LIFE THROUGH MY EYES

waiting

2009-02-02T01:19:00.001+08:00

"People really don't care how much you know until they know how much you care."

Happy New Year!

2009-01-01T19:44:00.000+08:00

I will always remember 2009 its the year i celebrate my 21st birthday and the year that i start with CHICKENPOX!!!

Cold Wind

2008-08-17T08:18:00.003+08:00

In the early morning sun,
with my field pack on my back,
with an aching in heart,
and my back is full of sweat.
I'm a long long way from home,
and i miss my lover so.
In the early morning march,
when the cold wind blows....when the cold wind blows.....
when the cold wind blows....when the cold wind blows....
when the cold winds blows.....
I know i know,
you have to go.
But hurry back home,
cause i miss you so.

2008-08-16T14:12:00.001+08:00

“Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve.” W. Clement Stone

Poem - Slow Dance

2008-08-16T11:47:00.006+08:00

Have you ever watched kids

On a merry-go-round?

Or listened to the rain

Slapping on the ground?

Ever followed a butterfly's erratic flight?

Or gazed at the sun into the fading night?

You better slow down.

Don't dance so fast.
Time is short.

The music won't last.

Do you run through each day

On the fly?

When you ask How are you?

Do you hear the reply?

When the day is done!

Do you lie in your bed

With the next hundred chores

Running through your head?

You'd better slow down

Don't dance so fast.

Time is short.

The music won't last.

Ever told your child,

We'll do it tomorrow?

And in your haste,

Not see his sorrow?

Ever lost touch,

Let a good friendship die

Cause you never had time

To call and say,'Hi'

You'd better slow down.

Don't dance so fast.

Time is short.

The music won't last.

When you run so fast to get somewhere

You miss half the fun of getting there.

When you worry and hurry through your day,

It is like an unopened gift....

Thrown away.

Life is not a race.

Do take it slower

Hear the music

Before the song is over.

The Donkey Story

2008-07-08T02:17:00.002+08:00

One day a farmer's donkey fell down into a dry well. The animal cried piteously for hours as the farmer tried to figure out what to do.

Finally, he decided the animal was old, and the well needed to be covered up anyway; it just wasn't worth it to retrieve the donkey.

He invited all his neighbors to come over and help him. They all grabbed a shovel and began to shovel dirt into the well. At first, the donkey realized what was happening and cried horribly. Then, to everyone's amazement he quieted down.
A few shovel loads later, the farmer finally looked down the well. He was astonished at what he saw. With each shovel of dirt that hit his back, the donkey was doing something amazing. He would shake it off and take a step up

As the farmer's neighbors continued to shovel dirt on top of the animal, he would shake it off and take a step up.

Pretty soon, everyone was amazed as the donkey stepped up over the edge of the well and happily trotted off!

Life is going to shovel dirt on you, all kinds of dirt. The trick to getting out of the well is to shake it off and take a step up. Each of our troubles is a stepping stone. We can get out of the deepest wells just by not stopping, never giving up! Shake it off and take a step up.

Quote

2008-06-21T02:04:00.002+08:00

"The boundaries of your life are merely creations of the self"

Quote

2008-06-16T20:56:00.002+08:00

Reasonable people adapt themselves to the world.
Unreasonable people attempt to adapt the world to themselves.
All progress, therefore, depends on unreasonable people.

-- George Bernard Shaw

Quote

2008-06-06T03:57:00.003+08:00

Ultimately, life is all about choices.
One's destiny unfolds according to the choices one makes.

The Value of Values

2008-06-02T01:01:00.003+08:00

V.A.L.U.E.S

V --> Visible
A --> Attract
L --> Lead
U --> Unite
E --> Establish
S --> Standard

Quote

2008-06-01T02:03:00.005+08:00

"Every event has a purpose and every setback its reason.

I have realised that failure, whether of the personal, professional or even spiritual kind, is essential to personal expansion.

It bring inner growth and a whole host of psychic rewards.

Never regret your past. Rather, embrace it as the teacher that it is."

