Crotchet= Blue
Minim=Two oo
dotted minim= Three-ee-ee
Semibreve= Four-oo-oo-oo
Quaver= Jello
dotted crotchet=Blue-oo
semiquaver=Huckleberry
Triplets= Pineapple
more, more and more
Wesley cried today while we played games during music appreciation class. hmmm... i noticed that he is a bit 'kiasu' and ego. I realised that playing games can be the best way to understand your students. When he started to cry, I just stop the game. Then he cried even louder, why winning is so important to him? Why he just can't lose to others? I favored him a lot, but i really want him to learn his lesson. So after terminating the game, I asked him to just sit at the corner as the class still need to be continued. He knew that I was annoyed by his attitude, so he still obey what i asked him to do but still in tears. Class continued. Everybody seems keep looking at him but somehow i still be able to make them focused on what i am going to deliver.
Class ended.
I asked him to come near me. He walked slowly, no more tears but still keep rubbing his eyes. "Go bring your tumbler and drink water first. "
Talk to him. He didn't reply but just nodded his head.
It isn't about winning (games), but it is your attitude while playing it.
What for winning a game but you don't enjoy it. If it makes you cry and sad, there is no point playing it anymore , right? In this case, you should know win and lose are common and there is no big deal about it. Just take it. He looked at me with his dry eyes (effect after crying so much) and nodded a few times. I guess he did learn something today. A lesson that might be helpful in future.
Tough day.
Back to lab to cryopreserve MDCK cell and seed cells for infection.
yi huey flew back from Guang Zhou. We had yum cha session at Papa rich cafe.
Chat till mid night. Got sourvenirs from china and Vietnam ( Mun mun just back from Vietnam (company trip).
Sunday, January 31, 2010
Thursday, January 28, 2010
再见伟达。。。
嗯。。。昨天知道伟达就要离开SAB LAB 了....好快喔...坦白说, 我想离开很久了..他比我强..一声不响,说多两天就不做了...可能男生就是比较果断吧,不喜欢拖泥带水.
Boon teong 和 Sam （实验室里的未来博士couple) 提议不如去pasar malam 享用晚餐..然后明晚又去吃bbq chicken ..哇...怎么都和我一样那么爱吃....因为他们有bbq chicken 餐卷..买一送一...
伟达, 祝你前程似锦,找到自己的人生目标.=) 加油!!!
Boon teong 和 Sam （实验室里的未来博士couple) 提议不如去pasar malam 享用晚餐..然后明晚又去吃bbq chicken ..哇...怎么都和我一样那么爱吃....因为他们有bbq chicken 餐卷..买一送一...
伟达, 祝你前程似锦,找到自己的人生目标.=) 加油!!!
Saturday, January 23, 2010
Friday, January 22, 2010
Learning music
In Maple Music and Art Academy, they approached lots of music teaching method but they emphasize on Little Bear Teaching Method. Before this, I never heard of this before as I was taught in a very traditional way whereby there are less two way communication and i need to obey and agree with what my teacher said....hmmm sounds very boring, right? Therefore, after i reached grade 5 I decided to quit learning from this teacher. I explained to my mom that she didn't inspire me much and all the time I am just accepting. To be honest, I don't think it will work if I stay with this teacher as it just make my interest deteriorates day by day...How sad it is!!!
Luckily, my mom did think over thoroughly what i had suggested and voiced out. At last, I get to learn from another teacher who stay quite near to my house and instead for her to come, I will go to her house to learn.
Her first impression to me is she is another normal lady but when she played the piano. Speechless, I would say. Not only technical wise, and her expression and dynamics is so strong. You will know she is not just playing the notes, but the stories behind. Not many people can actually achieve that. It is easy to find a pianist that can play a piece really well (i.e no slips, no wrong notes and always at the right tempo) but to discover a pianist that can play perfectly (i.e no slips, no wrong notes, always at the right tempo and never forget the expression and dynamics) , is not easy though... hehe...expression doesn't come with practice only but it depends on how much you know about the composer and the background of the piece whether it is composed by Bach, Schubert,Chopin, Beethoven, Debussy, or Mozart and between what period they composed the sonata whether it is baroque, classical, romantic .20th century or contemporary.
