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SHORT.

2010-10-03T21:53:00.002+08:00

after a few years of comtemplating and after 14 years of long hair, i finally made a decision to cut my hair SHORT today. It was unplanned initially. While I was waiting for my hairdresser to attend to me, it crossed my mind to carry out a plan I had since 2 yrs ago. And i thought, 'my hair will eventually grow again...what do I have to lose?' So....when the hairdresser asked, i just say, cut it short. He was shocked. But he did it. and I think I kinda like it, even though I'm not used to it. wahahha...

my neighbour...

2010-09-01T02:26:00.002+08:00

Yesterday for the first time, my neighbour talked to me. I was amazed. In my 10 years of living here, I have met this neighbour soooo many times but never once did he talk to me.

I was in my sports attire, all ready for my tennis, when i met him along my corridor. He asked me with a smile, 'Going for a jog?' Although I was surprised, I reacted pretty clamly as though I've known him for a looong time. And I replied, "haha, no la! where got ppl go for jog bring bag one!? I'm going out to play a ball game.' I thought he would just say ok and the conversation will end there. But, he went on and asked more, not too much more tho. And somehow, the feeling was good. The feeling of talking to a neighbour. It's really interesting. I really wondered what struck him that day such that he's taking initiative to talk to me/us.

and I had my tennis game. FUN. I love it. I wanna play it again! =)

YOU. Yes, you.

2010-08-11T23:05:00.001+08:00

i miss u...

FOOD time!!

2010-08-09T23:58:00.005+08:00

last friday was super fun!
with lots of dimsum.....(good and cheap) finger-licking good durian~~see how happy everyone is with the durian in our hands!

Good and cheap hairdo and treatment and colour....and...

impressive suckling pig for dinner...

with salted egg CRAB and many many other food! HMmmmmmmmm~~and the mantou was damn good too!

A day full of food and laughter. followed by mahjong and supper! wow. sinful.

i'm loving it.

2010-08-02T22:25:00.000+08:00

I love the life now..I just wish it will remain the same!!

life goes on...

2010-08-01T21:36:00.001+08:00

We all eventually move on...to meet new people, to have new friends and new cliques. It's interesting.

Children ARE lovely, even tho they can be very nottie

2010-07-31T00:10:00.003+08:00

i'm beginning to love my class more.

Even tho there are times when I have to scream my lungs out at them or spend my time scolding the same old children over the same old things, they are nevertheless innocent cuties to me.

I really like their innocence, their 'true-ness' and their 'happy-go-luckiness'. Sometimes, these kids really make my day. =)

i feel like blogging...

2010-07-18T23:55:00.002+08:00

I have been a happy person! and I think he will agree. =)

looking forward to this weekend!

2010-07-09T19:26:00.002+08:00

yay!! so exciting! =)

i am feeling so lazy

2010-06-28T21:56:00.002+08:00

Holidays were soooo long and nice...When its over all of a sudden, I am feeling so lazy. How I wished holidays never ended. Just one day of work and I feel so drained..................

I love my day today.

2010-06-04T23:31:00.003+08:00

I think it's really amazing how you can have endless fun and laughter with some friends; some happiness that you may never be able to get from some other ones. How cool friendships can be huh. :)

Vietnam

2010-06-03T20:20:00.007+08:00

Vietnam is a cool place to visit.

My short trip there was definitely enriching. Only a tiny winy bit of shopping and much visiting to the touristy places there. I must say Ho Chi Minh is a bustling city. No matter how early or how late, the city will always be bustling with people, vehicles and roadside stalls!

I must say I really enjoyed the things that I experienced there. I especially like the paddle pop vehicle, where a man will push his motorbike that will produce the 'paddle pop, paddle pop' song and sell his ice cream to whoever stops him. It has been years since I last heard the paddle pop song man!! Next was this amazing measuring height and weight machine that will produce a 'my heart will go on' song as the man pushes it around. you got to pay the man 5000 vietnamese dong (about 40cents sing) to measure your height and weight. I couldnt resist that temptation to just get on that machine and I did. The best take-away definitely wasnt getting to know my height and weight, but getting a video of me trying out that machine! (Thanks to Vanessa!)

Well, I really enjoyed the cuchi tunnel, mekong delta, horse-carriage ride, boat-riding, nice scenaries, vietnamese food, vietnamese coffee, cheap shopping etc etc! But there's two things that definitely made me miss home.

1. It is super hot there!!
2. Crossing roads there is such a disaster!!
Seems like there is no traffic rules there. Traffic is so bad there. Do you know?...17 people die from car accidents in Ho Chi Minh everyday? and 304 people die from car accidents in the whole of Vietnam everyday. How shocking! But well, to overcome the fear of crossing the crazy roads there, we just follow the locals!! They are SO PRO in crossing the roads. If I were alone, I think I can stand there for hours and start crying not knowing how to cross the roads. When trying to cross the roads there, I recalled how I was stuck on the other side of the road in Penang when becca and zw was already on the other!!!!

We rushed from one place to another since the moment we landed and all the rushings were so worth it. The best part was visiting this kindergarten opened by my friend's friend. The kids there are SOOOOOOO cute!!!
But of course, the trip wouldnt have been possible without them:

Beautiful things

2010-06-02T17:43:00.002+08:00

Today, I came cross this question: What is one of the most beautiful things you have ever seen?

My reply: Besides scenaries, that would be seeing my parents hold hands.

:)

If children were 'colourblind'

2010-06-01T08:43:00.003+08:00

racial harmony...

I miss you my friend!

2010-05-28T00:50:00.002+08:00

Have you ever had this feeling that you have lost a friend just because both of you haven't been talking or hanging out like you both used to? I have.

Well, but amazingly, whenever I have this particular feeling, a call will come from you which somehow seems to be telling me that I haven't lost this friend.

Dear friend, I miss you.

happy's new bag

2010-05-24T01:52:00.001+08:00

Happy has a got a bag that is SO pretty! I'm so jealous of him!

Look how happy Happy is! =p

Yesterday and today

2010-05-20T22:29:00.004+08:00

Yay. yesterday was a free day for me, so I decided to do some things that I usually don't.

1. I wanted to donate blood so I visited the blood centre at outram.. However, I was once again rejected because I just came back from batam. The fourth failed attempt. But the following makes up for the travelling there!

