This week has been really busy.
i started my first week observing lessons and attending staff meetings at Bedok North =) i had nice supervisors, very very nice infact =) but i got quite sick 4 days into duty. the overwehlming stress of teaching that spreads around in the staffroom! everyday is a new challenge and surprise in BNSS,
The first day i step into the sch, i immediately realise how dunmanians have taken our sch environment for granted. and aft watching the year5 orientation, i was both happy and sad. i was happy to see my juniors so exciting and spiked up for the senior high, yet
" Will my students ever get to plan someth this scale? Will my students ever get to lead their peers and influence and guide their juniors in this way? Will they ever form an sch or level identity and be so proud of it? Will they be able to see their dreams and future come true? Will they believe that they are unique, special and very important? Will they see themselves as the change / the leaders of tmr? " Will i be able to make them believe in education? Will i be able to help them improve their lives?

guess i would be pondering on these questions day and night!
but its good, better than emo-ing in one corner about the unattainable XD
gg out to PAWPAW hse ltr!
i am gg to be a food taster ltr,
and my teammates are gna be the chefs!
my team is so cute and sweet. XD
THANKS!

and my sis,
she woke up early to made my 3 meals ytd!
although i ate egg cheese and ham sandwiches fro 3 meals,
love fills me!

and my cute colleagues!
ZC gave me my first bday card!
its a postcard of VJC,
i wil definitely remember you are from VJ
and KC drew me a card and slid it in my wallet.
it was such a special surprisE!
i was smiling all the way on the bus until the uncle next to me thought i was crazy.
YOU GUYS ROCK!

I went DHS to collect someth and my juniors told me that grace w ans to surprise me =)
my juniors are so cute huh.
and i scare them by saying wad happened in BNSS!
the horror on jiaqi and crystal's face! haha.
so cute
THANKS agn GRACIE AND JUN=)
jun is so cute when he described the new principal!!

aft that it was LG!
we had a hello kitty cake cuz fel loves hello kitty!!
LZ prayed a prayer that thanked God for my long 19 years. haha
and pray that i wont be dead soon--or someth similar.
so funny.
and i love e book that i got!
even though i requested for it XDXD

oh and i went for ISAC/ASEAN chalet.
the room was dark and i saw ms aw hiding behind the door.
haha.
the mango cake was fantastic!!!

haha am i supposed to list down the names of ppl that wished me happy bday thru FB and sms??
thanks everyone!!!!!

nicholas gave us in handout during R pillar meeting,

"chasing after emptiness and becoming empty"

As such, there is no greater priority in life than that of nourishing the soul.

Have you ever felt so busy that you dno wad you have been doing?


This sounds scary but it happens to so many ppl, its not not the accountants and bankers, lawyers or scientists, we can get the "chasing aft emptiness" bug in all professions today. *hint teachers are very busy ppl. BNSS intern go home as late as 630pm even though we have not started teaching yet! and I realised work dont end in sch, before you slp you would thk of ur students*
but im glad nicholas shared w us the extract, cuz even it reminds me that I have to 'nourish my soul' daily,
some tips from the extract..
we can nourish ourselves daily by having time to...

Study: be it reading the word, or reading a good book/ news ( RACH LEE YOU HAVE SURPASSED ME GREATLY IN THAT TELL YOUR MUM !) In our busy world, we ought to give deliberate time for refreshing study.
It engages the reflection of the mind and the contemplation of the soul--which are desperately needed

Solitude:be it stoning alone, or lying in bed wout sleeping and just thking about the day Solitude cultivate awareness. awareness is the birth of maturity. Thus, time is needed for the aloneness of the soul.

Service : be it doing someth nice for your students/teachers/frens/family, or going some CIP service is the outward expression of the inner soul. It is the outflow of life. the state of our soul ultimately determines the quality of our service!

Surrender: surrendering our life to God , praying, acknowledging our weakness with a surrendered life, we can find it profoundly blissful even in the midst of a restless world.

are you running around wout purpose?