Monday, May 31, 2010
EXCO Day 2
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What an 'adventurous' day!
First, my friend told me the conference starts
at 10am when it actuallystart at 9am..
so ytd she happily told me to meet at 9.45am and
my fault for not checking the schedule of the conference..
In the morning, I was taking my own sweet time to prepare
only to receive a sms from her, telling me to meet me directly there
at 9am instead of '8.45am'..
She didn't realize she gave me the wrong timing.. -.-"
But I didnt told her too..
Second, I had to cab there..
And was told tt it will take me 1/2 hr to reach expo..
Was convinced tt the cab driver went the best possible and shortest way
though it took me more than 1/2hr to arrive..
Told my friend abt it, and she told me tt I was cheated as
the cab took a big turn to go there...
And 'good' for me, it was peak hrs..
Third, I ordered a french toast for breakfast during the break
and only to find out tt it was spread with
a rich layer of peanut butter!!!
Almost fainted and had to try to finish them up..
I felt so cheated!
And it totally spoil my appetite for the whole day..
Ok.. On a lighter note,
The conference went well. It was really insightful to an EC educator..
I learned new stuff and had also refreshed my almost forgotten
knowledge in certain areas..
Did miss out on some topics due to the interview
(it was great interviewing the professors)
and meeting my friend's clients..
Interesting to sit in and hear how they do marketing
and discuss about sales and collaboration...
And I met two of my lecturers there..
And as expected, it took them great effort to rmb who I was..
And talking abt the teaching aids,
I've spend almost a 100bucks already but I am
still thinking of getting some more helpful items
tomorrow..
And for tomorrow,
most probably I'll be sitting in for the conference and
doing the interview alone..
And it's really kind of tiring doing the event coverage
for the whole day..
For tomorrow, I'll definitely need some coffee to perk me up..
Hope all is well!
Bless~
♥ Crystal danced around 10:49 PM
Sunday, May 30, 2010
National Child Education Exhibition & Conference
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This is going to be a boring post!
But if you're ECH educator, you may want to read on..
Am involved in some events..
So today, I went for Day 1 of the event..
Not sure if you've heard of this~
Apparently, I'm helping my friend to do media coverage for this event..
I know what you are thinking..
But no, no microphone tt sort, not so complicated..
They have a few events running concurrently in this
National Child Exhibition and Conference...
Like for today, they have a arithmetic competition
consisting of mental sums and abacus calculation,
where kids as young as 4 to older ones ard 12yrs old, compete together
for trophy...
But It is totally crazy in the hall..
Imagine these little kids sitting for 'O' levels?!
Yeah, they are treated like adults sitting for exams..
I do have alot of concerns and doubts about it but
I'd better keep these comments to myself because
both companies (my friend's and this big company who has
oganized the competition are working partners)..
No doubt its kind of amazing and shocking seeing
how fast they can solve those math sums..
Pondering on why my mum nv sent me to these classes, tsktsk..
Lols.. Actually she did!
I was in the abacus class in pri level, buuuttt
I wonder what I was doing then..
Cause I'm totally not a math person at all and I flunked
most of my math papers until my GCE examinations..
Well, besides the competition, there are also exhibitions
of the different Early Childhood related stuff -
reading materials for educators, children, teaching aids,
enrichment centres recommendation, courses etc etc..
Had a great chat with the representatives from National Geographic.. They have a whole range of magazines for different readers, kids - adults, which is common, but they have another range for school use.. That means, they have the magazine for kids tt comes in teacher's copy, advance kids copy and the not so advance kids copy, though the underlying content is the same, just tt content has been simplied and extra ideas throw in for educators in the tch's guide.. And for educators they even throw in teaching softwares, teachers' guide and events/nature trails organized for schools.. Totally cool.. hahas.. Not because I like National Geographic, But I think kids can learn alot from these nature-related learning, plants and animals.. I am thinking of subscribing,but wait till I get my own class and suitable age grp first.. You can come over and chat with the representatives to know more info.. Subsquently, you can also get their magazine for free in their 'goody bag'and consider whether you want to get their magazinesfor teaching/personal purposes.Besides tt, I am so interested in getting alot of teaching materials there,
e.g the pointers which we saw in those videos during class but
there are even more advance ones such as those tt will light up,
with various sounds, buttons and etc; puppets of the different
themes, stories, fairytales; manipulatives; flash cards; special beanie bag
with alphabets/numbers/shapes; Books for new educators,
ideas for lesson plans, wrkin with chn with Special needs etcccc~
Small exhibition but the booth carries 'substance'..
And they are having
15%-20% discount!
Thus, I'm writing this post,
and if you're coincidentally reading this post
NOW,
you probably may want to pop by tomorrow (the exhibition is
only till Monday) at EXPO to
take a look and GET the teaching aids..
