There's something about turning 25...
It made me reflect about all areas of my life and look for ways to improve my situation...
Relationships wise... I have learnt to treasure people dear to me, such as friends who have weathered through thick and thin with me, providing a listening ear whenever I need to get things off my chest and giving me great advices. Most of all, I have learnt to better appreciate my mom...
I have also learnt to let go of relationships that have caused me much grief over the years, or have drained my emotions quite completely... They made me realise how little I was loving myself... That's why 2007 is my 'Love myself more' year... Not narcissistic bt rather learning how to take better care of myself...
Health wise... I'm learning the importance of taking better care of my health... As a Christmas present for myself last year, I signed up with a gym and have been attending classes regularly (at least twice a week). I am getting fitter, no longer panting when I climb up the overhead bridge, and slimmer as well...
Spritually... I'm learning to draw closer to God, praying for his anninting on everything I do... In return, I have received a peace of mind, knowing he's watching me and giving me favours in everything I do...
Career-wise... that's an area of uncertainty in my life...
Frankly, I love what I do... the kids are great to be with (on most days!), the colleagues are friendly and easy to work with plus I have favours from my bosses...
However, over the last 6 years, I cannot deny that the stress of the job has taken a toil on my health. Last year, I practically clocked a MC a month (not as if it was something to be proud of!). I have also been on hormone pills for over a year to ensure a certain part of my anatomy can run like a clockwork... But I have since had to stop due to side effects... Now, things have gone awry for me again!
In like of this, I am really pondering if it's time for a career change... something less stressful for me... My gynaecologist has been bugging me to do something less stressful so I can tackle the root of my monthly problems... My facial therapist has also been telling me that so I can control spots that marr my 'beauty'.
I'm not afraid of working hard, neither am I afraid of new challenges... I just want a job that will end when I step out of the office... I no longer have an appetite for slaving over my computer, working my weekends away...
Financially, I would just like more $$$ for whatever I do... Like now, I'm only taking home less than $1.5K for the work I do... It's really bugging me how pathetic it is for the hours I put in... That averages to $60 a day for 11 hours of official work... It does not even begin to factor in the hours I put in at home...
In short, I'm tired... Over the years, the opportunity costs have really gone up for me and it's wearing me out... I really need a break from it all...
This is 'food' for me to seriously consider and to pray about over this year...
Saturday, January 27
E-MAIL FROM JURONG POLICE DIVISION
BEWARE AS TO WHERE YOU PARK YOUR CAR NEXT - IN MALAYSIA!
This actually happened to a Man not a woman recently in KL Imagine:
You walk across the parking lot, unlock your car and get inside. Then you lock the doors, start the engine and shift to Reverse. Then you look into the rear mirror to back out and you notice a piece of paper stuck to the middle of the rear window screen that is obstructing your view.
So you shift the gear to Park, unlock your door and jump out to remove that silly piece of paper (or whatever it may be). When you reach the back of your car, that is when the surprise begins!
The Car-Jacker appears out of nowhere, jumps into your car and takes off!! Your engine is still running, your belongings are all in the car, including whatever you may have bought from you shopping trip. They will mow you down as they take off if you so much as try to stop them.
BE AWARE OF THIS NEW SCHEME THAT IS NOW BEING USED.
Just drive away and remove the paper that is stuck to you rear window LATER, and be thankful that you read this email.
I hope you will forward this to your friends and family members.
Imagine if your purse is inside the car. They then will have your IC, credit cards, home address and maybe your house keys! Good Luck.
Disclaimer: I got this in the email... not so sure how true this is... but I guess it's better to be safe than sorry...
This actually happened to a Man not a woman recently in KL Imagine:
You walk across the parking lot, unlock your car and get inside. Then you lock the doors, start the engine and shift to Reverse. Then you look into the rear mirror to back out and you notice a piece of paper stuck to the middle of the rear window screen that is obstructing your view.
