Day 265: GAB 4 Health and Wellness Self Reflection

Wholistic Wellbeing Journey
When I was a baby, I wasn’t born to be healthy. My mum told me that her gynae gave her the wrong medication when I was in my mum’s womb. She also told me that she fell down twice while she carried me during my womb’s time. Hence, I don’t feel safe and welcome in this world.

During my childhood days, although my mum was a housewife. She didn’t have time for me. My dad has to work so I hardly saw him at home. I needed my parents’ attention. To me, falling sick is a “good” way to get their love and attention. Of course, I know it was a foolish thinking. That is how badly a child wants love and attention from their parents.

As my medical doctor was caring, I went to visit him often. His caring words made me feel that I am being cared for! He couldn’t understand why I fell sick so easily. Now I reflected, I probably wanted his attention. When I was in my 30s, around 2008, I wanted to find my own meaning in life. What are the ways can I make myself less stressful and feeling more alive? I started to look for my own answers.

I decided to made a U-turn for those unhealthy choices. I start to exercise in 2012, I have been eating “healthier” food, exercise regularly, that includes running 10km. My intention is to have a healthy lifestyle. It seems like these efforts were too late. At age 40s, I was diagnosed with Diabetes, 13.7 and High Cholesterol 4.4 in March 2018. I was shocked because since I have been taking care of myself. Why do I have such chronic illness? At the back of my mind, it was almost impossible.

Instead of accepting the illness, I got even more upset and frustrated emotionally and mentally. The illness got worse as I was feeling injustice, even though I tried to eat healthy foods every day. When I ate healthy foods with negative emotions, how can my body absorb the good nutrients? It seems like wasted effort, time and money.

One day, a wise friend told me to change the way I think about this illness. Transform it into a friend, instead of a burden.

I also uncovered that I wanted to save my mum, who is having 3 highs, high blood, high cholesterol and diabetes unconsciously, to reduce her illness suffering. Unfortunately, I can never do that for her. I can only help myself.

I heed my friend’s advice; I changed my thoughts. Instead of 2 suffering people (my mum and I) living together, suffered in silence, may I be the one to make 2 people healthier. Somehow the feeling of bitterness faded away, I got better.

I learnt from 2 nutritionists, how to prepare clean and healthy food, plant-based diets. I tried to understand what are the health benefits when I choose to eat boiled or steam food, instead of processed or oily food. Increase in fiber and nutrients and reduce in meat intake. It is indeed living a life with a healthy intention.

I also started making changes in my kitchen cupboards, putting the nutritious food in the cupboards and fridge. I even labeled my muesli jar, so that I can take back my ownership. This helps me to reprogram my mind that I can’t change what has happened to me, but I can change how I respond to my life.

Fast forward, my blood sugar is currently 8.0 and my cholesterol is 2.5, as of 24 May 2021, it is borderline case. My hard work and heart work pay off. It is not that easy to change. Need to change mindset, educate myself what to eat and have discipline to follow through. At least, it is working for me. Now I understand it is not just about making changes to my body (physical aspect only), also about my mental and emotional aspects. That is why it is called Wholistic Well-Being!

I trust the healing process; I am still working on my wellness. I celebrate every small healthy step that I take and gain back my health.

Day 263: GAB 3 Money Self Reflection

My father family was considered quite well to do and my mother comes from poor family. However, my immediate family considered a middle-income family, Money is currently enough for the family. We don’t have to worry much about money. My parent’s house is already paid for. We own 2 cars. We have a helper to help us. We are living comfortably.

Childhood background
My Dad earned the money during my childhood he was in charge of the money flow as he paid the bills, balanced the check book. As my mother is a homemaker, he will give my mother household allowance monthly. My Dad is the sole breadwinner. He always says, “Money is hard to earn. Don’t anyhow spend.”

True enough, I really adopt his way of thinking and I struggled with my money and I find it so hard to grow my wealth. I am not poor but I am neither rich too. I get the freedom that I always wanted. Plan my schedule and the tasks that I want to do. I allow my things to flow through.

