Night Safari

Went to Night Safari with Deary today. Last day to redeem the Groupon deal bought months ago. Guess this is the problem with those deals. Always buy it thinking its cheap, but sometimes ended up not using it.

Anyway, quite a nice experience there. Started off with a dinner at Bongos Burger, setting, ambience and service seems like fast-food restaurant, but the food and prices seems more like restaurants.. so overall i think its quite good, as the food is good, and we can watch the performance while eating!

After the fire performance, we went into the park. Quite a huge crowd I would say. Mostly foreigners though, as it is a Sunday. Went for the walking trails first, as the sky is not completely dark yet, so can we guess it will be easier for us to 'spot' the animals. The trails are all shorter than expected, and we only spend like 1 hour to finish all the 4 trails.

Went for the Creatures of the Night show at 8.30pm, great performance! There's interaction with the audience also. Always liked this type of performances that involve the audience. Not that boring. Love the raccoon and otter!

After the show, we quickly get to the tram station to catch a tram. (Because we saw a long queue for it before we went for the show, and it states there Waiting Time: 60mins). We were thinking that if the queue is still as long after the show, might want to give it a miss. Luckily, the queue is much shorter this time round! Manage to get onto the 3rd or 4th tram that comes. Pretty short wait actually. Like the tram ride, as it's cooling to travel on it, and we can see the animals quite closely for some. After the tram ride, it was home sweet home!

Love the elephants, otters, tapiers! there were quite a number of cat species there too!

A great and enjoyable trip, although there is still work tomorrow. Well, but I guess I have sort of grown out of the age that I dread going out on Sundays. Haha, remembered that when I was in Primary and lower Secondary, always dread Sundays, and the last few days of school holidays. Will feel really down during those days. Come to think of it now. 与其闷闷不乐地让时光蹉跎，倒不如好好地享受最后的假期，使自己过得更充实，更开心。

再过两个星期，就要带学生去台湾了。好多筹备工作似乎都没做好。感觉很没有安全感。看来这两周有得忙了！还得准备第四学段的配套等。不过，我却不会觉得压力很大，只是偶尔想要发发怨气罢了。仔细想来，也不是那么多事情做。

忙里偷闲

好一个忙忙碌碌的第三学段！突然间，觉得有点喘不过气來。琐琐碎碎，点点滴滴，大大小小，使我朝朝暮暮，日日夜夜皆无法松懈。
HA,enrichment,immersion,弟子规，书法，阅读计划……还没提及cca 和 lesson ob。加上swc,level rep的工作，突然觉得工作好繁重！
突然间，他又和我提及这么一个沉重、烦人、懊恼的课题。唉，我所需要的那些鼓励与支持在哪儿呢？？有必要在我如此繁忙的时段來和我商议此事吗？
明知不是一朝半夕能解决的问题，何苦如此执着呢？
我的动力在哪儿？！
好想忙里偷闲，真的好想。但什么都提不起劲。只希望能够拥有双倍的时间。我那万能的小叮当，你在哪儿？我急需要你！

三思而后行

做了一个不知是对还是错的决定，感觉很不舒服……唉！想要帮他，结果却似乎弄巧反拙了。到底该如何是好？我应该考虑清楚，应该三思而后行。我承认，这回有些意气用事，有些失去理智，没有顾虑周全。我应该冷静地好好思考的。究竟是对还是错？？？怎么会有这种似曾相似的感觉呢？曾几何时，也因为一件不完全是我的错的事感到良心不安。如今，也有类似的感觉……只不过，当年的事不在我的控制范围内。这回，是完全由我引起的。假如我息事宁人，假如我装聋作哑，假如我毫不在乎，假如我不挺身而出，假如我不那么意气用事，或许，或许……

现在说这些，还有用吗？

只想对我无意间伤害的人说声“对不起”。我是无心的。我当时没想那么多，没想到后果会是怎样的。

好想找个借口，说我是忙昏了头才丧失原应有的冷静的思考能力。借口，是为了谁而编造的呢？是为了让良心过意得去？还是为了说服自己说自己没错，而错在他人？

总而言之，如果我多加考虑，想一想后果，也许我就不会做出这个决定了。

这将是一个毕生难忘的人生历程。也教会了我，做事情一定要瞻前顾后。我下次一定会，肯定会了。

Start of new term

CNY is over, term 1 holidays over. A hectic term 1, am glad the CNY event went on quite ok, Brownies camp also over, and things are progressing well. Parents briefing on HA was great! Had a strange feeling while giving the presentation half way through. Not as scary as I had expected it to be though. Haha. Went Genting with parents during the holidays, won some money hehe..

Come term 2, need prepare for immersion. Many things to settle, boss not around, stress and busy. 但我坚信，梅花香自苦寒来～～我一定能勇敢面对一切！

迎新春

再过几天，就是癸巳年了。迎新春的当儿，在百忙之中，感触良多……之前说了，２０１３年负责两项较大的项目，第一就是即将来临的新年庆祝活动。日子越逼近，就感觉无限的压力。无形中，这让我无法像往年一样沉浸在期盼着新一年到来的欢乐气氛中。种种琐碎的事件，样样繁琐，却都需要顾全及。终于能体会，筹办活动的辛劳了。
过了新年，接踵而来的便是五月份的浸濡活动了。现在满是期待，但相信两个月后，我的心情应该有所改变。当下，只希望星期五的活动能一切顺利！

展望2013

Well, its already 19th Jan... More than half a month into 2013, here I'm, posting my New Year resolutions...

Recalling my New Year Resolution for 2012:

1. Travel to Cambodia/Tibet (conquered Cambodia!!! Tibet still KIV)
2. Stay healthy(well, not really healthy, but no major flare up too =))
3. No parents' complain for disciplinary issues in class(think i sort of did that, yeah!)
4. Finish reading Tibet Code! (still at book 6...out of the 10 books haha)
5. Finish doing the puzzle for sis & Zan(done!)
6. Enjoy life!(yupz! went for quite a number of overseas trip!!)

2013 New Year Resolutions!
1. Travel to Laos
2. Complete healing of my rashes
3. Take up a new hobby (Pilates/yoga)
4. Take part in adventure activities (Skydiving, Abseiling, Rock climbing etc)
5. Everything goes on smoothly for my CNY event and P5 immersion.
6. Do a puzzle for my new house
7. Source for suitable wedding banquet venue
8. Plan for wedding photoshoot
9. Maintain healthy levels of platelets
10. Travel with parents
11. Make my pupils interested in learning Chinese
12. Exercise at least 3 times a week
13. Communicate more with Deary
14. At least read till book 8 for Tibet Code
15. Read and Write more in Chinese
16. Live life to the fullest!

Wow, didn't know that I have so much wishes for this new year... Seems like an exciting year ahead! Shall really plan and manage my time properly! Shall also keep myself healthy for all the exciting upcoming events!

CNY is approaching soon... Shall be going to Chinatown with parents later in the evening for the lights up ceremony, this has become a yearly event that I do with my parents... Hope to continue doing so in the future even after getting married, haha.

昨天去购物了。好久好久没有这样，一个人自由自在地购物。想想从前，尤其是A水准之后的我，常常独自去购物、健身、看电影。觉得那是一种自我认识。现在，总是忙于工作，和朋友、情人、家人聚会与约会，似乎少了这么一层的自我认识。昨晚一个多小时的完全属于自我的时间，感觉更了解自己了。

希望能够在这一年里自我充实，更积极地面对一切，拥抱生活！