August Currently

Oh my. It's August. In 4 months, it will be the end of the year. Time just seems to whoosh by me.
But I'll stop for a bit and link up with Farley from Oh Boy 4th Grade for her August Currently.



Listening: Radio City is a station that broadcasts from different parts of India. I am of Indian origin. My grandfather was from South India and he migrated to Singapore years ago. I am second generation Singaporean but Australia is my home now. Although Australia is similar to Singapore multi-culturally, there isn't an Indian radio station (at least one that I know of). We listen to Radio City via the Internet and listening to the station always makes me feel like I'm home. It's like I can still hold on to my roots which I think is so important.

Loving: We have a Curriculum Day every term. It usually falls on the first day of every term so the students get an extra day off but recently there have been some changes to when we have the Curriculum Day. (I must be completely honest...I hadn't realised we were having one till I drove by and saw the sign outside for parents informing them of important dates!) How do you spend Curriculum Day?  I'd be interested to know. We usually have staff meetings and team meetings.

Thinking: I'm in love with overnight oats at the moment. And I get most of my oatmeal recipes from Chocolate Covered Katie. She has got a fantastic blog with really yummy vegan recipes. They're sweet and healthy! Two in one. It doesn't get any better than that. Trust me.

Wanting: I recently decided I needed a To Do List. I had purchased my beautiful looking Erin Condren planner to use this year. In fact, I had bought one two years ago but gave up using it when I realised it didn't really help me with my lesson planning. However, I decided to give it another go this year and my team partner and I both bought EC planners but both of us gave up using it. We are required to do very detailed lesson planners and upload them on the school portal. It's very difficult trying to write detailed lesson plans in the pages of the EC planners. There's just no space. I was trying to use EC planner as a To Do book instead but that wasn't working and I had these post it notes all over my table. Long story short, I went to Kikki K to look for a To Do List pad and ended up buying a whole lot of other things - The Happiness Project & Happiness Journal being two of them. Many things have happened in my life in the last 5 years. My mum was diagnosed with Stage 4 cancer and recently I experienced a health scare as well. It's very easy to get down and feel depressed about life but I felt it was important to celebrate this one life that I have. To celebrate everything - the ups, the downs, everything that I've been given. So when I saw these books, I knew I had to have it.

Needing: I've finally linked my blog to Pinterest, Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, Bloglovin as well as my TPT store. I'm not very tech savvy but with the help of Professor Google, I was able to create the accounts and Megan from A Bird in Hand Designs helped me with the buttons and the link ups. Now I just need more time to get everything going. Looking forward to meeting all of you and connecting with you through social media.

B2S RAK: Struggling to comment about this because in Australia, we're in the third quarter of the academic year. However, reading other blogs, I have an idea of what I can do next year. I shall get back to you on that.

That's all folks! Till next time...