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Comic Con Cont

2009-09-15T19:39:00.001-07:00

ok..since u mentioned it sze yong...here is a pic with Marcus' face and the Darth Vader suit!

Comic Convention!

2009-09-14T10:22:00.001-07:00

Yo pp..

As u all know...my reservist was pretty much a nightmare...with all the poking and all the blood squirting out like 'Spiderman'! Its sounds really funny but trust me...if u were in it..u'd be going like MAD!

Now that extra lesson are here and PSLE is so near..life's really hectic and my every drink is Red Bull...in fact the effect on me seems to be waning so I might need stronger alternatives already...KOPI BEANS RAW??? hahah....

I brought Marcus to the comics convention at Suntec in August. It was like DAMN COOL!! well..its for geeks like me after all rite and I'm really starting to train my son up to be a geek way before this time! When I was there, there were alot of Star Wars characters out in full force. In fact, these pp dun even get paid! They do this outta pure interest and all the money that people pay to have a picture with them goes to charity. The fan club here in Singapore is even given a battalion name and they pay like 4 to 5 k to get their outfits! Its damn nice but I'd really just stick to light sabers for kicks...No uniforms for me pls...

I bought for Marcus a snake eyes and storm shadow figure and din buy anything for myself...but well..i will buy some toys for myself soon...u can count on that...")

Here are some of the pics...enjoy...

Hmm....Which star wars character would you like to be? I wanna be Obi Wan..Haha..

Needless to say...Marcus went home and was reeeaallly inspired by all that Star Wars shows...and since the FORCE is strong with him....ermm....

He joined the DARK SIDE!!!

Of course the Force is strong with him...just look at who his daddy is...

MELNIKIN SYKWALKER!!!

May the Force be with you...

Somewhere Only We Know

2009-08-05T09:24:00.000-07:00

YO PP!!!!

Sorry again for being 'blog dead'....Its gonna be the same old excuse anyway so why not lets just not even bother about why I havent exactly been active....Just in case u dunno wat the excuse is...I've been....busy...

I borrowed this dvd called 'He's Just Not That Into You' the other day and I really liked the show. The good thing about the show was that it was not just about one couple...It was about a few different couples...One 'despo' girl trying to find Love and finally found it in a fren...One girl who broke off with her boyfriend of 8 yrs cuz he din believe in marriage but she kinda got back with him cuz she realised that his loving her was all that mattered (they finally tied the knot of course...so typical Hollywood)....One married couple who eventually broke up (ah...not ur typical Hollywood ending)...And one more case was about a guy who was always made used of by this gal he likes, she calls him only when she has no company and ignores him when she finds someone else interesting.

The most interesting part of the show was when every couple kinda got into problems...The song 'Somewhere Only We Know' by Keane was played during those scenes. I totally LOVED that song man. I went to look for it immediately after and I keep it on repeat mode at home and in the car! My wife thinks I'm mad...haha...Its the ringtone I hear when my wife calls anyway.

Lets talk about the song...

Somewhere Only We Know by KEANE

You know why I like the song? We have many many memories. Some good, some bad, some bring a smile to our faces (nope...not the ones of JIM), some neutral ones as well...Most of these memories come back to me when I see photos, listen to certain songs or go to certain places. The reason why I really like this song is cuz its not flooded with 'I love u & u love me' rubbish...its about............

Its about a guy telling this girl that he's kinda tired of waiting and he wants to be with her...stop playing games and let him know if she even considers him a potential partner...they should go to a special place to talk about it...somewhere only they know...I like the idea of this song cuz its nice when you bring a person to this special place, you kinda pour your heart out to each other...talk about life....past regrets....dreams....families....friends...talk about each other...shut the world out and just talk to each other...about each other...

This somewhere could be anywhere....by the beach...in a park...a quiet corner of a shopping mall...a cosy nice restaurant...It doesn't have to be posh or sleek...as long as the company is great...it could even be at a void deck of a HDB flat! Its the company and the conversation that counts and it should be unique...only to you and your very special someone...

Its not easy to do this now that I'm married....Life is all about your kids and when I come home...kids are going to sleep if not already asleep and my wife is completely burnt out...Everything we talk about is pretty much about kids...our folks...our friends...No more about ourselves...When you're married...all these somehow dun matter anymore...You dun feel the need to do it...the excitment and the fire is just not there or maybe just flickering....I feel its really impt to keep the fire alive....keep the fire bright...But trust me...its really not easy...

We did to go to this really nice place and spent some time together recently...nice view...nice breeze...we kinda caught up with each other quite abit (sounds ironic huh? since we are husband and wife)...had the world shut out (not completely thou cuz we kept having to monitor the time)....and talked again about the good old days... our current lives together...what we dreamt about...our plans for the kids (see...kids are never really out of the picture)...I dunno how long this special place will last thou...For as long as it last..it'll be special...somewhere we can catch up....

Where is this place????

Somewhere Only We Know....

Here is the link to watch a clip of the song plus lyrics...watch it and you will know why I think its great...Enjoy....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXtrDAcCTL8

Lemme know if it doesn't work k? This is not the original version though..the original is better!

Oh yes...can someone teach me how to change my blog song? No prizes for guessing which song I'm gonna use...Hahaha....write on my cbox can? Xie Xie!! ")

God Bless You All and May God Bless Singapore on her 44th Birhtday!!

And Remember....

When you sleep safe at night next week...

Know that I...ME...I DEFEND THIS NATION TO KEEP YOU SAFE AND SECURE!!

See ya soon! ")

Toy R Us Midnight Sale!!

2009-06-12T06:00:00.000-07:00

Hi pp,

I'm terribly sorry for my absence from my blog. ")

I was telling you guys in class about my Transformers Midnight Sale adventure rite? Yes yes...I know I'm a Geek..but hey come on..if I dun remain a little childlike...how to connect with you guys???

But frankly....liking toys is not a bad thing at all...its not a vice...admittedly..it's kinda ex...but hey...as long as you dun smoke or take drugs or go drinking all the time...its fine! I prob spend less on toys than a smoker does on cigarettes and you know what?? He's messing his lungs and the lungs of his loved ones up too!! So....Geeks seem alot better now rite??? Haha...

ok man...rememver the pic I told u guys about whereby my friends and I took pics with masks while queueing to pay??? Here it is!!! HAHA....Guess which is me??? Leave a post and I'll tell u if u're rite!

I bought a Nerf gun set as well. Its real cool! Check out this pic which was taken before me and Marcus started firing away!! ")

I can simply train to do more 'pull-ups' without the gym...Just carrying the two of them is enough... ")

Marcus's 3rd Birthday

2009-03-27T09:16:00.000-07:00

Yo people! I am updating so dun say i lied to u guys k?

I have been really really tired man. Its been work, work, work and MORE WORK! I just had such a severe bout of diarrhoea and after that, I am now down with cough and a super sore throat! (With all that shouting an constantly having to tell SOTRIES!!) With all the extra lessons I'll be conducting these few weeks, I really dun think I will recover anytime soon. But u know what??? At least i enjoy my job..I really do!! Can't imgaine doing anything else....Melvin Ng the Engineer???? NAH!!!!

It was really cool that Marcus' Birthday was on a Friday and that was my last day off before all my extra lessons started. We brought him to sit the Duck Tours which he din really enjoy actually and then we had lunch with my folks to have a mini birthday celebration for Marcus.

We brought him to Vivocity to let him choose a toy and he choose some policemen toy in the end. Haha, it helped that it was not that ex...about 30 bucks only..haha...My bro got him a super advanced remote controlled army tank that costs like close to 300 bucks!! Gosh, I din even have presents 1 tenth the price of that when I was a kid! Kids nowadays are so lucky!

