It's Teachers' Day

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Greeted by a string of words that was said in high speed...

ah! ZQ is the choo-choo train :)

Should have used speedometer to measure... hahaha...

Would love to have recorded that...

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Then came ZY's angelic stare... Hm... that mi-mi eyes... pause...

and a er.... pause, pause, pause... a hug?!

hahaha... Something that I rarely do...

Hm... my 1st hug at SST

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There's one little eraser...

JJ was giggling when passed that to me... and showed me he has a bad of

Hm... that reminds me of those good old days

Guess what country was presented to me?

Hm... maybe that's my next destination? Haha...

Thanks for helping me to plan

4.

Wow! Beary is enjoying the Bed of Roses!

Hm... Life is not a bed of roses? Hm... it's really up to our imagination...

Certainly, there's a chocolate to sweeten the day

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Weighty "LOVE"

6.

A short froggy story behind this little er... bear bear?

Hahah... So, Ponda loves virtual frog porridge too?

Yummy...

7.

Cute little white bear with a red heart sat in the Pigeonhole

TWO big words inside the card: "Work Hard!"

hahaha... Just wondering...

Is JH making a promise to work hard or asking me to work harder :)

Cheers! Let's work hard together!

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A big card... with signatures, email addresses & handphone numbers of the class...

Hm... indirect message: Keep in Touch

Practical use: during emergency relay!
Hahahah....

The National Day Rally Tweets

Briefly... more than 50 tweets within 2 hours...