So you shift the gear to Park, unlock your door and jump out to remove that silly piece of paper (or whatever it may be). When you reach the back of your car, that is when the surprise begins!
The Car-Jacker appears out of nowhere, jumps into your car and takes off!! Your engine is still running, your belongings are all in the car, including whatever you may have bought from you shopping trip. They will mow you down as they take off if you so much as try to stop them.
BE AWARE OF THIS NEW SCHEME THAT IS NOW BEING USED.
Just drive away and remove the paper that is stuck to you rear window LATER, and be thankful that you read this email.
I hope you will forward this to your friends and family members.
Imagine if your purse is inside the car. They then will have your IC, credit cards, home address and maybe your house keys! Good Luck.
Disclaimer: I got this in the email... not so sure how true this is... but I guess it's better to be safe than sorry...
Monday, January 22
The Honest Truth about Men
1. The nice men are ugly.
2. The handsome men are not nice.
3. The handsome and nice men are gay..
4. The handsome, nice, and heterosexual men are married.
5. The men who are not so handsome, but are nice men, have no money..
6. The men who are not so handsome, but are nice men with money think we are only after their money.
7. The handsome men without money are after our money.
8. The handsome men, who are not so nice and somewhat heterosexual, don't think we are beautiful enough.
9. The men who think we are beautiful, that are heterosexual, somewhat nice and have no money, are cowards.
10. The men who are somewhat handsome, somewhat nice and have money and thank God are straight, are shy and NEVER MAKE THE FIRST MOVE!!!
11. The men who never make the first move, automatically lose interest in us when we take the initiative.
NOW.... WHO UNDERSTANDS MEN?!?!
2. The handsome men are not nice.
3. The handsome and nice men are gay..
4. The handsome, nice, and heterosexual men are married.
5. The men who are not so handsome, but are nice men, have no money..
6. The men who are not so handsome, but are nice men with money think we are only after their money.
7. The handsome men without money are after our money.
8. The handsome men, who are not so nice and somewhat heterosexual, don't think we are beautiful enough.
9. The men who think we are beautiful, that are heterosexual, somewhat nice and have no money, are cowards.
10. The men who are somewhat handsome, somewhat nice and have money and thank God are straight, are shy and NEVER MAKE THE FIRST MOVE!!!
11. The men who never make the first move, automatically lose interest in us when we take the initiative.
NOW.... WHO UNDERSTANDS MEN?!?!
Monday, January 15
What's Your Personality Type?
| You Are An INFJ |
The Protector You live your life with integrity, originality, vision, and creativity. Independent and stubborn, you rarely stray from your vision - no matter what it is. You are an excellent listener, with almost infinite patience. You have complex, deep feelings, and you take great care to express them. You would make a great photographer, alternative medicine guru, or teacher. |
Sunday, January 14
My Positions in Christ
Based on "The Bondage Breaker" by Neil Anderson
I Am Accepted:
John 1:12 - I am God’s child.
John 15:15 - I am Christ’s friend
Romans 5:1 - I have been justified.
1 Corinthians 6:17 - I am united with the Lord, and I am one spirit with Him.
1 Corinthians 6:19-20 - I have been bought with a price. I belong to God.
1 Corinthians 12:27 - I am a member of Christ’s body.
Ephesians 1:1 - I am a saint.
Ephesians 1:5 - I have been adopted as God’s child.
Ephesians 2:18 - I have direct access to God through the Holy Spirit.
Colosians 1:14 - I have been redeemed and forgiven of all my sins.
Colosians 2:10 - I am complete in Christ.
I Am Secure:
Romans 8:1-2 - I am free forever from condemnation.
Romans 8:28 - I am assured that all things work together for good.
Romans 8:31 - I am free from any condemning charges against me.
Romans 8:35- I cannot be separated from the love of God.
2 Corinthians 1:21-22 - I have been established, anointed, and sealed by God.
Colosians 3:3 - I am hidden with Christ in God.
Phi1ipians 1:6 - I am confident that the good work that God has begun in me will be perfected.
