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Make meaning
2007-03-20 09:53:00
Make meaningI am only able to write it since I do not have classes on Tuesdays. Yay.I am also excited because I can finally get on to my reading. I am almost done with 'Taking Opportunities' and I shall be starting on this months BOM soon.So yesterday did not turn out too badly in school. Its just that me having to return to bedok after school in the morning is tiring but the supplement Double X I have been taking is fantastic. I did not feel tired at all! If I have to be in base school in the morning, my day starts really early so usually by 9 pm I will feel sleepy and tired. But yesterday I was still online amending my lesson plan! On days that I dont have to drag my feet around the house due to exahustion, those days are considered great days!I was talking to one of the relief teachers and it was an interesting coversation. Usually the teachers will start talking to me by asking what do I really do with the boys. After hearing my intellectual answer to what we (SNOs) really do wit


Power of choice
2007-03-22 16:15:00
Power of ChoiceWe can.............Choose to love--rather than hate.Choose to smile--rather than frown.Choose to build--rather than destroy.Choose to persevere--rather than quit.Choose to praise--rather than gossip.Choose to heal--rather than wound.Choose to give--rather than grasp.Choose to act--rather than delay.Choose to pray--rather than despair.Choose to forgive--rather than curse.Each day brings a new opportunity to choose.I choose to remain positive. God shall give me the strength.


How prepared are we?
2007-03-24 15:19:00
How prepared are we?Everyday we wake up and do all the things that we routinely do like go to work, have lunch, come back, watch tv etc. We sometimes go through life no different than a robot is tied up with situations with no choice.Have it ever crossed you mind, what will happen if the unexpected happens?What are you going to do, if something bad happens to your family tommorrow?What are you going to do, if you lose your sight tommorrow?What are you going to do, if you lose your will tommorrow?What are you going to do, if you lose your health tommorrow?Would following your routine be as important?Sometimes we tend to be so caught up with our life that we think we are busy doing the things that we should be doing. Have you ever asked yourself, what do you really have to do in this life? When I was a kid, I often wonder why adults seem to go to work in the zombie state manner that they do and I often wonder if I will be just like that when I go to work. Totally unaware of what is go


Alive and well
2007-03-31 10:18:00
Alive and wellHey everyone,I am back here! Yay. It has been such a hectic week that I sometimes find myself not having the time to eat a proper meal and that in return causes gastric pains which totally suck. The week went by so fast, with no proper sleep as well and believe me when I say that I look like Shrek. For a few days I was even wearing mismatch outfits to classes not only because I did not have the time to iron my clothes properly but also because I was too tired to even care about wearing a mismatch outfit.So 4 weeks of TP is now over and another 6 more weeks to go. The good thing is that I will be stationed at my base school so no more rushing to bedok for classes! As much as I am glad that the madness in DAS is over, I am a little sadden and worried that I shall not be seeing the kids and my ST. She has been a great help and she certainly cleared a lot of my doubts. Plus I think she has been very patient with my blurness too! Also, one month of attending classes in DAS see
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Quit worrying!
2007-04-03 12:09:00
Quit worrying!Your Worry Factor is 51%While you're not a worrywart, you worry more than you should.Maybe you don't have enough to keep your mind occupied at times...Or perhaps you've trapped yourself into some bad thinking patterns.Try to worry less and enjoy life more. There's no point thinking about things you can't change!Do You Worry Too Much?It is good that we are stationed only in base school for the next 6 weeks. Rushing here and there made me feel like a mad woman and I was pretty sure I was going berserk from the lack of sleep.Honestly, I have no idea how I survived the last few days with 4 to 5 hours of sleep. I feel like a zombie and walking around doing things but I feel my brain is refusing to work. I do not seem to have any new ideas to incorporate into my lesson plans. This may seem normal to you but I always have new ideas! Oh oh is it a sign of growing old??I learned that no matter what happens, life still move on and we can have to choose how we want to react to


