Monday, February 16, 2009

EMCC + Assignments + PA + Priscilia's Bday

Alright, it's been a rather eventful past week.

First off, DANCE!

JDC concert is coming in March, so practises with NIE Dancefuzion will get more intense I guess. Went for BLAST! Exxonmobil Campus Concert last wednesday and the performance turned out to be surprisingly good. Felt great to be back in NUS again.

The whitehoods did funny stunts between intervals and the stunts turned out very entertaining. BLAST! never ceased to surprise me with creative ideas, such novelty in them. Watching them dance, I reminisce over the good old days and I can't wait for BLAST! to resume. Rock on BLASTards!

Good seats: Chris, myself, I'dil, Seok & Seok's bf

Donk crew from Shut Up & Dance '08


BLAST photo (I'm so gonna kill Daryl for the photo quality)

Next up, assignments has begun to set in. So far so good, but things are only getting more hectic. Elements of Business Skills (EBS) began today, and the first assignment is out: marketing kit. My group of 7 members are required to come up with an introductory presentation to trigger interest in the subject. It's gonna be fun, but time-consuming.

Oh, by the way, I met up with a few of my JC mates last Sunday. We had dinner in IMM, to celebrate Way Champ's 25th birthday. It was great seeing them again, but they look stressed out. Sigh, I guess that's what people say growing up will turn out to be. Champ says I've changed, and got over my dark days, but I think I'm still the same.

Instead, I'm more worried about them. The pursue of career is making life rather sour for them. At least, that's what I feel. So my new mission for the rest of this year is to meet up with them as much as possible and lend a listening ear.

My dear friends, I hope we'll still be good friends when our hair are all grey and wrinkles carve our face.

Myself, Chris, Champ & Gladys

My dance days have now increased from three days a week to four days a week. I've been wanting to join PA dance but lack the courage to show face. But now, I'm officially attending it. I gotta say that it was very tough. Pat taught 12 eights in two hours and I was losing strength and concentration towards the end.

After PA, I rushed down to Priscilia's birthday in Chevron. Met a lot of ex-Westwoodians. Bought hamsters for her, and I fear for their life expectancy. She's very much terrified by them. The girl's call 'Priscy' but the boy has yet to be named. Should I call it 'Luffy?'


Happy 17th Birthday Priscilia!!!

Melissa, Priscilia, Deborah, myself & the hamsters we bought for her.


Dancepointe with Hello Kitty cake

Posted by jOzACh at 5:24 PM

Friday, February 6, 2009

Dauntless good? Nagging good?

NIE is beginning to get more hectic! Assignments are piling up, and I'm rather laid back. Am I procrastinating?

ICT e-learning Assignment 10% (13 Feb 09)
ICT Individual Assignment 40% (23 Feb 09)
ICT Group Assignment 40% (23 Mar 09)

Ed Psych Forum 0% (15 Feb 09)
Ed Psych e-learning Assignment 0% (19 Feb 09)
Ed Psych Individual Assignment 60% (13 Apr 09)
Ed Psych Group Assignment 40% (26 Mar 09)

Language Studies Podcast (???)
Pedagogical Grammar Test (5 March 09)

EBS Assigments?

Went back WWSS to see 4Desperados today. Finally gave out the stickers after holding it for so long. They might be 4Dauntless now, but I still prefer 4 Desperados. I would rather believe that they're desperate to do well in their O-level.

Dauntless might dictate fearlessness, but if fearlessness means them not worried about their studies, I detest that name. The bible has a saying, that 'The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge.' I'm not a believer, but I do believe that fear makes a person wiser. Only when you've experienced fear do you truly reflect on your actions and mistakes.

If you've lost a love one, or on the brink of losing one, that's when you start to appreciate what you have. I never did appreciate my k-pa when he was alive, always finding him annoying and disturbing, but when he fell sick and changed, I missed his old-self. And when he passed away, it hurts very deeply, and every now and then, when I think of him, my heart weeps and I fear losing my k-ma.

My dear 4Dauntless, do you not worry for your future? Have you thought through how you'll reach for your ambition? If you wait until the very last minute to panick, it might all be too late. And then what? I see potential in many of you, but if you don't harness them, what will become of them?

Frankly, I feel rather helpless sometimes. I joined the teaching profession because I want to change lives and make a difference. Many people would probably find that a model answer, but that is what I really want to do. But having gone through contract teaching for half a year, or less, I struggled to do so. It is so difficult to translate my care and concern for the students, when they don't seem to understand what I'm worrying about. And along the way, I've become a naggy fella; nagging endlessly.

It was then that I understood nagging is form of love language, so to speak. Just as parents nagged because they're worried about us, I nagged my students, because I'm worried about them. Funny huh?

Posted by jOzACh at 2:13 AM