tImE wiTh J - 5

J's PoWeR #18
* during dismissal *
Cher Lim: Child J, is this your bottle?
Child J: @@! Yesh!
Cher Lim: * took it away ... trying to “play” with him*
Child J: Hey (A)...
Cher Lim: A? B ar, A! Haha!
Child J: @@!
Cher Lim: so A or B?
Child J: T!
Cher Lim: ???
Child J: Teacher Lim!
Cher Lim: =)

J's PoWeR #19
* during Chinese lesson *
** DaY 1 **
Cher X: Children, shall we read together?
Children: YESH!
* Children & Cher X read together *
Cher X: Very good!
Child J: * out of a sudden * You got hear me read hor?
Cher X: Hmm... never lehz, I only heard the rest
Child L sat right infront of Cher X so obviously when Cher X said cant hear, it really means...)
Child J: But I got you know!
Cher X: Children, did you all hear Child J read just now?
Children: NOOO...
Child J: I got I got I got! * burst out crying *

** DaY 2 ** ... few days later
Cher X: Children, now I want you to read on your own. Can you do it?
Children: YESH!
Cher X: Ok! 1 2 3 start!
Children: * reading *
Cher X: Very good! =)
Child J: You got hear now?
Cher X: Hmmm... never, I only heard the rest
Child J: * cant take it * Ok! Later I SHOUT!
Cher X: ... ... ... ...

J's PoWeR #20
* snack time *
Child J: Cher Lim... I dont want already
Cher Lim: Cannot waste food, eat a little bit more
Child J: But... But I really cannot already, later my stomach explode
Cher Lim: ... ... ...

J's PoWeR #21
* Cher Lim addressing topic on year-end concert *
Cher Lim: Children, bring this letter back home and show your parents. If they want to let you join the concert then ask them to sing here and bring back the form to me next week ok.
Children: * listening *
Cher Lim: Tell mummy need to pay $xx for costume so that you will look handsome & beautiful on your concert.
* EVERYone sharing their different comments at the SAME time *
Child J: * frustrated look * But... But my mother no money you know
(repeated few times until he got Cher Lim's attention)
Cher Lim: * want to disturb him * Your mother not working?
Child J: Yesh! My mother working and working and working and working (wait till you see the look on his face) until morning you know
Cher Lim: And then?
Child X: She working and working and working, also no use! * frustrated + give-up look *
Cher Lim: Hahaha!

J's PoWeR #22
* during snack time *
Child J: Teacher, I don't want to eat already
Teacher: Don't waste food, try to finish it
Child J: But I don't want lei
Teacher: Why not you eat a little bit more?
Child J: I don't want. My stomach said cannot already
Teacher: @@! Okie! Then later during the party, if there any special food like cookies or sweets, you dont take ok because your stomach said full already
Child J: But I want lei. My stomach will hungry again you know.
Teacher: ... ...

J's PoWeR #23
* during dismissal ... Child J was running & screamng around in the hall, claimed that there's a aeroplane (his friend) want to bang him *
Cher Lim: * worried about the safety of the other children, held his hand and sit with me ... of course all these was done when he finished up his “chances” *
* Child J was on the floor, beside Cher Lim *
* “nagging” session started *
Child J: * suddenly ... with a super serious look & tone * You know I need to go home
Cher Lim: Why?
Child J: Because... Because my Ah Ma will worried lehz
Cher Lim: Oh! Why will your Ah Ma worried?
Child J: * in thoughts * She worried I hungry you know
Cher Lim: Haha!

A picture of Child J when he was in the classroom with one of his friends, guess he was trying to keep himself "occupied" when he didn't see Cher Lim around. Haha! This is basically just 5% of his power. His ultimate I ever “encountered” was he crawled infront of me & the whole class DURING lesson time. Why? No reason! Haha!

cLaSsRoOm & BeHaViOuRs MaNaGeMeNt MoDuLe

DiScIpLiNe – is not punishment, is guidance; is learning! Is also an ongoing process for helping children develop competence, self-control & acceptance behaviours.

