Probation Passed

#393
31st March

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Yeah! Finally I passed my probation, in Chinese called 试用期, I'm sure you know that this is common for new employees right?

But anyway I'm still a part-timer so actually that's not really means that I will keep working until forever lah, I still need to go further study okay?

Since today is the last day of March, so that means my colleague from PCGHS would leave here cuz' she got another job offer.

Sad nia maybe cannot tahan the pressure gua, like my another STPM colleague from CLHS...

But good news is that finally a new teacher is coming tomorrow!

Well, I saw this teacher came interview this afternoon, male, heard that he's graduated from university.

Okay pun lah at least now got new ppl to talk wif, still can know more things if I ask.

Since I passed my probation, there's another meaning that I already 加薪 dy!!!

Hehe but add not really much la, but I paid wif the price of STPM school leavers', still can consider a good thing lah.

Haizz... But things won't be forever, especially the time with my students... Okay that would be another topic to say haha xD

Alright tomorrow is April Fool!!!

Oh crap wish that I won't be fooled by my students xP

And April pls be good to me again!!!

Bye!

Pathway

#392
29th March

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After making my decision to go Form 6, wish that I won't feel regret.

As I saw most of my friends went to college or will be going to college, I know that I'm really different from them.

Em... How to say? Mostly they would choose engineering la, medicine la, business la, law la, accounting la...

I'm like the only one of that kind, that being a teacher isn't anyone's option.

But, as soon as I still have the passion to take this pathway, no matter how many rumors I heard I really don't care.

Even though there would be risks or worries that would make my fall off, I mean, this is life, but there're still a lot of chances for you, hope that I could find them at the right time.

Now the good news is there're still got friends will go Form 6, at least I won't feel lonely with unknown ppl.

Just a short update.

Bye! :)

Small Recap

#391
23rd March

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School reopen!!! Yup for me it's just like past tense, for my students I think they don't really like lah.

Exam papers distributed and the results are known, and I now can conclude something else by now, consider it as a small recap bah.

Being a (temporarily) teacher, I found that:

1) Teaching is actually not an easy thing. 

2) Children (or rather juz say "students") who are good in studies might not disappoint you, but I met some exceptional cases too.

3) Students who are bad in studies, mainly caused by laziness, the reason "not understanding lessons" follow by it.

4) Exam results are actually mean something, but the worst part is when the questions are too damn creative until students dunno how to question lol.

5) A small break or temporarily rest is really really important!!! (For both students and teacher)

6) Students nowadays don't like to read long texts, which tested in the last 10 questions of Paper 1 of BC, BM and BI. The results? They all 乱乱做, then (nearly) all questions wrong!!!

7) I mean, we had done a lot of memorizing since primary school, right? Like 听写, 默写, Ejaan, Spelling that kind of things. Well, it really did help a lot. So my boss instructed my students to try their best to do the same kind of thing, especially 背作文.

8) Once a time, I gave my students 听写, words are mainly learned during kindergarten until standard 3. Haizz... Seriously their BC need to be improved, some ppl dunno how to write 爷爷，婆婆，嘴巴，牙齿，鼻子，椅子，月亮... 

9) For maths, especially subjective questions. I was shocked to see my student didn't do 横式 or write "答：", only write 直式... (WTF I'm gonna fcked up, is my students lazy or school teachers didn't teach!?!?)

10) 突然好想念小学时代啊啊啊啊!!! UPSR 简直超级无敌容易啊啊啊啊!!!

*Regarding to the 10th statement, only older students would know... xD

5SA2 Reunion

#390

21st March

So, as I said in the previous post, yesterday was the reunion of 5SA2.

Well, considered a late announcement, but in total the result's still not bad: Announced at Sunday, reunion at Friday, half of class (which is 20/40) attended this event with 2 teachers.

Somehow planned to meet together around 6.45pm, fortunately during holidays I can 放工 earlier, so by that time I still can "borrow" the toilet to bath and dress up, moreover my boss 不介意 la xP

Back to main theme.

I already called Chun Jing to tumpang his car to Qb, aiks really hate traffic jam, but at least we don't late at all.

