A special date

Fast food meals struck Siaopo's household once again !

Why ?

Because Siaopo's busy again !

Work craziness once again tips Siaopo's life over.

Siaopo has not smiled for almost a week. Is just one week, but almost seems too much to bear.



But, but good news !

Hubby's back for now, and will be on a date with Siaopo to watch ............a musical.

The sound of music, here we come...

The Posh Blue Tote Bag

A gift, the "posh tote bag" - a description given by Siaopo's tutees.

It was a gift from a good friend, JB last year as an encouragement to complete the teaching degree.

Having been through teaching degree 10 years back , JB knew well how tough the course was .

Thanks JB for the lovely posh bag.

Siaopo's playing "go to school with", for real.

The beauty of ipad2 ....

Siaopo returned to the world of single-hood, where she's entirely on her own with no assurance of hubby's next companionship.

She's neither divorced nor separated.

Hubby has been away quite often recently.

Poor hubby has to live on suitcases.



What Siaopo has learnt on hubby's away-trip.

* She can .......master tech : Apple software. Yes !

Well, not master but she's get up to speed.
(She can click on FaceTime button and conduct a video call !)

The beauty of ipad2....

Siaopo's definitely missing her fella to bits...

( Hubby on FaceTime with Siaopo @ hotel )

Catholic Ethos

Siaopo's proud to be part of the Catholic school community.

The spiritual life of Catholic school, based on gospel values and teachings of Christ, is at centre of everything and permeates throughout the curriculum.

Aim is to ensure that all pupils fulfil their potential academically, spiritually, morally and physically.

Siaopo's classroom.....

9/11 Attack

Today, Siaopo's thinking of all my American, especially those who lost friends or family 10 years ago.

Siaopo was in America back then, and was watching the second tower being hit on the news.

The entire communication network went down and she couldn't contact her families back in Malaysia to report her safety.....

9-11 was indeed a sad sad day !

Back to work !

Siaopo is back to work !

She'd quite happily has another 6 weeks off but suppose teachers can only laze about for so long.

Good Thing :- She's so excited with the new building, new furniture, new classrooms and etc. So cool....

Bad Thing : - She's completely shattered.

She was bombarded with information all day which she can only remember 2% of them.

Spent whole afternoon setting up the new classroom.

At least, the school is kid-less till Friday ! She has got another 4 days to set up.

She got home at 7.30 pm, literally !

There's a phone in each classroom. Siaopo's reachable every minute...

Social Gathering

Thank god for one great circle of Asian friends around us.

A great get-together before the summer ends, together with the Liaw's visit from the south.

So, when kids get together, the kids play !

The power of kids enjoying quality time with every single friend.

Without parents around, without benefit of a school environment, kids can just
make friends so easily.

Siaopo doesn't think she ever managed it until she was in her teens.

Hubby's always a part of the kid's team.

How he does it :
He stands around the kids, watching. The kids kick the balls, he joins in.
He laughs when they laugh and squeal when they squeal.


Siaopo and hubby had great time together with these good bunch of friends.

" When company is rare, we are each other's lifesaver."

Druridge Bay

Day-out at Druridge Bay with the kids last week.

Hubby missed out on the great day-out fun due to travel. The kids miss Uncle Pang..

Massage

Siaopo was attracted to a 10 x full body massage package and hubby said YES!

Yippee.....

A wonderful stress relief treatment for Siaopo's aching muscles.

Hubby's a STAR !

Loser

Hubby calls Siaopo a sore loser. Evil too.

Hubby beat Siaopo big time in tennis and Siaopo screamed and screamed !


Siaopo ponder : She knows she can never beat hubby in golf and now TENNIS too ! Grrr....

Not fair !

The winner enjoying his latte after the tennis game and swimming session.....