the•truth•shall•set•you•free

the title of this post is kinda reminiscent, coz i first started out blogging during a certain module's lesson in nie. well, altho i am now most certainly not in nie anymore, i am definitely in a sch. now. at 1915 hrs. on a sat eve.

this is a real school.

and it is a real sch not bcoz it has students and teachers, and learning and teaching takes place in each and every one of the classrooms every period of the day, 5 days a week, 10 weeks a term.

this is a real school.

this is a real sch bcoz you have to update the attendance of your form class once every few wks in a system of which part of its name sounds remotely like a farm animal.

this is a real sch bcoz you might have to rush to set, administer, mark, give out 2 essay assignments in 2 wks. FOR EACH OF YOUR CLASSES. and you have FOUR.

this is a real sch bcoz each of the essays, as mentioned above, does not appear anywhere like those you see in assessment bks sold in book stores, with fancy names like 'model compositions for XXX', or 'an a-grade essay in 10 wks'

this is a real sch bcoz everything grabs at you for your attention - cca. students quarelling with cca instructors. students not coming for cca. sending students for detention. scolding cca students 5 mins before and entering a class with the same students 5 mins after, as their subj teacher, looking totally calm, as tho nothing had happened 5 mins ago.

this is a real sch bcoz you collect money fr your students for everything fr story bks to entrance fees for certain progs to fees for some comp cse

this is a real sch bcoz students do everything in the classrm, except study and listen to your lessons.

this is a real sch bcoz students discuss with you abt everything under the sun - like your dress sense, your specs, your hair, your bag, your cca, your voice, your handwriting, your words, your fav singer, your msn nick, your email addy - all, except the subj you are teaching.

this is a real sch, finally, bcoz I, a REAL TEACHER, am in it.

There waz once a boy called
Weilong. one day, he waz told to
Eat a packet of chips,
N he did, being the accommodating guy he alwaz is. however,
There waz something fishy about the packet of chips --
Yes! it waz sour!

So, the qn, then, waz to find out why the packet of chips waz sour.
Instead of panicking, he decided to first scrutinize the packet of chips. it waz fine,
Xcept dat the flavour waz SOUR CREAM.

heh.

before you go any further, go to the blog entry stated above.

then read this.

the complete gnoliew W.I.S.H. (What I Should Have) list:

1. a happy family
2. decent savings
3. cds - john jackson, oudeyang, sunyanzi (coming out), jay chou (coming out)
4. samsung e730c
5. be debtless
6. eternally more sleep
7. holiness
8. more love for my family
9. closer closer closer to Jesus
10. lasting deep real connectedness to my students
11. a sling bag the size between my giant crumpler and the semi-mini black scout bag
12. more happz short-sleeved shirts
13. more happz polo tees
14. definitely more happz tees
15. and definitely more happz berms
16. my dad, mom, bro to go to church with me
17. my dad, mom, bro to see Jesus
18. my dad, mom, bro to know Jesus
19. my dad, mom, bro to accept Jesus
20. a room dat tidies itself up
21. a major party where i see all, and i really mean all (ie fr pre-pri to pri to sec to jc to uni to army to nie to now) my friends
22. then again, mabbe not..
23. real repentance
24. brokenness
25. total 'sold-out'-ness to Jesus
26. dat 27 would come slower..

my students will definitely want to read this blog, looking at the title, coz some of them totally dig jay chou.

anyway, this entry isnt about jay chou, or even the movie. at least not entirely.

its not a totally fantastic movie, but its prolly worth a 7 or 8 dollars.

anyway, almost halfway into the movie, jay's character's father, anthony wong, reminisces about his heydays. he began mentioning about how he sent his kiddo to deliver toufu once, and dat waz how jay's character became so skilled in drifting (hence the 'd' in the title, fyi).

so here's jay's character's training programme (fr s3 branch, for those informed.. heheh):
basically, he kept driving along the unending and winding and traffic-light-LESS road until the time he clocked got faster and faster.

one night, he had a minor accident, and all except the toufu escaped unscathed - the toufu waz totally smashed. as a result, he got smashed by his dad as well. undaunted, however, being the former drifting champion dat he waz, jay chou's character's father decided to further train his son.

THIS TIME ROUND, HE PUT A CUP OF WATER IN THE CAR DAT JAY CHOU'S CHARACTER WAZ SUPPOSED TO DRIFT IN. CRITERIA: JAY CHOU'S CHARACTER TO COME BACK FROM HIS DELIVERY WITHOUT LETTING A SINGLE DROP OF WATER COME OUT OF THE CUP.

the first time round, jay chou's character took 2 hrs to get back. then as he got betta and betta, he began to get back in less than 1/2 hr.

reflection (the buzzword of the civil service these days):
(a) as you speed along the unending and winding and traffic-lightFULL road of life, have you gotten into enough on-the-road mishaps to get your DOUFU SMASHED? (your doufu cld read: family, personal life, friendships, spiritual/mental/emotional condition(s), etc... not in any order of importance)

(b) or worse, you've been speeding so happily and nonchalantly (like jay chou's character in the movie) dat you have even TOTALLY FORGOTTEN TO DELIVER YOUR DOUFU? (otherwise translated as: you've been so caught up in the rat/cat/dog/tiger/lion/fox/wolf/elephant race of life dat you've forgotten wat you actually set out to do)

(c) do you have A CUP OF WATER to keep you safe and straight on the road of life?

(d) if you do, WAT DOES YOUR CUP OF WATER CONTAIN? spirit or soda? does it contain the Spirit of God or does it contain only Soda, which fizzles out readily?

i should become a movie critic. i recently made my students watch wu jian dao and write a movie review. fun enuff.

ok. so i haven been blogging for a million yrs.