So, meeting old friends was like "好久不见!" some kind of things, even I said "我们后会有期!" to my friends during the time when we took our SPM results, and I can't believe it really happen! After 17 days since we took SPM results, we became the first class to have this reunion event (well, not all ppl attend la, but still HOORAY~~~)

Tbh I never went to Bar-B-Q Plaze before, but nvm got ppl 吃过了 so the progress not really 复杂 la, but just need to wait for the tables... OMG reli 客满, and still need to queue up LOL.

Haiz, 终于到了我们了, but we all sit at separate tables, cuz' all depend on the other customers de.

But nvm we still can walk to each others' tables, talk about our current life, our future, everything about further studies, and also other memories.

Well, the next thing, THE FOOD!!!

I wish to put pics but all of them are in my phone and I dunno how to upload here. T.T

But for sure this is non-halal, since there are bacon, pork meat slice, beef slice, meatballs, fishballs, and of cuz' some vegetables lah.

Our host, Fang Chyuan took his camera, so mainly you can look through the pics by clicking here.

欢乐的时光总是过得特别快, I was like WTF already 9.30pm!?!? (cuz' I called my parents to fetch me back at this time) 

So, 没办法 I need to call them to wait for a while lo, and then 抓紧时间 talk more.

Well, I think, 想说的都已经说了, this time we really 有缘再见了!!!

Finally, before I really went back, I again say "我们后会有期!", well I hope that this could be a magic word, I hope that we could meet again somewhere, someday else. :)

Taken from Fang Chyuan's album, half-class group photo. :D
Friends from top to bottom
1st row: Chun Jing, Jerome, Yyi Kai, Sean Pang
2nd row: Khai Siang, Kah Chun, Kai Sheng, Bryan Chye, me, Wei Liang
3rd row: Wei Hong, Zhao Ming, Yew Chun, Wei Yi, Lee Tze, Chin WK (Phy teacher)
4th row: Jiang Foong, Chi Jun, Fang Chyuan (host), Feng Nian a.k.a. Steven Steel, Lean Cheong, Tan MY (Maths teacher)

Good luck everyone in future! We could make it to the very best!

祝福大家！希望我们都能实现我们的梦想！我们后会有期！

#5SA2win

#389
19th March

Basically, after graduation ceremony, after finishing our SPM, everyone would be 各分西东temporarily.

Then, it would be any kind of drama, that's nearly the end.

But somehow, the real 大结局 is when we took our SPM results, by that time we are really really 各分西东, to meet each other, it's all up to fate.

But somehow, thing's might be changed when there's someone, which is the host, could bring back everyone together, that's what would happen tomorrow.

Well, tomorrow would be 5SA2's reunion, at Bar-B-Q Plaza. (Yay~~~) :D

And you should know that the promotion, which is eat for free haha xD

So, why not go for it? Such a reunion probably our last meet before 各分西东, and this is the chance to concern about everything.

Well, much more, I can't wait for tomorrow!!! xD

Yup, 2014 is a year of 5SA2, and we gonna "rock" the Facebook wall again, other than farewell gathering during October 2014, this would be farewell gathering 2.0 of 5SA2.

I think we already made it so well, thanks Fang Chyuan at first. :)

Thank you 5SA2!!!

#5SA2win

Form 6

#388
17th March

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So what's now in my mind??

Did everyone really so hate about Form 6??

Did everyone really scare for SPTM??

Did everyone really so afraid of back to school??

Did everyone really so mean to have freedom??

Did everyone really so impatient to wait for??

Did everyone really so...

I kinda lost of words.

Now, I look around, most of my friends decided to go to college, and never take Form 6 as an option.

For me, I'm either Matrix or Form 6, but for further thoughts, I choose Form 6 cuz' I want to be a secondary teacher.

I ask my teachers, and their suggestions are almost same, go Form 6, then go to university.

Somehow got relatives suggest me to continue studying, and then be a lecturer, that wasn't in my mind, however under the right conditions, I may go for a try.

Seriously, there's a friend asked me if I can follow him to go to 某某 college, but if I'm not interested to the courses offered, I study for what?

