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Within a single morning, my temperature rose from 36.9 degC to 38.2 degC. Now it has dropped to 37.5 degC. I hate the body ache, I hate the disruption of plans, I hate being sick =S

在早上短短的数小时内，我的体温竟从36。9摄氏度一路飙升到38 。2摄氏度。如今保持在37。5摄氏度的水平。我讨厌那苦不堪言的周身疼痛，我讨厌打断既定的章程，我讨厌生病。=S

26 June
Trip to MOE, then Migrant Island Full Run @ TTP, then Badminton training @ Jurong

27 June
Assisting a NUS society in their Fright Night

29 June
Badminton @ NTU Hall

30 June
Badminton training @ Jurong 

1 July
Badminton Coaching @ Bishan Sports Hall

I just noticed the upcoming week is all about badminton, lol~

6月26日
与教育部奖学金组会晤，然后是在实践剧场的总采，晚上在裕廊那儿训练羽球

6月27日
协助国大某社团举办迎新会，以“恐怖月夜”形式进行

6月29日
于南大校园内打羽球

6月30日
晚上在裕廊那儿训练羽球

7月1日
早上在碧山体育场训练羽球

咦~怎么我生活都一直围绕着羽球啊？~

This morning, I’ve signed the contract that will decide my next 9 years. The far-reaching effect meant this was a significant and solemn event, so I elaborately dressed myself in long sleeve shirt and formal pants/shoes.

But it was over before I knew it. Within 30 mins of stepping into the building, I set my path in stone as I carved my initials in the stack of agreements. The swiftness of the process left me uneasy.

There is both pride and apprehension, but regardless of my emotions, the fact is… I have taken my first step into the education fraternity.

今天早上是奖学金的签约仪式，而它决定了我接下来9年的生活与事业。如此攸关未来的大事情，理应是凝重而庄严的，所以我挑了一件长袖的衬衫和得体的长裤和皮鞋。

岂知，在踏入教育部短短30分钟内，我的笔已然在合约上游走，定下了我日后的教学路。厚厚的一份合约，却如此轻描淡写地完成了签约，我心中不踏实的感觉久久不散，犹如身悬半空一般。

自豪？担忧？沉重？生活不允许我沉溺于我的感触之中，我只能深刻地感受到教育的漫漫长路，而今天，是我的第一步。

This would have been a great day: major improvement on the badminton court, fun meet-up and lunch with my fellow china-bound scholars, enjoyable singing lesson @ Ark, sumptious dinner with songyu @ thai-express esplanade.

But I come home, I stare at that conversation window, not a word returned.

And when it kicks to life, I rejoice. 

近乎完美的一天：球技上的进展、和赴华奖学金得主开心聚餐、木船的声乐课、同好友颂育共进泰式晚餐。

但回到了家，清谈视窗久久没有动静，心中犹如风筝断线了。 

但奇迹般的，线断了却又续接了。

Had a small conversation with Ric during our day-long outing, and suddenly I realised how much we’ve changed over the years. 和伟祥的小小对话,引发了我对过往的反思,突然察觉,我们已然蜕变成不一样的我们了.

1998 

2006 

These days have been busy, majority of which I’ve spent @ The Theatre Practice’s Streetplay cultural outreach activity, where we introduce traditional performances and games from yester-years， as well as conduct a story-telling competition. Response has been wonderful, kids find joy in oldish 5-stone and hop-skotch while the old reminisce.

这过往的一个星期十分的忙碌，大部分的时间都和实践剧场的同伙们一起经营“玩玩闹闹逛戏棚“。活动的性质以传统街戏为主，并同时提供了人们重拾或学习抛沙袋、跳飞机等古早味浓厚的游戏。我们也邀请了学生前来参与即兴讲故事比赛。尤其在周末，反应甚是热烈，不论大人小孩都相当喜欢“戏棚”的节目，小孩玩闹兴高采烈，老人家微笑细述从前。

The small stage at the entrance of Chinatown Point. 唐城坊入口处的小舞台。

Genevieve and me~ She’s a student volunteer. 同学生志愿工Genevieve合照。

Junior Zihui and me! I remember her vividly as the Loud Co-ord from ‘03 HC ChiSoc Song-writing Competition! 学妹子慧同我合照！’03年华初歌谣她当统筹，嗓子大，令人印象深刻！

(L-R) Back Row: Gabriel, Xiangbin, Youjie, yiQ
Front Row: Kaiyang, Genevieve, Bingkai, Wendi, Jessie
Supper after we wrapped up Sunday (4 Jun)’s programmes. The Charcoal-ed Claypot rice at Chinatown Complex was simply delicious!

（左－右）后排：伟文，向斌，友杰，ｙｉＱ
前排：凯阳，Ｇｅｎｅｖｉｅｖｅ，秉楷，Ｗｅｎｄｉ，洁莹
星期天的节目完毕，收拾好场地之后，我们一伙人便去光顾牛车水中心著名炭烧沙煲饭，其中的锅巴更是精华不可放过。

Tomorrow will be the last day of StreetPlay, and despite the fatigue from running after kids and playing hopskotch, much has been learnt, and much will be cherished.
明日就是“戏棚“的最后一天。尽管这一个星期以来追着小调皮、玩着跳飞机，搞得自己不堪疲惫，但也有的是苦中作乐，苦中带甜。我已预见曲终人散后的不舍。

Crazy me decided that this blog might require a constitution to govern it. The Dual Sound Constitution will be available for reference via "Admin" on the sidebar.

In the meantime, I have also amended all header fields and categories into "Dual Sound". For your enjoyment please.

 The Dual Sound Constitution

1. All articles posted within the blog are to be furnished with corresponding English and Chinese text.

2. Visitors are to make their presence known via the comments function or the tagboard. Exceptions can be made for the following:
    i) People
   ii) Non-People

博克犹如国家！我身为一Blog之君，又怎能不为国家制定宪法呢？右侧“行政”栏将放置《双声道宪法》的链接，供各位参阅。

与此同时，右侧栏的所有标题及分类也被转换成“双声”， 希望各位看官都喜欢。

双声道宪法

This blog has been renamed to "Dual Sound", ‘coz of my obligations to blog in both English and Chinese. "Why so?" most would ask.

Simply put, I’ve a need to keep certain audiences. Some prefer reading it in Chinese, while some just cannot stand reading anything besides Lay-English(Lol~ even then she doesn’t bother reading either). Furthermore, this dual language blogging might just help me in my language mastery, which I found myself severely lacking in the recent Taipei trip. ( I didn’t even know what "Fern" is in Chinese.)

By the way, please leave a tag if you visit~! I need a gauge of readership.

即日起，这博克网页将改名为“双声道”。取这名字，只因为我有以英华双语刊载文章的义务。这在博克社区中应该算是罕有的吧？

简单的说，我也是不得已的。有些人较喜欢中文的文载（包括我自己。就不晓得我中国和台湾的朋友有没有到访？），有些人则除了简单的英文外什么都读不进去。此外，以双语刊载篇章或许有益于我对语文的驾驭能力，这是我很需要的。犹记得在台北的时候，常常因为无知而出糗，甚至连“蕨”(Ferns)这字眼也不知道是什么。

对了，所有读者请在留言板留言！好让我大致了解读者群有多少~