I AM IN SINGAPORE

Hello,everyone,
Hello Joseph.
I am in Singapore now.
So , I can load my Blog and LINC4-5.
Missing you all!

Good luck!
Leo

（2010年春节）

（2010年5.月）

Christmas Carol: O Come, All Ye Faithful

1. O come, all ye faithful, joyful and triumphant,
O come ye , O come ye, to Bethlehem.
Come and behold Him, born the King of angles;

      Refrain

        O come, let us adore Him

        O come, let us adore Him,

        O come, let us adore Him,

        Christ the Lord.

2. True God of true God,

Light from Light Eternal,

Lo, He shuns not the Virgin's womb;

Son of the Father, begotten, not created;

3. Sing, choirs of angles, sing in exultation;

O sing, all ye citizens of heaven above!

Glory to God, all glory in the highest;

4. Yea, Lord, we great thee, born this happy morning;

Jesus, to thee be glory given;

World of the Father, now in flesh appearing.

SO THIS IS CHRISTMAS

So this is Christmas,

And what have you done?

Another year over

And a new one just begun.

And so this is Christmas.

I hope you have fun,

The near and the dear ones,

The old and the young.

A very merry Christmas

And a happy New Year!

Let's hope it's a good one

Without any fear.

And so this is Christmas,

For weak and for strong,

For rich and for poor ones,

The world is so wrong.

And so happy Christmas,

For yellow and red ones,

Let's stop all the fight.

A very merry Christmas,

And a happy New Year!

Let's hope it's a good ones

Without any fear.

And so this is Christmas,

And what have you done?

Another year over,

A new one just begun.

And so happy Christmas,

We hope you have fun,

The near and the dear ones,

The old and the young.

A very merry Christmas

And a happy New Year!

Let's hope it's a good one

Without any fear.

War is over,

If you want it

War is over - now...

Climate Change and Global Warming

It's getting warming and warming years in the world. Is it terrible? Everybody, even though children, pay attention on it. They will say, "The Ice Is melting!", "The Sea is Raising", blah, blah, blah. Are you scared?

Uh- Hah, don't be worried! It's not true.

In the video of "The Great Global Warming Swindle", many scientists, Professor Tim Ball, Professor Nir Shaviv, Professor Ian Clark and Dr. Piers Corbyn etc.,give their opinions. They discuss the reason of the climate changing and global warming, and how to defend it.

I don't care it. I don't think it is a problem to human. Anyway, getting warm is a good thing for North.

Dec. 17th, the last day of this term

Dec. 17th, the last day of this term in MicroSkills LINC school, I can't forget this day forever.

Today, we have an interesting festival. All of our LINC students, teachers and ushers, kid garden children  performance choirs and plays. Because it was the last day of this term, and nearly to the Christmas, we came together to celebrate the great holiday.

In the beginning, we sang together: O CANADA!

Steps, we sang and danced with warm applause and laugh heartily. Sometimes, you would hear Christin's whistles. Every level class showed their favourites.

Our level 4-5 's Christmas Carol is "O Come, All Ye Faithful ". Before our choirs, our senior classmate, Philien, who came from Egypt, gave us an excellent tune with his national instrument. We sang the Christmas Carol with Electric Organ played by Joseph. We succeeded in choir.

At last, all of us sang together: SO THIS IS CHRISTMAS.

At 12:00, we finished the choirs and went back to class 3 to have buffet. Everyone brought his/her favourite food from home to share. It was very delicious.

Before performance, we practiced the choir of Carol

Ping and Lily worked hard

Our senior classmates

Had a picture with Philien and his national Organ

No problem, we're ready for the choir.

Classmates of level 3, very cute.

Donald looks like a Christmas old man.

Level 1 class students are singing "Gong Xi Fa Cai" in Condongnese

Level 2 class are singing.

They're level 3 classmates and teacher.

Philien is singing Arabian song with his special instrument.

"O Come, All Ye faithful"

Teacher Joseph play the Electric Organ professionally to help us succeeding in choir.

Our LINC4-5 teacher, Mr. Joseph, wins the Luck-drew.

Classmate Zumurod is very lucky for getting gift.

Level 6-7 students are playing.

All of teachers and ushers are singing.

Uh-Hah, Buffet is beginning.

Paralanguage

1. Uh - huh / Mu - hmm : yes;
2. Uh - uh /Mm - mm : no;
3. Uhhh... / Mmm... : I am thinking.
4. Oh! : I'm (slightly) surprised.
5. blah - blah - blah : excetera.
6. Oops! : I had a small mistake/accident.
7. eh? : a) what? b) Isn't that right? c) I want to elicit agreement from you.(Canadian English only).
8. Yuck! : Sth. tastes bad.
9. Ouch! : Sth. hurts.
10. Oh-oh! : I realize I made a small mistake, forgot sth.
11. Duh! : I think is being stupid. (not polite).
12. Ah - hah! : I have caught Sb. doing Sth. a little bit bad and I'm teasing that person.
13. Wow! : I'm impressed.
14. tsk - tsk : bigger mistake.

Shopping Budget --- penny pinching miser

• budget:
• shopaholic: a person who likes shopping very much or spent too many money and time on shopping.
• miser: = stingy = scrooge:   a person who loves money and hates spending it
• miserly: (adj) hating to spend money.
• spendthrift: a person who spends too much money or who wastes money.
• prodigal: (adj) too willing to spend money or waste time, energy or materials
• penny pinching:

1.
A: ?
B: I'm figuring out my budget.
A: What budget?
B:
A:?
B: I can only spend $300 a month.
A: Why only $300?
B: I need to put away the rest.
A: For what?
B: I need to pay my bill.
A: Your budget is a good idea.
B: I

2.
A: What are you trying to do?
B: I'm working on a budget.
A: What kind of budget?
B: I need to budget my shopping so that I don't blow all my money.
A: What's your budget?
B: I can spend about $300 per month.
A: Why so little?
B: The rest of my money needs to be parked away.
A: What do you need to save up for?
B: I still need to pay my bill.
A: You're wish for saving your money.
B: I think it's just common sense.

3.
A: What are you doing?
B: I 'm trying to figure out my budget.
A: What do you need a budget for?
B: I need to put a limit on my spending.
A: What's your spending limit?
B: I'm only allowed to spend $300 each month.
A: That's not much.
B: Because, I need to save the rest of my money.
A: What are you stashing it away for?
B: I have rent to pay for too.
A: It's good that you are being smart with your money.
B: It' s about time that I wished up.

stash : hide sth. in a safe or secret place. save/store.
you are being smart
it's about time: quickly
wish up: must be(smart)





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