So, somehow I ignored most of the invitations to the colleges, but everything will come to an end, that's the time when I'm studying Form 6.

Yup! It's impossible to say that I couldn't find friends at Form 6, or say that Form 6's life would be tougher than life at college, time will tell everything.

Currently

#387
14th March

Found on www.quotessays.com

Oh yeah! It's holidays!

But fortunately for me that sounds "Duh... Just another ordinary week..."

Haizz... This probably how does every part-timer feels like.

Anyway, greetings from me, I'm fine!

Recovering from the times when I'm doing those stupid mistakes.

Now what? I think everything's settled down, don't think ever how was my past (Yup of cuz' I don't think the bad memories, I keep the good memories), but somehow these made experiences for me.

Same as working, work longer, gain more experiences.

Haizz... Somehow I gonna face everything on my own.

Why say so? Cuz' that 2 STPM colleagues resign T.T

But somehow the first one is from Chung Ling, resigned at 1st March.

The second one is from PCGHS, will resign at 31st March.

Now, after 31st March, maybe left me the one (Of cuz' got other senior teachers), which is still the youngest and the only male teacher there.

老天爷帮帮忙吧, now my boss is hiring more teachers, nearly at the same age as me, to tahan for 1-2 months, as I plan to resign at mid of May.

Cut to another part.

Now, possibility of going to Form 6 is getting higher, now around 83.74% XD

So, I think this could be my second chance, back to school, back to familiar environment, meet old friends and teachers, and do everything again like from Form 1-5.

Sure, back to schooldays could be another enjoyment, but somehow need to be more hardworking LOL

Alright, things' going on.

I cannot predict how will be my future, and I can't even imagine what could I be then.

Again, "Life is uncertain." xP

Cameron

#386
10th March

*I use CH as Cameron Highlands.

Let's get started. But first, here are some travelling tips:

1) If you are from Penang/Kedah/Perlis, use the highway from Simpang Pulai to proceed to CH. If you are from Selangor/KL/Melaka/Negeri Sembilan/Johor, use the highway from Tapah to proceed to CH.

2) Please take jackets and umbrellas, because the weather here is cold, and sometimes it will rain.

3) Better take a stop at any farm/point, cuz' there's no stop for you to go for toilet from Simpang Pulai to CH/Tapah to CH.

4) Early visit is a must, do that so you can avoid flows of tourist/traffic jam.

5) If necessary, bring medicines better.

6) Check/Service your cars cuz' the road is very winding and not really that smooth.

06/03/2015 (Friday)

Wahaha took leave to go for this trip lol, but nvm lah my boss is okay to handle my students, so I think I'm really 放心 lah.

So, woke up around 5.15 am, wash up and all that things, sit my 三舅's car, 6.30 am 就出发了!!!

Oh I forgot to say got which ppl yet, include me, my mom, grandma, 三舅, 大姨, 大姨丈, Lee Ching 表哥 and Lee Xian 表哥, total of 8 ppl.

First, we reach Ipoh to have our dimsum breakfast.
Erhem for sure it is really a bit late but nvm I had a cup of milo at home dy so still can tahan lah.

 Street view of Ipoh.

Yeah 蛮丰盛的 haha :)

After breakfast is the time to CH!

Just what I said, we took the highway from Simpang Pulai to CH, very winding, and there's no stop between it.

After about 1 hour++, we reached Green View Garden to have a stop.

Just an ordinary farm/garden, whereby there're strawberries, flowers, lavender and vegetables.

Selfie #1
Top from left: 大姨丈, Lee Xian, me, Lee Ching
Bottom from left: 大姨, 三舅, grandma, my mom

But most of the times we were just took some photos, went for toilet like that only.

Oh btw when I washed my hand here, it is really cold >.<

After some rests, our next stop is the Cameron Lavender Garden, quite famous pun.

To enter this garden you need to pay RM5 for adult, RM3 for children.

 Here is it.

 More flowers...

More lavenders... (I like this pic so much :D)

 Those little houses are actually belonged to the honey bees, well I don't dare to open it XP

 These flowers could be self-plucked, but of cuz' need to pay money lah xD

拍照留念算了呗...