Quote

2008-05-31T20:29:00.004+08:00

There is a tide in the affairs of men,
Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune;
Omitted, all the voyage of their life
Is bound in shallows and in miseries.

William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar

Quote

2008-05-31T06:12:00.002+08:00

“Sure I am this day we are masters of our fate,
that the task which has been set before us is not above our strength;
that its pangs and toils are not beyond our endurance.
As long as we have faith in our own cause and an unconquerable will to win,
victory will not be denied us.”

Winston Churchill

Comic

2008-05-31T04:42:00.000+08:00

WHAT LOVE MEANS TO AGE 4 TO 8 YEAR OLD CHILDREN

2008-05-28T01:21:00.003+08:00

Slow down for three Minutes to read this. It is so worth it. Touching words from the mouth of Babes.

What does Love mean?

A Group of professional people posed this question to a group of 4 to 8 year-olds, 'What does love mean?'

The answers they got were broader and deeper than Anyone could have imagined. See what you think:

'When my Grandmother got arthritis, she couldn't bend over and paint her toenails Anymore. So my grandfather does it for her all the time, even when his Hands got arthritis too. That's love.'
Rebecca- age 8

'When Someone loves you, the way they say your name is different. You just know That your name is safe in their mouth.'
Billy - age 4

'Love is When a girl puts on perfume and a boy puts on shaving cologne and they go out And smell each other.'
Karl - age 5

'Love is When you go out to eat and give somebody most of your French fries without Making them give you any of theirs.'
Chrissy - age 6

'Love is What makes you smile when you're tired.'
Terri - age 4

'Love is When my mommy makes coffee for my daddy and she takes a sip before giving it to Him, to make sure the taste is OK.'
Danny - age 7

'Love is When you kiss all the time. Then when you get tired of kissing, you still want To be together and you talk more. My Mommy and Daddy are like that. They Look gross when they kiss'
Emily - age 8

'Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and Listen.'
Bobby - age 7 (Wow!)

'If you Want to learn to love better, you should start with a friend who you hate,'
Nikka - age 6 (We need a few million More Nikka's on this planet.)

'Love is When you tell a guy you like his shirt, then he wears it everyday.'
Noelle - age 7

'Love is Like a little old woman and a little old man who are still friends even after They know each other so well.'
Tommy - age 6

'During My piano recital, I was on a stage and I was scared. I looked at all the people Watching me and saw my daddy waving and smiling. He was the only one Doing that. I wasn't scared anymore.'
Cindy - age 8

'My mommy Loves me more than anybody You don't see anyone else kissing me to sleep At night.'
Clare - age 6

'Love is When Mommy gives Daddy the best piece of chicken.'
Elaine-age 5

'Love is when Mommy sees Daddy smelly and sweaty and still says he is handsomer than Robert Redford.'
Chris - age 7

'Love is when your puppy licks your face even after you left him alone all day'
Mary Ann - age 4

'I know my older sister loves me because she gives me all her old clothes and has to go out and buy new ones.'
Lauren - age 4

'When you love somebody, your eyelashes go up and down and little stars come out of you.' (what an image)
Karen - age 7

'Love is when Mommy sees Daddy on the toilet and she doesn't think it's gross.'
Mark - age 6

'You really shouldn't say 'I love you' unless you mean it. But if you mean it, you should say it a lot. People forget.'
Jessica - age 8

And the final one -- Author and lecturer Leo Buscaglia once talked about a contest he was asked to judge. The purpose of the contest was to find the most caring child.

The winner was a four year old child whose next door neighbour was an elderly gentleman who had recently lost his wife. Upon seeing the man cry, the little boy went into the old gentleman's yard, climbed onto his lap, and just sat there. When his Mother asked what he had said to the neighbor, the little boy said, 'Nothing, I just helped him cry'

Message (George Carlin)

2008-05-27T00:44:00.003+08:00

The paradox of our time in history is that we have taller buildings but shorter tempers, wider Freeways , but narrower viewpoints.

