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HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR!

2010-02-12T06:02:00.002+08:00

Wow...it's that time of year again!

Most of you must be excited that CNY is just around the corner.

I'm sure most of you have done the CNY shopping & looking fwd for the angpow taking session!

It's the time for big reunion where you get to meet old friends & share about things that has been going around in your life!

Have a great CNY & safe journey for all who are travelling back hometown =)

*hugs*

a new year, a new semester, a new beginning....

2010-01-05T20:48:00.002+08:00

Dear all,

It must be pretty excited to go back to school, although it means leaving your comfortable hometown and coming back to this hectic city study life!

For some students, it was a 2 months internship experience while some spent 2 months relaxing (a.k.a "shaking legs" at home) or probably travelling around. Others, it was probably only a mere 2 weeks of holiday.

For me, I took 2 weeks off heading back to my hometown. Although it wasn't a little quiet town, but I did had some peaceful moments back home. First few days were great until my nightmare started on the 3rd of 4th day. (Well, I think I don't need to mention further as most of you should know if you are an avid fan of mine in facebook. LOL)

Not to deny, the first week was hell. And of course, I am getting better. Though somehow, I don't know why, I am still feeling bitter on and off, this incident has actually helped me efficiently to clear my stuff out! What a way to put me to "gotong-royong" session in my room = ='''

I'm glad to be back here, back to a place where I enjoy doing things: teaching, catching up with students & friends, studying, planning my activities peacefully. Things are pretty much back on track although some wounds are still there. But, I'm still kicking here!!! LOL

I've met a few of my former students. It was good to meet up with you guys. But, time is moving fast. Everyone is busy with their stuff: studying, rushing for class, paktor-ing...LOL..Well, it's really good that everyone is occupied with a goal in life.

Keep up with any new resolutions you made for this year. Good luck and All the best to everyone :)

Hope that we can have time to catch up with each other at one point of time :)

XOXOXOXO

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

2009-12-22T23:16:00.002+08:00

*singing*

i'm dreaming of a white Christmas....with every Christmas card i write....

this is my favourite Christmas song and i'll even sing it when it's not Christmas time.

it gives me a sense of joy..

now we r coming to the end of the year, i would always call this the time of sentimental because this is the time we will review back all the things we've done thoughout the year. this is also the time where we will slow things down n' reflect on our thoughts.

to all my students, have a blessed Christmas.

always remember to count your blessings

keep in touch! i m blessed to have all of u as my dearest students.

LOVE YOU ALL :) *HUGS*

good news for u guys!!!

2009-12-02T02:13:00.005+08:00

hi guys,

i hav a good news for u all, especially JB guys~

YES933 FM (internet radio)com back to internet again!!!

tat means we can online n hear radio again!!!

I'm very pleased to hear it~

At JB, most ppl(especially student) prefer YES933 than others chinese FM radio.

So, listening YES933 at KL feels like i'm staying at hometown,JB~

If u dun know YES933 FM,

nvm i introduce to u.

YES933FM is a No.1 chinese FM radio in Singapore.

It playnew release songs frequently and DJs' style are very diferrent from M'sia.

let's try it >>>>> http://www.yes933.sg/

Final Week (Sept - Dec 2009)

2009-11-29T10:37:00.001+08:00

Dear all, Please note that this week will be the exam week. Do check eAdvantage for the final exam time table. For EF group 8 & 9, should you DO NOT want to come for Tuesday (1 Dec 2009) revision class, you may come on Monday (30 Nov 2009). Monday CG01 2pm-3.30pm Tuesday CG02 2pm-3.30pm I'll be checking the marks with you on both the days before submitting to Ms. Arlini. I'll also post the marks on the notice board outside English Department on Monday. Please see me if there's any error for your grade. Thanks.

2012 2012 2012

2009-11-14T01:04:00.003+08:00

Since the opening on Thursday, 2012 has received very good response from the public.

Although having many halls, the tickets were mostly sold out.

To avoid disappointment, I am volunteering to buy the tickets the day before we go for the movie.

Please confirm with me your participation in this movie.

I'll need $$$ and your student ID to purchase the tickets.

Please see me in the office on Monday.

Or Option 2, someone buy it on that day before we go.

Any other suggestions??

Former EF students are also encouraged to join if you are free on Tuesday :)

Die Die Die

2009-11-12T21:44:00.002+08:00

Sei lo,Jenny wants i participate her blog,but i don't know want to post what kind of thing. And hor, participation carrys 5 % le..~~~~

2012

2009-11-11T09:45:00.002+08:00

Dear all,

Please be reminded that next Tuesday (17th November 2009) will be the 2012 Movie Day for EF classes.

We will meet in Mid Valley at about 5.30pm cos' my class will finish at 5pm.

But you guys can go there earlier if you wanna go shopping.

Yesterday when I went, the cinema was not packed n' I think we should be able to get the tickets even if we buy it on the spot next Tuesday.

By the way, The Time Traveller's Wife is romantic :) For those who are into slow romantic movie, go for this one :) It's definitely better than Benjamin Button.

For transportation, I will be driving Jiayie n' gang. Yuin Teng will go the the other girls. N' Ahmad will pick up Teddy n' gang. N' i suppose Looloo n' gang has no problem going as well rite?

Whoever who doesn't have a transport or not sure how to go, please let us know so that we can arrange transport a.s.a.p.

THANKS :)

Dates for Movie Review

2009-11-07T11:43:00.003+08:00

Dear awesome students,

In order not to waste time, I suggest that we watch the movie next weekend.

My suggestion is next Saturday (14th Nov) or Sunday (15th Nov).

Saturday I'll be available in the late afternoon unless you guys wanna go all the way to One Utama.

Sunday I'll be free whole day.

Please let me know the dates so that we can buy the tickets earlier to avoid the long queue or out of tickets situation.

Thanks.

Movie Review

2009-11-06T19:18:00.003+08:00

Upcoming event will the Movie Review we are supposed to do as part of the classroom activities & participation.

As I need to replace the classes that I canceled during the Hari Raya week, I shall replace it with a movie since we will have 3 hours.

I've previously suggested a movie in the Auditorium, but looks like all my energetic students can't wait to go out from the campus.

Well, upon majority request, we shall watch the movie 2012 in cinema.

Please feedback on which day and what time would you guys like to go.

If possible, please choose a day which is not your class hour because this is supposed to be a replacement activity.

I am not available for upcoming Fridays and weekends. Other timeslots are welcomed :)

Please post your suggestions here.

Thanks.

Power Outage...

2009-10-21T19:12:00.002+08:00

hmmmm....tomoro's gonna b the power outage...

actually i'm quite looking fwd towards it..bcos i wanna feel n c how it looks like...

but to think of it, it's really something bad...

bcos everything we do, we need electricity..

for me, i can go without online, without my laptop, without air con...all these things r not my main concern in life.....

but thinking of the elevator...the water dispenser...the kettle...

n' plus i need to work...life in office without air con with those window close...can b miserable..

besides that, i can't go shopping bcos anywhere nearer is having outage as well...

no atm if i don have enuf money...can't go out to eat bcos the restaurant will b stuffy...

altho' everyone muz b feeling happy as classes canceled...

even i can live without air con...but i think there's so much of things that i need to consider..

hmmm....

tonite, gotta make sure that my ipod is full, hp batt is full, laptop batt is also full...so that i can play games if i wanna b skive from assgn again..

again, i'm wondering..will my touch n' go card works tomoro? since there's not gonna b any electricity...

how do u feel abt this?

