My Wonderful World(MWW)

Happy new year 2012

2011-12-31T23:28:00.003+08:00

I am just quoting from some one since I feel a bit down today

"When you feel alone like no one cares, read this because it's absolutely true: Every night, someone thinks about you before they go to sleep. At least 15 people in this world love you. The only reason someone would ever hate you is because they want to be just like you. There are at least 2 people in this world that would die for you. You mean the world to someone. Someone that you don't even know exists loves you. When you make the biggest mistake ever, something good comes from it. When you think the world has turned its back on you, take a look. Always remember the compliments you've received. Forget the rude remarks. "

And I want to wish everyone happy new year 2012

HOLIDAY YEAH

2011-11-21T15:45:00.002+08:00

Hi all, haven't been blogging for sometime, not really busy but not in the mood.
I am at home with my two kids, Mi and Naqib, my three other kids got class.
Naqib is trying to do some magic trick with playing cards.But his trick does not work 100%.
He is trying again. Hopefully this time its work.
Nazmi is watching cartoon on astro.
Bye for today.
I hope my mood to write will get better.

BERGADUH DALAM KELAS????

2011-07-13T12:14:00.002+08:00

It is 10.40 am. I was waiting for my class to start in 15 minutes.
Shamini: Teacher, can please come to our class? Kian Eng and Kwang Zhen are fighting.
Me: What happen?
Shamini: They were only teasing each other. Then suddenly they were fighting.. Can you come because they are afraid of you. I couldn't find Pn Hasimah(the class teacher).

I took my books and heading toward the class. I saw Kwang Zhen was running toward the boy's toilet. And Puan Hasimah was on the way to the class also. When we called him, he pointed to the class signalling us to go there. I asked Pn Hasimah to go first and I followed her later.

When I reached the class, I saw Pn Hasimah was holding a stick(from a broken broom) and asking Kian Eng what happen. Her voice was like interrogating Kian Eng. When I sat down, suddenly one of the girls from the front was holding the cake and everybody sang 'Happy birthday' song for Puan Hasimah and belated birthday for me.

We were speechless, but it was really a good suprise. If I had brough my handphone, surely I would post some picture here.
Thank you all. Really love you all. My heart is still pounding from the surprise.

MID YEAR EXAMINATION/JUMBLE POST

2011-05-19T08:07:00.003+08:00

SALAM,

I want to apologize for leaving my blog dead for so long. good thing is I still remember the password when I logged in.

I dedicate this post to my dearest student(see jee bon) who always asking me when I was going to update my blog. Jee Bon, this post is for you.

I am writing this post while everyone is busy answering their PA paper. Best of luck all of you. My Maths paper is tomorrow, and I pray that every will do well. It is not the examination that I am looking forward to, but the school break that come after that. I really need a long break, but the sad thing is my college kids will be back n college by then (Mayah will be in Bangi, can see her every week, Nazrin will be in Penang), so my holiday will be spent with the younger kids only(Naqib and Nazmi). Nadia is also busy with her practical(but she stays at home), so I will see her only in the evenings.

I think my holiday won't be totally free since I have exam papers to mark, and I might have meetings also. Also got wedding invitation to attend. We have not yet plan to go anywhere, but I think everything depends on my hubby if he can take time off from the office.

I better stop now.

See you,

to my students enjoy your holiday, but don't forget STPM is coming very fast in November.

Have a good day.

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2011

2011-01-03T17:16:00.002+08:00

Salam and hello all,
Surprise to see my post after I have been so quite for a long time? I have been meaning to write something, but I kept postponing it.

I want to wish everybody(my students, my friends and whoever happened to stumble upon my blog) happy new year. I wish the best for all of you and may this new year and the following years bring wealth and happiness.

To all my upper six students, may all of you come back with new resolution and study hard for the big exam this year since thus will determine your future.

I promise my blog won't be a dead one this year.
Bye for now.

Mathematicians Have No Sense Of Humor???

2010-08-02T17:49:00.002+08:00

Assalamualaikum,

I just came back from a 3 day meeting with some mathematicians. And one of my friends came up with these:-
1. when we write maths questions, we always use the phrase '... such as...' and we tried to find similar phrase in Malay. We came up with '...oleh yang sedemikian...'. The Malay version is so mouthful.
2. I even learn some Malay words with him such as when to use 'adalah' and 'ialah' in the sentence. When use 'ialah' it must follow by nouns, and 'adalah' follows by others like adjectives and so on.
3. Greatest height='tinggi yang terbesar?'
4. If 'tambah=campur' then 'nasi tambah=nasi campur'. But 'nasi tambah' is different from 'tambah nasi', macam 'pisang goreng' and 'goreng pisang'.Now I feel a bit hungry when I mention pisang goreng. hahahaha..........

So read and think about these.
Wassalam.

Delete Comments

2010-07-27T20:38:00.003+08:00

Dear readers,
I want to apologize because I have to delete all the comments made in foreign language. If anyone want to comment, please use English or Bahasa Malaysia.
Thank You.

R&D

2010-07-27T20:28:00.002+08:00

Salam,
Today is the new session of R&D. I met with all my students who will be under my supervision, 6 of them(from lower six Budi class). I will try to memorize their names later. Our session today was only on getting to know each other since I don't teach any of them.
Good luck all.
And, I am still waiting for the full report of their research from my upper six students since the dead line is this week.

3D

2010-05-29T18:40:00.002+08:00

Haven't been to the movies for a while.
Nadia persuaded me to go with her today. So 5 of us went too Sunway Pyramid since she wanted to see Shrek in 3D.

The funny thing is I got 'motion sick' with the animation. I had to take some panadols while watching. All the time I had to put my head on the head rest. But the movie was nice. A good lesson is learnt from that. You don't appreciate what you have until you loose it. I think it is worth it to pay RM20 for the movie.

Then after the movies, we went out and waited for Nadia from rest room. Naqib accidentally dropped his slipper 2 flights down. Luckily the slipper didn't get lost. Mayah went down to get it and off we went for lunch.

Our menu for today is Nasi Ayam at Chicken Rice Shop.

Then we headed home. I didn't feel like shopping around since My head was still spinning.

Hello Again (April-May 2010)

2010-05-28T12:27:00.007+08:00

I am still alive. Hahaha. Have been busy farming in FB than to write anything here.

All my kids are home now. At least for this weekend.

Just got home after picked up Mayah from SESERI.

I will have everybody home again next week for two weeks since school holidays will be here on the 5th of June.
4th Mac, Nazrin's birthday, followed by Along on 28th April, then my hubby on 2nd May and last but not least Nazmi's on 23rd May. Our wedding anniversary was on the 13th of April. I still remember got married during spring break on my 3rd year in university in New York. This time is our 26th anniversary. Can't believe we have been married that long. We went through many obstacles to get through here. Now bless with 5 kids, I consider my life is good. Naqib and Mayah's b/days will be the end of the year. But Naqib took the opportunity to blow the candles on almost other people's b/day.

Bought one cake only for Ayah and Along since their b/day so close.

School?Quite a lot of things happened in school. My upper six students just finished sitting for their mid year examination. I haven't finished marking my classes yet since there were so few of them. I will do it soon. The other forms are still sitting for the exam.
Lower six is finally here. At least the number of them increased compared to last year. Hopefully they will stay since I hate teaching small classes. I am teaching 2 classes lower six, Cergas and Azam. And this year I teach both paper 1 and paper 2. I have to prepare a bit for paper 2 since the last time I thought was in 2002. The syllabus doesn't change, but now everything must be thought in English.Sports day was fun. I considered it was one of the best in the last 14 years I am in ACS. I guess the house teachers went all the way with the march pass. Congrates to all teachers and students who took part in the sports day.Look at me taking picture with the queen of green houseTeachers taking part in teacher's event. Very funny scene.

Teacher's day?
We are celebrating it after the school Holiday. Why so late? Well I guess we can't slot in because of the exam.
Cupcakes made by my daughter for my friends for teacher's day. (thanks a lot Along)

These are some of the things happened in my life in the last 2 months. I will try to update my blog more often.

Thanks Alexis, Ren and the rest for visiting my blog. Thanks for your support.

MAC-APRIL 2010

2010-04-19T12:49:00.005+08:00

Hi all.

It has been a long time since I wrote anything here. So sorry for letting my blog untouched(dead).

It has been alot of things happenned in the past 2 months.

I have upload some pictures here to share with you all.

FIRST EVENT(13 MAC-18MAC2010)

During school holidays in Mac, I went to Beijing with my daughter Mayah and my friend NSO(she brought her 2 kids along)

We had a good time sight seeing and shopping.

Visiting Great Wall of Cina

Visiting Forbidden City(We were suprised with the snow fall on our first day there)

I don't now why people hanged so many pet locks on the chain on the great Wall.

2ND EVENT(7-8APRIL2010)
In the earlier program, the MSSD handball supposed to be held in Jun. But I got a called saying that they got fund for MSSS game. I was suppose to send some students for selection. Then 3 of my school students got selected to represent distric team. And I was appointed to be the manager for the girls' team.

Briefing before the game started.

Prize giving ceremony(We got 3rd place)

3RD EVENT(17 APR 2010)

The third event is ACS Hari Kecemerlangan 2009. This year I was given a new task. I am in the invitation comittee. But at the same time I was busy with attending central training for Handball district team. When the game ended and I came back to school, I started doing the follow up to verify if they are coming for the prize giving ceremony.

