I saw this as I was boarding the place to Venice a month ago. As I set down on the airplane seat, strapped myself in and started looking through the papers, I came across a familiar face! Maybe you will recognise him too. Ha Ha. But in case you are wondering, our Navy Airforce captain is no longer in the Navy RSAF. He's on his way to fulfilling a greater calling in his life. Want to know more? Buy him lunch and I'm sure he will be most willing to tell you more. :)
Showing posts with label Our Shining Stars. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Our Shining Stars. Show all posts
Monday, October 13, 2008
A familiar face
Monday, February 19, 2007
God's "Good Hearted Young Man"
This news article was an affirmation from the Lord of what I am good at. Although I would not claim to be anywhere near the best in the trait, but at least I'm proud of what I have passion about. I always believe in sharing the blessings which I've received from the Lord. Through this talent which the Lord has blessed me with, I've used it to bless many other others with the gifts which I've made for them. Just to share with everyone the gifts which I've done for some of my pre-believer colleagues for valentine's day recently...
I believe this news article is the beginning of many greater things to come and that it'll also be an open door for me to speak forth to my students which I claim in Jesus' name.
Amen!
Jelvin Lee
Kenneth's Subtribe
Friday, October 13, 2006
Faith Works – Success Stories of Our Members
The FCBC News column recently started a new series called Faith Works – Success Stories of Our Members where they will profile FCBC members who have made an impact in society. In their inaugaral story, they have chosen to interview Shirley Bong who received from President SR Nathan the President’s Award for Teachers, Singapore’s highest accolade in the teaching profession. Like I said before, we are really proud of Shirley for what she has achieved and more importantly the impact she is making for the Lord. Read my blog entry here on something related to being excellent for the Lord, what I call, Craftsmanship.
You can read the full interview with Shirley here.
Joshua Teo
Monday, October 09, 2006
Oxymorons- and A Heartwarming ‘Cool’ Story
"Good grief!"
The false fact is oxymorons are humans not intellectually enlightened. The accurate rumour, however, is oxymorons are words which usually mean the opposite although they are used together.
I have been terribly fascinated and awfully amazed by oxymorons! The controlled enthusiasm and silent scream in my heart are urging me to devour them in this article about my pupils.
My beloved pupils undeniably top my list of those threatening to provide gentle turbulences that upset the stability of a laid-back person like me. They appreciate my hopeless humour and cheerful cynicism, providing much laughter and serious fun in the classroom!
It is a slight exaggeration to say that through them, I’ve also experienced a mildly tremendous growth as a person. They help me become a more positive pessimist on some days, though on other days a more mournful optimist!
They teach me the precious lesson of letting go. Those whom I reprimand, nag at and punish the most often are the also the ones who forgive the most quickly. They are also quick to appreciate the tough care and concern. On Teachers’ Day, they are the ones who planned a ‘collapsed’ cake which crashed to the ground while they transported it on a trolley, two gold fish to ‘calm me down’, (what clear irony!) and many chocolates surrounding a huge card that read ‘Happy Teachers’ Day’. My heart melted solidly.
I learn to let go of stressful calm and accept organized chaos. So what if I could not complete my carefully crafted lesson plans for that day? So what if I could not go according to my planned tasks? I got to interact with my pupils, improve rapport with them, get to know them and enjoy many teachable moments with them!
Together, we have succeeded in making a once-highly-stressed girl laugh heartily and participate actively in class. When she first came to P5, she was confronted with the rude shock of the avalanche of school work. Buried underneath it, she used to come to school and hide herself in the toilet, weeping uncontrollably. It worsened at one point when she started pinching herself to inflict pain in order to cope with her stress.
3 angelic girls (not an oxymoron here) immediately sprang to the rescue. They would accompany her before school every morning to cheer her up, eat with her during recess, and walk with her after school to her school bus. One sensitive boy (also not an oxymoron here) wrote in his journal to unashamedly apologize for once thinking that this girl was causing me a lot of undue stress with her ‘papaya’ face everyday. He weakly resolved to try and cheer her up after knowing the immense stress she was facing. My very dear autistic boy offered to ‘investigate’ the cause of her stress so he could ‘get to the bottom of the case’ and help her overcome it. Her group members cracked jokes – funny and not-so-funny ones – which tickled her to no end.
Today, she plays ‘Captain’s Ball’ with a smile on her face, contributes to group discussion, and manages her school work pretty well. I’ll unmistakably miss my pupils.
By Ms Tan Lay Leng (Tanjong Katong Primary)
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