practice . . .

when is the last time i practise the Dharma ? .... really touch by this website . . . .

plumvillage.org

tonight Venerable Thich Nhat Hanh giving talk at Phor Kark See

http://stream.pvweb.org/

http://vimeo.com/14221608

4000 people ! must be a great event . . . .

om mani padme hum ; om mani padme hum ; om mani padme hum

recently , get to know the Green Tara mantra . . .like it a lot ....

om tare tuttare ture svaha . . . .amazingly, my daughter also knows how to chant it ! she even correct me these few days , supposedly that i have chanted wrongly ....

check it out ! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MY5wxOhlPig&feature=related

i really happy for my daughter , she has more Dharma connections than me at her age !

om mani padme hum ; om mani padme hum ; om mani padme hum

buddhist talks

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H94Dz4Iq2d4&feature=related

funny girl

told my friend about my baby daughter (2 & half years) being very "lame". was at a lost of examples to justify my claim. firstly, she recently complain that her bobo (bolster) has flu and running nose. therefore, she was busy using the tissue paper to wipe her beloved bobo's nose. (see picture). tonight i came home and realised she uses two bobo covers to extend her pants (see photograph). I cannot help but says that she is really very very "lame"..... ha ha

some thing serious, today is 13 April 2010. About 3 days ago, i found that she is able to use the cursor-control-pad on the laptop (without mouse) to control and click the cursor, so that the Pet Society room in facebook can pan left and right. when the view reach the extreme right, i was shocked to see that she actually move the cursor to the left button and click! the room view pan left. . . . wow ! impressed. . . . my cute girl

chant chant chant . . .

Chanting is my favourite. . . it just bring peace and clarity . . .

found my favourite chant here !!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBQfUqd8pqI

what is life ? what are you busy for ? why are you busy ? chant . . . .

may all beings be well and happy :) !

life with no problems ?

This beautiful picture is taken from Marina Barage last Thursday when i went there with cute 2B and cute 2C and cute 2D! recently, have been thinking. who, in life, has no problems? i guess each has one problem in their life. Even when one problem is solved, somehow another problem will appear. Kids worry over relationship and studies. Adults worry over relationship, money, health, work, children ... Who? has no problem? vaguely remember reading somewhere, Buddha told someone that wanting no problem in life is itself a problem. are you and me happy? recently read the book by Ajahn Chah "A taste of freedom" when i went Kahang Camp with the nice Sec 3 students at the end of Term 1. If i am not wrong, the author suggests that the ultimate aim of cultivating oneself in Dharma is not to find mere happiness, but to transcend the notion of happiness and sadness, gain and loss, praise and blame, fame and defame. Then it is real peace that Buddhist should seek for. I am only but a layman, trying very hard to practise the Dharma. I hope all people can love one another and Let there be peace on Earth.... om mani padme hum

recently, i did not keep my new year resolution! i talk bad about others again! &%$#@! i should remind myself to be more at peace with others .... i Pray! there be peace in the worlds, may all beings in the Six Realms be away from Sufferings! Om mani padme hum . om mani padme hum
. om mani padme hum !

climb mountain . . .

<-- Gunung Lambak

till now, my knees still hurt, 10+ days after climbing the mountain . . . the feeling of being old already. . .

2010 : Gunung Lambak : 510m

2000 : Mount Ophir(Gunung Ledang) 1,276 m

the last time i climbed a mountain was in 2000, wow! that was ten years ago. i remember that climb in 2000 was super tough for me, every step is a test of mental strength, no longer physical. I was attached to a group of MINDs teachers to make up the male-female ratio as my friend Uncle Tok suggested. That trip, i told myslef i will not ever climb again as it was so torturing! But the view at the top was super nice . . .

this time, i don't have much choice whether to climb or not. i thought it was a small climb since the trip is for school students. however i forget that i am old and fat! the climb is tough in the sense that it is continuously steep! although not as tough as Mt Ophir.

climbing a mountain is a special feeling. the mountain is so Great. Each mountain has her own unique character. I like the trees, i love the peace and calmness mountain gives. Each waterfall or stream shows the energy of nature in the dense forest. Calm, strong and peaceful.

life is like a climb, don't give up easily. there will be friends on the way. those who have climbed the way can be our inspiration. the view at the end is worth the effort.

