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2010 International Essay Contest for Young People Organized by The Goi Peace Foundation and UNESCO

2010 International Essay Contest for Young People
Organized by The Goi Peace Foundation and UNESCO

The United Nations has designated 2001-2010 as the “International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Non-Violence for the Children of the WORLD” and 2005-2014 as the “United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development.” Additionally, 2010 celebrates the International Year of Youth as well as the International Year for the Rapprochement of Cultures. Young people are encouraged to participate in these global initiatives and play a leading role in promoting peace and understanding among all cultures.
Theme:

“My Role in Creating a Peaceful World”.

What is your vision of a peaceful and harmonious world? What can you and the young people of the world do to realize that vision.
Guidelines:
1. Age categories : a) Children (ages up to 14)
b) Youth (ages 15-25)
2. Essays must be 800 words or less in English or German; or 1600 characters or less in Japanese, typed or printed.
3. Essays must have a cover page indicating
a) category (Children or Youth)
b) essay title
c) your name
d) mailing address
e) phone number
f) e-mail address
g) nationality
h) age as of June 30,2010-05-05 sex
i) school name
j) word count
(Entries missing any of the above information will not be considered)
4. Essays must be original and unpublished and written by ONE person.
Copyright of the essays entered will be assigned to the organizers.
Deadline : June 28, 2010
Prizes : 1st prize : US1,000.00 and will be invited to the award ceremony in Tokyo, Japan.
2nd Prize : US 500;
3rd Prize : Certificate and gift
Honourable Mention : Certificate and gift

Please send your entries to :
International Essay Contest c/o The Goi Peace Foundation
1-4-5 Hirakawacho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-0093 Japan
E-mail : essay@goipeace.or.jp

*If you have any questions, please refer to : Pn Norlida Bt Abu Bakar or
surf this website : http://www.goipeace.or.jp/english/activities/programs/1001.html

SAMPLE JOURNAL PROMPTS - answer these questions when you write your journal

MORE JOURNAL PROMPTS.

* Do you think there is too much fighting on t.v. Why or why not?
* Do you think it is necessary to have alcohol at a party in order to have a good time?
* Does it bother you to be around someone who has bad manners?
* Should there be a dress code in places such as school, restaurants, and places of business? Why or why not?
* Should animals be used for medical research?
* Should the Canadian Government financially support Olympic teams?
* Should people be prohibited from smoking in certain places?
* Families are important because...
* Would you like to be famous? Why or why not? What would you like to be famous for?
* Who or what has had a strong influence in your life?
* Where would you prefer to be right now--mountains, desert, beach--and why?
* Should you have to do chores around the house? Why or why not?
* Should you be required to wear a bike helmet? Why or why not?
* Should skateboards be allowed on sidewalks?
* Where do you think we should go on our class fieldtrip this year? Why?
* Should you have to take tests in school?
* Should cellphones be allowed in school?
* Can television (or videogames) influence your behaviour? How?
* Should schools be year-round?
* Should junk food be banned from schools?
* Should students be required to learn a second language?

JOURNAL WRITING - ONE WAY TO IMPROVE YOUR ENGLISH

Journal Writing

Easier - You don't have to be a great writer, perfect speller, or creative thinker to keep a personal journal. Journal writing means that you regularly write down your thoughts and experiences.

Harder - A journal is a continued series of writings made by a person in response to their life experiences and events. Diaries contain a description of daily events. A journal may include those descriptions, but it also contains reflections on what took place and expresses emotions and understandings about them. It doesn't matter what you call your writing, either a diary or journal, as long as you see the distinction between these two ways of writing.

Decorate a Journal Cover. First start with selecting your journal; it could be a spiral-bound notebook, a blank book available at book and stationary stores, or you could make your own journal using plain white filler pages bound together (fasteners, yarn, staples) with construction paper covers. Then decorate your cover by drawing pictures, using a graphics software program on the computer, or cutting and pasting pictures from old magazines to make your own unique journal cover.


SAMPLE JOURNAL PROMPTS...

Writing Prompts/Journal Topics

What is...

* What is something you dislike about yourself?
* What is something you do well?
* What is your favourite room in your home and why?
* What is a good neighbour?
* What is the worst thing parents can do to their children?
* What is your favourite time of day?
* What is your idea of a dull evening?
* What is the best way to treat meddlesome people?
* What is something you are optimistic about?
* What is something you are pessimistic about?
* What is your most indispensable possession and why?
* What is the meaning of "He laughs best who laughs last"?
* What is your favourite song and why?
* What is the best birthday present you ever received?
* What is the best birthday present you could receive?
* What is something that makes you feel sad?
* What is your favourite book and why?
* What is something that really bugs you?
* What is something that really makes you angry?
* What is the best advice you ever received?
* What is your favourite holiday? What makes this holiday special?
* What is your favourite day of the week?
* What is your favourite month? Why?

What if...

* What would happen if you could fly whenever you wanted? When would you use this ability?
* What would happen if there were no television? Why would this be good? bad?
* What would happen if everyone lived in space? What type of houses would they live in? What type of clothing would they wear? What type of food would they eat? How would they travel?
* What if cows gave root beer instead of milk?
* What if all the streets were rivers? What would be different?
* What would happen if people never co-operated? Why do you think it is important to co-operate?
* What would happen if it really did rain cats and dogs?
* What would happen if animals could talk? What are some of the questions you would like to ask animals?
* What would happen if you could become invisible whenever you wanted to? What are some of the things you could do that you cannot do now?
* What would happen if everyone wore the same clothes?
* What would happen if you threw a piece of trash on the ground? What if everyone did?
* What if you could walk up walls and across ceilings?
* What would happen if you loved your neighbour as yourself? What if everyone did?
* What would happen if you grew taller than trees? How would this change your life?
* What would happen if children ruled the world?
* What would happen if there were no cars, buses, trains, boats, or planes? How would this change your life?
* What if everyone lived under water? Where would people live? What games would children play? What would school be like?
* What would happen if you found gold in your backyard?
* What would you do if a bully bothered you on your way home?
* What would you do if you did very poorly of a test?
* What would you do if a friend borrows things from you but never returns them?
* What would you do if You were the teacher and everyone forgot his homework?
* What would you do if you were in the middle of the lake and your boat began to leak?
* What would you do if Your friend had a broken leg? How would you cheer him up?
* What would you do if you saw little bugs in your salad?
* What would you do if you woke up in another country and no one could understand you?
* What would you do if you ordered an ice cream cone and you forgot to bring money?
* What would you do if someone got in front of you when you were in line at the movies?
* What would you do if your jelly sandwich fell upside down on the floor?
* What would you do if only one hot dog is left and neither you nor your friend have had one?
* What would you do if two of your best friends went to the movies without inviting you?
* What would you do if the surprise party was for you but you weren't surprised?
* What would you do if you got a present you didn't like?
* What would you do if you were at home and your homework was at school?
* What would you do if you dropped the cookie jar and it broke?
* What would you do if you were invited to two parties on the same day?
* What would you do if you promised to feed your pet and you didn't?
* What would you do if someone said you did something wrong and you didn't?
* What would you do if your new shoes felt fine in the store but now they are hurting?
* What would you do if someone told you a joke that you don't think is funny?
* What would you do if an hour before the party you remember you don't have a gift?
* What would you do if a friend comes to your house and his/her mom doesn't know he's/she's there?
* What would you do if you had four math problems marked wrong that were right?
* What would you do if you found in the street?
* What would you do if you found a magic wand?
* What would you do if you wanted to be friends with someone who spoke no English?
* What would you say if someone told you it was all right to steal from a large department store?
* What would you do if you saw a friend cheating--report it, confront the friend, nothing--and why?
* If you could have been someone in history, who would you have been?
* If you could only take 3 people with you on a trip around the world, who would you take and why?
* If you could give any gift in the world, what would you give and to whom?
* If you could live anywhere in the world, where would it be?
* If you received any sum of money as a gift, what would you do with it?
* If you could do whatever you wanted to right now, what would you do?
* If you were principal of this school, what would you do?
* If you were a mouse in your house in the evening, what would you see your family doing?
* If you were five years older you would...
* If you were lost in the woods and it got dark, what would you do?
* If it were your job to decide what shows can be on t.v., how would you choose?
* If there were no rules, what do you think would happen?
* If you owned a store, what would you do to discourage people from stealing from you?
* If you could participate in an Olympic event, which one would you choose and why?
* If you could break the Guiness Book of Records it would be for?
* If you had to describe yourself as a colour, which would you choose?
* If your friend told you of a secret plan to run away from home, what would you do and why?

What do you think...

* What do you think of 3D movies?
* What do you think someone your age can do to help reduce the amount of pollution in our environment?
* What do you think the world needs now?
* What do you think your friends say to each other when you're not around?
* What do you think about the amount of violence on T.V.?
* What do you think about people polluting the environment?
* What do you think about having set rules for people to follow?
* What do you think about people who are inconsiderate of others?
* What do you think should be done to keep people who are under the influence of alcohol off the road?
* What do you think the world will be like when you are a grown up?
* What do you think about ghosts?
* What do you think of someone who has bad manners?
* What do you think about people who take advantage of others?
* What do you think about when you can't fall asleep?
* What do you think courage means?
* What do you think makes a good friend?
* What do you think makes a happy family?
* What pollutants do you think do the most damage and why?
* What things do you think are beautiful?
* What do you think about students having to wear school uniforms?

What...misc.

