Ashley's Loft

School Life

2007-07-28T23:54:00.001+08:00

People who make me very happy in school....
Shihui, Carol ...and my dear 1E1.... Steph...the class miss you..

My collection of photos of kids...

2007-07-28T23:48:00.000+08:00

They are so adorable.... hope to be able to capture more of this cute kids in action....brightens up my day. The first is taken in Taiwan...and the latter is in Spore, ECP.

over dued Taiwan Trip

2007-07-28T23:43:00.000+08:00

Oh...how much I missed Taiwan and Hong Kong after looking through these pictures again.

The top one is from Xi Men Ding... Great shopping! Got my boots there too! (but regret not getting them from HK...cause it's cheaper and nicer!)

The pic below is from Shi Lin night market... see the tissue I was holding???? It is to shield my nose from the horrible stench of the smelly tou fu!!!! ( had a taste of it in KaoShiung and I puked!!!)

Delicia's wedding!

2007-07-28T23:40:00.001+08:00

Congratulations my dearest friend...

Once again...A long awaited post

2007-07-28T23:27:00.000+08:00

People who know had been following is blog...and if you read this post...think you can go buy any lottery and strike big! .... Hahaha, because it's been almost half a year since I last posted.

Well, I have accumulated some pictures and think it is time to post em up now!

Life have been so tiring this year....and there has been many many ups and downs. Thank you for all my loved ones who have been there to pick me up when I'm down. Including my xiao mao and Da Mao (to know who they are...please look at pictures above... xiao mao is the one in blue shirt!)...

Here in Blogging Class....

2007-01-15T14:59:00.000+08:00

It has been a very long since I las blogged. Haha. How funny to do it at a blogging class today. Please keep posted to this page for new postings:)

Dash...for your last lap

2006-10-19T22:54:00.000+08:00

It's been months since I entered anything. Been very busy, sorry.

These past few weeks had been a rollar coaster ride. There were many downs and some ups (sadly). I believe my greatest relieve is to know that there are those who are striving hard for this last dash to their goal. What made me really depressed is that many are still strolling to this goal.

Sometimes I would really question myself, is this walking stick not doing enough to guide the walker through this forest?

The answer is really not that important, what is important is that the walker can make it pass this forest.

Please just concentrate for this last few weeks. There is a chinese saying " endure bitterness 1st then sweetness comes along later".

Dash through this forest now with all your effort and you will see the rainbow at the end of the forest.

Will miss it...

2006-08-13T17:54:00.000+08:00

wow... it's finally over. My first experience of fireworks festival. The final day by France was really nice, but dissapointing for my camera. Did not manage to capture any good pics. Sigh.

Well... Something for us to think about. This is organised by Unusual Productions and supported by STB. This is what STB meant by collaborating with the public sector.

We can also think about the positive and negative impacts such events have on Singapore. :)

Do share our views please.

PS: Those few who saw me that day, please accept my apologies for seeming aloof. I was frantically trying to find my friend, cause the spots for tripods are getting too packed. If I was any later, think I would not be able to take pics.

My First...

2006-08-12T12:36:00.000+08:00

ohh...my first time taking pics on fireworks...
It's so hard to take with my auto camera! Only manage to take 1 acceptable pic (which is this). The others are either black sky only or over exposure to light...Sigh...
But the fireworks are really beautiful.

We can also think about how the fireworks festival is a gimic to boost our tourism industry?:)

Content Generator

2006-08-04T16:10:00.000+08:00

I've been wreaking my brains on how I can make our learning less of a pain and more effective.

During a lesson, a talk with one of us babies made me decide to create content generators for our learning. XXX mentioned he likes playing and not Geography. Seriously, I am not dissapointed. Because, interest in a subject needs a long period of time to build up. In addition, geography is a subject that not many people take to easily.

My first reaction to the statement was, "How do I make it less painful for people who do not look at geography as the way I do? How do I do it in such a short time?" My answer was to create content generators, so that we can play at home.

Geography can be fun, but with such short time (only 4 weeks to prelims) it is a shame that we cannot venture into the fun of it. Hopefully the game can be a break from the mundane essays. However, they can never take over essays fully. The games can only recap on our content knowledge.

Do feedback on whether they are useful.

Please go take a look

Improvements?

2006-07-27T22:24:00.000+08:00

I am sometimes rather lost. There is a desire to improve and try to meet the needs of my graduating babies. However, there are always some restrictions. (like other commitments in school/ unable to get constructive feedback from babies)
Could anyone guide this lost sheep??? meh.......

Graduation

2006-07-15T22:15:00.000+08:00

these are the pics of me and my favourite pals in NIE. =0)

Land Reclamation VS Pollution

2006-07-10T09:58:00.000+08:00

I felt that Noppol brought up a very intresting issue that is close to our hearts (however, is placed under comments on the "welcome my graduating babies" post, which is not very appropriate), so I decided to create this post.