Repeated Actions
2007-04-06 19:17:00
Repeated Actions I shall strive for excellence, not strive for perfection. William said this last night. Some things just stick around my head, reminding me to not be so stress up when things are not perfect. The melancholy in me does drive me nuts at times.Not being able to blog sucks. I feel like there is so many things happening and I cant wait to write it here but by the time I get to spend some personal time in front of the computer, I would be so exhausted and my fingers just refused to type and my brain cells just go to sleep.My dad is better but he still is not working. So I guess I shall be saving big time for the next few months. Thank goodness my bro has started working if not all burden will fall onto me. But I guess that is life isnt it? When life takes and unexpected turn, we are sometimes not really prepared financially. This is why I have to build this business, no matter what happpens.Anyway, the good news is I am still healthy and sane. That is good to know because I k


Think you. This success.
2007-04-09 12:29:00
Think you. Think success.Time went by so fast and now the long weekend is over:( The good news is that I completed my reflections! Yay! Can you believe that I completed 10 pages of reflections in just half a day? I am suppose to do the reflections every week from the first week of TP but it has been so crazy that I was overwhelmed with the lesson plans. However I only managed to complete the reflections for the first 4 weeks and I shall be continuing the rest this weekend.I just wanted to write about PASE in Friday. As you know Friday was Easter but suprisingly almost all the Christians were there at PASE meeting. It was a full house since it was a combined PASE. Combined PASE are always so exciting and as usual I was sitting next to the fan. I do not know why it is always so warm. Is it the weather or is it because everyone is so fired up? Anyway, Lisa shared on the book Psycho Cybernetics! Actually I have had the book for almost 4 years now and I never completed reading it. I did st


TGIF
2007-04-13 11:10:00
TGIFYou know your life is pathetic when you are counting down to the weekend. Life is even more pathetic when you are counting down to payday. That has been what is happening few weeks. Thank goodness I do not have have the office hours restrictions. Basically we can go home when school is over. That is great because now I know that I can stp evenings and nights.This week has been extremely meaningful to me. It has been hectic but at the same time I make sure that I enjoy what I do. My 3 boys are doing so fantastic and 2 of them are now at /ck/. This, in the period of 2 weeks, seeing them everyday for 30 minutes. In fact, if not for the topical tests happenning this week (which resulted in me missing lessons with them), they could have reached /dge/ or even /tch/. Their blending skills have improved tremendously and I am just so proud of them. Do not forget that I started from basic sounds of the alphabet with the boys since they have really poor phonological awareness. In that short p


The Lamp
2007-04-18 09:42:00
The LampI am sure that some of you must be thinking that I am losing interest in blogging even if you do not say it. Haha. I have not! Gotcha! As usual, it has been incredibly crazy this TP and my date with the computer at home will usually result in lesson plans. Plus, I am using my bro computer so he is very stingy at times and will not let me use the computer except for work. How pathetic. Anyone who feel sorry for me can help by getting me a new laptop. I welcome cash too.Hmm..where shall I start. So many things happened and I have all this muddled in my head. First let me start with PASE on Friday. I went home after school with the intention of taking a cab to PASE which starts at 8pm. I was hoping to catch a cab after 8 pm so that I do not have to pay the extra $2 for peak hours..I know, pathetic right? All so that I can save $2. To my horror, there were no cabs! I was waiting for decent cab from 8 pm to 8.45pm! 45 minutes of standing!! I cannot believe that it was so hard to get


Doing the right thing or be popular?
2007-04-21 16:20:00
Doing the right thing or be popular ?You Will Be a Cool ParentYou seem to naturally know a lot about parenting, and you know what kids need.You can tell when it's time to let kids off the hook, and when it's time to lay down the law.While your parenting is modern and hip, it's not over the top.You know that there's nothing cool about a parent who acts like a teenager... or a drill sergeant!Would You Be a Cool Parent?I thought this was a cool test. I am sure all of you once imagined how it will be like to be a parent one day, for those who are not yet anyway. This thought came up this week when I raised my voice to scold this boy who was misbehaving in class. I noticed one thing in my school. There isnt a day that passed by without the teachers screaming at the top of their voices. Thank goodness, my position and job relieves me of that, I do not scold the kids since most of them already have low self esteem.I do not even know if I will ever be a parent since you need a husband to be