During the cermony, I managed to take the picture of Zureen Sophia(JJ's daughter)

4TH EVENT(19 APR 2010)

Nothing special happen today. This picture was taken on our back from the canteen. I guess this is considered one of the event since we hardly eat in the cateen anymore. Most of the time, I brought food from home. The fod in the canteen is still need much improvemant. We are are still waiting for that to happen.

Look at the dress of Pn Jesse and Poh Lay.

STPM RESULT IS OUT

2010-03-02T12:16:00.002+08:00

I want to congratulate those who got good result. May u all get good course in the local U.

For those who are not that happy with the result, remember that this is not the end of the world.
There are so much opportunity waiting for u out there. Maybe academic is not your thing, try on different field.

Best of luck.

STPM RESULT

2010-02-24T12:16:00.002+08:00

Well, I am sure everyone is so nervous already waiting for the result to be out. Davin had tried to access his result by using SMS since Monday but to no avail. Wen Yun said the result coming out so fast and she didn't want it. As for e, I am pretty nervous myself, but the bad news is I won't be here tomorrow since I will be going for the Malacca trip with Bowling Club.

I will miss you all tomorrow. But please keep me posted how you did. For those who won't get good result please don't tr to avoid me. I won't think bad of you if u don't pass my maths. And for all of you, I wish all the best and good luck in your future undertaking.

Jumble

2010-01-28T10:13:00.003+08:00

The fourth week almost comes to its end. It is Thursday already. Tomorrow is Friday. ACS is having cross country event. My duty is to be the the 'pencatat', since I wanted to be outside the school compound, I exchanged with Ustazah Norsiah to be at the check point E.

It has been a week since I continue writing this post. A lot of things happened in the week.

It started on Friday, while I was standing by the road side guiding the students crossing the street in the cross country event, I got a phone call from my nephew telling me that my big brother is in the hospital in Terengganu. He was admitted for chest pain and he was being treated in the CCU(Coronary Care Unit). It seemed he was having trouble breathing and the doctor diagonised that he has one cloak and he has to go for further treatment.

Then on Saturday morning, I took the flight back to Trg. Since I couldn't visit him until 1 pm and I arrived about 10 am, my high school classmate (her name is Shakimah) fetched me from the airport. We had a small reunion at one of the 'warung' in KT. I purposely asked them to meet me since we haven't seen each other for quite sometime. I had 'nasi dagang' (Trg specialty) and really enjoyed myself. (Felt a bit guilty for enjoying myself too much since my bro is in the hospital).

About 12.30, another friend (Khatijah) sent me to the hospital(actually the hospital is about 5 minutes drive from the place we met). My sister in law was at the hospital and when I called her, she came down to take me to my brother's room. Since my bro is in CCU, 2 people only can visit him at a time. My mistake was, I stayed with my brother too long. When I left, the doctor told my sister in law that his heart beat was very fast. I was suppose to visit him a short while only. He was suppose to be transfer to a normal room, but because of me he was detained in CCU for one more day.

On Sunday, before I took the flight back to KL, I went to visit my bro one more time. He looked very sad since he was still in CCU. After I stayed with him for about 20 minutes, I said goodbye and went out from the room without looking back. I knew I will cry if I turned around look at him.

Then another brother sent me back to the airport. But before we got to the airport, he took me to buy some 'keropok lekor' and we went to the Pasar Cabang Tiga and bought some satar. My flight reached KL at about 5.30 pm. When I got home, my nephew called me and told me that my bro is being transfered to a normal ward already. Thank God.

The next day, my bro was being shifted to Hospital University Kubang Kerian for further treatment. They suppose to do endeogram to remove the cloak. But there was another complication since he was allergic to pennicilin. They tried another form of medication and I guessed it worked since they went through with the procedure. By thursday, my bro is back in his home alrady since the procedure was a success. When I called him he sounded much better. We plan to go bac to TRG to visit him during CNY holiday.

Now my brother is resting at home since he got 1 month medical leave.

Last week there was nothing interesting happened in school. But on Saturday, I and 4 other teachers had to attend the meeting in PPD. We were brief about how to implement extra curicular activities for form six. There might be some changes with our programmes, but they are not yet finalized. We have to have meetings first before we can decide on any changes.

Now I am back in school(Monday already). Nothing much happened today, except we had formal assembly and Puan Emilia launched the 'Sekolah Penyayang' project. U6G won the cleanest class competition for the month of January.

I am stopping now since my post as become so lenghty already. Until we meet next time, adios.

WEEK 2

2010-01-16T22:31:00.002+08:00

It has been two weeks of the new school year 2010.
I am taking everything one day at a time. Many new things happened since the new school year started.

1. Now teachers have to use punch card to punch in and punch out. It is still under trial period and the worse thing is one day I forgot to punch out.

2. We(F6 teachers and students) started going back at 3.30 pm. Monday and Wednesday we stay back for extra curricular activities. And for Tuesday and Thursday we have to meet for Research and Development. Each teacher is assigned 5 or 6 students to assist with the research. They have to submit the proposal by Mac and carry on with the research and hand in the whole report by August. The truth is, as a teacher everything is still blur with me since I never did any research when I did my master. While assisting the students, I am also learning something new. I am taking this as a new challenge. Besides assisting the students, teachers also must do their ow research. I am still searching through the net to get some idea about how to do the research. (Maybe if I get something really good, then I can submit my proposal and continue with a PhD.............. wishful thinking----I should have done my PhD when I was younger, might be too late already).

3. Last week Davin reported as a substitute teacher in the school. 'Cher, last year I was your student, now I become your colleague', that was exactly what he said when he came t school.

4. The class went on as usual. I only have 8 period of teaching period(while Lower 6 still not yet here). Besides that I have been given some relief with lower form classes.

That's it for now. I will write more as the new things pop up.

Friday the 8th of Jan 2010

2010-01-08T10:53:00.003+08:00

Today is the end of the first week of school already. Actually it is not the end since we, the teachers and some students still need to come tomorrow for the 'gotong royong'.
I will be handling the Upper Six Students and the 'gotong Royong' will be part of the community service.
Good news for my upper six students, they may keep their posts in the clubs or society from the previous year. For those who still don't have any club or society must enter the ones that organise by the form six administration.
So far, I am still coping with my new timetable. Next week we are going to start staying back for extra curicular activities and the 'Research and Developement' project. It is going to be a long day for all form six teachers. There will be a lot of new changes for us and I am still taking this one day at a time.

I am starting having fun teaching upper six classes since U6G has 13 students and U6C has 8 students only.

I am going to stop now. But 2 days ago Siro and Huan Wan came to school. Yesterday Andrian came to collect his certificates.

I am waiting to see the rest of you.

Oh, by the way I am no longer the SPM coordinator and no longer the Handball teacher advisor since they appoint me to be the PK KOKO for form six.

That's all for today.

I Am Back

2010-01-05T12:42:00.002+08:00

I have been neglecting my blog for so long already.
A lot of things happen since the last time I wrote something here.
Today is the second day of school already. Eveything is a bit havoc considering we have to form the new admin for form six. Even after I saw the principle and told her I didn't want any admin post, she still put me to be the senior assistance fo extra curicular activities. Well, I have no say in this and I have to accept the post with my 26 periods of teaching and 6 more periods of staying back for the extra activities. Now everyday we have to go back at 3.20 pm. I complained about this to one of my friends, and he advised me to take this as a challange. Well I am going to do it and I will give my best.

Now, back to the classes that I am teaching this year. I only have two classes upper six and I will be teaching onother 2 classes lower six, but it will be both Maths 1 and Maths 2.

I really miss my upper six 2009 students. I miss teaching you guys and I miss having fun with you. Live was simpler when you were here.

I will try to kep my blog up to date and I will let you know what is happening in school.
Bye for now.

Answer for Math 1 Lower 6 Final 2009

2009-11-02T15:40:00.001+08:00

Answer for Math 1 stpm 2007

2009-10-28T07:10:00.002+08:00

Answer for Math 1 stpm 2006

2009-10-28T07:08:00.001+08:00

Answer for Math 1 stpm 2005

2009-10-28T07:05:00.001+08:00

Q and Answer for Functions Set 2

2009-10-23T22:48:00.002+08:00

Bakul(Basket)

2009-10-20T16:55:00.004+08:00

Definition of basket From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
(Redirected from Baskets)

A basket is a container which is traditionally constructed from stiff fibres, often made of willow. The top is either left open or the basket may be fitted with a lid.
The plant life available in a region affects the choice of material, which in turn influences the weaving technique. Rattan and other members of the Arecaceae or palm tree family, the thin grasses of temperate regions, and broad-leaved tropical bromeliads each require a different method of twisting and braiding to be made into a basket.
Although baskets were traditionally created to serve a utilitarian rather than an aesthetic purpose, the practice of basket making has evolved into an art. Artistic freedom allows basket makers a wide choice of colors, materials, sizes, patterns, and details.

Maybe some of you wonder, why suddenly I want to write about baskets.

This is one nice basket, commonly used in Malay wedding to give presents to either bride or groom.

This is a fruit basket, rather a nice one, I think.

