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isaiah 42 : 8 - 16

last night i had cell... we had qinglong amongst us which is a bless for the cell. spend the most bulk of time talking about church and our feelings towards our leaders. it was a very good discussion that ends around 2am. very tired today.

today was just browsing youtube on hillsongs, came across one of the worship leader reciting isaiah 42: 8 - 16. hearing the word of God be spoken through the worship leader really bought me to tears... gosh, trying so hard to hold back my tears with teachers around me. how long will church be in this state of brokenness... how long before we sound the horn of warfare... how long before we fight the good battle... how long before You speak to us?

spend some time msn-ing with jingyu, encouraged her and pray that my presence and involved in youth MM will help them to be the next way of generation to bring about a change in the church.

⁸ "I am the LORD; that is my name!
I will not give my glory to another
or my praise to idols.

⁹ See, the former things have taken place,
and new things I declare;
before they spring into being
I announce them to you."

¹⁰Sing to the LORD a new song,
his praise from the ends of the earth,
you who go down to the sea, and all that is in it,
you islands, and all who live in them.

¹¹ Let the desert and its towns raise their voices;
let the settlements where Kedar lives rejoice.
Let the people of Sela sing for joy;
let them shout from the mountaintops.

¹² Let them give glory to the LORD
and proclaim his praise in the islands.

¹³ The LORD will march out like a mighty man,
like a warrior he will stir up his zeal;
with a shout he will raise the battle cry
and will triumph over his enemies.

¹⁴ "For a long time I have kept silent,
I have been quiet and held myself back.
But now, like a woman in childbirth,
I cry out, I gasp and pant.

¹⁵ I will lay waste the mountains and hills
and dry up all their vegetation;
I will turn rivers into islands
and dry up the pools.

¹⁶ I will lead the blind by ways they have not known,
along unfamiliar paths I will guide them;
I will turn the darkness into light before them
and make the rough places smooth.
These are the things I will do;
I will not forsake them.

reflections on 15th july 2009

yesterday was my birthday and that silly charlotte tricked my in believing that there was an exco interview on that faithful afternoon. i was so sad cos i am gg to miss my beloved afternoon nap and had to attend the interview session....

THEN WHEN I WENT INTO SC ROOM, MY HEART MELTED TO SEE MY BELOVED SCs there celebrating my birthday! hahaha... thanks a lot kids :)

i also got a few sms from students everywhere blessing me with birthday wishes and wishing that i would find my one soon - well, kids, this type of things cannot be hurried one. must open eyes big big to see, anyone can be a friend, but not anyone can be a girl friend or even my wife. no worries, when there is good news, i will post it on the blog.

i also wanna take this chance to thank 4J for giving me the lovely stitch paw and also the pinball machine. well, the pinball machine got to wait for a long time to play with my kid. as for the paw - now i got another cushion in my car... i hope i am forgiven for the wrong-doings i had done to the class....

as for 4F, thanks for the birthday song, although a certain person sing VERY softly right in front of me, it was a good one... hahaha... the recent 躲猫猫 game was fun, but need to tone down a bit.

dinner was good with boss ang, master tan, michelle, june n alex and boss chor howe. its been a long time since we eat together and be merry. only one that i missed is 二哥. come back fast leh...

the mickey mouse statue

hi weilee,
here is a picture of wad's inside the box...

been a long time...

its been a long time since i blogged... and frankly speaking, between there and now, it has been a wonderful ride with my Lord... hahaha... through 学生营, i have come to know Him even better... through attending city harvest church, i have come to be closer to Him... in summary, my spiritual life have been aligned back to God's will - and once the eyes of heaven are opened, i ask myself, how then can i help those who i interact to come to know Him?
by profession, i am a teacher, and therefore in a school that is not a mission school, i cannot and will not preach the word of God to my students, who i have such great burden. what then can i do but to passionately pray for them.
and then i got to read the following article by Rev Dr Kong Hee entitled 'reaching the next generation'.
the whole article can be summarized as:
1. 13/30 window - defines the age group of people between 13 to 30 yrs old which is the greatest harvest field in the world today.
2. God outreached to young people in the bible and they are powerful leaders in the past - Joseph got his dreams at 17, David destroyed Goliath at around 19, Samuel was a kid when God communed to him, Jeremiah, a young person, was sent to wake up Israel.
3. youth are open and flexible, they are impressible, idealistic and have the capacity for faith. and youth ARE the treasure.
4. how to reach young people?
- befriend the youth
- encourage them
- introduce them to serious, radical Christianity
- help them with real life problems
- show them a better way to live life.
hmm... that got me into thinking that all the time i spend with my students, and the youths in my church, i need to be reminded that they are God's treasure to me and to the whole world.
bless you who read this...