This is temporary.
2007-04-29 15:40:00
This is temporary.I cant believe it. I had survived the whole of this year without falling sick. In fact the last time I was sick was during the last few weeks in NIE. And I survived throughout, even through the tough times at DAS training last year.I look better than the cartoon above though:pI just swallowed lots of supplements just now and I just feel so weak. I have a slight fever as well but no worries, I shall be getting back on my feet in no time. I am strong! Wooohoo!I have no mood for lesson plan, this headache is making me hard to think..I just wanna sleep..zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz....Yesterday I discovered that I have an alien friend. She does not eat, drink or sleep. She works all day and night. She lost so much weight but I certainly hope it is the healthy way. You know who you are ok.Ok I cant wait for BBS on Saturday. Tuesday is a public holiday! Yay!Positive words: I am recovering fast!!Wooooooooooooohhhhoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!


Award!
2007-04-28 10:47:00
Award!I just came back from PASE and surprisingly I am not sleepy or tired. You know sometimes when you have this strong desire to do things that the energy in you just appeared from nowhere? That is the power in you that you might not realize you have. Or perhaps that is the Double x supplement at work:)Today I am came to school an hour later since school ends at 3pm on Fridays. I was looking forward to playing basketball with the boys and guys but they were nowhere to be found! I ended up doing work for the whole 2 hours in the morning. The good news is that I completed doing my filing and organizing, you know all the nitty gritty stuffs that keep you busy. I also managed to finished my lesson plans, do some extra reorganizing. Somehow when things are clean, organized, they are easier to manage and my mind is not so cluttered anymore. Next week, the boys are having their exams and my schedule will be slightly free as I do not think that I will be doing any in class support unless the
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Importance of correct spelling
2007-04-26 15:24:00
Importance of correct spelling Hello people of this Earth. This week went by so fast for I did not even realise that we are closing in on the weekend. Today, I had my last observation by NSC so hurray ALL the observations are done and completed. I am still waiting for 4 forms from my CT and 1 form from my SCM. My NSC is really efficient. She always finish filling up the form on the spot. She will have such long comments too, its not that they are bad comments but it is kinda scary when people write such long comments. So far so good except for the so many paperworks. Thank goodness, I finally managed to organised my TP file and I think when you look at it you will know how melancholic I am. Haha.I heard some of the horror stories that other SNOs have been through and I am glad that nothing major like that has happened to me. Thank goodness for that and I hope to keep it this way. The teachers I am working with are all pretty much ok, some I cannot agree with but I try my best to find so


Simple neat or neat freak?
2007-05-01 11:27:00
Simply neat or neat freak?Ok I already know the answer to this quiz even before I did it. For those who work with me before, you will know what a complete neat freak I am, it is becoming an obsession. Ok, it is already an obsession. I am not all nuts ok. Sometimes when I am busy and not in the mood to clean up, my desk will be messy.You Are Not MessyYou're so clean, people have accused you of being a clean freak!You like things tidy, organized, and smelling fresh.Messes drive you crazy, especially when you didn't make them.It's hard for you to live with a slob - or someone who leaves their dishes in the sink.Are You Messy?My best friend is the total opposite of me. We used to work in the same office and you can see the difference in our working styles when you look at our desks. Mine will be all neatly arranged and hers will look like the tornado just stop by the office. Anyway, we have pretty much accepted the fact that we are different. Even how she arrange things in her bag can b
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Its time
2007-05-03 12:39:00
Its time.You! Yes you reading this! As the readers of this blog you guys are pretty intelligent to know what I was writing about even when I do not put it so directly. I thought I was not that obvious in my previous entry but I guess it is, huh. Hmm..I try not to write about personal life here because:1. It sucks.2. Its very low in activity.After a revelation about someone (I thought I knew) a few weeks back, I was taken aback by the outcome. I really thought it was going somewhere but it was not and I take the blame for this. The weird thing was, I was not even sorry it did not go anywhere mainly because I was not sure. If you know me personally, I will NOT do things that I am unsure of. Therefore, once again, my instincts were right because this person turned out to be different from whom I thought he is. Oh well, lesson learned and I have moved on. I am not even sad or slightly dissapointed which worries me because I am beginning to think that I have a closed heart. I certainly hope


