The Penalty

Despite multiple replies and going down to classes, talking to students individually, and yet not getting assignments in my locker in time, I have decided to pass the law.

Assignments to be due last week and yet not handed in on last Friday will suffer penalties as follows:

1) All book reviews not in by Friday would have half the marks deducted, ie, if you get 7/10, I will only award you 3.5. This is calculated as 10% of CA marks. Since you don't bother about your CA marks, I don't bother giving you marks either.

2) All essays (zuo wen 作文 / ying yong wen 应用文) not in by Friday would get 1 mark deducted for each late day. Since I don't go to school on Saturday and Sunday, that would be 2 marks deducted. When I get your book on Monday, it is 3 days late and there will be 3 marks deducted. Again, this is part of your CA marks, zuo wen and ying yong wen will take up 40% of your CA marks.

It's all up to your discretion to get marks to throw marks away.

I have done my best in helping you guys to get marks. But if you don't treasure my efforts or even try your best to help yourself, I can't help you.

Your attitude towards your work reflects your attitude towards life.

I hope these people change for the better.

And for the rest who have dutifully handed in your work, thank you. I appreciate it much. You've made life much easier for yourself and me. (:

For repeated offenders, I will start contacting your parents from next week onwards.



Mid Year Exams are approaching. If you don't sense the urgency, let me urge you to start studying. Secondary 1s, it's your first time having around 8 subjects at a go. Please start revisions early.

If you wish to change for the better, you still have time, don't wait til the last minute and cry over spilt milk.

People who have missed the deadlines, there will be no concessions. Like I've always said, this is not the pasar malam, you don't get discounts.

Inspiring

A friend sent me this link days ago.

And I've watched it several times because it's really inspiring... It was also part of a video contest and came in second.

Take some time to digest the message behind the video and share your thoughts!

For 1-4

Here's the picture I promised you guys with your Mr Handsome...

*Click picture to enlarge*

Replies to Tags~ & a small update

Dickson: ERM, I believe it's not the REAL Dickson posting that. I'm sorry to tell you that I can't help. o.0 And girls like boys with a big heart, honest and not childish, pretending to be someone else on the tagboard.

Nankai: Heh, zhi dao jiu hao! Sec 4 le, must be very busy right? Next time ask Zhi Neng and guys out, we go makan... :D

Ji An: I realised you're not in class, so you're really sick... Take care ya? I've passed your ying yong wen homework to Niknoi. (:

Erica: Yo yo yo... Erica's been a really good girl, I'm really happy for you! ^_^

KEVIN (again): Eeyur, just a little late mah, so xiao qi... Cannot be lidat to girls one, girls prefer to be pampered. haha... Laoshi is VERY busy lately... I'll elaborate below...

Ji Shun (again): KS!!! didn't expect your tag anyway. HEE, me miss you! Sorry, you alwiz can't catch me on MSN, either I'm away / doing something... Hm, why don't we catch a movie this friday or something?



Well Well Well... I've been busy, as stated above...

What have I been busy with? Apart from the usual lesson preparations, marking of heaps of homework, I gotta set papers for the Mid Year Exams. (OH, FYI, the Chinese paper would be on 5 May 2009! Everyone take note!!) Also, I'm busy with some other school stuff, like preparing the Sec2 CIP stuff... So Sec 2 people, you'll get to embark on a CIP learning journey with your class very very soon!!

Yeah, so yelaoshi is BUSSSSY.

*super bad headache now* :( I hope it would go away...

*sobs*

偶遇

昨天，和朋友在MOF碰面后，从购物中心走路回家。途中，我正专心地享受独自的清静，突然，听到熟悉的声音，“老师！”猛地转头一看，原来是Kevin。这样也可以碰到学生，真开心！

Yesterday, after meeting up with my friends at MOF, I was walking home from the shopping centre. Just then, I heard a familiar voice shouting out to me, "lao shi!" I turned back and saw Kevin. I love this sort of impromptu meetings!

有几个令我开心的原因。

Of course, there are reasons for my joy.

