A Community of Bloggers

Why don't you visit one of the blogs that I follow? Just click on the links in My Blog List on the right hand side of the page. Most of them are book review blogs that I have discovered by following links on other blogs that I follow. There's a real community of bloggers out there, and once you find one blog that you like, it's not hard to find many more.

Speaking of blogs I like, check out this post by Ruth over at Skerricks! Go on, have a giggle!

On a more serious note, this article in the Sun Herald yesterday. What a shame Roy didn't manage to work in a comment about the amazing batch of budding teacher librarians he's got this year!!!

EID executive shots and business plan submission!!

Yeh, that's the title of our project. eR hEM, Paisay lah, I design one. Haha... anyway, today marks the end of our proposal, kudos to Wei Ze and Jun Yue for spending most of their time editing our DECENT english. Lol. But that's not the end lah, still got one more week, next week will be the presentation and finishing up with our prototypes.



Hehe, yeh, our company logo. Ehh, ya lah, its me again lah. haha.



And so, other than finishing up the proposal, today we also spend most of the time cam-whoring lah. Lol. No lah, Wei Ze, wanted us to do an executive shot so we can put into our proposal lah. Ehh... just a word of precaution, not for the weak hearted, cos there will be lots of... WEI ZE's photos after this. LoL


Alrights, give them a break. Couple does have small conflicts sometimes lah...LoL, jun yue and wei ze. LoL


Jialiang, whom Wei Ze thought can go to PROM immediately after he put on the blazer, and Wei Ze in action. Don't know why Wei Ze so happy lah, he full of craps lah. hAHA.


Shi wei and Wei Ze, and Wei Zhe, this is the 2nd day you are wearing a GREEN shirt. You are really a GREEN PEA lea.


Myself and him lah. Yes, not again. Haha, now...looking at all my "pleasant" comments bout Wei Ze, you should know we are not on good terms lah. HAHAHAH. (Wei Ze, you know I love to Joke lah...haha.)


Okay, I know you had enough of Wei Ze's pic in my blog. Introduce to you...er hem, the thorn among the roses, no...I mean the rose among the thorns, Kristel! The only girl in our group lah. Haha, look at them... *rumours* hhaa, no lah. Joking lah, Wei Ze's attached lah. Girls out there, don't worry, you all are safe. LOL!


Alrights, introducing to you , the 11 guys and 1 girl group(As quoted from Wei Ze), our executive shots!


And the outcome in our proposal!


Freshly "baked"! Hot leh! It's true man, just come out from photocopier mah. LoL.




The happy faces! Haha, must also thank Wei Ze for editing, Kristel and Shiwei for the survey questions also man!

Okay lah, i go sleep liao. Weekend going to be burnt, working in National Museum from 10.30am to 6.30pm on both days.

Ciaoz!

Storybookathon

Every year my children's school has an "athon" to raise money. The children collect sponsership money, and on the "athon" day they dress up and do activities that earn them points. Their sponsers then pay up according to how many points they have gained.

This year the "athon" is the storybookathon. My son, God bless him, decided to go as Richo from Paul Jennings Lennie Lighthouse, thus requiring absolutely no dress ups at all! My daughter, however, being a Year 6 girl, is part of a group that decided to recreate L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. As you can see above, this required quite a lot of dress ups!

Not being able to find a witch's costume anywhere (wrong time of year), I purchased 3 metres of cheap black cotton and 1 metre of purple and silver spiderweb netting from Spotlight, and went to work. (Luckily we had the hat from a previous Halloween.) I am proud to say that without a pattern, a sewing machine, or any sewing experience, I was able to create the masterpiece you see above! Is there no end to my talents?!?

At 11am I'll be up at the school participating in the festivities. Each class has set up a display about a story book they have read. There is a question to answer at each classroom, such as "Name Black Beauty's two best horse friends" at 3L and "How many times should the key be turned?" at 6W. Children and their parents visit each room to look at the displays and answer the questions, with students getting a point for each correct answer.

Now I must get on with some editing for the last uni assignment so I can get a bit closer to the word limit!

最后一次.. A Youtube video that attracted 284,000+ viewership...

这是一位１７岁少女的创作。
不知道这个女孩的名字，但是能确认的是这个女孩已经离世。

A song composed by a 17 yrs old girl that had passed away.


A video that attracted 284,000+ viewership...


