HAPPY EID MUBARAK!!~

Mini Raya cards for my students..hehe..

Finally is Hari Raya!!~the day all my muslim friends are waiting for. After a month of fasting, it is time to celebrate!~haha.this raya is special for me as i got the chance to experience the festival with a Malay family, where i helped out during the eve of Raya and also on the first day of Raya.

My lecturer, Tuan Haji Muslim (who happens to be the one who interviewed me in Kuching before i went in UTM) invited me over to his house in Taman Perling. At the same time, his wife, Puan Nor Azian happens to be the Excellence Teacher of Biology of Sekolah Tun Fatimah where im currently doing my practical.haha.What a coincidence right? Actually, both of them invited me to their house.so i went over around 10am that Tuesday morning.

Guess what?

Since is my first time to Taman Perling and my lecturer's house, so i waited him at a Petronas station in the neighbourhood to come out and lead the way.Then, i felt something, so i came out of my car and checked. Yea, rite. A flat tyre!!~gosh...this is my first time for the sem to meet my lecturer and he changed tyre for me.hahaha..what an experience! finally, we managed to replace it with the spare tyre and drove to a nearby shop to repair the flattened tyre.Got a nail stucked in the tyre which caused all these.Luckily is just that nail and after the mechanic fixed it, my tyres are in good shape now.(just imagine, i may be driving a flat tyre for that past few days..=.=")

My super flat tyre...

finally, i reached his house.It was a really nice cozy house. I was greeted by his three daughters and two sons.(actually four daughters,Nurul; Akmar; Syazmin; Munirah; Amin & Hafis..=) the eldest one was at work at Singapore that day) everyone got job to do.the daughters are baking cakes, chocolate cakes!!!the elder son (now in Form 3) was asked to do his revision as PMR in just a matter of days after raya!!~while me and the youngest son (now 10 years old..very cute guy!) helped my lecturer with the ketupat..haha...seriously, i made them!! after done with around 70 ketupats, we started to fill in with the rice (just above 1/3 full will do) =) and then, boil in hot water for 4 hours!~ thats how you cook ketupats!~

Making the ketupats

After that, i also helped with the rendang and the sup tulang. i cut the vegetables and onions for tomorrow's cooking, ayam masak merah and lontong.haha.the house is filled with raya mood.im glad i was invited to join the family and helped out. it was fun and really warm to be around.hehe.thanks to my lecturer and teacher.we worked until almost 7pm and got ready for the break of fast.at around 7:02pm, dinner is served.=) i went back UTM after the dinner.

I slept like a baby that night. It was raining heavily and i was tired after a whole day of standing and helping out.haha.It was such a nice sleep.

the next morning, is RAYA!~since my lecturer asked me to reach his house around 9am, so i woke up before 8am and got ready.reached his house and had my "breakfast"~gosh..heavy breakfast!haha.but is a tradition to have ketupat and rendang for the breakfast on RAYA day.i had the ayam masak merah also.very delicious and spicy.then my lecturer came back from the mosque after the morning prayer.the colour theme for their raya this year is BROWN!~so everyone is wearing brown baju kurung and baju Melayu except me and the youngest son.haha..he wasn't in time to buy or make his clothes as he studying in one of the boarding school in Kelantan and me, no brown baju kurung. the nearest colour i get is ORANGE!~haha...

behind: Amin/Syazmin/me front: Munirah/Hafiz/Pn. Nor Azian

From left: Munirah, Akmar, Syazmin, me & Hafiz

before we go out to the neighbours' house for house visiting, my lecturer has a tradition which they practise every year with the family.my teacher told me they will "raya" with the family first. that is when they ask fr forgiveness from each other and show respects to the elders in the family.and i have the pleasure to be the camera girl to videotape down the event. it was really nice to see husband and wife, holding hands together, asking forgiveness and understanding for all the things they have done, father and daughthers & sons sharing thoughts ( hugss and kisses to his daughters and sons, Tuan Haji Muslim really showed his love to his children), mother and daughters & sons, sisters and brothers...im really touched to see the strong bond of family and the close relationship among them.It is a good practise and i admire them.Family is everything and the most precious of all.nothing will be a problem if we face it with our family.Tuan Haji Muslim showed me a good example of the meaning of family.=) really made me miss my family too narh...

