Earth Hour

We agreed days before that we should do our part to save Earth and switch off all unnecessay power during Earth Hour (8.30pm to 9.30pm)on 28 March 2008. Oops, I was busy marking away and everyone else doing their own stuff when number 5 yelled that Earth Hour had already descended on us! It was 9.00pm! Frantically, we took out the candles, switched off all the house lights and sheepishly tried to do our bit for Mother Earth. One of the daughters had to shower in candlelight. The rest of us soaked in the ambience of the unfamiliar but otherwise quite romantic atmosphere. We noticed that most in our neighbourhood were not observing the occasion. The Significant Other had to spoil it all by barging home, a hungy and angry man, not to be stopped by Earth Hour in his quest to fix a quick meal!! So it was lights on in the kitchen . . . sigh!

Okay ... so we all know that it was a mere token observence and reminder of a bigger issue ---- that we must conserve energy and be mindful of caring for our Earth. I did my nagging bit of course; reminded everyone to use the heater and air-conditioning with prudence, to reuse and recycle as much as we can. Nope, I rejected the not-bathing-so-often suggestion. Nice try, kids!!

Missing wit and humour

I felt a void today. Suddenly missed the wit and humour of some of my colleagues from HIHS. Kind of also wished that sometimes religion could be the anchor that lost souls look to for stability.

Anger Management

The weather has been incredibly hot and humid lately, and it is really quite torturous for students and teachers alike to sit out long hours in classrooms. But still, there is no excuse for anyone to dispense with manners and civilities. Really! Today, two of my students almost fought over classroom cleaning duties. Why? Just because one of them would not thank the other for helping out, and insist on being inflexible about assigned duties. Haiz . . . I can understand why there would always be wars in our world!

When everything is cooler, including the weather, I shall have to sit the students down for a good talk.

I detect so much anger in people these days. Not a good thing. We 'explode' at the slightest agitation, and have no patience to consider others' feelings and viewpoints.

RoAd TrIp

Alright just came back from hospital. Had a very eventful day yesterday. Woke at 7 plus in the morning. Cycle to Lenson house at 8.30am, then waited for View Meng to call me. So MingHui, Lenson and Me waited until 9.30 plus then he came -.- Uber late lor. Then we started to cycle along Ubi road then pass Eunos and finally reach East Coast park. So MingHui brought along his camera, and we took pictures there. So we carry on our trip till Changi Village. In the midst, my mum call me and told me that my Grandpa had been admitted to hospital. Plan had change, so i detour to the hospital while the rest continue their journey. I got nothing much to say, so i'll just let the pictures to the work!=]

School's out!

School's out for us in Secondary and Primary schools! Finally, I can take a breather and devote some time to see to the little things that were just simply set aside amidst all the rush during the past academic term. In fact, I have just finished sewing the name tags for the boys that just wouldn't adhere by their stick-on backs, mended a couple of burst blouse sleeve seams, and caught up with the tons of ironing . . . One more basketball jersey to mend, a couple more skirt hooks to fix and all the kids' uniforms and school attire should be in order. I can't wait for all their sewing skills to reach "auto-pilot" standards so that I might "retire"!

For the next few days, I intend to catch up with some reading ---- not for work, but for pleasure; maybe go to the movies; and ah yes . . . dare I say to the gym?! Wish me the discipline to really make good use of my precious one week March hols!

End of Term 1 already

Wow, the Earth sure is spinning a lot faster. Can you believe it? 10 weeks of school have almost flown by and the term is almost coming to an end. How are the JC people amongst you? I understand that the Poly people are still awaiting the start of the academic year.

For me, the past couple of weeks have been really busy. Plenty of marking. Lots of fun teaching Literature and fun plays. You know me, the Drama Mama. Overall, I have enough good moments in school to balance up lousy ones.

Despite our hectic schedules, the Significant Other and I found rare moments 2 weeks back to do our parent bit for one of our daughters. You wouln't believe it: we conducted a sushi-making session for about 35 Secondary students!! Yes, complete with power point presentations, You-tube videos and actual on-hands demonstrations. And made an impressive array of sushis too! It was hilarious --- the two of us most unlikely partners at work in a school environment! I'm sure the daughter and the two of us will remember this for a long long time! The show-off Significant Other demonstrated the power of super-sharp Sushi knives, only to sustain cuts to his own fingers. I scoffed and laughed my head off, of course!!

Now the other younger ones wonder if we could do fun things for their peers in their schools too. Like play rugby, cook (again!), sing or do craftwork! Hahaaaaaaaa!