My new toy:







When you press the button on its left hand, the torch light will light up for 20 seconds. Haha. In the comic, this torch light can shrink and enlarge things and people. Lol. Cute right!?

Is this my 10th Doraemon doll? Lost count. Haha. The more the merrier. :)





It's so good to have my brother and sister in law back in S'pore. Haha. Got people to fix my router, buy me toys and so on. Lol. More importantly, the family isn't complete without them around.

The recess week is coming to an end. Lots of incomplete tasks. Argh. Still got to read the paper and do my report. Why is masters so tough! An underestimation of its workload last time. ok lah, at least I still enjoy some parts of it. At least for now, I no longer rely on my lecturers to spoon feed me. I can go to the library and find out infomation on my own. It's a valuable skill. :)

Went back to tj recently. Oh my gosh, I'm year 8 now. How time flies. If I manage to go back to teach, I'll be year 9 then. Lol. Sounds so old. My identity in tj is like tied to my teacher's name. Hmm, haha, that's like I'm sometimes labelled as Prof Goh's student in math department. I guess it's not a bad thing afterall. Of course, I must try not to disgrace them. :P

Time to nap and then read the paper. Argh.

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It's another week. Sleepy. Couldn't sleep last night and I suspect it was due to over dosage of orange juice. Haha.


Lots of stuff to work on during CNY + remaining days of the one week break. For those who have graduated, yes, the CNY holidays coincide with the one week break this year. :( My idol threw us lots of homework during last night's lecture. Not to forget the paper I'm supposed to read for my presentation and report. For DO, I got to revise simplex method, which is basically half the notes for linear programming. And for my thesis, gonna find out more about the various kinds of transformations.

Oh yes, and there's something more to school life. Romance stories. Haha. I was in school on valentine's day. It was an exciting day, with interesting stories one after another. Haha. Some things are really beyond our imagination. lol. :)

Yawn. Gonna go now.

Wishing everyone a Happy and Prosperous New Year!

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My student finally sent me the photos we took during our last tuition session. Haha. No chance to nag at her now. 'O' level results were released yesterday. Oh man, her turn is coming soon.

It has been a long week. I guess unpleasant things just have to happen at the same time. Their combined force made my stress level shot up. I think it is now gradually dropping back to the healthy range. There are two kinds of problems: some can be solved whereas some cannot be solved. Haha, this sounds so duh. However, sometimes, it is not easy to identify one type from another. Reason being, we are affected by our emotions.

If a problem cannot be solved, practically speaking, we should not devote energy to it. It's like pushing against a wall, it won't move, and no work is considered done. Emotionally, there are some people or things that we hope to retain in our lives, and sometimes, problems arise because we are unwilling to let go of them.

In some cases, when we are being surrounded by problems, we tend to magnify them, for we do not see the world outside them. Try jumping out of these problems, and we may realize that some of them can be rather trivial in the first place.

I feel that last week is a test of how much I have matured over the years and how much good my past problem solving experiences have done to me. We all have to grow up one day.

Over the years, I am trying very hard not to bring family problems and friendship problems into school, and not to bring problems I faced in school beyond the buona vista station.

Just yesterday, I realized that my ability to multi task has improved. I was discussing my thesis with my supervisor, and I was making noise about somebody under my breathe. Haha. It's still a fruitful discussion ok. I gave my supervisor my full attention nevertheless. My curse for the other person is just part of my breathing, hence does not affect my other activities. Lol. Sounds so scary.

Time to get ready for my v.day celebration. Haha.

Finally, I see signs of recovery for my flu. :)

While I was showering last night, I was thinking of what defines a good teacher. I used to think that a teacher who gives good notes, good tips, and ensures good grades at the end of the day makes a good teacher. And for the result oriented me last time, that's enough.

Despite having numerous teacher idols at different stages of my education, surprisingly, I only have strong impressions of the minority. To make it to my teacher idol list, I'm quite sure the teacher displayed a certain level of charisma and charm in the classroom. And for those who left a strong impression, it's not only because of their effective classroom management skills, but their concern and support for me at that time. They taught me skills beyond the content of the syllabus, and they pushed me to attain greater heights. These teachers made a difference to my life.

Talking about school life, like what I had told some of my friends in university, I had a fair share of both good and bad school days last time. Thankfully, no matter how bad things used to be, they all happened to be blessings in disguise. They made me learn, they made me grow up. It's both the good experiences and the bad experiences that shape the present me. Indeed, schools play a very important role in our lives. The people we meet in school play a role in molding our character.

I think everyone should always have something which he/she feels proud of. He may feel proud of himself, proud of someone close to him, proud of something he owns, or proud of his goal etc. It is important for us to think positively of ourselves, and at the same time, know our flaws and work towards improving ourselves.

Enough of my rantings. Time to take a rest and then prove some results for my wavelets module. BTW, I forgot to say that we managed to open the class with 6 registered students. Haha. Two engine students, one undergraduate, one part-time math graduate, one exchange student and me. Nevertheless, I am glad that class is opened. :) I had been planning for what modules to take in masters year, ever since my third year as an undergraduate, and wavelets was part of the plan. Planning modules is like a chess game, sometimes, one wrong move can make you lose the whole game. And since I can only spend one year for masters, I need to make sure nothing goes wrong.

Before I go, let me introduce two new friends from hk disneyland:


piglet


donald

Haha. They are magnets. But no where to stick them. They'll stand with my lego toys for the time being.

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