Saturday, June 24, 2006

My two weeks break is about to end. Yea` it's gonna be the last day tml. Thinking back abt tis 2 weeks holidays, im pretty satisfied and happy abt it cos I had completed lotsa things tt need to be done. And also, i had an outing with Peng, Ling and Meiyi! hahas. This is been my desire for the past few months and finally i had the chance to go out with them tis hol! Furthermore, i had a chance to squeeze out four days to exercise!! haha.. great! Treadmill and cross-trainer, my 'fens' during the holidays. hahas. Guess i will not have much time to spare for exercising when sch reopens.

Yesh! My attachment had begun since Thursday! I left my house pretty early so as not to be late on the first day. On my way, i saw Karen!! hahas.. she was the one who saw me first and waved at me! I was so blur lor.. didnt even see her till she waved frantically at me, staring straight at my face. hahas. Yep, met Agatha at the bus stop and both of us were pretty excited and nervous abt our first day. It was a busy morning so our mentor didnt have the time to brief us. Therefore we went to our respective classes and help out. I was given the youngest age group in the sch!! hehee.. the playgroup. The youngest is about 2 years while the oldest in my class is about 3. haha. Initially i was given the k1 class. But since i had experience teaching the younger chn (i took the playgroup in year 2 too), hence my mentor encouraged me to take up the younger chn. They were sooo ADORABLE!! hahas.. There were 16 of them in my class however i only get to see 12 of them. The rest were absent. Whenenever i see them, it reminds me of my own nieces and nephew. hee.. their age is the same and it's really interesting to identify some of the similarities and differences tt they have! hahas.. I am happy tt the chn are accepting me.. though some of them cant rmb my name, it's alrite!! hahas.. it's really heartening when they surround me and follow me in the songs, hug and hold my hands! Such small gestures mean a lot to us. hahas. I love the way the kids say grace before every meal. The way they do it is very cute. haha. Esp when they clench their fingers together and close their eyes. haha. I'm sure God is very pleased with them. Amen.

The teachers and my mentor are very supportive, friendly, helpful and approachable. They welcome any questions and are very willing to share their ideas and experiences with us. And oh ya, the teachers in my class are christians too! And there is one teacher in the centre who is from FCBC too! hehe.. we chatted and shared out views too! haha. I really have to thank God for this gift tt He has given to me. I still rmb how angry i was at Him as there were too many changes regarding my atachment issues. And during last week's cell group, Huijuan shared abt unanswered prayers. Do we blame God or feel forsaken when our prayer is not answered or havent been answered yet? hmm.. her words really enlightens me. Felt v guilty upon hearing it as i noe tt i'd been like tt. And i realise tt God keeps good things for His chn. This centre which im attached to is really a good gift He has given me. And i noe tt He has a purpose for me in the centre. :)

Oh ya, I received an extremely shocking news yest. I know who my supervisor is. She called our centre yesterday and told us to check our emails. My assessment date is on 5th July. Tt's very fast sia! To be true, i haven even finished planning my learning centre's activities! Gosh. tis is really a heart attack for us!!!! Guess what? Peiling has the same supervisor as me too. She wished me merry christmas. I wished her happy new year back. haha. tt's because her supervisor is the same as last semester's.

I really need to stop my procrastination and start my 'engine' now.




Tuesday, June 13, 2006

Yahoo! My two weeks break has finally arrived. But this oso means that my attachment is round the corner too. Talking abt attachment. piang. had a great confusion with the issue as to where i am attached to exactly. Here is the long story.

First, karen and i were attached to a childcare centre near tiong bahru. When i called the mentor, i was told tt there was a change. Then we were told tt both of us are attached to different centres. Hers is at NP while mine is at Serangoon. I stared straight at my paper, mouth hanging widely. Oh man. I was attached to tt place last sem and now again. i really felt like crying when i knew the news. Then when i called the mentor at Serangoon, she told me tt im not attached to her centre,. I was thinking. "Piang. not again." After much much confusion and many many calls, i finally found peace. I am attached to the childcare centre at Telok Blangah area. Phew. haha. Thank God tt it's somewhere much more nearer to my house and Agathar is with me too! :) Well, this incident made me learn tt God is faithful. Initially when i knew that my attachment place is cocked up, i was thinking, "God, why did you put me through this? Where exactly am i going? can't you tell me?!" i didnt noe that God has a greater purpose in allowing me to go through these. When i told Huijuan abt this matter, she replied with an encouraging sms. "ha ha. Sometimes God testing your faith. Han han, so blessed. God is really interested in you man." hmm.. this really enlightened me. It's really miraculous lar. I was the only one in the whole cohort who faces this. Really testing my faith. hahas.

And yeah! FINALLY i got to know my attachment place. hahas. went down this morning to clarify some things with my mentor. I am given the playgroup class. Woah. 3 year olds and there're 14 of them. Arrgh. I started to imagine the worst. Imagine, how am i gonna split myself into many to bring this kid to toilet, another to wash hands and the rest for my lessons. Thankfully my mentor told me that a teacher will be with me at all times.. even during my assessment. Phew. If not, i cant imagine how am i gonna split myself into 14 duplicates. hahas.

When i left the centre, i was waiting at the bus stop for bus to go home. While i was going to key in the bus numbers into my hp, i received a call from Xueli! Woohoo.. she's given the teaching award again!! wah.. it's really a gift from God man. 3 days ago, she was telling me how sad she was when she rejected the offer. And now, it came again! haha.. both of us were so excited.. screaming on phone praising God for the miracles He did. haha. And now, there are 3 teachers in the DMN cell group liao.. haha. good good. Met Xueli in the evening for a jog at Sunset Way. haha.. we jogged and chatted all the way to the end point of sunset way. then we jogged back and turned in to Faber Heights. Piang. the bungalows are so nice lars. then we came out and continued jogging till the end. Cant believe it. We actually jogged for 6km. Woo.. good good. Can burn off all the calories that we consumed for the past 2 days in Tabernacle camp. haha. We had supper at 1am during the camp. enjoying our bbq chicken wings, stingray, roti john, mee goreng. haha. bu fei cai guai.

Jabez prayer makes wonders.






Monday, June 05, 2006

IMPOSSIBLE IS NOTHING

I saw the above statement whle i was travelling home on a bus. It past by queensway shopping centre and a huge banner has this 3 words printed on it.

Woah. Amazing.

What i encountered today was truly unexplainable. Simply fantastic. hahas.

1 chronicles 4:10 is amazing.