Spending Time at interesting places

Been visiting areas outside of my zone of familiarity for the past few weekends. Learning and processing all these new places. But I am afraid I caused a fair bit of frustrations to someone in the process. I believe I'll actually introduce her to my zone of familiarity so that I'll not make her 'pek chek'. At least if I lose my way here I'll likely know my way out.

Here's the place where she introduced me to go. I must say I like the environment and the food, its called Stiff Chilli. However I did get itchy in my mouth, and I attributed it to one of the spices there which caused it.

Another place I'll like to introduce would be Qun Zhong Eating House, known as 京华小吃。Unfortunatel I did not take any pictures there. Its nearer to walk there from Outram MRT station than from Tanjong Pagar MRT station. I remembered it'll be adjacent to the road that leads straight in from Outram MRT (hint: its the only exit from underpass that is across the road) and look for Neil Road. Food's not bad but its so popular and good a lot of people frequent that place, even Japanese! Its normal to share a table with others. No booking is allowed. Parking is available but follow the rules and do not try to con the carpark attendant as I saw him constantly on the move. :O)

Last weekend & this

Last weekend CIP was conducted in the morning with my form class....... so tired.... had to make sure those fellows really did some rubbish picking and we really had a lot to pick at the beach. The rest of the park was quite clean at Labrador Park itself. I attempted to climb the 'forbidden place' by myself and did get there but not without scratches and a few slips and falls.. -__-

That very night was another almost all-nighter at the same spot. The museum was opened for the public and I visited for freeeeeeeeee!!! Heeheehee. Who doesn't like free stuff? Call me 'cheapskate'? Hey FYI to anyone museums in other countries are free to public ok. The most interesting things that night were the lightning changes to the museum and the big 'sculpture' showing off his penis to the public. We are supposed to view it as a form of art. I have NO DOUBT everyone was looking at it from that artistic point of view... yeah right.

This weekend? No photos for now but I will upload them another time maybe. The FOA at ACS(I). I've attended 2 so far and am going for the 3rd one tomorrow. Must say that this school's standard is quite impressive after what I've encountered in the other 2 schools I've taught. Even amongst schools there's a difference in standard. Guess inequality happens everywhere. But I did enjoy the choir, dance and band so far. Let's hope Philharmonic is as great tomorrow...

s betThis week that's just passed's been pretty jam packed and busy as well as fulfilling towards the end. I was up until 2am plus this morning, and for someone who usually can force himself to stay awake for most things I was gone in less than 30 seconds when I hit the bed.

The first event of the week, not Sunday but Monday - was CIP (Community Involvement Programme) for the kids at HWA (Home for the Handicapped Welfare Association). They had a tour of the place and except for Ben Yeo and gang whom I had to constantly keep under close survelliance, the class was generally well-behaved (phew~ thank goodness). They were helping to unpack goody bags and folding letters, putting these into envelopes and pasting addresses on envelopes... I took a few pictures and videos before I joined in the fray. Actually it was quite fun, coming to think of it, but we got literally tired towards 5pm.... +__-







Next thing - on Tuesday was the field trip to Labrador Park - the Secret Tunnels of Labrador. With the low turnout for number of students, from 40 to 20 due to the many events in school such as Festival of Arts and Sports competitions, I was worried the whole thing had flopped. But I'd have to say, thanks to the uncle who was our guide along the trip, things turned out to be much better than expected. It was a blessing that the number or students was only 20, because each tunnel section could squeeze in just that number of people, not including Gavin and myself. I guess the most interesting aspect was when the uncle let us grope in the dark when he switched off all the lights for about less than a minute.

Friday - CCA day, I was suddenly requested to help out with bringing students to an excursion to the Supreme Court, old and new. It was ok after we managed to clear the security, whereby I had to quickly deposit my swiss knife with the counter and all contents on myself.... rather hurriedly. The portraits and introduction to our legal system's beginnings and pioneers were so-so. The more interesting event was when we got to visit the old Supreme court (which would be closed forever soon) and went through the places they go through before they reach the court of appeal. We also got to visit the Chief Justice's office (the first few, not the current one). The whole sequel was enriching but due to the fact that we were told we could not upload photos I will only put those that the public can already see from outside the building.

Saturday night till Sunday morning - there was a Dance in the Sky and Fire Dance event at the front of National Museum and the Campus of SMU (Singapore Management University). From what a local 'over-enthusiast' beside me said, and I overheard, Saturday was much better with fewer people. It was great to hear soundtracks I so love as they play out or dance to the tunes - that was for the Sky Dance. The Fire dance was more jam packed and I felt they wasted a lot of water trying to show pictures on droplets of water they were spraying over a raised platform. However I have to credit the 'fire-dancers' who had to dance with the heat all around them, dealing with the props and sweating it out. And so ends the event of the day... except I was blamed for not bringing my extra 1 GB SD card as my friend ran out of memory space on the camera... sorrie lah.... :oP