It took a long time coming but we got connected again today!! The TM man came at 10am as scheduled and within minutes, we are connected. Its the waiting that took so long. Isn't that typical of government services? Health care, transportation, education, registration, everything!!
You wait for hours in the queue and then once you are there, in five minutes sometimes less, its over. This time, we waited for 2 weeks to get the fixed line, fixed. Then another two weeks waiting, to get Internet connection. First world technology, third world mentality.
No more trips to kopitiams. No more free cigarette smoke, no more caffiene and no more midnite walks home in the dark. The security guards at the boom gate will miss me.
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Friday, December 18, 2009
From TKS to TMS to TKC
Salam Ma'al Hijrah 1431 to all. Its Awal Muharram, the January of the Islamic calendar. There's no fireworks and Auld Lang Synes but the day is significant to Muslims none the less.
Sabrina, my youngest informed me, that Noriman (her special bf) used to only know of his Islamic day of birth - which falls on 1 Muharram. How about that? Happy Birthday Iman!!
Now, I digress. What's the title all about?
Well, I told you in my previous post, how an Internet junkie I've become of late, right? One of the things I do when online is to check my emails and forum. I belong to the TKC email group as well as a member of the Budak TMS Class of 63 - 73 forum. That's what I do every time I am online. Its a must. I check my email group and forum. TKS also has an email address, but its rather dead.
Let's go back, one step, ok?
So what is TKS, TMS, and TKC? Maybe you all know what TKC is. It is the acronymn for Tunku Kurshiah College. Its like the Eaton schoolfor girls. Malay girls. Creme-de-la-creme. Clever girls who excelled academically (so why they selected me??) in public schools all over Malaysia, hand selected, leave behind their family and friends to attend boarding school. It's a prestigious school with excellent academic records, giving birth to many public figures like, Datin Rosmah, Datuk Sharizat Jalil, Datuk Paduka Marina Mahathir, to name a few,
I started schooling in '69. It was Sekolah B. Kuala Pilah. A 100% malay school, in terms of population and lingua-franca. In Standard 1, I was top of the class. But, I cried to be transfered to an English school. So in '70 I went to Tunku Kurshiah School (TKS), primary, then, to TKS (secondary) until my Form 3. Sekolah B, was a co-ed school but TKS (primary & secondary) were all girls school. I said was because, TKS primary is now co-ed although TKS secondary maintained to be the only all girls school.I did fairly well in both TKS but not top of the class. There were many pupils from Chinese family who were much cleverer than I. But at one time, in Std 3, I think, I was in the top 10. After that, I yo-yoed from top 10 to just off the scale, but never more than top 11. After LCE (PMR now), it was bottom 10 for me up to my MCE (SPM). In TKC, I couldn't compete with the brains of the country, Chinese or no Chinese. But one bright spark, in my entire school life, was when, a group of us TKS girls, we sent to study pure science in Tunku Muhamad School (TMS), a neighbouring school meant for boys!! We had a culture schock in the beginning, but built a platonic albeit healthy friendship that lasted a life time. I was in TMS for only 2 months but I made many new (boy) friends there. I was offered to study in TKC soon after. I stayed for two years but made no friends. What an irony!
I made life-long friends in TKS and TMS. We had re-unions and I even became a committe member of TKS old girls'association. Its TKC I have problem with.
On reflection, I think I made a mistake going to TKC. I missed my friends from TKS and TMS. On school breaks, I kept going back to my old alma mater to meet up with old friends. I had no friends in TKC. Its difficult, I tried but I just wasn't able to make friends. I see that happening in all the schools I have taught in and in SSS too. There are some misfits, and I emphatise.
I thank my TKS and TMS formative school years for making me who I am today. TKC, was a nightmare that, try as I might, but cannot seem to forget. The former two schools, were multi-racial. I developed "colour blindness" in these schools. Until now, the friendship we built, three and half decades ago, remain strong. If you want to see a sample of "1 Malaysia" just come to our reunions or teh tarik sessions.
TKC is an elite school, building elites who tend to remain elitist well after they leave school. Many become Datins after marrying Datu's or Datuks who were more often than not, were schooled in another elite Eaton - Malay College Kuala Kangsar (MCKK). You see, back in the '70s when the New Economic Policy was introduced, our generation, left the nest to study overseas under various scholarships. In the process, the two elite schools, set free their prodigies, only for them to meet, fall in love and get married. I myself, married one MCOBA boy. We now have 4 girls, none of whom wanted to go to boarding school, thankfully. I wouldn't have let them anyway. Yes, many TKCians and MCOBAians went out to be successful, contributing citizens, but when I return for TKC reunions, I feel a great regret for being a TKCian. So much for moulding the person. In my down moments, I can't help asking "what if" questions.