Here are some of the pics.... :) My dearest Melanie is looking so sweet! She's my PRINCESS!!!! ")

Getting ready to enjoy ourselves BIG TIME!! :)

We bought 2 different cakes for Marcus..The one he brought to school to share with his friends was with a Batman design while the cake we cut during the family celebration was Transformers Animated Optimus Prime!! ")

The Cuppacino I bought from Macafe was really sweet..."Smile"...I think that is something all of us gotta do more often! ")

Enjoy the pics and while u are viewing them....

SMILE!!!!

See u guys soon!!! ")

What a end to 'CNY farewell dinner'...

2009-02-08T08:03:00.001-08:00

Its the end of CNY and today, we all went to 'No Signboard' restaurant @ East Coast to have family dinner and lou hei as well. It was really cool! The retaurant was facing the sea and the breeze was tremendous. The food was so so but the ambience was fantastic!

U know, when i was a kid, i swallowed a bone. And from then on, I had a phobia of eating fish! can u beat that??? There really are alot of benefits from eating fish really...high in omega (dunno which number) for brain development, alot of protein, much better than red meat definitely...

I only feel safe when i eat 'angmoh' fish like cod fish and salmon. Only when eating these fish can u safely say there is a very low chance of u eating a mouthful of fish with no bone at all.

Since I absolutely hate fish bones, I have always told my mum and wife who look afer Marcus, to exercise extreme extreme caution whenever they give him fish. They have been doing a relatively great job really...until today...accidents happen...

It had to happen to Marcus today, he turned to me immediately after eating a mouthful of fish and shouted'BONE!' I told him to spit it out immediately and he did. I thought all was fine but when he swallowed his second mouthful of rice (and fish of course!). He shouted 'BONE! BONE!' again, only this time, his mouthful was bigger and it was louder.

I gave him the same instructions again and cupped my hand in front of his mouth to encourage him to spit in all out. He did, but not all the food came out..he then repeated his 'Bone' shouts. He then keep choking and coughing! Believe me...I was stunned, my thoughts at that moment was just to remove whatever bone there was out of his mouth and my greatest fear which really gripped me then was, 'what if he had swallowed the bone???'. I had to act....

I just stuck my index finger into his mouth to search for that bone...i could not find any and the worst thing was that he was choking non stop...i had to make him spit out everything so I took a risk and dug deeper...no one else could react then except me...everyone was just in a blur...being his daddy...I had to react...

He vomitted out his food. There was a lump of fish there...I din care of it was gross, I keep pressing the food to see of the bone was there...it wasn't...but he was much better then. That somewhat eased my fears for a split second. I keep asking him if the bone was still there..he said 'no'...i hoped and prayed he was right...

I took him to wash up and thankfully, I could see he was feeling normal again. After washing his hands and taking him out..I was really relieved to see he was playing, laughing and running about as ususal.

It all happened so fast and on hindsight, I guess i did the right thing...but believe me, as his daddy...although it was my instinct and also duty to react. I really wished I had not been placed in that situation...if I had done something wrong...Lets not go there....

Guys, I sure your parents went through this kinda situtations when u were young. Occasions. when u were sick, bullied, sprained ur am....somehow, ur daddies and mummies will do everything in their power to make u feel better...sometimes, it doesn't work, sometimes it does. Appreciate ur parents...They sacrifice alot alot for u guys....

Thank u God for helping me throughout that 30seconds of hell....couldn't have done it without ur help....AMEN!!!

Some more pics...enjoy...RIVER HONGBAO!!! ")

CNY!!!

2009-02-02T19:19:00.000-08:00

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYONE!!!!!!

MAY THE YEAR OF THE OX BRING GOOD HEALTH AND WEALTH AND IMPROVEMENT IN STUDIES TO ALL!!! ")

I AM FINALLY UPDATING!!

I sincerely apologise for not updating over 2 months. Well...i guess thats what 3 businesses, 300 students and 2 kids will take up...a lot of time!

It was a relatively quiet CNY...had the chance to catch up with my good pals and on the first nite of CNY...we talked and gambled (dun worry..only once a year...) until like 4am in the morning! We used to have these gatherings when we were young but now....hahah...we rarely get the chance to do it...Here are some pics...enjoy!!

PSLE Results

2008-11-21T07:58:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone,

I so sincerely apologise as I have been very busy even thou its the Mavis holidays. Why? We are starting a new branch in Pasir Ris (Blk 443 @ Pasir Ris Drive 6, remember to recommend your frends living there over to Mavis k? ") ) In fact, we bought over a childcare centre as well and I have been spending vitually every single day of my holidays there.

The PSLE results are out. Just like in every battle or every war, there will be victors, there will however, also be casualties. Thats just the way exams are...we all hope and pray that we do well, that all the trememdous amount of effort that we have put in along the way pay dividends. Most of the time, we are rewarded for our hard work...sometimes however, we end up in utter disappointment.

We had the top student in Edgefield pri (281) and Nan Chiau Primary (278), 2nd in Hougang Pri (274..You made me and Mrs Ho really proud Lilin!) and a few others. We have many top students every year. I thank God for helping all these students do well, you may not be a top student but as long as you are happy with your results, as long as you made improvement...Congratulations...You have all done your parents proud...You have all done your school teachers proud and you guys have made me proud...For your hard hard work and doing well when under my charge. ")

Its easy to get swallowed up by just talking about our top students all the time. When we look at the war, it always easy to look at the victors and be so immersed in them that we forget the casualties. In this case, students who worked very hard throughout but somehow never achieved satisfactory or good grades.

I have advice for you and I hope you will take what I say very seriously.

Doing badly in an examination is not, and should never be, the END OF THE WORLD. Yes you may not have done so well this time, but there are many opportunities for you to excel academically as long as you do not give up and are willing to try again. Let me share this little story with you...

I studied very hard for my Prelims before the O levels. In fact, I told myself that I was going to do everything I could to enter Temasek Junior College so that I could be studying in one of the TOP 5 JUNIOR COLLEGES in Singapore. I got 9 points for my prelims and got into TJC for the 1st 3 months before they released the O level results.

My life in JC was really really fun. I made many new friends since very few people from SJI went to TJC. (or at least I thought I made many new 'friends'!) I had the time of my life in TJC hanging around with friends at Parkway after school and having non stop outings with my new classmates on weekends. I thought to myself, "Finally, I have found the perfect school". I even had a crush on this girl from PLGS then TJC whom I knew from Mavis at Kovan in the same A math class as me. Life was GREAT!

Then came the biggest blow. I deproved alot for the O levels. I could not remain in TJC for the remainder of my JC life...I could not remain in the same class in which I had made so many new friends. I felt so inferior cuz almost all my classmates could remain in TJC. I felt like a LOSER...A Loser that was somehow failing at almost everything. I had to go to CJC which was NOT a top 5 JC. It was so embrassing. I would also not have the chance to see the girl I had a crush on as well! I just thought life was just so unfair to me.

When I went to CJC. It was funny...It felt as if I was meant to be there all along. There were so many SJI guys there! (Well, of course there are a couple I couldn't stand the sight of but I had more friends there than enemies.) My brother was also the president of student council (kinda like head prefect or councillor) two years before so everyone kinda knew who I was the moment I entered CJC. ( It helped that my bro was tall, charming and good-looking as all the senior girls knew my name just cuz of him, believe me, he had a following there!) I felt totally at home and at ease the very 1st day I entered CJC.

