Hope Springs Eternal

Waiting Outside The Lines

2012-01-15T10:54:00.001+08:00

The new year has rung in. So what do I hope for the new year? A great year, of course. This year will be great for me. I can feel it in my bones.

There will be some challenges waiting, I'm sure but I'm not one who cowers from them. I welcome challenges since I believe they will make me a better person.

Two weeks had passed and the days had been hectic and busy. I think this is the first time I went to school on the first day less enthusiastic than before. Usually I wouldn't be able to sleep as I was too excited to go to school hahaha

One particular person said that I haven't reached certain standard thus rejecting my name for this one particular thing but I believe my standard is beyond her comprehension. Ah well, she is not the one who determines my rezeki. Everything comes from Him and I believe in Him and my rezeki. So I hope she made that decision fairly and not basing it on her unstable emotions.

Alrite, I'll keep you posted then. In the meantime, have a great year too aye?

Lovely Day

2011-12-23T13:37:00.000+08:00

Tell me if you' ve had this for breakfast

It's glutinous rice with jack fruit and mung beans porridge.

We went to this restaurant for breakfast and saw so many people went to this table. I was curious and went to see. Still couldn't figure it out so asked the man at the counter.

He said something abt it being a Kelantan delicacy. There were many pots on the table containing coconut milk, different types of sweet porridge, brown sugar syrup etc.

Asked him how to eat it since I wanted to try but he was quite lost on his explanation. Haish how to promote to foreigners? And at that time I was a foreigner as this food was totally foreign to me hehhe

Okla the taste. Sweet. Only I wonder why exactly they have it in the morning.

Overall, it was a productive and fruitful trip. Met friends and bought some stuff. Yep, bonus was not even in at that time but I already spent it hahha Well, what else is new?

Got these for myself so I'm quite happy.

shoes

pants

Although I will be happier if I can get more hehehe So many wants rather than needs, I know I know

I need to put myself into the shoes of people who have do not even have enough. It's quite difficult actually. It's easier said than done aye?

Oh, Legend Hotel or now its new name is Sunway Putra has this gorgeous ginger bread house

some pieces falling off..sayangnye should jatuh in the stomach heheh

and pix of us, the tourists :)

I Wanna Go

2011-12-20T13:16:00.000+08:00

You know, I had failed so many times in gracing the wedding invitations from fellow Saijorians. Most of times, the timing was off. It was either I was on duty or had some going on in school. I felt horrible so this time I made sure that I would manage to fulfil this one invitation.

It was made easier since we were already in keyell so that morning, we went off to Sidek's wedding.We left early for fear that we would not be able to find the venue and we arrived wayyyyyy too early hahha Only workers were there :)

We arrived at the venue abt 11 sthg and the workers were still putting on tablecloths. Julie went to ask when exactly the event would start and the man asked said abt 12. Hmm but shouldn't the tables be covered by 11 sthg?

Anyway, since we had time to kill we went off wandering around. And bought a card. Decided not to buy a present. Just gave cash instead. I hate it if my presents ended up given to others since the newlyweds have tons of the same thing. Do they need another set of toaster when they already have 3?

I think the westerners have this one right. Register the presents that they want and the guests will choose which one that they want to buy for the newlyweds. So no duplicates and no unwanted things. Hint Hint *wink

Then headed back to the hall. Although there were already guests we suspected that we were among the family as most of them were wearing the same theme.

Loved the theme. Loved the decoration. Loved the food.

While eating my eyes were wandering to see any familiar faces but none. We wanted to wait until the bride and the groom arrived and made our presence felt so I think we were among the ones who were there the longest. And that included the groom's relatives hahha

And Julie being Julie harassed Sidek's brother for that piece of candy. The candies were only for kids but since Julie has a child in her, she wanted one. Kesian the kid that he had to relent in the end hahha The power of persuasion, I guess

Finally I saw one familiar face. You know, the moment I saw him I thought he was Zul. But noooo. Actually it was Ruby's hubby hahah Tu yg familiar tu since I've seen his photos so many times on fb. Come to think of it, I wonder where Zul is now? Hmm

Waited for Ruby to finish eating then went to the bride and groom's table to take pix.

And one of the SPISE girls of 3 batches. And what more special is that all of us are Otago alumni :)

Because I Miss You

2011-12-19T21:21:00.000+08:00

It's quite sad that this year I didn't manage to see a lot of Julie. Hence the reason why we set a date to see each other last weekend.

She was supposed to arrive around 11 pm but since it was AA what would you excpect? Flight delay and all which resulted her not being able to go to the hotel at the promised time. Yes, it was like Beijing all over again when I arrived one day earlier than her.

The hotel room was fantastic. No idea why the receptionist upgraded my room so in the end I got a 2-room apartment. Which is quite ridiculous since there would only be the 2 of us there.

from the entrance

the view from the balcony

I thought ok it would be quite scary staying in a big room but then my house is bigger and I stay there alone fine so there. *Konon trying to give a pep talk to myself heheh

Early in the morning, Julie arrived and off we went to Sogo. We promised to meet Amalina n Syana there. Used lrt for the ride.

Don't like the idea that they are using this for the token. Come on, this is easier to lose I think. Why made a backward decision?

Anyway, since we arrived early we had a go first with the karaoke room.

Screen touch la konon. But it was a hassle since you need to move to the front to key in the songs of your choice. Leceh.

Then the girls came. Honestly, it was like it was our first time singing together. Malu-malu la konon hahh But of coz it got better.

But I don't like the service. The workers kept interrupting us and when they came into our room, straight away switched on the lights. What kind of manners are these?

Sibuk je asked us to order whatever not. We knew that we had to order but since the other two had not arrived we decided not to order first. But noooo kept on barging in into the room. Bongok betul.

And then there was a sudden screen off and a worker came in to say the time was up. I mean, couldn't you say it nicely?

Back in the other country where karaoke is quite famous, 10 minutes before time, they would call us to remind us that the time was nearly finishing. And they asked whether we wanted to continue. Ini tak.

So many things you have to learn ok. Jangan nak berlagak ini dah cukup bagus. Yang terbaik konon. Shit. I've experienced much better.

However, I took comfort that I managed to see people that I miss. People that I should see more frequently. One of the things that I will try to improve next year is the frequency of this kind of meetings :)

Suddenly

2011-12-14T15:17:00.000+08:00

Woke up that morning and had this sudden urge to eat at KP Corner and off I went. I know. Crazy isn't it but hey what the stomach wants, the stomach gets hahha

It was good that I texted Pn T first if not I wouldn't know that it has moved to a temporary site since the old place is being renovated. Arrived just in time for lunch. Didn't have my breakfast pun in the first place so brunch it was.

Took my favourites- nasi putih, ayam goreng and that nenas tu. Apa eh nama dia? hahha Makan je tau but x know the name. Didn't take that kacang + hati - that is my favourite as well but that day takde mood to eat that hahha

Sorry no pictures since I parked my car across the road so was so lazy to carry my camera. It was a blissful brunch I tell you. Miss the food so much. Thank god that it's relatively near. Not like I have to take a plane to get to it. The only thing to find is time.

While eating, listened in to people's conversations about the jam in Pilah that day. It's quite common to have jams in that town but on a Monday? Everyone was guessing the cause of the jam. Puan T couldn't even come out of the school to meet up with me for fear that she wouldn't be able to get back to school in time.

Nonie who was in Gentam took about one hour or so I think to get to the eating place. Gilos.

After eating, I went to see Pn T at school. Since there was jam so mite as well went about to see some friends hahha I made the right decision to pray first before heading home. The road was still congested.

this was halfway to sbn already

So while stuck in the jam, I got time to look around and I saw so many rambutan trees weiiii They were laden with unpicked fruits. Aisey why la. Should have shouted and asked for some but malu la of coz hahha

And even had this encounter with a smsra car hahha Don't know who that was but a boy la. I think lower form kot tu. Well, too dark to determine but I did smile at the parents since they were busy looking at me ;)

KYati who had a meeting in Pilah informed me that the jam could be because of this one car that got into a fishing pond. So I was ready with my camera to capture that moment. But when the moment came, I just managed to get this shot.

Macam malu la nak amik hahha Gilos Adoii how la to write blogs like this kan? hahha But at least I got one shot eh?

After this area, the traffic was smooth ok? Haish it took me 1 1/2 hours just to arrive home. By the time I arrived home, lapar already. Aisey why la x tapau tadi? Bongoks

So does this mean there will be another trip? Oh I like :P

Walk It, Talk It

2011-12-10T15:13:00.001+08:00

Yus sent this in my email and I thought of sharing it with you.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/75414251/90-10-Principle-by-Steve-Covey

True isn't it? Although it's not easy to give the most appropriate reaction to a certain circumstance but if we want a different outcome we just have to try. It comes with practice, I think.

Hmm I hope I can better my reactions when I face dire situations after this. Chaiyokk

p/s: Listed travel destinations for next year already yehaa Now all I need is moolah ;)

Sexy And I Know It

2011-12-10T11:30:00.000+08:00

Presenting my new baby :)

Now I will have 2 machines to do my downloading jobs walawey

You've Fallen For Me

2011-12-09T14:10:00.001+08:00

You know mind is such a tricky thing. You have a lot of work to do but yet your mind keeps wandering to other things. And wandered I did.

Been occupying myself with Kseries. And you know once you start on one episode, you'll be wanting to watch the next. And the next. And the next. Until you get to the last episode. Especially when you know that all the episodes are there in the hard disk.

On average, one series will have 16 episodes which means 16 hours. And you want to finish all as quick as possible so you stay up until Subuh to do accomplish that. In addition to that, you are marking papers. So you need to balance things up. And let me tell you that, balancing act is never easy between these two.

The result? I now spotted with panda eyes. I think pandas have better eyes kot. My eyes are strained too hahah

Oh well, it's worth the pain I guess. And now my regular series are back from their break so there! More things to juggle hahha

p/s: I think my playlist now is heavily influenced by the series that I watched :)

Rain Over Me

2011-12-07T16:30:00.000+08:00

I think this year is the year of which I bought so many inspirational or motivational books. I just have to since this year so many things happened which caused me to lose my motivation. I got demotivated so many times and I just needed to be reminded of who I am and what I'm capable of.

Of all the books, I like Jack's the best ;)

Some people can just be so poisonous that it affects other people in the surrounding. Yeah I sometimes sound very pessimistic but I like happy endings. Thus the reason why I stick to certain genres, be it for movies or storybooks :)

And also this is the year of which I bought so many books but not all of them have been read yet. Even this one novel by my favourite author. The book is still in its plastic wrapper. Imagine that!

This evening, when I was checking out my car boot looking for any shoes to be thrown out, I saw this one plastic bag with 3 books in it hahah Crazy betul. No idea when exactly I will be reading the books but I intend to finish at least one before the new semester starts.

This trend cannot continue next year. Must find some time to unwind and relax more I think. I think I want to be GM next year.

What is GM, you wonder?

GURU MALAS hahaha

Goodbye

2011-12-05T23:59:00.001+08:00

And so I have this sudden mood to do some cleaning up. I started at 2 am, can you believe it? hahha I think it was a ploy of my subconscious mind not to mark anymore papers :)

Anyway, I found out that I had so many things to throw! Ended up with more than the 3 boxes as pictured in the pix below.

You know, after I had sent out these boxes to the garbage bin, I went to see my chief to get my coordinated sripts and when I came back, these boxes were gone! I can try to understand about the boxes as I think some of the contents could be recycled but the bag? It has lost its wheels and can't even sit straight anymore.

Well, as they say one person's thrash could be another's treasure eh?

I think there's a reason why I have my own career. So I can hide behind the excuse that I'm so busy that I can't manage the house hahha I have respects for the housewives. Such difficult job that they have. I think I'm in need of a good massage :p

Now the house is in order. The next task is to make sure my new place in the staffroom is in good order too!

Rocketeer

2011-11-24T22:53:00.001+08:00

Used my mixer for the first time today. Oh didn't I tell you? I got a mixer for the exchange gift session for the Staff High Tea Party the other day.

That occasion itself had so many controversies. I think the staff were over the line la. Crap gilos. Come on la the gifts exchanging was done purely for fun. You get stressed out pesal? So you think if I got your name I will buy you Porsche la? Dream on bebeh

The content was forcefully taken out from the box. Almaklumla terrorist haha This time I tried banana choc chip muffin. At first just used that ordinary whisk but then I was thinking what the heck la wei. I got a new mixer so mite as well test it out.

How's the muffin? Not badla although if I were to do it again I would reduce the amount of sugar. Too sweet. Maybe due to that choc chip kot.

I think I need to borrow Fitah's muffin tray la because some of the cups went out of shape hahah Of coz it didn't help with the fact that I put some healthy dollop in a cup since I'm so lazy to do the second round huhu

It's school holiday now but if you know me you should know that I won't be having holiday sgt la. As it is I just finished keying in marks for pmr and next week spm meeting will start. On top of that I will be on warden duty starting tomorrow until sunday. Ah well, the joy of being a teacher. And they say that we have lots of holidays :)

Anyway, just wanna tell you that my house won again wohoo And one of my dorms won the best dorm for boys double wohoo Although sad to say, I wasn't able to be there on that day due to pmr meeting. So this year I got no pix of me holding the trophy. So sad.