“Our words can build or break someone” .. this doesn't only applied to adults but young children as well. In one of the articles my lecturer gave us - “As adults we need to examine our verbal and behavioral communications. We often use familiar words and phrases that carry negative or double meanings. We need to think about how children interpret our words and actions. Are the messages received by children the ones that we mean to send?”

Negative statements to POSTIVE!

“You children are so noisy and restless that I am cancelling recess!”
to ... “ Let's use our indoor voice”
=) Mr Lecturer commented both are different issues and shouldn't be used together

“Mouths shut, do your work, and don't look at your friend's paper!”
to ... “Would you like to do your work quietly”

“Sit in that time-out chair until you can learn to get along”
to ... “Please sit here and think about what happened. You can come back later”
=)Time-out is a punishment, not a guidance technique

“Don't run” to ... “Walk”
=) Many times we just tell children what not to do, it will be more effective by telling them what to do instead

Children learn best in an atmosphere that fosters confidence, success and risk taking.
I need to think before I speak! I am a role-model to my children! =)

for ALL who have or will encounter tough students..

=) came across this email article sent by my friend way back.
Whether YOU are main stream teacher or JAMs Church teacher, hope you will be challenged!

Here is the story of an elementary school teacher:

Her name is Mrs. Noriah. As she stood in front of her primary five class on the very first day of school, she told the children a lie.
Like most teachers, she looked at her students and said that she loved them all the same. But that was impossible because there in the front row, slumped in his seat, was a little boy named Aziz Sulaiman.

Mrs. Noriah had watched Aziz the year before and noticed that he did'nt play well with the other children, that his clothes were messy and that he constantly needed a bath. And Aziz could be unpleasant. It got the point where Mrs. Noriah would actually take delight in marking his papers with a broad red pen, making bold X's and then putting a big " F " at the top of his papers.

At the school where Mrs. Noriah taught, she was required to review each child's past records and she put Aziz' s off until last. However, when she reviewed his file, she was in for a surprise. Aziz's primary one teacher wrote, "Aziz is a bright child with a ready laugh. He does his work neatly and has good manners....he is a joy to be around."

His primary two teacher wrote, "Aziz is an excellent student, well-liked by his classmates, but he is troubled because his mother has a terminal illness and life at home must be a struggle."
His primary three teacher wrote, "His mother's death has been hard on him. He tries to do his best, but his father doesn't show much interest and his home life will soon affect him if some steps aren't taken."

Aziz's primary four teacher wrote," Aziz is withdrawn and doesn't show much interest in school. He doesn't have many friends and he sometimes sleeps in class." By now, Mrs. Noriah realized the problem and she was ashamed of herself. She felt even worse when her students brought her Teachers' Day presents wrapped in beautiful ribbons and bright paper, except for Aziz's.

His present was clumsily wrapped in the heavy brown paper that he got from a grocery bag. Mrs. Noriah took pains to open it in the middle of the other presents. Some of the children started to laugh when she found a rhinestone bracelet with some of the stone missing, and a bottle that was one quarter full of perfume.

But she stifled the children's laughter when she exclaimed how pretty the bracelet was, putting it on, and dabbing some of the perfume on her wrist. Aziz Sulaiman stayed after school that day just long enough to say, "Mrs.Noriah, today you smelled just like my Mom used to."

After the children left she cried for at least an hour. On that very day, she quit teaching reading, writing and arithmetic. Instead, she began to teach children. Mrs. Noriah paid particular attention to Aziz. As she worked with him, his mind seemed to come alive.

The more she encouraged him, the faster he responded. By the end of the year, Aziz had become one of the smartest children in the class and, despite her lie that she would love all the children the same,
Aziz became one of her "Teacher's Pets." A year later, she found a note under her door, from Aziz, telling her that she was still the best teacher he ever had in his whole life.

