Keep in Touch

So, today is the last day for English Foundation class,
It's the best class and subject I've never attended so far among all my subjects!
Ms Jenny, we gonna miss U!
thanks for everything U've done for us!
I believe everyone of us will appreciate your kindness!

and... ... for my classmate!
It's pretty enjoy to have lesson with U guys!
U guys are rock! awesome!

Don't forget us~ TT

Marks & Answers for Class Exercise

Dear beloved students,

You can check your marks in my office.

I'll paste on the my cubicle divider by Friday 31st July 2009.

As for the answers for the exercise, I'll also paste it there.

Thanks :)

season finale...

haha...i know everyone very busy..

last outing was cancelled suddenly due to many reasons..

watever it is, the semester is coming to an end...

but i had fun in this semester..

hope that everyone did learn something...eventho' sometimes we were juz crapping in class..

keep in touch eventho' the semester finishes.. :)

n' looking forward for the next outing :)

take care :)

n' GOOD LUCK for finals...

Revision Week

Dear all,

After all the fun, it's time for revision for the end of semester.

From 27th July 2009 (Monday) to 30th July 2009 (Thursday), I'll conduct revision classes for BE & EF. Should you have any questions regarding final exams, please attend the classes punctually to avoid missing the important information. If you are absent (or plan to be absent), please consult your friends because I WILL NOT ENTERTAIN anyone who comes to my office and ask me "Teacher, what's coming out for final?" Any student who does that will receive "a whack on their head" (remember the passage that we did in class?).

For more updates, please refer to me in the class.

Thank you.

Happy Sunday.

LET EVERYONE KNOW!!!

Bottled water in your car is very dangerous to women 放在汽車裡的瓶裝水對女性是非常危險的事情﹗
This is how Sheryl Crow got breast cancer. She was on the Ellen show and said this same exact thing. This has been identified as the most common cause of the high levels in breast cancer、especially in Australia . 這就是謝莉‧克羅得乳腺癌的原因。 她在上艾倫的節目裡提到這是千真萬確的事情。這已經被鑑定是罹患乳腺癌裡的高危險因素中最常見的原因了，尤其是在澳洲地區。
A friend whose mother was recently diagnosed with breast cancer. The Doctor told her: women should not drink bottled water that has been left in a car. 有位朋友的母親最近才被診斷出乳腺癌。 醫生告訴她︰婦女實在不應該喝留放在汽車裡的瓶裝水。
The doctor said that the heat and the plastic of the bottle have certain chemicals that can lead to breast cancer. So please be careful and do not drink bottled water that has been left in a car、and、pass this on to all the women in your life. This information is the kind we need to know and be aware of and it just might save a life. 這醫生還說熱能和塑膠瓶子兩者遇在一起就會產生化學物質, 而那些將會導致人們罹患乳腺癌。因此請小心並且千萬不要喝留放在車子裡頭的瓶裝水. 請把這信息傳遞給你生命中的所有女性親友。這是一則或許可以拯救一個生命的訊息, 我們不只應該知道, 而且要多加小心.
The heat causes toxins from the plastic to leak into the water and they have found these toxins in breast tissue. Use a stainless steel Canteen or a glass bottle when you can!!! 熱能釋放出塑膠裡的有毒物質後,這些物質就滲入到了水裡頭，而人們的胸部組織裡頭竟然就發現了這種毒素。所以如果可以的話，切記改用不鏽鋼杯或是玻璃瓶都好﹗ ! !

EF Sketch

Dear all beloved students,

I had fun in the sketch session.

Thank you for all your hard work.

I appreciate your participation in this work.

Please check out for more photos for EF class in the :: photo album :: section on the right side of this page.

Thanks again :)

All the best!

Neway's rate

a notorious criminal OR a gentle lover? [if only....]

I was browsing thru' this blog as usual n' to make sure that i didn't miss any new comments for each entry, i scrolled to the lowest portion of this blog..

There, i saw a section where i subscribed to the 'This Day in History' gadget as part of my blog..

If u r reading this on the same day i posted this entry, u'd probably have the chance to look at the John Dillinger in 'This Day in History'.