AZ1- Dorm Terbaik 2011

Juara Keseluruhan Sistem Rumah

And during the hols, I need to kemas a table in the staffroom. A decision has been made by uknowho to divide the two staffrooms into 2 divisions. Teachers are placed based on their departments. The decision caused an uproar of coz but do they care? Or more specifically does she care? Sorry la babe. It's her school kan?

So move we have to. So will be doing some spring cleaning tomorrow I guess.

Horrible People

2011-11-12T22:21:00.001+08:00

This sums up things that have happened so far. Urghh

Ku Menunggu

2011-10-25T21:29:00.002+08:00

This entry should be posted long time ago but you know the reason why. Now I got a bit of time since exams just started so here I am writing about the past event. This event happened tlast one month and a day to be exact hahaha

I'm a true Cancer. I hold on to the past!!

Because life in school was (and still is) so crazy, Nonie and I decided to have some makan2 session.What other way to combat this stress but eat eh? And since it was still Raya month so we decided to call some kids to join in the fun too.

I invited my F5 class but only the girls since we wanted to have it in the hostel. Kesian the boys but what to do? There were other F5 girls invited too and there were around 30 sthg of them, I think.

That day, we had Jalinan SEMESRA ( Report Card Day) in the morning so mmg gila penat la. And the day was so hot. I even slept before going into the kitchen.Thank god, we ordered some food as well.

Funny thing that happened on that day was that we kept waiting for the girls to arrive but they didn't come. I heard the announcement calling for some names that we invited but no one could be seen until about 7.

While talking to Yanti and Fizah, only then it occurred to me that the girls could be waiting at the library. After all, I did say to Abin 'At our place la' to her question 'Where, teacher?'

Gilos betul. Just imagine the girls had been waiting in front of the library for almost one hour. And they nicely and quietly waited there. If I were them, dah one hour but nothing I would go and find out why but nooooo they didn't. I asked Laila to go to the library to call them hahah Mmg kelakar

But on another side, it has been established that the library is our place hahah

the food

the wardens

the prisoners..I mean the kids :P after they found their way to the venue

Nonie's cake :)

It was such a happy feeling doing that. Yeah, we need distractions. Life in this school sometimes just make you want to scream and pull your hair out in frustration. Thus the need to do this and other nonsensical stuff ;)

You Make Me Feel

2011-10-24T18:45:00.000+08:00

It was a beautiful weekend. The reason? I managed to accomplish quite a few things. My sportshouse will be organising a party soon so went to check out things. Managed to buy pressies for my house captain and the assistant. Gila cantik ok jam tu. I wish someone bought it for me hahha

Then went to visit my mom with my weighing scale hahah Was very happy that she gained 10 kg in these couple of weeks. We bought her some milk for the elderly and Alhamdulillah, she didn't look that feeble anymore.

Then went to watch Real Steel. It was a great movie. Ina said I was biased since Hugh was in it but I don't think so. It was a motivating movie of sort. A must watch movie, I'd say. And having him in the movie is a bonus :)

Went home only to get a message from this kakak saying that the tudung that I requested had arrived. So went there and bought 3 tudung hahha I usually don't buy tudung that costs more that RM 10 (yeah I'm that stingy) but malas to fikir too much. Didn't have much time since I wanted to catch the biggest rugby match so drove like a bat.

After 24 years, the cup finally found its way home. It was a tight match. I even switched the channel at some point due to the nervousness sheesh Wish I was there though :( I could just imagine how the stadium must be like. Must be electrifying

Although the night ended quite sourly with the other club being thrashed on home ground but nevertheless, it had been a great weekend. This must be how the Arsenal fans felt like when we thrashed them not long ago eh? hahaha The posers had the time of their life posting status on the fb. Well, I bet there are many City fans now. Urghhh posers.

Ah well, life goes on. We'll look back at this and cringe, I'm sure but it's not the end.

And oh I heard good news regarding the Hari Koku and HEM that will happen soon enough. I could be going on stage to receive some trophies/money/cert/whatever woot woot But the sad news is that I will be marking PMR on that day hahhaha Allah x bagi jobo sangat hahha

Brand New Baby

2011-10-17T19:45:00.004+08:00

You might have heard that we have a new baby in the clan. Ina's baby to be exact. Thank god that I had a clear schedule that week so we could go to see this spanking new babe.

Happy to hear that my pressie had arrived. Ordered online and it arrived just on the day I was supposed to visit Ina and the baby. Nice timing eh?

cute kan?

the kakaks playing with the baby's diaper cake

fighting over the moo hand puppet

I think this is the only time where I held a newborn baby. Usually the size intimidates me but since this baby is quite big so I was quite ok, I think. Although I did do my contemplation before I held her hahah

the baby's 'what are u trying to do to me' look ;P

the baby with her nenek

sleeping

and still sleeping

Here I Am

2011-09-25T15:33:00.007+08:00

Went for a short trip recently. Nonie and I kept saying that we wanted to go somewhere but never made a proper decision until that fateful day. That day was so stressful until we decided we just needed a breather from school. Away from these parasites.

First, we (plus K Rohaidah) wanted to go to Kuching. Then that plan was aborted. We chose KK instead. But looking at the plane fare, we changed our mind again hahha In the end, Bandung it was.

It was quite difficult finding hotel since the weekend that we were going was a long one. We got it in the end. Only to be informed that it was a red area. Our YDP who frequents Indonesia often helps us in finding a better hotel and a driver. He even planned our itinerary :)

Landed in Bandung at nite. Went to have a cuppa before heading to hotel. Was supposed to have dinner but since we had food on the plane so everybody was full. Thought the name of the hotel was Sukajadi Hotel (we even wrote that on the immigration card) but it was actually a different one.

very comfy

One funny incident in the plane. I wanted to have a copy of an immigration form to fill too after a steward gave one copy to K Rohaidah. But the steward said "Oh only one per family" thinking that I was from the same family. I must have looked like Hassan's sister and have Iranian blood then huh? hahha

Visited one popular tourist there. Tangkuban Perahu. Okla. I've been to Rotorua so it's not actually a big deal seeing a crater hahah Berlagak.

After that, our shopping trip began. Went to Pasar Baru and so many interesting things to look at. The only thing is that the shops are not well organised. So if you don't have a lot of time, you will not be able to get fantastic bargain since you can't visit many shops to compare prices.

It's quite difficult being a Malaysian here in Bandung. These people will milk you dry if you are not careful. They assume we come with big and deep pockets so you need to be ready to bargain well. And of coz there are some sombong salespersons there too. Bengong ja

that said lady

Another irritating thing is that they (the peddlers) will hassle you. No matter what, they will try to hoist their merchandise on you. Even in normal circumstances, when a salesperson comes and follows me around I will become irritated just imagine how irritated I was when these people kept following us sheesh

the hasslers

Managed to do fish therapy finally. Damn cheap ok Only 20, 000 rupiah which is only RM 7. I think that country needs to review its currency la. What's the point of having so many zeros when the worth is also zero?

Did they follow the Japanese currency system? If yes, kelakar la weii Yen's worth is too high that they are working very hard to lower it down. Don't like rupiah. 4 million rupiah is nothing much ok.

Overall it was a fun trip. It was great that we finally had our break. Although this visit has its own controversies.

It had been mentioned in the meeting that we should not go and have holiday when the kids are doing their preparation for exam. Need to wait until they have finished exam.

Hello. When we sent in the form, there was no programme scheduled. We checked the school takwim as well as the warden timetable. Furthermore, that was public holiday ok?

The moment we knew there were whispers about this, we surfed the AA website to survey tickets for the next holiday hahhaa

Good Life

2011-09-10T14:15:00.003+08:00

How was your Raya? Mine was a dismal one. Well, what do you expect when one got no baju raya, kuih raya and such? I think the reason why some people are so hung up on those things is to get into the mood :)

I think this blog has been left too long and now I'm visiting just to vent my anger. Quite a sad reason to write but write I must.

You know what happened in the recent staff meeting? We (the coordinators of the library) were accused of making our own decision. It seems that we have appointed the new librarians without consulting or even notifying the school. What the heck???!!!

There was meeting, yes. But it was not for appointing the new librarians. It was a housekeeping meeting. A meeting about what the kids should or should not do.

It seems that one bloody axed candidate went up to the office to complain on how unfair it was that he wasn't selected. He was asked to leave the meeting as he had never come for duty. The newbies were supposed to come for the training but he didn't. So of coz he got kicked out. There was another girl who received the same fate.

I mean, how could you accuse your staff of doing something when you hadn't even bothered asking? Is it so difficult to pick up the phone and ask? I mean, seriously. And you just believe a student's word? Investigate before you point fingers.

This is slander. I've been a hardworking staff in this school. Nobody can accuse me of slacking in my job. This is unacceptable. Sorry, now you just lost my respect.

One phrase that I will not forget 'Saya dah lama pendam ttg PSS ni'

So is this revenge? Fine. Just don't regret your decision later.

Opera Hidup

2011-08-26T11:55:00.003+08:00

Ramadhan is almost finishing now. Instead of reading Quran and what-not, been busy marking trial papers. Lame I know. So definitely not gonna be able to finish the holy book during this holy month *sigh*

Was not in the best of mood for a couple of weeks. If Julie were here, she would say I was brooding. Yeah, I brood sometimes only this time the period was longer. I guess brooding + fasting is not a good combo ;)

Due to the pressure and stress of marking, I've also been spending time downloading and watching some Korean dramas hahah Missed Prosecutor Princess when it was aired on Astro so I downloaded to watch it. Now I'm onto another one :)

I think it's quite a waste subscribing Astro when I don't even watch telly now. But then it will be a problem when I want to watch footy since that is the only channel with EPL games shown.

Speaking of EPL, the new season has started yeay! And they won the first silverware of the season double yeay! Much sweeter when it was against the neighbour eh? :)

I got no baju raya this year. Bought so many materials for baju but none will be ready for raya haha Well, not like I like raya anyway so there. I still have another 4 at home. Wonder when am I going to send them to the tailor?

Anyhow, Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri and Maaf Zahir Zatin. Have fun but stay sane okeh?

There's A Way

2011-07-30T17:21:00.007+08:00

Despite it being my birthday month, some of the days in July just plain sucked. I told u about going to MidV to buy some books for the library rite? Well, we didn't go.

Sometimes there's a truth in what they say about lady bosses. They are just too fickle minded. How to get respected when you don't hold on to your own decisions? You need to be sure of what you've said and decided. Don't get too easily influenced by others.

And one sad thing about them is that they need to have a sidekick. I mean, you should know that being on top is a lonely position. So need to be prepared for that rite? If you are not ready to be alone, then don't be a leader.

The best conflict of the month is my birthday celebration (I'll tell you abt the others later if I have time). My kids wrote an application letter for the permission to use the hall for my birthday celebration. Not only they wrote a letter they even had a working paper. Too bad, it was not allowed.

I'm not really pissed about it being rejected. Oh I knew this since Nonie told me (my kids confided in her). Tak kisahla tuh kan? But then she asked my kids 'Kenapa nak buat untuk cikgu sorang nih? Apa yang special cikgu nih? Nanti cikgu2 lain kecik hati.'

I mean what the hell. It's up to the organisers la sapa they want to celebrate kan? We have no rights to determine which one the kids should be celebrating or what.

And helloooo mmg aku special pun. If you ask any teacher in the house, they without a doubt will understand why the kids wanted to have a party for me. After all I did for the kids, a party is just a small sacrifice on their part.

Although in the end, they managed to have one for me after all. Illegal or one we called Bersih assembly, our version haha I was led to believe that I had to go to school for library but in the end, I was ambushed by the kids.

So at the end of the day, what exactly are we teaching the kids? The kids want to appreciate their teacher but noooooo they are not allowed. To the point they had to resort to this kind of method.

They wanted to do it on Saturday nite of which they were supposed to be free so why the no answer? If you don't allow the hall to be used that's ok. But to prohibit them from even having a party on a free nite is way too much.

Oh well, jealous la tuh. That's my conclusion hahaha And the kids? What can I say? Very resourceful hahah Bravo!

I Celebrate The Day

2011-07-16T21:14:00.005+08:00

Finally after 4 months I managed to buy Dania the dinosaurs that she wanted. La rupanya not la Toy Story's dinosaur tu cheh Puasla aku ni carik kat T&U hahah Gilos

Went to have that roti bakar at that favourite kopitiam of mine as well. Had chicken porridge too yummeh. Been wanting to eat those since early of the month. No, I'm not pregnant.

Why exactly only pregnant women are allowed to have cravings? I should be given the luxury too :)

My perfume is running out soon so planned to get a new one or a new bottle. No idea what is the latest nice smelling perfume so I went and bought the same one. Although in the end, it has become my birthday present since it was paid by Noni. Thanks babe :)

We were walking around trying to find kids' shops when we passed by BR. Decided to have that famous ice cream cake. At one point felt that the ice cream was not enough so I went and bought another scoop. I know. Crazy.

