have around 3 weeks more to my year end holidays. not yet excited as have a lot to do before NOV 13 which is the last day. school reopens next year-JAN.
our school canteen day is on 2nov. asked to sell 'kacang' and titbits. cooked stuff susah a bit cuz you know lo- customers from my school. any ideas on wat else to sell or do.pls any ideas. meetin tomorrow.
next will be the 'anugerah cemerlang' -speech day or rather 'prize giving' on the last wk. my new gb-guru besar bought batik cloth and asked us to wear as 'uniform'on that day.juz imagine everyone in school like 'clones'. normally, i like that day cuz can wear something nice n classy to school. the cloth's pattern is veri 'pelik -very hard to make into any attire. to make men's shirt ok. first she wanted only baju kurung- and i really had a hard time trying to think of a pattern. if only baju kurung, the pattern will be somewhat like the pattern for the 'asrama'- hostel. veri 'lau beh ' and 'out' then she left it up to us to think of a pattern. well, i already sent mine to the tailor which happens to be the mum of wei's classmate. maybe this weekend will be ready.if the normal baju kurung, the pattern will be like the pattern the malays wear for the 'asrama' -hostel . veri 'lau beh' n 'out'.
will have final year exam dis week oso. have to mark 4 classes - 2b, 3a, 3b n 4b. only 1 class is challenging to mark. guess? 3a of course!!! the rest you 'bocor' the questions oso they wouldn't know.
hehe!!
Monday, October 27, 2008
Sunday, October 12, 2008
eeee Exam fever.....!!!!!!
Ya! Exam fever. No, i dun have an exam coming but my younger hero, Mu-ern does!!! As usual it is not him getting butterflies in the stomach but rather it's me having gigantic ones in mine!
Well his pmr (Form 3) exam starts tomorrow (13/10/08) till friday(17/10/08). He's got 7 subjects-bm. bi, maths, science, sejarah, geog n kemahiran hidup(living skills).
For this past week, its me getting up early ard 3-4am in the morning and surfing the internet for forecast questions n printing out for him.
He followed mu-wei's formula - studied a week before his exam. Ern made history:- studying last minute like his upsr. Like most of us, we always procrastinate till the eleventh hour. Hung will say"never mind la pmr only....." There's nothing anyone can do to help him now and I do sincerely hope that he will realise the BIG mistake he made! Never mind, Ern :- SPM in two years time!!!!
Well his pmr (Form 3) exam starts tomorrow (13/10/08) till friday(17/10/08). He's got 7 subjects-bm. bi, maths, science, sejarah, geog n kemahiran hidup(living skills).
For this past week, its me getting up early ard 3-4am in the morning and surfing the internet for forecast questions n printing out for him.
He followed mu-wei's formula - studied a week before his exam. Ern made history:- studying last minute like his upsr. Like most of us, we always procrastinate till the eleventh hour. Hung will say"never mind la pmr only....." There's nothing anyone can do to help him now and I do sincerely hope that he will realise the BIG mistake he made! Never mind, Ern :- SPM in two years time!!!!
Thursday, October 9, 2008
racism - my thoughts on what c.huey wrote..
if i comment on her blog it would b quite long - "thng ka chui"(long backside hehe)so i might as well in my own blog so that u all know that i do update.
to support my comment when i said that i like interacting with the malays, here are a few reasons.
firstly, when i was in penang, i hardly had any malay friends from primary to secondary school. it was when i went to Maktab perguruan kinta(teaching college)in ipoh that i started mixing with the malays. it might be due to the reason that i was in PI(english option)and in my class we have Malays, chinese, indians n sarawakians- MUHIBBAH. i seldom mix with the chinese optionists cuz they are one kind- one kind in a way that they are hardworking, "kia su"(scared to lose) and selfish when it comes to sharing especially their assignments.
i say selfish because each time we ask them whether they have finished the assignments, their answer is always "NO". but when it is the dateline, my!oh my! Their assignments would be beyond words. They will spend so much on decorations etc. etc.etc. but for us in the English option, photostating from friends n changing the names would be good enough. Maybe that's why i don't feel the pressure during those 3 years.
then i was transferred to Baling, kedah after teaching in penang from 1988 - 1995. My first school here was SEK KEB TEMBAK, KUALA KETIL which is around 30 km -one way from my hse. that was in 1995 and that was when i started learning bahasa Melayu.
learning bm was not because i wanted to but rather forced to. i think my family back in penang can never imagine the standard of english in baling n kedah for the matter. if i don't speak bm, my pupils can't understand me. every English sentence i must translate in bm. as time went by, my bm improved a lot till now. as for my eng, it is not as good as it was.
in 2004, i was transferred to my present school. standard of eng is still the same. My beloved nieces n nephews-you all will be terkejuted n shockeded to know that here they can't differentiate -he, she, it, i, u ,we, they. most of the time i communicate using bm in or out of school. anyway,fyi people in kedah either speak chinese or malay. you seldom hear them speak eng. mu-wei n mu-ern also speak better bm n mandarin compared to english. GRAMMAR is terrible, horrible n vegetable in SP.i remembered teaching most of you eng and all of you had no problem learning grammar- tenses, subject-verb agreement n etc. etc etc.
the malays are simple, easy going, helpful n loving people. they accept you without looking at your status n they are very patient too. there are more reasons but maybe will continue some other time!!!!