一、就说说我对Kevin的印象吧！这男生给我留下的第一印象是在图书馆的那堂课。由于大家被锁在课室外，我带着大家到那里“避难”。同学们都没课本、文具。我们就开始哈啦起来，说些有的没有的。后来，我一时兴起，叫同学们挑选一位男生和一位女生当班代表。大家一推二推，能闪就闪。Kevin见状，毛遂自荐，很酷地说：“我啦！”Woah，赞哦！

后来，男女班代表也没些什么，因为总是我这个爱管事的老师在东奔西跑的。嘿。而那酷男Kevin成天在班上，窝在一个角落，不多话，也不太爱理人。所以，我对他总是以大姐姐对大孩子的方式沟通。这家伙当然还给我留下更多深刻的记忆，这里就不要拆他的台，不便多说。总之，Kevin是好孩子，正处叛逆期，酷酷的，做事靠心情mood。我好像扯远了，重点是，这么酷的学生，竟然还会叫住我，让我心头暖暖的。

Well, for one, let's talk about the impression Kevin left me. The first impression he gave me when during our lesson in the library. We were left stranded outside the class as it was locked and I had no other choice but to send them to the library where we chatted and shared stuff. Then I requested that they elect a male and female Chinese rep and the class started to push the responsibility to one another. Kevin volunteered upon seeing this situation, which surprised me pleasantly.

The reps didn't get much work to do coz I was often the one running errands. So Kevin didn't get to do his job as suggested. Anyhow, in class, he's often seen in the corner, doing his own things, not disturbing anyone, basically, very harmless and cool. As such, I am quite surprised that such a bo-chup and cool guy would take the first step to say 'hi'.

二、我决定教书，并不是因为我多么爱Teaching。而是，我很喜欢和年轻人接触。大家的活力真的很容易感染我，因此，我喜欢积极、活跃的班级。至少，班上不只一把老师的声音，还有许许多多的回应，把气氛搞起来！在学校外能够碰到学生，挺令人兴奋的。RSS的学生，我只碰过两次，昨天是第二次，第一次是在MOF巧遇Regina。（看来，我到MOF用餐时／后，总会有机会碰到你们！）

WWSS的朋友们就碰多了！今年就在列车上碰到Gerald，他这小子先打电话给我，要我转过身子，就让我看到正在傻笑的他。结果，一边谈天，还让他帮我提袋子。还有许许多多的机缘巧合，时不时就会遇到学生，看到大家卸下校服，仍不忘我，哈，本小姐还真是乐！

Next, I have to say, I came into teaching not because I love the job, but because I enjoy the interaction with teenagers. Sometimes things these teens say can make me laugh in amazement, cringe in detest or melt with compassion. As such, I'm happy to be able to interact with you guys even outside the classroom when you're no longer in your school uniform and I'm not your classroom teacher. At least, I'm not forgotten! Feels good ya?

记得哦，下次，在路上看到我，别害羞，说声“嗨”哦！

So, next time when you see me, remember to say 'hi'! (:

一切完美

今天，《一切完美2》播完了。我很喜欢这部连续剧，尤其是第一季《一切完美》，真的是一切完美！故事性强，人物性格鲜明，赞！第二季的剧情，我略嫌有些沉闷，可能第一季刚播出时，很有新鲜感吧，现在我们的要求都高了？

无论如何，我还是一定会每晚捧场，毕竟，有Thomas Ong耶！hehe！而且，我还不断地赞叹撰稿的文案写得超好！很多台词都是经典！我喜欢！

不知道你们有没有看《一切完美2》呢？

来进行个小小的投票吧！

Perfect Cut 2 has finished its run on Channel U. I love this serial and I think it's the best production by Channel U so far. I especially love season 1 because of the strong plot and characters. Probably I've higher expectations this time round so I find it tad boring at times or it has lost its initial impact after the first run?

No matter what, I still catch every episode every night for there's Thomas Ong!! Hehe... And I am awed by the script in the show. It's written really well and there're many classic lines!

Have you watched Perfect Cut?

Let's conduct a mini poll!

March Holiday Homework Final Post

Hi all,

Thanks for those who have handed up. Basically (especially to Niknoi, Jeremy, Ji An and Wee Kiat who asked), if I've not stated your names / struck through your name that was posted up earlier (I edited the post many times), you're safe.

I've made calls this afternoon, I hope it served its purpose to remind those who haven't finished their work! (: Anyway, I can't reach a number of you guys...

Those who have not handed in at 10.30pm:

1-3: Stanley (called, no response), Jacky (number not in use)

1-4: Wendy (Kai Shing said she would call Wendy)

2-2: Celia (called, no response), Damien (called, not at home)

2-7: Irene (number not in use), Desmond (unable to access to Eblaze)

Okay, I'm not sure what changes there will be in the next half hour (or less). Oh well, I'm glad most of you attempted the assignment. And to answer Desmond's question, it's 10 percent of Term 2's marks.

Hm, and I've no idea I've Mas Selamat and Michael Jackson visiting this blog. Boy, I'm rather famous too.

Hi Mas Selamat, I'm excited to hear from you, I believe you're no longer hiding in the woods...

Michael Jackson, my class sang your "Heal the World" when we were in Primary 6! And I found your CD lying around AVA room in school today. Awww... It seems that someone abandoned you. Double awwww... By the way, has your fake nose collapsed from the severely whitened face of yours? Beat it!