2. I went to visit the bored Shan at work and send her tea...! So fun!

3. I visited my grandma who was shocked to see me! I bought kuey for her. Since I do not know what she likes, I bought one of each kind of kuey that is there..soon kuey, rice kuey, ang ku kuey, mi jian kuey etc etc. My auntie, who was at grandma's house too, went like 'wah, really a lot of kuey'...And I was so lucky cuz my grandma was cooking chicken rice and I got to eat them! and my uncle got me a holiday lobang where I can earn some money for my TRIPS! WEeeeeEE~~But the thing that made me feel the best was that my grandma was pleased with my surprise visit.

AND TODAY is once again a free day for me. WEEE~ and I got myself something which I usually don't.

I want to learn how to play the piano! Since hiring a teacher is expensive and my tight schedule when school reopens doesn't allow for that, I'm getting myself a learn-it-yourself book. So far, I can understand what is in there and I'm coping well. Hope my money spent on this book doesnt go to waste!

While loitering around JP, I chanced upon a similar pair of shades on display. When I went in to ask if the shades were for sale, the salesperson smiled at me and said, 'No.' HOW SAD!! I want that pair of shades!! It is similar to my first pair of shades that have decided to abandon me and stay in Bintan when I brought it there. I really liked it. When I went back to where I bought it, they no longer have that design anymore. And when I found a similar design, it's not for sale. How fated.

And K-ing is fun. All thanks to K-box at Jurong safra and weiliang's friend who's working there. K-ing is becoming a 'thing-to-do-when-nothing-else-is-on-our-mind-when-we-are-in-JP'.

WELL, I am really enjoying my holidays and trying to make the best out of it. WEeeeE~!

Reunion of the 7 princesses...in batam once again!

2010-05-18T23:45:00.008+08:00

The resort was nice...

but the weather wasnt that good; water activities were not that exciting; long-awaited seafood dinner wasnt that marvellous and saying goodbye to my shades wasnt fun at all...

DESPITE the flaws, the trip was good because perfect company makes it all up....!

an unforgettable bunch of peeps...

Bintan was good.

2010-05-13T00:20:00.006+08:00

Bintan is beautiful.
in the day... and even at 5am...
(we went fishing at 5 am!)

The resort was great with the mini-zoo, swing, swimming pool, good food, beach, nice scenaries and fun activities! water sports were exciting; fishing was our favourite; horse photo-taking was impromptu; and playing with fireworks was the best of all.

i'm good! i caught 7 fishes(different kinds of fish!!)

I love the trip, him and my camera!

Canon IXUS 130 - I love it!

2010-05-05T23:19:00.001+08:00

can't wait!!!!

2010-05-01T18:30:00.002+08:00

yay!!! Next week is my last week. I m going on an impromptu holiday! Water sports and spa. HERE I COME!

Tuesday's my last observation and my job will be done. =p I cant wait!!!!

I need a break!!

2010-04-28T20:54:00.000+08:00

6 days to go...yay =)

gosh. what's happening to me.

2010-04-16T21:30:00.001+08:00

gosh.i think i'm damn stressed.

i've been eating like nobody's business. i need to stop.
and when i look at myself in the mirror, i felt like i've aged.

gosh.

Happy makes my day!

2010-03-28T19:00:00.004+08:00

Happy is a happy dog at home!

He has his own corner...
and he gets to sleep on my bed and pillow! (he slept there himself. he really knows how to enjoy himself man!)

my profession

2010-03-27T11:59:00.008+08:00

I love my fellow trainees. I don't know how life in school would be without them.

I love my students too-even the really irritating ones.

I love the things that I have learnt when reading up to prepare for lessons. I like the fact that I keep learning of new facts!

I love it when I print my lesson plans; it marks the end of my misery of writing them.

Last of all, I love it when my students smile and call me 'Miss Zhou! Miss Zhou!' in those cute little voices of theirs.

How lovely to be a Teacher.

I love the whole world!

2010-03-20T23:14:00.000+08:00

time is running out!

2010-03-19T09:51:00.003+08:00

I can't believe this! IT'S FRIDAY. =(

I wanna go out to play...I am tired of doing lesson plans (tho I know its necessary). It's killing a lot of my brain cells. =x

Holiday!

2010-03-17T13:00:00.001+08:00

Woots woots. I love Holidays!

HOLIDAYS. It's never enough. I WANT MORE!

still searching.

2010-03-06T00:39:00.004+08:00

I feel like I'm still in search of something...

This hasnt been a good week. I am still trying hard. I feel tired. =(

past week

2010-02-27T23:00:00.014+08:00

I had an exciting week. many events and everything..but now I think everything will slow down~ school has started, crazy working hours are coming in, dear's back to where he was, and my hectic life begins all over again. I can foresee how crazy next 9 weeks will be..but I guess I will survive. =)

Looking back...
It was a fun-filled night with the odac babes. FOOD again. we went to 15minutes at Laselle. Not bad. Not only do I like the great ambience together with the graeat company, I also like the food there. worth going! =p anyway, Happy Birthday Jiaxing!

Manhatten Fish market serves good food! look at that lobster. It's delicious!! must try!!!

Holland V. then Dempsey

Shan turns 'sixteen'. Was a fun night filled with nonsense and laughter. I cant believe this. We have been friends for a decade already!! Happy brthday shan!

Unglam shots could be very artistic. All thanks to colleen and her camera. =)

Steamboat reunion at kulai was nice. It just feel fun to be out of Singapore once a while. 10plus people on the same table...'snatching the food' once its cooked. somehow, the 'snatched' food seem to taste better. haha. After dinner, we had this 'xu yuan deng' (make a wish lamp). Something new to me..haven really seen one in my life until that night. and its cool! it really can fly high and far away in a very short time...

Hollywood Dino @Jurong Bird Park was cute. So many types of dinosaurs, I could hardly remember their names. I am just amazed how big and heavy dinosaurs can be... 9m tall, weigh 4tons. wah. can you imagine that? That is like super many times of a normal human being.

and i like the soft toys that they sell at the jurong bird park souvnenir shop. All are super cute, especially the penguins =p.

Hard rock cafe is so cool! I so wanna go back there again!!!!!!!!! the food is pretty good...

and the Live band is really cool!

Look at all the food that I have eaten for the past week. I need to stop eating so much.. haha

one more down!

2010-02-17T01:16:00.002+08:00

yay. just completed another assignment. one of the fastest essay I've ever written. I guess I have really learnt to let go. Get the main points in the essay, print it and thats done! I have done away the 'contemplating if I should improve it' stage. and wee~ I can move on to my NEXT assignment.

New year break was good. At least I din feel bored over the loong weekend. Dear is back, good friend is back. I love chinese new year, cuz thats when I know I'll definitely get to see them! weee~!

double-dating...