a bit late... but nevertheless...

this is my feedback for the 1st senior high chinese drama performance at NLB or NLB (i dunno wad is it.. but its at the national library) - THUMBS UP!
act one was rather funny
act two is a classic
act three leaves us with a question
thank you students for all your hard work - you deserve a big applause.
the next and most important people to thank are the teachers - you all deserve a louder applause - for guiding the kids to such great heights... how i wish the whole school can watch the drama, perhaps during assembly slots, hahaha, one thing for sure - we dun need to invite those drama groups to come in to perform to our kids IF we can do so much better.

ok - some photos to share...

one week break

this one week break was rather boring... cos other than the fact that i got cassandra and grace involved in the choir concert as the MC at vjc... there is nothing much actually....

oh ya... i was sick... and can you believe it... throughout the whole week... and now i am still stuck with a running nose and mild cough... grrr.... sian man! was actually planning to eat my heart out with durian... now it got to be postponed dunno until when...

same like the yrbook... many students have be asking where is it... no worries... its in the process... the whole book was delayed and will be out in term 2... so no worries.. the school is not that poor la... haiyo...

one thing to look forward to is the opening of the library.... yeah! got the green light to be in charge of the 'comic corner'.... got some good titles liao... anyone got any suggestions to any manga or western comic titles do let me know.. i will try to see if can get them... but there are some guidelines la...

1. i cant get any series which are still running.... eg: naruto, one piece, D-cray man.... etc etc
2. i cant get any books that have adult content... so books like lucifer, hellboy... etc etc

so let me know while u tag my blog... see how it goes...
or better still, maybe we can share our comics to expand the collection :)

'A' level results

hmm....
'A' levels was just out on friday and DHS 1st batch of students have done the school proud! good good... i wasnt really teaching this batch when they were in jnr high, so frankly speaking, i cant really rejoice with them cos i only know a handful... however i would like to say something to those students that i know...

baojia, yunshan, berlinda, amelia, minhua - these are the 5 students that i know even when they were in yr 2...
baojia - i know u through the yr 1 orientation. u were the shortest amongst peiqi and lili and dunno who is the other SC... back then, we were having fun with the hula hoop in the hall... and i joined in... hahaha.. those were the days, anyway, u have grown so much in wisdom and maturity (not too much in height though... :) ) and u have made it! 8 distinctions! congrats!

yunshan, minhua, amelia, jiexin - 4 of u told me u dint do well, my words to you are: i am still proud of you... not because of that piece of paper, but because of who u have become. yup, at the instant, time stopped and you feel that you have not gotten the results that you always had wanted. there was this sense of disappointment, you cried. BUT, all i wan to say is this - throughout 6 yrs of education in DHS, i hope you will NOT only bring back your A level certificate, you will bring back memories, wisdom, moral uprightness, the way to treat people with respect, compassion, love, leadership, courage, honesty, integrity and many lessons that you cant find in the textbooks that you are gg be putting in the storeroom. if the only thing u wanna get from DHS is a piece of EXCELLENT result certificate, then i would have failed. i would have failed being a teacher... a jnr high SC teacher... i would have failed, through all my interaction with u all - not able to teach you about life...

shan - remember we did the first mooncake treasure hunt and went all over DHS to take photos of things that passes our eyes too fast, too tiny? may that be a lesson in our lives that we do not take things for granted, that we will, at times, stop and smell the tiny flowers at the roadside... it was good working with u.

hua - remember mr ang and myself sent u home one night after some event. you told us u lived in geylang and we were rather amused and surprised? may that be a lesson in our lives that who we are is not determined by where we stay, what we have but rather what is inside us.

amelia - remember last year i was very tired after some event and u offered me a drink? may that be a lesson in our lives to see what people cant see, to feel what people cant feel to step in and help others who are in need...

see, these are the things that cant be found in textbooks! so cry - not because you are disappointed, but rather you have finished a stage of your life, going to another....

berlinda - i dun have a chance to ask you how u fare for ur As... but i got a very nice note from you! a very pleasant surprise to me on a saturday morning when i go empty my tray in the office. its me who want to thank you for all the smiles that you given to my camera that i can captured your best moments in DHS. we are not that close to be friends, but i certainly know how much u have given to SC and to the school. with that, i want to thank you - for all the hardwork and effect you have put in. no worries, with me around, walnut production will continue... and i hope that i will cya around in school...

jiexin - know you through badminton, and since then somehow or rather, i keep on bumping into you and eventhough our interaction is to its bare minimum, you always greeted me as a teacher. remember, to stay cheerful and happy!

take care, my students who have now become my friends, Godspeed in whatever things you embrace on!