* What do you like most about yourself?
* What do you like to do in your free time?
* What kind of animal would you like to be and why?
* What kind of trophy would you like to win?
* What TV or movie star would you like to invite to your birthday party?
* What does "Clothes make the person" mean to you?
* What does "Have your cake and eat it too" mean to you?
* What does "The early bird gets the worm" mean to you?
* What do we mean when we say, "The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence"?
* What does "You can't take it with you" mean?
* What do we mean when we say, "You can catch more flies with honey than with vinegar"?
* What do we mean when we say, "Hitch your wagon to a star"?
* What does "still waters run deep" mean to you?
* What does "There are two sides to every coin" mean to you?
* What does Canada mean to you?
* What are you afraid of? Why?
* What are junk foods?
* What are some nutritious foods that you like?
* What are some rules you have to follow at home?
* What are some examples of prejudice?
* What is more important to you, appearance or personality?
* What is most important to you in a friend--loyalty, generosity, honesty--why?
* What is something that makes you melancholy?
* What makes your best friend your best friend?
* What makes you feel safe?
* What makes you laugh?
* What would you invent to make life better?
* What would you do to entertain your family without spending any money?
* What effects does watching violence have on people?
* What effects do cigarette and alcohol advertising have on young people?
* What kind of t.v. commercial would you like to make? Describe it.
* What kind of pet would you most like to have--monkey, snake, goat--why?
* What kind of program do you enjoy most on TV--detective shows, comedies, game shows--and why?
* What advice would you give a new student?
* What advice would you give to someone who stole something but now feels guilty?
* What things are better than going to school? Why?
* What talents do you have?
* What three words would describe you right now?
* What four things are most important in your life?
* What colour makes you think of happiness?
* What has been the most fun activity at school so far?
* What quality do you like about yourself--creativity, personality, appearance--why?
* What eccentric behaviour in a friend disturbs you the most?
* What parts of nature do you like best?
* What do you do for exercise?
* What is the most ludicrous outfit you can think of?
* What is the funniest dinner you've ever had with your family?

How...

* How do you feel when it's your birthday? Why?

* How do you feel on the first day of winter? Why?
* How would you feel if you were going to be on a show? Why?
* How do you feel when you do something wrong?
* How do you feel when you do something that is very good?
* How do you feel when you play a trick on someone?
* How would you feel if a new child moved into your neighbourhood?
* How do you think the new child would feel?
* How do you feel when you have had a fight with your best friend?
* How do you think your friend felt?
* How do you feel when you are in bed with the lights out?
* How do you feel when you want something very badly and you cannot have it? Why is this so important to have?
* How do you feel on a warm sunny day?
* How do you feel when you stay with a babysitter?
* How do you feel when you're leaving home on vacation?
* How do you feel when you sleep at someone's house?
* How do you feel during a thunderstorm?
* How do you feel on the first day of school?
* How do you feel when your parents are upset with you? Why do they become upset with you?
* How do you feel on Thanksgiving? What are you thankful for?
* How do feel on (any holiday)?
* How do you feel when something scares you? What do you do when this happens?
* How would you feel if someone told you that you were his or her best friend?
* How do you feel about your appearance?
* How would you change the world to make it better?
* How do you think eating junk food affects you?
* How do you have the most fun--alone, with a large group, with a few friends--and why?
* Explain how to play your favorite game.
* How would you describe your house to someone who has never visited there before?

I wish...

* I wish I had a million... Then I would...
* I wish I had one... because
* I wish I could be like.... This person is special because....
* I wish to be a ________ when I grow up. Then I will....
* I wish there were a law that said..... This would be a good law because....
* I wish I could forget the time I ..... because....
* I wish trees could..... because....
* I wish I could see...... because.....
* I wish I could learn..... because.....
* I wish I didn't have to eat...... I don't like this food because.....
* I wish everyone would learn to ..... Then everyone would.....
* I wish I never......
* I wish I had one more chance to..... Then I would.....
* I wish there was an electric......
* I wish I had enough money to......
* I wish everyone loved......
* I wish all children would......
* I wish everyone had.....
* I wish I could touch......
* I wish animals could...... If they could, then.....
* I wish I looked like.... because......
* I wish there were no more.....
* I wish I didn't have to.....
* I wish I could go to.....
* I wish there really was..... If there really was, then.....
* I wish I could hear......
* I wish I could give......
* If all my wishes came true, I would......

When...

* When you are angry, how do you look?
* When are you happiest?
* When have you felt lonely?
* When do you feel proud?
* When was the last time you cried and why?
* When a friend was in an embarrassing situation, what did you do?
* When it might hurt their feelings, how do you feel about telling your friends the truth?
* When might it be bad to be honest?
* When someone picks on someone else, how do you feel? What do you do?
* Once, when you were very frightened, what happened?
* Once, when you were embarrassed, what happened?
* Once, when your feelings were hurt, what happened?
* Describe a time when you felt vengeful.
* When you have a problem who do you talk to? Why?

TRICKY TEASERS - 2nd POSTING

aA man and a dog were going down the street. The man rode, yet walked. What was the dog's name?
Yet.

At what time do most people go to the dentist?
At tooth-hurty (2:30).

Can you spell a composition with two letters?
SA (essay).

Can you spell a pretty girl with two letters?
QT (cutey).

Can you spell very happy with three letters?
XTC (ecstasy).

How can you spell chilly with two letters?
IC (icy) .

KEEPING A STUDIOUS CLASSROOM

DEDICATED TO MY FORM 3 STUDENTS, ESPECIALLY 3 WAJA,...

Over the door in one studious classroom is a sign reading, "Quiet, please. Learning underway." Another classroom has a poster that says, "You are here to work." All the students not with the teacher are working independently.

One student is writing an unknown word on the whiteboard, where the heading reads, "New vocabulary words." Later, the class will discuss the word, and each student will enter the word with its meaning in a notebook.

On a corner of the whiteboard are the assignments for the day; separately, there are the assignments for the week - "Write one half page on your pet." "Find information (no more than half a page) on Apaches." "Write a number problem requiring division for the class to solve." "Look through the dictionary for a spelling word ending in 'tion'." Students are busily engaged in completing these assignments. Several students are finding information on Apaches, a current class topic; one student is using an encyclopedia; another is in the Internet. The student in the Internet has found some resources to write away for. Other students are working on worksheets and work from kits.


The teacher is not harassed. Students in this classroom are eager to produce and to have their work checked and sometimes expect more of the teacher than one person can do; consequently, the teacher limits his or her commitment: weekly written assignments must be no more than a page, monthly reports must be no more than two pages, etc.


Discipline in the studious classroom is a matter, first, of convincing the students of their ignorance. When a student misbehaves, the teacher calls out, "Who was the fourth president of the United States?" If the student answers, "James Madison," the teacher calls out, "What is the capital of Hungary?" The wrong answer is followed by a short lecture on how much the student has to learn and how short is the time for learning. Students in this classroom are not time wasters because they realize how much there is to learn.


Discipline in the studious classroom is also a matter of liking to learn. Students are convinced not only of their ignorance but also of the desirability of overcoming it. They diligently write vocabulary and spelling words in their notebooks. They use the dictionary, the encyclopedia, and other reference books. Each student keeps a notebook of half-page comments about books read.


Much teacher time is spent at the teacher's desk with a student. The teacher reads and corrects written assignments with the student. Math assignments are checked individually. Workbook pages are corrected. Since the teacher's time is valuable, work with any one student is limited to a few minutes; however, a few minutes devoted to overcoming a student's specific weaknesses or mistakes can be more valuable than much full-class instruction.


This is not to say that full-class instruction does not exist in the studious classroom. The teacher introduces new topics, explains principles and rules, such as in spoken and written language or math, and hears student reports. However, in general the students are working on their own.


At one time in the development of schooling it was thought that students should be generally social. Since many students would rather talk than learn, the consequence of a social classroom was much talk and little learning. Students have plenty of time for socializing outside of the classroom.

The purpose of being in school is to learn. A poster in a classroom says, "There is a place for socializing. This is not it." Fortunately, learning can be interesting, and students who would rather talk can become absorbed in their work. Although being a student in the studious classroom is work, the rewards of this work are great.


Periodically, the teacher meets with each student to evaluate progress and to make decisions about appropriate learning materials. Because of limitations on the teacher's time, plans for work to be accomplished must cover at least a month. A student placed in a workbook or a kit works in that workbook or kit over a period of time. One criterion in selecting a workbook or kit is, how suitable is it for long-term use.

BRAIN TEASERS - RIDDLES - 1st POSTING

TRY THESE RIDDLES....

1. What goes up and down stairs without moving?
2. Give it food and it will live; give it water and it will die.
3. What can you catch but not throw?
4. I run, yet I have no legs. What am I?
5. Take one out and scratch my head, I am now black but once was red.
6. Remove the outside, cook the inside, eat the outside, throw away the inside.
7. What goes around the world and stays in a corner?
8. What gets wetter the more it dries?
9. The more there is, the less you see.
10. They come at night without being called and are lost in the day without being stolen.
11. What kind of room has no windows or doors?
12. I have holes on the top and bottom. I have holes on my left and on my right. And I have holes in the middle, yet I still hold water. What am I?
13. I look at you, you look at me, I raise my right, you raise your left. What is this object?
14. It has no top or bottom but it can hold flesh, bones, and blood all at the same time. What is this object?
15. The more you take the more you leave behind.
16. Light as a feather, there is nothing in it; the strongest man can't hold it for much more than a minute.
17. As I walked along the path I saw something with four fingers and one thumb, but it was not flesh, fish, bone, or fowl.
18. What can run but never walks, has a mouth but never talks, has a head but never weeps, has a bed but never sleeps?
19. I went into the woods and got it, I sat down to seek it, I brought it home with me because I couldn't find it.
20. What can fill a room but takes up no space?
21. It is weightless, you can see it, and if you put it in a barrel it will make the barrel lighter?
22. No sooner spoken than broken. What is it?
23. Only two backbones and thousands of ribs.
24. Four jolly men sat down to play, And played all night till the break of day. They played for cash and not for fun, With a separate score for every one. When it came time to square accounts, They all had made quite fair amounts. Now, not one has lost and all have gained, Tell me, now, this can you explain?
25. Jack and Jill are lying on the floor inside the house, dead. They died from lack of water. There is shattered glass next to them. How did they die?
26. Why don't lobsters share?
27. A barrel of water weighs 20 pounds. What must you add to it to make it weigh 12 pounds?
28. Big as a biscuit, deep as a cup, Even a river can't fill it up. What is it?
29. Clara Clatter was born on December 27th, yet her birthday is always in the summer. How is this possible?
30. He has married many women but has never married. Who is he?
31. If a rooster laid a brown egg and a white egg, what kind of chicks would hatch?
32. If you have it, you want to share it. If you share it, you don't have it. What is it?
33. You can't keep this until you have given it.
34. Take off my skin, I won't cry, but you will. What am I?
35. What book was once owned by only the wealthy, but now everyone can have it? You can't buy it in a bookstore or take it from the library.
36. What can go up and come down without moving?
37. What do you fill with empty hands?
38. What do you serve that you can't eat?
39. What do you throw out when you want to use it but take in when you don't want to use it?
40. What goes up and never comes down?
41. What has a foot on each side and one in the middle?
42. What has to be broken before it can be used?
43. What kind of coat can be put on only when wet?
44. What question can you never answer "yes" to?
45. What's the greatest worldwide use of cowhide?
46. Which is correct to say, "The yolk of the egg are white?" or "The yolk of the egg is white?"
47. You answer me, although I never ask you questions. What am I?