Personality Clusters
2007-05-05 09:51:00
Personality ClusterI have always enjoyed doing tests like the one below which explains why I have so many of them on this site. I think learning about oneself is very beneficial. I remembered my VP once talked about this. I heard it before at Britt functions of course and his speech triggered a distant memory that I had. He said that there are certain things that we know about ourselves and there are certain things we do not know about ourselves. As I have learned about Johari window, I was rather familiar with this. He then gave the example that we cannot lick our elbows. For some reason, most of us do not know this little fact until just about 2 seconds ago when you tried to lick your elbow (Hahaha!). He then went on to say that God knows us better than we know ourselves.Your Personality Cluster is Extraverted IntuitionYou are:A true wordsmith - a master of wordsOriginal, spontaneous, and a true inspirationHighly energetic, up for any challengeEntertaining and engaging, both to frien
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A time to mourn and rejoice
2007-05-08 15:54:00
A time to mourn and rejoiceThe SNOs from dyslexia specialisation are in mourning. We received the news yesterday via snail mail. We were shocked. We were bewildered. We did not know why it turned out like this. We feel so bad for giving false hopes to teachers and our dear students. We promised to be there for them. We made plans to be there with them everyday. To support them. To care for them. To uplift them.With this schedule of training 3 times a week, from June all the way to August, I wonder why they even call it a one year diploma course. What is the point of calling it a one year full time course when we have to rushed from one place to another? This schedule meant one thing:Only 1 week of holidays and I have to start planning for my leaves. I was just about to redirect my focus onto business. This is a major distraction. Damn it.I shall not let this bother me. I shall proceed with the original plan of becoming Eagle. Nothing can stop me.Today I spent some time with Naz, whom I


Beginning with an end in mind
2007-05-12 01:18:00
Beginning with an end in mindFinally. Today was the last day for TP. Even though there are others (particularly teachers) who celebrate, I believe the SNOs especially those specializing in Dyslexia are no longer in the mood to celebrate. This is because we start full deployment next Tuesday, after a 1 day induction at Teacher’s Network. Furthermore the schedule from DAS really sucked that I was in mourning the whole week. This week, I wore black from Monday to Friday. Not the same outfit, but the same colour. It amazes me that I have so many black outfits and even if I decide to wear black consecutively for 2 weeks, I will not be repeating any outfits.Anyway, Wednesdays open meeting was phenomenal. I must say that William, apart from Eddie, shows a fantastic plan. I particularly liked it because it is so factual and it logical. Wednesdays open was different because William actually brought out our emotional dream. He made us close our eyes and envisioned our dreams. I was ok for the


Importance of saying thank you
2007-05-15 11:44:00
Importance of saying thank youI just got home from school. I usually go home around 2 or 3pm during TP but NOW that we HAVE to stay until 3.30 pm, I feel so exhausted. I know it is only 30 minutes extra but seeing the staff room almost vacant at the end of the day is depressing. Perhaps the teachers must be thinking: Oh, the SNO is so hardworking staying back so late...whereas in my mind I am thinking: Damn it, why is the clock moving so slow today? I wanna go home!Haha.Coming back to this issue, I thought yesterdays induction could be easily fitted into half a day. I feel like we have so MANY questions and they are not really being answered. For instance the job expectations. I understand that if only they had mentioned way before this, that the best way to know the job expectations is to personally check with the school and reporting officer. Thank goodness, after speaking with my principal today, she herself mentioned that she will be creating a job expectations list for me. That is


What we can learn from Spiderman
2007-05-13 16:55:00
What we can learn from Spiderman I have been meaning to write about what happened in school lately but I simply find it such a challenge to sit in front of the computer at home to write in here.For that reason, I am so saving up for a new laptop, I have the router so I should be able to go online when I do own it one day.I must congratulate Nurul for getting the position! Hooray! It will be a learning journey but it will not be easy, a lot of hard work but worth it when the school voiced their appreciation of you. Woohoo!I was busy last week doing informal assessments for the boys in the school. Thank goodness, I have seen all the boys on the list but I am pretty sure I will have a new list of boys to see this week. We had a learning support meeting on Friday and the heads were there with the VP. I am wondering why I am there but halfway through the meeting, I was honoured to be there. This is because it shows that the appreciate my presence and they see the importance of me being there


