super duper happy.
HAPPPY BUYS!! AHHAHAA
and sale EVERYWHERE! stop spending ziqi.. stop!!
control control ENDURE!!
Sunday, May 31, 2009
yay!
bought 3 pair of new and super nice shoes today!! woohoooo!
super duper happy.
HAPPPY BUYS!! AHHAHAA
and sale EVERYWHERE! stop spending ziqi.. stop!!
control control ENDURE!!
super duper happy.
HAPPPY BUYS!! AHHAHAA
and sale EVERYWHERE! stop spending ziqi.. stop!!
control control ENDURE!!
Saturday, May 30, 2009
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
jai ho rocks lah!
oh man. i love this. i seriously cant wait for friday to come and watch those boys from RINPCC to perform JAI HOO!! MUAHAHAH. i seriously cant stop smiling to myself whenever i imagine them dancing. like super duper FUNNY!! all those boys doing that famous JAI HO hand style!! OMG!!! hahaa. evil evil.. hopefully i can control myself on friday.
aww. and it's their last session on friday and im going to misssssss themm!! :(
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Starkid's graduation ceremony...
an event that happened almost one year ago.... and im only blogging about it NOW! hahaha aww. i miss them :(
The last few months were busy, tired but definitely enjoyable. Having to juggle my full time job, degree classes and field placement was indeed tough but I am glad that I am able to go through everything. Always helping out on various programs at different centre, dealing with different group of people and given a chance to learn, observe and experience the joy of lending a helping hand and making differences in someone’s live.
In one of the agenda, I was assigned to Feiyue Family Service Centre at Bukit Batok helping out in this program call STARkid at Hong Kah Primary School. It was my first time dealing with primary school kids, thus I do not really know how to handle them at first. I started doing lots of observation and rely on feedbacks given by the social worker on ways that need improvement on.
They are a bunch of very energetic and lively children always running around hoping to have some fun. I need to have a very good stamina to keep up with them as they are always full of zest up to some mischief, also trying my very best to get everyone attention and their full participation in the activities.
When I first joined the session, I made it a point to remember each of their names and address them by their name, to show them that I respect them as each individual with proper name and not calling them ‘boy’ ‘girl’. Being kids, and some of them do not have good command of English, I need to be very patient with them, explaining each instructions to them clearly. While doing this, I need to make sure that I gave equal attention to each of my students so that I will not miss anyone out. The next session, i decided to get them stickers to reward them if they behave and also act as a form of encouragement for them, hoping to give them support and let them know that they can do it. I love the smiles on their faces when they saw my stickers and eagerly choosing which design to take.
There is one incident that happened during the first few lessons. A new boy started joining us on the fourth session, was told by the school counselor that he got suspended from school. I paid more attention to him, constantly giving him positive remarks and encouraging him, hoping to let him enjoy coming to school more often and continue to participate in this program. At the end of the session, I wrote him a note saying that I am very glad to see him here today and thank him for everything and would definitely love to see you again during every session. After reading the note, his face broke into a shy smile and he came to me and told me that he will definitely come next week. It really warms my heart. And true enough, he was there early during the next session and even greets me warmly. All it takes is a little encouragement and support to make someone feels better and secure, letting them know that they are capable of doing it, believing in them.
and yes he is the one.. i'm glad that eventually he managed to complete the whole program (: well done zul. you are indeed a starkid!
When the whole program came to an end, I was quite sad to leave as I didn’t get a chance to interact with every single child and to get to know them better, the bond that I manage to build up with them over the whole program. When the children knew that it is the last time I am seeing them, they lost their smile and kept asking why it ended so fast.
some of their "art work"
All good things come to an end. I learnt and grow with them after spending the past few months with them. It was indeed an enriching lesson for me as well. From being totally clueless on handling children to now being able to mingle and mix around with them. The children can differentiate when time to get serious is and when is the time to play, showing a firm image at times and not spoiling my relationships with them. Hopefully I can make a difference in part of their life because I am sure they manage to make a difference in mine after all this is the first time I am dealing with primary school programs, there is a lot more for me to learn. It is indeed an eye opener for me. I would definitely love to have a chance to work with every single of them again.
The last few months were busy, tired but definitely enjoyable. Having to juggle my full time job, degree classes and field placement was indeed tough but I am glad that I am able to go through everything. Always helping out on various programs at different centre, dealing with different group of people and given a chance to learn, observe and experience the joy of lending a helping hand and making differences in someone’s live.
In one of the agenda, I was assigned to Feiyue Family Service Centre at Bukit Batok helping out in this program call STARkid at Hong Kah Primary School. It was my first time dealing with primary school kids, thus I do not really know how to handle them at first. I started doing lots of observation and rely on feedbacks given by the social worker on ways that need improvement on.
