Fire !! Fire !!!!

I cannot remember when this happened. It happened in the
pre-school that i was working in.

While all the children were playing during the free play time,
suddenly one of my colleagues, Putti smelled something.
She quickly checked around and discovered some smokes
were coming out from the air conditioner attached
on theceiling. She quickly shouted to make everyone alert. In
just a few seconds, the smoke turned into black think smoke and
it smelled bad. Every staffs quickly evacuated all the children and
meet at emergency assembly point.

While everyone was busy evacuating the children, suddenly i noticed
two little children (aged 3 years old) were still sitting at the
drawing table while other children had left the building.
Wow!!!! without any hesitation, i dashed to "save"
them. They were still playing when i grabbed them. Oh no!!!
i yelled at them and thank God that they stopped playing and
three of us managed to leave the building safely.... wow!!!!

The firemen came and they identified that it was due to short
circuit in the air conditioner. The owner of the building was
also there to check the building's condition. The children
were temporarily placed at the St.Mary Primary School's
art room while their parents were informed to collect their
children earlier.

I truly experienced how great is a teacher's responsibilty
and love when it come to deal with emergency. At that point of
time, what you care about are the children / students. At the
point of time, what you think about are the students that you
love and you want them to be saved. No wonder, the teachers
sacrificed their lifes to save the students in the Sze-Chuan
earthquake.


Evacuate the children from the building and meet at assembly point


Firemen are about to enter the building

Vivian Road Pre-School Graduation Day

Date: 16th July 2009
Venue: Vivian Road Pre-School

After one year, the school terms has come to an end. Again, it's time
for the children who will be going to "big school" (primary school)
to have their graduation. The children in UK will have their Summer
Holiday in July every year and start their new school year in September.

There were 18 graduants this year and lots of parents came to witness
the important event of their children.

The parents arrived at about 10am and they were welcomed by
the children. Then, the parents sat down to watch their children
play in various stations for about 15 minutes. I was in charge of
computer station, so i have to set up the games and guide the
children while they were playing. After that, the children gathered
for song performance. Children from different groups performed
songs which they have learnt. The parents were also encouraged
to join the children in singing...... haha......
After the performances, Sheila read them a story which was
about a dinasour who wanted to look for volcano. After the story,
Sheila (the Science Whizz) did an experiment about volcano.
It was a successful experiment !!!!

After sitting for so long, the children got a chance to stand up for
physical. All the staffs were also required to dance and hop with
the children in front of the parents. It was so embarassing !!!!!
It was followed by a break time after the physical. The children
were served with drinks and biscuits. After the break, it was time
for the children to receive their graduation certificate.........
The Graduation day ended with a farewell song sang by all the children.

Again, due to the Child Protection Law in UK, i'm not able to
post to many photos which will expose the children's faces.


Pianist of the day - Joyce

Every staff has their own "label"......mine was
"Computer Whizz". Normally i am the one who
in charge in everything related to computer.

Vivian Road Pre-School's Staffs
From left: Terri, Tracey (deputy manager), Nige (new staff),
Dee, Andrea (manager), Cathy, Abi, Sheila & Nadia
(temp staff)

My farewell at Vivian Road Pre-School

Date: 14th July 2009
Venue: Vivian Road Pre-School

It was very kind of the staffs in Vivian Road Pre-School to
prepapre a lot of farewell gifts for me. My manager also
gave me a appreciation card with lots of encouragements
and words of appreciation. Besides, Dee (one of my colleagues)
also helped the children to compile all the pictures that
they have drawn into a booklet. I was so touched on that day
and i nearly shed tears on the spot but i managed to control.

I will truly miss some of the children as the friendship that
we shared were so strong for the past 1 1/2 years.
I remembered two of the children told their parents that
i was not their teacher but their friend. It meant so much
to me as i was able to approach them as a friend.

Due to the child protection law in the UK, i am not able to
post more photos here as it will expose some of the children's
face.


The children gave me farewell gifts


With one of my colleagues, Nadia (from Albani)

Get together lunch with manager & colleagues

Date: 10th July 2009
Venue: The New Inn

After working in Pre-School, I went for lunch with my manager and
all my colleagues at a pub just opposite the Pre-School. At first,
i did not plan to have anything and just wanted to be present
there as it was a staff get together lunch. However, i felt very
akward if i'm the only person who did not have any food or drinks.
So, i orderd a spicy seafood jacket potato & coke.

Oohhh... What i can say is i did not enjoy the food at all......
I felt very sick after i ate the jacket potato. It was stated in the menu
that it's SPICY seafood but what i got was just some thousand island
sauce with some creamy creamy sauce....


SPICY seafood jacket potato


From left: Sudha (India), Joyce & Terri (Philippines)

Goodbye Putti !!

Date: 9th July 2009
Venue: Vivian Road Pre-School

Putti has off to America with her family as her husband is currently
working as doctor is America. All the best to you, Putti !


From left: Sheila, Putti & Joyce


From left: Sheila, Putti, Joyce & Dee

Birthday celebration at Vivian Road Pre-School

Date: 12th June 2009
Venue: Vivian Road Pre-School

Thanks to all the staffs and children in Vivian Road Pre-School who
has celebrated my birthday with a small cake.... The children
sang the birthday song for me... it was really touching....

CIEH Level 2 Award in Conflict Resolution and Personal Safety

Date: 10th June 2009
Venue: Eaton Hotel, Hagley Road

My manager was poorly and was not able to attend the course. So,
i was requested to attend the course on behalf of her.....Well, i don't mind
actually to attend the course.....BUT.... i only realized that there was
an exam at the end of the course when i reached there....
i felt so nervous....

