Sunday, September 24, 2006

Reading Stars Session 10... =)

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Friday, September 22, 2006

i wan to be a strong mouse.

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Thursday, September 21, 2006

expectations

i'm tired of living up to expectations...

expectations of myself.

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Sunday, September 17, 2006

happy times n senseless pursuits...

my little joys of e week:
1)eating Japanese food twice: w my mummy + w melon+meibin+jonni n catching Miami Vice after dat...
2) chit chatting w kelly, mingyuan n melon, drinking hot milk tea in a rainy weather...
3)hearing jason's stories abt his dog...and him telling me abt e storyline of e book he brought home last week...
4)visiting my grandparents+ having thai food over dinner + eating mr bean ice cream with my family last nite...

happy times...
@ vanny's surprise party...pics taken @ yishun... left with 3 sessions for e reading stars program...will be missing e kids...their energy, laughter, grumbles, attention-seeking behaviours...sometimes they remind me of myself ...

without happy memories+moments, my life would be so empty...attending senseless career talks n workshops...dealing with e stress in my final year....it feels like i'm forced to grow up n i'm being thrown into adult worries...when all i wan is some peace n love fr my family+frens...when all i wan is to be a kid all over again...

wake up huihua.

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Wednesday, September 13, 2006

work or play?

mon nite.
decision to be made: 1. stay at home n study, 2.meet my mum at her workplace for dinner.
I chose------- option 2. waraku restaurant at parkway. nice ambience plus yummy seafood soup + a heartfelt talk w my mum...

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Monday, September 11, 2006

lost in a big big world...

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Thursday, September 07, 2006

love

realli like dis quote that i read fr shin's blog:

live to learn
learn to love
love to live

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Monday, September 04, 2006

sinking

how do i pull myself up again?

i'm trying...but it's getting so difficult....

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Saturday, September 02, 2006

Happy Teacher's Day

was at Yishun yesterdae...

every friday nite is now filled with laughter and e simpliest joys in life.. though teaching kids how to read english storybooks can be a frustrating experience (esp when e words seem so easy to pronounce but it's just too difficult for your kid), it can be truly enjoyable and fulfilling at e same time... [Jason remembered e words he learnt fr e last lesson: patchwork, triangle.... =) and he managed to finish reading "The 2 Ogres" storybook even though he announced fr e start that he would onli read 2 pages...]

Jason is an adorable kid I'm teaching now, he's a twin! haha... =) i luv it when he breaks out in giggles at times...

and i realli can't help but smile everytime i hear e "goodbye message" from the kids at the end of e lesson : "Thank u teachers, goodbye my frens, see you next friday"....=)

yesterdae was co-incidentally Teacher's Day, so after the goodbye message, we got an overwhelming "Happy Teacher's Day" message from e kids... =)

--- my little joys...

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Second Lieutenant Hiroo Onoda

interesting story heard during "intro to japanese studies" lecture on thurs:

"Second Lieutenant Hiroo Onoda, a former Japanese army intelligence officer, was stationed on Lubang Island in the Philippines during the World War II. When WWII finally ended in 1945, he did not believe that the war was over---despite the efforts of the Philippine Army, radio broadcasts, and letters and newspapers which were dropped over the island.

For 29 years, he refused to surrender, dismissing every attempt to convince him that the war was over as a ruse. In 1960, Onoda was declared legally dead in Japan.

On February 20, 1974, Onoda encountered a young Japanese university dropout named Norio Suzuki who was on a travelling trip. Despite Suzuki's explanation that the war was really over, Onoda still refused to accept the fact till he received orders to lay down his arms from his superior officer. Suzuki offered his help, and returned to Japan with photographs of himself and Onoda as proof of their encounter.

In 1974, the Japanese government managed to locate Onoda's commanding officer, Major Taniguchi, who had since become a bookseller. He flew to Lubang and informed Onoda of the defeat of Japan in WWII, ordering him to lay down his arms.

29 years after the end of WW II and 15 years after being declared legally dead, Lieutenant Onoda finally emerged from the jungle and accepted the commanding officer's order of surrender in his uniform and sword, with his Arisaka rifle still in operating condition, 500 rounds of ammunitin and several hand grenades.

Subseuently, he returned to Japan to receive a hero’s welcome, and world media attention, and was hounded by the curious public everywhere he went. He later wrote his memories of survival in "No Surrender: My Thrity Year War"..."

---- A soldier who fought and survived the war's longest, loneliest battle

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