From the headline, 'John Dillinger Killed by FBI (1934)', i was curious abt what exactly had this man done that he was killed by the FBI. Was he wrongly killed? or had he committed some serious crime? Out of curiosity, i clicked on the link n' guess what? I spent almost 3 hours on the net, searching for information abt him, his past and his love relationships..

well, occasionally, my focus shifted to some other back-then famous criminals, but eventually my attention was still on this guy..and of cos his dramatic love story...

I googled his image n' came across many websites telling stories abt him..

he was a bank robber, robbed several banks, murdered several policemen while he was on pursuit, escaped from prison...all these seem so 'dramatic' to me..it's juz like what we always see on movies but that was a reality back then..

What attracted me wasn't the robbing and escaping part...

As i read on, i found that this man (a well-known robber), actually had a romantic yet sad love life..

He first married a girl named Beryl Hovious..

Not long after, he was imprisoned because he involved in a robbery..

His partner in crime (who had previous criminal records) was imprisoned for 2 years because he had money to hire a defense lawyer while poor John had to serve 10-15 years eventho' he had no criminal record..

His wife filed for a divorce and he was devastated..

(i think that was one reason why he decided to be a bad person and continued robbing when he was released on parole)

He met another woman by the name of Evelyn Frechette. Together, they went through lots of things. Evelyn went to jail because the police said she was harboring a criminal and was sentenced 2 years imprisonment. John wanted to save her but he couldn't.. (i m sure he didn't run away, he had some reasons..from some excerpts i have read, it said something like he could have die in the attempt of trying to save Eve...)

After that (probably years later), he went out with another woman with the name of Polly Hamilton. However, this relationship was briefer. Polly had a friend, whose name was Anna Sage..After a long story reading, I got to know that Anna actually tipped off the FBI when 3 of them went for a movie in some theater. John was shot on the back.

Of cos from what i've written here, perhaps most of u won't understand what exactly i m trying to express...well, i couldn't possible write all 3 hours of readings into this small section..

i've also read some excerpts from Evelyn Frechette and Polly Hamilton, describing their lives with John Dillinger. From there, John was described as a 'good man' in general...

links:

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/dillinger/filmmore/ps_confess.html

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/dillinger/filmmore/ps_hamilton.html

http://www.dillingerswomen.com/molls/billie.html

http://www.fbi.gov/libref/historic/famcases/dillinger/dillinger.htm

if u have the time, read thru' n' u'll actually know that this 'notorious' criminal also had his gentle side, how he loved his lovers and how he showed his loving and gentle side to them...

What I wan to express is...love is such a great thing...n' even this so-called notorious bank robber had such an extraordinary love story behind...

i was truly astonished by his love story and respected him, not him as a robber but him as a good lover...i think true love doesn't really exist easily in today's world..yes, there might still be...but i m not really too sure..pessimistic? perhaps i've seen too much of the negative side..

i began to wonder, how could this notorious robber = a gentle lover?

it will remain as a mystery...a mystery that i would like to know...but would never find the answer...

at the end of the day, i conclude that he was juz a normal person, who wished people around him to show more love and understanding...

if he was given a lighter sentence since it was his first offense...

if his wife didn't file for divorce...

if evelyn hadn't left him...

if polly didn't introduce anna to him...

if anna didn't betray him for her own sake...

so many ifs...

if he, as a ruthless robber, had shown so much of his love to his loved ones? i don't understand why 'normal people' i've seen couldn't be bothered about showing and sharing some true love to other people..

there r too much mysteries within people..those ordinary pple whom others thought was extraordinary...

(for e.g MJ, who recently died. people juz wanna get something out of him. but he was juz an ordinary man, yearning for an ordinary life but all he faced was extraordinary treatment from other pple. all we've seen was his glamourous part, how many pple actually considered his tortured and exhausted inner self? at the end, he was a pitiful man but pple still wanna get something out of him...why? what's the purpose?)

there r juz too many stupid things goin around this world...

this world could b a better place, if only people show more true love and care..

[p/s: the movie 'Public Enemies' was filmed based on John Dillinger's story..I wonder how much of it is fact-based..if u r interested, u can watch the movie...altho' i quite idolize the persona, but I don't think i would wanna watch it bcos' he's gonna die at the end of the story (if according to the true story)...well, my frens always say i live in fairytale land...so i only accept happily-ever-after ending and yeah, i wish i do live in fairytale land..then i do not need to see this realistic world...sinking deeper and deeper..]

