These are my hands

It is always a significant find when I discover a great metaphor for the innocence in a child---his hands. The hand only acts according to how the person wishes to express himself--his values, action, and intent.

Melody of Life - Learning how to truly live!

My current favourite Thai Insurance Ad. Life is truly mean to be lived... and this ad shows you own way it could be meaningful!

The Saddest TV Commercial Ever: Silence of Love (English Subtitle)

"Remember to care for those who care for you".

Show love this CNY!

Show care for your parents this Chinese New Year!

Never give up!

This is an excellent lesson on enduring to the end.

May you be blessed by watching this video.

Respect is fundamental when you are an intelligent being. It is a value that must be perpetuated amongst our young, and especially so our selves.

Use this video to discuss about respect in your school/class community.

Thanks to Desmond for sharing this resource. :)

The Secret of Getting Along with Others

Life would be miserable when we cannot get along with people simply because the world we live in is filled with people.

This video can be used to trigger a discussion during your character education classes. Quotes from various philosophies and faiths were used to establish the morality baseline for socialization.

Random Acts of Kindness

If you haven't any charity in your heart, you have the worst kind of heart trouble. ~Bob Hope

Never look down on anybody unless you're helping him up. ~Jesse Jackson

A good character is the best tombstone. Those who loved you and were helped by you will remember you when forget-me-nots have withered. Carve your name on hearts, not on marble. ~Charles H. Spurgeon

Today I bent the truth to be kind, and I have no regret, for I am far surer of what is kind than I am of what is true. ~Robert Brault, www.robertbrault.com

It's nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice. ~Author Unknown

Today, give a stranger one of your smiles. It might be the only sunshine he sees all day. ~Quoted in P.S. I Love You, compiled by H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

Treat everyone with politeness, even those who are rude to you - not because they are nice, but because you are. ~Author Unknown

What this world needs is a new kind of army - the army of the kind. ~Cleveland Amory

Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not. ~Samuel Johnson

A bit of fragrance always clings to the hand that gives roses. ~Chinese Proverb

A Father's Love for His Son

Alright, you have to watch this. Prepare some Kleenex.

The truth is, we don't all the time in the world. Treasure your present. Guard it well.

A word of thanks to Josephine for introducing this video to me.

Ads that bring you closer to home...

In my school, we commemorated Racial Harmony Day today. Students seemed to know the model answers to any questions we can throw at them about the need for a cohesive multi-racial society. Some of them could even relate to you the racial riots from which we found need for a reminder to live in peace while embracing racial and religious differences.

However, perfect answers do little to help us predict the outcome of our "education". Perhaps, your response to the following ads will tell you how much of racial harmony you have embraced in your own life.

Perhaps, and if you wanted to, you could also use these videos to chromatograph the values at work in the lives of your students.

1. When home isn't home


2. If I had one more day with...


3. You gave him wings...


No doubt these videos are not related to racial harmony, I have picked a central theme that is common and important to each of the major races in Singapore---family.

While we seek to embrace the differences, let us not forget everything that we already have in common.

"Treasure what you have. Embrace what others have that you don't."

Michael Jackson Dance Tribute

This is the official clip from BOUNCE & Friends. More than 300 dancers met at 1530h, got briefed and then learned the choreography in 30 min. Less then 1 hour later, they were performing to the memorable tune of "Beat it!".

Such was the following of one Michael Joseph Jackson (August 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009). He was 50 when he passed away. He was a legend spanning at least 3 generations.

This post is dedicated to my students who loved Michael Jackson.

Message is: Don't wait till your heroes are dead before you show your appreciation! Today is the best day to tell your hero that you love him/her.



One of his songs with heavy environmental overtones was Earth Song. Very good tuning in for a lesson on recycling or environmental conservation.

Watch the video:

Team Hoyt - A very touching story about a father and his son

A son asked his father, Dad, will you take part in a marathon with me? The father, who despite having a heart condition, said Yes. They went on to complete the marathon together. Father and son went on to join other marathons, the father always saying Yes to his son's request of going through the race together. One day, the son asked his father, Dad, lets join the Ironman together. To which, his father said Yes too.

If you didn't already know, Ironman is the toughest triathlon ever. The race encompasses three endurance events of a 2.4 miles (3.86 kilometres) ocean swim, followed by a 112 miles (180.2 kilometres) bike ride, and ending with a 26.2 miles (42.195 kilometres) marathon along the coast of the Big Island . Father and son went on to complete the the race together.

Find out more about Dick and Rick Hoyt in the next videos: