Sick.....

Argh...i can't believe that i'm sick again...

where did i get the virus in the first place...

i thought it was lack of sleep....

but the body ache and the chill is

typical of the onset of fever....

So...yeah...i finally ate 2 panadol actifast

and sweat like....drenching wet....

and it got me through 4 Inovatif....

that was the good thing about it....

so came back from school...took another

2 panadol and slept...

woke up with a heacache....

and fever....

so yeah...i'm going to sleep at 9 something tonight...and

see how's the condition tomorrow morning....

Last session of SELECT prog today...

Today's the last day that we have to go to

Simpang Gelami for the SELECT prog...

it's kinda a relief but sad too...

Relief because we don't have to go there every

Monday afternoon and Chin can finally go

back early...

sad because we won't be seeing Larson

and it also meant that James won't be hitch-hiking

us to SG anymore come Friday...

Huhuhu...i kinda enjoy talking to him...

and he always gets so excited when he

talks about something that excites him...

Like the way he talked about Thailand today...

he's dying to tell someone about his experience...

which is quite funny and fun...

and he got so bubbly when he talked about it...

His speech became so fast...

hahaha....i had to really concentrate to catch what he said...

But yeah...i'm gonna miss that boy...

boy band look....

and his excited chatter....

and some funny stuff too...

but yeah...time flies....

i thought it was only yesterday that we've agreed with Mr Bala

pick James up every morning...

and well...

i have to say...a friendship grew....

We're gonna miss teasing Larson too....

though he tried to keep his cool all the time....

It was good fun...

There's still the closing ceremony next month...

so looking forward to that though....

Hmmm.....so...it'll be 3.10 pm from now on...

at least until after Raya.....

The Batik conflict....lalalalalalaaa....

Expensive? Not cheerful? Quality of the cloth?

Among other things that crop up....

would be these...

Yeap...Tn Haji wants the teachers to buy

new Batik cloths so we'll be in

time to tailor it for next year's

officiating of the hall ceremony.

The school is going to invite Dato Rais Yatim among others

so he wants the occasion to be grand....

Haih...but the RM210 is too expensive for most teachers

and of course a silk fabric...

most people will end up

wearing the outfit once or twice a month

or maybe a year...

Difficult to iron....

So...yeah...we have to scout for other

solution if teachers disagree with the price...

Pening...

every year the same thing....

maybe we should shop online instead...

that would make things easier....

Much more easier...

You see what you like and

you just click and purchase....

I hope a solution will pop up soon....

Random blabbering....

Life has been slow lately....

or maybe there was something significant happening

but i was not paying attention particularly...

Anyway...SPM trial exam has started last monday,

16 August...

and how time flies....

in a blink of an eye...it's August...

and now trial exam....

Another blink and it'll be end of September....

someone should wake me up by then...

I had to invigilate for 2 full days and after tuesday...

thank god someone else took over...

Anyway....the principal wanted the teachers

to mark the 5 Gemilang's papers asap...

but i guess....they won't be performing well....

Oh....i just hope that the result for 2010 is not going

to decrease so badly.

Bleargh....

ANyway...i have been busy over the weekend updating the

long overdue UJ blog....

Oh yeah...i'm the co-author....

tho my BM sucks and i got writer's block

just thinking in BM but it

thank God it doesn't sound so bad...

I finally decided to

put my name as the co-author.

I spruced up the background a bit an add

some music...

and now it looks ...

well...fabulous would not be it...

since i still have problem trying to create my own background...

but i enjoyed exploring picassa

and using it to combine all the photos

into one frame...

pretty kewl...

still left two weeks of schooling before the

next break...

and surprisingly...

i have not gone to a pasar ramadhan yet...

2 weeks into the ramadhan month...

hmmm...i should drag Chin one of these

days before the fasting month ends....

Sad news...

Today was a normal day...
except that something unexpected happened....
Lin's mother passed away....
all of a sudden....
She was her normal cheerful self this morning...
reading the newspaper and talking about the accident that happened
the day before...
then she got a call saying that her mother fainted
and she was so distressed by then...
she couldn't get hold of her
husband and finally Suhaimi sent her back...
About 9.30, Kak Ji got a call or sms
from her saying that her mom had passed on...
Really sad....
she was just telling us about her the other day...
saying how she insisted on her husband
to go back with her
and have the first 'sahur' with her mom....
and now...this....
Lin....i hope that you'll be strong in this trying time....
May your mom's soul rest in peace....

