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TIME

2009-07-12T01:31:00.000+08:00

Revel in the endless beauty of TIME...

2009-07-06T14:20:00.001+08:00

hi yeah!

Romance

2009-06-28T14:20:00.006+08:00

Schools re-open tomorrow after a month long of holidays. Mixed emotions to start Term 3.

Maybe Because I am Stupid...

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2009-06-26T13:24:00.001+08:00

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Sail Away

2009-06-22T22:25:00.005+08:00

In response to constructive feedback, I have decided to post something of a commoner's touch. Otherwise, it seems that my entries always fall on deaf ears.

In adherence to others' blog, let me give you a terse outline of what I did today. Hope it can appease your insatiable appetite. =p

Went back to school for badminton game with colleagues, namely; the young ones. Thereafter, our lovely pupils came and joined us for the fun. YZ was trying her best to hit the shuttlecock(which she did fairly well), CG did exceptionally well for her consistent effort to pursue after every shot(kudos), WH can serve and volley without much effort(clap clap!) and SM could not be bothered for most of the game(haha).

Got teased(again!) by our mischievous bunch of teachers because of Nat. There is nothing going on between us. Sigh!

Then, we headed to LJS at JP for dinner. Chatted for about half an hour, until we saw the hints from ferocious glares that implied; we are suppose to give up our seats to others since we are done eating.

Entered EC house for a haircut unwillingly. Could not bear parting with my hair which I had tried keeping for approximately 3 months? The hairstylist just snipped it all off without even a second glance.

Following, I took my cousins out for dinner(again!) at Ichiban restaurant. Long wait. Emphasised on the importance of family ties and studies. Hope they learnt something. Cabbed home and I think it is enough said. =)

Nat and Me

Life's ups and downs

2009-06-18T19:12:00.006+08:00

This post is dedicated to Yi Zhen

Photo's courtesy of Min²

I wanted to pen an expository on fairytales' endings. But I guess it's better if I gathered my thoughts and jot it down such that it will comprise of my quintessence. So I will leave that for my next post.

Life's brevity, fleeting joys and missed opportunities are often experienced by many despite of the different and unique roles each of us may be playing, i.e. teachers, students, directors, hawkers, etc.

What matters to you most? Some people treasure friendships, others cherish the time spent with their family, and a minority of people hanker after the incessant path to riches. In a nutshell, my evaluation turns out to be your own perception. Though rhetorical, it is an eternal verity.

Well, that said, go figure. =)

Nihilism

Grandpa: Filial piety

2009-06-10T00:28:00.004+08:00

Filial Piety

The 3 Rabbits with Grandfather

My family with Grandpa at his 87th birthday last year

A student of mine was reminiscing about the loss of her grandfather(yeye) recently.

I just lost mine on 7th June '09 0630hrs.

Emotions

2009-05-31T20:47:00.008+08:00

Emo Emo Emo = (Emo)³

In life, so often we are shrouded in the darkness of our emotions. How many of us truly delight in eliciting the colors(beatitude) of the world, like the orange spots in the above photograph?

"Our emotions are only incidents in the effort to keep day and night together." ~ Eliot, T.S.

This post is dedicated to Cheryl =)

Change

2009-05-31T00:50:00.004+08:00

..sorry..

Change we can believe in

A year flew past.
Barely had time to reflect.
Can't imagine what lies ahead.

To my family, what a strong supportive bunch of people you are.
To my colleagues; boisterous, deranged and vociferous, we have conquered the stormy seas.
To my friends; cantankerous, delusional, emotional and feral, it's been years we have made our pact and the glamorous future awaits.
To my students: mr chia may/may not have given you the light. have faith. you'll be enlightened someday. (yz & cn esp)

While we try to teach our children all about life, our children teach us what life is all about.

2009-05-28T21:00:00.005+08:00

Today, give a stranger one of your smiles. It might be the only sunshine he sees all day.

Contentment

2009-05-17T21:29:00.002+08:00

Contentment. What's that?

Endless people set off to work, constantly in pursuit of their desires.

Students dragged their soles to school persistent for academic excellence.

The Govt/Politicians/Policy makers crack their heads for wise decisions.

Homemakers perspire to satisfy their masters' hunger.

Effigies are mocked upon their disfigurement.

Rodents scampered along the bustling street scourging for grub.

Since we cannot get what we like, let us like what we can get; contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty.

2009-05-03T07:32:00.002+08:00

Woke up at 0530 hrs today: Insomnia.

Low-latent Inhibition always poses me such.

