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12 Apr 2026 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei
As an ENFP, my mind just doesn’t stop racing through the murky web of words to locate patterns. Have been trying to get my son to remember the spelling of livid because it’s an easy word to memorise, yet sounds impressive when seen on a composition....
11 Apr 2026 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei
This Tuesday, when I went to the hall to watch the girls from the Malay Dance CCA perform, I serendipitously spotted my son sitting in front of me. Without hesitation, I put him on my lap, all ready to enjoy the show. He squirmed in what I assumed wa...
11 Apr 2026 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei
This Tuesday, when I went to the hall to watch the girls from the Malay Dance CCA perform, I serendipitously spotted my son sitting in front of me. Without hesitation, I put him on my lap, all ready to enjoy the show. He squirmed in what I assumed wa...
9 Apr 2026 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei
It was a magnificent day. My friends and I were enjoying a ball game at the park. The sound of our laughter intermingled with the chirping of birds. I was excited because it was my birthday celebration! *A smile stretched across my face* as I was gra...
9 Apr 2026 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei
What was an epiphany you had recently? Mine occurred today. My sixth graders had fared miserably for their oral practice, so I took to bombarding them with sample questions and harassing them to provide responses via WhatsApp. So, this kid left me a...
8 Apr 2026 2 minute read 2 comments cryotosensei
1) Sent detailed feedback to all students. 2) Wrote my model answers and disseminated them to selected students to practise. It is hoped that they will remember certain key phrases that they can leverage during exams. T: From the picture, I can see s...
6 Apr 2026 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei
“What did your other teacher say?” I probed today’s ex-student discreetly. As I heard him pour out his relationship woes, my eyes darted to the DVD that I had just finished watching. “You should borrow this. I think you will like it,” my wife pointed...
6 Apr 2026 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei
It must have been serendipity that the weekend in which I was galvanised to think of my favourite words in English coincided with the weekend when I could lazily hang out at my friend’s place for the first time since my daughter’s birth. Has time spr...
5 Apr 2026 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei
“You need to tidy up your playroom now!” I chided my daughter, my my voice an octave higher than usual, treating her as if I were disciplining my errant students. She finally stopped playing with her dolls and got down to rearranging her cornucopia o...
5 Apr 2026 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei
My Filipino Kid Taught Me Something Sensei works on impulsive, so yesterday I spontaneously dropped my Filipino student a text, asking for his targets for PSLE as well as his stress levels associated with the examinable subjects. That move caused me...