New Dance studio - S2 Dance Studio

Foooohhhh....
The new dance studio we join is pretty cool....
the dances are so much sexy now
and the work out is just fantastic....
sweat like a pig.....
LOL....
A couple of months ago, Joanne, Joni and I went scouting
around for new dance studio too join....
We had talked about quiting Ayoke's
and join a new one since ayoke was always not punctual....
and anyway...
anyway...we've attended some dance dinner by
other studios and those people can dance with style and
sexy techniques....
and Ayoke wants to charge us more just for
these techniques...
So...yeah...when Joanne and Joni left, there were just 5 of us....
and sometimes she just cancelled the class...
but after attending the S2 studio dance dinner, Michelle
and i were hooked and we were in deep conflict as to how to
leave YS studio...
But when Ayoke decided to shift the time to 8 pm,
Mic and i took the opportunity to leave.
So officially, in August,
we joined S2 dance studio
and our new instructor is Cherry...
she might not have
beautiful sexy butt but her dance techniques are just
sexy...
So far we've been to 2 classes and we enjoyed them
tremendously...
difficult, yea...but we simply love it...
Yesteday, for example, we learnt a very sexy number - Don cha
by PCD....
The funny thing is...
nobody told Ayoke and she kept calling Michelle and
Chang.
Chang has join Helen Mak's studio in Rasah Jaya
3 months back...
and when i put up her photos
wearing the uniform,
we hoped that Ayoke would see it in FB but
apparently not.
I guess finally someone would have to tell her
and we asked Chen to ask Ruby to tell Ayoke.
Ruby knows that i join the S2 studio anyway.
Haih...but somehow...i don't know how i'll manage
if i have my tuesday salsa class.....
Argh....conflict again...
but i'll cross that bridge when i reach it...
In the meantime, i'll enjoy Cherry's class first...

Girls nite out....Party time....

Last Saturday....i went to Shine Stdio Dance Dinner
in Min Kok Restaurant
had to drive myself there since Chin refused to send
me and i didn't ask Michelle to pick me up....
Caught in the jam and spend almost 10 mins looking for
a parking space.
But finally i made it....
Chang was there and she had to wear the
'I LOVE Shine' t-shirt for the opening dance....
Hahaha....
Mic and I didn't dance at all since the dinner
was organised by different dance studio
and the dances are different from ours....
But we enjoyed watching people dance...
there was a showcase of Belly dancing by Rain and her sisters...
from CN Dance Studio
and 2 youngsters doing Latin Dance...
simply fabulous....
Ha...and i'm tempted to take up Belly Dancing....
Hmm...maybe i should....
By the time i came back Chin already slept
so yeah...
i had to explore the camera myself to use
the self-timer...
and took some fabulous photos...
of myself of course...


Paso Doble pose....

Srivani's last Day in UJ - 13 August 2010

Srivani got her transfer at last....

she got ACS...same school with Lee Mee Leng...
never thought that they would be colleagues....
again...hahahaha....
Anywho....Azie and I went to Centre Point on Wednesday
afternoon to shop for some prizes for
our treasure hunt the other day...
and since we were there we got Vani a beautiful bracelet
and earring...
precious stones....
they were gorgeous....
Simply love it....
anyway...today we gave it to her....
and took some photos....
Ahhh....i really envy her....
ACS - missionary school...
i hope that the next time i transfer i'll get a misionary school too...
i miss the quaint holidays and celebrations that
missionary schools have....
St Paul would be nice - which mean
Good Friday will be an off day....
We'll miss Vani....in the Panel...
but we are happy for her though.....
hopefully ACS will be a good place for her....

All the best Vani....

