My mantra of the day..... (via facebook)
.......
bcoz everybody wants the jobs done...they dnt expect someone lazy 2 finish the job...so...better be lazy lh (Abang Syahmi Hazim via FaceBook)
Tuesday, 26th January 2010, 0726
We are still using our school field to train, (hence the loitering around pic), our turn to use the stadium is due next Monday...
Tomorrow... MaCS (Managing Challenging School) meeting and somehow, I didn't realise that I am having handball practice cum selection on the same day...
I am guessing I'll be the only one who will be wearing sport attire during meeting tomorrow..
Biasalah... Guru CehMaLang....
Friday, 23rd January 2010, 2107
Having sport practice EVERY SINGLE DAY makes me very tired and hardly have time to cook.. So... here comes Well to the rescue.. actually this is his second attempt...
Not bad lah....
Tadaa..............................
The name of this concoction,
Telur berdarah....
P/S: Actually I want to align the baby corn between the two eggs before snapping a pic but Well strongly objects...
Wakaka!!! "Kanji amat!!"
Friday, 23rd January 2010, 2054
Thursday, 21st January 2010, 0921
Every time sport season arrives, I always remember this particular incident.
In 2008 when I was the Head coach for Kapit division, I was looking for Vaseline Jelly to prevent chapping during the rigorous training and actual tournament..
Yup.. I am a very caring coach hehe..
From my experience, the track athletes will always suffer from chapping in their inner thighs, nipples (for boys), armpits etc etc because of the friction made from their repetitive movement. So I went to the local drugstore searching for the perfect ointment..
Amoi Kedai: Apa?
TraVeLLer: Vaseline.. Vaseline.
Amoi Kedai: Apa itu?
TraVeLLer: Itu petroluem jelly dalam bekas kecik itu.
Amoi Kedai: Petroleum jelly? Untuk apa itu?
TraVeLLer: Itu untuk sapu jangan bagi melecet macam minyak la.. takkan u tak tau.
Amoi Kedai: (cakap bahasa cina entah hapa ntah dengan toke kat kaunter belakang)
TraVeLLer: Ada ke? kalau brand lain pun ok.. Janji petroleum jelly.
Toke Kedai: (Yelling from the back) Ooo lu mau pelincir kondom ka? itu condom lubricant, kenapa tak cakap.... bagi licin punya... ada-ada.. Lu cakap petroleum jelly mana dia tau, salah-salah.. KY JELLY..
Everyone in the drugstore was looking at me and my shopping partner (another GUY coach!!)
TraVeLLer: (WTF!!!!!)
Friday, 15th Jan 2010, 0834
I am too face-burnt for the camera ;) -2008
Micheal Collin Robert, fondly known as MCR. Quit school to support his family.. only 13 year old at that time.. sigh..
photo finish of raw emotions -2008
March of Glory... -2008
The Kapit Contigent 2008 with me as the head coach... -2008 (I Heart this team)
Yay.. The sport season is just around the corner.. Can't wait to take out my spike shoes. Must be covered with dust right now.
The 4 x 100m event for the teachers will be the 'favourite' event for students to see their teachers strut their stuffs and show their talents (or lack of). haha!
My new mantra now...
Need to exercise.. need to exercise..
The event is on 7th to 9th Feb, so I still have lotsa time to get in shape.. (macam la pernah in shape sangat)..
Tomorrow I am going to do laps (or maybe just lap without s) around the pool. It has been a long time since my last visit there.. I think I still remember where the swimming pool is. Besides, I need to break into my new swimming goggles... with POWER!! (mind you, that is the exact word the salesgirl used to lure me into buying it)
Tomorrow then...
Tuesday, 12th January 2010, 2149
This is funny..
Monday, 11 Jan 2010, 2014
Sunday, 10th January 2010, 1718
Good bye 2009....
... Hello 2010...
Friday, 1st January 2010, 0108
No sarcasm intended.
The new term will start soon and I have mixed emotions about it.
After all these years of teaching and surrounded by BIG students (and sometimes intimidating 'em so that they won't intimidate me), crunching numbers and manipulating formulas in Physics, Science and Maths, I am now in charge of form 1 students...
Yup, the munchkins,
.....but this is not an ordinary students, this class is special, it is the second to last class.. and based on last year students allocation/distribution, this is where the students who could barely read or write will be put together.. and starting next year i.e. tomorrow, I will be their their oh-so-big-buhrader..so not only that I have to put them in ease (of the transition to a new school), but also have come out with a plan on how to teach them according to their abilities....
Don't get me wrong, I am not complaining here. I am just at loss on how to start? What to say? How to comfort the nervous parents (when the teacher himself is jittery)? What to teach?
HELP!!
Thursday, 31st Dec 2009, 1521
During my recent short trip to Kuching, I discovered lotsa new information.
Here are some of them...