Six years went by before she got another note from Aziz. He then wrote that he had finished sixth form third in his class, and she was still the best teacher he ever had in his whole life.
Four years after that, she got another letter, saying that while things had been rough at times, he'd stayed in school, stuck with it, and would soon graduate from university with highest of honors. He assured Mrs.Noriah that she was still the best and favorite teacher he'd ever had in his whole life.

Then four more years passed and yet another letter came. This time he explained that after he got his bachelor's degree, he decided to go a little further. The letter explained that she was still the best and favorite teacher he'd ever had. But now his name was a little longer - the letter was signed, Aziz
Sulaiman, MD.

The story doesn't end there. You see, there was yet another letter that year. Aziz said he'd met this girl and was going to be married. He explained that his father had died a couple of years earlier and he was wondering if Mrs. Noriah might agree to sit in the place at the wedding which was usually reserved for the mother of the groom.
Of course, Mrs. Noriah did. And guess what? She wore that bracelet, the one with several rhinestones missing. And she made sure she was wearing the perfume that Aziz remembered his mother wearing on their last moments together.

They hugged each other, and Dr. Aziz whispered in Mrs. Noriah's ear. Thank you, Mrs. Noriah for believing in me. Thank you so much for making me feel important and showing me that I could make a difference. Mrs. Noriah, with tears in her eyes, whispered back, "Aziz, you have it all wrong. You were the one who taught me that I could make a difference. I didn't know how to teach until I met you."

Please remember that wherever you go, and whatever you do, you will have the opportunity to touch and/or change a person's outlook. It is you. Please try to do it in a positive way.
You're never too old to eat humble pie, and you're never too young to feed it.

TiMe WiTh J - 4

J's PoWeR #12
... DaY 1 ...
*dismissal ... majority of the children boarded the bus, left Child J alone*
Cher Lim: Hey Child J, wrong side already
Child J: No lah, correct lah! * continued wearing *
Cher Z: Aiyo, Child K wear wrongly already!
Child J: * ignored *
Cher Z: Like that don't let you go home already!
Child J: * BURSTED OUT CRYING immediately & dramatically ... slided down from the bench too *
* Cher Z gave up and walked away *
Cher Lim: @@! Okok, quickly wear your shoes now!
Child J: * sobbing away as he wear his shoes * Stupid!
Cher Lim: @@! Hey, you watch what you said. I don't like to hear that word.
Child J: * sobbing * Stupid school
* stood up and walked towards the bus *
Cher Lim: Okie! Auntie, tomorrow don't need to fetch Child J to school
Auntie: * knowing his pattern .. smile smile * Ya lohz! Ya lohz!
Cher Lim: Ok! So if I see you tomorrow, I won't let you play SCHOOL's toys
Child J: * BURSTED OUT CRYING *
Cher Lim: ... ... ... ...

... DaY 2 ...
* Child J entered school happily ... Cher Lim went to “disturb” *
Child J: Good Morning Cher Lim!
Cher Lim: =) Good Morning!
Cher Lim: Hmm... Child J, how come you are in school today?
Child J: I want to study you know
Cher Lim: Oh... I thought yesterday you said the school is stupid?
Child J: * silence *
Cher Lim: Come, take your bag with you!
Child J: Why?
Cher Lim: I bring you out of the school now
Child J: @@! I don't want
Cher Lim: But you said the school stupid right?
Child J: * silence * I... I stupid
Cher Lim: * tried not to laugh * Oh... so is the school stupid?
Child J: N...o... I stupid
Cher Lim: No... you are not stupid, you are a clever boy. No one is stupid. So is the school stupid?
Child J: N...o...
Cher Lim: I want you to say sorry to the school
Child J: ???? * to the air * Sorry

J's PoWeR #13
* during work time ... J very engrossed in colouring his worksheet *
Friend S (the most frequent friend who will have verbal-fight with him): * walked over & whisper to him * Later I destroy your house (constructed by lego)
Child J: No... Arggghhhhhh * bursted out with a loud scream *
Cher Lim: Aiyo... Child J!
Child J: Friend S wants to destroy my house~~~
Cher Lim: Enough, finish your work first
* Child J get back to his work *
Friend S: * whisper again * I go and destroy your house now
Child J: Arghhh.... * loud scream * He want to destroy my house~~~
Cher Lim: Enough already, I will go and destroy
Child J: @@! Then I will anyhow colour
Cher Lim: @@!