They are a bunch of very energetic and lively children always running around hoping to have some fun. I need to have a very good stamina to keep up with them as they are always full of zest up to some mischief, also trying my very best to get everyone attention and their full participation in the activities.
When I first joined the session, I made it a point to remember each of their names and address them by their name, to show them that I respect them as each individual with proper name and not calling them ‘boy’ ‘girl’. Being kids, and some of them do not have good command of English, I need to be very patient with them, explaining each instructions to them clearly. While doing this, I need to make sure that I gave equal attention to each of my students so that I will not miss anyone out. The next session, i decided to get them stickers to reward them if they behave and also act as a form of encouragement for them, hoping to give them support and let them know that they can do it. I love the smiles on their faces when they saw my stickers and eagerly choosing which design to take.
There is one incident that happened during the first few lessons. A new boy started joining us on the fourth session, was told by the school counselor that he got suspended from school. I paid more attention to him, constantly giving him positive remarks and encouraging him, hoping to let him enjoy coming to school more often and continue to participate in this program. At the end of the session, I wrote him a note saying that I am very glad to see him here today and thank him for everything and would definitely love to see you again during every session. After reading the note, his face broke into a shy smile and he came to me and told me that he will definitely come next week. It really warms my heart. And true enough, he was there early during the next session and even greets me warmly. All it takes is a little encouragement and support to make someone feels better and secure, letting them know that they are capable of doing it, believing in them.
and yes he is the one.. i'm glad that eventually he managed to complete the whole program (: well done zul. you are indeed a starkid!
When the whole program came to an end, I was quite sad to leave as I didn’t get a chance to interact with every single child and to get to know them better, the bond that I manage to build up with them over the whole program. When the children knew that it is the last time I am seeing them, they lost their smile and kept asking why it ended so fast.
some of their "art work"
All good things come to an end. I learnt and grow with them after spending the past few months with them. It was indeed an enriching lesson for me as well. From being totally clueless on handling children to now being able to mingle and mix around with them. The children can differentiate when time to get serious is and when is the time to play, showing a firm image at times and not spoiling my relationships with them. Hopefully I can make a difference in part of their life because I am sure they manage to make a difference in mine after all this is the first time I am dealing with primary school programs, there is a lot more for me to learn. It is indeed an eye opener for me. I would definitely love to have a chance to work with every single of them again.
Monday, May 18, 2009
sweet gesture from my volunteer (:
home make cheese cake from one volunteer!! sweeeet. 
thank you. it's really yummmmy!
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
4 pens that cost me 10 bucks.
bought these 4 plain looking very normal but not normal pens for 10 bucks. expensive? yes. it's very expensive. but i never regret spending money on these.
while walking to the station, i was stopped by 2 gentleman. my usual reaction, shake my head, smile politely at them and told them im not interested and start to walk away. amazingly.. i didnt do that. okay wait. not because they are handsome that's why i decided to stay... what caught my attention was their apperances.. the things that they are holding in their hands. pens. yes. normal plain looking pen. anyway i did tried walking away but they "refused" to let me pass. and when i heard them saying "we are ex convict ... this is part of our program.. every pen we sell we earn commission from... blah blaah blaaah.." i stopped. cut short his story and asked him straight how much he selling for those pens and bought it from him immediately. i asked them if it's okay if i bought 4 pens from you but take 1 pen instead as i dont need that many pen? and immediately they rejected me saying "no you must take it. we cannot do this. please take all 4 pens instead. thank you for helping us and god bless you. :)" im damn surprise by his reaction when i told him that. and his appreciative look when i bought those pens from them.. oh man.. it must be really hard standing there trying to sell your product but nobody actually stop to bother about you...
normally whenever anyone tried selling me "charity" tickets or so called charity stuff, i will reject and walk away immediately. but this time round.. i didnt do that. instead i bought it. i admire their bravery..courage.. admitting that they are ex convict to strangers... do not care about how others perceive them.. trying and working very hard to sell their product.. they are just trying to earn a living like us.
i guess it's time for us to give them a chance and include them back in our society. after all everyone of us deserve a second chance. right?
if 10 dollars can help them.. why not?
and i strongly believe it is money well spent. :)
while walking to the station, i was stopped by 2 gentleman. my usual reaction, shake my head, smile politely at them and told them im not interested and start to walk away. amazingly.. i didnt do that. okay wait. not because they are handsome that's why i decided to stay... what caught my attention was their apperances.. the things that they are holding in their hands. pens. yes. normal plain looking pen. anyway i did tried walking away but they "refused" to let me pass. and when i heard them saying "we are ex convict ... this is part of our program.. every pen we sell we earn commission from... blah blaah blaaah.." i stopped. cut short his story and asked him straight how much he selling for those pens and bought it from him immediately. i asked them if it's okay if i bought 4 pens from you but take 1 pen instead as i dont need that many pen? and immediately they rejected me saying "no you must take it. we cannot do this. please take all 4 pens instead. thank you for helping us and god bless you. :)" im damn surprise by his reaction when i told him that. and his appreciative look when i bought those pens from them.. oh man.. it must be really hard standing there trying to sell your product but nobody actually stop to bother about you...
