still in semi state of shock.
Juz knew that a friend got into trouble with the narcotics officer. and you have to know this through reading the newspaper yourself. then you will begin to wonder if is it that friend, then you start calling up friends to double confirm. this is the second time i have to read from the newspaper about a friend getting into trouble. the first time happened to one of my JC friend.
it's really kind of sad to have to read about your friend from the newspaper. can't do much, can only pray for them and wish them all the best. It will get kind of tricky next time if your paths meet.
so a word of advice to the young readers out there and my dear students, really, do not get into trouble with the law. if your name has to be reported in the newspaper, it's really very embarrassing.
Sunday, August 27, 2006
Thursday, August 24, 2006
Monks receive luxury car as gift
in today's newspapers, some people made comments after the Shaolin monk receive a luxury car as gift. some people felt that the monk shouldn't have receive the gift.
i was thinking: (anyway, a fren told me this....)
Monks in Thailand do eat meat. (Shock! thought monks not suppose to eat meat) yes, you are right, the monks go out every morning to ask for food, so they are eating what people has offered them. It would be wrong for the monk not to eat what people has given to them. so who is in the wrong? the person who gave the food. If you know that a monk cannot eat meat, then why give meat to the monk?
same as the above, if you know that monk should not own secular things, much said about a luxury car, then why give a luxury car as a gift? so the Shaolin monk was technically not wrong to accept the gift.
also, i do hear that for monks, their body is not theirs to own, what matters is the soul, the enlightenment of their soul.
ok, my mind is very heavy now, too philosophical for the day.
in today's newspapers, some people made comments after the Shaolin monk receive a luxury car as gift. some people felt that the monk shouldn't have receive the gift.
i was thinking: (anyway, a fren told me this....)
Monks in Thailand do eat meat. (Shock! thought monks not suppose to eat meat) yes, you are right, the monks go out every morning to ask for food, so they are eating what people has offered them. It would be wrong for the monk not to eat what people has given to them. so who is in the wrong? the person who gave the food. If you know that a monk cannot eat meat, then why give meat to the monk?
same as the above, if you know that monk should not own secular things, much said about a luxury car, then why give a luxury car as a gift? so the Shaolin monk was technically not wrong to accept the gift.
also, i do hear that for monks, their body is not theirs to own, what matters is the soul, the enlightenment of their soul.
ok, my mind is very heavy now, too philosophical for the day.
God, Faith and Science
Copied this from a friend's website:
AN INTERESTING CONVERSATION (God, Faith and Science. Think about it)
An atheist professor of philosophy speaks to his class on the problem science has with God, The Almighty. He asks one of his new students to stand and.....
Prof: So you believe in God?
Student: Absolutely, sir.
Prof: Is God good?
Student: Sure.
Prof: Is God all-powerful?
Student: Yes.
Prof: My brother died of cancer even though he prayed to God to heal him. Most of us would attempt to help others who are ill. But God didn't. How is this God good then?
Hmm? (Student is silent.)
Prof: You can't answer, can you? Let's start again, young fellow. Is God good?
Student: Yes.
Prof: Is Satan good?
Student: No.
Prof: Where does Satan come from?
Student: From...God...
Prof: That's right. Tell me son, is there evil in this world?
Student: Yes. Prof: Evil is everywhere, isn't it? And God did make everything. Correct? Student: Yes.
Prof: So who created evil?
Student does not answer.
Prof: Is there sickness? Immorality? Hatred? Ugliness? All these terrible things exist in the world, don't they?
Student: Yes, sir. Prof: So, who created them?
Student has no answer.
Prof: Science says you have 5 senses you use to identify and observe the world around you. Tell me, son...Have you ever seen God?
Student: No, sir.
Prof: Tell us if you have ever heard your God?
Student: No, sir.
Prof: Have you ever felt your God, tasted your God, smelt your God? Have you ever had any sensory perception of God for that matter?
Student: No, sir. I'm afraid I haven't.
Prof: Yet you still believe in Him?
Student: Yes.
Prof: According to empirical, testable, demonstrable protocol, science says your GOD doesn't exist. What do you say to that, son?
Student: Nothing. I only have my faith.
Prof: Yes. Faith. And that is the problem science has.
Student: Professor, is there such a thing as heat?
Prof: Yes.
Student: And is there such a thing as cold?
