证明

当别人怀疑你的能力，你在工作岗位上的努力，你为机构的贡献时，怎么办？曾经被问道：“你真的对教书有兴趣吗？” 简单的问题，但是好伤！

如果我不想教书，我对这份工作没有兴趣，我为什么要花四年的时间在教育学院学习？我为什么在实习时，拼命地争取考官的认同？虽然说有些人，越挫越勇。但是我也是人。我也有感情。我也会受伤。个人士气好低落，好沮丧。

希望2011 年里，不会再有人怀疑我的实力。

我会证明给怀疑我的人看，我不会轻易放弃！

我是真的想好好教育小朋友们的！

"Meet the Parents - Little Fockers"

Went back to school for meeting in the morning and had lunch with my CL colleagues as Waiyin gave us a treat at Serangoon Gardens Chicken rice restaurant. Took a bus and train down to Plaza Singapura to buy tickets to the movie. Went to check out the UFO toy catcher and spent about $20 to catch a Rilakkuma nodding head solar-powered toy. They didn't have stock so I have to return another day to collect it. Went to the photoshop too to see if my manual camera's film can be developed but as I've opened the camera before, the film might be exposed so just paid for a processing fee to see if the film can be developed first. Went to tcc to enjoy the afternoon by reading my book and iced summer waltz drink while waiting for Teddy Chua to arrive. Went to Thai Express for dinner and went back to the UFO toy catcher...saw that they added a new Rilakkuma and Korilakkuma toy in the same machine so decided to try. But no good luck anymore and wasted close to $50...=(

Kiseki lunch

Went to Heeren to have a farewell lunch for my colleague, Dan dan who is transferring to another school. We went to Kiseki Japanese buffet restaurant at the basement. We paid $23 each and there were not alot of choices. Managed to eat from about 12pm to 2:30pm. Didn't stuff myself though cos there weren't alot of food I wanted to eat. The sashimi was quite ok. The hot pot was nice. Went to Far East with Celeste, Waiyin & Karn Nee to alter the neu look pants I got last week. Managed to find a miniature version Chloe perfume so I got it cos I like the bottle. =)

Busy weekend

Saturday - Christmas gift exchange gift shopping at Orchard

Had lunch at Sun with Moon with Teddy Chua. Been sometime since we last went there. They had a special Christmas dessert which was very nicely decorated and tasted good too. For one of my dishes, there was a fine strand of hair on the veggie so I told the waiter about it. She informed the manager and he came to apologise. He offered us a free tofu cheesecake as compensation and also another additional 10% discount besides my card. We walked down Orchard Road to enjoy the Christmas decor and floats as they blocked the whole Orchard Road. We went to *scape to take a look at the flea market. There were very few stalls and it soon poured when we were about to leave the building. We decided to go to Cineleisure, ION and then head to Plaza Singapura. I went to check out the toy catcher machines in Cineleisure. Tried to get Rilakkuma small soft toy from the UFO machine. Managed to get 3 dolls after spending abit. Can't remember how many $1 coins I've used. When we went to Plaza Singapura, I had to check out the toy catchers again. Decided to try to get Korilakkuma cushion as it's at the big machines and it's $1 per try. After trying 5 times, I got it! So lucky! So happy!

Teddy Chua arranged to meet up with his uni friend who's coming from Australia. He's a Malaysian working in Sydney. We had a very late dinner at Serangoon Gardens at the Chicken Rice Restaurant. We also went for dessert so I had hot ginger dumplings.

Sunday - Qian Hu Fish Farm & gathering

Brought Teddy's friend to Qian Hu Fish Farm after lunch at Jurong Point's Ding Tai Fung Restaurant. He likes to keep fishes as pets so brought him there to take a look. Saw quite a number of sting rays and they are very expensive! 1 pair for $5000! Almost comparable to arowanas! After visiting the fish farm, we dropped his friend off at Sembawang before going back to get Teddy's gift for the gathering. We also went to Werner's Oven to get the Xmas fruit cake. Teddy got me a donut that is pretzel shaped. It looks good! Reached Eu's house by 6pm. Had KFC and Canadian Pizza for dinner. Played Monopoly Deal where Teddy was teaching those who were new to it. Tried Wii, Rabbitz games and it was quite fun and created quite alot of laughter. During the gift exchange, I got Yifen's gift which was a towel and post it notes. Teddy got a red remote control car. Went back around 1030pm...quite tired...

