had a jc class gathering at mel's house yesterday,
woah...haven't seen some of them for almost 8 years.
hmm...most of them look the same,
and for the record,
almost half of my classmates have become lawyers (most of the arts stream ppl fr my sch have),
there're a few doing finance,
1 pilot,
1 computer game designer (!),
1 businessman
and so many of the guys have become teachers haha so unexpected
there were 18 of us in the class-
11 girls and 7 guys
but still quite an even girl-guy ratio
considering that some of the science classes had like 24 guys and 2 girls.
our civics tutor ms melissa lim (she's minister lim boon heng's daughter btw)
called us the 'crazy' class...
haha the thing i remember most was that during occasions like valentine's day or christmas,
the girls would make nice things like cookies and personalized ribbons etc for the guys,
while the guys would give the girls.....
NOTHING!
haha, how evil boys are!
anyway, i really feel like kicking myself now.
yesterday, ms lim asked if we're still holding on to the 'farewell ribbons',
and a few of us was like
'what ribbons? what are you talking about?'
and then it dawned on us that on the last day of school,
she brought this long ribbon thing made into a ball to class
and we all passed it around and blessed one another,
after which the long ribbon was snipped,
and everybody kept one portion for remembrance.
where's my portion now?
have i kept it away in some corner?
am i so unsentimental? :((
anyway, back to school matters,
last week, i was going through time management strategies with 107,
here's the gist....
Here's how you should prioritize your time after school
1. Start off with P1(Priority 1) activities. These are Urgent and Important activities such as completing homework that's to be submitted on the following day, revising for last minute tests, attending to important matters at home (eg. taking care of sick sibling) etc. These activities should rightfully take about 20% of your time. Many people spend too much time doing these because they procrastinate and wait until the last minute before beginning on homework, test revisions. Start preparing for tests/exams in advance. Don't wait until the day before submission day to begin your assignments. You can reduce lots of stress if you follow this advice.
2. After finishing P1 activities, you should do the P2(Priority 2) ones. These are Non-urgent and Important activities such as revising for tests/completing homework in advance or exercising. You should rightfully spend 60% of your time doing these. If you prepare things in advance, you might not see the benefits straight away, but you are an 'investor', in the sense that you are investing in the future - you study now for a test in 2 week's time, and you will reap the rewards in 2 weeks. Most students spend far too little time on P2 activities.
3. Next, you should do the P3(Priority 3) activities. These are Urgent and Non-important things like text messaging friends and catching the latest drama serial on TV. You should spend about 15% on such things - though they are entertaining and may help you de-stress, they don't help you advance your goals and fulfill your dreams.
4. And finally, after completing P1, P2 and P3(in that order), if you still have time left, you can do some P4(Priority 4) matters. These are Non-urgent and non-important things and should be your lowest priority. These include lazing around, excessive sleeping, hanging around shopping malls etc. Students who indulge in such activities are called 'bums'. Deservedly!
(terms adapted from Adam Khoo's book)
Sunday, July 29, 2007
Friday, July 20, 2007
Weekend's approaching!
friday afternoon...
am I looking forward to the weekend?
there's an ultimate frisbee course coming up later at 3pm.
i'm in it because miss sandra teng asked me to replace her,
she's out with the judo team.
i hope it'll be fun.
it's pretty warm outside.
yesterday was a hectic day again.
finally completed the scheme of work for the narrative/personal recount unit.
i left sch at 6.15pm
and rushed to telok ayer for bible study.
it's my turn to play the piano for the hymns.
the singing was supposed to begin at 7.25pm,
but at 7.20 i was still eating my char kuey tiao at the food centre.
then, kelvin called me at 7.23,
i must have given him a heart attack -
the session's about to begin
and the pianist's MIA.
i told him i was downstairs (actually i was still at the foodcentre with my half-eaten char kway tiao!),
so i left the remainder of my food there,
and crossed the road to get to the church.
i didn't even have time to gargle my mouth with water,
so there was this disgusting lard smell in my mouth when i entered the sanctuary.