Prof: Yes.
Student: No sir. There isn't.
(The lecture theatre becomes very quiet with this turn of events.)
Student: Sir, you can have lots of heat, even more heat, superheat, mega heat, white heat, a little heat or no heat. But we don't have anything called cold. We can hit 458 degrees below zero which is no heat, but we can't go any further after that. There is no such thing as cold. Cold is only a word we use to describe the absence of heat. We cannot measure cold. Heat is energy. Cold is not the opposite of heat, sir, just the absence of it.
(There is pin-drop silence in the lecture theatre.)
Student: What about darkness, Professor? Is there such a thing as darkness?
Prof: Yes. What is night if there isn't darkness?
Student: You're wrong again, sir. Darkness is the absence of something. You can have low light, normal light, bright light, flashing light....But if you have no light constantly, you have nothing and it's called darkness, isn't it? In reality, darkness isn't. If it were you would be able to make darkness darker, wouldn't you?
Prof: So what is the point you are making, young man?
Student: Sir, my point is your philosophical premise is flawed.
Prof: Flawed? Can you explain how?
Student: Sir, you are working on the premise of duality. You argue there is life and then there is death, a good God and a bad God. You are viewing the concept of God as something finite, something we can measure. Sir, science can't even explain a thought. It uses electricity and magnetism, but has never seen, much less fully understood either one. To view death as the opposite of life is to be ignorant of the fact that death cannot exist as a substantive thing. Death is not the opposite of life: just the absence of it. Now tell me, Professor. Do you teach your students that they evolved from a monkey?
Prof: If you are referring to the natural evolutionary process, yes, of course, I do.
Student: Have you ever observed evolution with your own eyes, sir? (The Professor shakes his head with a smile, beginning to realize where the argument is going.)
Student: Since no one has ever observed the process of evolution at work and cannot even prove that this process is an on-going endeavor, are you not teaching your opinion, sir? Are you not a scientist but a preacher? (The class is in uproar.)
Student: Is there anyone in the class who has ever seen the Professor's brain? (The class breaks out into laughter.)
Student: Is there anyone here who has ever heard the Professor's brain, felt it, touched or smelt it? No one appears to have done so. So, according to the established rules of empirical, stable, demonstrable protocol, science says that you have no brain, sir. With all due respect, sir, how do we then trust your lectures, sir?
(The room is silent. The professor stares at the student, his face unfathomable.)
Prof: I guess you'll have to take them on faith, son.
Student: That is it sir... The link between man & God is FAITH. That is all that keeps things moving & alive.
****************WANT TO KNOW WHO THAT STUDENT WAS?
NB: This is a true story, and the student was none other than.........Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam, the present president of India.
This conversation touched me in a way as i grasp with my own walk with God. and somehow the next day, Aunt Cherie called me and talked to me about faith, how we will be answerable to God if we dun have faith in Him.
It is true, if students can accept my teaching of Geography and Social Studies, aren't they taking in all that i've said in faith? then why can't I have faith in God?
i guess the problem lies in humans put a definition to everything, everything has to be finite but the truth is God is indefinite.
Copied this from a friend's website:
AN INTERESTING CONVERSATION (God, Faith and Science. Think about it)
An atheist professor of philosophy speaks to his class on the problem science has with God, The Almighty. He asks one of his new students to stand and.....
Prof: So you believe in God?
Student: Absolutely, sir.
Prof: Is God good?
Student: Sure.
Prof: Is God all-powerful?
Student: Yes.
Prof: My brother died of cancer even though he prayed to God to heal him. Most of us would attempt to help others who are ill. But God didn't. How is this God good then?
Hmm? (Student is silent.)
Prof: You can't answer, can you? Let's start again, young fellow. Is God good?
Student: Yes.
Prof: Is Satan good?
Student: No.
Prof: Where does Satan come from?
Student: From...God...
Prof: That's right. Tell me son, is there evil in this world?
Student: Yes. Prof: Evil is everywhere, isn't it? And God did make everything. Correct? Student: Yes.
Prof: So who created evil?
Student does not answer.
Prof: Is there sickness? Immorality? Hatred? Ugliness? All these terrible things exist in the world, don't they?
Student: Yes, sir. Prof: So, who created them?
Student has no answer.
Prof: Science says you have 5 senses you use to identify and observe the world around you. Tell me, son...Have you ever seen God?