2010-02-16T04:35:00.001+08:00

double dating is kind of fun...

haha.

Hasn't blogged for a Loong time...

2010-02-13T17:35:00.001+08:00

When I started on this entry, I was so eager to blog about my life for the past few weeks. But, when I began on this entry, I decided that I'm too tired and lazy to do it. So, I shall just use photos to mark the interesting events that I had. =p

with the odac babes...

2010-02-13T17:30:00.003+08:00

Penang!

what I miss about penang is not so much about the food but more of those below...

the day at the beach...

the big swing in the spice garden and the beach...

and the many many funny and 'what happen in penang stays in penang' times with my 2 crazy jie meiS.

Oh. But i dun miss the being bullied!!!hahah Ladies night.

with my beloved odac babes!

Happy's birthday!

ling xiang who misses someone else's lost dog at her door..

jiaxing...(we all know what happened to happy after she carried him!!)

ziwan, who made a breakthrough to take photo with happy cuz she's damn scared of dogs!!

Audrey, who's little bit afraid of dogs...

Becca, who likes to disturb my dog...but i think my dog disturbs her MORE.

Bacca, who is SUPER ULTRA scared of dogs.

lots of good food, then a very fun photo-taking session with happy, followed by an even more unforgettable game we played. it was laughter till some of us felt the headache in our heads and the coarseness in our voices. FUN.

Teambuilding.

on a sunday morning. the time spent was made worthwhile when Marche came after the event. =p....what a way to remind ourselves of our odac days...

I miss odac days...

and i love my odac girls!

trying middle-east cuisine

2010-02-13T17:20:00.000+08:00

Trying middle-east cuisine

Holland Village

the menu that looked like greek.

the artifacts and display that make the restaurant middle-east-ish..=)

the appetizer..with pickles and nuts and carrots and cucumbers and I dunno what else. Seriously, after tasting it, we were so worried about the main course that we ordered..

When the main course came, we were SO surprised. It was totally out of our expectations and we felt so relieved. It came with fries and the chicken was really good! What a relief. It's fun to try something new once in a while~

Exciting times in school!!!

2010-02-13T17:10:00.006+08:00

TOooooo many things happening in school...but i shall just post some that I can remember on hand now!

English - We had to put up a performace to tell a story. Very fun...we dressed up, made nice scripts and stuffs. A cool way to teach children oral skills...
this is our script! =)

and in one of the english tutorials, everyone in class had to submit a poem written by ourselves to our tutor and I totally forgot about it. I was the only one in class who forgot about it. That teacher is really a very very nice and wonderful teacher. I felt so terribly bad and guilty that I almost teared in class. And below was what I wrote to her after the lesson. my concrete poem.
Science:
I am planting kangkong seeds now!! pretty cool to grow all these kind of things. Feel so primary school....hahahah
Service Learning Day
the day that we have to do an exhibition on our project. Last year, we did a nature learning camp for 100+ primary school students and they got to learn more about nature. Well, the camp was really fun and beneficial for all of us, not just the students! Now, I know a bit more about how pH level of soil, pH level of water, DO(dissolved oxygen) level of water etc...affects our nature!

PSG poster
In one of our modules, one of the activities requires us to design a poster to encourage parents to join the school's parent support group(PSG). And my group had this.

sometimes, parents just neglect the fact that they have to play an active role in their child's learning. Yes, teaching is a teacher's job, but educating a child is the job of the teachers AND parents! so when u become a parent, always remember that your child needs you, not just when they were a baby....but instead, in every phase of their lives.

Maths.
I know you know what is average. But if I ask you to explain what is average to a young kid, do you think you can do it? hahha. difficult huh? I never knew how to until I have to do a lesson presentation on average. And I bought 42 packets of koko crunch just for that 15 min lesson presentation. Well, the buy is all worth it, cuz I think the presentation was pretty good. and I'm SOOOO happy!

many many more things. and next week is the last week of NIE. the week after, we are off to our schools. I m back to the previous school that I was teaching at and I am very excited to go back there! The trainee teachers that I met the previous time are going back there again too!!!HOW exciting! I am so glad that we are meeting in the school again cuz they really made my previous school experience a marvellous one. I can't wait!

NO CHARGE FOR LOVE

2010-01-26T10:42:00.000+08:00

NO CHARGE FOR LOVE A farmer had some puppies he needed to sell.He painted a sign advertising the 4 pups.And set about nailing it to a post on theedge of his yard. As he was driving the last nail into the post,he felt a tug on his overalls. He looked down into theeyes of a little boy. "Mister," he said,"I want to buy one of your puppies." "Well," said the farmer, as he rubbed thesweat of the back of ! his neck,"These puppies come from fine parents andcost a good deal of money." The boy dropped his head for a moment.Then reaching deep into his pocket, he pulled out a handful of change and heldit up to the farmer. "I've got thirty-ninecents. Is that enough to take a look?" "Sure," said the farmer, and with that he let out a whistle. Here, Dolly!" he called.Out from the doghouse and down the ramp ran Dolly followed by four little balls of fur.The little boy pressed his face against the chain link fence. His eyes danced withdelight. As the dogs made their way to thefence,the little boy noticed something elsestirring inside the doghouse. Slowly anotherlittle ball appeared, this one noticeablysmaller. Down the ramp it slid. Then in asomewhat awkward manner, the little pup began hobbling toward the others,doing itsbest to catch up.... "I want that one,"the little boy said, pointing to the runt.The farmer knelt down at the boy's side andsaid, "Son, you don't want that puppy.He will never be able to run and play with you like these other dogs would. " With thatthe little boy stepped back from the fence,reached down, and began rolling up one legf his trousers. In doing so he revealed a steel brace running down both sides of his leg attaching itself to a speciallymade shoe. Looking back up at the farmer,he said, "You see sir, I don't run too wellmyself, and he will need someone who understands. " With tears in his eyes, the farmer reached down and picked up the little pup. Holding it carefullyhe handed it to the little boy. "How much?" asked the little boy. "No charge," answered the farmer, "There's no charge for love."

--- Author Unknown ---

satisfied.

2010-01-25T19:44:00.005+08:00

i realised i haven been blogging for soooooo long. I'm purely lazy.hahah but i'm happy with my life now. minus-ing away the assignments that I have to rush, life is good.

December was a marvellous month and I really played super hard!!! I miss China like mad. Penang before school reopen was great (i dun like the being bullied part but the 'what happens in penang stays in penang' makes it all up). I shopped every other day in December and I think i'm turning into a shopaholic. I miss JB seafood dinner. I love the 'I can play today because I got no work tommorrow' feeling. I spent the most number of days with dear in December and I miss having him around now. TOO many events in December and I can't seem to recall anymore. But overall, December was an excellent month (minus-ing away the big hole I have in my pocket).