We spend more, but have less, we buy more, but enjoy less.

We have bigger houses and smaller families, more conveniences, but less time.

We have more degrees but less sense, more knowledge, but less judgment, more experts, yet more problems, more medicine, but less wellness.

We drink too much, smoke too much, spend too recklessly, laugh too little, drive too fast, get too angry, stay up too late, get up too tired, read too little, watch TV too much, and pray too seldom. We have multiplied our possessions, but reduced our values.

We talk too much, love too seldom, and hate too often. We've learned how to make a living, but not a life.

We've added years to life not life to years.

We've been all the way to the moon and back, but have trouble crossing the street to meet a new neighbour.

We conquered outer space but not inner space.

We've done larger things, but not better things. We've cleaned up the air, but polluted the soul. We've conquered the atom, but not our prejudice.

We write more, but learn less.

We plan more, but accomplish less.

We've learned to rush, but not to wait.

We build more computers to hold more information, to produce more copies than ever, but we communicate less and less.

These are the times of fast foods and slow digestion, big men and small character, steep profits and shallow relationships.

These are the days of two incomes but more divorce, fancier houses, but broken homes.

These are days of quick trips, disposable diapers, throwaway morality, one night stands, overweight bodies, and pills that do everything from cheer, to quiet, to kill. It is a time when there is much in the showroom window and nothing in the stockroom.

A time when technology can bring this letter to you, and a time when you can choose either to share this insight, or to just hit "X"...

Remember; spend some time with your loved ones, because they are not going to be around forever.

Remember, say a kind word to someone who looks up to you in awe, because that little person soon will grow up and leave your side.

Remember, to give a warm hug to the one next to you, because that is the only treasure you can give with your heart and it doesn't cost a cent.

Remember, to say, 'I love you' to your partner and your loved ones, but most of all mean it.

A kiss and an embrace will mend hurt when it comes from deep inside of you.

Remember to hold hands and cherish the moment for someday that person will not be there again.

Give time to love, give time to speak!

And give time to share the precious thoughts in your mind.

AND ALWAYS REMEMBER: Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.

- George Carlin

Credits to Pearlyn

Quote

2008-05-26T04:16:00.002+08:00

How far that little candle throws his beams!
So shines a good deed in a weary world.

- William Shakespeare

Quote

2008-05-20T23:27:00.001+08:00

It is not the things we do in life that we regret on our death bed it is the things we do not.

Famous Failures

2008-05-16T03:23:00.002+08:00

Quote

2008-05-14T13:14:00.002+08:00

“Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion”

Parkinson’s Law
Cyril Parkinson, 1957

Snow Patrol - Chocolate lyrics

2008-05-06T02:19:00.001+08:00

This could be the very minute
I'm aware I'm alive
All these places feel like home

With a name I'd never chosen
I can make my first steps
As a child of 25

This is the straw, final straw in the
Roof of my mouth as I lie to you
Just because I'm sorry doesn't mean
I didn't enjoy it at the time

You're the only thing that I love
It scares me more every day
On my knees I think clearer

Goodness knows I saw it coming
Or at least I'll claim I did
But in truth I'm lost for words

What have I done it's too late for that
What have I become truth is nothing yet
A simple mistake starts the hardest time
I promise I'll do anything you ask this time

Quote

2008-05-05T18:32:00.002+08:00

You're only young once, but you can be immature forever.

Quote (One Tree Hill (S05E12))

2008-05-05T04:49:00.003+08:00

In life if you let it, you can always come up with reasons to give up.
But if you don't, you might just find love in places you never imagined.
Whatever it is, just don't give up on it.
And if you don't get it you might get something better.

Quotes

2008-04-30T20:08:00.001+08:00

There are times in life when the paths of two people cross, even if only for a short while. yet, a person’s life can change because of a meeting which lasts no more than a few moments.

Sure, you can always find prettier, handsomer, skinnier, wiser, richer, younger, or zippier. But more often than not, one might learn the most, laugh the loudest, and smile the widest with those they’ve already found, especially when they stop looking elsewhere.

