RuDy's...

No freaking time...

2011-03-15T22:33:00.002+08:00

Super duper hectic year....
Happy so far, but really hectic...

Falling sick by the day.......got to keep myself strong.
National X-Country next week...exactly 1 week.
No time to lose.
I am so involved in work...geezzzzzzz

Met Din a couple of days ago...yup Din my housemate in Sydney.
He's in Melbourne now...PR.
Everyone there is doing something different...
Taichiro's a translator (back in Tokyo).
Desmon's a model (some unicycle thingy....back in Sydney)
Din's in the printing industry in Melbourne....

If only....if only I had stayed there......life would be so freaking different for me.
A model? Definitely not...no looks....no height...haha.
Media industry....sounds so tempting....if only......sigh.
But no Rudy...you wanted to come back to Singapore. Yes...Singapore has been good....nice even. I've had many good memories....with my students mostly. And of course most importantly family. But I just wonder....if I could just see....just see what I would be doing now if I had stayed in Sydney after uni....and not come back home in 2003.

One thing's for sure, I would not be able to cope with the pace in Singapore now. I guess it all remains a mystery.....

I miss Sydney....I miss uni.....I miss Foundation year.....(though I don't miss some classes - those that I suck at where the bloody ang mohs dominate the class).

I miss my laid back life in Sydney......15 hours per week....and the weather...and Coogee Beach body surfing......*back to reality Rudy*

I miss 3H/4H, my 5 little devils, my lads......life.....life is like a box of chocolates.....you'll never know what you're gonna get.....Forrest Gump is so right...

Day-dreamer,
RuDy

New Year 2011...

2011-01-03T14:59:00.002+08:00

Happy New Year....

3 Jan 2011.....a year has passed.
I feel so much older now.
Another batch of kids graduating....sigh. It's OZG's, Ishaq's, Arjay's and Sylvia's batch this year. I guess I won't see them anymore in less than a year.

New year's resolution...to help those who needs help. I'll stick to that.

It's going to be another long year. 2010 was great....I sure hope 2011 will be the same.

Make or break year....let's see if I'm up for it.

Oh well.......I'll let you know along the way.

Time to prep for a long year ahead....I'm out of here.

Looking-forward-to-this-year,
RuDy

GCE N Level Results...

2010-12-19T13:22:00.002+08:00

Excellent....nothing more to say.
Why? Both top students were from my class.
Nasuha Bte Hussain and Joanne Leng with 5As. In addition, 6 other students - Hema, Jasmine, Yuen He, Meiting, Simone and Yan Ni had 4As.

Last year's top student only had 4 As. The results speaks for itself.
So freaking proud of these 4NT kids.
EL results - 90.1% passes....not bad huh?

I'll miss this batch most. Only because 4H is my dearest form class and 4G, I see them everyday for EL.

Geeezzz...can't believe they're finally out of school. A new phase of life in ITE.

It's times like this that keeps me going :)

I-need-motivation,
RuDy

It's getting harder by the day...

2010-12-09T00:41:00.002+08:00

One minute you're up, and the next you are down.

It's just so hard. So roller coaster like.

I had a good birthday (I think).
On that very morning, I found out that my dearest Ms Nathan passed away. She was found dead at home.
http://sg.yfittopostblog.com/2010/12/01/innova-jc-teacher-found-dead-in-flat/
Rest in peace my dearest teacher.
She was my all time favorite teacher. My biggest regret, to not have spend more time with her after I started teaching. I guess Agus and I were her favorites....but..sigh.

Next day, I had my CCA Leaders camp. I lve them to bits. They sabo-ed me....with flour and whip cream. I'm a million percent sure idea was Sylvia's. Though I'm so damn thankful to have Sylvia. She's an angel (though not many people will agree).
I'm alright with that. It was after all for them to have fun. They bought me gifts...2 to be exact. A PINKISH PURPLISH G STRING (which I'm gonna burn) and an Arsenal replica jersey. Loved them. A bunch of angels.
Pics are on my fb.

On the first, they planned a bonding session for the juniors. Which was alright. I didn't want to butt in. Everything was done by them.

A bunch of responsible leaders - they'll go far.

My athletes...I really don't know. I keep on telling myself that I SHOULD NOT get too personal. I am so disappointed to see only ahandful turning up for training.
Aaaarrrrgggghhhh.....I can't be a social worker like this.

Maybe I should just be like those teachers who don't give a hoot about what their students are doing. Maybe then I'll live longer and won't be so stressed out.

Then again, it's occasions such as what my leaders put up which drives me on.

Please oh please allow me to sustain my passion and my drive for my students.

I will need to summon all the positive memories to help me through this period. Easier said than done....

Mentally tired,
RuDy

I'm tired...

2010-11-23T12:08:00.002+08:00

It's times like this that I wonder if I have done enough...

Enough to inspire the future generation...
I tried, believe me I did....but I guess the outside/peer influence is so much more influential than I am...

I know that I can't change the world, can't change everyone...but those that I really feel the need to help/change don't seem to see it at all.
I put in effort/time/blood/sweat/tears...everything. It's just not freaking happening.

The only thing that keeps me going...for now is memories. Again, relivingthese memories....
I had my little devils who meant the world to me...Weiwen (arguably my favorite, yet the most volatile), Eileen, Feon, Sandi (the sweetest of them all who always seems so stable) and Cheryl.
Then it ended...
A new batch began, my fantastic lads - Guhan, Vikram, Edward, Ashwin, Raj, Ramarao.....again, they've gone. They were good....no great. Blood, sweat and tears...wonderful lads.

Now...I don't know who I'm working and striving for.

People always say, some students will do anything for their teachers.......I'll do anything for my kids.

I think I've done a lot. Have I not? I guess it is never enough.

Now who.....my athletes are no longer build like Raj, Guhan, Edward, Ashwin and Vikram anymore. These boys put in 110% in everything that they undertook. Perhaps I'll never have a batch like them again. Is my passion for my athletes dwindling? Or is it them who just doesn't want it as much as the seniors anymore....My consolation ozg, ishaq and raafik. I'm just glad that they are still wonderful boys.....

I have/had wonderful talented boys and girls now.....shahril, sharwin, iniyan (had). Ani, nazeera, huimin and camilah arguably could have been a fantastic four. I guess they don't have the passion....
I feel bad.....sad....disappointed even. So much hope was pinned on these 4....but nothing to even dream of now.

Emissaries.....Sylvia and Arjay keeps me going. I just feel it in them, that they would want the best for their peers. I see it in their eyes, I feel it in the heartbeat and I sense it when I talk to them. Again, I know it's just for a couple of years....they'll be out of the system in a year or so.

Then what? Back to square one.......

Start all over again? A new batch of students...

Now I understand why....I understand why teachers need to have a heart of stone.
Not easy to see my first batch of sec 4s graduate....4H was special. I'll miss them....

All over again...year in, year out. Emotionally draining.....I see why some of the senior staff don't want to bond with the kids....not easy.

Let's see how much longer I can keep this up.......

Tired,
RuDy

15 Sept 2010

2010-09-15T12:48:00.001+08:00

Date: 15 Sept 2010...

Many things have happened since the last time I made an entry.

1) Kind of forget that this page existed...
2) No free time...
3) Lazy...

A bit of all....sigh.

Recalling....hmmm....

Latest event I can recall was the YOG....went to a few events. namely Track events (on 2 different sessions) and gymnastics (trampoline finals).

YOG was a blast. Had the opportunity to visit the Youth Cultural Village as well. It was a good experience. An eye opener I must say.

Went with the CCA Leaders.....good leaders they are. Lots of pics as well.....

Next up, Teacher's Day. Someting diff this year. We had a carnival like atmosphere....played some games (floorball/captain's ball/frisbee).

Very different this year.......*reminiscing last year*. I had an unbelievable one last year....with my devils coming to sch. I guess it's different now.

Do I miss them? For sure....

I was glad that Guhan, Ash, Raj, Jayan dropped by as well. They are good lads. I'm sure they'll remain as good lads.

Past couple of weeks? Oh ya, Hari Raya last

Been a VERY long time...

2010-06-16T22:04:00.002+08:00

Geeezzz Lewis.......

It's been AGES since I posted. Super duper hectic year. Can't believe so many things had to be done in 2 months.

Anyway, quick one. April was Sports Day. I was meet manager. Got some friends to bring their students in the invitation relay. Charles from AI, there's Si Ling and Evergreen too.

Aleksandar Duric was our GOH. Everything went well. We had Lyo and Merly there too. Good stuff. Carnivallike atmosphere....damn. Need to post the pics.

May - exam period!!! Tough....marking was tough.

June - HOLIDAYS!!! haha. Brought some of the kids to Cambodia, Siam Reap for their CIP trip. It was an eye opener. Weather was like 36 degrees and not a single fan in the classrooms in Cambodia. And to think that our kids are complaining when one of the 6 fans in the classroom is not working. Shame on us....
The kids there are so hands on. They fix their own tables and chairs. Hats off to them.

I think there's more that I can do to contribute to the society. So much more. ...I guess I need to reflect on it.

World Cup is HERE!!! Like the previous 5 World Cup, I am rooting for my Germany!!! Yeah, it's time to emulat the triumph of 1990!!!

OOhhh....time to watch the Spain game now. Post more later....

Ole-Ole-Ole-Ole,
RuDy

No time..

2010-03-20T18:55:00.001+08:00

Busy as a bee...

Blog is dead....

2010-03-16T23:02:00.000+08:00

Haven't blog for donkey years...

Happy or sad...

2010-01-12T17:23:00.002+08:00

It's been a while that I wrote....

Don't ask me why....maybe no time. Anyway, O levels results yesterday. Ya....
For the first time....I felt a lump in my throat. The last time I felt this way, was maybe when Raj's batch took their N levels results...Dec 2008. (And how can I forget my 5 little devils in AI).

Beats me.....

I'm still wondering....

I'm proud and happy that Guhan, Lyani, Edward, Vikram, Ashwin, Jayan (my lads) did well. Averaging between 12 to 16 points is pretty decent. The fact that some of them can even make it to JCs is even more outstanding.

The lump in my throat....it'll take a while to go off.
I guess it comes with the job huh? One batch comes and another goes....
Though I've never taught them any major subjects (hey, not that I'm complaining), it's just I've always been deployed to where it is needed.....and in this case, we all know where I'm needed.

Anyway, though I've never taught them any major subjects, it's the experiences that I went through with them....Edward, Ash, Vikram and Lyani were my campleaders. ALL were my CCA members....half of them were my councillors....

We sure went through some sh*t together. And I sure did scr*w my boys for some silly stuff they did. But it's the whole package....I just feel more attached to them than others. When we train, we train our asses off. Up to the point that Vikram couldn't close his mouth...haha. Those were the fun times we had. Many fun times....

Maybe they'll hate me....I don't know. Maybe as time passed by, they won't even remember me. But that's fine.....I won't forget them. It'll be stored somewhere in this pea size brain of mine. I'm proud....very proud that they made it to somewhere and that they'll contribute to the society in time to come.

I guess I never had the opportunity to thank them personally.....to thank them for teaching me and allowing me to understand people better. Thank you lads......

My little devils didn't tell me how they did. That's fine....after all, I'm no longer with them. But I'm sure they did well.

I wish my 5 little devils and my lads all the best for their future. May they be successful in years to come.

Sad-yet-proud,
RuDy

Over in no time...

2009-12-19T12:11:00.003+08:00

Went to ECP with the kids....tiring but fun. A bit of sun, sand and the sea.

3rd week of December...

Time really passes by fast when you're having fun. Oh well...been spending $$$ like nobody's business.

Just bought another pair of Gel Nimbus 10 (copper) yesterday.
If I was a millionaire....my god, I don't know how many gazillion shoes I would have bought. From running to trekking to sneakers to smart to casual and the list goes on and on.

My mom, dad and my niece at my sis-in-law's wedding dinner @ NSHomeTeam Club.

Gonna go check out other stuff. Laterz...

December-passes-by-too-fast,

RuDy

$200 + Taiwan...

2009-11-28T12:09:00.002+08:00

Yup....
Got my silver = $200.

Went to Taiwan a few days ago....5 days 4 nights.
It was sweet. Of course it was just the 2 of us. Weather was great...16 degress to 21 degrees. Cool.....
We stayed at Ximending area. visited a couple of places.
The only setback was food. It is so damn difficult to find halal food. Thank god we have this Tour of Taiwan brochure stating where the Muslim food can be located. There's only like 5 restaurants in the whole of Taipei. Like it or not, we had to find our way to these restaurants. Only problem is, the restaurants are so far away from where we stayed.
The MRT line is pretty straight forward, similar to Singapore but we just had to walk for long distances to get from one place to another. We didn't take the bus for fear of not knowing where we might end up.
Even the coffee houses like Starbucks serves pork. So basically, we only have like one meal per day. The rest of the time, we just munch on bread etc.

It was nice. There's like shopping streets everywhere. Pretty similar to Hongkong I suppose. It's just that Taiwanese people are generally more polite than those from HK. That's the experience I got having visited HK last Dec.

Oh well, time to take a nap. Will post some pics....when I have time. haha. Plain lazy...

Sleepy,
RuDy

O levels is on...

2009-11-04T14:23:00.002+08:00

One more week for O levels.....

Camp is over.....students are officially no longer needed in school. Only for CCAs and etc.

Thank god there's a bunch of dedicated ones....who always comes for CCA.
Went for a short run today...5km. HAving a hard time catching up with the young ones. Geeezzz.....shows how unfit I am.

IPPT in less than 2 weeks....14 November 2009.
Yup yup. Hopefully can maintain a silver....$200. Hopefully of course. haha.

The fasting month and Hari Raya didn't help. Just as I was getting back into shape, fell ill...flu and cough. It's been 3 weeks and there's still phlegm in my system. Can't seem to fully get it out.

Then again, I only have myself to blame....Magnum, TimeOut, Haagen Daz....hehe. Lower back also aching all the time. I really need to strengthen my lower back area. It's just so freaking weak.

How I wish I was 15 years younger. In fact 10 or 11 years younger would be good. The fittest time of my life. Half marathon wasn't a problem at all. How to go for the Urbanathlon in January. Really really really need to train for it.

Hopefully the December holiday would be a good time to work on the fitness.

Alright alright....get some work done now. Ciaoz....

PS: Wonder how my "mackels" and "little devils" do for their Os.

Lower-back-aching,
RuDy

Deepavali over...

2009-10-22T12:56:00.002+08:00

Last time I wrote, Hari Raya was over.
Now, Deepavali is over.
So is the EOY.

Planning for camp next week. Busy like a bee. So little time so much things to do...sigh.

I need a holiday. My planned trip to Taiwan isn't working.....not yet anyway. EVA air is full....hopefully the Beijing trip will work out. If not, Malaysia, here I come.

I'm feeling so not 100%. Keep on coughing and huge amount of phlegm in the system. I wonder where the phlegm is stored. It seems that I just can't get rid of it.

Keep on blowing my nose, coughing it out but it's just never ending.

Haven't watched movie for a long time either....

The other day I was just thinking....what about? Check this out...

July 2005 - WRS. Joyce was my favorite student. So was Ghani.
What happened to them? Ghani's doing ok....in ITE now. Attached to Evergreen Pri I think. Joyce...no clue. No idea....

Jan 2007 - AISS. I've got my all time favorite little devils (still is my alltime favorite) - Weiwin, Cheryl, Sandi, Feon and of course Eileen. As I saw time and again, they never fail to surprise me and one of the reasons why I can still smile even after a long day at work.

Current - WSS. Favorites? Only a few comes close. Raj, Ramarao, Guhan, Ashwin and Vikram. Yes, they may be a big pain on my @$$, but they are my runners. And good runners I must say. I'll miss them....the 3 who are graduating this year.

Anyway, stages of euphoria........

Sick,
RuDy

Hari Raya period

2009-09-23T12:49:00.002+08:00

It's Wednesday today. Hari Raya Aidilfitri was just 3 days ago, Sunday.
Didn't do much. Same old story. It just doesn't feel like a festive season this year. Went to Cik Misah's place. It was quiet....very quiet for my own liking. I always thought that Hari Raya was supposed to be all noisy and joyous occasion. It just felt "normal" this year....just like a normal day.

