Appreciating April

17th April (Fri)

claire's belated hatchday meal @ Modu

that came with free tofu gelato... 😍😍😍

14th April (Tue)

感恩有家人... 有人陪吃饭, 有人陪睡客厅... 😍😍😍...

13th April (Mon)

just as i was preparing myself to beef up my portfolio for my 3 year cycle towards A (hopefully), i received a to-me invite to join ACM NLC 2026 by Ira from STAR... 天助我想也... 😍😍😍

and on this 1st out of 5 sessions, we were told to gather @ Jurong Primary (ulu far la) where i learnt a plentiful > zoom-in reveal, zoom-out one word reaction, from One to All, Huddle & Share, SEE-ing on transparency, new acronyms; VTS & OBL... 😅😅😅

天助我也 x2... the owner of Adv Dippies 2013 "yellow school bus" is also in this NLC... Woohoo... means got ride home every session!!! 

Thank You Uncle Wan.... shall gift him something nice to show my deep deep appreciation!!! heee

11 April (Sat)

Happy to 自然醒 on my bed and next to my 小老太婆... 😍😍😍

2 hours @ Nail Fashion, 5 hours  @ Kazoko & 1.5 hour @ Bangkok Spa

had us waiting for the last bus home past midnight even though we were at JB custom before 10pm... 😂😂😂 

PDL Module E : Facilitating Art Making

part of PDL is an internship where i assist in lessons & workshops for both kiddos and adults

#1 : Making Clay Charms with K & K @ Sage

2x K2 classmates made matchy heart charms & an animal charm; unicorn vs axolotl... my heart melted when one of the Ks saw her mum after the lesson and immediately went "This is for you, mummy."...

Art Hack acquired : chicken rice paper as paint palette

After thoughts: i like my job; 

I teach, u do, no chatter-boxing !!! ... 😂😂😂

#2 : Making Concrete Coasters @ NTFH

After thoughts: i like my job;

U use, u wash, u put back everything !!! ... 😂😂😂

#3 : Making Sock Plushies for 12 kiddos @ Sage

After thoughts: Oh my 老花眼;

threading needle is impossible without using a needle threader liao... 🙈🙈🙈

#4 : Glass Painting for 13 adults @ Sage 

Art Hack acquired : masking tape the picture + THICK marker outline + write any wordings last & in front of the glass 

After thoughts: 做 art 真的可以看人品

#5 : Craft @ MINDS 

#5.1

After thoughts: Let's do it together, one step @ a time

#5.2

to prep this for 40 kiddos, 8 man-hour was needed; trace, cut, outline, paste... 

i like my job;

no template! u create everything from scratch... 😂😂😂

***MEGA take-away from this internship > learnt a PLENTIFUL of craft ideas which i'm gonna roll out in Art Club!!! 😂😂😂

I Read ... (in progress)

quite proud of myself for re-developing a reading habit and in this 3rd year, i read...

(7) completed on 3 Apr

Money, Money, Money

Must be funny

It's a Rich Man's World

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(6) completed on 12 Mar

learnt about the relation between pain & leisure, how over indulgence and addiction messes up lives, why is it so difficult to quit an urge and how will and awareness are critical to overcome them... 

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(5) completed on 16 Feb 

first kiddy picture book of the year... interesting & weird attack tactics some animals have!!! 

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(4) completed on 13 Feb 

reminds me of JC 背 GP essays 的日子... 😅😅😅

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(3) completed on : 26 Jan 

Believe in the butterfly effect: 

take action today, no matter how small that action is.

Think Big

Start Small

Act Now

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(2) completed on : 7 Jan 

oki! need to do up my LPA.. found out that i had a draft 4/5 done in the system back in 2023, just didnt get it certified... wahahhaa... 