The composer that I like the most is Beethoven. Why? I couldn't explain. He is the composer that have lots of story to tell..You can clearly notice that if you go deeper into and appreciate his music. But it is really hard to play the song he composed. There are several reasons. Firstly, he likes to create dissonant sounds in his pieces and it is so inharmonious that makes you feel like you are playing the wrong notes. Secondly, his pieces seldom have a fix tempo, rubato is common in his romantic pieces. Smart ..Smart ...Smart..It adds lots of flavor to a piece but once you interpret it wrongly, then it turns out to be NOISE which my family suffers a lot. Wuahahaha...When I started to learn a Beethoven piece, my bro will get frustrated easily and always try to distract me and ask me to watch TV with him. So sad..haha...but me myself sometimes also cannot tahan..It is not like pop song, you play, you sing, and people enjoy. Beethoven is aggresive and soft it might start of with ff , fff or sf and the next note could be pp and ppp. What a complicated man! hehe..when i choose Beethoven pieces for my grade 8 exam, my teacher and I are nervous. It can be an advantage or disadvantage by choosing the music he composed.Not many candidates will actually pick the song. They prefer classical (long piece but lots of repetition and the melody and rhythm is always harmonious. Therefore, whoever that able to deliver the Beethoven piece well will really achieve high score. So risky. Besides, it is very hard to achieve high marks if you choose classical song because lots of candidates chose the same song and during exam , the examiner have to examined so many candidates and if every candidate play the same song over and over again. Definitely it would be bored and plain boring.
Just like what my teacher said, 'It is the matter of how much you understand him and why he wrote it that way'
Interpretation is the key. But the examiner think that i played the piece like young beethoven. The reason is i still can't switch the dynamics and expression naturally. From suddenly loud to suddenly soft, and to make it sound naturally is so tough. Sometimes I might go overboard and it seems i have overdone it. Sometimes I just can't portray the whole things. Frustrated. At that time, my teacher and I will just pause for a while and just have a break..Go for scale or arpeggios ...then come back to pieces. Or we will discuss about horoscope. Both of us believe that horoscope does affect a person characteristic and personality.
Now, is my turn to nurture and not just only teach. I want them to see me as a mentor but not just another ordinary teacher. To me, there is no such things like no potential or talent. It just come from your heart, whether you like it or not. If you like it, hard work should not be a problem. What else that matters then ?
p/s: got lots of grammatical error..but i lazy to correct, just bear with me.
More to write but will save it for next post..
Luckily, my mom did think over thoroughly what i had suggested and voiced out. At last, I get to learn from another teacher who stay quite near to my house and instead for her to come, I will go to her house to learn.
Her first impression to me is she is another normal lady but when she played the piano. Speechless, I would say. Not only technical wise, and her expression and dynamics is so strong. You will know she is not just playing the notes, but the stories behind. Not many people can actually achieve that. It is easy to find a pianist that can play a piece really well (i.e no slips, no wrong notes and always at the right tempo) but to discover a pianist that can play perfectly (i.e no slips, no wrong notes, always at the right tempo and never forget the expression and dynamics) , is not easy though... hehe...expression doesn't come with practice only but it depends on how much you know about the composer and the background of the piece whether it is composed by Bach, Schubert,Chopin, Beethoven, Debussy, or Mozart and between what period they composed the sonata whether it is baroque, classical, romantic .20th century or contemporary.