Second half of the day, we went to Cik Sal's place. I still have ONE grandparent left....grandma. Who's like old and frail and no idea what is happening. Dad's mother. She has no idea who I am....can't help it.

I ate and ate and ate. I feel very FAT now. hehe.
I need to work it off.
Monday was a public holiday. We didn't do much. In fact, we did nothing. Just stayed home all day long watching TV. haha. Felt good.
Yesterday, played a bit of soccer....
Now, I'm down with a flu....I feel bad now.
And to think that I have a game this Friday...a mini tournament in fact.

Hopefully can recover in time.

I need plenty and plenty and plenty of fluids....and vitamin C. I should have played and run around just now. It just made me feel worse. Sheeesh....
Damn it....can't find Vitamin C in here. Looks like it's plenty of water for me.

Time-to-rest,
RuDy

Haven't been up late for like donkey years...

2009-09-11T16:17:00.002+08:00

Guess what, I got home like super duper late. After like gazillion years of sleeping in early (due to work) and a change in my lifestyle, I actually could stay up late.

Went to "The Cage" for midnight madness of football. Played there from11pm till 1am (booked the place of course. I went with Ryan (he drove) and played with Charles' friends. Second time we're playing together.

Chill out a bit and then went for makan at D'Rubinah. Had to eat anyway....if not, I'll be like cannot take it for the whole of today. Sleep at 4 plus....got up at 4.45am again for morning makan with my dear. She makan, I just drank water.

5 plus zzzzz again. All the way till 11 plus. Felt like a pig.

Anyway, last night was fun. Relax game of football....but I just don't get it how these fellas who work the next day can actually get up. No way can I like play till 1am if I'm working the next day. I guess my job requires me to be fully attentive and able to concentrate. It's not as if I'm working with machines....it's human being that I'm imparting knowledge and ensuring that they get the best out of me. I guess that's the difference between other jobs and mine...

Oh ya oh ya...I got a new toy...an N97. haha. Still figuring out some things but getting the hang of it.

There's a Nike Human Race Run coming up. Don't know whether want to participate of not. Need to find out more details first. Then get back to tip top condition. Will decide later.

House is in a mess....nedd to relocate certain stuff too.

Hmm....what's for dinner tonight...McDonalds? KFC? Feel like something oily and fattening!!! haha!!!

Ok ok...time to clean the house....again. And then off to do some markings.

Left-knee-aching,
RuDy

Good game on Saturday...

2009-09-07T15:10:00.002+08:00

Had a decent game on Saturday. Yes we won comfortably...also cause the opponent wasn't up to standard.

Then yesterday, we went to Geylang to walk around and look for stuff. In the end, splashed some $$$ on other things...namely coffee table, new fan(to replace the one that exploded a couple of weeks ago) and a new set of dining table. Dining chairs actually....I love the chairs.

Anyways, I'm in school now. Clearing some stuff. Oh ya...need to clean the house. Didn't do any vacuuming and mopping over the weekend. Got to do it today....

And maybe cook dinner.

Then, I better make my way home now.....already 3 plus....

whole-body-still-aching,
RuDy

UNBELIEVABLE Teacher's Day + ACES Day

2009-08-31T15:09:00.002+08:00

It's 31st August 2009 today.
The school was celebrating ACES Day cum Teacher's Day (Teacher's Day is tomorrow actually, 1 Sept 2009).

What happened was, the students had their dose of Yoga for ACES Day, followed by a short Teacher's Day celebration.

I guess I had a good...no, make that GREAT Teacher's Day celebration.

Here's why....

1. My class (3H) gave me a size 1 Arsenal soccer ball. My heart goes out to them. I can't believe they'd do thay for me.
2. My student, Chin Siong of 4H, gave me something too (need to open it up). Still wrapped up.
3. Zi Yin (last year was from my form class 1I), gave me a bear. I'm no longer her FT... and never expected anything. I was touched....very touched.
4. I received heaps of notes from students...extremely touched.
5. Hairuddin gave me a Nike water bottle - to be used after fasting month.

and last but not least.....the highlight of day....

My very dear ex-students, that's right, from AISS, actually came. They literally walked into the staff room to look for me. I was stunned, flabbergasted, astonished, surprised, dumbfounded etc etc etc....I was so very caught off guard.
I mean, I was talking to some ex-students, Vinee, Harwinder etc, when suddenly out of nowhere, Cheryl, Weiwen and Eileen (plus one boy whom I don't recall his name...don't think I taught him), just came up and said "Happy Teacher's Day". They were like the only ones in GREEN skirts. Geeezzzz.....it was truly a Kodak moment. If only someone had taken my picture there and then. I couldn't believe my eyes....who and what in the world was happening.
School ended at 10am for them and they took a cab to see me. We talked for a while. They gave me their cards and we spoke for a while. It was a FANTASTIC surprised.
It's times like this, really times like this, that makes me wonder.... did I make the right choice...of becoming an educator. It's times like this that I know that I made the right choice...
I didn't know how to react.... just ecstatically surprised... if there was such an expression.
Fantabulous......
One thing's for sure, for the next year, maybe five or even ten, if I'm still in this industry, I will never ever have expected such a bigger surprise than this.
This would probably be ranked as the greatest surprise of my life as an educator. I least expected any of them to drop by. An SMS maybe, a phone call maybe...but to drop by and enter the compund to look for me...not in my life. Not in this lifetime.....
Words cannot describe how I felt.....unbelievable...

After they left (if it wasn't fasting month I would have gone for lunch with them), a few of my ex-students who are now in ITE came. We chat for a bit and looks like they're doing fine. I taught them EL last year...4E. I practically see them everyday...

Raj (ex-student) just called too. He's asking if we (my wife and I) wanted to go to Orchard tonight to makan with them. It's at Lucky Plaza....a makan place that belonged to one of my colleagues. Most likely not huh? Gotta check with wife first.

I just hope I have made a good enough impact on the future of our nation.

Now, everytime I'm not sure, or feel bad at work....I'll know what to think of.
The day that 3 of my devils visited me ...Teacher's Day 2009.

Astounded-for-the-next-decade,
RuDy

O level Oral...

2009-08-25T16:41:00.002+08:00

O levels oral period is here. Hopefully weiwen did well for her oral.....she better. Especially since she had a short session with me regarding OPEC.

Anyway, it's been a good couple of weeks (especially for ALL ARSENAL fans). ahaha. My team my team my team...GOONERS!!!!

Ya ya.....Ramadhan has started. Played soccer on the first day of Ramadhan (last Saturday 22 August). Almost killed myself. No reserves and was playing with a good team AGAINST a good team. Tired.....dehydrated. You name it.

Work's been hectic (as usual). It'll be great to have a break (one coming up soon).

Anyway, that's it for now......going back home.

Singing off,
RuDy

It has been a lllooooonnnngggg couple of weeks

2009-08-21T12:47:00.003+08:00

Last week, I was like super busy preparing for the teacher's day dinner (which was well done and executed last Friday). I felt that it was well done. Hopefully others felt that way too.

Other than that, prepapring for common test and stuff.
This week, everyone's like busy with the O level oral exams. Thank god I did the N level oral. haha. Met Weiwen to clarify certain things with her with regards to her Oral exam. Hopefully she'll do well next week.

Tomorrow is FIRST day of fasting. Yes....tiring first day. And I have a soccer match at VS at 5pm.。。。。。

What in the world did I press to come out Chinese characters....sheeessshhh...had to log off and log in again. Anyway, rushing to Friday prayers now. Going for makan with my sec 4 boys...owe them a meal as they did well for Athletics last sem....3rd in SAA Road Relay. We beat Hwa Chong. haha!!!

Regards,
RuDy

NDP celebrations

2009-08-11T16:24:00.003+08:00

National Day long weekend just passed. It was ok.

I managed to get tix for the NDP this time round. Dad won the balloting and he got 4 tix. So I went with darling, mum and my darling niece Ayu. Quite an experience. Tiring but quite an experience. The goody bag's not too bad either.

The 4NT are having their prelim exams now. They said that the paper that I set this morning was HARD. Good for them.

Anyway, haven't played soccer in a while. Wanted to go last Saturday but decided not to, as it was also Chee Tiong's wedding. I went to Civil Service Club, the one at Bukit Batok for the wedding. We had some sort of a gathering....Kek, Ho, Andy, Newky, Haukhai and Jonsen. It was quite nice. We're all doing different things now.

Oh well, everyone's earning HUGE $$$ compared to me, but I still think I get the BEST satisfaction...after all, I am moulding the future of our nation...

Regards,
RuDy

Headache with the dinner planning

Unmotivated students...

2009-07-23T18:17:00.002+08:00

I have a bunch of unmotivated students. So unlike last year. I do miss Raj's and Hassan's batch. They are a good bunch of kids.

I guess every batch is different. I hope this will spur me on.

Just came back from North Zone meeting. Better e-mail the rest soon.

I was just reflecting on certain things.
1) How I missed my practicum at AI.
2) How I missed my contract teaching at WRS (not as much as AI)
3) I do miss NIE....a bit (cause it's relaxing)
4) I miss Raj's and Hassan's batch

And of course....I miss the times when I was still a student. I don't think I was that bad. Yes I do slack sometimes....but when it's time to study, I'll pull it off.

Oh well...time to do some work now.

Need-to-motivate,
RuDy

CCA yesterday...

2009-07-21T15:46:00.002+08:00

I had CCA yesterday. First official CCA session since the H1N1 outbreak in Singapore.
Tired? Yes....now also very tired. Going to finish up my marking (still in school now). Taking a break. Planning to hit the gym in a while. Need to beef up the body a bit. My lower back is killing me. Aching ALL the time.

Oh well....see how ya.

School's getting hectic with CCA starting again. Need to get back in the groove.

Went to Agus' place for housewarming on Sat (after the half day course).
Nice place he's got at Sengkang. Met a few of the sec school friends......
Shuzhen, Rong Rong, Weisian, Weiming, Meiping were there. But we were like strangers....I brought my wife along. I couldn't care less about them. I don't know whether I'm still friends with them or not. Sheesshhh....I'm asking myself in fact. haha. I mean.....ah.....like .....I don't know. I bo chup them, and they did likewise. I guess it's because of I never contact them anymore. And I'm still sore for the fact that they didn't turn up for my wedding....and they dare to call themselves my friend. Sheeeshhh....
Went to Campassvale Mall at 6pm (that's when I left Agus' place). Walked around and then went home.

Anyway, back to marking.....

Tired.
RuDy

Not good news...

2009-07-16T14:38:00.002+08:00

Bad news....what's the bad news? Some of my students have found out about my blog. Yes MY blog. Which blog? This very particular blog that I'm writing in.

Time to change the blog address......

Anyway, yesterday was my final day of N Level NT Oral at Sports School. Didn't know that Sports School had NT students. Only 5 candidates but I thought they did well. They even served us with Munchy's Donuts and Evian water...cool.

Ayumi text message me yesterday asking if we could catch up tonight. There's heaps to do tonight so we're catching up next week. Haven't seen her in a while also. She's gonna be here for sometime so it'll be good. Anyway, I think she's staying in Sentosa...that's right...IN SENTOSA. Her bf's got a place there in one of the bays. Loaded....

Gloria.....Viva La Gloria.....

I really need more pics on my blog. Ya...maybe I should take more pics......that's what I'm gonna do....more pics....

Lower-back-aching,
RuDy

I spy with my little eye....

2009-07-14T18:15:00.002+08:00

I went to Orchard for dinner with my wife over the weekend. Saturday in fact.
Guess who I met on the train. One of my little devil - Eileen. Of course she wasn't alone. She was with her bf. No wonder the boy looked familiar, like I've seen him somewhere. I spotted him at like Yio Chu Kang station and he was alone then....but he did look familiar. Later on (somewhere at Toa Payoh or Novena) my phone rang. I saw Eileen's number. When I looked up, there she was.

Anyway, I guess Singapore is like really tiny huh.

Sunday - went to Kulai to play soccer. That's right...KULAI. Where is that? In MAlaysia, slightly off Johor Baru. Still within the state of Johor but like an hour plus drive from the immigration checkpoint. Got back home at like 11.45pm. My WHOLE body is still aching from that game. Sheeeessshh.
We lost 2 nil but it was a GOOD field that we played in. Players weren't dirty and I had fun for sure.

Been busy with N level oral examination duty at Christchurch the past week and a half. One more day to go.

Time to cook dinner. Nothing special....CP chicken + ikan bilis sambal + baby kailan. With rice of course.....eating outside too often. Need to cooke regularly again.

Body-aching,
RuDy

PS: Oh ya, going to Agus' place for housewarming cum gathering this Saturday. Had to turn down Azuan for the soccer game. I guess I'll have to play for FJC on Sunday then. hehe.

Youth Day...

2009-07-06T08:19:00.002+08:00

First week of term 3 is over. Looooonnnnggg week. Geezzz...still got 9 more weeks of term 3. Today is supposed to be the first day of term 2. But it's Youth Day...so I don't need to go to school either. Last Monday, the AYG torch came to our school. It was a success....though I didn't get to hold the torch. Then there's the 2 ITE students on attachment - Lexson and Suharlika. And then there's Noriah....an NIE attachment. I'm the CT for Noriah. But she's a slacker. She doesn't seem to want to learn much....then again, it's only for 5 weeks.

I was on duty last Wednesday at TP for the final group games of the AYG soccer too. In fact last week was busy. Last Monday afternoon (after the torch relay), I had to go for my N Level Oral briefing. Immediately after that, I had to be on duty at the cultural booth at Swissotel. The AYG cultural booth. My school's hosting Bangladesh so we had a booth promoting Bangladesh's culture and stuff. Tuesday was just doing work. Wednesday, duty at Temasek Poly.

Caught up with my 5 little devils on Friday just before going home, at Causeway Point. As mentioned before, they're growing by leaps and bounds. Not only do I feel short, I feel old too. All 5 of them were there, Weiwen, Eileen, Cheryl, Sandi and Feon.

Went to Ikea with my wife on Saturday.....cost me a bomb. Damage was three hundred over dollars. I bought a shelf and tried drilling it but I think I live in a house made of steel. I couldn't penetrate the bloody wall. Damaging my own wall...sheesshh.... I'm going to Ikea with my mum later on today. I think I'm going to buy a coffee table and get the Ikea guys to come down and do the drilling. Going to cost me a bomb but at least it'll be good.

Played soccer in the rain yesterday. Was raining practically the whole afternoon till night. It's also cloudy this morning. Played at Orchid Park Sec, next to mum's house. We lost badly...5-0. I came late and played only when we were 3-0 down. We let in all the goals in the first half. No goals were conceded in the second half.
Brought sambal prawn home for dinner. hehe.

Anyway, gotta clean the house now. Have not done my vacuuming and mopping for the week. Time to get busy....

Regards,
RuDy

Transformers - Revenge of the fallen!!!

2009-06-25T18:18:00.002+08:00

Woohoo!!! Going to watch Transformers with my wife tonight!!! Great!! Meeting her at Causeway Point soon.

Last Tuesday, we got this premier ticket to watch Transformers at GV Marina (courtesy of my buddy Agus of course). He can't make it so he passed the tix to us. We went there...show supposed to start at 8.45pm. Halfway through....in fact not even halfway, technical malfunction. The show keeps on stopping every now and then. By 9.30pm...the said they can't start the machine no more. They refunded us with complimentary tickets. Sigh...what a waste.

I'm not using the complimentary tickets now. Next time....

Just now I met Wei Wen, Eileen, Feon and Cheryl at Northpoint. They look so different now. Geezzz....all grew like 10cm, except for Wei Wen...maybe 5cm. Eileen's like a head taller than me, Cheryl and Feon are like my height. Shheeessshhh.......all of my students, even my current ones, are growing taller than me. Too bad....I'll stay at 1.71m forever.