22Oct PowerCut

2009-10-18T16:55:00.002+08:00

Power cut on 22Oct2009(8am~7:30pm).
UCSI,Tmn connaught,......dun hav electric.
haha,dun nid go to school liao~

Please contact TNB's tel:15454 for more details...

http://mykampung.sinchew.com.my/node/80319?tid=6

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雪隆 2009-10-18 12:30
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sushi sushi sushi...

2009-10-14T22:44:00.005+08:00

i had a great sushi time! thanks to my 5 students :)

i was a bit sad because christine couldn't make it :'(

i hope next time we can all go out together and have fun...

take pictures and get crazy together... *LOL*

other students, please feel free to organize outing. let's make EF fun!

blog authors...

2009-10-14T10:12:00.002+08:00

kepada semua pelajar yang disayangi....

if you can see the "contributors" section on the right side of this blog, and your name is listed there, that means you are officially the author of this blog.
i've sent invitations to everyone but only one or two responded..
i suppose the invitation has been sent to your "junk mail" or "spam"..
please check and approve the invitation because i still have a lot of pending invitations here.

sekian terima kasih

continuation of clauses...

2009-10-12T18:55:00.002+08:00

Practically, there are 2 main types of clauses: dependent clause & independent clause.

Independent clause can stand as a sentence because it doesn't need to rely on another part of sentence. For e.g. I love Justin Timberlake.

Dependent clause need to rely on certain words because of the existence of words like if, because, since, although....

There are 3 types of dependent clauses: Noun clause, Adjective Clause, Adverb Clause.

Noun clause & adjective clause look similar because they consist of words like what, that, which, whatever, whichever, whoever...

One main difference about these two is:

a) noun clause is used "subject" or "object" of the sentence.

For example,

Whatever I did is none of your business. (as subject)

I don't care whatever you want to do. (as object)

b) adjective clause is used to describe the "things" mentioned in the sentence.

For example,

The girl, who was my ex-girlfriend, is going out with Benny now. (ex-girlfriend describing the girl)

The dress, which Jiayie is wearing, is beautiful. (what Jiayie is wearing describing the dress)

Here comes Chan Tong, who is the winner of Malaysia Idol. (winner of Malaysian Idol describing Chan Tong).

Adjective Clause is even easier because it has "funny funny" words like as, since, although, because ....

so...if you come across these funny words, the first thing that comes to your mind should be adverb clause!!!

okay...that's about it. Hope you guys can understand this short explanation :)

phrases & clauses: confused?

2009-10-09T22:09:00.002+08:00

Dear all,

This week we've talked about Phrases & Clauses.

Well, I was a bit scared because of all the confusing faces in class when I talked about them.

It was as if everyone's jaws were almost dropping.

Hmmm....

Actually, they aren't something very hard. It's a bit confusing at first. But once you get the concept right, everything will fall into place. Trust me.

And by the way, I won't be going in depth for these topics because you aren't exactly gonna use it unless you are really interested in it or you wanna become a teacher in future.

So, this is just something extra to be added in your knowledge.

Therefore, be relaxed.

The past semester's students were extremely experts in these 2 topics.

I think it'll be good to go through the exercise and from there, you can actually see how the pattern goes.

So before, signing off, I shall make a quick revision for these 2 topics, at least to get them stuck in your head for this weekend :)

PHRASES:

- group of words without subject / without predicate / without both

- 3 types :

appositive phrase: to give extra information / description about an object

e.g: Jenny, my English Foundation teacher, is a kind-hearted person. (:P)

prepositional phrase: a phrase which contains a preposition in its beginning

e.g: I saw Jenny walking along the beach.

verbal phrases: gerund phrase, participial phrase, infinitive phrase

gerund phrase: a phrase which contains a gerund in its beginning

e.g: Travelling around the world has always been Jenny's dream.

(note that travelling around the world is used as the subject of the sentence)

participial phrase: a phrase which contains a participle in its beginning

e.g: Travelling around the world, the dream which Jenny always fascinates about.

(note that travelling around the world refers directly to 'the dream'. there's always an

object right in front or after the participle)

infinitive phrase: a phrase which contains infinitive in its beginning (to + verb)

e.g: To travel around the world has always been Jenny's dream.

verb phrase: usually contain words like "may be", "have been", "shall be", "must be" ....

Dear babies, my head also going burst with this, I hope this short revision will help to have a clearer idea of what phrases are. I'll continue the clauses tomorrow in another entry.

Take care :)

Have a good night :)

-jen-

The life full of assignment..OMG ^^

2009-10-08T20:47:00.001+08:00

Assignment!assignment assignment!
Before i start my college life,i heard that all my friends which already started their college all complain bout many assignment,when they tell me i juz say college sure like this, just do your best! Gambateh^^haha..because i dunoe how they feel,stress?happy?or busy everyday~i have no idea XD

As the time passing,so fast, has been one month i started my college,and finally i knew that what my friends's feeling.Just finish some test,now is the great time for me to start my assignment.

Ok let me introduce my 3 aasignment to you guys.

Subject : English Foundation
Title : Slimming (Choose and agree by all the group member)
Submit date :1st week of Nov

Im not so worry bout this assignment because everyweek we nid to pass up our draft to our Miss Jenny, and after she give it back to us,we can start out writing.Honestly i super like the way she teach,got her own style,and i thnk we wun be so last minute for this assignment because of her that nid us pass her the draft every friday.

Subject : Chemistry
Title : Related to chemistry and beauty,but our group hvn knows wat title shud we pick
Submit date : 15th Oct

Subject : Computing Essential
Title :??
Submit date : 29th November

I quiet worry bout this 2 assignment,because lecture nvr tell anythng for this 2 assignment. For chemistry we nid to create a poster wif the title .......(hvn discuss wat title shud we take),wat we know is the title shud related to chemistry and beauty..anyone hav some best idea?? Anywhere,hope that wun so last minutes,atleast can finish few days before the submit date..^^

A Quick Update for October :)

2009-10-07T22:49:00.002+08:00

Dear fantastic students,

October is here! How fast time flies.

Well, we are done with test and also some other little stuff, so it's time for the real & dry work..

LOL..

Starting from this week, we are gonna do a lot of technical stuff like phrases & clauses, sentences, paragraphs & essay..

So, all of you must be able to produce good pieces of essay! Yup, it's compulsory.

After that, we shall continue with more relaxed stuff like movie review, presentation and text analysis.

So, I suppose looking at visual or listening to songs in classroom is definitely better than me "singing" in the classroom. LOL

The previous posted blog is the deadline for the submission of work. I'll be giving you a piece of checklist as well to keep track of your progress. So, that makes life easier for you and I.

Lastly, before I sign off, just want to remind that Friday is the submission of lyrics analysis.

Alright, see you peeps in class.

*nitenite*

DEADlines.....

2009-10-07T22:47:00.000+08:00

Description

Dates

Test

30^th September / 1^st October 2009

Mid Term

19^th / 20^th October 2009

Term Paper Writing

Outline
Draft 1
Draft 2
Draft 3
Final Submission

2^nd October 2009
9^th October 2009
16^th October 2009
23^rd October 2009
9^th / 10^th November 2009

Oral Presentation

16^th / 17^th November 2009

Blog Participation

30^th November 2009

Lyrics Analysis

9^th October 2009

Movie Review

30^th October 2009

Text Analysis

27^th November 2009

Revision

Final Examination

30^th November / 1^st December 2009

3^rd December 2009

Quiz Bee Canceled....

2009-10-07T22:22:00.001+08:00

Dear wonderful students,

I'm sad to announce that the Quiz Bee that is to be held this Friday 11am is canceled.

Apparently, there's some time classes with the English Language Society schedule.

So, I won't be choosing any participants this time round.