在我最后一次 闭上眼睛之前
我想对你说我爱你
在你怀里 舍不得放弃
心里有千万语还没说给你听
我使尽全力 不想闭上眼睛
这次告别就不能再相遇
不能再陪你 但不要忘记
你曾经答应我你会好好活下去
先走了 去了好远的地方
不能再陪你看日出 等不到天亮
所有回忆 抹去 却并不容易
生死由天决定 不要太伤心
在我最后一次 闭上眼睛之前
我想对你说我爱你
在你怀里 舍不得放弃
心里有千万语还没说给你听
我使尽全力 不想闭上眼睛
这次告别就不能再相遇
不能再陪你 但不要忘记
你曾经答应我你会好好活下去
在我最后一次 闭上眼睛之前
我想对你说我爱你
在你怀里 舍不得放弃
心里有千万语还没说给你听
我使尽全力 不想闭上眼睛
这次告别就不能再相遇
不能再陪你 但不要忘记
你曾经答应我你会好好活下去
我 永远 爱你。

Before I close my eyes for the last time
I wish to tell you I love you
In your embrace, don't wish to let go
In my heart, thousands of words I have yet to tell you
I used all my strength to keep my eyes from closing
After this farewell, there will be no more meetings, no more can I be by your side
But please don't forget
You promised me you will live on as well as you can

I'm leaving first, leaving for a faraway place
I won't be able to watch the sunrise with you anymore
I won't be able to wait for dawn
Erasing all the memories, is not an easy thing
But life & death are predestined, don't be too sad

Top 4 liao!!!

Thanks everyone for your support!

Next week is the revival round... so can take a break.

Immediately after revival round, will be the final round...

here's a recapped of my entries... =)


Using creative Vado to take pictures...


Shoduku heerens food review...


And the entry that get me into top 20...

Finally...a little break.

Okay, I'm officially taking a break tml... thanks to Weize, our group leader for giving us a break due to soccer match later in the morning...work will resume on Friday =)

Guess I can take some time to breathe some fresh air and learn to smile. =)

Some pics from EID again...


Fann Wong's cousin a.k.a shou Zhi, haha... guiding me how to use the drilling machines...


He's also guiding cheng siong too..


Shou zhi in action... guy in red is cheng siong, in blue is Jialiang


And the two Green peas of the day... Wei ze and JunYue.


Check out who's the faggot?

After project, few of us went to play badminton...



Jun yue in action...


Wei ze in blue, vs Shiwei


Junyue and Cheng Siong looked shagged.

Alrights, sleeping soon.

Looking forward to my official off day tml. =)

加油, Kevin soh.

My View from Here

I come to librarianship from a background of happy experiences with books and libraries. In my blog entry of March 2 2009, Confession Time, I wrote about my expectations: "intellectually stimulating, and frankly, downright bliss to be surrounded by so many books!". In my entry on May 13 2009, Why I want to be a Librarian, I commented on why I felt that my personality, skills and interests were compatible with librarianship. Bear in mind, I have never worked in a library.

It was not long into the course before I came to see that the daily life of a teacher librarian involved much more than pottering about the library rearranging the shelves! I immediately resonated with Anne Olsen's forum post (2009), which began "Just now the task of a Teacher Librarian seems at once impossibly worthy and...impossible.".

How was I feeling in the face of what I was learning? Consider my February 27 2009 blog entry There's a new superhero in town!. I introduced "The Amazing and Multi-Talented Teacher Librarian" who:

• is able to be "simultaneously across all of the curriculum",



• has a "well-organised, attractive, up-to-date and easily utilised" collection, and a school library website that is "a work of art",


• has a library which is "a welcoming, happy and stimulating environment with an ever-changing display of student's work",


• is "an admired and respected leader within the school" with a "respectful and warm cooperative relationship with the school's teaching staff".

More seriously, I became aware of the competing aspects of the role of TL and how much hard work and time would be needed to fulfil them. In an ETL401 forum post (Jones, 2009-b), I commented on the difficulty of finding time for collaborative planning and teaching "in light of all their other responsibilities". In another (Jones, 2009-c), I discussed the "strain to incorporate research into the mix". In my April 19 2009 blog entry I tried to imagine life as a teacher librarian, timetabling weekly activities to move forward on each of my goals, and on April 16 2009 in Let the editing begin! I blogged about my concern in being able to live up to the role as a beginning TL.

There was always a danger that what I was learning about teacher librarianship would remain theoretical, as I am not even working in a school, let alone a school library. Despite this, I have found that much of my learning has translated into experience.

I have begun to appreciate the large role that ICT is having on librarianship, and have been making great progress with my skills. I am seeing first hand the ways that technology is shaping our access and use of information. In my April 1 2009 blog entry Techno Savvy, I happily discuss my "much more adventurous" take on computing.

ETL401 has introduced me to the concept of information literacy. I have learnt about information literacy in the context of teaching and learning, and have experienced a new awareness of my own processes. In the school context, I can see the wonderful possibilities of collaborating with teachers: "always a benefit in having another professional opinion", "TL has particular expertise in regard to information", "the library can provide a central collaboration point for staff" (Jones, 2009-d). I can also see the difficulties: "working together is seen as a challenge...Lack of leadership by principals and other experienced teachers...Lack of a common vision and mutual goals" (Jones, 2009-e).

