Salt and Pepper

After reading my tagboard, I decided to post this entry. Life is never a bed of rose - but there are always happy moments. I hope I did not give the wrong idea by just writing on the downside of my life. There is never a script in life and I had never meant my life to be so 'dramatic'. I suppose that after 38 years of existence on planet Earth (Ha-Ha- where else can I be?), I would say that many events have spiced up my life - just like pepper.

Did I ever tell you I love salt - I would die without it. I have always been amazed by the formation of salt and I can't imagine a single meal without it. This is my life. Let's talk about salt today - the delights of my life.

I suppose I should start with my childhood....

I lived in a kampong and I had already posted the story in my old blog. Though life was hard, it was an experience which I like to reminisce. I can still remember the fun we had playing 'masak masak' and catching guppies in the drain. I could also remember happy moments such as getting the best progress award in my primary school as well as getting the 4As for PSLE. I love my secondary school and missed the days feeding the fishes in the pond and hiding in the basement working on my sculpture which was part of the exhibit for Youth Day Festival. I won quite a number of art competitions .. something which I am still proud of today.

I was the chairman of Art Club when I was in Temasek JC. I must say I was completely immersed in art and craft. I was involved in the stage decoration for the play Mikado (I think that's the name of the play). I learned how to paint nature with watercolour as well as new craftwork. I must say our club was one of the pioneers in using paperclay and I learned tie and dye. Until today I am still grateful to my Art Teacher, Mr Jimmy Lee. He looked fierce and was so sacarstic when I first met him - but I was proven wrong - he was very concern for us. Knowing that I could not further my studies if I do not get any financial help, he recommended me for a scholarship. Though I was selected for the scholarship, I freaked out when the panel of interviewers told me that I had to go to France to learn Art and learn French within a month. I had never left Singapore before and really lacked the courage to go to such a foreign land. I told them that I did not want to go to France and settled for a local merit teaching bursary instead.

I finally graduated from NUS with a B.A. - it would never had been possible without the bursary. I was very grateful and I think I have been lucky. I joined teaching and was bonded for 6 years. My first school was Rangoon Secondary. I could still remember this girl called Zhang Miao Hui who sent my a greeting card every year even though she had left that school for many years .. I really missed her and I think she is in her 30's now.

Of course there are much more happy moments ... my wedding, my honeymoon, cruises, the birth of my boys,,,, and many more.

I had also held many jobs which are mainly short terms during my vacation - I have worked in a biscuit factory, a sales asistant for a CD shop, a money changer in the Changi Airport and a clerk in a branded good firm. Of course I had been a teacher as well as an administration manager for a convent. All these had broaden my experience and definitely add joy to my life.

There are always ups and downs in life - that's why I am always grateful that I managed through them with so much help given.