1. Carpet
2. Fire
3. A cold
4. A nose
5. A match
6. Corn
7. A stamp
8. Towel
9. Darkness
10. Stars
11. A mushroom
12. A sponge
13. A mirror
14. A ring
15. Footsteps
16. Breath
17. Glove
18. River
19. Splinter
20. Light
21. A hole
22. Silence
23. Railroad
24. Four men in a dance band
25. Jack and Jill are goldfish.
26. They're shellfish.
27. Holes
28. A kitchen strainer
29. She lives in the Southern Hemisphere.
30. A priest
31. None. Roosters don't lay eggs.
32. A secret
33. A promise
34. An onion
35. A telephone book
36. The temperature
37. Gloves
38. A tennis ball
39. An anchor
40. Your age
41. A yardstick
42. An egg
43. A coat of paint
44. "Are you asleep?"
45. To hold cows together
46. Neither, the yolks are yellow.
47. A telephone

The 7 DONT'S

DON'T ACT THE 7 ACTIONS BELOW
AFTER YOU HAVE A MEAL


1*) Don't smoke- Experiment from experts proves that smoking a cigarette after meal is comparable to smoking 10 cigarettes (chances of cancer is higher).


2*) Don't eat fruits immediately - Immediately eating fruits after meals will cause stomach to be bloated with air. Therefore take fruit 1-2 hr after meal or 1hr before meal.

3*) Don't drink tea - Because tea leaves contain a high content of acid. This substance will cause the Protein content in the food we consume to be hardened thus difficult to digest.


4*) Don't loosen your belt - Loosening the belt after a meal will easily cause the intestine to be twisted & blocked.


5*) Don't bathe - Bathing after meal will cause the increase of blood flow to the hands, legs & body thus the amount of blood around the stomach will therefore decrease. This will weaken the digestive system in our stomach.


6*) Don't walk about - People always say that after a meal walk a hundred steps and you will live till 99. In actual fact this is not true. Walking will cause the digestive system to be unable to absorb the nutrition from the food we intake.


7*) Don't sleep immediately - The food we intake will not be able to digest properly. Thus will lead to gastric & infection in our intestine.

Feeling happy today...

Completed yesterday's job.. Today Friday, 23/4/2010 the judges are judging the inventions and engineering designs by the students... The designs and new innovation were awesome.. and it can be commercialized.. I see potential values in some of the inventions. Congratulation to

A Busy Week : 19 - 24 April 2010

Science Innovation and Design Engineering Competition for all SBP students will be held in SMSTSP from 22 - 24 April 2010. Teachers from Princess Chulabhorn College will also be coming. Good luck to all participants.


Public Speaking Topic for next week is : School Cleanliness Campaign.

Topics that have been given before :
1. My role in creating a peaceful world.
2. Life in the new millenium.
3. Tourism
4. How to overcome stress.
...

cant remember the rest... may be next time....

Kursus Pelancongan SMSTSP

tarikh : 10 April 2010

Aktiviti Pelancongan Negeri Perlis / SMSTSP
Produk pelancongan dalam persekitaran kawasan sekolah yang berpotensi untuk dijadikan produk pelancongan sekolah
Pakej Pelancongan di SMSTSP
1. Batik Canting – 2 jam
a. Pameran batik – Gallery kekal & Bengkel tempat mencanting.
b. Pelancong di ajar cara mencanting.
c. Praktikal – pelancong diberi pengalaman mencanting.
d. Sumber kepakaran sedia ada – Pakar En Mohd Daut;
e. Petugas disediakan untuk membantu pelancong.
2. Chalet Homestay – makanan – 1 jam
a. cendawan goreng – rumah cendawan sedia ada
b. Mempelam harum manis (bermusim)
c. Kelapa jelly – air kelapa dan jelly (agar2 biasa )
d. Laksa Kuala Perlis
e. Pulut Udang
3. Memancing – 2 1/2 jam
a. Kolam sebelah kantin
b. Pembersihan kolam dari selut dll
c. Kolam ikan
4. Pelancongan Kesihatan
a. Mengurut / Refleksologi / Picit tapak kaki etc. – sediakan pondok untuk mengurut ; Tukang urut ditempah / atau pelajar diajar refleksologi.
b. Laluan refleksologi bermaklumat – batu diatur mengikut treatment tertentu; Integrasikan pelancongan dengan M-Sains.
i. Tempahan tempat letak kaki istimewa untuk penyakit tertentu.
ii. Papan tanda – maklumat setiap pijakan. ( pelajar/ pelancong mendapat maklumat awal tentang titik/point yang berkaitan penyakit tertentu)
iii. Maklumat diberi secara - Penerangan oleh petugas / papan tanda
5. Website –pelancongan di SMSTSP
a. Untuk mempromosi pelancongan.
6.




Brainstorm – kumpulan2 lain
1. Konsep Hidup Cara Kampong (Kump En Hisyamuddin) – Agrotourism – masyarakat tourism – Homestay concept.
a. Tempayan basuh kaki
b. Rumah kayu berbentuk kampong
c. Makanan – sarapan pagi – pulut, ikan tamban,/ ubi kayu bakar/ cengkodok/
d. Lifesyle kampong mengikut musim – eg musim menanam – 1 relong – menanam/meraut/mengerat/memukul/model lesung / demonstrasi buat karat
e. Malam – Merelau
f. Gambar diambil - dokumentasi untuk kenangan mereka.
g. Kelebihan – pelbagai bahasa asing.
h. Menangkap ikan
i. Malam – minum nira – pokok nipah – cara mengeluarkan nira.
j. Pagi- cara menghasilkan manisan nipah
k. Kenduri – sediakan pakaian pengantin2 dll.
2. Kumpulan En Syahir (Strawberry Plantation House)
a. Greenhouse/ Tmn Teknologi/ Home Stay + Taman Strawberry
b. Laluan Ilmu – orang luar dtg – letakkan Tmn Strawberry ni sbg satu tarikan
c. Strawberry Plantation House -
3. Terapi Minda
a. Gymnasium
b. Terapi Kaunseling
c. Kolam renang – tepi tmn strawberry
4. Memancing
a. Target area – offer kolam memancing
b. Garden Party – Memancing, kemudian barbeque eg. Alumni reunion, PIBG,
c. Peralatan dan Catering juga ditawarkan
d.
5. Pelajar – aktiviti tarian etc – kuda kepang etc

Kursus Keusahawanan SMSTSP

Date : 17 April 2010

Venue : bilik Mesyuarat SMSTSP
Tajuk : Keusahawanan
1. Keusahawanan – berniaga- bermusim
2. Pembangunan keusahawanan – pembudayaan
3. Pembangunan idea perniagaan kpd peluang perniagaan
4. Program Finishing School di Politeknik – ready them untuk pasaran kerja
5. Apa itu Usahawan – konsep definisi… entrepreneur – bertekad membuat sesuatu
a. Ada aim(bertekad membuat sesuatu) , risiko – ganjaran.
6. Usahawan – memikul suatu tugas, berperanan spt jeneral perang, business is like going to war, dan usahawan perlukan strategi
7. Usahawan - Memcari cabaran, peneraju , berdaya inovatif, (transfor idea), rebut peluang, mengambil risiko, ganjaran, tambah nilai.
8. Sikap & nlai – mencari & merubut peluang – terjemah kpd strategi dan usaha perniagaan – dpt keuntungan.
9. Scope dan trend –
a. Usahawan dalaman,
b. social (bukan untuk kepentingan diri-untuk faedah pihak lain)eg . dana untuk tabung, eg. Faiza beras taj mahal – tajaan bersama mu TV3; Tan sri Mokhtar al bukhary;
c. siber,
d. tekno- technopreneur –
e. dr pederick – usahawan koko – new Zealand. (kokopreneur)
10. Budaya Keusahawanans
a. Prosem pembudayaan – makan masa yang lama – untuk lihat kesan
b. Halangan dalam membudayakan sesuatu.. eg tok dalam rumah yang agak relax… tak pa….
c.
11. Fokus pembudayaan – konsep dan pembanguana keusahawan
a. Peniaga vs usahawan – peniaga kemudian jadi usahawan -jenama sendiri eg. Ramli Burger
b. Konsep rakan niaga
c. Burger Otai – masalah2 yg dihadapi jadi kan cara nak kembangkan lagi business
12. Analisis kompetensi keusahawanan diri –
13. Kreativiti dan inovasi = usahawan
14. Proses pembentukan usahawan
a. Mencari motivasi untuk berniaga
b. Mencari idea
c. Menilai idea
d. Kenalpasti sumber- kehendak dan keperluan dikalangan pelajar -
e. Perundangan untuk memulakan perniagaan – guru bimbing murid
f. Memulakan dan kekal dalam perniagaan
15. Buku “Budaya Niaga Orang Cina” –oleh Awang Seng
a. Pengalaman dan kemahiran boleh dipelajari kemudian
b. Proses pembudayaan – galakkan pelajar baca buku secara santai.. eg PTS
c. Budaya org cina – ada peluang – ambil saja-
d. Siapa cepat dia dapat – jika hendak Berjaya kena cepat bertindak – jgn tunggu sampai pencen… baru nak berniaga.. Tpi kena full time dan ada support dari isteri/suami/keluarga
e. Kegagalan pertama tidakbisa melunturkan semangatl kali kedua gagal – pengajaran
16. Sumber budaya – agama , adat, adat nenek moyang, kata2 orang tua, pemimpin)
17. Penerapan pembudayaan – proses sosialisasi, pend formal , informal, role model, ritual dsb
18. Proses Pembudayaan-
a. mengamalkan suatu budaya;
b. mempertahankan – memastikan kelangsungan budaya kpd generasi seterusnya – pastikan ada pelapisnya.
19. Perbezaan budaya cina dan melayu
a. Sumberbudaya – dari mana datangnya sumber tersebut? Dlm keluarga – dalaman
b. Penerapan budaya – proses sukarela @ terpaksa? Paksarela!! Eg. Politeknik – teori , followed by practical – kiosk – pelajar belajar eg cara nak layan customer etc.
c. Sukarela -

