Alice in Wonderland

Finally I got my complementary copy of the latest issue of Healthy Times mag! Yeah, issue 39 … the one with lotsa Alice Kong’s articles in it! It was actually out early July but somehow I only manage to get my copy only now.

In case you are wondering - what mag is that? I guess you dunno mainly coz you dun read health mag - am I right? Well, it was a Singapore made health magazine and it’s available in 7-Eleven (as well as some mag stores). Why I was in there huh? In case you still didn’t know about the story, I was working freelance with them (editing and writing artices for them) for less than 2 months before I found this full-time job in Just Education now. That was how I got the chance to write for them and have my articles published. Though is was only for short term, it was a great experience for me. To the least, it made me realised that editing a magazine is not as easy task as it requires more than just creativity (a mag editor also has to be a wordsmith too!). Anyway, working for Healthy Times mag will always a wonderful memory for me
The cover of issue 39 of the mag featured the photo of a couple who are doctors (with some photos of doctors at the side - not the photo of me unfortunately … hehe). I wrote a few pages for the blood donation campaign where most of the info was obtained from the Singapore Bloodbank at Health and Science Authority as well as the Singapore Red Cross. I also had one on vasectomy (guys, you may wanna check this out) … Also one on food hygiene (how to prevent yourself from food poisoning) … For those of you who are parents, I have a good parenting tips for you with focus on how mental arithmetic helps your child to boost their potential using the left and right brains. Also, I had the opportunity to interview the boss of Chew’s Egg where we talked about the nutritional values of Mr Chew’s eggs. Actually I have wriiten one on H1N1 but it got replaced with a new one (understandable as the one that I wrote was kinda outdated already since the updates and news on H1N1 have been changing rapidly for the past few months). Anyway, I’m contented to what I have contributed
If you are interested to grab a copy, wait no more, go and grab it now! Of course there are some other interesting articles written by doctors and other authors in that same issue. Only cost S$3.20 per issue - not bad - at least still cheaper than having a meal at Mcdonalds (haha!). Then, if you are thinking of subscribing to the mag on a 1-year or 2-year basis, you can just let me know coz my recommendation usually comes with a special discount, just for you (no kidding o!)

Hiya! So fast … I have been starting my new job for a week now. Although it started off with a very busy week, I really enjoyed my first week of my new job.

It was a busy week coz it was the payment week. Parents were supposed to pay school fees by the 10th of every month. Therefore, we encountered a great number of parents who came to the centre to pay their children’s tuition fees. As I am involved in the operation as well, I also have to handle all these besides answering calls (u know, customer service thingie) and some admin work as well. 

Of coz I’m involved in teaching for the education side. Currently I am given opportunities to be involved in 1-to-1 teaching sessions before undergoing my teaching training. But then on last Sunday, I was asked to relief for two Primary Maths classes - P1 and P4 (coz the teacher was on MC last min and they couldn’t find replacement). Though I was feeling a bit nervous at first (coz basically I didn’t even have enough time to prepare and I could only briefly go through the notes and worksheets on the topics that I needed to teach), I managed to stepped into the class calmly, faced the students and started teaching the lesson. The best part was that I NEVER ever thought that I actually enjoyed the whole teaching process when the students were responding to what I was saying and was paying attention to my lesson. I didn’t know how to describe that feeling but it was just great! Well, I’m not implying that I’m expert lah; there are still more for me to learn and I believed it was just my luck that day that the students were coperative. But anyway, small kids are not so bad after all coz I always thought I’m not the kind of person who can interact well with small kids. Looks like I’m wrong; they are actually quite easy to communicate with as long as you get their attention I hope I will continue to have this passion as I will be going for my official teaching training soon (and subsequently a test before I can be officially be known as a ‘teacher’ … Ms Kong, the teacher … hehe!).

On the other hand, my new colleagues were great. Though they are serious at work, they (including my immediate superior) are not a bunch of passive people and they will never leave me behind. Next week we are going to have a BBQ gathering (outside of working hours of coz!). Can’t wait!