture are presented accurately and proportionally. They are flying from a distance.

10)The clouds and the cityscape behind him are also realistically drawn to create a make-believe reality.

2010-07-16T20:33:00.001+08:00

coming back soon . . .

2010-05-14T09:46:00.003+08:00

This is it!

I'm done here.

See you in facebook and twitter!

2010-04-30T20:37:00.003+08:00

A handful of my students kept asking me my age.

They were puzzled because they did not understand why I had to go to Pioneer Junior College to study.

Weird, somehow it did not register to them that I would be there to teach!

2010-04-30T19:50:00.005+08:00

Revisiting my blog is nostalgic. As much as I desire to blog as frequent in the past, I lack inspiration and time. On the other hand, Facebook proves to be a good substitution. Perhaps it is time to move on.

So what have I been busy with for the past months.

Busy with my teaching in Swiss Cottage Secondary School a.k.a Raffles of the West (someone told me) It is indeed. My experience in Swiss has been great. The management is great, the mentors are great, the teachers are great and the students are simply awesome. (Not to mention that white uniforms help to make the place looks brighter and bigger and happier!)

Well, there are many fond memories. Both good and erm... not so good. But one thing stays the same, 'nice' teachers always get bullied! "We are noisy because we like your class!" my students explained. I'm flattered and concerned at the same time. How to teach like that?! Sometimes I would rather they don't like me and listen in class. But will they really listen when they are quiet? An irony it is.

(to be continued...)

Minuscule - snail dreaming about speeding

2010-04-18T16:58:00.000+08:00

Earth Hour 2010 Official video

2010-03-24T06:59:00.001+08:00

2010-02-22T21:49:00.000+08:00

L4D2 competition. Anyone?

2010-02-20T14:09:00.002+08:00

Hi, I'm at NTU/ADM library doing my blog.
Phew~ Maths test is over. Good! I'm going to past the test this time.
The days in NIE is soon to be over. Next week I'll embark on a different journey.
Swiss Cottage Secondary, that's where I'll be going.
It is going to be great and amazing. Afterall, teaching is great fun and it always makes me feel younger.

18 forever!

Sesame Street: Elmo's Song

2010-02-17T00:12:00.001+08:00

hai~ i'll never forget this song.

Time goes By (Every Little Thing)

2010-02-16T23:53:00.001+08:00

OMG! I so found this song by some kind of coincident. This is the song that accompanied me during my JC times. The name of the band is Every Little Thing (ELT). They exists even before there was FIR. Wow. Time really goes by...

2010-02-15T18:21:00.003+08:00

OH MY GOD.

I'm really that busy it seems.

Well if I have to spend my Chinese New Year Eve and Chinese New Year day 1 and 2 doing my assignment, it must be it. Well, I'm finally done and can that's why I can write this blog. type type type.

Chinese New Year has been... the same for me.

Same thing, same routine, same people, same angbao (and the same amount I'm getting)

I can almost guess how much I'll be receiving from everyone, who I'll meet and what I'll say. This year is good, I'm spared with the "do you have any girlfriend" question. Other than that it was still the same, "are you studying? are you working? where are you working?" routine question. One thing I must add, those who rarely meet us actually mistaken me for the younger one. They thought my brother is the elder son, not me. So weird when he kept on talking to my brother about architect stuff. Since we seldom meet, my brother and I decided to play along! Ha Ha

So happy harvesting guys, (the angbao I mean)

2010-02-05T18:41:00.003+08:00

After a long wait and sleepless nights, the posting is finally out!
I'm posted to swiss cottage secondary school for my practice teaching with Pioneer Junior College as my final posting after I've successfully pass my practicum.
Now got problem... hai~ the Maths standard is so high in scss, I must really buck-up with my Maths. YIPPEE God will help!

Leading with PRIDE

Who Am I - Casting Crowns

2010-02-02T23:48:00.001+08:00

hai~ getting emo again thinking about korea

2010-02-01T23:37:00.000+08:00

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ROGER!
It was a good celebration.
God bless.

2010-01-30T11:44:00.000+08:00

From NIE:

Attn: ALL STUDENT TEACHERS FROM THE PGDE (JC)(JUL 09 INTAKE)
Due to unforeseen circumstances, the results of school postings for PGDE(JC) student teachers will be to postponed to 3 Feb 2010.

Attn: ALL STUDENT TEACHERS FROM THE PGDE (SEC)(JUL 09 INTAKE)Please be informed that the results of schools postings for PGDE(Sec) student teachers will be released by 5 Feb 2010. Student teachers may start making courtesy calls to the TP schools once the postings are out.

sianz...

eating disorders

2010-01-29T01:40:00.001+08:00

something that I'm researching on...

2010-01-28T23:05:00.003+08:00

Hi people,

It has been a very busy period for me.

I need a breather

phew

I've just finished another presentation today.

One down - 6 more assignments to go

Yeah!

Eagerly awaiting for my posting.

Too many speculation and stress

Gosh. Where will I be posted?!!

Whatever it is, I'm keeping my finger cross.