With Kak Jem & Kak Ola

The gift we bought

9 August - SPM English Workshop...

The Form 5 SPM workshop was done today...
I invited Wong from SMTKK next door since her Principal is the only
one who lets the teachers out from the school
during their free time for
workshop etc...
There were not many of the Form 5 students and the
students from 5 Ino simply couldn't stop talking...
The Chinese boys esp and also some of the Chinese boys
from 5 Cemerlang...
Argh.....i guess these set of students
simply don't care if they pass or fail....
all they care about is taking a cert
with all Gs and prove that they have completed
form 5...
some of the Malay boys from 5 Cemerlang have
the same attitude too....
and some of them just showed disrespect....
They just walked out of the room if they wanted
to go to the loo...
and one boy from 5 Gemilang went out twice...
What kind of attitude is this....?
From 5 gemilang?
Really.....not Gemilang at all....
should have put them in 5 Din or Ino....
not like they are performing well in all subjects too...
This year seems to be not a good yr...
the students are not as good as last yr...
Argh...i hope the English subject will not suffer....

Gerkorama 7 August 2010...

Saturday was a schooling day....
but UJ had its Gerkorama on this day...
the competitions actually started on Thursday....
the were many games for the students to take part in...
But they had to represent their own Uniform bodies...
Thursday afternoon there wers futsal, netball, ping pong,
badminton and karaoke...all preliminary round into the final...

Saturday we had the finals for all the games including
the karaoke...
but there were also other games such
as congkak, dart, golf and batu seremban...
so things became so interesting when there were teachers'
ewe had so much fun vents...

the VIP turned up at 11.30 and there were dance performance
and speeches....
and lucky draws....
The VIP was errr....hmmm....the PPDs, the OCPD and
a YB....
Anyway....we had so much fun playing our childhood
games like Batu Seremban...
really hilarious....
there was a slight difference from the one i used
to play when i was young...
but well...it's like riding a bicycle i guess...
you'll never forget the skill...
Azie, Sarijah and I tried our hands at dart and golf...
LOL...i got 4th place for golf....
i decided after the 3rd ball that it was pretty boring
and just kept hitting the ball...aimlessly...

Anyway...i was incharged of the cleanliness...
luckily i chose 1 Gemilang to help...
divided them into 3 groups maning different ares...
and they were pretty efficient...
the places were clean in no time at all...
But i was disappointed at some of the teachers esp the
uniform body teachers....
They were at the parking lot with their students
but they did not bother to scold their students and ensured
that their ares were clean...
well if the adults think that cleanliness is other
people's business....
well....i guess the students will pick that up from them....

Apart from that...it was an enjoyable day overall....

Oh...oh...Ravi came to visit...hahaha...you missed us ha Ravi....
but we were happy to see him....
like he was still a UJ teacher......
We hope he still is....
Kinda quiet without him....

2 August - PTA AGM...

Buzzzzzz........
the whole day was a busy day...
teachers buzzing around preparing for the meeting.
I was in charged of the dining area....
so we had to wait until after the upper form recess
before we could actually start work...
but luckily...everything went smoothly...
we found some flower pots with bushy flowers
to brighten up the canteen....
The skirting for the tables were not bad too...
but apart from that...
the canteen was not exactly cheerful....

Anywho...the event started at 2 pm....
the guests arrived and there was the welcoming dance...
James pretty much enjoyed watching the dances...
and he even took photos with the kids...
Lin looked glamorous tho....and hilarious...
she even made fun of Cikgu Asri with his tongkat....

I left earlier and did not attend the meeting...
had to send my bro-in-law's car back to Mantin, picked
up the Kelisa from the workshop and sent Chin to
hospital for a follow up check up....

A hilarious thing happened tho....
I drove a waja for the first time that day...
and since the lever for signal lights and wiper are
totally the opposite side of the Kelisa...
I kept pushing the wiper lever instead
of the signal light and the sound
of the wiper gave me a shock every time....
But it was hilarious because i just mentioned it to James about
the mix up and i did the mistake over and over again...
my brain just couldn't digest the difference....
Thank God i got my Kelisa back on the same day...

I see u....

Welcoming dance

With James

Lin saje tunjuk bling2...

Gatey with James.

30/07 - Saturday

Chin was discharged from hospital today....
I didn't go to school for the professional development session...
Had to pick Chin up and bought him breakfast...

He was discharged at 12 pm and we went for lunch....
I think he couldn't wait to go home...after
the time he spent in the hospital...
It wasn't a really friendly kinda setting...
CMH...
really old and spooky like...
and i don't think i could sleep a wink if i were there....
On the last night he was there...he had
to sleep alone in the big ward...
all the other patients had already been discharged
but i guess the sleeping pill helped him tho....