Time flew so fast and as Noni had a long way home, we decided to make a move. Not that often we could go and have fun so I'm very happy that we managed to get out once in a while.

Will go out again next Friday to MidVal this time wohoo We will spend money on books this time ;)

At home, while I was browsing the net when suddenly I decided to watch the other movie that I had not watched. So I quickly got dressed. Ok only now I know that the cinema will have so many people at nite.

I got the last seat for the 10pm show. Pheww That was close. I don't think I will be able to find time to watch this if I missed that show. The movie was so- so. Don't like the girl. Bosan je. One thing I like is the songs. Will have to google to find the title of the songs.

Well, the weekend is at the end. And here I am writing this from my office in the library hahah I'm the warden on duty thus the reason me being here few hours early :P

Ok, I guess that's it then. See you when I see you. Here's to a fruitful week peeps!

How This All Ends

2011-07-15T21:25:00.004+08:00

It's time for another update hahah I know. Life doesn't allow that luxury called time to descent on my planet so updates are far and between now. But I take what I can.

This recent week has been quite stressful. There have been so many hujan sessions recently. Gosh. Sometimes I'm just so tired of this game. I just want to do my work. To the best that I can.

But then this week is also the week when money has come knocking on the PSS door. Someone asked in the meeting recently (when PSS had 3k of unpaid debt), from where would we get the money to pay for this debt? Duit dari langit ke?

Indeed money has just fallen from the sky. We got 10k from MB and another 3k from Felda hahaha Not only we managed to pay the 3k debt but we will have another 10 to spend. Take that!

We go and find money ok. We are not like some people who only know how to spend the school money (which is not there in the first place) to buy unnecessary things. We are the ones who go back at 1 am in our effort to find resources for the library.

Ok enough gloating.

This week is also the week where HP ends. Quite sad that the era has finally come to an end. Only realised that the movie is on when I saw one of my friends' status on fb hahah

I'm gonna miss this. Will make sure that I have all the movies in my collection. One important message from the movie is that 'In the end, good will always triumph over evil'.

:)

Every Teardrop is a Waterfall

2011-06-21T21:44:00.005+08:00

Had our Sports Day last Saturday and what a whirlwind. The same week I had to spend time in doing the 5th timetable of the year and at the same time, I had to oversee the sports preparation as well.

And not enough with that, the next day we had this sort of Open Day where we had to open stalls and so on. Gilos.

Oh well, superwoman la katakan hahah Although to tell you the truth, I felt so stressed out. There was this point where I couldn't even count money properly hahah What a shock aye?

And there were few moments in this small confinement of place that we called our office, we both shed our tears. Yes, to that point.

My head was spinning from organising and supervising things. Thank god that this time, the kids are already experienced. The only thing I had to do was to buy some things. Even then, some of them even went as far as buying or sponsoring things that they needed to have.

For sports day I had bones to pick on hahah (What else is new? ;0)

We should have won that perbarisan thing ok? Ask around and everyone would say so so but noooooooo some other house got it. Helloo??? Takde akai ka? Gila la these people. Come on la judge fairly. Bengongs

The good news is that we snatched that best khemah thing. So happy for the kids. The only thing I questioned is why this category doesn't have a cup when the rest has. So weird rite?

And if we won that perbarisan, we could have taken the 3rd placing. Arghh so close yet so far. Never mind, that made me more determined to do much better next year. Need to think our theme next year haha

For the Cooperative Day, besides opening a stall we also opened a Hanted Mansion. You should have seen the long queue. I was in the library office all the way thru and the sound, I tell you. Gila menjerit2 especially the girls of coz.

It was a success. This is why I love doing this with the kids. Of coz it will be tiring and all but the satisfaction is all worth it. There's a prize for the best stall and I'm very sure we gonna snatch that hehehe

The Whole World's Falling Down

2011-06-14T20:08:00.001+08:00

Literally. Eight layers of that partitions fell on my foot.

My god, you have no idea how panicked we were. We tried to hold on to them but we were not strong enough thus the layers finally landed on the foot.

So got swollen ankle. TG that it was my leftie so I could still drive home. The next day, the whole body lenguh2 hahah

You see, it's not easy to be a teacher. We need to do almost everything ok? If you want to depend on the cleaners ke whoever, akan sgt leceh and slow.

Btw, we have a new boss. It has been two stressful days. Nonie and I didn't have time to eat. We ended up eating only at 2! Gilos.

And here I thought we are quite fast in accomplishing things but noooooo Now there are so many things to do ok? And that PG is so fucking annoying.

Born This Way

2011-06-02T13:50:00.002+08:00

So not cool that I spent so much of my time marking. The kids are always complaining that they have tons of homework. Helloooooooooo like the teachers don't have any. Of the two, teachers are the ones that need more holidays. If not suffer la the kids kan? hahah

Anyway, made some good progress when it comes to marking. But not so much when it comes to marks. Although this one girl impressed me with her paper 1 score. 39/40. She didn't so so well when it comes to Paper 2 but still managed to get an A due to her high score in Paper 1.

Besides that I'm also busy with finishing the series that I have neglected for so long. Only managed to watch the finale of Bones and wow were we shocked or what? We have been treated with UST for 6 seasons and then suddenly BAM! pregnant y'all. Dems. No scenes what ever not grr

Went to the forum (hahah I know!) to see other people's reaction and they were talking and complaining about it. But then, it was so like HartHanson to do that. Upon asked for any leaks on Bones, he gave the audience clues and all but he did it in a way none of us expected.

Bengang. Now cannot wait how it pans out in the next season. We have been waiting for these to to get together but not la terus preggo aiyoo

House lagila haha Gilos la the finale. I wonder what's next when Cuddy will no longer be in the picture. The actress who played the character wanted out. Maybe too long in that character eh?

On another front, CMinds will have its original cast back, I think. Good riddance Seaver tu. Don't like her. JJ and Prentiss will come back wohoo The one who played Prentiss wanted out in the first place to go for another direction i.e joined another tv series.

But that tv series didn't get pick up so she came back.

Well, not like I have every day to do this anyway. I'm no longer a couch potato due to my hectic schedule. Bohsan. I want to stay on that couch a way longer, please :D

Where Them Girls At

2011-05-29T10:16:00.001+08:00

A few books bought at PWTC that day were written by Shrey.

key-ing in the data

closer look

I smsed her saying that the library bought some of her books and I would be sending the books to be signed :) Although in the midst of excitement to put the new books on shelves, I forgot to pull her books out hahah Now will have to look for them on the shelves.

Yes, obviously I'm going to school during the hols. That is without a doubt hahah Loser!

Sing When You Winning

2011-05-28T16:23:00.008+08:00

The holiday is here. But not before we had to attend to that state Teacher's Day celebration. This time round, Rembau was the host.

We took the school bus to go there. And uncomfortable is a bit of understatement. Oh btw, after quite a while I was able to berborak with K Yati hahaha I miss the morning car chat sessions we used to have.

This time the performances were very interesting. No idea the kids were from which schools but they were marvelous. Love the orang asli dance more than the rest. And there was this small kid who had such wonderful voice although looking at her, you wouldn't believe that was her voice. She has a small frame but her voice is big.

The dinner was almost the same with what we had in Royal the previous nite. Although the royal was more delicious according to K Midah. Me? Everything goes hahaha It's quite weird isn't since Rembau caterer should have a better handling at cooking such traditional dishes?

Anyway, while I was browsing I saw this advert. I think that kid should join this contest. And sangat keciwa when I couldn't sing that favourite song of mine that nite. Damnation betul. They had a choir that sucked big time hahah Keciwa keciwaaaaaaa

The Show Goes On

2011-05-17T20:02:00.002+08:00

So yesterday was the celebration of Teacher's day. And this year for the first time we had a theme. Back to School theme.

The theme was easy but I hope next time, the organisers could tell us earlier. Friday morning was not soon enough especially for those who wanted to borrow clothes from the kids in school. These kids already had their uniforms in the pails.

We decided to go for PSS theme haha of coz cannot sama with others. Although at first when I was busy browsing in the shops, I asked for blue uniforms. Nonie tried borrowing from this kid but her uniforms were too big. Hers were green.

So had to go to the town to find uniforms. Eh such nostalgia betul pegi Tan Brothers shop tuh. That was where we did our shopping especially for school uniformsla when we were small. Yela, other shops kan mahal. And we were not rich.

Anyway got my kain there but then no blue uniform. Then went to the row of shops where I once bought my REEBAK bag hahha Ina, ingatkah anda? haha

One shop didn't carry any blue uniform so I tried another and yezza ada. And not only they carried blue but they had other colours as well. There were yellow, green, purple, blue and of coz white.

That was when we decided to buy the purple one ;)

some of us

The highlight of the day was only the moment when we saw each other in school uniforms je. The event dragged sampai only at 11 baru break for makan. Kesian the kids. Kesian us as well.

Then sukaneka pun couldn't go on as it rained heavily. But we were safely cocooned in the library hahah I was sleeping my headache off.

But I managed to shelve some new books before sleeping. If there was an award for the best librarian this PSS prefect would definitely get it.

the best ;P

On The Floor

2011-05-12T22:39:00.005+08:00

Last month, PSS held these two fights in the library. Yep, you read it right. Fights. What fights?

In conjunction with our pillow fight day, we organised pillow fights and the above were the prizes ;)

But of the two, the boys were very entertaining. The sound of the audience tuh mmg very loud la. There was this happy mood surrounding the library to tell you the truth. It was the bomb la hahha

The girls pulak as usual noisy la kan but that had been expected. They were reserved at first but then once the ball started rolling or more like the first hit was delivered, everyone was ok haha

Such fun fun nights. One of the pss librarians commented 'Macam ada impian sesapa je nih' hahah

Just Can't Get Enough

2011-05-05T23:12:00.002+08:00

Hey guess what? I'm back to that job once again. I am now a warden hahah I know I know. I keep doing the same things all over again. No challenge at all bohsan Asik asik la disiplin asik asik la warden sheesh

The kids kept smiling when they saw me yesterday. Yep, yesterday was our first day of duty. The news travelled very fast of coz. Yes people, smile while you can ko jangan menangis lepas ni sudah hahah

If before this you would see these garang teachers in the library now they are in the hostel as well haha What a nightmare heheh 'These' because the other library teacher, Nonie is also a warden :)

Anyway, after only hours being on duty, called the PKR for a meeting hahah So many things to do and so many things to organise. Biasala minah-minah kepochi nih :P

But at least one thing that I have now is time. A bit more time to spend doing my work. I waste time travelling actually. One day I waste about 1 hour going to and fro so now whenever that I'm on duty, I'll get that one hour back :)

Wish me luck peeps :)

You Be The Anchor That Keeps My Feet On The Ground, I'll Be The Wings That Keep Your Heart In The Clouds

2011-04-19T21:21:00.001+08:00

Sorry for the long silence. Not that I didn't have anything to write. Too many things had happened these few weeks. But time is something that I don't have much.

Accompanied my kids to a bowling tournament early of the month and this time there were 16 of them instead of 8. We have 2 teams for each age group now.

This year also saw that the kids did so much better when it comes to the achievement. So happy for them. Although for the U-18 competition, we came back at 2 in the morning!

Crazy kan?

Then we hosted Negri MTAQ. So between running between the bowling practices and tournament, I was the Ketua for the Persiapan Tempat. Not really a difficult task since I had AJKs under me :) The only difficulty was to be present and manage meeting when I was not physically in school. Thank god for friends.

Right after that zoomed to Ina's new house. Dania's party was going to take place and she was to become Kakak Jessie.

Finally managed to eat red velvet cake hehehe Not bad. Even oatmeal in the gift pack was fabulous. About 8, drove home.

And the effect of the non-stop work for the past 2 weeks and the lack of sleep and rest? This superwoman got kryptonite-d.

Right after the friendly with TKC, I already felt the tremor in the head. My head was spinning albeit mildly. Thursday was a struggle and Friday, I just collapsed. Didn't even manage to get out of the bed.

So I skipped the biggest event so far in the school calendar, my boss's retirement send-off. Gila tak gila tu? hahha Although I managed to see him on Sat since I was in school for my PSS activity.

I'll tell you abt the fun activity we had in PSS last week ;) Everything is pending on when I'm gonna finish doing the new timetable that is. Yes, the 4th timetable this year.

Till then ;)

If You Can't Live Without Me Why Aren't You Dead Yet

2011-04-10T23:06:00.001+08:00

There goes my daun kesum. Looks like it couldn't stand being left alone without any kind of support hehehe

Not at home for 3 nights straight and the moment I came back, went off to Ina's house. Not really an ideal situation when you have living things being dependent on you eh?

Gasping For Air

2011-03-31T18:59:00.003+08:00

Penat. And the work is still piling up.

Now will go and have 40 winks. Here just to stop for a wee while and say hello :\

p/s: Chant for these past weeks 'I'm a super human. I'm a super human. I'm a super human'.

Surrender

2011-03-19T15:43:00.003+08:00

After 3 days stint in school, I decided that was enough. I needed a wee break before the school started so decided to go to Ina's place.