Phil1ipians 3:20 - I am a citizen of heaven.
2 Timothy 1:7 - I have not been given a spirit of fear but of power, love and a sound mind.
Hebrews 4:16 - I can find grace and mercy in time of need.
1 John 5:18 - I am born of God, and the evil one cannot touch me.
I Am Significant:
Matthew 5:13-14 - I am the salt and light of the earth.
John 15:1,5 - I am a branch of the true vine, a channel of His life.
John 15:16 - I have been chosen and appointed to bear fruit.
Acts 1:8 - I am a personal witness of Christ.
1 Corinthians 3:16 - I am God’s temple.
2 Corinthians 5:17 - I am a minister of reconciliation for God.
2 Corinthians 6:1 - I am God’s co-worker (1Cor3:9)
Ephesians 2:6 - I am seated with Christ in the heavenly realm.
Ephesians 3:12 - I may approach God with freedom and confidence.
Phil1ipians 4:13- I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.
Hope this blesses all who are reading this...
I Am Accepted:
John 1:12 - I am God’s child.
John 15:15 - I am Christ’s friend
Romans 5:1 - I have been justified.
1 Corinthians 6:17 - I am united with the Lord, and I am one spirit with Him.
1 Corinthians 6:19-20 - I have been bought with a price. I belong to God.
1 Corinthians 12:27 - I am a member of Christ’s body.
Ephesians 1:1 - I am a saint.
Ephesians 1:5 - I have been adopted as God’s child.
Ephesians 2:18 - I have direct access to God through the Holy Spirit.
Colosians 1:14 - I have been redeemed and forgiven of all my sins.
Colosians 2:10 - I am complete in Christ.
I Am Secure:
Romans 8:1-2 - I am free forever from condemnation.
Romans 8:28 - I am assured that all things work together for good.
Romans 8:31 - I am free from any condemning charges against me.
Romans 8:35- I cannot be separated from the love of God.
2 Corinthians 1:21-22 - I have been established, anointed, and sealed by God.
Colosians 3:3 - I am hidden with Christ in God.
Phi1ipians 1:6 - I am confident that the good work that God has begun in me will be perfected.
Phil1ipians 3:20 - I am a citizen of heaven.
2 Timothy 1:7 - I have not been given a spirit of fear but of power, love and a sound mind.
Hebrews 4:16 - I can find grace and mercy in time of need.
1 John 5:18 - I am born of God, and the evil one cannot touch me.
I Am Significant:
Matthew 5:13-14 - I am the salt and light of the earth.
John 15:1,5 - I am a branch of the true vine, a channel of His life.
John 15:16 - I have been chosen and appointed to bear fruit.
Acts 1:8 - I am a personal witness of Christ.
1 Corinthians 3:16 - I am God’s temple.
2 Corinthians 5:17 - I am a minister of reconciliation for God.
2 Corinthians 6:1 - I am God’s co-worker (1Cor3:9)
Ephesians 2:6 - I am seated with Christ in the heavenly realm.
Ephesians 3:12 - I may approach God with freedom and confidence.
Phil1ipians 4:13- I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.
Hope this blesses all who are reading this...
Monday, January 8
Interesting Facts!
1. The liquid inside young coconuts can be used as a substitute for blood plasma.
2. No piece of paper can be folded in half more than seven times.
3. You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television.
4. Oak trees do not produce acorns until they are fifty years of age or older.
5. The King of Hearts is the only king WITHOUT A MOUSTACHE!
6. American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first-class.
7. Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.
8. Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking you up in the morning.
9. Most dust particles in your house are made from DEAD SKIN!
10. The first owner of the Marlboro Company died of lung cancer. So did the first "Marlboro Man."
11. PEARLS MELT IN VINEGAR!
12. A duck's quack doesn't echo, and no one knows why.
13. Dentists have recommended that a toothbrush be kept at least six feet away from
a toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush.