Next Monday, I'll be at Swissotel to mend the booth from 1pm to 9pm. Yes that's right...to 9pm. Gary called to tell me I'm taking over from Veronica at 1plus. MEaning I'm leaving school at 12.30pm.

Oh ya, I'm no longer the torch bearer....ya. I let Mr Raqi have his swansong by giving him the honour of holding the torch. Good for him...my only regret...is to not have the opportunity to own the torch......aaaaahhhhh wasted. Never mind....I'm sure there's other opportunities.

And then last Sat, I was on duty at Temasek Poly for the AYG soccer. These 14 year old boys are HUGE. No way can they be 14 year olds. I don't believe some of them. In TP, there were China, Pakistan, Myanmar and South Korea. I think ALL of them are taller than me. Unbelievable.

Ok, better prepare now....to go Causeway Point.

Regards,
RuDy - Transformers More Than Meets The Eye

I'm addicted....

2009-06-15T11:21:00.002+08:00

I'm addicted to this game at Timezone. It's this UFO game that picks up sweets and then pushes other sweets. It's costing me a bomb. Yesterday itself, spent like $90 just to get a small jackpot...a tiny weeny pillow.

Aiyah, spent $$$ like water. Damn it. This should not be the way.

Played soccer at the Cage last Wednesday night. That's right...night. Never in my life have I started to play soccer at 10pm at night. We played from 10pm to 12midnight. Sheesh....probably once in this lifetime. Jarred my elbow.....was going for a shot, then this bugger came whack my ankle. In order to break fall, I had to support my whole body weight with the right hand. Jarred my elbow then. Thank god nothing serious happened. Still strained now. Can't put too much weight on it. Thought I had dislocated the elbow.....cause there was this "cccrrrkkkk" sound when I fell. Turned out that I sprained my neck cause my neck was aching the next couple of days. Sheesshh.......lesson learnt. Never play soccer at night. haha

Yesterday played for FJC.....sucky game again. Lost 1-0. I have a bunch of lazy players on the field. Loose the ball, don't want to chase. Kanasai.......play like shit some more.

I'm just procrastinating from doing school work. So much work to do just so bloody lazy. Prepare this, prepare that. If I'm gonna do all the preparing, where's my holiday then? Don't know lah. Am I burning out? That's the ultimate question.....I still can't find an answer to this. I mean, being responsible for SOOOO many things. Oh well....

Anyway, going in to JB in a couple of hour's time. I need to get contact lenses.........should be cheaper there. Need to check out the price. LA Lakers have just won the NBA Championships....beating Orlando Magic 4-1.

Regards,

RuDy

Geeeezzz.......it's already June...

2009-06-03T12:31:00.002+08:00

6 months of 2009 is gone in the blink of an eye. I feel so bloody old. Don't know why.
I guess I can no longer "hang out" with my students anymore. haha. Makes me feel like a grandfather. I haven't chill out with my buddies for sometime now too. Just too tired.

Feeling so unfit and FAT. Yes fat.....gotta make use of this June break to get back into shape. So far so good. First week has been somewhat productive.

Trips to Vietnam and Cambodia are cancelled....mainly because of the H1N1. Then again, maybe it's for the good. Now I can take a break. Not so much of a long good reak. I still need to go back to school every now and then. Went back yesterday....going back again tomorrow.

Went to Causeway Point to have dinner last night. Then wife and I dropped by Timezone. We played that "sweet dropping games" ....no idea what it's called. Spent about $20 and got the jackpot. Not bad for someone who's playing it for the 3rd time only. hehe. I think I'm getting hooked to it.

Whole body aching now. Went to the gym on Monday...still feeling the pain. I haven't played football for sometime. 2 Saturdays ago was the inter staff competition. And yes we won again...
Then had our 2NT NYAA Camp last Wed - Fri. Tiring...didn't get enough shut eye.

I need to do something very productive this break. Want to do some work, but lazy. Should I book for Shang Ri LA Rasa Sentosa? I have discounts.....hmm....
Any better place to go? Running out of ideas.....

Watch movie? Already caught Terminator:Salvation. Not bad......action pack. So many things to do...so little time. Maybe I should go MacRitchie for a run. Haven't been there in a while. Good idea. I'll ask Ryan or Charles to go. Yup yup. Next week would be good. Next week it is then. Or maybe just walk at tree top walk also ok right? Haven;t been there also.

Ok, time to go watch DVD now....go and search for some old movies. Just too lazy to do anything. hehe.

Lazy,
RuDy

Updates updates....

2009-05-05T14:00:00.002+08:00

Beeeezzzeeeee month. Planning the Vietnam trip and all. After 4 bloody months of hard work, and now might need to cancel the trip.....all because of the Influenza A aka Swine Flu, H1N1 virus. What to do....not within my control.

Yes, the world is now under threat. Not as bad as SARS (hopefully will never be as bad). The thing is that this Influenza A can be passed on from one human to another unlike Bird Flu....

Looks like the Vietnam Trip will be cancelled. I'm sure the students will be devastated....furthermore, with the amount of hype that I've built up over the past 4 months. Aarrrggghhhh.....I'm getting frustrated also.

Anyway, mid year exam starts tomorrow. It's going to be a llllooonnnnggg month of June. Marking marking marking for this month. Followed by 2NT NYAA camp end of this month.

Then, Vietnam trip (most likely not now), followed by Cambodia Trip (also on hold now). Then the AYG 17th - 25th June. 29th June term starts....with the Torch Relay starting from my school. Still wondering if I'll be one of the Torch bearers....hehe.

Oh ya, I played 2 consecutive games over the weekend...in fact on Sunday itself. One game at 3pm and another at 5pm. Woah.....cannot take it. I guess I'm not as young as I was....can't play 2 back to back games anymore. haha.

I watched X-Men Origins with my dear over the weekend at CCK Lido too. It wasn't too bad.

Anyway, some stuff to do now before heading home.....going home early. Tired (as usual). My ribs are still sore after Sunday's game. Elbowed by a bloody fool......idiot.

Tired,
RuDy

National X-Country...

2009-03-30T18:47:00.002+08:00

Happy? Partially. Why? My boys did well. C Boys came in 16 position in the team events.
B Boys did better...we came in 11th position out of 63. Well done. We did all the other "mainstream" school.......even AI. hehe. The girls lost out though.

Anyway, update later. Things to do now...

Regards,
RuDy

PS: A bit disappointed my boy Guhan didn't come in top 20...too bad he got stitches...just like Ramarao last year....
Pretty sure Guhan was able to do 16 min ++.....sigh...

It has been ages...

2009-03-20T17:42:00.002+08:00

Ages since I last blogged.

It's term break (1 week) now. Not much of a break for me. Pretty much seeing students for training or other things every other day. Just had a camp leaders selection yesterday (19/3/09 - 20/3/09). We got 14 through the next round. Hopefully can promote more at the next selection.

Some of them did look disappointed....that's good.

This time last year, I don't think I was that overwhelmed withw ork. This year is like super hectic year. Economy's plunging....no idea when it will reach rock bottom. It's times like this that I'm grateful to be in what I'm doing now.

Went prawning last wekk....for 1 whole bloody hour...caught NOTHING. Damn it....might go again with wife tomorrow.

They're having an Adidas sale at the Expo now. Queue was super duper long this morning. Believe it or not, I was there this morning. But after seeing the queue, decided to go home. Too long lah the queue.....anyway just not in a mood to queue after a sleepless night. Got home at 12.30....knocked out till 4.30. Fantastic feeling. I'm still tired and sleepy.

Thank god no soccer tomorrow. haha.

Anyway, so many things to do over the next couple of days. But I'm so looking forward to next Wednesday...National School X-Country. Let's hope all their hard work will not go to waste this year....really really hope so.

Ya, might be meeting Agus for dinner later since wifey will be home late and his wife will be out tonight too. Been a while since just the 2 of us go out together. Like our good old younger days. How I miss those days when Agus and I just chill out when we were teenagers. After school, play soccer. And he'll ask me to go read comics (which I don't enjoy) and just sitting at Coffee Bean looking at girls...haha. Those were the days. Now, both of us married....but I'm glad we're still the best of friends....

Tired,
RuDy

One week down...

2009-01-10T08:20:00.003+08:00

First week of school down.Many more to go. Tired. Very tired.
Have things been smooth? Ok I guess. But I've got loads in store for me. From IDEAS, PDS and SWC. On top of my Integrated Curriculum and CCA. Long year ahead. Now they want me to change form teachership also. Headache lah....

Enough said....going to Gombak stadium later. Sending some boys for competition. Just to expose them. At least I'm giving them opportunity right? Something that I didn't get much when I was younger. At least when they look back when they're older, they'll know that opportunity was given to them.

Time to buy breakfast...

Tired,
RuDy

2009 is.....TOMORROW

2008-12-31T09:37:00.003+08:00

2009 is just round the corner. I thought 2008 was a long year. I guess 2009 will be longer....geezz. Next year's deployment....heavier than this year's. I guess I should have expected it...saw it coming.

Running SWC for the second consecutive year. 3NT Integrated Curriculum. IDEAS. Geeezzz....will I have time for my CCA then? Long year it will be...
Hopefully better prospects too.

Anyway, I went to HK in the middle of this month....11 - 14 Dec with my wife. Not bad. Pretty much like Singapore I guess....other than the weather.

This end of year "holiday" doesn't feel like a holiday. Work work and more work. What to do...preparation for 2009.

Then again, how much can you prepare? There's only so much that you can do.....

I seriously do not know what I should do for now....too many things. Anyway, I'm trying to enjoy my New Year's eve and not think of work. Till we meet again in 2009.

Burning-out,

RuDy

A few more days.....

2008-11-26T09:44:00.002+08:00

Geeezzz.....a few more days and I'm a year older.
Time flies huh? I guess it flies when you're relaxing and chilling out. It never flies when you want it to fly. Oh well.

Money matters. I still need to spend $250 dollars and then make claims in school. $250 is no joke. Especially when I'm broke.

Had difficulty sleeping last night. Was just reminiscing the past few years of my life. Don't want to sound melancholic but it's been fun. The last 10 years especially.

I mean, I finished army in 1999. Army was fun with cool mates to chill out with. That was when we did lots of stupid things. haha. I guess a bunch of mostly single guys would just do anything when they have free time. haha.

A couple of months after ORD, I left for Sydney.
2000 - Sydney was different. After all, it is 4 wonderful years of my life that I spent there. Even though money was limited (hey I was a student, getting $$$ from parents), I had good times. Of course there were times that I envied the people that I knew there. I mean they had the means to buy cars, eat out at restaurants and stuff but I guess my parents taught me the value of money. I don't come from a filthy rich family like those buggers. For that, I thank my parents for guiding and bringing me up the right way.
First year, Foundation year. The people I met then, are still the people that I keep in touch with (though only a few of them).
2001 - Not all made it in uni. Some had to leave UNSW since they couldn't get into uni. Some went to other colleges while other left the country. Only a handful were left in UNSW. And I was pretty much the only one with Ayumi who did Media & Communications. Of course she had her own stuff to do as well. It was uni, back home, soccer on Fridays and Sundays and chilling out with Desmon and Din almost every night. Where? Everywhere in the city.....literally everywhere. Staying out till 3am and not going for lessons the next day. What do you expect? I was "learning", in a different way though.
My studies were horrible in 2001.
2002 - Decided to buck up when grades in 2001 were horrible heading south. Great results. If only I had put in effort in 2001. Started opening up in uni, getting to know more Aussies. I still don't hang out with them but took part in a futsal tournament. Came in 3rd overall. Was the only Asian in the team. Not bad huh?
My only regret? Not joining the uni soccer team - simply because training was far away. I was pretty sure that I could have made it into the team then. I was all gungho and confident then. Oh well, too late for that now.
2003 - Final year. I kind of change my lifestyle a bit. Stayed home more often. Didn't go out much. Save more $$ to eat better food. No more "happening" lifestyle like in 2001. Great results as well. If my parents could have afford it, I would have gone on to do my honours degree. But that's alright. I'm more than greatful that my parents used up all their savings to support my education there. They worked REAL hard to support me there.
2004 - Difficult 8 months. I was job hopping. Then came an interview with MOE. September 04, I did contract at Woodlands Ring Sec. Up to July 05, posted to NIE.
2005 - 2007: Fun times at NIE. Not as fun as others but I had my share.
2007 - 2008: And then came reality....AISS and now WSS.

2009 is just round the corner. Hopefully another fruitful year....hopefully.

Resting,
RuDy

I was on RazorTV...

2008-11-03T15:23:00.002+08:00

I'm a celebrity now. haha. I was on www.RazorTV.com.sg last week. Yup, it's on every Monday 8.00 live online. I'm invited again tonight but unfortunately I can't make it. Another week perhaps.

Anyway, I went to Malacca with the councillors last Wed and Thursday. 4 hours drive. Tiring. 34 students and 4 teachers. It was an alright trip I guess. The food was good. Accomodation, could have been better. I didn't get enough sleep. It was a tiring trip I suppose. I mean, it was suppose to be an incentive trip for the councillors but in way, it's far from that. The day before (Tuesday) the councillors had to work hard during Amazing Race. Then in Malacca, they had another Amazing Race - the exact same one that we did when I went o Malacca in May with the 4NT. At least we visited a school there - St Francis Institution - supposedly one of the best in Malacca. I was quite impressed with the head councillor. Young chap but impressive.

The teachers who welcomed us were hospitable as well. After the visit, we went to Baba Nyonya museum. It was a good experience.

Oh ya, and yesterday I went for the New Paper Big Walk. 5km walk, easy walk. We saw the Marina Barrage....the one at Marina Bay. It was well organized....could have been better though but generally it was alright.

Anyway, time to go home. Just got back from the school gym. A bit of work out. Time to go...

Regards,
RuDy

Me on Razor TV

2008-10-31T08:17:00.001+08:00

TV TV

Am I on TV or what?? hehe. Will update later...need to go now.

Selamat Hari Raya...

2008-10-16T11:29:00.001+08:00

More than 2 weeks since Hari Raya. What did I do? Eat and grow fat.
Sheeshh....eat and eat and eat. Getting lazy to exercise nowadays.
Anyway, holidays coming up soon.

Don't know where to go and what to do. Hmm....where's a good place to go? Bintan? Hongkong? Taiwan? Aiyah....just stay in Singapore will do. hehe. Save $$ also. Economy's not so good now. Singapore's in a recession....and recession means less bonus and therefore less $$$....what to do.

This month also broke. 3 weddings to attend....
End of this month, going Malacca. Hopefully it's not going to be a boring trip. No idea where we're gonna stay either.

I think it's about time that I go for a relaxing trip. After all, I've worked hard this year. hehe.

Anyway, that's all for now. Laterz...

Worked-hard-all-year-long,
RuDy

Fasting month will be over soon....

2008-09-29T13:09:00.002+08:00

29 September 2008...two more days to Hari Raya.
Fasting has been pretty easy I must say. I mean, comparing to last year, I'm having a much easier time I must say. Maybe it's because I'm getting sufficient water to last the whole day.

On the the past 2 Saturdays have been pretty challenging. Then again I am partly to blame...silly me went to play soccer at 1st Toa Payoh sec. No joke to play 2 halves of 40min without water. Thank god it ended a few minutes before time to break fast.

Exams are just round the corner. Starting this Friday 3 Oct.

Preparation for Hari Raya? Nothing much actually. Can't wait to makan all the goodies. ahaha. Rendang and sambal. yum yum!!

Anyway, that's all for now. Update laterz....need to get the monkeys out now...

Regards,
RuDy

19 September 2008...

2008-09-19T11:19:00.003+08:00

When am I ever free? I thought I'll be less busy this time round the year but hell no. Fasting period still on. So far so good. There are days that I do feel extremely tired but most of the time alright.

Tomorrow, soccer at First Toa Payoh. MOE game. I do feel a bit intimidated. After all, the good players will be there tomorrow. Oh well, just enjoy the ride. One problem though will be the weather. Hopefully won't be so hot.

Went to Geylang last Friday night (after the course). Super crowded. Geezzz....I don't know how people can stand the crowd. We didn't buy anything, just a baju for the wife.

