Archive > May 2008

My Dear Baby, If You Can Live Through This …

A story of love that transcends the physical being. This is one story of the quake in Sichuan – China that will continue to live in one’s heart and will always re mind one to treasure those around one; one will never know when these people may be taken away from one life.Read it at: [...]

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When your mind is set, your results are set!

Hi Students, Mid Year Exam Over! How did you perform this time round? If you had done well, congrats! If you had not, its time to reflect and evaluate whats going on? Today, I will be sharing on the MINDSET! Do you know when your mind is set, your results will be set! I had [...]

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Set your own standards!

I was interacting with a parent the other day and it shocked me when I heard her say that the teacher actually mentioned that her child had already reached her maximum standard and B3 was the best that she could do. Remember: No one can put limits on ourselves except for the ones we put [...]

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Blame Blame Blame!!!

When I was studying in the Chinese High School, I remember that my principal, Mr Tooh, said this in one of the assemblies in Chinese – “我们人有三‘怪’- ‘怪’学校,‘怪’家长,‘怪’老师,但从来就没有‘怪’自己。”In English it means that when a student does not do well in school, he usually blames the school, blames teachers and blames parents, but never blames himself. [...]

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Are you tired studying for your Mid Year Exam?

Its mid year exam now. Are you tired while studying? If you are, I am pretty sure that you are dragging yourself through this and the results will be what you will expect when you feel tired about doing something. I had a chat with a group of friends lately on the part about being [...]

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Exam Tip #1

The mid-year examinations is around the corner and many students are now doing last minute revision. Recently I have students telling me that they are very scared that they will make careless mistakes or fearful that they do not know how to do the questions. My reply was: The more you fear, the more it [...]

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