well, after that, is house visiting!!~ we walked in a group to the neighbours' house. the auntie served us with her special sambal and ketupats and pulut. there's also rendang, curry and even Laksa Johor!~I never tasted Laksa Johor before so it was new for me..haha...it tastes very different from Laksa Sarawak (nothing close to Laksa S'wak actually...) and i think im still more into Laksa Sarawak!~haha..=p

Akmar, Hafiz and me...
Akmar is such a pretty girl and she's getting married this November!~

The brothers and I

My morning was well spent with house visiting and not forgetting, i got green packets too!!~haha..so nice of my teacher and the neighbours to give them to me...hehe...happy!~=)

Green packets!!!~

i stayed until 2pm and then thanked them for their hospitality and all the food.after that, i headed to my mentor's house ( also a teacher from STF) which is near to UTM. she served me with lotsa homecook too and everyone was delighted to see me. I went to her house once to help her with one of the Majlis Doa Selamat for her mother.so the family kinda knew me and was happy to see me again.hehe.she has three sons, Danisq; Zulhin & Zuki. haha.very cute boys.the eldest is only 8 years old.i stayed until around 430pm and thanked them before i leave. I was really full!~haha..but i really did enjoyed myself!~ too bad, my friends werent around, or else i can have companies to go house visiting together.

My day did not end there!~ haha..my friend, Louis who is working in Pekan Nanas finally having his holiday and asked me to join him for a movie. we went to Tebrau City Jusco to watch "EAGLE EYE" premier!~it was a good movie!~2 hours with actions.hehe.you guys should go watch for yourself~

that's my raya day!~after the movie, reached my room before 12am...wow!~ what a good day!~hehe..now, my one week holiday is almost half-way, i think today will be a day-off for me after all the rendangs and ketupats...haha....

Good day my friends!~take care and enjoy your raya!~ cheers!~=)

Balik Kampung...balik kampung...

yea, everyone's balik kampung, but i didnt. i will be spending this raya break in UTM. as expected, my college is 95% empty (i think..or maybe more than that!!) is so quiet here, luckily i still have 2 of my ex-housemates staying back at the same wing as mine...my roomate found a part time job at McD, so she will be staying out for the week as transportation is more convinient. that means is only me, my laptop and my pillow..haha..sound pathetic?! oh well, not really..im the one who said i don't want to go back when my mum asked me to. is just another three more weeks for me after the break and i will be back in Kuching for my 2 months holidays!!!~yeah rite!~2 months! ('cause there's no finals for me this semester..muahaha..) but not so happy yet!~i will have my Japanese test in Dec..oh dear..lots to catch up...without attending sensei's classes, i have to study it all by myself!! gosh...is not "so" easy...i hope i can do my best!!~so scary ah...just imagine learning all the grammar by urself without any guidance...i just hope im in time to get all the notes from my friends to help me with my revision....

yeah..spending time in room can be really BORING~~not that i don't want to go out to have fresh air..but most of my friends (westM) are all back to hometown...obviously only Sarawakians and Sabahans will stay back for the break...what to do? watch drama? watch movies? i cannot do that whole day..my eyes will dropped out...hahahhaa....well, i still have paperworks to mark...experiments reports to look through....guess i will be fine....=)..i hope...

miss my family...& my friends...=)

HAPPY EID MUBARAK
(Selamat Hari Raya in English!i just learned it!=)) to my Muslim Friends and Happy Holidays to all my friends!~ Take care..

a deco from my school

TEACHERS OF STF!~

STF SCIENCE DEPARTMENT

*cheers*

Sign in >>>>>loading....Oops!>>>>> Try again~

there goes my weekends!~ i cannot sign in MSN!~gosh..something wrong with the key port..guess that gotta do with my college's network..surfing the net is totally fine just not Messenger..ah well, hope this wont happen during raya break!~=.="...

