Dear JC/MI students,
I just want to wish you a happy first day of school. For some of you, A levels will be the most challenging academic phase, some even say university is easy. Whatever it is, stay focused for JC life can be so colourful you'll forget to study.
If you can, do me a favour, sing the National Anthem and take the pledge sincerely for two more years. This is a small country with not too many people and already some are not doing it.
Lastly, education is enjoyable, study is fun. You may not feel that in Yuying but that doesn't mean it is not true. Give it another try in JC, for some subjects you'll see rainbows and fireworks emerging.
I wish you
a fruitful approx. 2 years
a meaningful and fun education
a good A levels
new and lasting friendships while not forgetting old ones
Enjoy the process!
GanPL
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
What is your role?
Just want to continue a little bit of Yuying here.
This is the story for the week (Story told by Miss Kok):
What is your role? As in, are you mindful of the role you are playing in life? Have you performed well in the role of your life?
Story is told of a person who did not know what is the role of his life. He spent his life seeking enjoyment and more enjoyment. Eventually ended being a drug addict...
There is a happy ending though. He finally come face to face with the question "what is my role?" and realise that all along he did not know what was his role and wasted thirty years of his life, and along the way even got his beloved girlfriend into debt. When he knew his role finally, he focussed his energy to doing well in his appointed role: to seek God and to love his girlfriend and provide for her. His life finally fall into place.
This is an interesting transition stage of your life. It is time to take stock and reflect:
Have I performed my Yuying role dutifully in my last four years?
What will my new role be? What am I going to do?
We all have a role to play. Perform well.
This is the story for the week (Story told by Miss Kok):
What is your role? As in, are you mindful of the role you are playing in life? Have you performed well in the role of your life?
Story is told of a person who did not know what is the role of his life. He spent his life seeking enjoyment and more enjoyment. Eventually ended being a drug addict...
There is a happy ending though. He finally come face to face with the question "what is my role?" and realise that all along he did not know what was his role and wasted thirty years of his life, and along the way even got his beloved girlfriend into debt. When he knew his role finally, he focussed his energy to doing well in his appointed role: to seek God and to love his girlfriend and provide for her. His life finally fall into place.
This is an interesting transition stage of your life. It is time to take stock and reflect:
Have I performed my Yuying role dutifully in my last four years?
What will my new role be? What am I going to do?
We all have a role to play. Perform well.
Sunday, November 21, 2010
Monday, October 18, 2010
Graduation Day 2010
2A 2008...
Fast forward 2 years. 2010: Graduation day. This is it, after all the sweat and tears I get to see you graduate (O levels shouldn't be a problem to all of you... it is just the quality of passes we're talking about).
No fanfare, no hugs and kisses. Just a warm handshake, a sincere regard and a few decent pictures.
I like it this way.
GanPL
Fast forward 2 years. 2010: Graduation day. This is it, after all the sweat and tears I get to see you graduate (O levels shouldn't be a problem to all of you... it is just the quality of passes we're talking about).
No fanfare, no hugs and kisses. Just a warm handshake, a sincere regard and a few decent pictures.
I like it this way.
GanPL
Monday, August 9, 2010
National Day 090810
I have decided to post every 25 hits... since this is 75 and National day, here I go...
Some of you will go to JC next year, some of you won't
For those who are not going to JC I don't think the Poly will do anything to gather people together to celebrate National Day, you'll have to find ways to celebrate it yourself. I like this year's theme, "Live our dream, Fly our flag". I realised that whatever we go through in this country we call home, we need to realise that this is a place that is able to help us fulfill our dreams. Our dreams and aspiration may be more difficult to achieve should we be born somewhere else. There are
so many war torn countries in this world,
so many poor countries with impoverished people
so many corrupted government that only the rich can fulfill their dreams
so many racially discriminating places that you need to be a certain race to excel
although many other places boast majestic natural wonders and Singapore has none, I'm thankful that as a Singaporean, I can go to anywhere in this world and see these places because the Singpore Passport is welcomed all over the world.
As a secondary school pupil, you may feel little about Singapore, sometimes even resentful. The thing is, just like how I felt when I was a teenager who protested aircon bus services costly and impractical, there are many things to be thankful for. We all need to open our eyes to see them. With age and experience, you'll appreciate all these things better in the future.
Being a school teacher, I'm already living my dream, a dream I had since sec 3. My father is a construction worker, my mother worked in a factory nightshift (10pm - 7am) for 20 years. In other places, you need many generations to reverse poverty. But here, you can do it within your own generation.
What's your dream? Go ahead and fulfill it, there's no better place to do it than in this country.
Happy National Day.
Some of you will go to JC next year, some of you won't
For those who are not going to JC I don't think the Poly will do anything to gather people together to celebrate National Day, you'll have to find ways to celebrate it yourself. I like this year's theme, "Live our dream, Fly our flag". I realised that whatever we go through in this country we call home, we need to realise that this is a place that is able to help us fulfill our dreams. Our dreams and aspiration may be more difficult to achieve should we be born somewhere else. There are
so many war torn countries in this world,
so many poor countries with impoverished people
so many corrupted government that only the rich can fulfill their dreams
so many racially discriminating places that you need to be a certain race to excel
although many other places boast majestic natural wonders and Singapore has none, I'm thankful that as a Singaporean, I can go to anywhere in this world and see these places because the Singpore Passport is welcomed all over the world.
As a secondary school pupil, you may feel little about Singapore, sometimes even resentful. The thing is, just like how I felt when I was a teenager who protested aircon bus services costly and impractical, there are many things to be thankful for. We all need to open our eyes to see them. With age and experience, you'll appreciate all these things better in the future.
Being a school teacher, I'm already living my dream, a dream I had since sec 3. My father is a construction worker, my mother worked in a factory nightshift (10pm - 7am) for 20 years. In other places, you need many generations to reverse poverty. But here, you can do it within your own generation.
What's your dream? Go ahead and fulfill it, there's no better place to do it than in this country.
Happy National Day.
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Thank you prefects.
Prefects investiture.
The whole point about the race is not winning but completing.
The purpose of the fight is not in the victory but the struggle.
Prefects, be glad not because of the praise and honour that came in today but the fact that you have lasted the hardship, the journey.
Life is not about glory and honour. It is about completing what you have started and fulfilling your promises.
Prefects, you did it.
The whole point about the race is not winning but completing.
The purpose of the fight is not in the victory but the struggle.
Prefects, be glad not because of the praise and honour that came in today but the fact that you have lasted the hardship, the journey.
Life is not about glory and honour. It is about completing what you have started and fulfilling your promises.
Prefects, you did it.
Saturday, June 19, 2010
Countdown to "O" levels
Hey people,
It is time to get ready for the big one ahead. How is everyone getting on?
I long to see you all when school reopens. Even though it means no more holidays and more work.
Meanwhile, take care and may God bless you all.
Before I go, let me share with you a rainbow over my flat.
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