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11 Jun 2026 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei
“Penguins walk in a straight line,” my son declared. The picture speaks for itself. It seems that the visit to Bird Paradise has created an indelible impact on him. Time well spent! “So do ants. They walk in a straight line,” I remarked, eager to ad...
10 Jun 2026 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei
Do you know that Japanese people celebrate Japanese New Year on 1st January? Hi, my name is Mr Heng and I’m glad to present to you about a traditional festival that I celebrate, Japanese New Year. On the first of January, my family and I woke up, ea...
9 Jun 2026 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei
I was a spring all wound up, taut and in tension as I waited anxiously for his arrival. The bell rang, the announcements came and went, but he was nowhere in sight. Just when I was about to give up hope and turn my mind to other matters, I spotted h...
8 Jun 2026 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei
Those tickets to River Wonder cost an arm and a leg, but a remark my son made helped to soothe my pain.“Pandas eat crickets and honey too,” he said innocuously. It was an observation that he could only have made this term because we spent a couple o...
7 Jun 2026 1 minute read 1 comment cryotosensei
As I stand on the cusp of 40, with a half-asleep-half-awake baby nestled in my arms, I ponder about my life. My gigantic dreams have whittled down to the size of the little red dot. Gone are the days where I agonised about wanderlust and strategis...
7 Jun 2026 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei
How does teaching High Ability Learners in school look like? These two days, I had an inkling because my Head of Department asked me to attend an Excellence 2000 workshop. This was to facilitate me teaching high ability students Science. Specifically...
5 Jun 2026 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei
Today was the first day of Protected Time. You would have thought that I would feel exhilarated, but strangely, my heart feels a bit heavier than in term time. And this is not owing to the fact that I still need to come up with Term 3 Spelling list a...
4 Jun 2026 1 minute read 2 comments cryotosensei
I think Artificial Intelligence will have a negative impact on society because of the variety of adverse effects it brings about. Although AI tools are useful in helping people find answers to their questions, they consume a lot of electricity. Fo...
2 Jun 2026 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei
“I have scored an A in English all my life,” Mr Heng told his poker-faced students, not without a tinge of pride in his voice. He showed them his PSLE cert, O level cert and A level cert in quick succession. “Of course, I hope that some of you can ge...
2 Jun 2026 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei
Today, I spent almost all my waking hours at the condo pool with my boy, which created a conducive space for me to think about Show Not Tell phrases. As a father of two, I can share with my students that phrases like “jumped with joy’ and “she whoope...
