Teachers Day ......

Teachers day was celebrated with a bang at the school today .... soon after school assembly and friday sermon the school concert begins.....

Awards were given to teachers in many catergories from teachers with most smile to dressing,hairstyle etc ....... its just like emmy awards ...


Then a presentation by the school orchestra and a preview of the 'Caberet under the star' a musical which will be staged on 18th and 19th Sept.... the staff all get free ticket ($20/-) but can upgrade for $40/- with food.


Best part of the concert were the teachers performance ..... we laugh till tears in our eyes .... its was a superb show and thank you teachers for being so sporting:)




The Principal performance ....Dr John Barrett - Ms Fiji.






Vice principal Ms Manley performing .... Ms France





Mr Paul Hanson ..our english teacher representing China




Performance by Ms Haseena - PE teacher.... Ms Eygpt.

Thank you to Mr Paul West for being a very good MC for the day.

When school dismissed at 12 noon ...... the teachers day lunch begins .....

wow! wow! ..... Arabian Night Theme ...... all I can say as I entered the room was WOW!!! the parents did so much to entertain us ( mind you bukan calang2 parents semua kaya raya) and the food were cooked by themselves .... each and everyone took part ..... thank you PSP .... We had a lovely time with the entertainments and lucky draws and dear aunty nurse won a $100.00 Takashimaya gift vouchers..... yahoo bolih gi shoppingggggg......hehehe

There were $100 gift vouchers and LCD TV from 19ins - 22 ins and 1 Samsung touch screen handphone.I was surprised when my name was called .... so happy.

I was seated next to the principal so cannot go snapping photos .......

aha arabian night alright .... superb!!




Principal and Vice principal and Ros doing the belly dance ....

I will upload more videos again soon..............
A day we can't forget and next year will be a better one they promise:)





till my next entry ..............

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posted by Kak Elle at 10:03 PM 18 comments

X-COUNTRY RUN.......


As arranged the school x-country run was held today at the West Coast Park and as expected aunty nurse need to be present too.I was hoping it will rain so it will be cancelled but the rain pours in the morning instead.


We left the school @ 1.30pm and there was I sitting in the bus together with all the tutors and school councellors.At this time the sun was high and hot .... hot mind you...uurrgggghhhhhhh.....


The event started at 3pm with the senior boys followed by senior girls then junior boys and junior girls and our vice principal Mr Charles Png was running with the senior boys and bravo ... clap...clap .... he finished the race but no price ok .... bagi chance lah anak2 murid.


A few minor injury which I have to attend and 1 senior boy ran without his shoes halfway and ended up habis terkopak kulit tapak kaki dia .... adoiii .........


It was a nice afternoon only I was not prepared having to walk in wet muddy grass....habis my shoes.


Here are some pictures I managed to snap ..........

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posted by Kak Elle at 7:51 PM 10 comments

Kecoh......


Kecoh di sekolah hari ni selepas lunch ... anak murid hilang tak balik class ..... selalu nya kalau mereka hilang sick bay is the first place they will look for so at around 2plus 2 of them came to ask if so and so came to report sick? I told no why what happen?they told me he didn't come back to class after recess and depa ni 12 yrs old in year 1.They tried his mobile it was off,look at every male washroom - not there,library pun takde.


They were searching for him for almost half an hour and we finally announce it over the speaker still no result ..... lately some parents been getting calls telling them their son/daughter is in their hand and ask for ransom $$$ ... ni semua perbuatan orang tak siuman....tapi kita tak bolih buat pekak kan? kalau betul2 satu terjadi macam mana?

Finally at 3pm we had no choice but to call the parents .... hmmm..... si bapak received phone call from anak manja kata tak sihat nak balik so bapak apa lagi call the maid suruh gi sekolah amek anak balik ..... fyi any student that is not well have to report to me and I will call their parents/guardian to come and fetch them or ask for alternative transport....and before they leave the school the vice -principal has to sign my early departure form and this form will be send to the guard house to allow them to leave the school premises.....

Kira2 blunder lah today ... all because of the heavy downpour .... maid came in taxi pick boy and off they went within seconds.


Ni baru si kenit2 tingkatan 1 & 2 kalau yg besar mcm gajah ... suka main sembunyi2 bila tak suka attend class yg tertentu mereka pun hilang juga sembunyi dimana2 ... sekarang mereka dah tau aunty nurse dah tak semudah dulu senang2 bagi dia org rihat kat sick bay tapi mereka lupa yg sepandai tupai melompat akhir nya ketanah juga ... tu suka menipu lah..... hehehe



Esok ada cross country run for all the yr 2 - yr 6 and thats 700 of them students who have to run 3km .... hari ni aje ada yg dah report esok how to run aunty my leg hurt,my this hurt,my that hurt ...... told them come back tomorrow and see me and I will see ..... hahahha ...... ntah esok pun aunty nurse kena ikut sama ...adoiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii ..... minta2 hujan selebat-lebat nya so aunty tak yah run sama ..... hehehe ......

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posted by Kak Elle at 8:01 PM 8 comments

Busy day .....

Hari ni sibuk bukan sikit tapi banyak.... beds in sick bay laku semua sehari ni .....sampai tak sempat nak mengait or baca buku....

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posted by Kak Elle at 3:01 PM 10 comments

Photo Session ......