the first hymn i had to play was 'to God be the glory'
a familiar hymn - so luckily i was quite secure even though
my heart was still palpitating due to the rush.
hehe but i stayed in A flat throughout,
didn't feel confident enough to tranpose to A major.
did the reading cartwheel trial run with my 2 classes.
a few notes:
a) speak up, or else you can't be heard, and won't be graded
b) don't use vague adjectives eg. nice, not nice, fine, gross, strange, sick, fun, weird - these are not precise
c) don't say unreasonable and disparaging things about your book
d) you can disagree/not like things in the book, but you have to justify it
e) listen to the question carefully, consider, then answer
f) don't be passive, tap people out when you have things to say
g) don't tap people out when they are speaking
h) be nice, don't hog the limelight
i) don't be upset if you're tapped out, you can tap to go back in.
all the best!
am I looking forward to the weekend?
there's an ultimate frisbee course coming up later at 3pm.
i'm in it because miss sandra teng asked me to replace her,
she's out with the judo team.
i hope it'll be fun.
it's pretty warm outside.
yesterday was a hectic day again.
finally completed the scheme of work for the narrative/personal recount unit.
i left sch at 6.15pm
and rushed to telok ayer for bible study.
it's my turn to play the piano for the hymns.
the singing was supposed to begin at 7.25pm,
but at 7.20 i was still eating my char kuey tiao at the food centre.
then, kelvin called me at 7.23,
i must have given him a heart attack -
the session's about to begin
and the pianist's MIA.
i told him i was downstairs (actually i was still at the foodcentre with my half-eaten char kway tiao!),
so i left the remainder of my food there,
and crossed the road to get to the church.
i didn't even have time to gargle my mouth with water,
so there was this disgusting lard smell in my mouth when i entered the sanctuary.
the first hymn i had to play was 'to God be the glory'
a familiar hymn - so luckily i was quite secure even though
my heart was still palpitating due to the rush.
hehe but i stayed in A flat throughout,
didn't feel confident enough to tranpose to A major.
did the reading cartwheel trial run with my 2 classes.
a few notes:
a) speak up, or else you can't be heard, and won't be graded
b) don't use vague adjectives eg. nice, not nice, fine, gross, strange, sick, fun, weird - these are not precise
c) don't say unreasonable and disparaging things about your book
d) you can disagree/not like things in the book, but you have to justify it
e) listen to the question carefully, consider, then answer
f) don't be passive, tap people out when you have things to say
g) don't tap people out when they are speaking
h) be nice, don't hog the limelight
i) don't be upset if you're tapped out, you can tap to go back in.
all the best!
Monday, July 16, 2007
Lovely song sung in church yesterday
I know who holds tomorrow
I don't know about tomorrow,
I just live from day to day.
I don't borrow from it's sunshine,
For its skies may turn to gray.
I don't worry o'er the future,
For I know what Jesus said,
And today I'll walk beside Him,
For He knows what is ahead.
Many things about tomorrow,
I don't seem to understand;
But I know Who holds tomorrow,
And I know Who holds my hand.
Ev'ry step is getting brighter,
As the golden stairs I climb;
Ev'ry burden's getting lighter;
Ev'ry cloud is silver lined.
There the sun is always shining,
There no tear will dim the eyes,
At the ending of the rainbow,
Where the mountains touch the sky.
Many things about tomorrow,
I don't seem to understand;
But I know Who holds tomorrow,
And I know Who holds my hand.
I don't know about tomorrow,
It may bring me poverty;
But the One Who feeds the sparrow,
Is the One Who stands by me.
And the path that be my portion,
May be through the flame or flood,
But His presence goes before me,
And I'm covered with His blood.
Many things about tomorrow,
I don't seem to understand;
But I know Who holds tomorrow,
And I know Who holds my hand.
I don't know about tomorrow,
I just live from day to day.
I don't borrow from it's sunshine,
For its skies may turn to gray.
