End of the school term!! Now for some feedback...

Time flies.... the school term for 2006 has ended even before you know it..

I thought it'll be a difficult year but by some form of grace, I managed to maintain my sanity... so much so that even I'm impressed with myself.. haha narcissist in the making...

Anyway, I managed to get two of my classes to give me feedback on my teaching and how they see me as a person.. It was kinda heart-warming knowing that students recall and remember the things that were said to them and the lessons that were prepared for them.. as for the not-so-good comments, I'm glad they were forthcoming to tell me where I need to work on as I know there'll always be room for improvement.. so I'll work on them.. even though I really didn't know I was 'naggy'.. Crap.. am I really getting old?

Feedback is always critical for those who serve others... it's only with that can we serve better..

While the feedback I received were pretty much safe, prim and proper... some educator in S'pore received feedback that's rather stimulating.. oohh.. naughty.. hmmm... enjoy...

So you think you can dance???

I'm staying in on Monday nights!!!! Wait a minute.. don't I always??.. grrhhh.. (ok.. gotta quit being lame since my 'most trusted' padawan openly declared me as one... double grrrhhh)

Well, the reason for staying in on Monday nights is this:
So You Think You Can Dance 2???
(Though my Grey Anatomy Season 2 will end tonight... sob sob.. why must Danny die???!!!)

Anyway, I was almost gawking at the dance moves of the contestents.... their calibre and standards were amazing even though they are not good enough to be in the finals. Their execution, fluidity, pace, emotions and versatility just left me totally envious.. totally stunned... totally itching to dance.. And the TV show's FREE!!!

To think I paid $27 last week to watch Overdrive, a Hip Hop Dance Finals @ The Esplande Concert Hall.. What can I say... Our Singaporean finalists' standards are nowhere near the top 40 of SYTYCD2. Wade Robson Celebrity dance choreographer, producer of MTV's popular The Wade Robson Project, was the guest judge. And the only dance performance I thoroughly enjoyed was his. When it came to the final two contestents and two groups, there was a spar between the two finalists from both categories. Wade Robson would choreograph something on the spot and the final two would learn and perform... So how did the contestants fare... Oh well... did I say that the contestents were nowhere near the top 40 contestants of SYTYCD2??? Guess you can imagine what happened.. So when it came to the decision making.. Wade Robson, being nice and all, said it's a difficult decision.. I was like.. "Yup.. cos all CMI!!!"

Ok ok.. perhaps, I'm being too critical... as always with Asians.. Singaporeans in particular.. Hey.. shouldn't I be proud that the dance scene in Singapore is gaining popularity in recent times. And to think that even our 'upperty up' Esplanade concert hall was transformed into a Club-like scene (see pic) for this Hip Hop dance competition.. Hmmm.. Yup.. too critical.. But seriously, I find that such dance competitions will eventually take away the joy of dancing and rob its purity.. as with every other competition that is televised. Talent scouting it may seem but I think the producers aim to create entertainment as people like to be entertained by those who can't sing or dance as well. Sigh..

Anyway... all I'm left with after watching the show are my memories of Dance Sync.. which has sadly disbanded... And the only kind of dance I'll be doing now is perhaps the Juggling of my work admist other matters.... and at the rate I'm gg.. maybe Jelly Belly dancing....

During the credits of tonight's show.. a familar tune came up... something I heard often over the radio, whenI was in my teens..

Ooh... child, things are going to get easier...
Ooh... child, things are going to get brighter...

and it keeps repeating itself... Let's all hope that things are going to get easier and brighter...

Oh.. side tracked there for awhile.. back to my main topic...

So you think you can dance??... How I wish I can dance and perform at VT again...

Fun Shot

Graduation day...

My dear padawans... on this day you 'graduate' but the journey has not ended.. you have to study hard and smart for your 'O' levels... and even after that... your journey will not end...

I wanted to share this with you all.. but thought it'll 'over run' as "You are the man' often says..
Hence, I shall put in writing so that it becomes more permanent...
It may be a bit 'chim' for some but I hope you will understand it at some point in your life...
and may your very flesh be a great poem..

Enjoy this by the great poet, Walt Whitman...

This is what you shall do:
Love the earth and sun and the animals,
despise riches, give alms to every one that asks,
stand up for the stupid and crazy,
devote your income and labor to others,
hate tyrants, argue not concerning God,
have patience and indulgence toward people,
take off your hat to nothing known or unknown
or to any man or number of men,
go freely with powerful uneducated persons
and with the young and with the mothers of families,
read these leaves in the open air every season of every year of your life,
re-examine all you have been told at school or church or in any book,
dismiss whatever insults your own soul,
and your very flesh shall be a great poem...

from the Preface to Leaves of Grass

by Walt Whitman

Meanwhile.. for something more fun and palatable... here are the pics... The rest will be burnt into a CD for you..

1) Our very own Prince Charming...

2) Thousand legged worm... 'Bang Bang'

3) Photo time..

4) And they just had to 'tekan' their teachers on their last day...

5) The most fun class

6) The Bloom at West Coast Park... Our bloom... the padawans...

7) Hmmm.. what to order... ?? After Graduation Day, we headed to a cafe at Bishan Park to 'celebrate'. The haze was bad, the park was packed, the food took forever.. but the company was good...

8) Where's my food??

9) Is this an irony?? Bird acting cool while drinking hot tom yum soup...

10) At the end of the day, will this batch of 2006 be tough enough to brave what is to come? Will they be able to continue this friendship that they have forged? Is it gonna be too tough for them??? ..... What will their response be?

Piece of cake.... :P

God Bless...