CABARAN KEUSAHAWANAN
20. Halangan2 dlm menerapkan budaya
a. Usahawan yg Berjaya sukakan cabaran
b. Intrapreneur dlm organisasi – ciri2 keusahawan perlu ada dlm diri kita
c. Cabaran spt layang2 dengan angin, ; lebih kuat angin (cabaran) , legih tinggi wau, *Perniaagaan) akan terbangjd lebih seronok.
21. Bentuk cabaran – dalaman , luaran
a. Cabaran dalaman - unsure yang mencabar kewibawaan seseorang dlm merealisasikan impian – orang kata … berniaga lama dah tapi tak kaya pun , hutang je lebih..etc
b. Kalau rasa demotivate –dgn tohmahan orang – rangasangan negative atau positif
c. Keyakinan terhadap diri – untuk memulakan kerjaya sbg usahawan – impak positif untuk diri
d. Cabaran –pengusaha sendayu tinggi – Pn Rozita Ibrahim – dia sendiri jadi duta.
e. Eg. Frozen food – Pn Rozaini; usahawan – umur 40 thn ; berhenti kerja. – demand tinggi untuk kuih kacang dan cucur badak.. Usaha dgn cara lain.. Tolong buat inti..je..
f. Cabaran dalaman yang lain –
i. kurang pengalaman atau pengetahuan,
ii. usahawan mudah selesa dgn apa yang ada- tidak mahu berubah; tension; memberontak. – susah untuk menerima perubahan
iii. Tahap kesabaran dan kesungguhan
iv. Cabaran psikologi dan fisiologi
v. Kehendak sendiri atau org lainl- eg tiada sokongan keluarga – eg org lain suruh makan gaji jgn berniaga
vi. Kedudukan kewangan –sumber sokongan – gagi pelajar Nampak bhw ada support systems eg. MARA , PUNB, scheme siswazah ec, Bantuan MARA , Maybank – untuk usahaawan baru
22. Projek Paper – rancangan perniagaan – Pelajar kurang pengetahuan eg. Salon, butik , bakery , kursus penternakan, taska, kecantikan, baik pulih telefon, dobi, kursus asas. -
a. Kursus elektrik – baik pulih telefon
b. Kursus Personality grooming
23. Bagaimana mengatasi + siapa yg boelh membantu
a. Diri anda sendiri
b. Dptkan nasihat seta pandangan org lain
c. Pengalaman diri sendiri – eg ada kiosk sbg tempat berniaga pelajar – dpt pengetauan asas berniagaan
d. Perlu berani mencuba
24. Keluarga – cabaran – beberapa persoalan
a. Pendapatan
b. Menambah pendapatan/ mengurangkan simpanan
c. Pembahagian masa
d. Eg. Perniagaan internet – most
e. Jutawan Irfan Khairi – jual peta Malaysia;RM36,000 sebulan pendapatan x 12 = rm400,000 lebih setahun.- majalah jutawan
25. Cabaran masyarakat setempat – paradigm mental yang sempit; Contoh tanggapan sempit masyarakat…..
a. Mengapa nak jadi usahawan
b. Orang melayu pandai berniaga ke?
c. Kalau tak kaya … kayap?
d. Lebih suka lihat kegagalan orang dr kejayaan
e. DCL – Dato Mustapha Omar – Thomas Edison- Genius is 1% idea, 99% perspiration
f. Lebih suka mengata, kondem orang,
26. Cabaran peringkat idustri -
a. mencari perniagaan yang sesuai; Latihan Industri –
b. mendapatkan pembiayaan tambahan
c. mengeksploitasikan insentif dan peluang yang ada
d. memahami kaedah perniagaan / businessmodel dlm industry berkenaan – 500 syrkt yang berdaftar – 350 multilevel sykt berdaftar – 99 ke 100 single level
e. mewujudkan networking yang relevan.
f. Persaingan (cooperation) not competition. Win-win situation
g. Produk dan perkhidmatan.- buat swot analisis – kenalpasti aanalisis produk – kekuata 0 butter; corak yg laku dgn produk yg tak laku sgt.
h. Menjadi penggerak utama pengembelingan sumber2 negara
i. Menmbah nilai kpd produk
j. Mnjadi peneraju dngn memperhebatkan R&d
27. Kesimpulan – setiap kerjaya mempunyai cabaran.
a. Cabaran boleh dijadikan inspirasi atau pembunuh motivasi
b. Setiap cabaran ada ganjaran
c. Budaya keusahawanan melayu masih baru – eg Hafifah, Th Hj Ismail hasyim HPA; dll
d. Budaya boleh dipelajari dan diterap
e. Masy perlu ubah paradigm mental – Lewey – 3 stage ; unfreezing, change(transition), refreezing (bekukan balik – jadikan dia budaya)
f. Poli guna model di atas
28. Kiosk contoh2..
a. Pelatih di latih – pengurusan kedai mini
b. Kedai eksesori
c. IT – maintenance computer
d. Kedai aksessori – beauty product etc, stokist
e. Kedai jagung dan wafer
f. Kiosk celcom,
g. Kiosk kebab – bwh program smart biz – ex pelajar diberi tempat untuk berniaga.
29. Taklimat oleh Puan Asmiza Othman ; Jabatan Keusahawanan.Poli


Aktiviti : penjanaan idea- cadangan aktiviti berbentuk keusahawanan di sekolah
Nama kumpulan : Tropicapreneur
Fokus : Pelajar Persatuan BI (contoh)
Nama Aktiviti : Gerai Usahawan Muda
Bentuk Aktiviti : Jualan Goreng Pisang dan Rojak Buah, air Jambu/blended tropical fruits /Buah2an
Tema Aktiviti : agro product
Objektif yang hendak dicapai (berdasarkan realiti):
1. Mendedahkan pelajar kepada bidang keusahawanan- secara kecil-kecilan, dengan modal yg kecil.
2. Memberi pengalaman dari segi komunikasi, pengurusan kewangan dll
3. Melahirkan pelajar yang berdikari dan berdaya saing - sanggup menerima cabaran
Kumpulan Sasar
Pelajar SMSTSP , ibubapa, guru dan kakitangan sekolah
Cadangan Tarikh / Masa Pelaksanaan
Bermula Jun 2010 / Petang 4.30 – 6.30 ptg
Tempat dan Kemudahan
1. Dataran Asrama
2. Ada paip air
3. Meja
4. Pondok jualan – parking kereta berbumbung.
5. Punca Letrik
Pelaksanaan Aktiviti
1. Kertas Cadangan – Projek
a. Objektif
b. AJK Pelajar
c. Aktiviti jualan
d. Kos
e. Jadual tugas
f. Pembelian Bahan Mentah / Peralatan
2. Perbincangan dgn pihak pengurusan – dptkan kebenaran
3. Penyediaan tempat / Peralatan- kuali, dapur satu, meja, pinggan, bekas plastic tempat bancuh tepung, / Bahan Mentah – pisang, buah2an tempatan.
4. Promosi jualan – poster
5. Jadual tugas – cashier, petugas kebersihan, tukang masak, tukang jual
6. Jualan dilangsungkan pada waktu petang – 4.30 – 6.30 ptg., sepanjang tahun (tidak termasuk masa peperiksaan)

Form 1

Topics to be covered

1 People :
Introduce oneself; talk about self (personal details)

2 Sentence pattern – introducing oneself.

3 Talk about friends and interests

4 Adjectives to describe qualities;
Describe friends and family

5 Punctuations

6 Rading materials such as an articles

7 Summary

8 Literature – talk about message/ themes

9 Write a letter to a pen pal – telling about likes, dislikes, family etc

10 Parts of speech – noun, pronoun, adjective, verb, adverb, conjunction, preposition, interjection

11 Question forms –
i. Simple past/present - (Do/Does/Did)
ii. Other tenses - (verb to be – is,are,am, was
were / has, have, had/ modals – will etc)


12 Verb forms – simple continuous, and perfect
13 Negative verbs/ Positive and Negative statements

14 Summary

15 Write an account of experience eg. A visit ot the National Science Centre

16 Summary

17 Sentence Structure; Subject and Predicate

18 Simple, compound and complex sentences


19 Dialogue / Language Functions :
To invite or welcome friends/ to accept or to decline an invitation/Expressing thanks/ to apologise
Eg. Invite friends to one’s house, to a birthday party,to a kenduri, to participate in a gotong royong etc.

20 Write messages – Write simple invitation – present info in the form of a card.
(e.g. In note form on postcards and self-made cards and e-mail. Include receiver’s name, sender’s name, date, place, salutation, message, leave-taking.)