This Is Our God (Hillsong 2008)

2010-01-22T12:33:00.001+08:00

this has to be my favorite song yet

Hillsong - He Is Lord - With Subtitles/Lyrics

2010-01-19T00:34:00.001+08:00

Hillsong - Stronger - With Subtitles/Lyrics

2010-01-19T00:19:00.001+08:00

Hillsong Colour 2009 It's Your Love new song

2010-01-19T00:15:00.001+08:00

for the daughters of God

2010-01-16T23:11:00.001+08:00

what a nice boy, nice fashion sense

2010-01-16T00:30:00.003+08:00

We had a great BBQ session. The food was good, the fellowship was good, the game was good... In short everything was good. Ha. What a great way to start the year... that is before we plunged into the seas of homework. This year is going to just get better.

Sign Flow Naruto Shippuden Opening 6 Official

2010-01-14T23:37:00.001+08:00

2010-01-14T00:52:00.003+08:00

Finally back to NIE and all of the sudden, I found myself overwhelmed by loads of school works. Timetable can be "that" telling. I got a 4 days week and it was awesome but little did I know that all the free time is for me to complete my assignment!!!

Til date, I have 5 assignments + 1 test coming up within these 5 months. And this is not it, there are more to come. To think that my NIE friend has actually gotten a New Year Resolution and that is to be able to enjoy the Chinese New Year. What a resolution! Simply incredible. I think I got to aim for something like it too if not I would be worried about work in the midst of ang pow and chocolates.

What a way to start off the New Year. Feeling great to be back in school.

2010-01-04T00:08:00.002+08:00

HAPPY 2010

oh i dyed my hair super black!!!

2010 - a good year to study

2010-01-04T00:07:00.002+08:00

the first picture of year 2010

sausage platter from ambush

yummy

2009-12-28T07:55:00.006+08:00

that's all for 2009

thanks for passing by

2010 is going to be the best year yet!

2009-12-28T07:36:00.002+08:00

Christmas is over and the year 2010 is approaching.

I'm so excited and so bless that despite 2009 is, to many, a traumatic year, it has been a bliss for me. I'm optimistic about 2010. The challenges I will face, the help that I need, the joy that I'll give and the revelation I'll have, (and the money that I'll make) I can't wait.

I want to thank God for the great 2009.

I want to thank Him for the coming 2010 that it will simply be AWESOME!

I got an awesome church, an awesome cellgroup, awesome friends, awesome career (going to an awesome school) and an awesome family. Who else beside our God in heaven is capable of providing that. (Not me, I really don't think that I have the capacity to work for all these)

That's why we need God. We need the love of God, the anointing of Jesus Christ and the help of the Holy Spirit. (actually they are one but ... can't fathom with my human mind)

It's GREAT being a Christian. I should have been one long long time ago!

2009-12-23T10:41:00.000+08:00

Christmas Drama is tomorrow and I can't wait!

Who's going?

2009-12-22T09:58:00.000+08:00

"untitled" - tee

2009-12-21T09:13:00.004+08:00

My sister and ME

Taken before "Thanksgiving Service"

The service including dinner lasted for 5hr!

Sun was there and it was awesome!

I love my church. CHC is the BEST.

Thank God for placing me here.

AWESOME!!!!!!!!!

2009-12-21T09:06:00.005+08:00

I went to the Botanical Garden with Ting Ting yesterday. We went there to do some chit chat and drawing. It has been a long time since I painted and so I decided to practice painting. After a few struggling attempt, I finally got back the 'feeling' of painting. This is what I've done.

Not too bad and I gave it away to Ting Ting

Then it starts to rain! And we did not have umbrellas because we used it the day before and we did not bring it out. So we quickly packed up our stuff and ran to a nearby shelter that was already packed with people. So we just stood there and talked. Fun!

2009-12-21T08:45:00.006+08:00

L4D2 is AWESOME!!!

The graphic is amazing. Most of the scenes are set at dusk. So the images are clear and detailed. The levels are also quite challenging. Normal here is more difficult than the normal level for L4D. Then a player can choose to shoot or heck them with knife, smack them with a frying pan, or cut them up with a chainsaw!!!

Then beside Smoker, Hunter, Boomer and Tank, there are other new zombies like Charger, Spitter and Jockey. How can I miss out Witch who is now not just passively sitting at a corner but can wander around (aimlessly) to be provoked!

What else can I say? You got to play to find out!

starring Coach, Ellis, Nick, Rochelle

2009-12-21T08:34:00.004+08:00

Wow. I've been so busy and finally I can now use some time to blog.

Hmm... Let's see, where shall I start.

I shall continue from movie.

I've watched new moon (last entry) and it was so-so.

Then I watched Planet 51 on Monday with Patrick Ang. It was funny. Human vs alien comedy.

On Wednesday night, I watched Princess and the frog with some of my friends. Ya another Patrick came along in his dashing Navy no3. He looked very cool, should be like that more.

Thursday morning, watched Avatar (normal) with Marcus, Zhen Hong, Zhi Leong, Yong Guang and Alvin. It was awesome. 2hr45min movie is cool. Time passed so fast that I did not even realise that it was that long. I'm going to catch Avatar (3d) tomorrow with my sister at Cathay.

WOW. What an awesome movie week!

2009-12-10T23:28:00.002+08:00

I watched NEW MOON

It was so long and draggyyyyyyyy. I can't believe it.

And I actually can't remember the beginning as soon as it ends.

I went to fix my guitar today. The guys there advised me that it was not worth cos repair fee is actually quite high. I am contemplating of getting an acoustic guitar now. Any lobang?

God is good all the time and all the time God is good!!!

