Methodist College, Kowloon Hong Kong (MCKLN) (Part 2)

(Due to technical problems this is part 2...part 1 will be posted tomorrow)!!!!!! Other people are waiting for the computer, so I will let them have it...time for me to sleep to get ready for school tomorrow!



Part 2
the home science teacher tells us that she taught them to make mango pudding today (see recipe on blackboard) even the boys made them too.

Priscilla and Daisy took us to the library next

in the library..they have a regular librarian teacher on duty all day

one of their many staff rooms with maximum use of space.

outside the main office, note the giant screen

announcements that are made in the morning are flashed here for those who missed them

It is now recess time, Miss Ng, Priscilla and Daisy are reading the announcements

Stella and Priscilla took us to UHU at Nathan Street for lunch....she had this set

My lunch at UHU is Udon with chicken and fried wanton

After lunch, Daisy wanted us to observe her school's "English Time" is conducted

Older students conduct English time with the younger students with Priscilla keeping an eye

English time....marks will be collated

Students could go out for lunch break provided they come back in time.

Sunday with host families and students.

Meeting up with the students and their host families for lunch on 21 November 2010

outdoor terrace, weather was fantastic!

Yen Fang, RueAnn and Karen Suyen, the lucky students

you can see Methodist Church and part of the college from where we had our lunch, tomorrow have to walk there.

Karen, Rueann, Frieda, her mum (Karen's foster mum) Pauline Tham:Yen Fang's foster, Mr and Mrs Yong:Rueann's hosts, Miss Angie Ng, Yen Fang and me with hair ala the ghost of The Ring.

iPhone 4

And my reward for being such a consistent blogger? iPhone 4, birthday present for me!

I don't know anything about iphones. iPhone 1, 2, and 3 came and went without my knowledge and it is now iPhone 4 already!

I learnt about iPhone 4 from Kenny Sia's blog!!!

I have not logged on to Kenny sia for ages, and the last time I did so, it was a post on iPhone4, then I looked at the papers and they announced that people are queing up for iPhone4. LOL!!!

Now I have one!

the iPhone4 and me got "yen fen"...I am fated to own one, after my failed and brief affair with Nokia N97!! he he he!

BTW, my cellphone number is still the same, only it is now DiGi...but still start with 012....

Hong Kong Student-Teacher Exchange

On 20 November 2010 I will be going on a student-teacher exchange programme to Hong Kong and we will be visiting the Hong Kong Methodist school.

Bye!!!!!! See you in Hong Kong!!!

Top Student

Malaysian is top law student at Cambridge Universityhttp://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2010/10/19/nation/7253957
&sec=nation




Meanwhile, Malaysians especially the Chinese community beamed at heart-warming news of a local boy who made good. Ipoh-born T Z S obtained a first-class honours in the Bachelor of Arts (Law) in June from Queens’ College, Cambridge University, one of England’s oldest and most prestigious institutions.

http://www.malaysia-chronicle.com/2010/10/deputy-education-minister-wee-have-you.html


Tan – top law student at Cambridge University is Malaysian and latest example of our costly brain-drain

http://blog.limkitsiang.com/2010/10/19/top-law-student-at-cambridge-university-is-malaysian-and-latest-example-of-costly-brain-drain-which-najib%E2%80%99s-2011-budget-has-done-nothing-to-resolve-for-country-to-become-high-achieving-and-int/

Congratulations to Ipoh-born 23-year-old Tan who has emerged as the top student in his final-year law examinations at Cambridge University.

In a report headlined “Malaysian is top law student at Cambridge University”, the Star today reported that Tan obtained a first-class honours in the Bachelor of Arts (Law) in June this year at Queens’ College, which is part of the university, one of England’s oldest and most prestigious.

The report said:

“He even scored the ‘Slaughter and May’ prize given by the university’s Law Faculty – an award given to those who achieve the best overall performance in the final-year law examinations.

“Other coveted prizes he bagged include The Norton Rose Prize for Commercial Law, the Clifford Chance Prize for European Union Law and the Herbert Smith Prize for Conflict of Laws.

“Queens’ College dean Dr Martin Dixon said Tan definitely stood out among the students there.

“ ‘He is probably the best Malaysian student I have seen in the last 10 years,’ said Dr Dixon, who taught Tan on Land and Equity for two years.

“’He is the most able, dedicated and one of the most likeable students I have taught in more than 20 years at Cambridge.’”

However, Tan is the latest example of the failed Barisan Nasional policies resulting in the costly brain-drain in the past four decades which Prime Minister-cum-Finance Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s 2011 Budget has done nothing to resolve for the country to become high-achieving and internationally competitive.

This is because Tan is one of Malaysia’s “best and brightest” sons and daughters we have been losing to other countries in tens of thousands every year because of unfair Barisan Nasional education and nation-building policies – whether by directly driving them abroad to pursue secondary, pre-university and university education or pushing their parents to join the migration wave in earlier decades.

This is obvious from the report citing Tan as an ASEAN scholar awarded by the Singapore Ministry of Education after completing his A-levels at the Temasek Junior College in Singapore.

PS3

For getting 5As in UPSR little daughter asked for a reward. Actually the brother was behind her and together they asked for this:

PS3!
Now brother and sister spend hours together

playing PS3.....sigh! at least they are bonding.

Can I get my husband to play together with me?

Then ,we too, can bond.

Old Town White Coffee Puchong

I had a simple and quiet birthday dinner at Old Town White Coffee at Puchong, had wanted to dine at the Kinrar Golf Clubhouse but it was not open to the public anymore.

situated near Giant supermarket and at a still unopened business centre, this Old Town has an impressive facade built to look like, well, "old town"

nice neighbourhood

reminds me of the french inspired buildings in Phnom Phnen, Cambodia

Nice right? I reccomend you come here to soak up the old town feel

son marched upstairs and chose this spot

dunno where Emelda went

Bookworm curls up with a book anywhere

Best birthday present: son has finished his studies and start work next week!!!

mouthwatering food: oversea pple, run, don't walk (or fly) here for these yummy yummy..

food and drinks...only in Malaysia

the menu..pssst ....he photographed EVERY page, but I present to you 2 pages only

only the five of us for dinner (5th person behind the wheel..oops...the camera)

check out the view behind us..check out this good camera!

she is my birthday present....born 15 July...do the math....that's 9 months after my birthday!

do I still look good? Can I still have another "accident"?she has been around even before she was born

I asked you to check out the view.....breathtaking sun down view from our balcony

all my daughters outgrow me when they are in Std 5 onwards

food! kon loh meen, minced meat rice

giant prawn mee hoon mee, ipoh sar hor fun, background minced meat rice and dumpling soup

curry chicken mee, prawn mee and condiments

then we went back for cake Black Forest from Secret Recipe

Don't think I am still young, I merely chose the photos that make me look young!!!! because I am too lazy to photoshop them!

Bye!!!! Happy Birthday to me!!!