My mother was the one who distributed the household allowance, gave the allowance of $10 to me every week. She always says, “Things are expensive. Better don’t anyhow spend.” That gives me a mindset not to spend extravagantly. I believe money was hard to come by. Even I had money. that is useful for me, I will think very hard before I buy that item. Eg. Upgrading my PC, buying stationeries etc. I was wondering why my peers can make money so easily and swiftly. I was bluffed. Then I realised they don't have the money issue like me, they had other issues.

My relationship with Money
Money gave me lots of pain in the past. I don’t remember the first time I earned money. If I remember correctly, I just use the money to settle my living expenses only. Due to strong negative feelings about money. This is probably one of the reasons, why I was scammed by a stranger over money.

Has a financial windfall or major loss changed your life? How did it impact your life?
My first lie about my financial situation at age of 9. I was being blackmailed by a classmate. I had to lie to my mum that I lost my money for the bus fee, $80. During that time, $80 is a huge sum of money for a 9-year-old child. Just to pay my classmate and I didn’t have enough courage to report to my school teacher and in the end the classmate got suspended from the school she does other illegal things to other classmates.

Another poor relationship with money and trust, I was scammed by someone from the internet. It was the worst mistake that I had made about money decision. I had lost $22k, just like that. It was a very painful lesson. I choose to believe stranger words than my own family. My dad and my sister had to help me to pay. I paid my sister monthly.

When I reflected, I didn’t trust my own family. The trust was broken long time ago. I realised that I need to rebuild my family trust again. Money doesn't drop from sky. Efforts are required. I shouldn’t use my money so carelessly.

Things have changed after that, we put love before money now. We didn’t quarrel over money anymore as we handle our own money nowadays. My sister begins to trust me again as she sees me how I manage my own money. I will discuss with my family if I face some money issues. We treasure our relationships in the family.

Wealth Management
I learnt to manage my own wealth.
Pay myself first 10% every time money comes in.
I build my money system. I have a budget. I plan carefully where my money goes to.
If it is something I really need to invest / spent, I know when the money is going to come in and how I use my money. I manage money so much better. I am happy to put money at the right place now. Putting money into good use.

I put them in money baskets like
- Investment
- Savings
- Monthly Expenses
- Food
- Transport
- Fun
- Courses / personal development
- Business
- Donations
- Backup
- Travel (Optional)

Day 262: GAB 3 Money

Some "watch words" we heard whilst growing up
1. Money don't fall from the sky.
2. Money don't grow on trees.
3. Finish your rice, don't waste food.
4. If you don't study hard, you become a roadsweeper
5. You spend money like water, next time how you become rich?

Money Reflecting Questions
1. What role did money play in your family?
2. Was it scarce or plentiful?
3. How did your family’s financial situation compares to other people you knew?
4. Did your family think of itself as wealthy, middle-class or poor?
5. What were the challenges and implications of being in a particular economic bracket?
6. What are the challenges / rewards you deal with money?
7. What are your views about money?
8. How money impacted your life?

Writing Tips
1. Use humor, family saying, poetry, quotes (from letters), snippets of dialogue you remembered, a family tree (life map event), and even your favourite recipes.

2. Never stop when you are stuck. You may not be able to solve the problem, but turn aside and write something else. Do not stop together.

3. Trust your creativity ('intuitive' side)

Day 261: Covid Free, Carefree Day 16

The vaccinated people say
1. It is dangerous to be unvaccinated, you will be easily get covid.
2. You have lesser chance to be seriously sick.
3. The vaccines can increase the herd immunity.
4. The vaccines effiency will be about 95%, but later it dropped to 69%.
5. You will still have the possibilty to be sick and spread covid. Or worse, death.
6. You will have a lot of restrictions.