After playing so hard, I can concentrate on working hard now. Back to NIE, but i'm enjoying it. I'm super satisfied with my timetable.i love it! but too bad, its only for 6 weeks cuz after that, i'm off into school to be Miss. Zhou! Now, i'm looking forward to my next holiday which I can play DAMN HARD and recharge!WEe~

I love my new phone! =p

good day

2010-01-03T04:33:00.004+08:00

today is a great day =).

i got a surprise christmas gift, had a fruitful group discussion, had lotsa fun playing wii with my NIE friends, had a wonderful 'retarded' xiao long bao steamboat and many many. WEEeee~~

its already 25thdec

2009-12-25T22:44:00.002+08:00

time really flies. i'm done with body worlds, i'm done with my china trip, i'm done with christmas and i believe in no time, i'll be done with new year and penang trip and thats when school starts. OOPS. and i'm still super in holiday mood.

TOP 10 favourite events of my holiday!

2009-12-21T23:49:00.000+08:00

1. Hongkong DISNEYLAND

the disney train that fetches you to the disneyland station! the train is really cool. a MUST TAKE!!

"here you leave today and enter the world of yesterday, tomorrow and fantasy..."

the cute little girl who willingly smiled into my camera when i wanted to take a photo of her! so cute!

stitch on the burger~

we were at disneyland from 1pm to 8pm and we couldnt finish playing all the things there..! its tooooo big and crowded. nevertheless, it was super fun. the day ended perfectly well with the fireworks. WOW. Now i wanna go to the disneyland in U.S!!

2009-12-21T23:48:00.001+08:00

2. Shopping!

shopping is an art in china. the key thing is 'dun behave like a Singaporean'(like how dear always warn me)...things may seem cheap alr...but! it can always be cheaper. all you need to do is 'show lesser interest in buying the item despite HOW BADLY you want it. hahaha the key is: BARGAIN. BARGAIN and BARGAIN!!!!! i bought quite a bit of things alr..but you know, shopping is never enough. hahha i wanna go back to shop AGAIN.

by the way, look at the way the shoes are stacked. hahaha anyway, its 19RMB-less than $4. CHEAP. the better ones are arranged properly like in singapore. and they cost about 39RMB-$8. CHEAP CHEAP!!

3. SUPPER delivered to doorstep!

barbequed brinjal-4RMB (~$0.80)
chicken wing-1RMB each (~$0.20)
jiu cai-1RMB per stick ($0.20)
jin zhen gu mushroom-1RMB per stick ($0.20)

SO CHEAP!!! there is one whole fish that cost 4RMB also. nice. my favourite is the jin zhen gu. after i ate it on the first night, i kept wanting to eat it every night of my stay there. cheap and gooooood.

anyway, it feels super shiok to have food just a phone call away! porridge, dou jiang you tiao, barbequed food, 'ma la' soup, fastfood...whatever you want, u name it, they have it. all you need is food brochures with the telephone numbers!!!!! but, beware. the price to pay is gaining weight.

2009-12-21T23:47:00.016+08:00

4. FOOD
China has a great variety of food. they eat almost everything. Its really an eye opener to see how a duck can be divided to be sold seperately. the wings, the neck, the tongue etc etc. but its too scary, i dun dare to eat.

i preferred the nice food that i had:

- Steamboat (the normal kind we eat in singapore with the soup base)

- a special kind of steamboat

- crabs

- dimsum

we ate a lot a lot that day...
shui jiao. haha dunno why its fried one also. but ok la, the taste is not too bad.this is yummy.the prawns are very very fresh. this is yummier...~ durian puff. looks like pineapple tarts, but its durian inside. interesting and nice.this is the yummiest! carrot cake. a MUST eat.

- fastfood (that sells chinese food)YUMMY YUMMYgot the home-cooked taste. yummy.

-roadside stalls

chinese pizza.

barbequed sotong!

-Hongkong Breakfast!

my fav (spicy pork cubes)

SUPER YUMMY egg tarts!!!

and the list goes on!!!!......

2009-12-21T23:46:00.006+08:00

5. the presence of friends when overseas...

the trip would definitely have been less fun without them!

steamboats, dimsum, ktv, sumptuous dinners, ghost stories, lunch delivery orders, gaming etc etc. some things are just more fun when its a bigger crowd!...

and many many many more of them...

6. the spa
Now i understand why my friends fall in love with spa after they come back from china. cuz i love it too now!...that place is the only place that you will feel very comfortable with the temperature. even being indoors or at home don't provide that kind of warmth. the weather is simply too cold and the wind will make your house sooooo cold too. even when i wear my jacket at home, I feel SUPER COLD.

i seriously miss the spa there. Singapore's too expensive.

7. the cold weather...
i love my new jackets. they have served me well. =p

anyway, cuz of the weather, most of the women there will be wearing boots...and i think its damn nice!!! i was so tempted to buy one pair also. but i think i wont wear it anymore when i'm back to sg, so i saved that amount of money.

8. the dogs...

the dogs in china are really pretty! most of the dogs that i've seen there have white fur. the fluffy white fur..PRETTY!! must be because of the weather...just like how the dogs in cold countries like autrailia etc. have nicer fur...

anyway, the dogs in china are interesting too! just like this one, whose tail is dyed with many colours!(too far away to get a nice shot)

there are many more...look out for them if you are walking on the streets of shenzhen!

and speaking of dogs...one of theose days when i was in shenzhen, my mum called me and told me that my dog misses me. it was like the 5th/6th day that i was away from home...She told me that happy sleeps outside my door every night, waiting for me to come home..at that moment, i realised i missed him a lot too. =(

9. the lottery
one day, we were in the supermarket and we saw this lottery booth. we decided to give it a try since its only 2RMB. we shaded some numbers like we do in TOTO
on another day when we passed by another lottery booth, we tried looking at the results to see if we won anything. But, we do not know how the system goes. So..we just went to the counter and asked if we won anything. ...and guess what...
.
.
.
we won 5RMB! hahha

2009-12-21T23:45:00.000+08:00

10. Venetian casino!
its my second time there...the first time i went, i wasnt stopped by any of the security guards. (I looked old enough). but this time round, i was stopped three times. if you are not aware, the minimum age to go into the casino is 18.

i looked too young. the security thought i was 14. wahah.
i miss playing jackpot!!! so fun. cheap and entertaining.

i'm back

2009-12-20T13:01:00.000+08:00

i cant wait to go back to china!

looking forward

2009-12-06T22:54:00.002+08:00

body worlds exhibition is SO cool...i really like it! especially the giraffe. can u believe it? the heart alone is alr 10kg. can u imagine the weight of the WHOLE giraffe? wah....

i'm finally flying off tmr. feeling a bit unprepared. dunno if my clothes will be able to bear me through the cold weather and my whole trip. well. i decided not to buy a thick jacket in sg, hoping i could get a cheap one in china. and hopefully i can get one, if not i think i'll suffer from the cold weather. brrr..............

and i so wanna visit the zoo there!!

my new buy

2009-11-30T23:56:00.002+08:00

i love my PINK adidas jacket!!! whoots whoots

holiday!