Anyway, haven't done much interesting stuff lately. Just simple too lazy to do stuff. haha!!! Getting so unfit as well. Can't do nuts the past few weeks....want to go gym, I'm dehydrated. Go for a jog, I'll just faint.....how to play tomorrow???

Oh well, time for relief...

Regards,
RuDy

2nd day of fasting...

2008-09-02T15:03:00.002+08:00

2nd day of fasting....so far so good.
Thank god it's the holidays. What to eat for dinner tonight?? Hhhmm....

Anyway, SMS' started to pour in yesterday and the day before. SMS' of happy teacher's day and stuff. It really brightened my day.

Wei Lin, ex student from Woodlands Ring, SMS to wish me happy T' Day. She's in her final year of poly now - Sports & Wellness at NYP. It came as a surprise....I mean, we seldom contact each other. It's often once a year kind of thingy....T's Day.

To think that 3 years ago, I was at Woodlands Ring. She was the captain of the badminton team...ya. Can't believe I was the badminton teacher i/c.

Anyway, gotta go now.

Regards,
RuDy

Happy Teacher's Day...

2008-08-29T14:05:00.003+08:00

Last entry was 15 July 2008......1 and a half months ago.

I simply am too bbeeezzzzeeee to blog. By the time I get home...I'm done. Can't do anything at all.

Teacher's Day celebrations today. Did I get anything? Yes........not gifts, but thoughts of appreciation from my students. Am I disappointed? In a way........why?
Let's put it this way, I thought I meant something to some students. Guess not. Those that I least expected, weer the ones that surprised me. Am I really a lousy teacher? I don't know. I think about it all the time. What kind of relationship do I want with my students. I just don't know. IS it good to be friendly? IS it good to be strict? I'm learning....every day of the week.
Do I need gifts? I don't think so. What do I need then? Appreciation? Hugs? Recognition? I don't know what I want and I don't know what I need.......maybe not. Maybe, all I need is a word. A simple word...."THANKS".

With Razif coming to this school, where does that put me. Would I be better off in Woodlands Ring? Would I be better off in AI? Where should I be. Questions, questions and more questions.
Is this the right job? Is teaching fulfilling? I feel good spending time with my students......

Again, I ask myself, "Do the students feel the same way?"

I put in time and effort, as much, if not MORE than what other teachers have done. But it's just different. Not getting the same response.....

I'll live another day.....another week, another month, and another year.......

"Happy Teacher's Day Mr RuDy....."

RuDy...

1 month ago....

2008-07-15T14:55:00.002+08:00

Last time I blogged was one month ago. It's been one hectic long month. NYAA camp aside, I'm tired. Only in the 3rd week of semester 2. Things just seemed to keep on coming and coming and coming. Maybe it's just me...

I'm starting to think that people want to "makan" me just because I'm new. Hey, there are newer staff but people don't makan them. It's just me.

The NYAA camp went well. Thank god it went well. Not exactly my head that's on the chopping block. I'm only Philip's assistance but the land ex was mine. I'm quite happy with the performance of my camp leaders. At least I know that I trained them well. A few hiccups here and there as expected but overall, it was good. It is after all a learning process.

Now the SWC stuff, lots to do as well. Aiyah...don't know how now. What to do? Staff dinner etc. Aiyah...stress ah. Venue set....Marina Mandarin. What is not set is the food!!! Damn it. Halal kitchen cleansing is $150 per hour. That's going to take a while. See how lah...

Anyway, too busy to blog. Got to continue marking.

Regards,
RuDy

What a holiday......or was it a holiday?

2008-06-18T13:08:00.002+08:00

Holiday or not?

I also don't know. First week of the school holiday was a good break. Went to Bali with my wife. Relax, have a good break. We stayed at Grand Istana Rama. It sure was good. Makan at this place right at the beach itself....yup. Seafood by the beach. Spectacular.....Jimbaran. We also went parasailing.....way cool. We were attached to a parachute and a speed boat took off. We flew....nice.

The following 2 weeks killed me. Went for the AFC 'C' Coaching certificate at NIE under Robert Lim and Arasu. Tiring.........physically and mentally. Never did I expect that such a course could kill me. 8am - 10am practical. 10am - 12noon....theory. 12noon - 1pm lunch. 1pm - 3pm theory. 3pm to 5pm practical again. My body ached for the first few days. After first week, it was alright. But my joints are killing me. I'd rather ache my muscles......growing old already.

And now, final week of school holidays...where am I? In school.....sigh. I know. Poor me. No break other than the first week. So many things to do. Gazillion stuff. Plan for this, for that. Aiyah....this weekend burn some more. Going to Jln Bahtera campsite for camp leaders training.

Ok lah, enough is enough. Back to WORK. Laterz...

Work-is-piling,
RuDy

Pictures Pictures Pictures....

2008-05-13T10:19:00.006+08:00

Got some pics to post. Haven't posted pics for sometime. I was too busy to take pics that day. I think it was Shahira and Pat who took the pics...

Finally got the National Schools Cross Country pics. Nothing much to be proud of but nevertheless, some pics for memories.

Calm before the storm...

My first ever cross country.....as the teacher-in-charge

This looks like Weiwen....

Memories to last for sometime now. Hopefully it's going to be a different scenario next year...keep my fingers cross...

Trigger-happy,

RuDy

M-A-R-K-I-N-G...

2008-05-08T12:00:00.002+08:00

Tired, shag, exhausted, drained, worn-out, weary.....that pretty much describes it all.

From what? Marking of course. Hehe....I guess it comes with the job huh? Oh well...what to do.
Oh ya, the day before yesterday, I got the results of the National School X-Country. Unbelievable....the C Div boys winner, came in faster than the B Boys winner. Sheesshh....I wonder what he eats!!!! But I have to admit, he has the perfect physique for a long distance runner. To a certain extend, I'm happy that Singapore can produce such athletes. Hopefully it's for the long term and who knows, he could be a world beater in years to come.

Need to finish all this marking as soon as possible. I don't want it to afffect my weekend...well, it definitely will affect my weekend but not up to the point that I can't do anything over the weekened.

Don't know if I have a game this weekend or not. If no game, then looks like I'm out of the team again....damn it. I guess it's who you know in the team and how vocal you are that gets you to places. I mean, we have like the shittiest player in the team and yet he knows people and is vocal, so he gets to stay with the team. Honestly, I guess that's how the world works. So what if you're a better player...doesn't mean you'll automatically be in the team...just because I don't know people.

Oh ya, haven't visit Charles also. See this weekend how. Hopefully got time lah.

Ok, back to you-know-what...

M-a-r-k-i-n-g,
RuDy

It's MAY!!!!!!!!!!

2008-05-02T15:48:00.003+08:00

It's already May....sheesshh.....5 months down. A few more to go.
It's exam period now. In fact....first day of exams today. I'm invigilating 2F. Ok class I think.

Went to THE CAGE yesterday. Even though not much people, but we had fun. Lots of laughter. Kena whack by Jingquan at you-know-where with a ball. Not once but twice...duh. I still want to have children ya know. After that went for makan at Leisure Park....and of all places, makan at KFC...boring.

Then bought myself a pair of Nike Pro Ultimate tights. Was actually looking for the long Nike Pro tights. Don't have...

Anyway, got soccer match in school against Fuchun Sec Staff now......AI staff...you're next.

Regards,
RuDy

Nationals over...

2008-04-21T12:58:00.003+08:00

The National School X-Country was last Wednesday. Basically, the season's over. The boys did decent I guess...especially the B Boys. Guhan came in 34th position. Hopefully he'll do a bit better next year. I'm glad he's only 15 now. The top 40 boys came in within 1 and a half minute of each other. Unfortunately Ramarao was injured that day....I'm pretty sure he would come in before Guhan.

All in all, I'm happy with the results. Not like ecstatic but happy that they put in effort. If there's a couple of things that could be improved, would be their attitude. I see students from other schools crying even though they came in top 20. Not tears of joy but tears of disappointment. Even sad and distraught that they didn't do better and yet, students from WSS, simply has a I couldn't care less if I came in 1st or 1000th position....only the B Boys were disappointed. I'm also very happy with the effort put in by the sec 1s. All of them put in tremendous effort. It was good exposure for them. I guess there's the big difference there....the attitude and mindset.

Met Charles, Tan Boon Seng and Rauf there too. Also saw How Chong. I saw a few of the AI students there too...namely Wei Wen. I thought she did well considering that she's only in sec 3 this year. She's got one more year to go. I'm sure with hard work, she'll do fine.

Sports Day was yesterday. A few of my athletes did very well. Raj and Amalesh in particular. They were pretty much neck to neck in almost every finals. Amalesh got the individual championship though....I do feel for Raj. I would think that Raj would deserve it more but hey, that's how it goes....by results. And for once, I was involved in a staff race. Our team came in second. I was the last runner for the relay...the final 100m stretch. I guess I couldn't catch Gary in spite of the fact that I ran like a mad cow.

Anyway, this flu is killing me. On Thursday as I was doing the oral exams, my nose couldn't stop running. And it's still running as we speak. What in the world should I drink/eat to stop this flu. The flu panadol doesn't exactly help. Oh well.....rest and watch tv. I didn't even go for my game today. Didn't want it to get worse. Exams next week too.....so little time so much to do.

Flu-hit,
RuDy

21 April 2008...

2008-04-21T12:58:00.002+08:00

Wow...it's been close to 2 months since I last blog. It's been an extremely busy semester.
Update update.....
My form class 1I is giving every teacher hell. They are one notorious bunch. Let's hope I can keep them check. They're only in sec 1....many more years to go. I guess I've got to come in hard on them.

I just came back from my reservist over the weekend. 16 LONG days...3rd April to 19th April. Tiring??? You bet. Physically I'm drained but mentally I'm great. 702 GDS....cool unit, made some good kakis. Unfortunately some of them tend to shoot their mouth off. I just don't understand how some people can just open their mouth and be so insensitive towards other people's feelings. Not to me specifically but when I hear them shooting their mouths off, I wonder if they've ever been taught when they were younger. There's just this lack of EQ and social emotional feelings towards other people. The company mission exercise was alright, just a bit of walking and attacking. The battalion mission exercise (BME) was a blast. The highlight of the BME was the fact that I had the opportunity to get on a Super Puma helicopter. It's definitely an experience of a lifetime (though it was only a 7 min ride). We started walking from 10pm all the way to 6.15am. Rested for like half an hour and proceeded with attack at first light. 8 freaking hours of walking with FBO. On map it was 12km but I'm pretty sure we walked more than that with the bashing and stuff. I started to hallucinate between 2-5am. No idea what I saw and no idea where I was. Sheeessshhh.....so sleepy then. Thank god I managed to tahan. One of the most difficult part of my reservist by far. I salute all the other guardsmen with their matador and FBO. Super heavy load.

Anyway, the National Schools X Country is on this Wednesday. 2 more days.....and yes I'm sending a team each in all 4 division. But honestly, it's just for participation. There's no way in hell can WSS win. We're nowhere near the standard of other schools...not even anywhere near the standard of AI. I'm just happy if they can come in top 40 individually. That's all I'm asking for. As long as they are doing their personal best. It is after all, a competition for the students...nothing to do with me. It's their time to shine. Keep my fingers cross that there's no injuries and stuff like that.

Alright gotta go. Will update as and when I'm free. Hopefully I won't have to wait for 2 months.

Regards,
RuDy

One down.....many more to go...

2008-02-22T21:26:00.002+08:00

In fact...two down...many more to go...

Yesterday was the CNY "Brunch" celebration. It went well I think. Well, that's what Thiru said. And today was the school's X-country which went fine as well. No hiccups....not that I know of. No major casualty. Everyone came back safe and sound. Other than the usual scratches and bruises...no one was evacuated or sent to the clinic or hospital. I am sooo glad.

A bonus was that the magnificent 7 (my 'B' Boys) came in the top 7. What more can I ask for. Ramarao (broke the school record), Guhan was just a couple of metres back, Vikram and Himel came within 1 second of one another, with Raj behind them, Ashwin was right behind him and Amalesh came in 7th. Quality stuff. They should be proud of what they did. Kudos to them

Oh ya, Singapore's hosting the YOG in 2010. Yup, we won the bid to host YOG. At least I did my part helping Singapore win this bid. My Saturdays burn - going to SMU with students just for this YOG, meeting Mr Teo Ser Luck etc....hopefully some of our students will be there in 2010.

Anyway, so many things happening the past few weeks. So little time. Ok lah....report later. Many things to do...

Good day,
RuDy

It's February 2008...

2008-02-03T13:28:00.000+08:00

I can't believe that it's already Feb. No time to blog....rubbish. No time to even relax. I'm so looking forward to this CNY long weekend. At least I can chill out and REST. Even prepare my lessons well. Been too busy with school...parents meet, CCA, camp leaders, CDP etc. Upcoming, school X Country in less than 3 weeks. One step at a time Rudy.....one step at a time.

Weekends is the ONLY time I have to clean the house. Cleaning a house is never easy. I've still got tonnes of boxes unpacked. Maybe I should get some students to do CIP hours in my house...get them to unpack and arrange my stuff. haha.

I sprained my ankle pretty badly yesterday. Played for the MOE team 3. Thank god the RICE treatment helped. The ankle guard is helping a lot too. I couldn't even walk yesterday. Still limping badly now. Don't know if I'm coming to school tomorrow. haha. Anyway, I've got tonnes of preparation to do now. Laterz...

Limping,
RuDy

Finally...

2008-01-10T18:48:00.000+08:00

New Year's Blog.

Happy New Year to me. It's also the first day of the Muslim Calendar today...1st Muharram. Anyway, I'm blogging from my new house. Feels good to have your own house. I don't like the cleaning part though. It's still messy as hell. The only thing that's done are the living room and kitchen.

There are still boxes everywhere in the master bedroom. Except for my computer, everything else is still in boxes in my study. The other 2 bedrooms are just as messy. haha! It's gonna take me months to get things done at this kind of rate. I just haven't had time to do things with such a busy schedule. Geeezzz!!!

Anyway, since the first day of school, I've been working non stop. I've got to prepare for the school's cross country in Feb, start a new CCA (which is taking off), SWC chairperson, CDP Committee as well as taking care of the student leadership committee. Rubbish...too much work. How to juggle so much? I just feel that with me being so busy in all these committees, I'm short changing my students...not crafting and able to come up with interesting lessons. I'm the form teacher of 1I....NT class. Not easy to handle my boys. Teaching EL for both 1I and 4E (another NT class). 4E's graduating this year....added stress with N levels in September. I'm also in the NT program just started in my school meaning every Monday's I have to take my NT students out of school for PE. Kayaking, dragon boating, outdoor soccer, Macritchie runs etc. That's in the afternoon. Where got time to do so much things? My house is in a mess...

Shit...can't believe I'm bitching so much. On the other hand, it keeps me occupied. Damn it...time to cook dinner....shit. Use to have mum cooking...now it's me. Damn it.

Blog-another-day,
RuDy

The next time I blog...

2007-12-27T17:01:00.000+08:00

Well, well, well...

The next time I blog, I am no longer blogging from Yishun. That's right....it will be from Sembawang. I'll be shifting there in a couple of days. This Saturday to be exact. Taking a break from all the packing. I can't believe that there's soooo many things to pack. It's just unbelievable how much stuff (and junk) I have in this room. Unbelievable.

I really really need to throw all my useless stuff. It's just that I feel bad (and wasteful) about throwing them. I mean, you'll never know when you're gonna need them right? If you'll ever need them. haha.

I should be travelling to school from Sembawang with effect from next week. In fact I should be travelling to everywhere from Sembawang by the next week. Only problem is, my granite tabletop won't be ready till next Monday. Went to check the house early today, pretty much everything is ok. They were installing the lights, grille and pretty much everything done. Hopefully they're going to touch up the painting today as well.

Anyway, back to my packing. Need to finish up by today...won't have time tomorrow. Whole bloody day in school for staff meeting...duh. Meeting meeting meeting...