The composer that I like the most is Beethoven. Why? I couldn't explain. He is the composer that have lots of story to tell..You can clearly notice that if you go deeper into and appreciate his music. But it is really hard to play the song he composed. There are several reasons. Firstly, he likes to create dissonant sounds in his pieces and it is so inharmonious that makes you feel like you are playing the wrong notes. Secondly, his pieces seldom have a fix tempo, rubato is common in his romantic pieces. Smart ..Smart ...Smart..It adds lots of flavor to a piece but once you interpret it wrongly, then it turns out to be NOISE which my family suffers a lot. Wuahahaha...When I started to learn a Beethoven piece, my bro will get frustrated easily and always try to distract me and ask me to watch TV with him. So sad..haha...but me myself sometimes also cannot tahan..It is not like pop song, you play, you sing, and people enjoy. Beethoven is aggresive and soft it might start of with ff , fff or sf and the next note could be pp and ppp. What a complicated man! hehe..when i choose Beethoven pieces for my grade 8 exam, my teacher and I are nervous. It can be an advantage or disadvantage by choosing the music he composed.Not many candidates will actually pick the song. They prefer classical (long piece but lots of repetition and the melody and rhythm is always harmonious. Therefore, whoever that able to deliver the Beethoven piece well will really achieve high score. So risky. Besides, it is very hard to achieve high marks if you choose classical song because lots of candidates chose the same song and during exam , the examiner have to examined so many candidates and if every candidate play the same song over and over again. Definitely it would be bored and plain boring.
Just like what my teacher said, 'It is the matter of how much you understand him and why he wrote it that way'
Interpretation is the key. But the examiner think that i played the piece like young beethoven. The reason is i still can't switch the dynamics and expression naturally. From suddenly loud to suddenly soft, and to make it sound naturally is so tough. Sometimes I might go overboard and it seems i have overdone it. Sometimes I just can't portray the whole things. Frustrated. At that time, my teacher and I will just pause for a while and just have a break..Go for scale or arpeggios ...then come back to pieces. Or we will discuss about horoscope. Both of us believe that horoscope does affect a person characteristic and personality.
Now, is my turn to nurture and not just only teach. I want them to see me as a mentor but not just another ordinary teacher. To me, there is no such things like no potential or talent. It just come from your heart, whether you like it or not. If you like it, hard work should not be a problem. What else that matters then ?
p/s: got lots of grammatical error..but i lazy to correct, just bear with me.
More to write but will save it for next post..
Saturday, January 16, 2010
500 Days in Summer
Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Zooey Deschanel in a scene '500 Days in Summer.Source: About.com: World or Independent film
500 Days in Summer ...
I watched this movie with CC and GW in their room at UT before i headed back home after working in lab.
As narrated, 'This is a story of boy meets girl, but you should know upfront, this is not a love story.'Nonetheless, I did have some thoughts after finish watching but I can't really recall back. Maybe this movie review should have written earlier.So what i did is, I try to google out the memorable movie quotes and somehow try to relate back. =)
As narrated, 'This is a story of boy meets girl, but you should know upfront, this is not a love story.'Nonetheless, I did have some thoughts after finish watching but I can't really recall back. Maybe this movie review should have written earlier.So what i did is, I try to google out the memorable movie quotes and somehow try to relate back. =)
Most days of the year are unremarkable. They begin, and they end, with no lasting memories made in between. Most days have no impact on the course of a life. May 23rd was a Wednesday.
Ee Lin: It's true, at least to some extent.
Tom: People buy cards because they can't say what they feel or are afraid to. And we provide them the service that let's them off the hook.
Ee Lin: FYI, Tom works in a greeting cards company and brainstorms greeting cards quotes is one of his daily responsibilities. I like to buy and send greeting cards because I love to receive one. It's just that simple or I have difficulty in expressing myself? hmmm..not the latter one i guess.
Summer: Well, you know, i guess it's 'cause I was sitting in a deli and reading Dorian Gray and a guy comes up to me and asks me about it and...now he's my husband.
Tom: Yeah, and so?
Summer: So what if I had gone to the movies? What if I had gone somewhere else for lunch? What if I had gotten there 10 minutes later? It was- It was meant to be . And I just kept thinking ...Tom was right.