2009-11-30T07:45:00.001+08:00

Today is the day that I've ever decided so quickly on a trip ever. I'm so excited. FOOD, we're coming!!!

today

2009-11-22T23:50:00.003+08:00

i should stop eating ice-kachang cuz ~~i think~~ i am putting on weight.

today is event day. as usual. zw was laughing away when i called her this morning telling her that i just woke up. (because my just-awake voice reminded her of the picnic day where I woke up REALLLLLLLLY late). well, its always nice hearing her laughter when I wake up late. At least the laughter makes me feel less guity. hahha...=x but something else happened today that made me sad. And that is 'I stepped into a puddle of mud water early in the morning before the event even begin'. That was damn saddening. Firstly, that would mean that my foot has to be soaked the whole morning. Secondly, it would mean that my lovely white sports shoe will no longer be white...I scrubbed super hard when I got home. But somehow the muddy colour just doesnt go away. HOW SAD.

OH. We played bungee jumpy thingie today. Seriously, I don't know what was that called. BUT it was DAMN FUN! I was high in the air today!!!!

well well. i'm counting down! one more day to go. today is the 23rd!

things to look forward to.

2009-11-19T20:42:00.003+08:00

i went shopping with ziwan yesterday. WE spent quite a bit of $$ alr but we still have a lot of things at the back of our minds that we wanna buy!!! There are SOOOOO many things I wanna buy, but i told myself I should go shopping when I'm in China instead! I feel so broke this month...

I'm so looking forward to 24th nov. counting down: 5 days. =p
I'm so looking forward to 7th dec!!!..cant wait for my china trip to come!!! i'm waiting i'm waiting!!! i'm really excited. =p

expectations

2009-11-06T17:52:00.005+08:00

ever wondered why some people are your best friends and some people just cant qualify to be your good friend? I think it all boils down to expectations. i'm guilty of having a classification of friends, well i think many of us are. but, i think in the midst of doing your classification, do think of the feelings of those who really try to care for you. sometimes i really wonder, who am i to u.

SPCA

2009-11-01T01:38:00.004+08:00

I'm a SPCA member!

be one too!help the animals!! =)

http://www.spca.org.sg/membership.html

my presentation

2009-10-27T17:45:00.004+08:00

i finished my science presentation on forces today. it was a good one besides all the stupid technical hiccups. ITS OK! the teacher said that it was GOOD!

been looong

2009-10-24T14:21:00.005+08:00

ooh...i haven been blogging for 20 days. too busy to. its assignments after assignments and yeah, another 3 next week. All 3 needs my creative juice to flow. so i'm really squeezing some out. well, still keeping positive but it gets really tired sometimes. Anyway, i just finished a presentation on educational psychology and i tot it was really fun. we role played in our presentation and we all had a good laugh. i enjoyed myself. somehow, last week was a fun week despite all the assignments. I think its adapting to the hectic life and going with the flow that are making things better now. Anyway, it was so nice going school light hearted on friday yesterday. I finally can go to school peacefully knowing that I do not have an assignment due on that day. I'm too last minute. ITS TERRIBLE!!! haha...

alrights. i'm doing a presentaion on P5 forces and also P5 electricity. anyone has any ideas to share with me?=p Fun and interesting ones

Idiot

2009-10-04T16:02:00.003+08:00

there are just some idiotic people in the world that has nothing better to do. These people should just go get a life. crazy.

some people just cant wait to see u die. yah. getting pleasure from other people's pain. psycho.

environment affects productivity

2009-09-26T13:18:00.002+08:00

i realised i am totally unproductive at home. haha. so i banned myself from stayin at home. there are FAR too many distractions at home like TV, Mummy, Food, Happy and Laziness. out here i am feeling lonely. =( sad.......but i guess thats the best way to get myself to be productive. i really have to be cruel to myself....

i wished

2009-09-22T22:33:00.000+08:00

i wished i had somebody..

hmm

2009-09-21T17:33:00.004+08:00

yay. i managed to buy a backpack for myself. and i'm so happy because that super heavy laptop is hurting my back! i need a sports watch and i'm looking forward to the crumpler bag...gotta wait for my pay to come.so broke now..i'm waiting!!

doggie is so expensive. if i dun have the doggie, i think i would have been able to save a lot of money. but ok la, he's worth my money.

weekend finally!

2009-09-20T09:54:00.004+08:00

3 assignments in a week. Finally over. and I fell sick. its only 3 simpler assignments and i fell sick already. Cant imagine the next month. I hope i can survive. lol. test on tue. luckily there's a public holiday on monday. cant wait for the test to be over. =)

Happy's happy. my sis brought him out to east coast park yest and i'm jealous!!! cuz i cant go..haha i had to finish up my assignment =(!!!! but well, sis brought him to grooming and he looks handsome now. hahaha...those of you who wanna visit him, visit him now!!!

happy no longer barks at night...u know why? cuz he sleeps with me in my room now! and everyone else will have a good night sleep while i risk having him to pee and poo in my room..i seriously will faint if he does..lol..he's such an angel when there are people at home with him and such a terror when he's all alone...but overall, he's such a cutie.

falling sick

2009-09-17T02:56:00.002+08:00

at the rate the student teachers are going, we are so gonna fall sick..........

don't laugh at me

2009-09-14T22:17:00.001+08:00

i'm so gonna share this video slip with all of you. Its SUPER NICE!!!

my HAPPY

2009-09-11T18:21:00.000+08:00

i have a doggie..and his name is happy..i take care of him like my baby, so do my mummy. he shits and pees anywhere, and when i beat him, he's not aware!!! he wags his tail at me as i wipe his legs dry and i dunno whether to laugh or cry...

the day he came, i became an auntie. it seems to be my job to keep the kitchen tidy. I clean and mop the kitchen at least twice a day, taking hours of my time away!