Student: No, sir.
Prof: Tell us if you have ever heard your God?
Student: No, sir.
Prof: Have you ever felt your God, tasted your God, smelt your God? Have you ever had any sensory perception of God for that matter?
Student: No, sir. I'm afraid I haven't.
Prof: Yet you still believe in Him?
Student: Yes.
Prof: According to empirical, testable, demonstrable protocol, science says your GOD doesn't exist. What do you say to that, son?
Student: Nothing. I only have my faith.
Prof: Yes. Faith. And that is the problem science has.
Student: Professor, is there such a thing as heat?
Prof: Yes.
Student: And is there such a thing as cold?
Prof: Yes.
Student: No sir. There isn't.
(The lecture theatre becomes very quiet with this turn of events.)
Student: Sir, you can have lots of heat, even more heat, superheat, mega heat, white heat, a little heat or no heat. But we don't have anything called cold. We can hit 458 degrees below zero which is no heat, but we can't go any further after that. There is no such thing as cold. Cold is only a word we use to describe the absence of heat. We cannot measure cold. Heat is energy. Cold is not the opposite of heat, sir, just the absence of it.
(There is pin-drop silence in the lecture theatre.)
Student: What about darkness, Professor? Is there such a thing as darkness?
Prof: Yes. What is night if there isn't darkness?
Student: You're wrong again, sir. Darkness is the absence of something. You can have low light, normal light, bright light, flashing light....But if you have no light constantly, you have nothing and it's called darkness, isn't it? In reality, darkness isn't. If it were you would be able to make darkness darker, wouldn't you?
Prof: So what is the point you are making, young man?
Student: Sir, my point is your philosophical premise is flawed.
Prof: Flawed? Can you explain how?
Student: Sir, you are working on the premise of duality. You argue there is life and then there is death, a good God and a bad God. You are viewing the concept of God as something finite, something we can measure. Sir, science can't even explain a thought. It uses electricity and magnetism, but has never seen, much less fully understood either one. To view death as the opposite of life is to be ignorant of the fact that death cannot exist as a substantive thing. Death is not the opposite of life: just the absence of it. Now tell me, Professor. Do you teach your students that they evolved from a monkey?
Prof: If you are referring to the natural evolutionary process, yes, of course, I do.
Student: Have you ever observed evolution with your own eyes, sir? (The Professor shakes his head with a smile, beginning to realize where the argument is going.)
Student: Since no one has ever observed the process of evolution at work and cannot even prove that this process is an on-going endeavor, are you not teaching your opinion, sir? Are you not a scientist but a preacher? (The class is in uproar.)
Student: Is there anyone in the class who has ever seen the Professor's brain? (The class breaks out into laughter.)
Student: Is there anyone here who has ever heard the Professor's brain, felt it, touched or smelt it? No one appears to have done so. So, according to the established rules of empirical, stable, demonstrable protocol, science says that you have no brain, sir. With all due respect, sir, how do we then trust your lectures, sir?
(The room is silent. The professor stares at the student, his face unfathomable.)
Prof: I guess you'll have to take them on faith, son.
Student: That is it sir... The link between man & God is FAITH. That is all that keeps things moving & alive.
****************WANT TO KNOW WHO THAT STUDENT WAS?
NB: This is a true story, and the student was none other than.........Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam, the present president of India.
This conversation touched me in a way as i grasp with my own walk with God. and somehow the next day, Aunt Cherie called me and talked to me about faith, how we will be answerable to God if we dun have faith in Him.
It is true, if students can accept my teaching of Geography and Social Studies, aren't they taking in all that i've said in faith? then why can't I have faith in God?
i guess the problem lies in humans put a definition to everything, everything has to be finite but the truth is God is indefinite.
3 disgusting things
1) how can a father be so disgustingly rich to buy a Subaru WRX for his son? anyway, this is getting common nowadays, with greater affluence, parents are able to afford to buy cars for their children when their children get their driving license. obviously, the father didn't realise that his son do not know how to handle a fast car. how many fatal accidents have occur? it's very common, fast cars, young drivers. well, the father paid for his foolishness, he lost his only son. peace be with the parents and peace be with the lost soul.