However, I hope that next time we can all join such activities :)

Take care :)

Alonso to replace Raikkonen at Ferrari in 2010

2009-09-30T23:15:00.009+08:00

Ferrari finally confirmed on Wednesday that Fernando Alonso will race for the team next season, replacing Kimi Raikkonen as Felipe Massa’s team mate. Giancarlo Fischella will continue in the role of reserve driver.

Alonso, who has spent the bulk of his Formula One career with Renault, has signed a three-year agreement with Ferrari, starting in 2010.

Alonso made his Formula One debut in 2001 with Minardi, before becoming Renault’s official test driver the following season. In 2003 he was promoted to a race seat and became F1 racing’s youngest Grand Prix winner with victory. By the end of 2005 he was also its youngest champion.

He successfully defended his title in 2006, fending off a resurgent Michael Schumacher in the latter half of the season, before taking his number one with him to McLaren for 2007, where he endured a tempestuous year alongside Lewis Hamilton.

Alonso returned to Renault for 2008, scoring two race wins, despite a less than competitive car. This season the team have been off the pace once more, with the Spaniard taking just one podium to date, at the last round in Singapore.

Raikkonen has yet to confirm his plans for 2010.

copied from:http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2009/9/10015.html

wohoo
Finally see he drive Ferrari !!!
Next year,i wan go to sepang watch F1.Who wants to go with me?

English Week: Quiz Bee

2009-09-29T22:44:00.002+08:00

Dear wonderful students,

English week will be held from 7th to 9th October 2009 (which is next week).

There will be a Quiz Bee ("cousin of spelling bee"....LOL).

I will choose students to participate in this event.

Before I start pointing at anyone, please let me know if you are interested.

I'll announce about the time and place when I get the instructions from the Head of Dept.

Please participate.

p/s: former students, you are encouraged to join as well. come n' have fun too :)

test is here!

2009-09-29T22:42:00.002+08:00

Dear students,

We'll have our first test (10%) this coming Wednesday & Thursday (30th Sept & 1st Oct 2009).

Focus on Verbs & Tenses and those things that we revised in class.

Good Luck to everyone :)

KAMBATE!!!!

Checking out my dear students....

2009-09-24T16:24:00.002+08:00

Dear beloved students,

How has everyone been doing? Regarding my 5 assignments, I only managed to do 1 and that 1 also not 100% complete. LOL...

Anyway, this blog looks kinda quiet. Newbies don't be shy. This is supposedly a place for everyone to share thoughts.

How was the Hari Raya holiday for everyone? School has started after merely 2 days of holiday but for short semester's students, at least you've November & December to rest (if you're not doing the Co-Op).

Any progress for the term paper writing? I don't expect you to start writing but at least have an idea of which topic to do so for the coming weeks, things will fall into places easily.

After this holiday, the next resting time for me will be November when my finals are over. Then I'll be busy with YOUR final exams on December. Muahahahahaha......

By the way, all of you can post entry to this blog. Please don't let me do the talking all the time. If you do come across good articles or informative resourse, please feel free to blog it here so that everyone can give their feedback about it.

And, the comments that you people posted is very very very very funny. How come everyone must write 1, 2, 3 for each question that I asked? You don't need to answer in number form. You can answer like an essay or short paragraph. Don't be too rigid or feel scare about it. My purpose is to let my students have the freedom of speech. If you are too inflexible, it defeats my purpose of this blog.

Well, before I end this blog, I shall have a little interrogation.

1. What have you done during this Hari Raya holiday?

2. Any interesting things that you encountered or saw during the holiday?

3. Any particular things would you like to do in EF class when the lesson starts next week?

Alright, I shall sign off now. Will try to keep this blog updated but connection in JB is quite bad :)

See you :)

INSOMNIACS!!!!

2009-09-18T21:15:00.002+08:00

Dear students,

Today was an exciting day because holiday is here!

But my holiday will be accompanied by 5 assignments!!

I hope I can finish them within a week's time then I can concentrate on my final exams which will start on 2nd November 2009.

Bet all of you didn't expect that your teacher's life here is also full of assignments! LOL

Now you know why I chose the article about insomnia to discuss.

But apparently, no one in the class has problems with sleeping. Only me, it seems.

Oooohh.....nightmare about assignments!!!!! >.<

Well, this week has been a pretty easy week. Not too much of drillings and not too much of theory.

We've come to an end of Parts of Speech and also Verbs & Tenses.

We've also covered a bit of Term Paper writing.

However, term paper is a longer term project. So basically, we'll do it in parts.

Please don't be worried about what and how to write because that's the purpose of having drafts.

For every draft you submit, I'll tell you whether you are on the right track or not. :)

I suppose many of you haven't think of a specific topic to do for your term paper.

You have a week to think before finalizing with me the week after holiday.

No abortion, no pollution, no child abuse, No AIDS.

Other than these topics, you are free to choose any social issues.

I'm pretty excited about this assignment, because some groups had really interesting ideas.

I'm looking forward for the presentation and I'm positive that everyone will do good.

EF seniors, maybe you can post some ideas and share with the current students.

Before we end this week, let's refresh on some things we've done in class.

1. Verbs & Tenses, are they clear? Work on the exercises and we'll discuss it when we're back on action.

2. Insomnia, anything that you wanna share about this topic? I think the article is pretty informative. Not too lengthy, a very good start for reading. :)

3. Term paper writing, just another writing assignment? maybe and maybe not. Think about how you can expand your creativity and thinking skills through this assignment. It'll help you to look at things from another perspectives.

Alrite, I shall end here.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!! but do drop by when you are online. I might drop one or two entries here. Just to make sure you're constantly participating...teeeheee....

*TAKE CARE*

Bloggers needed URGENTLY!

2009-09-16T22:09:00.002+08:00

To all my wonderful students,

I am currently working on a project which relates to blogging.

I would like to invite you to be part of my project.

All you need to do is to give me your blog address and I'll do the rest :)

If you are a blogger, who blogs frequently in English, listen here... I WANT YOU!

*LOL*

Hope to hear from you soon.

Thanks :)

Verbs & Tenses

2009-09-16T00:31:00.003+08:00

Hi everyone,

I'm kinda excited because the Hari Raya holiday is coming soon.

That means I don't need to go to the office.

However, during this festive season, I need to work out 5 assignments for myself.

That's kinda horrible, isn't it?

But....I'll try my best and work hard to finish it.

I hope everyone will do the same and get a good result for EF.

For today, I've covered on the topic Verbs & Tenses and basically, they are really easy stuff.

Like what I've repeated and emphasized in the class, these are not hard at all. And I'm not really afraid of the students not understanding it but somehow, when students write essays, they tend to mix up the tenses. Despite that, I am sure everyone will do good for it.

For last discussion, not many people posted their thoughts but it'll be really good if everyone tries to give some feedback to it, as a way to refresh your mind about what was being taught in class and also some kind of fast revision you do it through online.

Before we go into the next topic, please let me know your thoughts about these questions.

1. What are verbs & tenses to you?

2. Why do you think they are important in writing?

3. By now, can you differentiate all types of tenses?

Thanks for the "correction".

2009-09-16T00:15:00.006+08:00

This entry is specially in respond to the comment that was posted by one of the EF students but I'm not sure who was that.

In my previous entry, first paragraph line 5, I wrote

"You must thanking God that you don't need to see Ms. Monster...haha..."

and that was supposedly a typo error.

What I really meant was...

"You must BE thanking God that you don't need to see Ms. Monster...haha..."

Thanks to this very intelligent student, he / she managed to spot the error and posted a very valuable feedback as follows.

mammad said...

OMG!
You must thanking God or must thank!
can u speak English?!

