went for a hair cut n dye at kimage school of hairdressing today. heard about the cheap deal they offer, since it is a school, can't expect much. Initially, the haircut turned out rather disastrous, with one side sloping more than the other. The instructor then came to salvage my hair and it does turn out decent. Letting a student handle your hair is stressful, cause you don't know how it will turn out. It's like letting a doctor who is having his virgin operation cut you open, except that you are totally knocked out in the later. and the whole cutting process takes damm long, with strands of hair falling into your face. ok, with such cheap rates, only $5, i shall not complain much. as long as they dun shave off my hair and turn it into some bird nest, i am ok with it. The dye was much better, except for some dark spots that is damm hard to clean off near the sideburns. Basically, you are just a guinea pig for them, so don't expect much, as long as i get things done.

interesting things. while at the salon, i heard this news. on some school girls doing research on ribena and they found out that ribena actually does not contain vitamin C, contrary to what they claim. a big hoo ha is coming up. reminds me of the vit c project we did back in jc, part of the stupid STAR program. why didn't we think of using ribena last time? it could have brought us to fame.

I am like hooked onto this song. 小情歌 by 苏打绿. first heard it on 933, where zhiyong was highly recommending this song. the smooth melody is just so addictive.




I realise that all my recent posts got youtube. really, youtube is addictive. can entertain you for one whole afternoon.

I really can't imagine me standing in front a class of 40, trying to capture the kids attention, asking them to listen to me, making them stop talking, stop day-dreaming and when i ask the question,"do you understand?", none will say yes.

yes. I am having lots of trouble dealing with just one kid, let alone 40 kids. Was talking about teaching as a careear with my friends just the last week. seriously, pay is good. with degree only, it is abt 2500 - 2700. an honours degree will bring in more. but, is it really a good job? being bullied by students on a daily basis and unable to scold them and beat them? having to teach + run CCA + admin work and having to stay in school until night time without OT? I used to consider teaching as one of my options in future, but after dealing with this tuition kid of mine, and all the bad things i have heard, i am really seriously considering this option. At times, i see spoilt brats on the streets and i really just feel like going up and give him/her a tight slap, so i think i gonna be bashing up students in future if i really teach. and being their god-father is definitely a NO NO!!

somehow i feel that kids (not all i must clarify)nowadays are getting really spoilt. looking at those kids nowadays, they are brought up in a way totally different from my generation. Parents basically treat them like kings and queens. They can whine in public for something they want and parents just have to give in to them. so they use this trick again and again to get what they want. I have seen parents or maids chasing after the kid, practically begging them to eat. perhaps the culture now is to reason out with the kid, but i think reasoning also needs a bit of canning.

ok. i shall stop going and and on about kids.

for some light stuff, a spoof on Grey's Anatomy. only those who watch GA wld understand it well. it's a bit lame though.



"cheating on mcdreamy with mcsteamy is ok because i was moving up the mcgemy ladder. it starts with mcquennie, then mcwinnie, followed by mcdreamy then mcsteamy" LOL!!!

My brain has seriously been degrading since i entered army. I was so stumped during tuition today. My student asked me a qns from his sch emaths paper (and it's not a top sch), and i could not solve this one particular qn. It is on angles properties of circle(the topic i hate the most, in terms of learning n teaching). My thoughts on this topic: you either see it or you don't. There is just one angle that i just can't find. Tried going through every possible type of angle in the chapter and i still cannot find it. I think i used to be able to solve those type of qns, but now i can't. so sad. and another Similar triangle qn, i took like dunno how long to figure out a one-step solution. even my student went, "hah? so easy ah?" I really ought to do some serious revision. my student is having her prelims in may (can you believe it? sch now are so crazy!) and there is really lots of stuff to cover b4 her exam. tuition sessions with her is really brain cell killing, but the money is gd. so why not? time to start working out those inactive cells. if not for all the PAM, CPR, AED stuff that i got to remember, my brain wave wld have been asytole long ago liao. flatline ________________________

been listening to Dreamgirls soundtrack again and again today. Just can't get enough of the songs and the movie. and this song, Listen by Beyonce is wow too. Wld it be better if sung by Jennifer Hudson? and this song clearly shows a artiste glamourous life isn't happy, esp when she is being used as a money making machine by her boss (n husband somemore).




and this has been floating around on the net for some time. 麻坡的华语. some ah beng rap that is so funny yet crude at the same time. but kudos to whoever came up with this. full of creativity.




maybe STB shld do something like this to promote singapore. get someone (not gurmit singh, had enough of the 'SARS is the virus that i just want to minus...') to rap something abt singapore, but it must be as crude as the muar one to gain attention. Got an idea. get some ah lian SQ girl (since they are so in the lime light these days) and start rapping 'xin ga po eh Singlish.....'

Dreamgirls

Finally managed to watch dreamgirls today. It was fantastic, with all the songs and the costumes n sets. Really brought us back to the good old days. Jennifer Hudson, definitely deserves the oscar. her performance at the part when curtis broke up with her, and she was singing solo was really fantastic, coupled with tat voice of hers plus her acting. wow! think she shld be the lead actress instead of supporting. she did play a big part in the whole movie. all the singing scenes just blew me off my seat.

