Joining the crowd....

Yesterday we happened to be in Jusco....

to check out Popular bookstore
and to buy some ingredients for cooking spaghetti...
after Popular we went to Jusco...
There was a long queue...
and we were wondering why there was a long queue...
since we only wanted to buy the ingredients and
get some Shokubutsu shower foam...
the newspaper said it is very cheap...
not dirt cheap but cheaper than usual...
so we got 4 packets...
and to our dismay...
we had to join the long queue to pay for it...
so we decided to add Dynamo liquid detergent to
the list since we had to queue...
mind you...
that was the first time we ever join what we usually
try to avoid...
one that we labeled
"kiasu crowd..."
hahhahaa....
now we were the kiasu crowd...

See the line?
Crazy right?

Chin and nephew...in the line....

Wondering....aih...when will it be our turn....

Wat? Half way there...?
Aaarrgghh.....kiasu lang...

Salsa clip

I found a clip of my salsa instructor's class
in Monash...
She drives them hard.....
the way she does us...
I discovered that her name is Sharon Barrila...
these are different moves from the one she taught us...
but the basics are there...

Belated updates on the school H1N1

These are some crazy pics of the UJ

teachers in handling the stress of H1N1 pandemic...

Kak Ngah getting ready wit her mask...
Ravi....kungfu mania...

Run...run for your life...

Lin dengan topeng 95% clear nya...
Hantu mane ni ha...?

Try these masks in time of emergency....
IKLAN DISPOSABLE SURGICAL MASK...

The Sceptic and The Believer...

Being a teacher basically means one is willing to face
different individual in one's life
and try to create some changes and hopefully...
bring about a change of behaviour...
towards the better...

Many believe that school is the place to start teaching
children about everything....
from knowledge to values...and whats-not...
Some parents believe that it is the teachers' job
to teach their children to be a good person in life...

I do not believe in this concept...
To me...as teachers...most of the time we receive broken good..
and our job is to mend some of the 'mendable' goods...
it is not our jobs to mould the clay...
because the clay that we receive
have been moulded...
be it correctly mould or disfigured...
that is another matter....

Of late...
we have encountered students who are ungrateful...
students who think that they are better
than their teachers....
students who do not have clear conscience...or maybe...
no conscience at all...

Chin believe that he is able to change the attitude of
the Chinese students in his school...
so last friday...during the morning gathering he
shared how children actually 'model' their parents...
without consciously knowing so....
So he gave some examples of how this is so...

So...on Sunday night, he received an sms from a
student who is a coward...
ranting about him...
This student implied that Chin is a "GOOD" teacher...
and the language used was really foul...
in Mandarin...
describing how he always sends Siow, his colleague
back home before picking me up...
and implying that he is having an affair with her...

Chin suspects that it's a SHE...
and she's from a good class...
She still tried to provoke Chin on Monday and then yesterday...
saying that she won't apologies believing that
her attitude is right...
and she said deep in her heart she still considers Chin her teacher...
But Chin said that no students of his
would do such a thing....
and that she is not his student and NEVER will be...
a broken mirror cannot be mended...

Well...today we got on talking about this issue in the car...
and Chin believe that it is the teachers' job to
educate or teach students...
But i believe that it is not a teachers' job to do so...
he said there is something wrong with our education
system that causes students to be like this...

I believe that teachers only reinforce what students
have learnt from home...
the values that they learnt are not new values...
knowledge-wise...yes...undeniably they learn from the teachers
but value-wise....
it falls on the shoulder of the PARENTS...

I believe that if parents have done their job of
nurturing their children and laying a strong
moral foundation since they are young....
children will have a strong CONSCIENCE that
will guide them through this grey world...

So...as i said earlier...teachers can only try to mend some of the
broken objects....
but if the objects refuse to accept any help given...
there is not much hope that teachers can
bring about a change of behaviour...

Indisciplined, rude bastard....

