Meeting my family and his friends! :)

Daniel had dim sum brunch with my family and grandparents late this morning.
It was a good brunch, and what made things better this time round was the company - the people I love most (and who love me too) were there :D

We dropped Grandma, Mum and Sis off at Paragon before heading to Plaza Singapura to check out Couple Lab.
We took a fancy for this pair of rings :)

The caption to the above photo reads, "A ring is round and has no end! ;)" on Facebook.

As we had time to spare, we went to Love & Co. to check out wedding bands and proposal rings; my first choice for proposal ring is from Tiffany & Co., and he knows the design I like! ;)
Anyhow, it's so exciting to plan for the future!! :D


We then watched Kung Fu Panda 2 :)
I love that he loves watching movies too :)

We then met his poly mates for dinner at Outram, before heading to Mind Cafe for games.

'Ugly doll' was an epic start to the evening there! :)

Once again, we made faces and had 4 consecutive spastic shots taken.

And I just realised that our actions were pretty similar in the photos, we really think alike... ;)


We finally headed home to rest for a power-packed Sunday ;)

follow-up

The sailor took me out for a dinner of Nasi Ayam Penyet at Lucky Plaza after the follow-up check for my eye.

We then watched 'Slumdog Millionaire' at e2max.
Mid-week break, I enjoyed :)

The art of listening

I watched Burlesque on Sunday night and was instantaneously awed by the singing.
At the end of the movie, I commented that I'm gonna get the official sound track someday soon.

Guess what happened the next day?

Yes, somebody bought me the OST!
His ability to listen so carefully to what I say scares me quite some bit.


"A small-town girl leaves her hometown to a 'foreign' place to pursue her dreams..."
How much would you do for your dreams?
How far would you go?
It depends on how much you want your dreams to come true.
I dare not take any leap of faith nor dream of anything now.
I can only pray that hearts stay intact; I do not want any heartbreaks, I don't think my heart has any bit left to shatter...

Bad student or bad teacher?

Watched 'The Karate Kid' this afternoon and one thing Mr. Han (Jackie Chan) said struck me.

"There is no such thing as a 'bad student', only 'bad teacher'."
-Mr. Han

This was very much like what Mr. Jeffrey Goh shared at a talk for NIE Student-Teachers (who're graduating from NIE soon to become Beginning Teachers) earlier today.
He kept stressing how our attitudes affect everything we do; and the very fact that we are teachers meant that our attitudes would radiate and influence many more people, beyond what we could possibly imagine.

Anyway, back to the movie...
Watching 'The Karate Kid' showed me the kind of damage a 'bad' teacher could do.
It also showed me how every child wants to please his teacher, even if it meant doing something that didn't feel right; the kid would do it, in a bid to gain acceptance or even recognition from his teacher.



I still remember what a colleague once told me, "All children are nice, all they want is to please their teachers regardless or what they do. They can misbehave, but all they wish is for us to notice when they do something good and for us to praise that. No child is bad."
I always bear this in mind when I teach, and I always try my best to see that glimmer in my children.
I believe that all my children are diamonds in their own ways, just waiting for the right teacher to come by and polish them up so they shine ever so brightly.
I hope, that I can be that 'right' teacher for some of them... :)

I ♥ 2B! ;)

My weekend was an awesome one!
Met up with “老人帮” for a 'senseless' night on Saturday.

Sunday was lovely...
Baby Tibbit, softball, mahjong, Prince of Persia.
I heart such days! :)


Found it an awesome show, quite a number of take-aways - three, to be exact.

Blood ties are strong.
Sometimes though, greed weakens it.
Always be contented.

Everyone wants to go back to a certain point in their lives to fix their past.
Should that be possible, history would be changed, and could possibly be changed drastically.
But alas, no such time-reversing thang.

To hold on or to let go?
When you hold on to something too tightly and too dearly, you gradually but surely lose grip of it and all you're left with is nothing but a clenched fist.
And you're unhappy holding on.
When you let go, the whole world is in your hands.
And you get to change your destiny!
(Maybe even acquire a different insight on how to get what you were holding on to... ;) )


Yea, whatever will be, will be! :)

I'll leave y'all with this quote, which started and ended ze movie. :)

It is said that some lives are linked across time, connected by an ancient calling that echoes through ages. Destiny.