normally whenever anyone tried selling me "charity" tickets or so called charity stuff, i will reject and walk away immediately. but this time round.. i didnt do that. instead i bought it. i admire their bravery..courage.. admitting that they are ex convict to strangers... do not care about how others perceive them.. trying and working very hard to sell their product.. they are just trying to earn a living like us.
i guess it's time for us to give them a chance and include them back in our society. after all everyone of us deserve a second chance. right?
if 10 dollars can help them.. why not?
and i strongly believe it is money well spent. :)
Monday, May 11, 2009
my master piece!!
this uncle can never stop disturbing me!
he really drive me crazy!!
im so proud of my 'master piece!!' muahahaha cute monkey
he really drive me crazy!!
im so proud of my 'master piece!!' muahahaha cute monkey
questions
was helping 4 students from ngee ann poly with their assignment, providing them more information about the VWO that im in and sharing with them the different facilities and classes we had over here. at the end of the session, one of the student asked me how i ended up here, and how i feel while working here... etc. some very personal questions.. i was taken aback although it's not my first time answering these sort of questions. but still i was kind of nervous when anwering them that i ended up talking out of topic! hahaha.. Maybe i need to prepare a "standard" answer when i'm post with such questions! hahah. but it might ended up sounding "fake" though..
oh great.. i can take this opportunity to share with you my journey to BH. ahaha..
always wanted to work in the social service sector (working with youth) but was never given a chance to. tried applying but still no one is willing to try me out. :( only had volunteering experiences more over im still getting my degree and not a graduate yet. and partly because im not a christian and most of the place that i applied "prefer" christian or rather they only employ christian. that's how i feeel lah! maybe im wrong? hmmm...
one fine night when i was doing this assignment that required us to do up our resume and "pretend" to send our job application to respective VWO or FSC that's hiring... saw this advertisement on NCSS webby looking for social work support officer (SWA) and i decided to try it out. since it's very near my home. was very happy when they called me up for interview. although this was not what i planned initially (to work with the disabled).. but still i went ahead with the interview. what make it worst was i had no experience at all and dont know what to expect..
i still remember how i feel on the very first day i step into bh... uncertainty, anxiety.. after all this is the first time i came into contact with all of them. when i stepped into the lobby area, i was greeted by a group of smiling male residents standing around waiting for the bus to bring them out for their trip. hands started popping out as they wait patiently for me to shake their hand, calling me "jie jie" as i walked past them.. during the interview, boss shared with me even more stories about them. things that "might" happen. got to admit, it sounds kind of scary. and often i heard me asking myself "if im able to do it." i know myself best and i know that there are some things that im afraid of.
despite all the uncertaintly i had initially and the fact that i will have a very big pay cut... when boss offered me the position, i agreed to it immediately! thats how crazy i am. at that time.. my mind is filled with "YES FINALLY I AM IN THE SOCIAL SERVICE SECTOR! YES IM ONE STEP CLOSER TO WHAT I WANT!! OH YEEESSSSSSSSSS!!!" someone is willing to try me out!! woohooo.. i was so happy that whenever i think about it i will ended up smiling to myself like an idiot! haha.
although it was not what i planned initially.. nevertheless, i still enjoyed myself and really love what i am doing now. i learn alot from everyone of them. i get to experience and do things that i never had in the past. new opportunities given. did alot of things that i never knew that i am capable of.
i kept telling myself that i can do it.. i can do it.. YES I CAN DO IT!!
the type of job satisfaction that you get when working in a social sector is way different from working in a corporate sector. at the end of the day, no matter how tired you are.. when they sincerely thank you for all you had done for them.. when you think back of how much joy you will be bringing into their life.. how their face light up when they see you.. you know its all worth it. (:
oh great.. i can take this opportunity to share with you my journey to BH. ahaha..
always wanted to work in the social service sector (working with youth) but was never given a chance to. tried applying but still no one is willing to try me out. :( only had volunteering experiences more over im still getting my degree and not a graduate yet. and partly because im not a christian and most of the place that i applied "prefer" christian or rather they only employ christian. that's how i feeel lah! maybe im wrong? hmmm...
one fine night when i was doing this assignment that required us to do up our resume and "pretend" to send our job application to respective VWO or FSC that's hiring... saw this advertisement on NCSS webby looking for social work support officer (SWA) and i decided to try it out. since it's very near my home. was very happy when they called me up for interview. although this was not what i planned initially (to work with the disabled).. but still i went ahead with the interview. what make it worst was i had no experience at all and dont know what to expect..