I enter the TMS forum and I feel the camarederie and warmth. I enter the TKC email group, I shiver from the cold.
Que sera sera.
Sabrina, my youngest informed me, that Noriman (her special bf) used to only know of his Islamic day of birth - which falls on 1 Muharram. How about that? Happy Birthday Iman!!
Now, I digress. What's the title all about?
Well, I told you in my previous post, how an Internet junkie I've become of late, right? One of the things I do when online is to check my emails and forum. I belong to the TKC email group as well as a member of the Budak TMS Class of 63 - 73 forum. That's what I do every time I am online. Its a must. I check my email group and forum. TKS also has an email address, but its rather dead.
Let's go back, one step, ok?
So what is TKS, TMS, and TKC? Maybe you all know what TKC is. It is the acronymn for Tunku Kurshiah College. Its like the Eaton schoolfor girls. Malay girls. Creme-de-la-creme. Clever girls who excelled academically (so why they selected me??) in public schools all over Malaysia, hand selected, leave behind their family and friends to attend boarding school. It's a prestigious school with excellent academic records, giving birth to many public figures like, Datin Rosmah, Datuk Sharizat Jalil, Datuk Paduka Marina Mahathir, to name a few,
I started schooling in '69. It was Sekolah B. Kuala Pilah. A 100% malay school, in terms of population and lingua-franca. In Standard 1, I was top of the class. But, I cried to be transfered to an English school. So in '70 I went to Tunku Kurshiah School (TKS), primary, then, to TKS (secondary) until my Form 3. Sekolah B, was a co-ed school but TKS (primary & secondary) were all girls school. I said was because, TKS primary is now co-ed although TKS secondary maintained to be the only all girls school.I did fairly well in both TKS but not top of the class. There were many pupils from Chinese family who were much cleverer than I. But at one time, in Std 3, I think, I was in the top 10. After that, I yo-yoed from top 10 to just off the scale, but never more than top 11. After LCE (PMR now), it was bottom 10 for me up to my MCE (SPM). In TKC, I couldn't compete with the brains of the country, Chinese or no Chinese. But one bright spark, in my entire school life, was when, a group of us TKS girls, we sent to study pure science in Tunku Muhamad School (TMS), a neighbouring school meant for boys!! We had a culture schock in the beginning, but built a platonic albeit healthy friendship that lasted a life time. I was in TMS for only 2 months but I made many new (boy) friends there. I was offered to study in TKC soon after. I stayed for two years but made no friends. What an irony!
I made life-long friends in TKS and TMS. We had re-unions and I even became a committe member of TKS old girls'association. Its TKC I have problem with.
On reflection, I think I made a mistake going to TKC. I missed my friends from TKS and TMS. On school breaks, I kept going back to my old alma mater to meet up with old friends. I had no friends in TKC. Its difficult, I tried but I just wasn't able to make friends. I see that happening in all the schools I have taught in and in SSS too. There are some misfits, and I emphatise.
I thank my TKS and TMS formative school years for making me who I am today. TKC, was a nightmare that, try as I might, but cannot seem to forget. The former two schools, were multi-racial. I developed "colour blindness" in these schools. Until now, the friendship we built, three and half decades ago, remain strong. If you want to see a sample of "1 Malaysia" just come to our reunions or teh tarik sessions.
TKC is an elite school, building elites who tend to remain elitist well after they leave school. Many become Datins after marrying Datu's or Datuks who were more often than not, were schooled in another elite Eaton - Malay College Kuala Kangsar (MCKK). You see, back in the '70s when the New Economic Policy was introduced, our generation, left the nest to study overseas under various scholarships. In the process, the two elite schools, set free their prodigies, only for them to meet, fall in love and get married. I myself, married one MCOBA boy. We now have 4 girls, none of whom wanted to go to boarding school, thankfully. I wouldn't have let them anyway. Yes, many TKCians and MCOBAians went out to be successful, contributing citizens, but when I return for TKC reunions, I feel a great regret for being a TKCian. So much for moulding the person. In my down moments, I can't help asking "what if" questions.
I enter the TMS forum and I feel the camarederie and warmth. I enter the TKC email group, I shiver from the cold.
Que sera sera.
