Jit Sin Swimming Pool

Blessed the God for creating a nice swimming pool for Jit Sin's frogs and ducks

How to get to the rubbish bin? Good IQ test for these two young boys

3 ponds ---- good feng shui for JIt Sin

Greening the lab

Preparing green dye for pandan cake?

Preparing the green solution of chlorophyll.. Is mine green enough? Shih that also must ask

Need to blow? Hot air?

Keep on blowing.. if not hot enough use the hair dryer, on your hair... oh oh! must use black paper to cover my bad hairdo

Wow! So many colours in green? Sure la.. green also got yellow colour la.. science form 3 lo...

ExaMachs in Euphoria or Despair

2010 SPM result out today. Scores of ExaMachs can be seen in school around 10 am. Buzzing and cheeping all the way from the canteen to the staff room signalling the return of the ex-Jitsin ExaMachs of cohort 2006 and some which I had taught them in form 3 in 2006 (like Zi Yang - who had successfully conquered the sciences). For the result's detail (this blog does not highlight the results as I am not interested in them), see other blogs like www.bumigemilang.com

Whew! You are hot --- so many As! Even the teachers are smiling

Count and tally ho! Correctly huh! Mr Tor is worrying about the next batch of Form 6 - going to be of quality or not?

See - all As where got F where? where? We had checked ~ the principal

SPM out tomorrow

SPM 2010 result out tomorrow.. All the very best to those concerned. Tears may flows but the sky is falling down now so please don't make big flood in jit sin. Wait till I am back home first. Congrats first to those that achieved what they had expected.

Savioury saliva



Analysing amylase activity

Harvesting their own saliva for Biology experiment today, most of the students are extremely careful not to give out too little less it will affect their work. Many found out that thier enzymes are too strong thus needed to be diluted.

One night at Sungai Petani Inn

In the ballroom - live show of Malaysia today

Steam boating - seafood every scoop

Get to spent a night at Sungai Petani Inn, Sungai Petani for the SPM registration meeting. Even get feasted with a steam boat dinner. Not bad for this year's SPM registration.

2010 STPM result announced

Many happy faces and many tears will flow today (result yet known till blogging time).
Congratulations to those who had obtained good results.

For those still in Upper Six, your turn is next. Regrets will never bring back time, so start your preparation and planning for the your own battle.

Measuring the size

How big? This big lo .. sir...
Sir ah! How to measure?
Use your two fingers...
Huh! Fingers? My kindergarten teacher said two fingers means 2 .. so how?
Hai say! Kek say !... use ruler la..
Use ruler also cannot see...
Huh? Cannot see.. oh oh! blind already....

See sir,  this big lo...

Preparing what to see

Plant cells, Animal cells (actually human cells) ... we have to look at them through the microscope. Use only small pieces but usual one la... When use onion, cut big pieces, but when use own cheek cells, so gentle and kiam siap lo...

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Two Eyes Open Microscope Work

Finally, they open their eyes for the microscope. Whew!

See, finally who said cannot open both eyes to see through a monocular microscope?

Ducks in the River

Jit Sin is blessed with a beautiful river that flows at the back of the school. I happened to notice a flock of ducks (or I first thought were egrets or herons) swimming in the river . It is actually a beautiful natural sight but my camera fail to capture it as I was at the Form 6 Bio Lab.

Acting and Search again

As part of the action research, one had to observe the interested ones and the bored already learner. Also note the suffering the pregnant teacher had to endure. As a final act of kindness, why don't we had a quiz on Friday hoh!

These are what is meant by Action mah! OOPS! wrong interpretation of Action Research.. but who cares?

Yesterday I got a chance to bore the teachers of Form 6 in the topic of Action Research. A fun way to get all the teachers to listen to me. Will give them quiz on Friday.

Chinese New Year - Students of class 07

From left: Top row: Song Huan, Chun Keat, Ah Beng, Tze Hou

Seated: Chia Min, mycikgu, Min Min

Song Huan and Chun Keat of UB1

UB2 Tze Hou, Yong Beng, Min Min, Chia Min

Both the UB1 and UB2 managed to meet this year. Of course, UB1 only left 2 persons and UB2 only left 4 persons. The survivorship curve of type I applied.

Chinese New Year - Students of class 05

From the left: Khai Lun, Yin Chin, mycikgu, Swee Shan, Yong Chen

This year, 4 cute and pretty bunnies from class 05 come for a CNY visit at noon.

