My First Royalties!

Adrian Chan will be sending me my first royalties for my 2 lyrics through cheque in a few days~ I'm not planning to cash it though. Maybe I'll frame it & hang it somewhere in my room as a constant encouragement.

Have you ever felt like you can't move on anymore, but you saw something that reminds you to keep going? We all need something like this in life. ^-^

永遠的快樂

世界上, 有永遠的快樂嗎? 我認為...只要我們相信, 就會有. 永遠的快樂, 不需要踏破鐵鞋去尋找, 因為它就住在我們心裡面, 只要我們相信它, 它就會為我們發光發亮.

昨天, 他問我, "你以後都會這樣開心的嗎?" 我答道, "會呀!" 無論我們要面對的是怎樣的將來, 只要牽著他的手, 我就會有力量笑下去. 他失落的時候, 有甚麼比一個支持的笑容, 一個永遠快樂的人更有說服力去給他希望? =)

Self-improvement

Up till now, I believe that I'm a very lucky person, but of course hard work pays back too. I have a future career that I look forward to, because I really enjoy teaching. My interest of lyric writing has become a part time job for me, and it has given me great pleasure and satisfaction. I have a nice family, lots of good friends, and a loving boyfriend. I'm happy about the life I'm living and I'm a learned optimist. And of course I can't stop improving myself in any way I can~ I've started going to the YMCA last yr 'cause I haven't been exercising all these yrs. -_-" But now that it's summer, I'm going to go as often as I can. I've started to try baking cakes, and I'm going to learn cooking from my mom during summer. I'm driving more often and to farther places now, and I'm not scared anymore.

It might sound funny to you, but driving from Markham to Scarborough is enough to make me proud of myself, because it's not something that I do everyday. Staying at YMCA for an hr makes me happy because I get tired easily but I'm gaining more strength now. Cooking steamed egg for dinner makes me feel wonderful because I dunno how to cook, and I'm beginning to learn from the greatest cook in my life. Seeing Yip, Roger and Blueair writing on here is a bonus because the number of entries have been declining after the first month, but now they're trying to add some more smiles & share their thoughts with us. Isn't life great?

It's not all those big "accomplishments" in my life that makes me grateful. It's the little things that add up. ^-^

Love

Saturday was our 3rd year anniversary~ 3 years isn't a super long time, but it's not a short period of time either. I'm glad that both of us enjoy the simplicity that love embraces. It doesn't matter if we spend everyday the same way, because we think differently and feel differently everyday. It's not what we do that matters, it's how we do it. Sometimes I feel so good and so close to him when he's working in the basement and I'm working upstairs. It's the little reminders that pop up in my mind telling me that I'm in love that makes every single day so special. I'm so thankful that we've found each other. ^-^

My lyric album

It's in process~~ =)

Copied from xanga:

Thanks Mike for bringing up the album suggestion, I'm taking it~

昨晚才決定要錄一隻屬於自己的 album, 今天已經做了很多! 主題是甚麼? 當然是愛. ^^" "曰云...愛. 說話" 包含十首我填的歌, 已經有六個作曲人允許我用他們的歌了. Thanks to Blueair, Davy, Yin, Eric, Paul & Nick~ 我在每首詞的前面都寫了一段說話, 是給讀者讀的. 在另一個 file, 我在詞的前面寫了讀白, 是給聽者聽的. ^^" 我還寫了 foreword 了~ 有興趣為我的 album 寫一小段文字的朋友, 請聯絡我. 至於 cover design, 我有少少 concept, 也有朋友替我想 ideas~ 我會花些心思在歌詞的 booklet 上, 畢竟這將會是我第一本寫的"書". =P

為甚麼要錄 album? 其實一直都想為自己造個類似 portfolio 的東西, 但又不想單單是歌詞. 雖然大部份選出來的歌都有人錄過, 但自己錄, 感覺總會較接近. 而且, 上星期錄了 "五分鐘", 不如錄多些吧. =P

Plan 出來的整個 concept 也算是完整了, 希望星期六可以錄 "520" & 試試那些讀白.

Thank you Blueair for giving me so many suggestions, you kept me moving~

持續200年的五分鐘傳說...

5 mins... was never a period of time thats long enough or significant enough to be treated with respect. This 5 mins is different. It was a spark bright enough to light up an on-going fire and warm everyone with a strong sense of love ^^.
From someone who was at the edge of not believing in himself and took 5 mins to create a drop of sparks, to you who fill up my 5 mins with beautiful, heart-warming words, to Adrian who believes in our spark, to Bert who gives our 5 mins the strongest supporting strength, and to you and Yip who created the most beautiful sound there could ever be into our 5 mins...

