Reflections this week

EK's testimony in church: "I am a wounded healer."

YM's poetry: "In brokenness there is healing." (And her possible second poem on tears and their meaning.)

Mine own words: "He has a special place in my heart - he's so unloved."

Second baby...

The second 4/6 baby is born...

Fanyin's baby Yuan Kai :)

Harry oh Harry...

Five Harry Potter books in two weeks...
I read in the train,
Read at lunch,
Read in the toilet,
Read before bed,
Read and read...

And now I'm wondering whether I should pre-order the last book...
It's damn ex lor!

Sigh...

As for the movie Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, it really falls short of the standard set by the book. I don't blame the movie lah... I've always been one who prefers the rich detail offered by the book. It's always better left to the imagination isn't it? So the movie, well, falls short...

an eye for a guy

It's so funny how almost everyone has been asking me if I have a guy in my life - including a 13-year-old girl I'm counselling. Today she looked at me, and in an almost inaudible whisper, said: "Can I ask you something? Have you ever thought of getting married?"

(Hey, of course man, what'd ya expect?)

Thoughtfully, I asked her: "Why?"

She replied, looking at me with her innocent eyes through her thick glasses: "Cos har...I've been thinking har...what kind of a guy you would like..."

(At this point in time, I feel like I've been "stupefied" by a wizarding spell, all thanks to too much Harry Potter I've been reading...)

This girl sometimes stumps me with the most adult questions and comments, quite contrary to the childlikeness she portrays to most others.

I thought again. And replied: "I really don't know, you know..."

She looked at me, curious. I have a feeling she's still trying to come up with a guy she thinks might suit me.

Funny girl :)

Hey Mr Sandman!

Brought some of my students for a sandcastle-building competition today at East Coast beach. One group earned the 2nd prize in the youth category, for their pretty creative city. Heh heh. This particular group really enjoyed themselves :)


With help from a set of sandcastle modelling tools, they built smashing structures like these...

Check out the Acropolis-like amphitheatre below...

East Coast delight

kartaly, me and olduvai.
Thought it was such a happy picture. Decided to put it up. Delightful.

Their dream car

Name of car: Home-former (yeah a car that is supposed to transform into a house. HAHA.)


Name of car: (can't remember...something along the lines of surfer or super-surfer)

Accompanied some students for an edu-seminar on Saturday. To learn about goal-setting and planning, they were asked to build their dream car from raw materials such as cellophane paper, wooden sticks (slightly broader than ice-cream sticks), styrofoam etc... Here's what they came up with. Pretty cool huh? Too bad they didn't win any prizes for theirs :( Champion was this car that had stereo blasting from it! The students actually hid a mobile phone with music playing in the body of the car! What creative geniuses they are :)

bewitched

I'm on my third Harry Potter book this week. The books have cast a spell on me. I'm bewitched.
Need sleep so badly! Olduvai's back from UK for a few weeks. Had a really good meet up with the rest of the journos. Miss them loads, just them, not the work. Heh. Gonna meet them for karaoke again tonight. I hope I survive. I really need sleep. But Harry Potter's not letting me!

Meals

Girlfriends:
Girlfriends tell you it's ok to check your boyfriend's mobile phone in secret (cos they do that too).
Girlfriends tell you he's a pri*k, and they never liked his face.
Girlfriends simply love you enough to tell you the truth, and nothing but the truth.
I love tell-all 三八 dinners with girlfriends - the last one at Insomnia, CHIJMES.

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Older friends:
Older friends tell you they saw it coming when you didn't. (But they tell you nicely).
Older friends say it objectively so you don't feel so stupid.
Older friends, well, they are usually wise and it's nice to talk to wise people.
I love slow lunches with older friends - the last one at Cedele, Wheelock Place.

Aren't meals such useful, lovely things? :)