was back in RPR yesterday to help out REPO get some stuff done. was a moment before lunch where a bunch of us were lounging on the sofa, basking in nostalgia. memories of mid-lesson naps.

was rather surreal to be sitting at a table with 4 different (graduated!) batches represented, and hearing how REP has evolved through the years, yet the core ( ( Read more... )

Thought I was being clever seeing a transit through Heathrow and thinking "hoho I shall dump my connecting flight and go hit up yh before training across to amsterdam i m genius" then today my mum asked "can meh" and i check and lo and behold skipping the connecting flight generally leads to the rest of the itinerary being voided. which tends to be ( Read more... )

Wow it's hard to believe that I've been working for two years and change now. how time flies. Read somewhere (ah found it thanks feedly) about daily journaling and thought it would be good to restart the habit. Plus the whole looking back and finding things to be grateful for.

Happy events of the weekend:
checking out on a bullseye.
closing the ( Read more... )

noun

1. deep regret or guilt for a wrong committed. Closely allied to guilt and self-directed resentment.

earlier today was told that i'm bad at showing remorse. which got me thinking as to the adaptive nature of such an emotion. guilt and shame, its more well-known cousins, serve to negatively reinforce socially undesirable behaviour, making the do- ( Read more... )

Last week I attended a course (Service 101). Was fun being in the participant seat after REAL. At one point early on the trainer asked me if I was a trainer loool (I didn't answer), guess I had slipped back into the assistant facilitator role a tad too easily. Greasing the gears.

Main takeaways from the course: internal customers (aka colleagues) ( Read more... )

After one week of intensive remedial at playnation, managed to 5 star all the tracks I played. Though that wasn't enough. When superstar level dancing (>11k) is the norm, 12k points is the new standard to win. Still, much fun (and many steps) were had. Definitely the youngest crowd for any of the HDB games (especially when compared to scrabble ( Read more... )

Faculty Huddles

Guiding question for the week: What gift do you want to give them?

Choose to:
Show up.
Share deeply.
Challenge.

There are many things/feedback that you can share at any one time. Choose the one that is most pertinent, impactful, broadly applicable.

Feedback is what others think of you. Reflection is what you think of others.

Those ( Read more... )

hey sean

you old(er) now hehe. hopefully wiser but not wider. are you happy with the choices you've made? remember those year 1 days when you tried to be friends with everyone in the class? remember all the tangled social/emotional messes you would get into? hopefully you've gotten better with your boundaries. hopefully you've become more ( Read more... )

Tasked to prepare a "powerful introduction" on "why am I here" for tomorrow's programme. Got a bit stuck so writing it out streamofconsciousness style for some clarity.

"So what made you take 5 days of leave to come to NTU?"

Doing something that scares you, stretching myself

exploring alternative career paths

nurturing the developer/teacher in me

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I'm probably one of those who has not done a Tough Mudder, only Spartan (and Viper) Races, but identify more with the TM's all for one, one for all ethos. Especially interesting to hear how they redesigned obstacles like Everest to be only surmountable through teamwork (with the rounded top lip). The stories in between chapters are the true ( Read more... )