We had 30 multiple choice questions and we had to get at least 21
to pass..... i nearly fainted when i got the exam questions.....
most of my questions were related to personal safety but that instructor
did not cover much on this topic due to lack of time...... Oooh no....
i prayed before i answered the questions......Praise the Lord that
although i did not really have confidence that i will pass, i actually
got 26 correct out of 30 questions..... Praise the Lord.......

All the best to you, Annette!

Date: 22nd May 2009
Venue: Harborne Kids Club

It's time to bid farewell to Annette after we have been working
together for about 1 year. All the best to you...
I will always miss the time we spent together in Kids Club....


Terrie, Annette, Rita & Joyce

Visit at Nature Centre

Date: 1st April 2009
Venue: Nature Centre, Birmingham

Vivian Road pre-school had a morning out at Nature Centre...
It was a lovely day... I put on my sunglasses..... haha......
I have taken some pictures on the plants, trees, flowers.....


Praise God for His creation.... They are lovely....

How many are Your works, O Lord!
In wisdom You made them all;
the earth is full of Your creation (Psalms 104: 24)

3rd Birmingham Early Years Music Conference

Date: 20th March 2009
Venue: Botanical Garden, Birmingham

I was very grateful as i was given an opportunity to attend the 3rd
Birmingham Early Years Music Conference.

I attended 2 great workshops led by great workshop leaders
1) I can't sing..... but i love it by Trish Keelan
2) Moves & Groves by Madeline Norris & Ruth Jacombs
I learnt a lot of new songs and new movement activities to engage
the children. Hopefully i can implement in the pre-school and
for my children in the future.


Best part of the day.... lunch...
I was supposed to fast and pray for D-camp today
at lunch time... but i just forgot....So, i did it at dinner
time.... Sorry ya... D-camp's committee..... hehe




Performance during lunch hour

Ms.Lee or Mrs.Ho

I were talking to two of the children in the Kids club. They asked me
What my surname is... i told them that i'm Miss Lee or they could
call me Mrs.Ho. They wanted to look at Nelson's photo, so i showed
them the picture that i have in my purse.


Suddenly, one of the child told me that her parents has just
divorced. She told me a lot of things about the parents and
she seemed so calm when she talked about that. This made
me felt heart broken.

Then, before she finished, another girl jumped into the
conversation and told me that her parents actually are
not married. I was hit by another surprise!!
Oh... i was speechless at that time. I'm not sure
what actually happened to this society..... i heard a lot of
things about this country and i can't accept some of the
values that they have................ Pray that God will work in
this country....This country used to be a place with lots of
strong Christians...... Pray that God will heal this nations.



Picture from one of the girls

Child protection training

Date: 23rd February 2009
Venue: Eaton Hotel, Hagley Road

I attended a Child Protection Training at Eaton Hotel. I think it's quite a
"posh" training because we had it in hotel where coffee, tea and biscuit
were served. I was so surprised that the lunch was served too....

I prepared my own sandwiches the night before as lunch was not
provided for previous training course, and i have to starve and get a
bus and travel about 15 minutes to the other town just to get a
sandwiches... jia lat!!!!

Through this training, i understood more about child protection. Child
protection is not a troublesome matter, it is a MUST.......

Vivian Road Pre-school's team meeting

Date: 4th February 2009

Venue: Putty's house

We had our Pre-school's team meeting at Putty's house. Thanks for

her kindness in preparing a lot of tasty Indian food for us....

I was starving at that time..... i ate quite a lot...... haha!!!!!!

My manager, Andrea (in pink), my deputy, Tracy (in blue)
my colleagues: Sheila (in brown), Dee (in grey) and Putty
(in orange), Sudah, Wafa & Cathy are not in the picture.

Way to my work place

My mom suggested that i can post something else, other than food.....
haha.... so, i took some photos which show you the way i normally
walk to pick the children from school.

Harborne Primary School

1st day of new school year

Date: 8th September 2008
Venue: Vivian Road Pre-school

Finally, after 6 weeks of holiday, it's time for me to go back to work.
Most of the children in Pre-school has gone to reception in primary
school. A new batch of little ones join us this year. Most of them are
only 2 1/2 years old or only 3 years old... They are super cute.....

Gifts from Vivian Road Pre-School

Oooh... i'm very happy to receive gifts from teachers & parents of
Vivian Road Pre-School



Britney Spears Perfume (from Terry, my colleague)


Bag (from Maryam's mom, Pre-school)


Chocolate (from Yousuf's mom, Pre-school)


Flower (from Andrea, my manager)

Gift from Molly

We received a small thank you card from a child (Molly) and we were
very touched when we looked at that card. Molly actually drew the
picture of all teachers. She did it in great detail.



According to Molly, the one with black straight hair, red glasses and
red shoe (recently i've bought a pair of red shoes and i wear it to
school everyday) is me..............She has good observation.

International Week

Date: 14 - 16th July 2008

Venue: Vivian Road Pre-School

I was very busy on these 3 days for the International Week event.

14th July: Table top sales

Teachers & parents contributed food or unwanted stuff for table

top sales. I contributed scones & corn in cup but they were not

in favour..... haha!!!!!!!

International Week Massive Poster designed by Joyce

with help of Vivian Road Pre-School's children

15th July: Children's party

Children came with fancy dress.

16th July: Graduation & Concert

18 children graduated from Vivian Road Pre-School this year.