On Eagles' Wings

My first Teacher's Day present!! :) Awwwww. So sweet of you. Thank you, Yu-Chen. I really appreciate it loads!! It was so strange being wished a very "Happy Teacher's Day!" by students. Felt a sense of pride reciting the teacher's oath we renew every year on this special day, and also singing our song : Guru Malaysia Kami guru Malaysia Berikrar dan berjanji Mendidik dan memimpin Putera puteri negara kita Pada Seri Paduka Kami tumpahkan setia Rukun negara kita Panduan hidup kami semua Di bidang pembangunan Kami tetap bersama Membantu Membina Negara yang tercinta Amanah yang diberi Kami tak persiakan Apa yang kami janji Tunai tetap kami tunaikan Bangga :)

Pn. Poga, my mentor, had an English class with my brother's class, 5 Ixora, the other day. So I followed her into the class to observe her. And yes, I have gotten over the awkwardness of being greeted as "teacher". Just a little. :P After introducing them to two new poems ( O My Luve Is Like A Red, Red Rose by Robert Burns and The Clod and The Pebble by William Blake) and discussing the meanings and interpretations with the class, she had them write a poem of their own. It could be themed love, or anything else. I have to say, I was impressed with some of the pieces they came up with in like, what, twenty minutes? Very impressed indeed. :) While they were writing, I wrote one of my own. I wanted to write about love. But I did not want to write about how great love is. Or how painful it can be sometimes. My poem's not much. And it's short. But oh well. I like it :) Here goes: What Love Is Like ~Lisa Kwan~ Like a reflection in the mirror Unreach...

My hero. Kris Allen. American Idol 2009. With a unique and special voice, he sings with passion, like he has given his heart and soul on a silver platter just for you. He has the funniest (and cutest) expressions when he sings! Him playing on the piano, or on his acoustic guitar, coupled together with his beautiful angelic voice - simply heaven :) And it doesn't hurt that he looks the way he does either. Super CUTE. :P Too bad he's married. Damn. >.<  His wife is one lucky woman. Shucks. Anywayyyy Congratulations Kris Allen! From the moment I first heard you sing you were MY favourite. :) Despite everything, you gave the final performance your ALL as you have always done. You deserve this win. Sigh.  Will you ever come visit? Please do.  I'm sure if you had met me before you met your wife it will be a whole different story.  Mrs. Kris Allen?  Me: Yes? Your husband is hot. Me: *grin* I know.

I celebrated Teacher's Day by going for a perkembangan staf meeting in school at 8.00am today. Yippee. How annoying. Like teachers are not tired enough working five days a week, they get you to come back in to school on a Saturday morning as well. >.<   Might as well get used to it now, right? There will be plenty more to come when I begin my teaching career. >.<  Anyways, it has been pretty fun so far. Every day, a different teacher will belanja me. One day was Pn. Vimala. Then it was Pn. Lee Mee Hong. And the next day was Pn. Tan Peik Lee. Okay, settle down people, settle down! Don't quarrel. ALL of you will have the honour of treating me to breakfast! So, who wants to treat me Monday? Pn. X? Perfect!! *perasan* I have learned a lot. Got many tips from Pn. Soo on handling problem children in class. But more importantly, she tells me of her pains from past experiences. Her burdens for the school. And I am saddened by the way the world is today. ...

CLASS STAND! GOOD AFTERNOON, TEACHER! That's what the students of 1 Mawar, my first relief class, greeted me when I entered the class yesterday afternoon. It was waaaaayyyy weird. >.<   Starting my pre-practicum as a trainee teacher is weird. But starting my pre-practicum as a trainee teacher in my alma mater is even weirder. I was both excited and intimidated to go back to SMK Bukit Mewah for my pre-practicum. It was exciting cos I got to go back and see all my teachers. And it was intimidating cos, I was surrounded by teachers I knew. So many of the teachers could not even recognize me. One teacher would shake my hand and say, "Welcome to Bukit Mewah!" and then pause, look right into my face and say, "Lisa?" After I nod and smile sheepishly, she goes, "Wow, you look so different! Much prettier now, and more mature!" Paiseh . "Wow, did not expect you to come back as a teacher ! " "Lisa Kwan? What are you doing here?...

No, this is not home. No mansion. We don't live in such fancy houses. No snow around these parts either. >.< No plush bedrooms like this too. Mine is a single mattress. With one head pillow. Okay, two hugging pillows. :) And my tiny tiger doll called Tiny together with oh-so-huggable Bobby (SpongeBob)! No plasma TV. No swimming pool. None of these things. But the most important of all, is that I have this: The Three Musketeers! XD I am so happy to be home. :) Home is truly where the heart is. There is no place like home.