It was good to have him home...
Tho grumpy as he was....
but at least...he was being grumpy at home...

29 July....Thursday...

Chin was still in the hospital on Thursday...
and he was still as grumpy....
but he seemed ok already...
though his blodd count fell to 120 from 130 the day before...
He was pretty bored and felt uncomfortable....
The patient next to him had already been discharged from the hospital.
Anyway....i went for a haircut before i went visit him...
he felt like eating Chicken Burger from McDonald...
So...off AGem and i went to buy the burger....
I told AGem the day before that there must be
a blessing in disguise as to why of all the hospitals we went to..
he ended up in the spooky CMH and not his first
choice KPJ.

Seemed that CMH is closer to Mantin and his mother
could visit him easily every morning
and brought him food.
SO next time...whatever happens in whatever manner,

i will not question it anymore...
since there is a reason to why things happen the way it does.

Anyway...Chin was hoping to be discharged soon....
I pity him tho....
kinda lonely in the hospital...
He was on IV drip all the time...
and did not really have the appetite to eat anything...
Again...the effect of the dengue viral attack...
We let at about 11 pm and drove back....
Huhhuhu.....the thought of driving to school the next day
was not really appealing....

28 July - Craziest Treasure Hunt evah 2010

This was the first ever Treasure Hunt by the English Panel in UJ...

Of course there was the Science and Maths race before

but well.....we were excited to do the hunt, Azie and I that is...

Anyway...early in the morning,

James entered my 4 Inovatif - and boy oh boy....

the kids can actually speak in English if they are forced to do so...

i refused to translate anything for them,

so they had to think of ways to ask the questions....

They were eager to talk to james, of course...

that was the main reason.

Anyway....they enjoyed the Q & A session with James.

After that, I went to Kuala Klawang town to buy beans and ribbons

for our treasure hunt in the afternoon.

I planned to print out some of the things that i didn't manage

to print out the night before....but

Murphy's Law seemed to kick in...

There was a black out and the whole town was affected....

Argh....everything went down hill from there...

i simply had to copy all the tasks into 12 copies

by writing them down...

And James, thank God for James, he came up with

4 cyphers that i only chose 2 and he came up with most

of the crazy sentences and the codes...and finally he even produced

on a mahjong paper, the cypher for the code.

I think everything wouldn't have worked out

if James was not there to help...

(He was a God sent, i say)

Anyway...we pulled it through and by two o'clock

we were ready to plant all the clues and the tasks.

But somehow, while briefing the Check Point caretakers,

Azie went very confused....

so we ended up just giving all the clues to them

and let the students looked for them themselves.

ANywho, they would eventually lead from one point to another.

James minded the bean area...he had to mix

3 types of beans and let the students to separate them.

Kak Zu minded the ketupat area...

There were 2 teachers' group and one of them

was Lin's group...

and they cheated outrageously...

Lin hung on to Shidah's group like a leech...

just so they wouldn't lose sight of each other.

And i heard that she simply tore 3 ketupat made by Shidah

so the group could not complete the task ahead of them.

ROFL.....

Alas...non of her group members knew how to make ketupat...

but lo and behold....she produced a ketupat out of nowhere

and off they went searching for the next CP.

By the time they found me...

Shiddah's group was desperate to break away...

and finally they figured out that the last CP was the Teacher's

apartment...so somehow...

they managed to sneak away quietly

without Lin's group noticing - leech or not - LOL...

When they reach down there, Azie didn't have the heart

to tell them that they had only found 5 CPs....

and yet there were 12 CPS....ahahahaha...

Anyway, Shidah's group won the Teacher's race.

The students, on the other hand, were gasping

for breath by the time they were half way through.

We purposely placed the CPs far from each other....

but the groups from the second session fare better...

they found 11 CPs out of 12...

Participation was overwhelming as there were 25 groups...

including the teacher's group.

And we had to reject a few for their late registration.

But....it was simply crazy....and

in the middle of the huha....

i forgot to take photos of the event...

Haih...sad....there \were so many hilarious moments...

and we didn't manage to freeze them in time....

This is definitely the best activity of all this year....