Merry Christmas

Christmas Eve BBQ

Was invited by J's mum to go to their house for BBQ with my parents. We were the first to arrive as we had to collect the 50 sticks of otah we ordered from Lee Wee before 6pm. J was busy starting the fire and he had charcoal ash all over his arms and even tummy!

The cooking started around 7pm and there were alot of food. J passed me my Xmas gift and he got me to open it. It was the collector's set from Singpost. Sanrio's 50th Anniversary laptop bag and stamp set. I like the laptop bag alot but didn't get it the first time I knew it was available cos I remembered that the price was very expensive. The whole set is so pricey! $95 and yet he got it for me...feel so bad abt it...but luckily all 3 of his gifts: palachan black seal mouse, 1 sticker pad with his name and perfume amount to somewhere close. Went home around 9:30pm after eating quite alot. =)

Jalan Sultan Prawn Noodles

Went out for lunch with my parents at Kallang area for prawn noodles! Haven't had that for some time as I can't eat prawns outside as I wish, if their prawns are not fresh, my finger infection will start and I will be at the mercy of the itchiness...so far this is the only place where I have a whole bowl of prawn noodles without having any skin allergy...

Headed to Ang Mo Kio after that as Mum needed to buy something. Decided to queue for KOI drink as I wanted to try their grass jelly. I was quite lucky as there's only 1 other person in front of me. After I've ordered, a queue started form behind me. The grass jelly with pearl milk tea is really very nice. Too bad most of the time need to queue for a long time for KOI. Reached home by 1+pm and I had to start sketching the design I dreamt of cos what Teddy Chua designed was quite different from what I had in mind...

Christmas Gift Exchange

Went to Wendy's house to see Eileen's baby boy, Jayden. Gave him a pair of walking shoes which he can use when he is older. Wendy brought me to "peace of mind" near Clarke Quay to enjoy a Balinese massage. She treated me to it and after 1+hr, we walked over to Central.

We had lunch at Watami Japanese restaurant after going to her Art Gallery for awhile. Had a drink at tcc and chatted before heading back to her shop. I left Central close to 6pm to meet Teddy Chua and his Uni friends at 313 Somerset.

Managed to get a pair of working pants from neu look at $29.90. Need to alter the length of the pants myself though. We were deciding where to eat when we walked over to the directory. I closed my eyes and randomly pointed to a restaurant. Ended up at Hot Tomatoes. I tried their Lobster pasta which was quite ok though the serving was small. Rosie, Roy, Azlina, Teddy Chua and me walked over to Centrepoint tcc for the gift exchange. On our way, people were getting donations and Teddy donated $5 to get a mini Santa hat clip.

After 3 rounds of selecting, we managed to get the gift exchange done. I was to receive Roy's gift, Az got mine, Teddy Chua got Az's, Rosie got Teddy Chua's while Roy got Rosie's. I got a snowman cushion. We played the HK Monopoly Deal for quite some time before we headed home.

I saw this quote on 1 of the boards in Central today:

Life is not about the amount of breaths you take. It's the moments that take your breath away.

Bugis chilling

Met up with Yifen at Bugis to have lunch and walk around. We went to Kinokuniya and I bought these 3 books. The wordings are quite minimal but the conversations between Rilakkuma and his friends are quite cute. We walked around for awhile then headed to tcc to grab a bite and drink before heading home around 5+pm.

Tangled (Rapunzel) New Trailer [HD]

I love Pascal! The little chameleon!

"Rapunzel"

Met up with my colleagues, Winston, Carmen, Jean Tan, Celeste Loh & Ruixian to go to Sentosa. Jean brought 2 other girls along too. Most of them wanted to do sun-tanning so I just stayed in the sheltered area of the restaurant near Rasa Sentosa. Tried the wood-fired pizza which was quite good but the chicken wings were crap. We left Sentosa around 4+pm and headed to Marche in Vivocity for dinner.

Met J for movie "Rapunzel" after accompanying him for dinner. Treated him to Max Brenner Chocolate cos of the year-end bonus. We finally got out couple rings...it was from a shop called Sparkles...wondering if the shop assistant charged us wrongly cos both rings only costs $23 together...The movie was very nice. Will try to get the vcd when it's out. =)

Mango & Blue Diamond

Met my NIE pals for lunch at Marche...had a good chat till 4+pm where we made our way to Shaw Towers Mango for the sale preview. Bought a dark blue cardigan. Went to Little India to meet Rosie and Jason to meet Azlina and Roy at Blue Diamond. It's Roy's bday so we wanted to surprise him. After a very nice dinner, we headed for tcc to cut the cake and have some drinks. Tried the card game cranium...quite fun...can't wait for the gakken camera's photos to be developed...hope it really works...