March Holiday Homework REMINDER

Hi all,

Here comes naggy yelaoshi to announce the names of those who haven't done your work on E Blaze as of March 19 2009, Thursday, 11pm!

同学们好！唠叨的叶老师又来了！没有完成假期作业的如下：

1-3: Jun Li, Christine, Olivia, Stanley, Samuel, Jiong Hong, Jacky

1-4: Kai Shing, Edmund, Chee Yuan, Wendy, Deborah

2-2: Celia, Jun Cheng, Damien, Ferdinard

2-7: Irene, Desmond

Members of the above classes, please help laoshi to call up your friends to remind them to finish up E Blaze homework by 11pm Friday (less than 24 hours left)! Remember, it's part of CA marks and it's 10%!

各班的同学们，请帮老师通知这些朋友，叫他们在星期五11pm之前一定要完成，要不然就会失去CA2的10分！谢谢大家！

Thanks to all~

Replies to Tags and a Kind Reminder...

1-3 peeps: Hey all, hi everyone... I know you guys have a fun time playing here... so I don't wish to reply to everyone (and you guys are more like msn-ing each other here...). GAH.

Jiong Teck: Hello! (: It was your tag right? How's everything? I've added you on my msn too. (: But you know larh, I'm hardly online! Hehe...

Kevin: Hi Kevin... Sorry for the super late reply... Hm... Because of the same matters that you mentioned to me before? Hai... Don't have bad mood due to those matters... I assure you, things will be better if you control your temper a bit de. You're a great person, tell yourself that! Don't let anything disrupt your chance to learn ok? Jia you... Anything, drop me a message again! (:

Jazlyn: Hey dear, yup I'm at RSS. I don't teach Sec 4 but which class is your cousin in?

Sally: Don't so xiao qi la... Lao shi bao bao~~ Sayang~~~ ^_^

A kind reminder to all... I know my Sec 1-3 is very playful... But I hope not to get any more silly remarks on the topic again (you guys know what topic). For one, I can track all your IP addresses. So I am aware that some people are pretending to be your friends to bad mouth them. This is not acceptable. We are one class. We should be protecting each other and not tarnishing each other's reputations. Ok? 1-3, let's work together! We can have fun here but don't go overboard. Laoshi will be upset... :(

And please look at the post below. It's regarding March holiday homework!

If anyone has problems regarding March Holiday Homework, please do not hesitate to leave a message here. I will get back to you asap. Thank you!

March Holiday Homework

This is a VERY late post... I've been experiencing much problems with blogger, prompting me to clear my cache, delete my cookies and all. I hate FireFox 3. First it eats up half my bookmarks, now it disables my google account. 

So I have to use Safari to sign in and remind EVERYONE to Start doing homework if you haven't....

I hope by now, most of you have done your homework as assigned by me. If not / if you want to see if you've finished everything... here's the list:

1-3: a) E Blaze 

b) One book review 

c) *Optional* You may give me an additional chinese journal when school reopens regarding interesting events over the holidays... And 

d) You may also prepare for the ying yong wen that I will give you guys when school reopens. That would be on the Sec 1 cohort camp... Don't lose the copy of newspaper that I gave out earlier on because there's one essay on Lu Ying Ji written by a Nanyang Primary student.

1-4: a) E Blaze 

b) One book review

c) *Optional* You may give me an additional chinese journal when school reopens regarding your holidays or more about yourself as I've yet to know most of you.

2-2: a) E Blaze

b) One book review

c) *Optional* You may give me an additional chinese journal when school reopens regarding your March holidays. Many of you have not been dutifully handing up your journals.

d) You may prepare your ying yong wen on Sec 2 adventure camp. Don't lose the newspaper I've given out earlier on because there's an essay on Lu Ying Ji.

2-7: a) E Blaze

b) One book review

c) *Optional* As per other classes, you guys can write me a chinese journal on any topic you may like.

d) You may prepare your ying yong wen resources based on your Sec 2 adventure camp too. 

Heh and hi 3-3... though I'm not teaching you guys anymore... I hope you have been doing your homework!! (: I miss you guys~

Most of you may realise that your homework would be more or less the same. Yes darlings, they will be the same so worry not. Even so, Everyone should be doing their own piece of work w/o plagiarizing. Anyone caught copying from your friend would be penalised heavily - both the one who copied and the one who let your friend copy.

I'll be checking E Blaze soon and releasing the names of those who have not completed it. So if you don't want to become too 'popular', please complete your work SOON!

Thank you everyone!

And may all of you have a wonderful holiday!