October comes to an end...with plenty of good news...

Today is the last day of October...
Time does fly pretty fast nowadays...
Blink...blink...and it's end of the year....
and soon it'll be the beginning of another new routine year...

Ahh....just 3 more weeks to go...give or take...
and then school holiday....

Lin said i have been blessed this year...
MAYBE because i have been good...
or maybe what she meant was
I am a GOOD person...
never back stab friends....do my work with all honesty...
and work hard....and never complain....
that kind of thing...

Why did she say I have been blessed APLENTY?
Well...first of all...
unexpectedly i got my appointment as GC
(tho now i am stil pemangku, not officially yet
till i got my appointment letter)
Then....
I got a IV for my PTK exam...
(which i have been trying really hard to get)
and then soon...my pension application will be
approved and i can withdraw my KWSP money...
to do my long overdue treatment...

So, she is convinced that i am blessed....
by HIS ALMIGHTY...
Well...thank GOD for all the good things that
come my way...
and i pray that He will guide me through
all the new challenges that he has put my way....

Is it a good year?
Has this been a good year?
In terms of my panel...
I guess....no matter how much i put my effort into
achieving the many successes for my panel...
it will still be not enough....
well...i hope that this year's result in the public exam
will improve...
it is difficult to improve
mainly because of the students' attitude
and there is also the method of teaching...
Ahhh.....
i guess i'll have to try harder...
and God will always reward those
who do their job honestly and sincerely
without expecting anything in return...

Warts on the foot....argh....

Argh..there's a wart on my right foot and it hurts...
i didn't know it was a wart until my
colleague said ketuat....
and they have been very helpful in suggesting
what cream to look for in the pharmacy...
I found one just now - Duofilm...
my colleague said it works miracle...
so i'm going to try it...
I wonder where i got wart from...
but i notice it appeared after i came back from my 3rd salsa class...
i don't have shoe for dancing salsa so
all 3 of us go bare feet...
argh....
now i suffer the consequence....

Making new friend...

There's a new Indian girl in my line dancing class...
Sita....and she lives in Mambau...
belakang rumah I as i called it...
she's very pretty...and since she's a new addition...
she has a little problem of catching up...
but she's willing to ask...
so well...i taught her the cah2 steps just now so
she wont get so confused...
said she's taking latin dance in town starting this wednesday...
but i think it's going to be difficult for her...

New series - The Little Nyonya on NTV7

Today while browsing through the
channels as usual...
i accidentally watched and got hooked on this
new series...The Little Nyonya...
Love it for the fact that it portrays the Nyonya and Baba
cultures....
i missed the beginning of the story but i managed to
catch up on you tube...
apparently it came out in Singapore...
but only now is it shown in Malaysia...
a Singapore production...
which makes it even more intriguing....

UJ's Year End Dinner 2009

Suasana Uj yang transformed...

I cannot believe the the school days are drawing to an end...
I thought it just started but now it will end soon...
about 4 more weeks to go...
approximately...
Last night was our year end dinner "bash"
in UJ this year...
nothing fancy...no hotel stay...
and a vogue night out...for me at least...
hahaha....
What were the food?
There were loads of delicious food...
Nasi Briyani Gam, nasi kerabu,
laksam, soto beehoon, satay, ice cream,
ABC...well...i think those are it...
but there were still a lot of food left by the time
we left...
We had it in Dataran Ukhuwah...
open air dining experience..
thank God it didn't rain...
or rather it rained earlier but stopped...
there was karaoke as usual...
Ravi was the DJ...
a really good one...
one who could talk for hours...
and his gimmick...

Lin became the usherette

Bed, Ciwin and Fatin

Naughty girls

With Kak T and Ruslan


Rav and Chin

Hot duets...

Stephen Gately passed on - belated entry...

Boyzone

Stephen Gately...
17.03.76 -
10.10.09

Chin actually sms me on that day about Stephen's death on 10th October,
knowing how much i am a fan of Stephen Gately...
eventhough he's gay...
but well...
who could resist a cute guy...right...
Anyway...he said it was of unknown causes then...
but now we know that he
died of natural causes due to genetic, cardiogenic pulmonary oedema.
He paternally inherited the condition.
What a sad turn of event....
he was only 33 years old...
He was a member of the boy band Boyzone...
He was the smallest member of the band but i
thought he was cute then...
But well...another death of a talent
for this year...

