It started with a post in the papers today... whereby 吴庆康 was talking about a little girl who was asking her dad to treat her to a meal of a burger which costs 100 dollars.. then dad was persuaded again to buy her desserts of the same value after the meal...
that got to him (吴庆康) thinking that nowadays pple are seemingly spending more on meals and so on but yet may not get what they wanted in the first place. He claimed that he went to a exclusive yuppy club in HK and paid 400 sing dollars for 4 dishes for lunch and still ended up feeling hungry and dissatisfied.
He says our people of today are getting more and more choices... and perhaps in a way, are we all too fortunate to be this way? Buying branded bags for 1000 dollars and claim that its the quality that matters and so on ? He said that he realised he belonged to the older era the moment he got shocked by the long queue of pple who wanted to buy a gucci or prada bag.. .
In some ways i think i do agree... but are we losing more than we are gaining?
Like for eg today i went to attend the SPF-NPCC Badge ceremony at New Town Secondary School and realised that out boys are not as good when it comes to social skills... in some ways the attainment of pinnacle achievements is a great thing but at the end of the day ... does it really reflect the desired qualities of things?
I do wan to state that i am proud of their achievements but sometimes i cannot help but feel tat our new generation of people seems more deprived in some fundamental areas... .
and that really makes me very baffled...
08 June 2006
02 June 2006
The Meaning of Love
I do see a lot of meaning in the chinese verse... but it is not easy to effectively translate it into english and still get the same feeling.. such is the beauty of the Chinese Language!
Some background info -- the verse was written by this taoist nun, Li Mo Chou, who was nicknamed 赤炼仙子... that means blood fairy -- someone who is as beautiful as is bloodthirsty.
the story is written by Louis Cha, 金庸, in the story of 神雕侠侣, "The Return of the Condor Heroes"
Here's a feeble attempt to explain the previous post:
Ask the world what is the meaning of love,
until such lengths that follows one even in death?
A pair of swallows which flies the world over,
with many cold winters that age out their feathers.
Joy in reunion,
Sorrow in parting,
there are many who dwell so hopelessly into them.
With parting words i give to the gentleman, though many thousands of miles the clouds may cover,
through the seemingly thousands of mountains and snow,
where can a single shadow head forth?
Some background info -- the verse was written by this taoist nun, Li Mo Chou, who was nicknamed 赤炼仙子... that means blood fairy -- someone who is as beautiful as is bloodthirsty.
the story is written by Louis Cha, 金庸, in the story of 神雕侠侣, "The Return of the Condor Heroes"
Here's a feeble attempt to explain the previous post:
Ask the world what is the meaning of love,
until such lengths that follows one even in death?
A pair of swallows which flies the world over,
with many cold winters that age out their feathers.
Joy in reunion,
Sorrow in parting,
there are many who dwell so hopelessly into them.
With parting words i give to the gentleman, though many thousands of miles the clouds may cover,
through the seemingly thousands of mountains and snow,
where can a single shadow head forth?
12 May 2006
04 May 2006
Meaning of Doing Something
Sometimes you get questioned for the certain things that had done with your life, with the everyday undertakings that was carried out.
You begin to ask yourself if things should be changed when they begin to conflict with the interests of the people around you.
Sometimes working hard for a job does not mean that it will pay off, yet at times working hard means immense gratification.
Office can be a lot of politics sometimes... even in teaching... a harmless comment can mean a lot to people, and history will mean labelling.
Impression counts and work becomes all meaningless if you respond to them positively. So i choose to be apolitical. I choose to remain silent. Let people talk all they want and i will live life the way i want it to be. No interfering, no committment. Do what a teacher is supposed to do, not what a manager is wanting to see.
Teach and influences young souls, about life about meanings in life... one day, maybe i will see the results, or maybe i won't.
Take the days as they come and take them in stride. Pain and suffering, happiness and hope.
That's what doing something meaningful is all about.
You begin to ask yourself if things should be changed when they begin to conflict with the interests of the people around you.
Sometimes working hard for a job does not mean that it will pay off, yet at times working hard means immense gratification.
Office can be a lot of politics sometimes... even in teaching... a harmless comment can mean a lot to people, and history will mean labelling.
Impression counts and work becomes all meaningless if you respond to them positively. So i choose to be apolitical. I choose to remain silent. Let people talk all they want and i will live life the way i want it to be. No interfering, no committment. Do what a teacher is supposed to do, not what a manager is wanting to see.
Teach and influences young souls, about life about meanings in life... one day, maybe i will see the results, or maybe i won't.
Take the days as they come and take them in stride. Pain and suffering, happiness and hope.
That's what doing something meaningful is all about.
01 May 2006
Bought a book, "Paradise Lost". "失乐园" （几米）
There was this part about a boy and a flower that suddenly popped out from his head. He did not like it but in the end he had to grow and adapt to it.
The flower had her goods and bads and the boy had to put up with it. He groused and he proclaimed his dislikes. And finally once he made the flower lose her sense of worth.
Slowly she withered and there was nothing the boy could do about it.
Eventually she died.
The boy was devastated.
And the story goes on... (this was when i decided to buy the book... maybe will update if you are interested to find out what happened in the end after i have read it... )
:)
There was this part about a boy and a flower that suddenly popped out from his head. He did not like it but in the end he had to grow and adapt to it.
The flower had her goods and bads and the boy had to put up with it. He groused and he proclaimed his dislikes. And finally once he made the flower lose her sense of worth.
Slowly she withered and there was nothing the boy could do about it.
Eventually she died.
The boy was devastated.