I have learnt is not to go into a relationship just for the sake of being in one. it’d just be a waste of time, emotions and money and it’s totally not worth it.

Quote

2008-04-29T13:59:00.002+08:00

"These things will not be gotten over,
but they will be gotten used to.
Life is persistent."

- Woodchuck

Excerpt From A Blog I Read

2008-04-28T01:08:00.001+08:00

“Dear form teacher of XXX,

My daughter has a pencil box full of stationary. Recently, 8 or 9 pens have gone missing from the case. Please look into this very serious matter.

I look forward to your favourable reply.”

Hmmm, you think we should open a school-wide investigation?

“XXX Secondary School’s formal inquiry into the disapperance of 9 pens from a student’s pencil case.” Perhaps we need to call in the police and activate the elite crack gurkha units to join in the search?

I know men and woman are from different planets. But seriously, Singaporeans orginate from another universe.

Beginnings. Everyday.

2008-04-03T22:26:00.006+08:00

Each one of us needs a new beginning at some point or other. But it needn't come with a bang of fireworks or a streaking comet. New beginnings often come slowly. They may even sneak up on you—like a tiny ray or sun slipping out from beneath a black cloud. You can be inspired by the smallest things, so keep your eyes open.

Quotes The Last Lecture

2008-03-14T16:22:00.004+08:00

We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand.

Fundamentals, fundamentals, fundamentals. You’ve got to get the fundamentals down because otherwise the fancy stuff isn’t going to work.

when you’re screwing up and nobody’s saying anything to you anymore, that means they gave up.

Experience is what you get when you didn’t get what you wanted.

Remember, the brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls are not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something. Because the brick walls are there to stop the people who don’t want it badly enough.

Wait long enough and people will surprise and impress you.

You obviously don’t know where the bar should be, and you’re only going to do them a disservice by putting it anywhere.

The best way to teach somebody something is to have them think they’re learning something else.

Never lose the childlike wonder. It’s just too important. It’s what drives us.

Loyalty is a two way street.

The best of the gold’s at the bottom of barrels of crap.

Get a feedback loop and listen to it.

Anybody can get chewed out. It’s the rare person who says, oh my god, you were right. As opposed to, no wait, the real reason is…

When people give you feedback, cherish it and use it.

Show gratitude.

Don’t complain. Just work harder.

Be good at something, it makes you valuable.

Find the best in everybody.

You might have to wait a long time, sometimes years, but people will show you their good side. Just keep waiting no matter how long it takes. No one is all evil. Everybody has a good side, just keep waiting,it will come out.

Luck is truly where preparation meets opportunity.

It’s not about how to achieve your dreams. It’s about how to lead your life.

If you lead your life the right way, the karma will take care of itself. The dreams will come to you.

Randy Pausch's Last Lecture

2008-03-11T15:18:00.004+08:00

Christy Kenneally

2008-02-27T16:40:00.003+08:00

“Never ever doubt
That we will meet again
Until that happy day,
I will grow with God
And wait for you”

- Christy Kenneally

Sometimes we just need to be reminded!

2008-02-24T20:04:00.003+08:00

A well-known speaker started off his seminar by: holding up a $20.00 bill In the room of 200, he asked, 'Who would like this $20 bill?

Hands started going up.

He said, 'I am going to give this $20 to one of you but first, let me do this. He proceeded to crumple up the $20 dollar bill.

He then asked, 'Who still wants it?'

Still the hands were up in the air.

Well, he replied, 'What if I do this?'

And he dropped it on the ground and started to grind it into the floor with his shoe. He picked it up, now crumpled and dirty.

'Now, who still wants it?'

Still the hands went into the air.

My friends, we have all learned a very valuable lesson. No matter what I did to the money, you still wanted it because it did not decrease in value. It was still worth $20.

Many times in our lives, we are dropped, crumpled, and ground into the dirt by the decisions we make and the circumstances that come our way.

We feel as though we are worthless. But no matter what has happened or what will happen, you will never lose your value.