J's PoWeR #14
* water parade *
Child J: * enjoying his water from his bottle * Cher Lim, you know hor.
Cher Lim: Yes?
Child J: I like to drink water more than tiger beer!
Cher Lim: @@! Tiger beer?! * burst out laughing * Do you know what is tiger beer?
Child J: * blur look * I don't know. Friend S said one!
Friend S: Yesh! I want to bring Child J & Child Y to tiger beer.

J's PoWeR #15
* Child J being bullied by 3 friends when he laid flat on the floor *
Cher Lim: * investigation start * What happened?
Child J: They... They pushed me you know
Cher Lim: Why did they pushed you?
Child J: Because I like that ... * laid his body flat on the floor *
Cher Lim: * tried not to laugh and turned to the 3 children * Can you 3 tell me what happened?
Child J: * put his arm on my lap as I was on the chair * Ya... why did you all do that?
Cher Lim: @@ by Child J's actions

J's PoWeR #16
* reading time *
Cher Lim: Ok! Now let's take turn to read, the boys then the girls Let's start with the girls first!
* mission accomplished for the girls *
Cher Lim: Ok! Now the boys!
* boys went on *
Friend JL: Hey Child J, why you never read?
Child J: * didn't know is boys' turn * Is girls' turn you know! You see, I am not girl lehz!
Cher Lim: * burst out laughing * How to see?!

J's PoWeR #17
* during snack time ... Cher Lim walked passed Child J without giving him a bowl of porridge *
Child J: Cher Lim, I want lehz!
Cher Lim: * shocked .. as all along Child J don't take porridge * You want porridge?!?!
Child J: Yes lehz.
Cher Lim: Ok! Here you go!
* Child J started eating happily *
Cher Lim: * state of shock * Child J, how come you eat porridge now?
Child J: I like lehz.
Cher Lim: Hmm.. then how come last time you don't eat but now you eat?
Child J: * convicing look * Because now my mind say is nice.
Cher Lim: * amazed* Oh... okie okie!

ExCeLlInG iN mY cAlLiNg

Wooooo... is my great privilege to be able to attend EduNet session with Pst Mike last Friday! =)
I'm motivated, challenged & “awaken”! Heehee
Here some that caught me...

~ My relationship with God is the key factor to my success in teaching!
~ What makes me stand out is the God-factor that is in me!
~ My job is not a job .. is my ministry, my calling!
~ I am like a “pastor” to my children!
~ Is not my principal who is watching .. God is watching!
Col 3:23 “And whatever you do, do it heartily, as to the Lord and not to men”

~ My life is the message!
~ Who I am will be seen in my teaching!
~ Impart my passion to my children .. to love what I love!
~ Is not about knowledge, is about attitude & inspiring!
~ Creativity & Innovative

~ I need to see my children the way God see them!
~ Does God scold me the way I scold my children?
~ Change my way in relating to my children!
~ Release peace & presence of God to my classroom daily .. pray .. take authority

Am not a GTY (Great-Teacher-Yanni) yet! There's soooooo much rooms for improvement. Will strive to be one!

* shout out loud * Teacher Lim want to make a difference in the pre-school generation!

sPeCiAlLy FoR mY gS-lADiEs

GS will be held faithful every once a month but not so in the recent year due to each's commitment. Though GS sometimes will only be held once every three months but every GS will be so fruitful, never moments of silence or moments of no-topics-to-talk-about.

