Public Speaking Semi Finals...9 April 2010

 At the auditions, Soh (in black) got into the semi-finals!!

So today, we are at the college for the semi-finals.

Her friends came to lend support.

at the multi-purpose hall

2 winners get to go to London to represent Malaysia

the DJ

Watch this girl closely

she had a prompter who memorised every word she spoke!! I have seen this for choral speaking, but never,never for public speaking!!!

New style of judging...American idol style! If the judges hold up a green card, you're in, a yellow card, you're k.i.v..ed, and a red means, you're out of the running. Out of the 50 expected semifinalists, only 12 will be chosen for the finals the next day.

the dreaded red card : OUT!!!

For lunch, we went to this cafe

my kueh teow beef soup

 bryani rice (today's special)

kong poh chicken rice with chicken

sweet sour chicken rice

after lunch was her turn

The college in all its architectural splendour, (but devoid of trees!)

Come, let us take you on a tour of the college.

 This is actually a real swimming pool.

Adrain took this

 The raptor in flight, iconic of Adrian's dream to soar

Adrian's classmates

 Adrian is not in the picture because he's behind it

 Grecian inspired props and statuettes 

 More grecian benches and alabaster Roman columns

Gargoyle-like bench

 

Private school  next door 

goodbye Proton Perdana

when the first ever Perdana came out, we bought one. Even before the youngest was born!!! So now after 16 years, reluctantly we have to let it go.

Served me well when first 2 kids were small, used it to take them to taekwondo lessons

and swimming at Cheras Perdana and YMCA

she was not even born when we bought it

the first batch of Perdana!

bye! Perdana!

as usual HE must take a picture of the insides...not just a picture: MANY PICTURES!!

more of the innards

well kept controls

this is the part we liked best: the hidden, retractablearm rest and extra "table".

Proton Exora

Read my appearance in EXORIAN website here:

http://www.exorian.com/2010/04/cikgu-loo-bertukar-menjadi-exorian.html


The new car has taken the  best parking slot in da house!

I don't know why men must look at the engine?

What is what? What goes where? Who cares? As long as it moves, to me that's fine!

Badminton, anyone?

Jack Neo sold his Alphard where he had his trysts with nympho to get this car, got more leg space!

 (Dear Exorian, I said this in jest : tongue-in-cheek....apa yang tersirat ialah, Jack Neo gunakan Alphard untuk perhubungan sulit dengan Wendy (yang saya maksudkan "nympho"), sedangkan beliau patut beli Exora kerana lantai Exora lebih rata bila kerusi hadapan dilipat (untuk perbuatan tersebut), tetapi tidak semestinya Jack Neo sudah beli Exora, sebenarnya dia tidak beli Exora, dia hanya jual Alphard.)

More even with no bumps! (when you fold down all the seats, the space is flat and even)

I get to drive the new car!

Having driven manual for 25 years, I got on the wrong side of auto!

Can put my lappie and cammie to fb and blog

EXORA....costs one-eighth of an Alphard.

Irene the Gourmet Culinary Extraordinaire

One night I heard a commotion in the kitchen...

some strange red coloured liquid in the pan (edible or not?)

two square porcelains....actually plates specially bought by Irene

all equipment and cooking paraphernalia brought out

er...what ah?

chicken unrecognisable now

cooking or drawing? white canvas is the white porcelain plate

work of art!

if spoilt, she cleans it off and does it all over  again!

nice or not? I mean, nice to eat or not?

The finished product...what you call "fine dining".  (Psst she was getting ready for exam the next day)

Ivan's Midnight Birthday

Irene msn me from her room that B will be bringing a cake for Ivan's birthday.

Here he is at the stroke of midnight.

The birthday boy receiving wishes on the phone and on line

yummy layered cake

layers of cream, hazelnuts, chocolate....

without flash

supposed to be a surprise, but Ivan is not surprised!!!

That's because I gave the game away! After the msn message, I went to his room to wish him happy birthday.  Then I asked him not to set the alarm.

So he sensed something already!!! Silly blur me!

Only four of us as everybody else in the house was in Alice's Wonderland.

Loud but Polite

We have a board near the school office where good deeds of students are highlighted and posted on the wall.  Mrs. Lim told me this funny story:

One day while she was invigilating 4P class during Art Examination (Ujian Selaras) the headmaster popped into her class and said suddenly: "Kok Fai, have you read what I've written about you?" Of course he had not, no one had time to read it yet!

Then as suddenly as he appeared, the HM left, he not only left, he left everyone agog, most of all Mrs. Lim (she is indignant because the class is in the midst of exams!) and KOK FAI himself.

Now, Kok Fai became eaten with suspense.

"Mrs Lim, can I go downstairs to the toilet?"

Mrs Lim has a sadistic side to her that I did not know of.  "NO" she said. "This is an examination. No going to the toilet!"

Then, Kok Fai said, "Mrs Lim, may I go downstairs to take water for my Art?" "NO! Use the water from the pail outside the classroom!" (Mrs Lim!!!)

After a few minutes, Kok Fai said, "Mrs. Lim, I really need to go to the toilet. Urgent"

"You see that container there? Use that!" (to pee in!  Mrs. Lim, she can be so cruel!!!)

Poor Kok Fai, what a to do!!! He cannot contain his curiosity: WHAT HAS THE HM WRITTEN ABOUT HIM??? And Mrs. Lim would not let him go down to the toilet. (to read the notice!)

This is what was written!  The HM told us about it,

 and we also went to read it out of curiosity!

Kok Fai willingly posed for me beside his tribute.

How many times have you read it? I asked.

OOOOHHHH. Many many times!!

Everytime I come downstairs, I will go and read it!!!

He grins, happily!
And can he understand it? Who cares!!! As long as the HM has written a glowing tribute for him, it does not matter!

Kok Fai is also known as Nicholas, and he cheerfully helps me to sell the STAR sometimes, whenever I can catch hold of him!