Eventually, I made real friends there. Friends whom I could count of in times of need, friends who did not judge me based on my results but based on how I treat people and what kinda friend I was. Friends who are still meeting up with me at least once every 2 months even until now that I am a father of 2 kids. True friends who were there at my wedding to make sure it ran smoothly without me having to ask twice. Friends who shared my joy when my kids were born.
Friends who stick by you through thick and thin and who will influence you the correct way.

It somehow seemed as if my poor performance in the O-levels was part of a BIG PLAN (U can say God's plan if you are a Christian) to ensure that I eventually end up at CJC and have a JC wonderful life. The most ironic thing is that I still did well for my A levels to get into NTU Engineering and when I went into NTU, I saw the same very people I knew when I was in TJC studying the same course as me. You dun have to be in a top school to enter the university!

Secondary school is a very different ball game from primary school. Not everyone that does well in primary school does well in Secondary school and vice versa. I was a student that only started to pick up in sec school and then get better from there. I have also seen and personally helped so many NA students do well in sec sch math, some were even offered to hop to express. Nothing gives me more satisfaction than helping those who have not done well in pri school math do well and excel in sec sch math.

You CAN do it...As long as you DO NOT give up... ")

As Obama would have you say it...."YES! WE CAN!"

God Bless all of you.

PSLE Science paper

2008-10-08T09:20:00.000-07:00

YO PEOPLE!!

Congrats to all my p6 students! All your hard hard work now can finally come to an end..at least for like close to 3 months.

I heard that the science paper was pretty managable and in fact...I even got news that almost 70% of the paper was somehow covered by me before at some point in time during the lesson!

There was the magnet attracting the floating paper clip question...

There was the advantages of seeds being dispersed by animals via droppings...

There was a question on...

Well..I din wanna ask too much cuz most still had a higher mother tongue paper the next day...so I will as them again k....Then I will put the rest up...

All the very best to students taking the higher mother tongue paper and I will continue to pray for you guys! Looking forward to hearing your results... ")

Meantime...PLAY UNTIL YOU DROP DEAD...like I always said....

Here are four pics I took with my sec2 students from Woodlands. They are a great bunch..MOst have been in Mavis since primary school...Two have been here since primary 4, more since primary 5 and one of them in the pic has been here since p1!!!

They all Rock!! ")

Can you please let me know which you think is the best?? I might wanna use it in the next Mavis ad!

Lets put it to a vote ok? From serious pic 1 to crazy pic 4...

You dun have to be in the pic to vote...JUST VOTE!!! ")

God Bless you all! ")

Formula 1 ROX!!!!!!!!!

2008-09-30T09:24:00.000-07:00

Selamat Hari Raya

Maaf Zahir Dan Batin! ")

(Hope I got it right...Maaf to all my muslim students, colleagues and friends if I got it wrong..)

The first ever formula 1 night race has ended and I WAS PART OF IT!!

Due to extra lessons, I could not attend the fri and sat practice and qualifying races but I went for the one that mattered most! The actual night race itself!!

I was like really lucky as I ended my sec 2 class in Sengkang at 6pm and I had to rush home before I headed down to the race. I went with my brother, my da sao (sis in law) and my good old pal Terrence Sim (Yufen couldn't come cuz she's in confinement) who is a speed freak. As we were making our way to the race ground and walking thru Marina Square, the racers took off for a practice and I heard the sound for the very first time...

I am telling you, the sound is like...I cannot describe it man...Its like two Ferraris or two Lamborghinis (or maybe all four together!) reving at the same time...If you have heard of any Ferrari engine...just imagine, its ten times the sound...so high pitched...so loud...BEST!!

Lets be frank here, I din like pay to get the best seats so the seats weren't fantastic but believe me...you pay for the sound...When they all zoomed past...its so cool...so macho...you just wanna get in one and drive it yourself...or actually...you just wanna work harder so that you can own a supercar...A Lamborghini Gallardo will be my dream for the next 5 years...or maybe 50 years...hope not...If I ever get a Supercar...I'm gonna take it on the track before they close it up for F1 man...

Frankly, I have to salute the government and the business people involved for having the courage and vision to bring in the F1 and also making it the first night race..I guess this is a classic example of thinking out of the box...At first, I was skeptical myself...would it work? The tic sales weren't going well at first but in the end it was like almost completely sold out.

I think the rest of the world were the judges as to whether it was a success or not...Everyone from the the head of F1 to the drivers to the spectators to the average Singaporean came to a unanimous decision that we are giving Monaco a run for its 'Jewel of F1' tag...Imagine...Our little sunny Singapore...being compared to Monaco...Believe me guys, Singapore has cemented her place in the Global cities's 'Champions League'....And I am proud of it...As I sat at my seat taking in the breathtaking view of our scenic night sky...I kinda found it hard to believe that just 43 years ago...People wondered if we could even survive as a country...In fact, when the Sands IR is up..the view is gonna be 10 times greater!

Can you believe it? I was actually asking myself in April if I should go for F1...As usual, consultation with my dearest wife always works...She said, " Its the FIRST EVER NIGHT RACE....Dun regret while you are watching tv at home and say I should have gone..." Well...Thats why she is my wife...She knows me best.. :)

Looking forward to the next F1...

Here are a couple of pics..Enjoy...")

To my Dearest P6 kids...Just slightly over a week to go...Hang it there...

I will be praying for you guys...

God Bless you all

I have told you kids many times before..short

people are generally charming and successful..

look at 'my friends'!

") ") ")

My Dearest Melanie! :)

2008-09-18T09:13:00.000-07:00

Hi Everyone,

I'm really sorry to have kept you guys waiting. I have just downloaded Melanie's pictures and I am gonna put up a couple of the pictures we took at the hospital and also at home.

Well, but first, here's Melanie's Whirlwind birth story.

Hmm...where shall I begin???

Well, let me start from the 6th of September 2008. I had just ended a really good session with my sec2 kids in Woodlands and it was like 530. I left as I had no extra lesson that day and headed home. We then headed down to the Soup Restaurant at Seah Street to have a nice chinese dinner and proceeded to Raffles Hotel to buy my parents the really famous and unique Raffles Hotel mooncakes.

We walked around Raffles City and I bought Marcus this 'plug into tv' kinda computer game of Spiderman 3. It then started to rain and I had to run in the rain to get the car while Marcus and Yufen waited at the shopping centre. Call me crazy...but running in the rain is kinda fun sometimes, for as long as it lasted, it felt fun. I remembered seeing a Ferrari 599 in the carpark just before I exited...wonder when I am gonna get mine...

We reached home at 930 or 10pm. Yufen washed Marcus up and they went to bed. I did some marking and some mail checking and was ready to turn in at 1230am when I found Yufen awake...I new something was wrong but as usual, she did not want to alert me and then let it turn out to be a false alarm. After ten minutes of monitoring, she told me...' I think meimei is coming out today...'

THATS IT!!!!!!! I sprang into action...I grabbed the 'hospital bag' that we had packed way before, called my mum to walk over from her place to mine (which takes like 2 mins) and then went out to start the engine...Move aside Hamilton...My little princess is comin out today man!!!

My mum and dad came over in like 10 mins. We drove off immediately and the drive was a really stressful one...On one hand (literally), I had to drive really fast and still be SUPER safe, on the other hand (literally again), i had to comfort and reassure my dear who was in so much pain...

We reacher the hospital at 110am...Yufen was in a hell lotta pain and I had to really help her into the ward where the nurses took over. At the point in time, I still thought I had at least 2 hours more before I got to see Melanie for the 1st time...God had other plans for us...