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009 10:01 PM

I must say that this student is a very attentive mistake detector. I'm sure if the exams are on grammar (specifically tenses) he / she must be able to score 100%.

Applause to him! *claps*

end of Week 2 :)

2009-09-11T23:00:00.003+08:00

Woohoo...

Weekends are coming so I'm pretty excited :)

I suppose everyone is excited as well...but next week will be even more exciting since we are gonna have more holidays...and plus my class cancellation, so everyone has a week off for EF.

You must BE thanking God that you don't need to see Ms. Monster...haha...

This week the EF classes managed to finish the Parts of Speech and continued moving on the Verbs & Tenses. In the next week, we'll discuss in detail about Tenses (past, present & future) but those are all easy stuff. So, there's nothing to worry about :)

Today, Soroush (an EF3 student) shared about Backgammon (a game) and I really had fun watching my students playing the game. The rules were a bit complicated but 2 students managed to try their hands on this game. I think it's pretty cool because this game requires a lot of thinking skills and I think it really helps our brain to work-out..

Anyway, before ending this week, I would like to recap on things that we've done for this week as well as the previous week. Please ponder on some questions below and let me know your thoughts :)

1. What are parts of speech to you?

2. What do you understand about parts of speech?

3. In your opinion, are they important? Why?

4. How about verbs & tenses? Passive, active, singular, plural - are they driving you crazy as well?

Feel free to also post about your thoughts about this week's class. How was the lecture and also the activity? What other things or improvements would you like to see in the class?

p/s: my beloved babies are also welcomed to join in this discussion. since you learnt all these, i suppose you haven't "return" all the knowledge to me...LOL

*have a good weekend :)*

A Welcome Note for Sept-Dec 2009 EF Students

2009-09-10T23:21:00.002+08:00

Dear newcomers,

Welcome to creativethinkers@work!

This blog is specially created for all the students who are attending English Foundation (EF) with me.

The reason I set up this blog is to encourage to "speak out". In my teaching years, I've encountered many students who are quiet in class. Maybe they are shy. Through this blog, I hope that all students are able to share ideas, express their thoughts as well as to get to know their peers in the EF classes. You might not share the same group, but through here, everyone is a part of the big EF family.

The first main purpose of this blog is to get everyone together and have fun! Not forgetting the serious stuff, we'll also be having more discussions, doing revision for test, mid term & assignment. From time to time, I'll post classroom announcements here for in-class and out-of-classroom activities.

You'll also find your "seniors" (former students of EF) here. I hope by having to know more friends in college, your college life will be more wonderful and of course, each of you can help to "look out" for each other. (For e.g, you have problems with some subjects which some of the other students have taken, they may be able to offer help to you.) Doesn't that just sound nice?

I love interacting with people and I hope by the end of semester (or at least through this blog), you are able to know each other well, whether or not you are from the same or different group, same or different semester.

Making new friends and sharing new experience are part of college life. Therefore, make your college life interesting and don't follow to the traditional "in-the-classroom" teaching and learning styles.

For this semester, participation in this blog will be part of your classroom assessment. Your participation will help you to earn 5% of the total marks in EF.

For your information, I'll be making all the EF students to be the author of this blog. I hope I won't be the only one who posts the entries. Please post some discussions here, and the others will join in the talk by giving feedbacks.

To newcomers: HAVE FUN BlOGGING!

To former students: Babies, stay put in this blog! Don't you dare to abandon this site!! Continue to show support by posting discussions, organizing outings and crazy-ing together!!!

U must come, If u're one of the member in English Foundation!!

2009-09-09T22:09:00.004+08:00

Booked room for Sing K.

Date: 11/09/09 (Friday)
Location: Leisure Mall, Neway
Time: 12pm - 2pm
Price: RM9.80++

and I asked for the price, no more promotion for that period,
so the price will be RM9.80++.
Please leave a comment here to inform who is going ya! PLEASE!

*I do not have your number, and You don't have mine.
I'm wondering how we gonna contact each other!

Ms Jenny will join us after 2pm, which movie are we going to watch,
this can decide after we meet... hehe..
see ya peeps!!!!!

Outing!

2009-09-07T20:29:00.004+08:00

I called Greenbox and Neway both today, Payment will be:

Greenbox RM9.00++ with student card present.

Neway RM19.90++, 10% discount with neway member card.

So which one U guys will pick?
If Greenbox it will be at Cheras Selatan Jusco (Belakong)
If Neway, it will be at Leisure Mall

Do let me know ASAP!!!

p/s: Both are 2pm-5pm

outing: sing k this friday?

2009-09-06T22:50:00.002+08:00

announcement!

who's ON for sing k this friday (11 Sept 2009) @ neway Cheras?

i'm officially free at 3.30pm (cos' i'm not sure whether new students will b coming in my class in the last session) = ='''

but anyhow, u babies can go in first, then i'll meet u in neway itself...

any other suggestions? mayb watch movie? but pls, NO final destination!!!!

u can text me or see me in my office...

jiawen, can u in charge of this? so u can nudge tennsen also..ask him to help u out with it...

if not he complains again....

n' whoever needs a ride to neway cheras can drop by my office on friday...then we can go together..

people, pls confirm so i can ask jiawen to book the room.. but pls don FFK like last time...

testing...testing~

2009-09-06T22:23:00.006+08:00

I'm not pro to this stuff,
like it or not, I just want to share it... ^^
larger pic on facebook...

i wonder why some people's mouth just can't shut?

2009-09-05T22:09:00.002+08:00

i think being a teacher is really an amusing job because i face with different students everyday.

and, faces change every semesters as well.

plus the fact that in our school, we have students from 'various' countries, that is really quite a challenge.

to understand people from the same culture might already be difficult, what's more people from different background, different thoughts and different culture? i suppose that's really a big challenge.

i was actually quite looking forward to this semester since i love meeting new people, but the only part which i HATE is to listen to new craps.

before i start my story, i have to declare that i'm not biased, i'm not being discriminate and i'm definitely not angry. (angry is a waste of energy to those brainless homosapiens). and i'm referring to NOT just to a particular group of people, but to 'various groups' of people..

i just feel it is very ridiculous because there are humans who talk in such a way. and those humans which i refer to are those who haven't even enter the workforce to feel the cruelness of the society and yet they are already cleverly labeling other people.

wow...how come they are not good at labeling their own assignments & examinations? i think they should put more attention to their work rather to talk empty, because i really loathe and look down on such people..seriously disgusted!

the first thing i want to declare:

I DID NOT SAY I AM THE BEST TEACHER ON EARTH

well, everyone is trying to be the best but of course as they saying goes, there is always a mountain higher. so look, no one is the best. but everyone is trying to achieve the best. look carefully at the word: "trying". what is the best? how do you define the best? it's very subjective.

i feel very amused when students told me that prior entering my class, they would hear their friends saying that "Ms. Jenny is a very strict teacher, you go to her class, you'll die." Now, a question, how many of my students have died? 10? 35? 79?