Identify the errors

Sentences
1. I think live in the countryside is better than live in the city.
2. It is because the river in the countryside are not polluted.
3. They are not like the people in the city that always mind their own business.
4. The air are clean.
5. I agree with Zainal that live in the countryside is better.
6. I want to say that live in the countryside is more better.
7. We can living with healthy lives.
8. I am agree with Zainal.


Sentences
1. Children that live in the village
2. His works is collect rubbish.
3. He likes eat.
4. His job is collect rubbish.
5. Pak Manan walking near a river.
6. The children swimming and splashed water at Pak Manan.
7. When they saw Pak Manan collects rubbish…
8. Pak Manan walk along the beach and saw a few children are swimming near the sea.
9. The kids called he a crazy man.
10. One evening, he saw the children was swimming.
11. He heard someone scream for help.
12. His name is a Pak Manan.
13. In Serdang Village, have a one person that the villagers called him crazy.
14. He very poor and his shirt very dirty.
15. Children splashed water at Pak Manan and he wet.


Sentences
1. After ten minutes later, Pak Manan heard one girl scream for help.
2. Pak Manan was collects rubbish at river.
3. Pak Manan is not have money.
4. The children was called her a crazy m an.
5. At there , we have fresh air.
6. At city, we not have fresh air because have smoke from factory-factory at city.
7. There also have many thing to do such swimming at river, fishing and do outdoor games activities.
8. They continued splashed water to Pak Manan.
9. Pak Mananheard a children scream help.
10. Child at the Kampung Senawang dislikes Pak Manan.
11. We will calling him with nickname Pak Manan crazy.
12. He not angry.
13. While Pak Manan passing the road.
14. When they see Pak Manan walking at the banbk river collects rubbish, they splash water at him.
15. After the accident, they did not called Pak Manan crazy; anymore.
16. He like to collect the rubbish, cans.
17. Everyone in his village he crazy.
18. When we have many times, we can jogging and swimming.



Transitional Devices

addition again, also, and, and then, besides, equally important, finally, first, further, furthermore, in addition, in the first place, last, moreover, next, second, still, too
comparison also, in the same way, likewise, similarly
concession granted, naturally, of course
contrast although, and yet, at the same time, but at the same time, despite that, even so, even though, for all that, however, in contrast, in spite of, instead, nevertheless, notwithstanding, on the contrary, on the other hand, otherwise, regardless, still, though, yet
emphasis certainly, indeed, in fact, of course
example or
illustration after all, as an illustration, even, for example, for instance, in conclusion, indeed, in fact, in other words, in short, it is true, of course, namely, specifically, that is, to illustrate, thus, truly
summary all in all, altogether, as has been said, finally, in brief, in conclusion, in other words, in particular, in short, in simpler terms, in summary, on the whole, that is, therefore, to put it differently, to summarize
time sequence after a while, afterward, again, also, and then, as long as, at last, at length, at that time, before, besides, earlier, eventually, finally, formerly, further, furthermore, in addition, in the first place, in the past, last, lately, meanwhile, moreover, next, now, presently, second, shortly, simultaneously, since, so far, soon, still, subsequently, then, thereafter, too, until, until now, when

The Necklace

Reference : The Star

The short story
Below is a summary of the short story “The Necklace” by Guy de Maupassant
“The Necklace” tells the story of a nineteenth-century middle-class French couple, Monsieur and Madame Mathilde Loisel. She spends a lot of time imagining herself in wealthy settings, hosting and attending high society gatherings.
Monsieur Loisel is a clerk in the Ministry of Public Instruction. He manages to obtain an invitation to an official dance at the Ministry. Madame Loisel is distraught because she has no suitable dress or jewellery for the dance.
The clerk sacrifices his savings to buy her a dress and suggests that she borrow some jewellery from her old friend, Madame Jeanne Forestier. Accordingly, Madame Loisel borrows a beautiful diamond necklace from her.
She has a wonderful time until the early hours of the morning. When the couple returns home, they discover that the necklace is missing.
Unable to bear the shame of informing Madame Forestier, Monsieur and Madame Loisel decide to buy an identical diamond necklace from the Palais Royal as a replacement. The cost is extravagant - 36,000 francs - a fortune at the time. Monsieur Loisel spends his entire inheritance and life savings, 18,000 francs left to him by his father, and incurs heavy debts by asking usurers for loans to buy the replacement. They do not inform Madame Forestier of the change and spend the next 10 years of their lives paying off the debts. Both Monsieur and Madame Loisel are forced to take on extra jobs and live in abject poverty. In time, the Madame comes to empathise with those she once looked down upon with disdain.
At the end of the 10 years, Madame Loisel, now older, tougher, more worn and less graceful from years of hard manual labour - but immensely proud €” has an opportunity to tell her old friend of the lost necklace. Madame Forestier is shocked and informs Madame Loisel that her original necklace was, in fact, an imitation, “...worth 500 francs at the most!”
Source:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Necklace
Now, see if you can answer the questions based on this excerpt taken from “The Necklace”.
“What do you mean? You brought it back.”
“I brought you back another exactly like it. And it has taken us 10 years to pay for it. You can understand that it was not easy for us, for us who had nothing. At last, it is ended and I am very glad.”
Madame Forrstier had stopped.
“You say that you bought a necklace of diamonds to replace mine?”
“Yes. You never noticed it then! They were very similar.”
a. How long did it take the Loisels to settle their debts?
Ten years. (1 mark)
b. How did Mathilde feel after having settled the debts?
Glad. (1 mark)
c. Why didn’t Madame Forrestier notice that the necklace given to her was a diamond necklace?
It was very similar to the lost one. (1 mark)
d. If you were Mathilde, what would you have done when you discovered that the lost necklace was worth only 500 francs? Give a reason for your answer.
I would have screamed in anger because of the unnecessary suffering and debts incurred or I would have just blamed myself for it. If I had told Madame Forrestier the truth in the beginning, I would not have had to borrow 36,000 francs. (2 marks)
Remember the answers to the first three questions can be found in the extract. Only the fourth question requires some interpretation on your part.

There's been a death in the opposite house

Let’s look at one poem in detail: (Reference : The Star Online)
There’s been a death in the opposite house
There’s been a death in the opposite house As lately as today. I know it by the numb look Such houses have always.
The neighbours rustle in and out, The doctor drives away. A window opens like a pod, Abrupt, mechanically;
Somebody flings a mattress out, The children hurry by; They wonder if It died on that, I used to when a boy.
The minister goes stiffly in As if the house were his, And he owned all the mourners now, And little boys besides;
And then the milliner, and the man Of the appalling trade, To take the measure of the house. There’ll be that dark parade
Of tassels and of coaches soon; It’s easy as a sign, The intuition of the news In just a country town. — Emily Dickinson
In stanza 1, the persona tells us that someone has died in the house opposite his. The death occurred recently and he knows this because of the sombre atmosphere of the house. The house is said to have a numb look because the occupants of the house are numb with grief.
In stanza 2, he tells us about the goings-on at the house of the deceased. The neighbours come and go, and they try to be quiet and this is conveyed by the word “rustle”. The doctor drives away probably because there is nothing he can do. Then a window opens suddenly, mechanically. This is also how the family of the deceased behaves because they are overcome with grief.
In stanza 3, we learn that a mattress is thrown out, frightening the children who walk past the house. They wonder if the deceased died on the mattress. We learn that the persona used to do the same when he was a boy. From the last line we can infer that the persona is now a grown man. The deceased is referred to as “It” because he/she is no longer alive.
Stanza 4 describes the minister’s arrival. He appears to be stern and takes charge of the funeral arrangements.
Stanza 5 focuses on two people, the milliner and the undertaker who have come to make arrangements for the funeral. The milliner is there to take measurements to make a hat for the deceased while the undertaker, “the man of the appalling trade”, is there to take measurements for the “house” (coffin).
Stanza 6 tells us that once arrangements have been made, there will be the funeral procession (“the dark parade”) where the coffin will be taken to the cemetery on a horse-drawn carriage with the mourners following it.
Setting: The death takes place in a country town where people know one another. This is why the persona is able to recognise the people who come and go.
Theme: Death is a natural occurrence. Yet, it is a sad event for those who lose a loved one (the people are numb with grief).
Tone: Though the theme of this poem is death, it does not have a sad and mournful tone. The persona tells us of the goings on in a matter-of-fact manner to convey the idea that death is a natural occurrence.
The present tense is used to convey the idea that death is an everyday occurrence.


Let us look at some sample questions.
a. How do the people of the house react to the death?
They are numb with grief. (1 mark)
b. Who does the word “his” in line 14 of the poem refer to?
The minister. (1 mark)
c. Why does the persona refer to the undertaker as “the man of the appalling trade”?
He thinks the undertaker’s work is unpleasant and dreadful. (1 mark)
d. In your own words, explain what the speaker means when he says “then, there’ll be that dark parade”?
He is referring to the funeral procession where the mourners will be dressed in black and the mood will be sombre. (2 marks)

Congratulation to SYTRA Tribune Editorial Board

Assalamualaikum w.r.t
First of all , I would like to congratulate the editorial board for being able to produce the second issue of SYTRA Tribune. If I am not mistaken, this is the first time an English Bulletin such as this is produced.
The main purpose of this bulletin is to give students the experience of reporting the events that happened every day in SMSTSP. Students will be exposed to journalism at an early age. This is a good exposure to them and of course it is one of the methods that can improve your English.
In Malaysia, an average student learns English for at least 11 years. If you are a Form 5 student, you have learnt the language for 11 years, but why aren’t you proficient in the language? Well, one main reason, in my opinion, is you never really use the language. You just learn it in class, but you don't practise it outside the class, at home, or at the hostel. . Of course, that is the main reason why students cannot improve on their proficiency level.
There are many theories that suggest this. Given below are proofs to my statement :
* Based upon the principles of Skinnerian behaviorism, RFT posits (suggests) that children acquire language purely through interacting with the environment.
RFT = The relational frame theory (Hayes, Barnes-Holmes, Roche, 2001)
* “Children learn on average 10 to 15 new word meanings each day, but only one of these words can be accounted for by direct instruction. The other nine to 14 word meanings need to be picked up in some other way. “
source : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Language_acquisition

 Children learn, on average, ten to fifteen new word meanings each day, but only one of these words can be accounted for by direct instruction.^[66] The other nine to fourteen word meanings need to be picked up in some other way. It has been proposed that children acquire these meanings with the use of processes modeled by latent semantic analysis; that is, when they meet an unfamiliar word, children can use information in its context to correctly guess its rough area of meaning.^[66] A child may expand the meaning and use of certain words that are already part of its mental lexicon in order to denominate anything that is somehow related but for which it does not know the specific words yet. For instance, a child may broaden the use of mummy and dada in order to indicate anything that belongs to its mother or father, or perhaps every person who resembles its own parents, or say rain while meaning I don't want to go out.^[67]

This means that a language is acquired not only by learning it but also by practising it . To acquire a language , you need to be good in these four skills - Speaking, Reading, Writing and Listening.
So today, I would like to suggest to my students to use the language all the time. What you can do will be :
1. Read materials in English - story books, magazine, newspaper etc
2. Write as much as possible - I would suggest that you keep a diary - a journal of your thought or what happened to you.
3. Listen well, especially when you watch movies, try to listen and understand the dialogue.
4. Speak the language - what else are you going to use the language for - except to communicate with others.

