Charlie Bit Me 查理咬一口

CUTENESS ALERT!!!!!



which reminds me of an unforgettable vintage cf....



megawatt smiley must be in his/her teens already :)

哀莫大于心死 The Heart Is Dead

昨天, 我对她说, 我对他不再抱任何希望.

哀莫大于心死. 因爱才会生恨, 爱早已灭, 那来的恨?

往后, 我会把他当成隐形人. 不, 应该说, 在我心里早已把他当成隐形人了. 所以不会在他的身上浪费太多心思, 像陌生人一般.

江山易改, 本性难移. 要改, 能改, 早已改, 何须等到今时这刻?

或许你觉得我言重了, 可是这确是我的心态.

太冷酷? 太无情? 可能这就是基因的关系吧...

Ramblings 乱记 1, 2, 3

As you may have noticed, the transformation of this blog is finally complete!!! YEAH! But...

Not before I got wakened up by a phone call early this rainy morning for a RT stint at SA, only to be struck off once again when I told them I could not make it in time.

Well, they called up at 7am and expected me to report by 7.50am, i.e. 50 min to freshen up, have breakfast, get dressed, dash out and squeeze through the morning mad (and WET!) traffic rush. After I told them I might only get in after 8, the guy said he would check with the HOD and get back to me. Well, HE NEVER DID.

I instinctively called back about 15min later to check. Another lady told me that it was off -- they've already got another fella to do it. Who knows how long I have to wait if I hadn't called??? So irresponsible of them, right? :(

Anyway, I also want to say I loved David Cook's take on Mariah Carey's "Always Be My Baby" on AI7 last week. Like Simon said, it was a breath of fresh air after a series of rather karaoke singing by the contestants before him (but hey, I liked David A's "When You Believe" as well -- much like a younger Josh Groban). For me, it was like Blake Lewis doing Bon Jovi's "You Give Love A Bad Name" last season. 2 very different interpretations but equally outstanding renditions that struck a chord in me.



Oh, and it's Earth Day today! Don't forget to do your part as well. E.g turn on the fan but not the air-con at home, don't log in to your terminals for too long and create lesser rubbish today :)

Something's Gotta Change 改变

I decided it's time for a makeover of this blog so I made some changes here & there.

One major change is the new (and more 'English-friendly') sitename: www.homeboywrites.blogspot.com

Will continue to try incorporate more new & interesting stuff from time to time so that it doesn't look too dated or dull.

Pls give me your feedback, comments or fresh ideas on how I can make this blog more vibrant.

Sorry that my previous settings didn't allow non-members to post comments. I've since corrected them so pleeeease do give me comments if any.

Life's Like Dat 生活就是这样

It's been a long time. The time lapses between my entries seem to be getting longer.
Not that I'm getting too lazy to scribble here. It's just that there seems to be lesser joy in my life to share.

No doubt I lost some weight and my eyesight had improved over the past few years, and found out recently I'm still growing in height. But my worst-feared nightmare still returned to haunt me. And of all days, it came back with a vengeance on April's Fool this year. Dunno when I can be rid of it once and for all.


Last Sunday, I was supposed to attend the celebration of Leo's month-old baby or go tomb-sweeping. But eventually, I didn't go anywhere but stayed at home with my cousin who's also feeling under the weather.

Later that day, we got a phone call that brought the news of a passing on of yet another close relative. It was another sister of Mum's, and the second one within the last ten months. I didn't go to the wake this time round, as I'm still not mentally prepared to send another relative off so soon, even though our relationship has been distraught the last few years.


Moving on to something lighter, I got a relief teaching assignment at a primary school in Woodlands on Tuesday. Though it started on an ad-hoc basis, it came to last 4 days. YES, it's a bit far from where I stayed -- about an hour's travelling time. YES, it's not what I had initially wanted -- teaching at secondary level. But it was not exactly nightmarish either.

I taught Primary 1 & 2 kids, covering for most subjects. I admit I have a lot to learn about classroom management. But luckily most of the kids were not that out-of-control, less 1 "gee-na" who almost made me lose it in barely the half-an-hour I was supposed to stand in. YES, my patience is really as thin as paper. Stamped, chopped, guaranteed!!!

But the rest of them are still adorable in general, while some of their mischievous ways and funny lines of thoughts can really drive you nuts. HAHA!!! Thank God for the other teachers who dropped some really helpful words of wisdom and lent their helping hands when I needed them.


One really, really memorable event that transpired was a conversation which transpired between a parent and I. She appeared at the classroom door on Thursday afternoon, with her child was just standing beside her. She said she had brought her son to the doctor's and he was given a 2 days's MC. However, as her son is a slow learner and she herself is blind in one eye and only attended Primary 1 in school, she'd like to inform the form teacher of this and that the son can get some special coaching when he returns to class, so that he will not fall behind too much, especially since the exams are just around the corner. I told her I was only a relief teacher but I would pass the message to the form teacher. What she said me really touched me. I thought it was a bit "drama" 'coz I didn't think I would come across such cases in my very short teaching experience.




LIFE'S LIKE SUPERPOKE -- YOU NEVER WHO WILL THROW WHAT AT YOU NEXT :)