Values
2007-05-20 14:28:00
ValuesHey ya all! I did not realise I have not been writing in for quite some time. It has been a terribly hectic and eventful 2 weeks I suppose. I caught myself not in the best of moods, which is actually very rare but these few months have been extremely challenging from all aspects of my life. Nevertheless, I wake up everyday and tell myself that today is going to be a better day than yesterday!What shall I write? I am having writers block! Haha!As you know, I am not having lessons with the boys until next term so now I am just doing informal assessments for the boys suspected of having dyslexia. Actually some of the boys who were sent to me have no literacy issues at all even though they are doing poorly in school work. Everytime I tell the teachers that the boys do not have any signs of dyslexia and that they are perfectly normal, they looked so dissapointed and ask me this question:Then why are they doing so badly in school?The whole purpose of the assessment is to know, to under
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Inner child
2007-05-22 09:02:00
Inner child Your Inner Child Is SurprisedYou see many things through the eyes of a child.Meaning, you're rarely cynical or jaded.You cherish all of the details in life.Easily fascinated, you enjoy experiencing new things.How Is Your Inner Child?Please pardon me for the weird alignment of this quiz. I do not know why I cant make the whole quiz stay in the centre. Its always towards the left which is annoying me to the core. I know. Obsessive compulsive disorder.Today I missed taking my Double X and I am so exhausted and dragging my foot around like one big elephant. I did not do much today, I only met one boy for assessment and we had a party in the morning for all the boys involved in the Buddy Reading programme. There were so much food but the boys prefer running around without an agenda then getting their stomachs filled.Anyway I am getting worried as my reporting officer is super blur. SUPER BLUR. I thought I was blur but apparently not! Now I learnt that I must take charge and hav


Where was I?
2007-05-27 09:04:00
Where was I?Its Sunday night already? The weekend went by too fast for me. The week though, was a bit draggy since there was nothing much to do in school. Nevertheless, it was quite eventful in some ways.Weds open was awesome. You know, Guru's plan used to be so serious but nowadays there are so much humour and I like it. I think a lot of people are mistaken about security. Job security does not equal to income security. He mentions 2 qualities of successful people.1. Ability to set priorities2. Ability to get the job doneIn most cases when people say that there are very busy to me, I am thinking that they are not setting their priorities right. Do not waste time doing things that are going to get done anyway. I am guilty of this in some ways. There was once upon a time when I had my priorities all wrong and things were not going according to plan. It takes one minute to realise it and another second to make a decision to make changes. On Friday we had parent teacher conference in sch


Loving Life
2007-05-28 09:13:00
Loving LifeYou know, I think it is really easy to find something to complain about everyday. I think I have been complaining a lot especially about not having holidays. Today was the start of the planning week and even though I had no idea what it was all about, I must say I quite enjoyed myself in the morning when we played the teambuilding activities. I was seated together with the rest of the admin staff like the librarian, the operations manager and the general office staff. Being in that group felt wrong, not that I look down on these guys but I was in a position that was neither here nor there. Technically I am part of the teaching staffs but scheme wise, I am not. This shall be a constant reminder to me when I see the teachers happily leaving school to complete their work at home. Thank goodness, I had Alex, Faizal and Jaime to slack around with. There was really nothing to do while the other teachers went for the level meetings. I was left to settle my quotations with the sup
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Clean up to save your health
2007-06-03 04:28:00
Clean up to save your healthIt is Sunday and I am at home all day. This is truly a rare phenomena. I decided to take some time to clean up my room. My room is generally neat but as I get busier and cannot be bothered to put things back to where they belong, it gets messier. Plus, the dust seems to be thickening itself so I decided to use my power tool (my favourite cleaner, LOC) and so some serious cleaning.I was just about to start when I started sneezing like crazy. My nose is pretty sensitive and I sneeze when there is presence of dust. Cleaning should be a weekly thing. It can actually save your health, rather than you breathing in all the dust and germs. There is just so many things at home which should be in school. I am taking all files and cards to school. I am not going to do any work at home anyway. There is no point keeping all the stuffs for kids at home.After cleaning, this was the result:Plus, I think there a silent competition in the staffroom. I think the teachers are h
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Too sweet for reality?
2007-06-02 01:54:00
Too sweet for reality ?Hello all! I hope everyone is doing as good as me. Even if you are not, keep saying it and it will come true.I know it is the first week of the school holidays and there should be not much things to do. For me, the school had planning week from Monday to Wednesday. It was ok. At the start of the planning week, everyone was given a paper bag to hang up. We were supposed to write our names on the stickers to label. The paperbags were for other teachers/staffs to drop notes. It can be any notes, notes of encouragement or notes of appreciation. I was not sure if I would get any since I was still new to the school and I did not really work with a lot of teachers. Nevertheless, on Wednesday, I found 2 notes dropped into my bags. One was from Edwin, this really quiet teacher and another was from a person whom I could not read his/her signature. Hmm..it was still nice though.I went over to my old workplace on Wednesday because I really wanted to see the kids whom I have m