Discovery # 1
Kuching is not really a Cat
It turns out that the name Kuching doesn't come from the Malay word for Cat (kucing) but most probably be a variation of Indian word for 'port' (Cochin) given by the early Indian traders. Hmm... Kuching folks, count your blessing. At least "Cochin" does resemble the word (sound) "Kuching" (cat) in Malay, resulting handful of the cute cat statues being erected around the city. Just imagine if it sounds like................. Nah.. never mind.. I love the Cat City (and their people) very much so I skipped the cruel jokes for later...
Discovery #2
This is not a cat's poo
Well: Ini apa?
Me: Manala saya tahu.
Well: Kenapa ada banyak dekat sini?
Me: Entah.
Well: Dekat Kuching je ada.
Me: Maybe it is a symbol?
Well: Simbol apa?
Me: Err.. Cat's poo???
Well: .. but why?
Me: How the h3ll am I supposed to know? Maybe it is sacred or something (this is before I knew that Kuching is actually Cochin, mind you)
Well: Owh.. ok.
It is not... and after a visit here
I found out that it is actually an Iban earring
Feeling like smacking Well's head. After all he is a pure Iban and after seeing the display he proudly admit "My grandmother has a pair that looks like the one we saw in the park last nite" Yeah right... I thought we both agree it is a cat's poo.
Moral of the story: Visit your local museum.
Discovery #3
I might have a blood connection with James Brooke!! the Rajah of Sarawak.
Just look at the nose!! It is wickedly the same.
Ops! Ops wait a minute. Here are some of the information they forgot to print in our Form 5 History Text book..
- His mother, Anna Maria is the ILLEGITIMATE daughter of Scottish Colonel, William Stuart and his mistress, Harriott Teasdale. (naughty naughty)
- James stayed in India until the age of 12 (maybe Cochin was his idea)
- He ran away from his school in England.
Hmm... guess I don't really want to affiliate myself with a delinquent.
Discovery #4
It is worth taking turn (so to speak).
This is, my dear, a bed fit for a (horny) chinese man.. Look carefully, the bed has two chambers. The question is, where do you want to sleep tonight?
It must be very 'tiring' being a wealthy chinese man during those era. Ain't that right Mister Kapitan?
Thursday, 24th Dec 2009, 2355
Last couple of months were eXtremely boring. Not only I didn't have any internet connection what-so-ever (this explain my MIA), there was basically nothing for me to do in the house other than wake-up, eat, watch the idiot box and go sh*t (not in that particular order).
Life was full of nothingness that I voluntarily developed a new routine of waking up early and jogged 3 km from the house to get my morning The Star paper (which will be sadly missed come 1st Jan) and then in the evening, I play a 60 minutes badminton with Irfan. Yup, I do my exercise out of boredom!! (and eventually lost 3 kilos in the process -which doesn't really show because they were formerly scattered in every places- ).
So the big Q.. What is new in cyberworld? (Or particularly this blog perhaps??)
Well.. one thing for sure, after the "the world in our fingertips fiasco err.... competition" which I was appointed as teacher advisor...
--flashback: I HAD to teach them how to search anything in a jiffy in order to win the competition, which they did (1st, 2nd and 3rd spot!!) and lil' that I realized they will use the knowledge to do a search on ME---
....it seems like everyone (oh.. how I love to exaggerate) I know had found this blog which I hide so well from the prying eyes of relatives, siblings (especially my bro after the nasty post I made bout him.. love him tho), friends, colleagues, colleagues cum friends etc.
..and it won't be long before soon (or is it soon before long? Damn it Maroon V!! You made me confused!!) that people will now what am I up too..
And then, the not so best part is.. I have to come clean to a particular little Miss Town about having read her blog secretly and sometimes subconsciously smiling at her coyly knowing what she is up too or already did. (Poker face is a hard expression to learn mind you, thank god she never ask me how on earth I know she is a good-GOOD singer).
So what is in store for Two Zero Ten you may asked?
- Would I change my way of writing (hey, I am subtle enough, aren't I?) since there will be visitors from lower age group that see me as a knowledge provider (read: delinquents err.. I meant students)
- Would I think twice before making fun sometimes rude remarks about my fellow colleagues?
- Would I practice a stringent grammar and spellinng checkkk?
... no sir I won't.. ;)
Have a Merry X'mas from me to all bloggers and readers who will be celebrating it tomorrow..
Thursday, 24th Dec 2009, 1430
I have to go to Kuching.. again. This time I am the teacher in charge for the Info Hunt in conjunction with Safari Membaca Peringkat Negeri. See ya in Kuching...
Tuesday, 10 Nov 2009, 2138
Haven't had the time to update. The Kuching trip was just 2 weeks ago but already long forgoten. Now planning for another trip. Looking forward for a vacation in Kota Kinabalu. March next year looks okay. :)
30th Oct 2009, Friday, 2121
Lotsa work... updating soon...