This basket can be used to load a lot of things(multipurpose basket, snake charmer used to put snake inside )

This is rather special one. I miss having a baby in the house.(I got one story about baby in the basket, if anyone wants to know, you can ask me personally)

After seeing some examples of baskets, guess what I am going to write this time. This is still about basket. Some of you maybe heard this Malay saying, 'Masuk Bakul Angkat Sendiri'

Suddenly my group become quite famous with 'Kelab SS', or 'Kelab SSS'. This is one example of the Malay saying.

After attending the course in school on the 10th of October that day, what the woman said really make me think. The talk was given by Dr Fatanah Mohamed. She is a counselor in MU, ex-student of STF(Sekolah Tun Fatimah, one of the elite boarding school in JB). She got a master with GPA 4 flat.

Why do you think she told everybody about her achievements either in her studies or her carrier? Is she becomes a member of my Kelab already? If any of you attend any seminar or talk, the MC always introduce the speaker with her/his qualifications. Why do you think that it is neccesary to do that?

I never thought about having my own 'bakul'. Do you? What the lady meant by having your bakul was, you try to achieve as many thing as possible. If you do things, 'you must always be the best in the world', this one I really quoted from her.

For example, I am the best F6 maths teacher 'in the world', in ACS Klang. This is how we started fill in our bakul. If you are a student, you started fill in your bakul from now. Ask yourself, what you really love to do. If you are good in sport, then your bakul must be filled with something about sports. If you are good in academic, maybe you can start fill in your bakul, lets say, 5A for UPSR, 7A for PMR, 8A for SPM and 4 flat for STPM. Then you can continue filling in with dean's list, best students, and so on after you enter college.

Come on, every one must have some thing that you are good at. So you can start fill in your bakul now. Don't worry about your bakul different from your friend's one.

Don't stop fill in your bakul when you graduate, you can continue adding more stuff to your bakul.

Lets say, if you happen to be a Sergeant, be the best in the world, in Malaysia.

If you are a pilot, also be the beat pilot, or have your own aviation company.

Be the best engineer in the world.

The best lawyer in the world.

Don't stop now, continue fill in your bakul. And remember don't compare your bakul with anybody because you are special in your own way.

Q62008 Maths 1 paper

2009-10-19T22:17:00.002+08:00

Answer for Trial STPM 2009

2009-10-15T23:26:00.004+08:00

Card Raya from U6Azam 2009

2009-09-28T22:56:00.003+08:00

Thanks all U6 Azam boys and girls for giving me such a memorable card.

I will treasure it always.

Answer for Enrichment 3

2009-09-26T23:08:00.004+08:00

Answer for Enrichment 2

2009-09-26T23:04:00.002+08:00

Answer for Enrichment 1

2009-09-18T14:06:00.002+08:00

Question and Answer asked by Praba

2009-09-18T13:58:00.003+08:00

Please disregard Question 11(out of syllabus)

Fasting Month..........Buka Makan Apa?

2009-09-13T20:08:00.004+08:00

'Hari ni berbuka nak makan apa?'

This question is frequently asked among us either in school or within the family.

During fasting month, many people will show their hidden talent in cooking.

Including me.

In school, we start exchanging recepies.

When breaking our fast, we want something different from having rice everyday.

So we come up with many recepies.

Some of the dishes I cooked to break the fast were soto ayam, sphagetti bolognise, baked macaroni, fried rice, kebab, nasi ayam, nasi lemak, mee goreng, and as for today we had soup with either behoon, mee or roti canai.

And don't forget about the kuih. So far I made puding pelangi, puding jagung, puding caramel, popiah, bubur jagung and many more.

I used to make many more kuih and dishes for buka puasa but this year I kind of not in the mood to cook. Most of the time my maid will cook for us.

Another tradition during fasting month that I always did with my husband was going to bazaar Ramadan. We would go to almost all bazaar in Shah Alam(Stadium Shah Alam, Seksyen 17, Seksyen 19, Seksyen 18, Seksyen 6 and of course Seksyen 7). But we hardly bought anything. We just like to look at different kuih being sold there. But we stop going to bazaar Ramadan this year already. We just eat whatever we cook at home.

This year, no more taking bubur lambuk from masjid negeri, which I always did almost every other day last year.

Fasting Month-Bamboo cannon

2009-08-30T06:52:00.003+08:00

Bamboo cannon
Meriam buluh or bamboo cannon is a type of home-made firecracker which is popular during the Hari Raya festive season in Malaysia, and during the New Year's day celebration in the Philippines. Like other fireworks, bamboo cannons are illegal as stated in Malaysian Explosive Act 1957; ironically, more Malay children turn to the more dangerous bamboo cannon as an alternative to commercial firecrackers which were made illegal by the government.

How it works
A typical bamboo cannon consists of a large bamboo and a mixture of calcium carbide and water. The chemical reaction formed as a result of mixing calcium carbide with water inside the bamboo produces acetylene, an explosive gas. The acetylene explodes when a flame is introduced to the mixture. The explosion may cause severe injury if not handled carefully.
Kerosene is also used as a fuel. Less than a cup (about 200ml) of hot kerosene is poured into a small hole near the breach of the cannon. A lighting stick is used to ignite the fumes and fire the cannon. Then fresh air is blown into the small hole and the cannon is fired again. It takes some practice to make the loudest bang. The bamboo is usually around 4 to 6 inches in diameter and 4 to 5 feet long.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is not us, just a picture to show how one play with meriam buluh.

I promise in my previous post to write a story about meriam buluh. For us in the kampung, our fasting month won't be complete without meriam buluh. How we to know that playing meriam buluh was against the law(according to the above statement). We just wanted to have fun. We couldn't afford to buy the fire cracker as we only got money to buy food only. We used kerosine as the fuel to ignite our meriam buluh. But the sound was not so fantastic. Some of us came out with a lot of ideas on how to outdo our friends one. Whoever had the loudest sound was consider like champion. I played meriam buluh with my friends too. Don't be suprise that I also helped my brother in making our meriam buluh the loudest.

This incident happenned when I was still very young. If I am not mistaken, I was about 6, as my brother was 5 years older than me. My brother decided to play meriam buluh with his friend. When I wanted to tag along, he said no. They played the meriam buluh near the surau, about 200m from our house. We heard a very loud bang came from their meriam buluh. It was not a usual bang. The villagers ran the surau to see what happen. We saw blood was everywhere. One of my brother's friend was covered with blood. My brother got a slight injury as he only watched the friend playing. The friend lost two fingers. After further investigation, we found out that they did not use the kerosene, as we always did. This time they use carbide to make the sound louder. And carbide can explode easily and the meriam buluh also can break quite easily too.

Do you think we learned our lesson? The answer is yes. At least for that year only. When Ramadan came again the following year, we went back to our ways, have fun with meriam buluh.

Fasting Month.........so fast

2009-08-29T10:02:00.003+08:00

We have been fasting over one week alredy. How the time flies.

This year we are training Naqib to fast.

Suprisingly, he is very enthusiatic about fasting. He had been watching the animate 'Upin and Ipin' alot. I gues he got the spirit from that.

When I woke him up about 5 am for 'sahur', he woke up almost immediately.

Sometimes I had to feed him rice just to make sure he really eat. I don't want him to go on empty stomach one whole day.

So far, Naqib has not been fasting everyday. Alhamdulillah

As for Nazmi, he never gave me any problem since he was in my womb. He actually started fasting when he was 5 years old. This year I see him quite energetic. He always go for second, sometimes third helping when he bteak his fast, some goes for sahur as well.

When we started fasting, Naqib would start asking about 'bunga api'. So I asked around for the place where I can purchase some bunga api for him. Yesterday, I found one store in Seksyen 7 which sold the thing bunga api. I want my kids to have fun as we did when I was small. I still remember playing with fire crackers and 'meriam buluh' when I was small. That time, we can still purchase those things legally. [I will write another story about 'meriam buluh' in my next post]

These are some picture that I manage to take but the pictures are a little bit blur because it was very dark.

Naqib is playing with bunga api. I make sure he wore the mask since he had been coughing quite bad lately.

I took the shot too late, the bunga api finished already.

Nazmi with the bunga api.

Nazmi and Naqib enjoying themselves.

Look at the smoke........Luckily they are wearing the mask.

PMS (Version 2)

2009-08-22T09:49:00.003+08:00

This story happened long time ago when I was studying in the United States(Rockland Community College, Suffern New York). It was summer 1982.

Imagine how we fast during summer because the day was longer than night. We started fasting about 4 am and only can break our fast about 8.30 pm. The temperature (it was about 100degrees F) also didn't contribute to our comfort. Some of us took summer courses and some of us just lazying around. Many of us who didn't have class went sight seeing in New York City or some other cool places like Niagara Falls.

It happened during the month of Ramadan. The Malay community there was small. There were about 30 of us. Once a week, we girls cooked something special and we broke our fast together. As for me, I was just helping only since I was not that good in the kitchen.(Learned to cook only after I got married)

The next day, I didn't fast because it was that 'time of the month'. I was cooking something (only goreng telur) in the kitchen for breakfast. At the same time my roommate was talking on the phone to her boyfriend(now her husband). And the phone happened to be in the kitchen. He heard the noise of my cooking and asked what was that noise. My friend said "Biah tengah basuh pinggan yang lepas makan semalam". Takkan nak cakap I was cooking when everybody suppose to fast. Her boyfriend told the boys about me washing the dishes, and they felt bad since the dishes was used by them the previous day. He didn't know it was a lie to cover me eating in the day time of Ramadan.