2009-12-10T23:19:00.007+08:00

I dyed by hair golden copper brown JUST FOR CHRISTMAS

and I have received a few responses and comments.

Generally nice and yeah I look younger.

At least I am not tagged by those insurance sales agent at the bus interchange.

I think I probably look like a young punk

I got a few stares too. Perhaps they think I'm weird.

Whatever, I'm so going to enjoy this hair until school reopens.

ANYWAY my Christmas schedule is good and you are most welcome to join me (if you got nothing to do. It is free!!!)

11-12-09

I'm going to have pre-Christmas steamboat tomorrow at my place.

18-12-09

Another Christmas party. Got drama and I'm acting a bit.

19-12-09

Candlelight service in church followed by BBQ at my place. (which reminds me, I got to book the BBQ pit.)

24-12-09

What other best way to spend Christmas eve? In a church! I will be going for a Christmas Drama of the year - "A Christmas love story" at Jurong. So come join me. It's free!

2009-12-05T09:02:00.007+08:00

MOVIES

Mulan is a good start. Now I want to watch more. So I thought maybe I shall write about some movies that I've watched and I want to watch.

2012

I watched it. OK for me. The plot is thin and so unreal. 2012 is not going to take place. (Sorry for those who think you are left with 3 years and so why not play until you die and therefore no need to study. NO. 2012 is not taking place.) It is a science fiction, quite a convincing one but I don't really like this, compared to Independent Days or Days after Tomorrow. In the movie, no one seem to suffer much except for a few panic and fear. People just fell dead from tall building or into the ocean like ants (that is if you are watching from the big screen, it would probably look like a pixel if you watch it on laptop) There are nice volcano eruption and earthquakes and floods but come on, where are the close-up shot of people dying. But overall nice visual effects and I love the volcano.

Mulan

I love it. Not just because it is free but because it has depth, has passion, has everything worth watching. The entire movie can be sum up with the word - SERVANTHOOD.

Servanthood means serving others at the expense of yourself. E.g Mulan served her dad by drafting herself to the army. She wanted to protect her country and loves one by serving as the best general-in-command. Xiao Hu (Mulan's buddy) and some of the soldiers served Mulan by sacrificing themselves to hold off the enemies. There are many other examples, so catch the movie

The Twilight Saga New Moon

Watched the first one, did not really like it but the trailer for the New Moon looks nice enough for me to watch. And I'm watching with my buddy Eric so it is cool.

Avatar

Blue alien and Pink human with awesome outer space scenes, romance and warfare. COOL!!!

Planet 51

Cute and funny I think. I am going to watch this

The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassua

Erm... Why don't you check out the trailer.

The Storm Warriors

Caught the trailer while watching Mulan. I thought it looks cool. But this shall be the "have done everything and have nothing to do then watch" movie

2009-12-05T08:41:00.004+08:00

From Xueting: how come it seems that You keep getting songs from Alvin, haHAAA.

Answer: because i link my song directly to his blog and so everytime he changes his songs, i changed mine, JUST LIKE HIS. how cool is that?

Yeah my holiday is here. yipee. Except for one or two outstanding stuffs from school that I have to do, I'm free to do go out, play games, dota, L4D2 (cool I saw someone trying to heck an infected with a samurai sword. I want to play that.) Most importantly, I can prepare Christmas party again. Got drama, got food, got a lot of things. It is on the 18th Dec. venue not confirmed :( - will update again.

BTW church is going to have awesome Christmas drama on the 24th Dec at Jurong church. You guys should come!!! - no I am not acting. I wish.

I watch MULAN yesterday. It was awesome. War Honor Glory Love Romance Filial Piety got everything you name it. Most importantly it was free and I watched it at Lido Shaw House. The theatre is retro and complete with leanable seats. Funny because everytime I watched a movie there, it is always free. Well this time I even got free coffee from Starbucks. They were giving our free coffee!!!

2009-11-23T20:15:00.005+08:00

erm... I did not know that this will happen

I played dota again. It was a simple 1v1 game.

I played snipper and because I was going to just 'prolong' the game by shooting everything I can.

So I got into the enemy base and finished off their well of life.

And something strange happen... the frozen throne became invulnerable.

I went.. WAT!!! then how am I going to finish the game.

Then my creeps amass around the invulnerable monument.

And they grew in numbers.

Let the picture do the talking...

2009-11-19T00:03:00.002+08:00

The music is doing something to me and I seems to be getting sentimental. Alvin, how come your songs so emo. Hmm... I read my 2005 entries and (woot) saw how time had passed. Listening to the music while reading my post, especially those in Korea, I cannot help but miss Korea. I miss it so much; the people, the food, the church, the snow, the mountain, the palace, everything. I wonder how everyone is doing now. I wonder if they've still remember me...

I really miss Korea afterall.

2009-11-18T10:17:00.002+08:00

New music, from Alvin's blog.

Sounded emo. don't be emo ok Alvin.

There is hope at the end of the rainbow.

We'll get there together.

and on the issues of not sleeping or staying up late...

for goodness' sake,

PLEASE sleep at night and sleep before 11pm

sleeping deprivation has it's own consequences

1) fatigue (tiredness) result in decrease concentration

2) facial problem such as wrinkle, pimples and eye bags

3) hair lose due to dehydration

4) overweight due to overeating and breakdown in body system

and lastly...