Monday, December 14, 2009
Free WIFI and cigarette smoke
I became a passive smoker in the process of getting WIFI service
I wrote this missive first, before I could come up with a title. It's been countless weeks with no internet connection at home. I had to spend time and money at a nearby coffee shop (Kopitiam) to get online - to check my mails, to chat, create this blog, etc etc etc. Its ok to get out of the house for a while after dinner and sometimes on weekends, in mid-mornings, in order to go online. Its the crowd that's challenging. As the nite gets older, the crowd gets younger and louder. Must be the coffee. But it's a necessary evil for an Internet junky like me. Its become a routine, to go online. On school days, I stay back much longer to check my personal emails and to chat with friends. (I do use work time to check my emails though - naughty naughty!). But when Maxis proofed to be a bad provider, my family decided to change to TM and it just takes such a long time for my girls to get this done and meantime I had to find alternatives. So after dinner, you will find me at the kopitiam hacking away on the laptop with a cup of tea. It costs me RM2.95 every time I sit down to go online, which is good bargain for I do stay for at least 2 hours, on work days and longer on weekends. Its a win-win situation between us (maybe not).
Pink is my fav colour
A BIG smile from a suvivor
We were classmates back in .... from left: me, Arah, Connie, Abbey
Pink is my favourite colour
This, would you believe is the chorus of a song by a rock group!
It is my fav colour since I was a little girl. One Hari Raya, I was in pink from head to toe! Now, it is my girl, Nora's, fav colour too.
But the Pink Ribbon stands for something that every girl and woman fears. Breast cancer. A classmate of mine, Dr Zaharah (fondly known as Arah) is a survivor. Now she campaigns for anti-breast cancer by going round the nation on Harleys, rows from Port Klang to Penang on kayaks. The last time I met her, she was catwalking. She is a Chemistry lecturer mind you and counting her blessings for surviving the deadly disease which happened to take the life of my cousin's eldest daughter (she was only 32!). Her grandma died of cervical cancer many years before that. There's no stopping this pint-size lady. I showed my support by being at the "Outrageously Pink Nite" in Bangsar Village in pink. Perhaps one day I will invite her to give a talk on the subject (breast cancer not chemistry).
Saturday, December 12, 2009
Mr Mahen got hitched!!
My girls at the VIP table (picture courtesy of Mr Sah)
Posing with the wedding cake and Sabrina
Posing with the beaming Mr & Mrs Mahendran
It had to happen sooner or later to any young and eligible bachelor. I knew he was 'taken' when we first knew each other early 2008. And he told me he was getting married in Dec 2009. I got invited and I went to celebrate the auspicious occasion with my two girls.
The bride and groom were all smiles. I enjoyed the food. It was a grand occasion. We had chocolate lollipops as parting gifts -with what resembles Mahen's and Kamini's face on it, made from sugar. At first I did not want to eat it because of the picture but it was good chocolate and I finished it in one sitting. Thanks for inviting us Mahen. Wishing both of you a very happy marriage life and lots of little Mahens and Kaminis.
Posing with the wedding cake and Sabrina
Posing with the beaming Mr & Mrs Mahendran
It had to happen sooner or later to any young and eligible bachelor. I knew he was 'taken' when we first knew each other early 2008. And he told me he was getting married in Dec 2009. I got invited and I went to celebrate the auspicious occasion with my two girls.
The bride and groom were all smiles. I enjoyed the food. It was a grand occasion. We had chocolate lollipops as parting gifts -with what resembles Mahen's and Kamini's face on it, made from sugar. At first I did not want to eat it because of the picture but it was good chocolate and I finished it in one sitting. Thanks for inviting us Mahen. Wishing both of you a very happy marriage life and lots of little Mahens and Kaminis.
Thursday, December 10, 2009
Teachers want to have fun
Yes, you better believe it. We had some fun during our retreat in Port Dickson (PD). Two days to be exact. The rain followed us there and threatened to spoil it for us but it stopped long enough for us to 'play' on the beach. But otherwise it was rain, rain and more rain.
I don't want to bore you with details. Pictures paint a thousand words, so they say. When I get my hands on them, I will post you the pictures. So watch this space!!
On the bus going to PD
Waiting for the bus to go back to KL
We look happy don't we? It must have been an inspiring trip!!
I don't want to bore you with details. Pictures paint a thousand words, so they say. When I get my hands on them, I will post you the pictures. So watch this space!!
On the bus going to PD
Waiting for the bus to go back to KL
We look happy don't we? It must have been an inspiring trip!!
