Thursday, July 26, 2007
Hey people! I am actually blogging in school. Haha cool issnt it. Thought schools will normally ban the students from entering all these web pages but not for NIE. Haha Well today is another day of briefings. Had a briefing on the library facilities this morning which i cant help but to say it's super boring. Just imagine someone kept repeating the things like how u look for the book, journals, e-books using the catalogue upteen times in such a cold LT and esp its raining heavily outside. Anyway i was already day dreaming half way from the talk.
Guess tmr shall be a more interesting day cos its team bonding activities. Just hope that the seniors wont let us do all the stupid stuffs like passing the MM choc with ur lips to the person next to you.
Anyway i was super disappointed with someone. I already smsed to apologise to him but he didnt even bother to reply. So it seems that he intend to draw a clear line between us. Good! In that case, it just a pity that i have lost a friend but its also a blessing in disguise. At least i get to see his true colours!!!!
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I know it may sounds a bit exaggerating but its true. I was nearly moved to tears from i first stepped into the NIE campus and also when i watched the orientation video. The emotions was simply overwhelming for me. Perhaps it is because going for my further studies is a struggle for me. Neither do i have the excellent results to qualify me a place in local university nor do i have lots of spare cash to go to overseas. But at least i am glad that now i was offered a place in NIE, it was a sense of relieve for me. As for the video, it was kind of inspiring. The scene which i found it particularly inspiring is when the narrator narrates that everyone has a favourite teacher and its the favourite teacher who inspires u to be the teacher and i shall be the favourite teacher followed by a little girl drawing a teachers' day card for the teacher. Now then i realise why teachers dont like gifts on teachers' day, this is because a simple handwritten note or a card is more than enough to say thank you to the teacher.
My orientation yesterday was nothing more than briefings followed by briefings. I was offered option C which means i got to teach English, Maths and Science. Well i have decided to swap Maths for Social Studies because i usually dislike maths and i cant imagine myself teaching maths to the poor kids. Primary school maths to many may seem very easy but we got to be equipped with further mathematics skills which means i may have to take F or C maths. OMG! And furthermore, what if some kids decided to challenge me with some difficult stuffs, think i may just bang my head against the wall. Anyway its not 100% guarantee that the dean will let me swap the subject. So let me cross my fingers and toes and pray that he will allow me to change them.
And also i remembered the dean mentioning a quote to us which i finds it very interesting. This is what the quote says:" Your words will be your actions, your actions will be your habits, your habits will be your character and your character will defines your destiny." Well its up to you guys to think about the quote.
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Tuesday, July 24, 2007
Its my last day of work today. Feeling a bit sad that i will be leaving the lab for good but at the same time happy because i am starting afresh with my studies and a new career. Recieved quite a number of gifts from my colleagues, including a mirror from meekim, pearl necklace from mdm phang, a tigger soft toy from lina, a book from pei wen and a pair of chomel earings from the rest of the people and also a treat at the Sudanese restaurant at Great World City.
Actually, I am grateful that i was blessed with such nice colleagues in the first place. Although some bickerings and small gossips may happen between themselves, the people are always very helpful and supportive. It has been an evenful year though, lots of things had happened but i believed all these things have somehow mould me into a much more matured person. Moreover, frankly speaking my first job also somehow correlates to my first date.
But most importantly, i got to apologise to A for saying such harsh words to him last night. It may be very frank remarks from me but i dont mean to hurt u. Anyway i am very grateful to all ur encouragements and help. Its just a pity that we were not able to have a nice chat before i leave u guys.
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Saturday, July 21, 2007
Oh well its my big day today cos my fate for the next five years has been sealed by my signature on that agreement paper. Went to sign for the trainee teacher agreement at MOE today with Anthony and my uncle as my guarantors. Its hard looking for guarantors initially as Singaporeans usually shrink away from the thought of being someone else's guarantor. This is because if the person is to break the bond, he or she will have to pay the liquidated damages. So i am really grateful to my uncle and Anthony for helping me out.
Actually i am a little worried by the thought of signing the bond at first especially after pei wen told me her sis was posted to a notorious sec school of which the principal even warned her that teaching in that school can be quite a challenging task. However, think i shouldnt have even given it a second thought cos such good opportunity is hard to come by. Its a dream that comes true for me and since this is how my career path is laid out for me, i should accept it with a full embrace.