First they said i'm strict and it's very hard to pass my class. Now they said i'm very lenient because many of my students got As. hmmm....so which is really the true Ms. Jenny? i'm wondering... WHAT EXACTLY DO YOU PEOPLE WANT???!?!?!!?!?

i always believe that teaching & learning is a process where people need to experience things...yes, i don't give tips to people. so what? if you really need tips so much and only then you are to pass a subject, seriously, can I laugh at you? because that excuse is so lame that i almost died laughing. so go straight to the one you think you can gain more..i didn't say i'm the best but i'm giving my best to my students. if you think you prefer the other, it's okay. it's better for me to have less students because I would rather to have long-term close relationship with fewer students rather to have a large group of problematic students who don't even care whether i'm alive or dead, isn't it?

the second thing i want to declare:

NOT EVERYONE LEARNS WITH THE SAME STRATEGY

well, in this case, i would say, different people learn better with different strategy. this is a recent conversation i had with a student (i don't want to mention name or which 'group' of people he/she is from)..this student was asking about my qualification. so i said i'm currently on masters level. and this actually quite shocked the student because the student assumed that i can't teach well. i mean, how do you define teaching well? different teachers have different styles and these styles work differently with different people.

for e.g, i have 170 students last semester, some students who worked well with my styles, they achieved higher grade and some who didn't, they did badly. so it all depends. how can you judge a person even without knowing a person's background? and anyway, whether am i a masters or phd holder has nothing to do with my classes. do you think those parts of speech and phrases & clauses has anything to do with my masters in any way? and the funny part it, that student actually told me that i should entertain them because they are foreign in this country (alrite, mayb now you can guess who!) oh...am i from the ministry of tourism? what has you coming from another country has to do with me? my job is to teach, not to entertain. you think i'm from circus? and then you asked me "whether i'm sad over what you said". hello, why should i be SAD? can you at least different the differences between sad, upset, angry, irritated and disgusted before you start saying anything? or at least get your adjectives correct. so start browsing thru' your parts of speech before talking to me, okay?

to cut my story short, i really feel irritated with this kind of people.

my advice:

1. think before you say anything because i seriously hate dealing with brainless people.

2. do not judge people even before knowing them because what makes you so good in the first place anyway?

like what i said before, if you really think you are doing crap in the english classes, you better get your crap right before starting to crap because in the end, you wouldn't want people to see you being more worthless than a piece of crap. do u hear me?

to my beloved babies, do you agree with mummy? ;)

pls feel free to comment because i seriously need feedback about this matter.

touching...

2009-09-04T17:54:00.004+08:00

A Son asked his father, "Dad, will you take part in a marathon with me?"
The father who, despite having a heart condition, says "Yes".
They went on to complete the marathon together.

Father and son went on to join other marathons.
The father always saying "Yes" to his son's request of going through the race together.

One day, the son asked his fater, "Dad, let's join the Ironman together."

To which, his father said "Yes".

For those who don't know, Ironman is the toughest triathlon ever. The race encompasses three endurance events of a 2.4 mile (3.86 kilometer) ocean swim, followed by a 112 mile (180.2 kilometer) bike ride and ending with a 26.2 mile (42.195 kilometer) marathon along the coast of the Big Island.

Father and son went on to complete the race together!

when is the next outing??

2009-09-03T22:38:00.002+08:00

sigh...

due to many unforeseen problems...

many people can't make it to the outing this week..

they suggested next week...

BUT WHEN?????

i seriously dunno...

my godson (Jit Lun) said he'll b the organizer...but i hardly c him in campus..

can someone help me to "nudge" him??

give some suggestions la...next friday i dunno whether i can make it or not...

i'll try to c if i can push my classes ahead...

but saturday i'm okay...but u pple all lazy on saturdays...

very hard geh...

okla...post some suggestions here...if not, later tennsen complains again..LOL (misuse his name)......

muahahahahahahhaha........

byebyebye~

"nv huang" n me

2009-09-03T20:17:00.005+08:00

30 Aug 2009(Sun)
Today 4:45am, I n my friends wake up ed. Coz we need to send my friends off who they fly to Taiwan for studying. There r about 90 people fly to Taiwan together. This is a large group!!! Tis is feature of Foon Yew High School….

When we meet my friends who fly to Taiwan at Changi Airport, do u know what they say?
They r very excited to tell me,”jun xiong, shi xin hui at there!!! Come on, take photo wif her!!! She wan go into gate liao!!! ” (actually, she go to there to send her cousin off)

Shi xin hui is a person who I admire. She is Malaysian singer n my senior. She graduated from Foon Yew High School n got 7A1 in UEC. After tat, she finished her “department of chinese” in NUS(National University of Singapore, world raking about 30).She is very very “geng” loh!
Her songs r very nice. I love her sexy voice, her tat sexy voice can make me crazy!!!She oso sang many songs for S’pore drama(in the end , those songs r collected specially in a album)

Tis is first time of the shortest distance between us…

after tis, some friends told me that xin hui seldom take photo with fans. Oh my god, isn’t tat day she giv me “face”???Anyway, take photo with her is my honour.

Best recommented in her second album: < singderella >,<你没想象中爱我>（half-hearted）,<我知道我变漂亮了>（beautiful），<命中注定>（destiny）,<无能为力>（helpless）.

Let's go out!

2009-09-03T09:35:00.003+08:00

dear babies...

how abt a gathering / meeting / outing tomoro?

(Friday 4th September 2009)

i'm not sure what do to..but i'm available after 3.30pm..

we can go sing k, watch movie or watever...

but we not necessarily need to meet at 3.30pm..

cos' u guys can go first, i'll meet u later..

sing k @ neway cheras?

movie @ midvalley or leisure mall?

by the way, who has good movies (DVD) at home? like cartoon or comedy? i'm seriously in need of it!! i'm going bonkers at home~

reply okay~~

2nd day in school...

2009-09-02T20:58:00.002+08:00

wooohoo.....

today is officially the 2nd day in school..

i was pretty excited..cos' i still have more new faces to meet..

i think i'll see a lil' bit more new faces at least by tomorrow..

can't wait to finish meeting new faces, so i can get to the real work soon..

i'm pretty much looking forward to the hari raya holiday..

well, altho' i'm not celebrating it...but it's HOLIDAY!!!

I LOVE HOLIDAY!!!!! ^^

n' i saw chek eng n' eunice in school today..

they helped me to deal with the cable problem because i told them "i scare being alone in the classroom..."

not tat kind of scare scare...but u know, too quiet, is just not suitable for me..

well, i had a very nice long chat with both of them..how abt the rest?

didn't really get to catch up with many 'senior' students...LOL

n yes, u r suppose to say HI loudly when u c me :)

yup, senior students...so after my military training in EF, now i think u r flying high in the sky right? LOL....

next outing??

sing k i'm okay...but only available on saturday...the rate will b much higher...

as for sunway, i checked the price dy, if wanna go for all parks, the fee is RM72..

it's quite expensive unless we really wanna b there the whole day..

so any other suggestions? cos' i'm running out of ideas...n anyway, in the first place, u pple should b the organiser lo~

wanna go further? go penang makan laksa~ LOL...i miss tat place!!!!

so....what do you think? let me know...

*hugs*

My first day in the new semester!!!

2009-09-01T22:03:00.002+08:00

to all my cute n' beloved students,

how have all of you been?

today is the first day of the semester...everything was good except for the rain..

i parked my car at the hilltop parking (as usual....= =''') and my pants were wet!!!! (n' obviously i didn't pee in my pants!!!!)

today i had 2 new classes...both were small classes because i only had 10 n' 6 in each group..

kinda small, compared to the previous 30+ and 50+ that i had last semester...

i wonder how many students will i have in tomorrow's class?

i'm actually pretty excited about this new semester altho' i'll b doing some same stuff over again..

but it feels great to look at new faces....u young pple make me feel energetic...woohoo...(sounds like i'm very old...actually i'm still very young... :P)

to my former students:

feel free to drop by my classes if u happen to pass by :)

to my new students:

if u r reading this, i suppose u should be, at least by the end of this week, remember to 'make some noise' in my class...because i'm scare of quietness in the classroom...but i only said make some noise...so not too much...don't become loudspeaker....i don't need it yet...LOL...

alrite, have a nice first week in campus...

take care & see everyone around :)

*hugs*

new semester begins tomorrow!