Hari anugerah Terbilang and Majlis RIMUP

Aksi2 guru dan murid...

Penerima anugerah

Chaotic Tuesday...

When i arrived in school at 7 this morning
Kak G suddenly asked me to take charge of the motivational
talk since none of the counsellors were in school.
She wanted me to ask all the Form 5 students to
be at the surau regardless Chinese or Indian or Malay.
She said that the KB and Form 5 coordinator would take charge.
The thing is we didn't know there was any programme for this morning.
Nobody informed us of the programme and since the
KB is incharge of it,
well Kak G should at least appoint one of them and not simply said
KB....
When the students asked me about the speaker, the duration etc...well...
i simply had no idea.
anyway...i was busy doing the programme book for tomorrow's
event and also the working paper
for the RIMUP programme...
She is one heck of an inefficient lady, that one...
Haih....
I cringe to think what would happen if someday
she moves up the scale to become a principal.
Kak Ros was unhappy with the whole surau setting thing
but after confirming it with Kak G she accepted
eventhough she seemed unhappy...
Understandable....tho....
ANyway...i heard later Ustaz Zool moved them all
into the ICT lab...
I announced to the subject teachers to be with the students during the
duration of the motivational talk,
but i don't think any of them went...
haih...typical of UJ teachers....
i announced twice but i can't blame them...
what's with the programmes tomorrow and all cramped into one day...
well...everyone was busy...
The counsellor could at least arranged the motivational
talk at a time when people are not so busy...
Another typical chaotic UJ day had passed....

Justice calls...

I read an article on Dr Porntip Rojanasunan on The Star
October 14th recently and felt
a great admiration for this funky middle age lady
who truly believes someone should
champion the dead...
The dead could not speak for themselves
so they need someone to find justice for them...
I wish that Malaysia has at least one great
forensic expert like her who truly
believes in his or her calling...
It is not that i do not trust the police...
yes we do trust the police on the normal mundane
everyday cases that do not involve politicians
and people with connection...
but when it comes to high profile cases...
well...we know the outcome even before the investigation starts...
Cheers to a brave lady....
It makes me believe that people like Mac Taylor, Horatio Caine
and Gil Grissom are not merely
fictional characters created from a Ethiopian society...
I pray that someday Malaysia
too can produce a revered forensic expert like her...

The diminutive Dr Death

By CHIN MUI YOON

Despised by the police but hailed by the masses, Dr Porntip Rojanasunan is relentless in her pursuit of truth.

Funky ha...

More food at Ravi's

Kollam

I love festive seasons...
mainly for the food...
yummy...yummy...yummy food...
Today we went to Ravi's place for his Deepavali open house
we were the earliest group to arrive,
us, Kak Ti, Ruslan and Bed...and Saziah...we
met them while getting lost looking for the
way to Ravi's house...
Anyway...there was food...
delicious favourite food...
He serves nasi briyani, nasi planta, thosai. capati and ideli...
yum...yum...
my favourite was thosai...
with two types of chutni....
we were so full by the time we left his house at 2.00 pm...
ravi...if you do open house every day...rest assure that
we'll be the first to be there...

Nice deco...

Sibuk cari makanan dan anak orang...

Dah dapat sorang...

Kak T rindu nak anak pompuan lagi la tu...

Muko dah konyang

Muko-muko konyang

Muko tak larat...dah terlalu konyang

Raya at Dz's 2009 - belated entry.

Chin acclaimed the raya at Dz's is an exceptional event
which he does not mind doing every year
because Dz's mother cook exceptionally delicious
food....
and the conversation too is really interesting...
small scale entertaining...
with only a few close friends...
having good food...
chatting about everything and anything...

Tess, Dz and I

Food....argh....yummy...

Dig in...dig in...

Yummmmm....

Another glorious sight...

The one who engineered the good food...
the master mind...

Dz's friends - Sam, Fais and her hubby from Holland...

All ready for good food...

Love means never having to say you are sorry...

How can one love with all one's heart and soul that
one loses oneself?
How can one loves another until one is willing to forgo ones
self worth and feeling to put the other ahead all the time?
how can one disregard one's feeling and accept all
the hurt in the name of love?
Is this love?
Is it devotion?
or
Is it deep rooted fear?