1. #ndr Done! Thanks to the internet, I sat through the National Day Rally :) cheers! 4 minutes ago via web
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2. #ndr The Fighting Spirit matters... Size doesn't matter... #ithink #iinterpret 7 minutes ago via web
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3. #ndr recapping the nation's pride :) 10 minutes ago via web
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4. #ndr oh! a new complex beside the MOE building - it's the NERVE centre - named after Dr Goh 15 minutes ago via web
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5. #ndr talking about us exercising our global responsibilities 22 minutes ago via web
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6. #ndr doing extreme sports at 'extreme' parks? 23 minutes ago via web
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7. #ndr rescuing horseshoe crabs to save the environment? Hm... 23 minutes ago via web
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8. #ndr oh! using technology as an analogy... ah! would the 'dinosaurs' able to make connections? #iwonder 24 minutes ago via web
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9. #ndr Talking about our National Pledge... We got to maintain our Singaporean Call - The singapore spirit - keeping an open architecture... 25 minutes ago via web
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10. #ndr ok... now into NE #ithink 26 minutes ago via web
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11. #ndr Keeping our nation's identity - shared values, shared loyalty & commitment, shared memories, etc... 26 minutes ago via web
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12. #ndr on education: now, talking about donation (after giving out angpows in the earlier segment) Hm... 27 minutes ago via web
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13. #ndr on education: What? Matching 3 to 1? That's really generous!!! existing programme worth less: Matching 1.5 to 1 (hm...) 28 minutes ago via web
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14. #ndr on education: having scholarships, loan schemes, etc... to help "WHO" - locals or foreigners? #iwonder 30 minutes ago via web
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15. #ndr on education: NTU branching into medical fields? Hm... in order to train more docs? oh!? training BOTH singaporean and foreign docs? 30 minutes ago via web
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16. #ndr on education: Oh! a university town? village? at clementi? 31 minutes ago via web
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17. @dancescapes maybe it's by an imported talent? 32 minutes ago via web in reply to dancescapes
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18. #ndr on education: Opening Pathways, Building Peaks. 2 special schools highlighted - Northlight and Assumption Pathway. Kudos! 36 minutes ago via web
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19. #ndr on education: Going to NT is also a "good option"? to prepare them to do well in ITE... oh, what a way to put across 38 minutes ago via web
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20. #ndr on education: for the less academically inclined - the NT specifically - enhancement carried out so far worked well. 38 minutes ago via web
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21. #ndr on education: The new 7 sch will have dual track! Life is getting more complicated; it's becoming more complicated! oh no!!! 39 minutes ago via web
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22. #ndr on education: Expanding the IP (Integrated prog)? For 3 years, 11 schools on board. Oh! 7 more schs into it! Which are they? 39 minutes ago via web
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23. #ndr on education: Popular schools, popular programmes.. talking about replicating programmes in all schools? 40 minutes ago via web
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24. #ndr on education: Talk about choices of secondary schools. Fret not if don't do well. Competitive programmes wait for you no matter where.. 41 minutes ago via web
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25. #ndr on education: Seeing exam in perspective! It won't determine the whole future of the child... not a live or die matter #ilike 42 minutes ago via web
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26. #ndr on education: paying more attention to PE, Art and Music? Oh no! that specialist ought to be coming to us soon??? 42 minutes ago via web
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27. #ndr on education: OK... the msg is to 'tell' parents, all schools are doing the same, nurturing the whole child. No need to choose pri sch? 43 minutes ago via web
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28. #ndr on education: Camel trekking... ok.. that sounds exciting. DNA profiling in life sciences. Robotics, yes..about the annual NRJC. 44 minutes ago via web
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29. #ndr on education: oh... why so much about Art? Dances? oh? Our students perform in HK Disneyland? Hm... #iwonder about 1 hour ago via web
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30. #ndr on education: art & gardening. Music - Fusion orchestra - oh! our rojak culture! that's Singlish art? Hm... #iwonder about 1 hour ago via web
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31. #ndr on education: Let's hear a whole range of things done all over the sch - 1st group, about art - oh! mural instead of graffiti! about 1 hour ago via web
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32. #ndr on education: All schs are well equipped with modern facilities and well staffed - in any neighbourhood sch, kids are exposed and given about 1 hour ago via web
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33. #ndr on education: Talents in many dimensions... how the system nurture them? including those less academically incline? about 1 hour ago via web
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34. #ndr Now, into education... Singapore's education system - when students leave the education system "BIlingual" (hm...) about 1 hour ago via web
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35. #ndr how to keep door open and yet protecting the interest of Singaporeans? about 1 hour ago via web
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36. #ndr bonding through common interest.. oh! that's an exchange of ??? about 1 hour ago via web
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37. #ndr still... talking about accepting the foreigners in the Singapore society, Singapore community about 1 hour ago via web
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38. #ndr Population and Talent Division @ PMO - like PSD to do what? about 1 hour ago via web
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39. #ndr Those who earn a bit more than $8000 but can't quite afford private property will get housing grant... er? neither here nor there... about 1 hour ago via web
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40. #ndr Oh yes, HDB will speed up... so, you mean "building flats" can also spped? I thought only pilots can speed in the air! about 1 hour ago via web
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41. #ndr how are we going to manage immigration so that Singapore is not overcrowded? Oh yes, HDB flats at a dear price for locals? about 1 hour ago via web
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42. #ndr basically, the speech revolves around foreigners and immigrants - on transport, on housing, at work, property prices & on schooling!!! about 1 hour ago via web
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43. #ndr Circle line Phase 3 will be completed by next year... ok... NS line & EW line - 120s now(?) to 100s next year... ok, some maths again about 1 hour ago via web
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44. #ndr NE line - one extra train in the morning.. ok... let's do the mathematics... to what extent (%) it helps to alleviate the conjestion? about 1 hour ago via web
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45. #ndr Talking about peak hours crowd in the MRT train! What? The green part is ok? Can't believe, you mean Tamines area not crowded? about 1 hour ago via web
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46. #ndr upgrading our system so that everyone would get good education... must open years wide wide... now, about Transport first... about 1 hour ago via web
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47. #ndr Last time, baby bonus... now NS man "bonus"??? about 1 hour ago via web
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48. #ndr Another new initiative - a national service man award? about 1 hour ago via web
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49. @kevinkjang oh yah... when I 'missed' the train and late for work! haha about 1 hour ago via web in reply to kevinkjang
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50. #ndr Will one day Singaporeans thought of coming back to Singapore as a visit to another tourist attraction? about 1 hour ago via web
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51. #ndr A handbook can help one to 'become' a Singaporean? #iwonder about 1 hour ago via web
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52. #ndr Unbelieveable??? Commuters asking for their 'personal' bus driver... Still can't believe it! about 1 hour ago via web
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53. #ndr there are immigrants who come with social graces, there are also some 'ugly' ones... does the govt make an effort to do some filtering? about 1 hour ago via web
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54. #ndr talking about integration into our Singaprean society... hm... at the MRT, one could identify the "foreign talents" straightaway about 1 hour ago via web
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55. #ndr Are Singaporeans really getting better deals? Are we enjoying the "competition" from foreigners? #iwonder about 1 hour ago via web
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56. @dancescapes haha... u watching/ listening at the same time too? about 1 hour ago via web
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57. #ndr Now, talk about reality, the reason for having foreign workers... Making a distinguishable difference in who we accept here? about 1 hour ago via web
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58. #ndr what??? the 3rd reason for welcoming immigrants is because of Singapore's low birth rate? No! No! This is definitely no good reason! about 1 hour ago via web
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59. #ndr ... unless they are truly singaporean... #ithink about 1 hour ago via web
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60. #ndr Frankly speaking, there's still so much to do in terms of sports. While they fly the SIngapore flag, it's still very different unless.. about 1 hour ago via web
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61. #ndr oh! When talking about imported talents, we would never forget talking about our imported sports talent.. about 1 hour ago via web
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62. @dancescapes Certainly, Singaporeans work very hard to reach where we are today, and now we are capable of buying services worldwide :) about 1 hour ago via web in reply to dancescapes
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63. #ndr Talking about how Microsoft draws talents from all over the world about 1 hour ago via web
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64. #ndr Look at the maps! ah! PM's not using GoogleMap... it's customised! about 1 hour ago via web
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65. Ah!!!! I missed it! Just crossed the 3000th tweet! #Ijoy #ilike about 2 hours ago via web
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66. @dancescapes Well, anyway was told that there's minimal immigrant in Japan... about 2 hours ago via web in reply to dancescapes
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67. #ndr Immigration: Embracing Diversity, Growing Roots about 2 hours ago via web
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68. #ndr What's exactly the immigrant's role in the country? Are there more plus than minus? about 2 hours ago via web
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69. #ndr Drawing parallel in terms of concerns raised else where (e.g. US)... also drawing out how they could contribute to the residing country about 2 hours ago via web
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70. #ndr Immigrant matters - setting the context. Singapore is not the only one with foreigners. It's worldwide phenomenon. about 2 hours ago via web
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71. #ndr Talking about immigrants... why we need them... and how does the nation manage the influx about 2 hours ago via web
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72. #ndr Now, moving from productivity to immigration... the next big topic of the rally about 2 hours ago via web
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73. #ndr bravo PM Lee! U are giving a lecture on deep sea operations!... #ilike about 2 hours ago via web
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74. #ndr we have world class corporates #ilike about 2 hours ago via web
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75. #ndr Talking about economics, talking about mathematics... #ilike about 2 hours ago via web