Went for FENR, twas a pleasant ride; small intimate group of ~10 riders.
TH -> ECP -> Coastal -> makan at Changi Village hawker centre (Bapoks galore) -> Tampines BMX track for some variety -> went back home. Got to know Krulenwar, Daemon, John, Chyi Sheng; Amrun kindly volunteered to be sweeper the next time Johari and I take the NCC boys (Part D's turn) for overnight cycling.
Met Ian and Ah Lai at ECP before FENR; Ian was cycling with his school-mate Megan, a cute petite girl *wink*. She's not a frequent rider, and get this, they did Coastal Rd prior to ECP! No wonder Megan had this constant kang-kor (pained) look on her sweet face throughout the time I cycled with them. She must be tired out, the poor gal.

In school now, and less than a quarter of the staff have turned up. Anyway, the staff meeting will still take place tomorrow. Someone once said there are 2 things that are certain in Life: Death and Taxes. He should have added Staff Meetings.

26 March 2003 marks the day when schools (up to JCs) in Singapore are closed till 6 April due to the SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) scare. I can almost hear the collective woohoos of the students when this news was confirmed on TV. I can imagine how Calvin (of Calvin & Hobbes) must have felt to wake up to a blizzard morning, the joy, the ecstasy-- school would be closed and he can go frolic in the snow with Hobbes.

Went for FENR yesternight; epic route cos we covered Yishun as well as Kranji Dams. Lost steam during the Kranji stretch, cos I skipped dinner; broke out in cold sweat, body was clammy, but had to carry on pedalling. Sweet relief when the group reached petrol kiosk in Choa Chu Kang for rest-point (later, it was at Muslim coffeeshop opposite Beauty World for makan-point). Items consumed during this FENR: 2 Polar curry-puffs, one vanilla Coke, one Cornetto cone, one mee goreng, 2 teh peng and 1 Cadbury bar.
Found out from Sehsuan that Miss Finepix Model's name is Tammy from 'I forgotten what' Agency.
Correction: After looking at Clubsnap, her name is Tammie from Upfront Models.

Typing this during a weekend camp in school for the NCC boys. On Sunday, they had to find their way to various checkpoints around the island in the style of Amazing Race, so Jo and I went to the various stops in his car. First stop was Changi Jetty, and just I had predicted, I came across riders making their way to Ubin for TGP Mass Ride 1. Saw Scott Team Issue frame (Vysionz sold off his Whyte) and DaBomb Sputnik. Later, Jo and I managed to pop into the IT fair at Suntec to check out the digital cameras; he bought the Finepix A303 which came with a load of freebies. Girls in race queen wear used to promote fast cars only, but it seems that they can just as well be used for promoting electronic goods. Casio booth (Exilim) was a good example. Finepix booth had a lethal combination of fast car and digicams, since an Audi TT was the first prize in their lucky draw. The men aren't complaining...

I simply must share this... can BK really get away with it? It looks soooo illegal, lol.

Last Friday night, Johari and I (with the kind assistance of Steven) took the Part C NCC boys for an overnight cycling trip round the island, well, sort of... Route: Bugis -> Jln Kayu -> Yishun Dam -> Mandai Rd -> Woodlands Rd -> Neo Tiew -> Lim Chu Kang Rd -> Boon Lay Place (for nasi lemak supper) -> Holland Rd -> Orchard -> Esplanade -> Bugis.
Ahmad Muzzakir gets the Rider of the Night Award for constantly staying not more than 20m behind me along Lim Chu Kang Rd, while the rest were trying their darnest best to catch up.


The above is a photo that's long overdue, taken during the open house at Temasek Polytechnic. Hope you guys had good results for the O's!

I have printed those words of wisdom below on an OHT, which I show to every class that I teach:
Whatever the education system may offer,
the lessons in school do not create value
until they enter the human brain and get processed.
Since the human brain is biologically defined, it is the most
important bottleneck in the education system. A student can
be surrounded with the best teachers and provided with the
best textbooks, BUT unless he has the capacity, the
concentration and the will to learn, all of that is useless.