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religious section : for personal record only

man must age, get sick and die. buddha saw that. recently, as i worry that my knees may be permanently damaged, like worn out cartilage, a thought came to my mind. Why am i so anxious over my physical body while i have neglected my Dharma Path for so long? Isn't saving the Dharma Life much more important and urgent? Must i really get very sick before i start to practise the Dharma heavily? How long can i proscratinate? While maintaining the physical body as much as possible now, shouldn't i care, my next rebirth? and my Dharma Life?

let's remind myself to MEDITATE more, chant more, and listen to the Dharma more!!! om mani padme hum !

May All Beings be away from sufferings and be with great peace! om mani padme hum

第二个新年

云仙宫(along Gelyang Road, between Joo Chiat Complex.) chanted alone there yesterday! namo amituofo. . . may all beings be away from suffering ! namo amituofo . . . .

阳历新年所立的愿望似乎没力量。 没几天便作不到了。如今农历新年，再立类似愿望。一，不说人非。 二， 常常念佛。 这几晚，睡前自问是否作到愿望，好有效喔。希望能持之以恒。阿弥陀佛。

today many many ex-students came my house. so many run out of chairs and cups! ha ha ... see if i can remember who came... Yan Yi, Jie Ru, Jia Ling, Xiao Hong, Yuan Lin, Jia Yun, Xin Yun, Joan, Si Jun, Hurong, Long Huai, Zheng Hong, Eliza, En Ci, Dexmond, wei xin, joey . . . did not talk much but appreciate their visit, especially for students who graduated in 2000! Ten years le, still in contact. . . .baby cry cry today

my baby , she is getting more and more lame . . . .

at times very hard to please, cry and cry . . . .

om mani padme hum . om mani padme hum . pm mani pdame hum .

1052pm 16 Feb 2010.

was listening to BBC FM 88.9. some people in China, left their hometown to work in the city, only getting to see their family, including kid, once in a few years! sad. . . . and the saddest is knowing that their kid has grown up as a stranger to them, and some gone astray! sad world. . . .although a touching movie, THE LAST TRAIN HOME .

i still chant for world peace better . om mani padme hum . om mani padme hum . oma mani padme hum . . . .may all beings be away from sufferings. . . .

army days memories

today i wear the old army uniform to school to commemorate TD Day. lots of memories. those days inThailand, Kanchanaburi, 44 dgrees celsius heat, breaking the M113 track in the middle of the night, the starry night sky, the unending mission, days with bathing, washing at the river with toothpaste, the mobile canteen that accompany us wherever we are, the kids that savage almost anything we throw into the rubbish bin, the tough mission, the thorny branches that bleed our hands and almost blinded my OC, the hot chlorine water we drink, the rainy night that all are drenched and hopeless, the super heavy concentina wire we carry here and there, the afternoon where all are almost heat exhausted with OC sharing his last water bottle, and finally the nice friends we have. Friends are the nicest gift on Earth. om mani padme hum :) Army is sh** days. But i am so grateful of them! they make me appreciate freedom and love my country. A man once said, given a million dollars, he will not repeat Army days; but he would not exchange a million dollar for the precious experience he got in Army!

om amni padme hum ! may there be peace on Earth . . . the peace that was meant to be ... with God as our father, brothers all are we..... pray no war, PEACE !!!

om mani padme hum

四马路观音堂

四马路观音堂，一个我很喜欢去的地方。从服兵役至今，仍然如此。南无观世音菩萨。心中感恩，一生发愿念佛，行善。


take mrt to Bugis MRT.... walk to the temple . . .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDm5yV5oiVo&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S51P8GXZkak&feature=related

New Year Wishes !

a new year starts again ! had a hectic holiday last december. went holiday with Family at Perth. play with Kangaroos! went hong kong for conference. . . tour alone for two days in Hong Kong. meditate almost one hour in temple. brought Sharilyn to indoor playground, Demsey Road and Downtown East. Played sand at Pasir RIs. . . played Badminton on Christmas day with Dillon ('85 classmate) Christine ('04 graduate) and Sharon ('01 graduate). . .

2010 !