Read the article http://www.wildsingapore.net/news/20060304/060306-1.htm to have a grip of the story.

Just to clarify, there are many areas in Singapore that are built on reclaimed land. ONLY the areas of East Coast and Pasir Ris are undergoing erosion.

AREAS NOT ERODED: Areas such as Marina South (you know the steamboat and kite flying area), are not eroded.
WHY? Because these areas of reclaimed land are protected by stone walls. If you observe the areas, the land touching the water are all stone surfaces. This way, the stone walls protect the land underneath from being eroded into the sea.

AREAS BEING ERODED:Areas such as East Coast (which I witnessed the devastation).
WHY? Because these areas of reclaimation had became recreational beaches. These beaches are not covered with concrete walls, they only have break waters to prevent erosion. These break waters apprently failed to perform their duties, hence the beaches are shrinking.
WHAT I WITNESSED: I remember that when I was young, the beaches were nearer to the break waters, but now, they have retreated inland and are so near to the jogging paths! Now, there is only a spit linking the break waters to the beach.

THE ISSUE OF POLLUTION:Very coincidentally, I did a research project on pollution related to land reclamation during my uni days.
MY RESEARCH: Water pollution is the greatest near the areas of the beaches (mac area), lower at places with concrete structures (bedok jetty) and lowest at Marina South (because of the stone walls). The pollution at the last area was almost none, but the Mac area was rather bad. BUT, what the research could not conclude is whether the pollution at the Mac area (though higher than the others) was great enough to be an issue.
MY THOUGHTS: Reclamation for Singapore is still inevitable and necessary, considering the scarcity of land. Pollution is inevitable with reclamation: pollution of water bound to happen during the process of reclamation and now as found at the beaches. Pollution at the beaches could be reduced by building stone walls, however, it compromises on the asthetic aspects and the reclaimed land would look very artificial from the natural suroundingsm and we would lose one recreational area. ANYWAY, beaches around the world are also facing problems of erosion (not only ours). SO, should we be looking at more engineering structures to save our beaches?

cheers,
ash=o)

I was there...

2006-07-07T21:37:00.000+08:00

guys from 4E2 and 4E3... this entry is specially created to PROVE that I was there last year for the M'sia trip. :)

I was seating in 2 different buses throughout the trip, I was with Mr Chew on most of the bus trip. I had longer hair back then, was thinner... BUT don't think I am really that different now:)

So those people who are still doubting, I have some more pictures and will show in class.

Here is another appeal for you guys to post questions/views/comments. This way we will all benefit. Spread the word and get your pals in class to come and take a look. OKIE?

Ciao for now. (but remember to do my assignments k?:P) TAKE CARE!!!

Environment Management

2006-07-05T22:43:00.000+08:00

Since, no one started to comment on any subject related stuff, thought I might as well start the ball rolling.

I did this module related to environment management back in NUS. The one concept that is deeply ingrained in my mind is "ecological footprint".

It tells us that we "urbanites" step on a huge area even though we are small in numbers. We are like Hobbits, small in size, but have a big foot. The areas we step on, have their environment disrupted or destroyed. The richer we are, the bigger the "foot" we have, the larger the area we trample over.

This is why we need to manage the environment. Our "foot size" and "way of walking" would be monitored through stewardship. They make sure that we either reduce the size of our foot by probably squeezing into smaller shoes (reduce/reuse/recycle=demand reduction) or we take
care, to not step on the land too hard (conservation=protect the area so that it could be preserved for the future generations).

Btw, to answer to 5A's Vicknesh's question( what is the difference between world wildlife fund and world wildlife foundation?), they are the same. The latter is a new name, but it is the same familiar panda logo and they do the same conservation work. Take a look at these two sites and compare them. Go take a look under "about us", and we can learn more about them.
http://www.worldwildlife.org/about/ (fund)
http://www.wwf.org/ (foundation)

So what is your take on environmental management? Voice em' out ok?

PS: Yes...that is my smiling foot. *blush*

Welcome, my graduating babies:)

2006-06-28T21:06:00.000+08:00

Please share our thoughts, worries, questions and tips through this blog. :)

Why not let me start first. To be very frank, I was very nervous when I got the graduating classes, for I'm still a beginning teacher. However, I sincerely believe that we will do just fine if we work hand in hand.

When we leave a comment, please do state our names so that answers could be easily directed back. :)

Let me leave us with this:
Love the subject and the exams will not be such a chore.

Debut

2006-04-29T18:51:00.000+08:00

Woah,
this should be one of a few historical moments. THE greatest IT idiot has created a blog!!
Wonder how long I will sustain this...haha.
Is this a sign that Ms IT idiot is bored and has nothing better to create but challenge herself to a blog? Or is this a sign that Ms IT idiot has graduated from the elementary class? hmmmm...