Prophecy fulfilled

knock knock. Posting to confirm the prophecy i made on 3 Jan 2012. It has been two years. i did not follow through my new year resolution. 

Signing off, till we meet again.

A new year resolution?

Wow, the last time i blogged was 2 years back? I wasnt even pregnant with Jireh yet. Now, he is a cheeky little 2 year-old cute boy. On top of that, i have a pretty, big-eyed and domineering 8 month old baby girl. So much to catch up with me huh, blogspot? :)

A sudden urge to blog again. Not because i am free, but i guess life is too short and memories are too mich to be remembered. Many said, you will always remember the good moments in your life. True and not true. But im sure there are some precious moments you will forget, no matter how beautiful they are, unless you revisited them (via photologue or blogs or diary). Example. I cant really exactly remember how Jireh looked like when he was pretty much younger. Beautiful memories we had the past 2 years. But i bet you would want to remember as much as possible. And too bad, we cant. And what if, one day should my memory deteroriate, i have blogs to freshen me up. Even if they cant, at least, i can read up my life story, those times that were precious to me, once upon a time...

This year, i would like to record down all the activities we did with the children. Just want to record down the what, where, when, how and why. So that we can smile on the screen one say and glad that we did what we did (or not).

Is this a new year resolution? Lol. 'resolution' never work on me.

我的空白日记

Today is our 3rd

Make a Smilebox greeting

When the wind blows...

... i know that Christmas is near.

Just imagine... 

when the wind gently blows, 

the curtains took the crows.

silence surround the house,

as quiet as a mouse.

lounging on a chaise,

enjoying the breezy chase.

oh! how i love this feeling!

I love being home. 

I love silence.

I love Christmas.  

have you seen anything like this before?

Look! an antique Uno cards!

My auntie who doesn't play uno has it. 

and it is still in very goooooooood condition!

amazing! so retro!

UuuuuuuNOoooo!

The psychology of learning

"Pavlov's theory is known as classical conditioning. The distinticive characteristic of this form of learning is that a particular stimulus comes to elicit a response after the learning experience that it did not elicit before. Skinner (1978, 1953) calls this respondent behaviour: the response follow automatically upon the appearance of the stimulus. Skinner, however, argued that most behaviour is not to be accounted for in terms of classical conditioning, for most behaviour is operant behaviour. Operant behaviour is so called because it is behaviour that operates on the environment; we cannot normally identify any particular stimulus produces such operant responding as talking, grasping, play. Operant behaviour is emitted by the organism rather than elicited by stimuli. Skinner does not explain the learning of termsof the patterns of reinforcement that determine its occurence. In classical conditioning what reinforces the behaviour is the unconditioned stimulus, but what reinforces the operant response is a reward that follows the response. The reward following the operant makes the response more likely to occur again. This is operant conditioning."

Liap wu giu bo?

If you finished reading this, i admire you for the patience.

I'm going to lay hands on my notes, burn it, put it in water, speak into it and then drink it.

Admire me back for my bo-liao-ness. hee

Signboard

[Postdated entry 20 Aug 2008]

David took this signboard couple of months ago at a coffeeshop in the West. I find it amusing.

The owner might as well save the money from doing that signboard. There will be no chance that a customer will be served based on the requirements to be served. Or just print two words "自助" (self service) would be suffice. 

Serving out of convenience is not service at all. 

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"Life is so unloving for a servant who's not serving." - Beauty & the Beast 

Emotions unplugged

Today's class. 

Activity 1. 

1. What is your happiest memory of being in a learning situation as a child under the age of 16?

2. What is your least happy memory of a learning situation as a child under the age of 16?

3. Were your memories you have described for questions 1 and 2 linked in any way?

4. How might your happinest memory have shaped your subsequent development as a learner?

5. How might your least happy memory have shaped your subsequent development as a learner?

6. Has either memory played any part in shaping you as a person?

7. How do you feel about your answers? Do they surprise you?

Faint. hardisk crashed. I cant recall anything!

(but i had a wonderful childhood, sompa!)

Yearbook yourself

This is how my "ang mo" ancestors looked like.
You must be laughing now. Try it! and laugh your head off.
mUuahahahahahahah~

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Lots of backlogs to catch up..

check.list.

1. Laundry needs to be cleared
















2. Rooms need to be tided





















3. post-dated blogs need to be published



















4. and etc
5. and etc etc

I wish when i open my eyes the next morning, everything would be done.
In my dreams, perhaps.

20082008

Today is 20 Aug 2008

David and i have been collecting $1 and $0.50 coins some months ago.
We reckon that this is one of the best way to save money. Slightly more than 3 months, we managed to save up $450 plus. It is quite an achievement huh.

This sum comes handy when Sze Chuan Single parent project comes along.
We decided to donate what we have saved to this project.

To cut the whole story short... I packed the coins into two bags - $1 coin mounted $360. $0.50 mounted $100. I took both bags with me to Tanjong Pagar market, wanting to change notes with a fruit seller. The auntie only wants to change $100. Ok, so i took the other bag of $360 back, planning to break those coins down into bags of $100 so that i can change over 3 days. It is more 'sell-able' this way.

My colleague wanted to help me to change the remaining sum that i have with a florist this afternoon. During lunch, i took out the bag and re-count the money. To my horror, i have given the $360 bag in exchange for $100 from the fruit seller on Monday! Dozens of question flooded into my mind. Has she used the money? Would she be honest and return me the money? My colleague quickly went to the fruit seller with me. She counted the money with me, so in a way can be my witness and i guess with her around, i would feel more secure.

I was panick along the way, but not as panicky as i thought i would be. Even though i was wondering if i would get back the money, i somehow managed to calm myself down and trust that God would help me overcome this implication. I kept on confessing that i will get back the money. That is God's money! We intended that for good use, surely God will not allow the wealth to fall into the world right... At the same time, i was also prepared myself that i may not get back the money at all. And i thought about how should i account this to David.. However, God's peace and assurance was there. I cant describe it.. even though i was still quite jittery, but i just have this assurance that i would get the money back.

When we approaching the fruit stall, i suddenly have butterflies in my belly. How should i start? I suddenly have no confidence. If the auntie denies, how should i react? It was slightly after lunch time, the fruit stall was quite crowded. I was afraid that the auntie may shoo me aside.. anyhow, i pluck out the courage to ask her:

(she was quite emotionless when she talked to me)
me: auntie, do you remember me? i came to change money with you on monday
auntie: how much?
me: have you used the money?
(she then stretched her hands to her drawer and i was delighted to see my bag of coins still intact, only that it was put in a clear plastic bag)

auntie: how much?
me: $360!!
she nodded and from her apron, she took out a couple of $50 notes and handed me $260.

I was supermely elated! at the end of the day, i bought $13+ worth of fruits from her to repay her kindness. (it was so heavy to carry them to school later the evening. but worth it! haha)

PRAISE THE LORD!

I will always remember this day - 20082008