1) i pray that All Sentient Beings be away from suffering . . .

2) i will refrain from saying bad things about others . . .

3) i will meditate and chant more !!! namo amituofo . . .

4) be a good Daddy, Husband, Son and Teacher .

又是一年

十二月二十六。雨天。一年又将过去。人生会有多少个一年？南无阿弥陀佛。在香港闻一名言。“一天只剩下二十一小时，因为三小时已用来静思。”

Completion of O Level duty 2009

Finally, I have finished my duty as a Physics teacher for this year's O Level! what a long year for me. Having to struggle with 4A,4B1,4B2,4C,4D and 4E is no joke. Thank God, i need not do so next year.

Like a doctor who sees patients who did not make it, a teacher is somewhat sad when students fail their exam, although failing exam is not end of the world. Having to cope with sadness and business duriong this period can be stressful. The worry about why students "hide" at home and never turn up to ask questions before O level can really put me to sleepless nights. Then! when some other students turn up to ask questions, I sometimes also worry, becos the more some ask, the more you know they do not know, and it can be just days, or hours before the paper!

The last Physics paper just ended an hour ago. Relief, and worry for some till results come out in Mid Jan 2010 for O and Dec 2009 for N.

I would like to thank all CUTE and THOUGHTFUL students of 2010! actually they make my life! without them, i would be useless. now. i should sit and reflect on how to improve my teaching for next year! please e-mail me your evaluation on me if you see this Blog entry, carrotisgood@hotmail.com or gui_eng_hong@moe.edu.sg ! thanks !

To students who graduated ! Congratulations ! You have put up a tough fight , till the last hour! Many of you have slept a mere few hours each night. many have helped not only themselves, but others in need. Remember this strong yet kind spirit for your life, as it would be the foundation for the real life out there. An exam is a crisis for you now. In life there would be many more crisis to overcome. You have done well this time, you will do well also in future!

GOOD luck to all. THANK YOU ! May peace be with U :)

PHYSICs teachist Gui

what to do with the 10 Year Series ? you may sell it to 2nd hand bookstore at Bras Basah Complex, give to your Relatives or CCA juniors, or ......... put in my Locket H6. ha ha .

O Level Physics Exam

After after two years of hard work. . . the feeling is not nice . . . sad . how are you ? sorry if i have not prepared U well. thanks , if you see my effort . comment pls.

Toward the end of this Journey, the start of another

O level is very near. . . like the sunset, it came as if it was still far away, but it reaches as if it flew toward us. No one is fully prepared, including me. I teach 4A 4B1 4B2 4C 4D 4E . I really wish them all the best. It is not about pursuing good results only. It about friendship and hardship. . . was very touched when i see students helping one another, explaining concepts to their classmates . . . . It is like all sailing in a boat. Either we reach there together alive or get lost together. It is hard to explain the spirit of friendship during hard times. It is when we are in hardship that we see real friends. . . some run away but some came nearer to help. Honestly, i am also struggling, as there is no limit to the amount of help i can rendered this period. i have done Essay questions, frequent Q&As, 11 JIT worksheets with solutions, practical reading skills, revision powerpoints, and even 10 viduos !!! but some suggested i do 100 viduos!!! wow ! that would be great. but i guess i would be near death then, by exhaustion. I have diarrhoae since yesterday, went home with under garment smear with shit. But i endure and come today, if not i will missed the consultations. However, sometimes there are bound to be disappointment. . . People who sleep even while i talk to them. . . but i guess everyone is stress. it is not a time to blame, but to forgive and work harder! i remember climbing Mount Ophir in year 2000. Help your friends and they will help you. You know. that kind of spirit is what man noble. So, please help your friends if you can. even the Contract teachers are helping out.... so let's work hard and Pray for a better today and a better tomorrow. . . and Thanks Ervina and Yuliana, you called and then visit me when i just need some motivation to pushed on. Thanks ! nice students always , Erviliuna (Ervina + Yuliana . . . ha ha ) I missed good students like you , 4E2, 4F and 4E1 2008.

om mani padme hum . . . . may peace be with you and all. . . .

http://sites.google.com/site/guienghong

N level and O level Physics Revision Website

i spend a lot of effor to set up my new site for N level and O level Physics students to have a smooth revision

please visit !!! 4ABCDE5AB ....

sites.google.com/site/guienghong

love ,
om mani padme hum

gui

smile . . . .