Dirty or clean, crumpled or finely creased, you are still priceless to those who DO LOVE you.

The worth of our lives comes not in what we do or who we know, but by WHO WE ARE and WHOSE WE ARE.

You are special - Don't EVER forget it.

Count your blessings, not your problems. And remember: amateurs built the ark .... professionals built the Titanic.

If God brings you to it - He will bring you through it.

An excerpt from a blog entry

2008-02-01T07:33:00.001+08:00

I’ve always held the belief that when you focus on something, you magnify (your experience of) it. you focus on the negative, then you experience only the negative. and all you have to do to change your experience of the world is to simply change the way you think. that’s all there is to it. you can only be angry if you allow yourself to be; you can only be offended if you let yourself be; and you can be happy if you choose to be.

There is beauty in everything, and if we choose to focus on that, then beauty is all we will see and experience.

Life is a very good teacher, but how good a student do we want to be?

I leave it to you all to judge.

2008-01-21T22:05:00.001+08:00

What Reeza Means

You are wild, crazy, and a huge rebel. You're always up to something. You have a ton of energy, and most people can't handle you. You're very intense. You definitely are a handful, and you're likely to get in trouble. But your kind of trouble is a lot of fun.

You are friendly, charming, and warm. You get along with almost everyone. You work hard not to rock the boat. Your easy going attitude brings people together. At times, you can be a little flaky and irresponsible. But for the important things, you pull it together.

You are incredibly wise and perceptive. You have a lot of life experience. You are a natural peacemaker, and you are especially good at helping others get along. But keeping the peace in your own life is not easy. You see things very differently, and it's hard to get you to budge.

You are usually the best at everything ... you strive for perfection. You are confident, authoritative, and aggressive. You have the classic "Type A" personality.

What's Your Name's Hidden Meaning?

American Idol 7 - Renaldo Lapuz

2008-01-20T13:39:00.000+08:00

Watch this. Its hilarious

House Bloopers

2008-01-20T13:30:00.000+08:00

past

2007-12-30T23:40:00.000+08:00

yesterday reminded me of something but it seems that you all have forgetten about so i shall just let it be....

‘Revelations’ (Peiyu Dance)

2007-10-18T21:51:00.000+08:00

This is for all Canberra Secondary School Modern Dancers. The details for Peiyu's dance are below. For those of you who are interested in attending this dance performance. Please confirm with me by Sunday (21st Oct) and bring $9 on Monday (22nd Oct). I will collect the money form you after school.

‘Revelations’ by Apsara Asia in collaboration with Gamelan Asmaradana & RP’s Modern and Indian Dance Group

Date: 5 Dec & 6 Dec 07
Time: 7.30pm
Venue: TRCC Theatre
Ticket Price: $10
Early Bird: $9 (Before 23rd Oct)

Revelations brings the great epic Ramayana alive through a contemporary dance production with the seamless integration of music, dance and theatrical elements. Live music weaves the essence of Asian dance styles and presents a contemporary touch. Be spellbound by Revelations that takes a journey into the life of mankind, and expounds the facade of man, beyond his goodness......

Re-live the moments of Ramayana through REVELATIONS.... the journey.

How much is your blog worth?

2007-10-18T14:41:00.000+08:00

My blog is worth $6,774.48.

How much is your blog worth?

2006-03-08T07:37:00.000+08:00

I feel short

Absolute Idiocy, or The Benefits of the Singaporean Education System

2006-02-14T00:19:00.000+08:00

(Source: http://youngrepublic.blogspot.com/2006/02/absolute-idiocy-or-benefits-of.html)

A: Today I accompanied my brother to collect his O-level results. At the foyer of his alma mater, Bowen Secondary School, a crowd was gathered. We thought that something might have happened and like any normal nosey Singaporeans rushed forward to the rabble. It turns out that the crowd consisted of students who had been prevented from entering school premises, for unsalubrious reasons such as 'inappropriate dress (e.g. spaghetti straps and short skirts)', having 'dyed or punkish hair', or (get behind me Satan!) wearing slippers.

