After an arduous period of examinations, it is finally time for the next GEM session. We often hear of this saying, "At the end of the tunnel is light." Perhaps the examinations are the tunnels and post-exam activities like GEM Workshop is the light? That being said, today's GEM workshop was definitely the place I wanted to be for the afternoon. The main reason would be because of the free air-conditioning, but since that's radical, I shall just say that GEM is...erm, beneficial for our language learning?
The agenda for today was for us to continue our work in preparing for our drama project. It is nice to know that I have such great members in my team, which allowed us to waste no time in coming up with a feasible story plot and script. However, I get a feeling that this is only the tip of the iceberg, the trail will only get harsher as we progress along. Oh well, obstacles don't really exist to block us, they are there to increase our strength as we chip them away bit by bit. We have a plot which is "very NE" (quoted from Miss Mazlinda), which is good, isn't it? We do study and work in a NE school, after all. Minushi, Theodora and me will be meeting up on our own to further expand upon our project. And again, I'm gladdened to have team members who have initiative, it just makes work so much easier, and less messy.
That's Theodora on the left and Minushi on the right.
Sourced this from Theodora's blog, hope she doesn't mind... Hmm, of course she doesn't. She doesn't have any reasons to.
In the midst of our discussion today, Theodora and me stumbled across the topics of names. As said by Shakespeare, "What's in a name?", therefore I proceeded to ask Theodora on the origins of her seemingly unusual name. Turns out that "Theodora" is a Greek name. Further research
shows nothing relating to Greek history, maybe negligence on my part. However, I did find out that "Theodora" relates a lot to royalty. Sourced from Wikipedia, it states: " -Flavia Maximiana Theodora, daughter of the Roman Emperor Maximian and second wife of the Emperor Constantius I Chlorus.
-Theodora (6th century), Empress of the late Roman Empire and wife of Justinian I, considered a saint by the Greek Orthodox Church"
Hmm, interesting. Anyway, onwards.
Names are chosen for us by our parents, and they often hold deep meaning. Most names are chosen in the hope that their child would turn out to be a success in the future. For example, the Chinese would often like to choose names whose roots lie in 'courage', 'virtue', 'intelligence' and the likes. How about your name? Have you ever tried to find out for yourself or asked your parents about the significance behind it?
The agenda for today was for us to continue our work in preparing for our drama project. It is nice to know that I have such great members in my team, which allowed us to waste no time in coming up with a feasible story plot and script. However, I get a feeling that this is only the tip of the iceberg, the trail will only get harsher as we progress along. Oh well, obstacles don't really exist to block us, they are there to increase our strength as we chip them away bit by bit. We have a plot which is "very NE" (quoted from Miss Mazlinda), which is good, isn't it? We do study and work in a NE school, after all. Minushi, Theodora and me will be meeting up on our own to further expand upon our project. And again, I'm gladdened to have team members who have initiative, it just makes work so much easier, and less messy.
That's Theodora on the left and Minushi on the right.
Sourced this from Theodora's blog, hope she doesn't mind... Hmm, of course she doesn't. She doesn't have any reasons to.In the midst of our discussion today, Theodora and me stumbled across the topics of names. As said by Shakespeare, "What's in a name?", therefore I proceeded to ask Theodora on the origins of her seemingly unusual name. Turns out that "Theodora" is a Greek name. Further research
shows nothing relating to Greek history, maybe negligence on my part. However, I did find out that "Theodora" relates a lot to royalty. Sourced from Wikipedia, it states: " -Flavia Maximiana Theodora, daughter of the Roman Emperor Maximian and second wife of the Emperor Constantius I Chlorus.
-Theodora (6th century), Empress of the late Roman Empire and wife of Justinian I, considered a saint by the Greek Orthodox Church"
Hmm, interesting. Anyway, onwards.
Names are chosen for us by our parents, and they often hold deep meaning. Most names are chosen in the hope that their child would turn out to be a success in the future. For example, the Chinese would often like to choose names whose roots lie in 'courage', 'virtue', 'intelligence' and the likes. How about your name? Have you ever tried to find out for yourself or asked your parents about the significance behind it?
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