Anyway went for a mini celebration at a Japanese restaurant at IMM afterthat and i treated my uncle, mum, grandma and Anthony a bento set each. Food was recommendable but its rather huge in portion. Went shopping around and uncle bought me a titus watch for my 21st birthday. Well think its a little bit too early to buy my present now but on the other hand, think its a good day to buy that watch too cos its going to remind me of that date that i signed the teacher agreement forever.
So counting down two days to my last day of work on next tuesday but i already recieved a pearl necklace from mdm phang and a pair of chomel earings from my colleagues. Planning to treat them lunch on tues and think i will definetely miss that bunch of people. Anyway think its time to pack my emotions and move on.
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Sunday, July 15, 2007
Went for a one day tour to Johor organised by my mum's company yesterday with my parents, my mum's colleagues and Anthony. Enjoyed ourselves very much but as compared to the previous one, think i prefer the first cos the first one includes sightseeing trips to mangrove swamps for fireflies, ostrich farm and also fruits farm. However think that depends on one's interest, personally i prefer sightseeing to shopping.
Anyway our first stop yesterday was to Tunku Aminah for our breakfast in a small coffee shop. Had yong tau foo noodle soup while my parents and Anthony had prawn mee soup. And A also ordered dim sum for us so its was quite a sumptous spread of breakfast. Proceeded to two local products shops later on for tau sau piah, cuttlefish and some preserved fruits which i suppose are the local delights. Wasnt able to buy lots of things cos the shop is so crowded and besides that i dont see the need to buy that much since u can easily find these things in Singapore.
Anyway we boarded the bus afterwards and proceeded to our next destination for durian lunch!Yes its durian cum mangosteen cum rambutan buffet lunch. Basically u can eat all u can and there is even this person down there in charge of helping u open up the durian, so our duty is just to finish up the durian before he opens another one. Its was quite fun cos not only u can have an unlimited supply of durian, there was also this pile of mangosteens and rambutan for u to eat. But durian wasnt my cup of tea so i only ate a little but ended up eating lots of mangosteen cos i heard that mangosteens are loaded with antioxidants which i suppose will make me look younger. Haha As for my dad and Anthony, think they really had a durian feast esp A cos he is too full to even walk.
Afterthat, we took 1 and half hours bus ride to kukup. Was a bit disappointed when we reach kukup cos initially we wanted to take the boat ride to the kelongs for some sightseeing on self expenses but there werent enough people to book the whole boat cos the aunties and uncles prefer to shop. So we ended up shopping instead and worst come to worst, there werent much things to shop except some local delights, agar agar and tibits. Shopped for half hour there before we proceed to Jusco at Aeon Tebrau City.
At Jusco we were only even 1 hour time to shop but it isnt enough time at all. Besides that Jusco is even bigger than our Vivo City. Anyway, Anthony and i decided to shop on our own cos the rest of the aunties and uncles prefer to have a coffee break. Shopped around but the shops there were selling mostly branded stuffs such as guess, dockers, CK, Espirit etc etc which makes me feel like shopping in Suntec City. He treated me ice cream and we continued shopping for stuffs until some mishaps happens. I just cant imagine that my scandals snapped apart at that point of time so we went to shop for my scandal instead. Luckily i managed to got one from Vinnci which was quite comfortable and cheap too. haha There was only 10 mins left so we decided to queue up for some dunkin donuts and all thanks to the dunkin donuts, we were late for 10 mins! In the end, both of us got scolded by my parents for being late.... But cant blame us rite, its my scandals that snapped....
Anyway we had our seafood dinner afterwards at a Orang Asli restaurant located somewhere near the seaside. Nice scenery and the food is nice too. We had steamed prawns, chilli crabs, steamed mussels, lemon chicken, sambal kangkong, steamed fish and calamari. I can say its very worth it after all cos we only need to pay $40 each for the whole day trip.
Proceeded to the second link customs after dinner and thankfully we managed to clear both customs in half an hour time cos there wasnt any traffic jam. Reached home at 9pm and all of us were exhausted after the whole day. But its was an enjoyable trip and i do look forward to such trips in future.
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Time files.. counting down 6.5 days to my last day of work. Mixed feeling. Anyway, our senior consultant treated pei wen, law and i to lunch last friday cos both pei wen and i are leaving soon. So i suppose that is our farewell lunch bah. Dr Hwang personally drove us to Great World City and we had Japanese food at Ichiban. Was quite awkward at first cos our boss dont feel like eating anything so she just ordered some sushi whereas the rest of us ordered a set meal each. I had ten don which i think is so so... Pei wen ordered the cheapest set which is katsu don while law ordered eel with egg don. Chatted a little about work, plans for future and also hobbies etc etc. Expected our boss to be quite angry with us but it turns out that she is happy for us for able to pursue our own interest and also that at least i can get to further my studies. But was a little embarrassed cos she kept mentioning that a lot of people are going into teaching and how is her lab going to survive if all the people come to work for only a year and they will go into teaching... Anyway cant blame her cos she is the boss afterall and i can understand the agnony of training a staff for a year and in the end she just resign...