Happy New Year

Mr Tiger had roared away,
Master Rabbit had just hopped in,
Bringing in many nice things,
Big money, good health,
For you and your darling
Happy Xin Nee
Keong Hee Tua Huat Chye,
Soon Soon Li Li

Microscope work

Three of the seven U6BP students doing microscopy work

It is again time for microscopic work for the Biology class. See, habits don't changed over time.. still one eying the microscope

One for taekwondo committee

Excellence Day for ExaMachs

Simple ceremony to crown the ExaMachines... of 2010... what an ironic icon of Jitsin

The Rabbit Hopped In Cautiously

New Rabbit Year Celebration

Bugs Bunny hopped in cautiously as the Tiger had yet to leave for the Kiasu ExaMachs as all these years where the CNY celebration was held earlier.
New Lion takes to life too, so maybe it will protect the pitiful rabbit.Many Ang Pows walking around and teaching in classes too.. oh my! what a painful sight!

Ang Mo Lan in Jit Sin

Australian in Jit Sin

After the SpongeBob attack, what next?
The Ang Mo Lang Attack!

Shocking, right! From Australia, some more lo...
But definitely not the Aussie that was drifted by the Great Flood of Queensland

New attire for taekwondo club

We got to wear the new attire (T-shirt designed by the students for the students) (even though the KOKO people got jealous lo)

Any way this will help us to jump start and kick off the new year.

SpongeBob Attack

SpongeBob Attack during Research and Colloqium meeting at DK1. We managed to squeeze and desqueezed the SpongeBob...

Lady Bugs

Insect collectors showing off their collections. Smile and you are dead...bugs. That's what will happen to bugs when they met the Bio students

New Decade New Looks

As the second decade of 2K begins, all male jitsin students (F1 to F5 and some say even F6) begin to wear a new hair style ... a neat short (No 2) cut hair.

What is the reason for this policy? Well, many speculative reasons were formulated by the ExaMachs debate team and among them are

1. To save cost since prices of most things had risen (hair gel)
2. Hair is insulating (great bio teacher once said) so a shorter one give a thinner insulator so that heat energy can escaped from the scalp as the brain generated answers after answers needed to be great ultimate Jitsin's ExaMach
3. Good for sports such as athletics, football, swimming, basketball as most of the great sportsmen wear their hair short such as Wayne Rooney, Usain Bolt (pic)
4. To avoid intraspecific competition between the males (as hairstyle is one of the tools to attract female) since the population of females in the school had risen

Definite not the reasons for this policy

1. To lessen the work of the discipline teachers because (a) very difficult to recognize students from the back and (b) the skill of cutting hair experiences after many years will be wasted for the discipline teachers
2. No partnership between JS with any barber shops or barber in BM (and also not because Jit Sin is going to offer the new SPM course on Penjagaan Muka dan Dandanan Rambut)

Study-cum-holiday trip to Matang Mangrove Reserve

I had an interesting time revisitng the Matang Mangrove Forest which I worked with USM ecologists (my professors) way back in the 1980s and 90s.

Kuala Sepetang Mangrove Forest Reserve

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2011

Just 3 more days to Xmas and 10 more days to the 2011. For everyone, have a jolly and happy holiday, you deserved it for surviving till now. Come back next year fresh and resolute to face the new challenges in the next 12 months.

D-day

Well, now is the D-day
For those going into the battle of the S-exams, good luck and all the very best.
Pray eat and love your books from now till mid of December....

Pork Lark

Only managed to get one kuih and some potatoes... sad lo.

Pot luck or pork lark.... :)
A feast not to be missed la...
From the students.. dream again...
who cares... as long as there is a free meal.
Satt satt satt ...

Marking time in SMK Tasek Mutiara

Been away from Jitsin for 3 days - doing final meeting at SMK Tasek Mutiara.

Marking meeting at SMK Tasek Mutiara

Just finished my marking exercise for this year.

Graduation Day 2010

Today marks the Graduation Day 2010. Unfortunately I forgot to bring my camera, so many pictures that I can take with my miserable phone.

Started at 8:30 and ended before 12:00 noon.

Same ceremonial functions, just changed the students.

But it must be a memorial day for those involved.

Congratulations

New outlook for Staff Room

My new desk

Beginning next year, hoperully, we will be looking at a new outlook for the staff room, now that the administration office had been fully furnished.

New desk, new chair and every thing new ... most probably sponsored by all the ex students.. so wait for the donation forms ...

High School

View of BM High School

Attended the Colloquium for Teachers teaching Form 6 on Saturday 30 October 2010. I had never really been to High School even though it was our rival school in Rugby way back in the Eighties. Old school building but does not have any aura of its past - not like my alma mater.

D-Day Tomorrow

Remembering my quote

"My job is to fail you, Your job is to pass"

Fair - right?

So, its D-day for the Lower Six tomorrow. Good luck to all of you :)

Action Research Course in BTPN

Attended a course in Action Research Course in BTPN in Pokok Sena Kepala Batas. This course is conducted for all Form 6 teachers. Spent the whole days there. Boring, well, it got broad band connection so I can still play with my computer, yeah!

Never really into action research, lazy research for people who want to call themselves researchers..