As I was doing the admission and making calls to arrange for a relief teacher for my classes, the cleaner ran out and called for me to go in cuz Yufen was gonna give birth!! I ran in and saw her holding onto the laughing gas mask and in IMMENSE pain...I held her hand...All I remembered next was all the panic in the room with the nurses firmly delivering instructions here and there...Next thing I knew, my gynae walked in, (just in case you din know, the gynae only comes in when you are like close to 20mins from birth...Yufen went into labour at 3am for Mrcus and he only came in at 12pm!) his look told me it was time. Yufen perserved amd screamed liked there was no tomorrow...I held onto her tight...almost feeling guilty that I could not somehow share this pain with her...that she had to bear it all by heraself without epidural (super strong pain-killers, pp who use it can actually go through close to painless birth!)

Then I saw her...alot more hair than Marcus but I kinda felt she really looked like him...Melanie...My little princess...arrived in this world at 127am...17 mins after I reached the hospital...It was so frantic that they din even ask me if i wanted to cut her umbilical cord..there was simply no time...Well...din matter really...as long as the two women of my life were fine...Yufen heaved a HUGE sigh of relief and she then relaxed...

Surprisingly, Yufen recovered very well and quickly after giving going through it all without epidural..She really is amazing... :)

Here are some pics..will share more about Melanie External....now that enough has been said about Melanie Internal...

Enjoy... :)

Thank God for His Wonderful Gift....

Hmmmm....Which of my students will my little princess be like???? I wonder....

See How Marcus Loves his meimei....

Anyway, I love her chinese name....

Huang2 Jing4 Xuan1

And just in case you are wondering...No...I din name her after Felicia Chin...Its on the advice of the Fengshui Master...

God Bless you all....

Waiting and waiting and waiting....:(

2008-09-04T09:02:00.000-07:00

My dearest daughter is really making everyone play the waiting game man..She is due only on 13th Sept but considering the fact that Marcus was 15 days early and that the second one usually 'pops' faster, I have to say, I was kinda expecting my princess to pop like a few days ago. I was so looking forward to see my little girl but damn...

Oh well, good things are worth waiting for right?

Before Marcus was born, I keep wondering how my son would be like. The thing is, I have so many students and when I found out that I was to have a son, I kept wondering if my son would be like this particular student or that particular student. I also kept wondering if he would be every teacher's angel or devil?? Haha..only time will tell really...

Now i am doing the same thing, except that this time, I look at my female students and really wonder which among them will my daughter be like? Will she be an angel or a mischief? Outspoken or timid? Sweet little thing or tomboy? Obedient or stubborn...Oh well, only time will tell really...

Well...as of today, no news yet...Will keep you guys updated...Anyway, I hope the Mock exam was fine. As I have always said, the papers I set are always easy... :)

God Bless you all!!

Until Meimei comes about.... ")

The Dark Knight

2008-07-21T10:24:00.000-07:00

HELLO EVERYONE!!! :)

Sorry people...I am still really committed to my blog but finding time to update it is really quite a challenge. But when I find out that Foreign Minister George Yeo has time to update his blog given his really hectic schedule...I guess 'no time' is really no excuse..

I have been like telling all of you about 'The Dark Knight' right and how good a show it is. Believe me, if I could afford the time, I would like watch it again (Time excuses again). I am so gonna buy the DVD man. I am abit biased though. I have always like Batman since I was a kid. Spiderman and Batman. In fact, when we were young, my bro and I used to role play; he would be Superman and I would be Batman...eh don't laugh at us lah..What do you expect huh? We din have power computer games like World of Warcraft then you know...We only had these superhero cartoon t-shirts that had a flap at the back that made us kids then, think we were really some kinda Superhero...

You know, with the kinda world and technology nowadays, I kinda feel its not impossible in the future ( i dunno how long thou) for somebody to successfully become a superhero, but with those kinda power, staying upright would be really tough. Imagine, if you had those kinda powers and you can go around stopping all the bad guys in the world, wouldn't you wanna stop those bad guys at a price? Can you imagine yourself so powerful, catching baddies and putting criminal kingpins in jail and yet having to live like a pauper in the case of Spiderman? In fact, as the joker said in Dark Knight, "people will just love you when they need you, when they don't need you, they will just turn their backs on you and go against you...like what really happened in the movie. Batman was a hero who had to run away in the end even though he risked his life to save people.

Tony Stark aka Iron man is more realistic and down to earth. Tony is bloody rich, playboy and a super hero as well...Who wouldn't wanna be him? In fact, he was always at loggerheads with the Avengers in the comics cuz he always believed Superheros must not wear a mask...Spiderman and Captain America always disagreed. What do you think? If you were a Superhero, would you wear a mask?

Well...I kinda think that with the advancement of technology also, who knows? Transformers might no longer be just a fantasy in maybe 50 years? But Global warming would have killed us by then...If we have not killed ourselves in some crazy world war...

But..back to my favourite hobby now...I am VERY VERY keen to get this Batman figurine..ITS DAMN COOOOOL MAN!!!

Should I buy it?????

National Stadium

2008-06-17T10:38:00.000-07:00

Singapore vs Uzbekistan

As I have been saying in class. I brought Marcus and my dearest wife, who was very understanding, to the national stadium to watch our 'fantastic and committed' lions take on Uzbekistan...Can you erm even pronounce it??

Ok, the match was like crap and I left at half time but what the heck, since I was already there, I might as well make the best of it right? Anyway, when I reached the stadium, the atmosphere was brilliant! Many people really heeded calls from various media sources like newspapers and radio to go down in red and support our lions...watch them and cheer them on as they make history by qualifying for the 2010 WORLD CUP!!

Well, the only history our 'dear' lions made was simply to let in more goals than a sec sch team playing professionals. I know they tried but come on, when you make silly mistakes like those they made, I think you deserve no less than a dressing down...not so much by the coach...but by us the fans...cuz we paid really good money to watch them and the least they could do was to put up a fight. They did, unitl it was 2-2 and I was like losing my voice screaming and urging them on..but all the Uz players needed were for our wonderful defenders to make mistakes after mistakes. It really did seem as if our defenders were playing for them or maybe the singapore defenders just came out to make numbers...they were like some puppets in training match!

Well, Marcus was really restless by half time and so we left. Although I told my wife I would drop them off and go back, I asked myself, "What can I wish for? Singapore is down 3-5...do I expect them to score 3 and the opponents not even score a single goal in the 2nd half?" I figured the ans was no and decided to watch the match at home and be with my family. For your info, by the time the half time whistle was blown, i was like rooting for Uzbekistan to score more against us...

I feel soccer players have a duty as entertainers, to entertain us by playingwell...playing good attactive football. I read somewhere that players like John Terry and his bunch of England flops went partying and boozing the night they got knocked out of the Euro qualifiers by Russia or something like that. If that was true, I think its a disgrace and an utter disrespect for people who work their butts off trying to earn money to buy tickets to cheer on the national team at the match, only to be let down by horrible and half hearted, non committed performance on the field.

Can you imagine?? These people are role models!

Which is why I support Arsenal..They play good, attractive and entertaining football...although I have to admit being very tired of not seeing then lift trophies...With Scolari now at Chelsea, I really don't see them lifting trophies so easily this coming season. I think Scolari is a brilliant, firm and one that can really gain the respect of his players. But at least most of Arsenal players don't go around drinking themselves silly cuz Arsene is really strict on their diet from what i read and he's pretty particular about discipline..

Here are some pics of the trip! may bring him for future matches when he can appreciate them more..

GO SINGAPORE GO!!!!!!!!!!!

or more like...

GO ARSENAL GO!!!!

Even Mammy got into the mood to cheer as well!! :)

The teams coming out....

Marcus getting really bored and experimenting with the digicam...taking pics of...erm...himself...

What do you expect??

Singapore was down 2-5..I would have done the same if I was him...