As a mother of two school age children, I see the lack of information literacy in schools from another perspective. Teachers often fail to make their expectations clear or to teach or model the methods and skills required to complete research tasks. Consequently, students don't enjoy completing the tasks, don't learn anything from the tasks, and their products vary widely in quality. See my blog entries The Real World... March 9 2009, and Just a quick post April 3 2009 to read the whole story. In a forum post (Jones, 2009-f) I have a little rant about how parents are left to pick up the slack when research projects are set and children don't know how to complete them!

In terms of my own information process, in my blog entry Up, up and away March 19 2009, I consider the thinking skills that I use quite unconsciously, and wonder how and where I picked up these skills. In April 2 2009's entry Becoming Conscious of my Study Process, I continue on the journey of making my intuitive processes more explicit. I am becoming a better learner, as well as a better teacher.

Looking back over my blog and forum posts, I can see that at times I've had a rather idealistic view of things. There are some real difficulties facing the profession of teacher librarianship. Throughout the history of school libraries, the teacher librarian role has been under-utilised and under-appreciated (Jones, 2009-g). Schools are struggling to develop curriculum, implement initiatives and promote collaboration between teachers (Jones, 2009-h). Teacher librarians are going to have to move beyond the role of serving the school community, and into the role of leading it.

I'm not willing to let go of my optimism. I follow a blog called Skerricks, written by Ruth Buchanan. Ruth embodies my current ideal of the teacher librarian, always trying new initiatives and demonstrating enthusiasm and joy.

References

Buchanan, R. (2009) Skerricks http://skerricks.blogspot.com/

Jones, F. (2009-a) a reader's random ramblings... http://readersrandomramblings.blogspot.com/

Jones, F. (2009-b, February 26). How might class teachers and TL's see RBL differently? Message posted to ETL401 Forum - Topic 1 subforum, archived at http://forums.csu.edu.au/perl/forums.pl?task=view&message_id=3651497&forum_id=ETL401_200940_W_D_Sub4_forum

Jones, F. (2009-c, May 11). Action Research. Message posted to ETL401 Forum - Topic 5 subforum, archived at http://forums.csu.edu.au/perl/forums.pl?task=view&message_id=3813308&forum_id=ETL401_200940_W_D_Sub8_forum

Jones, F. (2009-d, March 24). Benefit to the school if TL involved in curriculum planning. Message posted to ETL401 Forum - Topic 3 subforum, archived at http://forums.csu.edu.au/perl/forums.pl?task=view&message_id=3729563&forum_id=ETL401_200940_W_D_Sub6_forum

Jones, F. (2009-e, May 11). Professionals working together. Message posted to ETL401 Forum - Topic 5 subforum, archived at http://forums.csu.edu.au/perl/forums.pl?task=view&message_id=3813295&forum_id=ETL401_200940_W_D_Sub8_forum

Jones, F. (2009-f, April 28). my experience of (lack of) info literacy. Message posted to ETL401 Forum - Topic 4 subforum, archived at http://forums.csu.edu.au/perl/forums.pl?task=view&message_id=3792900&forum_id=ETL401_200940_W_D_Sub7_forum

Jones, F. (2009-g, February 26). How will the historical material inform my future career? Message posted to ETL401 Forum - Topic 1 subforum, archived at http://forums.csu.edu.au/perl/forums.pl?task=view&message_id=3652204&forum_id=ETL401_200940_W_D_Sub4_forum

Jones, F. (2009-h, March 24). disadvantage to students in schools with TL excluded. Message posted to ETL401 Forum - Topic 3 subforum, archived at http://forums.csu.edu.au/perl/forums.pl?task=view&message_id=3729603&forum_id=ETL401_200940_W_D_Sub6_forum

Olsen, A. (2009, March 7). About the Impossible. Message posted to ETL401 Forum - Topic 1 subforum, archived at http://forums.csu.edu.au/perl/forums.pl?task=view&message_id=3681485&forum_id=ETL401_200940_W_D_Sub4_forum

This is a picture of the flautist Jane Rutter with the three girls that came along to her concert An Australian in Paris with me: (from left) Hannah, Etta and Denika.

An Australian in Paris was brilliant, inspiring and intimate in equal measures. We sat in the third row as Jane spoke from the heart about her experiences as a young music student in Paris, weaving French poetry and music through the story. She also included stories of artists, musicians and writers of generations past, who flourished in the hothouse environment of the Left Bank.

Jane's flute playing was, of course, spectacular, but even more impressive was the way the show wove humour and pathos together to provide a window into her passion for the arts and all things Parisian.