Kept wanting to eat nachos but we were wayyyy early gilos. So decided to go to empire. Planned to eat at loaf but changed to belanga. Had nasi dagang instead :)

Oh btw, bought macarons. Just wanted to have a taste since it's a craze nowadays. Mahal gilos. For this small size, it costed me rm2 each

Peanut butter flavour. But these macarons are too sweet la for me.

After all that heavy meal, we ended it all up with nachos yipee :)

After all these months, finally I got my nachos :) So happy.

Rolling in the Deep

2011-03-15T15:20:00.003+08:00

Did I tell you that I drove the pengantin's car? hahah Scary mary weii It was supposed to be my car at first but then when I was at the oil pump, I realised that I didn't bring my purse hahah Bongoks. Handbag was there but in it no purse.

Turned back to get the purse then thought of picking up K Yati. Only to find out that Faiz wanted to join in. So of coz I couldn't use my car. Used rush instead ;)

Was so conscious. Mana la aku reti drive slowly nih? And I don't usually stop for bumps as well. What is a bump in one's life kan? If you find one, just plough through haha

But needed to slow down because of these two if not melambung la diorang. Rush is not that stable when driven in high speed.

We arrived at the destination safely, thank you very much pheww Oh and suddenly I had to be pengapit but then I failed la in that task haha

On another front, Julie called to tell me that she dreamt of me hahah Eh how come I don't usually dream about me but people will dream of me. Weird. Kelam sangat thus message tuh must be sent thru others haha

Anyway, when she told me of that dream the first thing popped in my mind was kubur la haha I mean where else can you find mud and all? Although she interpreted it the other way. Now I'm wondering what is in store for me?

I hate uncertainties. I hate surprises. Yeah, I'm no fun ;)

Won't Stop

2011-03-14T21:16:00.005+08:00

Quite happy today as I managed to print out library cards for 5 classes. Yeah, went to school today. I know I know but then loads of work are waiting so need to sacrifice me...er I mean my time ;p

There are heaps of books waiting to be processed too but then I'll leave that to other people la. Sometimes I think my efficiency is being taken advantage of by other people. Yes, I know I'm brilliant when it comes to work but then if your name is there, sila la buat keje.

Mmg pantang betul la if the names listed tak buat keje. Back in the old school, when this happened I went to the authority to slash out their names. So that only my name remained hahaha Puas hati la buat keje on my own since only my name was listed kan? hahha I know. Mmg tak boleh blah perangai. Nasib ko la.

And I also managed to fold the 3 washings at home woot woot. I think I need a wife more than I need a husband la hahaha Malas gilos to do house chores and I got 3 fridge magnets as testaments to my hatred towards house chores :)

Went to Nilai yesterday to send Fitah off. This time the family cooked on their own fuyyoh. Delicious food. No idea how many kgs I've gained during the weekend. Sia-sia lost 4 kgs haha

And us being teachers siap organised the photo sessions pulak. Padahal that was the man's side weii Gilos

us with them

I Am Going Away

2011-03-13T18:48:00.004+08:00

Ali said I will not be long in that school walahey I was so freaking happy when he said that to me yesterday.

Although time is really relative aye? haha Not that long could be 5 years or even 10 hmm

Who is this Ali? He used to be a sensei in that girls' school but now he's doing his masters. He has that gift where he can actually read people. He has this ma'rifat where he can see what is in the future. He was gifted with this ability when he was doing his umrah.

Thus I don't actually like to be around him that much for fear he would see the high mountains of my unfolded clothes hahah He once told this teacher to clean up her kitchen hahah Keji gilos Okay okay I will fold the clothes right away. Promise ;)

Anyhow, he was saying things to K Yati then I jumped in and asked him about me. Although after he said tak lama tu I asked him 'Pesal? Aku kene buang ke?' hahaha Eh must ask la kan?

I wonder where would I go next eh?

p/s: He once told this person that she has tompok hitam. Guess who? ;p

Come Together

2011-03-12T21:24:00.004+08:00

My sleep was interrupted as early as 6.30 by Dania who insisted to see me as I came home late last night. She was busy showing me the latest games installed in the i-pad.

There's this one cute game Smurfs but failed to understand its concept after I gave it a go. Need to give it a try later. Didn't have time to play angry birds and shark punnnn :(

Moving on :)

Went to collect the wedding cake and arrived at fitah's house at 11. Camwhored in the bilik pengantin before heading out to the tents to do our assigned job.

with the bride

Thank goodness that the weather was ok. It was partly cloudy so the sun was well hidden. If not pengsan la hahaha

Lauk was superb. And the cendol was marvelous. Menyesal la amik nasik skit wakaka

at the pengantin's table

Saw some mpik fellows but just managed to snap these two.

hawa and nooral

It was a place for teachers to gather actually. So many familiar faces especially english teachers la kan? haha And saw K Che Mah as well. Talked about Aiman, the so called Afiq jr. See? I got kaki in all places hahah

And took pix at the dais before heading home.

Then it was zzz time :)

My Melancholy Blues

2011-03-12T19:35:00.008+08:00

What a day yesterday. First of all, woke up late. K Yati was already in front of my house but I was still in bed. Thought of taking different cars but she said she wanted to wait. So ok.

The reason why I woke up late.

berinai session at fitah's

semangat kental budak nih :)

Gila failure la. Didn't manage to help much la for the preparation. So of coz needed to come to see what else needed help.

I already predicted Friday would be a busy day but it was more hectic than usual. Dahla time was cut short when we had that long brief meeting after the yassin reading. Adohaiii

In the end, I had only 20 mins for my form1 class. Still couldn't go as I had to do relief class whatever not. Bengang betul.

We had permission to leave the school (since we had PIBG on that day) but still we were late out of the gate. Sent Yassin to the hall before I rushed the Rush hehehe and prayed that Malaysian time worked this time. And it did! Oh yeah!

So we made good time for the solemnisation ceremony :)

before the akad

And the man cried. Ohmaigod. I saw him wiping his eyes after the akad but I think that's quite normal. But when it was time for him to read the taqlik his voice broke. And the moment his voice broke, the sadness seeped in :(

this is that moment

I officially lost my neighbour. After this, no more runner in Seremban. No more chitchat over the fence. No more late outings. No more mamak sessions. Even the house will not see her that often anymore.

Nevertheless, I'm so happy for her. It's time that she finds a home. She's motherly and she has her nest ready long time ago. Now she has found the occupants of that home.

Congrats neighbour! Don't be a stranger ya :)

See Me Through

2011-03-06T19:15:00.003+08:00

Was checking out postsecrets and this made me smile.

Love Never Felt So Good

2011-03-02T22:15:00.005+08:00

On another front, we are the CHAMPS for the MTAQ school level!! Wohoo congrats red team! Really proud of you!

It was a close fight between JP and AZ. The marks difference was only 2 okeh? Ah well, one thing for sure we won the girls' nasyid. After we were denied of the win during the form 4 orientation.

Pix will be uploaded soon. The school external hard disk is in school hahah

*Updated

Some pix of the kids

khat, syarahan

nasyid, marhaban

the best crooner

This boy got the best vocal for nasyid although I missed it as I was one of the judges of other competitions that day. Aiseyy rugi One of these days I will force him to sing for me hahaha

Go Let it Out

2011-03-02T22:05:00.003+08:00

That perempuan gila is still sulking and today K Midah the BM HOP told me that the perempuan gila refused to pay for the jamuan for the guests during the friendly debates on the basis that she was not informed about it.

KEPALA HOTAK KAU!!!

I told her right after I had that friendly debates with sdar ok? Just because you have a selective amnesia doesn't mean I didn't tell you.

Seriously, how childish is that? Dah tua ok so agak2 la skit. Be professional. If you don't like me that's fine but think about the debaters. And our guests. Tak boleh blah la.

Maybe I should take the offer given by my ex boss. She wants me back in the old school. Oh btw, I met 2 ex-bosses of mine when they came visiting my big boss two days ago. I must have done something right when both of them said I was a great staff back then hahah

Bet you can't say the same about your performance in the old school kan perempuan gila? hahaha

And it seems there's one more perempuan gila in the school haha Asylum in the making :)

Black Black Heart

2011-02-21T19:37:00.007+08:00

Today is a red letter day. Or maybe red flag. The one that a matador uses hahaha

I think I have the ability to respect people but respect must be earned. Age doesn't mean wisdom, you know? Today's incident proves that.

This school is funny on the border of being hilarious. Mental case, I think. There's this person who keeps suggesting names to boss to be given a transfer. Why don't you get a transfer?

Oh I forgot. You have never asked for a transfer. You get kicked out of schools instead.

That should have told you something. It cannot be other people's fault all the time right? There must be something in you that needs to be changed.

It's illogical when you said you have no idea why things like this happened to you all the time. I on the other hand, have never seen a person like you before.

Unluckily, now I have. Maybe we are destined to meet.

One thing you need to know, I was not born to be a blind follower. I can follow but to a certain extent. I'm not stupid. I too have my own mind. And I'm not afraid to show it ;)

Ching-A-Ling

2011-02-15T15:09:00.004+08:00

Our PPP for the PSS starts this month. This year we need to double up our effort to find money to buy more books in the library as the budget given this year is only 7k.

Last year we got that 50k one off grant and look at how many (few) books that we got so just imagine with 7k sigh. I smsed Ckg Kamal who is now in SBP to think of us if there's any extra money to be given to us haha

If any of you has that desire to add on to our book collection, you are very much welcomed you know :)

This February is Friendship month so here are the things on sale this time

the cute buttons

Although it is quite a mess ordering from this place la. If you cannot cope, hire some people so that you can actually fulfil your promises. Susahla kalau niaga camni adik-adik oiiii

We also have this on sale; The Friendship Candy Jar

cute eh?

This Saturday the movie project is on as well. And on the same day, I'm bringing the bowling kids to SParade for their training.

Eh senang kan jadik cikgu? Ko mampu buat camnih? hahaha

Don't You Forget About Me

2011-02-13T15:01:00.001+08:00

Another mentor and mentee session last Friday. It was kinda messy la if the session is done on that day and at that particular hour. The kids were not ready. Some of my boys were in the midst of their siesta. Had to wait for a few minutes for them to get ready.

Then when I thought it was clear came one boy in towel. Had to wait some more. Haish

Brought a cake and some drinks since one of the mentees is celebrating his in the month. Next 20th to be exact but since the session was last Friday what the heck la kan? ;)

the birthday boy

Only to realise hey some of my mentees have moved rooms. To the 10th of the dorm. The dorm for those in the house with positions in the schools. They must be breathing in relief hahaha

Also met my new mentees. They are quite a different breed, I think. But this has been expected la since characteristics always jump batch :)

Shapes of Things to Come

2011-02-05T12:25:00.004+08:00

Was in school on Friday. Ok now my files for the library are done. The covers and the spines. Maybe need to do some dividers but that is a small matter ececece

My printer is currently residing in the library. Since hilma's printer is out of action so we need another printer.

Oh have I told you that somebody stole noni's printer cartridges? And we made a lot of fuss about that. Nobody owned up of coz.

So last week decided to send her printer to install the external ink and imagine my shock when the cartridges were there! Si Jason siap said 'Eh you tipu I ni. Kata x der cartridges' hahaha Although the colour one tuh not the same with what was there before la

So now dah ada pencuri kat sekolah tu ok? And this is not the first time. My jubah yg budak AZ guna during the sports day pun dah kene kebas. I saw it hanging on one of the chairs on the last day of school but when I went to school during the hols, it was gone!

Ok back to the real story hahah

So the file covers have this

Since I'm the one who is doing the files, might as well include my favourite flowers kan hahaha Oh yeah, I don't go for roses ok Gerberas are my favourite ;)

Soon we gonna change the flower arrangements in the library as well haha

Oh some kids gonna hear me meleter soon. I gave u plastics so that you can protect the cloth la adohaiii It's serious business doing the numbers. It took these people 3 to 4 days to finish painting the numbers for everyone. Dahla hari kejadian tuh hujan. Considerate la sikit.

And I want the numbers to be used again for the sports. No time to do them once again. Mahal ok the materials needed for the numbers nih iskk

And next year pun nk guna nih. So that we only need to paint just for the new form one next year. Save time. Save money.

Oh yeah, must have future planning. Although next year, I might not be the mistress of the house anymore weeeee

the drying process

Breakaway

2011-02-04T11:14:00.001+08:00

And so we decided to have a bbq. At first Ina suggested afamosa but then at that time of sms-ing, it had been raining continuously so I said no.

So bbq it was. Well, a deservedly break from mayhem.

the usual vic :)

the spread

Please excuse the small table :) On another front, I may need a kitchen cabinet since I already have an oven wohoo

Oh neighbour (who is away to Medan), I broke into ur house for some aluminium foil. Ta :)

Cloudburst

2011-02-01T17:46:00.004+08:00

It is indeed a small world. Of all people that I'm close with in the school, she has to have something to do with stj somehow hahha Her in-laws are in gentam ok? And her mother used to work in stj hahah She left before I came to the school.

Anyway, it was Afif's birthday last Saturday so since his Pilah Grandparents have a bigger compound, it had been decided that the party would be done there.

