{"id":352,"date":"2006-02-22T23:23:44","date_gmt":"2006-02-22T15:23:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/loveactually.fakedevil.com\/?p=352"},"modified":"2006-02-22T23:23:44","modified_gmt":"2006-02-22T15:23:44","slug":"teaching-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/secret.6eptember.com\/?p=352","title":{"rendered":"teaching"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>i really need to admit that joining NIE may be the <strong>BEST<\/strong> decision which i ever made in my life so far. (excluding knowing some really awful people here)<\/p>\n<p>i dunno about others, but for me.. i always want to find meaning in my life&#8230; like i wanna do something which is <em>life-changing<\/em> and at least when i die, i wld be someone who left a footstep in someone&#8217;s heart.. oh well&#8230; i mean i may not be very good at teaching&#8230; BUT i enjoy doing things for children&#8230; which may feel sucky at 1st BUT really worthwhile and satisfying if you see that it&#8217;s being appreciated.<\/p>\n<p>on last sunday, i accompanied my sis for this NTU talk on the courses avaliable&#8230; i was extremely shocked when my sis wanted to go into <strong>Bioengineering<\/strong> or <strong>Life Sciences <\/strong>.. i know nuts about such bio stuff.. BUT my sis is super interested in that.. and i was like <em>&#8216;are you sure?sounds really chim..&#8217;<\/em>.. and she&#8217;s like <em>&#8216;yes! i dunno what else to take if i&#8217;m not accepted.. it&#8217;s only 80 places can!&#8217;<\/em> at that pt of time, i was really thankful that teaching is so much easier than engineering or bio.. in fact, i thot that having a degree in teaching is kinda like redundant as compared to engineering??? oh well.. coz teaching is abt something you already know&#8230; BUT it&#8217;s skill and passion to whether you can teach or not&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>anyway, to add on to how much i feel that teaching is wonderful&#8230; i enjoy the fieldtrips i had on monday and tuesday.. haha&#8230; reading this.. you wld think tt i&#8217;m mad&#8230; coz we actually needed to write a fieldtrip report&#8230; HOWEVER i need to admit tt i&#8217;m extremely thrilled to enter a <strong>WATER TREATMENT PLANT<\/strong> and <strong>INCERATOR PLANT<\/strong> and <strong>NEWATER VISITOR CENTRE<\/strong>. it&#8217;s my FIRST time going to such places.. and i think w\/o NIE i dun think i&#8217;ll even go to these places on my own&#8230; even if i do&#8230; i may not have guides to explain or tell me the procedures that goes on in these plants&#8230; man&#8230; i have to admit that i learnt alot&#8230; and i feel smart suddenly!! really!! see&#8230; i drew a conclusion tt NIE is great.. haha.. though going for the fieldtrip is really time-consuming and tiring.. BUT what matters is i learnt something from it! :beam1 <em>if you rem, i actually went to this military camp last yr coz NIE bought us there&#8230; that&#8217;s super exciting too.. coz i held a rifle and pulled the trigger can!!! :tongue1 <\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<br \/>\ni managed to meet up with <strong>Karen<\/strong> for dinner today&#8230; havent seen her for an extremely long time.. and she&#8217;s still the same!!! really happy to see her! i mean&#8230; i was actually looking forward to see her!!! heez&#8230; miss her so much!!! and her stories are still as interesting as ever! hahaha :grin1<\/p>\n<p>tml i need to go to school for voice lesson&#8230; really sianz&#8230; BUT i&#8217;m like meeting <strong>YM and Fel <\/strong>for lunch can!!! so happy to see my friends!!! :smile1 looking forward to seeing them coz they make my day all the time!!! <\/p>\n<p>Friends who i desperately needed to catch up with: <strong>Caryn+Zhihui<\/strong> and <strong>Shannon<\/strong>!!!<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>things i have yet to do :pout1<br \/>\n1) algebra tut<br \/>\n2) stats tut<br \/>\n3) fieldtrip write up<br \/>\n4) lesson plan presentation for voice<br \/>\n5) study for test *<\/p>\n<p>probably doing them on tml night and the whole of friday and sat. and sunday!<\/p>\n<p>still got time :wink1<\/p>\n<p>yeah!!! finally fieldwork shit is done!!! if u guys are wondering what the hell fieldwork is&#8230;. look at this <a href=\"http:\/\/boatquaylikeitornot.blogspot.com\">blog<\/a>.. maybe.. only maybe it&#8217;ll help.. *no pics of me.. coz i&#8217;m the photographer*<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>i really need to admit that joining NIE may be the BEST decision which i ever made in my life so far. 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