(You can shun bian drop by,
cause there are food, IT, Popular, Sports, Home-related stuff etccc
at other exhibition halls)
From 10 - 8pm tomorrow..
For tomorrow and Tuesday,
there will be a conference going on where
international and local renowned speakers, e.g Howard Gardner
will be sharing child-related topics for the delegates..
And the privileged me,
do not have to pay the $450+ fee and could
sit in and enjoy the conference..
Quite interesting butttttttt imagine
sitting in class listening to our professors for a whole 8hrs,
for both days..
And I think I'll get to
interview some of the speakers..
Ok, I'm kind of worried if they speak in a
really slang ascent, how am I going to comprehend..
Hope all is well :D
Will upload interesting photos after the whole event..
PS: Was searching high & low for notebooks
so tt I can take notes tomorrow.. AND I realize
tt I've kept everything in the box, sealed and stacked
up by many other similar looking boxes.. :(
still hunting for notepad!
Alright, toodles~
Exciting week for me, hope ya enjoy yr week too!
♥ Crystal danced around 9:40 PM
Saturday, May 29, 2010
Photos from Taiwan..
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It has been almost a month on my return from Taiwan..
Guess what?!
hahahas.. I just uploaded all the photos from the SD cards to my new harddisk..
If it isnt for the upcoming events,
I'm not sure when will I be transferring them out too..
And It was only now, that I can have a serious look at all the photos..
Quite funny
and bitter sweet..
I miss all the fun and the crazy stuff we did in TW!
I miss TW! :(
♥ Crystal danced around 10:34 PM
Contest 2010
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Received a call from the organizer yst
calling me to go down for the contest today..
My friend has randomly sent me a contest a few nights ago
for some event organized by a reputable brand..
Purely random and for fun,
I joined the contest and sent my photos to the
organizer just 2 nights ago..
Even though I had no idea what the contest was really about..
I know I have a packed schedule for these couple of weeks
so I wasn't really keen at all..
But guess what, I'm selected!
LOL.. Only to realize tt it was some pageant thing..
The organizer happily told me tt I have a high chance of
being the finalist(s), just by coming down to the 1st round of the event..
But the criteria was to prepare for 60secs of 'fame'..
I can dance, sing, act, cat-walk, draw or whatever on stage..
Upon hearing, I rejected the offer on the spot..
Partly because I have to wrk today..
Another reason was because..
Miss Crystal is a jack of all trades, master of none!
After hanging up the phone,
I pondered for a short while and seriously, there is
really nothing that I am very good at..
No doubt I know alot of things, have the skills
and experiences in many different areas..
But.. sad to say.......... I do not excel in any of these areas..
Aiya, should have a 'Apply makeup in 60 secs' gig..
hahahas.. I guess, It's prob about time to start being more serious
and focused in whatever I do...
tskkk..
So where shld I start from?
Piano?
Arts?
Dance?!
Sing?!
oh.. is scrap-booking considered?
What else?!
And I hope they don't call me up for round two of the event..
If not I'll seriously go along with the makeup gig! LOL
♥ Crystal danced around 12:52 PM
Friday, May 28, 2010
Ladies' Night
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Have symptoms of 'body going haywire'..
*finger-crossed*
I have very impt events for this couple of weeks..
Blessed me!
Meeting my ladies tonight..
Ladies' Night! Loves :D
♥ Crystal danced around 2:29 PM
Monday, May 24, 2010
The Last Song
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Caught the movie
'The Last Song'Miss ah-na specially went to purchase the movie
one day earlier and the best seats we got was the
first few rows from the front..
Can't believe tt its a Monday
and it's a full-house for this movie!
And seriously,
sometimes you can't trust the movie review
esp if its on romance...
Cause I watched it and I like the movie!
Sweet and touching..
Though its alittle weird catching
Milley Cyrus acting in Romance movie..
But she kind of fit the bill for this role..
And the actor - Liam Hemsworth is such a hunk!
How can it be that he's only 20years old?!
Unbelievable..
Better looking than Channing Tatum in
Dear John!
This show is definitely worth watching!
(In my opinion)
Laughter and tears, they have it all..
And I saw 'Life is Good' sticker pasted on the supposedly
Miley Cyrus's dad's car.. :D
It was a quick one and I caught it..
I'll not talk abt the storyline here, go catch it!:D
PS: The movie makes me want to go back to USA again.. ~.~
We went TCC for cakes and drinks
loves~
♥ Crystal danced around 11:58 PM
Eddie 彭于晏
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Goodbye to Daniel Wu, Zac Wang,
Hei Ren and Wang Li hom!
I found my new love!
Eddie 彭于晏!
*melts*
Actually I've been looking out for him ever since this movie
(below; middle).. Tt was the last time I saw him on screen
cause I don't watch tv drama often..
And lucky me, I happened to see his poster in Taiwan!!