Ah girl laugh . . . mummy smile ! what can be nicer in life than to make people happy and safe?

Om mani padme hum, . . .

I prayed that all my relatives, friends, and people i do not know, be away from their sorrows and smile! there is just too many disaster , bomb blast, air plane drops, bus crash, H1N1, typhoon . . . .wish all be sway from sorrows!

Om mani padme hum. . . .

i love my wife, Chemistay and my daughter Sharilyn....

Om mani padme hum . . . .

may i wish that U, who read this be well and happy !

om mani padme hum

Safe Driving Tips x 2

Driving can be made safer. After passing my driving test on 28 september 1999, driving has never been an easy task up to today, despite almost ten years of driving. I got into two minor accidents in ten years. One was when i reversed while talking on the phone hands-free, bang ! hit the car park concrete pillar. lauky it was a pole and not a man! Second was when i brushed the headlamps of a taxi.

But the most scariest were not these two. Not Realising that there is a vehicle at the Left or Right Blind spot is the worst. While changing lane, do TURN the head and look at the blind spot, half a second and a head turn's effort, will make driving safer. Just yesterday, as usual, i turn my head (left this time, as i am filtering left), i was lucky. There was a a car! invisible to both side and rear mirrors! that's why they call it the BLIND spot. If i had not turn my head, i would have filtered and change to the left lane, hitting the car(or worst motor cycle). Of 50 times i turn my head to look at the blind spot, i should say only 1 time, there is a car hidden there. So is it important. Yes! Look out for blind spot.

My second tip for the day is how to approach a Traffic light junction. Speed up or slow down.?? Recently i developed a safe guide for myself. Slow down as i approach the traffic light junction, to about 50km/h, when i reach the second arrow (painted on the ground) infront of the traffic lights, if there is no amber light, i would speed up, if amber light turns on before i reach the second arrow, i slow to to stop and not cross the traffic light junction. However, if i have passed the second arrow infront of the junction box, and then the lights turn amber, i would speed up and cross the junction. It is too late to stop anyway. This is common sense to many experienced driver, but the two arrows painted infront of the junction box have been my great guide recently!

May All have a safe Journey, in lives and on the road. om mani padme hum . . .

Please comment. If you are a driver and you see this post! ha ha ...

Wild Wild Wet 2009 Trip

this is the third year, probably the last, that i bring students to Wild Wild Wet. i was quite down and worn out these days. but seeing students getting so high and happy , i feel great. although i had to stay dry in case of helping injured students, i have enjoyed the day. Do you? The worksheets are, as usual, hard!

Life is hard , be nice to others, and yourself.

Those who did not do well this MY exam, study hard during june holidays. Those who have, who doesn't?, personal problems, stay strong, make healthy choice and stay strong in life.becos there are still people who care for you....

Vesak Day Feeling . . .

since 1992 Oct 22, i joined Buddhism. but it is a religion that goes beyond joining it. practice is more important than the believing in Buddhism, and this make it hard. for so many years, i struggle to be a good Buddhist, and becos there is no end to being good, i had a hard time. To some people, being angry is ok, and normal. to me being angry makes me feel lousy. i wanna thank Buddha, my kind teacher, for giving something to work on for my whole life. Be kind and be Enlightened!

today, i suddenly had the urge to set a reflection. a thought of setting a theme came to me. " Lets cherish and count my Blessings!" in a world of suffering, sometimes it is good to think of the good things also! makes one happier!

My blessings :

1) I had a good Father, although he reborn liao.
2) I have a good, caring mother. . .
3) I have a good, caring wife . . .
4) I have a cute, funny baby girl
5) I have and had many nice, appreciative students
6) I had good Dharma teachers . . .
7) I have no critical illness now
8) I love "nian fo"
9) I have a house to stay
10) I am seldom hungry
11) I can sleep at night
12) Someone taught me 312exercise
13) I have people who play Badminton with me weekly
14) I cleared my O levels without tears
15) I studied till nose-bleed, cried for my NUS exam, but i did not die
16) I enjoy my Job
17) I know how to blog !
18) I love Buddha , and his teachings!