Lastly, we should always remember a quotation from a chinese philosopher, Lao-tzu , "A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step" which means that you should take that first step to achieve what you want even though every step is painful or just too difficult for you. You should start now ! You should also practise using the language every day as mentioned in the idiom "Practice Makes Perfect" which means the more you practise, the better you will become.

So, boys and girls, ladies and gentlemen, keep taking steps.... even if they feel like baby steps! Good Luck !!!

Win RM100, 000.00 ......

Announcement
WHAT MAKES FOR A BETTER LIFE?

WIN RM100,000 worth of scholarships at The Star-Pizza Hut’s annual Newspaper-in-Education (NiE) contest which requires students to produce a three-page mini magazine. This year’s contest, jointly sponsored by The Star and Pizza Hut, in cooperation with the Education Ministry, centres on the theme “A better life”.

Students, in teams of four or five, have to design a three-page mini magazine on an issue that changes their lives for the better. Topics could centre on health, safety, racial integration and environment, among others. Each team will have to conduct research on a selected topic, interview peers and write a feature article. Students are also encouraged to be more creative in their presentation by using a myriad of writing forms such as poetry, anecdotes, statistics, or comic strips for a more exciting presentation.

Online registration for schools will open on April 1, and contest templates will be available on April 7 (with reprints on April 28). The contest is limited to schools and is open to primary (Years Four to Six), Lower Secondary and Upper Secondary teams.

reference : http://contests.thestar.com.my/nie/3286925.asp

Literature Course Part 3 - Friday 26.3.10

Short story - Form 4 - Fruitcake special

Activity 1
1. Asks students the perfumes they wear / models / designters / smell
- students write down on Mahjung paper and pass to other gropus.
- other groups also write about the models - then pass on to other groups.
- paste the mahjong paper in front of the class - discuss ..
- tr then relates these notes to the story - perfume - smell of ... ; made of
fruitcake..

2. Activity 2
- collection of words - mind map - ask ss to make up the title, & what they think of the story by looking at the words from the short story.
- make prediction of the story
- read on to find whether their predictions are true or otherwise.

3. Activity 3 -
- give a diagram to ss.
- ss choose a character - find a quotation and write down what that quote implies.
- find other quotes.

4. Activity 4.
Students choose the character traits of each character.. tick them.


Novel - Form 1 - BLACK BEAUTY - aim of the writer - to change public's attitude of their treatment to animals.

1. Activity 1
Watch the video/ movie on Black Beauty

2. Activity 2 - List the moral values and the themes.

3. Activity 3 - Play detective - find name of author & content etc

4. Act 4 - Match titles given in bold to the clue

5. Act 5 - Sentence strip taken from a box. Rep from groups pick up one strip & read it, other groups & his group guess the place related to the phrase read. 2 pts for winning team.

6. Arranging events according to sequence (plot). The events are pasted in a small piece of paper everywhere in the room. (not more than 7 strips pls!!)


DRAMA -Moving the muscle - Gulps & Gasp.
Intro to Drama in the Classroom - refer ..guidebook.


Part 1. Warm up - ask ss to stand facing one another .. then follow insructions by doing certain ridiculous actions eg. smile, grin, on the brink of tears.... mad at somebody - show different facial expressions.

Part 2 . Pre production - Give 8- 10 situations, Plan the drama in 5-10 mins, Dramatize it... Pairwork...Dramatize in 2 min the funniest conversation..
eg. Husband & wife arguing over tv programmes each of them want to watch
Policeman stopping a driver
An employer sacking his employee
Hairdresser and her customer
Policeman in a room questioning a suspect
etc..

Part 3. Production- read the drama with correct intonation, etc - behind the board - to test throwing of voice.


That's all folks... Nite...N A B

Literature course part 2

1. Idioms uncovered - idioms related to eyes

Short Story
1. QWERTYUIOP
A. Describe synopsis/ setting / Plot / conflicts / Themes/ Characters/ Literary devices
B. Search and Match
C. Amazing Maze - matching expression with jumbled up word
- find words in crossword puzzle
d. Set induction for this short story - on the supernatural
"Do you know of anyone who has no fear of spirit"
" Relate your experience"
E. Ask ss to read certain pages eg. Pg 9-12; locate literary terms - statements,
idioms, quotations, sayings.
List them down.
List the themes in this short story.
1. determination, possessiveness, loyalty, loneliness, commitment, supernatural
Match with the quotations.
Look also at quotation & phrases - relate to moral values eg. Punctuality, determined and family love..

That's all about the course for today.. Thursday 25.3.2010

Literature course

Form 1 &4 : Poem and activities

Students can be grouped by giving each of them (in a folded piece of paper) different name of animals. They are asked to group themselves according to the animals.

1. The River
a) Sequence the strips of sentences.
b) Vocabulary exercise to expose students to the new vocabularies.
c) Sound machine - groups will read, do actions and produce sound according to
stanza allocated to them.

2. Mr Nobody
a) word association : "Do it right" - students evaluate their behavior
List in a table the Negative behaviours and Positive Behaviours

Form 4
1. In the mist of hardship

Intro - ask ss to cut pictures of disasters
- ask about their personal experience - flood / fire / landslide
- what do people do during disaster
- what they see - people /things/ places/ actions - 4 different groups
describe in detail

a) Getting-to-know-you Treasure hunt - ss walk around and find yellow notes and
fill in ex on his biography.
b) Identify emoticon to the stanzas - matching ex

c) write own poem - select a word from the poem eg. soaky; and use their acoustic
skill to write poems.
S - sadness shown
O - on their faces
A - and they neveer lament
K - Keeping their fingers cross
Y - Yet, they never regret

2. He had such quiet eyes

a) chain reading - ask each student to read one line- aim : ss aware of the
sentences in the poem.

b) Tr tells/ explain the poem

c) Change from man to woman,change pronoun to she etc / sexy eyes /

d) Bingo activity - draw 2 tables that contain words from the poem - 2 words
Tr reads the description of the words, ss cross out the words where their
meanings have been mentioned by the tr. ss slashed out the words
SS who got 3 in a line cry BINGO if there are 3 words in a line being strike
out.

e) Agony Column - letter to editor ; The editor will advice - 2 groups ; one the
girl with the problem, 2nd group the editor.

Reading lesson plan

Reading Lesson


TOPIC/THEME:

Social Issue – Unit 3 : Reaching Out ( Form 4)

Learning Outcomes
2.2 Process information by
a) skimming and scanning for specific information and ideas
b) extracting main ideas and details
g) identifying different points of view


Time
7.40-9.00 am


Class

4 B

Resources
1. Reading Text
2. Graphic Organisers
3. Worksheets

Procedures

A. Pre-reading
B. While reading
C. Post reading
A. Set induction

Ask students how they treat their grandparents.
1. How old are your grandparents?
2. How do you feel about having your grandparents with you at home?
3. How do you cope with your problem?
4. How old are you now?
5. Where would you stay when you get old?/ Who will you be staying with?
6. How do you think your grandchildren would feel about you?

B. Pre-reading

1. Divide students into groups of five.
2. Distribute the word-in-context organizer (GO1).
3. Display difficult words extracted from the passage.
4. Assign a word to each group.
5. Ask them to complete the graphic organizer based on their knowledge.
6. Students present their findings.
7. Teacher gives comments after each presentation. (Different group presents different word)





C. While reading

1. Distribute Context-Content-Experience Organizer (GO2) with a strong line and also the reading text.
2. Instruct students to read and understand the passage.
3. Students are asked to come up with their own definition and reason for the definition based on their understanding of the text.
4. Students also have to identify the supporting details.

D. Post Reading

Worksheet A
1. Distribute Worksheet A : Word Replacement Exercise. Students are asked to replace the underlined words in the given sentences with the words that they have learnt. (Sentences in different context)
2. Discussion of the answers.

Worksheet B
3. Teacher distributes Worksheet A. Sentence Completion Exercise. Students have to complete the sentences using the words.
4. Discussion of the answers.

Personal Connection
5. Students are asked to refer to GO2 and relate the strong line with their own experience.

E. Closure
Teacher discusses the values learnt.


Teacher’s reflection

Fire, Fire ,Fire ....everywhere

School staffroom destroyed in fire

Reference/ Edited : From The Star Online 2010/03/21


SUNGAI PETANI: A teacher's room of SMK Bedong near here was partially gutted by fire on Friday. No one was injured in the 6.45pm fire as the school was closed for holidays. A Sungai Petani Fire and Rescue Department spokesman said the affected room was on the upper floor of a double-storey building. "The classrooms and the science laboratory were not affected. The fire destroyed five air-conditioning units, books, documents and furniture in the teachers' room." The spokesman said 18 men in two engines were sent to the scene and took 30 minutes to control the blaze. Losses and the cause of the incident have yet to be ascertained.


