My proposal Pictures !!

My proposal

I proposed to Yating!!! One month of project. One month of hiding from Yating!! =) It was indeed very hard to do it. Very very very very very hard to keep it from her and make her feel surprise!! But it is done. I am sooooooooooo happy! =)

Thanks to my friends who have make it possible.
Thanks to Weibin and ronghui, for making their effort to come to my house to practice Singing and playing the guitar. Without you all, the proposal won’t be as good. Ronghui and weibin help me to contribute much ideas for the proposal. They have help me to re-define it and make it sooo much better.
Thank yenleng and yanling for coordinating. Yenleng, especially took time off her 2 tests, 3 projects and 1 presentation next week, to spend time with us on Sat. Such a friend.. So hard to find.. THANKS Yenleng!! You are really nice!!

I propose to Yating, a 4.55 min DVD on our 4 years 7 months and 1 day today, Real-life CAREBEAR MASCOT to LEAD her to the wii room, guitar, singing for “household of faith”, Flowers, Wii and Diamond ring.
Most importantly, the presence of our DA-LEO friends and YMCA friends.
Namely, they are, Yanling, Yenleng, Wanzi, Cailing, Jane, Ivan, Ronghui, Weibin, Weihao!!
Thanks for making it a success

Reflection Practitioner

I realized that in life, there are many realities that we have to face and there are many deceptions that are happening. To be a thinker, means we are suppose to dissect between the two. TO be a Christian, means that i must have the faith to believe in my lord saviour to ask him for the qualities that I am lacking of.
I realize from the project meeting that sometimes, i will miss the overarching main idea on what the other party is saying and might go off tangent with my ideas. I need to think about my thinking to see why this is so. As a result, i need to seek possibility in improving my tots and processes to make it relevant.
Secondly, I would like to ask God for musical talents and is an area that I would definitely want to develop in.

Developing a habit of reading
I went back to SAJC for interview; I think God has granted me favour with the HOD and Subject Head for i think that they are quite open with me during the discussion. I think i need a school that is not political and whereby teachers are open to share their resources. I think SAJC seems to be a pretty good school to go to. As i was previously from SAJC and i need to work in an environment that is not political. Personally, i don’t like politic environment.
I share with them, that my personal viewpoint it that we should in calculate a reading habit in the next generation so much so that their intrinsic motivation will strive to allow them to want to learn independently.
Indeed, i have also set for myself a target. I should be reading at least 12 books per year in order to further enhance my knowledge on things. Enhance my understanding of the world and what people think about it.

Striving for excellence
I think i should focus on my strength and build up my weakness so that my weakness is no longer a weakness and so that my strength can excel. The three things that i need to work on. Firstly, one of my weaknesses is musical intelligence. I am really no good in this and have no idea even on the basic thing. Secondly, something that i can improve on is my presentation skills. Not totally a weakness, but can be even better. Thirdly, is the pronunciation of the word or words with R, i also should take note of my grammar and tenses in which I tends to be careless. I must make sure that i am speaking in a formal speech format so that students can learn perfect English.

Relationship
I give thanks and praise God that my relationship with Yating seems to be getting better. Even Yating feels it. I give thanks for the so many people in our life that has help in our relationship by their sharing and counsel. Indeed, God’s counsel has it strength. Their practical advices and experiences have indeed open new views about one another. I think God is indeed good and it is sweet to stay in God’s presence. Many of the ‘bad’ can be avoided if one mediated on God’s word and he/she will be like a plant near the river side; whereby we would continually be nourished so much so that we will grow from strength to strength. Indeed, Lord, may u help my relationship with Yating, relationship with friends and family to flourish.

Quality of a good teacher

Being a teacher is challenging. There are many different roles that I need to play well. E.g. To be a good role model, to be able to have content mastery, to be a good mentor, to be a good public speaker and to be able to pronunciate all words properly plus the ability to reflect and rethink about our own train of thoughts to be a professional practitioner so as to improve on the processes of teaching and our own heuristics of teaching.

Therefore, to sum up, being a teacher encompasses many different roles and requires us to have good skill sets to be able to succeed in this line.

Purpose of Teaching: I just want to remind myself that God has called me into teaching because he this is my calling. This is the place that God want to give me to open a door to influence young minds and to allow them to be Christ like.
My own fears of teaching:

Firstly, I think i do not warm up to people that easily, so the first few classes i might need it to warm up to the class. Generally, i hope that my sincerity and my desire to teach the students the processes of thinking and the desire to infuse knowledge and values would put me on my best foot forward.

Secondly, Public speaking is still not my forte, and i might get cold feet from time to time. This is link to the first factor i realize. If i perceived the environment to be hostile, generally i can feel adrenaline running high. However, if i think that it is a friendly environment, it is easy to be myself and deliver the contents. I realized that in my weakness, i should look at God for Strength. For when i come into teaching, i have already known my weakness. But i am convinced by the words in the bible.

In 1 Cor1:26: Brothers, think of what you were when you were called. Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were influential; not many were of noble birth. But God choose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong. He chose the lowly things of the world and the despised things and the things that are not – to nullify the things that are. So that no one may boast before him. It is because of him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God – that is , our righteousness holiness and redemption. Therefore, as it is writer: “Let him who boasts boast in the lord.

Indeed, I have known my own weakness and constraint even before going into teaching, but God lead me in the faith. Yes, i want to be a good teacher and i am willing to be taught by the holy spirit and to have faith to be a good teacher.