冷吗？

感动了一个下午，到现在心情还是有点沉重。

“天冷你就回来，别在风中徘徊”

他们一首接一首地唱，我一次又一次地被感动。眼泪不由自主地滑下。

“喔妈妈眼里有明白，还有一丝无奈”

先想到了爸爸，想到我好像还有话要跟他说，想到我这些年来一直都在跟在天上的爸爸说话，一直想要得到他的认可。

“天冷我想回家，童年已经不在“

想到生离死别是残酷的，但又是无法避免的。身旁有人照应，总胜过一个人孤孤单单。

“昨天的雨点洒下来，那滋味叫做爱”

你们唱得太好了。

谢谢你们让我过了一个回忆多多的下午。

first term

(written on 12 March 2009)

Use of Pedagogies
This one whole term of teaching EQ to the 5 yr 1 classes has given me a very, very good insight into the programme and curriculum. After the first week of using PowerPoint slides and worksheets, I kind of figured that the kids might react better if I started with something even lighter.

I ended up using 3 different movies to introduce the 3 EQ concepts: Emotions, Empathy and Managing Stress.

Army Daze: The kids were able to identify the emotions of the characters in the movie. Eg "How do the guys feel when they first entered the army?" and "How does Ah Beng feel when his sister visited him?"

Children of Heaven: This is just a wonderful movie and works for all classes. The kids were captivated by the characters in the movie. They felt sorry for Ali and Zahra and were able to explain why they like or dislike the characters in the movie.

Home Run: Even though the movie is adapted from Children of Heaven, the kids still love it. They can identify the similarities and differences between the 2 movies. This time, the focus is on stress. Throughout the movies, pupils were asked about the stress felt by different characters and how they cope with it.

Tone of Environment
The classes usually take a while to settle down but once they are into the "mood", the lessons flow pretty smoothly. This is especially so when they get to watch movies. The students are very absorbed into the story once the movie begin.

Learning Content
Most of the materials are taken from the package prepared by the NLP team. I added more pictures and allowed more spaces for the kids to write and express themselves. A few of the kids have problems writing and prefer not to write.

Other Comments
It has been a very fast-paced term. I'm glad I survived :) It's busier here, and faster. And happier.

也不过如此

it was a rather stressful long weekend.

i finally emailed my 802 at 9.59 am, right before the 10 am deadline.

so, even though we were going to have a sumptous (and very expensive) japanese dinner with uncle and auntie, i still decided to give myself a treat and try the famous fried chicken at city plaza.



ok lah, 也不过如此.

阿桑的歌

阿桑，走好

早上开车，在路上听1003才知道阿桑走了。我愣了一下，然后莫名其妙地伤心起来。

十二月去台中的时候，我在跑步机上边跑边听她的“寂寞在唱歌”。一个人的时候，有时会宠宠自己，让感情泛滥。边跑边流眼泪，泪水和汗水并列流下，不会被周围的人以为我发神经。阿桑的声音陪我跑了45分钟。

到今天我都不知道这个女生长得什么样子？几岁？为什么要唱这么悲伤的歌？

几年前从广播听到她的歌就跑去买这张CD。一听再听，一次比一次感动，仿佛这个女子在跟我说着什么故事。

我最喜欢的是李志清写的“开车”。简简单单的文字套上舒舒服服的旋律，加上让人信服的声音。你有被感动吗？



那天听到阿桑的消息，我又听了一天的阿桑，又在跑步机上让泪水与汗水交叉。

走好，阿桑。