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Saturday, August 06, 2005
Having a great time before I end my holidays..
I woke up early this morning.. and went to play basketball and soccer.. I paired up wif keong and beat bear and shengmin 5-1 in soccer.. i tink it is due to teamwork lar.. haha.. aniwae.. we continued wif basketball and won 7-4 despite lagging behind for quite a while.. due to pains in the left leg..i suspect it is rheumatism..but of cos, i tink it isbecos i overworked my legs liao.. stood for the past 2 days in schools and badminton, and bowling.. shagged man.. haha..Aniwae.. at this point of time, i am enjoying EDO sushi i bought yesterday.. well yummy.. haha.. i bought around 10 kinds of sushi for $3.60 nia, cos everyday in NTUC Lot 1, after 9pm, they would haf everything for half price if u buy ard $6 or more.. quite hua suan.. haha.. though may not be the freshest sushi.. but.. make do wif it lar..
I still love the baby octopus sushi the best.. mmmm.. Okie.. after soccer and basketball, i went home for a bath, before gg for K lunch at lot 1.. Sang my hearts out.. and of cos had a hearty meal there.. Lemon chicken set meal.. and total for about $8.. aniwae.. I won half of the lunch during ABC game wif bear.. so.. i paid half nia.. and I sang a lot lor.. felt unfair for them, esp keong and shengmin.. who were there juz to "enjoy" listening to my singing.. tks frens.. so.. after dat.. i rushed back to NUS for the National Day Observation Parade tomorrow.. I find it meaningful to be able to participate in this event cos it is NUS's 100th anniversary.. so.. I went for the rehearsal.. and I was the parade commander.. haha.. well.. some zo bo guy, standing in support of Alvin, King, and wendy.. Aniwae, i was late cos of ktv.. and paiseh lar.. haha.. And tml is the rag day oso, and after the whole thing, we would be having lunch session wif all the guests.. especially Shih choon fong, head of NUS.. haha.. so.. after the rehearsal, we went separate ways and me, vincent, and wendy, went to IMM, giant.. Bought 2 red snappers there, a honey roasted chicken, some minced meat.. and some wheat made maggi mee.. haha.. quite nice taste lar.. After grocery shopping, we went out to eat outside world of sports.. eat wat? of cos the honey roasted chicken.. Actualli I enjoyed sharing and tearing the chicken.. Wendy insists on eating the chcken butt.. haha.. and it was quite nice.. Mmmm.. after dat, mi and vincent took 188 home.. and todae, is of cos the 1st day of the 7th month, when our good brothers from down there are let out to visit us.. Aniwae.. I am not a believer of our good brothers, since I haf not seen anione from their brotherhood b4.. I mean.. maybe when one day I see one lar.. maybe one day.. I always believe this to be part of psychological barrier acting on a person.. Nevertheless, I payed my respect every yr wif my parents.. and tonite too.. So I tink this may be why they dun wan to disturb mi.. Well tks brothers..Hopefully they got internet down there, and can receive this msg.. haha.. joking lar
So.. dats how busy i was for the day.. and cos my tuition was postponed.. sianz.. tml will also be an enjoyable day.. cos I will be doing some great stuff like bowling, miting frens and of cos eating good food.. yay.. let's leave dat for tml.. Now is time for some reflection time, folks..
Lately I read an article written by a veteren in the education line..There has been many cases of murder, school violence, and other strange things happening in our surroundings.. especially in the beahviour of students nowadays that make me feel exasperated but even more disappointed.. The veteran stated that this was due to the lack of moral education in our kids.. not only them, but our adults too.. When u dun haf good role models, how are you to expect the same from the kids in modern society.. So wat is wrong? We haf our own syllabus of Civics and Moral Education in school curriculum, but are they having any effect? Long ago, during my secondary school days, I haf been questioning abt the purpose of the inclusion of this subject.. Why? It is not because it is useful, instead it is totally useless.. Sori to say dat, but I can tell u dat it is the truth.. Like any other books, it onli teaches facts, and it is soo easy to get an A or B, and even if u get a C, who cares? Will u be branded as someone who is lack of morals and haf teachers calling for ur parents to emphasize how important is moral education? OF cos not! People who score an A for this subject can be a big bully in school.. In any other words, children do not do wat is being preached in books, rather, they will listen more to adults who can communicate wif them better.. I am trying hard to mingle well wif kids and find out wat they are actualli tinking so as to more effectively educate my children in future..
Aniwae, why did I oso say it is useless, is because I have been studying chinese teachings all these years, and I seriously consider chinese teachings, or rather more of confucius and mencius teachings are more meaningful as they realli teach people wat and how they should behave in everyday life.. and they consist of more interesting stories.. I dun even remember wat my CME book contained, but I remember many of these chinese teachings.. The sad thing is.. Many of my students dun even noe who are confucius, and mencius and some other great teachers of the past.. But of cos, how would they noe, since they dun even like chinese animore.. after wat our dear govt has done, to suppress this language for sooo long, and trying to take more active actions now to promote this already dying language..Chinese language is like having terminal illness now, long term Aids or spreading cancer.. such dat even normal learning of chinese has become more of a chore, a burden, rather den an interest for their cultural roots, for wat they are..
Dats the sad part of this language.. No matter how much I do, I cant change this fact, and it is gg to become worse.. Looking it at another angle, I may haf more tuition assignments in future for chinese tuition.. And I was especially glad to see a student who got onli 14 in mid yr to score 40 in the recent test.. at least he still have some interests after some toking to him... many do not haf.. and it is a tough situation.. teachers are hard to be, chinese teachers are even harder to become.. but one good thing is dat.. i find dat chinese teachers are still most well liked by students.. hmm..
Adults do not even noe how to cultivate themselves liao, how can they teach their children well. For this, I am thankful to my dad, though I had some realli strict upbringing.. One of my frens who juz graduated said that she would rather teach primary school, cos secondary is realli too difficult to change the mindset and inculcate interests in the subject animore.. so start young.. Pls do not let this 5000 year old culture and our precious language and important thoughts go to waste.. Tks..
Okie.. I should go to slp liao.. tml will be a better day! yay..
Posted at 8/6/2005 12:53:14 am by navixy
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