1,2,3....my 10th week!

one more week for my students, who anticipating their raya break before coming back to school for their final exam for the semester. Another five days of teaching just to make it my 10th week of teaching practical in Sekolah Tun Fatimah.Whoa...time really fly!!

I just passed my second observation from my lecturer.It went well so to say.hehe.i enjoyed my class that day and i hope my students did too!they shown improvement on their mind-mapping skill and as i marked their work, I am delighted. They showed me their work with full commitment. I am very happy to see all the improvement and progression they have done. Well, though 4 weeks left, im going to try my best to teach them and finish the last chapter of the syllabus before i left the school. Oh, i already start to miss them just to think im going to end my teaching soon.haha.oh dear..but i have to say,this 10 weeks (until now~) is one of the wonderful moments of my life!~=) haha.I'll keep making memories of these and i hope i can continue to do my best in everything.

May all of my friends and my coursemates continue their best efforts in their teaching! Ganbare everyone!=)

here are some photos of my students that i took during experiment:

Here are some concept maps about difference in heat and temperature that my students did:

( i really didnt expect these but it made my day!!i love those girls~)

This is a special one.haha.i think i wont forget if i have a mind map shaped like this!~well done!~

工大中秋晚会

日期 ： 二零零八年 九月 十四日
地点 ： Laman Menanti UTM

Pei Keon & Pei Li *sweet*

Me & Pei Li

~+~Me + Mei Ching + Pei Li~+~

HAPPY MID AUTUMN FESTIVAL AGAIN!!!=P
*cheers*

haha...i visited Rizal's blog after the previous post and got this...is really true!~im feeling tired and all im thinking now??...well, is clear!~ my friends and my rest!!!no secrets???haha...thanks rizal and hui hui for sharing this...=p..is a japanese website, is fun, u guys shud try it! just go here and type in your name!~let's see what's in ur brain!!have fun!~

月亮圆，月亮圆，月亮照在我的家

八月十五

一天的时间就这样过了，明天又是新的一天，是我教学实习的第九个星期了。时间过得好快！做了快两个月的老师，我似乎也习惯了。每天都在和学校老师和学生打交道，用心准备教课和教材。不知不觉，实习也只剩下最后一个月了。两个星期后，开斋节也到了。一个星期的假期，我也还不知道要做什么。吉隆坡之旅临时取消了。我想到时应该也是时候好好休息，准备我的日文复习吧。

今天是中秋节。

今晚应该是家人团聚的好日子。一家乐融融地在庭中赏月、吃月饼。不过，现在的我身在柔佛，我妈在诗巫，就剩下我爸和小妹在家。我想啊...他们应该也没买月饼吧。说到月饼，我不会吃月饼诶。不知是否家里没人吃，还是很少吃， 我的印象中也没什么关系到吃月饼，所以中秋节，我最没有口福啦！哈哈...=p

我想家，也想外婆。

今天也是我好朋友的生日。今年的她二十三岁了。不知为何，感觉才刚刚过了她二十二岁生日啊，怎么一下子一年就晃过了。哈...想想我和她也认识了将近八年吧？其实初中一就同校了，但没什么机会认识，因为我转校了。但期间还是有到她家去拜年，（哈！原来我和她的家很靠近！）到了高一，我们同校了但不同班。因为红新月会，友情更深一层。一起毕业了，我们再一起共度中六生涯，又再次同校不同班。回想起，那么多的回忆，那么多的体会，不知为我的生活添了多少色彩。好朋友在一起，分享生活、享受生活...我外婆过世， 我的家里有事，不必说什么，她都会在我身边陪我渡过...不过当然斗嘴、生闷气我们也是少不了，哈...但都无心，更舍不得那份友情。婷，谢谢你！