欢喜就好! :)

I met favourite to go desk-shopping at Ikea after I was done with some admin work in school.
It was fun! :)

We then headed to Hort Park for me to snap a few photos and to get some ideas for a gardening competition.

That's favourite snapping away on his DSLR, and me on my T90 baby. ;)

We then headed to Vivo for our movie...

Shrek Forever After in 3D! :)

Well, the movie's got me thinking about stuff.
Fairy tales only exist in movies.
Yea, say that I'm cynical but it's true right.
We cannot reverse decisions with a kiss, that I have learnt; I learnt the hard way. :(
Oh well, whatever...


That's me in the 3D specs, favourite didn't want a shot cuz he didn't like how the specs kept sliding down his nose bridge. Haha.
Or maybe, he's just camera-shy? :P

Nonetheless, favourite was great company for the day! :D
We headed to SPC at Pasir Panjang for the car to be washed.
Favourite volunteered to drive cuz I drove around all day and he wanted to let me rest, totally sw-weet! :)


We then headed to West Coast for late dinner - I had Aston's while favourite had zi cha.
Happy I can spend time with him, but I wish the day he flies off (tentatively 9th August) doesn't come soon.
However, time is tick-tocking by. :(

叶问2

I finally head out to town again! :)


Snapped cuz I liked the view. Heh. :P


Did dinner at Aston's before heading to catch 叶问2.
Again, no pictures of my food cuz my camera cable's down. :(
-makes mental note to replace cable-

Anyway...
It was really awesome!!! :D


I totally love how Donnie Yen didn't flinch no matter what came right in his face!
And he definitely doesn't look 47, so good-looking leh!!
-swoons-

All right Ms J, time to snap outta it and go to bed.
Marking to do tomorrow!
Good night world!

Oh, something Ip Man said in the movie struck me.
It was about how people can have different statuses but cannot have different integrity; and with that, everyone should respect each other regardless of country.
I personally was a bit put off by the British (in the show), how they portray themselves to be all superior than the Chinese and how they mock Chinese culture.
I guess the superiority somehow stays - like people somehow prefer the Caucasians to Chinese. :|
However, I believe people are also more tactful now. :)

I know there are some of you who have labelled yourselves according to the Singapore education system, and so look down on yourselves.
Remember what Ms Tay said in a few lessons.
Don't look down on yourselves.
We're all streamed so that we can learn comfortably at our own pace, we must not be hindered by what society thinks is what we can achieve.
How well we can do depends on how much we want the grades.
Hang in there, Ms Tay has faith in you all! ♥! :)

The rest of you who don't look down on yourselves, don't look down on others.
We have no right to judge, no one has.
Not even us teachers.
Let's instead all help each other to achieve greater success - help each other learn better, help me learn from you so I can teach better! :)

So a little something for everyone (not the exact quote though),

We have different statuses, but we all have the same dignity. Let's learn to respect each other from henceforth so we can live in harmony.

What's in Your Backpack?

Watched 'Up In The Air' this evening.

A question that was brought up over and over again in the show was, "What's in Your Backpack?".
Imagine you have a backpack, in it you have to fit everything you own...
Your house, car, laptop, wardrobe... ... ... photos...
That's pretty heavy a backpack right?
Carry that and walk.
Can you feel the strap cutting into your shoulders?
What if I set the place on fire and you need to run?
What do you take out so you run faster?

Now again, imagine you have a backpack...
In it you have to fit everybody you've known in your life.
Acquaintainces, colleagues, friends, close friends, best friends, family, other halves.
And again, it's pretty heavy a backpack.
Carry that and walk.
Can you feel the strap cutting into your shoulders?
Naw, not gonna get the place on fire so you need to run again.
Would you take anybody out if you have a choice?
Would taking this person out change the course of your life?
That's the thing about relationships - every relationship you have with people change and mould you into who you are now...
Taking away anyone would change the entire course of life - it could be yours, it could be the other person's.
Yes, no matter how big or small an encounter you had with that person.

Ah well, 'nuff thinking.
Enjoy the trailer!