Marcus' first time as a Page Boy

2008-05-18T19:03:00.000-07:00

My dear cousin Adelene (who shares the same bday as me) got married Nov last year and I just got the pics of Marcus...She's been too busy with her new house and work that she gave me the pics late..but still...its really nice. The guy that took pics of her actual day wedding was the same guy who did mine..He is THE BEST man...He's really good @ what he does...Bernard from Beetles @ Work...Cool guy...Heard he just got married also...Congrats to him....

Wonder how its like to be a wedding photographer...You prob have to work on weekends and public holidays all the time! Like me! Haha...I also wonder who took pics for Bernard when he got married...And when he sees the pics...will he be like: 'I could have done a better job' or hmm....'Why din he/she take pics in another way?'

Well...I'll never know rite???

Happy Vesak Day to all!! ")

This is my favourite Photo man!! Look! Both Adelene and Marcus can like advertise for Macdonalds man!! How much will they pay me for this pic huh??

Slogan should be:

Macs for all occasions! ")

Wonder why I din go into advertising...

My wedding Pics...

2008-05-13T08:50:00.000-07:00

My wedding anniversary is coming up...on the 21st of May to be exact...Been married for 3 years now...Doesn't seem like a long time when I say it...but with a kid and another coming up...u really forget how fast time seem to go by esp when they grow up so fast...

I was really lucky cuz I had many awesome students and even parents who came to my wedding...relatives and friends came too of course...Would like to share a few photos of this very special day with u guys next time...My brother and 'brothers' ROX man!! They helped me with soooo many of the wedding stuff that I din have to worry about a thing...all they wanted me to do was just to say 'I DO'...hahaha....they are the best man!

My wife was dolled up by this great wedding studio called 'Bridal Veil'..They were really friendly and nice. Michelle is the main gown designer and we got along with her really well...I look forward to visiting her again aft my little princess is born...

I will post a flash presentation done by my wife's friend's hubby...He is a great guy man...Went thru so much trouble to do such a superb presentation, took pics of all the friends that I wanted to thank in the flash called 'Friends' and yet he din include a pic of himself even thou I insisted he did! Jian Hong...He's a really good guy man!

I tired to upload the 2 Flash files that were played on the night of my wedding itself but i can't seem to get it up so I guess I will have to content with letting u guys see some of the day photo shots...Will upload the night photo shots another day...SO many!!

I drove my own wedding car...Haha...more unique that way....My previous 'family shared' car...BMW Z4...

The Make up artist @ work...Making my wife more beautiful then she already is...:)

One day...Just one day...I will be just like my father in law....doing this to my little Princess...") W0nder when that will be man...

The sisters having a good time making us suffer and making me 'work real hard' to get in...Oh well...luckily I had my band of wonderful brothers...

Queen of Peace Church @ Katong...

Me and my BAND OF STEADY BROTHERS MAN!!

The Marching in....

One day...One day...I will be sending my little girl away..."(

Ok....Here is a shot I took with a couple of my students who came my place after the church wedding for a buffet lunch...

Thats all for now people...Will upload when I have the time again...Thanks for viewing...")

Where is my TAGBOARD???

2008-05-12T09:53:00.000-07:00

Ok, I have finally changed my skin.. Many Thanks to Hazel for writing such a detailed list as to how I go about doing it...I have a new skin...BUT WHERE IN THE WORLD IS MY BRLOVED TAGBOARD!!! Does it mean I have lost all the previous postings on my Tagboard??!!! If somebody here can help me..pls like sms me or tell me how to retrieve my tagboard...PLS!!!

In fact, this is not the skin I chose from blogskins..I chose one with the Ferrari Modena 360 since there was no F430...But this was how it turned out...Not that I dun like it...BUT WHERE IS MY TAGBOARD???!!

The EPL season is over and I will pretty much be starved of football for like two long months...But at least there is Euro 2008...Haha...Really looking forward to that man...and when Euro ends...EPL starts again...

If u din know it by now..I am an Arsenal fan...My bro loves Newcastle...One thing thou...We both can't stand Man U and of course Chelsea...Its tiring being an Arsenal fan...I mean like...look how close they went to winning the League and Champs league again...but its the same old story every year...CLOSE!!! Nobody remembers people who got close to winning...everybody remembers the winner! Look at the US presidential Democratic Nominee...Hillary Clinton gave it a hellava good fight man. (even thou she was the favourite right from the start until Obama went on a Super run) But of Obama becomes president..who will ever ever remember the fact that Hillary Clinton ever gave him a real fight??? No one is gonna remember Arsenal going close to winning the 2008 EPL title...We Arsenal fans are always brought to such a high at the beginning of the season...then at the climax...somehow...just somehow...injuries, bad ref decisions, bad luck or just simply not being good enough....We will get knocked out somewhere...I just read that Arsene Wenger (thou I love the way he groomed the team to play attack minded football) is not gonna buy many players...Flamini has left...The team is like a skeleton now..so bare...wat next?? Chelsea just spurged 16 mil on one player...Thats prob wat Arsenal will spend in 2 seasons...The logic is simple..U pay for wat u get..U dun wanna pay..forget abt the trophies...simple as that....

Its kinda the same for us teachers...We have to remake ourselves...Look at our students nowadays...My kids have blogs and are playing games via the internet when all I did at that age was to like play toys and study...Its not easy to gain the respect of kids nowadays..They know so so much...What makes them wanna listen to u?? We have to just keep on upgrading and improving...It doesn't have to come with spending lotsa money I guess...Just lotsa hard work and listening...

Even as a country, we prob have to keep re-inventing ourselves...which explains why we r holding mega events like F1 and even have Universal studios and the IRs coming in...Think about it...how much can we talk about the zoo and bird park?? In fact..like I always tell my students..the IR is built FOR us! Without them, where do u think our next boom of growth is gonna come from?? The Zoo or botanical gardens huh?? Its a good move...and one that we have to take fast...else if another country had beaten us to it??? We wun have first mover advantage anymore...what will happen to us then?? we can't wait for someone to suggest b4 we do rite?? China and India are just so so big...We as a small country have to maintain the lead that our parents gave us...else this wonderful life that we have, all thanks to their hard work and them being so frugal, will vanish...faster than we think...

As a Company, Mavis is also constantly re-inventing herself...We have to...so that kids still love to come..so that we are still in tune with them...so that we CAN make a positive difference in their lives...Most of the result I have heard so far are pretty encouraging...Lets hope good news continue to roll in...

Here is a pic of me and Marcus supporting the same team...like he has a choice..Haha...maybe when he grows older, he will swap this Arsenal Jersey for a Man U or Liverpool jersy or whichever is the jersey of the 'in' team is...Derby??? Hahaha.....Who knows???

When my girl girl comes out and grows older..I will buy her one too...hahaha...my princess mah...must support her dear Daddy's team.... :)

Baby Isabelle and Ciara and tots about my girl...

2008-05-04T21:50:00.000-07:00

Now that the extra lessons are like finally over, I have abit more time to spend with marcus again...esp before his mei mei comes and takes a piece of the time pie that we will be spending with him..I kinda realised recently that Marcus is always surrounded by gals his age man...He doesn't really see Ryan very often and so he sees only baby Isabelle and baby Ciara often, both of whom he really loves! He wails like everytime they have to go home or when he has to leave them...crap...He BETTER love his own mei mei man...:)

Now that I have a little princess coming into my life..I guess things are really gonna be alot different...My pocket's gonna burn cuz we gotta buy everything all over again from clothes to toys..(lucky I have alot of 'hand me downs' from ciara and isabelle). Even the way I play with them will be diff...Its just been like guys & doing guys stuff all my life and now Ithings r gonna change...Dun get me wrong, I am really looking forward to having my own little princess...I can buy nice dresses for her...spoil her and make my 'daddy's little girl' Buy her toys and take her out with Marcus and my dearest wife...

