Ice-cream and Sunscreen

In the northern hemisphere
Summer season has arrived for them
As such, most who live there would experience
heat waves, typhoons or flash floods
These are some reasons why
Mother Nature should never be taken lightly

For Malaysians and some other Asians,
this would be a season for durians
Now is the time we indulge ourselves by consuming a lot
of these pungent fruits
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Allow me to lose myself in thoughts
As uncertainties and insecurities occupies my mind

Superman

Recently, after having some talk with a childhood friend
I have reignited my drive to improve in drawing
After all, it is my dream to teach kids about science through my writing and drawing
With that being said, I still have yet to master the skills of photography
which I intend to make it into my tool-of-trade

At the moment, I am focusing on writing a review paper for publication
This will be the first for me, so I am putting a lot of effort to do this
Even though it may be rejected by the reviewers,
I am sure I would be able to make the required corrections for future publishing purpose
Hopefully I will be a better academic writer after this entire experience

7 Years

Teaching is indeed a noble job
Being in the position to transfer knowledge and skills to the next-generation is a selfless task that usually does not reward sufficiently, save for the small amount of work satisfaction when your students are being obedient and attentive to your lessons

However, teachers are often under pressured to perform well. Personally I had a short stint of teaching primary school students with science and mathematics in Mandarin at a tuition centre, which I doubt I did a satisfactory job. At times, I even thought that I might impaired their understanding on certain subjects through my poor teaching.
"Did I teach the students well today? Do they understand the lesson?"
"Is this syllabus correct? Do I need to cover all of these in this short period?"
"Will the students perform well in the upcoming exam?"
"Why is these few kids so misbehaved? Why are they interrupting other students from studying?"
These are some of the questions that ran through my mind by the end of every workday.

Nevertheless, I believe that I could be better in teaching over time. Hopefully my current learning process would give me the chance to learn and be a better teacher to others.

Anyhow, Happy Teacher's Day.

May the great teachers in the world continued to be rewarded and motivated to carry on the noble job of educating the next generation of youngsters.

Megalomania

megalomania
· n. obsession with the exercise of power. Ø delusion about one’s own power or importance (typically as a symptom of manic or paranoid disorder).
- Oxford Concise Dictionary, 10th edition

I guess, for people who have been reading a lot
or been watching inspiring videos
or listening to motivational talks
may think that one day,
he or she may achieve the same success
that was mentioned in one of those sources
That is the true motive of those materials
which is to inspire others to achieve their greater potential

However, on the other end of the spectrum
there is a group of individuals
who may be delusional about one's own importance
which may result in further conflicts with other humans
and so I thought
as I was reading on the terror attacks in Turkey
and other historical events like the Bosnian War in the 90's
This could also be applicable to present events of the world
such as the aggressiveness of China in asserting their military prowess in the Spartly Islands

All this above is just some random sum-of-thoughts
as I sit in front of my laptop, thinking about my pesticide formulation works.

Vectors to the Heaven

Now I am officially a post-graduate student
Thus, I have accomplish one of my dream
to be a student
in an local public university
Alright! Let's work hard towards the next target!

The scenery from one of the university building

Memulai Kembali

Through my reading on some of the writing by Viktor E. Frankl

I came to know the need to have a reason to live

Often, this may come as a commitment to responsibilities

such as one's family, friends and career

From a negative point of view, this may be a form of greed

But yet, this act of greed yields a sense of hope

Snow Song Show

So, knowing that there will be some awesome X'mas decoration in Singapore

I made my way across the Causeway

to take photos of them