Sunshine of Greenridge Primary - Uncle Jason

Frankly speaking, I can't remember when Uncle Jason joined the school , it's not that long a time I think. But I'm sure he has made an impression to everyone who has met him.

Walking to school and being greeted by Uncle Jason signature warm & friendly smile never fail to cheer me up and start my day with a bright spark.

What made Uncle Jason so special is not just his friendiness and his heart-warming gestures. What inspires me is his very positive outlook in every situation.

I remembered one night when I was the organiser of an event, I met him at the gate and was apologizing him for having to trouble him as there would be quite a crowd for him to handle instead of a peaceful night, instead he thanked me! He replied that he was so glad that there were so many people to keep him company that night. I was truly amazed and realized that Uncle Jason is not just a simple retiree, he is a professional worker and a wise man. And I believe him, I believe he is not joking and he is sincere in his actions & words! Now how often do we come across a man like that , so GRPS staff, you're truly blessed!

FYI, Uncle Jason likes black coffee without sugar i.e. "Kopi kosong" as he has diabetes.

shared by janet

Kid's talk contributed by Vivian

*Some of this kids are pretty smart for their age.*

*HOW DO YOU DECIDE WHO TO MARRY? (written by kids)
1) You got to find somebody who likes the same stuff. Like, if you like sports, she should like it that you like sports, and she should keep the chips and dip coming.
- Alan, age 10

2) No person really decides before they grow up who they're going to marry. God decides it all way before, and you get to find out later who you'restuck with.
- Kristen, age 10

*WHAT IS THE RIGHT AGE TO GET MARRIED?*
1) Twenty-three is the best age because you know the person FOREVER by then.
- Camille, age 10
2) No age is good to get married at. You got to be a fool to get married.
- Freddie, age 6 (very wise for his age)

*HOW CAN A STRANGER TELL IF TWO PEOPLE ARE MARRIED?*
1) You might have to guess, based on whether they seem to be yelling at the same ids.
Derrick, age 8

*WHAT DO YOU THINK YOUR MOM AND DAD HAVE IN COMMON?
1) Both don't want any more kids.
- Lori, age 8

*WHAT DO MOST PEOPLE DO ON A DATE?*

1) Dates are for having fun, and people should use them to > get > to know each other. Even boys have something to say if you > listen long enough.> - Lynnette, age 8 (isn't she a treasure)
2) On the first date, they just tell each other lies and that usually gets them interested enough to go for a second date.
- Martin, age 10 (Who said boys do not have brains)

*WHAT WOULD YOU DO ON A FIRST DATE THAT WAS TURNING SOUR?
1) I'd run home and play dead. The next day I would call all the newspapers and make sure they wrote about me in all the dead columns.
Craig, age 9

*WHEN IS IT OKAY TO KISS SOMEONE?*
1) When they're rich.
Pam, age 7 (I could not have said it better myself)
2) The law says you have to be eighteen, so I wouldn't want to mess with that.
Curt, age 7 (Good Point)
3) The rule goes like this: If you kiss someone, then you should marry them and have kids with them. It's the right thing to do.
Howard, age 8 (Who made the rule)

*IS IT BETTER TO BE SINGLE OR MARRIED?
1) It's better for girls to be single but not for boys. Boys need someone to clean up after them.
Anita, age 9 (bless you child)

*HOW WOULD THE WORLD BE DIFFERENT IF PEOPLE DIDN'T GET MARRIED?
1) There sure would be a lot of kids to explain, wouldn't there?
Kelvin, age 8

And the #1 Favourite is........

