Good morning yesterday

So Paul Anka is visiting Singapore for a concert.
This song is one of my favourites.



By the way, there's a blog by someone from my mum's generation and it's right at the top of Google search for "good morning yesterday". It's a pretty interesting blog for anyone who enjoys reading about the older, better days of life in Singapore. No really, I did enjoy the 1970s and early 80s, when beaches were less artificial and you didn't have to smell the sun cream on the guy next to you.

I had an epiphany while reminiscing about yester-years. Now I'm beginning to understand why people resist change and why it's so difficult to abandon mindsets and overturn established authority (think the authority of an eternal yesterday as defined by Max Weber).

We hanker for a form of continuity as a sense of security. For mortals, it is a connection to immortality. That is the reason why it's so tough trying to educate people.

For now, I'll stick to having the same lunch everyday...

Superman

Listen to the theme.

I dreamt of flying around the old neighbourhood and kissing Lois Lane. Christopher Reeves was super.

A quarter century love affair

0 1983.

8 The Macintosh has yet to hit the markets.

3 A little boy trying to escape from a dysfunctional family.

5 A book about creating games with BASIC & Apple II+.

9 An era when 64k was king.

3

6 Before LAN gaming, we competed with ourselves. The light from the green
6 monochrome reflected off our eager eyes. Our minds working at a frantic
9 pace. How do we solve the last puzzle? How would the victory screen look?

4 For brief moments, virtual became reality.

Mamma Mia!

Anni, Benny, Bjorn & Agnetha...

Chiquitita
you and I cry
but the sun is still in the sky
and shining above you
let me hear you sing once more
like you did before
sing a new song
Chiquitita



With the exception of Celine Dion, no other Eurovision winners have made it quite as big as the quarter from Sweden.

Mop-like hair, big collars, bell-bottoms...*sigh*...I miss those days...

Teaching journal 2

What did I learn in class today?



1. 4-6pm, 34 degrees and 99% humidity is about the worst moment to get teenagers to sit still.

2. Jokes help, even awful ones.
A Singaporean, a Malaysian and a Thai walked into a pub one day...

3. Teach with lots of specimens and hands-on to keep them (and self) from dozing.
Eeek! Watch that Isoptera disintegrate...

4. It's no harm letting them make some noise or dismissing them early.
Mostly for my own benefit *snigger*