Today was the second day of the
SPM trial exam for N9...
I was appointed as the Ketua Pengawas for the school trial
exam but yesterday Aida changed me to become
the assistant to Suhaimi...
But today Suhaimi was quite busy so i was the one handling
most of the stuff...
During the second paper,
which English Paper 2, the students came in quite
late...so i was rushing through the whole procedure
of asking them to enter the hall etc...etc...
but they were quite noisy...so i warned the boys about
the discipline during exam...
to be quite in the hall etc etc...
but this particular boy....M. Adha kept saying something annoying
and refused to be quiet...
so i gave the 2nd warning and he still went
on with his antics...so i gave the 3rd warning, threatening to
throw him out of the exam hall...
but stil...some ppl are just too incredibly DUNCE....i guess...
so losing my temper....i scolded Adha...
Bodoh and bangang ke ape...x paham bahasa...diam pun x paham...
So his answer was...
Bodoh bangang...kau tu yang bodoh dan bangang...
So Rasidah was at the end of the hall
and she heard him muttered that...
so she threw him out of the hall...
outside the hall...he ranted on Rasidah....
among the things he said was...
Bodoh, bangang, pantat and etc...etc...
so Rasidah was fuming....
i was busy distributing the test paper...
but once i had done so... i went out so see him...
well...i scolded him and he apologised INSINCERELY
but of course i didn't hear what he said
about me...
he apologised to Rasidah...
But Rasidah slapped him in the face....
and he nearly hit Rasidah back.....
i saw him on the verge of lifting his hand...
and i was just waiting for the moment....
if he dared to hit Rasidah...i would have punch him...or
kick him in the place where it hurt most...
but i guess he realised that Shidah and I were just waiting
for that exact moment to happen...
so instead...
he ran up the staircase and shouted...
Pergi mampos...3 times...
I was fuming by that time...
that i went into the hall...decided that he would not
return to take the test...
but he did...and i threw the paper at him...

I later discovered what he said about me...
and in made my blood boiled...
i guess if Rasidah would have told me then when i was
confronting him...
my palm would be quicker and lighter than hers...

But i knew it...since yesterday....
i could almost taste it...
that that boy is trouble...
and there would be a head on collision....
and well...
today, it did....
May he rot in hell and that he would have a pretty difficult path
all his life...

No Closing of schools...

Today there was a briefing for the principals
by the health dept and PPD in my school..
The outcome....
It was officially announced that schools won't be closed eventho
there are confirmed cases of H1N1...
Oh well....
Chin's principal has just decided to close the school for a week
but now i guess he won't be doing it...
The State Health Director said there won't be
any directive from his department for
closing the school...
Hmmm....
I don't know if it's good or bad...
but we'll just have to be careful i guess...
i hope that this will be blown over soon...
i hope the virus will runs it course and we can be safe again...
May God Bless us all...

Influenza A(H1N1) scare...

Last week Chin's school had 4 confirm cases of H1N1
and it is spreading like wild fire in his school...
i Got the inkling that it will reach my school
soon...
and how true it is...
Today...5 students went to the hospital for displaying
the symptoms and 1 was quarantine.
Then Ciwin said she felt sick in class...
Shafiza was quarantine too after coming back from PD...
suspected H1N1 too...
My gosh....
It is scary man...
i left my face mask in the car...
and Chin brought the whole pack to his school...
I actually taught for 2 periods in that class...
i felt so exposed...
vulnerable...
luckily...PIBG sold a face mask for RM 1 so i bought
1 to wear....
But still i felt unsafe....
I went into 5 SI 2 and they were sitting cozily
in the air-con room without any fear of
H1N1 spreading in an enclosed place...
gosh...
these students...
i told them to open the window to let the air to circulate but these
students think that they are so invincible
that they would not have to worry....
Haih....
ANyway...i hope that everything was just false alarm....

Line Dancing....shake shake shake...keep on shaking....

Today is my first lesson for line dancing....
it was easy to follow but when combines all moves...
turns out quite interesting....
I simply love it...
we learnt 2 new patterns of movement today....
so it was quite an achievement in itself...
It was quite simple since i have taken salsa
which is more complicated and involves
a lot of fast movements...
This is relaxing and fun...
And we are sweating...sweat the good sweat...
yay...
I got to know some new people too...
one actually is my neighbour....one block away...
Seems that she met Chin before when they went to the
police station to make a report about some
people roaming around the housing estate...
Anyway...this Chinese group is fun...
since i can spek a little bit of Cantonese...
and i don't feel out of place with them at all...
Like my sister-in-law's group of friends actually...
Anyway...
I'm loving it...

Shake the bon-bon babeh...

Yesterday...was my irst salsa lesson...
official that is...
i took salsa class fro CN Dance Studio...
the instructor comes all the way from KL...
maybe that's why it's expensive...
cost RM130...
anyway...
i did salsa during the Mother's Day workshop...
but that was just babysteps man...
this is like...whoooosh....
i just went blank after the basic steps...
like really blank...
frozen more like it...
dunno wic side to turn...
The Fan...i got problem with the fan...
slow motion..it was ok...
but when combined it all with Living La Vida Loca....
I'm lost....
but i'm trying hard....
and happy...yeah...happy...
to be doing something that i love and wanting to do
for so long...
i hope after this...
i will have more guts to take up the hip hop dance that
i love so much...
Oh...i also take up line dancing in other place...
a new studio...
so 1st class will be Monday 3rd August...
cant wait...
I'm practising hard tho...my salsa steps...
just to prove that i'm not having
2 left legs...