The moral of the story is, after that incident, the boys would wash the dishes after each gathering. And the girls didn't need to clean up the dishes after each gathering. At least they can rest after they were quite tired cooking the food for them.

REVISION

2009-08-19T14:50:00.003+08:00

I finish my syllabus with U6 Yakin, U6 Gigih and U6 Azam already.

I use my class with them to do revision.

Everyday I brought STPM model paper and ask them to do.

I told them they have to do at least one set of questions per week.

Here are some of the shots I took with U6 Yakin today when they suppose to be doing revision.

Weng Yee trying to solve the question.

Chee Hong and Alwin- so busy doing 'IQ game'

Hong Yee watching Alwin and Chee Hong Playing the 'IQ' game.

Chester- so busy doing his work and didn't notice I took a pic of him

Sherlyn-starting to do revision on Function after I told them there will be a test on function after the holiday.

Sherlyn-look fresh even after she recharged her battery for 1 bar only

PMS

2009-08-14T18:29:00.002+08:00

What is PMS?

'Pak Mail Sayang?'

Right.

Because my husband's name is Mail

And of course I love him.

But this is about woman's problem

'Pre Menstrual syndrome'

I want to tell a story which happen long time ago(30 years ago), whe I was in form 4.

I still remember one day, it was that time of the month. My ustazah asked me to recite Quraan, but you are not allow to recite Quraan or solat during that time. So I told ustazah that I couldn't recite. One of my class mates(quite naughty) named Madi heard me and marked the date on his calender.

When I was young, I always got PMS. One of them was stomach cramp. My form teacher named Pn Tan showed me a tablet and told me to take it if I didn't feel comfortable. But Madi overheard her and he made a lot of noise. He said that he was going to tell everybody that I took contraceptive pill if I didn't tell him the truth. To stop him, I tolh him that the tablet was actually for a 'PERIOD' pain. Actually he didn't know what PERIOD was, and he knew the truth only after a bit of explaining from me.

Then he used that as a weapon to atck me and other girls. From that day, when that time of the month came, Madi made some remark like 'eh, nanti PERIOD ke 3 ada apa?', 'PERIOD ke 8, perlu ke pergi makmal' and a lot more 'PERIOD', PERIOD' AND PERIOD'. Are you guys these days as naughty as him?

After all these years, I thought I am over PMS already. But this month I felt so moody and my back really ache. Forunately, this only happen for 2 days only.

When women got PMS, they are not themselves. It is the hormon that derive the women crazy and acted wierder than usual. So, men please get prepare to deal with women in your lives having PMS.

Thursday Outing with Nadia

2009-08-06T18:32:00.003+08:00

Morning:
I messaged Pn Saejah, told her that I won't be in school today because I had a doctor appointment. I went to the clinic about 9 am. When the doctor checked, it seemed that my blood pressure was on the high side, 150/100. I got MC today.

Afternoon:
I went back home and took a long nap and woke up when Nadia got home about 2 pm after her bowling practice. We went through internet to see what time the movie 'Proposal' will be screened. But the time is not suitable at all. Finally we decided to watch the malay movie, 'SETEM' (I seldom watch malay movie). The casts included Rashidi Ishak and Afdlin Shauki(Should take Kelvin to watch this movie since his twin is the actor.....hahaha......refer to his pic wearing the keeper attire in FB). And I had a good time. We laughed a lot.
This movie is about a stamp supposed to be worth USD4 mil. So, many 'penyangak' wanted to get their hand on the stamp. They went through some kind of adventure to steal the stamp but when they finally got the stamp, it happened to be a fake one.

Some lines that really tickled me:
Rashidi: Kenapa kau pakai baju macam Justine Timberlake?
Afdlin : Tadi kau call aku suruh pakai macam Justin Timberlake'
Rashidi: Aku call kau kata 'just don't be late' bukan Justin Timberlake.
Hahaha........ we laughed

Another line:
' dia pulang paku buah keras'
'Hah, apa? Buah dia kena paku?
Hahaha..........more laugh

Well, over all I would say the movie was really good.
I really recommend you guys to watch this movie SETEM.

It happenned that Jusco got a day sale today.
So after the movie we went shopping which we didn't plan. We ended buying things worth about RM400. Well if we got the money from selling the 'setem' we could buy more. Hahahaha..........

Outings

2009-08-02T22:10:00.004+08:00

Friday:

Went to Bukit Raja with Nadia to watch 'The taking of Pelham 123'

It was a good movie.

I rate 4.5 out of 5

Leave 0.5 for human error.

After the movie, Nadia wanted ice cream. So see what happen.

I didn't have any because I am not that crazy about ice cream.

A whole pint for her

Baskin Robbin: Chocolate triology n praililenes & ceam

She finish the pint by herself

The upside down ice-cream(see the ice cream doesn't fall.......hahaha)

Saturday

Kelvin's mom invited me to have dinner with her and Kelvin. Since I don't like to go out at night alone I asked Nadia to follow me. We went 'Restaurant GI Joe'. (Is it coincident? Since the movie GI Joe will be on screen next week). Well, we ordered alot of food.(Kangkung goreng belacan, telor bungkus, ikan masak 3 rasa, daging masak merah, and last but not least is tomyam).

We had a nice dinner and I got to know Kak Cheng better.

Ian Siakap masak 3 rasa

' Abang' Kelvin and Nadia

Nadia and Untie Cheng

Kelvin and Me

Nadia, Kak Cheng and Me

P/S:Next Thursday, I promise Nadia to watch 'The Proposal'.

Why so Blue? 2nd version

2009-07-28T18:46:00.004+08:00

Look at the sky during assembly on monday

The black cloud coming our way

The sky is getting darker

The cloud almost cover the sky(Look at the layer of the cloud)

The sky is totally dark(I think by that time the students can feel the drizzle)

Pity them, they still obediently sitting under the light rain

Many people consider Monday as the worst day of the week. After spending your weekend doing a million things, you already exhaust yourself. Then the workload waiting for you at your work place.

Things is getting worse if suddenly the person very close to you doesn't want to talk to you anymore. That person really make your monday very bleak. You wish you can turn back the clock and start everything all over again. You don't want to have that kind of monday because it is going to effect your week. You start to think what you did wrong with her. Maybe you are really in the wrong, but is it worth it to sacrifice like 10 years of friendship just because of something very little. Maybe the person thinks it is a big issue. At least try to talk about it. You don't want to have a sleepless nite over this.

I think this is really contagous, when I visited my Mayah, she was so sad. This is the first time she cried before I leave her. Alot of things happenned to her in the hostel. What happen to my strong Mayah?

She hardly cried before. Somebody really hurt her feeling. I don't know what to do. I consoled her, gave her advice and tried to make her feel better. I end up feeling as blue as her.

Today, things are not getting any better. The person still doesn't want to talk to you. Didn't even look at your face. Why suddenly 10 years of friendship turns into hatred just like that? You got to be so depress until you get yourself sick. Luckily your blood pressure doesn't go sky high.

I am going to stop now before I become more emo.

I hope I don't make you as bleak as me after reading my post.

Hope tomorrow will bring a little bit of sun shine.

Why so Blue?

2009-07-22T21:40:00.003+08:00

It happens to me today.

I have this feeling that everything is so unsettle.

I got angry too easily.

I feel like I am going to explode.

I also feel that many people failed me today or the way around

(Did I failed anybody today? I don't mean the test I gave the today.)

Is it because of the eclipse?

Or just because F6 teachers have to stay until 3.30?

I have to be positive.

Things happened must be for the reason.

Well, I am going to sleep on it tonite.

Pray that tomorrow I won't be so emo.

God, please give me strength....Amen

Kopi Susu Kurang Manis Tambah Gula......Like 2 in 1=3

2009-07-19T20:41:00.008+08:00

Kopi(Gerkorama)

Finally Gerkorama day is over. Sure, later you will here a lot of comments about the biggest event organised by the school in the decade. I was there from 7.30 am until 1.30pm. The night before the event, I persuaded Nazmi and Naqib to come with me. And I was suprise because Nadia decided to joint us. Well the more the merrier.

We watched concert first, but after a while we decided to go outside to get some food. We bought food and drink and sat on the bench at walkaway to have our breakfast. Naqib ate two boxes of pizza(seems to be his favourite food, can finish 4 slices if we bought a large one).

Then Naqib and Nazmi tried on horse back riding. Then I took them for the mini bike ride. After that they played in the kid 'play ground'(I don't what it is called).

Then Naqib wanted to go to the bathroom. Then we stayed to watch the concert for a while. We got to watch nasyid (Aiman and his friend, forgot his name) and a band show from our students(I guess).

Naqib wanted to go to the haunted house, but Zheng Yi told us it is already closed for a break and will open again at noon. He asked us to come again, but we didn't go back because I know the queue was too long.

Then we went outside again. The kids got to meet their 'brother' and took picture with him.