but i'm more than happy to have him with me as he makes a great company.

i love my happy. =)

breaking down

2009-09-02T19:06:00.004+08:00

i'm undergoing tremendous stress. wth.

i feel that i lost myself. and i dun feel like finding it back now, cuz its damn tiring to put up a strong front. i want to acknowledge my feelings this time round. yes. acknowledgement of MY emotions.

happy teachers' day

2009-09-02T00:34:00.003+08:00

I'm so touched that there are people who msged me 'happy teacher's day!' haha thats really sweet of them...thank you friends..=)

but well, NIE doesnt celebrate teachers' day! what an irony right? haha but somehow, i love NIE. its where u feel motivated to teach because u really know that u wanna make a difference to the children's life. the profs and lecturers share so much that they make u feel that teaching is such a noble occupation. they show us videos and make us feel that we really know our purpose there, and that is for the growth of the children.

http://www.makeadifferencemovie.com/

my tutee was really sweet too. The mum told me that she was telling the son in the afternoon that they had forgotten to get a gift for me. My tutee then told his mum that I dun need the present since i'm so old already and my own students will give me. And guess what happened. After tuition this afternoon, he passed me a toy flower and wished me a happy teachers' day. His mum did not even know he had a present for me. I guess he had already gotten the present for me even before he told his mum that....i tot he was really sweet.

and.....to all the teachers out there, i wish them a 'happy teachers' day too!! in the years to come, dun forget to wish your teachers a happy teachers' day too! u wont know how much impact this little msg will have and the amount of encouragement it brings to keep them going....

i'm feeling moody

2009-08-26T21:02:00.003+08:00

i'm in a super bad mood now. and i dunno why. i think its the assignments. must be........=(

i need some really good motivations...argh.

2009-08-26T17:47:00.002+08:00

lol....this is what my friend and I did this during maths lesson yest! werent supposed to be playing with the pieces, but, who cares!! hahaha we were having fraction lesson actually. haha..we even got to eat the pizza gummy too! thanks to the way it is divided into 6 equal pieces in the package.

and today, we were P2 kids! for a BIG BOOK reading. we enjoyed being children giving all the funny answers that children give. we had a good laugh and yes, we enjoyed the story like little kids.

my doggie......

2009-08-25T00:50:00.001+08:00

oh no...things may not be as smooth as what i tot it would be...

a new family member!

2009-08-23T22:35:00.005+08:00

this is going to be my doggie in a week's time if nothing goes wrong....I'm so excited!!

well, we din manage to get any suitable dog for us from SPCA. but i found this and we're buying it! MINI maltese. i suppose its very very small!! by the way, SPCA is really run-down and i feel so sad for those abandoned dogs...!! hmm...i will be a member to donate some money every year...if any of u out there who loves animals and wanna do a bit for them, please be a member!!

http://www.spca.org.sg/membership.html

i'm feeling lazy~

2009-08-22T10:27:00.003+08:00

i'm feeling super lazy...SUPER lazy...

I hurt my back and it hurts so badly. I could hardly sit and I could hardly stand. I could hardly lie down cuz it hurts so much. Everything I do, it must be slow cuz any jerks will make me "OUCH". now i seriously understand how torturous a back pain is. I've been living with the pain for 3 days alr. this is the 4th and I'm still bearing with it.

i'm going to SPCA later to adopt a dog. SO exciting. There is this super cute white terrier that had alr been adopted..HOW SAD!! my mum, my sister and I are going there for the maltese!! hopefully, its still there when we arrive. Majority of the dogs for adoption are female. my mummy say find a wife for Dino...Hahahah!!! I laughed out loud when I heard that....how interesting...

I wanna go to the book fair...but its damn far. all the way to EXPO. With my back like this, I hardly want to travel. I psychoed my sis to go with me and she kinda agreed. BUT we're going to SPCA, so my plan may not succeed! but i'm more interested in doggies than books. =x hahah

teaching.

2009-08-21T03:40:00.005+08:00

"The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The sperior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires."

After going through NIE for 3 weeks, I've seen education in a way that I never did. It suddenly striked me how important and significant teachers are in almost every child's life. DO u know how important is the role of a teacher?

I think teaching is noble. It involves inspiring children and stuffs. But sometimes, the curriculum is so tight that learning becomes a mundane process which children find no joy in.This is sad because education is not JUST about teaching a child how to score in a PSLE. It is a lot of character development and whatsoever. Its just sad to see how teachers lose their passion and motivation to inspire children when they lose their energy over the years...I dun see my pri teachers doing WHAT I'm taught to do as a teacher in primary school...I really hope I wont become one of 'these teachers' in future...If I do, teaching will become meaningless.

and the reason of this entry is because....I hope that IF i were to lose passion in teaching, looking back on this entry may probably help me to find back the passion to INSPIRE children and make a difference to their lives...=)

which is me?

2009-08-19T11:58:00.002+08:00

my new friends in NIE. guess which one I am!!

I'm the Blur QueEn!!

did u guess correctly?

I had a bad day.

2009-08-11T23:21:00.000+08:00

I HAD A BAD DAY. wth

hectic week.

2009-08-09T22:30:00.002+08:00

it has been a hectic week for me...i'm packed for almost every day....!! but i tot it was pretty fun, cuz i'm enjoying my life for now...

NIE is fun so far! Can u believe that I actually had a bad 'monday blue' effect the day before my first day of school...? Luckily, things were not as bad I thought. The people are nice and the trainers are GOOD. I really find the lessons very enriching and fun. It never occurred to me that grammar would be fun. However, after having lessons on grammar, I never looked at grammar the way I used to see it anymore. I actually look forward to grammar lessons and I cant believe it. hahah. But well well well....i'm afraid i'm saying this way tooooooo early becuase it is only the first week. I kind of foresee how I'm so going to whine about all my assignments that are due every other week. Well, at least I started my NIE days well with a right mindset. way to go! =)

i had crystal jade buffet with daw and tze yong. We enjoyed it like totally! not cuz the food was awesome or what, but we were just so excited about the xiao long baos that we were going to have. And indeed, the xiao long bao lived up to its name. it was not sub-standard because it was a buffet or what, we enjoyed the xiao long bao TOTALLY.

I am enjoying this long weekend simply because long weekend means shorter study week and time for more fun!!! event, supper, picnic etc.
more supper = more chances to spill my drink on ziwan=more laughter!!!
hahahah she's so gonna kill me when she read this! lol

alright, time for me to get back to reality and START studying. i have tonnes of readings to do. lalalalalla....

i've graduated!