14. And the best for last..... Turtles can breathe through their butts.
2. No piece of paper can be folded in half more than seven times.
3. You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television.
4. Oak trees do not produce acorns until they are fifty years of age or older.
5. The King of Hearts is the only king WITHOUT A MOUSTACHE!
6. American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first-class.
7. Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.
8. Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking you up in the morning.
9. Most dust particles in your house are made from DEAD SKIN!
10. The first owner of the Marlboro Company died of lung cancer. So did the first "Marlboro Man."
11. PEARLS MELT IN VINEGAR!
12. A duck's quack doesn't echo, and no one knows why.
13. Dentists have recommended that a toothbrush be kept at least six feet away from
a toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush.
14. And the best for last..... Turtles can breathe through their butts.
Sunday, January 7
Teaching in New Perspective
After hearing today's sermon at church, I had a renewed mindset to Teaching in particular...
You can't make people want something they don't want!
How true is this statement... Kids today are barely interested in going to school. Especially for the older kids. Why?
I really believe that there are times, as teachers, we have become so caught up with teaching to the textbook and syllabus that we do not address pupils' needs.
This was the same challenge the speaker at the Teacher's Conference 2006 highlighted. Kids today are so into multimedia... computer games, TV, podcasts, internet etc. However, in schools, we are still stuck to textbooks, workbooks and white boards...
Until we can link what's in the textbook to the things they can find through multimedia sources, I really believe we cannot reach out to children as effectively.
I also believe that some of the things we teach have lost its relevance to the world we live in around us. One of this area I feel in the topic of sexuality education... A topic everyone shuns to explain to the young ones what it is all about.
In due respect, I admire MOE for taking on a difficult task that should have belonged to parents. The curriculum is a solid one. I agree that teaching abstinence from sex is the only way to sanctify sex and prevent them from making mistakes that they can regret later aka getting sexually transmitted diseases and unwanted pregnancy.
I also have to agree that we have a generation of youths who will not do as they are told. I've been through the rebellious stage before where for everything that you are told to do because it is good for you, you will choose the complete opposite.
Teaching children to protect themselves is also equally important... However, it is kinda like opening Pandora's Box... we may end up unknowingly encourage youths to cross the boundaries because protection is the safety net against sexually transmitted diseases and unwanted pregnancy.
The challenge relating abstinence from sex is to teach the sanctity of sex in marriage... I believe that if we can do it right, sexuality education can be transformed and be relevant.
I'm not sure I'll actually have the fortune of teaching sexuality education this year... but I'm sure I'll definately look forward to the challenge.
As for other subjects, it is a new curriculum I am doing this year, I'm excited of rising to the challenge of making what I teach relevant...
You can't make people want something they don't want!
How true is this statement... Kids today are barely interested in going to school. Especially for the older kids. Why?
I really believe that there are times, as teachers, we have become so caught up with teaching to the textbook and syllabus that we do not address pupils' needs.
This was the same challenge the speaker at the Teacher's Conference 2006 highlighted. Kids today are so into multimedia... computer games, TV, podcasts, internet etc. However, in schools, we are still stuck to textbooks, workbooks and white boards...
Until we can link what's in the textbook to the things they can find through multimedia sources, I really believe we cannot reach out to children as effectively.
I also believe that some of the things we teach have lost its relevance to the world we live in around us. One of this area I feel in the topic of sexuality education... A topic everyone shuns to explain to the young ones what it is all about.
In due respect, I admire MOE for taking on a difficult task that should have belonged to parents. The curriculum is a solid one. I agree that teaching abstinence from sex is the only way to sanctify sex and prevent them from making mistakes that they can regret later aka getting sexually transmitted diseases and unwanted pregnancy.
I also have to agree that we have a generation of youths who will not do as they are told. I've been through the rebellious stage before where for everything that you are told to do because it is good for you, you will choose the complete opposite.
Teaching children to protect themselves is also equally important... However, it is kinda like opening Pandora's Box... we may end up unknowingly encourage youths to cross the boundaries because protection is the safety net against sexually transmitted diseases and unwanted pregnancy.