My kids(Nazmi, Kel, Nadia and Naqib)

We bought more drinks and I decided to have my hand painted with henna. I gave Nadia some money to take the kids for more games. The kids went to play paint ball shooting, then 'throw the ball to cans', follow by sand art. When I finished painting my hand with henna, I took them to play 'darts'.

We didn't win anything and we spent a lot of money. Finally the moment that we had been waiting for, Nadia went horse back riding( pity the horse). The kids went another round with the horses as well. Then we went back home. Puan Zakiah got a ride with us.

But when I chatted with Davin earlier today, he told me that the crowd came after 1.30pm. I guess everybody was waiting to see Bunkface.
If you ask my opinion,(nanti ada org kata, tak tanya pun...), I would say that the event attact quite a crowd considered very little and late promotion.

Susu(Shopping)
Today, I went shopping withNadia(actually we wanted to buy material to make baju kurung for Hari raya-puasa pun belum, tapi takut tailor tak terima).

Look at the picture below. What do you think? It looks like a beadspread(Kata nadia-kalau mak pakai baju dari kain ini dan mak baring atas tilam yang ada beadspread macam tu, mesti orang x nampak mak..lalaal.....)

It is actually kain viscose (quite expansive)

Look at this material. Namapak macam apa? Beadspread again ? or curtain

Nadia kata sesuai ngan dia buat baju, hehehe.....

Sesuai tak kalau saya pakai skirt macam ini?

Well, we had fun. Tak sangka kadang2 Nadia pun gila-gila jugak macam mak dia. Hehehe...

Gerkorama.......Why....

2009-07-17T16:47:00.002+08:00

I know so many of you are looking forward to this event.

This is consider like the event of the year, may be the biggest event organized by ACS since I had been here(13 years already).

But why I feel very reluctant to attend.

I don't mind the money I already donated to the school.

It is because I am not directry involve.

To tell the truth I really feel being left out.

The only reason I'll attend the event because of my students.

I don't want to dissapoint them because I know they work really hard to make everything successfull.

Good luck everybody.

May everything goes smoothly.

Kantin oh kantin

2009-07-14T18:37:00.003+08:00

Fried rice from canteen

Some comments from the teachers about nasi goreng today bought by Anis

Anis: rasa macam hampas, mahal sangat ke garam? Esok nanti hantar sebungkus

Zu: X rasa garam langsung, ada cili aje

Mid: (after trying the fried rice, she throw it away) X de rasa

Jah: Tawar sangat

Mas: X de garam

Norsiah : X de garam dan nasi rasa lain

Zai : X de garam

Me and NSO: Did not taste the fried rice since we were fasting today

When someone called the canteen to ask for explanation, the man said the rice was fried by somebody in the morning.

The question is, did they tast the food first before they sell them?

Things We take for Granted

2009-07-10T21:55:00.004+08:00

Health
Good fortune
Friends
Time
Life
Love

We are lucky that we are still alive. How is our life so far? Do we lead a good life, or is it just an okey life or is it just plain unlucky? Do one ever sit down and wonder why we are given this life? Why God created us on the earth. Is it just to watch us being miserable or else? Were we given choices when God created us? Did we ever wonder why we deserve such a life? When we look at someone better than us, do we wonder why we cannot be like them? What sins done by our ancesters to make God punish us with such a miserable life? Why I cannot be rich like the other guy? Why not many people like me? Why the other guy is more popular than me? Why I cannot be smart like him? Why I cannot get even one girl to like me? Why my parents not as rich as the guy next to me? Why I had been choosen to go to PLKN? Hahaha......Why I have to enter F6? Why I need to study? Why my dad doesn't love me like my friend's dad does? Why nobody wants to talk to me in the class? Why I get less mark than my friend? What did I do wrong that my parents don't love me? Why?Why?Why?Why???????????

Well, you can ask yourself millions of qustions. You dream on a lot of things. To be rich, to be good looking, smart, to have a nice car(maybe sporty), pretty girlfriend or boy friend, lots of friends, exel in ur study, enter good college and so on........ Dream on. Make sure your dream will not turn into nightmares. Do somehing about that. But How?

You will never get what you want if you just being a dreamer. You have to start somewhere. People make new resolution every new year. How many actually succeeding toward their goals? You don't need to wait until new year to actually make one. You can do it rightnow. You can start with something simple, like I want to wake up extra 10 minutes early everyday or today on my way to work, or to school, I want to greet people good morning, or I want to start my day with happy thoughts. There are many things you can do. You have to make yourself feel good first. Always think positive. Then you can work out on more serious goal.

If something bad happen in your life, don't give up. Life goes on. It is ok to feel sad, but don't let it ruins your life. Life is too short to waste on feeling sorry about yourself. Just think if you are having bad luck, there is someone somewhere in the world is having worse fate than you.

Learn to manage your time. It doesn't mean you have to make a nice timetable and must follow it like a bible. You must have priority. Do the task which is more urgent first. Never postpone what you can do now because you don't know whether you still got time to do it later.

Find friends that will be with you through your good or bad time. There are many people who want to laugh with you, but very few who want to cry with us. Remember that someone is there when you need a shoulder to cry too.

Don't be too proud with the wealth you have now. Things can disappear with the blink of an eye, like what happenned in Acheh(Tsunami) and many other places. Fill your head with knowledge, because nobody can take that away from you.

Remember that we are human. Human makes mistakes. So it is okey to make mistakes. Don't expect perfection from anybody. If you do that, you are expecting failure. And if you make mistakes, admit it and be ready to recieve any type of punisment. Act like a man. Don't try to find exuces or blame on others for something you do or not do. It is okey if you act like a small kid once in a while. Cry, if it will make you feel better. Crying won't make less a man of you. No need to think of excuses, be truthful. Find friends who will give good influence on you. Who will make you feel good about you. If you want your friendship to last, you have to accept the good and the bad of your friend. Just remember your friends are also human. Don't expect perfection from him also. In order for friendship to last, you must learn to forgive and forget. Don't expect people to accept you if you cannot accept them. 'If you cannot beat them, you join them'. Always think of the good side good your friend when they did something to annoy you.

What I wrote here came from my heart. Hope we can live a better life. Have a happy life. Don't give up hopes.

Remember no matter how bad your life looks at the moment, there is someone out there who loves you.

Accident (About 20m from my house)

2009-07-08T22:10:00.007+08:00

The time was about 5.30 pm. I almost reached home, I saw Nadia's car park by the road side near my house. What came to my mind, she was still home, didn't go to campus since she got a six o'clock class. Suddenly a taxi came from around the corner and took a long turn. I braked my car and almost in stationary. And was hoping the taxi driver saw me and stop his car. I guessed he didn't see me and went straight toward my car. He knocked my front bumper on the driver side.

As I get out from my car, I asked for his IC and license but he refused to give me. He said I only show my documents to police. And he said said some more if I want to make a police report, just take the licence plate. I didn't speak to him in hashly manner or scolded him. I just asked him about the way he was driving. He claimed he was talking to the passenger at the back,I guess that's why he didn't see me coming. Then one of my neighbours came out and tried to deal with him. He still gave the same answer and refuse to cooperate. Claimed he couldn't afford to pay for the damages. My neighbour asked him to wait while he called the police, but he took off just like that.

I called my husband and told him what happenned. He said he was on the way home and will be home in 10 minutes.

After he looked at the damages, he said no need to do police report since we might be charged RM300 and the cost to repair might be about the same amount. I learned to deal with the incident. I try to think positive and don't want to get angry because it will spoil my day(or night). It already happenned, and I cannot turn back the clock.I guess my husband felt the same.

After thinking it over, I can accept with what happenned, but regret with the rudeness of the taxi driver.

He never apologised to me for knocking my car.

He said I was making a big deal for such minor incident

(Of course I love my car since I have it less than 8 months)

He refused to cooperate

He ran away just like that

He didn't want to take responsibility for his action

He was more concern about his passenger than discussing about the incident

He didn't look guilty at all

By the way, I took the phone number of the radio taxi and called that number. The lady who answered the phone was quite cooporative. When I told her what happenned and asked her for the driver's name, she just gave the name and the phone number of the taxi driver.

With my hand phone I managed to take several shots. Look at the pictures below. Anybody know the man?

The Taxi license plate

The Taxi Company

His name is Fazli, phone number is 0172933560

The dent on the front bumper

A closer look at the dent

Jumble Post

2009-07-05T22:24:00.006+08:00

Friday(3rd July)
I was awestruck by the tree with so many beautiful flowers near the canteen and asked Zai and Kin to join me taking some pics. We asked Cui Teng to join us. At first she was the photographer, but we persuaded her to be in the pic as well. The flowers reminded me of cherry blossom in New York. Everytime the wind blew, the flowers kept falling down. It was really awesome.

We posed under the blooming tree and as u can see the ground was covered with fallen flowers.

Today(Sunday-5th July)-The day I let Nadia driving my car.
Look at the pic below. Can you see who is driving? Of course it is not me. It is my daughter, Nadia driving my Estima. What I felt? Mixed feelings. I know I trust her driving already(since she is over her 'P'). Look at her face, enjoying herself. Whe I asked her later what she felt? Biasa aje, she replied. But I got butterfly in my stomach all the way to Shah Alam Plaza from our house.