5) DEPRESSION, EMO, MOOD SWING

2009-11-15T19:17:00.001+08:00

wah. today i spent 5 hrs watching anime.
what a day!!
okok slacking mode over. got to go back to study mode.
Let me see, I have 2 outstanding assignment.
let's go

2009-11-05T22:20:00.004+08:00

some random pictures which I've found in my phone

teadot at iluma bugis

i took this while waiting for

my project mate to do project

a nice place to chill

i drew my friend during a 2d art class

just exploring the different version

just in case you are wondering how she looks like

refer to below

this is her

just another scribble in the morning
while waiting for my friends to come to class
nothing in particular

i like this
feels good
a yellow sun-like ink
on the waving blue sea

me with shiliang doing gesl meeting with YEC

not much to comment

finally a lot of stitch

good bye

2009-11-03T09:28:00.003+08:00

Today we discussed about disabilities in class.

There are physical disabilities like blindness and deafness; mental and behavior disabilities such as learning disabilities.

But I think there is only one type of disabilities, that is the inability to overcome mindsets.

Of all sins, people who choose to give up on themselves are the greatest of all.

2009-11-02T09:37:00.002+08:00

Me and my "best friend"

Halloween Party was fun and we won the best dressed competition.

So happy and erm.. so ugly.. whatever.

check out the photos from these blogs:-

wanfong

phavdy

my facebook pic

that's all folks!

2009-10-25T21:36:00.003+08:00

My mum has a facebook account.
Can you believe it? A woman of 53 years of age is in touch with technology. Well she is certainly not the first mother I know who owns a facebook account. Dorcas's mum and Lucas's mum also has one to their name. Hmm, I better upgrade myself.

BTW i just realised that my name, Kenrus, ends with s, same with Dorcas and Lucas. Maybe if your name ends with s, you should get your mum to open a facebook account! Ha. Lame.

2009-10-21T09:14:00.002+08:00

UNLESS the LORD builds the house,

They labor in vain who build it;

Unless the LORD guards the city,

The watchman stays awake in vain,

It is vain for you to rise up early,

To sit up late,

To eat the bread of sorrows;

He gives His beloved sleep.

psalm 127:1-2 (NKJV)

Unless the LORD builds a house,

the work of the builders is wasted.

Unless the LORD protects a city,

guarding it with sentries will do no good.

It is useless for you to work so hard

(for something that is not according to the will of God)

from early morning until late at night,

anxiously working for food to eat;

for God gives rest to his loved ones.

psalm 127:1-2 (NLTV)

Bible Glo - Experience the Bible Like Never Before

2009-10-16T06:22:00.001+08:00

So cool... I'm going to get it!

2009-09-26T22:28:00.000+08:00

Sun - Fancy Free (Official Release)

2009-09-22T21:39:00.001+08:00

check this out...

2009-09-19T09:45:00.002+08:00

Life as a student is busy busy busy.
Beside lectures, tutorials, there are homework, assignments, project work and CCA.
Then there are friends you need to talk to, people you have to and others you don't really want to.

I browsed through my calender and estimated that there are about 4-5 assignments next month.
Stress am I? not really. not yet.
Perhaps I am just trying hard not to.

Sigh... I'm just wondering how do students do dota, facebook and L4D on top of all these.....

2009-09-19T09:41:00.002+08:00

2009-09-16T22:24:00.001+08:00

i am still alive...

and kicking...

i miss you guys

love you always

2009-09-06T10:14:00.001+08:00

check out geraldine's blog

got BBQ pic.

see if you are in there.

Peace

2009-09-05T10:25:00.003+08:00

BBQ was great.

I cannot comment futher.

It is just good to see everyone again.

I hope you have enjoyed yourself

See you next time folks.

erm... any photos folks?

CHC 20th Anniversary (Radiate)

2009-09-04T00:00:00.001+08:00

for those who love this song....

2009-08-31T16:07:00.001+08:00

getting ready for BBQ...

2009-08-29T11:26:00.002+08:00

Yesterday was fun.
We had a great time together after a busy week.
So who was there? Alvin, Jeffrey, Yixin, Daryl, Dian Ngiap, Hong Wei, Dorcas, Brendan, Brenda, Penny, Geraldine, Gracia, Jessie and etc etc etc etc....
We played badminton at Gek Poh CC. Then they came over to my house for snacks and fellowship. We had french fries, nuggets, pizzas and cheese cakes. Yummy! Then we talk and laugh and talk and laugh and talk and laugh then we played left4dead and dota. It was fun and I am going to do it again.

Ya! Next Friday, 04-09-09, I will be having BBQ at my place. All are welcome!
(But please let me know in advance so I can prepare the food!)
Study is important but is stressful so let us come together to have fun, release tension..... then go back to study again.
see ya. haha

2009-08-29T11:20:00.002+08:00

Amazing, amazing simply amazing.
What else can I say, that teacher which I wrote in my last post had changed overnight.
Her lesson is... different. Ok I kind of like her and her lesson now and she is full of smile. Well she can be very strict sometimes and blunt but it is different. There is a different spirit in her. I almost want to go to her to tell her how beautiful her smile is.

What else can I say? Prayer works or God is in control?
Whatever it is, Dorcas jokingly commented, "she is either touched by God or she has read my blog."