So there I was driving to pilah and specifically to gentam for a birthday party. Passed by stj which was bright with the lights on. They would only start their hols on Wed.

It was raining that night but we managed to find the house.

the theme

There were lots of food prepared. Nasi lemak was the bomb. Sedap gilos. Ah well, mak si noni mmg terer masak. We tried all including the cake.

The funny thing was, we didn't even realise when Buzz and the dino went missing. We were busy trying to take Woody off the cake and then turned our heads for a sec. The next moment we noticed that the other two went missing haha

Went home about 10 sthg. Oh btw, met cik Osman. Well, that's expected when you are there la kan. Dah la the school is infested with people who live nearby je so of coz I bound to see someone I know and who knows me haha

And the raining continued on and on. It had caused floods in some areas, it seems. The best time to catch up with sleep ;)

Running In the Rain

2011-01-27T20:40:00.003+08:00

We had cross country today. This time the numbering task was given to this one teacher as she is the head of ko-ku in the house. So I wasn't really busy except for the initial part where I had to show them the ropes in doing the numbering.

Anyway, my house got no 4 overall heheh Although we were only short of 4 marks to be the 3rd winner adohaii

One good news was that we won one category hahah Some of the teachers looked at me and commented on this matter hahah Eleh korang

I bought them ribena for their drinks haha Apa kelas sirap? wakaka Although note to myself, need to buy more than 4 bottles of 5.5 litres of water and more than 3 bottles of ribena :) Sorry kids, no idea on how to estimate since everyone ran this time.

Tapi apa2 pun our numbers memang smart. Well, kalah bergaya they say :)

The Great Juggler

2011-01-22T22:18:00.004+08:00

It has been a long time now hasn't it? LOL

Fever is rampant in the school now. Must be the season aye? My AZ boys said it is cold up there. I asked them to bundle up. You know la my boys. So many of them who are skinny and small and all. So where got fat stored up to provide them with heat?

Well this teacher was also down with fever too this week. Not really down la as I still went to school. Got too much of work that I couldn't stay at home. I just popped some pills to hang on.

Most of the things planned were able to be executed. So I'm quite happy. Although last Friday was the busiest of all. If only I could cut myself into 3 hahaha I didn't even manage to welcome K Umi when she arrived with her boys for some friendly debates.

I had my house meeting at the same time so as the house mistress I was more needed there with my people hehehe Ok la I managed to impart what I wanted them to achieve this year. Gave some motivation and blablabla

Btw we have to appoint a new KR as our previous one has been promoted to be the head boy. I'm happy for him although at the same time I'm quite pissed that we have to be the victim of other people's failures.

Drat.

Next week, the school is gonna be on hiatus for a week. But as soon as it opens, we will welcome the new form 4. Another circus :)

Mine

2011-01-10T20:45:00.005+08:00

Last Friday we had our first meeting with our mentees. I don't think the time is really suitable as when I went there at 3, some of the boys were sauntering around shirtless. Well, they just came back from mosque then headed to DM for lunch. Boys being boys will need some time to digest the food haha

Anyway, this year I got 2 dorms. How in the world am I gonna do that, god knows. But then I'm not the only one. Teachers especially who are in charge of boys will somehow get two.

The dorm leaders of the two dorms are my mentees from last year :) For the first activity, the mentors had to check some items on the list to ensure that the kids have what are needed for school for example socks etc. And imagine that I had to do that for 15 people. Lenguh.

the boys

Btw, the boys are on top of the world hahah This year is the year where the climbing starts :) If x kurus lagi I don't know what else will.

for the mentees

The Connection

2011-01-07T00:32:00.000+08:00

Where does Arizona travel to for her grant?

Ethiopia

Malaysia

Malawi

Vietnam

Hahaha our country made it! Although on second thoughts, we are on the same page with the other 3rd world country haha

Gas Panic!

2011-01-05T21:47:00.002+08:00

The school has officially started and so far I'm not really doing well. Been like a headless chicken running after one task and then another.

My KP is in a hospital now so I, as the assistant, have to take over her duties. Well, didn't see that coming and that's why life is quite in a mess right now haha

She was involved in an accident when she was on her way back to Rmbau. Her parents who sat in front were okay but she wasn't. It was a-12- cars pile, I heard but then since I don't read newspapers so I don't really know whether the accident got into the papers or not.

Some of her bones are fractured so she'll be out of action for about 6 weeks. Never mind, hope things will get better soon. After all it's only 3rd day of school although I felt like it has been like the 2nd week or something like that.

Btw, the new kids have registered and that recorder boy is here! hahaha He looks a bit different but who can miss his crooked smile? His mum who's based in Riyadh was also present to send him in.

him, the 3rd from the right

He still remembers us (me and Noni) hahha Of coz la kan? His torturers wakaka Hope he will stay on la since knowing his background nih, he lives quite a comfortable life. He might have tv or handphone withdrawal hehe

Still On My Brain

2010-12-27T22:51:00.002+08:00

While watching the game last night:

1) While looking at Brucey's face, I kept thinking about how would it be like to be a manager to an underdog team? It's not about the performance as it has happened so many times that small clubs managed to cream the big guns in this league. That's the beauty of the league, I guess.

No, it's more about not being able to splurge on new players as money is not abundance and having to make do with the players you have? It's kinda difficult to make selection when the team is small innit?

2) I wondered how it would be like to be presented for the first time in a stadium filled with almost 80 thou people. I bet the Cook boy was beside himself as he has just graduated from the little boys' club to err bigger boys' club (?) but did the atmosphere get to him?

Last week, I saw some parents dropped by to send their children's acceptance letter to school but there were these 3 cars where instead of driving off after that, stayed on. For hours!!

The library is near to the parking space so there we were wondering what the heck they were doing for hours. Biasala minah-minah kepochi hahaha

I guess they are so excited that their kids are gonna be enrolled there in the new school. I just hope that the kids are equally excited :)

3) I kept thinking about the work to be done in the library. Couldn't wait to paste some barcodes whatever it is they are called and then some. I just love library work hahah It's hard work but then it's satisfying. Must have something to do with my dream of having a big library. And now I have one. Sort of :p

One thing for sure, I want to go book shopping next year. There are tonnes of English books that I want to have in the library. Malay fictions are quite substantial but not English ones. And since I have been promoted to be the *ahem* Pen. Penyelaras I'm so there baby! hahaha

Ye, I'm gila kuasa like that wakaka

4) The countdown for the new term of school has begun. I can't wait for the school to open :) There will be new people, new bunch of kids, the pressure of teaching exam classes. Ah, what an excitement.

Sorry, I just don't get those teachers who feel dragged to start school. I bitch about school too but then this is too early to bitch about anything. The holidays are supposed to make you forget things so that you can start all over again.

You are not kids anymore. They of cos don't like anything or anybody. You, on the other hand, have a choice. If you don't like going to school, you can always change your career. Life is all about choices. Term not yet started pun dah kecoh malas la apa la. Tah apa2 tah. Come on, some people have been working hard during the hols ok.

She Don't Want The World

2010-12-21T21:31:00.004+08:00

I think during the next Ikea visit, I need to buy this

Coz at the moment, I only have this

So difficult to balance the tray on my lap so in the end, has to put it on the floor. The food so far la from the mouth haha

Or you think I should get this one instead? :P

Sunday Morning Call

2010-12-19T20:48:00.003+08:00

I read that I need to take 100% responsibility of whatever happens in my life. By assuming this, only then I will have the power to determine the course of my path.

E+ R= O

(E being event, R being response and O is outcome)

If you want O to change, change your R. The same event can happen to two different people but yet their responses can be different. And that will determine the outcome.

Oh yeah. Ok, now on to the list of things I want to do and achieve. 2011, come now already :-)

Just Like A Pill

2010-12-17T23:51:00.004+08:00

'tis the season to be jolly. Not.

Just in two weeks' span, both of my parents got admitted. My dad was the first one to be admitted. Oh btw, Imran was in the hosp as well the week before that. A different hospital la of coz. Although he wasn't admitted, I think.

Oh btw kids, drink up on your plain water ok? There's a reason why they keep asking you to drink at least how many litres one day.

When I went to the hospital (when my dad was admitted) I said to my mom 'Camne orang sakit nak jaga orang sakit nih?'

She's not well herself so it will be quite a problem if my dad is sick. He's the one who takes care of the house and Ika.

Thankfully my youngest brother is still at home.

Then yesterday, my mom was admitted. In the first place, she's already frail and with this, she becomes weaker. She was complaining about her difficulty in breathing thus the hospital check up. Turned out that she has dengue whatevernot.

watching that malay drama abt apatah

I think the doctor is quite young. At first when he came in, he was just one of the nurses haha Gilos. Aren't they supposed to work with the government first only then off to some privates? So by the time they finished gov, they won't be that young. Ok maybe he just looks young.

And when you are in the hospital, you'll never cease to learn something new.

good news eh? well, for me at least :-)

Ring The Alarm

2010-12-16T23:45:00.000+08:00

Today I got an sms from my pk telling me the names of two new teachers. Right after I saw one of the names, I laughed out loud.

No, not because his name is funny or anything. Just because that the first 3 letters of his name are similar with mine. And since I'm the one who makes timetable, now I have to think what initials to give to him.

Sorry, jas has been taken. That is mine and mine alone muahaha ;)

This made me think of another incident. There's this one clerk in esteejay whom everyone calls K Tee. Only I don't call her that. Instead, I call her Pn Tee. She even asked me why I didn't call her K Tee when actually of all people, I'm closer to her.

But I just can't. You see, my siblings call me Kak Ti so I feel it's kinda weird calling her that. Sound like I'm calling myself hahah Yeah, I'm weird like that.

But then, in the new school, there's one kakak with this name too. Although most of the times, I call her K Yati la instead of K Ti haha

You know why I'm so conscious about it is because of this one incident. There was this one time when I was talking to Jules (I can't remember who else was there but Jules was definitely there), and in the midst of the conversation, I called her Jas hahaha

I mean, what the heck la kan? How could you call other people with ur own name? And since then, Jules never failed to say sthg abt it hahah

That's why it just feels so weird. Every time I call K Yati K Ti, I'm reminded by this incident. Next year, it will be flagged more often I guess ;p

High As A Kite

2010-12-14T00:27:00.001+08:00

Went to ph last weekend for a reprieve :) Now I got my gerberas and laundry bag. With the habit of not folding clothes on time, I'm in need of more baskets.

Ah well, I got no time to dwell on house work. I need the time for school work hehe

Got my unclelim's so I was happy. When exactly sbn will have its franchise? The other one is mushrooming but not unclelim's darn it

cinonit in happy mode

And one script made me laugh at about 2 sthg in the morn.

Kids. They can be the death of you. As well as the source of your amusement ;-)

Hopelessly Devoted To You

2010-12-10T23:41:00.003+08:00

Been juggling between marking and doing library work. Yep, in school from morning until evening doing things in the library. Then continue marking at night.

One of the jobs in the library is wrapping books. I think in all my years of schooling pun x de balut up to this amount. Crazy betul.

Our aim is to make sure that all reference books are up before school starts. There are so many of them and thankfully some have been put safely on the bookcases.

We also changed the layout of the library. Again hahaha. I know. The layout all depends on our mood la actually but I guess this time, it will stick a bit longer. Well, until we got tired and bored with it :)

The library will not be filled up fully this year or even next year. We have a 2-storey library so just imagine how much of work needs to be done. Maybe in 5 years then all the racks gonna be filled up kot? hmm

Nevertheless, love doing this job. And hey now I have another 2 tables in the library alone. So that makes it 3! Over tuh biasaaaa :P

Let's All Make Believe

2010-12-08T20:09:00.004+08:00

Stopped by at the house this evening and did this

Had not done this for a long time. I remember when we were kids, my mom spent money on buying drawing blocks and colours. Money was scarce at that time but yet my mom spent some of her hard earned money on those things.

I remember how fun it was drawing all the dinosours and all although I wonder where the heck is that ability now ahaha

But then according to Julie's book that I once read, everyone of us has the ability to draw. It's just the matter at what age/level the ability is at. Thus the importance of practising so that you can hone the skills.

Ah well, I'm so lazy thus my skills stuck at age 6. Or maybe even lower haha

she covered that part and told me that she wanted to colour it haha

C'mon C'mon C'mon

2010-12-07T17:18:00.003+08:00

Was at this place for 3 days.

One of the examiners in my group said that she found herself ballooned up while marking. I think that is so true.

We do almost anything to keep the marking momentum alive. Thus the binge I guess. Last night, I ran out of assam and choki-choki so I ended up sleeping early hahaha

But this afternoon while I was trying to get my new supply of assam, I found myself deliberating on whether to buy the choki-choki or not. Too much choc I thought to myself so I decided to just get the assam.

Although I did leave with one pack of sweets :)

i think i don't need to restock even until the end of next year haha

Some Might Say

2010-12-03T20:34:00.004+08:00

Instead of KT, we went to KL haha Thought we got the route figured out but turned out that the map printed using google map was useless.