Car Show Room
In Shah Alam Plaza, they had a car show room. While Nadia was buying ice-cream(Baskin Robbin), I went to look at the cars. I even went and sat inside a Honda City. Attracted by the big boots, actually. This is the picture of the car interior. Another thing attracted me was the Audio system(even got usb port-can play music from I-pod).

Honda City interior

Mayah's School

As usual Mayah called me on Friday and 'ordered' so many things including what she wanted to have for lunch on Sunday when I visit her. She asked me to buy her Kenny Rogers chicken.

We watched her eat while we talked.We didn't eat since we had our lunch at home. She told us about her week, and we laugh alot. I don't remember how it started, but we made fun of A Samad Said beard. Here are some of the things we said about the beard:

the beard after doing technique rebonding

the beard after taking bath

the beard after eating soup

the beard after eating mee hailam

the beard when he tied like a ponny tail with a ribbon on it

the beard before and after he dye

We we like crazy people, came up with unexpected ideas, and I laughed with tears in my eyes.

Mayah, enjoying her food(I even helped her cut the chicken)

Don't they look cute(Do you think they are like twins, like mirror image)

Tagged bay Nadia

2009-07-03T18:26:00.003+08:00

THREE NAMES I GO BY
-Bie/Biah[called by my friend]
-mmak/mama[by my children]
-sayang [call by the special someone]

THREE JOBS I HAVE HAD IN MY LIFE
-cook
-counselor
-teacher

THREE PLACES I HAVE LIVED
-Terengganu
-New York
-Shah Alam, s'gor

THREE TV SHOWS THAT I WATCH
-cerekarama
-hindustan[feeling habis]
-sin chan

THREE PLACES HAVE BEEN (with frens)
-Langkawi
-Kenyir water fall
-New York City

THREE PLACES I WANT TO GO
-Indon
-East Malaysia[never been there]
-Europe

THREE OF MY FAVORITE FOODS
-Pizza[eating wif some 1 special]
-BBQ fish[cecah sambal air asam-yummy]
-Fried Kuay Tiow

THINGS I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO
-bowling tournment
-weekend
-exam result[my student's result]

THREE PETS THAT YOU HAVE OWNED
-fish[selalu bunuh diri]
-fish[bunuh diri lagi]
-x suka pets sebenarnya

THREE FRIENDS WHO WILL probably REPLY

-Kin
-Zai
-any body else
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THREE FAVORITE BANDS/SINGERS
-Faizal Tahir
- x tahu
-Easy listening

THREE FAVORITE SPORTS TO WATCH
-basket ball
-football
-any game

THREE FAVORITE DRINKS
-Teh O
-Teh O limau ice[dah lama x minum bcos of the coughing]
-mineral

-----TAGGED-----
by Nadia

I am 26 today........V2

2009-07-01T21:00:00.005+08:00

Some of the cakes I got for my b/day

From Nadia-Strawberry cheese cake, (after I ate half of the cake, only I remembered to take the picture)

This cake, we ordered in school 'Chocolate indulgence' it is soo good....... feel like I gain 2 kg today since the cake is also a 2 kg cake

This one bought by Nadia also for the whole family(Chocolate temptation......wow another tasty cake)

Notice '26th' written on the cake

The food that I prepared for dinner

Spaghetti

Bolognose style

Laksa Johor

I am 26 today........

2009-06-30T17:12:00.007+08:00

20 years ago.

That's what I told my friends and my students when they asked me how old I am today.

My 'SS' Group

My 'daughter' Kin @ Ann started wishing me b/day, she 'salam', kissed and hugged me. Then followed by Zai, Sal, Anis, Jojo and Zu. Then a lot more teachers wished me happy b/day. Thanks all of you because you are like my second family. Luv u very much.

Me and the SS Group

NSO was hugging me.

Upper Six Gigih
When I passed by the class, then QPT came out from the class and wshed me b/day outloud. Then Thahranya(mind the spelling) and Tripura came to wish me as well. Then Shanti wished me aso. Sorry forgot to mention that Ah Boon also wished me happy b/day also.

Upper Six Azam
Davin wished me 'Good morning and Happy Birthday Pn Rabiah' when I entered their class.
I was really suprise they remembered my b/day. Then they sang Happy b/day song to me twice. I was really touched.

Upper Six Yakin
When somebody(forgot who already) asked me, why I dressed up. I replied because it was my b/day. Then they wished happy b/day and sang b/day songs to me in three languages. Wen Yeng(I think) came up with a candle, while Sherlyn supplied the lighter. The lighted the candle and sang again. They asked me to make a wish and blew the candle. Thanks u guys, I don't know what to say.

They made me hold the candle while 'guess who' facing back.

Bowling, Ohh....... Bowling

2009-06-29T18:57:00.005+08:00

Sunday(28/6/09)

Got a message from NSO, invited me to join bowling Clinic in Klang Parade.

So I went with Nadia(my daughter).

The technique looked quite easy, but I think it is too late for me to learn new things.

Well, I tried really hard, but everytime I did, the ball went down the gutter.

I did better using my own style.

I looked at other people playing, it looked so easy.

But I am not giving up.

Monday(29/6/09)

I have to take picture of the level where I parked my car(afraid I cannot find the car later)

Today, I went to Sunway Pyramid with Nadia and Nor(my niece) to practice some more. I wanted to go to Plaza Alam Central, in Shah Alam, but there was some event going on there because all parking were full.

In Sunway Pyramid, there were a group of people was practicing the game. They looked like Malaysian team since they wore uniform t-shirt with'Malaysia' written at the back. I have a long way to go if I want to be like them. Sound Impossible too. Every time they threw a ball, they got a strike.

My final score(mine is B for Biah)

So, at Megalanes, each of us played 2 games only. By the time we finished, my leg(lft side) was really hurt. My body also ache. I think my muscle was suprise with me playing bowling 2 days in a roll. But I think I have improved a bit. I have to practice some more before the tournament. I don't think I will win, but if I loose, I want to loose in style. I have two more weeks to prepare for the game.

We became SSS posing infront of the lift.

Bye Bye Nazrin..........

2009-06-27T17:44:00.006+08:00

Good bye abang(what the family call him). After I hugged and kissed him, I can't believe that I cried. And I hugged him again. The rest of the family was cool aje.

Well, of course, since I don't know when I am going to see him again. Of course I cannot see him every week since Penang and Shah Alam are too far.

He looked cool aje, but I know he was touched when he saw me crying. Even one lady behind me cried again when she saw me crying.

I cannot help myself, since he is not feeling well. Since yesterday, he was sick, he got fever and he didn't have the apetite, and vomitted. But before I left him, he looked much better. I know he is strong, so I shouldn't feel so bad.(Just pujuk myself)

Naqib, sleeps with style in the car on the way to Penang

Last nite we spend the night at Bukit Merah Lake Town Resort. My husband wanted to come back and spend another day there after sending him, but I am really not in the mood. We just went to visit the shops there. For me, what I saw did not interest me at all.

A sign board at Lake Town

Nadia and Nazmi posing in Lake Town

Nazrin posing in Lake Town(infront of the condo where we stay)

On the way back, I drove half way. The first time I went over 155km/h. Wow......... I cannot express how I feel. Suprise with myself, maybe. But I had to reduce the speed as the rain was very heavy. Really anticimax since I had to go like 60-80 only. But we reached home about 4 hours only from Penang.(If not of the rain, we woulh have arrived home sooner)

Nazrin filled in the forms in his room

Nadia, Nazmi n Naqib on the bed in Nazrin's room

The last look of Nazrin b4 we left him.

When I lost my Voice In U6Azam

2009-06-23T21:52:00.009+08:00

Because of my own carelessness(last night I ate a lot of mango), I lost my voice.

When I entered U6 Setia the first two period, I forced myself to teach, but my voice was so husky already.

By the time I entered U6 Azam, my voice kind of totally gone. So, how a teacher wanted to do her job, with no voice. I felt very guilty if I didn't teach at all. So I wrote some questions on the white board and asked them to answer.

Then I gave the answers later. But I got a lot of distractions from the girls in the class.

Some maths jokes I wrote on the white board to get their attention

Look at Siro, playing with papaya leaves.

She distracted other students with the leaf. Where was Davin(the president)? Outside the class talking to his exclassmate.

She reminded me of Naqib(my youngest son-7 year old), playing with the toy, showing off to Steph and Huan Wan(ignore the wrong spelling)

Siro posed as papaya leves snather

Jia Huoy showed me how the coconut tree leaves move

Hui Shi showed me some kind of dance(forgot what...)

Hui Shi showed me one of the many ways to do pumping(Exercise b4 going to Sarawak, I guess)

After everything they did, I wrote on the board, "It is not fair. U guys made a lot of jokes, but I cannot laugh. " It was because everytime I tried to laugh, my cough was getting worse.

After taking a cough drop, I managed to teach U6Yakin. And for the first time everyone in U6Yakin paid attention to me and they were quite. I know they pitied me because I was not feeling well.

Lets hope tomorrow I am much better. I have the cough for more than 2 weeks already.

Mr A. R. Peter

2009-06-21T18:04:00.003+08:00

Yesterday(20 Jun 2009), we got our 6th LADAP(Latihan Dalam Perkhidmatan). There were three slots. The first one about effective teaching. I miss this one since I was helping Amu with printing ULBS. There was a little problem with the program because it failed to print. We called a few people to help us with that, but to no avail.