That was how I got to know his name! :D
He has entered the music industry and his
career path are pretty more on track these days..
woahhh~
♥ Crystal danced around 2:09 PM
Perfect Weekend
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Had a great + awesome week!
I wld say it was pleasantly sweet and meaningful too!
hahahas..
I'm in such a gd mood today to post all
the photos here..
Friday~24th May
Met up with my pretties for dinner and movie
which was decided long ago..
Cos all of us wanted to catch
'The Last Song'
Although countless of reviews has given
bad ratings, we were still pretty bent on catching this
show together..
However, It's quite annoying tt not all Cinema screened this show
and we were utterly disappointed tt the movie tickets were sold out
EVERYWHERE!
hahas.. Quite interesting though, bad reviews
and there are many ppl like us, who still want
to watch it..
So Miss ah-na suggested a very random but awesome alternative,
that was to render our support to our dearest Wheelock Director who
has this event about his book at The Arts House..
When we were on our way there, we were kinda curious
why there were so many police officers at the Parliament..
And out popped "Dr Goh"!
We decided to go and pay our last respect to him..
And I had goose bumps when I was inside,
an unexplainable why..
Am really thankful for Dr Goh who made Singapore
as successful as it is today..
And I wonder.. will there be another person who will
contribute selflessly to make Singapore a better
place to be?
Probably no..
Well.. After bidding our last goodbye,
we headed to The Arts House and the book session
has already began..
Here's our director David Fedo on the Left..
And the rest of the ppl who were there to show our
love and support for our director! :D
Though I am not a person who truly appreciates
poem.. I still purchased Fedo's book to truly show my support..
But, I must admit, the content and meaning in the poems makes
me reflect on my life as well..
:D nicee!
It was already so late when the session ends,
and we were soo hungry!
We decided to walk to Suntec to satisfy Miss QY's craving
for Astons!
We had a great meal there and alot of catching up! :D
No doubt it was a totally meaningful and awesome day spent
with the pretties~ Cheers
I'll be catching them later today again!
We are bent on watching 'The last song'! :D
hahahas~
Sunday 23rd May
I had dearest Amelia accompanied me to the
most sacred and avoided place (referring to me only, perhaps) in Singapore~
Guess where?
hahahahas~
Little India!
As you can see, it's a sea of indians..
We literally had a hard time looking for Chinese ppl
to ask for directions..
yeah~
Cause I wanted to go to Mustafa!
I had cabbed there two weeks ago in an attempt to purchase
a precious hairdryer tt will fit a gadget which I purchased in Taiwan.
I travelled to a few places and cant find it and was asked
to try my luck at Mustafa..
Even still, I still cant find it there..
So I just settled for another hairdryer tt served
the same function of styling up my hair..
Only to realize tt the promoter did not give me
one of the hairdryer gadget..
And after many unfruitful calls, I decided to head there
again to act like one unsatisfied customer..
I even asked Amelia to help me be fierce and
unreasonable if I failed miserably..
But surprisingly, the promoter,
a chinese was really nice and told me tt he
can get it done for me and I will just have to collect it
again end of this week.. great!
And we headed to Chinatown for dinner @ togi
recommended by Amelia
Nice dinner indeed! :D
Then met up with the rest for kBox! :D woahs..
We had a very big suite room!
After k-ing,
we happily chit-chat for almost an hr before heading back~
♥ Crystal danced around 1:38 PM
Friday, May 21, 2010
Building our new home~
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Dad called us today and told us to each pick a color for our room..
This is the first time we are not painting our house by our ehem~
'own little professional team' and leaving
it to the professional painters..
I guess it's probably due to time constraint..
But honestly, I really missed the many times we painted our house
together with my siblings and parents..
I think we could easily pass off as professional painters..
hahahas..
Dad always decides on the color of the house and
his choices are always around the colors like pink, blue, white etc.
And tadahs~the whole house will be in that combination.
So this yr will be kinda fun and interesting,
having diff combi of colors in the house..
Oh..My sister and I are sharing the room again,
it was my decision cause we shared so many stuff, and
a single's room will definitely not fit my truck-load of stuff.. :P
Thus the wise choice is to share a bigger rm and have our own bathrm!
woo~
The only prob is my sist and I had very different taste, like totally!
She couldnt make up her mind between soft light green and purple
so she wrote down both colors on the list.
I wanted to convince her to select the darker shade of grey that I like
but to no avail.. She was bent on taking her colors and so was I..
And Dad came out with a brilliant BUT totally unconvincing idea
of combining both colors in our room - her light green and my lighter shade of grey!
Dad had a thousand reasons to stop me frm getting
the d.grey and so I settled for the lighter grey..
Not sure how the 'chemistry' will be like,
so pre-empt you first,
dont be shock if you really had the opportunity to visit my new place..
I think this time round, it will be exciting then the chalet houses.. lols!