Should have guessed it earlier when I didn't even know some of the roads mentioned and the road are in Sbn! Anyway, we got one live gps in the car so everything was alright hahah

What if we had never lived in KL and never knew that the hotel is near pwtc? Plus with the horrible road conditions and traffics sheesh

One feature of the hotel that we stayed in is that you need to have ur card ready to get on the lift. And you can't get access to other floors except your own.

Well, it was easy when there were only us in the lift. But when there were many floors to get to and many cards to read, it took quite awhile for the process to be completed.

Anyway, the apartment given was ok. Definitely can go there again especially when we already know the way to the hotel haha

We took the public transportation going to places as it was easier. It had been ages since the last time I took the lrt but then the trip was not bad especially when we had our tng card. No need to queue up for tix except for K Yati who didn't bring hers.

We went to 7 or 8 malls just to cuci mata hahah Gila penat jalan weii We even went to jln tar. The only thing that I didn't manage to do was to visit the uncles at cm. I wonder where their shop is still there or not. Must make a point to go there one of these days :)

nasi briyani at insaf

at pav which in our estimation has the nicest x-mas decor

OK la for short respite before marking starts aye? Of coz during the short trip got some stunts either accidentally or purposely done haha

Some might say the trip will not be complete if nothing out of ordinary happens especially when I'm around ;0

November Rain

2010-11-29T16:01:00.005+08:00

After almost one year and a bit of coming home, finally I finished this book. One of many books that I bought through the amazing amazonjp. How I miss ordering books online. And not to forget sitting on tenterhooks waiting for the delivery :)

Now I have one more book to finish although I don't know when exactly I can start reading. Soon marking will start (this week to be exact!) so not sure since I want to go berfoya2 before anything hahah

Thought of going to KT but the weather has been horrible lately. If before this only the evenings that the rain would come down, now it even starts in the morning.

Ahh nevertheless, beronggeng must go on. It's a must before I have to sit down and mark some papers ;)

Acquiesce

2010-11-24T19:00:00.001+08:00

There are many things
That I would like to know
And there are many places
That I wish to go
But everything's depending
On the way the wind may blow

I think I am in need of travels. I keep thinking how life used to be so simple. So easy. Well, not that easy but definitely not this difficult.

I guess the next best thing is to soldier on.

Queen of Hearts

2010-11-16T23:07:00.003+08:00

The school term for 2010 ended a few days ago. Fuh. It had been a whirlwind coping with the school activities and there were times that I just couldn't breath.

The last few weeks were the same. I was marking and at the same time had to drive to and fro to the school bringing things that the kids required.

Let me tell ya being a house mistress has its challenges. It's not an easy task but then I never do things easy :P

Anyway, our sukan started a few days before Sat. All participants just straight away went to finals. Cool eh? hahah

AZ is never big on sports so everyone expected us not to do well. However, we were not that shabby either. We did quite well in the field events but not in the field though.

Whatever it is, I'm very proud of my people's achievement. It's not easy for them but they tried their best and that's what I wanted to see.

We chose Queen of Hearts as our theme. And got no 2! I was impressed with the girls' ability to sew what we had in mind and made it into reality.

our lovely mascot

the perbarisan people

For the tent, we only got no 3 I think. Not sure but I know for sure which house got no 4 :P Never mind, we'll try again next year. Although hopefully we'll get outsiders to judge both perbarisan and khemah for a different perspective. This year, only the tents were judged by the vip.

cute kan the girl. there's another one bearing Z on the right side

So that's it for this year. One chapter has been written. Oh ya, we made history too you know. Where can you get a house that gets no 1 in every direction? Only us :D

Go AZ go!

p/s: All pics are illegally taken from the students' fb hehehe

The Beautiful Occupation

2010-11-06T13:50:00.002+08:00

Was in school for 2 days straight for this one event next week despite the holidays. Sometimes I just don't understand why these people just can't give letters of notice early. Macam haram that we had to do things last minute just because of their stupidity sheesh

So there we were, 3 people doing this cutting and sorting papers. Dah mcm kedai photostate dah hahah If only the pss people within reach, I would have gone to pick them up so the job would be faster.

It's quite normal to do things like this especially when we are in esbipi but then things got dicey when the library coordinator will not be around for 3 days. Thus the buzzing like bees mode hehe

Well, next week will be the last week of school. For 3 days we will have activities for this programme and in the evening, there will be sports.

I just don't understand why there's no sukantara. Someone said tak sempat. Helloooo before this my previous school had it in the same week of sukan je. No biggie. Lagi susah without sukantara la ngong

Ah well, maybe I'm too efficient wakaka

Raise Your Glass

2010-10-31T15:24:00.001+08:00

Yesterday we were crowned as the first champion for the house system in the school. Alhamdulillah. It's the recognition for the kids especially after what they have endured in the hostel, being called names and all.

Next year will be a different story though. It will be a tougher competition. All houses will have new house mistress/master except for my house of coz. I kan GK a.k.a gila kuasa hahaha Some people already told me that they want the trophy for their house already hmmm

Whatever it is, we are the first champs. Nothing can beat that :D

Love The Way You Lie

2010-10-31T09:31:00.004+08:00

The reason for endless work. Although the vvip written there did not come. Instead one of his aduns did. Besides the adun, the directors of sbp and negri came as well.

Overall, it was quite ok. No obvious hiccups but then I wasn't very keen on observing others as I was busy nursing my headache.

Our pameran went ok. The students I asked to manage the corner were able to do their duties. Although the girl needs to have more confidence.

I already had my doubts when her name came up. I know her quite well. After all, she's one of my az people. But I needed to give her a second chance.

After all, she will hold a quite important position for the house. But then I hate it when I'm right when it comes to this thing. I can foresee some problems now.

But the boy was excellent. He got this one difficult question but he managed to answer it. And he managed to have a decent hairstyle this time. Well, I made sure that he had a decent one :D

our corner

And of coz I need to show you the root of all controversies. The one that caused some baseless stories.

the famous mannequins

But then ada aku kesah? My middle name is controversy anyway hahha

But I complained too. But hey, I need to stand for my people's rights. Some decisions made were just weird. And me being me could not just sit down and accept them.

As a result, changes were made :D

Past Future

2010-10-27T21:50:00.004+08:00

I've been going to this school for the past 5 or 6 years for my pmr marking. Well except for the years I was not in the country la kan?

Always find the name of the school funny.

Little did I know that I'm gonna be the mistress for a house that bears the same name hahaha Something that I only realised when I was writing the reason for my 3-day absence from school on the whiteboard in the office.

Life is funny in its own weird way aye? There are signs everywhere actually. It's just the matter of us realising it or not :D

Dynamite

2010-10-25T22:53:00.001+08:00

Was involved with the prefects' camp over the weekend. We had it at the Falak place over in Melaka.

Overall, I think we managed to achieve what we set out to do. The kids are clearer on what exactly that we want from them. Hopefully they'll be able to lead the school much better next year.

Lodging was great. Food was fantastic. The only downside is the existence of some creatures. Nowadays I just cannot bear looking at them. I just cannot accept the lies and manipulation. How can you spread lies about someone and then laugh with the said person? How fake can you be?

And I got to know that in order to make a bomb, one of the vital ingredients is me. See? Me so powerful eh? :D

Quicksand

2010-10-16T22:31:00.002+08:00

I don't think I have actually shaken off this bug. My legs and limbs still feel weak. Fell sick last Wed although I didn't know what really caused it.

Maybe too much of rice. Or maybe too much of hard work hahaha It was a struggle in changing the newly bought quilt :D Now I have one set of bedsheet that complements my new curtain wohoo

Camps for the kids have started. For this weekend, I'm not involved yet. For the next two weekends, yeah. Will be going to klcc even.

And I've yet finished my marking hahaha Form 2 papers are done. This weekend is for form 4 as my form 1 papers are in school. Silly me. Need to finish what I have on hand now as will be busy next weeks.

Our pameran thingy is not up and running yet. Have not even selected the pictures yet pun.

Good news is that I already got my pmr n spm teams wohoo

Take It Off

2010-10-10T13:02:00.004+08:00

Finally after 2 years. The old curtains are off for duty and the new ones started their shift today.

Comparatively, this time the curtain's workmanship is not as good as the previous one. Or is it because for the first one, the casa moda people made the curtains as well as hang them all? haha Nak senang aje

The stupid thing is that there's no what-do-you-call-that-strip-of cloth thingy. Darn it. Now I have to go and find tassels or that round-thing-that-looks-like-something-nyonya-would-wear tuh. Menyusahkan betul haishh

The Only Exception

2010-10-07T22:53:00.002+08:00

Honestly I don't particularly like kenduri. It's becoz of the crowd. And the amount of people will definitely increase the temperature. Of which I don't like of coz.

But last Sat, the school played host to thousands of guests as our big boss held his daughter's wedding there. So imagine the temp and the amount of work.

I was actually in the deco ajk but I didn't help much when they were preparing the hall for the ceremony. I was busy with my language week closing ceremony instead.

So of coz had to make up for that in other departments. Although I didn't join the kupas bawang team la hahah Hate the smell and the tears that the onions will cause me :D

The prep for the ceremony started as early as Friday. Went to fetch plates and all in Tmpin. Gila penat although some of them even had lesser rest than me. They slept at 3 am to cook rendang. At 3, I was busy sleeping in my bed la heheh

Sat morning was spent in finalising the last touch. By 11, cars had started coming in as the solemnization was about to start.

Was in my baju kurung for about 2 hours but after that tak tahan. But 2 hours tuh enough time to take pix with the MB ok? He was about to get into his car when we asked for the group pix.

Then it was time to change clothes. It was much better sitting at the back washing the dishes. It was so much cooling rather than being in the hall. Although now looking at the pix taken gila selekeh weiii hahah

I only had my lunch around 5 or 6. Actually no mood to eat the rice but since the pisang goreng I wanted x der, had to make do la. Went home at 7 and as no pisang goreng stalls were still opened, I hunted for them the next day! :D

Naturally

2010-10-04T18:40:00.005+08:00

Naturally I was busy hence the long silence on the blog.

We just finished two big events last week. First the Language Week. Due to time constraint, it was only a week so everything was crammed together. For English, we had inter house debates and to make things easier, one topic only until the final.

It was only for a week but it was darn tiring. I even had to sleep at 3 just to repair this one media presentation. Thank god that I checked the final product. Although I wasn't really satisfied with the makeshift white screen.

Ah well, that was already in the past. Nothing that I could do much anyway. The hall couldn't be used as it was being prepped for the wedding of Dato's daughter.

Besides that, everything was swell. We invited Mdm Selena Lim for the closing. Although at one point, I was wondering on the irony of it all.

The whole ceremony was done in English as the main medium complemented by German and Arabic. And there she was a Munshi Dewan. Funny eh?

Her husband, the famous Lim Swee Tin even sang for us. So it was a perfect ending for the week. I just cannot envision next year where we are going to do this for a whole month. Shudder

us with the husband and wife

On another note: I was extremely annoyed with that Lotso. One of these days he would get one big fat slap on his face #&%*@!!

Rain Is A Good Thing

2010-09-24T22:50:00.000+08:00

It has been raining for the past few days. Monsoon time ka now?

We started school already. One more week before we get into the final exam week for the upper forms and teachers are busy trying to finish the syllabus. Only now you can see they're trying to 'buy' other teachers' time and relief classes are all taken up.

Kan ke bagus if they had this kind of enthusiasm since early of the year? So no need to rush like crazy to finish the syllabus. If not, very difficult to ask them to go for relief classes sheesh

Oh well, it's all because of the standardised form four exam. Now panic like anything.

And just because it is close to exam and the end of school year, doesn't mean we have slowed down. Next week will be our week: Language Week and I think the part where life can get crazier is when we need to prepare media presentation for the opening and closing.

Unfortunately, I'm one of the ajk hehehe

I have shown that craziness already as early as the first day of the week. I called this one mentee of mine kononnya to wish him birthday and give him a present. And he looked at me and said 'Cikgu, birthday saya bulan depan la' hahah

Bongoks. That day was 20.9. His birthday was 19.10. And here I was, wishing him a belated birthday hahhaha Sangat funny. And now my captain keeps making fun of me darn it.

And oh, the key word for this week is moderation. Why oh why people need to go overboard when doing something? Showing off? Is that even necessary?

Just The Way You Are

2010-09-20T21:23:00.001+08:00

Hahaha it pays it pays! Due to the use of 'derhaka' word, finally I managed to see the one who had to go back early the other day :D Who says extortion doesn't work? :D

The plan was to meet at SR at 12. I was there on the dot. This other person was just going to open his gate while the other one was still on his way. Grand entrance nampak? Anyway, everyone was there around 1.

And gossiped like there was no tomorrow hahaha I was supposed to go for a sambutan hari raya at school but nahhh I skipped that and was there instead.

Seeeeee? What did I sacrifice for you? :PPPP

the sheep that lost his way :D

the so called angel

the end product after 5 hours of yakking :D

The company was great. Food was delicious * of coz, especially when you didn't have to pay ngeee

Let's do this again next time. And yes, we need to get hold of the other lost sheep.