10 years ago, when we wanted to buy a car, oh yes, it was a subaru alright, but it was a 2nd hand car, the car was 4 or 5 years old already, it was a subaru viki, M70 somemore. and i had to fork out about 5k for a second hand car. youngsters nowadays are very lucky. they get to drive brand new car. After driving for so many years, only last year, only last year, then i get to drive a brand new car. All along, i only have money to buy second hand car.
also, driving is the accumulation of experiences. i remember in the first year of driving the car, (p plate) i had 2 small accidents. i dunno how to explain this, but everyday as u drive, u learn new experiences. that's why i believe, after getting a driving license, drive an old car, not a brand new one. old car, yes, no doubt may have engine problems, but u learn to handle these engine problems, what is radiator, change oil, tyre rotation. Bet not many people knows how to change a punctured tyre? i know, changed punctured tyres twice before, once, my own viki, the other time changed for my mum when her viki's tyres was punctured. i've driven cars where the radiator was spoilt, the temp needle kept going up and u learn to get to the the service workshop fast. skidded on a wet road before driving my mum's viki, then i learnt, oh yah, someone told me never never to run fast on wet roads, now i know why. u may never learn all these things from driving a new car. also, no heartache if the car is spoilt due to my careless driving.
2) disgusting item no 2, gosh, the person actually stuffed subutex into his ass hole. gross. hope subutex users are put off by the fact that the pill was stuffed in someone's asshole before and they are going to use it. anyway, the guy was caught.
3) disgusting item no 3. i actually dreamt about going back to work, i actually dreamt about the Block G and i'm walking to 3E5! Gross, i actually dreamt about work.... pui pui pui.
1) how can a father be so disgustingly rich to buy a Subaru WRX for his son? anyway, this is getting common nowadays, with greater affluence, parents are able to afford to buy cars for their children when their children get their driving license. obviously, the father didn't realise that his son do not know how to handle a fast car. how many fatal accidents have occur? it's very common, fast cars, young drivers. well, the father paid for his foolishness, he lost his only son. peace be with the parents and peace be with the lost soul.
10 years ago, when we wanted to buy a car, oh yes, it was a subaru alright, but it was a 2nd hand car, the car was 4 or 5 years old already, it was a subaru viki, M70 somemore. and i had to fork out about 5k for a second hand car. youngsters nowadays are very lucky. they get to drive brand new car. After driving for so many years, only last year, only last year, then i get to drive a brand new car. All along, i only have money to buy second hand car.
also, driving is the accumulation of experiences. i remember in the first year of driving the car, (p plate) i had 2 small accidents. i dunno how to explain this, but everyday as u drive, u learn new experiences. that's why i believe, after getting a driving license, drive an old car, not a brand new one. old car, yes, no doubt may have engine problems, but u learn to handle these engine problems, what is radiator, change oil, tyre rotation. Bet not many people knows how to change a punctured tyre? i know, changed punctured tyres twice before, once, my own viki, the other time changed for my mum when her viki's tyres was punctured. i've driven cars where the radiator was spoilt, the temp needle kept going up and u learn to get to the the service workshop fast. skidded on a wet road before driving my mum's viki, then i learnt, oh yah, someone told me never never to run fast on wet roads, now i know why. u may never learn all these things from driving a new car. also, no heartache if the car is spoilt due to my careless driving.
2) disgusting item no 2, gosh, the person actually stuffed subutex into his ass hole. gross. hope subutex users are put off by the fact that the pill was stuffed in someone's asshole before and they are going to use it. anyway, the guy was caught.
3) disgusting item no 3. i actually dreamt about going back to work, i actually dreamt about the Block G and i'm walking to 3E5! Gross, i actually dreamt about work.... pui pui pui.
Monday, August 21, 2006
this is getting frustrating.
1) thought i could access websites faster in the wee hours of the morning, but i was wrong, esp for Singpass website. without the necessary information, i cannot compute sales proceeds from selling flat and the monthly instalment of buying another flat.
2) morale of my story: You can only own 2 flats in your whole entire life if you are Singaporean. for youngsters, juz a note of advice, never put your name for your parents' flat. HDB considers it as you have already owned a flat. so next time if you want to buy a flat with your spouse, even if your spouse is first timer buying a flat, you are considered a second timer and so the brand new flat you are getting, it's considered your second property. ok, this ruling doesn't really irks me that much.
what irks me is that now buyers of flat who are not eligible for HDB loan has to go to banks to borrow the loan. Ok fine, they call this deregulation, got competition good, consumers are at an advantage. ok, i'm fine with this ruling also.
