Wednesday, June 24, 2009

National Day Celebration

National Day is approaching - do you have any birthday wish for our nation? Visit http://www.ndpeeps.com/ Join in the fun with the new media platforms such as facebook, fickr, youtube, blogs etc

This year's theme is “Come Together – Reaching Out, Reaching Up” draws inspiration from our Pledge. It is about our coming together as ‘one united people’, to Reach Out to all Singaporeans regardless of ‘race, language or religion’, and to Reach Up towards our hopes and aspirations articulated when we pledge to ‘achieve happiness, prosperity and progress for our nation.’ When times are tough, we know that Singaporeans will rally together, support each other and believe that things will work out fine.

Do visit the NDP website for more details:
http://www.ndp.org.sg/home.php
Many of you would have known now that 1N2 and 1N3 are involved in the National Day Parade Performance - you can view the blog http://www.sssndp09.blogspot.com/ set up by Mdm Juliana, the NDP coordinator. I must applaud the efforts by the students and teachers in contributing to this national event.

Friday, June 19, 2009

糖是公的还是母的?

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Heard the riddle over the TV today - Is the candy male or female?

Answer: 母的. 因为糖会生蚁!

Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Elearning and forum

Remember to log in to AsknLearn (Edulearn) for e-learning and the Forum as well as to log in to the humanities portal with your class password (check in the forum in asknlearn for your password if you have forgotten) for notes and files download @ the Serangoon Sec Humanities Portal.

For the Sec 3 Geography Elective students - please be reminded to finish your project on creating a 5 min video clip on the journey of the river from its source to the river mouth.
Refer to my earlier post for the instructions - http://mrslilylee.blogspot.com/2009/06/geography-project-for-sec-3.html

I will need to prepare for my classes next semester: Geography for 1EA, 1EB, 1EC, 1N3, Geography Elective for 3EA/BGE grp 2, 3EC/D grp 2, 3NGE grp 2 and social studies for 3N2. 4ED and 5N2. I will be no longer be teaching 1N1, 2T1, 3EB, 4N3 in semester 2. Another challenge ahead...

Monday, June 15, 2009

Day 2 and 3 in Batam

The free internet connection was extremely slow so I did not post anything yesterday.

Guess what - I met one of my Sec 1 student when I was having breakfast in the hotel yesterday - what a small world! The breakfast spread was ok - esp the waffle.


We had lunch at Rumanya - local dishes such as goreng ayam, yong tau hoon beehoon and a sausage set. We bought quite a lot of clothes for our children and then we went for a hair cut and wash. The hair cut was only IRP7000 which is S$1! I decided to dye my hair as well as it is only IRP147,000 with the hair cut and wash. We had dinner at the hotel's steakhouse. The Angus steak was tender and delicious. I like the appertizer which is baked potato with tomato and cheese on top. I had nasi goreng - not as good as the street stall's and 10 times more costly! Also ordered sashimi and some late night supper which included satay - nice and tender but too much of a feast!
We went to the Vihara Budhi Bharkti temple (Tua Pek Kong Bio) and then to DC Mall. Another round of shopping with more shoes and clothings for the family - I must say the prices of items sold there were really cheap. The lunch inside a restaurant in the mall was also very economical - I ordered fried bee hoon and lontong with drinks all within IRP50,000!

However, I must say I am quite disappointed with Winspa's spa package. I had heard so much about it from the internet and booked a session. It was so pricey at IRP805,000 (around sS118)! I think it was much cheaper at the Harmoni hotel where we had the spa in 2007 - the bathtub was so much bigger and the flower bath etc were so romantic. I also enjoyed the body scrub at Formosa hotel last year for 3 hours and half the price! As for the massage, hubby still prefer the one at Sports Massage centre - only half the price -IRP420,ooo for the 2 of us for 3hours! However I must say the scrub and the masking did make my skin feel supersoft.. I think my greatest joy was finding the mobile stall just outside winspa selling fried fritters. The goreng pisang wasn't impressive but the one with cabbage was fantastic and so was the tahu goreng - only IRP1000 (15ct) each!

Equally disappointed with dinner at Golden Prawn - paid S$95 for the meal and was not impressed. Should have had dinner in the hotel - just realised that there is lobster in sky lounge for S$30 - almost the same price as Golden Prawn but baked like what we wanted! We took some cocktails and light snack there - the view was fascinating from the lounge! The photos I took at the sky lounge and in my room with my new hairstyle!

Saturday, June 13, 2009

Greetings from Batam

I need to go for a break - so here I am in Batam!
Went to Nagoya hill for lunch and grabbed some titbits. Managed to buy 3 pairs of shoes and a sandal from Matahari - all for less than S$60! Checked into Planet Hotel and then went to Sports Massage Centre for a 3hr body and foot massage which cost me IRP 420000 (around $62 for 2). I have already booked a spa session for 2 on Mon at Winspa's which is going to cost me almost double IRP800000 (S$113). After the massage, we went to this roadside stall and had nasi goreng, ikan bakar, kangkong belachan and goreng ayam with 3 drinks for only IRP80000 (around $12)! We were hungry again back in the hotel and ordered room service, hokkien mee and seafood basket. Not too bad but I still prefered the street hawker's. Photos below: view from the balcony of my hotel room, my hotel room and the roadside stall we had our dinner.

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Singapore Calendar 2010







Miss You

Created this using firework and flash...I miss my former colleagues and students.. do keep in touch ... esp via facebook (I just joined in March).
Another of my creation below - I have decided to practice with the software and destress a bit..One on the merlion and another on a cactus blooming. [merlion.gif]

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Monday, June 08, 2009

Geography Project for Sec 3

Please remember to complete your Geography Project and hand in when school reopens! Deadline - 29 June 2009.

Project Task: To submit a 5 min video clip based on the river journey from the source to the mouth. You must also submit a short writeup with the synopsis (the content of your video) as well as credits given to your group members and the list of reference for your video.

You can refer to this video clip http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjZLAw_lgZ4 which is a similar project done by a group of students.

You might want to make use of Window Movie maker which is available on your computer. Just compile your pictures, video and music. Remember to save the project in case you need to make changes. Please also save as movie file (NOT THE PROJECT FILE) and send it to me at lily_lee68@yahoo.com.sg
As the file size is big - you might want to make use of http://www.sendspace.com/ - just your file and enter my email address. I can then retrieve the file from sendspace with the link sent.