算命？改命？认命？

你相信风水、算命、改运之类的事情吗？

刚在网上看到“陈凤玲”改名成“陈靓萱”的新闻。“陈风玲”已算是一个家喻户晓的名字，改名难免让我觉得有点儿多此一举，甚至可能弄巧成拙，必须让观众重新认识她。

不久前有个朋友去给一个叫什么“方居士”的“大师”算名字，结果真的去改了名，而且对这位“大师”说过的话深信不疑。名字是父母亲给孩子取的，意义自然非凡。去听信一个“外人”的话而改名字，对我来说似乎是对父母有欠尊重，除非是父母要你改的。

之前到中国旅游，途经月老庙，也顺道进去拜了拜。里面也有个“大师”，“赠”了我们一人一道符，不过当他盯着我的钱包，有点儿强迫性地要我们“捐钱”时，“大师”的风范荡然无存，我心中甚至浮现出“江湖术士”四个字。他给的符，说什么要我们放在枕头底下三十天，说什么能帮助姻缘，我回到新加坡连碰都没碰过。我无意冒犯神明，我信庙里的神，我只是不信庙里的人。

我从小就对奇门遁甲、紫薇斗数之类的东西有兴趣，只不过我一直是抱着“信而不迷”的态度。我绝对不会去做一些试图“改命”的事，因为我认为不管是哪个“大师”，无论真假，无论多厉害，都没有办法完全理解宇宙中的奥秘，并有能力掌握或改变一个人的命运。他们只不过是根据各自“有限”的智慧和见解，来试图改变命运。可是谁能证明你的命真的改变了？谁又能保证结果是变好，而不是变得更糟呢？

最后，“赵大师”在此赠你们两句金玉良言：

“命里有时终须有，命里无时莫强求”

“既来之，则安之”

Mixed Feelings

{Sick}
Struck by the flu virus... it's spreading rampantly in the staff room... colleagues taking mc one after the other... my turn yesterday... 2 nice days of rest...

{Touched}
My students gave me two cute little hamsters as a gift... I'll be the 1st teacher (at least for my school) to rear pets in the staff room...

{Disappointed}
Not going anywhere (abroad) for the CNY long weekend... noone responded to my open invitation... and none of the people I asked can make it (time & budget constraints)... looks like I have to resort to another mahjong marathon to kill the boredom of CNY...

{Touched x 2}
"Someone" made me a cake... "someone" who dun even know how to operate a rice cooker... "someone" who have problems cooking instant noodles... this "someone" actually made me a cake and told me “为了你做的”... sob sob... so "gam dong"...

{Unlucky}
The tv in my living room started making funny noises... sounds like it's going to explode anytime soon... then my bedroom fan suddenly went dead on me today... seems like I have some serious CNY shopping (spending) to do...

{Lucky}
Found $50 on the street... someone muz have dropped it (but who cares?)...

乱写

刚吃了一顿超难吃的煮炒。。。打得还是有名的香港街的招牌。。。西北肚懒。。。

校方今天宣布食堂今后不准售卖煎炸食物。。。晴天霹雳。。。

林志源肉干这么快就起价到一公斤四十六元。。。趁火打劫。。。

吃太多巧克力和零食。。。有点喉咙痛。。。感觉快生病了。。。真是自作孽。。。

失望

我老爸提议说三月假期全家人一起去中国九寨沟旅游。。。我当然是举双手赞成。。。但我老妈却坚决反对。。。虽然她反对是预料之中的事，但难免还是觉得失望。。。毕竟，一生之中一家人没有一起出过国旅行，对我来说是一种遗憾。。。

1st Day Of School & My Butt-Shaking Favourite Student

Ok… school started today… onli got to see one out of the three classes I am teaching tis year… P4’s bottom class… as usual expected lots of discipline problems… but the kids are so damn cute loh… makes me 不忍心scold them… jialat liao… tink they will ride over my head beri soon…

The most notorious student in my class is oso the cutest… he’s beri naughty (to the extent of being weird) but at the same time extremely cute (one of the cutest in school)… the things he do realli makes me laugh, puts me in a dilemma whether to punish him anot… today onli first day of school, 1st time he sees me, got punished by me to stand up for talking non-stop… then he got punished further by my HOD because he was SHAKING HIS BUTT in the full view of the entire hall while standing up… hahaha… the HOD got him to stand on stage instead… and while my HOD was toking, he was still twitching & fidgeting on stage… then he lost his balance & fell flat on his butt… haha…

As we were going back to class from the hall, he actually came over to me, showed me a sibei 可怜 look… and said “Sorry teacher… I din mean to do it.” Aiyo… my heart totally melt sia… felt maybe he’s not as bad as everybody tinks… I told him “It’s ok… juz dun do it again next time… when people are toking on stage, muz be quiet blah blah blah…”

Then…

He started doing his BUTT-SHAKING DANCE again… hahaha… realli made me 哭笑不得…

In class… 1st day so no teaching… anyway came back from hall onli left 15min… so told the students about some admin stuff (wat books nid to buy, collect $ etc)…

Then…

My “favourite student’s” handphone rang… juz as I was about to begin scolding him for not turning off his handphone in the classroom, he answered his phone in a beri towkay posture (like those type beri busy doing big business) & said VERY LOUDLY “Ma ! Chinese teacher in class lah !” & hung up the phone… the whole class burst into laughter… alamak… how to be angry at him? I nv laugh until stomach cramp oredi good liao…

But many of my colleagues were warning me… he’s those type 人见人爱 but only when u are NOT TEACHING him… all the teachers who’ve taught him before, from P1 to P3, all taboleh tahan him… so I am getting mentally prepared…

But to be fair… his butt-shaking dance is realli cute & funny… haha… so maybe I’ll allow him to do it in class… oops…

2008

1st post for 2008…

1stly wish all a HAPPY new year… u should have gotten lots of new year greetings by now… wat wealth, prosperity, luck blah blah blah… so I’ll juz cut it short… most impt is to be HAPPY…

Went thru many of my frenz’ blogs… most would blog about their past year achievements… new year resolutions… plans for 2008… makes me tink abt wat I should blog…

Past year achievements?

Well… can’t realli call them achievements… coz I’m a person who din “achieve” much my entire life… haha… let me see… I graduated from NIE & became a “real” teacher (though there’s still the “confirmation” period to survive)… went to Penang, Genting & China for holidays… six hiking/trekking expeditions… got to know quite a num of new frenz/acquaintances…

New year resolutions?

None… not my style to set any… I’ll juz take things one step at a time…

Plans for 2008?

Get married? Hahaha… Nah… No big plans in mind at the moment… I seriously do hope to be able to go Hokkaido soon… SERIOUSLY…

School starts tomorrow… sianz… looking forward to next holiday oredi…