Em... it's nearly lunch time dy, so gonna drive through more winding roads, pass through some towns, and then we reach Brinchang.

Somehow I thought Brinchang is the main town in CH, becuz' there're much more things can be found at here.

So here's Brinchang.

What we ate for lunch not important dy, you go there and find some restaurants/cafes and enjoy bah.

After lunch, we straight to Tanah Rata, where our apartments locate.

Em ya it is about 4-5 km away from Brinchang, so actually not that far lah.

And this is where we stay for 2 nights:

 Outside view,

 Living room (TV wif Astro =DD)

 Kitchen.

 Here is the view from the balcony.

 Master bedroom.

 Bedroom 2.

Bedroom 3 (Smallest in area).

Yup of cuz' I already said that the water here is really cold like hell, for sure there's hot water supply, 谢天谢地啊!

Moreover the floor and wall here are also cold, so there's no fans here, 自然凉 hiakhiak XD

After rest and clean up, we proceed to Cameron Valley Tea House, using the road from Tanah Rata to Ringlet, but the location is at the halfway.

 好宽阔的茶园啊! :)

So these are what we had for out tea time (But not high tea lah haha XD)

Selfie #2
Happy tea time!!! :>

This tea time is okay lah, so it was nearly dinner time dy, we proceeded to Brinchang again to have our steamboat dinner!!! :D

For sure it was night time dy the weather is getting colder, so I gonna wear 2 shirts (I forgot to bring jacket T.T)

We ordered 鸳鸯火锅, most of the dishes are vegetables, but of cuz' got fishes, chicken meats, fishballs, prawns and sotong.

Thought that eating steamboat could help sweating, manatau no sweating at all, and weird thing is in front of body is hot, at the back is cold LOL.
Ah so nice to have a dinner that make your body warm.
Oh I found that the dogs here are quite different from what I saw at other places, cuz' most of them at CH are covered with thick fur, and quite large in size pun.

This is one of the dogs, there're quite lots of them.

Next is to the pasar malam for shopping spree!

Okay so the pasar malam is not everyday got open, mostly Friday and Saturday.
Only when school holidays, pasar malam will be opened everyday. 

Here you can buy everything, like strawberries, vegetables, foods, honey, souvenirs, shirts and flowers like that.

Since the pasar malam is near to our dinner spot, so we just walked about 5 minutes to reach there.

Here's a stall I want to recommend.
These stall sells everything about honey, not sure whether 现榨 or not, but there's a special part is the beehive, cut and inserted into jars of honey.
Well, the beehive could be eaten, all the 精华 are at that part you know?
Haha and of cuz', honey can be stored for many years!

The boss is cutting the beehives.

One of the 战利品: Lots of strawberries!!! :D

After shopping spree at the pasar malam, back to apartment to "算账", just to make sure everyone got the correct things.
Around 9.30pm, me, 三舅, Lee Xian and Lee Ching went to Starbucks (I'm not kidding there's a Starbucks at Tanah Rata!) for a mug of hot chocolate.
Lol can't believe I'm so addicted to Starbucks XD

Selfie #3

Chill off at Starbucks =D

Back to apartment around 11.30 pm, the end of day one at CH.

07/03/2015 (Saturday)

Woke up around 7.20 am, my whole body really cold like hell, stepping those even more cold floor really beh tahan.
Fortunately after a shower, drink a cup of coffee, everything's okay a bit lah.
After that we had a breakfast at Brinchang, quite a simple breakfast, no photo taken, I think it's unnecessary lah.

This day we visit 三宝万佛堂, located at Brinchang.
Besides visiting, we also go 拜神求签, cuz' 三舅 said 在这里求签很灵.
What did I 求签 no need to say liao lah, I keep it myself for my future. :)

The next stop is the Boh Tea Plantation! One of the most famous brands in the world.
The path to enter the plantation is quite narrow and sandy, but the view there is quite nice.

Tada! Here we come!

There's a factory where you can enter and witness the whole process of making the teabags, including sorting, rolling, fermentation, drying and packing.

