Its Turbocharge today again! I was having lessons during the day as usual and only join the event in the evening. It was the dunno hw many times that I’m watching the video (lost count). Yet I’m still touched by Helen Keller once again! It recharged me and reignite my passion for teaching. Sometimes I’m disheartened [...]
Archive > August 2009
What defines us Make us to BE the person we want to BE..
As a Coach, have you ever wondered what really defines us? Numerous times i have students who told me that there is basically no difference between what we are doing and tuition. I beg to differ. I always realigned them that we are coaches and they come here for “academic coaching” Although i have high [...]
Lack of Proactiveness…
Was down with the influenza last week. Paid a visit to the doc. When I was at the clinic waiting for my turn, there was this lady that came out of the room with a pram. Apparently she was struggling with the door and the pram. All I did was just stare at it as [...]
My Dearest Grandfather
I just watched “UP” few days ago, it was a funny and yet a heart-warming show. There is quite a lot of touching scenes and I nearly cry out. The old man in the film reminds me of my grandfather. He just passed away 2 months ago. My memory of him was not much as [...]
“We’ll talk about this again” “Let’s talk about this later” …
Do you find these 2 phrases familiar? Yes! I have been hearing this 2 phrases quite frequently lately. When students are arranging makeup lessons with me, friends who wanna arrange to go somewhere or engage in some activities. If everybody doesnt give you a definite answer, I think it is challenging to plan the time ahead [...]
Awareness in doing
I had a conversation with one of my students and she was ranting about the gozillion piles of homework dumped upon her from school. Each and every single one to be completed in tight timeline. I can sense her helplessness and exasperation. The just-get-over-and-done-with-it mentality set in and all she wanted is to complete the [...]
Planning for your A1
It’s the time of the year when CA2 and final year examinations are approaching, not to mentioned the O and A Level Examinations. Have you come up with a timetable yet? If not, why not? Is it because it’s troublesome or boring to do so? If so, why do you feel so? It’s in fact [...]
when i was your age.
reading a fellow coach’s post about homework & assignments made me think about a past incident more than 10 yrs back. although 10+ years is not THAT long ago, sometimes i feel that i cant remember much of my primary sch life, if any at all. yet i will always remember this, the threat from [...]
Things happen for me to grow…
Exams are coming… Workloads are piling… Assignments are coming in… Challenges are rising… Things are happening… in my life now… Have you asked why? I think the reason is simple for me to grow! I recalled once reading this book called, “The Monk who sold his Ferrari”. He mentioned things happen for us to grow [...]
Questions are the Answers
We kind of know that the words we used on ourselves play a big role in shaping our thoughts/attitude/perspectives. Now, I believe, more than words, the kind of questions we posed to ourselves, can totally flip the reality for us too. Imagine you’re lost in the jungle. It’s getting really dark and you hear noises [...]
Torture is good for you
Every time I hand out worksheets and assign homework to my students, I get this reaction from them: “Why so much, are you trying to kill me?” When I correct mistakes, some students cannot take the blow to their ego and shift the blame onto other things – anything but themselves. To these students, I [...]
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
I just watched it yesterday. Haha, it’s really a nice and worth to watch movie although I’m not a action movie lover. I think this is another must-watch movie after Transformer. Yesterday, I reached Vivo GV at 2.30pm, and the movie ticket for 3.15pm was selling fast so I bought the ticket for 4.15pm instead. Even though I bought the tickets [...]
PSLE is coming… how to prepare my child?
SCIENCE Enquiries: Q1. How can I improve my child’s results to A*? She/He did assessment books, read guide books, practice a lot, go for tuitions, and yet don’t see the results… ANS: Getting an A* require precision revision and not generalized learning. 3 things that your child can do to excel in PSLE Science; 1) [...]
What differentiates a mediocre from a Great man?
How many people out there are willing to swallow their pride to get things done? If you are willing to do so and its for a greater cause, why not? Imagine you are in an adventurous race in the forest. You have to overcome obstacles like mountains, rivers, bushes and even crawling on your hands [...]
Some fun for everybody ^^
Office Exercises to avoid Sleepiness Office exercises to avoid sleepiness As a warm up, let’s do some…Tai Chi Follow like this to ease your Neck and Shoulder Pain Wa..wa.. aaa Move to the right and then to the Left After that, Move to the left and then to the right Just follow. Don’t force yourself [...]
Live your life to the FULLEST
Do you love your life? If you don’t, then you will not be happy. Like they say, life is touch and go, so live your life to the fullest. Life is so unpredictable, life can be long yet can be short. So what for to waste your time on doing the things that you don’t [...]
Live our moments, be there!
I am loving it! Yes, I am… I have not found someone who can take over my coaching in time to come… Do I need to feel sad? If you are thinking my answer to this is NO! I am going to tell you the truth I am sad… Yes, I am really feeling disappointed [...]