Packed Yet Fulfilling Week

Brief summary of the past week (but long post, haha :P):

- Went out with 3 students/bros/little evil boys/小(色)鬼（*delete where appropriate. - option of selecting everything is acceptable too.）for lunch. Basically, I got bullied (all the way, yes - through, there and fro >_<"). Alas, it was good fun, nice get-together. Looking forward to more of the same (with others too), if possible (minus the bullying, of course!)

- Received THE letter at the beginning of the wk. Really made my day. Been waiting for it for ages, with mixture of fear and anxiety. Thank God.

- Received form for P4 Captain's Ball competition yesterday. Dateline for submission of names is coming Tuesday. Have got the personnels in mind but yet to confirm. Thinking of main strategies and basic formation. It'll be a 7 a side (4 boys, 3 girls) + 3 subs (which can only be sent in during the 1 min break in games of 2x5mins). One thing for sure is I am going to activate all 3 subs. I'm leanning towards a counter attacking system based on a fast start with gradually increased ball possession. The 3 subs and the 3 starters who are replaced will play a massive role in ensuring the tactics work. Since I have 2 P4 classes and there's a total of 8 in sch, there's 25% chances of winning (that's if we don't take into consideration other factors la. haha.). I'm desperate for both classes to come in top 3, 1stly cos it'll be an achievement (no matter how big or small) and good memory (that can be added to their pri sch life) for the kids themselves, 2ndly cos I believe you're in it to win it and thirdly I'll like to leave on a winning note (still remember my P6 and P5 classes in '08 doing themselves proud in Captain's Ball and Dodge Ball competition - full credit to them). Will try to make use of free periods next wk to help train/drill them. This is one thingy I enjoy. That's y I dun mind the nick of "球老师". Lol. (Although if I'm not mistaken, the "球" wasn't meant to be referring to normal playing balls.... hmmm) I've got another duty for the 'Family Day' event which means I can only squeeze time out to watch them. Therefore, will most prob pass on main instructions and substitutions to be carried out based on next wk's training.

- Was eagerly anticipating Linkin Park's "New Divide", for a couple of reasons (Actually read abt the world premiere date from news so it got me curious). 1stly, the trailer for Transformers 2 carried abit of the song's beginning and it was pretty good. 2ndly, their previous song "What I've Done" clicked and blended in well with the movie's effects/graphics. I was expecting more of the same this time. Don't think I was disappointed. I'm sure it'll sound even better in the movie. The world premiere was annouced as 18 May but ended up its for GMT time, which was like 3am Singapore time. Heard it for the first time on 98.7FM at ard 6am that morning (knew abt it cos they announced abt the timing of this debut broadcast the day before).

- Busy returning exam scripts, going thru answers for pupils to check for marking errors, explaining, giving pointers, doing analysis report, keying in of results etc. Now left with filing and one more chap for P4 CL, plus P4 and 5 CME lessons to complete over coming wk. Oh ya, there's the book exchange thingy also which took up lots of classroom time too.