The girls aren't old enough to fully appreciate her story, but they were inspired by the beauty and virtuosity of her playing.

I submitted my Collection Management Policy yesterday afternoon. I spent all day polishing it, and simply couldn't stand to look at it anymore. I know there are still things I could change and improve, but sometimes you just have to say "enough is enough". Now I just have to finish the last assignment of the semester, and take a well deserved break to do some serious recreational reading!

Thanks, Bro

Thank you for that generous support, anywhere, anytime.

One can really lose too much control of himself, and when you turn back, you regret for all the actions. Thanks for pulling me back again.



Keeping it simple, sweet and short. Or else there will be people out there giving me the nick Emo king.

I don't need you guys to judge me.

I maybe slow in thinking, "kevin slow" , just take a little more time to complete what seems to be easy to the rest.

失败很痛， 但我决定再站起来。咸鱼， 有一天也能翻身。

Don't ask me how am I doing, because you know what's my answer, so why bother asking?

But I thank those who sent ur smses, I may not reply, but it had reached me. Sorry for not replying. Just want to say, I really really appreciate it. Apologise for my disappearance, but I needed sometime on my own.

Time to move on, brand new day awaits.

加油，Kevin Soh.

抢摊大行动 ll

Went for filming this morning...for 抢摊大行动 ll , must thank Kim from Mediacorp for inviting me, a random msg on my blog turn out to be a surprised!


The four of us...


Sophia...who just recovered from wisdom tooth operation


Daphne too excited? Haha


sO...this were the food tasted...


So...do we look like the poster?


Sophia, Matthew, Daphne and Myself...


The familiar score board


抢摊大行动, yeh!


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It's located @ Blk 840 Hougang Interchange!

28 hours without sleep

Yes, for the first time, surprisingly, I wasn't feeling quite tired, just that I felt easily frustrated and impatience.

Just slept at 8pm and woke up just now. But I'm returning back to my sleep soon, have to wake up at 9am for filming.

Anyway, was rushing my omy blog entry yesterday, seriously not easy. Imagine editing the clips,and talking to yourself @ odd hours of the night. Then before I could have enough rest, I had to bring my Mum to TTSH for medical review.

Yup, she is fine, and Doctor said one more review next week and maybe she can get discharged.

Phew.

After that, rushed down back to school for EID. Our group is progressing with the guidience of our group leader...wei ze. Haha. Anyway, I'm tasked to do a "Special project" and got some photos from Kristal.


This is our progress board... updated by our leader wei ze everyday...lol


This person...who looks like he's in deep thoughts...is Wei Ze...our group leader. Haha, but actually, by infering from this pic, he has some complicated relationship with Junyue...lol


This is david...who is very proud of his masterpiece...haha.


Our group is divided into 3 teams... one of them is the proposal team... (my group)


Which comprises people like Junyue, Chengxiong and myself...


Not forgetting the lady in pink...kristal... this is our working space, must thank the lab tech for providing us this room. Also known as our HQ, for WeiZe to give his daily briefings and debriefings...haha.


This team comprises of 2 groups... the design team and the riveting team... one group will come up with the design, the group will execute with all the boltings, cuttings, etc...They were discussing their plans in HQ before heading to the workshop... they are the MAN of the group...damn ZAI. haha.


The riveting group in action...shiwei (in red) and Jialiang


The design team in action... david and shouzhi(back facing you) And I happen to know Shouzhi is fann wong's cousin...lol, the world is so small. No, I mean Singapore is so small.

Haha, alrights, anyway... we are doing a survey... for our project. So if you are free, and you are KIND enuff... wanna spend some time on this survey? 6 questions only lah...haha, thanks to Kristal and Shiwei for the questions. =)

BUS-brella SURVEY

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I saw myself on Papers!

Thanks for all your support! I'm rushing my next entry now... PODCAST. I seriously don't know what to write. Mind still in a blank. Tonight don't need to sleep liao...I think next round very hard to get in liao lah...but nvm lah, what matters the most is the experiences! Hahah...


Here's a compilation of my ranking over the past 5 weeks!!! Must definitely mentioned people like Dennis, Sophia, Priscilla, Justin, Yixia, Songwei, Yanpei and many many silent voters for keeping me in top 5 ranking... hahah, please continue to vote!!! There will be prizes worth $1300 for 3 lucky voters!!! Voting ends on 15 June 2009!!!



Anyway... got a random, yet surprised email from mediacorp... they are inviting me to be their food tasters for 抢摊大行动 part 2!!!

I think they found my blog through Omy? Hahah... don't know lah, cos it all started out with a comment on my blog, and I thought was some random advertisement.

Will be going down this thurs, with more updates!!!

Okay...back to omy blogging...