I am back. Howdy everyone…or anyone, if there’s even any readers left.

My 2 years stint at NTU has ended and I have long resumed my teaching career.

A new journey has begun, here in new grounds. New people, new kids, new system..all of which is of extreme difference from my previous school. It was difficult in the beginning. Complains are an understatement and comparisons are just inevitable. It took long for me to settle into the culture. But now, I have accepted my fate and I am beginning to feel happy here and most imperative a reason to be here…. To love, care and help the students.

I have two art classes this semester, they are the Caesarians and Diophantusians.. I don’t have their photos yet, am still warming up with them, they are still so camera shy and would just cover their faces everytime I try to snap photos of them. Grrr… frustrating. So let’s just bear with a photo-less entry this time round. I think they don’t know that the ms sha here loves to immortalize moments through photography.

They are a potential bunch but they had not had enough foundation for me to build upon during art lessons. I have to design lessons in such a way that all the necessary foundations are crashed at one go but yet it must be tailored to ignite their inspirations and motivation. Tough.

It’s not easy and it seems the faster students can adapt fast while the weaker ones gets left behind. It was a struggle and still is a struggle hitherto….. but I hope they know, that I do not want them to give up because no matter how hard it has been for me, I am still striving hard for them and am not giving up.

Please know, my dearest artists, there is something special in each of you. There is definitely something you are good at about Art - be it painting, drawing, spray painting, computer graphics, thinking processes etc…. So keep looking out for your own personal style in art and your own identity. Once you discover it, it’ll be a breeze. And I hope you remember I am always here for you.

I hope I can see them grow… all of them…

Don’t disappoint me.