B-Zee,
RuDy

Holidays is almost over...

2007-12-21T16:18:00.001+08:00

The holidays is almost over....

One more week and I have to be back in school. Not fair...holiday is too short. In fact, I haven't had a holiday yet. Been busy spending $$$ for the house. Hopefully, keeping my fingers cross, it'll be ready by year end...next weekend. Then I'll be travelling to work from my new place. Nothing spectacular nor grand, just a cosy place for my wife and I to settle down and start a new life. The house is coming up well...I think.

I went to Orchard the other day...and did something stupid. I signed up for some getaway thingy with Garraway. I couldn't sleep the whole night knowing that I'll be paying $5000 over the next 15 months. Shit!! What in the world did I get myself into. I just hope, really hope that it's worth it. I REALLY hope it's not some timeshare shit that I'm throwing my 5k into. I don't dare to tell anyone...I'm pretty sure they're gonna laugh at me. Oh well....I'll see how it goes....ya in 15 months duh.

I'm still LOST with regards to what classes I'll be taking next year...let alone my form class. Oh well...I'll find out next Friday.

Went to my aunt's place for Hari Raya Haji yesterday. As we were walking towards the bus stop to get home, mum said "Wah, it'll be good if you were teaching here". Ya ya ya....she was referring to AISS...duh. Aunt stays next to AISS. I just told mum that it's too late now. I'll be in WSS for the next few years at least (not that I have a choice do I?) It's looking better...busier but better.

Lots of shit to organize and take charge of next year. Insya allah, everything will run smoothly.

Hungry now.....too early for dinner though. I'll just get fat and stuff myself with ice cream. Laterz....

Getting-fat,
RuDy

It's been a while...

2007-12-14T16:55:00.000+08:00

It's been a while since I last blog. What been happening? Pretty much nothing. Been rushing from Sembawang almost every other day to check out on the house. SEA Games is happening over this past 2 weeks. Good to watch.

All my bonus is gone...all to the house. No $$$ t go for honeymoon...sigh. It's alright, I guess I'll have to wait till next year. Just a bit sad for my wife...marry a man who can't bring her for honeymoon. Then again, we decided that we'll throw our savings for the house (for now). We'd rather get our own house done by the end of this year than stay with either our parents.

I'm just on a look out for bargains now. haha. It's alright....one step at a time.

Next week I need to head back to school. Some preparations for the Sec 1 Orientation camp. I foresee an extremely busy year in 2008. We'll see how it goes then.

Anyway, SEA Games badminton finals on TV now. Singapore's Kendrick Lee vs Taufik Hidayat of Indonesia. Time to enjoy the finals...

No-more-$$$,
Rudy

Life is getting back to normal...

2007-12-05T19:15:00.001+08:00

Life is getting back to normal for everyone it seems. Ryan's doing alright. Charles sounded good. I'm glad that they're moving on....that we are moving on.

As for me, there's a lot of things to learn as a married man. It's so different when I'm single and carefree. Now I have a wife to take care of and responsible of. I saw one of my ex-students, Muslihah, at Sun Plaza on Monday. She looked shocked when I intriduced my wife to her. She looked different too. I'm hoping to drop by next Friday to see the AI track team train. Maybe...

There's so much to do for this holiday....then again, thank god it's the holiday for me. If not, I'll be so busy with renovation stuff.

Anyway, badminton session tomorrow with Ryan and Charles at 10.00am. Hopefully my achilles feels better. A bit painful..right achilles. Could it be from the 10km Standard Chartered run on Sunday? Then again it's only 10km....and at a super slow pace. haha...

Regards,
RuDy

It has been an eventful week....both of happiness and sadness...

2007-11-27T23:01:00.000+08:00

It's been two weeks to remember and forget...

I am now a married man. 17th November 2007, arguably the biggest day of my life. I have been so busy the week before, with O levels invigilation and preparation for my big day. We had the Chinese Dinner at a restaurant on the 16th November - Friday night. We had our solemnization at the Registry of Muslim Marriages on the 17th Nov morning followed by the traditional chinese tea ceremony. The following day, 18th Nov, we had our malay wedding at Nee Soon South CC.

It was a good 3 days. Everything went smoothly. I have nothing to complain. Tiring but something that I would remember for the rest of my life.

The following week, in fact, last Thursday, I went to Indonesia. Jakarta and Bandung with 22 students plus 3 other teachers. It's a reward for the students for doing well in the sepak takraw and soccer CCA. We had a friendly game with the local school in Jakarta and with the Indonesia National Youth Team. Yes, we beat the local schools, but were given a lesson in sepak takraw by their National Youth team.

We went to Tangkuban Perahu (a volcano) in Bandung. Weather was nice...approximately 25 degree celsius in Bandung. The travel on the bus took hours. It took us 3 hours plus to get to Bandung on the first day that we landed in Jakarta. The second day, we headed to the volcano and headed back towards Jakarta.

On the 3rd day, we had the friendly sepak takraw game. Followed by a visit to the theme park. It was pretty fun I have to admit. I enjoyed the Viking ride. The following day (Sunday) we headed back to Singapore.

Sadness.............

TRIBUTE TO STEPHEN LOH

During my second day there (in Indonesia), I received a sad news (SMS) from Seok Kuan. She messaged saying that the national dragon boat team, competing in Cambodia met with an accident. 5 men were missing. One of them was Stephen Loh Soon Ann. I prayed for his safety.

The following day, the sad news came....his body was found. I was dumbfounded. Devastated....

We weren't the best of friends. Neither do we talk everyday when we were trainees in NIE. The late Stephen was arguably the fittest person I've ever met in my life. We once sat in the canteen having lunch when I asked him how often he trained to get a muscular body like his. He said twice a day. He'd go to the gym in the morning, eat, went back to the hall (dorm) to sleep the whole afternoon and train again in the evening. He's a very agile person. Soft spoken, smart and asks the smartest of questions during lectures. My impression of Stephen.

I first saw him way before we entered NIE. I was playing soccer with my camp mates and Andy Liew brought some of his NTU dragon boat friends with him to play soccer in NUS handball court. That was when I saw Stephen for the first time. A few years later, he was a colleague...classmates.

The last time I saw Stephen was during the September holidays this year. We played soccer at the Cage during the September holidays. I was just talking to Ryan today when we were in the gym about the last time we saw Stephen. He came late during our Cage session and started scoring the moment he came in. I can't believe that I'll never see him again.

I have to admit that I'm a bit disappointed that I can't attend his wake. But I'm a newly wed. I wouldn't want to make my wife and my in-laws unhappy. I guess there are things in life that I have to face.

Earlier this year, it was a PE guy (Zam) who met with a fatal accident at Mount Ophir. Now, it's my own friend. Someone who I know and play and talk to personally. I will always remember Stephen as a competitor, a gentleman, arguably the fittest person I've met and a friend. I am sure that Stephen would have a better life on the other side in spite of the fact that he had left his family and his loved ones behind. To you my friend, Stephen Loh Soon Ann, rest in peace. You will always be remembered.

Rest-in-peace my dear friend.

Treasure your loved ones. You'll never know when you might lose them.

RuDy...

It's going to be a hectic 2 weeks...

2007-11-14T09:09:00.000+08:00

Yup. Count down to the weekend. The "BIG" day (arguably the biggest day of my life so far) is coming soon. Real soon. It's already Wednesday. Preparations are pretty much done. Hopefully the reno stuff could be done by this week (in fact today if it was up to me).

Next week would be Basic Counselling Course on Tuesday, camp leaders selection first meeting on Wednesday and off to a 4D3N Jakarta/Bandung for the training trip. It should be fun.

I just need to take care of myself during this period. Down with flu last week. Much better now. Just need to be in tip-top condition for the next 2 weeks. Everything should be fine.

Hungry now. Time for breakfast...

Tip-tip-condition,
RuDy

Champions again...

2007-11-03T17:15:00.000+08:00

Surprise surprise. My team turned out champions again in the inaugural Deeparaya Cup. It's a yearly soccer competition among teachers/staff of several schools in Singapore. Last year, I was playing for Woodlands Ring Sec as I didn't have a permanent school then - played at Yishun JC. Believe it or not, we were champions. A total of 10 teams this year - 2 groups of 5 teams, top 2 qualify for semifinals. This year, not that I have a choice, I played for Woodlands Sec and guess what, champions again. Hmmm...not bad huh? We played Woodlands Ring Sec in the semi-finals...won 2-1.

Of course it feels kind of bad to put one over your ex teammates. But we're all professionals so we took it with a pinch of salt. Thank god Wandy was playing for our team...to be honest, I felt that he was the reason why we won. No joke. He put up a great challenge to Razif and Khairul. Imagine Razif and Khairul (played for WRS) playing together. It's good to be playing again. Not sure if I'm going to turn out for the MOE B team yet. I'll decide later. It's just good to be playing again...very good.

After the horrible injury that I sustained in January this year, retina detachment (eye) and orbital fracture (above the eye), it just feels good. I'm thankful for everything. I thank god...

2 years in a row,
RuDy

Invigilation at EVG...

2007-11-01T14:09:00.001+08:00

Nice school Evergreen. Big and nice. Not sure about how the system, students and teachers there work though. This dude was bitching about the system there. I'm not complaining...yet. haha. Tomorrow I've got a short paper in the morning. Then my weekends...time to relax.

I'm piling on the weight now. I'm always so hungry the past 2 weeks or so. This is bad. Eat and eat and eat but never exercise.

Looking forward to playing football again this Sat. Most likely, the tournament would consist of the same old schools. WRS, Sembawang, Deyi etc.

Anyways, I've got Alfred's MSN now. Haven't talked to him in a while...since he left for Dubai about a year ago. Sheessshhh....everyone's earning big $$$ in the private sector and travelling and working overseas...and what am I doing? Teaching in Singapore....sigh...

Regards,
RuDy

My Little Devils...

2007-10-25T21:23:00.000+08:00

I'm touched. Very touched indeed. I know I was late. Very late. I do apologize. Thanks for waiting. I didn't realize that you all waited for more than an hour. Almost 2 hours. Sorry for making you all wait while you are hungry. What made it best was that they left their class photos in the menu. I guess I wasn't forgotten...neither were you guys.

Thank you so much. I have my own class photo...but it's just not worth putting it up I guess.

Anyway, I'm VERY glad that they made it to sec 3exp next year. Regardless of which class they go to. I heard that Douglas failed. He's a nice chap....a bit mischievous but I nice boy. Maybe he plays too much. Some did better than the others (of course) but I'm really glad that all of them made it. I was a bit worried about Sandi not being able to make it at first. Based on her mid year, she didn't do too well. I knew that the rest would be able to make it. I'm so glad that she pulled through.

One more day of school I guess. No more 2E4 in AI....but the spirit lives...

very-touched,
RuDy

Moderation Day over...

2007-10-18T19:33:00.000+08:00

Moderation Day is done. Back to normal time table tomorrow. Sis is also back in Dubai (should still be on the plane now). Anyway, we had a family dinner at Sakura last night (Northpoint). I think I saw one of my ex students - Renee from AI. Don't think she saw me though. Didn't want to impose on her and her dad (I think).

And then today, I saw a few of my ex WRS students at Causeway Point. They're in sec 5 now. Well done. Kudos to them for making it to sec 5. Anyway, need to do some work. Friday tomorrow.....oh ya, O levels invigilation at Evergreen Sec. Nice school...

Regards,
RuDy

It's Tuesday...

2007-10-16T19:52:00.000+08:00

It's Tuesday today. Ordinary Tuesday....

Back to school today after 1 day holiday. Tomorrow and the day after (Wed & Thurs) is marking day. Not so much of marking day, more like moderation day. As far as I know, that's when they decide whether to push a student up if they fail.

Went for my medical appointment at Dieppe Barracks this morning. Yes I went to school first and then left school at 0830am for Dieppe Barracks. MO told me he'd refer me to a medical board, pending results. Results should be out in a couple of months or so. My only concern is that they're going to downgrade me and sill keep me in that unit. That would suck...cause then I'm gonna have to do all the "sai kang". Shit jobs like CQ and bring ration etc. That would be a shit hole. Anyway, I'll have to wait and see.

The sec 1s had a sepak takraw service learning led by the C Div takraw boys. After all, they were the National champions for the C Div Sepak Takraw this year. Since they can teach Nan Hua High boys, I don't see why they couldn't teach our own boys. It was alright I guess. I joined in the fun too. Sheeshh...I suck at takraw. I'll pick soccer anytime anyplace.

After that, went for lunch with the PE department. Lunch was on Philip...for promotion. Good for him. Hopefully mine will come in a year or so. I'll definitely need the extra $$$. Anyway, I'm not gonna write anymore. No mood (some shit happened at home.....RHB stuff). Lots of things to do....so little time so much to do.

Rubbish,
RuDy

Finally done...

2007-10-11T16:52:00.001+08:00

I'm done with my marking. I just need to key in all the marks and I'm set. Set for my Hari Raya weekend.

Anyway, I had feedback from some people today. So far so good. Could be better but ok I guess. Deeparaya Cup coming....2nd November I think. I should try to get back into shape to play. I'm so unfit now. Haven't gone to the gym nor run/exercise for like years (only 4 weeks in fact). Next week, time to plan my regime. Long weekend coming soon....

Time to zzzz afternoon nap...

Regards,
RuDy

No time to blog...

2007-10-07T13:33:00.000+08:00

It's been a hectic couple of months. I've hardly had time to blog. I guess the work load is taking its toll. More to expect next year. I need to find a way to find out how to mark effectively.

Exam period now. Which also means that my marking load is hell. 3 sec 1 Express paper 1 and 2 sec 3NT paper 1. Paper 1s makes you sleepy. It's just so boring to read the same stuff over and over again. You'll only wake up when you get a couple of nice, interesting stories.

Haven't exercised for like weeks. I feel so unhealthy. It's true that I'm losing weight (just a bit though) but I just feel unhealthy. I'm just too tired to exercise...mainly because it's the fasting month. I'll definitely dehydrate if I were to go for my runs. Then that would be stupid on my part...risking my health. One more week to go. Then I've got to start serious regime.

Anyway, back to marking scripts now.....

Mark-mark-mark,
RuDy

Things are according to plan...

2007-09-30T19:27:00.000+08:00

So far so good. Everything seems to be according to plan. 2 more "teaching" days. Exams starts on Wednesday. Followed by GCE 'O' Levels invigilation at Evergreen Sec.

I went to U-Home the other day. It looks set that we've decided on U-Home...paid the deposit and stuff. Waiting to select materials and the proposed design. I have my own idea of course.

I went to Woodlands library this afternoon. Met up with some of my little devils to "revise" their English (exam starts tomorrow for them). As what people say, "There's nothing to study for English". The best you can do is to know the format for your situational writing - be it formal or informal letter or report writing. Other than that, try to use the vocabulary words that they've studied or learned throughout the year. The rest is....depends on the exam paper. haha!

Anyway, going to watch the President's Star Charity on Channel 5 now. Laterz.

Regards,
RuDy

PS: A huge showdown with my WSS student in class last Friday.

Another week down...

2007-09-23T10:42:00.000+08:00

It's been an uneventful week I suppose. Other than the fact that I'm going sign the lease for my keys next week. I've been a bit disappointed with my teaching this week. It's time for some reflection. What can I do to make it work better.

I was down for a marathon oral session last Monday. 3 and half hours...just because I missed out on my session the previous Thursday. I went for a Cluster meeting with the superintendent on Wednesday. Another uneventful session I guess. Of well, it still beats being in school. And on Tuesday, I was at MOE HQ for a PE BT meeting. Pretty much the whole cohort was there. It'll probably be the last time the whole cohort will gather anyway.

Time to laze around again. Do a bit of reflection and prepare for my lessons next week.

Regards,
RuDy

Nothing beats being at home....

2007-09-14T19:41:00.000+08:00

Home sweet home. Nothing beats the feeling of being at home. Yesterday was the first day of the fasting month. I was also on course...some Classroom Management course at One North. It was pretty much "useless". Duh...a waste of time I must say BUT I didn't mind. I'd rather be on course than be in school hahaha!! But I have to make up to conduct my oral for the sec 1s next week. Damn it!