2009-08-31T22:04:00.002+08:00

aawww......

after a long weekend and a week off at hometown, now i realise the miserableness of staring to work tomorrow..LOL..

well, kinda boring this holiday because i was expecting some outings..

so as you can see from the chatbox, tennsen is sort of 'complaining'...

but anyway, i can understand as everyone's busy with their own things...

a lot of people went back hometown as well..

hope that everyone had a great holiday, altho' it was awfully short... = ='''

since everyone's back here, i hope that we can get together some time..

my timetable is quite packed this semester..

so only weekends will be more free..

so anyone wanna go 'dating' with me, just let me know..

p/s:

if wanna cheong k on friday, have to wait after week 7...that time my friday will b free ^^ hehehe....

hope to see all of you in campus..

see me, greet me la~ don't pretend tak kenal~ LOL...

have fun in week 1 :)

*hugs*

I MISS EVERYONE!!! *muacks*

beginning & ending...

2009-08-10T20:38:00.003+08:00

everything has its beginning & ending...

however, ending doesn't mean negative..

ending could mean the beginning of another new thing..

i'd always feel nostalgic when something comes to an end..

whatever the thing is..

but i believe life has to go on and everyone will strive for whatever he or she wants..

another chapter ends...another new chapter is coming...soon...

everytime when someone asks me to say one thing that i'm thankful of...

my answer is always "I'm thankful to God that I'm alive today"...

being alive allows me to love, to be loved, to appreciate, to cherish, to achieve, to feel, to be whatever God allows me to be...

don't be blinded by those big things in life...they may look good, but they may lead you to forget who you are...

but rather, focus on small little pieces that don't look appealing, that you easily forgotten, that you don't think they're important...

for those small little details are what that make you whole...

no matter how busy you are, do slow down and look around you..

you'll realize many beautiful things around you..

appreciate them while you still able to and you'll know how blissful you are :)

“Always remember to slow down in life; live, breathe, and learn; take a look around you whenever you have time and never forget everything and every person that has the least place within your heart.”

Announcement (August 2009)

2009-08-05T09:31:00.002+08:00

Dear beloved students,

The semester has ended and it has come to the critical period-The Final Exam Period.
(Some people still come to me and ask the time, date & venue...PLEASE CHECK EADVANTAGE!)

Hope that everyone has learned something. I've passed on all the necessary knowledge but the rest is all up to u. Good Luck !

Just a tip, please read the questions carefully before answering to prevent giving wrong answers.

By the way, I've sent out the website for the answers of the revision and also pasted all marks for this semester in my office. Please feel free to take a look but don't crowd my office :)

Keep in touch and hopefully after finals, we can have another outing soon.

Do drop by here n post something eventhough you are out of EF & BE this semester.

Take care.

*hugs* ^^

Keep in Touch

2009-07-30T20:53:00.002+08:00

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

2009-07-29T23:29:00.004+08:00

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...

2009-07-28T23:58:00.000+08:00

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

2009-07-26T16:36:00.004+08:00

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!!!

2009-07-25T16:23:00.002+08:00

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

2009-07-25T15:50:00.003+08:00

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

2009-07-22T21:44:00.002+08:00

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

2009-07-22T21:18:00.006+08:00

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

2009-07-21T22:16:00.003+08:00

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

2009-07-16T22:37:00.002+08:00

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)

2009-07-11T09:46:00.003+08:00

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?

2009-07-10T16:47:00.002+08:00

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...

2009-07-07T23:07:00.008+08:00

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.

2009-07-04T22:14:00.005+08:00

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.

Happy Birthday to David!!!

2009-06-28T00:03:00.007+08:00

Birthday boy (self-acclaimed Transformers 3 actor *ahem ahem*) ber-posing @ kryspy kreme

Thanks David for his birthday-cum-movie invitation..

'Transformers' was awesome!! yoohoo~

Kryspy kreme donuts were delicious...yum yum :)

We had a rush yet sweet n' short donut celebration with David :)

(p/s: David, now u can start diet...after half dozen of donuts....muahahahahaha...)

David with his birthday donuts *peace*

Alamak...enjoynye si david ini....

eric...don shy shy la~ LOL

i think donuts r making me fat...in fact, very fat...... :'( OMG OMG OMG!!!!!!!!!!

eh...all tak semangat...only me n' david funny faces...LOL

time for discussion~

2009-06-24T21:47:00.004+08:00

dear adorable peeps..

it has been some time since we post the last discussion..

i think the first n' the last was jia wen's transformers vs. terminator..

what happened??? everyone drowned??

anyway, i'm pretty excited abt transformers n ice age that r coming soon :) woohooo~~

topic for discussion is as below:

please post your comment and share ur thoughts abt it.

(p/s: since it's a discussion, i'm looking for longer answers n' not one short sentence..

n' pls...pay attention to ur grammar :) short forms r allowed, but pay attention to S-V-Agreement & Tenses!!!! LOL)

Several years ago, Christina, a 28-year-old woman, was diagnosed with cancer, which needed to be treated with chemotherapy. She was told that she would be unable to conceive after the chemotherapy treatment. So, using sperm from her partner Darren, she was given IVF treatment, and the embryos were then frozen, until Christina was well enough to have the child.

However, shortly after her treatment was completed, Darren left Christina for another woman. Christina is now applying to the courts for the right to have the child. However, Darren says he doesn't want to have a child with Christina anymore. He wants the embryos to be destroyed so that he has nothing to do with Christina in any way.

QUESTIONS:

Should Christina be allowed to have the child?

Is Darren's request justified?

What would you do if you are Christina?

What would you do if you are Darren?

Overall, what do you think is the best solution for this situation?

another quick update..

2009-06-22T10:57:00.002+08:00

dear all..

it's the beginning of another new week and this week mid term for BE & EF will start..

well, it's gonna b okay so pls do not freak out!!!

ENGLISH FOUNDATION COMPILATION (NOTES) is available in Block C photocopy shop so please GET A COPY there... if i'm not mistaken it's about RM7 but the exact price i'm not sure..but i think it's gonna b less than RM10... all the notes from every lecturers r compiled there..so don't miss it!!

For BE students, u can continue to get ur notes from eAdvantage so do not worry :)

Good Luck for the Mid Term..

p/s: end of the month is approaching, any new outings? sing k or picnic or steamboat or watever?? pls give some suggestions :)

*hugs*

Quick Revision!

2009-06-18T23:38:00.002+08:00

dear loveable students...

it's time for mid term again!

i suppose everyone's gonna b busy with mid term of all subjects.

however, i hope that everyone will strive their best n' get the best result that u can for this EF & BE mid term which will start next Monday..

don't worry cos' this mid term is not gonna b so hard...

juz think positively n' everything's gonna b okay!!

so everyone kambate yo!!!

for BE, it is going to b divided into 3 parts: reading, grammar & writing.

u'll have a reading text n' of course u need to answer the questions based on the text. on grammar, pls focus on the different parts of speech which we have covered during the first 3 weeks of the semester..for writing, no long essays.. pls refer to the paragraph structures notes that i've posted in aAdvantage.

for EF, the same thing, 3 parts: reading, grammar & writing.

so reading text, u need to answer the questions based on the text but of cos' it requires a little of thinking skills.. so pls provide logical explanation for each question. so grammar involves every aspects that we've covered..so things like S-V-Agreement, tenses, spellings and etc. for writing, so u'll choose one of the questions and write the essay in abt 400 words. pls write the essay according to the 5 paragraphs format as it is the easiest format n' all the points will b elaborated more clearly using this format. so, always remember ur intro (definition, general background & stand of position), content (ur 3 main points + explanations + examples) and conclusion (summary of everything + recommendation if u want to).

so no direct tips for everyone...i'm a bad teacher....LOL :P

but i hope everyone will get A for this mid term...

if u have anything u wanna ask, pls do it b4 the exam and don't depend on the internet bcos i won't be in kl for the weekend...

so, c me in the office on Monday :)

GOOD LUCK & ALL THE BEST!!

take care & have a nice weekend :) :) :)

byebye~~

HELP HELP HELP!!!