Life Long Learning -Intel Teach Course
Happy to receive my Master Facilitator certificate from Mr Teo
For 32 hours, I had to attend an Intel Teach Essentials Course organised by who else.. Intel. Our Sifu was jeng jeng jeng ....(drum rolls please) Mr Teo KJ. Applause, clap clap clap. According to Mr Teo, this course builds on effective technology integration skills to support the development and assessment of student's higher order thinking skills. Teachers will leave the course with a standard-based unit plan, support material, and implementation strategies to improve and assess student's higher order thinking .This course will help teachers to use internet with students in new and constructive ways.
We learned so much stuff and it tires me just thinking about them. We were 28 strong in the beginning, but were left with only 23 by the end of the course. Some had to drop out, for good reasons, I hope. Its a pity, because it was a very useful course which prepared us with innovative ways to teach our subjects. I received a certificate from Intel. So now I am officially Master Facilitator. Sounds real grand huh!
The 32 hours training was divided into 4 long days, each one from 8am - 5pm. We worked in groups.Our breaks were short, and on the last day, we were without airconditioning for half the day, which made things very uncondusive for learning. But the last day, was much lighter than the days before, and we got a chance to showcase our project. We (my team) felt we did a good job, and was (me at least)eager to share our project with the rest of the class!! Most importantly, can we implement the projects with our students? I definitely will have a go!!
Here is the group photo of Master Facilitators!! Jeng jeng jeng (Picture courtesy of Mr Sah)
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
Fare thee Well APIITIANs
Adeline & Adelin
Siu Chin
Nasyitah, Maisarah,Winnie, Mr Sah
My very naughty boys - Syed Omar, Shukry, Hafiz, Naqib, Zafrin, Tengku Asyraf, Brian Lim (doing the Egyptian dance)
My very good and clever girls, Zehan And Aleena
Reza and Kugan
Siti Hajar, Yuha, Didi, Arif
Naveena, Syaqila, Andrew, Dina, Arezou
Saying farewell is not easy and often makes me emotional but it is inevitable.
After two years, I had to say farewell to my beloved students of 2009. I had the opportunity to be with them, to share some of my knowledge and I have learned much more from them I am sure. I have learned to get to know each and everyone of your personalities and it made me much the wiser.
All my best wishes to all of you.
I can't upload (or is it download?) the pictures with 5 Science students from my phone, using my bluetooth. That technology I just learned how to use so recently (blush blush!!). I will do it with the plug-in method. When I do, I will post them here for sure.
Thursday, November 26, 2009
You are what you eat
I am waiting for inspiration to write on this matter. So meanwhile, go read something else.
You need to eat your breakfast
Its always a very frustrating experience for me when I enter my class at 8:00am and I find a student fast asleep with his/her head bent over the table. I wake him/her up and he/she grudginglly raised his/her head, rubbed his/her eyes then went back to sleep. A second prompting, which often requires more forcely methods like a raised voice and a shake on his/her shoulders, will do the work of waking him/her up. This is quickly followed by an order to go and wash his/her face.
Why this big drama, this early in the morning? I often followed up the child's return from the toilet with a question. "Have you had breakfast this morning?" The answer is a predictable "No". Breakfast is probably the most difficult meal for all teenagers. This is a global teenage issue. I am a parent of 4 grown up girls and I have gone through this in the past. None of my girls like to take their meal at 6am in the morning. My third girl, doesn't eat breakfast on purpose. When I asked why, she said she often has to go to the toilet after breakfast. And because, she was ofteh late in coming down for breakfast, she had to visit the toilet in school. Problem is, her teacher NEVER allows her to leave the class that early in the morning. I failed to support her by calling the school about this, let alone going to school to meet the teacher concerned and resolve the problem. On hindsight, it is something I regreted not doing.Being a teacher, I use my disgression in allowing students to vist the toilet. But I digress.
Why is breakfast an important meal - in fact it is THE most important meal of the day? I once received an email with this message:
Eat breakfat like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a beggar.
Why are students finding it so hard to eat breakfast?