The unvaccinated people say
1. It is dangerous to take the vaccines. The vaccines are still under clinical trials, 3rd phrase. The Big Pharma still have 2 more testing phrases to go.
2. The natural immune system is stronger than the vaccinated immune system. It can fight various variant.
3. There is no herd immunity as the vaccinated people still can spread the virus.
4. There are other options to get over covid through ivermectin, natural healing and strengthen immunity.
5. You will still have the possibilty to be sick and spread covid.
6. Lost of freedom, almost having total control from the govts.

After access and reviewing covid cases for half a year.
I feel the covid, pandemic, vaccinations are all created by humans. I am not going to get involved now. They can do whatever they want.
I decided to make my own stand.

What I didn't like because it is against my principles are
1. The govts just make their own rules and decide for the people.
2. They didn't inform that their vaccines are still under clinical trials, they mention mild effects on headache, fever and small pains. Why mass vaccination when the clinical trials are still on going?
3. They are not responsible for it, should anyone fall really ill or deaths.
4. They do it for the economy, not because the situation is safe. Just because they want to open up the economy, so at the expense of human lives???
5. The vaccinated people are equally struggling as the unvaccinated.

So who are we saving right now? We don't know.

What I would do for myself
1. I will take care of my own immune system.
2. I will exercise, sleep early, rest well.
3. I will eat more nutritious food.
4. I will eat Vit C, D and Zinc supplements.
5. I will focus on my aspects of my life, that matters to me.
6. I will never have to deal with Covid in my life.

Day 260: GAB 2 Family Self Reflection

My immediate family is small to begin with, consist my parents and 1 sibling. My mum has a strong mind of her own, she will make most of the family decisions at home and we will follow.

The closest relationship I have is My sister. We used to fight and screamed a lot with each other during our childhood but we became a lot closer after she got married. She has become my best friend, after we cleared our childhood misunderstanding and we share a lot what is happening in our life, especially Ting Ting has become our bundle of joy now.

The most distant relationship I felt is with my dad, I don’t really know how to communicate with him. Most of the time, he just asked me to do his things. That is the relationship / connection with him.

For my 2 family role models, my mum is the active one and sociable and she talks and nags a lot. Because she is sociable, she has many friends. My dad is hardworking, he is a quiet man he likes to do things to show that he cares. Most of the time he got misunderstood because he can’t express himself well, I sort of model him and my sister model my mum.

As my family lack of communication, we do our own things. As a child, I don’t feel loved and supported by my family. We don’t connect emotionally.

Family Rules
Talking about family rules, there are a lot. I need to report to her where I go and I need to reach home before 10pm. If I am at home, dinner will be at 7pm. Last time my mum will nit-pick whatever things that I do. It is always not good enough for her and I felt hurt. My mum talks super loudly at home. Sometimes it is unbearable. She will say we need to worry if she doesn’t speak loud enough! That is partly why I didn't like to stay at home, to stay out of her viewing area, to be away from her nags.

My mum, dictates her way and now my sister, because she models my mum, and she became a mother, her character somewhat becomes more and more like her and sometimes, I feels that I have 2 mums at home.

Family Hero
My grandfather (father side), how he runs his coffeeshop and take care of 10 children, 5 boys and 5 girls, send them to university. He doesn’t look down on women, he feels that all children need to have equal education. My dad learns the good values from my grandparents, especially my grandfather. That is why my dad supports me when I told him I want to study and upgrade myself.

We don’t have any family’s philosophy of life. I think probably unspoken one will be we strive to be a good person. Good family values, keeps us bonded. Of course, I have grown up, I understand where the house rules coming from, my mum fearing that my sister and I from straying, which we never did! The need to keep the environment clean so that it will become a warm, comfortable and cosy place to live in.

Area of improvement for my family
I hope to have better communication and understanding among ourselves. To have the freedom of speech and empathy among family members. After all, we are family, who happens to bond together because love exists.

Day 259: GAB 2 Family

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This week theme is family.

