i seriously need to do classroom management.
and also, pray for favour.. so that ppl will stop bad mouthing.. maybe it's just they need to do that to make themselves feel better.

Oh man...

I can't believe something small can blow up so big.. u mean u can't handle it on ur own, u have to give this kind of feedback to ED?
I already told u it's nt a school event right?
And my sharing of personal choices is not alright with u? I said I'm happy is my own sharing.. I never force her to be like me what. U as a parent don't know how to process and teach her to make choices. How's she gonna enter teenage years? How's she gonna grow up? Or maybe u'd rather she doesn't grow up.

Note to self.. make it a point to communicate with parent/guardian first and not believe all that the child says.

Can talk to me directly or not..

Haiyo, can feedback to me direct or not.. instead of through XX.. make me look so inept at what I'm doing.. come on.. I'm trying here.. You don't expect me to be like you right? I have my own style.. please respect that.

You can chose to dislike me. I can chose to dislike you.
I'm perfectly comfortable with that. I don't seek to have everyone like me. I don't seek to be popular.
Before you ask why I don't talk to you, reflect and think why you are not popular.

Choices That Change Lives

Chapter 1:
Humility
Life is a lesson in Humility. Be Humble.. or be humbled.
If pride turned some of the angels into demons, then humility can doubtless make angels out of demons.
If you think you are not conceited, it means you are very conceited indeed.
When we become aware of our humility, we've lost it.
Life is a long lesson in humility.
Humble people don't think they know everything, don't think they're always right, don't brag, don't judge others.
Humble people treat others with respect, are thankful, are genuine, want to learn and become better.

Chapter 2:
Patience
Think before you act. Patience is the first step toward understanding and peacefulness.
Patience is quiet hope and trust, expecting things to turn out all right. Patience is being calm and tolerant when difficult things happen.
For the more we cultivate patience, the happier and more peaceful we are, even if things don't always turn out the way we want.
Patience is the companion of wisdom.

Chapter 3:
Empathy
Sensitivity toward others take the spotlight off ourselves.
Be caring and compassionate
Empathy is the ability to read and understand people and be in tune with or resonate with others.
Seek first to understand, then to be understood
If we were supposed to talk more than we listen, we would have two mouths and one ear.

Chapter 4:
Giving
It is more blessed to give than to receive.
In helping others, you are helping yourself
Perhaps above all else it is the gift of our time - the most perishable commodity we have - that means the most.
You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.
It is not how much we give but how much love we put into giving
For it is in giving that we receive
He who obtains has little. He who scatters has much.

Chapter 5:
Forgiveness
Learn to forgive. It's incredibly hard, but worth the effort - and essential to mental health
It is the foregoing of resentment or revenge when the wrongdoer's actions deserve it and giving the gifts of mercy, generosity and love when the wrondoer does not deserve them.
Forgiveness is a choice. It is a process.
Forgiveness is letting go of the past. It is a form of healing.
Forgiveness is a sign of strength.
To withhold forgiveness is to choose to continue to remain the victim. You always have the choice.
Pain is inevitable. Misery is optional.
Life may not be perfect but you can learn to suffer less. You can learn to forgive and learn to heal.
Forgiveness is a gift that you give to yourself.

Chapter 6:
Thinking
The mind is like a garden. Feed it and weed it with care
The care and feeding of the mind is just as important as the care and feeding of the body. The mind unfed weakens just as the body does. The mind not sustained by the continual intake of something that is capable of filling it well or nourishing it shrinks and shrivels.
Just as the gardener cultivates his plot, keeping it free from weeds and growing the flowers and fruits which he requires, so may a man tend the garden of his mind, weeding out all the wrong, useless and impure thoughts and cultivating toward perfection the flowers and fruits of right, useful and pure thougts.
The mind grows by what it feeds on.
A man is literally what he thinks, his character being the complete sum of all his thoughts.
Positive thinking won't let you do anything, but it will let you do everything better than negative thinking will.
Positive anything is better than negative nothing.
Work joyfully and peacefully, knowing that right thougts and right efforts will inevitably bring about right results.

Chapter 7:
Possibilities
Always think in terms of what's possible. It's how every achievement begins.
Opportunity. Potential. Imagination.
Opportunity is all around us. If we seek it, we will find it.
Opportunities multiply as they are seized.
No matter what the level of your ability, you have more potnetial than you can ever develop in a lifetime.
Imagination is more important than knowledge, for knowledge is limited to all we now know and understand, while imagination embraces the entire world and all there ever will be to know and understand.
Our aspirations are our possibilities.
If we did all the things we were capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves.
Some of the world's greatest feats were accomplished by people not smart enough to know they were impossible.

