elaine lim the Educator recently, i pondered over what i want to do after i graduate from jc. you may call me kiasu or kancheong, but it doesn’t kill to think about a future that isn’t too far away. and i’ve decided that to earn my keep before i enter into uni, my dream job will be to relief teach history/ss in st nicks (: i conclude that there’s a high possibility for this to happen, considering the fact that there is a lack of humanities teachers in singapore and that there are very few ‘a’ level history kids in the class of 2007. now here are the reasons why i am interested to relief teach in st nicks: 1. the working hours won’t be too long 2. the pay is good 3. i get to return to my alma mater which means that i) i get to eat the food there everyday (and i hope that orange bowl will still be there) ii) i get to work in a familiar environment, and nothing beats that iii) i get to work with my teachers, and i really like my humans teachers 4. i have always wanted to know how it feels like to be a teacher and if Mrs Elaine Lim (the bio teacher) is still teaching in st nicks 2 years later, there’ll be two Elaine Lims as teachers in st nicks. how cool is that (: well i still remember the grave shock i had 4 years ago, to find that a teacher in the same school having the same name with me. but i kinda realised that it was nothing compared to what i’ve found thereafter. for instance, my brother always complained about his principal in fairfield secondary school, Ms Elaine Lim. and about a month ago, while i was down at RGPS for CAAL, a student told me that there was a teacher in RGPS by the name of Ms Elaine Lim. by chance, i got to know 3 teachers by the name of Elaine Lim. i certainly hope that you are as amused as i am. perhaps this is a sign. maybe something tells me that teaching is The Profession for me. maybe education is my Calling. hahahaha. so out of pure boredom and curiosity, i googled “elaine lim teacher” and this is what i found: Singapore Chinese Girls’ School Dean of Studies - Mrs Elaine Lim Boon Lay Secondary School Humanities Teacher - Ms Elaine Lim Mei Mei win liao lor. peanuts faith, hope and love i’ve thought over it.. life is simply too short to feel down. time to pick myself up and move on :) Heal my heart and make it clean Open up my eyes to the things unseen Show me how to love like You have loved me Break my heart for what breaks Yours Everything i am for Your kingdom’s cause As i walk from earth into eternity undying love friday was Happiness, i saw all my sec four teachers (except chen laoshi) which made me extremely, extremely Happy. especially Miss Prabavathy Nagamuthu. it’s been exactly a year since i last saw her. and you don’t know how glad i am to see that she’s still as.. sarcastic as ever :D seriously, st nicks has the bestestestest teachers ever. “Sickening children.” “If you answer this question correctly ah, i give you sweets.” “Wo yao feng diao le.” “Girl ah.. physics is your boyfriend!” “This chapter, die die must know.” “Girls, are you sleeping with your notes?” :) :) :) :) :) :) :) thank you for your undying love for us, have a happy teachers’ day. Stained Glass Masquerade By Casting Crowns Is there anyone that fails? Is there anyone that falls? Am i the only one in church today feeling so small? Cause when i take a look around Everybody seems so strong I know they’ll soon discover that i don’t belong So i tuck it all away, like everything’s okay If i make them all believe it, maybe i’ll believe it too So with a painted grin, i play the part again So everyone will see me the way that i see them Are we happy plastic people? Under shiny plastic steeples With walls around our weakness And smiles to hide our pain But if the invitation’s open To every heart that has been broken Maybe then we close the curtain On our stained glass masquerade Is there anyone who’s been there? Are there any hands to raise? Am I the only one who’s traded in the altar for a stage? The performance is convincing And we know every line by heart Only when no one is watching Can we really fall apart But would it set me free? If i dared to let you see The truth behind the person That you imagine me to be Would your arms be open? Or would you walk away? Would the love of Jesus be enough to make you stay? Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:52:06 +0000 The broken clock is a comfort It helps me sleep tonight Maybe it can stop tomorrow from stealing all my time And i am here still waiting though i still have my doubts I am damaged at best like you’ve already figured out I’m falling apart, i’m barely breathing With a broken heart that’s still beating In the pain, there is healing In your name, i find meaning So i’m holding on, i’m barely holding on to you The broken locks were a warning you got inside my head I tried my best to be guarded, i’m an open book instead And i still see your reflection inside of my eyes That are looking for purpose, they’re still looking for life I’m falling apart, i’m barely breathing With a broken heart that’s still beating In the pain, there is healing In your name, i find meaning So i’m holding on, i’m barely holding on to you I’m hanging on another day Just to see what you will throw my way And i’m hanging on to the words you say You said that i will be okay The broken light on the freeway left me here alone I may have lost my way now but i haven’t forgotten my way home I’m falling apart I’m falling apart, i’m barely breathing With a broken heart that’s still beating In the pain, there is healing In your name, i find meaning So j’m holding on, i’m barely holding on to you Sat, 23 Aug 2008 15:42:02 +0000 i woke up at 6am this morning thinking that oh shit i need to go school to realise that there was cellgroup yesterday which meant that it was friday yesterday which meant that today is a saturday which meant that i have no school. yes i took about 10 minutes to process that. well done elaine, i see that you have been really enthusiastic about college life. anyway, i bumped into erica today! we boarded the same train at the same time in the same cabin and sat next to each other before realising each other’s presence. so smart! and we screamed like some nuts hahaha i love you auntie chong (: (: (: alright i’m going to dedicate the whole of sunday to 1x Extremely Exciting Economics Varied Assessment + 1x Hot & Happening History Essay. have a great weekend. “When you set your priorities right, you will be able to lead a very exciting life.” - Timothy lim, 20 full-fledge mugging hello, meet my beloved companions: Marvelously Macho Mathematics Cutie_Chemistryzx88 Extremely Exciting Economics Hot and Happening History and err.. Good GP. i beg your pardon for my limited use of words. i shall work hard on expanding my vocabulary, in the name of the Promotional Examinations 2008. stay safe and sane, kids 8) xoxo, the Diligent Doraemon i will rejoice our pw plan didn’t work out the way despite all the work we’ve put in and i won’t deny that i feel disappointed but lessons are learnt, through the painful way 1. to really confirm everything before executing a plan 2. and to have integrity at all costs i believe that we will do a much better job next time. and i know and i know that all things will work out for the good of those who love the Lord (: DESERT SONG BY HILLSONG This is my prayer in the desert And all that’s within me feels dry This is my prayer in the hunger in me My God is a God who provides And this is my prayer in the fire In weakness or trial or pain There is a faith proved Of more worth than gold So refine me Lord through the flames And I will bring praise I will bring praise No weapon formed against me shall remain I will rejoice I will declare God is my victory and He is here And this is my prayer in the battle And triumph is still on it’s way I am a conqueror and co-heir with Christ So firm on His promise i’ll stand All of my life In every season You are still God I have a reason to sing I have a reason to worship This is my prayer in the harvest When favor and providence flow I know i’m filled to be empited again The seed i’ve received i will sow a fire burning it’s scary how 4 years passed so fast. hello all, i love the olympics! ho ho ho i can practically stare at the tv for hours watching the games firstly i must say that i’m really proud of china sounds quite cheesy, but i’m actually very proud to be an asian yknw? and it’s interesting to see episodes of lives flashing past your eyes heartbreaks, pride, joy, disappointments just within the short period of every race / match sometimes, it pulls your heartstrings ten times harder than sappy drama serials do it’ll also be interesting to know what the athletics are thinking during the competition i mean, you’ll never know what the true force is, that’s driving them from inside some may be driven by monetary rewards from earning a medal, the solution to get out of poverty some may fight in the name of love for the nation some may just be striving for pure glory, honor and self-satisfaction how awesome, just within a period of 16 days. this reminds me: “If you