And the story goes on... (this was when i decided to buy the book... maybe will update if you are interested to find out what happened in the end after i have read it... )
:)
20 April 2006
19 April 2006
Religious and Moral Education Programme
Today i asked 3G to write the assignment that was supposed to be graded and reflected on their report book. The requirements were creativity and clarity of theme.
So in a bid to create some creative sparks, i decided to write my own RME assignment on the white board.
(The 7 habits of highly effective people)
My sense of being proactive is that sometimes we must make things happen. If not we would just dispair with failures and setbacks. In order for life to have meaning, we must try to foresee what we are going to be on the day that we die.
The class thought that i was being too philosophical when i wrote this: "当你出生的时候，大家都因为你的到来而感到高兴，而当你死去的时候，大家却会为了你的离去而感到痛楚。"
How many of us actually think ahead of our own lives? How to we go on and know that we are always on the right track? I guess that the answer will always be ahead of us, no matter how much planning we can do.
We could die tomorrow? We could die even the next minute.
Enjoy life the way it is... and be not afraid to take risks and be happy or sad if time and situation permits it. Climb a mountain, say hello to the girl you always like... tell a friend that you treasure him/her ... the sky's the limit!
So have you also began with the end in mind already?
So in a bid to create some creative sparks, i decided to write my own RME assignment on the white board.
(The 7 habits of highly effective people)
My sense of being proactive is that sometimes we must make things happen. If not we would just dispair with failures and setbacks. In order for life to have meaning, we must try to foresee what we are going to be on the day that we die.
The class thought that i was being too philosophical when i wrote this: "当你出生的时候，大家都因为你的到来而感到高兴，而当你死去的时候，大家却会为了你的离去而感到痛楚。"
How many of us actually think ahead of our own lives? How to we go on and know that we are always on the right track? I guess that the answer will always be ahead of us, no matter how much planning we can do.
We could die tomorrow? We could die even the next minute.
Enjoy life the way it is... and be not afraid to take risks and be happy or sad if time and situation permits it. Climb a mountain, say hello to the girl you always like... tell a friend that you treasure him/her ... the sky's the limit!
So have you also began with the end in mind already?
12 April 2006
Some updates...
Oh well ... came back from conducting napfa test in school as a SBJ scorer; partly because i have to replace Miss Aida as she had a paper due tomorrow. So in the end lessons got cancelled and well... i went back home late again.
Decided that i should go for my overdue run... and clocked 34 mins 22 secs and 96 split. I always wonder how long the distance was that i had covered from such a timing.
Then it was off home to read the overdue zaobao papers and subsequently dinner... watched a little bit of american idol, with 2 issues of Time magazine... was going to read the National Geographic but decided that i had enough for the day.
Wanted to start marking but was too tired... so ended up doing brainless thing like blogging my photographs taken with an outing with my beloved cousins!
check the url:
ms4c05.blogspot.com
roger and out!
Decided that i should go for my overdue run... and clocked 34 mins 22 secs and 96 split. I always wonder how long the distance was that i had covered from such a timing.
Then it was off home to read the overdue zaobao papers and subsequently dinner... watched a little bit of american idol, with 2 issues of Time magazine... was going to read the National Geographic but decided that i had enough for the day.
Wanted to start marking but was too tired... so ended up doing brainless thing like blogging my photographs taken with an outing with my beloved cousins!
check the url:
ms4c05.blogspot.com
roger and out!
01 April 2006
留下来的力量
最近级任班常常有人留下来。
有人说这是无谓的。有人说我太过于牺牲自己了。
其实对自己这样的行径，我也有些百思不解。直到最近想起了一位逝世的同事兼好友，我才恍然大悟：原来我的目的是想向她致敬。
有时无条件付出的力量才是最大的。
有人说这是无谓的。有人说我太过于牺牲自己了。
其实对自己这样的行径，我也有些百思不解。直到最近想起了一位逝世的同事兼好友，我才恍然大悟：原来我的目的是想向她致敬。
有时无条件付出的力量才是最大的。
Free time for blogging
A parent came up to me in the subject combination talk and asked if the ratio of male to female teachers was too low.
Apparently it was and he asked if it was possible to increase that ratio.
He says boys at secondary tend to be more shy to female teachers, and thus they will grow closer to male teachers. He told me that it was the case for himself when he was younger.
Education and so on.. doing things together...
But i guess things are not as it was in the old days. I think the parent must have had a terrific time with his teachers, male or female.
Should i pass on his message to the school management? Or should i not do it, since i already know the answer --- things are not in our control all the time.
MOE short of teachers and bla bla bla... then in the end MOE still boasts high rate through its statisitcs and so on... haha...
I got a friend who asked if i am an opposition supporter but in the end i say i am not. I added that voting is secret. In fact i hate it when there are more oppositions rising up. That means i have more election duties to do. Or a higher chance of being arrowed, be it in my ward or other.
Apparently it was and he asked if it was possible to increase that ratio.
He says boys at secondary tend to be more shy to female teachers, and thus they will grow closer to male teachers. He told me that it was the case for himself when he was younger.
Education and so on.. doing things together...
But i guess things are not as it was in the old days. I think the parent must have had a terrific time with his teachers, male or female.
Should i pass on his message to the school management? Or should i not do it, since i already know the answer --- things are not in our control all the time.
MOE short of teachers and bla bla bla... then in the end MOE still boasts high rate through its statisitcs and so on... haha...
I got a friend who asked if i am an opposition supporter but in the end i say i am not. I added that voting is secret. In fact i hate it when there are more oppositions rising up. That means i have more election duties to do. Or a higher chance of being arrowed, be it in my ward or other.
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