Chapter 8:
Renewal
It's never too late to learn to change or to grow. Make all of them lifelong pursuits.
To develop skills, attitudes, habits of mind and the kinds of knowledge and understanding that will be the instruments of continuous change and growth.
4 kinds of renewal: Physical, Mental, Social, Spiritual.
We should be able to look forward not only to growing up but also to continued growth in all human dimensions throughout life. All should aspire to make as much of their powers as they can.
The process of keeping the mind alive and growing is as perpetual and continual a process as that of keeping the human body alive. But whereas there are limits to the body's growth, the mind, unlike the body, can grow every year of our lives. The only condition of it's growth is that it be fed and exercised.

Chapter 9:
Courage
It takes courage to say "yes" to life. Make it a daily commitment.
Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear.
The real tests of courage are inner tests, like remaining faithful when no one's looking, enduring pain when the room is empty, standing alone when you're misunderstood.
Everyday courage has few witnesses. But yours is no less noble because no drum beats for you and no crowds shout your name.
Life is hard and life is often unfair and we can expect trouble. But that doesn't mean we have to let it degeat us. Digging down, finding strength and standing up to hardship can be one of the great rewards and joys of life. It takes courage - the everyday kind.
It takes courage to see in the reality around us and in us something ultimately positive and meaningful and live with it, even love it. Loving life is perhaps the highest form of the courage to be.
Help me to stand for the hard right against the easy wrong.
You'll never grow until you take some steps outside your comfort zone.
We fail far more often by timidity than by over-daring.
Whether you be a man or a woman you will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honour.

Chapter 10:
Excellence
Real success comes from having high standards. Always give your best.
Excellence is doing ordinary things extraordinarily well.
Set high personal standards.
Live up to those standards regardless of circumstances.
Excellence in: character and honesty, how we treat others, work ethic, personal growth and development.
If a man is called to be a street sweeper, he should sweep streets even as Michelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music, or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so weel that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say, "Here lived a great street sweeper who did his job well."

Chapter 11:
Mission
Life is richer with meaning and purpose. Have a cause greater than yourself.
Your personal mission in life is all your roles and values distilled into a sentence or two that describe what you want to be and accomplish in your life.
Your purpose is intertwined with your vision and values.
What's the meaning of your life?
Values, Goals, Mission - A life with purpose.
When you heed the calling of your heart, you are following your purpose. Having purpose in your life gives you the courage to do things you are meant to do.

Chapter 12:
Scripture
The Scriptures are a source of strength and comfort. Use them to enrich your life.
Most people are bothered by those passages of Scripture they do not understand, but the passages that bother me are those I do understand.
When you read God's Word, you must constantly be saying to yourself, "It is talking to me and about me."
The Bible is not an end in itself, but a means to bring men to an intimate and satisfying knowledge of God, that they may enter into Him, that they may delight in His Presence, may taste and know the inner sweetness of the very God Himself in the core and centre of their hearts.

Chapter 13:
Prayer
Every prayer is answered. Pray until something happens!
Prayer is our way of communicating with God - we need to listen.
Listening and waiting.
Worship and adoratation.
Confession and repentance.
Praise and thanksgiving.
Petition and supplication.
Intercession for self and others.
Dealing with the devil.
The first challenge - pray for your enemies.
Love your enemy and pray for those who persecute you - it is part of the process of forgiveness.
The second challenge - pray all the time
We should be aware of God's presence in our daily lives at all times and be in constant communion with Him.
Prayer is a sense of God's presence.
To pray is to change. Prayer is the central avenue God uses to transform us.... The more we pray, the more we come to the heartbeat of God.

Chapter 14:
Wisdom
Deep understanding, keen discernment and a capacity for sound judgment.
Wisdom does not automatically come with age it comes as the result of hard work.
Wisdom does not come from intelligence. The world is full of geniuses without a lick of common sense or understanding of what's going on around them.
Wisdom does not come from education and knowledge. It is using the knowledge to the benefit of the world, others and yourself.
Wisdom does not come from experience. Experience gives us the opportunity to learn and increase in wisdom.
Wise people:
learn for a lifetime.
teach others.
maintain balance.
are honest.
are reverent.
choose a good attitude.
find a purpose.
work hard.
build good relationships.
show common sense.
Common sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.

Chapter 15
Joy
There's something to celebrate every day. Look for the good - You'll find it.
Real joy comes not from ease or riches or from the praise of men, but from doing something worthwhile.
Develop and maintain a positive attitude. Look for the good, find it and celebrate it. Always be thankful.
Treat other people with respect and kindness. Always have something good to say.
Enjoy life. Remember your need to play and have fun. Even more important, remember your need to laugh.
Think with an open mind. Use your imagination to see the opportunities and the possibilities all around you.
There are no secrets and there are no shortcuts that will lead us to wisdom and joy. They still have to be earned the hard way. That's what makes them so rewarding.