Earth Hour 2010

today..well tonight it's going to be Earth hour again and it will be the second time since that our country took part, so do remember to close the light for one Hour tonight everyone.

Bougainvillea

    The poem:To a Shrub

by Ee Tiang Hong 

Is about the plant Bougainvillea,

a flower also know as

Paper flower (Bunga kertas) in Bahasa.

I analyze this poem in my university days

And why you ask I mention this poem here?

Well, it's a great poem by a local Malaysian poet,

And the sight of the flower under my Block made me

Reminiscent about this poem.

the poet, 

Describing the flower as

“What happy combination

Of the hardy and the beautiful” 

 

Beauty and hardy /tough

an unusual combination

But that is essentially what it is,

 It can survive

“Through drought and monsoon”

And it also have “conceal fierce thorns” 

but its still a flower with its beauty

when everything around is brown and yellow,

its still green lush and beautiful. 

Iron humming bird

Labuan is a military base for air force and navy  so you do hear fighter jet zooming overhead some time.

once  they even landed on KML’s stadium and I was there to take some picture(2009)

“Harapan Cerah” Water Tank coming to KML

KML class of 2009/2010 see a lot of these “Harapan Cerah” Water Tank coming to KML bringing water almost every day.

Yes water has always been a problem for labuan and KML students over these few year but this year was the worst.

pump in the liquid of life (not Blood but water)

Blue-sky look great on postcard but in real life a sky without cloud is actually very hot you can almost feel your skin burn under the sun

your so hot and dry

They say the grass is always greener on the other side.well in Labuan it would be true because it is Hot and dry,

so hot that grass wither up and turn brown. We have a carpet of brown grass in our field.

Everybody, Somebody, Anybody, and Nobody (Initiative- doing the right thing at the right time without being told)

This is a story about four people named Everybody, Somebody, Anybody, and Nobody. There was an important job to be done and Everybody was sure Somebody would do it. Anybody could have done it, but Nobody did it. Somebody got angry about that because it was Everybody’s job. Everybody thought Anybody could do it, but Nobody realized that Everybody wouldn’t do it. It ended up that Everybody blamed Somebody when Nobody did what Anybody could’ve done.

kml CNY 2010 ( 6/3/2010)

CNY This year WAS not under my supervision but I must say it was a great  performance by the students I was quite surprise to see so many of the students performing are actually students that I know.I guess if I was the teacher in charge  like last year I would have been even closer with them.

compare to my CNY celebration last year I would say this year 2010 the performance was stronger in  term of the dancing  performances. I did not have any dancing performances last year( not enough time to practice) this year we see the cheongsam on KML stage which was something I always wanted but none of my students had one . This year there was a group of girls wearing them even the MC was wearing it. 

The Timbalan Pengarah ( En Kamarudin) wanted yee sung for CNY next year and KJ science En Saat ask to prepare for it next year with Tanglong festival throw in the mix as well Because there was none this year. 

it was very hard for me last year when i did the Tanglong( mooncake) festival and 2009 cny.

  The Pengarah was not very in to it  mostly because we don't have any budget given for college activities so I have a very tough time making it happen. so much so that this year 2010 I did nothing for these CNY and Moon cake festival events. 

well we still don't have much money but now the people in-charge want us to organize  these events

unlike last year so.....should i get involve and organize these events again next year???

I must say I mis the fun of organizing Chinese festival events, I got to know the students better, they get to show case their talent and they get a certificate for their hard work but truly organizing these even is stressful. especially if you are the Teacher in  charge. well I would just like to say "it Bring out the best in my students but the worst in me" I learn a lot from these activities and its fun and all but.... it just feel  that it is too much work and too little time.

we need to borrow a lot of things, transport is a problem , money is always a problem and all that work for just one night? all that time and energy for 2-3 hours of performances. Do students need this kind of extra burden? do I want it?  

 

Mc Do at Labuan Malaysia

haha happy father day everyone
its a strange thing being in Labuan,if you want to eat some Burger from McDonald you have to go to the airport for it. seriously the airport for just for Burger so just imagine your friends asking you" hey lets meet up at the airport" going to airport for burger. i remember when it first open it was so well receive that the sold out some burger and you have to wait for them to restock. man thats crazy but true

Happy Wesak day-Bathing the Buddha

last year was my first time Bathing the Buddha on wesak day with my students but this year i did it with my friends from work thanks to ling who drove me thier( yah i still dont have a car)
here are some info i got abaut Bathing Buddha.

According to historians, the custom of bathing the Buddha in China dates back as far as the Three Kingdoms Period (220-280AD). As one of the most significant dates in the Buddhist religion, Buddhists all over the world continue to celebrate the Buddha's birthday by the tradition of bathing the little Buddha with fragrant water.

A symbol of inner purification, the tradition is said to assist with the purgation of sins. A universal message that, it's simple to wash away physical dirt but it is much more difficult to cleanse one's inner dirt of greed, anger and ignorance.

For the bathing ceremony the altar is arranged as a flower garden, representing the Garden of Lumbini . In following with tradition, monks and nuns use a special ladle to pour fragrant water steeped with special herbs over the statue of the infant Buddha, afterwards the image is rinsed with purified water.

The ritual performed with reverence and a purified mind is said to improve harmony and inner balance, leading to a flourishing, fulfilling, wholesome, blissful and enlightened life.