I am learning about Clustering.
- helps with focusing
- assists with image words
- brings forth all your senses
- mind mappings
- fresh ideas
- visual map of brainstorming
- Free association
- Write more effective sentences

My family, my self
"All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way." - Leo Tolsyoy

Here are some questions about family dynamics to reflect upon.
1. Who held the power in your family and made the major decisions? How do you know?
2. Which family members have you felt closest to, and which ones felt most distant? Why?
3. Did you like your family and feel supported and loved?
4. Were there any family members you were afraid of?
5. What were the rules in your family about eating, cleaning up, dressing, and so forth? When you sat down to dinner, where did you sit?
6. Is there anything about your family that seems unusual to you?
7. What is the history of your family? What were its origins, and how were its major figures?
8. Did your family have any hero figures who had stories told about them?
9. Did your family have a philosophy about life that was discussed and that you were expected to adopt? What were the ‘shoulds’ and ‘oughts’ in your family? What favourite sayings illustrate your family’s philosophy of life?
10. If you are unmarried and do not live with any blood relatives, how have you created a sense of “family” in your life?

Family isn't always Blood. It's the people in your life who want you in theirs. The ones who accept you for who you are. The ones who would do anything to see you smile and who love you no matter what." - Maya Angelou

I find this quote meaningful because there is love. Love is not just words or actions, it must be felt. #JustDrawing #Family

Day 258: About the Covid Vaccines

Someone wrote this and I thought it was beautifully written.

Out of all the vaccines I have taken in my life: Tetanus, rubella, measles, mumps, polio hep, TB;

Never before have I seen so much confusion over a vaccine that says I have to wear a mask, and socially distance even when fully vaccinated.

Apparently I could still contract or spread the virus even when fully vaccinated.

Never had to have a double shot, never been bribed by establishments to take the vaccine in order to win a car, cash, or other prizes. Never before has a vaccine be available in Primark…!

I never had to worry about cardiac issues and or blood clots and DEATH as a side effect.

I was never judged if I didn’t take it.

I was never discriminated against for travel or other regular services.

The vaccines I have listed above never told me I was a bad person for not taking it, or taking it for that matter.

I have never seen a vaccine that threatened the relationship between a family member or a close friend.

Never seen it used for political gain and never seen it used to persuade kids in favour of free ice cream.

I have never seen a vaccine threaten someone’s livelihood, job, school, etc.

I have never seen a vaccine that allows a twelve year old’s consent to supersede his/her parent’s consent.

So after all I have said, can someone tell me how I am a conspiracy theorist, uneducated, non researched because I am not willing to take this vaccine. UNTIL the clinical trials are over at least two years from now.

Finally, after all the vaccines (shots) I listed above, I have never seen a vaccine like this one that discriminates, divides, and judges a society such as this one.

So much information is censored, deleted and removed from the internet.

So many doctors, scientists, are censored and forbidden to speak out or ask legitimate questions when what is being allowed or not allowed does not make sense.

People are taking this vaccine with DEATH as a side effect to buy back their freedom (which was your human right to begin with. You never lost it) NOT to prevent or keep you safe from a virus. Because it isn’t working. People who are double jabbed are getting it and still dying from it.

Seriously. Can you read that again?

This sure is one powerful vaccine. IT does all of these things that I have mentioned and yet? It doesn’t do what all the other vaccines that I have mentioned earlier were designed to do which is to fight off COVID, a virus with a natural recovery rate of 99% thanks to our miraculous immune system!

If you do not stand for freedom of choice then you are not in any way shape or form trying to get this country back to normal.

You are promoting a divisive society. Subjecting people to second class existences and stealing the freedom from your own and children’s future.

Day 257: KDrama - Bride of Habaek

Bride of the Habaek (Water God) is about a Water God, Habaek (Nam Joo Hyuk) who has to go to the human world to recover magical stones so that he can become king. He locates his servant Yoon So Ah(Shin Se Kyung) whose family is cursed to serve him for eternity. It is a love story between a god and human.

I felt this drama fall shot as a fantasy/magical romance, it failed big time. There was hardly any magic or demonstration of powers in the drama.

