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| As I was cruising along Keppel Bay road last night, I saw a sight that looked like this. Its not the same dogs in the picture, but a similar incident that happened somewhere else. 
The sight of it made me feel so depressed yet at the same time, I was truly touched deep within and inspired by it. At first I was on the outermost left lane when I came across that 2 dogs, one dead and the other just sitting beside looking aimlessly and its friend lying down motionlessly with his internals all bursting out. I guess a vehicle probably knocked it down and killed it at an instant, judging by the pool of blood and the wide open eyes of the dog. The other, just sat beside it, looked at me when I came to a stop and walked towards its friend and gave it a sniff, again it sat down looking at its friend. I switched lanes and drove off to find the restaurant someone wanted to know of but the image of that dog just left such a deep impression on me. I couldn't help but think of the dog's safety as they were both in the middle of that outermost lane. One tragic accident is enough, let alone that poor dog that just sat down there looking at its friend. 
We managed to find the place after a few minutes, afterwhich I thought we should take a U-turn and find the dogs again, hoping the dog would be sitting on the pavement instead of the road. Still, it the dog was sitting on the road itself. I came to a halt with my hazard lights and turned off the engine. Walked out of my vehicle and that dog couldn't make if I was a threat or samaritan. I walked carefully towards both dogs as I didn't know if it would turn nasty in a moment, it did seemed as though it was terrified of me, but I suppose it was traumatized by the accident. It made a dangerous dash across 2 lanes under an overhead bridge and looked at me from a distance, dragging its friend to the side of the road. Having finished, it then came towards me and greeted me with a sniff and its tail pointing down to the ground and wagging, as if it was thanking me. It then sat by its friend as I gave it a few pat hoping to sort of console the dog a little as I saw sadness within its eyes. What made the dog sit down there aimlessly and walked by to its friend every few minutes or so to give it a sniff? What made it sit by dangerously in the middle of a road where vehicles sped by and couldn't possibly notice them? Was it trying to tell its friend to get up or something? I'm not sure about that, but what I'm sure of is that stray dogs as they may be, they can be the best teachers sometimes, teaching us some of the most important and true values of life. 
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| Cause we were all so young and innocent last time, we used to have plenty of classic moments in the class of 6G. Sadness, anger, happiness... many different ups and downs we've all been through as a class when we were young, bothered by all the little things like passing of papers, FRIENDING you and not the other person "You friend him I don't friend you... ok la we fake fake friend lor..." [fake friending (definition: can be friends that lasts from a range of minutes to maybe a few days, but afterwhich it is situation dependent) -which thinking about it now, sort of tickles me], no wonder adults would tell each other "children do/say the dumbest things..." But its such a pleasant thing to feel nostalgic about during today's gathering. 
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| What better classroom is there compared to Mother Nature herself? I think I'm fortunate enough to be someone that appreciates the great outdoors than to be 'served' chilled under the daily air-conditioning in my school. I cannot be at a place for a long period of time in front of tables and chairs, staring at the laptop, I have to be out in the outdoors feeling the warmth of the sun and just simply taking a stroll and looking at the greenery. I enjoy the times when I'm in camps regularly with the participants, since I'm enjoying something while at the same time sharing that with the kids. I mean nowadays, many kids are losing that sense of appreciation towards the natural environment, how much it can actually teach us in so many ways. So lately I was back in the great outdoors over in Malaysia, Kota Tinggi doing a instructor training program with the guys and some others. It was a really well spent weekend and nothing beats spending your time hiking up the mountains, trekking through the waterfall with your friends beside you, listening to their nonsensical rantings and all other sorts of entertainment. Sometimes, I think of how wasted I'll be when I'm old and not being able to do all these sort of stuff anymore. But at the same time, these thoughts makes me go for more so to not waste the time now. Here's some pictures from the trip: 
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