Now this would be fine, except that these students weren't allowed, at all, to enter the school hall to collect their results at the set time (1430hrs). They were told that they could only return at 1600hrs if they wanted their results. Meanwhile, they were being shooed off campus by the security guards, despite the fact that it was raining and that the closest shelter was a block of HDB flats about 5 minutes away.

The question is, of course, why? Apparently because the school did not want to associate its own image with a bunch of hooliganish thugs (of course, hooliganish thugs always dye their hair and have 'punkish' coifs). Fine and good. But why then must these students be excluded from the excitement that is supposed to be their result-collection? Imagine the prospect of, after almost three months, returning to your old school, wanting to enjoy a small chat with your teacher, celebrate the achievements of the school with your classmates, mourn your losses - only to be stopped rudely at the foyer and be denied entry.

Imagine now that 60 or 70 of your peers are also denied entry: in a class of 400, that's about 15%.This pissed me off greatly, needless to say. Brainless policies with little grounding in a sense of utility often do. First of all, what gives the school control over their ex-students? To disallow them from collecting their results in a timely fashion and to exclude them from school activities just because they have not adhered to a strict dress-code is, to my mind, just absolutely brainless. Of course, this would be more acceptable (but still unacceptable) had they informed the students earlier: according to students, however, they had only been informed the day before by SMS. The dress-code bias is plainly pointless: these are no longer students of Bowen Secondary School, but young adults and, dare I say, members of society at large. They should not be subject to the rules of the school any longer, and to punish them for not doing so by barring them from collecting their results on time and making them wait another one and a half hours serves absolutely no purpose at all.

To preserve the pristine image of the school is, to my mind, not good enough a reason: this plays merely into the hands of the superstitious and unenlightened who still believe that dyeing one's hair a certain colour or keeping one's hair long or dressing down is somehow evidence of unsavoury character. Furthermore, no objective standard was employed in turning the students away: some students with short-ish hair, but who had gelled it up in a spiky fashion (which I assume was confused with 'punkish') were also prevented entry by the Operations Manager of the school.To turn students away based on external appearance is silly, but to turn them into the rain is just gratuitously cruel. The students were told to leave because the gates were being shut (they were not, by the way), and many made their way to the HDB flats across the street or went for roti prata at the hawker centre across the street. Some even desperately went to the nearest barber to get their hair cut so that they could collect their results as soon as humanly possible.

So what's been achieved by this feat of brainlessness? This hasn't proven any point, and even if it has, it probably was a very trivial, insignificant and extremely petty point. Nor is this going to endear the students to their alma mater. Nor will it please parents, some of whom (like my own mother) was dressed inappropriately (my mother was in a spaghetti strap), and sported hair that was not typically Asian.'...Our scholars have also risen up the ranks to take up leadership positions in schools. Some outstanding examples include Mdm Yeo Teck Yong, Principal of Tanjong Katong Girls' School, Mdm Soh Wai Lan, Principal of Anderson Secondary, Mr Paul Chua, Principal of Bowen Secondary and Mr Sin Kim Ho, Principal of Greenview Secondary. Each of them was amongst our youngest officers to be made Principals. They are worthy role models for our scholarship recipients, and indeed, for all young teachers too...' -Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Minister for Education, 4 Aug 2005 Mr Paul Chua, principal of Bowen, has obviously had the advantage of a good education, and is supposed to be young and hopefully dynamic.

Yet his school policies reflect a startling and disturbing lack of sense as well as a rather reactionary bent: could we read into this a certain general malaise that infects Singapore? All things bad about Singapore - silly prejudice, petty showings of power, pointless enforcement of a draconian sense of 'discipline' as shown by one's dress sense, the treatment of the student (or even ex- student) as criminal - have been evinced by this. I can only hope that Mr Paul Chua is satisfied with himself: I know about 60 or 70 adolescents who aren't.