And you know wut?

There's more to come ^^.

It is only the starting of our 200 years Legend.

Have you, you and you... ever seen a 5 mins so fully filled with loves? ^_~

I have to put this up haha~

Adrian Chan said he loves my voice~ Totally didn't expect that from him. Super gum dung. T_T As for the "good singer" compliment, Blueair should take the credit. =P Adrian even asked me to sing demo for him next time, & said that he likes the "pure emotions" that I put into the song. I saved the conversation~ =P

Good Job Blueair

thanks blueair for mixing Yum's vocal. you have made things better (microsoft?)

Restart Ghost? @.@

My computer keeps restarting for no reason! So I'm on safe mode now...><" According to my brother, it must be the "restart ghost" doing something to my computer hahahahhah~ Please go away!! -_-"

Recording~

As suggested by Blueair, I recorded the "5 mins song" tonight. ^^" And I have a special audience to listen to me...and that is...Mr. Little Spider haha~ It was on the ceiling while I was recording. =P Tonight's recording is enjoyable, with Yip helping me count haha. I don't have a great rhythmic sense. @.@ But yeah, as Blueair said, we're going to talk about this for the next 100 yrs. =P

Songs

Listening to my originals & reading a book is the best way of relaxing~ And after relaxing for a few hrs, I actually wrote 2 lyrics today! I'm clearing my waiting list! 3 more to go~

A good book can nourish a soul

Just finished reading Cecelia Ahern's "Where Rainbows End". Magical is the first word that pops up in my mind...This novel is written in the format of messages -- notes, e-mails, sms, msn, e-mails, letters, chatrooms..At the epilogue, it's written in the third person and the narrator says that the main character has just finished reading the last letter...she has stayed up reading all the notes and letters that she has printed out and saved throughout her life...The whole thing is so complete, so...magical.

The main story is about a girl and a boy who knew each other since they were 5 yrs old, who has been best friends for life. Due to lots of circumstances and misunderstandings, they weren't able to be together. They didn't learn about the love from each other until very late in life. Imagine being in love with this person for decades and finally being together with him when you're 50 something. It sounds very story-like, but if you read this book, you'll shed tears 'cause it all seems so real...Never miss any chance to tell the one you love that you love him...

Sometimes, it might seem that I'm a little bit obsessed with reading romance and being romantic. But hey, life is romantic when you think about it! At least...more ppl love sweet chocolate than bitter chocolate. =)

M&M?

Copied from yesterday's xanga entry:

I went through my thesis defense yesterday... the time leading up to it was the worst of my life... haha.. i've done many presentations before, but this one is a lil different.. I wasn't worried about the presentation part, but I have no idea what kinds of QUESTIONS will be asked...once i got started though, everything was fine.. so i started at 10:30am, after the presentation and questioning period it was around 12:10pm.. they needed to discuss and i had to leave the room.. after a while,they came out to meet me, they each shook my hand and said "congratulations, you've graduated".. it felt so good!! i'm now a M.Math... haha... my sister must be jealous (she did her master in stats in UT, but they dun have math faculty.. so she's only a M.Sc.. and she didn't do a thesis.. so that doesn't really count.. =P) YAY~

My last day!

Today is the last day of my teaching block, and it's fun! I gave the kids a catch up period in the morning, and I taught the ones who've finished their work how to make origami hearts. They really enjoyed it~

In the afternoon, we went outside to play~ We had popsicles that Ms.Carson bought, and we just let them run and play on their own. Avallon and Kamryn were trying to get the group's attention, and I saw her doing the "left index finger over lip, right hand up" thing that I always do! I couldn't stop smiling! Then Avallon came over and told me that it didn't work, and asked me how I could get them to stop talking and listen. That's so cute hehe~

When we went back to the classroom, Ms.Carson gave me a pot of flower as a gift from the class. That's so thoughtful of her! She told me to take care of it, and if it dies, that means I don't love them anymore hahhahah~ I gave her a thank you card, and I gave each of the kids a bookmark that I made. I worked on them all weekend! And they seem to love it, 'cause their name's on it~ ^-^

Ms.Carson also gave me a card with a touching message:
"You're done your 1st placement! I've so enjoyed working with you. The kids have grown to care about you and we will all miss seeing you. You will make a wonderful teacher one day!"