The haze returns, blanketing Miri city

Friday March 19, 2010
MIRI: The haze returned here yesterday morning, blanketing the city and the nearby coastline in a thick veil of choking smog. Visibility was reduced to less than 2km in some coastal areas while the South China Sea was not visible even from Canada Hill 1km away. The smog blotted out the sun, making the morning and noon appear as if it was already evening. Ironically, while the city was enveloped in this thick veil of haze, the air pollutant index (API) during the early morning in Miri was only 24.


“The API at 8am was only 24 but the visibility was bad. There are currently five big fires in Kuala Baram that are still burning. “However, there is a possibility the haze may be coming in from the sea,” he said. Siva said apparently the fires in Kuala Baram had not been doused despite the heavy rain two days ago in Miri city that lasted for one hour.

A check with the Fire and Rescue Department confirmed that the wildfires in Kuala Baram district are still raging. Kuala Baram, 35km north of the city, is adjacent to the Sarawak-Brunei border. A fire department spokesman at Lopeng said the fires in Kuala Baram had burnt more than 60 hectares. The wildfires and haze had worsened the already very dry weather in northern Sarawak that was brought on by the El-Nino.

COURSES TO ATTEND

1. KURSUS PENATARAN KOMPONEN SASTERA BAHASA INGGERIS TINGKATAN SATU DAN TINGKATAN EMPAT
DATE : 25-26 MARCH 2010
TIME : 8.00 - 4.30 PM
VENUE : PKG KAYANG

2. KURSUS PEDAGOGI GURU-GURU BAHASA INGGERIS SM & SR (MBMMBI)
DATE : 22-24 MARCH 2010
TIME : 8.00 - 4.30 PM
VENUE : INSTITUT PERGURUAN

A Fire

In the name of Allah, the most merciful and most gracious, I start today's journal entry by praising Allah s.w.t for His mercy bestowed on me and my family. Two days ago , I had a life-threatening experience... you can say that because our neighbour's house, which was a few metres away caught fire.. It was so frightening to see the roof of the house on fire. You couldn't imagine how I felt at that time, I was thinking.. "Is it happening to me?".
I was in my room, browsing the internet, when it happened. At first, I thought that someone was burning the rubbish in their compound. Then I thought to myself that they shouldn't be doing this since it was windy that afternoon and it was real hot. When the air was filled with smoke, I went to the window and peeped outside. I could see fire coming out of the window of my neighbour's house. Then I started searching for my phone and tried to call the fire brigade. I couldn't remember the number. Luckily my 9 year old son told me , it was 994. When i called the number, the man who answered it said that it was Penang's number and I had to call Perlis's number. What....??. I couldn't remember the number given by him so I had to call again to ask for the number.. Finally , I was able to memorize it and gave the centre a call. The man at the other end said that they had sent somebody there.
Well , to make the story short... the fire damaged the house and the adjoining house..it was a semi detached house. We were very lucky because the fire didn't touch our house.
I am really grateful that nothing bad happen to us.. God is gracious.. Thank You Allah....

WHAT MAKES FOR A BETTER LIFE?

What makes for a better life?
STUDENTS... TAKE NOTE OF THIS ... YOU COULD WIN RM100,000 worth of scholarships at Pizza Hut and The Star’s annual NiE contest

Sunday March 14, 2010 EDITED ARTICLE FROM THE STAR - Towards a better life
By SHARON OVINIS and ALYCIA LIM educate@thestar.com.my

At a time when the five C’s (Cars, Credit Cards, Condominium, Cash and Career) are priority to Generation Y, it’s refreshing to hear how four 14-year-olds concocted the five F’s for a better life.

A FEW STUDENTS FROM SMK Damansara Utama vouched that “Family, Food, Fun, Friends and Freedom” were sure tickets to quality living.

“What makes for a better life are face-to-face interactions. Social websites or gaming consoles are merely distractions,” said Syahana, while teammates Vanessa and Ainaa nodded in agreement — wise words indeed, from youngsters who have never known life without the Internet, mobile phones or social networking sites.

Vanessa added: “We should be grateful because we have everything that we need, and I feel it is time we do something to help those who do not even have basic necessities.”

A better life - Such enthusiasm to inspire change marked the start of The Star-Pizza Hut’s annual Newspaper-in-Education (NiE) contest which was launched last Tuesday in the Pizza Hut restaurant outlet in Kota Damansara, Petaling Jaya.

The contest concept, which requires students to produce a three-page mini magazine, is running for the second year. Last year’s theme “Teenage angst” saw 74,000 students submit entries to win Pizza Hut vouchers.

This year’s contest, jointly sponsored by The Star and Pizza Hut, in cooperation with the Education Ministry, centres on the theme “A better life”.

Students, in teams of four or five, design a three-page mini magazine on an issue that changes their lives for the better. Topics could centre on health, safety, racial integration and environment, among others. Each team will have to conduct research on a selected topic, interview peers and write a feature article.
Students are also encouraged to to be more creative in their presentation by using a myriad of writing forms such as poetry, anecdotes, statistics, or comic strips for a more exciting presentation.

This year’s theme allows plenty of room for creativity. As student N. Nagulan, 12, of SJKT Rri Sungai Buloh puts it: “A better life for me is having a car that can be transformed into a radio.

CONCEPT OF A BETTER LIFE
“Not only will I then have a radio to listen to, the car folds neatly into my pocket as well. Parking will no longer be a problem!”

Teams will shoot a three-minute clip based on their perception of what makes a better life for them. While the team with the best video presentation will receive iPods, participation in the category is optional. Qualification for the merit and the grand prize awards depends solely on the mini magazine category.

Great prizes
While the students came with noble ideas, it was undeniable that a major motivation factor for participating in the competition were the attractive prizes offered.
- trip to Cambodia made the competition all the more enticing.
-iPods offered for the video-clip category
- competition makes learning English a lot of fun because we get to carry out activities we don’t normally do in class.


QSR Brands Bhd managing director Jamaludin Md Ali said: ”I feel that the theme this year is a good platform for students to express their creativity, as it gives them a wider scope to delve into. “Students can produce their magazine about almost anything, from issues about economics to their personal life.” He added that competitions like Mag Inc also made learning English more interesting.

Online registration for schools will open on April 1, and contest templates will be available on April 7 (with reprints on April 28). The contest is limited to schools and is open to primary (Years Four to Six), Lower Secondary and Upper Secondary teams.



BELOW IS THE COMPLETE ARTICLE FROM THE STAR ONLINE DATED 14 MARCH 2010

Sunday March 14, 2010
Towards a better life

What makes for a better life? Your ideas could just win RM100,000 worth of scholarships at Pizza Hut and The Star’s annual NiE contest.

By SHARON OVINIS and ALYCIA LIM


educate@thestar.com.my

At a time when the five C’s (Cars, Credit Cards, Condominium, Cash and Career) are priority to Generation Y, it’s refreshing to hear how four 14-year-olds concocted the five F’s for a better life.

Syahana Azhari, Vanessa Chip Shiao Ven, Ainaa Aiman Mohd Mashrique, and Aaron Luke of SMK Damansara Utama vouched that “Family, Food, Fun, Friends and Freedom” were sure tickets to quality living.
Excited: Pupils celebrate with mock-ups of their magazines and pizzas.

“What makes for a better life are face-to-face interactions. Social websites or gaming consoles are merely distractions,” said Syahana, while teammates Vanessa and Ainaa nodded in agreement — wise words indeed, from youngsters who have never known life without the Internet, mobile phones or social networking sites.

Vanessa added: “We should be grateful because we have everything that we need, and I feel it is time we do something to help those who do not even have basic necessities.”

A better life

Such enthusiasm to inspire change marked the start of The Star-Pizza Hut’s annual Newspaper-in-Education (NiE) contest which was launched last Tuesday in the Pizza Hut restaurant outlet in Kota Damansara, Petaling Jaya.

The contest concept, which requires students to produce a three-page mini magazine, is running for the second year. Last year’s theme “Teenage angst” saw 74,000 students submit entries to win Pizza Hut vouchers.

This year’s contest, jointly sponsored by The Star and Pizza Hut, in cooperation with the Education Ministry, centres on the theme “A better life”.
Pizzalicious: Students of SMK Bandar Baru Petaling and SK Sri Hartamas enjoying their pizzas.

Students, in teams of four or five, design a three-page mini magazine on an issue that changes their lives for the better.

Topics could centre on health, safety, racial integration and environment, among others.

Each team will have to conduct research on a selected topic, interview peers and write a feature article.

Students are also encouraged to to be more creative in their presentation by using a myriad of writing forms such as poetry, anecdotes, statistics, or comic strips for a more exciting presentation.

This year’s theme allows plenty of room for creativity. As student N. Nagulan, 12, of SJKT Rri Sungai Buloh puts it: “A better life for me is having a car that can be transformed into a radio.
Yeoh (second from left), Jamaludin, Wong and Ee Hong listening to students of SMK Damansara Utama as they explain their concept of “A better life”.

“Not only will I then have a radio to listen to, the car folds neatly into my pocket as well. Parking will no longer be a problem!”

After an encouraging submission of 800 entries for the video clip category last year, this part of the contest has been retained for students who want to try their skills at this genre.

Teams will shoot a three-minute clip based on their perception of what makes a better life for them. While the team with the best video presentation will receive iPods, participation in the category is optional.

Qualification for the merit and the grand prize awards depends solely on the mini magazine category.

Great prizes

While the students came with noble ideas, it was undeniable that a major motivation factor for participating in the competition were the attractive prizes offered.

Sathappan Somasundaram, 12, from SK Sri Hartamas, said that a trip to Cambodia made the competition all the more enticing.

