Moving to New Home

Long time never blog. Been very busy in preparing to move to a new 4 room flat. In my whole life, I have been moving house for 3 times. First house that i stay is a 2 room flat - rented from HDB. Second one is a rented 3 room flat - Blk 11 Margaret Drive #07-305. The whole building has been demolished. Then was force to buy a 3 room flat in Blk 39A Commonwealth Ave. I stayed in the Commonwealth building since i am study in the Polytechnic. This house was also en-bloc by HDB and now i just moved to this new building Strathmore Ave at 26 Jan 08.

Jokes - Teacher vomit blood 1

Received this email from friend. Believe is belong to one of the primary school written assignment.

Illusion 8

Can you see dolphines ?

When ask the little kids they will say they see dolphins but when asked adult the answer is others ....

Illusion 7

Concentrate at the 4 dot in the center for 30 second. The look at else where. Blind your eye and you will see an image.

Illusion 6

My IQ

This is my IQ test in 10 mins. So i am not bad.


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Illusion 5

Straight or Curve ?

Illusion 4

Illusion 3

Illusion 2

The human brain tricks us whenever it can Part 1

Have received a few illusion picture from friends. Quite interesting.

If see something‘s rotating – go home, you need a break!

Dream

These few night having nightmare. Dream about doing the wrong things and got management angry. Think there is alot of stress recently. Must learnt how to relax.

Why so playful?

Youth are very playful and mischievous. Sometime these behaviour will cause them to regret for the rest of their life. Today one female trainee look very worry and need someone to talk to. As i am the one that look very trustful and been helping alot of youth so she decided to approach me for some advises. During the last holiday, due to her mischievous, she was caught red handed together with her friend and being charged under penal code S381. On that day in the confinement cell, she was so frightened till cry for hours and after bail out she was not able to sleep well and dare not to stay out late.. She is so worry that she might get jail.

Down Town East Gathering

Yesterday received a call from Winnie, my ex trainee invited me for gathering and BBQ at Down Town East in next week. This is the third time in three years time she invited me since after she graduated. Is it a thank you of me being train her and never give up hope in her ? She may not be the best trainee in the class but she is a person that remember the staff.

Meeting

Yesterday met YY and found out reason why he quit.
From the conversation, there are 3 reasons :
1. Bad relationship with his immediate female boss. He felt she is incapable, only know how to arrow but not doing her own duty.
2. Wanted to have more freedom in doing his "quality" but not "quantity" education work. For those that in education sector will know what i mean. He already manage to gap an job in the private education sector to fulfill his dream.
3. Disappointed with the system.

Friend's update

Have recently call/meet up some old friends, got some bad and god news. Below is the summary list :

YY - A primary school Chinese teacher will be resigned on Dec. Quite surprising and will meeting him today to know the details.
SL - Will be father soon. Baby delivery in Dec
GH - Have resigned this month and started a new career with pay cut of more than 25%.
WC - His baby girl just born on 12 Oct
Alicia - His brother just passed away last week after a long hospitalise with high medical bill. Is a blessing or ??
Alex Cheong - Have change a new job from project officer into properly agent.

Friends need to be keep in contact if not you will lose them.

29 inches flat TV

I do not understand why whenever i am on holiday, my home electronic appliances will be spoilt. Last holiday is my electric kettle and this holiday is my 29" flat TV. Yesterday afternoon while my mum watching TV, suddenly there is a light splash appear on the TV screen and the very next moment, my whole house no electricity. Immediately i ask my mum to off the TV power . I go and check my in house circuit breaker but it did not pop. To play safe, i pull all the circuit breaker to off mode. Then i go outside and check the HDB main circuit breaker and it pop. So i reset it to on and slowly on my in hose circuit breaker one at a time to see any other power point causes the circuit breaker pop. All of them are working fine and i can confidently told my dad and mum that the TV is the one causes the power failure.

In order to make the main circuit breaker pop, the electric current must be very high and there is some where in the house causes it short circuit. To convince them, i show them the plug and there is a burn mark on it.

Next i dismantle the plug and it confirm there is high current passes through the copper and burn it. If i am not around and they continue turn on the TV set, i do not know what will happen to the house.

Internet Transaction Error

Today morning, 930am i have used the Internet to book the Genting - Theme Park Hotel using credit card. I have stayed in the Genting, Resort and First World hotel but have not tried the Theme Park Hotel. Booking in Internet is quite smooth initially, when it come to the last part - payment and confirmation of booking, the error occurred and indicate i need email to them. To my horror, immediately i called my credit card issuer (UOB) to check the status. The customer officer, an Indian guy answer my queries and confirm transaction of $$$ is success. I was not happy with this Indian guy service attitude. I request him to speak louder as his voice is too soft plus the voice tone not use to it. In the end his voice is loud but the tone is angry.
Next i call Genting worldcard Singapore branch, a Chinese guy with not so good English answer and confirm the booking of hotel is not successful. The $$ will be refund to me. To double confirm, i email to Malaysia eGenting Worldcard . The answer from them (Chris) is the same but in addition he advised me to use another credit card to try booking again. I have lost confident in their website. i just gone down to the tour agent and book the package.

Retirement Age.

What is my target retirement age ?? There is no real answer to it. 10+ years ago,i though of only when i have $300K that is strike the first prize Toto (that time Totofirst prize minimum is $300K) then i can no need to work for the rest of my life. But now $300K is nothing and i think i will need to have $2 million then i can shake leg and to enjoy a real retirement. Maybe after 10+ year, $2 million also not enough. So how can i retire ?

Discipline vs Counsel

What is discipline ?

1. Training to ensure proper behavior : the practice or methods of teaching and enforcing acceptable patterns of behavior
2. Order and control : a controlled orderly state, especially in a class of schoolchildren.

What is counsel ?
1. Advise somebody to do something : to advise somebody on a particular course of action
2. Advise somebody on personal problems: to give somebody advice and support on personal or psychological matters, usually in a professional context

If a school rule is break, do the student need to be counselled or discipline ? Base on the above explanation, a discipline action should be carried out but most of the school will use counseling method instead. It has mixed out the true meaning of counseling and discipline. Is this the cause of more and more youngster committed crime which related to they did not get any disciplinary punishment when they break the school rules and regulation.