But 5% cash payment? copied and paste from website:
HDB flat buyers who are getting a mortgage loan from banks have to pay a cash payment with effect from 1 Jan 2004. The cash payment will be eventually aligned with that of private property purchase, that is, 5% based on the lower of the purchase price or market value of the flat.
i was thinking, we are buying a HDB flat here, it's supposed to be affordable. but hello, looks like it's not getting very affordable already. Buying a flat is now aligned with that of a private property purchase. let's juz take an ordinary 4 room flat whose valuation could be easily $272,000. 5% means you have to take out $13600 hard cash. this amount can be easily be used to pay for a undergraduate's semestral fees. Or better spend at renovating a house. what if you still need to renovate the house? and whether you get a bank loan or not, it's another issue. It seems that if it's too low, like $100k, the bank is reluctant to lend (that means buying a 3 room flat with a bank loan is quite impossible) and from the newspaper, if you buy a property in certain areas like geylang, sorry, the bank deems it too risky to lend you the money.
some may argue that you get some money from selling your flat, the money gained can be used. oh come on, who makes 100K from sellling the flat now? yah last time, our parents' time or when police wear bermudas time, yes. But now? a new 5 room flat is easily 200K and above. You think you can sell your flat at 300K or 400K when it matures? yah probably 10 or 20 years down the road, if you are lucky. that means you would be 40 or 50 plus years old. then you would rather not sell and stay put. See, it's yet another way to encourage you not to sell your flat and stay put.
ok, i'm prepared to overcome all these hurdles. but then check this out:
Since 1 January 2003, the CPF withdrawal limit for a housing loan obtained from a bank or financial institution is set at lower of 150% of the Valuation Limit or the Available Housing Withdrawal Limit (AHWL).The 150% Valuation Limit will be reduced to 120% over five years as shown in the table below.
went to CPF website and tried to understand AHWL. i dun understand a GD thing after reading it. so all in all, the past 1 hour has been very frustrating, trying to make sense of everything.
so it means that it's not so easy for buyers to buy a HDB flat if they are getting bank loan to finance their flat. This means that it's not easy for sellers to sell. Then where the heck did they get the figures to show that housing has upped in the last quarter? All these figures are bull shit.
Then it kind of dawn on me that, to be on the safe side, only own 2 HDB flats in your entire life. GDI, talk about taking risks. Now i'm taking the risk, going to sell the flat and a 3rd timer at buying a flat. Now i'm going to induce economy growth through this transaction. But why are there so many hurdles to discourage me from selling and buying? Why am i being 'punished' for taking a risk? don't you always encourage creativity, risk-taking and blah blah blah?
oh yes, i better put a disclaimer before i unintentionally slander any 'boards' any person or accused of not being professional enough.
All things said above are of no intention to slander or caused any grievous hurt to any being, be it a board or a person. All things said above are in the heat of frustration and once the heat is dispalled, all things will be calm and back to the submissive old self, trying our best to fulfil this criteria and that criteria. (in another words, LL)
1) thought i could access websites faster in the wee hours of the morning, but i was wrong, esp for Singpass website. without the necessary information, i cannot compute sales proceeds from selling flat and the monthly instalment of buying another flat.
2) morale of my story: You can only own 2 flats in your whole entire life if you are Singaporean. for youngsters, juz a note of advice, never put your name for your parents' flat. HDB considers it as you have already owned a flat. so next time if you want to buy a flat with your spouse, even if your spouse is first timer buying a flat, you are considered a second timer and so the brand new flat you are getting, it's considered your second property. ok, this ruling doesn't really irks me that much.
what irks me is that now buyers of flat who are not eligible for HDB loan has to go to banks to borrow the loan. Ok fine, they call this deregulation, got competition good, consumers are at an advantage. ok, i'm fine with this ruling also.