My friendship with Miss Ting, Miss Liu & Miss Kong been like xx years already!
Not forgetting our Miss Wang who is striving hard in Aussie & Miss Xie who is always-busy.
Really treasure my friendship with them.

In life, there are many kinds of friends. At least to me, there are: hi-bye friends, “surface” friends, free-then-meet friends and of course true friends.

My GS-ladies, they are my “true friends” - though we seldom meet or even often see each other through ups and downs but there just an assurance that you can count on them when there trouble and you know they be there. Just know they are my genuine friends

Special mention about their generosity ... from ADIDAS watch to ESPRIT bag, this ladies had never failed to shower me with their generosity during my birthday! Pretty xiong for them actually as there will

bDaE pHoToS

been a month already ... haha ... here are some photos taken during my "21st" birthday! =p

Hmmm... WhAt ArE tHiS pEoPlE uP tO?!?!

SuRpRiSe! Is YaNnI's “21st” bIrThDaY! WoWoW... kOrEaN fEaSt @ BuGiS!

ChEcK oUt My UnIqUe CaKe ... mAkInG a WiSh SuPeR hArD

mY pReSeNt! I'm tOuChEd bY tHe "GeNoRsiTy" Of My FrIeNdS! HeEhEe!

HeEeHeEe... mY rEaL pReSeNt...

mY fAcIaL eXpReSsIoN tElLs My ExPeCtAtIoN? MuAhAhAhAhA!

oH mAn .. tHe "TrAdItIoNaL wAy" - I mUsT gUeSs FiRsT! HaHa!

WOoOo... gReAt & ExPeNsIvE gIfTssSS! =)
WaNt To KnOw? CoMe AsK mE pErSoNaLlY... HaHa!

SeE! TiMeS hAs ChAnGeD ... sUrPrIsE iS nO lOnGeR rEqUiReD ... HeNsA wRItTiNg YaNnI's CaRd In ThE pReSeNcE oF YaNnI. HaHa!

WoOooOooOo...
YaNnI's ThEorY – nO mAtTeR hOw FuLl yOu ArE, tHeRe AlWaYs SpAcE fOr iCe-CrEam.
IcE-cReAm WiLl MaDe A mEaL mOrE cOmPlEtE... =)

bDaE pHoToS sEt II

With beloved cg @ sakae...

iS nOt JuSt FoR yAnNi ... iS mElViN's BdAe ToO!

woOoO.. bY lOoKiNg @ hEr ExPrEsSiOn, yOu WiLl KnOw HoW mUcH tHiS sIsTeR “lOvE” mE! HaHa!

tAsK– tO rEmOvE tHe CaNdLe W/o UsInG mY hAnDs

mUaHaHa ... bY dOiNg ThIs, I sUpPoSeD nO oNe WiLl WaNt To ShArE tHiS iCe-CrEaM wItH mE! HeEhEe!

I'm FuLl~~~

aN aDvEnTuRe NiGhT

Even since the death of my uncle in an accident where his bike crashed with another bike, my “doubts & dislike” of a bike increased ... told myself as much as possible, I will not want to get a bike ride.
From the day I made that statement, I have actually taken twice! The recent was just few days ago. Did I just conquered my fear? Hmm... Haha!

“What speed are you going now?”
“100km”
“100km? 100km... oh man, it's so fast!”
“What's your fastest speed?”
“140km”
“Wow!”
“Want to try 160km”
“Oh, is ok is ok, no need to go beyond your limit”
ps: in this kind of situation, I will be less encouraging. Haha!

Haha... not that I dont trust my driver-friend but rather I don't trust a bike when is on the road. Throughout the long journey from far east to central city, was my eyes closed? Of course cannot, my eyes were fully opened to keep a close lookout @ the vehicles that sooooo near me! Haha! I may looked calm and cool on the outside but on the inside, I was actually SCREAMING and of course praying in tongues! Haha!
Still... given a choice to take bike or to walk for long distance, I rather walk! Haha!