19) Venerable Kahdro taught me Meditation. . .and she is a Great Teacher

20) . . . smile

May I pray, all beings be happy! Happy Vesak :)

May there Be Peace on Earth

For four years , my school made us sing this song, Let there be peace on Earth. A very peaceful Catholic hymm. I love it. wow! that was 1984. 25 Years ago! i was in sec 1 then. now, i still sing it occasionally , and each time it never fails to give me peace, re-direct my mind to kinder thoughts. . .the world needs love, and peace, but i guess it is difficult.

I pray, that fewer people and animals die as a result of war, disease, conflict and disaster. I pray, that all people, all animals , and all beings have kind thougths, and be away from all kind of sufferings . . . Om mani padme hum. om mani padme hum . om mani padme hum. om mani padme hum. om mani padme hum . om mani padme hum . om mani padme hum .. . . . .

May Peace Be with you ! and also be with all around you

sick . . .

all men must die one day. chant amituofo, pray to God .... whatever....

these two weeks i am really sick, cough , headache, chest ache ....

Friday and sat, two FULL days of headache , like someone using a nail, nailing my head, slowly . . .continuously

Sunday, thought recovered 了. but the headache strikes at night again. from 8pm to this morning 8am! non-stop. took panadol at 4am. no help. cried while sitting helplessly by the bed. pain , nothing but pain in the forehead.

today, saw doc. doctor always that cool, said if serious, go see neurologist!

so phobia of sleeping now, scared later i wake up headache again, really sick of falling sick, from cough till chest pain to 3 days of headache torture. . . . life is Suffering .

just finished typing the answers for EL01 to El10. Melita actually finished all ! ha ha . can print for them tomorrow.

hope by this Sat (25/4/09), i can get well, becos i just booked Badminton at Bedok View Secondary 6pm - 8pm. dunno why, just enjoy playing badminton.

Amituofo. Amituofo . Amituofo.

fun with 4C

today , sick . but have fun with 4C. relief TWO periods. PE teacher not in school. started teaching POtentiometer and LDR, instead of PE. students gave very interested but sad look, like as if saying "there go my PE! waited for one week for PE and no PE afterall !

gave up. brought 4C to indoor sports hall. wow ! great basketball players ! i played a while also, slimmed down by 0.000002 kg. those who "sun-tan" near the court is not safe, sometimes the ball hit them.. . . no cage also danger present . . . . ha ha . horoscope?

long long time since i last happy in the school like today. thanks 4C.

Blog Ends

www.mrgui.blogspot.com Ends on 1 March. Ha ha ... one person spam until "tai kuo feng", have to close blog.

how did you find your way here to my new blog ? ha ha . thanks !

Fun experiments !

Teaching Physics can be fun. These Two days are my happiest. Have you seen cold water boil? Have you seen balloon attracting water running from the tap? Have seen a feather and coin dropping at the same seed in vacuum? We have all seen these (4CDE) in these two days. I was very sick but glad all have seen and done the hands-on.

May there be more peace on Earth . . . Om mani padme hum .

A Teacher who is Sorry

Today, after teaching 12 years, I make a mistake. In front of the class, i make fun of a student. At first it was okie, but when the rest of the class start laughing at her, she felt bad. I am sorry. Really. It is not nice to be make fun of. Leonora, i hope you can forgive teacher, I am Sorry to have make you so embarassed. You are still my good student that i treasure.

O level Results

Today is the release of O level Results... Congratulations to those who have done well! You have done well. For those who have not done well, continue to work hard, life is a long journey, pick up strength and walk on, you can still be successful!

Amazing ! there are Seven students with 7 As !!! and a number with 6As, 5As...

Just remember to thank your LOWER SEC teachers as well. Many times, they are neglected, although they should not be. Go thank your lower sec teachers as well! or even Primary school teacher. No gift surpasses the love & warmth of saying "thank you", be it an SMS , card or e-mail. No building can float in the air without the foundation levels....

Whether you pass or fail , walk on . . . Be Strong, Be Kind . . .

Om mani padme hum

Be grateful . . .

