Congrats

For me, This year's festive season mark many events that are worth congratulating.

First of all, SW and JD had officially tied their knots on 23 Dec and became husband and wife after being together for 8 years.

My family had officially became the family of perfect eyesight, after my 2nd sis did her lasik one week before X mas. i was the 1st to perform the surgery back in jan this yr, followed by my eldest sis in feb, and lastly my 2nd sis.

X mas day was eventful and reali stomach filling. Each of us was to bring a type of food for everyone (potluck). Juz simply check out the varieties available:

The biggest event gotta be the wedding of Alex and Debbie at Furama Riverfront last night. I do feel very glad for him to be able to get himself a good wife and a true love, after several years. Again it was a great night reminiscing our army days years back, and not forgetting the highlight of the evening: ironically, the bridegroom did not get more drunk than one of our buddy, ah toh, as he wasn't the one to vomit, cum lay flat at the ballroom dat night. Below shows his transition from sober to so-drunk.

still pretty sober

so-drunk

treat for the bridegroom - 7 wonders of red wine/ beer/ tea/ softdrink combinations

Not forgetting to keep fit, badminton today was great too, esp the men-double matches. We seemed to get hooked to the game and we might be having one more session next week. :)

Lastly,

Happy Birthday to "Pear" on 31st Dec and Finally

Happy 2008 everyone!

A very forgetful me

It seems that I had been extraordinarily forgetful for the past week, from the fact that i promised my availability to 3 grps of frens on 3 separate occasions which in fact, i was already booked for other activities. i give priority based on 'first come first served basis'..

eventually, i did meet up wif this small grp of ex students together wif their respective form trainers, my fellow colleagues on tuesday night (was surprised that i was invited actually....lol). due to the fact that they admitted that i was so fierce and feared by all of them, and was their 'terror' during their 10-week stay wif us. nonetheless, the moment the students graduate from training, and i officially am no longer their teacher, that was when the students will see the more true side of me, with all armour and weapons removed...lol. the company was great, but was pretty shocked to know the plight of some of the students the moment they went back to their parent school after their training wif us ended. Their feelings and remarks towards their parent school had reali shocked me too, as i was told of many inside stories about their school system and their teachers.

training wif my new batch of students had officially begun, having coordinated the previous training, i treasure the times when i could refrain from the role of a 'Discipline Master'. from tmr onwards, though a new cycle of waking up at 0530 everyday begins, but i'm reali looking forward to the next few weeks, because i do feel that what i'll be doing for the nx few weeks is something i truly enjoyed doing.

It seems that people around me are getting very concerned with my marital status, though they rarely dare to talk to me about it. Cos one fine day, this particular auntie, a neighbour of mine whom i know, came to my flat and started talking to me and asking me lotsa questions, like whether i'm attached anot..etc. And she seems very satisfied by my answers and apparently wants to matchmake me and her niece....lol...later i managed to find out that she had actually been doing 'research work' on me with the "literature reviews" from my FATHER.......though most of my friends ard me are already attached or even married wif kids, my stand still holds for the moment --- letting nature take its course, and i'll not force. I believe i still have some 'market value'....lol.

Finally, congrats to my friends who won themselves the Softball SEA games bronze medal last week!

A New Beginning, very soon

Dun be mistaken that i've gotten attached or getting married very soon.

A new year and a new term, be it at the "World Class University" or at office is going to commence very soon.

It's confirmed that my new ITE/ Poly form class, after 6 mths of coordinating of ITE/poly trg is confirmed to arrive on 17th Dec.

Actually after chatting with several ITE students over the past few days, i do feel very happy for their form trainers, my colleagues; who had given their 100% dedication and heart to these students. There's a chinese saying, 盖棺论定, which literally means that a person can only be evaluated or criticized conclusively only after the coffin has been sealed, meaning that anyone's achievements or fallacies can only be evaluated only after his reign is over. and i dare to say that my fellow colleagues had displayed a positive example for all to follow, including myself.

10 weeks of journey may be short, but it is sufficient to make some positive changes in some people. and they had proven the point. Though for their 10 weeks, their form trainers, and sometimes even myself, have always been nagging, scolding or even punishing them for watever disciplinary problems, but at the end of the day, the comforting words were non other than those that come from the students personally. We were glad that they said that they missed their days in our plant, that the 10 weeks had caused them to change alot for the better, and that they had learnt how to get along or work with each other better etc.

Actually, getting along or working together effectively as a team is an art that everyone ought to master, and constantly improve on. I do agree to a certain extent that a 'large tree tend to draws the wind', meaning that a person with authority or 'superior position' tends to invite gossips, and i do believe that many of us will have a chance to be in such positions too, be it short term or long term. What we should always tell ourselves is that at any point of time that if we need to end up ourselves in similar positions, we have to work with a conscience. Not forgetting to have an empathy for your fellow team mates, instead of plotting and scheming everything for your own benefit and not giving a damn for team mates whom you need to rely on to achieve a common goal. People are not stupid, and your motives can never be undetected and unnoticed forever, and people will not be at your bidding forever.

So to those who are going to enter the workforce, or had entered the workforce, maybe u'll have some thoughts in mind now.