Last Saturday there was a photo shoot organized by Than Siang photography class. Chew Nee a.k.a. Ah Girl was kind enough to be our model for the day, braving the many photographers with their trigger happy fingers firing off their shutters as she tries to give us all attractive poses.
Well, it’s a model photo shoot, so I’ll stop here and let the photos speak for themselves, C&C welcomed!
After so many years, I finally got the chance to visit the KLCC Skybridge, ya ya, I know, I’m so outdated right? Anyway, better late than never. It was a Wednesday morning, I was in KL for training the previous two days, and I was going to meet my ex-colleague at KLCC today to catch up and of course to visit the infamous KLCC Skybridge!
We had set to meet at 8am at the Skybridge entrance More »
There I was, at the cafetaria. There were many others around yet I was alone, there was chatter yet my heart was silent, silently waiting, waiting…
I’ve had my lunch, my colleagues have returned to their cubicles, leaving me behind. Yet I waited… waited patiently with newspaper in hand while texting my friend.
It was 1:15 already, why hasn’t she appeared yet? Could it be that she was caught up with something, or perhaps she’d left with her colleagues for lunch outside the campus? I had to know, so I perservere, waiting, waiting…
There she is finally, appearing through the see through double glass doors of the cafeteria accompanied by her two colleagues. She flashed a smile at me upon entering, I returned similarly. She walked past me to grab something to eat, slowly going through the dishes and picking the ones she favored.
And then came the moment of truth, she walked past me to the table behind and sat down with her colleagues. Oh the feeling of disappointment welling up, I guess it was not meant to be afterall, she was still keeping her distance. It’s ok I thought, give her some time and space, things should improve gradually.
Then just as this sad, disappointed soul was preparing to leave, she came up to me from behind, her warm smile as usual, “Just finished your lunch?” she asked. I turned around and stood up saying “Ah, yes, I’ve just eaten.”. “Care to join us?” she said as she walked back towards her table, I followed suit and sat down opposite of her…
A small step forward or a sense of pity…?
Last Wesak Day I had my first photo exhibition ever at Than Siang temple, for the uninitiated, the temple is located nearby Snake Temple. There were many visitors on the day, and although my photos are not all that great yet, I hope the visitors liked my photos.
I had 5 photos on display that day, the other photos by the photography class students were well captured too, it does show that the class has improved through the weekly photography class held at the temple.
I thank the temple for the opportunity to exhibit our photos and hope there will be more similar opportunities in the future!
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It’s another year, another birthday, and this year I have a group of nice and fun colleagues to celebrate with(including my boss of course)! I guess what makes work tolerable is the people around you, in my previous company, the colleagues, although not to say weren’t friendly, however they were not that close, it’s probably cause there are already ‘gangs’ among them. Of course I had a previous ‘gang’ of colleagues as well, but somehow the chemistry just din mix that well.
The birthday boys
I would like to share a story of truth to everyone, the below story was forwarded to me by a friend, read on and see the ugly truth:
A daughter devastated, a mother with no answers
A Schoolteacher | Apr 17, 08 3:27pm
I am a teacher by profession. I am teaching in a government school. Being a teacher, I am expected to inculcate moral values in my teachings. I have memorised all the sixteen values ‘Nilai-nilai Murni’ as a result of twenty-five years of teaching – values that transcend curriculum. Day in day out, all the students are exposed to all the values which are expected to cultivate good thinking and moral values among our young citizens. Examples of some of the moral values are being kind-hearted, respecting each other, fairness, honesty, and moderation.
In the recent SPM examination, many of my students did very well, some scoring straight As. We, teachers of all races, felt so very proud seeing the achievements of our students. We had ‘Hari Anugerah Cemerlang’ in my school. Parents, regardless of race or religion were there to lend support for the programme and at the same time to motivate the children. One such student is my own daughter, who scored 12 As, best student of the school. She used to wake as early as 4 o’clock in the morning to start preparing for her SPM.
When I asked her why she has to take up 12 subjects and ‘torture ‘ herself, she told me, ‘I am not a bumiputera like many of my friends.’ So the need to take up two extra subjects (not offered in her school) in order to be on par with her Malay friends.
She applied for the Progran Matrikulasi well before SPM itself. Yesterday was the day she was eagerly waiting since obtaining her SPM results because all the applicants will get their reply from the matriculation office. While I was in school, my handphone rang. It was a call from my daughter. When I answered the call she was already sobbing, and I am so silly to think that it was tears of joy.