Looking after a child is not easy... esp. when U need to discipline and educate, at the same time love. Be thankful to your Parents if they are still around, or anyone who brought you up. I am thankful to my mum and late dad.


Sharilyn helping me clean floor ....... good girl indeed

see , i help Daddy clean floor... ha ha (11 Dec 2008)

sometimes I scold / beat her, but it hurts me too.

May All Beings Be Away from All Causes of Suffering .

OM mani padme hum

what's new in MJR 2009 ?

our Brand NEW indoor sports hall @Ubi Ave 1. . . whoosh ! impressive . . . . chop!

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.besides the new Sec 1s reporting on Dec 19 2008, what's new in MJR 2009? Yes ! new school uniform... I like the new school at Ubi Ave 1. THere are a few things new as follow. No. 1 , i like the idea of proper bath rooms in the students toilets near the sports hall. Encourages sports and exercise. I remember i used to bath after badminton games in my Secondary school days in 1984-87. No. 2, there are water coolers at each levels, plus discussion tables and chairs along the corridors facing the garden, CoOL ! No. 3 School Hall is air-conditioned. No. 4 there is an Indoor Sports Hall, in addition to school hall.

Building is brighter and nice. Let's hope all people be nice too . Love . If you are free, come visit us at 20 Ubi Ave. 1.

sharilyn walks now !!! ..... ha ha . see , i walking around AMK Hub on Nov 21, 2008.

May All Beings be away from sufferings and attain Peace and Happiness. Om mani padme hum ....

Life

What is Life? to each, a different answer. If there are no friends, Life would be even colder. If there is no Religion, Life would be ice cold. I am happy to see some friends and students happily involved in their religions. Have you felt very tired sometimes?

Om mani padme hum

learning . . .

learning. how many things have you learned? i have learned so many things so far. let me list them .

i learned ...

1. to play/suck the harmonica from my bro. in sec2.

2. canoeing on my own at East coast in sec2

3. swimming on my own at toa payoh in primary

4. meditation from Venerable Sangye Kadro at ABC while in NS

5. calligraphy on my own (when ???)

6. juggling on my own from a book in sec 2

7. blogging from my sec 5 pupils

8. add tag board from Andrina (2008)

9. friendster, facebook the last 5 years

10. driving my Mr Ang in 1999

11. badminton from Mother ...

12. wrap dumpling (zhong zi) from my mum...

13. roller blading (fell down N times!) on my own

14. chinese flute on my own

15. violin from my student Hong Yap ....

16. carrom from my JC friends

i just learned on my own how to FTP an hour ago, after asking a few people in vain . . . i think learning can be fun if we enjoy , and it can be a torture if we are forced to. . . . looking back, studying can be tough, P123456 Sec1234 JC12 NUS 1234. . . ! 16 Years of, my God ...dy/dx....

my daughter has just learned how to walk with support. there something she no need learn, that's to cry loudly.... the picture show her learning how to put the pacifier (tu tu) back to her mouth .... cute.... hope she grow up and learn to be a Kind and Strong lady.

om mani padme hum ....

Pray, all who are learning N and O and A levels have fun . And Pray people learn to be Kind :).

white-board or Powerpoint ?

when students sleep... it is sometimes becos i am teaching in a very boring style...after so many years, i admit that most of the time, i prefer to use the whiteboard. my reason is this: whiteboard has advantages like being able to retain the first part of the lecture while goin on to the second part. unlike power point, the slides keep going... when you reach the sixth slide, the first five slides are gone , you can't point and refer to them except to page up. switching between slides is confusing to me. Walking along the white board from left to right of thw whiteboard and linking all the points learned seems more logical to me. so! for the past 10 years, my style is notes (with blanks) for students and teacher explain with whiteboard! But i think i am classified as DINASAUR teacher, stone-age, as i see many teachers hugging a cute laptop , walking from class to class. I agree that Videos, Animations and Pictures are best shown on Laptop powerpoint. I am confused. really. should i try to introduce more Powerpoint lessons? i am trying to make one tomorrow on the topic : Energy. Physics is damm hard to understand at times; i am trying to find the best way to teach. a bit weird hor, after 10 years still finding.... but i guess humour is the most important. some pupils hate it when i start telling stories... ha ha ... but when i was a pupil, i enjoyed stories and ad-hoc discussion with teachers ... "was Li Ning cool, when he fly with the Olympic torch on 08082008? . . . ." being a teacher is very tiring, worry how to teach well, worry students dont study....ha ha . soon 4E1,4E2,4F will be taking the O level. i am anxious too. silly right.

so waht do you prefer ? whiteboard or Powerpoint ?