Kak Mah told me a story...
a story that we all knew before...
but never in detail...
about a woman who loves her better half with
all her heart that she is willing to disregard her
own womanly feeling, her own rights to be loved
as much in return for the man she loves.
She practically creates a perfect homes where conflict is minimal
and everything runs smoothly for him
at the expense of her own feelings.
She tries to avoid conflict....
If the man complains of a minor problem, she will
quickly says that she will handle it promptly..
An example of an issue -
if she is going for a course or meeting...her husband would
complain that nobody will send the children to school...
and she will quickly agree to send the children first before she
goes for the meeting etc.
The man on the other hand will accept everything she gives
without bothering to even return the sacrifices...
he would never offer to do anything to help ease
her burden...
He would never even think about how she feels sacrificing
herself for him...
He is a taker....but never ever a giver...
Selfish love....
The only thing she ever gets from him
is a declaration of love on a piece of paper that she
displays to the whole world to see...
she is even willing to sacrifice a promotion offered to
her because this man she loves said that
it would inconvenient him to send
the children to school in the morning.

But, on a serious note, doesn't loving someone means
you are not willing to subject the one you love
to all the hardship and pain?
That you will PUT the one you love first rather
than taking all that she's giving?
There is a give and take in a loving relationship...
whatever the excuse is...
his past...her past....etc..
but I have always believe that when we love someone...
we will not be willing to see the one we love suffer?

I guess one day she might look back and realise that
she is just a shadow....
to this man....
a doormat that he can push anywhere he wants...
and that she has not done anything significant for herself..
that she has not even once put herself first....
and that he might get tired of someone like that....

But who am i to say anything right?
Maybe she is taught to do that when she was young...
Maybe her religion taught her that....
we'll never know...

Do we become blind when we are in love?
or Do we choose to be blind when we are in love?
It's our choice i guess...
Love definitely is not blind...

1 Utama, MPH and Borders...

Last Saturday we happened to be free
and it seemed that that would be Chin's
final free Saturday for this month...

So we decided to go to KL...1 Utama to be specific...
I wanted to browse for dance sneakers....maybe i can find it there...
but most of all it is for the book shops...
Pay Less Book shop...
but unfortunately Pay Less is no longer operating in 1 U.
So instead, we went to MPH to browse....
I found children books by Mary Pope Osborn...
one that Baby loves to read and there was a 25%
discount for MPH members...
so i bought 5 for her.

Then, we just went window shopping and eating...
yesh...eating.....and eating....
gosh...it's a no wonder that i am still very much fat
after all the exercises i di weekly...
hmmmm....

Anyway....we went to the Curve for Borders after that....
mainly for Borders...
I love Borders because of the systematic way they organise their
books and for the huge collection of mystery books there...
i found a new writer which almost has the same quality
as Agatha Christie, though my favourite
is still Agatha C.
But Dorothy L. Sayer is also a good mystery writer
but i discover that Borders does not have a lot
of her Lord Peter Wimsey collection...
But in the meantime....
i still can enjoy the few new mystery writers that
i discover...

Jamuan Hari Raya Kuarters Guru

Today kuarters guru -
Kak Sarimah, Cikgu Zul Ghany, Kak Jamilah Ludin
join venture with Kak T and Ruslan
organised jamuan Hari Raya in the teacher's Kuarters...
The food was delicious...though quite common
nasi himpit, rendang ayam, soto, nasi goreng
tembikai and puding....
Yummm....makan....
this whole month will be makan event in school...
After having the delicious food, Lin, representing
all the teachers loudly thanked the
quarter's residents for the food...
and Ravi closed (as loudly to match Lin's
natural PA system)
Terima Kasih daun keladi
hari ahad ni rumah Ravi
Ye la tu Ravi...
we'll definitely come...
makan py pasal...

Something Funny...

Today...Kak Mazni, Kak Mah and i as usual
were at the centre...before 2 pm...
we were chatting when Ahmad Suhaimi suddenly appeared...
he looked troubled...
wiping his right elbow with his hanky...
he mumbled something when he went up the few steps to the hall...
e couldn't hear him clearly but upon being told that he
fell from his bike,
we unanimously laughed at him...

It was the way he told the story...
he said he was riding along the alley way by Restoran Fatimah
when suddenly a kid appeared out of
nowhere and when he tried to avoid him, he fell off his bike.
The motorbike fell on top of his feet...
A lady ran out of a shop and asked if he was hurt...
but he tried to be appear macho and said no..
but on the way to the centre...
he said it was painful...

