I Am Lynn Chong

Rarely do I find a novel so difficult to read. I am currently reading A Might Heart by Mariane Pearl. “Danny Pearl, the Wall Street Journal reporter who was kidnapped in Karachi, Pakistan...And then came the broadcast of his shocking murder. The complete account of his abduction, the intense effort to rescue him, and the aftermath are told here -in astonishing detail and with courage and insight - by his surviving wife Mariane.” It was difficult to read because I already know the tragic ending. It was even more difficult after I started because Mariane and Danny shared such strong and intense love.I could totally imagine Mariane’s loss. My heart wrenched with every page turned. The only reason I am continuing reading it is to see how Mariane is going to walk out from it… And I am full of frustration that I have no time to read except during reading period which means that what would have taken me 3 days to finish is now taking 3 weeks:(

Lyn@00:17 : I'm home! Both Henry and James sent me home! :)(super wide grin!) Jian@00:19: Yeah! Ah Boon is sending me back to Yos' place to get my stuff!:) Lyn@00:20: What?!! FYI, we live in the northwest and yos lives in BEDOK!And apparently, silly ah ni, clare and charles went along too..:) But I still beat Caesar! Ah Boon is fetching my printer from Jack's place which Jack and Vin got for me from the IT fair:) I am so thankful to God that He planted little surprises of love for me, just at the moment when I need it:)

So we all know happy times fly and I'm at my last day of holidays:( And so we had it all planned about how we should spend my last day of holiday ya. And then the man got a message and he cancelled our date, to go fishing. It's my last day of holidays man!:( But oh well.. If you ever meet a man who cancels his date with you to go fishing, I say he's a keeper...:) So I shall stop sulking. I still have tons of work to do anyway!

Reviews about Green Zone are not fantastic but I so totally love it! Then again, I am biased. Show me enough images of Middle East and I'll say it's wonderful. But I do think it's great! The content may be biased or conservative but we could always turn it into meaningful discussions:) I must get a copy of the film, there is a wonderful scene which could be used to teach my students on sources:)

I gave myself 10 minutes break but I am keeping myself away from the bed for the fear of falling asleep. Practicum is anything but smooth sailing. While we are not taking the full workload, our every actions are under scrutiny. The need to present near to perfect lesson plans is not only impractical in reality but sucks up a whole lot of energy and time. It’s one thing to put in your best to do up lesson plan, PowerPoint and worksheet. It’s another when it’s all return for amendments all over again. On top of what is required of a trainee, we are given a whole lot of other stuff like marking, bringing kids out etc which newbie like us can’t possibly say no. And the worse of all these is probably having to be nice and agreeable with everything because the one talking to you has been teaching even before you were in school. That day OM asked me to explain to him, why a trainee is still in school at 630pm. I could only smile. I didn’t tell him that, that is because everyone thinks that ...