Pala-chan

Bought the black mouse as the first part to Teddy Chua's Xmas pressie...got the memory pack which consists of a 4 GB pala-chan USB thumbdrive and a papu-chan microSD card reader...they even have youtube videos! The official website: http://www.pala-chan.com

KOI pearl milk tea

J's bro's gf bought KOI pearl milk tea for us to try since they learnt that we have never tried the drink before. The pearls are really nicer to eat...no wonder people are willing to queue for the drinks and even fall sick while waiting in the rain...Maybe in future, the queue won't be so long, then I will go and buy their drinks...

Gakken Twin Lens Reflex Camera

This was our weekend project...got this emook with the camera on Wednesday. Really like the classic black design and though the instructions were all in Japanese, we managed to complete fixing it. Teddy Chua made 3/4 of the whole camera though...Took a few photos with the fujifilm I got today...hope that when I develop the photos, they will turn out ok, cos cannot review like the digicam.

"Unforgettable" by Andy Lau

J came over for lunch as Dad was cooking Hokkien Prawn mee...very tasty...we went over to Serangoon Nex to walk around...managed to find Andy Lau's new album "Unforgettable" at Laserflair for $24.90. Some of the shops are not open yet but there was a huge crowd and J noted there were alot of elderly people. We tried Drink Tea and the store is a Taiwanese tea store. Saw my cousin at Metallurgy there. When we were about to leave the carpark, a false fire alarm went off, causing the shutters in the carpark to automatically activate. We were trapped in the carpark for at least half an hour...luckily they forfeited the carpark charges...quite an annoying experience. Don't think I will want to go to Nex anytime soon...nothing much actually...just another shopping mall where the food court was reported to be extra expensive. In the evening, went to Yio Chu Kang for dinner with J's family and extended family to celebrate his paternal grandma's birthday. Had a very full dinner till 10+pm.

Monopoly Deal

After our HK trip, we now have 3 sets of Monopoly Deal...why? Because our first set was bought in Singapore, accompanying us for countless after dinner entertainment. The second set was bought at The Peak, got it at HK$49, slightly more expensive after venturing to Ladies Street and Temple Street but I console myself that the cards are of better quality. The last set was from Ladies Street, Transformers series...quite interesting. Will get to play the Transformers set this weekend, tried the Hong Kong set on Tuesday evening already.

Lunch at Swensens

Met up with Jiahui and her baby Melody at Compasspoint for lunch at Swensens today. It's been a year since the last time we met in AMK Hub. So fast, her baby is already 2 mths old. Super cute! She has very big eyes and lotsa hair. Got her a girly top and pants as Xmas present. Carried her and took her photos. It was nice catching up over lunch.

Ordered the grill fish with sambal and yoghurt but the yoghurt had a plastic piece in it. The manager wanted to serve another cup, but I didn't want to eat anymore. The yoghurt was quite a big cup. Just wonder, if it was a child who ate the yoghurt, wouldn't it be dangerous to swallow something like that? The manager explained that it was the container for the yoghurt which the server cut and accidentally added to my cup. I didn't ask for more ingredients...haiz...

Wedding Day of Korilakkuma & Rilakkuma

We got the exact same pair in Hong Kong! J said will use it for our wedding day...haha...the video is so cute!

"Skyline"

Met up with J for "Skyline" at Plaza Singapura at 4+pm since he will only go back to work tomorrow. The movie will definitely have a sequel. Typical sci-fi type but not too bad. Went to try the game machine and got a beige rilakkuma and the cleaning squirrel. Will upload their photos soon. Tried the new Japanese restaurant in PS, I had the miso butter champon. Alot of veggies with the noodles. Quite different from the usual ramen.

Tried to find the new Andy Lau CD, "Unforgettable" but it's sold out from gramophone. Will look around some more when I see CD stores. We played the Hong Kong Monopoly Deal at coffee club and the card quality is much better than our original set but the colour of the cards is much lighter.

Back from HK

After spending a fulfilling holiday of 5 days in Hong Kong with J, really didn't feel like coming back even though I can still enjoy the break...really feel good shopping and going for all the sight-seeing with him.

See above for the highlight photos of the trip. =)