3 cheers to life.

swimming is a good sports... but

yesterday i went swimming... its been a long time since i swim and then yesterday 'sui sui' got free time in the late afternoon and there is no dark clouds around, so decided to go kallang there to swim...
packed everything, got ready and headed to the swimming pool... at the bridge there, met 2 yr 1s... they were very excited to see me and told me the shocking news that they are having swimming lessons!
while i strongly believe that swimming is a good sports, it actually loosen my backbone which have been giving me quite some problem, but swimming with STUDENTS who know you is a totally different story....
believing that its really my personal time, i went head on to the complex... once i went in - i was greeted with a loud 'MR YEO!!!!!!!'... zomg - not that i am missing from school for so long.... then came a series of questions like: u know how to swim? which day u swim? how come u r here to swim? blah blah blah... being a nurturing teacher, i asked all their questions and excuse myself to the toilet to change...
then i did something that i never done before in the swimming pool, i actually weared my t shirt and wrapped my lower body with a towel and walked to the pool... and within seconds i jump into the pool and started swimming... heng heng those kids are in the intermediate pool while i swimmed and the olympic pool...
then after 1/2 hr i came out and rush to the toilet and bath.... fearing that i would have to bath with the boys...
phew - thou shall not swim on thur evening....

more photos

oh well, here are some more photos taken during the investiture... enjoy! :) gg to blog soon liao... after the A level results which will be out this coming friday...

SC invest

so fast! its another investiture... here are some photos that were taken...
cant really believe peeps like sarah, nicole, samuel and my beloved chia teck have grown so much and become leaders in their own fields... jia you for this year and do well!

4F photos

ok... this is for 4F... ur photos taken at chinese new yr this year... anyway, janson - thanks for your concerns... i am okie.. but i guess at the back of my mind is always how to teach you all so that you will perform to your maximum potential. cos seriously, i dun think 4F is just an average class. i fall in love with the spirit that u all have when i first step into the class... but it would be a waste if the results of the class is not showing at the end of the yr.

i am not referring to my subject only - in fact i am talking abt the whole class. but through my subject i am fearful that you all are not doing well... could it be my explanation not able to make u understand? could it be that i am pressuring too much with many assignments and worksheets? could it be that i speak both languages when i teach? all these i have been reflecting constantly and every now and then.

these 2 days i have shared with u about the fact that there are certain number of peeps gg for SSS... that is something i hope that you all will treasure wad the school have for u... dun ever take it that we are punishing u for wad u have not done - but take it that we are giving you the environment to strive n work hard. you need to work hard - for your future.

jiayou 4F, if i have not given hope on you... you should not give up hope on urself - let's make this from a good class to a great class where we can celebrate our success at the end of the year.

IA

SC photos

ok.. the photos taken this morn... though not all there.. hmmmm... so enjoy urself with these photos...

to leadership, add friendship

after weilee told me she is linking my blog to hers and she blogs practically about anything and everything... i think i better revive my blog... these past weeks have been quite a tiring but enriching journey - with my beloved yr 4SCs saying bye bye to homecoming to yr 1 orientation to getting 4F as my math class to getting my beloved, long-awaiting daredevil statue to planning for open house, sports day and youth day ( possibly dunmanian idol 09 is coming back) to waiting for logan movie to come out... - life has been very packed!
hahaha... now got to mentor 2 student leaders still - hopefully everything come tgt to work for the good of God. :)
ok... better put up the short story i am gg to share... always remember that friendship is the link to leadership, without peeps, there is no leader... so be a friend to all... be a listening ear to those who need a listening ear... :)

"Why do I recommend that you work to develop friendships on the job?
Friendship is the foundation of Influence: President Abraham Lincoln said, “If you would win a man to your cause, first convince him that you are his sincere friend.” Good relationships make influence possible, and friendship is the most positive relationship you can develop on the job with your coworkers.
Friendship is the Framework for Success: I believe long-term success is unachievable without good people skills. Theodore Roosevelt said, “The most important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how to get along with people.” Without it, most achievements are not possible, and even what we do achieve can feel hollow.
Friendship is the Shelter Against Sudden Storms: If you’re having a bad day, who can make you better? A friend. When you have to face your fears, who would you rather do it with? A friend. When you fall on your face, who can help pick you up? A friend. Aristotle was right when he said, “True friends are a sure refuge.”
- the 360 Leader"