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Jeremiah 29:11. Jeremiah 29:11. For I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord. They are plans for good and not for disaster,to give you a future and a hope.

Intriguing 1st day training

When we were on our way to Jurong Bird Park, the driver had sort of lost his way. I asked him for street directory and at last we finally found that damn bird place. Ahem, at one moment, I didnt know the full name of the bird park. One of the colleague exclaimed, dont you know that it is called JURONG BIRD PARK. After all, I am not really into birds, even though I always curse with bird. The location is too far for me to visit. Which SIngaporeans really remember ? Back to the point, while I am still in a state of shock and bewilderment, the principal just threw a bomb.

" I am not going to tell you what is going on. I want you to go in, observe the surroundings and think why I brought here." Kaching. My head started to sprout thousands of questions. Huh? WHat? WHy? THen? I breathed in deeply and nervously I started to take pictures by using the handphone. Deep in thoughts, I kept reminding myself, use your 5 senses. Picture yourself, what do they want you to do? Why?

Then the colleague that exclaimed the the FULL name of Jurong Bird Park , let's name her A. A had a huge hunch that the principal wants to test us about planning field trip for the young children. HUH? Harlow. Do I look like I had a clue? Hai. But I decided to use YJ's dog hound senses. Think. Ok, I sort of guessed it. Anyway, after a while. we settled down and started in our discussion. Reminded me the UOL revision classes with Mrs Gosling. INtimidating and nerve wrecking. I am totally not prepared at all. A was confident and was crapping the answers that they want. Obviously, she has been there and been through couple of rounds of this training. For me, I only relied on the HRM and Soci's grilling practice. Don't belittle me, I am not afraid to speak out. If I am prepared with the material, I am ready to grill you instead. But I have to admit A was pretty good. As for B, I prefer her. She is docile as a lamb. As to now observation. I decided to fly below the radar. According to Dr Fong, better to hide your talents and flaunt it discreetly. A painful lesson still lingers as i recalled the recent one.

I gave the bare minimum and with a bit of flesh. It is just 1st day of training, dont exert full force. Just like in the HRM revision lesson, I got pissed with her comments and that night I burnt midnight oil and prepared really well. The next day, I completely blew her head off, but end up scorned by people's look. Hai. I am truly a nerd. Sad.

But I like the teaching style, free spirited and discussion style. They really probe you until your brain cracks under intense pressure. I am like a half cooked egg sia. You really need to do your homework before you crap. Even though there was no right or wrong answer. Actually I am supposed to do internet research on Children milestone development for 2 different age group. 24months - 30months & 4years-5 years. I only did half of the homework. Oh GOD!!!

If you think is easy feat, go and search. Cow. Chimology. How am I supposed to know what the hell is milestone? Seems like a word that I did in Poly projects but I dont darn remember it all. If you ask YJ, she might tinkle. Ask XR, she might be snooze and ask you instead. Oops. But She is darn intelligent, if you tell her what to do, she can really give some solid stuff.

There are 5 aspects to children's milestone development. 1) Cognitive 2)Language 3)Emotiona Development 4) Social Development 5)Physical Development. I have to researched for the 2 age groups for these 5 aspects. In a nut shell, with practically zero experience in child care and theoretical knowledge, I have to define each aspect and link. It boils down to application. I am sighing heavily.

The worst is yet to come. Today is the 1st day of my period. Ya right. It is wrecking a storm, not very pleasing. Hai. A thought started to seep, I thought this is just a month of testing water. How come there is so much homework? How come the training is so thought provoking? I seem to be like DA CHANG JIN, the singaporean version. Haha.

She also start from scratch , from nothing to something. I must be like her. Even though I might not take the route eventually, I must persist. After all, nothing venture, nothing gains. I really appreciate the efforts that the 2 bosses. After the bird park trip, I followed them, we contiuned to chat in the car. They were telling me about my fren's shallow comment. They rebutted back that does high class nanny need to study so much? Do they know that it is the most crucial part for a child in the pre early stage, that is from 0 years to 6 years? The conversation that I had with them is really uplifting. I shall blog about next entry.

Then we went for lunch. After lunch, the principal continued to teach me in a super condensed manner, which reflects on just a piece of paper that has 3 years of childhood's studying material. Wah biang. Like super duper flying class , even before I learn how to crawl. Impressive. I really have to learn and build the bricks. Hai. It is not just as simple thing, passion. Commitment and resilience. You really need that.

4/22/2008 02:41:00 am ·