Teachers Day

Teachers Day , like Mothers' Day , should not be an one-day recognisation only. Teachers do not need expensive gift, in fact teachers always (i feel) are happy to receive a card / paper containing words of expression and feelings from pupils. Card that contain 30 signatures become meaningless. But a foolscap paper with words of appreciation and expression are worth keeping and re-reading after many years.... Many thanks for the Prefects now, in the past also, who spend a lot of effort preparing for teachers Day .... thanks , Prefects now and in the past! The picture shows the deco that prefects put up today for Teachers Day.

I am very grateful to my teachers from Mattar East Primary (1978-1983) , Raffles Inst. (1984-1987) and Raffles JC (1988/89), especially Mrs Toh Kah Beng , Ms Wang JY and Ms Lim Peck Yian, Mr Hwang ?? . ...

Mrs Toh bought all my Sec 3 Textbooks ! for me free. becos she knew i came from a quite poor family ...

Ms Lim taught Confucius ethics very sincerely, although not many were listening !

Ms Wang has the greatest Clarity and Patience in teaching Maths .

Mr Hwang motivates me to improve my English,... my A2 in EL1 is his Credit lor !!

do you have a teacher that you remember ? ha ha :)

May All be well and Happy ! om mani padme hum :)

Beloved 4E1

This is the smallest class i have taught in 12 years in MJR . . . nice people . . .each has their own salient characteristic, . . . . Happy Graduation ! Best wishes to 4ABCDE1E2F5AB ! Om mani padme hum

This is my Primary School -- Mattar East Primary School! I studied there from 1978-1983. It is a small small school, i think smaller than the Parade Square/CarPark of a Modern School! Most of the time, i lived in tears and fear in my Primary School. . . low self-esteem and low in confidence. my teachers were very strict and fierce de... still remember Wang Lao Shi, he would use wooden ruler to smack us , as he walks down the column, so that everyone gets into a traight line. fail spelling also get whacked on the palms... I still remember my classmate, Pornchai Suphakiatkumchorn, but cannot find him le... most likely he would have forgotten me le. Took this picture this Monday, while i visited MacPherson Primary , next to it. Now Mattar East Primary School is no longer existence, except the Physical Building . Too bad, i was her top pupil for PSLE, should have kept the Board that they scribed my name ther. ha ha .... everyday, i go to school with 40 cents ! eat noodles 20cents. 10 cents buy drink. 10 cents buy titbits. My Dad and Mum are very nice people. They worked very hard to bring my 3 brothers and me up. Six of us stayed in a single bedroom flat at Block 17, 40D, Merparti Road. Cannot imageine hor, six persons sleep in one bedroom. . .! what do you think? do you love you primary ? MJR ex-pupils, heard that there is a gathering for after Tea as a farewell for the school @ Sims Drive ...,. MJR shifting by end of this year. next year , we will be @Ubi ave 1!!!! I will miss this school @ Sims Drive . ha ha ...

fun with creating cartoons

when is the last time we are really , and simply, happy ? when is the last time we enjoy doing simple things... these creative cartoons are handcrafted by cute students of 4E2 2008. Nice hor? stingray, mushroom, monkey, snake, house, snow man, tortoise, spider, ?? , diamond ring, dragon .... Will miss these cute students when they graduate this year.... and of i course i miss the students who graduated long ago too! sometimes, i remember them . History of good teaching moments become an inspiration for the future, in this difficult present. Pray, that people in this world just do simple things, enjoy life, and refrain from war and fights....Let there be May Peace on Earth...

new MJR campus

The new school campus for Manjusri Sec ! we will be shifting in by NOv 2008.... ha ha .... nice hor .... seniors , do you miss the current building at Sims Drive ? ha ha ... wenting once said she misses the building more than the teachers ... ha