Kak Mazni suggested that he went to Klinik Lian for
treatment and said it would cost RM20...
and minus that from his claim...
and it won't be much...

We couldn't stop laughing though....
The whole incident seemed so funny...knowing Suhaimi...
he himself is so funny...

3 days in a flash...

First day of PMR was a hectic day...
I was in Duma as early as 7 am...
and everybody was there already...
I thought i might make some mistakes...
but apparently it was not as bad...
we put all questions in the bags provided and sealed them and
then off to the centres...
Well...
The first paper went on smoothly...
Kak Mazni said i was still very calm and collected
as the head as compared to Baha
during his first time...
Anyway...
I was knida slow in packing and filling in
the forms for the first paper but
after that i managed to complete everything before the paper
ended and it only took us less than 5 mins
to pack everything...
And i was always the first one to reach the post office...
since my centre is the nearest to the post office...
I actually got the hang of it all...
Not bad for a first timer...

Disappointing Outcome..

I had been away from school for 2 days and when
i got back...
Kak T told me a disappointing outcome from
the Head Prefect election...
Hambali was appointed as the new Head Prefect
for the year 2009/2010 and Farouq is his second in command...
That was pretty disappointing because all the teachers'
votes went to Farouq and a majority of the students'
votes went to Hambali...
But there is a reason why the students' votes swung towards Hambali...
The students view Hambali as a Head that is not strict...
one that they can twist around their little finger while
Farouq on the other hand...
does not succumb to playful antiques as easily...
All the teachers forsee a good outcome if Farouq was chosen as the Head...
The disciplinary problems in the school will
be lessen and teachers will not have much trouble...
and the prefectorial board will not
just be a useless board but one
that will move together with the teachers to strengthen
the discipline of the students...
Ahh....
It seemed that the boss wavered in his decision....
his reason was let the majority rules...
making it impossible for the teachers to have any say...
Suffice to say that...
well.....i felt a pang of disappointment ....
for such judgement...
Students' votes should only make up 40% of the whole decision making...
because teachers always know which is the best
for the school...

Rock around the clock...yay...

One, two, three o'clock, four o'clock, rock,
Five, six, seven o'clock, eight o'clock, rock,
Nine, ten, eleven o'clock, twelve o'clock, rock,

We're gonna rock around the clock tonight.

Yay...rocking and dancing the night away....
Chin and I attended the YS Dance Studio anniversary dinner....
on Friday night and we enjoyed ourselves tremendously...

The restaurant was set for dancing...
all the tables were arranged at the side and the middle of the
hall is the dance floor and musics were played
from 6.30 - 12.00 am...
and those whole knew the dance to the song would just
get up and dance on the dance floor...

Well...my table mates and i dance to quite a number of songs
though we only joined the studio for 2 months...
It was fun...fun...fun through and through....

Surprisingly Chin enjoyed himself too....
It is like being transported in time to the 60s he said...
when the rock n' roll songs were played...

My dance instructor, Ah yoke danced throughout the night...
she simply loves dancing...
She loves to tease Auntie Lilian...
who was seated at our table...
because Auntie Lilian loves to see how she shakes her sexy tush...
she does have a really sexy one though...
and she can really shake it in the sexiest way possible...

Auntie Lilian got up to dance the twist with Ah Yoke...
boy...can she twist....
most of the oldie can dance the twist really well...
Cute....
It was an enjoyable social night out....
we'll definitely do it again...

Ah Yoke said she wanted to organise a Christmas party
dance dinner...
I suggested that she does a New Year combined with Christmas
party dance dinner...
that would be smashing...
totally...

Tired week ahead..starting from this week...

I wonder now...
what have i got myself into...
haih...
When Ruslan asked me to replace Sayani as the Head Invigilator...
I agreed simply because he said he
can try to pull out my name from invigilating
the later exam...

I have just came back from a briefing for the Head Invigilators
in PJ which was held from 29/09/09 - 1/10/09.
I still feel very blur...
like i didn't learn anything at all from the briefing...
haih....
and i discovered that it is not an easy task
to do...
What have i got myself into now...
another deep shit...
But Ruslan promised that he would do a detailed briefing for me
tomorrow involving sorting out of all the materials
so i hope that i will be able to handle it...
haih...

On the down side...
i think i have eaten too much during the meeting
at Crystal Crown hotel...
Hah..have to do tonnes and tonnes of dancing it off now...