All glory to God

2009-08-25T23:01:00.003+08:00

Life as a student in NIE
I would not say it is totally fun, neither will i say that it is totally boring. It is just 'like that lor'. I suppose life as a student again is not the same, me; an old student, trying to remember my stuff, especially my sec 1 Maths. Thank God there is no test, only written report. So no need to memorise a lot of things. But still cannot escape Maths TEST. As much as I wish there is no test for Maths, I got 3, one per month. Other than that, there are a lot of readings to do, syllabus to catch up. That's why I hardly even blog.

Things are pretty straight forward, I go to school, I listen in lecture, I ask question, sometimes I disturb the class a little with my new friends, then I go home, do my reading, do my homework, and tend to my 'farm' and 'fishes'. Then I woke up the next day doing the same thing again. Except for weekend when I can go church! Yippee. Or occasionally some dota match with my 'paper' computer. What a life.

Professors and teachers. Most are great inspiring and entertaining. But I cannot say the same for one. There is this one that really test my patience. There are so many time I want to stand up in class and ask that teacher to chill. I wanted to ask her, "What's your problem..." But I pray God will give me compassion and understanding. Whatever it is, she will still be my role model; I try to be everything she is not.

I guess doing Art and Maths is really cool, like Leonardo Da Vinci. Maybe I can be like him, trying to be the genius that he was. What a dream! But let me first train up the muscle of the left-hemisphere of my brain, then we'll talk. I totally forgot about my Maths and I need to refresh my 'O' level Maths in the shortest time possible. Any tutor to recommend? It was horrific but I'm sure God will help me do it.

So how much do I want to get for my overall exam? I'm not sure, I guess I'll just do my best. I'll just aim to teach in Raffles, that will a great motivation for me!!!

Wish me all the best!

CATholic Choir

2009-08-19T15:10:00.001+08:00

now we know that even cats go to heaven

2009-08-16T10:17:00.003+08:00

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Most people chose the easy way out -

"IMPOSSIBLE, IMPOSSIBLE, that thing cannot be done"

"no one has done that before, it's simply IMPOSSIBLE"

"you must be nuts, that's out of the world, it's IMPOSSIBLE""

But I declare that all things are POSSIBLE cos

I M POSSIBLE

Digital World: Teachers Today

2009-08-16T10:00:00.001+08:00

something to think about.....

2009-08-09T16:21:00.006+08:00

DO YOUR BEST (in everything you do and I mean everything)

"Do your best" only for the important things is risky.
Most people just do their best for tasks that are perceived as important but here is the catch, which one of them is important?
Is preparing for your examination more important than doing your household chore?
Or is serving in a church more important than in a school?
The truth of the matter is that if you're going to do your best only for tasks that are important, you may just miss the whole picture. How can you be so sure? You can be wrong.
The million dollar question here: how can you know which one is more important than the other.
And the answer: You will NEVER know.
The fact is that in most cases, people misjudge and "do their best" for things that they thought are very important but actually are not. In the end, they loose everything they worked so hard for.

"Do your best" reflects an important attitude - FAITHFULNESS
Faithful people do their best to make sure that their tasks are delivered the best it can be. Faithfulness is displayed when people regards every tasks that are given to them as their own. And with that attitude, they will respect and treat every tasks as important. With faithfulness comes results; results which are not ordinary but those that break records and all expectation.
Unfaithful people do otherwise and they cannot amount much.
That's why it is important to do your best in everything because even the smallest task matters.

People who "do their best" are winners
because they are dependable. These are people others can trust to do their best no matter what. Not only will they finish the tasks, they will produce the most remarkable results.

So "do your best" in everything.
Do your best to be the best student, even when you are in the last class.
Do your best to be the best worker, even when your boss is mean.
Do your best to be the best child, even when your parents don't understand you.
Do your best to be the best friend, even when they take advantages of you.

Do you BEST even when you may not be the best, you'll emerge to be the WINNER.

If you are faithful in little things, you will be faithful in large ones. But if you are dishonest in little things, you won't be honest with greater responsibilities - Luke 16:10 (TLT)
And these are the people that God can trust... amen!

2009-08-07T09:43:00.006+08:00

Stress from work, stress from home, stress from School

I was told of an unfortunate swearing incident by a teacher in school. In another quarrel drama, a female teacher was attacked by a student with her flying kick. Years later and this teacher commited sucided. Sad....

What causes all these?
STRESS
A word that is familiar to many

But before we even start to discuss about what stress is, (because you can find 101 definitions and reasons for stress in the Internet) I think we should identify the source of stress. and I think the source lies in us.
The primary reason why we behave the way we behave is because we are stress. It is not entirely by others but is mostly by ourselves. People rarely think about self-induced stress. Most usually blamed others.

"If he has finished his part of the assignment on time, I will not be so stress."
"If they have not given me so many problems, my life would have been much easier."

But think about this...
The truth of the matter is we are actually the one giving stress to ourselves. No one can stress us but we stress ourselves.

For students,
"Oh my gosh, I'm not such a popular person in class, maybe I shall talk more and make more noise before I go unnoticed."
So now you are hurt because you thought nobody notices you. You are unhappy because you thought you do not have friends. You are angry because no one cares about you!!! AND YOU ARE STRESSED!!!