can life forever, what will you live for?” i got this from shihan’s msn. i guess many of us aren’t like these athletics. we may live through life everyday but we live without living for anything. i know what i’m doing, i know where i’m going.. how about you? (: when i was a kid part 2 1. i never knew what my house number was, and always gave others random numbers when they asked for it 2. i hid in the toilet and secretly finished a whole box of orange tic tacs, like some drug addict 3. i koped ideas from doraemon in my p4 “What Will You Invent?” essay 4. i thought that F4 was super cool (don’t laugh) 5. i always loved NDPs, and “We Are Singapore” was my all-time favorite song and it still is today. happy birthday, singapura! :S breaking news i had 18 rounds of spasms today no thanks to creating nut jokes during econs lecture with the liow and the smaller ball (that contributed 8 spasms in total) no thanks to countless laughing fits with / at haslina bte ithnin (that contributed 6) no thanks to rushing out the A3 CAAL display board in no thanks to the A level subject embraced by all i.e project work no thanks to the 3 thousand word essays for intl. history va no thanks to the very fact that promos aren’t too far away in a nutshell, wo yao fa feng le. with friends that transform you into some unglam chao ah lian, and with the workload that makes you cry for beijing 101, now tell me, what can be done to salvage this dire calamity? alright, i’m off to continue the episodes of “EoM Makes You Emo (Season 2)”. Would you catch me if i fall out of what i fell in? Sun, 03 Aug 2008 15:00:43 +0000 “And the risk that might break you Is the one that would save. A life you don’t live is still lost.” - Before It’s Too Late by Goo Goo Dolls faber-castell watercolor pencils hello, meet my childhood best friend. i will love a new box of this.. anybody? :) The Obamessiah my brother showed me this yesterday. He ventured forth to bring light to the world The anointed one’s pilgrimage to the Holy Land is a miracle in action - and a blessing to all his faithful followers Gerard Baker The Times of London And it came to pass, in the eighth year of the reign of the evil Bush the Younger (The Ignorant) :D, when the whole land from the Arabian desert to the shores of the Great Lakes had been laid barren, that a Child appeared in the wilderness. The Child was blessed in looks and intellect. Scion of a simple family, offspring of a miraculous union, grandson of a typical white person and an African peasant. And yea, as he grew, the Child walked in the path of righteousness, with only the occasional detour into the odd weed and a little blow. When he was twelve years old, they found him in the temple in the City of Chicago, arguing the finer points of community organisation with the Prophet Jeremiah and the Elders. And the Elders were astonished at what they heard and said among themselves: “Verily, who is this Child that he opens our hearts and minds to the audacity of hope?” In the great Battles of Caucus and Primary he smote the conniving Hillary, wife of the deposed King Bill the Priapic and their barbarian hordes of Working Class Whites. And so it was, in the fullness of time, before the harvest month of the appointed year, the Child ventured forth - for the first time - to bring the light unto all the world. He travelled fleet of foot and light of camel, with a small retinue that consisted only of his loyal disciples from the tribe of the Media. He ventured first to the land of the Hindu Kush, where the Taleban had harboured the viper of al-Qaeda in their bosom, raining terror on all the world. And the Child spake and the tribes of Nato immediately loosed the Caveats that had previously bound them. And in the great battle that ensued the forces of the light were triumphant. For as long as the Child stood with his arms raised aloft, the enemy suffered great blows and the threat of terror was no more. From there he went forth to Mesopotamia where he was received by the great ruler al-Maliki, and al-Maliki spake unto him and blessed his Sixteen Month Troop Withdrawal Plan even as the imperial warrior Petraeus tried to destroy it. And lo, in Mesopotamia, a miracle occurred. Even though the Great Surge of Armour that the evil Bush had ordered had been a terrible mistake, a waste of vital military resources and doomed to end in disaster, the Child’s very presence suddenly brought forth a great victory for the forces of the light. And the Persians, who saw all this and were greatly fearful, longed to speak with the