But 5% cash payment? copied and paste from website:
HDB flat buyers who are getting a mortgage loan from banks have to pay a cash payment with effect from 1 Jan 2004. The cash payment will be eventually aligned with that of private property purchase, that is, 5% based on the lower of the purchase price or market value of the flat.
i was thinking, we are buying a HDB flat here, it's supposed to be affordable. but hello, looks like it's not getting very affordable already. Buying a flat is now aligned with that of a private property purchase. let's juz take an ordinary 4 room flat whose valuation could be easily $272,000. 5% means you have to take out $13600 hard cash. this amount can be easily be used to pay for a undergraduate's semestral fees. Or better spend at renovating a house. what if you still need to renovate the house? and whether you get a bank loan or not, it's another issue. It seems that if it's too low, like $100k, the bank is reluctant to lend (that means buying a 3 room flat with a bank loan is quite impossible) and from the newspaper, if you buy a property in certain areas like geylang, sorry, the bank deems it too risky to lend you the money.
some may argue that you get some money from selling your flat, the money gained can be used. oh come on, who makes 100K from sellling the flat now? yah last time, our parents' time or when police wear bermudas time, yes. But now? a new 5 room flat is easily 200K and above. You think you can sell your flat at 300K or 400K when it matures? yah probably 10 or 20 years down the road, if you are lucky. that means you would be 40 or 50 plus years old. then you would rather not sell and stay put. See, it's yet another way to encourage you not to sell your flat and stay put.
ok, i'm prepared to overcome all these hurdles. but then check this out:
Since 1 January 2003, the CPF withdrawal limit for a housing loan obtained from a bank or financial institution is set at lower of 150% of the Valuation Limit or the Available Housing Withdrawal Limit (AHWL).The 150% Valuation Limit will be reduced to 120% over five years as shown in the table below.
went to CPF website and tried to understand AHWL. i dun understand a GD thing after reading it. so all in all, the past 1 hour has been very frustrating, trying to make sense of everything.
so it means that it's not so easy for buyers to buy a HDB flat if they are getting bank loan to finance their flat. This means that it's not easy for sellers to sell. Then where the heck did they get the figures to show that housing has upped in the last quarter? All these figures are bull shit.
Then it kind of dawn on me that, to be on the safe side, only own 2 HDB flats in your entire life. GDI, talk about taking risks. Now i'm taking the risk, going to sell the flat and a 3rd timer at buying a flat. Now i'm going to induce economy growth through this transaction. But why are there so many hurdles to discourage me from selling and buying? Why am i being 'punished' for taking a risk? don't you always encourage creativity, risk-taking and blah blah blah?
oh yes, i better put a disclaimer before i unintentionally slander any 'boards' any person or accused of not being professional enough.
All things said above are of no intention to slander or caused any grievous hurt to any being, be it a board or a person. All things said above are in the heat of frustration and once the heat is dispalled, all things will be calm and back to the submissive old self, trying our best to fulfil this criteria and that criteria. (in another words, LL)
can't get to sleep. been having diarrea (i'm missing some letters, but what the heck) since sat night. it's not like it's unbearable, it's bearable, u can actually feel the stomach churning. woke up at 4am, decided to let go. then had to go to toilet again at 8 plus in the morning.
on sunday, the whole day seems alright, but the tummy ache came again after dinner. same like the nite before, woke up at 5 plus to let go, and couldn't sleep after that, so decided to wake up.
the reason i couldn't sleep partly because there are many things weighing on my mind. When you start thinking about your past, present and future, it's really heavy going.
Max is 2 months old and still growing. He has grown quite a bit since he was born. he's now 4.4kg as compared to 3.1 kg. he's getting more responsive to sounds, to people talking to him. he's starting to make gurgle sounds, trying to talk and besides crying, he knows how to laugh now. cool. he especially likes it when Marcus talks to him. the funny thing is Marcus likes to squeeze his cheeks, kiss him and when Marcus does all these things to Max, Max actually laughs and enjoys it.
on sunday, the whole day seems alright, but the tummy ache came again after dinner. same like the nite before, woke up at 5 plus to let go, and couldn't sleep after that, so decided to wake up.
the reason i couldn't sleep partly because there are many things weighing on my mind. When you start thinking about your past, present and future, it's really heavy going.
Max is 2 months old and still growing. He has grown quite a bit since he was born. he's now 4.4kg as compared to 3.1 kg. he's getting more responsive to sounds, to people talking to him. he's starting to make gurgle sounds, trying to talk and besides crying, he knows how to laugh now. cool. he especially likes it when Marcus talks to him. the funny thing is Marcus likes to squeeze his cheeks, kiss him and when Marcus does all these things to Max, Max actually laughs and enjoys it.