I had to go to Woodlands Ring Sec this afternoon for a cluster N5 sharing for my English Department. It felt like....like home. I was very much comfortable going back to WRS. One pupil still remembered me....Natalie. She's in sec 3 now and she was the school councillor who welcomed us into the school. I felt very welcomed by the staff....I still se many familiar faces...Bruce, Roy, Rebekah, Selina, Mr Yap, Mr Loy, Kak Su, Razif, MJ and more. I really felt at ease. I even saw Mr Kheng as I was leaving the school. Sometimes...just sometimes...I wonder how it'd be like if I was in WRS. Oh well....I guess I'll never know.

Rebekah told me that yesterday, out of the blue, the 4N7 students asked about me. They asked Rebekah if I'd be coming back. I guess they still didn't know...I feel bad. I did promised them that I'd come back to WRS. I guess it didn't happen either. Oh well....we all have to move on.

Just like me...

Miss-both-my-ex-schools,
RuDy

What I've done over the past week or so....

2007-09-10T18:37:00.000+08:00

It's been more than a week since I last update. When was the last time? Hmm....well, maybe about a week or so. I didn't do much last week....and I LOVE IT!!! Why? School holiday was a blast...not that I went out and enjoyed myself, it was the contrary, I had time to relax and watch tv and simply chill out at home.

I went to "The Cage" on Tuesday. We played for like 3 hours...we booked the court from 3pm - 6pm. It sure has been a while. Then we headed to simpang Bedok for dinner. Chill out, share stories...sure was relaxing. I miss my "chill out" days. I had so many wonderful chill out days in the army and uni. I don't even have enough time to sleep now. Sheessh.

Anyway, dear and I had our photoshoot last Saturday. Wonderful! Brilliant! Marvellous! The first half (and 2 pairs of clothes) were in the studio (Klaseboer itself). The next 2 pairs were at Sentosa - Palawan Beach. I can't wait to see the pictures. It better be good...haha!!

Back to school today....1st week of term 4. Bummer....fasting will start on Thursday. It's going to be one tiring month. Oh well...see how it goes. Anyway, I should be heading to Chew Interior tomorrow. See what the fella has got to offer....the quotation.

Backache,
RuDy

My Biological clock is screwed....

2007-09-02T07:50:00.000+08:00

I can't believe I'm up at 7.05am on a Sunday morning. Sheesshh....I should be sleeping. This is what happens when you get up at 5.30am every morning. Worse still, I can't sleep anymore. I thought I might as well get up, shower have breakfast and watch a bit of tv. I'll definitely take a nap later in the afternoon.

I didn't do much yesterday. Hit the gym in the morning, and practically stayed home the whole day. Was just too lazy to go out. At least my gf wasn't making noise. After all, we did go out on Friday evening.

What to do today? Hhhhmmmm....no plans yet. Planning to go Causeway Point......planning only. Oh ya...I wanna go JB probably Tuesday or Wednesday as well. I need a new pair of Adidas shoes for school. Another Asics pair would help as well. A couple of shorts....and maybe a bag. Anyway, will update more when I have the time.

Regards,
RuDy

My first....and possibly the best teacher's day of my life...

2007-08-31T15:50:00.001+08:00

It's my first Teacher's Day celebration today. In Woodlands Sec, we had the ACES Day in the first half of the morning. Followed by celebrations. I received a bouquet of flowers (a dozen pink roses) from my class 3E. On of the boys "piggy back" me up to stage. It sure was embarrasing....fun but embarrasing.

The shocker of the day came later in the afternoon. A few of my ex AI students came to look for me at Causeway Point. What surprised me was the fact that they (2E4) "made" me a poster bearing their greetings and well wishes. I only had one thought...."They remembered me".

Is there anything else that I cold have asked for.......10 weeks in AI was a short period of time. 15 weeks later........they remembered me. Sandi, Feon and Wei Wen were at Causeway Point to meet me. Eileen joined us later. They looked different. Just like Cheryl (whom I saw yesterday). They just looked so different now.....very much more matured and taller. All of them will turn out to be gorgeous young ladies I'm sure. In fact, they all look taller....I wouldn't be able to recognize them if they weren't in their school uniform. I'm sure they would have dressed and looked differently in their "home" clothes.

I never expected anything from them. Let alone "gifts"...gifts from the heart. A poster with the well wishes from 2E4 as well as a red daisy. To think that it came out of their pocket money...I'm touched....sincerely touched.

Sandi kept on saying that I didn't care about them anymore....I guess they don't much. My current students feel "sick" whenever I told them about my ex-students in AI. Every now and then, they will be mentioned. Even when they're not mentioned, they're still in my thoughts. I'm grateful and thankful that they still remember me....for how long? I don't know...

Thank you my little devils,
RuDy

Happy Teacher's Day...

2007-08-30T20:35:00.000+08:00

It's Teacher's Day tomorrow....I guess it should mean something more to me huh? I didn't think much about Teacher's Day when I was younger. What's the big deal....that's what I always thought. Hmmm....I guess this would be my 1st official Teacher's Day celebration. I already received a "gift"...a set of blue pen, red pen and pink highlighter from one of my students in 3G. It's not the value...it's the thought that counts.

I saw Cheryl (ex-student) at Woodlands MRT station just now. Then I actually took the same lift at Riyan. Small world indeed. Headed to the gym with Ryan for a bit. Body's gonna ache tomorrow. Tomorrow need to "perform" the hip-hop dance for ACES day as well. Aaahhh....time to eat now. Haven't eat after workout...

Looking-forward-to-holiday,
RuDy

I haven't blogged in donkey years...

2007-08-24T23:58:00.000+08:00

Geeezzzz.....I haven't blogged in like donkey years!!! I've just been so busy and tired. The moment I get home, I don't even want to sit in front of the computer. Anyway, just a short update. Last Sat, the teachers' team had a friendly game with the C Boys. Unfortunately weather was shitty....we stopped while the boys were 6-5 up. It's just something that we wanted to reward the boys for doing well this year. They had a friendly game with Northlight School yesterday as well. We won 6-0....quality stuff. The sec 1s are doing alright. We'll need to polish them next year.

It's been a hectic week. I went for a Holistic Health Framework course on Tuesday. No freaking idea what I did there....one ear in, the other ear out. I've been rushing through with the markings and entering the CA marks into the cockpit. At the same time, I had to prepare for this morning's presentation for News In Class. First time that I presented in front of 1000 students and teachers. I'm sure there's more to come. I was a bit nervous, I don't deny that, but I think I did alright..."Doping In Sports".

Other than that, it's been an uneventful week. Oh yeah...I need to follow up closely with 2 of my students whom I don't even know cause they've been absent since like March. I won't even know them if I bump into them on the streets. Shitty right....I have to follow up on students that I don't even know simply because they belong to my class. Damn it...

Anyway, will try to update more. Should be able to this coming week. Time to get some shut eye....

Drained-out,
RuDy

It's been a while...

2007-08-15T18:59:00.000+08:00

It's been a while since I last blogged. 4 days or so I think. Flu's getting much better. In fact, I could afford to go for a short run yesterday. Timing was miserable though...haha. Took me an extra 5 minutes to complete the same distance that I covered last month. I guess I'm not 100% yet.

School/work is still pretty much the same. It's week 8 now. 2 and a half weeks to go. A couple more stuff to cover for this semester. I slept really early last night. By 9.30pm I was long gone. Maybe I'm getting old....of course not. I'm still so young. haha!!! English N level prelim listening comprehension to conduct tomorrow and sec 3NT oral exam on Friday. And it's not even supposed to be my duty. Duh!! They're really squeezing me dry.

PE side has been ok so far. I mean to be honest, I'd rather have more PE load than EL load. Hopefully they'll employ more EL teachers next year (so that I can have a lighter EL load). haha. Oh ya, staff dinner on the 26 of August at SRC. Hopefully it's not so silly.

Anyway, time to rest and relax now.

R&R,
RuDy

Long weekend...

2007-08-09T17:23:00.000+08:00

Yeah!!! My "long" weekend is here. Wednesday was half day...National Day celebrations. Thursday, National Day and Friday is a school holiday. Unfortunately....I'm down with flu. There goes my long weekend. This flu is giving me shit. I think I'm so weak. Always getting flu every now and then. Since Monday...wonder if there's something that I shouldn't eat....it seems like it's taking ages for my flu to clear up.

Anyway, I went to JB with mum yesterday after school (half day). Didn't do much. Mum did a bit of shopping and I just walked around. I bought 1 whole cake from Secret Recipe...Banana Chocolate...my favourite. Thank god the causeway was clear. Saw one of my current students on the bus (she was on her way home...stays in Pelangi JB) and one of my ex-students as well. Got home at about 4 plus...close to 5pm. Went to Northpoint at about 8pm for dinner. Craving for KFC....I know I shouldn't have, especially since I have a flu. Just so tempted. Haven't exercise since last Sat. Can feel the fats piling up...damn.

Supposed to play soccer today with Agus at Braddell-Westlake. Decided against it. I don't want my flu to get worse. It's already bad as it is. Maybe the FLu relief panadol doesn't work. Hmm....maybe I should try something else.

Didn't do much today...eat sleep eat sleep. Now waiting for the NDP on tv. No tickets this year. Didn't want to head down to Esplanade either....it's gonna be too crowded. Anyway, I'm out of here. My "long" weekend is practically over. Damn....next week will be a loooonnnggg week as well. Some idiot told me to take over his duties (Oral exam). What to do...I'm down in the pecking order. How can I say no....

Happy 42nd Birthday Singapore

Down with flu,
RuDy

Friday....

2007-08-03T18:33:00.000+08:00

Finally...my weekend is here. Short weekend though. My week has been tiring. I'm not exactly enjoying myself there. Some idiot are acting as if I'm invisible...talking about me right in front of me (and it's not students). Duh...I'm not invisible for god's sake. Idiot. Next Monday there's a CDP meeting at 1.45pm. Not sure if I'm still conducting my sec 3 express EL oral. I conducted the oral for sec 2 exp today. 14 students after school is draining.

I'm looking forward to next week though. Short week....let's hope it's going to be a good short week. My dumbass form class is giving teachers problems. Most of the boys. Bunch of baffoons....they need to use their bloody head. Caught for glue sniffing, giving chem teacher problem.....dumbass. Might as well go and drink rat poison and kill themselves. Save me all the hassle.

Anyway, I think I have no life. Teaching kills my social life damn it. Time to shower and head down town. Meeting some ex camp mates for dinner...the usual suspects.

Weekend-is-here,
RuDy

My weekend...

2007-07-29T20:09:00.001+08:00

I didn't do much on Friday. I was simply too tired. Had department lunch at Seoul Garden at Causeway Point. I came late cause of Friday prayers. I wasn't even full yet but since everyone else had to leave, I decided to stop eating. Buffets are meant for a group of people to eat and chit chat. It's just so different when you go eat buffet with colleagues.

I went to JB on Saturday with my mum and dear. We went to Arab Street to look for cloth before that. Went to JB hungry. At least it wasn't raining when we got to JB. Walked around City Square hoping to buy stuff. Nothing that I liked though. Had dinner at Kenny Rogers. The chicken's a bit dry though.

Went to the gym this morning...about 9.30am. Got home, watched tv for a bit and then took a long nap...2 and a half hours. Then went to Bishan Park to play a bit of soccer. I didn't run much though. It was a pretty much social soccer. Almost walking pace. I'm happy with this kind of pace. Now, time to do some work for the Speak Good English Month. Duh....

Regards,
RuDy

Back from camp...

2007-07-26T18:28:00.000+08:00

Here's a long one...

Day 1 - 25th July 2007
I got to school in the morning as usual. The weather didn't look kind at all. My only concern was the weather. What's going to happen to all the activities planned if there was heavy downpour? After all, it's been consistently raining for the past 1 week or so. Will my students be deprived of the activities? Let's hope not.
I wasn't actually looking forward to going for the camp (because of the weather). I love going for camps when the weather is good. Camping is never fun when it's raining all the time. Furthermore, it's only recently (2 weeks ago) that I went for the sec 2 NYAA Adventure Camp. At the same time, I'm looking forward to stepping into Pulau Ubin for the very first time of my life. It seems like all of my friends said that it's pretty fun camping in Pulau Ubin.

As we boarded the bus, I could see some of the students' faces looking so uninterested in the trip. It was meant to be a fun and enjoyable trip. Let's face it..."studying" outside is ALWAYS better than inside a classroom. We had to get to Changi Jetty to catch the bum boats to Pulau Ubin. The boat ride was cool. It was literally cooling with bits of water splashing into the boat. I'm pretty sure that if the boat ride was longer than that 10 minutes, some of the students would be sea sick. One incident that I didn't quite like though is the foul language used by the students. I don't get it, why do they need to use vulgarities in their conversation? I question myself...is this the type of language they use at home? I doubt so.....then why is there a need to use vulgarities when talking to their friends?

The moment we got there, we headed towards Jelutong Campsite. It's only about 5 minutes walking distance from the jetty. Everyone started pitching their tents. I see LOTS of groupwork and cooperation be it in groups or in pairs. I guess in life, it is necessary to work hand in hand to accomplish a project. It's also good to see students asking teachers for help (while pitching their tents). If in doubt, always ask. I hope they will apply this to their classroom and every day life. When in doubt, always ask.

Once the tents are up, we proceeded with our first activity - team bonding game. It sure was fun. Most of the students in my team worked together to figure out the puzzle (they had to form a perfect square with awkward shapes). Obviously it wasn't as easy as some of them thought it was. Being over confident doesn't help. Even in real life, we need to analyze the situation first. The second part of the bonding activity was much better. Even though they had difficulty remembering how to place the awkward shapes, it was at least strategically planned out by the teams e.g. you put the triangle on the top right corner etc.

After lunch was the fun part. Everyone (teachers and students) had the opportunity to rent a bicycle. We all rode to Chek Jawa for the land expedition. There wasn't much cohesiveness in my team, unfortunately. The better ones (in terms of cycling) would cycle was ahead leaving the less competent cyclist lagging behind. Where is the care and concern for one another? I feel that care and concern for one another is lacking. I made it a point to tell them to cycle together on their way back.

Our trip in Chek Jawa took a pause as there was lighting risk alert between 1505hours to 1600hours. I got the SMS and quickly hurried the few groups that were there to take shelter. Once the weather cleared up, we proceed with our boardwalk. They took lots of pictures together. I saw a bit of bonding there. They looked genuinely happy and interested while looking out for sea animals/creatures as they walked along the boardwalk.

I do have to comment the teamwork when they cycled back to base camp. This time round, the team did wait for one another. It was much better (though it can still be improved). Some managed to instill confident to their team members, especially when they had difficulty cycling downhill.

I'm grateful that there were no casualties in my group. We returned to base camp for dinner. Students were cooking for one another (but none cooked for me). None cooked for me...I wonder if my ex-students would have cooked for me. I'm pretty sure my ex-students would. It's at times like this that I miss my ex-students. Anyway, I just had crackers for dinner. I'm good going without food as long as I have water. It's only for one day anyway. Some were cooking together (boys and girls) but they had to come out to a common area as the campsite was divided between boys side and girls side.

They had Candle War game at night. Looked pretty fun....but I didn't quite like the lack of integrity in some of them. Some cheated just so they can win...that's so silly. They really need to understand that cheating will hurt them eventually. You may not be caught once, twice but eventually you will. It doesn't pay. After the Candle War, it was time to wash up and zzzzz.

Day 2
Students were supposed to be up and cooking their breakfast by 7am. We proceeded with a short walk to Noordin Beach. Nice quiet, tiny beach. I was bitten by tons of mosquitoes on our way there. I'm still itching from it now. The trip to the beach was nice I felt. Even though some of them were irritating one another, they looked like they had fun. Oh...I forgot to tell you that 3 students from my group decided to fall out. And then there were 7. We made one wrong turn and yet they put the blame on one person. That's so silly especially when THEY were given the task that they should plan the route together. When a person leads and you just follow blindly, then you have no right to put the blame on that person...after all, you did not even say anything when you went the wrong way. I'm glad that they really thought about what and how Noordin Beach can be developed into an eco-tourist area for the near future.

