WORTH IT

Got these cute little nuggets of humour from DC's class. He was pasting the cards up on a board while I was taking photographs of the more funny and memorable ones.










All these just make me smile.



Ok, back to marking worksheets.

THE PET

This is DC's "pet". He 养 it for 3 whole days.

Have the intention to 养 my own "pet" as well. Perhaps I'll do so in the last couple of weeks before practicum ends, when, most probably and hopefully, I'll be more freed up.

Anyway, hope my "pet" will turn out just as fine. You will see the update in about 2 months later when - and if - you do see the update. If you don't, don't ask how my "pet" is doing.



I've warned you.
=)

GRATITUDE

Experiencing gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it away.

- Anonymous

PERSONALITIES AND TRANSFORMATION

The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances; if there is any reaction, both are transformed.

- Carl Jung

BLOODY DREAM

Literally.



Have been having disturbed sleep for the past two nights. Last night though (or was it this morning?), I dreamt of a grotesque creature (or was it a little girl?) crawling creepily towards me, while I was helplessly rooted to the spot (don't ask why) and couldn't move or speak. The bloody, ugly, creature/girl just kept crawling; dripping in - and oozing - blood. It was drawing nearer and nearer and nearer. I was horrified.

Just then, thankfully, my eyes flew wide open suddenly and a loud, fearful gasp escaped my mouth involuntarily. I nearly screamed; but then realized that I'm lying safely in bed.



What a bloody dream. Literally.

ONE DREAM

On Wednesday night, the younger brother was viewing a Celine Dion "live" concert in Las Vegas; and it brings back all the memories of her.



I've always enjoyed the songs "Nothing broken but my heart", "Where does my heart beat now", "Immortality", "Because you loved me", "It's all coming back to me now", "All by myself", "I'm your angel", "A new day has come", "That's the way it is" etc.

She also sang the 1996 Olympics song "The Power of the Dream". I was only 10-years-old then!

My all-time favourites are definitely "To love you more" and "Power of love". The melody for both songs is soulfully beautiful, and these 2 songs particularly showcase her vocal prowess.



In a 1994 interview with People magazine, she said, "I missed my family and my home, but I don't regret having lost my adolescence. I had ONE DREAM: I wanted to be a singer"(extracted from Wikipedia).


WOW! Enough said.

With dreams, comes perseverance and hard work; but most importantly, sacrifice.














She is totally awesome. In my eyes, she's a legend. Even today, she is still tops in my heart. Unparalleled. Unrivaled. Her strong vocals are incomparable. Paramount.

At times like these, it makes me compare entertainers who have real substance and those who don't; singers who frizzle out after a couple of years, and pretty-faces boybands in which the members don't sing solo parts.

Yeah yeah, I know DBSK is a batch of pretty boys too. But, one thing for sure, they have REAL substance! Don't criticise my DBSK for having good facial features; unless you can sing, dance, and acapella as well as they do.


DBSK!!!


=)

5 MINUTES

This Japanese variety show features a man waking up, getting dressed for work, and eating breakfast - all within 5 minutes!

It's totally BRILLIANT! Hilariously brilliant! AND sort of educational too!



I like working smart.

BROTHERS AND DINNER

Reached home half an hour earlier. Have been looking forward to dinner, because I saw Dad cooking my favourite hot dog before heading out. I nipped a few (of course!), but was not hungry then, and thus went out without dinner.

I reached home in all eagerness, only to find the dining table empty. I poked my head into the brothers' room.



M: "Eh... You both ate my share of dinner, ah?"

Elder: "You have not eaten, meh?"

M: "Haven't, lah!"

E: "Ask 弟 弟. He said you ate already."

Younger: "Eh! I asked you to check with 爸 爸, leh!"

M: "喂!"

Y: "Ahhhh!!! Sorry, sorry! Later I buy some food for you."

M: "Serious ah?"

Y: "I cook for you."

M: "You cook nice anot?"

Y: "Then you cook."

M: "..."


NO DINNER TONIGHT!

Ok, I'm not particularly hungry anyway. At least, not hungry enough to cook Maggi. So now, I'm blogging. With a cup of Milo by my side.