2009-06-16T21:41:00.002+08:00

dear all loveable peeps...

ur teacher here is getting lazier!!! any remedy??

i seriously need it....fast!!!!!

= = "

hey hey hey hey hey hey.....

2009-06-15T10:40:00.006+08:00

dear all lovable peeps...

i'm back again..seems like its my regular hour to post something every monday morning..

next week will be the mid term for EF and BE...

so i hope everyone is fully prepared..

actually it's not very very hard...

hard a bit is also challenging ma...

anyway, i'll be posting the discussion abt phrases & clauses in few days time...

n' i also will do a bit of discussion like what we used to do..

this time round, we have essay n' also subjective questions..

well, all of these have no exact answer n' they depend on ur personal thoughts..

so i hope i can post the discussion by tomoro so everyone can chip in some ideas...

by the way, this friday i'll be back to JB...

mostly i won't be able to online n check this discussion board since my internet connection back home is real slow..

so...so...so...if u do have emergency case abt the exam, u can either call me on my phone (but not middle of the nite!) or see me in the office on MONDAY 2pm to 4pm...

in abt 2 weeks times u'll pass up the term paper n' the week that follows will be the presentation..after that we'll have the script-writing & sketch thingy...

well, for the script + sketch...u can start to think of wat to write in the dialogue n' how to act...i won't be having rehearsal bcos it's gonna b a very easy thingy...

make everything short n' sweet :)

love everyone *muack*

see u in class~~

let's guess our lovely lecturer Miss Jenny Birthday

2009-06-09T21:32:00.005+08:00

june23-23July
Cancer

u all can post the maximum 0f 5 anwsers.
Just write on the comment board.

Miss Jenny, please anounce the answer before 23rd can?
thnks...

If u feel that this post are so childish, bored, or even disturbing you.
Please dont take any participation here, thanks.

another new working week~

2009-06-09T09:20:00.003+08:00

heylo peeps...

juz drop by to say HI!

it's another new week again..

and yup, life has been so busy...

everyone is also busy with studies and work..

well, there's always time to play and relax...huhu..

juz a little update...

this week's lecture will b a bit 'dry' because we'll b doin phrases & clauses...

so b prepared and pls don't b too 'dry' in my class or i'll splash water on u...LOL juz joking..

anyway, mid term's gonna come in 2 weeks time..will keep u peeps updated about it..

take care and have fun in campus :P

E.F First Date - 06/06/09

2009-06-07T13:57:00.003+08:00

p/s: Lets go for the second date after Midterm! huhu~
come on peoples!! be active!!!!

Nice Day C=

yuuhooo..i'm back in action :0

2009-06-07T13:12:00.003+08:00

dear all..

sorry for being missing in action for the past week..

a lot of hardwork...a lot of 'drama'...a lot of words...a lot of tears...and very very sick... :(

now, i'm still on the verge of recovering from everything...so wish me luck..

however, thanks to jiawen, shirley, jackie & dawn because i had a very wonderful movie outing :)

altho' it was a small gathering, but i had fun and a bit of crazy cam-whoring moment.. :D

well, for those who can't make it for the movie outing, i hope that at least by the end of this semester, we can have a larger scale outing...

for the next outing, we plan to 'cheong k' (sing karaoke)...if you are interested, we can plan that but probably not within these few weeks as i understand that everyone is gonna b busy with tests, assignments and presentations...

but it's okay..there's always time for having fun :)

how abt goin sunway lagoon? i always love water and sun...LOL :)

jackie is rite, everyone is getting quieter these days? where have all my noisy students disappear again and again?? you guys really need a lot of 'pushing' to do things huh??? :P

p/s: jiawen, shirley,dawn & jackie...pls send me all the pictures :) you can upload here if you wan too...

alrite, everyone have a fun sunday...see everyone on tuesday in class :)

bubbyeeeeeee.......

June's here...

2009-06-07T13:07:00.002+08:00

hey everyone...

time passed so fast and now it's already June..

so practically we've come together as a family for almost a month..

i can't imagine how time flies...

in 2 months' time, finals will come and everyone will be so busy...

then holidays...wonder if we will still keep in touch like now?

i'm getting sentimental these few days..

i was sick and i suppose sick pple do hallucinate sometimes...(due to those antibiotics and medicines..LOL :P)

i thought about my friends in high school and college..

i missed those fun times I had with them :)

now everyone seems to be so busy in their lives..hardly have time to meet..kinda pathetic...

so students, enjoy your student's life while you can..

because when you enter working life...things will b totally different..

good day ^^

Quick Revision!

2009-05-30T16:39:00.004+08:00

PARTS OF SPEECH

1. nouns - words used to name a person, animal, place, thing or abstract idea

2. verbs - words used to express actions

3. adjectives - words used to describe nouns / pronouns

4. adverbs - words used to describe verbs

5. pronouns - words to replace nouns (e.g: he, she, it, I, you, they, we...)

6. conjunctions - words used to link words, phrases, clauses or sentences

7. prepositions - words used to show relationship or position of a subject

8. interjections - words used to express feelings or emotion

TENSES

1. present simple - used in situations to describe truths, facts, a series of actions or

things that happen on regular basis

2. present continuous - 'am' / 'is' / 'are' + present participle (e.g: am going, are walking)

to describe action in progress

3. past simple - completed action in the past

4. past continuous - 'was' / 'were' + present participle (e.g: was going, were walking)

completed action in the past but action was going during the time

of speaking

5. past perfect - 'had' + past participle (e.g: had gone, had walked)

to describe an action which was completed before a time in the

past

example: Jenny said that she had seen a ghost

explanation: 30th May 2009 - Today

29th May 2009 - Yesterday I met Jenny and she

said something

29th May 2008 - Jenny saw a ghost one year ago

6. past perfect continuous - 'had been' + present participle (e.g: had been walking)

7. present perfect simple - 'has' / 'have' + past participle (e.g: has walked, have taken)

to describe things that started in the past but still

continuing in the present / may happen in the future

example: Jenny has lived in Puncak Banyan Apartment

(PBA) since last year.

explanation: 1st January 2008 - Jenny moves in to PBA.

NOW!!! - Jenny still lives in PBA.

8. present perfect continuous - 'has' / 'have' + been + present participle

(e.g: has been talking)

to describe action which began in the past and is still

continuing or has just finished.

example: Jenny has been reading all afternoon.

explanation: 12pm - Jenny starts to read

3pm - still reading...

5pm - now finish

Dear students,

Past simple, present perfect simple and present perfect continuous has some similarities and we will easily get confused. Please pay attention to these because they can be quite confusing. Good luck to you :) Hope that you can gain something from this quick revision. If you have anything that you don't understand, please see me in the office on Monday (2pm to 4pm)

TEST!

2009-05-29T22:20:00.002+08:00

English Foundation's first test is on next Tuesday

40Q - Review of the Parts of Speech
20Q - Verbs & Tenses

I'm worry for the test...
especially TENSES!
will? will have + past participate?
got no idea what is it...
~Miss Jenny~
we need Help!
S.O.S

God Bless

my beloved students went missing again....