I don't worry o'er the future,
For I know what Jesus said,
And today I'll walk beside Him,
For He knows what is ahead.
Many things about tomorrow,
I don't seem to understand;
But I know Who holds tomorrow,
And I know Who holds my hand.
Ev'ry step is getting brighter,
As the golden stairs I climb;
Ev'ry burden's getting lighter;
Ev'ry cloud is silver lined.
There the sun is always shining,
There no tear will dim the eyes,
At the ending of the rainbow,
Where the mountains touch the sky.
Many things about tomorrow,
I don't seem to understand;
But I know Who holds tomorrow,
And I know Who holds my hand.
I don't know about tomorrow,
It may bring me poverty;
But the One Who feeds the sparrow,
Is the One Who stands by me.
And the path that be my portion,
May be through the flame or flood,
But His presence goes before me,
And I'm covered with His blood.
Many things about tomorrow,
I don't seem to understand;
But I know Who holds tomorrow,
And I know Who holds my hand.
Wednesday, July 11, 2007
Aust Eng Comp, Scenario Writing, Sabbaticals and the long awaited CAP report
We had the Australian English Competition today.
There was this article on the Singaporean toy piano player Margaret Leng Tan in the paper.
Too bad my language arts lesson with 107 fell during the time of the comp.
So 108's currently further ahead than 107.
Must try to catch up with 107 tmrw.
I've read through all of the first drafts of my classes' scenario writing.
The AFIs I have already mentioned in class,
So maybe I will write about other things here...
1) A few of the scripts touched me a lot
2) Many of the girls could empathize with and wrote well about the plight of lonely old people
3) There were 2 scripts with violent and bloody endings
4) Few wrote on 'Population'
5) The favourite topics were 'Privacy' and 'Caring for our elders'
6) Most who chose 'Privacy' wrote on how children's privacy are being infringed upon by their parents via embedded microchips in their heads etc
7) Most who chose 'Caring for our elders' wrote on how lonely old people are being neglected by their busy 'high-flyer' kids and are taken care of by robots
Hmmm....do all students think alike?
I'm now thinking of my sabbatical module - 'Writing a short play' in wk 6.
In term 2, I showed my group a 1950s film of Oscar Wilde's 'The Importance of Being Earnest'.
Great film, with killer lines.
But perhaps some of the humour is lost with 13 year olds.
I have another film in mind,
(which I will not tell now)
which I may use with my next group of sabbatical students.
Okay, after more than a month...
I'm finally going to update you on my experience at the Creative Arts Programme (CAP) camp
from 28th may to 1st june.
actually i'd intended to update there and then at the camp -
every night of it,
so that the memory is fresh
and the ideas will be vivid.
i even brought my laptop from school there
expressly for that purpose.
but alas silly old me didn't realize that one needs a visitor's account to login to the nus network.
argh! what made me think that there'll definitely be wireless to tap on in the nus halls?
anyway, we stayed at nus's eusoff hall for 5 days.
i was there as a teacher observer,
and who did i expect to see but ms grace chua (hci teacher) there!
met her last year at the gifted education foundation course at ri,
so was very glad to catch up with her again.
she's a very creative person -
full of ideas (as can be seen from the drawings and poems she improvises in her notebook)
the CAP camp is a great place for student writers to interact with like-minded peers,
they attended plenery lectures (we had a great one by the very wise and self-deprecating philip jeyaratnam, on what is art), were mentored by well-known local writers (I attended workshops by alfian saat, jean tay and christine suchen lim) and they went to a performance workshop of their choice, which culminated in a performance at the ucc theatre on the last day.
I was asked to be one of 3 judges for the haiku slam contest. a haiku is a japanese poem where you have a syllabic pattern of 5, 7, 5. the students were up on stage reciting their haikus, and we had to raise red japanese (looked more chinese) flags to indicate the winners (haha, felt like an american idol judge!)
there was this haiku by these hci boys which was so funny:
"This is a haiku
Not a very good haiku
But still a haiku"
so ridiculous! the 3 of us couldn't stop laughing.