The challenge relating abstinence from sex is to teach the sanctity of sex in marriage... I believe that if we can do it right, sexuality education can be transformed and be relevant.
I'm not sure I'll actually have the fortune of teaching sexuality education this year... but I'm sure I'll definately look forward to the challenge.
As for other subjects, it is a new curriculum I am doing this year, I'm excited of rising to the challenge of making what I teach relevant...
Thursday, January 4
First Week of School
First week of school... many things to adjust to and this has been making me feel so tired...
It's been 3 years since I last taught a group larger than 25... the kids just seem so noisy all of a sudden (even when I know they aren't really!). The best thing is they seem to feel like they're all over the place... It's different when you can scan 12 faces at a glance...
Have to pray for strength...
Anyway, Misery loves company (especially when you realise the lives of others sux even more... lolz) so here's some interesting news that will brighten up anyone's day... Especially when you realise you're not the most miserable person having a pathetic life or situation.
#1
Fire authorities in California found a corpse in a burned-out section of the forest while assessing the damage done by a forest fire. The deceased male was dressed in a full wet suit, complete with scuba tanks on his back, flippers, and face mask. A post-mortem test revealed that the man died not from burns, but from massive internal injuries. Dental records provided a positive identification. Investigators then set about to determine how a fully clothed diver ended up in the middle of a forest fire.
It was revealed that on the day of the fire, the man went diving off the coast, some 20 miles from the forest. The fire fighters, seeking to control the fire as quickly as possible, had called in a fleet of helicopters with very large dip buckets. Water was dipped from the ocean and emptied at the site of the forest fire.
You guessed it! One minute our diver was making like Flipper in the Pacific, the next, he was doing the breaststroke in a fire dip bucket 300 feet in the air.
Some days it just doesn't pay to get out of bed...
#2
A man was working on his motorcycle on the patio, his wife nearby in the kitchen. While racing the engine, the motorcycle accidentally slipped into gear. The man, still holding onto the handlebars, was dragged along as it burst through the glass patio doors.
His wife, hearing the crash, ran in the room to find her husband cut and bleeding, the motorcycle, and the shattered patio door. She called for an ambulance and, because the house sat on a fairly large hill, went down the several flights of stairs to meet the paramedics and escort them to her husband.
While the attendants were loading her husband, the wife managed to right the motorcycle and push it outside. She also quickly blotted up the spilled gasoline with some paper towels and tossed them into the toilet.
After being treated and released, the man returned home, looked at the shattered patio door and the damage done to his motorcycle. He went into the bathroom and consoled himself with a cigarette while attending to his business. About to stand, he flipped the butt between his legs.
The wife, who was in the kitchen, heard a loud explosion and her husband screaming. Finding him lying on the bathroom floor with his trousers blown away and burns on his buttocks, legs and groin, she once again phoned for an ambulance. The same paramedic crew was dispatched.
As the paramedics carried the man down the stairs to the ambulance,they asked the wife how he had come to burn himself. She told them. They started laughing so hard, once slipped, dropping the stretcher and dumping the husband out. He fell down the remaining stairs, breaking his arm.
#3
The average cost of rehabilitating a seal after the Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska was $80,000. At a special ceremony, two of the most expensively saved animals were being released back into the wild amid cheers and applause from onlookers. A minute later, in full view, a killer whale ate them both.
#4
A woman came home to find her husband in the kitchen shaking frantically, almost in a dancing frenzy, with some kind of wire running from his waist towards the electric kettle. Intending to jolt him away from the deadly current, she whacked him with a handy plank of wood,breaking his arm in two places.
Up to that moment, he had been happily listening to his Walkman.
#5
Two animal rights protesters were protesting at the cruelty of sending pigs to a slaughterhouse in Bonn, Germany. Suddenly, all two thousand pigs broke loose and escaped through a broken fence, stampeding madly. The two hopeless protesters were trampled to death.