B: I agree with Jireh's comments on this issue. The actions of Bowen Secondary were needlessly cruel. If the school wanted its former students to come back in proper dress ( and I do not disagree with this in principle), advance warning about this should have been given long before. The school should not be able to rely on its own half hearted failure to inform its students.

C: I seem to recall that some of the RI students in my batch who had come back to collect 'O' level results with dyed hair were also warned about their inappropriate attire, but whether they were turned away or not I do not know. What I recall is that no advance notice was given to us about proper attire.

D: I understand the desire for even ex-students to be well groomed, but to prevent them from collecting their results? and turning them out into the rain?that's just cruel.

E: That's what you get when you send ex-SAF/Police personnel to schools when they retire.

F: Just a technical question: if there were so many of them who were turned away, why didn't they just physically force their way into the school, greeting the security guards who tried to stop them with loud 'fuck yous'? This surely is what I would have done.By the way a similar incident occured a few years ago at St Andrews Sec School. A boy who was openly gay had his O level cert withheld from him for no reason, forcing his parents to go to the school to collect them, only to be greeted by a Principal who was more interested in informing them about their son's sexual orientation (they already knew anyway but whatever) than about his academic performance. This is chronicled somewhere in Yawning Bread, but I'm too lazy now to look for the exact post.

G: The intrusiveness Singapore's schools feel the need to display in regard to clothing, whether in respect of students or ex-students, has truly baffled me for some time now. What purpose does this serve beyond the satisfaction of a fetishistic desire for compliant uniformity? (Perhaps a principle underlying any kind of 'uniform,' tellingly named, but some sense of proportion wouldn't go amiss.) F's suggested response will be strongly encouraged from any children I might ever have who attend school in Singapore. I'll be the parent from hell!

H: Maybe to maintain a sense of decorum? Wearing what befits the occasion can be a show of respect to your own school as well as to the teachers who are handing the results out to you.There is a dress code for every occasion. Why should school events be singled out for criticism?

I: Because they're Singaporean kids and such a blatant disregard of authority figures is unthinkable. Poor kids. And anyway, so what if they physically forced their ways into the school? Could they physically demand their results?While I don't agree with the school rules, I do understand where they're coming from. School uniforms ensure students are neat and well-dressed (ignoring students who alter their uniforms), which is arguably something we'd like our children to learn. That's why I believe that school uniforms should be clean and tidy at all times. But as a teacher, I would ignore things like dyed hair and pierced ears and even tattoos (unless it's a huge one proclaiming his membership in a gang...). Also, being forced to always be neat instills discipline, which I still consider a necessary duty of schools.

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MAD 05 Logistics PPL

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EMO (Still Cannot Remember Her Name) & Me

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Me & Eugenie

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Me & Hui Ling

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Weiying & Me

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Puay Shian & Me

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Height Difference

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MAD 05 (31st Dec)

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May Yee, Me & Weiying

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Me & Cheryl Lee

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PH Managers & ME

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PH Managers, Wilson & Me

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Trying to act Cute (Looks Very Unsuccessful)

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May Yee, Wei Ying, Wilson (SRJC), Curtbeth, Wilson (ECO), Me & Yao Xing

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Weiying

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Wilson (ECO)

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May Yee, Wei Ying, Wilson & Me

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Me, May Yee, Weiying & Wilson

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Me, Weiying & May Yee

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Gina & ME

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Wilson, Weiying, Curtbeth, May Yee & ME

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cute

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Me & Vanessa

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MAD Volunteers

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MAD Volunteers

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MAD Volunteers

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ASAP XMAS Outing

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ASAP XMAS Outing

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ASAP XMAS Outing

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ASAP XMAS Outing

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Wei Teck

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Yun Ting Sleeping

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Xin Ying

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Me @ Cathay

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Apple & Grace

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Pearlyn

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Charissa & Vijayan

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Wei Teck @ Tampines MRT

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Me @ Giving Tree

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Pastamania @ Tampines Mall

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Tampines Mall

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Vijayan

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Me & Yun Ting

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Pastamania @ Tampines Mall

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The Computer Lab Is Now Pink!!!