Of course they didn't get through.
I also managed to meet up with my jc classmate, liwei at nus.
he's working at a tuition centre there.
managed to have lunch with him
and talked about old times.
during one of the workshops,
i asked this rgs councillor about the books that girls enjoy reading.
i know some suitable titles,
but they are mainly classics.
so i decided to ask her as i'm sure she'll know more about the reading habits
of girls around her age.
well, she (very helpfully) suggested a few titles -
from these, I asked my students to read Ender's Game.
and i think they enjoy it! :)
There was this article on the Singaporean toy piano player Margaret Leng Tan in the paper.
Too bad my language arts lesson with 107 fell during the time of the comp.
So 108's currently further ahead than 107.
Must try to catch up with 107 tmrw.
I've read through all of the first drafts of my classes' scenario writing.
The AFIs I have already mentioned in class,
So maybe I will write about other things here...
1) A few of the scripts touched me a lot
2) Many of the girls could empathize with and wrote well about the plight of lonely old people
3) There were 2 scripts with violent and bloody endings
4) Few wrote on 'Population'
5) The favourite topics were 'Privacy' and 'Caring for our elders'
6) Most who chose 'Privacy' wrote on how children's privacy are being infringed upon by their parents via embedded microchips in their heads etc
7) Most who chose 'Caring for our elders' wrote on how lonely old people are being neglected by their busy 'high-flyer' kids and are taken care of by robots
Hmmm....do all students think alike?
I'm now thinking of my sabbatical module - 'Writing a short play' in wk 6.
In term 2, I showed my group a 1950s film of Oscar Wilde's 'The Importance of Being Earnest'.
Great film, with killer lines.
But perhaps some of the humour is lost with 13 year olds.
I have another film in mind,
(which I will not tell now)
which I may use with my next group of sabbatical students.
Okay, after more than a month...
I'm finally going to update you on my experience at the Creative Arts Programme (CAP) camp
from 28th may to 1st june.
actually i'd intended to update there and then at the camp -
every night of it,
so that the memory is fresh
and the ideas will be vivid.
i even brought my laptop from school there
expressly for that purpose.
but alas silly old me didn't realize that one needs a visitor's account to login to the nus network.
argh! what made me think that there'll definitely be wireless to tap on in the nus halls?
anyway, we stayed at nus's eusoff hall for 5 days.
i was there as a teacher observer,
and who did i expect to see but ms grace chua (hci teacher) there!
met her last year at the gifted education foundation course at ri,
so was very glad to catch up with her again.
she's a very creative person -
full of ideas (as can be seen from the drawings and poems she improvises in her notebook)
the CAP camp is a great place for student writers to interact with like-minded peers,
they attended plenery lectures (we had a great one by the very wise and self-deprecating philip jeyaratnam, on what is art), were mentored by well-known local writers (I attended workshops by alfian saat, jean tay and christine suchen lim) and they went to a performance workshop of their choice, which culminated in a performance at the ucc theatre on the last day.
I was asked to be one of 3 judges for the haiku slam contest. a haiku is a japanese poem where you have a syllabic pattern of 5, 7, 5. the students were up on stage reciting their haikus, and we had to raise red japanese (looked more chinese) flags to indicate the winners (haha, felt like an american idol judge!)
there was this haiku by these hci boys which was so funny:
"This is a haiku
Not a very good haiku
But still a haiku"
so ridiculous! the 3 of us couldn't stop laughing.
Of course they didn't get through.
I also managed to meet up with my jc classmate, liwei at nus.
he's working at a tuition centre there.
managed to have lunch with him
and talked about old times.
during one of the workshops,
i asked this rgs councillor about the books that girls enjoy reading.
i know some suitable titles,
but they are mainly classics.
so i decided to ask her as i'm sure she'll know more about the reading habits
of girls around her age.
well, she (very helpfully) suggested a few titles -
from these, I asked my students to read Ender's Game.
and i think they enjoy it! :)
Saturday, July 7, 2007
Open House and Fruit juice warning
Was at the school's Open House today.