For teachers,
"I must be really lousy that my class is making so much noise. I cannot control them. They are like monkeys."
Come'on teachers, if you have done your best, you have done your part. If your class happens to be the notorious ones, probably the whole school will know about it. So if you manage the class well, good. If you can't, seek help. If it still doesn't work, nobody is going to label you as inferior.

So finally what must we do? Stop stressing ourselves. I do not mean stress is evil. Some form of stress are good. Stress from doing your maths assignment or stress from a presentation is good. Because it helps to mould us to become the person God wants us to be. But please don't overstress yourself at the end of the day.

And if you are a believer (aka christian), you can always count on God Jesus Christ because...
In God I have put my trust; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me? - PSALM 56:11
I will say of the LORD, "He is my refuge and my fortress; My God, in Him I will trust." -PSALM91:2

Left 4 Dead 2 E3 2009 Teaser Trailer [HQ]

2009-08-07T09:43:00.001+08:00

"pray harder 'cos it ain't working!!"
cool!
deron, let's do this!!!

Wolverine Anime Trailer

2009-08-03T00:28:00.001+08:00

Japanese... They always seems to have the grace and beauty...
Simply Awesome!

2009-08-03T00:15:00.000+08:00

Enjoy the great music from Toh Alvin.

Cheers

All the best in your studies!! Mine too

2009-07-29T22:15:00.000+08:00

My accounts on these 3 days of no teaching
Monday I woke up at 7:30am, ready for the new beginning. I felt happy, excited and great. Then I went for my morning job, then showered, then switched on my computer to check my e-mail, moe mail, msn, blog, facebook and I'm stuck with facebook. Barn Buddy followed by new game YoVille, then Fish a Fish. And it took away about 2 hrs of my morning. Horrible. Totally fun and waste of time. And you can guess how I spent the rest of the 3 days. Farming, Visiting, Kissing, Fighting, Joking, Fishing. Hai. Did I mention Dota-ing?

Then on MSN I saw WenHao, Enzo, Sze Kiat, Calvin and Marcus online. There were all unwell! Can you believe it? Something is happening and it is not good. No dota with them because they were all unwell but the following day, WenHao asked me to play dota with him!! Enzo asked me to play the next day. Dota getting boring.

I played Left4Dead with Deron, Felix and Weiyu on Tuesday and it was FUN. I think I love L4D more and I heard L4D2 is coming. Can't wait to play. Yeah Yeah

Gosh 3 days had passed and I have not done anything constructive. Not good Not good. Got to repent and pray and work hard. Let's study together!!!

2009-07-23T11:05:00.010+08:00

THE Onion Experience

I got about 40 onions for my beloved 2T1 to draw.

This week lesson is to do an enlarge still life drawing of an onion.

I thought it will be quite interesting. The shape is good, the texture is great and so is the colour. Not forgetting to mention the smell.

I was also secretly hoping that it will tear them so badly that it would be quite a funny experience. Yes I was a little sadistic.

So I had the onions, I had the plan and I had my motivation.

I brought the bag of onions to class for the kids.

They were very excited it seemed, as the onions were quickly snatched away.

Then it began.

They started throwing their onions.

The peeled raw onions.

The juice dripping, skin flying, head smashing experience!

Argh!!!

But they had better plans. They threw the onions around, at their friends and at the wall They were creating such a mayhem that I had to stop them. It was horrific.

I guess they are now paying the price for all these;

Now the whole classroom stinks of onions; even vampire would not dare to step into their class.

This has to be my best farewell gifts for them.

God bless them.

2009-07-23T09:16:00.007+08:00

What do you think about art?

This was the question I gave to my students earlier this month.

They would have to draw their opinion.

The results:

some of them drew beautiful illustration to tell me how much they hate art while others wrote a lengthy essay to explain why art is good.

It is just totally oxymoron.

Kids, you can never understand them...

2009-07-22T14:53:00.004+08:00

Wah. Jasper from 2e3 is so good. I'm so proud of him.

He has made it to be one of the Best Nature Explorer from the NUS Nature Explorer's programme and he is offered a 4D/3N field study camp from the 7-10 Sep 2009 with the NUS Professors at Tioman, at no cost at all.

He will be receiving the certificate from the Guest-of-Honour, Minister of the Environment and Water Resources, Dr Yaacob Ibrahim on the 5th Aug 2009,

He will also be offered museum attachments and is eligible to apply for research grants if he chose to continue with this programme. He will also be offered 1 scholarship a year that will provide for the undergraduate studies at NUS should he major in biodiversity.

All the best Jasper.

2009-07-22T10:51:00.003+08:00

2 more days . . .

I'm counting down.

the students are behaving weirder these days.

Super-hyper-active this week.

I must run away. . .

2009-07-19T09:19:00.003+08:00

Good morning Sunday Morning!
Ok here is the answer to the million dollar question:
When is my last day in school?
My last day in school will be on the 24th of July, Friday.
Which means I am left with 5 days before I'm going to NIE to study somemore.
HaHa life is always about studying, applying and improving.
Cool.
But... I got 2 pending issues...
One, I have not done my school homework.
Two, I have not gotten anything to wear for racial harmony day. Sigh...

Earth Song

2009-07-12T10:42:00.001+08:00

This is the first song that caught my attention and won me towards Michael's legacy
In here, there is no elevated king, no fancy dance move, and no crazy crowds. Just the earth and a humble plead to the rest of the world around us.

2009-07-12T09:14:00.003+08:00

I woke up on Friday with my head spinning and my body aching.