Amu went back to her house to take the external drive A since the new computer does not have one. We export all the data into a ploppy disc, then run the program in another computer. Thank God we managed to print. By the time we printed everything, the other teachers went out from the hall to have a break. So we miss the first talk. I ask around, some teachers commented that we didn't miss much eventhough we were not there.

The second talk was given by our former principal Mr A R Peter. I would rate the talk '9'(in the scale from 1 to 10-leave 1 more for perfection). It was a very interesting talk and the topic is about being an Effective Teacher. I think I benefited so much from his talk. Eventhough he used the old fashion method of presentation(he used OHP instead of LCD projector) I found everything he had to say beneficial. He is very experienced man, he mixed his talk with some jokes(some of the jokes I read already, but they sound eve funnier when you share the jokes with a lot of people). I laughed alot. I didn't notice that time flew so fast because when he concluded his talk, it was like after 1 pm already. I wouldn't mind if the man wanted to continue his talk some more. I also like to hear the way he talked. His English was perfect. Before he started his talk, he made this comment, he gave the talk in English because he knows that the teachers' English is better than his BM. He got the point there.

One of the jokes that I still rememeber:

A Malay taxi driver was driving a taxi in KL. One night a beatiful lady got a ride from him. The lady sat in the front. The lady wanted to have a tour in KL. So the man took her and they got to be very friendly. Even the man got to kiss her. When the night ended, the taxi driver confessed; "Saya minta maaf sbb tak berterus terang, sebenarnya saya dah kahwin." The lady replied," Saya juga minta maaf sbb tak berterus terang, nama saya yang sebenarnya Salleh, bukan Sally." Hahaha........ I really had a good laugh after listening to the joke.

Besides jokes, I still remember some of the ingredients he gave us on how to be a good teacher.

Undersatand the students, get to know them and their background

No matter how bad the kids are, we must trust there are always some good in them, so try to dig the good in each student.

Treat them with equality regardless of their background.
Not to judge the students too harshly

Not to punish them in the moment of anger.
Make the class lively by giving some jokes also.

Ask the students to decide what type of punishment they deserve
Teachers must know their stuff

Well, there are a lot more, but I think I don't need to list all of them. I wish I know this man before since I know I could learn alot from him.

Happy Father's Day

2009-06-20T23:35:00.006+08:00

I would like to wish all fathers out there, happy fathers' day.

To all my students, don't forget to wish your fathers, fathers' day. Be happy that you still have a father(since mine is no longer here). No need to buy expensive gifts, the thought is count. Learn to understand your fathers

To my husband, thank you for being a good father to our children.

What's my(our) plan?

Tomorrow, the whole family is going to visit Mayah in SESERI. Everybody is going including Nazrin(I ask him to come along since he will be leaving for Penang next week). I plan to buy Nasi Beriani for lunch since Mayah missed eating nasi beriani when we celebrated Nazmi's b/day. (X sempat nak cook, if they want to eat my cooking, wait for school holiday then)We are going to celebrate father's day in her school. We(Nadia and Me) already bought a cake for my husband. Lets pray that tomorrow will be a nice day.

Enjoy your day...

Second Semester 2009 and back in 1983

2009-06-20T00:00:00.008+08:00

Second semester has begun. One week already past.

For upper six students(all my students), serious study should start now.

So, what's new in the new semester:

New canteen

I dont't want to comment too much. But I think it still need a lot of improvement.

Finishing the syllabus with upper six.

I still have 2 more topics to do.(some class have less, some got a bit more)

Do some serious drilling

Hoping some of them will change their attitude.(Since sme thinks like they can really relax when the first term examination over.

Exercise Online

I will upload new exercise online from time to time. The answers? Depends on my mood. But I 'll try to upload the answer as soon as possible.

Here are some picture I want to share with U guys back in 1983(When I got my associate degree)-Got nothing to do with second semester, just imagine u guys recieving your degree later.

Me on the stage

Me and the guys

Me and my boyfriend(Now my husband)

Bye Mayah...........

2009-06-14T20:51:00.002+08:00

School holiday is finally over.

Proof: I am missing Mayah already. (I almost called her for dinner just now)

Just sent her back this afternoon. Eventhough she said she didn't want to go back to the hostel, she asked me to send her quite early today (about 2.30 pm, usually I sent her about 5pm). She said she didn't want to be cought in the jam.

I said to Along, Mayah is actually 'benci tapi rindu' of her school.

After what happenned before the school holiday(she wasn't choosen to be the school prefect etc), I think she kind of feeling down. But I know my daughter is strong. She will make the best of everything. Everything happenned must be for the reason.(That's what I told her). At least she can concentrate more on her academic in the 2nd term.

As for me, after sleeping almost 6 hours(after taking my medication) in the morning, I woke up with feeling disoriented. I had to get up, shower, lunch and send Mayah to the hostel(since my husband still not back from playing golf).

Good thing I force myself to get up, because now I am feeling much better. Ready to go back to school tomorrow. Don't worry about me missing school tomorrow.

For those who read my post, or vist my blog, what do you think of my new banner and background. Don't u think they are nice? Thanks Along for helping me with those.

For my students, get ready to get back ur exam paper this week. Learn from ur mistakes. No matter how bad you get, this is not the end of the world. You still got time to correct your mistakes. Don't treat this as a failure, just one step in order to get a better result.
See you in school.

Holiday???????

2009-06-11T21:14:00.004+08:00

Hi, I am back from my home town already. Nothing much changed in Kuala Terengganu after one year. I had a nice visit with my brothers and sister(I have 2 brothers and 1 sister). We made record time when we reached Kuala Terengganu in 5 hours. It was a smooth journey, wasn't tiring at all. My sister prepared uslunch(we had lunch about 3.30 pm). Well I really enjoying the meal and so did my family. Forgot to take picture of the dishes served.

Second day(Tuesday), when I woke up, my head was heavy, my throat sored, and I felt very weak. Well, I cought a fever. rested one whole day. What a way to spend the day in the kampung. After I went to see a doctor, I felt a little bit better.

Eventhough still feeling weak, I forced myself to go shopping the third day(Wednesday). Managed to buy a few things, but I was too tired to shop very long. The weather in KT was terribly hot. On the 4th day(Thursday), we left KT quite early because my husband got a meeting in the HQ in the afternoon. We reached SA about 2.00 pm.

What a dull holiday for me. But I got to buy 3 pieces of batik silk for baju kurung for myself. Kira ok jugak tu because I got to meet my siblings. The kids(Nadia and Naqib) were under the weather also.

At the moment, I am still a bit warm, don't worry, I took the medication already.

That's how I spent my second week of the school holidays.

P/s: Dav, be patient as I will post the third set of questions soon.
See you guys next week.

1 Down, 1 To Go

2009-06-06T23:57:00.005+08:00

It has been quite sometime since I wrote about me in my blog.

Today, sitting alone in my room(my husband is outstationed), I have alot of things in my mind. And don't know which one to write first. I better make this in point form.

It has been one week holiday already. I managed to post 2 sets of questions and answers in my blog. I'll be posting the third set soon.
I went to school a few times(mon, tues, fri), trying to clean my place, but got very little done(sidetracked). Kel, thanks for lending me your ears.
Thursday I went to Putrajaya to meet my highschool classmate. It has been a few years since I saw her. I got lost on my way to Alamanda, luckily I have a GPS in my handphone to navigate me. We talked about the past and about the our classmates. Rasa macam we were young again. I went back about 3.30pm(I got there about 11.30 am).
Today, 9.00 am I went swimming with my kids. Then took Nazmi and Naqib for a hair cut. After sending them home, we(me and my two daughters) went to Giant in Shah Alam to buy some provisions. We had lunch there, went shopping and reached home around 3.30 pm. Then my daughter, Mayah showed me how to sign up for Scribd and flickr. So instead of me posting the questions here in my blog, you can access the files through the links in my blog. After dinner, about 8.00 pm, we ( Me, Nadia,Mayah n Nazrin) went for a game of bowling. It has been a long time since I last palyed, but I managed to make a few strikes. Still I didn't win the game. Nazrin became the winner, I got second place. We had fun. After the game, we went for supper in a 'kopitiam'. I had a drink only. I came home and writing this post. It has been a super busy day.
Then tomorrow, I plan to do some cleaning since Monday morning we plan to go back to my hometown in Terengganu. Eventhough my parents aren't there anymore, my sister and brothers are still there. I plan to do some serious shopping (batik and silk) in Terengganu. I miss the local cuisine too. Usually my husband and I will go hunting for food. I even ask my sister inlaw to cook 'nasi dagang'(Terengganu favorite dish) for us. My kids love this dish. We also plan to take the kids to the beach. Maybe a picnic or BBQ with my sister and brothers' family.
After coming back from the holidays, everything will be rutin again. Prepare to send Mayah back to the hostel, going back to school, get prepare to do more school work. Luckily I finish marking the mid term exam paper. I am hoping the STPM result will improve this year since we have more candidates now compared to last year. I am hoping they won't give up on me. I made a promise to myself that I'll try my best to help anybody who need my help.