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Computer Lab 1

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Notice The Difference

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Blur Skyline (No Tripod)

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blur

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Skyline

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Vijayan

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Singapore Skyline

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Durian Head

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Setting Up Tripod

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Esplanade Mini Performence Area

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Esplanade

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Esplanade

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Esplanade

kids - This looks at the trends of how teens post in their blogs

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I found this interesting so i shall share it with you all

Source: http://siaoland.blogspot.com/2005/12/kids.html

1. sTicKyCaPs. I HaVe No IdEa wHy ThEy LoVe tO wRiTe lIke ThIs, sO IrRiTaTiNg lOrX, I dUn eVeN kNoW WhAt tHe hElL ThEy aRe wRitiNg aBoUt, aNd tHeY aRe So pROuD Of It lOlx ~

2. Are kids today having grammar problems? Or did teachers teach them to write extra letters? For example: todaee horr, thatt teaacherr verii thee cb lehh.. keepp piickiing on miie iin class.. ii dunn liike herr faccee lorr… Or are they blind or what? Can’t see that I there, so there’s a need to add an extra I? If you really can’t see, please go and get yourself a pair of spectacles in case if there’s this need of adding more extra letters in words in the future!

3. After grammar, comes the vocabulary problem. Can’t they just spell properly? Their you = euu, is = ishhh, blog = bloggie, cool = kewl, me = moii or meii, etc. If they really want to be inventors pleases invent some extraordinary words that are not being found in any dictionary instead of just changing their spelling! No wonder our English standard is dropping, hAiX~

4. In...most...blog, they love... to do...this, they....did...this...so that....their...posts...will...look longer. If...they write....until like...that...then...I suggest...that...they...might...as well....don’t....update...their...blog. What’s...the use...of writing....lots...of..craps with...lots of ...............

5. Everybody is talking about project superstar! I know that they will be their future idol, but is there a need to paste them all around blogskins? If that’s the reason then I advice this people to paste them on walls and offer them joss sticks and pray to them! Just a simple blogskin will do right? Is there even a need to paste all this idols everywhere?

6. Next is the color contrast. They love to have all sorts of bright bright blogskins, and their posts are filled with bright bright fonts, it’s really irritating because I need to highlight them in order to read all this posts! I wonder if they have special eyes that allows them to filter off bright bright colors? If not why is there a need to make your whole blog bright bright? This kind of blog people will never give a damn about them!

7. As we know that blogs are public diaries, but I have no idea why there are people who love to use this “Anti right-click” Html. It’s not like you are a supermodel or what and people are stealing all of your pictures. If you don’t like other people to steal your pictures, then don’t post them! As easy as that. By the way, whenever there’s something which captures my attention in a blog whose owner blocks my right-click, I my ways of getting them! Way 1. Use the “view source button” Way 2. Use Firefox, it will allow you to right-click even if the anti right-click html is on! These are some useful ways to copy people stuff even if they don’t allow. Enjoy copying!

8. No matter it’s a guy or a girl, they love to “show off” their like and dislike. Take for example, lots of them love: chocolates, ice cream, toys, etc. And dislike: back stabbers, KPKB teachers, alone, liars, perverts, etc. I wonder what makes them so different from others? Who love back stabbers, etc. Only them?

9. Cliche lines. Have you notice that they love to quote "it takes a minute to know someone, an hour to like him, a day to love him, and a lifetime to forget him". It’s so unrealistic! An hour to like someone! You must be joking with me man! No wonder there are so many “innocent” girls who proclaim that they have got cheated! Please la…life is not that simple as an hour to like someone or a day to love him! WAKE UP!!

10. I bet that there are people who think their life is a messy and everything, for example "my whole life is in a mess... family, friendship, career... i am beginning to hate myself... i am sad and lonely... when will i be able to find the right person to save me?" Please this is YOUR life, not other people’s, and you will have to save your own self instead of “Ohhh…my Romeo come and save me from all my suffering!” WAKE UP, WAKE UP !!!

Good Bye!!! & God Bless!!!

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