Most of the plot lie flat and super slow and air time is wasted on scenes, which don’t offer much storyline. Usually there is a slight build up (often near the end of an episode) which results in NOTHING when the next episode starts. This quality remains consistent throughout the drama.

The gods’ world was well presented but it suffered because of poor direction, writing and weakly developed characters. In fact, I hope to see more in the heavenly scenes. The stylists, makeup artists, set designers and special effects team did a great job. This is definitely one of the strong points of this drama.

The casting was nice and the acting was pretty good too. I think every actor had their good moments and gave their best, even when the direction wasn’t clear.

Although it was a romance-based story and with some cute moments, the romance between the leads didn’t have much foundation or strength. The storytelling had ZERO charm and the writing was a total mess from beginning to end, even though they already had a ready made plot. Usually there are protagonist and antagonist in a normal storyline. In the end, everyone's characters are somewhat the same.

I was quite bored and lost in the middle, where there is no explain why Habaek's human form first love had to die, why did the demi god was outcast, why Habaek sometimes have power and sometimes don't, he looks so confused all the time... He is supposed to be the future king! I was completely lost half the time. The script was pretty vague. It’s very hard to understand what the characters are feeling, what their intentions are and where the story is going.

The director wasn’t able to express the thoughts of the characters well and execute situations properly for the the most part especially during the heart to heart conversations. It was hard to undertand what the director was trying to project, for instance every time Yoon So Ah reached out to grasp Habaek’s shirt or the aggression between various characters.

There are some story lines not closely connected to the main plot which come to the surface every now and then yet have no clear conclusion. There are A LOT of unanswered questions left at the end and the happily ever after the writers struggled so hard to create has nothing happy about it.

I felt I have wasted 16 hours of my time to watch this. I would give a 4/10 the 4 goes to the gods’ world creation and the casts' acting efforts. I won't recommend anyone to watch this drama.

Day 256: The Best Of YIRUMA Yiruma's Greatest Hits ~ Best Piano

This music album gave me so much comfort whenever I listen them.

Kiss the Rain is one of the trigger points when I recalled during my primary school period. The self critical happened when my parents, especially my mum, started to nitpick everything that I do... Everything seems not to be good enough for her...

As I grew up, I became the mother to myself, Sometimes I feel that I can never meet my own expectations.... I wasn't good enough for myself, a part of me had died *Sob Sob*



Yiruma, kiss the rain, it might be something painful that has happened in his life. I can feel the sadness in this piece of music... That's why everytime I feel like crying too when I listen but at the same time I feel very comforting as if I have been understood... No need words, just silence will do...

After hearing a few more rounds of this piece of music, what I felt is live life without regrets. I can never gain more time, I can only make the best out of my own time.

I also feel some strength after listening to this.... No matter how big is the rain, the rain will pass one day.

3 Things I am grateful for today
1. I am grateful that I am still alive and I didn't give up myself.
2. I am grateful to be part of this supportive System of the Heart community to find back myself.
3. I am grateful that I have connection with myself.

Day 255: Reaching out to others

I thought of spreading the good works of SG suspected vaccine injuries to others, more people are aware of the health risks. The clinic trials are still on going and SG Govt are forcing people to take the vaccines.

CDC Vaccines findings
Today the reuters unews shared that "vaccinated individuals infected with delta may be able to transmit the virus as easily as those who are unvaccinated,” and that, “Vaccinated people infected with delta have measurable viral loads similar to those who are unvaccinated and infected with the variant.

Yesterday I attended this special zoom session, Healing the Divide.

Many speakers, I would call them the brave souls, to share valuable insights, current statistics and other feasible solutions to end this pandemic.

I really hope our SG Govt and Health Authorities are opened to listen and really look into the current health data, instead of just saying injuries and death cases are not vaccine related. I personally like the idea of having a Bioethics setup, it is an entity that will ensure that data and results are unbias and ethical. We need to have transparency and complete overview, what is truly going on in this mass vaccination exercise. Currently we do not have sufficient real data to support, if covid vaccination is doing good or harm to the humanity in a long run.