Why this big drama, this early in the morning? I often followed up the child's return from the toilet with a question. "Have you had breakfast this morning?" The answer is a predictable "No". Breakfast is probably the most difficult meal for all teenagers. This is a global teenage issue. I am a parent of 4 grown up girls and I have gone through this in the past. None of my girls like to take their meal at 6am in the morning. My third girl, doesn't eat breakfast on purpose. When I asked why, she said she often has to go to the toilet after breakfast. And because, she was ofteh late in coming down for breakfast, she had to visit the toilet in school. Problem is, her teacher NEVER allows her to leave the class that early in the morning. I failed to support her by calling the school about this, let alone going to school to meet the teacher concerned and resolve the problem. On hindsight, it is something I regreted not doing.Being a teacher, I use my disgression in allowing students to vist the toilet. But I digress.
Why is breakfast an important meal - in fact it is THE most important meal of the day? I once received an email with this message:
Eat breakfat like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a beggar.
Why are students finding it so hard to eat breakfast?
Maths & Science Fair 2009
According to the school calendar, the event was supposed to be Maths & Science Society Day. It was scheduled to be in August. (NO) Thanks to the H1N1 outbreak, we had the date postphoned to October and for some reason or other to November. Planning started as early as March. The department was ambitious and wanted to organise a week long affair but we had to be less ambitious, and cut it down to two days. November 6 & 7 were the dates chosen unanimously and they fall right after the final exams. We practically had ONE day to put up an exhibition, science booths, and two competitions. To quote a famous saying, "All's well that ends well". There was a BIG sigh of relief that went round the department and (I am just guessing this), the (acting)pricipal's office. The CEO, was impressed, and he in turn impressed it on US (the department) that there should be a bigger and better show next year!!
Nutrition: Gain or Lose
Hi All.
I was going to create a new blog for the Essentials Intel Teach course project. Then on second thought, this blog IS part of the project, so why not just continue where we (Su & me) left off.
So, to start off with, welcome to the blog. Here we can share information on health issues in general and in particular those affecting teenagers.
I was a teenager (when huh?) shhh.. let's keep that a secret.. and I knew how concerned we were about how we looked.. especially we girls. I wanted the hour glass figure like the late Saloma ( you all know her, right? -Biduanita Negara, a national treasure)
Now, with TV programmes like Biggest Looser and America's Top Supermodel, Magazines like Vogue, FHM, Cosmopiltan, Jelita, Cleo and hundreds more, the image of thin being beautiful is influencing the world-view point of beauty.
Used to be, beauty images of Sita, a voluptous full-figure Hindu Goddess, was the trend and then it was OK to be on the heavy side. But now pencil-thin, anorexic figures of caucasian models are being fed into the faces of teenages. So powerful is the image, that we Asians, get drawn into the thought that thin is beautiful. Is it? What is beauty anyway? It's only skin deep right?
Give us your thoughts/comments here.
I was going to create a new blog for the Essentials Intel Teach course project. Then on second thought, this blog IS part of the project, so why not just continue where we (Su & me) left off.
So, to start off with, welcome to the blog. Here we can share information on health issues in general and in particular those affecting teenagers.
I was a teenager (when huh?) shhh.. let's keep that a secret.. and I knew how concerned we were about how we looked.. especially we girls. I wanted the hour glass figure like the late Saloma ( you all know her, right? -Biduanita Negara, a national treasure)
Now, with TV programmes like Biggest Looser and America's Top Supermodel, Magazines like Vogue, FHM, Cosmopiltan, Jelita, Cleo and hundreds more, the image of thin being beautiful is influencing the world-view point of beauty.
Used to be, beauty images of Sita, a voluptous full-figure Hindu Goddess, was the trend and then it was OK to be on the heavy side. But now pencil-thin, anorexic figures of caucasian models are being fed into the faces of teenages. So powerful is the image, that we Asians, get drawn into the thought that thin is beautiful. Is it? What is beauty anyway? It's only skin deep right?
Give us your thoughts/comments here.
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Healthy Eating Habits - teenage issues
NUTRITION: Gain or lose?
I am starting this entry to discuss health-related teenage issues - in particular healthy eating habits. I am a teacher in Sapura Smart School and I teach teenagers Science and Biology. Nutrition is one of the topics thought in the secondary school, in Form 2 Science and in Form 4 Biology.
Nutrition is an important issue to fast-growing teenagers. I this blog I hope to create interest in my students on healthy eating, the key factor to a healthy long lifestyle.
You need to eat your breakfast!
Its always a very frustrating experience for me when I enter my class at 8:00am and I find a student fast asleep with his/her head bent over the table. I wake him/her up and he/she grudginglly raised his/her head, rubbed his/her eyes then went back to sleep. A second prompting, which often requires more forcely methods like a raised voice and a shake on his/her shoulders, will do the work of waking him/her up. This is quickly followed by an order to go and wash his/her face.