i still remember how i feel on the very first day i step into bh... uncertainty, anxiety.. after all this is the first time i came into contact with all of them. when i stepped into the lobby area, i was greeted by a group of smiling male residents standing around waiting for the bus to bring them out for their trip. hands started popping out as they wait patiently for me to shake their hand, calling me "jie jie" as i walked past them.. during the interview, boss shared with me even more stories about them. things that "might" happen. got to admit, it sounds kind of scary. and often i heard me asking myself "if im able to do it." i know myself best and i know that there are some things that im afraid of.
despite all the uncertaintly i had initially and the fact that i will have a very big pay cut... when boss offered me the position, i agreed to it immediately! thats how crazy i am. at that time.. my mind is filled with "YES FINALLY I AM IN THE SOCIAL SERVICE SECTOR! YES IM ONE STEP CLOSER TO WHAT I WANT!! OH YEEESSSSSSSSSS!!!" someone is willing to try me out!! woohooo.. i was so happy that whenever i think about it i will ended up smiling to myself like an idiot! haha.
although it was not what i planned initially.. nevertheless, i still enjoyed myself and really love what i am doing now. i learn alot from everyone of them. i get to experience and do things that i never had in the past. new opportunities given. did alot of things that i never knew that i am capable of.
i kept telling myself that i can do it.. i can do it.. YES I CAN DO IT!!
the type of job satisfaction that you get when working in a social sector is way different from working in a corporate sector. at the end of the day, no matter how tired you are.. when they sincerely thank you for all you had done for them.. when you think back of how much joy you will be bringing into their life.. how their face light up when they see you.. you know its all worth it. (:
and school reopen again...
after enjoying my holiday for almost a month... now it's time to go back to school again. time to face the reality.. oh man.. drag the ideal of rushing to school straight after work... having to chiong your assignment before due date... attending tiring lectures.. and many many more.. but what can i do? NOTHING!! AHHHH!! that's my life!! half a year more to go..
hang on. (:
hang on. (:
Wednesday, May 06, 2009
Tuesday, May 05, 2009
yesterday
in a state of shock -> very nervous -> ecstatic!! (although it came late but finally :)) -> troubled (debating with brain and heart) -> disenchantment
why?
signing off
a loser
sigh
why?
signing off
a loser
sigh
email from BOSS! haha
this is funny! hahaha. check out this email sent by boss to blame us for changing the setting of the printer...
email from boss.
Dear All
As you know that I am lousy at things mechanical, so please do not stress me up by changing the printer settings from automatic to manual feed. If you have to change, please ensure that you change back. The de fault setting should be Automatic feed and not manual feed.
If you do not change, then technological wannabes like myself will be utterly frustrated as my priniting jobs get stuck half way and I will be unable rush some urgent jobs.
So please be considerate!!!!!
BOSS
and my nice accountant replied him!!
Dear all,
Just in case you need to know, if you have problems with printer settings such as automatic feed and manual feed, the problem is with your setting in the document that you are printing and not the printer. All commands given to the printer are controlled by your computer.
To resolve, go to the menu at the top of your document,
Click File > Print > Properties (at top right hand corner of screen) > Paper Source (at bottom right hand corner of screen) > Select “Auto Select”
Hope this helps to resolve your problems and protect the innocent! :P
Cheers!
ACCOUNTANT
YAY! MY ACCOUNTANT ROCKS LAH!! HAHAAH. SHE IS THE ONLY ONE WHO CAN "SUAN" MY BOSS IN A NICE WAY!!
WELL DONE!
email from boss.
Dear All
As you know that I am lousy at things mechanical, so please do not stress me up by changing the printer settings from automatic to manual feed. If you have to change, please ensure that you change back. The de fault setting should be Automatic feed and not manual feed.
If you do not change, then technological wannabes like myself will be utterly frustrated as my priniting jobs get stuck half way and I will be unable rush some urgent jobs.
So please be considerate!!!!!
BOSS
and my nice accountant replied him!!
Dear all,
Just in case you need to know, if you have problems with printer settings such as automatic feed and manual feed, the problem is with your setting in the document that you are printing and not the printer. All commands given to the printer are controlled by your computer.
To resolve, go to the menu at the top of your document,
Click File > Print > Properties (at top right hand corner of screen) > Paper Source (at bottom right hand corner of screen) > Select “Auto Select”
Hope this helps to resolve your problems and protect the innocent! :P
Cheers!
ACCOUNTANT
YAY! MY ACCOUNTANT ROCKS LAH!! HAHAAH. SHE IS THE ONLY ONE WHO CAN "SUAN" MY BOSS IN A NICE WAY!!
WELL DONE!
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