Can you imagine a healthy person after vaccination, having serious side effects and still have to normalise oneself to say that it is alright? It is definitely not okay.

Please have empathy and compassion towards the people who are suffering the loss of their love ones and dealing with health issues.

Val Looi expressed how she felt towards vaccination.
I do not need a vaccine.
I lead a healthy lifestyle.
I rarely fall ill.
I have never taken a flu vaccine.
I do not have flu for more than 10 years.

What we do with our body is our own choice.
It is our fundamental rights, it has to be that way.
Considering you are vaccinated, you still can spread the covid, it makes no sense.
The risk of vaccine outweighs the benefits of my health.

The body belongs to you and you alone.
You get to choose what goes into your body.
No strangers, who do not know our lifestyle, our health and medical history, to decide for us to take the vaccine or not.
If we surrender this fundamental human rights, what will we become?
The vaccine is not the only way to end the pandemic, there are other options.

We all want to move forward.
Let us open our hearts and mind, stand together, support one another.
For Freedom, For Health, For Equality and For Peace.
Watch this video in full: Healing the Divide https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0eIUR36OsfA #SGUnited

Day 254: Healing the Divide

Last month, a friend directed me into this link. It is about a petition writing to Mr. Lee Hsing Long. During that time, it was just 500+ voting, I asked my friend, "is it worth to vote? Will our govt took time to look at it? Surprisingly, after 1 month, the voting shoot up to 10k+.

Singapreans do care.

The organiser started off with many vaccine injuries cases and interviewed 2 people live.
Andrew Tan's mum passed away recently due to vaccine. As Andrew took the vaccine and nothing happened to him so Andrew forced his mum to get the vaccine and she passed away. Andrew felt a bit guilty... because his mum actually she doesn't want to take the vaccine. His mother has diabetes, high blood and his mum blood wall was narrowing so he doesn't truly know if it's really by the vaccine He is still waiting for autopsy results

Michael Yong took morderna, his immune system is messsed up. He couldn't move. After paying 16k for medical fee, doctor says his immune system is damage. He can talk but he cannot move around much. The doctor said his case is new and treated him like a new medical file 😰 From normal person become handicapped 🤦🏻‍♀️ He doesn't even want to talk about the money. He just wants to be well...

There are many good insights in this sharing session.
These speakers really know what they are talking about as they have done their "homework" with overseas researchers, scientists and viologist.

I find this consellor shares more of the solutions, how can we make this vaccination situation better. Why is it important to setup a bioethics?

1) Experimental Vaccines Trials
How Clinical Trials Works It is a 5 stages process and each process will take about 2 years. Pharmas have never done before within 1 year and tested vaccines on human beings. They will take at least 10 - 15 years to roll out new vaccines.

Can we trust the speedy development of Covid-19 vaccines The long-term effectiveness and safety of these vaccines are yet to be fully investigated. Another drawback of accelerated development is that full stability information about a vaccine formulation may not be completely mapped out, or the formulation itself may not be fully optimised.

2) Suspected Cases Injuries and Deaths
Many cases dismissed as "nothing to do with vaccines" and has little explainations

3) Safe and welcome professional space
A place where the local medical doctors can discuss over the situations in a non judgemental way

4) Transparency and Completeness of Data
The key rationale, vaccines do not stop the transmitting of the virus but to prevent serious illness, deaths, icu and oxygen support

5) Bioethics: Value and Sanctity of Life
How can "the benefits outweight risks" when someone has to bear all the consequences of risks of harm? The person can't sue the govt, the doctors and the big phrama should anything happen to the person as he / she is "aware" that he /she is in clinical trial.

Other Solutions
34 countries have used ivermectin, the covid numebers have come down significantly. This applies to India, Argentina, Slovakia, Zimbabwe, Mexico

Appealing to Health Authorities

Summary to protect the weak, women and children

Val Looi's Voice

I do not need a vaccine.
I lead a healthy lifestyle.
I rarely fall ill.
I never taken a flu vaccine.
I do not have flu for more than 10 years.