2009-05-28T20:30:00.003+08:00

dearest students,

these few days things have been pretty quiet...
u guys disappear again? or drown in assignments??hahaha...
well..next Tuesday will be your test..so everyone kambate!!!!
muz get at least 9.5/10 if not.....hehe *evil grin*

anyway, i hope everyone benefit from today's citation and referencing talk..
i actually quite enjoy in the talk and i think it's quite interesting...
but of cos' when we need that for assignment...headache headache...
never mind..we all learn together...

people...find something to talk about la...always i start topic...very sien =="

i'll stop here..tomoro's friday..hope that everyone will have a nice weekend :)

CALLING FOR ALL CARTOON LOVERS...

2009-05-25T12:09:00.003+08:00

to all my dear and adorable students..

we will have our first outing next Saturday 6th June 2009 to watch Monsters vs. Aliens 3D in Mid Valley..

as saturday will b a packed day, i hope that we can confirm by next thursday so that we can book or buy the tickets in advanced to avoid queueing or disappointment of not getting the tickets..

kambate on Monday...again.... =='

A date for movie??

2009-05-22T20:51:00.005+08:00

hey hey hey...peoples....
Lets go for movie?
Monsters VS Aliens in 3D!
Mid Valley?Pavilion?
I never watch movie with my classmate and lecturer together before!
our English Foundation class is pretty cool, right?!
Ms Jenny gonna break the record in UCSI!wahaha~

p/s: I'm serious with the date!!

anyone who is interested please leave your comment!
suggestion for location and date, please! C=
for me,I vote:
Mid Valley, noon on 06/06/09 (Saturday)

Jom Jom Jom! Mari Mari! Lelong Lelong!
(hehe..sorry for the Bahasa Malaysia)

Correct my mistake !

2009-05-21T23:32:00.005+08:00

Hey!!!

kawan-kawan sekalian.....

I dunno you, you dunno me....

and we're united at here from a blog created from our lecturer.It's so Cool !!!

I found out that our Miss Jenny love Justin Timberlake, movie and the cakes of Secret Recipe so much !

O yeah~

and i guess we will be knowing Miss Jenny in more detail throughout this whole english foundation classs.

O yeah~

Just some random post here....Because i feel that i should write something as i am a ConTriBuTor for this blog,i got the responsible i guess.When the time i'm writing all these,my sister is watching it.Eventually i have wrote something.As a prove,my sister can be the witness of mine to show that all of these was written by me. kaka.

learning english....

O yeah~

correct my mistake????

EMERGENCY!!! CALLING FOR HELP!!

2009-05-21T08:26:00.002+08:00

to all my dearest and adorable students...

u know, ur teacher here is a newbie in blogs...

i've no experience in blogs..

i think the layout is a bit too plain..so, we need something interesting...*ahem*

we also need some maintenance from time to time..

and i remembered someone told me about having this chatbox...

how can i do that???? ==" *blur*

anyone wants to volunteer to be the admin of this site?

do let me know..

the position is open to all...don b shy (^_^)

Just some thoughts....

2009-05-21T08:05:00.003+08:00

First of all, I want to thank Jia Wen for being the first brave girl to post an entry in this blog..

*clap clap*.. so as the reward, how about a piece of secret recipe cake? you get to choose the flavour you want...remember to claim it from me in the class...*while stock lasts.....*hahahaha..

Anyway people, feel free to share your thoughts and please don't get stressed about the grammar, tenses or spellings..nobody's gonna laugh at you..and look, sometimes I used short forms isn't it? and I made mistakes...a lot of mistakes...so if you don't start talking or writing, things are not going to improve anyway...

I was talking to my former lecturer the other day and we talked about English. Well, we came to a conclusion that one could never be perfect in a language because word itself means differently in different context. And, languages evolve from day to day. What is not acceptable in the past might be something acceptable now. So, the most important thing is that, keep your interest going and learn as much as you could.

I am not perfect in English and I do get scare when I talk in front of people. I mean, that's natural. Not something to be worried or embarrassed about.

Talking about movies, I've watched 3 movies- Sniper, Angels & Demons and X-men Origins during the past 2 weeks. Those movies are good. I plan to watch Night in the Museum 2 and also Monsters vs. Aliens for the next week. Don't laugh at me but I am a serious mad cartoon fan!! woohooo....So, anyone wants to join me?

Terminator versus Transformer?

2009-05-20T22:21:00.003+08:00

as our BELOVED teacher said she going to deduct our marks if there's no update in this blog,
I've decided to be the so-lucky-number-one to start the informal discussion...
I'm poor in English writing...all tenses bla bla~they just kill me with invisible hand~!

so....lets talk about movie since our Ms.Jenny love movie so much,
how about a discussion for what do you feel with both of the following movie:

Terminator

VS.

Transformer

which movie do you prefer more?

p/s : Comments please!!

where has all my beloved students disappear??

2009-05-20T12:28:00.003+08:00

Dear beloved students,

Are you guys invisible? Missing-in-action? or fell inside the drain again??

I believed I've invited everyone to be the author of this blog..

Well, I need everyone to participate in this discussion page.

Basically, you can discuss and share on anything..but of course, nothing too personal or..too obscene...(and I suppose you won't...)

If you guys don't start talking, I'm juz gonna get back to the boring and formal setting of posting lecture notes and exercises here....(yes, this is a threat!!!)

Anyway, sorry for the delay of posting blogs because I'm not exactly an IT savvy person (that means I could still survive without Internet..muahahahaha :D) so I NEED HELP from everyone to make here a 'happening' place...wooohooo....

Besides discussion, we can also organise outings through here if everyone is okay with it..

Well...i love movies..so probably we could organise some movie outings some day..

Okay, I gotta go back to work and PLEASE START POSTING DISCUSSION...IF NOT I'LL DEDUCT MARKS FROM YOUR CLASSWORK!!!! (yes...this is another threat!!)

scare?? hahaha...just joking :P

I hope I can settle down with my work as soon as possible so I could flood your computer with my blog entries soon....lalalalaaaaa.....

Take care and enjoy your day :) :) :)

people...i'm back...finally~

2009-05-18T12:22:00.004+08:00

dear all..

sorry for being missing in action for a few days since i posted the last entry..

thanks for the support by dropping by and leaving your comments...i really appreciate that..

i intend to invite everyone to be the author so that you guys could post the topics for discussion more freely, how abt that? i think that's cool..

well, i hope that everyone will b more patient bcos i'm not a blog freak, i'm juz a beginner so everything takes time..LOL :D

i do hope that this site will bring lots of fun for learning and interaction..

oh ya, by the the way i'm juz gonna recap the topics we discussed in class formally in class so that everyone could share something abt that...

have fun on Monday :)

hey hey hey....

2009-05-13T11:36:00.000+08:00

Hi all,

A very warm welcome to everyone and thanks for dropping by to this site..

I have just created this account for the purpose of a more fun and interesting learning and teaching interaction..

This site will be more of informal discussions compared to what we have in the formal classroom settings.

Well, this site needs active participation from everyone and I do hope that it will help you academically and will also help you to express what you usually won't respond to in class. :)

Frankly speaking, I am not good in blogs and I understand that some of you might be a more expert blogger than I am, so please bear with the boring layouts..

For me, I would enjoy a friendly learning setting compared to the very formal and strict ones but of course, different people see things differently. I hope that we will not be stuck only inside the classroom, but I would be really glad if we could make some activities out of the classroom.

This place is for everyone to share their experience and express their thoughts. Feel free to drop a message or a comment if you just feel like sharing..

By the way, I've thought of 'facebooking' as well. Which one do you think will work best? Let me know.

Hope everyone will enjoy browsing this site and take care :)