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hm hmm lots has been being discussed here! so I'll cut to the chase...: you like our govt??! I'm thinking that there are really a few serious flaws with the new govt and that l/k/y ought to sit his son down at the dinner table and ask him what the heck he's really thinking. 6 million people in sin/gapore is going to be terribly ridiculous. at the rate we're going, I've already been seriously considering packing up and -returning- to Japan, seeing as to how most of us are probably going to have to work overseas at some point in our lives, in the very near future. anyway, haven't been reading much of the news lately so I'd better shut up since my level of knowledge of the current affairs is probably inadequate to be able to add any worth!

last week's news was quite depressing because for 5 or so consecutive days there were tons of reports on this and that death death death... it really got me thinking alot about the whole issue of life and death (if you get what I mean because of my beliefs) and it's something I tend to ponder over night and day once I start thinking about it. augh.

anyways, y/ilin used to supervise the min/ds kids cleaning the SIA headsets I think 2 years ago!! I remember her telling me about it! that's when I started taking notice of the headset packaging whenever I got on the planes! I think it's kinda... cute! hahas.

speaking of kids, today I tried (unsuccessfully) to get my kids to set up blogs to help them write more and hopefully in the process build up and improve on their writing skills. perhaps also to boost their interest and help them to see the real 'use' of writing... instead of always writing dull compositions that they feel nobody but the teacher is ever gonna read. hm. it was a flop anyway. only about 1/5 of the class actually managed to do it. or wanted to. I guess my plan was a little too idealistic and overenthusiastic.

by the way I don't think I mentioned it before becus yil/in didn't seem to know that day when I told her, but for my hols, I've been hanging out back in secondary school... as a full-time part-time relief teacher. and I must say, it's really been quite the experience... a rough little neighbourhood school, getting to see the 'other' side of the world. oh gosh.. and ya know to sorta be socio-linguistically smart, I've been speaking (or trying to, at least) their lingo.. and that has caused my speech to start going awry! it's really so weird. my cognition is really screwing up. either that, or I must've somehow damaged my left brain (or was it the right??) okay whatever.

hehe. hey, can we meet upto eat prata sometime soon? it's still my home-sweet-home-obsession HAHAs.