But....in addition...I will buy guns....so that if anyone....any guy i mean...tries to be funny with my little girl...I can practise my marksmanship skills...I will even take my gun collections out to show her future boyfriend u know...I wanna send out a msg kinda like ' mess around with my little girl and u mess around with ME!!' Haha...here I go again...crapping... ")

My wife and friends have also been asking...'R u gonna allow her to stay in the hostel?' Aft all, that was where I got to know my wife rite? My ans?? Sure!! Just that I will bring my guns along... buy her supper @ 2am, knock on her hostel door and say ' Girl ah! Daddy bought u supper! Come and eat! :) My gun will be pointing at the door of course...fully loaded...just in case some guy comes out...

HAHAHA...

See...My lucky little girl...

Here is a pic of 'Marcus Bond'...With an angry Ciara (left) and a bored Isabelle (right)!

Daddy & Marcus at T3! :)

2008-03-16T09:36:00.000-07:00

I wanted to get my wife a new hp and I kinda already knew what she wanted. She wanted the S65oo or smthg like that. I wanted to beat the crowd and so I had to go to an M1 shop which I knew will never have a crowd. The one at T3 is really good man...no queue and I was like the only one there! Helps that I went there on a Monday morning as well lah. I brought Marcus with me so that we could have a little breakfast there and so I could bring him to the viewing gallery to watch the planes take off.

It was a great trip. I din buy the hp my wife wanted cuz I have a voucher worth $120 and if I got that hp, I'd only use up $60 of that voucher and waste the rest. So I decided to get my wife the N95 with 8GB! Haha...it has a 5MPix camera man! Thats almost like having a digital camera! Well, at least she can take more pics of Marcus that way...Clear good quality pics I mean...Here is a photo of me and Marcus at T3 while we were at the viewing gallery watching planes take off and also munching on some damn tasty and super addictive Pandan cake from Bengawan Solo...can u believe it? Marcus is crazy over Bengawan Solo Pandan cakes and I read that jackie chan instructed his son to buy back for him many boxes of pandan cake from Bengawan Solo when his son came to Singapore! Talk about addictive! Even our great Jackie chan loves the cakes...I guess Marcus has good taste!

Starting Early..Good or not??

2008-03-03T08:14:00.000-08:00

Its my 1st real day back at work after being in reservist for the past 3 wks. Reservist was really ok just that there was so much time wasted cuz we had to wait for instructions..well...guess that happens everywhere actually..Parkway classes were great...esp the sec 2s...they are a really cute buncha guys...

Marcus is sick again. This time i think he got a throat infection and he kept swallowing the germs down, causing him to get a stomach infection as well...

The feeling of watching him sick really sux...he is such an active boy and was really growing well...tummy coming out but well a boy his age should be putting on weight...Then he had to fall sick...i remember him waking up in the middle of the night asking for milk and 5 mins after drinking the milk, he puked it all out...He then asked for milk later in the morning again and then puked it out AGAIN!!

We went to the Pedae at Marine Parade as we decided that waiting a few hours just to see our regular Dr Ong at TMC would not be too smart. Doc gave him some med and I think he is recovering...but he has lost quite abit of weight...not as BABA (meaty) as last time...:(

Crap...I really wonder everytime that he falls sick, if all these could have been prevented....We have just started him in some playsch but he has fallen sick twice since he started going playsch...I had already anticipated this but seeing him sick just bloody makes it horrible...He does cry when we send him to sch...it also makes me wonder if we r like torturing him by sending him to sch so early...i admit thou that I hv seen some improvement in him with regards to mixing with kids..we also want him to learn how to share and not be spoilt..but do all these factors outweigh the possibilities of him constantly falling sick?? After all, I hv already enrolled him in another kindergarten (a catholic one that teaches the kids about god and love) next year so he will be like starting to get used to a brand new sch all over again next year..oh well...

Hey pp, you may not know it now...but it can be really stressful being a daddy or a mummy...we all wanna be the best that we can be but when things dun turn out well...guess who our parents blame most of the time...THEMSELVES!!! Its just like me now...everybody's like telling me how common it is for a child to fall sick and all after they start sch but even thou i kinda know its common..I still blame myself and question the various decisions that i make...believe me..after all that your parents have done for u (fetching u to and from sch and tuition, giving u hps and all the various luxuries that I never had, taking u guys to countries that I have never even heard b4 for holidays, ETC!!!), when u dun do well in studies or life...trust me man...the first pp they prob point the finger at....is themselves...THINK ABOUT IT...

Heard the song 'Just the Two of us' by Will Smith when I was in the car yesterday aft my p6 class in SK and as I was heading down to WL..it may sound like a funky rap but its damn meaningful...its about a dad giving his son advice about life through a rap...damn damn touching song...go listen to it if u can...and if u manage to download it...send it to me!! HAHA!!!

ok man...will sign off here...see u guys soon...esp since i am back from defending the nation...

God bless u all...

Guess who i met??

2008-02-17T01:02:00.001-08:00

Hello people,

I really hope everyone is doing fine while I am away. I have been in constant contact with Mr Nick Teo and from what I know, he really enjoys teaching u guys...esp the sec2s..hey sec1s..its not that he does not like u...its just that u guys being younger will surely take more time to warm up..:) He is quite a nice guy rite? So i din choose a baddie to take over me!

I am really not used to life in Green...Well, the good news is that I actually got a Silver for my IPPT and nearly got Marskman...which wld have meant an additional 200 bucks....Oh well....

I went back to teach the P6 kids. Would love to handle all of u guys but I dun have a choice really but well p6 kids are having PSLE and I think they really need help.

its really amaing but guess who I met man...I met the sister of my sec3 ex the other day...its really amazing. She has a baby girl and my ex apparently already has 2 kids! Gosh...Time really flies...Erm...for your info anyway...we were together for abt 3 months and my next gf was when I was 20 and finally, my 3rd became my wife which means rest of my life! ")

Talking abouit my sec3 ex...we got to know each other in Sunday class...there was this particular church camp which we attended together and she was kinda proactive in trying to get to know me better...We got to gether after the camp and only went out together like 3 times?? Haha...pathetic rite? well as I told u...my mum was real strict with me! After we broke up, I remembered her ignoring me for like damn long and even when we met in CJC after sec sch. I kept smiling at her but she like totally bo chap me...she got together with her boyfriend now husband then in JC1...I quite respect them..imagine??? 17 years old got together and then got married...I dun see many last so long. Anyway, there was this religous moral education class in which we attended togther and one day, we were asked to share about how the bible helped and guided us in life..Guess what? We were placed in the same group! When it was her turn to share, guess what she shared?

She said she had a really tough time in sec3 cuz she broke up with someone and that was hard to take...she turned to prayer and the bible...and eventually got over it after some time...

I needed to react man...when it was my turn, i went like...."Ye know, its a real coincidence but I had a real tough breakup in sec 3 too! And I think that the girl doesn't know but I was really affected as well...I kinda turned to God but it din help so I had to take quite abit of time to get over it..."(Frankly..It was a big fat lie!)

Well, I dun know if that was the best thing to say but she started saying 'hi' to me from then on...its always nice to have a friend rather than an enemy who like doesn't even wanna acknowledge u when u smile at them...

Well..whatever the case is..i wish her and her sis all the best...They are nice people...Who knows??? Our paths may cross again in the future and I may even have the honour of teaching their kids next time!!!

And Remember!!!

