i ended my work at the student care centre last fri, 15 july. saying farewell to the staff and children whom i had spent about 5 months with is never easy. i wish to thank everyone for the happy memories i had during the short stay at the student care centre. wonderful memories of the children who never fail to brighten up my day. and also the nicknames that they have given me. mr豆, 豆老师 ( 黑豆, 白豆, 红豆... depending on the colour of the shirt i'm wearing for the day), ah 飘, 黑人老师, mr tohfu... hahaha. although i have left, i'll definitely be back at the centre again to visit everyone soon.
a short one week break before school starts. the only thing left to do for the admission to nie is the e-matriculation which can be done only after 22 july. submitted my hall application this morning and hopefully the result of the application will be made known to me soon. went to pulau ubin yesterday with some army friends to cycle. not many people around since it's a weekday. saw some people coming back to the mainland with bags of durians. they seriously made their 5-dollars trip (2.50 for the one wat ferry) worthwhile. hahaha. talking about pulau ubin, i am now goggling about stories regarding the island. german girl shrine, history of pulau ubin... shall end my post now to read the interesting stories which i have found and also to find out more about batam since i going there this coming weekend.
Thursday, July 21, 2011
Sunday, July 10, 2011
远方亲戚的拜访
the nie admission package from vital.org finally arrived. enclosed in the package are the information about the teacher training agreement signing session and admission to nie, some documents to be submitted back to nie, orientation camps and hall application. looking for a roommate at the moment, but it's so hard to find one at this point of time.
some relatives from china came over these few weeks. had a family gathering at my uncle's house yesterday night. many relatives, both the closer ones and distant ones, attended the buffet. photo taking session at the end as the relatives from china wanted to bring back some nice photos and memories they had here. it was like a mini press conference with a flurry of camera flashes. hahaha. one more gathering next weekend as my cousin has moved to her new house. another round of good food and great time with the relatives.
4july was youth day. i went to cisco centre with bernard to take photo for the public service smart card. the guy at the photo booth was terribly rude, with a bad attitude. from his 'black' face, you can see he was in a bad mood. i was asked to sit down in front of the camera. queuing behind me was a malay guy. he asked the officer some questions regarding the type of card to make. the officer was irritated and raised his voice at the helpless guy, which i felt there wasnt a need to. before i could tell him that i was ready, he just simply said 'done'. my photo was taken without him informing me at all. thinking about the incident now, i still feel angry about it. should have asked for his name and lodge a complaint about his lousy attitude.
we then headed down to redhill/queenstown area to hunt for good food for lunch as we were going to queensway shopping centre. i remembered watching '老字号' on channel 8 recommending claypot rice at ABC brickworks food centre. yuan yuan claypot rice! hahaha. we alighted at redhill mrt and navigated our way to the food centre. on the way there, we realised alighting at queenstown mrt would be nearer and indeed, we spent quite some time walking under the hot sun. managed to try the claypot rice. i particularly like the diced chicken. it was tenderly soft. there are a lot of good food at the food centre. shall go there again to hunt for more good food.
some relatives from china came over these few weeks. had a family gathering at my uncle's house yesterday night. many relatives, both the closer ones and distant ones, attended the buffet. photo taking session at the end as the relatives from china wanted to bring back some nice photos and memories they had here. it was like a mini press conference with a flurry of camera flashes. hahaha. one more gathering next weekend as my cousin has moved to her new house. another round of good food and great time with the relatives.
4july was youth day. i went to cisco centre with bernard to take photo for the public service smart card. the guy at the photo booth was terribly rude, with a bad attitude. from his 'black' face, you can see he was in a bad mood. i was asked to sit down in front of the camera. queuing behind me was a malay guy. he asked the officer some questions regarding the type of card to make. the officer was irritated and raised his voice at the helpless guy, which i felt there wasnt a need to. before i could tell him that i was ready, he just simply said 'done'. my photo was taken without him informing me at all. thinking about the incident now, i still feel angry about it. should have asked for his name and lodge a complaint about his lousy attitude.
we then headed down to redhill/queenstown area to hunt for good food for lunch as we were going to queensway shopping centre. i remembered watching '老字号' on channel 8 recommending claypot rice at ABC brickworks food centre. yuan yuan claypot rice! hahaha. we alighted at redhill mrt and navigated our way to the food centre. on the way there, we realised alighting at queenstown mrt would be nearer and indeed, we spent quite some time walking under the hot sun. managed to try the claypot rice. i particularly like the diced chicken. it was tenderly soft. there are a lot of good food at the food centre. shall go there again to hunt for more good food.
Sunday, July 3, 2011
是你 决定我的伤心
last week, the students taught me how to play 跳棋 (direct translation: jumping chess). it's not the usual one which i used to play with the pieces being eaten while moving diagonally. in 跳棋, the pieces can move in all directions except backwards and the aim of the game is to get all your pieces to the other side of the board. none of the pieces will be 'eaten' throughout the game. the children were quite surprised that i have not heard of it before. hahaha.
i was out with bernard, justin and hongkai yesterday. we had lunch at Chong Boon Market and Food Centre. bak kut teh, sesame oil chicken, curry stingray and apple juice. totally awesome. we then headed to katong shopping centre for our 3h singing session at teo heng karaoke. had a lot of fun and laughter. the song '是你决定我的伤心' is now stuck in my head, partly because the way justin and hongkai sang it was very hilarious. had dinner at upper thomson. bak chor mee (Meng Kitchen) and beancurd (Rochor Beancurd House). a great saturday.
i was out with bernard, justin and hongkai yesterday. we had lunch at Chong Boon Market and Food Centre. bak kut teh, sesame oil chicken, curry stingray and apple juice. totally awesome. we then headed to katong shopping centre for our 3h singing session at teo heng karaoke. had a lot of fun and laughter. the song '是你决定我的伤心' is now stuck in my head, partly because the way justin and hongkai sang it was very hilarious. had dinner at upper thomson. bak chor mee (Meng Kitchen) and beancurd (Rochor Beancurd House). a great saturday.