#6
Iraqi terrorist Khay Rahnaje didn't pay enough postage on a letter bomb. It came back with "return to sender" stamped on it. Forgetting it was the bomb, he opened it and was blown to bits.
Hearing things like these kinda put things back in perspective for me...
It's been 3 years since I last taught a group larger than 25... the kids just seem so noisy all of a sudden (even when I know they aren't really!). The best thing is they seem to feel like they're all over the place... It's different when you can scan 12 faces at a glance...
Have to pray for strength...
Anyway, Misery loves company (especially when you realise the lives of others sux even more... lolz) so here's some interesting news that will brighten up anyone's day... Especially when you realise you're not the most miserable person having a pathetic life or situation.
#1
Fire authorities in California found a corpse in a burned-out section of the forest while assessing the damage done by a forest fire. The deceased male was dressed in a full wet suit, complete with scuba tanks on his back, flippers, and face mask. A post-mortem test revealed that the man died not from burns, but from massive internal injuries. Dental records provided a positive identification. Investigators then set about to determine how a fully clothed diver ended up in the middle of a forest fire.
It was revealed that on the day of the fire, the man went diving off the coast, some 20 miles from the forest. The fire fighters, seeking to control the fire as quickly as possible, had called in a fleet of helicopters with very large dip buckets. Water was dipped from the ocean and emptied at the site of the forest fire.
You guessed it! One minute our diver was making like Flipper in the Pacific, the next, he was doing the breaststroke in a fire dip bucket 300 feet in the air.
Some days it just doesn't pay to get out of bed...
#2
A man was working on his motorcycle on the patio, his wife nearby in the kitchen. While racing the engine, the motorcycle accidentally slipped into gear. The man, still holding onto the handlebars, was dragged along as it burst through the glass patio doors.
His wife, hearing the crash, ran in the room to find her husband cut and bleeding, the motorcycle, and the shattered patio door. She called for an ambulance and, because the house sat on a fairly large hill, went down the several flights of stairs to meet the paramedics and escort them to her husband.
While the attendants were loading her husband, the wife managed to right the motorcycle and push it outside. She also quickly blotted up the spilled gasoline with some paper towels and tossed them into the toilet.
After being treated and released, the man returned home, looked at the shattered patio door and the damage done to his motorcycle. He went into the bathroom and consoled himself with a cigarette while attending to his business. About to stand, he flipped the butt between his legs.
The wife, who was in the kitchen, heard a loud explosion and her husband screaming. Finding him lying on the bathroom floor with his trousers blown away and burns on his buttocks, legs and groin, she once again phoned for an ambulance. The same paramedic crew was dispatched.
As the paramedics carried the man down the stairs to the ambulance,they asked the wife how he had come to burn himself. She told them. They started laughing so hard, once slipped, dropping the stretcher and dumping the husband out. He fell down the remaining stairs, breaking his arm.
#3
The average cost of rehabilitating a seal after the Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska was $80,000. At a special ceremony, two of the most expensively saved animals were being released back into the wild amid cheers and applause from onlookers. A minute later, in full view, a killer whale ate them both.
#4
A woman came home to find her husband in the kitchen shaking frantically, almost in a dancing frenzy, with some kind of wire running from his waist towards the electric kettle. Intending to jolt him away from the deadly current, she whacked him with a handy plank of wood,breaking his arm in two places.
Up to that moment, he had been happily listening to his Walkman.
#5
Two animal rights protesters were protesting at the cruelty of sending pigs to a slaughterhouse in Bonn, Germany. Suddenly, all two thousand pigs broke loose and escaped through a broken fence, stampeding madly. The two hopeless protesters were trampled to death.
#6
Iraqi terrorist Khay Rahnaje didn't pay enough postage on a letter bomb. It came back with "return to sender" stamped on it. Forgetting it was the bomb, he opened it and was blown to bits.
Hearing things like these kinda put things back in perspective for me...
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