2009-07-28T23:45:00.008+08:00

i love my flowers!!!! =p

one from mummy, one from ziwan and one BIG one from dear!

finally! my 3 years are over.

thank you papa mama for being with me whenever i get so stressed up; thank you dear for putting up with my nonsense whenever i'm stressed with exams; thank you shuyi and gang and julia and gang for all their help in uni; thank you to all the friends who always celebrated together for the end of exams AND thank you to everyone in a way or another that made my 3 years possible.

i wanna have a change.

2009-07-28T02:19:00.002+08:00

i wanna have a new hairstyle. i'm gonna cut it short, or perm it. i'm thinking.....

BLGPS 4-6

2009-07-26T00:20:00.003+08:00

i'm so gonna miss this bunch of cuties!

convocation...

2009-07-25T23:19:00.001+08:00

hmmm, convocation in 2 days time...not very excited tho...=(

racial harmony day photos!

2009-07-24T23:20:00.000+08:00

photo session on racial harmony day!!!

children in my class! arent they cute???

of cuz not forgetting the CUTE teachers...

wahida and me~!! the cheongsam ladies =p

bavani and me and jiamin! =p
liyana and me~!!!

and the fun cam-whoring while waiting for wahida to come back so that we can take a FULL group photo....with all 5 of us...
and my camera have to go NO BATT when wahida was back. so i ended up with only the 4 of us in a pic! the full pic is in wahida's cam!

nevertheless, it was a wonderful time spent with this bunch of trainees =p....i really enjoyed my 4 weeks there...

july babies!

2009-07-22T23:38:00.013+08:00

For the month of July,

Happy Birthday to...

mummy! &....

my dear...&

BOSS...&

my sister...&

my bro...&

Anna...&

ShiFu!=)

racial harmony day!

2009-07-22T23:33:00.002+08:00

Yesterday was racial harmony day!!! 21 years in my life, I never bothered wearing a traditional costume to school. But yesterday, as a 'teacher', I did. I wore a traditional cheongsam (traditional because it is black in colour instead of the usual bright colours)...

My fellow trainee teachers wore traditional costumes too! We had a lot of fun taking all the photos!!! I cant wait to upload them up. I took pictures of the children in my class too. So colourful!! ahaha I cant wait!!!!

a very meaningful card...

2009-07-21T00:36:00.002+08:00

a card can do wonders...
this may seem like a very normal thank you card. i'm pretty surprised how well this p4 kid of mine can draw...and the message she wrote for me was even more impressive...

she made use of what i taught them to write the message to me. I taught them decimals, poems and she included them all. shape poem, acrostic poem and alliteration. i was very touched..feels like i really taught them something....=)

please help!

2009-07-20T03:17:00.004+08:00

hi friends! i hope u guys can be nice and help my friend out here to do a survey! pleaseeeee and thanks a lot!! its a very very short survey, wont take up more than 5mins! thank U!!! =)

http://www.eSurveysPro.com/Survey.aspx?id=b424e94f-f9f9-469e-8447-279d09c942d6

so exciting.

2009-07-20T03:02:00.003+08:00

its last week of school! hmmm, i'm excited. i want to give my little kids a personalised present. but i'm still thinking of what to get. i've got so many things on my list to do!! haha i'm so packed. i like busy life, but i'm afraid i'm so tired that i'll become grumpy. lol

i wanna start exercising. but damn, i'm too lazy. hahaha i better start.....sooooooooooooooon.hahaha =p

i'm missing the little kids alr!

2009-07-17T23:05:00.003+08:00

oh my, i'm missing the little kids alr.

I've got this naughty boy in class who is super cheeky. He really plays a fool sometimes and he even smiles when i scold him. When he does that, I do not know to be angry or to laugh. He's so naughty yet so CUTE!!! He is very clever too....very good in maths even tho he does not really pay attention in class. but somehow, i just find him very adorable.

He has a twin brother in class who is very cheeky too! this twin brother always says i abuse him. and he will smile at me when he says that and pretend to be scared of me. there was once i asked him to help me carry my box, then he said i abuse him again, but he actually helped very willingly the next moment...so cheeky right...so cute.

I have kind of just started to bond with the children...they know i'm leaving soon...and some of them are writing me letters and stuffs. such thoughtful kids..i'm really very touched and delighted with the children's innocence. i really hope i meet nice kids like them in future...=)

and i ended my day today with the kids saying, "Goodbye Miss Zhou, see you tomorrow. Have a nice day." And I replied,"Are you sure you want to see me tomorrow? Haha. See you next week!" my day lightens up when they wish me a good day. =)

"my children'' in class...

2009-07-16T20:00:00.003+08:00

its my third week in class and this enchanced school experience is gonna end 5 school days after tmr's...i feel that i'm beginning to miss these kids already! such cute bunch of children, innocent and playful. a child gave me a present today. tho small, but i think its really the thoughts that count! i was very happy..=p and the even happier thing today was that i could see that the kids enjoyed the class today. i feel a sense of achievement...

i really look forward to school everyday, despite having to give up my night life and having to wake up early.. well, i just hope this enhanced school experience will be longer cuz i think when i'm back to NIE, its gonna be so hectic and boring cuz of all the project work and assignments. at least for now, i just need to teach!!without stress..=p nevertheless, we'll always have to move on in life anyway...

i like my fellow trainees...fun, nice and friendly. at least we have the same frequency and we can click. i guess i'll see them back in NIE in the year to come~ =) yippee~

best medicine for me...

2009-07-11T01:20:00.003+08:00

I was conducting a lesson on idioms yesterday. I posed a question to the class, "What is the meaning of 'laughter is the best medicine'?"

Replied my student, " Go to the clinic and laugh, then they will give you free medicine....". haha

my first official lesson

2009-07-03T20:10:00.002+08:00

today is my first official lesson! I gave an introduction on decimals. The kids are smart and they picked up really fast. I had fun giving the lesson and I think the students were quite engaged too! Lucky for me, the pupils in my class are quite predictable, thus I am able to keep them within my control.

I will have only 4 weeks in that school, and I'm already 1/4 through it. Time really flies.....
I think the kids are really cute! some are really polite. I like their innocence best..There are some who are really naughty, and u really gotta be stern with them. u may scold them and everything, but they will forget your scoldings the next moment and joke with u once again. so nice if adults can be like that too right? no grudges...=)

lastly, i will remember how the students go.."miss zhou miss zhou........" haha.

yest and today

2009-07-01T21:57:00.002+08:00

i like steamboat. but i always feel fat after a steamboat session...haha

i realised that wan has a damn nice favourite song! hahahaha! he was really nice to offer to send us home when he is actually living in woodlands! anyway, its really fun to be driven around with the nice music on the car...