Coming Up Next: Karaoke Outing

Dear all cheeky students,

Everyone's excited for the next outing...but no one posts anything about it..

looks like i have to do the job lor....

Karaoke session is ON!

Now, we just need to choose the date and time.

Option 1: 24th July 2009 (Friday) 12pm.

Option 2: 25th July 2009 (Saturday) 1pm.

The venue will be in Neway Cheras (near Leisure Mall).

Any other suggestions?

I don't want to make it any later since the finals is coming.

Let's get crazy before the finals come..Woohoo~

interested??? faster decide!!!

SKETCH @ EF

Dear all,

EF1, EF4 & EF7 will b combined for the sketch.

BE students r welcomed to join :)

Date: 25th July 2009

Day: Saturday

Time: 10am-1pm

Venue: C409

For more information, please refer to me in the class next week.

Thanks :)

CLASS CANCELLATION FOR EF 4 & EF 7 (THURSDAY 16th JULY 2009)

Dear English Foundation students on Thursday (specifically EF 4 & EF 7),

Class will be cancelled on Thursday (16th July 2009) for the morning session (11am-1pm) and the afternoon session (4pm-6pm).

This class will be replaced on the following Friday (17th July 2009) 10am-12pm at C305.

Should you are unable to attend this replacement class on Friday, please come on Wednesday 15th July 2009 (11am-1pm) to join EF 1.

Thank you very much :)

Next Outing...When?

Dear beloved babies...

There are students actually chasing me after the next outing, which is supposed to be the karaoke session...

But looking at the tight schedule that you pple have...i m wondering if everyone still has the time to go out...

Anyway, if you are still interested, pls let me know so we can arrange the time..

I am available Friday after 1pm :)

lalalalalaaaaaa.......

LOVE & HATE for English courses...

We are coming to the end for the course, basically we've covered the relevant topics that we need to and we are just left with several communication topics which are just extra information for you in this course. Towards the end, we would have lesser formal classroom sessions and we'll be focusing on the last assignment, which is the script-writing + sketch. These 2 weeks, we are gonna have lots of presentations going on and of course, I do not like to force my students to sit in the class without doing anything but of course, I would also be very much appreciated if my students could participate in other groups' presentations.

Two days into the week of presentation, I would say that I really encountered a lot of 'drama' in the classes. Obviously, some did extremely good and some were just there because they think they were 'forced' to. And, of course I know that some think presentation is boring and a waste of time. Well, that's your opinion and we are all entitled to have own opinions so I wouldn't blame you for anything.

I am not sure how much does the 5% means to you but when I was a student, I took every % (even if it's 1%) very seriously. It is because that's my responsibility as a student. In the first place, nobody forced you to be here. You can choose not to study university and get a job. If you have determined to study, why not put your effort and get the best out of it? I am very sad looking at my students who are so lazy and demotivated in doing the things that I have entrusted them.

Some students think assignments and presentation are crap. If you do think so, why don't you prove yourself that you can do it better? Because if you don't do your work, you are not proving anything but only putting yourself at an even lower level. Think, if you can't even do a 'crap' thing right, and if you can't even achieve high mark for a 'crap' thing, that shows you are even more 'crap' and what is your worth then? As worth as a piece of crap? Or more worthless than a piece of crap? If you are actually thinking about these questions, should I really question that you actually want to compare yourself to a piece of crap?

I am expressing this because I was so sad as I actually witnessed my students fighting in the class because no one contributed anything and they were pushing blames to each other and in the end they claimed that "they don't even care for that mere 5%". This is not the case where you show your power to anybody. This is about yourself, your worthiness in life. Pushing blame and not contributing are not something to be very proud of.

Yes, you think you are good in English. Yes, you think English Foundation and Basic English are just wasting your time. If you do think like that, PROVE IT. Write a piece of work, without making stupid mistakes all over. Speak properly so that people can understand you clearly. How many times have I told you that 'your subject must agree with the verb' and 'please take care of your tenses'. If you can't even score at least 80% in each of your work, how can you convince me that you are good? Stop chasing your teacher over marked papers or homework. Do you know how much mistakes that you have made and I have to correct? Are you not bored of making the same stupid mistakes over and over again? Well, I do get sick of correcting the same mistake over and over again. Not even that, some very artistic students with very nice handwriting can really make my brain spins.