to support my comment when i said that i like interacting with the malays, here are a few reasons.
firstly, when i was in penang, i hardly had any malay friends from primary to secondary school. it was when i went to Maktab perguruan kinta(teaching college)in ipoh that i started mixing with the malays. it might be due to the reason that i was in PI(english option)and in my class we have Malays, chinese, indians n sarawakians- MUHIBBAH. i seldom mix with the chinese optionists cuz they are one kind- one kind in a way that they are hardworking, "kia su"(scared to lose) and selfish when it comes to sharing especially their assignments.
i say selfish because each time we ask them whether they have finished the assignments, their answer is always "NO". but when it is the dateline, my!oh my! Their assignments would be beyond words. They will spend so much on decorations etc. etc.etc. but for us in the English option, photostating from friends n changing the names would be good enough. Maybe that's why i don't feel the pressure during those 3 years.
then i was transferred to Baling, kedah after teaching in penang from 1988 - 1995. My first school here was SEK KEB TEMBAK, KUALA KETIL which is around 30 km -one way from my hse. that was in 1995 and that was when i started learning bahasa Melayu.
learning bm was not because i wanted to but rather forced to. i think my family back in penang can never imagine the standard of english in baling n kedah for the matter. if i don't speak bm, my pupils can't understand me. every English sentence i must translate in bm. as time went by, my bm improved a lot till now. as for my eng, it is not as good as it was.
in 2004, i was transferred to my present school. standard of eng is still the same. My beloved nieces n nephews-you all will be terkejuted n shockeded to know that here they can't differentiate -he, she, it, i, u ,we, they. most of the time i communicate using bm in or out of school. anyway,fyi people in kedah either speak chinese or malay. you seldom hear them speak eng. mu-wei n mu-ern also speak better bm n mandarin compared to english. GRAMMAR is terrible, horrible n vegetable in SP.i remembered teaching most of you eng and all of you had no problem learning grammar- tenses, subject-verb agreement n etc. etc etc.
the malays are simple, easy going, helpful n loving people. they accept you without looking at your status n they are very patient too. there are more reasons but maybe will continue some other time!!!!
Sunday, October 5, 2008
those were de days....my friends lalalalala...
when i read wen's blog dis morning- i remembered those good old days when my nieces n nephews n of course me, myself were young.....
wen, remember the times when we pounded groundnuts with sugar???the huffs n puffs we had trying to separate the groundnuts from its skin. came to one stage when we used the hair dryer !!!! mouth watering juz thinking of it.... haven't had those in decades!!! must pound again once u come bak. hehe!!
my nieces surely remember de white bread- ist layer -milo, den sweetened condensed milk for the 2nd layer n milo again for the third layer n maybe fine sugar 4 last layer!!!!! Oooooo reali sweet! u noe me - a SWEEET lady...wen u din try it in sa. should b easy to get milo n milk.
den comes NUTELLA .... whalla ... till now i still can't resist it! Mu-wei oso loves it!!! Lk his mum,he oso has a sweet tooth. bak in penang, every holiday will buy a bottle n we will have a fun time trying to find the bottle of nutella. enjoyed spreading nutella on the bread n the knife will be practically finger licking clean!!!!!
den comes hokkien mee at ema's/por2's market. i guess when one is small your orders for hokkien mee is the same - only mee no taugeh. all of you still order the same? the three males in my family oso the same except for the amount of chilli:- uncle kiat n ern (3-4tsp)wei (1-2 tsp) Till today the best hokkien mee stall in sp canot compare to the stall at fettes park market!!!!! so you can imagine how bad the kedahans taste buds are!!!! when we go bak, we are lkie the hungry ghosts, wanting to eat everything n anything that we crave for........ penang hakwer food...when i come bak to sp have to diet for the next few days...
wen, remember the times when we pounded groundnuts with sugar???the huffs n puffs we had trying to separate the groundnuts from its skin. came to one stage when we used the hair dryer !!!! mouth watering juz thinking of it.... haven't had those in decades!!! must pound again once u come bak. hehe!!
my nieces surely remember de white bread- ist layer -milo, den sweetened condensed milk for the 2nd layer n milo again for the third layer n maybe fine sugar 4 last layer!!!!! Oooooo reali sweet! u noe me - a SWEEET lady...wen u din try it in sa. should b easy to get milo n milk.
den comes NUTELLA .... whalla ... till now i still can't resist it! Mu-wei oso loves it!!! Lk his mum,he oso has a sweet tooth. bak in penang, every holiday will buy a bottle n we will have a fun time trying to find the bottle of nutella. enjoyed spreading nutella on the bread n the knife will be practically finger licking clean!!!!!
den comes hokkien mee at ema's/por2's market. i guess when one is small your orders for hokkien mee is the same - only mee no taugeh. all of you still order the same? the three males in my family oso the same except for the amount of chilli:- uncle kiat n ern (3-4tsp)wei (1-2 tsp) Till today the best hokkien mee stall in sp canot compare to the stall at fettes park market!!!!! so you can imagine how bad the kedahans taste buds are!!!! when we go bak, we are lkie the hungry ghosts, wanting to eat everything n anything that we crave for........ penang hakwer food...when i come bak to sp have to diet for the next few days...
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