Some serious mathematics!

Today my P6 student had some revision worksheet given to her on ratio, percentage, plus volume... Spent 2 plus hrs on various kinds of qns, lolx... Then after tat did some serious logarithm with Joyce... Stunned for awhile by having to prove a^lgb = b^lga... Then there were oso some other stunning qns which she managed to dig out... Its been a long time ever since I used my brain so much liao, lolx... I'm so proud of myself today, hahaz =P

*Equation of the day: e^iπ + 1 = 0

Sentosa!

Went Sentosa ytd with Chengxin, Kaiqi, Liyun, Han En and Jing Hui... Took cable car in and then took bus to Siloso point where we went for the nature walk first... After tat met Nicholas at Siloso beach... Played abit of Captain's ball b4 going into the sea cos it was super duper hot... Tried to build a sandcastle after tat and at least we succeeded in moulding something out from the sand, lolx... Washed up (or rather we juz splashed ourselves with water) after tat and had our little picnic consisting of bread, tuna and ham... Oh ya and Jing Hui's seaweed too =) Left soon after tat and took the cable car to Mt. Faber b4 going back to harbourfront... Well, tat's the summary of wad we did... Below r the pics which will hopefully tell a thousand words like they always say, lolx... I noe I'm not v gd with the captions but at least I tried rite? =P
Jing Hui, Han En, Liyun

Chengxin, Kaiqi, Me

At the cable car station

Some rat wizard

Jing Hui driving? =/

All Aboard!

Act cute! =P

Nature Walk Entrance

Whee! =)

Who's holding the ball?

Sing: "We're on the top of the fountain looking, down at creation..." :D

Say Cheese! =P

Base of the fountain

Hmmm, some dragon thingy

Under boulders

Where's my body? =)

Jing Hui lagging?

I swear that's a sandcastle!! =P

Stoning...

And more stoning?

The following are things u see when u look out of a cable car =)

1. Another cable car

2. The sea

3. Toy cars and buses

4. More toy cars

Managing your emotions

Well God's timing's reli so exact... Had been feeling quite down for the past few days due to many things and I juz cant seem to get out of it... Then today there was a conference at night abt managing ur emotions but I couldnt make it cos I had tuition... Then close to 2pm in the afternoon, I received an sms from Jia Qian asking if she could cancel her tuition tonite cos of her heavy workload from sch... To me of cos its a loss of $50 but then I'm like ... Hey I can go for the conference!! N this is the 2nd time within a week tat something like this happened!! Last week I managed to push forward my tuition timing so tat I could go for another conference and this week God made it happen again!! Wow, totally didnt do anything and it juz happened, and the timing is perfect too! =)

Well I didnt regret going for this conference and I learnt some stuff, though most of it may seem to be quite straightforward... Basically the pastor started and ended with one main theme, and that's WISDOM... He quoted the first part of Proverbs 1:7 "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom" Then he went on to say why we are having a harder time nowadays managing our emotions, touching on the stressful environments that we usually find ourselves in... In short there are 2 main reasons why we're having a hard time... First is due to the ever-changing external circumstances and secondly becos we have the wrong self-expectations...

He went on to say that all of us, whether we know it or not, look at other people thru different kinds of glasses/spectacles...

1. Money (we look at someone and think abt how much they are worth to the company)
2. Family Background (We give due respect to the minister's daughter but don't really care about some hawker's son)
3. Academic Background (similar theory, juz think abt ur automatic view of a person when he says that he's from RJC compared to someone who's from YJC)
4. Occupation (compare doctor/lawyer/lecturer with hawker/road sweeper etc.)
5. Authority (some ppl have the right connections and after pulling a few strings they get things done quickly whilst those how don't struggle to do the same thing)
6. Body Figure (this shd be quite obvious)

Here he's trying to say tat the world nowadays has become so complicated (as u can see from the 6 points above)

And after that he talks about the basic nature of human beings...

1. Self-preservation (its in us to protect ourselves)
2. Happiness is preferred to suffering (obviously)
3. We want things to happen without doing anything (plain laziness la)
4. We only accept praises/nice feedback and shut ourselves off from all criticism
5. We're only interested in things that will benefit us or make us gain something
6. We despise ppl whom we think are not as gd as us

Not too sure wad's the link from this 6 points, but thought it would be interesting to share =)

He goes on to talk abt how we can take steps toward better management of our emotions...

Firstly, instead of running away from our problems, we shd face it bravely... Bring it to God and know that He is always there with us, that that which is in us is greater than the world... Secondly, everyone is given their fair share of 24 hrs a day and its up to us to manage our time wisely... He recommends doing one thing at a time at home (being focused) but doing many things once u step out of the hse (so tat u dont waste unnecessary travel time)... Thirdly, we shd quieten down and pray... No matter how busy we are, there shd always be a time set aside to seek God everyday...
He ended with the following quote (quite well-known I think) which again leads back to WISDOM...

" God grant me the serenity
To accept the things I cannot change;
Courage to change the things I can;
And wisdom to know the difference. "

*Singapore got the bid to host the Youth Olympics in 2010!!! =)

Still celebrating! =)

Went down to SP today with Elsen to appeal for their Chemical Engineering Course... He onli missed by one point so chances are not too high but we still submitted an appeal letter in the end... Well, let's leave everything in God's hands =)

After tat went down to Bedok where Elsen took his lunch at KFC (I had mine at SP, super duper cheap la!) then I went to gif tuition... Met up with Kai Lun after that and had lunch at Suntec's NYDC... His treat for my bday! =) N I managed to take photo with this cute little elephant, lolx...


Here are some of my other more recent gifts...
Necklace from my bro =)

Gift from Li Juan and Chengyi

Socialising =)

On Sunday we finally had badminton again after a few weeks of rest =) N we found a new place to have dinner after tat... It's at ...... Terminal 3 Food Court!!! Grabbed the sofa seats after Kailin's parents left, lolx... Here's wad we have =P
Gp Pic (Thomas took this one)

Guys!

Gals!

Then today went to watch movie with Kaiqi, Chengxin, Liyun and Jing Hui... Hopefully Jing Hui finally will noe how to go to Vivo after today, lolx... Watched p.s. I Love You... Think okay onli, although initially I thought the show would be quite gd... Had lunch at the Kopitiam then we walked around for awhile... Played the hockey-like thing in arcade, lolx... After tat Chengxin had to leave cos got tuition then we went to Orchard for Jing Hui to collect her contact lenses... Slacked around at Shaw House Starbucks b4 leaving... Oh ya, I finally managed to start on this book entitled "Becoming A Person Of Influence" by John C. Maxwell and Jim Dornan... Onli finished one chapter so far but I think its quite interesting... Here's the acronym...

Integrity with People
Nurtures Other People
Faith in People
Listens to People
Understands People
Enlarges People
Navigates for Other People
Connects with People
Empowers People
Reproducers Other Influencers