It’s been a while since I last met the children. While wishing them a happy new year, one of my students asked “Teacher, when will we have our Chinese art classes?” Oh no! It has been a while since I last met them and lazy me was just thinking of having a break. I managed…
A taste of good design
Thanks to the earnest and hardworking folks at Interaction Design Foundation that I got a chance to have a year of unlimited online courses on user experience and anything to do with interaction and design. I am a firm believer of life long learning, and also one that harnesses technology to enhance our learning. So…
NUSS Journey in ink – Intake 2
And so the 2nd intake just concluded last Saturday. This was a curious class. A class who wanted to learn more. There were many who came for all the lessons, spent time to do their homework, borrow library books and egged one another on to do better! Sometimes it was the front row students, other…
Neuroscience and Learning
An interesting take by Dr. Julia Sperling, a McKinsey Partner and neuroscientist debunks ‘neuromyths’ that have found their way into how we think about learning and leadership development. I have always been fascinated at how I took up Chinese ink painting at a late stage in my life(during my 40s) and how the fascination with…
Orchids (兰)
“若无清风吹，香气为谁发”。唐。李白。#lessonpreparation
Xmas Trees and houses
I have always wanted to paint Xmas scene with snow and a random house or two. Here are two of my interpretations on instagram:
It’s the most wonderful time of the year!
Don’t you love it..the end of year feeling? The time to relax and wind down. To take stock and think through what you have done and NOT done for the year? I love the cool air in Singapore at the end of the year. The rainy spells and dreamy days where many of my friends…
Farewell 2017, Welcome 2018
As the year draws to a close, what are your thoughts? If you are like me, you wonder what happened to those days, yes 365 of them, and why is it that 2017 fly by so quickly? As I venture into 2018, may I stay focused and remember to 留白 (make room) for the most…
Blessed Xmas!
A quick doodle while waiting for the church service to start…With the colors added in at home.
A wonderful read for the year
It was a chance encounter that a friend sent me a link to a YouTube video. Curious I went to listen to the YouTube and was hooked. Another chance Watsapp by a friend revealed that this book was available for loan at NLB. Whoa! I was really into ebooks and to be able to read…
Ommmph!
Self care is getting more important these days, the main reason being that the modern human being living in the city rushes from appointment to appointment trying to get more mileage out of the day. It took me a while to “detox” from this idea that more is better. Slowing down, getting to know people…
A new chapter!
Come Monday, I will be moving on to a full time teaching position at Republic Polytechnic Centre for Educational Development. What are some of the lessons learnt (I hope!) of the almost 10 years I spent away from a full time teaching position in an educational institution when I started OURF consultancy with a fellow…