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(1) completed on : 1 Jan 

 

at the expense of my patience... 好累 好烦 还不想面对

PDL Module A : Watercolour Exploration

luv directing kiddos to use watercolour as a background medium just cos the wet-on-wet technique is a quick and easy method to cover a huge area with a base colour and for the kiddos to clean up after usage... 

i know, not a valid reason why this medium is being used... that's why i made arting with it more my first PDL module.. =)

< lesson with teacher CC & using professional watercolours >

 

< Homework using school watercolours >

Inktober52 2026

今年的 Inktober 52 迟到了... 1st prompt was only released on the 15th of Jan with 2 backdated prompts as FREE TIME*... 😂😂😂

This year's goal #7 is to "Complete (at least) 75% of Inktober 52" which equates to a minimum of 39 out of 52 drawings !!!... that's 5 more than last year's attempt !!!

27th Mar : Completed both in less than 10 minutes... just wanna get them over and done with... too many holiday, reno and other art stuff to do and clear these few weeks le... 😅😅😅

6th Mar : the cute cute cny ornament for the class

23rd Feb : smiling depression 

21st Feb : my happiness are trapped by these !@#$%^&*(?

12th Feb : guess whose granny is this?!?!?

30th Jan

29th Jan : Carl & Ellie's cozy corner

19th Jan : I paraGLIDEd amidst hot air balloons in Türkiye in 2024!!!

17th Jan : 这个星期 (T1W2) 的 FREE TIME 拿来 complete Work Planner 2026 的最后四页 之 Andy Goldsworthy for July and one of the pages was decorated with ginkgo leaves from Japan... 😍😍😍

18th Jan: FREE TIME this week (T1W1) was spent enjoying an early breakfast in JB

Appreciating March

26th Mar (Thur)

very yummy bimbibap for lunch with Zhuan @ J8 !!! finally got to pass her the gummies from my Germany trip last June that's gonna be expired next month!!! 😂😂😂

happy happy that this PDL allows me to meet friends who are more available in the morning cos their kiddos are in school... heee 

25th Mar (Wed)

yummy dinner @ ANTO Pizza with Xy & Vv... 😍😍😍

pizza was unique and dessert was sgroppino that was 调 & plated right in front of us... 

24th Mar (Tue)

Michelle treated brunch to celebrate my first brunch with them... 😍😍😍

23rd Mar (Mon)

mx popped over wlds home sweet home to have lunch with me & 蔡妈咪 and to pass me goodies & yummies from her taipei toy library conference recently... 

this ori-鸡-nal adidas shirt is so cute!!!  luv it !!! Thank you mx !!! 

22nd Mar (Sun)

Asti's on 2 weeks home leave...volunteered for 3 days of mummy care duty that's filled with lots of 吃吃喝喝 stone stone stroll stroll... 😂😂😂

13 Mar (Fri)

Last day in school is a clap clap day which ended way way ahead of schedule.... Woohoo!!!... 

yummy gummies with yummy coffee from ex-partner HS and current partner CY to celebrate the START of my 1 week of 玩玩 hol + 10 weeks of 画画 leave !!!  

感叹又庆幸我无儿无女... 如果养了个爹娘不养时, 我养, 读大学不够钱时, 我垫, 成年后不成材, 我多称点家用。 结果变白眼狼, 要收费帮忙顾狗。还好是别人家的。

12 Mar (Thur)

Yuan's hatchday celebration @ Teo Heng over taiwan street food from Eat 3 Bowls... 

our last pink theme celebration was 5 years ago and here we were, trying our best to recreate a pic taken then and unknowingly recreated the other one from 3 years ago... 😂😂😂

8th Mar (Sun)

装修, 换屋, 就是一场丢丢丢... 真的需要心狠狠把一大堆好好但没用, 没在用的东西丢丢丢... 

7th Mar (Sat)

dances & songs with & for the residents before volunteering 后的甜点 @ Cafe Kremes with mx... 😍😍😍

so autumn leavy... reminded me of a cafe that i visited in Seoul 10 years ago... 

6th Mar (Fri)

HDL with the 2021 P4 chers... 😍😍😍

3rd Mar (Tue)

1st of 2 work rocks cleared!!! Art Club VIA with MWH... 9 residents with 23 kiddos bonded over painting, a walk in our school garden and a snack break of curry puff & milo... 😍😍😍

2nd Mar (Mon)

thanks sylvia for 'organising' this diy kueh pie tee party for 3... 😍😍😍

official approval for PDL finally ARRIVED!!! Woohoo!!!