Child and saw that the Child was the bringer of peace. At the mention of his name they quickly laid aside their intrigues and beat their uranium swords into civil nuclear energy ploughshares. From there the Child went up to the city of Jerusalem, and entered through the gate seated on an ass. The crowds of network anchors who had followed him from afar cheered “Hosanna” and waved great palm fronds and strewed them at his feet. In Jerusalem and in surrounding Palestine, the Child spake to the Hebrews and the Arabs, as the Scripture had foretold. And in an instant, the lion lay down with the lamb, and the Israelites and Ishmaelites ended their long enmity and lived for ever after in peace. As word spread throughout the land about the Child’s wondrous works, peoples from all over flocked to hear him; Hittites and Abbasids; Obamacons and McCainiacs; Cameroonians and Blairites. And they told of strange and wondrous things that greeted the news of the Child’s journey. Around the world, global temperatures began to decline, and the ocean levels fell and the great warming was over. ya rightttt :D The Great Prophet Algore of Nobel and Oscar, who many had believed was the anointed one, smiled and told his followers that the Child was the one generations had been waiting for. And there were other wonderful signs. In the city of the Street at the Wall, spreads on interbank interest rates dropped like manna from Heaven and rates on credit default swaps fell to the ground as dead birds from the almond tree, and the people who had lived in foreclosure were able to borrow again. Black gold gushed from the ground at prices well below $140 per barrel. In hospitals across the land the sick were cured even though they were uninsured. And all because the Child had pronounced it. And this is the testimony of one who speaks the truth and bears witness to the truth so that you might believe. And he knows it is the truth for he saw it all on CNN and the BBC and in the pages of The New York Times. hahahaaaa Then the Child ventured forth from Israel and Palestine and stepped onto the shores of the Old Continent. In the land of Queen Angela of Merkel, vast multitudes gathered to hear his voice, and he preached to them at length. But when he had finished speaking his disciples told him the crowd was hungry, for they had had nothing to eat all the hours they had waited for him. And so the Child told his disciples to fetch some food but all they had was five loaves and a couple of frankfurters. So he took the bread and the frankfurters and blessed them and told his disciples to feed the multitudes. And when all had eaten their fill, the scraps filled twelve baskets. Thence he travelled west to Mount Sarkozy. Even the beauteous Princess Carla of the tribe of the Bruni was struck by awe and she was great in love with the Child, but he was tempted not. On the Seventh Day he walked across the Channel of the Angles to the ancient land of the hooligans. There he was welcomed with open arms by the once great prophet Blair and his successor, Gordon the Leper, and his successor, David the Golden One. And suddenly, with the men appeared the archangel Gabriel and the whole host of the heavenly choir, ranks of cherubim and seraphim, all praising God and singing: “Yes, We Can.” source: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/ now here is some humor to brighten up the night :D Wed, 21 May 2008 12:54:29 +0000 “Even when He doesn’t answer your prayers, even when He doesn’t bless you.. God alone is more than enough.” - Kong Hee, 42 runaway today, my daddy drove the family to malaysia for shopping. and i like the way it felt, to close my eyes and listen to my mom’s voice and fall asleep.. and a part of me really wished that we didn’t need to come back to singapore. 坐着我的摩托车 载你缓缓的离开 考不上的好学校 可以不微笑就走 把手慢慢交给我 放下心中的困惑 雨点从两旁划过 割开两种精神的我 经过老伯的家 篮框变得好高 爬过的那棵树 又何时变得渺小 这样也好 开始没人注意到我 等雨变强之前 我们将会分化软弱 趁时间没发觉 让我带着你离开 没有了证明 没有了空虚 基于两种立场我会罩着你 趁时间没发觉 让我带着你离开 这不是顽固 这不是逃避 没人帮着你走才快乐 if we can pon life for a day.. just for a day. now wouldn’t it be nice? The National Bao Composed by the I Love Inilah Fanclub Sung to the tune of “The National Dream” Building a bakery To answer and feed the hungry Bakers will never be stingy Every bao is free The national bao Let’s eat it now We pass from meal to meal The best of the baos And the rest of the baos Prepare to serve and feed With common fillings And ingredients Strength from the oven The national bao Fulfilled for all to eat i love you all that has happened made me realise how unpredictable life is. i am going to make it a point to say “i love you” and hug people more often from today onwards. rx, be safe. Sat, 10 May 2008 15:09:51 +0000 today i’ve cried 193821928329 litres of tears for various reasons. for instance, it was mother’s day service and it was totally emotional draining. i love my mommy. i’ve not been a good daughter but from today onwards, i’ll try my best. :D-ness i’m happy because.. 