Finally got to listen to the sec 1 guzheng players perform.
they did the *bee song (533 422 1234555)
*I don't know if that's the title of the song
and another one which I couldn't recognize
but sounded quite difficult.
Wah, quite proud of them,
to master these in very few months.
I also went to listen to the string ensemble play.
I have much feelings for string ensembles,
after all, I've been in string ensembles during my schooling days
for 6 years - sec 1 to jc 2.
come to think of it,
i've always been in music ccas,
was in choir back in pri sch.
Anyway, back to today's open house.
manning the NY strings' publicity booth were
Rachael, Kai Yun, Yang Jie and Lois - all of them my students.
They suggested that I ask them some 'strings-related' question
to make them look busy.
So I pretended not to know anything about string instruments,
and asked them the difference between a violin and a viola.
hehe, and they answered me seriously!
Later in the afternoon,
I was at Isetan Scotts.
Here's a warning...
If anyone goes to the basement supermart,
beware of Sunny's Fruit Bar.
They have this drink called super (something) vitamin a and c,
which contains carrot, tomatoes and some strange fruit called red 'pinam' or something that is spelt like that.
It advertises itself as a juice for heavy smokers and it is good for flu prevention and vision improvement.
Well, I don't smoke,
but I could do with some flu prevention and myopia improvement.
So I gladly bought the juice.
Yucks, it was absolutely awful.
It tasted like bitter tomatoes.
Can you imagine that?
It's more like tomatoes and bitter gourd.
Or perhaps that 'pinam' fruit is bitter.
What a harrowing experience.
Finally got to listen to the sec 1 guzheng players perform.
they did the *bee song (533 422 1234555)
*I don't know if that's the title of the song
and another one which I couldn't recognize
but sounded quite difficult.
Wah, quite proud of them,
to master these in very few months.
I also went to listen to the string ensemble play.
I have much feelings for string ensembles,
after all, I've been in string ensembles during my schooling days
for 6 years - sec 1 to jc 2.
come to think of it,
i've always been in music ccas,
was in choir back in pri sch.
Anyway, back to today's open house.
manning the NY strings' publicity booth were
Rachael, Kai Yun, Yang Jie and Lois - all of them my students.
They suggested that I ask them some 'strings-related' question
to make them look busy.
So I pretended not to know anything about string instruments,
and asked them the difference between a violin and a viola.
hehe, and they answered me seriously!
Later in the afternoon,
I was at Isetan Scotts.
Here's a warning...
If anyone goes to the basement supermart,
beware of Sunny's Fruit Bar.
They have this drink called super (something) vitamin a and c,
which contains carrot, tomatoes and some strange fruit called red 'pinam' or something that is spelt like that.
It advertises itself as a juice for heavy smokers and it is good for flu prevention and vision improvement.
Well, I don't smoke,
but I could do with some flu prevention and myopia improvement.
So I gladly bought the juice.
Yucks, it was absolutely awful.
It tasted like bitter tomatoes.
Can you imagine that?
It's more like tomatoes and bitter gourd.
Or perhaps that 'pinam' fruit is bitter.
What a harrowing experience.
Funfair
We had our annual funfair yesterday.
Sec 107 sold popcorn and candy floss,
with machines courtesy of Natalie's Dad.
It's a real blessing to have someone in the class
who has contacts for such things,
and who is willing to contribute for charity.
On behalf of the class,
thanks to Natalie, her Dad, the man who supplied the machine, and the 2 machines!
And of course, everyone who sold the food deserves 3 cheers too.
3 cheers for everyone!
Hip hip, hooray x3
Anyway, I bought a stick of candy floss
and a bag of popcorn from the class,
must show some support to the class what.
Although those are not my kind of food.
Methinks it's embarrassing for a grown-up male to eat candy floss in public (last time I did that was at this restaurant called 'new york - something' at citilink and I had to finish it quickly before anyone could see it..haha)
Yesterday, it took a lot of bugging from my class before I bought the bag of popcorn.