Right Track
2007-06-06 03:24:00
Right Track Your Life is 35% Off TrackIn general, your life is going very well.You're quite happy with where you are and what you're doing.And even if you get a bit off course, you're usually able to get back on track easily.Are You Living The Wrong Life?35% off track? Come on, whose life is 100% on track anyway?Anyway today is third day of extreme boredom and that is the reason why I am typing away to you in this huge staffroom where I am alone. Ok, not really alone, there is one teacher at the other end of the room.Yesterday the VP to me because he wanted to ask about this course that DAS is organising. Its not really a cheap course and a new teacher had applied to go for the course. As you know, mission schools are not that rich so they really think about fees and budget and all that because money is seriously lacking. He was asking if I had gone through the topics of the course and I said yes since it was about dyslexia. He then moved on to asking me if I would be comfortable to
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Bored to death
2007-06-04 03:15:00
Bored to death So today is the first day that I really felt the boredom of the other SNOs who had to come back to school during school holidays.I arrived at 7.30 am and there was no one, all the way until 9.30 am when 1 teacher strolled in. After that, about 4 teachers stop by and did some cleaning and off they go. Only the LSC and me were in the staffroom after lunch and at 3.30 pm she left leaving me all alone!Maybe for those SNOs who are not in the staffroom will not feel so lonely as I am right now. I am surrounded by empty chairs and tables and I end up talking to myself. 2 weeks of this will drive me nuts! Arghhhhhhhhhh!Anyway I came prepared with BWW books and cds and right after I figure out where I am going to play the cds, I will saturate my mind with positive thoughts that time will go by very fast without me realising it. In the meantime, I might as well make myself productive by creating some resources for my boys, just in case the resources I ordered do not come in time.I
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Miao Miao
2007-06-08 03:15:00
Miao MiaoYou Would Be a Pet CatIndependent and aloof, you don't like to be dependent on anyone.And as for other people, you can take them or leave them. You often don't care.You live your life by your own rules. And you have deep motivations that no one truly understands.Why you would make a great pet: You're not needy or greedy... unlike other four legged friends.Why you would make a bad pet: You're not exactly running down to greet people at the doorWhat you would love about being a cat: Agility and freedomWhat you would hate about being a cat: Being treated like a dog by clueless humansWhat Kind of Pet Would You Be?I wonder if this quiz has got anything to do with the fact that I just dreamt that I had 3 cats. I do not think I am every going to be ok with not having a cat. How can anyone not love them? They are sooooooooo cute! Plus cats have an easy life, they eat, sleep, play, be loveable and make humans happy. Its my dream!I am finally finished with Nafs book! I feel that the


Some pictures
2007-06-10 09:18:00
Some picturesHelo all! It is Sunday once again and I hope you are all geared up for a brand new week! For me, I am happy because I am on leave on Monday and even though this week may seem short and I have a lot of work to do in school (yes despite being alone in the huge staffroom!) I am still looking forward to having the staffroom all by myself! Muahaha.I shall not be writing much today, I shall keep it for tommorrow. I know that I do not really share a lot of pictures with you so today I shall share some personal photos from my camera! Yay.One thing you need to know about me and photos is:1. I do not edit my pictures to make myself look good because I am photogenic (Haha!) and I cannot be bothered to spend the time editing pictures to look beautiful. Most pictures are already beautiful to me.2. I cannot stand resizing the photos and then getting the url, I think its all a waste of time.The following photos are the result of all the work I have done in the past week. So you know I ha


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