The sobs turn to cries after she heard my voice - she was devastated, depressed and very disappointed because she failed to get entry into this government-sponsore d programme. She is the eldest in my family. I have another three school going children. May be I am to be blamed because it was me who asked her to study hard, get good results because being an ordinary teacher I can not afford to send her to private colleges.
When I came back after school yesterday afternoon, again I saw tears in her eyes. She asked several questions. ‘Is it wrong to get 12 As in SPM? My Malay friends who got 2As and 3 As got to do the matriculation programme, I am denied. What’s wrong? You are also a teacher just like uncle, (my Malay college in school) his son was offered a place although he scored only 5As. Why?’ I don’t have answers.
Being a teacher (I teach History and Moral Education), I teach my students to be loyal to the country, to respect the leaders, to obey the laws of the nation, to promote goodwill and so on. I encourage them to participate in ‘Rimup’ (a race integration programme among students of various races).
I do not know what to say to my daughter. I feel guilty because what I teach in school is actually rubbish, perhaps I need to tell them the reality being a non-Malay citizen of our beloved nation. For that I need to resign. Please Mr. Prime Minister, may be you have something to tell us.
Believe it or not, this is the reality faced by the non-bumiputras in the country, which explains the brain drain our government has been trying to address in recent years. If the country does not recognize talent irregardless of race, then there is no doubt that the brain drain syndrome is going to carry on, and what will our country be left with? More foreign labourers and no true talent. Think about it and try not to be racist in your thinking, as I believe there is talent in all races just as there is beauty in all races of the world.
Tags: lifeHey there peeps, I’m sure you’ve noticed a change in my blog in the past two days, I’ve updated it to a new layout and purged some old content in an attempt to restructure and reorganize my blog to better provide better content to all of you.
I’ll also be starting a photo a day routine to keep myself more disciplined in updating my blog, so stay tuned for a new chapter in my chronicle! Of course, thank you all for your support thus far, it really means a lot to me 
The Malaysian elections has ended, results are out, and the outcome is just beyond expectations! 5 states have received favor from the opposition, which includes Penang, Selangor, Kelantan,, Kedah and Perak. The impact of this round’s elections is no doubt huge, even affecting the Malaysian Stock Market!
What lies ahead for Malaysia will be revealed soon as the respective Chief Ministers are sworn in and the new government is formed! Penang has already made their first step when the new CM Lim Guan Eng announced waivers for summonses involving hawker licences and parking offences issued before March 11. Lim also promised that open tenders will be held for all state government procurement and contracts, adding that an online portal will be set up where information on tender bids would be posted for all to see.
Elsewhere in PAS led Kedah, changes may or may not be favourable to the people as hotels and entertainment outlets are already making “adjustments” they deem necessary to suit the unprecedented political environment here. Will the state take on a Muslim oriented ‘makeover’? Some Chinese traders are confident that nothing much will be changed.
Whatever the changes may be, it will be something fresh to look forward to, let’s hope the wisemen of our country have learned something from this election, and start doing more RIGHT and give the people a better life! Let’s hope Malaysia Boleh! this time round!
Tags: lifeJust a few hours earlier, at around 4:30pm I suddenly felt dizzy while reading a document in the office, which I thought was some side effect of the medication I just ate, but the next moment my colleague came up to me and asked “Did you feel the building shaking?”, my reaction was “Huh? Really”, then after some thought I realized that’s why I suddenly felt dizzy, it wasn’t my problem it was the building!
In moments we were all asked to leave the building for safety purposes, and apparently the tremor was quite strong as some of my other colleagues were shaken up, for me, I guess the tremor was absorbed straight into my body which shook my head up, causing a strong dizziness. Later it was revealed that there was an earthquake scaling 7.5 on the Richter scale in Banda Acheh about an hour before it hit our shores. I was thinking if we could feel it quite strongly over here, which is like some 500km away from the quake, the situation at the location of the quake would be devastating, heck I might not be able to write about it right now either.
Well it’s been some years since we last felt a tremor, guess this is good to remind us of how lucky we are in Malaysia, which is free of virtually all the devastating natural disasters, except for floods that is, which can get quite bad around certain parts of the country. Let’s all pray that the people over at Banda Acheh are safe and that casualties are low this time round, and thank God that we are all safe over here in Malaysia!
Tags: lifeDriving on the road can be a challenge at times, and a test of patience as well. I’m sure those of you who drive everyday will know what I mean.
I’ve met some ‘interesting’ drivers on the road, some are just plain irritating, others however are nearing idiocy. Below are the few types of drivers I’ve encountered:
I suppose there are still lots of other types of drivers around, do share your experiences with such ‘interesting’ drivers!
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