Oh ya....MY group had the opportunity to taste FRESH durian. You can't get any fresher than that because we came across a durian in the middle of the road. I am positively sure that the durian had just fell from the tree. It was slightly cracked open (impact from falling at great height). They had the opportunity to taste FRESH durian. I took a bite myself. I personally don't like durian but I don't mind tasting it. It's such a waste of opportunity to not taste it when it is right in front of you. How often can you taste a durian that just dropped from the tree...probably not ever. I'm glad that it was my group who had this opportunity.

They had lunch the back in base camp after that and a short debrief and reflection session. I haven't read what they've written yet. We all got back in school by 1545hours. End of trip.

End of post. Very tired. Eat and zzzz...

Regards,
RuDy

Beginning of the week....

2007-07-23T19:07:00.000+08:00

What a weekend. Tiring weekend. Last Friday night, I think I watched the silliest movie EVER!!! I watched "Black Sheep". I can't believe that I actually went to watch such a silly movie. Thank god I didn't pay for the movies. Rina and Agus gave us (my girlfriend and I) a pair of complimentary tickets to be redeemed at any Cathay cinemas. And of all movies, we went to The Cathay to watch Black Sheep. Obviously we wanted to watch Harry Potter but tickets were sold out. So we opt for Black Sheep. Geeezzzz......I still can't believe I watched it.

On Saturday, we went to Velocity to walk around. Just checking out the goods there. I found my long tights finally. I haven't bought it yet....not sure how much it cost. Will buy it soon when I have $$$$.

I went for the Mizuno Wave Run on Sunday morning. This year's 10km run was held from Temasek Poly to Bedok Reservoir. Short run but the wet weather didn't help. I took about an hour. Pathetic. Now my left calf aching. Cold wet morning. Pissed off with Ryan as well, cause he told me on Saturday that he left the number tags in school. Duh...and he couldn't get it back. SO I ran without the number tags and couldn't claim my goodie bag. The goodie bag is a shoe bag with one Mizuno running top inside. Well, at least I didn't waste my $20 (Ryan said I didn't have to pay him back). haha. Morning exercise.

Today, I went to accompany the boys for the soccer match at Siglap Sec. We drew 3 all with ACS Barker. Silly game. One idiot shouted vulgarities on the pitch and was sent off. Idiot. Only in the first 10 minutes, we were down with 10 men. I have no doubt that we could have easily won with 11 men. Furthermore, 2 of my first team defenders were not around (1 had to go NCC camp, the other was absent from school). Sigh....the team has no discipline.

Another shit coming my way as well. I'm going for the sec 3NT integrated program camp this Wed and Thursday. Shit...I'm so tired and stoll have to go for Pulau Ubin camp. Sleep in tents and let the mosquitoes feed on me. Damn it. So not looking forward to this.

Anyway, time for dinner now.

Regards,
RuDy

Great....my passion for soccer is back...

2007-07-19T20:12:00.001+08:00

I just got back from my C boys game today. We had a difficult opponent....Greenview Sec. Even though we lost (3 -1) I think the boys did great. I mean, a few errors in the first half pissed me off. Especially when we dominated the game. At least the game ignited my passion for soccer again. I think when anyone is off the game for too long, somehow the passion just dies off. Maybe it's not just anyone...maybe it's just me. I mean, I haven't been off the game for such a long time. Even when I was in Sydney, I still had my weekly kick about sessions with my mates. It also doesn't help when the team doesn't really "belong" to you. I'm in a way, sort of an assistant. It's Philip who has build the team from the beginning of the year. I don't have a sense of belonging to the team. Sigh...when can I have MY own team.

Got school at 7am, left school at 7pm. This is too much. And they have training on Saturday as well. I'm not going.....I don't care. I just want to relax on Saturday. Sunday morning go for the Mizuno Run and chill out for the rest of the day. Go for an easy run. No rush....hmm...where's the route ya? Temasek Poly and around Bedok Reservoir if I'm not wrong. Ahh....don't care. Anywhere also can. Haven't done much cardiovascular exercise for sometime. haha. Don't want to struggle to complete it. haha. I shouldn't have played badminton yesterday. My right hamstring aching now. I should have stretched properly before I played. Old body....hurting at where the hamstring tore...old injury. Sh|t.........

Anyway, very tired now....watch tv and chill out...

Igniting-the-passion,
RuDy

I'm sooooo frustrated and disappointed!!!!!!! Damn IT!!!!!!!!

2007-07-17T19:55:00.002+08:00

Damn it!!! I was so looking forward to going for the nationals track and field meet. SH|T!!!!!!!!!! Now I can't go simply because I have staff meeting. !@#$%^&* This is so frustrating. It just seems that my interest in soccer is waning and I'm more interested in track and field now. It doesn't help that I'm not playing soccer because of my injury.

Why of all days does the staff meeting be held tomorrow!!!! Why didn't they held it last week or next week. Why tomorrow? Why? Why? Why?!!!!!!! This is sooooooo frustrating. I just want to complain and complain and complain. I mean, think about it, I do not feel like I have my own "team" in WSS. Yes my C div soccer boys are doing well in tournament but it's pretty much Philip's team. I did not train them from scratch. I'm only basking in their "glory". Fair enough that I've been co-coaching the past 4 weeks. And occasionally coaching them by myself a couple of times (like today) but it's just not MY team. I'm getting frustrated by the lack of opportunity. I can't even go to CCK Stadium tomorrow to SEE what I want to see...nationals t&f.

I've been following AI's track and field program this season and yet I can't go for the BIGGEST event of the year tomorrow. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRGGGGHHHHH!!!! This is KILLING ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

FRUSTRATED!!!!!!,
RuDy

I'm sooooo frustrated and disappointed!!!!!!! Damn IT!!!!!!!!

2007-07-17T19:55:00.001+08:00

Monday....beginning of the week

2007-07-16T19:56:00.000+08:00

I didn't do much over the weekend. Confirmed my booking with Klaseboer. Other than that, I met Agus and Rina for dinner at Tambuah Mas. Quality stuff. Dinner was on them. haha. We wanted to catch a movie but silly me, didn't bring my glasses. Duh!!

I pretty much stayed home on Sunday (only went to the gym in the morning - been 2 weeks since I hit the gym) and attended my neighbour's wedding. Taufik Batisah (Singapore Idol 1) was there (Taufik's their cousin) and so was Baikhaki Kaizan - Singapore soccer player. They were like superstars....everybody wanted to take photo with them. Even my mum got to take photo with Taufik Batisah. Sheeesshh....

Today, I went with my C div soccer boys to their second nationals game. They won 13 - 1 beating Greenridge Sec. Duh....I'm surprised how Greenridge can get into League 1 of the Nationals. It's a good feeling but I know they didn't do well. Lots of silly errors. Oh well, I'll have to work on that during training tomorrow.

Anyway, teaching frisbee for PE now. Today's lesson was alright. A couple of things that can be improved but generally ok. I'm off now. Tired....

Tired,
RuDy

Friday!!!!!!!!!!!

2007-07-13T19:08:00.000+08:00

Finally, my weekend is here. I had my investiture yesterday. We all finally had the opportunity to meet one another again after 3 weeks. Seems like everyone's complaining about their life. I should be grateful with mine then. haha. I mean, comparing to some of them, namely Seok Kuan, I have an alright load I suppose. Furthermore, no one cares a hoot about my NT classes. haha.

Then we help Azhar with a bit of filming. They wanted to film some NS man who's doing well in their outside career as well. Azhar is a pretty high profile lecturer. The video might be shown in Singapore Discovery Centre for the next 10 years. Meaning, my face will be shown in SDC for the next 10 years as well!!!! hahaha!!! My 1 minute of fame!!!! hahahahahahaha!!!!

The few of us went to IMM for makan after that and just went window shopping. Didn't do much. I hope to be able to make it to CCK stadium for the track & field finals next wednesday. Hopefully I won't be arrowed to do last minute stuff.

Makan-time,
RuDy

Campfire's burning...Auld Lang Syne

2007-07-11T21:57:00.000+08:00

Ma ma mia......it's been a hectic and physically draining 3 days. But I love it!!! Yes I'm physically tired but mentally I'm great. First day was easy. By the time we got to Jalan Bahtera, it was already 11am. They had their "pasar malam" and attendance taking in school. They broke into their groups in camp. I was pretty much in charge of the land expedition. I was in charge of those leaving from Kranji back to Jalan Bahtera. Dropped by Sungei Buloh to see monitor lizards and just enjoy the breeze. Quality stuff.

Pretty much the same for Tuesday as well. I didn't get much...in fact no opportunity to see the rope and tower elements. Now that I think about it, the sec 2 AI camp, I also didn;t get to see my class do their rope elements. Hhhmm.....maybe I'm suitable to do land expeditions.

My bloody "bunk" is like an ice box. Freezing my @$$ off at night. Gggeeezzzz. Oh ya, I conducted the morning PTs for both mornings. One of my C div boys (captain) had a bad cramp this morning. Not sure if he can play tomorrow (C Boys Nationals game). A number of casualties nearby as well. Oh well...bound to happen.

I dropped by CCK stadium to see AI track team running. Quality....C Div 4x400m girls made it to the finals. The 1500m B boys all came in a respectable position/timings. Good stuff. I'm happy for them At least I didn't make my trip down there for nothing. Anyway...very tired now. Convocation tomorrow....oh no...investiture.

Tired,
RuDy

Transformers....robots in disguise.....transformers....more than meets the eye...

2007-07-08T13:03:00.000+08:00

Wow!!!!!!!!!!! I love the show!!!! I watched Transformers last night. Reminisce the good old times. My childhood memories. It's arguably one of the BEST movies I've watched ever. It just brings back all the good memories...optimus prime, bumblebee, jazz, starscream. I so have to get the DVD once it's out.

Dropped by Agus' solemnization yesterday at Pearl River restaurant at Suntec City...not Golden Peony. Don't know where I got that idea...duh. I got there late some more....damn it. By the time I got there, the solemnization part (signing etc) was over. Missed the most crucial or important part. Shit!! Didn't eat there though since the food not halal so they promised to make it up to me. His mum, elder sis and younger brother were there.The elder sis still look the same. Younger bro, taller and more mature now. His mum looked older...obviously. duh....the last time I saw them was like 10 years ago....maybe 12.

Anyway, my dear and I left shortly after. Didn't want to impose on them. He felt bad too but no worries lah. This coming weekend we should be meeting up he said.

Back to Transformers. It an action packed movie. It kept me on my toes throughout. Quality stuff. And the cinematography is excellent. Kudos to the producers. Tomorrow going to camp...I'll miss the track & field meet on Monday. I'll probably drop by on Wednesday. Hopefully. I'll need to pack my stuff later. Oh ya...bring mobile phone charger too. And it's 07072007 yesterday....Live Earth Day. 24hrs of non stop music on Channel 5.

Regards,
RuDy

It's been an eventful day....

2007-07-06T21:41:00.000+08:00

...Knowing is not enough, we must apply...

Flu check....still there.
Cough check....still coughing.
Voice check....still can't shout.
Pocket check....still no money !@#$%^&

On my way to work, I took bus 913 and saw Ruiying (my ex WRS student). She ws on the bus to get to Woodlands stadium as WRS was having their sports day today. We only saw each other when she was getting off the bus.

Work was as usual...tiring. Flu and cough didn't help at ALL. I REALLY need to recover by this weekend. If not, I'll faint when I go for Sec 2 NYAA camp on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Got 3G to go blogging at the computer lab today. Thank god there were many absentees...haha. Smaller class for me to handle. They were getting on my nerves today...too bad I can't shout, no voice after yesterday's soccer training.

Ya...yesterday conducted their final soccer training (for my C boys) before their Nationals next week. Since the core of the team will be going for Sec 2 camp, they won;t have much time to train. I worked closely with the defenders since Philip had already worked on their attacks on Tuesday.

After Friday prayers today, I just had to leave school. The day before stayed till 6+. I just couldn't take it anymore. 2.15pm and I was out of school. Made my way to Chua Chu Kang stadium for the Nationals Track & Field. Saw my ex-supervisor (Gobi Nair of Sports School). saw a couple of my ex-students from AISS - namely Wei Wen and Yu Hern from my 2E4. Didn't see them in action though. But I got to see Eileen running her 100m semi-finals. Not bad at all. Taking into consideration that she's "new" to track & field. Kudos to her into getting in the semis. The 4X100m B boys Firman, Haris, Syafiq and not sure who's the other one, did well as well. Getting into semis. So did the 4X100m C girls, consisting of Muslihah, Eileen, Wei Wen and Jiaxin. In fact, overall they did well. Weird right....I'm teaching in WSS yet I'm supporting AISS. Ya...I find it weird myself. haha. Maybe once I get myself attached to a track & field team (or I'm the teacher in charge) then I'll support my own school. haha.

Rauf gave me a lift home since he was dropping by school as well.

And then at about 8+pm....2 little devils (my ex-students) disturbed me. Cheryl and Sandi. Cheryl has conference calling and Feon joined in the conversation for a short while. Cheryl can talk NON STOP with her Indian accent. Duh....that's why she's doing Indian Dance for National Day. haha. Too bad I don't have a chance to watch. Hopefully someone tapes it so that I can view it. haha.

Anyway, I need to iron my clothes for Agus' solemnization tomorrow. 1.20pm at Suntec City's Golden Peony restaurant. Maybe I need to wear my new shoes. Oh ya....talking about new shoes, that day I wore my new Asics DS Trainer XI and it got dirty when I stepped into the field. Silly me also to wear new shoes when I'm teaching in the wet and dirty field. Duh....heart pain ah!!!!

Ok, going to finish up my worksheet (yes doing worksheets for my 3NT EL classes). And off to slumberland.....

Flu, cough, voiceless,
RuDy

Now flu better...but no voice...

2007-07-05T19:23:00.001+08:00

...Never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat...

My flu is better but now lost my voice. Totally can't hear myself talking. This is bad...very bad. Just got home from CCA training anyway. If this goes on every day, I'll faint. I haven't been able to do my own personal thing on weekdays. I just get too tired by the time I reach home...in addition to the fact that I reach home like 6pm or 7pm almost everyday.

I wish I was a student!!!!! Students just don't know how lucky they are. Come to school, relax, study and concentrate in class when they need to. Absorb whatever information they can get, go home do a bit of homework (not everyday they have homework) and off they go at 2pm to play. Shiok right? And yet they are still complaining...some don't even want to study anymore. Wait till they work...then they'll regret.

Anyway, too tired and lazy to blog now. Ciao. Oh ya...I started a blog with my 3F just now. Should be starting one with 3G.

Voiceless,
RuDy

I'm still down with flu...

2007-07-04T19:11:00.000+08:00

Oh man...I'm still bogged down by this flu. This is killing me. I NEED to recover by this week. Going Jalan Bahtera camp next week.

Had training with the C boys yesterday. The first 11 players are excellent...too bad there's no depth in the squad. Need to get them aware of the tactics. Especially when they are defending. Trained till 6.30pm. Left school only at 6.45pm. Need to start them earlier.

This afternoon, went to recce with Gary and Philip the route at Lim Chu Kang for the land expedition. Everything was ok. Just need to touch up on the worksheets and all should be set. Now still feeling sore...runny nose and coughing. Damn. Oh ya, I bought goat's milk at Hay Dairies Goat Farm just now. Not bad goat's milk. Been waiting for an opportunity since I tasted goat's milk last year at the same venue. I bought 5 bottles....taste different from cow's milk. Sweeter I would say. Dinner time now....

Runny-nose,
RuDy

Youth Day....down with flu...

2007-07-02T19:45:00.000+08:00

It's Youth Day today. So no school...means no work for me. Hit the gym in the morning. Now having flu. Duh....maybe shouldn't have hit the gym (flu symptoms were already showing yesterday). I also went to collect my investiture gown at Serangoon Broadway just now. Saw Wei Wen stadium again...training. We talked for a while.