*HOW WOULD YOU MAKE A MARRIAGE WORK?*

1) Tell your wife that she looks pretty, even if she looks like a truck.
Ricky, age 10 ( The boy already understands )

EVENING CLASSES FOR MEN
ALL ARE WELCOME
OPEN TO MEN ONLY
____________________________________________________________
>>Note: Due to the complexity and level of difficulty, each course will accept a maximum of eight participants
The course covers two days, and topics covered in this course including:
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DAY ONE

HOW TO FILL ICE CUBE TRAYS
>>Step by step guide with slide presentation>>

TOILET ROLLS- DO THEY GROW ON THE HOLDERS?
>>Round table discussion>>

DIFFERENCES BETWEEN LAUNDRY BASKET & FLOOR
>>Practising with hamper (Pictures and graphics)>>

DISHES & SILVERWARE; DO THEY LEVITATE / FLY TO KITCHEN SINK OR DISHWASHER BY THEMSELVES?
>>Debate among a panel of experts.>>

LOSS OF VIRILITY
>>Losing the remote control to your significant other - Help line and support groups>>

LEARNING HOW TO FIND THINGS
>>Starting with looking in the right place instead of turning the house upside down while shouting "It's not there!", You've moved it!" or 'We've run out!" - Open forum>>

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DAY TWO

EMPTY MILK CARTONS; DO THEY BELONG IN THE FRIDGE OR THE BIN?
>>Group discussion and role-play>>

HEALTH WATCH; BRINGING HER FLOWERS IS NOT HARMFUL TO YOUR HEALTH
>>PowerPoint presentation>>

REAL MEN ASK FOR DIRECTIONS WHEN LOST
>>Real life testimonial from the one man who did>>

IS IT GENETICALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO SIT QUIETLY AS SHE PARALLEL PARKS?
>>Driving simulation>>

LIVING WITH ADULTS; BASIC DIFFERENCES BETWEEN YOUR MOTHER AND YOUR PARTNER
>>Online class and role playing>>

HOW TO BE THE IDEAL SHOPPING COMPANION
>>Relaxation exercises, meditation and breathing techniques>>

REMEMBERING IMPORTANT DATES & CALLING WHEN YOU'RE GOING TO BE LATE
>>Bring your calendar or PDA to class>>

GETTING OVER IT; LEARNING HOW TO LIVE WITH BEING WRONG ALL THE TIME
>>Individual counsellors available>>

DON'TS when you are sleeping

5 DON'TS when you are sleeping
DON'T SLEEP WITH WATCH
Watches can emit a certain level of radioactivity. Though small, but if
you wear your watch to bed for a long time, it might have adverse
effects
on your health.
DON'T SLEEP WITH BRA
Scientists in America have discovered those that wear bras for more than
12
hours have a higher risk of getting breast cancer. So go to bed without
it.
DON'T SLEEP WITH PHONE
Putting the phone beside your bed or anywhere near you is not
encouraged.
Though some of us will use phones as alarm clocks, but please put the
phone
as far as possible. Scientists have proved that electrical items
including mobile phone and television sets emit magnetic waves when
used.
These waves can cause disruptions to our nervous system. Therefore if
you
need to put your mobile phone near you, switch it off first.
DON'T SLEEP WITH MAKE UP
People who sleep with make up might have skin problems in the long run.
Sleeping with make up will cause the skin to have difficulty in
breathing
and problem in perspiring. You will also need a much longer time to go
into deep sleep.
DON'T SLEEP WITH OTHERS' WIFE / HUSBAND
You may never wake up again.

The Echo of Life

A man and his son were walking in the forest.
Suddenly the boy trips and feeling a sharp pain he screams, “Ahhhh!”
Surprised, he hears a voice coming from the mountain, “Ahhhh!”
Filled with curiosity, he screams: “Who are you?”, but the only answer he receives is: “Who are you?”
This makes him angry, so he screams: “You are a coward!”, and the voice answers: “You are a coward!”

He looks at his father, asking, “Dad, what is going on?”
“Son,” the man replies, “Pay attention!”
Then he screams, “I admire you!”
The voice answers: “I admire you!”
The father shouts, “You are wonderful!”, and the voice answers: “You are wonderful!”
Then the father explains, “People call this ‘ECHO’, but truly it is ‘LIFE’!
Life always gives you back what you give out.
Life is a mirror of your actions.