Why this big drama, this early in the morning? I often followed up the child's return from the toilet with a question. "Have you had breakfast this morning?" The answer is a predictable "No". Breakfast is probably the most difficult meal for all teenagers. This is a global teenage issue. I am a parent of 4 grown up girls and I have gone through this in the past. None of my girls like to take their meal at 6am in the morning. My third girl, doesn't eat breakfast on purpose. When I asked why, she said she often has to go to the toilet after breakfast. And because, she was ofteh late in coming down for breakfast, she had to visit the toilet in school. Problem is, her teacher NEVER allows her to leave the class that early in the morning. I failed to support her by calling the school about this, let alone going to school to meet the teacher concerned and resolve the problem. On hindsight, it is something I regreted not doing.Being a teacher, I use my disgression in allowing students to vist the toilet. But I digress.
Why is breakfast an important meal - in fact it is THE most important meal of the day? I once received an email with this message:
Eat breakfat like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a beggar.
Why are students finding it so hard to eat breakfast?
You are what you eat
A healthy diet can have numerous benefits physically and mentally. A good diet may enable you to learn better in school and excel on an emotional and social level successfully. As far as junk food is concerned, a small amount on a rare occasion is allowed. I would try to encourage healthy snacks at least 85-90% of the time. I am a firm believer that parents have the greatest influence on their children. The parents can ultimately shape the child's future in a positive or negative way. Lead by example.
I am starting this entry to discuss health-related teenage issues - in particular healthy eating habits. I am a teacher in Sapura Smart School and I teach teenagers Science and Biology. Nutrition is one of the topics thought in the secondary school, in Form 2 Science and in Form 4 Biology.
Nutrition is an important issue to fast-growing teenagers. I this blog I hope to create interest in my students on healthy eating, the key factor to a healthy long lifestyle.
You need to eat your breakfast!
Its always a very frustrating experience for me when I enter my class at 8:00am and I find a student fast asleep with his/her head bent over the table. I wake him/her up and he/she grudginglly raised his/her head, rubbed his/her eyes then went back to sleep. A second prompting, which often requires more forcely methods like a raised voice and a shake on his/her shoulders, will do the work of waking him/her up. This is quickly followed by an order to go and wash his/her face.
Why this big drama, this early in the morning? I often followed up the child's return from the toilet with a question. "Have you had breakfast this morning?" The answer is a predictable "No". Breakfast is probably the most difficult meal for all teenagers. This is a global teenage issue. I am a parent of 4 grown up girls and I have gone through this in the past. None of my girls like to take their meal at 6am in the morning. My third girl, doesn't eat breakfast on purpose. When I asked why, she said she often has to go to the toilet after breakfast. And because, she was ofteh late in coming down for breakfast, she had to visit the toilet in school. Problem is, her teacher NEVER allows her to leave the class that early in the morning. I failed to support her by calling the school about this, let alone going to school to meet the teacher concerned and resolve the problem. On hindsight, it is something I regreted not doing.Being a teacher, I use my disgression in allowing students to vist the toilet. But I digress.
Why is breakfast an important meal - in fact it is THE most important meal of the day? I once received an email with this message:
Eat breakfat like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a beggar.
Why are students finding it so hard to eat breakfast?
You are what you eat
A healthy diet can have numerous benefits physically and mentally. A good diet may enable you to learn better in school and excel on an emotional and social level successfully. As far as junk food is concerned, a small amount on a rare occasion is allowed. I would try to encourage healthy snacks at least 85-90% of the time. I am a firm believer that parents have the greatest influence on their children. The parents can ultimately shape the child's future in a positive or negative way. Lead by example.
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Archimedes
A great man! Archimedes was the greatest mathematician of his age. His contributions in geometry revolutionised the subject.
Sains dalam bahasa malaysia 2014
When I did my primary education, I spent 1 whole year doing it using BM. Then I moved to an English school, and I spent the next decade learning in English. I have become very comfortable at speaking and writing in English so when I graduated from University and became a trained teacher, I was not at my best, teaching Science in Bahasa Melayu (now Bahasa Malaysia). However, in 2003, the Ministry of Education, made us change the language of instruction of teaching Science to English, so I came full circle. I was so happy to go back to speaking English in class. But lo and behold, like the tides, the policy has changed again. In 2014, my 31st year teaching Science I have to go back teaching Science in BM again. I don't know whether to laugh or to cry. Maybe, I will be dead or retired by then, which ever comes first.
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