There're description written on the boards for each part, but how does it made you go there to learn lah haha xP

A wide view of flourish green tea plants.

Of cuz' there's also a cafe and shop for you to buy tea products, and have some delicious cakes and having tea to enjoy.

Well for sure we had our morning tea that day xP

Strawberry tarts, apple pie, chocolate cake, carrot cake and nasi lemak.

Boh milk tea <3

Selfie #4

Happy morning tea time! (+A great view of the tea plantations :D)

After a nice morning tea time, we drive down to the tea plantation to take some pictures.

Wahaha that was too nice OMG, like you can't see any high buildings around you, very close to nature.

来个 professional 的 ”不看镜头照“ XD

Yeah so nice but so cold too XD

Anyway let's continue our jorney to Cactus Point.

That's also a garden which sells everything about cactus, flowers and souvenirs.

At here, finally I bought a shirt again for me, with words "I love Cameron Highlands".
LOL I didn't plan to buy cactus or any plants cuz' scare that they will wilt in no time, since the weathers are so different.

Next stop, is the Time Tunnel.
At here, you can find many 古董, making you have a feeling like you are staying at a house in olden times.
Wow quite unbelievable most of the things here I did not see before, and some of them I saw before and used before.
So I recommend this place becuz' you can know how was the life in olden times, and here you can find much more surprises.

以前的余仁生 medicine box, can't believe it still can be found at here.

旧时代的厨房一角

 长辈们的童年回忆，全都在这里

 李光耀和李显龙

Olden times' people already got such advice dy, 惭愧啊。。。(jkjk)

Coffee, tea or me? XD

经典的摆设品

Part of the salon, cutting station.

Part of the salon, drying station.

来来来，大家一起大麻将!!!

旧时代的经典厨房 (好有 feel 啊~~)

It's lunch time, back to Brinchang to have our lunch.

After lunch, it starts raining.

Aiya 天不作美, but fortunately we visited the tea plantation in the morning, abo sure miss the chance to visit dy.

The worst thing is my 大姨丈's car's tyre got problem, now only left 三舅's car nia, so gonna fetch two times >.<

Raining makes the weather even colder, so we proceed to Big Strawberry Farm to wait for the rain stops, 顺便参观参观 the place.

 Raining...

And we also have our tea time again haha XD

Scones, bread and strawberries sundae :)

Fortunately the rain wasn't poured for a long time, so there's no other places to visit, we just back to apartment.

Before that, we planned to have another self-make steamboat dinner, so we go to mini mart to buy all the frozen fishballs, and also went to the pasar malam (3pm open dy) to buy vegetables.

Huh so tired nia go here go there, but at least we can have another warm steamboat dinner jiu okay le.

After some preparation, we all 开动咯!!!

Selfie #5

Having steamboat dinner together.

Adui manatau at night there's a small rain, so we went to the pasar malam at Tanah Rata.

Probably it's raining so there're not much stalls, nothing to buy at all.

We back to apartment after a short walk, and we stay up the whole night playing cards at the apartment only.

Like that, we ended our second day at CH.

08/03/2015 (Sunday)

The last day at CH.

Again another cold morning to tahan for, can't imagine how will the ppl live here XP

Well, the same thing, pack everything into the car, had a breakfast at Brinchang, then we went to the market around Kea Farm.

Here is the last stop at CH, bought somethings else, and then 出发回家咯!!!

Wow got a feeling that want to stay here, but still cannot adapt to the cold weather here, everyday wear jacket haha.

Anyway, we use the same highway back to Simpang Pulai, and had our lunch at Ipoh, then bought some cookies back to Penang.

Back home around 4.45pm dy, and that's all of the journey at CH.

Last picture at CH, see you soon!

So, I think that this trip can be considered as my present for my good results for SPM bah.

I'm not sure why, having an "escape" at here could making you think about your future, especially when you are looking at a land of green tea plantations, high hills and flowers.

What should I say anymore? My future is still really unknown, I'm also can't even imagine how I would be by that time.

Everything keeps changing, and thanks for this trip...

... I think, I made a decision :)

Bye!