Did a bit of lesson preparation for this week. Oh ya, need to book a computer lab for 3F this week. Going to ask Philip to book for me since I don't have access to info mgmt. 4 days this week. Looking forward to the next weekend. haha. Hope can reach Agus' solemnization on time this coming Saturday (provided Gary lets me off early on Saturday morning from Jalan Bahtera). The following week better still...9, 10, 11 camp at Jalan Bahtera. 12 is investiture at NTU. Only 1 so called teaching day...Friday. At the same time, it means I will miss out on a few events at CCK stadium for the Nationals. Will try to make it for as many events as possible.

Tired ah. Hate the flu....bogs me down. Laterz...

Flu,
RuDy

Not too bad a weekend...

2007-07-01T10:58:00.000+08:00

...Striving for success without hard work is like trying to harvest what you never planted...

Friday was a pretty short day (I left school by 2pm. Don't care). Had a meeting about next week's deployment for the NAPFA and PE lesson with the PE department. At the same time, I've been deployed to go Jalan Bahtera next Saturday to recce and follow the camp leaders for training. Shit thing is that it's half a day event but I MUST attend Agus and Rina's wedding as well. His solemnization is next Saturday at Golden Peony restaurant. Tough luck. Looks like I have to bring my stuff to change there. Toublesome. Went out for dinner with my dear on Friday night. Walked around Bugis Junction for a bit. Didn't shop cause I'm broke.

Yesterday (Sat), I went to the gym in the morning. Was supposed to be at the gym by 8am, couldn't wake up. haha. Only got to the gym at 9am. Met Ryan there a bit later. Then we went for a short slow run. Saw Wei Wen and Eileen there too. They were training. Seems like they are training almost everyday. Possibility of burning out. Got the band at Lee Hwa later in the afternoon. Should be ready by next week.

I went to the National Stadium for it's closing ceremony later in the afternoon. Got there at about 5.15pm. Saw Harith and Haris and the rest of the AI boys at the overhead bridge. One donkey was smoking. Don't know his name. Felt like taking off my sandals and knock his head. Idiot. Hopefully the track boys know better than to pick up such stupid act. I made my way to the stadium with my dear and Ryan. Met Charles, SK, JQ, Rongzhen, Yea Bih, Alvin Tok and his gf there. Azhar joined us for a short while. final score, Singapore 0 Australia 3. We created quite a number of chances in the first half though. Just a bit unfortunate that Indra Sahdan didn't score. He had a one on one saved by Mark Schwarzer and another header ricochet off the crossbar. Unlucky. In the second half, the Lions went kapuut. Stayed a little while to see the Grand Old Dame being put out for the final time. Well, a new sports hub will be build. It'll be good for the future youth of Singapore.
After the game, we went to Bencoolen Street to makan. Left home at about 12.45am. By the time I got home it was almost 2am. Tired....I'm still feeling it now. I better prepare for what to do for my EL classes next week. Better start planning. Then later still need to go out with mum. I need to take a nap...

Sleepy,
RuDy

Soccer boys...

2007-06-28T21:13:00.000+08:00

...A window of opportunity will not open by itself...

Long day today. Will be longer if I don't get some shut eye soon. Again, I had 3F and 3G today. 3F was well behaved and doing their work whereas 3G was all over the place. Then in the afternoon, I took the C boys for some fitness & conditioning. Push ups, sit ups, leg raises, plank etc. they did a bit of ball skills, juggling and controlling the ball as well.

Dropped by the gym after work and surprisingly Rauf and the AI students were still there training. I saw Wei wen, Muslihah and Eileen. They look happy and ready for the Nationals. Excellent. I miss them....really do. Laiyu was there too...

Regret going to Woodlands? Em...I can't say that. I mean...oh well. Blessing in disguise perhaps? I hope so...

Cherios,
RuDy

Unbelievable week.....

2007-06-27T21:26:00.000+08:00

...Don't let life discourage you; everyone who got where he is had to begin where he was...

It's been an unbelievable week. First, my computer went kapoot on me on Sunday. It died on me. It was ok on Saturday night but it just died on me on Sunday. Sent it to Sun Plaza for servicing with Charles and Ryan on Monday...the damage was 60 bucks. Collected it yesterday and it's up and running again. It just feels different though. There was a problem with the software. I guess that's what you get for a DIY computer. Sad thing is that it was only 1 and a half years old. The fella said my hard drive might kapoot on me anytime soon as well. Damn it.

Monday was the FIRST day of school. I was introduced to the school. Felt like I was being objectified by 1100 pairs of eyes. Weird. Some of the students still remember me...especially the rowdy ones. My timetable is hell. Form class is 3E...one hell of a class. Teaching 3F and 3G English. It's at times like this that I feel my ex 2E4 of AI are angels. At least I enjoyed teaching them and NEVER dread walking into the class. Now, I've only met 3F and 3G once, on Tuesday, and I'm dreading to walk into the class again. 3F is alright. 3G can be rowdy. As for my form class, I have no contact with them at all. I only have 1 hour of PE per week and the occasional (not even fortnightly) CDP period. It's just unfair. How am I going to help them or interact with them. They are after all my form class. I need time with them. To talk to them and interact as much as I can.

Yesterday was a killer day. 1G and 4G for PE. Followed by 3F and 3G for EL. Tuesdays are NT days. In fact, I only have 1 Exp class this semester. A couple of NA classes and the rest are NT classes.

I had sore throat yesterday. Thank god it's E-Learning day today. Students had to do their work from home. Thank god. Teachers still had to go to school as usual. We had this MBTI workshop. Some Myers-Briggs Type Indicator. 9am - 5pm. Tired...

Anyway, stayed back in school till 7pm. REALLY tired. Tomorrow I still have to conduct soccer training cause Philip's going to CCAB for a meeting. Can't go home early also. Damn it!!!!

I miss 2E4...

Missing 2E4,
RuDy

Devastating news....I'm so so sad...

2007-06-24T00:21:00.000+08:00

...Discovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen and thinking what nobody has thought...

I am devastated by the news. Thierry Henry is joining Barca for 16 million pounds. Nnnnnnooooo!!! There goes my Arsenal. First it was my favourite player Vieira. Now it's Henry. When are we ever going to keep good players. Even Arsene might leave after this season. Sigh...my Gunners. Barca has an out of this world attacking force with Ronaldinho, Messi, Eto'o and now Henry. We need to build a team. David Dein's departure was the last straw for him I guess. I'm devastated.

I just got home from Francis' wedding at Regents Hotel. Sat on the same table as Charles, SK, Neelan, Belle, JQ and Alvin Tok. The rest of the table were people whom we didn't know. Food wasn't exactly fantastic....my food I mean. Oh well, what to do.

Went to ROMM to confirm our dates with dear this morning. Everything's going fine for now. Just need to decide on the catering. It's costly, just afraid that it's beyond my budget. I'll have to do my Maths on this. The registrar asked a few questions just to confirm that everything was alright. Got home about 4 plus, rest and changed for the dinner. Ryan Fong picked me up (he rented a car). We got there right on the dot...8pm. I guess by Monday, there's no more fooling around. No more PESS.

Anyway, time to get some shut eye. Been up since 7.40am this morning. Walk here walk there...tired.

Devastated-by-Henry's-departure,
RuDy

PS: I bought Collin Raye's CD just now. Quality voice.....comparable to Leann Rimes.

Countdown...3 days to go...

2007-06-22T17:54:00.000+08:00

...Never look down on anybody, unless you're helping him up...

3 days to go before term starts. I'm sounding just like the students...dreading the day when their holiday ends. haha. I dropped by school yesterday...not so much of dropped by...I HAD to. Attended a half a day e-learning course. the staff weren't exactly friendly. I felt out of place in fact. Gary was cool about it...he didn't want to keep me for too long when I approached him asking if he needed me to do anything. He just apologize about not being able to give me a FULL PE load. Yes...can you believe it. I'm doing MORE English than PE. !@#$%^&* Try telling that to ANY PE teacher and believe me, we don't like it. Too bad the SMC made decisions as such. My bad...my loss. Basically I have like 6 hours or PE, 8 lllloooonnnnggg hours of EL, 1 or 2 hour of CDP and one hell of a form class - 3E. I've been told that it's a small class but a small and CHALLENGING class. I'm so looking forward to that...yeah right. CCA...haha...of all the CCA's...I didn't get what I wanted (soccer of course). I couldn't believe what I got...haha.

Went to the gym this morning. After that I dropped by the stadium to see Rauf and the students train. Told him the truth....that I'm gonna need his help big time. He's a big man and very accommodating. At least that's my back up plan if all hell breaks lose. haha! Saw Wei wen and the 0thers as well. Her running style looks better now...better form. Laiyu, Muslihah and Eileen were there as well. Laiyu was doing mileage, easy runs. Shafiq and Harith were doing their own stuff - long jump, sprinting etc. Renee was doing a bit of high jumps at first. I just tagged on with Charles and Rauf to learn new stuff. Was pretty much watching Nasir clearing 1.60m for high jump. That's VERY high...considering that my PB is only 1.51m. Then again, that's cause I suck. haha. Left at about 11.40am. Had to rush to make it for Friday prayers.

Might go to the gym tomorrow afternoon with Ryan too. He messaged me...about 3pm tomorrow. Then we can prepare and go to the wedding dinner together - provided he wants lah. Dear coming my place later after work. We should be meeting the caterer with my mum. Caterer's coming to my place at 8pm I think. Anyway, that's it. I'm getting hungry again. hehe. What to eat tonight...hmmm...

Cherios,
RuDy

I have no HOLIDAY...

2007-06-19T18:03:00.000+08:00

...In order to be walked on, you have to be lying down...

This is so unfair. I have no break!!! Damn it!! Dropped by my school yesterday. They really are giving me shit classes and squeezing me dry. I'll be form teacher of 3E (sec 3 NT class). They've given me 2 EL classes...2D(2NA) and 3E(3NT). !@#$%^& This is so unfair. They're just throwing classes at me. PE wise I have no worries....they've give me the works from sec 1 to sec 5. It's just bullsh|t that I've been thrown down the well. Furthermore, this Thursday, I have to attend an IT/E Learning course...9am - 5pm. Come on....where's the break that I was promised.

Hit the gym a little later in the afternoon. And then saw the AMK (pri and sec) school students training in the stadium. I guess they're peaking for the National Schools Track & Field Meet. Went out for dinner with my dear later in the evening. Ate at Esplanade Glutton's Bay. I was shocked when a plate of mee goreng set me back by $6!!! It's not as if it was anything special. I so wanted to go shopping (Adidas shoes having 30% off) but I'm just so broke. I really need to save up...my savings account is like so dry now. I'm so not looking forward to next week...I NEED TIME ro rejuvenate!! Give me a BREAK!!!

I-need-a-break,
RuDy

F@nt@stic 4...Rise of the Silver Surfer...

2007-06-17T22:17:00.000+08:00

...Take a chance and you may lose. Take not a chance, and you have lost already...

It was a big day for my dear yesterday. She is a new "sister". My parents were with us at MCAS. We got there early, and were done by an hour or so. Everything was smooth. We took a cab to ROMM, hoping to book a date. Unfortunately we got there just a little bit too late. I guess I'll have to do the booking online.

We watched F@nt@stic 4...Rise of the Silver Surfer at Lido. It's not too bad. Can't really remember what part 1 was so I can't really compare. The character Silver Surfer is way cool. According to comics, Silver Surfer is the strongest "superhero". No one can stop him. And no one actually did (in the movie). After the show, we ate at Breeks. Had a good lunch/dinner. We ate pretty late so we skipped dinner. We had desserts for dinner at Gloria Jeans. Wanted to go shopping but my pocket quite dry. haha. It's not even a week past pay day and I'm dry. It's going to be a long month.

I'll be reporting to Woodlands Sec tomorrow morning. Meeting the P and VP I assume. They'll probably go through the school rules and stuff. Should be an induction. Not really looking forward to it. Oh well, for the next 3 years at least. I should be heading to the gym after that. Wanted to go gym today but Ryan had some officiating at Gombak Stadium. There's a track & field competition and he's helping to officiate. He asked me to tag along but I declined. I'm sure a couple of my devils are there. Hope they did well. Anyway, I hope tomorrow's induction won't drag for too long.

Cherios,
RuDy

ITE visit...

2007-06-15T19:27:00.000+08:00

Why do people always assume that going to ITE is bad? I mean, being enrolled in ITE is actually good. I guess teachers do play a part in "influencing" students from going to ITE. Often enough, teachers will say "If you don't study hard, you will go to ITE". Enough said. Any Tom, Dick or Harry would infer from this one very sentence that going to ITE is not so good. Jack Neo's movie, 'I Not Stupid' didn't help when in one scene ITE = It's The End. How can?

I guess my short but meaningful visit to ITE East today will make me encourage my students to go ITE. I mean, of course if they can go to JC or poly, it'll be good for them. But at the end of the day, if they are very much interested in technical and practical stuff, ITE is very encouraging. Not only does it have state of the art technology, they have quality lecturers as well. At the end of the day, it all depends on individuals. Whether you want to study and make or simply throw your life away (like what I did when I was in school). Thank god I realised it early.

On Wednesday, we visited the Sembawang Airbase and today ITE East. ITE East is definitely more worthwhile. The METI - I think, (Nursing School) is definitely one of the best in Singapore. This human-like plastic patient is the works. It has pulse, veins, eyes that can blink. You name it, you have it. I didn't know that humans have pulse on their feet until today. I guess we all learn something new everyday.

The makan today was alright. I kept on tucking on the desserts. haha. 2 bowls of longan/lychee almond jelly. There goes my morning jog.

Oh ya, that idiot Ryan stood me up this morning. That fella ask me go gym but I told him no cause I went yesterday. Feeling the D.O.M.S. Then he suggested going for a run around the stadium at 8.30am. I said ok. I left home 8.15am, didn't bring my phone. I mean going for a run, where to put my phone right? If go to the gym at least I can leave my phone in the locker. Then the fella didn't turn up. I end up running around the track on my own. Duh....I don't run around the track one. It's so boring. I'd rather go for my run around Yishun (as I always do). Furthermore, I wasn't actually in the mood to run today. Body need to rest also...Monday I ran, Tuesday gym at NIE, Wednesday I ran again, Thurday gym...thought today can rest. Some more, went out last night as well...dinner with dear and walk around. We might buy this nice blazer top from Giordano this weekend. She like one and I like another one. Anyway, I think I really need the rest. Over training already. Been having this splitting headache since Wednesday evening. Flu symptoms also showing. Signs of over training. I'll take it easy for the next couple of days. Start again next week. S league game on tv now. Laterz.

Overtrained,
RuDy

One more day of induction...

2007-06-13T18:11:00.000+08:00

One more day of induction. Monday was a talk about NE and voice projection. Yesterday (Tuesday) was PESS feedback and SSC talk about NCAP. We went to Sembawang Airbase today. Had a little bit of fun...especially during the helicopter simulation flight. I volunteered to "fly" the chinook since no one else wanted. Got a first hand touch and feel of the superpuma, chinook and the apache (though we couldn't get on the apache).

Before that, Charles and SK pick me up in the morning and we took a look at the showflats in Sengkang. I just wanted to have an idea of the decor. Not too bad, I kind of like the built-in wardrobe and kitchen cabinet. I also kind of like the idea of having a "walk-in" wardrobe feature in one of the bedrooms.

Anyway, going out to makan with kakak now. She going back Dubai tonight. I should treat her lah, since she's leaving.

Headache,
RuDy

Finally it's over....

2007-06-10T23:31:00.000+08:00

Finally ended my 2 weekend MGC. Long long weekends. Lectures on Sundays from 9.00am to 6.30pm is no joke at all. Although there's breaks in between (morning tea break, lunch and afternoon tea break), it's still too much to ask for. ESPECIALLY since it coincides with my NIE induction programme. I haven't been able to exercise much as well the past week. I better get into shape again.

Time to zzzz...long week ahead.

Drained,
RuDy