If you want more love, give more love!
If you want more kindness, give more kindness!
If you want understanding and respect, give understanding and respect!
If you want people to be patient and respectful to you, give patience and respect!
This rule of nature applies to every aspect of our lives.”
Life always gives you back what you give out.
Your life is not a coincidence, but a mirror of your own doings.

Author: UNKNOWN

My Creed

To learn how to live for today.
To understand that I should accept the things beyond my control, and not take everything so seriously.
To hold on to courage and hope, and not let doubt discourage me from doing anything I aspire to do.
To remember that the world needs sunshine of as many smiles as it can get --- and to do my part.
To build bridges instead of walls.
To see the best in others; to acknowledge their inner beauty with my outer appreciation.
To remember that without friends and loved ones, my world would be nothing; to be thankful that with them, it is everything.
To realize that there is an entire lifetime ahead of me, but precious little time to be wasted.
To work for my goals, and know that they can be achieved; and to reach for dreams with ability, determination and belief.
And finally to know, in the end, that life will be good to me...if I can do my best to be good to life.

- Laine Parsons-

Teddy Stoddard

Hi all,

I believed many of us have heard of this story before, but it never fails to touch my heart again and again. Enjoy the story.
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Seetoh

You have two choices

Jerry is the manager of a restaurant. He is always in a good mood.
When someone would ask him how he was doing, he would always reply,

"If I were any better, I would be twins!"
Many of the waiters at his restaurant quit their jobs when he changed jobs,
so they could follow him around from restaurant to restaurant .
Why ?
BecauseJerry was a natural motivator.
If an employee was having a bad day,
Jerry was always there, telling the employee how to look on the positive side of the situation.
Seeing this style really made me curious, so one day I went up to Jerry and asked him
"I don't get it! No one can be a positive person all of the time. How do you do it?"
Jerry replied, "Each morning I wake up and say to myself, I have two choices today. I can choose to be in a good mood or I can choose to be in a bad mood.


I always choose to be in a good mood.
Each time something bad happens, I can choose to be victim or I can choose to learn from it. I always choose to learn from it.
Every time someone comes to me complaining, I can choose to accept their complaining or I can point out the positive side of life. I always choose the positive side of life."
"But it's not always that easy," I protested.
"Yes it is," Jerry said.
"Life is all about choices. When you cut away all the junk every situation is a choice.
You choose how you react to situations.
You choose how people will affect your mood.
You choose to be in a good mood or bad mood.
It's your choice how you live your life."
Several years later,
I heard that Jerry accidentally did something you are never supposed to do in the restaurant business.
He left the back door of his restaurant open
And then ???

In the morning,
he was robbed by three armed men.

They want?

While Jerry trying to open the safe box,
his hand, shaking from nervousness, slipped off the combination.
The robbers panicked and shot him.

Luckily, Jerry was found quickly and rushed to the hospital.
After 18 hours of surgery
and
weeks of intensive care,
Jerry was released from the hospital with fragments of the bullets still in his body.…
I saw Jerry about six months after the accident.
When I asked him how he was,
he replied, "If I were any better, I'd be twins. Want to see my scars?"
I declined to see his wounds, but did ask him what had gone through his mind as the robbery took place.
"The first thing that went through my mind was that I should have locked the back door," Jerry replied.
"Then, after they shot me, as I lay on the floor, I remembered that I had two choices: I could choose to live or could choose to die. I chose to live."
"Weren't you scared"
I asked?
Jerry continued, "The paramedics were great. They kept telling me I was going to be fine.

But when they wheeled me into the Emergency Room and I saw the expression on the faces of the doctors and nurses, I got really scared.
In their eyes, I read 'He's a dead man.'
I knew I needed to take action."

"What did you do?" I asked.
"Well, there was a big nurse shouting questions at me," said Jerry. "She asked if I was allergic to anything."
'Yes,' I replied.
The doctors and nurses stopped working as they waited for my reply.
I took a deep breath

and yelled, 'Bullets!'
Over their laughter, I told them,

'I am choosing to live. Please operate on me as if I am alive, not dead'.