Yip's post

業用了很久才打好了下面的 post hahahha~ 這是他的壞習慣吧. -_-" 明明打好了, 又要想一想, delete, 再打過. 本來他昨晚想打這一個 post 的, 不過放棄了. =P

pk

早日係超級市場 係畀完錢正想離開之際. 有個野無拉啦 唔知係邊到碌...碌...碌.....碌左出黎. 原來係個蘋果. 事隔兩日啱啱返到屋企諗返起唔知點解覺得個蘋果好搞笑. 下次去到超級市場 大家都要留意下有冇野碌出黎, 一不留神 可能會pk.-_-

People!

I've noticed that the number of entries have been dropping every month. But May is doing better than April now! Which is a good sign! And rather than me being the only one posting, Annie & Blueair have posted this month as well! Smile more! =)

A good day

Today is P.A. Day, so I didn't need to be at school by 8:30am~ I got there at 9:00am. Then I started marking, marking and marking. I finished marking everything in the morning, then Ms.Carson asked me to go to lunch with her and a few other teachers. We ate at East Side Mario, and the pasta was great~ We stayed there for 1 and a half hour. =P Teachers never get to go out for lunch 'cause of the kids, so P.A. Day is a good day to do that~ After we went back, I photocopied some of my kids' work so I can put them in my portfolio. ^^" Then I just chilled with the teachers & talked about mo liu stuff. Ms.Carson and Ms.Jones were having a bubble gum chewing contest hahah~ I planned on having a Math Fair for the kids on Monday, but Ms.Carson said we'll just party in the afternoon, so that's great~ The morning would be catching up periods. So I don't have to do any planning for the weekend! I'm free! I'll miss the kids so much...but I'm going back every week, so I still get to see them. ^^"

P.S. Does anyone know how I can make Blogger remember me? I check the "remember me" box everytime, but it never remembers me! Bad memory...-_-"

2 lyrics!

I've been so busy for the last while, so I haven't been writing a lot of lyrics. I wrote 2 today! So happy~ ^-^ There's 4 more left in my line-up~

probably one of the many little dreams came true ^^
hey our song is being mixed by the almighty professional Adrian CHAAAAAAAAN (he'll probably kick my butt if he sees this XDDD)

altho the messed up thing was his comment on this song =_= :
"I'm picturing the girls 打緊台灣牌..... O_o................"

So rewarding!

Today, I went on a Spring walk/picnic with the kids, with another student teacher's Gr.1&2s. We went to school early in the morning to prepare for the food~ We made fruit kebabs & put them in the cooler so we could eat them at the park. They had so much fun!

In Math, my host teacher assessed each student individually while the rest of them did other work. She said that most of them got it, even the ones who she thought might not understand. She said that I did a really good job. It's so rewarding! ^-^

2 important discoveries that I made: I can manage a classroom, and I can teach. Shy shy Anita from way back when can manage a classroom & teach! I still remember when I was in Gr.8, I had to present something, and Ms.Gilbert made me stand while others were allowed to present in their seats. Then she made me stand on a CHAIR 'cause I wasn't loud enough. She even threatened that I'll have to stand on my DESK if I'm still that quiet. It was one of the most embarrassing & terrifying moments in my education. @.@

My teaching

I went to talk to my AP today, 'cause he watched my lesson yesterday. He gave me lots of great comments & compliments~ He said that I've improved a lot in terms of classroom management, and that I'm giving them "the eye", "shhhhh....-ing" them, and doing all sorts of different things to get their attention. He thinks that I'm very invitational, creating a warm & fun atmosphere~ He read my lesson plans & reflections, and he thinks that I've learned a lot throughout the yr and mainly through these past weeks. He also said that I'm the only primary teacher in the school who's comfortable with using the computers with the kids. He said that I can think of this as a project -- using computers in the primary division, and trying to get over the barriers. I think he's pretty pleased with what I'm doing, and gives me lots of questions to think about~

^_____^

Two happy things:

1) got back my auditing mark =) ! altho it's not any "waaa..ho ging ar" mark but to me, i am really happy about the mark already la ~ wa sai its a D-level course and i hv really tried my best on it while working full time and TA job ^^

2) raps just won game5!! haha~ hopefully they can force game7 back in TO la! ^^

Getting ready

I'm catching up with my 06-07 diaries for our 3rd anniversary. I'm getting there! As soon as I finish my teaching block, I'll finish it up, print it out, and prepare for my other presents. I usually do it at least a month b4, but I didn't have time 'cause of all the planning and teaching. I only have 2 weeks, but I can do it! ^-^