I am Defending the Nation so U sleep safe at nite!

Typed this on my hp when I had to wait for instructions.....

Happy Lunar New Year!!!!

2008-02-06T16:36:00.000-08:00

Hi One and All,

Happy New Year to everyone! May the year of the Rat bring all of you and your families good health (which is the most most important) and success in all you do!

I was watching the Lunar New Year countdown and believe it or not. Although I am a Catholic and am not supposed to believe in such things...I look forward to hearing the predictions for my chinese zodiac sign alot. Sometimes when I think about it, I find it ridiculous. If the predictions are really good for that year...So EVERY SINGLE person who is born in the same year as I am is gonna have a superb year? So if its a student, then is that whole batch of kids gonna like excel and nobody fails??? Hmm....if only life was that good. Or if the geomancer says people born in that year is gonna do badly...who's gonna do well then?

But well...its still interesting nevertheless to hear the predictions. I missed the Horse one so I'll prob have to read it somewhere else. The best thing is, different Shifus say different things. The information given to them are exactly the same but of course, different Shifus will interprete it differently...

I read one particular one chinese zodiac sign prediction in 2006 written by a shifu from a temple which had a particular golden statue. (That was year of the golden dog...the year my son was born)

For Rat....It will be a good year for work, marriage....Must take care of health as the dunno which star is not in your favour. Touch the golden statue for better luck...(ok..better do it...dun pray pray)

For Ox......It will not be a good year. The dunno which stars are not looking favourably upon you. Look out for business failures. Touch the golden statue often for good luck. (Ox must also touch??)

For Tiger....It will be a relatively good year for you. Do be wary of gambling too much..(like we din know that) Touch the golden statue for more good luck...(erm...sounds familiar rite?)

ok people...you get the idea...basically...you dun touch the golden statue...you are done for baby!!

BUT...even though I sound skeptical...My family and I still read those put out in places like Chinatown and Bugis.

In fact, after my dad read the prediction for his zodiac sign. (indicating a good year for him) he started to talk about how he did this thing rite and that thing rite and how it all contributed to a good year...erm...din have the heart to tell him that the new year has not officially started yet...Its amazing isn't it? Sometimes after we read such things, we simply attribute eveything, good or bad, to all the predictions rolled out at the start of the lunar new year...

Well....nvm...GONG XI FA CAI EVERYONE!!!

Pics of my new place

2008-01-27T19:35:00.000-08:00

Ok guys, i promised pics of my new place so here it is..
Dun expect to see the same place as big as the one shown on Golden Path cuz that was like for 3 families...
But well..I like my new place..most of the ideas came from my very creative wif of course. :)

This is how it looks like from the front...

This is my little garden at the side...

I like to sit outside the patio at night when I am preparing lessons or when a friend comes over just to chill. Its nice and breezy there.

Here is the living room...

Here's how my new kitchen looks compared to the old kitchen. Not bad eh? Haha..well...my wife did alot of homework on it. Best thing is, we did not get a designer and so we didn't spend much.

The pic below was how the master looked....B4 my wife weaved her magic....")

Presenting....The Masterbedroom! Our little Marcus is still sleeping with us as u can clearly see.

This is the room on the third floor. Nobody really uses this room except me. I have 'transformed' it into a theatre room. I come up to watch soccer or dvds when I can. (althou frankly..I seldom have te time to)

New Batch of P6 Kids

2008-01-16T18:36:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone,

I have finally finally gotten internet access from my own home!

Ok, my sincerest apologies for not updating earlier.

Every single year, I will handle a new batch of p6 kids and it is a very enriching experience. New faces, new contributions from students and of course new headaches as well. What really makes me happy, makes what I do so fulfilling and also makes me know that I am heading in the right direction is to see siblings of my ex students in my class. I guess this really endorses the fact that I have been doing something right. It spurs me on to work even harder.

My top student last year got a score of 280. Its my highest every score actually but I really think its gonna be hard to match up this year. 280 is a really high score after all. At the end of the day, scores are one thing. I just want students to do well and improve. Some students may be failing their exams and if I help them to pass or even score 60 or 70 plus, that is an achievement. Average students who score high marks after attending my classes are also those that do me proud. Students who are top in their respective schools and maintain their positions can already be considered an improvement as the competition to be the best is always high.

For all my classes generally, the thing that really really makes my day is this..

For primary school students, I am over the moon....

When parents come to me and tell me that their kids have suddenly taken a keen interest in science after attending my classes. They start to go to libraries to borrow books on science, read up about the solar systems and all the diverese animals in the animal kingdom wihch they have never done before. Even when parents assign them some work in the assessment books, they do it willingly. I guess this is the best feeling because not only do I give them fishes, I have eventually helped them to master the art of fishing.

For Secondary School students, I am really happy when...

A sec 1 kid tells me that he/she has never ben good in Primary sch mathematics and is now never satisfied unless he/she gets A1 for any math exam. I totally understand and love that feelin cuz I was like that too!

OR

A sec2 kid comes along and tells me he/she has never passed or done well in sec 1 math before and is now aiming for distinction in vitually every test and exam and achieving it most of the time.

WELL....
I am still trying to get more of these feedback and its always tough handling the whole company, teaching and juggling a family at the same time...well...the good thing about all this is...

I LOVE MY JOB!!

Will post pics of my newly renovated kitchen and master bedroom soon k? Watch out for that!

See u guys on....ermm....whenever I see u ok? :)

God bless all of u!

MAVIS AGM

2007-12-23T03:17:00.000-08:00

OK PP!!!
BIG ANNOUNCEMENT!!!

MY PREVIOUS HOUSE WILL BE SHOWN ON GOLDEN PATH TONIGHT OK!!!

CHRISTMAS DAY!!!

MY OLD PLACE WAS USED AS FELICIA CHIN'S AND HUANG WENYONG'S (WHO IS HER DAD...) HOUSE...

WATCH OUT FOR IT! :)

We had our annual D&D at my previous home end of October. I know I am kinda late but well its never really too late to post a couple of pics rite?
This is also the house in which they filmed The Golden Path. Well, its been sold and i dun stay there anymore...it was good while it lasted!

Everyone here is waiting for the lucky draw...

My Dad giving a short speech....

Bro and I thanking everyone @Mavis for their everlasting support over the past year. We hope for many more good years to come @ Mavis!

FROM ALL OF US @ MAVIS!!!

THANK U PARENTS AND STUDENTS FOR YOUR SUPPORT!!!

Old shots of my new place! (Wait till I reno the place man!)

2007-12-23T02:53:00.000-08:00

Hi Pp

Ok, I have been telling you guys about my new place rite? Well, its under reno now and we are trying to shift in as soon as we can cuz we have been like floating around for a while now. I posted pics of the outside of the house last timeround and now let me show u pics of the interior.

We have done only abit to the house. We are only gonna do up the Master Bedroom (of course rite? thats where i am gonna sleep!) and also the kitchen. I really hope to have a mini theatre room on the 3rd floor cuz i really wanna watch movies and EPL plus champions league matches there!

Here they are! Erm...its an old house so dun expect too much k?

This is the Kitchen

My wife has many ideas as to how we can make it look so much nicer!

OK...here is the master bedroom...

WE R SO GONNA RENO THIS PART OF THE HOUSE!!!

OK...this is the 3rd floor....

I AM SO GONNA TRANSFORM IT!! hahah...

Star Cruise

2007-12-06T22:32:00.000-08:00

We went on a cruise during the Mavis Nov break. It lasted only 2 days 2 nights. If you are looking for a really easy and convenient getaway without the stress of having to think of where to go for meals and which places of interest to go to, then a cruise is the best thing for you.