"Jerry lived thanks to the skill of his doctors, but also because of his amazing attitude.
I learned from him that
every day you have the choice to either enjoy your life or to hate it.
The only thing that is truly yours -- that no one can control or take from you-
is your attitude,
so if you can take care of that, everything else in life becomes much easier.

"If you find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn't lead anywhere" - anonymous

"The least expensive education is to profit from the mistakes of ourselves and others." (Anonymous)

"Upon our children - how they are taught - rests the fate - or fortune - of tomorrow's world". - B.C. Forbes

The goal of education is to replace an empty mind with an open mind". - Malcolm Forbes

"I have learnt silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet strange, I am ungrateful to these teachers." (Kahlil Gibran)

"A gifted teacher is as rare as a gifted doctor, and makes far less money" (Anonymous)

" It is not the answer that enlightens, but the question" (Eugene Ionesco Decouvertes)

"A teacher is one who makes himself progressively unnecessary" (Thomas Carruthers)

How to tell if you are a real teacher?

Real teachers grade papers in the car, during commercials, in faculty meetings and in the bathroom.

Real teachers cheer when they hear April 1 does not fall on a school day.

Real teachers clutch a pencil while thinking and make notes in the margins of books.

Real teachers can't walk past a crowd of kids without straightening up the line.

Real teachers never sit down without first checking the seat of the chair.

Real teachers have disjointed necks from writing on boards without turning their backs on the class.

Real teachers are written up in medical journals for the size and elasticity of kidneys and bladders.

Real teachers have been timed gulping down a full lunch in 2 minutes, 18 seconds.

Master teachers can eat faster than that.

Real teachers can predict exactly which parents will show up at Open House.

Real teachers volunteer for hall duty on days faculty meetings are scheduled.

Real teachers never teach the conjugations of lie and lay to eighth graders.

Real teachers know it is better to seek forgiveness than ask permission.Real teachers know the best end of semester lesson plans can come from Blockbuster.

Real teachers never take grades after Wednesday of the last week of the six weeks.Real teachers never assign research papers on the last six weeks or essays on final exams.

Real teachers know the shortest distance and the length of travel time from their classroom to the office.Read teachers can "sense" gum.

Real teachers know the difference among what must be graded, what ought to be graded, and what probably should never again see the light of day.

Real teachers are solely responsible for the destruction of the rain forest.

Real teachers have their best conferences in the parking lot.

Real teachers have never heard an original excuse.

Real teachers buy Excedrin and Advil at Sam's.

Real teachers will eat anything that is put in the workroom/teacher's lounge.

Real teachers have the assistant principals' and counselors' home phone numbers.

Real teachers know secretaries and custodians run the school.Real teachers know the rules don't really apply to them.

Real teachers hear the heartbeats of crisis; always have time to listen; know they teach students, not subjects; and they are absolutely non-expendable.

I like myself now

I Like Myself Now by a teacher quoted by Everett Shostrom

I had a great feeling of relief when I began to understand that a youngster needs more than just subject matter. I know mathematics well, and I teach it well. I used to think that was all I needed to do. Now I teach children, not math. I accept the fact that I can only succeed partially with some of them. When I don't have to know all the answers, I seem to have more answers than when I tried to be the expert. The youngster who really made me understand this was Eddie. I asked him one day why he thought he was doing so much better than last year. He gave meaning to my whole new orientation. "It's because I like myself now when I'm with you," he said.

By A teacher quoted by Everett Shostromin Man, The Manipulatorfrom Chicken Soup for the SoulCopyright 1993 by Jack Canfield & Mark Victor Hansen
Extracted from "Chicken Soup for the Soul: Home Delivery" email series (More inspirational stories can be found in the Chicken Soup site.)

If

If your plan is for one year, plant rice;
if your plan is for 10 years, plant trees;

if your plan is for 100 years, educate children.

Confucius