I had always enjoyed such musical movies and the soundtracks from this show just gives the whole show soo much energy and emotions. I got the soundtrack and it is blasting on my comp now. hehe.



One of my fav tracks in the movie.


and one more thing. I am vomitting blood at this student of mine!!!!!!! I really don't know how to go on teaching him. He doesnt' listen to me. Doesn't do my work. Forgets what i teach him. thinking of giving him up after his mid yrs.. 钱难赚...... I guess i am not cut out to be a teacher. shld stop thinking being one. btw, check out this teachers' blog. http://stressed-teacher.blogspot.com/ got some interesting reads..

movies madness

Have been rather busy these few weeks? busy doing what? work, tuition, go out and the cycle continues. haven got the chance to have one day where i can just sleep till i wake up automatically.

watched 2 movies last week which i am too lazy to blog about then. First was Letters From Iwo Jima. A fresh look at a war story, this time round from the japanese side. What's disturbing is the spirit of the jap soldiers, and they rather die in glory than to return home defeated. The story however, follows through a character who does not want to die. he wants to return home to his family. Most of the war movies depicts soldiers that go to war as heroes, who will fight bravely and die in battle. However, this movie goes the other way, showing how the main character saigo, who was being forced to join the army, just wanting to stay alive. Frankly speaking, how many people out there are really going to like, willing to die in battle. the saying 先有国，才有家, but how many bear to just leave the family behind and fight a war. It is really hard to strike a balance between the 2 extremes. I like the slow pace of the show, yet it is engaging enough to not make you fall asleep.

another movie about war, 300, where it shows how 300 spartans fight out against the persians. the whole story isn't tat nice, but the scenes of soldiers fighting sort of make up for the plot. it is different from letters as it is much more fast paced. It did not leave me with a lasting impression compared to letters, but the movie was still worth it for entertainment sake.

and i haven catch dreamgirls yet. no one wants to come along with me.... i guess i'll go alone or wait for the vcd to be released.

shake shake shake

I have experienced quite a few stuff here at my company. First it was the blackout that seems to last forever and had everyone talkinga bout. Then it was the problematic internet connection that made people go mad in the office and at home. Today was another experience for me, the first earthquake i ever felt, and of all possible places in the world, it is in singapore.

I did not feel the first tremor as i was alreadly lunching at beach road market. Colleagues called from the office saying the office building was shaking and they had to be evacuated. ok, i thought, "oh sian. i missed the fun'. went back after lunch and was working and suddenly i felt myself moving forward n backward. Initialy, the earthquake did not hit me. i thought i stared at the computer for too long, reading up on the first earthquake. then everyone in the office start to make noise (some shrieks can be heard from the girls), then yup, it was a second shake. i looked at the 'tao hua' in the office. it was swaying about. the whole situation seems rather comical. people were getting their hps and wallet, ready to evacuate anytime. The dead office suddenly liven up. A few of us kay pohs looked down and saw some people alreadly downstairs. so we were all waiting for the evaucation signal or a half day announcement from HR. too bad none of the 2 happened. so after all the saga, we all got bad to work. heard some buildings were evacuated for the 2nd time. some companies even got half day off. damm!

I realise that all the girls were like freaking out and the guys were all steady cool. but the best are still the japs. throughout the whole thing, they carried out with their work like nothing had happened. guess this is just chicken feet compared to what they experience back in japan.

definitely a rather new experience, but thinking of all the death n damage the earthquake has caused (esp in sumatra), i think i rather not experience one anymore. if i want to, can go to japan, where they got some simulator that simulates the earthquake. remember takashi castle, there is this part where contestants have to sit on a mat, then the whole house will shake violently. those who did not fall off will move on to the next round.

and oh ya, my office was featured in the news.

It is such a no life weekend for me. Been drowning myself with episodes of Heroes and Ugly Betty. I am now hooked onto Ugly Betty. Amit all the drama and comedy, it actually protrays a true side of life. Different class, different social status, how looks is all that matters in this society. I admire the character Betty for standing up against all ods, and being who she is. and not to forget all the betty screwing things up moments and of course marc and amanda. those 2 are a real havoc. And heroes has finally revealed lots of unknown ep17. starting to get the whole picture, on how these genetically modified guys came about and so on. Really, it is just damm high to watch a few episodes at one go. now, i just have to keep my curiosity n excitement down and wait for the next episode.

apart from all the drama. went to catch Just Follow Law. erm. I find it not as good as his previous movies, but all the jokes, reality and sacarcism made up for it. Showing office politics in a light way. I guess after NS(govt org.), i really can relate to all the things in the show. I guess the private corporate world is like tat too. The cc (cover car-chng) and bcc (better cover car-chng) really cracked me up. all the cc i have done in army were really to cover my own ass, least i get accused of not doing things. not forgetting to mention fann wong performance. Think she really shed off her image by doing a character like this.

and www.laozhabor.blogspot.com really exists! I guess that was a site set up by the just follow law guys..

and off to another week at work. sianzzzzz