Smile

2010-09-19T00:01:00.000+08:00

We went to this wedding reception knowing that a storm could brew. But go we must. This is one of our gang from way way back in college. Nothing would be more important than this.

We arrived at noon and made our way to the food. It was stated on the card which funnily enough, only I who received it, that the bride n groom would make their appearance at 2.

Loved the cendol :D

Then the procession started. And I saw the niece that Fitah told me about.

Since Fitah recounted her phone conversation with Lin the day she called to invite us all, I had been wondering who la the ex-esteejay girl could be. And today I got the answer :D

the groom's niece

What a small world eh?

Saw some familiar faces of old college friends. All of them still looked the same except for one. It must be the specs la I think. Or lack of it to be exact :D

Before going home, it was compulsory to take pictures with Lin. Managed a couple of shots with her and the groom as well.

us with the bride

lovely aye?

I was wondering at one point how on earth would she climb the steep stairs to the stage with the long train. But I guess the strong arm of the hubby could do the trick aye? :D

Our Kind Of Love

2010-09-18T19:55:00.005+08:00

A get-together was planned at Shrey's house. You got no idea how difficult it was to convince Yoose to fly down. But then with pressure from left and right, we managed to haul her down :P

The day before the reunion, Has n Jules arrived in Sbn and we went to that nasi arab restaurant for dinner. And for a person who has gone to Damsyik, Jules said the rice and everything tasted like what she tasted over there.

she was reprimanded by one of the motherly waitresses for sitting like this hehe

Then with that full stomach, we went for karaoke hahah Gilos I know. Came back in the wee morning. And because of that, I had difficulty to wake up early for the next programme. Since there were two cars, I went to Ina's house to park my car while the other car went to pick Yus at the airport.

And after a couple of years, there we were in the novelist's apartment.

us, the weirdos of 122 fred st

It felt like a time warp. Where everything was just like before, no time lost. The only wake up calls were when Faramir or Anas barged in :D

Gila besar dah si Faramir tuh. The last time I saw him was when he was buck naked and a baby of coz ;p

Right about 2 sthg, we made our way to this mall for another karaoke session hehe Need to immerse Yus in the culture before she goes to Nihon. In Nihon, karaoke is part of the culture. This time all my songs got lyrics ok? * the previous session saw most of my selection got no lyrics sheesh

Quite a wide range of songs selected. We even sang this song hehe

Good time indeed. Good time.

High As A Kite

2010-09-16T10:40:00.001+08:00

I knew Asna and some people were coming but little did I expect there would be 26 of them! Gilos. Of coz la panicked as this is a single house, no way that I have enough bowls whatever not for the guests.

Solution: went to buy paper plate hehe Macam x biasa kan?

And prayed hard that the pasta was enough. I was counting on the fact that they would still be full from Asna's open house hahaha

with the girls

with the boys

the self proclaimed divas :P

At the end of the day, I survived the day hehe And I even got a fridge magnet from Eire wohoo

p/s: Although somebody still owes me a visit hmmph

Only Molly Knows

2010-09-16T05:30:00.004+08:00

In this case, that Molly is me.

Untuk kesekian kalinya, the timetable is gonna change hahaha If the teachers think it's difficult, hey it's more difficult to do a new one ok? I'm still awake doing it thus this very early entry :P

Since we are short of History teachers and the subject has syllabus to be completed, I need to combine some classes. So that the available teachers can do lecture-style class in order to finish the syllabus.

At this time, I'm really glad that my subject has no apparent syllabus except the literature component. And that reminds me that I haven't finished one drama. Ah well, that can be done in just one day haha

B.M.F (Blowin' Money Fast)

2010-09-13T22:42:00.004+08:00

I love going to shops where I can berangan thinking of buying some things for my house. It's a hobby that I haven't induldged in for so long. Got no time. My broken bed was only replaced a day before raya hahaha

I know I know I know. People are busy buying sofas and whatnot for raya, I was busy buying bed. Well, must have money first right? Then time. Not that I have lots of money now. But the mood has come. Well, the bed was the instigator haha

Went to that place where dreams are made of. And other shops too. If only I had a blank cheque, I wouldn't have to bat an eyelash looking at the price tags :D

the one who said 'kejapla, dania nak masak ni' when i asked her to pose sheesh

Nevertheless, cheque or no cheque, I bought some things. Finally I bought a bulb after a few months of procrastinating. And now I wonder why I didn't buy two. Then I remembered. I was afraid that it was not the correct one :p

Still looking for my colour and pattern for the new curtains and bedsheet. Oh yeah, that 2 year-old curtains will be replaced. The bedroom will sport a new look. Well, if I could find the right curtains la. No flowery ones please.

The Way It Ends

2010-09-11T11:54:00.003+08:00

And so Ramadhan ended. At least for this year. Honestly, I didn't really use my time wisely during the month. Didn't finish my Quran. Didn't manage to go that far pun. Loser betul. And don't even start on my tarawikh.

Thus the hope that I will be able to see the next one, insyaAllah. Hopefully I will be able to do much better than this year.

And the so called big celebration month is here. But then I've never been a big fan of eid.

Thank You Allah

2010-09-03T05:41:00.002+08:00

Finally I'm in a different dg group. Well, the change is due to the year of services of coz. Not due to ptk exam results :D

This also means that I don't have to take dg41's exam anymore. I need to take a different paper. TG I didn't register the other day. But then whichever group it is, I still don't like ptk hmpfft

My boss commented that mine was done quite quick. When I saw the date, the official date is in Oct and it's only September now. Quite quickla based on Msian standard haha Although on second thought, no arrears :(

The so-called promotion was announced in the Thurs meeting. Quite an embarrassing moment, I tell you la haha They even asked me to pose for a snap sheesh

When I received the call abt it in the morn from my PK, I was in the library having class. I whooped with joy saying that I can pindah already to the other gmp. Well, with the new development in school, seriously my heart is just not in it.

And because of that declaration, some of my kids kept telling me not to transfer school whenever they saw me. If only they knew how difficult it is to get a transfer. By the time they graduated, I mite even still be there!!

Un-Thinkable (I'm Ready)

2010-08-31T12:37:00.002+08:00

It was a bad night. When I arrived at the DM, I didn't see a full house. That itself made me wonder. And when I asked, it seemed that there was a choice. I was like what??!!

It was a big event. Everyone was supposed to be there, right? And the ubi kayu was not served with the promised kelapa and all. And I didn't get my teh-o.

Then the event moved to the assembly ground. The first thing I saw was that big screen and I was impressed. And it remained the only thing that impressed me for that night.

As the night progressed, some of us began to hyperventilate. We were thinking of the repercussion. We were thinking of the Thursday's meeting. He surely has a good reason to explode.

Conclusion: a disastrous night.

explosion in the sky

All About Tonite (sic)

2010-08-29T19:37:00.003+08:00

AZ organised its iftar last nite. I got out of Ifa's room to see the movement of the kids but I saw only some were walking about. Then when I looked at the hall, none. I didn't want to go down as I wanted to see how the kids were doing without me supervising the preparation.

Only after maghrib, I went down with Ifa. And all the tables had been laid out :D They did it earlier than the tentative.

Good. So the kids are learning to do things on their own. I need them to be able to do that as next year, life will be more hectic. I won't be able to babysit that often and they have more people in the house as well. Everyone has to pull in their own weight.

The boys came in late due to some kind of gimmick ke apa tah. I didn't get it at first only at the end while supervising the boys cleaning up the hall, I got it. Cheh tah apa2 tah.

Raya songs were played. I saw the kids looked happy and they even sang along with the songs played. Meriah gilos.

Although at the end, I killed some of that mood. Oh yeah, I'm the party pooper. Well, due to the recent circumstances, I think I needed to address those problems.

Generally, the house is very easy to manage but a few needed to be given a firm hand. Though I didn't expect to be so sad when I said out those words but I did. The hall was very quiet. Giler drama betul.

Anyway, I'm glad I said what I said. Two boys came to say sorry for what they did. Siap salam2 lagik haha One girl who did wrong was not in the hall. Only after iftar I got to know that she was having hot fever. I was told that she had been subdued right after she was caught.

with some of the girls

Well, let's just pray that the house will remain united. After all, our colour is red :p Of coz there will be some problematic kids in the house, that's for sure but I hope the number will not grow big. I just cannot imagine when all 5 batches are in and I'm the head. Ohmaigoddd

Bottoms Up

2010-08-27T22:41:00.003+08:00

Another iftar was organised last Thurs. Since it was our day off from business, we decided to have iftar together with the kids who have helped so much in the murtabak and oblong sales.

the spread

The teachers had to ask for some dates from the canteen :D We had to wait for the kids to finish their maghrib prayer before they could join us.

the hardworking helpers

And tonite, I just got back from the Nuzul Al-Quran's celebration. The speaker who had his slot between 5.30 to 6.45 was very interesting. He cracked up so many jokes and that helped so much in making sure that the crowd was awake. Very interesting indeed.

And tomorrow I will have another iftar. This time it's the house. And I need to remember to remind my KR and PKR to prepare a mic. I have lots to say to the kids due to the latest development. Sighhh

p/s: Will upload my pix with my mentee for the iftar as soon as I got them :P

Funhouse

2010-08-22T10:50:00.003+08:00

This used to be a funhouse

But now it's full of evil clowns

It's time to start the countdown
I'm gonna burn it down down down
I'm gonna burn it down

I hate politics. I hate it when people make fuss over trivial matters but never once thought of the big picture. I hate it when people want to be on top by stepping on others. I hate it when they want to be the 'it' crowd by smearing others' name.

GROW UP!!!

So in order not to feel so much of that stress, we decided to open our own bazaar. We opened our temporary kitchen at the back of PSS. It might look dodgy to some (thus one of our AJK asked us whether the big boss knew abt us operating :D) but I tell you that we are legit ok?

We were the one and only in the meeting who told Dato' abt opening business and he said yes. The rest only decided to open their stall after that. We already thought abt it even before the month came ok?

Anyway, my house was also involved in this since most of the AJK are from my house and one of the teachers in charge is also from the house :P

And now the kids know how tiring it is to make the oblong burger :D

It was tiring of coz. We even came back late for a couple of days but TG for the kids. They are very responsible and hardworking at that. Even Hadi who's always drenched from top to bottom due to washing dishes.

But then tengokla anak sapa kan? :P

Don't Tell Me

2010-08-13T23:38:00.004+08:00

I'm very grateful that my broken frame problem has been solved. Next job is to send it back to the owner.

My house bought this frame as the going away present to K Ina. And some monkeys put some other things on the frame which caused the glass to break. Stupid. Agak2 la when you put antique plates on it. Bongoks

When I heard about it, I was downhearted. Don't tell me you want her to keep the broken frame? And of coz I don't want my house's present to be in that state sheesh Nothing was done to rectify the broken frame.

Thus I had to go and get it from K Ina's home so I could do something to the frame. Was quite a job to find a frame shop in this place. When I found one, it was closed already. TG, that shop @ Giant was able to help.

And I'm still waiting for the girls to come and say sorry. And of coz, besides sorry I want them to pay for the new frame.

Misery

2010-08-10T22:27:00.004+08:00

Today adalah sangat complete. Not only that I got my tooth extracted, I also got saman sheesh

I was late about 15 mins to put in more coins when I realised that there was that red letter already on my wiper. Damnation.

And almost got another one when I was trying to pay for that compound. As I didn't have any MORE coins, I decided to just gamble it. While I was walking, I saw these two men on the bike sheesh So I turned back and decided to ask one of them for coins haha

And only after putting that 50 cent coin, I realised the meter was broken. Told the officer about it and the solution was simple. Just write the number of the meter on a piece of paper and write 'Rosak'. Leave the note on your wiper.

Laaaa if I had known, I would do that with the first parking spot. I didn't know it was broken. Only after I put 90 cents, I realised rosak was written on the meter. So kononnya takut kene saman, I moved my car to another parking spot.

Of which I got compounded. Funny eh?

On another note, one of our orang kuat in school will be leaving soon. There was flood in the school I heard. Thank god I was not there. Don't get me wrong. I'm sad she is leaving as she is the QC of the school. We need people like her in the midst of 'Tak kisahla' men.

But then I prefer doing my crying jag in private. Even talking to one of the seniors just now pun sad already. I bet there would be massive flood if I was there. Thus I got that toothache tuh kot hehe

God moves in a mysterious way, they say.

La La La

2010-08-09T19:24:00.001+08:00

We went for a camp last weekend. We as in me and four of my class kids. One of them even asked 'All from Bandura ke teacher?' haha Well, I was the one going so it goes without saying that my kids got the privilege :D

Borrowed Sorento from K Hasni as I knew that my car would not be able to contain the kids' luggage. And I was right hehe The only downside of the car is that when you drive fast, the ones at the back will feel like they are on roller coaster. But then I'm not sitting at the back :P

The journey to teekaysee was delayed as the kids had not had their lunch yet. Bongok betul the rugby kids. They were off for a tournament held in one of the northern esbipi schools and took my kids' lunch pack. Had to wait for another four to be packed sheesh

the host

One of the highlights would be the time when we were escorted to the i-city. Just imagine 7 buses in a line with outriders on the side. Oh yeah, we stopped the traffic all right. If before I would be cursing this kind of disturbance, I guess it was my time to be cursed hahah

the royal treatment

Although once we were there, we were quite disappointed. They organised public speaking and it started late due to some technical difficulties. As a result, no time to really see the beautiful lights. Benci betul. After all the trouble going there.