I respect each and everyone as a human being and give everyone the freedom to do things they want. Of course I am not a perfect teacher but I can loudly acclaim myself to be a responsible teacher. I do what I am suppose to and I fulfill all the responsibility that I was told to. How about you as a student? Does teamwork take a toll on you? Is it really hard for you to sit down and work things out as a team? If you don't like to do certain things, do you think other people like to do it? How would you feel if people claim the credits on the works that you have done? Put yourself in others' shoes before making any stupid decisions.

The purpose of having a group work to make everyone's life easier. Imagine doing all those things on your own. How much time are you wasting? Yes, you have other more 'important' assignments from other 'important' subjects (yeah, English is just a piece of crap to you...) Unless you do really have communication problems, yes, I would gladly let you do and individual work. But if you don't let me know your problems in the first place, how can I help? Why didn't you express your difficulties to me? Probably because you were always absent in class. Probably you were just too busy with the other more 'important' subjects. That's why you don't even know what is happening in your English class. At the end of the day, you say "Oh..I wasn't told about this thing...Oh..I don't know what is going on." But is that my business? As a teacher, my responsibility is to give information in every class. If you miss any class, please talk to your friends or you can see me in the office. From what I have noticed, less than 5% of my students actually 'visited' me in my office. Yeah, only few very enthusiastic students.

So, whatever kind of person you are, just a kind reminder to you. Please do your work properly and do not make your group members suffer with you. Assignments and presentations are where you can earn your marks easily. If you want to prove your worth, show me what you have and NOT being a coward who only knows how to avoid responsibility. I have been very lenient with giving marks for presentation because I look at teamwork. I appreciate the contributions of each one. And if you persistently passed up your drafts, you would realise that I've make corrections and edit the mistakes from you. Please, you can go to other classes and look at their drafts. Do you see so much red marks on their papers? I spent my time correcting your mistakes so please let me feel that my efforts are being appreciated. Do I have no life? Why do I have to waste my weekends and night time marking those assignments that were not even mine? Do I get extra salary? Or do I get extra recognition from somewhere?? NO! NOT AT ALL!! You don't have to give me anything. I don't even want you to say thank you to me. (Do you even say thank you when I returned the papers?) But please, let me feel that what I have done for everyone is worthwhile. Stop complaining and end this course with peace.

If you expect me to give you an A with my eyes close, I am very sorry because I have my own ethics and principles as a teacher. I don't mind if you want to get 'extra information' from other classes, but never from me. I would rather want you to come and ask me for help for revision rather than you asking 'tips'. What is the purpose of having exams if I give you all the questions? If this is the case, I would say that in 10 years' time, all buildings will collapse because engineers and architects get their As because of tips. More people will die of diseases because doctors and scientists passed with flying colours because of tips. And our next generation will become a bunch of stupid people because all their teachers get their teaching certificates because of tips. Can you understand the consequences? If you can't understand this simple meaning of test or exam? I am truly speechless and I would suggest you not to continue your study anymore.

And please, remember I DO NOT force you to come to my class. Since the first class, I've told you my class policy. If you do not agree, feel free to get a change. I rather to have people who are serious to attend my class than to have people just want to come and waste their time.

Thank you for taking time to read my very long thoughts. I hope that this will help you to do some soul-searching as well.

they will be cacat.

Yes,
they will be cacat
they will be cacat
they will be cacat later.

they working at bukit bintang area.
they are young. they are LALA as well.
they will call you to scratch a small paper. or may be to open.
" teng teng teng teng.. you are so lucky! you win the great prize!and you are the 1st to win this"

huh..
my fren get cheated bout 1k. means RM1000.00. is not a small figure for a student.

they will fetch u to office and ATM.
they will take photo of u.
they will make u feel scare.
they will threaten at you.
thay said they not even scared police. they actually scared ppl that stronger.
so. be. a . strong . human .
REJECT. REJECT. and REJECT them! we are superman! they are nyamuk!

so.
please.
be.
ware.

try not walk alone at that area, the road lowyat to times square.
they stand beside the escalator.
they are smarter than you!

its ok.
they will become cacat later.
soon.

they = cacat.