I am going to stop now. My post has been too long already. I just don't want anybody to fall asleep like I always do in the class. Happy Holidays(1 week left)

Riddle

2009-06-06T08:26:00.004+08:00

There were three pigs living in an island. After they finish up all the food on the island, they wanted to move on to a different one. But there were alot of sharks in the sea. The sharks liked to eat the pig's 'telur'. The first pig tried to swim to that island, but the 'telur' was eaten by the sharks. The first pig died. Then the same thing happenned to the second pig. But the third pig managed to get to the island. How????

P/s: Kel and Perry please don't answer this.

Answer to set No 2

2009-06-06T07:42:00.003+08:00

Expalnation to Q1

2009-06-01T16:19:00.002+08:00

After simplifying the inequality into a single fraction, we got it less than 0.

For the whole thing to be positive, we can consider cases like numerator positive, denominator negative, or wise versa. To avoid confusion, we just consider numerator and denominator positive first. The range we got for numerator and denominator are positive cases. But when we draw number line, the bold line represent positive, w/out line represent negative. So we choose the range with numerator and denominator having different signs.

If you still don't understand, I'll explain later in the class.

Exercise 2 Online

2009-05-31T12:43:00.004+08:00

Answer to the First set

2009-05-30T20:54:00.012+08:00

Try to check your answer with the answer given here. If u don't understand, u can always ask me. I know there are only three questions, but it is better than nothing, right?

First Exercise Online

2009-05-30T12:23:00.002+08:00

Try doing these questions within 3 days. I will post the answer and the new set of questions then.

The questions I post here are based on the past year quetions format. Everyone must try them. If ur friends don't have internet, please pass the question to them.

TEACHER'S DAY

2009-05-29T18:57:00.011+08:00

16 Mei is the official date for teacher's day. So when the school celebrated the memorial day about 2 weeks late, I kind of lost the mood to celebrate. Whatever the commitee planned to do, I refused to joint. One of my bad habits.

U6A having the teacher's day celebration one day ealier than the school.

They followed me to U6G(I look really short compared to Alexis and Kelvin)

Just bergambar with U6S girls

It was not a good start for me. I reached school about 9 am. (Because I had to go to my children school to sign report card). When I passed by the walk away, I saw a few afternoon students sitting on the bench. When I asked them, why they didn't joint the celebration, they told me that they were denied entry just because they did not wear shoes. I really feel bad about that since the kids came to school to joint the celebration and were denied. For me it is not a big deal. I think the more the merrier. (I was not happy about some classes being off today too). Imagine for F5 students, this might be their last teacher's day celebration. And they will have the memory for not allowing them to come today forever. I am just imagine if one of the kids is my own son. I would feel very bad if my son is not allow to come to school just because he happened to be in the last three classes.

I went to joint the crowd to watch the shows. I didn't get to watch much since it was already late. I didn't feel like talking to anybody, so I took a chair and sat away from the crowd.

Some of the students watching the show (U can see the small numbers of them and some tried to find some shade)

My mood picked up when some students came and wished me Happy Teachers day. After that I could feel the heat already. I started talking to other teachers. It is not the present that I really want, but the wish from u guys. But I appreciate the presents and the cards(especially from U6Y and U6A) with everybody signature on them. I will them cherish the most.

When someone told me she put my name to play netball against the students, I was really piss off. She did't tell me earlier. I didn't bring any gym attire to play. But after thinking it over, if I feel bad, why I had to make other people feel the same? I accepted the challange and I played with my 'baju kurung'. I really enjoyed myself. It brought back many memories. I found out I can still play the game (after 28 years not palying netball), I can still jump(not as high la), and I can still intercept the ball. Happy to say, we lead 3-0 in the first half of the game.(We lost to the girls team because different group of teachers played in the 2nd half).

After the game, we had a nice lunch.

Teachers had lunch in the hall.

The food served 4 teachers

Midterm 2009 marking scheme

2009-05-27T22:00:00.004+08:00

p/s : to view the REAL SIZED image, CLICK ONCE on the image okay??

Just Do It

2009-05-26T20:33:00.000+08:00

Finally it's over. What I mean is about Maths 1 exam. My first time teaching all upper six classes. I feel that I am responsible for their result. I haven't started marking yet. Actually I am quite scare to start. Scare that I fail them. There are still a big number of them think that maths is very hard and afraid to try.

Someone asked me(someone very dear to me) 'why we need to learn Maths?'. When we are going to us them in life?, like differentiation, integration, and so on. A million dollar question. That is a very tough question. Tougher than answering the maths exam. I don't want to give the wrong answer. The truth is, personally I don't have the exact answer to the question. But analytically, I gave the answer in terms of moral values:

1. Maths will make u a very patient person, patient will lead u to find the answer(right or wrong is subjective);

2. It will teach you how to plan a strategy;

3. U will be a resoucefull person since in maths u will use all the formulas and axioms;

4. In life u will work had to get what u want(similar with math, u work hard to get the anwer);

5. U make mistakes in solving maths problems, well u'll make mistakes also in life, but life will go on. That is not the end of the world. You will get up and continue with what u do, and try to avoid doing the same mistake;

6. If u 're really like maths, then maybe after u finish school, or college u'll become a maths teacher like me;

7. Some topics in maths will become usefull in some field(like engineering, statistics, bankers, etc);

8. It also teach u to be brave enough to make decisions;

9. I learn maths just because I love it (I don't know how many people share the same feeling);

10. U learn maths because it is required by the system. U can't run away from them. Otherwise u won't get ur stpm certificate.

Try to make the best of what u have now. Enjoy ur students life because once u leave school, u won't have this kind of experience again.

Don't hesitate to do what u want.

Don't want u to regret later.

But whatever u do, do with care because u don't want to regret later.
(p/s-all 10 items above are my own ideas)

Besday Nazmi

2009-05-23T23:00:00.001+08:00

After the games

newspaper dance

Fight for the goodies

Musical chair The food

More food

The croud

The cake

The besday boy

Malacca Trip

2009-05-23T22:02:00.000+08:00

Hello, I am back from Malacca already. Didn't bring my lap top there, so cannot go on line.
Here are some pictures I took while I was there.

A Ghazal show while we were having dinner last night. Now ghazal is quite versatile. That lady can sing english songs and 'lagu' hindustan. Nice voice, considering she is sitting down. Cannot stay long to watch the show since the meeting started at 8 pm. Dinner was nice. A lot of spread.

Eventhough my room was very small, the view from my room was nice. The Hotel got a nice swimming pool. X sempat try, bcos time was limited and I didn't bring my swiming attire.

Another nice view from the balcony of my apartment. The building and that piece of land is called Pulau Melaka. All the land there is 'tanah tambak'. Last time everything was laut.

Everything looked different in Malacca since the last time I was there(12+ years ago). The roads r bigger, Bandar Hilir also getting bigger. But sayang, I had to rush back home. Didn't have the chance to go sight seeing. Well maybe next time. I miss the old days when I was teaching in Malacca. I ll go and visit Malacca next time.

Communication

2009-05-21T17:18:00.000+08:00

I am just amazed at what technology brought us. Everything is easily accessible. I still remember whe I was a student(in the 80's), there were no internets, no h/phones, only fixed line phones. When I was in the states, having a phone in the house considered as blessed already. Look at what u 've now. Almost everybody has one or more mobile phones. Plus the note books and internet etc. So everything becomes very closed.

I hope u understand what I am trying to say so far. That' s why I created my own blog(w/help of my daughter, Nadia, and my son, Nazrin). I feel that I can communicate much better this way. My students, if u 've anything to say, feel free to do so. Good or bad, I ll accept with open heart.

I sound so serious here.

Good luck in maths 2 tomorrow. C U guys on Monday.

Gelagat U6Y(Bila cikgu X ajar)

2009-05-19T18:39:00.001+08:00

Look at the pictures I took during Maths lesson today I managed to take picture of Kar Yan legs only

William tried to cover his face and succeeded
Hong Jie and Alwin yg sporting

my Students

2009-05-19T16:57:00.000+08:00

I pomise my U6Y to write about them. I wanted to post their pictures here. But when I tried to snap them a few covered their faces(Shirlyn, Wei Loong, Kar Yan, and so on). Many of them didn't turn up today. Well, I won't be posting their picture here.

The truth, I felt useless 2day since all of them wanted 2 study chem. I prepared some questions for revision. Tomorrow paper is Chem paper. I ll drill them later. I cannot follow them. Must force them to study because I promised myself Maths 1 result will be better than last year one.

If anyone of u read my post, get ready to be drilled, once we finish the syllabus.
Talking like teacher. Mmg, Iam a teacher, Always thinking about the best for u guys.

Good luck in ur mid term examinations. Please do well especially for my aths1.

Not OK Day

2009-05-17T19:31:00.000+08:00

I am just opened my blog. Actually, dont know what to write. But I feel everything I did today was wrong. I ll expalain more about that later. JUst hoping everything will pick up later.

I am support to visit my daughter(Mayah) in SESERI. Sha gave me list of things to bring with me(16 items). Alot I couldnt fulfill. But the most important was, I forgot to bring her laundry. She needs to wear the shirt tomorrow.
When I got to her place, she asked me to teach her add maths, I could't teach, felt a little bit stress. But I managed to go over with her 3 questions.

Then I got home, felt sick, and now...
I am quite ok now.