我想我的一班老朋友。

突然发呆，突然心酸，突然不知要说什么。好久好久没有写出心里想说的话。突然...心里觉得舒服很多。

失去过什么，又从中得到了什么？

所有拥有的一切，握在手里，收在心里，是否有一天应该学会放开？

是否应该给自己多一点空间，还有多一点点地时间去回忆、去体会？

........我想是应该的。

华文班十周年晚宴
HYB Nite

Date : 13th September 2008
Venue : M Suite Hotel, Johor Bahru

华文班
十歳の誕生日おめでとうございます！！！

叶老师， Hong Wu and 傅老师

It was a wonderful night. I was glad i made it. Many of our "senior" seniors came back just for the night. It's the 10th Anniversary of our MANDARIN CLASS SOCIETY!! everyone was excited to see the program lined up for the night. But most importantly, everyone cannot wait to see and meet all our old friends and "collegues"!!! Here are some photos i took during the night. i almost lost my voice when the nite was coming the the end.haha..for what reason im not sure cuz it's not like im shouting or wad, was speaking softer than i m in school teaching!!haha..but i enjoyed my self..as im having my teaching practical at the moment, i sort of lost connections with my friends in HYB!! but luckily, the night is just perfect for our reunion. Xiao Wei was there too. we were excitedly sharing our teaching experience..haha..anyway, the fun part is the photo-taking and the footloose. pictures speak the best.ENJOY!

girls rule!

Diner is served! (im hungry. i didn't have lunch cuz my school canteen didn open today!!=.=")

Xiao Wei, mE, Jenny & Jye Yuan

RocK & Su Ling performing live on stage!~ Su Ling sings sweetly!!! & Ah Rock ROCKS!!!haha..

C.K and Ah Yong.. Ah Yong's voice melts heart...i bet Pei Ling's heart melted too..haha...=p

Ah Rock & I +Partners for the night+

Ms. Kiu & Ms. Ida FUTURE Chemistry Teacher & Science Teacher haha....

The theme of the night: 华忆映时节，楷意传薪庆十年

mE in BLACK =)

YY!!!

Group photo No.1

Haha..The King of the night?? or the Queen??hmmm... (blue ribbon is for the guys, pink is for the ladies)

Me & Ah BEAN

ROCKＲＯＣＫ & Ms. Kiu

Me & the Queen!!

RoBin

Louis!~

Chung Huang! pEace eyo!

Cute yuan yuan!

Me & Rizal He speaks mandarin fluently!!~

GROUP PHOTO!!! (u will hear everyone running towards the stage when ppl start shouting this "command"!!haha)

BIG HAPPY FAMILY OF HYB!!!!!! I'm glad im one of them!!! cheers everyone!!!

And to end the night perfectly, i got a lucky draw prize!!!!haha..despite things happened to my car today, i guess im still lucky. (ahem..this is my first lucky draw prize!! i never win any lucky draw before!!haha) so, cheesing with my prize..haha...
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TadA~ a bath robe..haha...sponsored by JSaloon..
well, is perfect for my sis, she always want one..haha..

Lovely night...not mentioning my voice become "sexy'..haha..hardly hear wad i said...
well, just purrrfect!~
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& when the clock struck 12 midnight...

HAPPY MID AUTUMN FESTIVAL EVERYONE!!!!
中秋节快快乐乐！！！

~+~月圆圆，人团圆~+~

A Mooncake from PN. Lim (a teacher of STF) and Ferrero Rochers+Full Cream Milk Choc!!
ain't it perfect for a mid autumn? haha..thank you Pn. Lim..really sweet and thoughtful of you..

Last but not least....

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TYNG!!!!
14.09.2008

happy birthday to you...
happy birthday to you....
happy birthday to xiao tyng
happy birthday to you!!!
hugsss!!

(remember that my voice was "sexy"??haha...)

My best friend's birthday!!!!haha...wad a special birthday! well, at least she got 2 cakes for her birthday..yeah, birthday cake and mooncake!!!haha...and also a beautiful moon for the night...miss you so much!!! hereby, i wanna say THANK YOU for being my friend, my company and my family!!!hehe..i wish that all ur dreams come true and stay happy always...May God bless you and shower your life with happiness and blessings!!!

Love yea!!muackkss!!!

Have a Happy Happy Birth-dAY!!!!
晓婷， 生日快快乐乐！！