Actually I really dislike popcorn..
Never eat it during other times.
But hmmm, my class' popcorn didn't taste too bad actually.
Perhaps a tad sweet...maybe they put too much syrup.
But anyway, well done 107!
I think we sold stuff which appealed to the school children (I required some pestering before I would buy them, but I am oldddd and my tastebuds are different from school children lah!)
In all, our stall rocks!
We've all done our bit for charity!
I also bought --
a) a shake from 108 (my other class, so must support..and they claimed the drink's healthy, so I even recommended it to Mr James Tan);
b) a fruit punch from 111 (my ex-class, so must support too, and besides, Yujie kept asking me. anyway, she is a nice salesperson, not pushy, and smily even when people say no, so I obliged)
c) sushi from 104 (because they asked me in the quadrangle under the hot sun...hmm so dedicated in their promotion efforts)
d) chocolate marshmallow dip from 110 (because Carmen kept asking me, but anyway, I asked her to eat it in on my behalf because I was really full then and I think she'd enjoy it more than me)
I also helped out at the English teachers' stall.
We were selling good solid food,
I said solid food (not snacks) because they are things you can get full on,
nasi lemak, yam cakes, and assortment of interesting cup cakes and other kuehs on the theme of coconut,
all of them made by the teachers themselves.
Those who didn't patronize our stall missed something good...haha
Sec 107 sold popcorn and candy floss,
with machines courtesy of Natalie's Dad.
It's a real blessing to have someone in the class
who has contacts for such things,
and who is willing to contribute for charity.
On behalf of the class,
thanks to Natalie, her Dad, the man who supplied the machine, and the 2 machines!
And of course, everyone who sold the food deserves 3 cheers too.
3 cheers for everyone!
Hip hip, hooray x3
Anyway, I bought a stick of candy floss
and a bag of popcorn from the class,
must show some support to the class what.
Although those are not my kind of food.
Methinks it's embarrassing for a grown-up male to eat candy floss in public (last time I did that was at this restaurant called 'new york - something' at citilink and I had to finish it quickly before anyone could see it..haha)
Yesterday, it took a lot of bugging from my class before I bought the bag of popcorn.
Actually I really dislike popcorn..
Never eat it during other times.
But hmmm, my class' popcorn didn't taste too bad actually.
Perhaps a tad sweet...maybe they put too much syrup.
But anyway, well done 107!
I think we sold stuff which appealed to the school children (I required some pestering before I would buy them, but I am oldddd and my tastebuds are different from school children lah!)
In all, our stall rocks!
We've all done our bit for charity!
I also bought --
a) a shake from 108 (my other class, so must support..and they claimed the drink's healthy, so I even recommended it to Mr James Tan);
b) a fruit punch from 111 (my ex-class, so must support too, and besides, Yujie kept asking me. anyway, she is a nice salesperson, not pushy, and smily even when people say no, so I obliged)
c) sushi from 104 (because they asked me in the quadrangle under the hot sun...hmm so dedicated in their promotion efforts)
d) chocolate marshmallow dip from 110 (because Carmen kept asking me, but anyway, I asked her to eat it in on my behalf because I was really full then and I think she'd enjoy it more than me)
I also helped out at the English teachers' stall.
We were selling good solid food,
I said solid food (not snacks) because they are things you can get full on,
nasi lemak, yam cakes, and assortment of interesting cup cakes and other kuehs on the theme of coconut,
all of them made by the teachers themselves.
Those who didn't patronize our stall missed something good...haha
Friday, July 6, 2007
New class...BSF
Yesterday was a hectic day.
Finished lessons at 2.30pm
and had to rush off immediately
to attend the GE course on Singapore Literature.
Luckily, I managed to hitch a ride in Ms Lydia Teo's car.
Before we went to the GE Headquaters (Grange Road),
we made a stopover at Great World City,
and Mr Calvin Lee and I went up to Starbucks
to get coffee and muffins.