Looking at how many cars were there that night, I don't think I will go there la. Gila la the traffic. This some sort reminded me of the illumination nights they usually have back in nihon.

Overall, ok la the camp. I got so many issues with the organisers especially the time arrangement. Sudden changes did not sit well with me la. And the arrival of that particular person annoyed me to a great extent. Gila poyo.

But then my kids enjoyed themselves very much. In the car, they even thanked me for choosing them to be part of the camp. So all in all, it was ok since the camp was for them anyway. Therefore other complaints ceased to exist :D

us in the same bus

Top of The World

2010-07-31T14:53:00.003+08:00

Last nite was LM's turn to host a birthday bash for semesra people. Kampung was the theme and I overheard the teacher in charge told the birthday students that since AZ did Western, it was time to bring it back to kampung hahah

Got nothing to wear so the moment I arrived in Sbn, I went to shop for a baju. It took me quite a while to figure out what to buy sheesh Dahla it was 6 something already at that time.

The guests were welcomed by the sight of the fireworks. Cool. Haven't seen that for so long. The path going to DM was also lit with some lanterns.

The food was ayam percik and so on. I bet the cooks in the DM were relieved that this house didn't demand for too much unlike the house before hehe

But then Bosannya when they don't even try to widen their horizon. How to vary our themes then? Didn't eat too much though coz I already ate kayefsee that afternoon :D

one for the road :D

Ok now I need to think about new theme for our Oct bash. I wanted to do this theme for the sake of the opposite views and all. Aisey, now have to start thinking again.

What else eh? 2 more houses to go then us. I know one of them is going to do Arabian Nights while another will be doing theirs during Syawal month. Hmm..ideas anyone?

Looking At The World From The Bottom Of A Well

2010-07-28T10:59:00.002+08:00

Sangat stressed. This week we have another freaking programme. It's that week for kesenian islam ke tah apa2 tah.

The weird thing is that we, the judges have to do own own syarat and our own scoresheet. What the hell la. The organisers la should do all that. We, the judges should only go to judge. Bengong gilos.

On top of that, I had to finish the mag photo sessions as our boss is not going to be around for quite a while. We need the pictures to do our dummy so that we know how many coloured pages that we can afford.

It was tiring screaming at the kids. Some of them are certified sakais. The prefects were the worst.

I've missed 2 days of classes. Life is hell. My head is pulsating. What else? Oh yeah, me not wanting to open booth this Sat should clearly indicate how emotionally tired I am.

Free Your Mind

2010-07-16T22:03:00.005+08:00

Took leave yesterday. I just needed a break. Then decided to pay a visit to that largest jj in this region with some friends :D

Sat at the back since I was so tired. I came back almost at 9 sthg the nite before due to bowling practice. So I slept the whole way.

Only woke up to find out that we had reached our 'tesco'. We were actually in the middle of junkyard haha And we used gps ok? :D

Retried. And finally we arrived at the destination.

We wandered around and while wandering, I finally bought that shoes of mine haha Best gilos the feeling. Finally. I reasoned it that hey, my bday is coming up so I deserve a birthday present hehe

I love some of the shops there. Love the bling bling shops. Bought something for Jules. I just hope that I will be able to post the card and the gift soon. You know how crazy my schedule is.

Then it was time for lunch.

Meriah gilos the table. If only we have Jco in Sbn, we could sell some donuts in the school since BApple has been reserved for coop's business.

While walking, saw this shop.

oh memoriessss

Once I got home, pengsan tido. Only woke up when the creep knocked on my door saying that Fitah was already downstairs.

Thought that it was morning already. Quickly grabbed my towel and all. Tried as I must, I just could not remember at what time I started sleeping sheesh And while I was thinking hard, I heard azan.

Took shower. Thought I was already late. Once I showered, I managed to think rationally. It was quite illogical for Fitah to be that early. Why would she be there at that time?

Ran down to find some watch and found out hey it was only 8 sthg AT NIGHT!! That was isyak caling la bongok. Darn it.

Buat aku panik aje.

Out With The Old

2010-07-13T22:08:00.006+08:00

Found some piccas on my phone regarding the couple of weeks' events hehe

1. The Coop Day

Sold float, ice blended and corn in the cup at the bazaar. Went shopping at Tesco with Shan. Thought that we had bought so much but nooooo Whatever we sold were inadequate for the customers coming on that day. Need to learn how to estimate. But then I'm not a pro maaa

Our jackpot. The movie screenings. This year, we didn't have to pay for anything. I bet next year, we will have to pay some sort of commission. Cheh

2. Wind Orchestra

The next day went to chaperon some kids to picc for wind orchestra comp. It started with this girls' school from the central zone. It was boringgggg. I felt like falling asleep. The rest of the teams were good though.

That boys' school won again. I wonder what made them so good eh? They were impressive alrite. No idea when exactly we are gonna have our own team since it's an expensive team to build but then if there's money, we can start pronto hehe

3. NS Book Fair

Don't know whether it could be called as the state's book fair or not. There were only about 10 booths or so and only occupied some space in front of that mcd. Popular n mph booths were not even there when the bookstores are upstairs.

If you want to hold something, do it big. Especially when you involved the state's name. The kids ended up going on tour in JJ while we did this:

Ate burnt garlic bread sheesh Overdone kid, overdone.

p/s: Just like the piccas. Long overdue hehe

Money, Money, Money

2010-07-11T01:51:00.003+08:00

Since Koop ended, the kids got this money bug. My kids have been bugging me when else to sell haha Not only me who is money minded in the house ok? The kids are even worse I tell you!!

For Koop week, we got a thou and a bit for profit heheh Cool eh? Well, that's because the house ventured in other branches as well. Not only the stall. And as usual, that invited some controversies.

But hey, me is always with controversies. We are good buddies :D

Although only those who have not experienced koop day would comment. Those who had, they know that it is very common to open other booths beside the stall. Sila belajar.

Others guessed that we got so much from the drinks we sold. Not really. Since for the drinks, we had to fork out some capital to buy things. Most of the profits are actually gained from movie screenings and songs dedication. No capital needed and we didn't even have to pay for the use of lcd or anything hehe

And as of this morning, I just arrived after PSS movie screening. AZ only sold some drinks hahah Pemalas la katakan kan? ;D

But seriously, it was so noisy outside and inside until I regretted doing this project. Btw, I'm one of the PSS teachers as well.

Then, the hall was in a mess. Stupid betul when we provided them with rubbish bag. So we ended up cleaning up their mess. Dahla the hall's floor is not tiled.

The next time, we will use the computer lab so that it will be easier to do the clean up. Reminder: Bring mops and all. Thank god that the pss people are reliable even si Hadi tuh.

Wrong Baby Wrong

2010-07-10T07:53:00.000+08:00

Got so much to tell and write but no time to really sit and tell them all. So far, I've worked 14 days straight and this week will be the same again.

And that's the reason why I've been acting and talking crazy. Well, crazy is my middle name of coz :D

This week while I tried to inform this one counsellor about her relief class and do you know to whom I sent it too?

To Ida. Who is miles and miles away from this school. This state even.

She replied my msg by saying that she would not mind to do the relief only that she would take longer time to arrive to class hahah

Gilos betul. Although I was not totally wrong since the counsellor shares the same name with her hehe

Wohoo

2010-06-30T22:10:00.001+08:00

We won! We won! Wohoo :DDDDDD

Well, it's not that easy for us to win any sports game ok? Most of us in the house are bookworms so this is quite an achievement.

So that ugly piala will be ours walahey :D

Our girls didn't do so well but I think it was a good thingla. The girls' cup is uglier and smaller. And as usual I made my complaints to the one who bought it.

Coz indirectly you are teaching the kids the wrong value. Believe me, the kids will pick on the hidden meaning quicker rather than the overt one.

I mean, why must the boys' cup be bigger than the girls? Between the two, we should have bigger cups aye? No?

Cup D for example? :P

Bionic

2010-06-27T22:01:00.001+08:00

We must be some kind of bionic people to keep on going like this aye? 7 days for this week and it will not stop until next Saturday.

We have just started our Coop Day today and it will only end next week. No pix at the moment since my photogs haven't come to transfer the piccas captured. Soon soon I hope.

Although my headache has started a long time ago. For the past week, I have been nursing this on and off headache. Yep, it's not easy to be the house mistress. The thinking part is the difficult part I think. I even dream about this matter :P

I know I know. But hey I can't help in thinking about it 24/7.

Last week, did some crazy things. Said some crazy things. But then what else is new? However there was this moment during assembly when instead of Guru Kanan Mata Pelajaran I said Guru Ketua Mata Pelajaran hahaha

Only realised it when I was sitting at the desk thinking about my bazaar hahah Crazy.

Today AZ managed to secure second place in 3 games. That's quite an achievement, I must say as my kids are not really into sports. For sukaneka, they got the 3rd placing. I hope they will do well for tomorrow's event as well.

Looks like my resolution of trying to go home early is gonna be squashed this week. Hockey games will start 2moro and of coz I want to be there with the kids :D

This Afternoon

2010-06-23T21:57:00.005+08:00

One of many reasons why I don't particularly like going to the hospital is the parking. It's such a climb from the parking lot to the main entrance and I think the construction has been going on for ages. When exactly it is going to finish?

I was lucky enough that my mom had hand wrestled some of her old friends to help me out with the maze of the hospital. Can never remember the way. It was worse when I just had to follow my mom when she was still there working as she knew shortcuts.

I was told earlier by my mom that my medical record has been destroyed by the hospital. It seems that those records which are inactive in 6 months' time will be deleted. Can you actually do that?

What if I were to come after one year due to some illnesses? Maybe my previous medical record holds some clues to what I'm having? For the life or death of me, I can never remember the name of my medicine even after years of consuming them. I think, the records should be digitized not destroyed.

I was quite lucky that the doctor who used to treat me was willing to see me even without the record. I was told that I was supposed to bring a referral. Well, it was not my fault that I went abroad to further my studies.

Anyway, while I was waiting for my turn I saw this one sweet moment. The one where this one doctor ran after an old patient and then asked 'Sir, can you still remember me?' Turned out that the old man was his teacher.

I heard the doctor reminiscing the time when he was in the chess club whatever not. And after about 10 mins, the doc took his leave. And the old man turned around and told those in the hearing range, 'My student. Saya pun tak ingat dia. But he remembers me' with his beaming face.

I think that made his day. He didn't look so good and from what I eavesdropped (hahha) he's having some kind of heart problem as well as diabetes. What a way to make your teacher happy ya?

Right after I saw my doctor, went out to get my medicine. I thought the time passed so slow but when I checked my watch, it was only 5. I go home from school even later than this.

Stood in line at the pharmacy to take my number. And that was when I saw her. Her face looked so familiar but I just could not recall her name. When I looked at her, she waved and smiled while packing out some medicines.

So obviously someone I know. Now whenever I see some familiar faces, my head will automatically think 'Oh must be from esteejay' hahaha

She was busy working at the back but when my pharmacist came to the front, she went to stand beside her and took some baskets. I saw that she said something to my pharmacist who then said 'Oh ye ke?'.

That was when I knew that she would be attending me. And true enough, I was called to her counter. Managed to exchange some words. But still don't know her name haha

I know that she's not from my class. I think she was a prefect. Obviously she's one of the good kids and not one who always broke the rules. Yeah, teachers have this tendency to remember the naughty ones :P

It's such a good feeling to see that one of your kids is doing well innit?

Cooler Than Me

2010-06-19T19:36:00.003+08:00

Went again to CH. I know I know but hey different companies what :D

And since this time, all of us are esbipi teachers we have that keen interest in seeing that new school. I thought of just capturing the entrance gate but that gal had another idea. She said jom masuk haha

Went around the compound and took some pix. Like I said previously, the school looks much better as the buildings are spread wide.

Anyhow, after that we continued our journey and not enough with the winding road leading to CH, the road to StrwbryPrk is indeed winding too. It was my first time going there. The room was good and the bathroom was even better. The only bad side was the slow check in.

that impressive bathroom

That night was cold brrrr. It rained thus the cause of the low temperature I guess. Fitah was so rajin to snap the pix of the nearest hill blanketed by the mist.

Oh yeah, I even went searching for the aircon switch. Thought of switching it off haha Despite the cold, we went out. Thus this look :D

we had steamboat as you can guess :P

Didn't go to the same places during the trip. Well, except for KeaFrm yg congested tuh. And funnily, CH was the topic on telly the night we arrived.

We even went to capture the pix of the rooftop and found out that not one stall but almost all stalls were built that way. Talk about poor planning aye? sheesh

Anyway, that was the last bit of the school hols. Quite satisfied with the fact that I managed to go places and finished marking too! woot woot :D

Hmm where next eh? :P

p/s: Oh btw, the wifi at the hotel is not free. 12 for an hour I think. Sooo stupiddd