Dengan segala hormatnya dimaklumkan bahawa saya, bagi pihak Persatuan Ibu Bapa dan Guru Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan XXX ingin memohon kesudian tuan untuk mengangkat sembah menjunjung rasa kasih kepada Ke Bawah Duli Yang Maha Mulia Sultan Indra Kayangan atas limpah perkenan baginda berangkat mencemar duli ke Majlis Penyampaian Hadiah pada 28 April yang lalu. That was the kind of laras bahasa that I had to use if I were to write a letter to the Setiausaha Sulit at the Pejabat Duli Yang Maha Mulia Sultan Indra Kayangan if I wanted to thank the dear Sultan for gracing us with his presence at the school Prize Giving Ceremony. Yeah. That's actually what I was saying in the first paragraph. Did you get that? I did not get that when I first read it. But then again, of course we do not address the Sultan personally . As if we were buddies or something. We have to go through his Secretary of course. Private Secretary lagi . haha Apparently, we need to know how to write official ...

I was looking for a nice picture to put on my desktop as a background. Then I saw the above photo. That's a photo of me, my brothers and my dad. Well, of our feet (and shoes) at least. We took that when our whole family went to Seremban 2 City Park for a jog (hah! Not me!) around the place while enjoying the scenery and watching people feed the fish in the lake. Mum's feet isn't there. I think she was still walking around the park. My dad and brothers were just done with their (2nd..3rd..4th round) jog and were resting. I walked around once then hung around at the lake taking pictures with my phone. XD So we took this. You must be wondering what I'm babbling about. Well. Looking at that picture again made me...miss my family. :( People tell me, " Haiyo, you stay so near only ma . No problem, what." Well. That does not mean I do not miss my family as much as anyone who flies back to Sarawak or Sabah. Although I live relatively nearby, I d...

To my dearest Choo Hui Sun , Happy 20th! And quoting your friend, "Welcome to the 20s club!" I want to take this opportunity to say that I am so glad to have become your friend. So glad to have met you. :) I believe it was no coincidence that we are in the same course (as well as all the rest of us in TESL). Although so far, I have only known you for 2 semesters (almost a year babe! WOW), I know that you have a good heart, sweet disposition and are very caring. :) You have a heart for your friends, and you really take this phrase Sharing is Caring to heart. You may be younger than me by a year (plus!) but I seem to be the one who's always lost >.< And you help me, and the rest of us too. :P Even though most of the time, you bully me mercilessly, I forgive you. XD Plus, it's all in the fun, right? I know you sayang me. And I sayang you too!! Thank you, Choo Hui Sun! And to my closest TESLian friends: Choo Hui Sun , Jessica Yong , and Dwee Chiew Yen...

OMG. I watched The Swan Princess today!! And I fell in love with Princess Odette and Prince Derek and Jean Bob and Speed and Puffin and Bromley and Rogers and all of them all over again! I watched Hercules last night till late. Gosh I love that cartoon. I loved the songs best!! "Zero to hero, just like that! *snaps*" XD And I love love love love the 5 Muses - "goddesses of the arts and proclaimer of heroes" - who sing the story from the beginning till the end!! Sooooo chun . :P I also watched Sleeping Beauty , which, unbelievably, I have not watched before this. Seriously. I don't know why. I've watched cartoons like Cinderella and Snow White but not Sleeping Beauty . >.<   And you know what made me go "Awwwwww. Sooo cute! XD" that I watched it more than five times today?  This . Enjoy! :P

You know, only recently, I have discovered the wonders of YouTube. Seriously. I mean, before this, I used YouTube to watch music videos and funny clips. But did you know you could actually watch movies on YouTube? Albeit in parts. But you can actually watch whole movies on YouTube!! Oh. You already knew that? Well, humour me all right? >.<    We watched Never Been Kissed , The Wedding Singer , Driving Miss Wealthy, and Mulan 2 (in Polish - it was loaded by accident). And then I discovered that my old favourite cartoons were on YouTube too! OMG. I used to have them in video tapes. You know the ones you play with the VCR? They're all spoiled now. Which is sad because the beauty of those animated movies is gone when the tape is. I missed them. I found Cats Don't Dance first. OMG. I LOVED that cartoon. Watching it again felt sooooo good. It brought back sweet childhood memories. I used to watch the VCR over and over and over again. Darla Dimple a...