I have to admit. I really am quite impressed with the Ship. Superstar Virgo. Its really amazing how they can actually transform the ship into virtually a hotel!

Eating is a no brainer...You just go to any of the restaurants available and eat there. You don't even have to pay for the meals cuz its all already included in the tic fare itself. There was always this mad queue for free food during meal times so i actually decided to pay for dinner once just to avoid the queue.

2007-11-02T03:17:00.001-07:00

Yesterday, we went to junction 8. Its prob gonna be our last time going there cuz we r like shifting this sunday. Its a nice place and while mummy was shopping, daddy and marcus decided to entertain ourselves by taking a few pics. this is one of them! Nice?

2007-11-01T22:30:00.000-07:00

One Degree 15

This is the name of the club that my bro and I just bought a membership for. Its is in sentosa cove. Its more a boating club actually. Since we cant afford a boat of course. We just bought the membership. haha...bo hee hei mah ho! (no fish prawn also can!)

Its a really nice place..very serene, very elegantly done up and more importantly, very exclusive since only 4000 members are allowed. They have a nice Chinese Imperial restaurant and also a nice cafe which serves fusion food. There is a bar completely covered surrounded by glass so we can look in and pp inside can look at the beautiful scenery outside.

This is a picture of the bar...i really wish I can go there more often but of course since I have no bightlife now...thats a privilege i cannot really afford now...

Marcus was really really enjoying himself in the 'stepping pool' as i call it. The water's really shallow so he can just step in the water and pretty much enjoy himself. Since we went on a tuesday nite, there was like vitually no one around. I really enjoy going on weekdays cuz we have pretty much the whole place to ourselves!

2007-11-01T18:15:00.000-07:00

Ok Guys

This is how marcus looks like after a haircut. My wife brought him to the saloon just beside the Sengkang branch but he keep crying and crying and not wanting to cut his hair. He was practically hanging onto my wife for dear life! The silly lady from the sallon keeping making a big fuss and in the end, marcus din get his haricut.

We had to bring him to a kid's saloon or watever its called in Parkway. These hairstylists are of course trained to cut hair for kids and babies who cry and scream non stop so althou marcus cried his lungs out esp when she used the shaver, she was pretty patient and he got his haircut in the end. No more haircut for him at least for 3months. Phew! its more shaq for us believe me!

Does he look handsome??

Hmmm....Do u think he looks more like me or my wife Yufe??? Put in the 2 pics for u to compare!! haha...let me know! meantime...will try my best to put in the tagboard!

My New Place

2007-11-01T18:09:00.000-07:00

Hi Pp,

This is my 1st post in a looonnngg ime. really sorry pp..i thought that i will be even more free after the exams but as it turned out, i was more busy after the exams. I thought I will be more fee once the holiday starts but now that holidays have started, I am even MORE busy!

Told u guys that I will be shifting rite?

Would like to share pics of my new place with u..its an old place but it realy doesnt matter cuz we really like the location of the place..

Take a look! its in Katong!

Time @ East Coast & My Thoughts....

2007-09-25T18:43:00.000-07:00

Since I have not been spending the last few weekends with Marcus, I brought him to East Coast to play yesterday morning. Due to the traffic, he was almost asleep when we reached but the moment he saw the beach, he sprang to life again! He LOVES the beach! It will be much better when we shift back to Katong i'm sure cuz the beach will be like 5 mins away. Weather was pretty hot but he still thoroughly enjoyed himself! He played with the sand, looked at the waves come crashing in....I really enjoy the bonding time we spend together.

But come to think about it. Every parent spends this kinda bonding time with their kids when they were born...As a new parent, u are all fired up about your new found love that u just wanna spend every possible and available second with your kid...U think that will eventually equate to u being really close to your kid in future...u have the most amazing dream for your child, about what he or she can become and how wonderful they will be when they grow up...

Well...I have seen enough to know that we might just really be disappointed. All this bonding time u spend with them now may not mean they will be close to u in future, it may not mean they will be the most capable person in future and most importantly, does it mean that they will really respect u as a dad or mom...hopefully a great one...will theyheed your advice when they are teens and their frends influence them the wrong way...and will they be fillial to u when they grow old???

I teach so many students...I dare say I have helped many of them. Parents come to me and tell me to advise their child becuz they listen to me. I feel very hounoured yet very belittled at the same time whenever I hear all these. These parents do everything they can for their kids...work long hours to bring $$ back, fetch them to and from tuition, buy them nice MP3 players and ipods and...the list goes on...What am i in comparism in their kids eyes??? I do my best and advise them. As their teacher, i hope for the best for them but I really wonder...will Marcus listen to me when he grows older as well??? I do hope so...

I dun really know what I can hope for Marcus...I wouldn't say that we are very close cuz he only looks for the pp that never scold him and respond positively to his every request. (Being the 1st great grandchild and grandchild of both side makes him a real gem). It a challenge when all my seniors wanna do is to spoil him and all we as parents wanna do is to make sure he is not spoilt. I probably hope, like all other parents, that he grows up to treat others and himself with respect...

2007-09-23T19:37:00.000-07:00

Here are a couple more pics. I have never voted during the star awards but i will vote for u guys this time for sure! ")

2007-09-23T19:20:00.000-07:00

Here is Felicia thanking her fans at Mavis for their support. Well..after u signed those autographs, they are going to be your die hard supporters from now Felicia!

2007-09-23T19:17:00.000-07:00

Bro and Tay Ping Hui

Hunks....

No i am not going to put the pic that the 3 of us took together due to 'technical problems'...")

2007-09-23T19:09:00.000-07:00

Hi PP...

Promised that i would put up the pictures of the great mediacorp guys who were here at my place doing filming so here they are.

Huang Wenyong and Felicia Chin with us at the basement. They are really friendly pp...

Monday...My very 1st posting

2007-09-23T18:47:00.000-07:00

I have just ended another week. My time these days are just filled with thoughts of my students.

How can I help them do well?

How can I motivate them?

How can I help them to ACE their exams?

But all these are not as important as the question I constantly ask myself....

How can I make that difference in them at such a young age so that hopefully at some point of time in their life, when they are faced with a decision to make, some advice that I have given to them or even some stories thatI have told them will help them to make a wise decision.

My class started at 9am yesterday and ended at 7pm, it was the same on saturday. It was a hellofva day but amazingly, I did not feel it was that bad, probably because my bunch of kids are interesting but of course irritating.

The sec2s are a group of really cool guys, I enjoy teaching them alot cuz they are funloving and yet kinda know when to really sit down and get serious. Can't say the same for the evening extra lesson of course cuz a few of them made me wanna choke them. U know who u r guys! pls lah...exams are really near...u guys gotta know when to cool it.

The sec 1s are a really fun but confusing lot. A whole pool of different students. Some are brilliant, some will take awhile to catch things (which is fine cuz I am no smart alec myself so dun worry!) A few students however, really worry me. They have got no concern whatsoever at all about their studies and one particular kid just strikes me as a kid that 'does not give a damn' (in his own words) about the world. He doesn't care about his parents, siblings, friends, teachers or studies! Sad..Really hope he wakes up soon. The world is moving, I am trying hard to catch up and these kids just dun bother at all...Will pray for him...

I asked my students about their NAFA 2.4km run timings. OMG...they all (gals included) run faster than me...okok....gotta train...embarrassing...

Marcus did not sleep well last night and it was tough, esp for my wife who had to keep waking up to soothe him. He is really not good at sleeping...sleeping seems to be a chore for him man...

Will be shifting houses in Nov. Can't wait to shift to my own home and enjoy doing it up. I know my wife is really excited. Will post a few pictures online when I move in.