What we do with our body is our own choice.
It is our fundamental rights, it has to be that way.
Considering you are vaccinated, you still can spread the covid, it makes no sense.
The risk of vaccine outweight the benefits of my health.

The body belongs to you and you alone.
You get to choose what goes into your body.
No strangers, who do not know our lifestyle, our health and medical history, to decide for us to take the vaccine or not.
If we surrender this fundamental human rights, what will we become?
The vaccine is not the only way to end the pandemic, there are other options.

We all want to move forward.
Let us open our hearts and mind, stand together, support one another.
For Freedom, For Health, For Equality and For Peace.

Watch this video in full: Healing the Divide

Day 253: GAB 1 Branching Points Self Reflection

Recall a memory of a past
I recall that as a young child, I always hope to seek approval from my parents. Hoping that they would love me the way I want it. I tried to do well in my studies from P1 - P4. My results dropped because I felt that they didn't really care if I do well or not. I started to mingle with friends, who like to have fun more than study. Of course, my good results also gone with the wind.

As I didn't do well in my PSLE, I couldn't continue in my Girls' school. I had to study in neighbourhood school, Braddell heights secondary school. It was the first time, I felt shame. I blamed myself for not putting enough efforts in my studies. There was nothing much I can do with my results. I accepted my fate. Because I felt so shameful, that I become a lot quieter in my secondary school days. There was not much joy in study. I could no longer feel joy in learning.

I saw the other side of the world, the school boys were notorious and they have gang fights at any other days. The teachers felt disappointed with the students. Most of the teachers basically give up on us. The school culture was so bad that they had to put bars around the school compound, to prevent the students from escaping classes.

Until one day, I met my A-Maths Teacher, Mr Lim. He was very patient with the students who were weak in Maths. As my maths were weak, he asked me if I was interested to join his A Maths remedial class. As I wanted to do well for my Maths, I say YES. I attended his remedial class every week, without fail. He explained to us the techniques and formula of A-Maths. On top of that, during my own time, I practise the maths questions on my own. I started to enjoy the process of solving the Maths questions. I felt empowered and good when I get my answers correctly. During my 'O' Levels, I not only do well in my A-Maths, my E-Maths also turns out to be great.

Till now, I always feel very grateful towards Mr Lim because he cares and he shone light into my life that I thought I can't and yet because of him, I finally see that it is possible to achieve what I want through perserverance, determination and grit.

Good teachers teach, great teachers inspire.

Day 252: GAB 1 Branching Points

Signup for the 10 lessons of Guided Autobiography (GAB).
Lesson 1 Branching Points
Story of your life, written by yourself.
A kind of timeline of events in a person's life
- Childhood
- Parent
- Friend
- Mentor

Benefits
Gain insights about our own life
Combine work with Play
Group settings gain so much more insights and reflection

Programme Takeaways
GAB started to used in 1980s
- Helps to increase sense of Self
- Strengthen Cognition
- Make new friends
- Increase writing skills
- Renew life's aspirations
- Create a memoir of sorts ie People, Things, sights, smell, touch, past memories

Warm up: What is my favourite childhood food?

My favourite food is 9 Layers rainbow kuey, because it is colorful and it is fun to tear away one strip by another strip.

Recall a memory of a past
I remembered my mother's grandma place where it is shophouse. My grand parents used to open a provision shop. Times were hard. Yet, the children played together and I remembered most of the fun games are at the staircase.

The Major Branching Points in Your Life
Branching points are the turning points in your life - the events, experiences, or insights that shaped your life and its directions. They may have been big events such as marriage, war, moving to a new city, or retirement. Or they may have been small events that had big outcomes, like reading a book or going on a hike.

SENSITIZING QUESTIONS
1. What was the earliest branching point in your life? What happened, and why was it important? How old were you at the time?