Wednesday, 30 September 2015

Thailand : Happy and Relaxing Trip

A school holiday trip to Thailand proved great.
Let the pictures talk!

1. Hua Hin Train Station
 

  

2. Santorini Park


3. Cowboy Town, Cha-am


4. Swiss Sheep Farm



5. The Venezia, Hua Hin


6. Plearnwan Old Town Market


7. Floating Market


8. Asiatique Market
Here we enjoyed fish spa n foot massage. Great!


9. Dream World


10. Chocolate Ville
Lastly, we did shopping at Pratunam Market.The best shopping I had done!






Tuesday, 15 September 2015

Malaysia Day Celebration

Today, 15 Sept, the school has celebrated Malaysia Day, themed "sehati sejiwa". It is the time when the school children and teachers show their appreciation of harmony among the community and are reminded of their country’s struggle for independence. The theme, ‘sehati sejiwa’, reflect the spirit of solidarity, understanding, togetherness and humanity of all people in the country. 
The event began with a Merdeka parade by year 6 students. Due to the haze and moderate API, the students were only allowed to parade inside the school compound.

Students in their uniform ready for the parade and demonstrating their love for the country.

The spirit of togetherness and unity.



 The Mr emcee. 
All stood up to sing "Ibu PertiwiKu" and "Sehati Sejiwa".


MERDEKA! Merdeka! Merdeka! Merdeka! Merdeka! Merdeka!
This should never forgotten in the celebration.

Poetry competition for Year 1 pupils.

Below are pictures of students participating in the Creative Merdeka Fashion Competition.


 





Last part of the event, choir performances from year 6 students, as below:
This group performs "Gemuruh Jiwa"

"Warisan" was their choice.


 They sang 'Tanggal 31"

And the last group sang "Sehati Sejiwa"


I believe my colleagues and I have done well to instill the importance of celebrating Malaysia Day in our students. 

Happy Malaysia Day to all Malaysian.

MERDEKA! Merdeka! Merdeka! This cry is familiar to all Malaysians

Read More : http://www.nst.com.my/news/2015/09/celebrate-sacrifices-independent-fighters
KA! Merdeka! Merdeka! This cry is familiar to all Malaysians

Read More : http://www.nst.com.my/news/2015/09/celebrate-sacrifices-independent-fighters

Saturday, 8 August 2015

Borneo Culture Festival 2015

Borneo Cultural Festival (BCF) 2015 is coming to end tonight. I visited the venue earlier in the evening.
In this post I will concentrate on Chinese food.

As an introduction, this is the landmark of Sibu, Sarawak - Wisma Sanyan.
RH Hotel besides Wisma Sanyan.
Bubble game for kids. Adults do like it too.
Foochow fish balls Stall. This stall catches a very large crowd.
This fish balls sold out fast.

Food at Teochew Stall.
Xiao long pau
I was surprised to see the rice is coloured in blue and asked why blue. The lady told me it was a natural food colouring from the flower. Reminded me of nasi kerabu, I don't dare to eat the rice when I first introduced to nasi kerabu.
This kueh is absolutely delicious!
Chang - I found many versions of this.
 
I ate a lot of this kueh when I was young. There are two types of this, one with filling and one without filling. Have this with a cup of hot tea - super great!
Kong Pia - When I was little, I used to eat this plain. Now people invented it, add filling and fried, to make it tastier.
Steam bun

Yam kueh
The vendor told me this huge karipap (Chinese version) is yummy.
Hainan Stall

Foochow Association Sibu
Mom told me this is called 'see'. It is made from glutinous rice.
Lehpian (in foochow) -
Both See and lehpian are used as a marriage exchange gift in olden days.See for boys and lehpian for girls. The bigger size you received the bigger gift you have to return. I am not sure if this is practiced again now, but my family has abolished this. We eat this as traditional kueh.
Ku Tien Association

'Ma gee' - horse ears as it looks like horse ears!
There will be a grand cultural performance at the grandstand and firework as a closing ceremony. I cannot stay much longer so left the venue.