And everyone are almost done with their packing and I still haveeeeee
quite a bit! >.< tsskk~
Gambatte tml!:D
The frappe that I drank in the morning was so strong! It keeps me
WIDE AWAKE for the whole day, ytd and today!
♥ Crystal danced around 1:37 AM
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
HP bill
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Horrified after I saw my HP bill!
omg!!
For the first time it was so expensive..
LOL.. All the chit-chat calls to mummy when I was in TW..
hahahahas..
My mum happily laughed at me..
Yesh, I'm going to eat grass for the rest of this month.. *sobs*
♥ Crystal danced around 9:21 PM
Ice cream
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Really want to start my healthy diet regime!
But the advertisement on the Magnum Gold Ice cream
is tempting me to the max!
Went to supermarket
and wala wala wala~
Ben & Jerry Ice creamsssss
and Magnum Ice cream..
woah.. I just spend half of my pay on ice cream!
Alright..
Healthy diet will start with effect from......
the day I finish my ice cream!
hahahhahas..
*finger-crossed*
And the Magnum Ice Cream tasted good!
But not as good as I've expected it to be!
♥ Crystal danced around 12:01 AM
Monday, May 17, 2010
Thanks
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Sorry for the lack of updates..
Lost touch with the cyber world these days..
A whole list of tasks waiting for me to address
and complete them..
Cause I have not been very on tasks these days..
Hopefully everything falls nicely in place..
And
Though it may be a little late,
thank you friends, for all the well-wishes, surprise at my void deck,
gifts, more surprises & celebrations..
I really enjoyed myself,
and I am thankful for people who cared and remembered this day..
Thank you! :D
I hope next year will be better..
It was a little... kind of disappointing not having friends
turn up for a simple dinner..
hmm.. Hope tt next yr will be better..
P/S:
Will post updates on Tw trip soon.. :)
♥ Crystal danced around 11:51 PM
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
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wth.. What a 'nice' advance birthday surprise!
Not sure if it's consider lucky or unlucky..
♥ Crystal danced around 7:14 PM
Sunday, May 9, 2010
Sleepless night!
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After ytd's late night
hanging out with friends..
I slept for 1,2,3,4............12hrs straight!
I didn't know tt I was this tired..
And now I think I need to forget about slping tonight.. :(
♥ Crystal danced around 9:53 PM
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Random Day in May
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It's nice when things fall so nicely in place,
but it also worries me not knowing when will it fall apart!
Am currently helping out in the office for a friend.
In the short few days, I experienced life
like a secretary, telemarketer, researcher, IT support and what-not
in that short few days.
I have concluded that being an OL is not easy and
definitely not my cup of tea!
I have backache sitting in the same position throughout the day..
But it's still interesting in a way.. :D
And I have my own namecard! wee~
'Secretary Wei' LOLs..
Jk.. Don't wish to disclose much..
My random thoughts..
Early Childhood..
Few years ago, I was so unsure about my career opportunities.
There were limited choices on what one can do except teach..
To this day,
The rise of Early Childhood Industry make Early Childhood Graduates
much sought after..
Opportunities came knocking on my door,
not one, not twice but thrice!
If only I don't have a 'bonded chain', I will have
venture out into something much more exciting..
tskk~
And....
I've received tt call which I've been waiting for...
But I have mixed feelings abt the new journey unfolding before me..
Hope I'll be enlightened.. soonnn... :(
PS: I've bought a beautiful and pricely umbrella
in Taiwan, but it didnt help to motivate me to bring it out...
♥ Crystal danced around 10:55 PM
Monday, May 3, 2010
Back from Taiwan
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Hey guys!
I'm back from my trip!
Thanks for the regards and well-wishes,
I had lots of fun in Taiwan..
Due to the limited weight baggage, pls
don't expect much on the gifts yea!
Talking abt weight baggage, I went to TW with 14.5kg,
but returned with overloaded baggage!
Checked in baggage was supposedly 20kg, but mine was 28kg!
Hang-carry baggage was supposedly 7kg, but mine far exceeded 10kg,
and I had two! :P
Since we flew in SQ..
The staff were pretty nice.. :P
I didnt have to pay for the overloaded baggage..
It was a fruitful trip..
I had a wardrobe makeover..
In the streets of TW, I literally felt like I was walking into the sprees
on the tw-based websites..
Check out my purchases -
Shoes!:D
Clothes and Accessories..
Excluding the purchases on the last three days.. oops
And and~
I had a makeover too!
Before
After~
tadahs~
I finally got the courage to perm my hair,
which I've always wanted to..
All of a sudden, I missed my black silky straight hair..
But I love my new look too :D
What a fruitful trip!
I gained 3.5kg too! >.<
arghh~
Will update more abt the trip soon! :D
♥ Crystal danced around 4:16 PM