Steps to Bathing the Buddha

Whilst kneeling before the altar, carefully fill the ladle and pour water over the image of the young Buddha. At each pour chant the following –

• 1 st wash: May I eliminate all evil thoughts
• 2 nd wash: May I cultivate good deeds
• 3 rd wash: May I help save all living beings

BTN

BIRO TATANEGARA ( BTN ) sejak penubuhannya pada tahun 1974, kini telah berkembang menjadi satu institut latihan kenegaraan yang menganjurkan Program-program Bina Negaranya dalam usaha untuk melahirkan anggota masyarakat yang patriotik, cinta pada negara dan bersatu padu supaya dapat menangani cabaran sebuah negara yang terus maju menjelang tahun 2020.

Kesimpulannya, matlamat akhir penilaian Kursus Kenegaraan ini adalah untuk membina ketahanan diri anggota perkhidmatan awam dari segi fizikal dan mental, pengurusan disiplin dan pembentukan sahsiah di samping memenuhi sebahagian daripada Tahap Kecekapan 1 di bawah Penilaian Tahap Kecekapan bagi Sistem Saraan Malaysia.


i am going for my BTN tomorrow 10 April 2009 to the 15 of April 2009 have to stay a day at KK becouse there is no ferry and will be back in Labuan on the 16 and on the 18 of april i have my induksi so yah it will be a busy month for me with a lot of listenning and speaking to do all in the name of becomming an educator for my country.
so i wont be blogging for some time.

MS ISO 9001:2008 (KML2009-2010)

ISO's name

Because "International Organization for Standardization" would have different acronyms in different languages ("IOS" in English, "OIN" in French for Organisation internationale de normalisation), its founders decided to give it also a short, all-purpose name. They chose "ISO", derived from the Greek isos, meaning "equal". Whatever the country, whatever the language, the short form of the organization's name is always ISO.

Why standards matter

Standards make an enormous and positive contribution to most aspects of our lives.

Standards ensure desirable characteristics of products and services such as quality, environmental friendliness, safety, reliability, efficiency and interchangeability - and at an economical cost.

When products and services meet our expectations, we tend to take this for granted and be unaware of the role of standards. However, when standards are absent, we soon notice. We soon care when products turn out to be of poor quality, do not fit, are incompatible with equipment that we already have, are unreliable or dangerous.

When products, systems, machinery and devices work well and safely, it is often because they meet standards. And the organization responsible for many thousands of the standards which benefit the world is ISO.

When standards are absent, we soon notice.

What standards do

ISO standards:

• make the development, manufacturing and supply of products and services more efficient, safer and cleaner
• facilitate trade between countries and make it fairer
• provide governments with a technical base for health, safety and environmental legislation, and conformity assessment
• share technological advances and good management practice
• disseminate innovation
• safeguard consumers, and users in general, of products and services
• make life simpler by providing solutions to common problems

  Who standards benefit

  ISO standards provide technological, economic and societal benefits.

  For businesses, the widespread adoption of International Standards means that suppliers can develop and offer products and services meeting specifications that have wide international acceptance in their sectors. Therefore, businesses using International Standards can compete on many more markets around the world.

  For innovators of new technologies, International Standards on aspects like terminology, compatibility and safety speed up the dissemination of innovations and their development into manufacturable and marketable products.

  For customers, the worldwide compatibility of technology which is achieved when products and services are based on International Standards gives them a broad choice of offers. They also benefit from the effects of competition among suppliers.

  For governments, International Standards provide the technological and scientific bases underpinning health, safety and environmental legislation.

  For trade officials, International Standards create "a level playing field" for all competitors on those markets. The existence of divergent national or regional standards can create technical barriers to trade. International Standards are the technical means by which political trade agreements can be put into practice.

  For developing countries, International Standards that represent an international consensus on the state of the art are an important source of technological know-how. By defining the characteristics that products and services will be expected to meet on export markets, International Standards give developing countries a basis for making the right decisions when investing their scarce resources and thus avoid squandering them.

  For consumers, conformity of products and services to International Standards provides assurance about their quality, safety and reliability.

  For everyone, International Standards contribute to the quality of life in general by ensuring that the transport, machinery and tools we use are safe.

  For the planet we inhabit, International Standards on air, water and soil quality, on emissions of gases and radiation and environmental aspects of products can contribute to efforts to preserve the environment.
  for more information visit www.iso.org
  
  

propeer

mentor for new lecturer. I Like the idea and lucky me My Mentor is my Ketua Unit wow talk about pressure to do well....but hey I get to learn from the best that's fine with me.

sad News

Ah its so sad to know on 8/4/09 a dark day for one of my colleague for she lost her mother. its sad i wish at my age to hear news of people and friends getting married or having baby not the news of death.

what I want in LIfe?

The more you have the less you desire? the more you have the less thankful you are?

in life we never have what we want
we never love/want what we have

the grass is always greener on the other side?
But not all that glitter is gold

But its good to want more out of life
to do more, to see, experience more
there's got to be more to life .....

success the force of Change

success?
two years how successful am I?
have i made a mark? did i make a different in my students life? what do i have to show after working for two year?cash, car, career, condominium????
who is more successful someone who is always surrounded by colleague or by students?
i have not been successful .... (-.-)

2 year anniversary

anniversary? last April fool was my two year anniversary working as a lecturer
time fly I don't feel a bit grown up but looking back i have done quite a lot in my short time here and hopefully i will continue to shine. there has been a lot of ups and downs so much joy and learning experience for me as well. i have been to a lot of places seen a lot of faces gain some weight in the process as well haha but yah would not have it any other ways. life has been very kind with me and i am very thankful