School has been fun and exciting for me so far. However, I have yet to adapt to the waking up early part. I can wake up early feeling good, but when the clock strikes 11am, fatigue will start setting in. When I reach home, I'll fall asleep unknowningly becuase I'm simply TOO tired.

10pm. Its pretty late already! I better finish up my lesson preparation and go to sleep early!

tired but fun...

2009-06-28T22:14:00.002+08:00

did a family day event today! i like doing events, its really fun. =0) i miss those times that i do so much of camps and such events.

packing up after the event is damn tiring tho. zw and i are kinda trained to be good 'furniture movers' who knows how to wrap well and we are good balloon sofa deflators. haha. i'm super tired now. cuz i only slept 2 hours the night b4 and i have to wake up damn early tmr...i hate the part when i cant decide what i'm going to wear for work tmr.

*drained* -_-

i'm happy

2009-06-26T22:35:00.003+08:00

my results are out today! so happy, its finally over!! i passed and i got my honours!!!

and ktv-ing with ziwan at jurong safra was fun!!! i love the old songs man....'wang shi zhi neng hui wei....' i'm so addicted to this song cuz of the 7pm show!!! the show is damn nice!!!i like...

busy busy!

2009-06-26T22:12:00.003+08:00

i'm like really busy these days!!! i'm starting school next week, and i'm really excited!! those kids that i'm gonna meet....i wonder if they will drive me crazy or make me love them more...i really really hope its the latter!

gotten 2 great NIE friends! cool! been long since i gotten any new friends...haha..i'm changing into a new environment and i'm kinda adapting to it pretty well so far. its so unlike what i experienced in NTU. probably i'm so much more interested in what i'm doing now in NIE than what i was back then 2km away, in NTU. hahaha

i foresee my busy-ness in the later half of the year. SO exciting! i better keep this excitement in me... ~~before i become an unexciting teacher~~. oh and i got a shock today. i'm supposed to report to school at 6.30am next monday. i was like 'HUH?SO EARLY???'
6.3oam.
its been ages since i woke up like SO EARLY.

alright, i hope its only for that monday.cuz of the H1N1 thing, i anticipate that i'll really know how to use the thermometer really well...

good luck to me. =)

and i really miss dino.............

meet-up time!

2009-06-26T22:02:00.000+08:00

good friend is back!! meet-up time! =)

my room

2009-06-24T21:58:00.001+08:00

yay. i've cleared the room! it feels a little more like my room now. its empty spaces all around now, just waiting for me to bring my stuffs over from my old room. hopefully i've got enough space...yay!!

my mummy

2009-06-13T19:17:00.002+08:00

i think my mummy is becoming more polite. she is beginning to say 'thank you' when i massage for her or help her do things...she even said sorry when she was late in meeting me today. cool. my mummy is becoming a little more polite! =)

.

2009-06-12T00:07:00.000+08:00

i'm feeling...unhappy

Dino

2009-06-11T13:56:00.004+08:00

dino came over for the weekend. its probably gonna be one whole year before we get to see Dino again...oh man, i'm so gonna miss him!!! he's such a lovable dog. he will come into my room and sleep beside me while i do my work, jump onto my bed and sleep with me when i'm still sleeping and fetch the ball to me when i say, "dino ball ball. where's the ball ball?" And not forgetting how he will sigh like humans, throw tantrum at us when we scold him/leave him alone home. He's smart, isnt he? and i wont forget how he wagged his tail when my mum showed him his favourite food - the egg, and how he stopped wagging his tail when my mum hid the egg. SO CUTE!!!

its so hard to take a good shot with dino cuz he simply knows how to hide away from the camera.

dino loves eating.

hiding in a corner of my room enjoying the air-con and his sleep...

sleeping with me...

and we brought dino out to the park! he was so excited when we put on the lesh for him. he knows that we're bringing him out. so while we were still preparing to go out, he kept following us wherever we go...when i sit down, he'll sit. when i stand up, he'll jump up on his four legs, giving me the big excited eyes to tell me he's so ready to go!

there he is being a good dog in the car.

and there he is sniffing around like he always does.

we are so so so so gonna miss Dino....

grumpy

2009-06-08T00:36:00.003+08:00

ulcers in my mouth are making me grouchy and grumpy.

vote for carol

2009-06-06T23:26:00.005+08:00

for those that know carol...
Help vote for carol!!!
http://gimme5.mediacorptv.sg/about.htm

go to contestant, then sort by latest.
ur vote will mean a lot to her!
thanks!

and for those who dunno her, vote for her too!
cuz she's a nice, fun and outgoing babe.
thanks too!

wizard of oz...

2009-06-05T02:06:00.002+08:00

took up an interesting elective in special sem, and it kinda taught me to watch films in a very different way.

have u ever watched wizard of oz? i guess everyone has heard of that story and frankly, i din think it was a 'wahhhh' storyline when i first heard of it. but after attending 5 weeks of this module, i think wizard of oz is a great film.

its more than just a kiddish film...instead, it has a lot of hidden meaning. It talks about how childhood (how children wanna quickly get home when they realised the outside world isnt as great as they thought it was), and human nature. a lot of times, people possess something that they always thought that they never had. and when the time comes, human instinct helps to bring out that potential in them.

just like the scarecrow that thought he had no brains. but he displayed thinkings and wittyness when trying to save dorothy and gang out of the castle. and the lion that claimed to have no courage. but he still joined in the mission of saving dorothy from the scary wicked witch. and the tinman who had wanted a heart so that he can have feelings and be sentimental. but the fact that he wanted to save dorothy so badly showed how much he was already bonded to dorothy depsite the short amount of time spent together. They all thought that the wizard granted them something that they always wanted - the brain, the courage and the heart. But in actual fact, the wizard gave them nothing but only assurance. these were what they got from the wizard: the scarecrow got a PHD degree, the lion got a plaque for displaying courage and the tinman got a heart-shaped ticking clock. (i think so). but well, it doesnt matter, my point is, the wizard did not give them exactly what they wanted, they got what they wanted by believing that they possessed those traits through the recognition they got from the items.

i guess humans are really like what is displayed here. sometimes they think they are stupid, timid and heartless. they will always think, if only i were a bit braver....or if i were a little bit smarter....if only......BUT a lot of times is what they think that makes them what they are. well well, i guess thats when confidence comes in.

watch the film if u have the chance.