An emphathetic and altruistic nature makes it worse.

2hrs since I woke up, and counting ...

Nostalgic Remembrance

2009-04-19T09:50:00.005+08:00

Often, people cherish things they have lost, yet they almost constantly forgot what they have and usually important, lays just beside them.

There is a land of the living and a land of the dead. And the bridge is Love.

2009-03-17T02:21:00.005+08:00

The humble improves.

Facilitators of Education taking a

break from the daily lives of teaching, marking, meetings, etc. to dine in Carousel.

"I count myselt in nothing else so happy, As in a soul rememb'ring my good friends." - William Shakespeare

Since a picture paints a thousand words, I shall save my time on captions.

Forging Closer Ties.

2009-02-07T22:01:00.003+08:00

If you don't believe in ghosts, you've never been to a family reunion. ~ Little Mister Calvin

The Gift

2009-01-02T22:05:00.005+08:00

If you have to choose a gift from anything in the world,

what would it be?

Run your own race

2008-12-09T00:39:00.006+08:00

Sunday 7 Dec 2008 0530HRS

While the majority of Singaporeans were snoring away, I was up and awake challenging my body limits, facing the uphill task of my life's 1st ever Full Marathon of 42.195km.

I'm alive. This entry serves as proof. I AM A FINISHER OF 42.195KM!

Oh well. Actually, it's no big deal. Most people can complete a marathon, but it's the timing that shows how well you fare. After twenty over klicks, you barely see people running. The irony perhaps would be those that are struggling to lay their hands on their desired Finisher T-Shirt and Medal.

My body is plagued by fatigue needless to say after such an exhaustive workout. Rest is crucial for recovery and I'm going to turn in now.

An Epitome of Kindness: My Grandma

2008-12-01T21:25:00.005+08:00

'Ah Ma' as we so affectionately call her every saturday, when we make our weekly trip down to her place for our customary gathering, passed away on 27/11/08 1703HRS.

Cerebral vascular disease was what took her breathe away. It all began when she fell and consequentially suffered from a stroke. Since then, Ah Ma was never the same again...

On a typical saturday, Grandma's apartment would win hands down on being the most populated, always bustling with her sons and daughters along with her grandchildren's vociferation, which never fails to pull off a wide grin/broad smile from herself and grandpa. A devout Buddhist and an eleemosynary woman, Grandma makes her way down by foot to GuSiLim, a reputable temple along river valley road, frequently to pray and lend a helping hand to the staff there.

In my eyes, she is the closest to the definition of a Good Samaritan. In fact, she very well is.

Twenty-one years of my life went past in a blink of an eye, and no doubt Grandma taught me more than just self-control and tolerance. One cannot have a more desirable role model than her. Melancholically, I had thirteen years of my life to spend with my beloved Grandma, who has always been protective of us all, before she became bedridden and subsequently, unresponsive to our calls of love. Nonetheless, we recognise her efforts to respond in the face of the difficulties of her illness. We know you tried Grandma.

Til date, I cannot recall nor bear any remembrance of even a single situation whereby Grandma was placed in a bad light due to her shortcomings.

You left Grandpa earlier for nirvana, Grandma. We hoped you were pleased with the boisterous laughter caused by your grandchildren at the funeral. We know you love us all. And we do all the more in return. Thank you for the memories. You may have left us physically, but spiritually you are deeply etched in our hearts.

Thank you for everything, Ah Ma.

The Spirit of Sharing

2008-11-21T21:55:00.000+08:00

Once upon a time a man had heard, that in a foreign place, far away, there was a holy flame burning. So he got up and left his home to find the holy flame and bring some of its light back home to his house.

He thought: 'When I have this light, then I will have happiness and life and all the people I love will have it too.'He travelled far, far away and finally found the holy flame, with which he lit his light.

On his way back he had only one worry: 'That his light could go out.'On his way home he met someone who was freezing and didn't have any fire and who begged him to give him some of his fire. The man with the light hesitated for a moment. Wasn't his light too precious, too holy to be given away for something ordinary like that?

Despite these doubts, he decided to give some of his light to the one who was freezing in the darkness.The man continued his journey home and when he had almost reached his house a terrible thunderstorm started. He tried to protect his light from the rain and the storm, but at the end his light went out.

To return the long way back to the place where the holy flame was burning was impossible, he wouldn't have had enough strength to go back this far - but he was strong enough to return to the human being whom he had helped on his way home...

.......and with his light he could light his own again.

2008-11-20T21:57:00.001+08:00

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