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Tuesday, July 10, 2007
Well it has been a busy weekend afterall. First went for Wennyi's birthday party at her house on saturday. Was quite awkward at first cos i am the first one to reach her house so i ended up accompanying her to collect her cake. But think that was a wrong idea cos her church friends mistaken me for her elder sister cos it happens that i knew wennyi eversince we are kids so i also know her family members as well but doesnt that means that i look older than her? Oh my... Anyway it was a memorable birthday for her afterall and her church friends are a interesting bunch of people.
Went for my poly class gathering at Vivo marche on sunday. Quite a number of people cant make it so there were only binghong, myloh, junyi, chuen hong, ya ching, yen yen, siqi, kai ling, andrea and peixuan. Peixuan was our VIP for the day cos she just graduated from her degree. Time files... i still remember the days that we were discussing about our future plans and which school to further our studies. But it seems like the reality life is often harsher than what we expected. Although quite a number of us intend or wish to go overseas for our further studies, only peixuan managed to go australia. Anyway lunch was on dutch and we chatted a little before jun yi and the rest go for their movie while yc and i went for our shopping spree.
It's nice to see the familiar faces again afterall but i am sure all of us would have changed for the better. Be it in appearence or be it in thinking. I do hope there would be more of these class gatherings in future.
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Thursday, July 05, 2007
I remembered reading the book "Still Life" borrowed from Jas which is on life after death and experiments conducted using cadavers. One of the chapters actually mentioned about the author observing facial reconstruction experimental surgery by the surgeons using cadavers' heads. But none of the least did i expect that i would actually be able to see the experiment with my own eyes.
Was on my way back from lunch when we passed by the room conducting workshop for experimental surgery and i literally saw human heads placed on each bench tops. Its quite a gruesome scene and i dont think anyone would want to see such a thing immediately after lunch. I was shocked at first but i manage to brave enough courage to stay and peek into the room. A green surgical cloth was used to cover the eyes and mouth so we can only see the hair and the skin around the ears but the most disgusting part that i saw was the stub. Its definetely not a clean cut but a zagged one.
Heard from the doctors that these heads are from those bodies that were left unclaimed. Frankly speaking, i pitied them cos it seems like they dont even have a nice resting place. Just imagine u are being left alone in the montuary with no one to claim u and moreover u will be chopped into pieces for experiments. I really dont wish to see any of the people i know to fall into this state...
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Wednesday, July 04, 2007
Tendered my resignation on Monday and i felt really bad. Its a feeling that i dont even know how to put it into words. Its just that i was really in bad mood for the whole day, on the other hand, L was having such a fun time cracking jokes and singing away in the processing room which kinda irritates me. Anyway its a relief and i really got to thank all my colleagues for being such a understanding lot.
As for my dept head, mdm phang, i really got to thank her for her understanding. Instead of making my life miserable after i voiced out that i intend to resign, she is all the while very supportive of my career switch cos she believes that teaching is always a better option for girls. However, i was surprised that she tendered her resignation today too. Its just too sudden and unexpected. Although she is always going around telling pple that she is going to leave. No one ever take her words seriously. So all of the sudden, there were three of us leaving the lab together....
Anyway, A came to my house for dinner on Monday cos he brought us some stuffs from his hometown in malaysia. But after dinner, my aunt kept having the idea that he may be married in malaysia so she was so worried that i will be cheated on. Dont know what prompted my aunt to have that idea but it just that they were chatting about men leading double lives and having two families seperately in Malaysia and Singapore cos they always assume that the former wouldnt be able to find out about the latter and also fathers leaving their children behind in malaysia while they come to singapore to work. During that part of conversation, he somehow became very serious and he replied that it will be very pitiful to leave the kids behind while the father worked in singapore. I mean i actually dont know what is happening to him in malaysia and i am not interested to know cos we are only friends. Even best of friends have the right to reserve their private lives. I know that my aunt is worried about me but how i wish she wouldnt treat me like a little kid anymore. Relationship problems can be very complicated but i know what am i doing...
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