Tonight's the only night in 60 thousand years where you can see Mars when you look up into the sky. My students were the ones who told me about it and they said it would be beside the moon. Somehow I was given the impression that it would look as big as the moon. It all sounded so exciting!

I was so happy that he actually made plans to go planet-gazing with me tonight. We had dinner and then went to east coast to catch Mars. He said that we should look out for something bright and red and that got me even more excited..can you imagine!? Something as big as the moon, very bright and red in colour somemore!! Woo hoo!! I was all prepared to catch this phenomenon that will only happen again in 284 years.

You should have seen the sheer size of that planet in the sky. It was awesome. So awesome that it took us a couple of seconds to decide and conclude that we were looking at the right thing. Man...was I disappointed....it was bright - yes, it was red - yes, but it was so insignificantly tiny! (as compared to what I was prepared to feast my eyes on...) Anyway, he took out his camera and we used the super zoom lens to get a clearer look at the planet. Then it wasn't so bad cos it looked better on zoom because I could see the round shape. It looks like red peanut.

We sat there for awhile just star-gazing and spying on the ships out at East Coast with the zoom. Then this group of guys came along and walked pass us. The first thing one of the guys said when he looked up at Mars was "So small ah!!??" and that really tickled us. I guess everyone's expecting some special planet show or something...the newspapers might have played it up a little too much...cheat my feelings!

Nevertheless, I had a great time tonight. I love him.

It's been such a long time since I last posted anything in here. More than a month!

So much has happened since then. Mostly to do with work and how unhappy most of us are at work. The management is changing and we can't seem to feel where the school stands now and what direction it's heading towards. I am being offered (or rather, being pushed into it) a higher position next year (at no extra pay) and I am also going to be sent to Hong Kong for about 2 weeks to learn from the schools there.

Some may say it's a great thing. When else in your teaching career will you get to be sent abroad? Getting promoted? Just take it! It's an opportunity and etc etc...but you don't know the shit that I'd be going into. I'm not going to discuss these in detail here for the fear of getting my ass burnt should any net savvy friend of my boss read and finds out about my personal thoughts. Yes, it's THAT terrible now...

2 colleagues are no longer with the school. MOE has ordered for their immediate exile from the school grounds and they are now at home waiting to be judged for their wrongdoings. I do not pity them for what they did was wrong. However I do feel sorry for their family members for they are the ones who will suffer.

Wow there's just so much to write I think I can't blog all the juicy details down or I will not be able to sleep tonight!