I thought to myself damn... I'm not myself.

Struggling to get up and wake to the bathroom but strength has left me.

Oh... I feel so old, so weak, so cold.....

Is it a fever? I wonder and took my thermometer from the bag. Ok if I'm 37.1 then I won't go to school.

I took my temperature and it says 37.3 °C. So I'm having a fever. Oh no. I have to miss my class; my 1E1 and 1E2. (I think that's what all teachers will think of whenever they are sick. As for the students, some may think ''oh no i will miss today's lesson...' but I am quite sure most will scream and shout "YIPPEE!!! NO SCHOOL!!!!")

So I call the school, made arrangement and then went to see a doctor.

By then I've hit 38.6°C, my highest in my entire life so far, I think. It was quite horrible and I will never want to go through it again. The clinic staff gave me the mask to wear. Geez now I really feel like a sick person. See my doctor. No... no H1N1 (btw it is now considered a common flu and the government has stopped counting since.) I got tonsillitis. So I'm given one day MC and off I go.

My nightmare begins..... it got worse and I thought I'm going to die. my fever was persistent and I spent the entire day sleeping. I shunned to take my temperature, I was too weak to take anyway. I got so many missed call and smses that day. Because of this, I missed my school, I missed my LAN session with the gang, I missed my steamboat, I missed my overnight prayer meeting, I missed my fellowship after church and I missed my duty today.

But I'm recovering, praise God. Still weak but I should be able to make it to school tomorrow. I hope I'm fully charged.

2009-07-09T13:28:00.002+08:00

I've not been blogging, I don't know how,

School has been the same, not much stuff to say;

Most of the classes were tamed, its kinda disturbing,

Those few classes who got worst, it is very irritating.

H1N1 came, and E-Learning should take place,

but the wait seems forever, I don't think it'll happen.

Left 4 Dead + Dota game

Playing with students almost every other day,

Kind of fun but frustrating,

Always being hunted, oh my what to do;

Being a nice teacher has its disadvantages too.

2009-07-05T00:23:00.003+08:00

Dota Championship becomes Dota telematch
a telematch that was brutal, owning and wickedsick
Firstly, I was smoked by the sec 1s.
Then one of my best player, Marcus, did not turn up.
On top of all these, I was severally "owned''

The first match was still ok. It was 4v5. My team 4 members and team with strong players. I played the Stealth Assassin not too bad but opponent was strong. Unfortunately, we lost. Blame the noob in the team and it was not me.

Second match was up. 5v5. My team played with Jia Ning's team. His team consisted of Cao Cao, Marcus, Chun Kiat, Calvin and Jia Ning. It was horrible. First of all, this player, whom I did not know but in my team, took all the items that I've bought, leaving me with nothing. Then being an Huskar, a fairly not-so-strong hero during early game, I was owned! Life is like paper. Come out, ambushed by 2 heros, died. revived. Come out, kenna ambushed again, died. Revived... died... died... died.. I died 16 times. Sigh. Need to guess? My team was being tortured and beaten miserably.

Third match and it was with Jia Ning's team again. I was like... ok random player and I got Templar Assassin. Never use her before. Don't think I'll use her again. Die again.....

What a No0b am I....

Going to play again this Monday with the sec 1s. We shall see...

2009-07-05T00:22:00.002+08:00

Jerome gave me a "good bye" card

how sweet....

i will not forget you de

2009-07-01T21:01:00.001+08:00

Yesterday was Phavdy's birthday and so Happy Birthday lah.

Sorry lah. You should have told me earlier.

Anyway I hope you have a happening birthday celebration.

God Bless

2009-06-25T09:54:00.008+08:00

10 Things to remember this holiday...

1) The Case of someone you know
If you have noticed at my tag board, there is this guy named someone you know and he has got a few of us guessing who he is. Gosh... reveal yourself already.

2) Cigarette
My student ask me to buy cigarette for him. WTF! Are you out of your mind.

3) Colour of hair
I saw my beloved student of 2E3, not one day but two days consecutively and guess what caught my attention? His nice dyed hair. Golden yellow. Hmm nice but time to dye it back!!

4) Concerning hair too
This time it was one of the art students in JWSS. A good looking chap with the 'mallet' hair style, complete with a few shave at the side. Cool! But school's opening! Grow it back already.

5) Dota
Played Dota til sian. Not very good, but not very numb. But quickly getting bored of it. School's starting, stop playing.

6) H1N1 flu
School holiday not extended. Hmm... Yipee!!

7) Piercing
Heard of a few students getting new ear, face, mouth, tongue, whatever piercing. My advice, do it where it look nice. You don't want to walk around looking like a lost tribal barbarian lost in time!!! Oh did I mention about a girl that turned blind after piercing her ear? Ops!

8) Singles' Meeting
My church organise a singles' meeting code word: Happy Hour for the singles in church. Guess who turn up. Next please...

9) Sister-girlfriend
If you see a girl with short hair walking beside me that looks almost like my girlfriend, learn this. She is my sister, not my girlfriend, yes we look not alike and we are too close as siblings but who cares. If I have a girlfriend, I would have told you.

10) Untitled
Pastor Kong wrote on MASTURBATION. Check it out

2009-06-25T09:04:00.020+08:00

I have not been blogging for a long time.
It seems that the insomnia that I had made the perfect opportunity for me to blog.
I was supposed to go swimming but I guess it would be too much for my tired body to do. Safety first so I decided to give it a miss.

