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BACK TO SCHOOL

Its been 2 weeks since I returned to the 'Forbidden Island'; the land of idealism. Feels really great to be a student all over again. Moreover, paid to enjoy life! Simply cannot ask for anything more. Who gets paid to play sports the whole day, have long breaks like 6-7hours, go out for movies and return for classes etc??? PE TRAINEE TEACHERS!

When I first got my timetable and realised that I have seriously long long breaks, I was grumbling and complaining. On hindsight, I should not be. Enjoy the breaks while they last because they are not a right but a privilege (while I'm still a trainee!). In fact, my class has been putting these breaks to good use; play all kinds of games (softball, squash, table-tennis, soccer, floorball, tennis), watch movie, practice swimming strokes (for those in swimming) and just hanging out to chill or spend time with one another. Doesn't my class sound 'PLAY-FULL' ?????

1st tennis session : the siew mai tennis balls

The guys did a better job in keeping the rally going


The girls (Liling & me) kept picking balls,

including those that flew out of the court!

Its very surreal to see the first year trainee teachers. I will be sitting at my favourite corner in the canteen and looking at the newbies and saying how 'toot' and raw they look. But I was exactly like that last year this time; lost and finding my way around. Sometimes I can't believe that 1 year just passed. All good things must come to and end (天 下 没 有 不 散 的 宴 席). Very soon, I will be out in school and wishing I can revive NIE days. Sometimes I want to be out in schools teaching, knowing that's the best place to learn. Yet at the same time, I want to continue being under the 'NIE shelter'.

So while the good times are still here, make the best of them and enjoy! My class sure knows how to and here are a few snap-shots of our 'Foodie Journey' during our 1st week of school @ Yum Chai.

Our 1st round (in all we had 7 rounds of dim sum coming!)

The food just kept coming until we didn't know what we ordered




Weixiong went gaga over his 小 龙 包.

He had almost 4 'longs' to himself!



This is what life has been so far for us PE trainees and its just the tip of the ice-berg. Should not schools be like that??????

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