“I really hope to win a trip to Siem Reap so I can see the Angkor Wat, which is one of the wonders of the world,” he said, adding that he would like to learn about the history and culture of Cambodia.

His classmate, Puteri Alisa Alishsal said that the iPods offered for the video-clip category was a good incentive for students to participate in that additional category.

“I also think the competition makes learning English a lot of fun because we get to carry out activities we don’t normally do in class.

“Not only are we learning something new, but are in the running for exciting prizes too!”

New ideas, anyone?

For the second consecutive year, Taylor’s University College is sponsoring the awesome grand prize of pre-university scholarships totalling RM100,000.

Five lucky students can choose to enrol in any one of the following programmes — South Australian Matriculation (SAM), International Canadian Pre-University (ICPU) or Cambridge A-Levels (CAL) — offered by Taylor’s Pre-U studies.

Taylor’s Institutional Marketing vice-president Loy Teik Inn said that it had always been a practice for Taylor’s University College to give scholarships as a means of recognising achievements.

“A competition like this requires a different set of skills.

“Winning a contest like Mag Inc is an accomplishment of a different kind.”

He added that when a scholarship was offered as one of the prizes, it would usually heighten the level of competition among students.

Taylor’s School of Communications dean Josephine Tan is optimistic that the contest would receive an even better response this year.

“The contest theme is an avenue for students to showcase their creativity.

“Since it focuses on aspects that can improve their lives through even the simplest of changes, students would find ample room for expressing their ideas.

“These young minds have many interesting and innovative ideas which we may not have even thought about,” added Tan.

Gracious support

Present to officially launch Mag Inc 2010 was Education Ministry sports director Ee Hong.

In her speech, Ee thanked corporate companies like The Star and Pizza Hut who generously lent their expertise to nation-building efforts.

“Formulate your thoughts and express your observations in ways that can help make this country better as we work towards values and morals that are relevant to our social order and, ultimately, One Malaysia,” she advised students.

QSR Brands Bhd managing director Jamaludin Md Ali said: ”I feel that the theme this year is a good platform for students to express their creativity, as it gives them a wider scope to delve into.

“Students can produce their magazine about almost anything, from issues about economics to their personal life.”

He added that competitions like Mag Inc also made learning English more interesting.

“It is a good avenue for students to brush up on their English language skills.

“It makes the learning process a fun and interactive one.”

Jamaludin said that he was appreciative of the strong support shown by the Education Ministry over the past years.

“I am very grateful for the interest generated by the ministry.

“What we are doing I believe, is just a small contribution to the bigger picture.”

He added that he looked forward to the finals in September, where six shortlisted teams will present their mini magazines to a panel of judges.

Pizza Hut will be spending more than RM1.4mil on Star-NiE pullouts, workshops, incentives and prizes for the contest this year.

Also present at the contest launch was The Star’s managing editor David Yeoh and QSR Brands Bhd (KFC/Pizza Hut Division) director Wong Sooi Kheong.

The Mag Inc 2010 contest workshops are currently running throughout Peninsular Malaysia.

Online registration for schools will open on April 1, and contest templates will be available on April 7 (with reprints on April 28).

The contest is limited to schools and is open to primary (Years Four to Six), Lower Secondary and Upper Secondary teams.

HK SPB 2010 - zon utara

The HK started from Thursday 11.3.2010 to Sunday 14.3.2010. The judges had to judge at least 5 debate competitions. Students competed 5 times. It was quite an interesting experience for me... to judge or watch them compete.. The students were very courageous and had put in a lot of effort in the competition.. It was a really tough competition. It could just be luck (getting a better position than the opponent - the topic was on their side) or because they could think of logical arguments..... Among the topics were :

1) THBT nuclear power is the solution to global warming

2) This house would ban the use of animals in sports

3) This house believes that the media should be blamed for the increase of child abuse cases

4) THBT social networking websites improve our social life

5) This house would ban the use of credit cards.

6) This house would support quotas for women in government positions

7) THBT learning of traditional dance should be compulsory in school

The students (all the participating students in the HK SBP) were quite good in that they were able to come up with definition and arguments that the opposing team could not refute.

Congratulations to them esp SMSTSP debaters...

Kursus Pedagogi

A refresher course for all English teachers... refresh our mind on how to prepare for Listening & Speaking lessons, Reading & Writing lesson. Held for 9 days ; from 1/3/10 to 24 /3/10. Actually it's a nine day course - 3 days in a week for 3 consecutive weeks, excluding the holidays.

why study??

well... many students do not see the advantages of studying if they could only imagine what will happen to them 10 years from now, definitely they will want to study.
They need the motivation, they need to think that by only studying or reading only 10 not so thick book, they will get the 10As dreamed by every student.
How to study smart and remember everything? Well ... the tip is PQRST..

facebook

advantages - you get to contact all your long lost friends.. and got to see their pictures... bring back old memories

disadvantage : a waste of time

What's up ?

nov 30th 2009. It has been one year since i've started this blog. i think blog is good in that it can help me improve my English. I've been treating it like my journal where i'll write everything that i've gone through in English.. YOU ...should do so if you are thinking of improving your profiency

2nd day of Ramadhan

Alhamdulillah, today we are on our second day of Ramadhan. We had our sahur at the wee hour of the morning ...before "suboh" around 5.20am. not actually at the wee hour coz it's quite late already. The students are really lucky that the beginning of Ramadhan coincides with the school holiday. At least they can have more freedom... and not stressed... and they can perform the tarawih prayers at night. The prayers end around 10.00pm . On school days , it's quite difficult coz they'll be giving so many reasons for not coming. But since the beginning starts at the same time as school holiday... then it solves lots of problems.

The month of Ramadhan

Fasting is actually the best way to lose weight. If you really follow the "sunnah", definitely you'll see the result in a month.
Fasting is beneficial to us in many ways. One of them being letting our stomach rest for at least 12 hours, without having to process any food. Thinking of it, don't you think that every thing need a rest. We, ourselves, need to rest after working for a hard day work. Our car need to be stopped after being driven for a long period of time. What about our organs. They have been working for a long period , without being able to rest except for many 5 or 6 hours at night , when we sleep. Then when we wake up at about 6 am , it will start working again (the stomach especially.)
One more thing, recently, i've bought a health product -quite expensive - but it is to rejuvenate our system etc etc. I have also had my car serviced for RM152. That has to be done every year. Then i start thinking- We will always service our car, every year , or after a certain period, to make sure that our car is in good shape. But what about our body , with all the organs that works all the time. Have we ever serviced them... the organs.. the body. etc. Rarely.. I would say. A car can be replaced , but our organs...? Very difficult to get a replacement. So i think , it's okay to spend a few hundred ringgit, if not thousands, just to make sure that our organs and body are in good shape.. always and forever... till the day we die... To die.. that cannot be avoided.. coz every living thing will cease to exist one day. So do our best to ensure we live a healthy life till the day we die. ... and.. dont forget... to do good things ... so that we'll be prepared in the hereafter... the day of judgement.. where nobody can help us.. except... 3 things... 1. our good deeds, 2. our children's prayer for us and 3. knowledge that we have taught to others that are being used.
So teachers, feel glad that ur teachers.... and teach them with all our heart... so that our students will get something good from our teaching, and we too..insyaAllah will get something.

Are you really healthy?

I realize that we don't really think about our health. Two days ago I spent around RM152 to have my VIVA serviced. But then i realized that I have spent so much every year to service my car.. but not myself. We, humans, are also like cars.. we have organs as cars have engines.. Our cars will be serviced every year.. but what about our body... It's working every day and night... but we rarely get it serviced. So I was thinking .. why don't we spend part of our salary to have our body serviced, just like our car.. so that it will be in perfect condition.
The question is how... do we do that... Well , today.. to be exact,, yesterday , I've bought a packet of health food product.. which I hope can help me have a healthy life.. a better life in the future..

Feast

First place State Level Public Speaking Competition

Pictures :
Drama Competition: 1st place;
SIR : participants;
Public Speaking : 1st place.




On 25th July2009, we had the honour of organising the State Level Public Speaking Competition. It was a Saturday, still the turnout was quite good. More than 3o0 students and teachers attended the event. The Form 1 and Form 4 students were given the opportunity to be in the hall and become the spectators. Our representative, Hamdi Ayman was the second participant. He managed to stole the judges' attention in the second section; the impromtu section where he told the audience about his happiest moment. The audience sat silently listening to the description of how he won his swimming competition.. his happiest moment. The description of the movement that he made, the joy he felt,... etc.. etc.. everything was described so smoothly. .. and of course he won. Congratulation , Hamdi. Keep it up to the National Level Competition which will be held in October this year.

Celebration for GC

Congratulations to all trs who have had their grade upgraded to DG48, DG2 and even DG4.... and today they are treating us to a steamboat luncheon or can it be called high tea.. It was held at 3.30 - 5.00 pm on 19 August 2009. It was quite delicious.. thanks again.

Learning English

My purpose of this blog is to help my students improve their English.
So.. how do all of you - non-native speakers can improve your English.
I've been teaching English for many many years, 17 years to be exact, and our Malaysian students have been learning English for many years also.. if they are in Form 5, that means they have learnt it for 11 years, but why can't they master the language?
Well, one main reason , in my opinion , is they never use the language. They just learn it in class , but they don't practise it outside the class, at home, never. Of course , that's the main reason why they could not improve their proficiency.
So today, i would like to suggest to my students to use the language all the time. For Malaysians, maybe it would be difficult because there are no opportunities to use it, even if they do, other people might think negatively of them (thought they are showing off etc... i don't understand this kind of attitude..)
What they can do will be :
1. read materials in English - story books, magazine, newspaper etc
2. write as much as possible - I would suggest that you keep a diary - a journal of your thought or what happened to you.
3. Listen well, especially when you watch movies, try to listen and understand the dialogue.
4. Speak the language - what else are you going to use the language for - except to communicate with others
Good Luck!!!