1. CAAL @ RGPS will be finalised on friday! 2. the etude banner is up and it’s beautiful! 3. my group has finally decided on a PI! PRAISE THE LORD! banner painting was Awesome. i am mighty mighty proud of the banner comm (: oh oh oh and yesterday was GERALDINE CHAI TAU KUAY’s birthday. i tried to act emo to saboh her and make her kan cheong, but apparently i failed miserably. there was no fire on her doraemon cake, but who cares. it’s the thought that counts, right GC? i love yooooouuuuu many many (: Sekolah boleh tahan Skool is for kool kids like me and you alright today my name will be: homeworkgalz_91@hotmail.com bai bai ^@^ Fri, 02 May 2008 15:45:52 +0000 all i really want right now is that.. 1. CAAL @ RGPS will be finalised asap. 2. the etude banner will turn out gorgeous. or maybe nice will do. 3. my PW group will decide on who’s PI to do. and on a lighter note.. 1. i am enjoying math tutorials. 2. shopping in little india with hahahaslina was Ultimate Hahaha-ness. 3. and i can do all things through Him. so i am going to spend 12 hours of my weekend in school tmrw. good night world. Thu, 01 May 2008 15:29:18 +0000 i can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. it’s a promise (: financial blessings let me count my blessings for the weekend.. 1. mommy offered to pay for my Singapore Flyer and AJ choir concert tickets. 2. i had free dinner after service yesterday. 3. daddy and mommy bought me a new pair of shoes. yipee praise the Lord :) Fri, 25 Apr 2008 14:59:37 +0000 How long have i been in this storm? So overwhelmed by the ocean’s shapeless form Water’s getting harder to tread With these waves crashing over my head If i could just see you Everything would be all right If i’d see you This darkness would turn to light And i will walk on water And you will catch me if i fall And i will get lost into your eyes I know everything will be alright I know everything is right if i could just see You. random thoughts now thousands of j1s across the island must be chionging their PI right now, and i am of no exception. and a thing about PI that really pisses me off is the 500 word limit ): so now this is a brilliant opportunity for to put what i’ve learnt in GP lessons into good use - summary skills. and guess what? it takes forever to remove 5 words from your summary, but only 1 minute to add in 20 new words. and random thoughts just came to my mind. it takes forever to lose 1 kg, but only a day to gain it back. it takes forever to build a trust, but only seconds to destroy it. boooo, if only life can be fair. but on a lighter note, this also goes to show that it is not too difficult for your dream to come to past. it’s just that to shatter a dream is a very easy thing to do. guard your hearts, people. good night. i miss ): ok this is really random but.. i miss celeste koh yuan xin and teo wan yi and jermaine koh jia na very much like very very very very very very very very much. sec 4 is so yesterday, and it’s like the furthest thing away from me now. ok i should seriously stop lamenting, i know i should move on but but but.. but. there are some things in life that you simply can never let go. celeste, do you still walk at a speed of 0.000000000001 km/h? wanyi, do you still laugh like an asthmatic? jermaine, do you still draw dumb drawings during lessons? sighhhhhhhh love you girls, hope you all are doing fine. lol The optimistic laughs to forget; the pessimistic forgets to laugh. splashing and laughing and swallowing 1938318 litres of chlorine water with haslina and chai chai was mighty, mighty fun. we should do it more often, like really soon again (: (: (: GC “We are supposed to meet at 4pm but i am leaving school at 3.30. the timings do not intersect, so the function does not exist.” - Geraldine chai, 16. “The domain of my father’s text messages is x ∈ [Y, where are you now?]. he doesn’t go beyond that.” - Elaine lim, 17. well done, i see that school has been teaching us well. now don’t say that you’ve not been warned, beware of a new breed of the Elaine Species bouncing around in school! i love this crazy ball of hair :D ps. she’s actually 13 cm shorter than me heehee.