Tom: No
Summer: Yeah, I did (laugh)
Summer: I did. It's just wasn't me that you were right about.
Ee Lin: hmmm..self experienced it, and you'll know. This would be the quote that i like the most.
Summer: I woke up in the morning and i just knew.
Tom: knew what?
Summer: What i was never sure of with you.
Ee Lin: I guess humans as a species have some natural instinct to be able to lead you to the path that suits you best?
I guess that's all for this post. Go watch it, if this post has aroused your interest.
Ee Lin: It's true, at least to some extent.
Tom: People buy cards because they can't say what they feel or are afraid to. And we provide them the service that let's them off the hook.
Ee Lin: FYI, Tom works in a greeting cards company and brainstorms greeting cards quotes is one of his daily responsibilities. I like to buy and send greeting cards because I love to receive one. It's just that simple or I have difficulty in expressing myself? hmmm..not the latter one i guess.
Summer: Well, you know, i guess it's 'cause I was sitting in a deli and reading Dorian Gray and a guy comes up to me and asks me about it and...now he's my husband.
Tom: Yeah, and so?
Summer: So what if I had gone to the movies? What if I had gone somewhere else for lunch? What if I had gotten there 10 minutes later? It was- It was meant to be . And I just kept thinking ...Tom was right.
Tom: No
Summer: Yeah, I did (laugh)
Summer: I did. It's just wasn't me that you were right about.
Ee Lin: hmmm..self experienced it, and you'll know. This would be the quote that i like the most.
Summer: I woke up in the morning and i just knew.
Tom: knew what?
Summer: What i was never sure of with you.
Ee Lin: I guess humans as a species have some natural instinct to be able to lead you to the path that suits you best?
I guess that's all for this post. Go watch it, if this post has aroused your interest.
Sunday, January 10, 2010
Dilemma
I had abandoned my blog for two months and this would be the first post for 2010. Actually I planned to blog on my bday as I had officially turned to 23 , it might be a new year resolution post or something but just hardly get motivated to do so. Garghhhhh....since when i become so lazy and demotivated.
hmmm....this post will be quite messy, not written in chronological order and it would be an emotional one. I just want to vomit out the thought that stuffed my brain.
To be frank, SAB lab is a lab that has lots of potential to grow. I am sure that I would be able to learn a lot from this lab if i stay long enough. They have their own sequencher, Microarray, Flow cytometry, Real time-PCR machine, and lots more. Not to forget, the new lab is going to start operating soon. It is a BSL 3 lab and it would not be a problem for us to handle highly infectious material anymore soon. But how come i still don't feel a sense of belonging? Undeniably, the seniors are friendly and kind. The supervisors are good and understanding. Colleagues/ peers are helpful. What other things that matters?
I don't know....
My mom is not feeling well these days. Is really NOT FEELING WELL.
She keep on asking me to quit if i don't feel happy but can i ?
Why think of quitting when there is nothing happens..and just unhappy without a reason.
Can't blog anymore. I need to work on my project now.
hmmm....this post will be quite messy, not written in chronological order and it would be an emotional one. I just want to vomit out the thought that stuffed my brain.
To be frank, SAB lab is a lab that has lots of potential to grow. I am sure that I would be able to learn a lot from this lab if i stay long enough. They have their own sequencher, Microarray, Flow cytometry, Real time-PCR machine, and lots more. Not to forget, the new lab is going to start operating soon. It is a BSL 3 lab and it would not be a problem for us to handle highly infectious material anymore soon. But how come i still don't feel a sense of belonging? Undeniably, the seniors are friendly and kind. The supervisors are good and understanding. Colleagues/ peers are helpful. What other things that matters?
I don't know....
My mom is not feeling well these days. Is really NOT FEELING WELL.
She keep on asking me to quit if i don't feel happy but can i ?
Why think of quitting when there is nothing happens..and just unhappy without a reason.
Can't blog anymore. I need to work on my project now.
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