IN A NUTSHELL

Got this from an email.

A child was asked to write a book report on the entire Bible.

The Children's Bible in a Nutshell

In the beginning, which occurred near the start, there was nothing but God, darkness, and some gas. The Bible says, "The Lord thy God is one", but I think He must be a lot older than that.

Anyway, God said, 'Give me a light!' and someone did.

Then God made the world.

He split the Adam and made Eve. Adam and Eve were naked, but they weren't embarrassed because mirrors hadn't been invented yet.

Adam and Eve disobeyed God by eating one bad apple, so they were driven from the Garden of Eden.
Not sure what they were driven in though, because they didn't have cars.

Adam and Eve had a son, Cain, who hated his brother as long as he was Abel.

Pretty soon all of the early people died off, except for Methuselah, who lived to be like a million or something.

One of the next important people was Noah, who was a good guy, but one of his kids was kind of a Ham. Noah built a large boat and put his family and some animals on it. He asked some other people to join him, but they said they would have to take a rain check.

After Noah came Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Jacob was more famous than his brother, Esau, because Esau sold Jacob his birthmark in exchange for some pot roast. Jacob had a son named Joseph who wore a really loud sports coat.

Another important Bible guy is Moses, whose real name was Charlton Heston. Moses led the Israel Lights out of Egypt and away from the evil Pharaoh after God sent ten plagues on Pharaoh's people. These plagues included frogs, mice, lice, bowels, and no cable.
God fed the Israel Lights every day with manicotti. Then he gave them His Top Ten Commandments.

These include: don't lie, cheat, smoke, dance, or covet your neighbor's stuff.

Oh, yeah, I just thought of one more: Humor thy father and thy mother.

One of Moses' best helpers was Joshua who was the first Bible guy to use spies. Joshua fought the battle of Geritol and the fence fell over on the town.

After Joshua came David. He got to be king by killing a giant with a slingshot. He had a son named Solomon who had about 300 wives and 500 porcupines. My teacher says he was wise, but that doesn't sound very wise to me.

After Solomon there were a bunch of major league prophets.

One of these was Jonah, who was swallowed by a big whale and then barfed up on the shore. There were also some minor league prophets, but I guess we don't have to worry about them.

After the Old Testament came the New Testament. Jesus is the star of The New. He was born in Bethlehem in a barn (I wish I had been born in a barn too, because my mom is always saying to me, 'Close the door! Were you born in a barn?' It would be nice to say, 'As a matter of fact, I was.').

During His life, Jesus had many arguments with sinners like the Pharisees and the Democrats.

Jesus also had twelve opossums.

The worst one was Judas Asparagus. Judas was so evil that they named a terrible vegetable after him.

Jesus was a great man. He healed many leopards and even preached to some Germans on the Mount.

But the Democrats and all those guys put Jesus on trial before Pontius the Pilot. Pilot didn't stick up for Jesus. He just washed his hands instead.

Anyways, Jesus died for our sins, then came back to life again.

He went up to Heaven but will be back at the end of the Aluminum. His return is foretold in the book of Revolution.

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This is so funny. Oh man, it reminds me of the time when I knew nothing about God.

I've heard of the virgin Mary, but didn't know she gave birth to Jesus (hello? A virgin?). I've never even heard of the names David (the only David I know of is David Beckham) and Goliath before; much more know about the giant-slaying story. And Noah's ark? Yeah, I've heard of it; but somehow, I used to associate it with a pet haven. Think I saw a pet shop somewhere with the name "Noah's Ark", that's why. Yes, go ahead and laugh.

Cruxification? I thought Jesus is the only men on earth to be nailed to a cross. How cruel. Must have hurt like anything.

It was also the time when I literally pronounced "Pharaoh" as "Fa - ra - oh" (my fault? "Pharmacy" IS pronounced as "fa-mer-cy" also, what!). It became, of course, a joke (more of a humiliation, I guess). It was also the time when I was totally naive too; feeling strongly that Lucifer is a victim (poor Lucifer, sooo victimised) and that we should pray that he'll change so that he'll, miraculously, be saved. I nearly grinned when PK mentioned it last week. Ok, I did grin.

Oh man, was I ever THAT silly?