I got an ice blended mocha.
I always get ice blended mocha when I go to Starbucks.
I'm not a very adventurous person,
if I come across something that I like,
I will tend to stick with it for a long time.
It's reliable and safe.
Anyway, the GE course lasted 2.5 hours from 3.30-6pm.
Lim Siew Yea gave us lots of resources.
Great stuff to give to my students,
especially the 5 students from 101 and 102 I'm mentoring for playwriting.
Interesting stuff for them to read.
After the GE course,
I rushed down to library@esplanade to borrow a book,
and to reply to an email to one of my PRC students.
This term, I've taken over a new class of sec 4 PRC scholars from 401 and 403,
they are rather motivated and responsive students.
In class we debate interesting issues/current affairs
such as genetic engineering and global warming.
I enjoy facilitating discussions like that.
Brings back memories of the GP days in JC.
Anyway, that means that I'm no longer teaching 111.
Will miss them,
they are a united class with great class spirit.
Well, but it's interesting teaching the sec 4s too.
Bible Study Fellowship (BSF) resumed yesterday.
I was late because it was a real rush
to get there from the library@esplanade.
But anyway, I promise to devote more time
to this study this term....
to read the notes diligently
and to answer the discussion questions daily.
Finished lessons at 2.30pm
and had to rush off immediately
to attend the GE course on Singapore Literature.
Luckily, I managed to hitch a ride in Ms Lydia Teo's car.
Before we went to the GE Headquaters (Grange Road),
we made a stopover at Great World City,
and Mr Calvin Lee and I went up to Starbucks
to get coffee and muffins.
I got an ice blended mocha.
I always get ice blended mocha when I go to Starbucks.
I'm not a very adventurous person,
if I come across something that I like,
I will tend to stick with it for a long time.
It's reliable and safe.
Anyway, the GE course lasted 2.5 hours from 3.30-6pm.
Lim Siew Yea gave us lots of resources.
Great stuff to give to my students,
especially the 5 students from 101 and 102 I'm mentoring for playwriting.
Interesting stuff for them to read.
After the GE course,
I rushed down to library@esplanade to borrow a book,
and to reply to an email to one of my PRC students.
This term, I've taken over a new class of sec 4 PRC scholars from 401 and 403,
they are rather motivated and responsive students.
In class we debate interesting issues/current affairs
such as genetic engineering and global warming.
I enjoy facilitating discussions like that.
Brings back memories of the GP days in JC.
Anyway, that means that I'm no longer teaching 111.
Will miss them,
they are a united class with great class spirit.
Well, but it's interesting teaching the sec 4s too.
Bible Study Fellowship (BSF) resumed yesterday.
I was late because it was a real rush
to get there from the library@esplanade.
But anyway, I promise to devote more time
to this study this term....
to read the notes diligently
and to answer the discussion questions daily.
Wednesday, July 4, 2007
Randomness
The extremely IT-unsavvy Jack Tan has finally figured out how to place a CD box (is that even what it's called) on his blog. Start flooding it with comments!!
Today I'm going to write on the reasons why people are 'random'...
Reasons for randomness
1. You think faster than you speak
2. You've got too many things on your mind
3. You are high/hyper
4. The other person seems uninterested in what you're saying (thus the need to switch topics rapidly)
5. You notice something suddenly (which you haven't observed before)
6. You think of something suddenly (which you haven't thought of before)
7. You find it difficult to develop your thoughts and ideas (!)
8. You want to impress your friends with your skill at changing topics
Today I'm going to write on the reasons why people are 'random'...
Reasons for randomness
1. You think faster than you speak
2. You've got too many things on your mind
3. You are high/hyper
4. The other person seems uninterested in what you're saying (thus the need to switch topics rapidly)
5. You notice something suddenly (which you haven't observed before)
6. You think of something suddenly (which you haven't thought of before)
7. You find it difficult to develop your thoughts and ideas (!)
8. You want to impress your friends with your skill at changing topics
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