So what have I been busy with...

I went shopping and caught movie with my friend, a male primary school teacher, haha sorry to disappoint you. we watched two great movies that day- The Taking of Pelham 123 and Ghosts of Girlfriends past. Two awesome movies which I would like to recommend to you guys but then now Transformers 2 is out and Harry Potter & the Half-Blood Prince is making its way to the theatre, maybe you want to save up for them. Even my sister who is not a transformers fan commented that transformers 2 is good, surely it is a must watch. Ok where was I, oh shopping, ya buy nice t-shirt and shorts from TopMen, one of the few stores that seems to have my size. XS.

Hmm... ok then I went to Shaun's birthday chalet with Wen Hao and Bing Huang. There were also his family, his church friends, his sister's friends. We spent three days there. It was good fun, I almost forgot I am babysitting them. ops! Together with his friend we caught a midnight movie, drag me to hell. seriously if you ask me how is it.... simply boring, almost want to sleep in the theater. Bad plot, bad story line and bad effect. It was so bad it was funny. The constant screaming from the guys and the theatre did not help to make me think otherwise. Anyway, let's move on.

We cycled and to a faraway lost land (I wish) at Changi beach. There the guys decided to dig hole to find crab. We found some nice stuff, starfish, bottles, seashells... What a week!!

2009-06-25T08:40:00.003+08:00

Insomnia, I had yesterday, I just could not fall asleep.

It must have been the last cup of Coffee Bean latte I took yesterday.

Just then I remember the single cruel fact, my body has simply grown old and now it is totally sensitive to caffeine. (for I had something like this earlier this year but totally forgot about it)

So I just close my eyes, desperately trying to sleep.

Tick Tock Tick Tock... 1am, 2am, 3am.. not much sleep

I laid there on the bed with my eyes shut, trying my best to relax.

Nope, no counting of sheeps this time, I think it will only make me more awake.

Before long, I began to slip into the dream world....

幸福的距離(KTV)--劉畊宏

2009-06-16T08:58:00.001+08:00

2009-06-12T10:50:00.003+08:00

MOE wrote to inform me a change of my teaching subject. It will be Art (unchanged) and Maths (lower sec) and I was like what!~ I'm so totally clueless as to how to teach Maths. I think I only know simple algebra and that's it. And on top of it how am I going to make it as interesting as my art lesson?

But I know God will have a way. His way is higher than mine mah, so I guess He will tell me lah. Then His glory will show. ( I think only Christians will understand what I mean)

2009-06-12T10:43:00.003+08:00

I love to talk to people who are humble, have a strong sense of integrity and a serving heart. It is a difficult requirement yes but let's increase our standard for a higher call.

No hokkien vulgarities or any form of vulgarities in other dialect please. Totally demeaning (low class)

2009-06-12T10:27:00.002+08:00

I was so amazed by the sec 2 boys yesterday, especially Zhi Leong and Zhen Hong. Simply awesome, especially at the way they organise and put everything together just to make sure that there is order in the disordered environment.

Let's put it this way, the sec 1s are like the typical sec 1s, lost and indecisive ( which sometimes can irritate me to the core, but hey they are still young; still 'evolving') and this always lead to unconfirmed number of people who are going to show up. So without having the confirmed number of attendees, not to mention the number of late comers, the lack of amount of cash collected and the serious lack of time (movie starting in 5 minutes), these two guys just proceed to purchase the tickets with one and only intention - they are going to make this outing works.

The level of focus and servant attitude is so strong within them that they are so prepared to give up their tickets so that others can go in to watch. At the end of the day, both of them absorbed most of the cost because they thought it was a gentlemanly thing to give those girls a treat. Beside that, they even purchase snacks and drinks for all of 13 of them.

Amazing huh! Man, we need leaders like them today for greater tomorrow. God bless them.

2009-06-09T19:18:00.005+08:00

Wah! We are going to have celebrities weekend services this weekend. It will be at both expo and Jurong church. Cool! There will be F.I.R, Liu Geng Hong, Vaness Wu from F4, Niu Nai(milk) from Energy, Ou De Yang(Ocean) and Singapore's Jacelyn Tay and Berlinda Lee. I will be there at Jurong West church on Sat(3:30pm) and Sun(12:30pm). So if you are free and got nothing much to do, or you simply want to catch the celebrities, give me a call, sms me or tag me. Come because you'll receive a free present, anyway admission is free!!!

2009-06-08T18:53:00.002+08:00

Today is a working day for me. I reached school at 9:30am to open the art room for the art students. Then I went to work on my banner design. I'm supposed to do a banner for the Sec2 Streaming Meeting. Anyway I'm glad Yuan Kiat and Hong Wei came over to school to help me with the painting and I'm 90% done I guess. I'm left with the critical 10% that is necessary to make the banner better. Hopefully, God will give me an idea by tomorrow. After that, we went to Jurong Point to have Mac Flurry. Nice.

Meanwhile the lyrics, chinawine, chinawine, chinawine from the song "Chinawine" keeps on repeat itself in my mind. All thanks to Yuan Kiat who kept playing the song over and over again. Hmm it is a dance track by our local artist Sun Ho. Just type "Chinawine" in YouTube to check out the video. Cool man