Wednesday, August 09, 2006
Primary 1 registration
have i said before that registering for your child for P1 is really an experience? as we are using marcus' grandparent's address, realise that before registering, we need to do a declaration at MOE. I thought it was juz collecting a form, didn't know that the grandparent and parent must be present to declare. had to make 2 trips because of that.
Also, we are registering him at Phase 2C, can you imagine, i literally check out the vacancies after every phase to check that the school we wanted still has places? in the end, we had to settle for our second choice school becos the first choice school has limited vacancies and being a famous school, i think end up sure balloting. so to play safe, (didn't want heart attack or end up Marcus have to study a school in Punggol as we are intending to shift out) we chose the 2nd choice school.
to some, the reputation of school is still an issue to them. their child must go to a good school. neighbourhood school? over their dead body. well, i respect their decision. each of us are entitled to our own opinions. i mean there are different kinds of pressure studying at different kind of schools. anyway, an advice to those who wants to enrol their child in good school,
either you are a former student of that school
or if you are a teacher, a few years before enrolling your child, try to get a posting to that school yourself
or parent volunteer (at least 2 years before your child is due for register) and i heard that now parent volunteer this option is very popular that some schools have to turn away parents becos there is juz too many parent volunteers.
oh yah, btw, Marcus will be formally studying in Cedar Primary next year, brand new school building with great facilities. i know that, cos i've been to a brand new school building to teach myself.
have i said before that registering for your child for P1 is really an experience? as we are using marcus' grandparent's address, realise that before registering, we need to do a declaration at MOE. I thought it was juz collecting a form, didn't know that the grandparent and parent must be present to declare. had to make 2 trips because of that.
Also, we are registering him at Phase 2C, can you imagine, i literally check out the vacancies after every phase to check that the school we wanted still has places? in the end, we had to settle for our second choice school becos the first choice school has limited vacancies and being a famous school, i think end up sure balloting. so to play safe, (didn't want heart attack or end up Marcus have to study a school in Punggol as we are intending to shift out) we chose the 2nd choice school.
to some, the reputation of school is still an issue to them. their child must go to a good school. neighbourhood school? over their dead body. well, i respect their decision. each of us are entitled to our own opinions. i mean there are different kinds of pressure studying at different kind of schools. anyway, an advice to those who wants to enrol their child in good school,
either you are a former student of that school
or if you are a teacher, a few years before enrolling your child, try to get a posting to that school yourself
or parent volunteer (at least 2 years before your child is due for register) and i heard that now parent volunteer this option is very popular that some schools have to turn away parents becos there is juz too many parent volunteers.
oh yah, btw, Marcus will be formally studying in Cedar Primary next year, brand new school building with great facilities. i know that, cos i've been to a brand new school building to teach myself.
the MT results will be out this fri, all the best to 5n2. Hope most of you did well enough so that u don't have to take MT at the end of the year again.
so fast, time passes so fast, soon, it will be sept, then i'll have to be back in school. scared engine cannot start up.
dunno what i owe Max in the past life. looking after him is like 24 hours, he wants your attention, either to talk to him, play with him or he takes such a long time to rock to sleep. sometimes if you are press for time, like u need to go pee, it can get really frustrating.
been trying out cooking also. sometimes run out of ideas to cook, i actually went to search for recipes on the internet and tried out some dishes. quite fun.
life's been ok. juz that these few days, i juz find that listening to songs doesn't bring anymore meaning. nvm, i dunno what i'm talking or wat i'm trying to say. anyway, life's been good. i'm enjoying family now at the present. a bit sian thinking of going back to work.
so fast, time passes so fast, soon, it will be sept, then i'll have to be back in school. scared engine cannot start up.
dunno what i owe Max in the past life. looking after him is like 24 hours, he wants your attention, either to talk to him, play with him or he takes such a long time to rock to sleep. sometimes if you are press for time, like u need to go pee, it can get really frustrating.
been trying out cooking also. sometimes run out of ideas to cook, i actually went to search for recipes on the internet and tried out some dishes. quite fun.
life's been ok. juz that these few days, i juz find that listening to songs doesn't bring anymore meaning. nvm, i dunno what i'm talking or wat i'm trying to say. anyway, life's been good. i'm enjoying family now at the present. a bit sian thinking of going back to work.
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