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...
Sunday, July 12, 2009
Friday, April 10, 2009
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...
Monday, March 23, 2009
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 :)
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 :)
Saturday, March 7, 2009
'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.
'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.
Thursday, March 5, 2009
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....
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....
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
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...
Sunday, March 1, 2009
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!
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