27 July - English In Camp.

I arrived in school early...with James....
he slept in the car while i drove....
Huh...now i know how Chin felt when i slept in the car...
LOL....
Anyway...the Principal promised that there wouldn't be
long and formal assembly on that day....
but it seemed that the students had different ideas totally...
We had to bring the Form 1 students to the hall and got
them into groups...
So i had to ask Ruslan to announced that the Form 1 students
be excused from the assembly...

After getting the students into groups, Azie
started off the day with her first session...
she partnered up with Srivani and they had an interesting
and fun session.
The students came up with a group name for themselves
and a group cheer...which was pretty fun...
James was appointed the judge...LOL...
and when he finally announced the winner of the session,
the kids were all quiet....
they couldn't understand James' accent...ROFL...
The next session was mine and Kak Zu...
we did something on NIE....Newspaper trail and
poster making....
some of the kids came up with really good
posters...
but some Chinese boys as usual, year in year out,
not participating at all...
so we decided that those who did not do anything
would not get food...
so some of the Chinese boys complaint to me about the
food thingy so at the end of my session, i warned
them about not participating
and told them to redeem themselves in the last session,
which was Bed's session.

I just finished my session and went out to distribute the
invitation booklet to the principal for the closing
ceremony when Chin turned up
in my school with the news that
he was suspected to be suffering
from dengue fever.
He went for a blood test earlier and the doctor
advised him to admit himself into
the hospital.
He got the blood test report from the doctor
and decided to go to KPJ.
So, i had to leave earlier with James and missed
the closing ceremony.
I later on got to know that the Chinese boys
did redeem themselves by participating
in the last activity but
Azie complained to me that Bed did not handle
the session well and in the end
Azie had to do most of the talking...
or rather ended up somewhat taking over
the session from her...
and this pretty much annoyed me as
i had clearly stated and assigned certain session to
certain teachers so everyone got a fair share of
work load.
Argh...seems that the annoyance is here to stay...
This is not the only incident mind you....
Anyway...Chin and I went to KPJ but it was full...
so Chin ahd to wait until late evening before there was any
vacancy.
Dr Yap tried to push it for him...to get a bed...
good man....
He went back to sleep but by evening
he was nauseous and couldn't eat anything...
so we decided to search for a hospital to admit him in...
so we went to Columbia Asia but it was
also full...
so ended up we went to Chinese Maternity Hospital
and a few minutes after they charged the deposit...
KPJ called informing that there was an empty bed...
but well...we decided to just be at CMH ..
It would be convenient for his mother to visit too.
After sending Chin's things over at the hospital,
Ah Gem and I arrived home
at nearly 12 am...
and i still had to stay up to do my Treasure hunt tasks
for the next day...
I ended up sleeping at 2 am...
What a looooonnnnnngggg day it was...

The First Session of the day....

26 July...Monday...Eng. Week started...

Heck...our English Language Week started today....

and it was not very encouraging as it rained early in the morning...

but i was still looking forward to it....

a busy week i forseen...

we would be James over at the school as promised....

to the students...a special visitor....

Then....the English In Camp for Form 1...

which we had to squeeze in on Tue as the week after

the school will be busy with the PTA AGM...

then...our Treasure Hunt....

and Talentime - if there's the audition...

Well I drove to school today as Chin was still not well

from fever last weekend...

So...i switched car with Chin's nephew...

the Kenari since he was dying to drive the Kelisa.

Anyway...James followed me to my first class- 4 Cemerlang....

They were excited to meet him as i had

informed them last Friday that their would be the first

class entered by James...

They asked lots of questions - shyly at first but

slowly it picked up speed...

Some took photos.....

Then they presented something about Malaysia to James...

tho all the groups didn't manage to present their discussion

as there was not enough time....

Anyway....James kinda enjoyed the session...

he became like an instant celebrity in the school...

and the students kept saying that he's good looking...

Ahahahahaha......

I helped Kak Zu with the hampers later in the day

before we left for SELECT.....

Tho it was a short day for us in school...but it was a good

beginning to the week....

Some teachers already started with the quizes in the

classroom but i hadn't had time yet....

I still had to go back and prepared

the activities for my session with Kak Zu for the English Camp...

When i got back Chin stil looked petty weak but he insisted on

going to school on Tue....

I hope he'll get well soon....

He's so grumpy i couldn't stand it....

With 5 Gemilang...

With 4 Cemerlang...

Q & A session