The last 3 days has been photo session days at the school - starting from year 1 students till this afternoon its for teachers and staff.They start from 9am till 6pm .... it ain't easy to put everyone in one place ...... today class was dismissed early so finallystaff can get their photo shoot done.


The educators 2008 of ACS International.

The admin staff with Principal and 2 Vice Principals - nampak tak aunty nurse berbaju putih:)

While waiting for their turn I managed to snap them in action .... these are some of the teachers at ACS International.There are more pictures but I need to edit them first before I can post them here afterall compared to the professional photographers my olympus is ciput only.

till my next entry................

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posted by Kak Elle at 9:33 PM 14 comments

New Term .....




The new school term start today after 1 month of school holiday as usual the staff and admin dept were busy welcoming 21 new students (21 kali 22 ribu $$ ..mak oi) ...... nampak macam byk pulak anak2 dari China ... yes you can tell the different from their face and appearance.We also have 4 new tutors and one of them is a new maths teacher gitu hensem deh !! Looks like all the girls students heart will be beating fast .... he's good looking but sorry ah children he's taken ada wedding band on his finger .... hahahaha ......


I was pretty quiet in the morning then after 12pm they start to stroll in but ok aje for me not much complain from them all simple ones....
A lot of them they didn't know that I was on compassionate leave along with my leave as most of the teachers were away balik kampong halaman some in UK,NZ and locals staff away on leave.Some of them ask how's your summer break?When I told them about our recent loss they were so sorry ... told them its ok as they were away and arwah atok is in good hand now.


Charmaine our temp staff who is our ex student last year bought some wool for me and she doesn't want my $$ to pay her back ... takpe lah anak org kaya ... pakcik sedara is our Sg PM... anyway with the wool she gave me I decide to knit something for her twin who will be leaving for England to further study next month.Charmaine will be going too but later different course.








So far I am up to here now with the knitting hope to finish it soon .... I can't wait to see how it will turns up ..... I just knit and knit no pattern no nothing hopefully menjadi .... haha



Last night I saw this lady on TV1 and I waited for the show after seeing the ads few nights ago.To Raden Galoh syabas I wouldn't miss the show and kept reminding myself of the time schedule....and after the show I smsed her to congrat her and she was so happy that I watch the show down in Sg.




















till my next entry............

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posted by Kak Elle at 8:27 PM 14 comments

To Past The Time.......

Since its a school holiday my sick bay has been very quiet the last 2 weeks I came about 2-3 times a week when I am expecting some students to be in school otherwise I will take leave to be home looking after atok who has been under the weather of late.



This week it self has been very relaxing indeed with 2 days leave on monday and tuesday. I return back to school just for days and I managed to complete these knitting items.So you can imagine how easy life is for me .... hehehe.Masuk kerja terus duduk sampai 4pm do nothing just knit ...knit... and knit.Usual knocking off is 6pm but at 4pm we can leave unless the chairman comes in.



Atok is still unwell he is getting weaker and weaker hardly want to eat much just few spoonful and thats it.So today I bought some Ensure drinks for him to give some vitamins to him and offered ice cream for him which he finishes.He is having fever now and I have given him the cold compress.


Silversarina too is looking after her mother at present who also is not in her good health like atok.My Allah give us HIS blessing in keeping our parents in good health always.





Did another 2 sets of bootees for 'wanmommy' future grandchild ..........

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posted by Kak Elle at 7:46 PM 10 comments

School holiday......

Yes the school holiday is here and like any other school ACS(International) too is like ghost building except for a handful of students who are back for extra classes.It was in the national newspaper asking " What's a school holiday when children have to go back to school?"so plan for family holiday is difficult to some....and I too will be asking whats the point of having to go back to school when its a school holiday???

Now that I am working in a school I realise that the sacrifies that the teachers are doing is for the benefit of the children.They too want to go for holidays but work comes first they arrange for their students esp those weaker ones so they teachers can spend more time coaching them unlike normal school hours.I salute to the teachers :)


Now that the school are having holiday so is the canteen ... yeah we have no canteen food for 1 month not even my favourite siew mai in the morning and to walk out in the hot sun for lunch .. thank you very much I'd rather stayin and eat anything.



Today I promised the non acedamic staff that I will bring something for the 8 of us and so this morning I woke up at 5.30am to cook this .......

Yes tanghoon goreng .... watching them eat tadi makes me so happy they have second helping that means its very delicious ..... hahaha

My breakfast hehe pisang rebus .... sedappppppp

till my next entry......

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posted by Kak Elle at 9:41 AM 12 comments

Sakit oooooo.......

Who says its not painful?ya..ya..a lot of people say its relaxing but not first timer like our dear Claire - our english language teacher from UK .... sakit ooooo.....we were all chatting while waiting for our turn then I notice she was going aarrrgggghhh .... so decide to tape her in action .....





the lady doing the massage is visual handicap from the Assc for the Blind and she is strong and good .... her means of earning a living......after seing what Claire went through I decide not to have that foot massage ..... hehehehe


Update on atok

Yesterday he went for the brain scan and it was normal no infarc or bleeding in the brain ...alhamdulillah:)


but on the otherside he is still confuse in the sense he is having flashback still and yesterday he says the doctors are KGB and patients CIA and were beaten by the KGB...adoooiiii .... kita layan aje lah ye .... then he told me everyone got a radio each from philips company and when I ask where is his radio? .... he didn't get because he didn't register????


Is this sign of 'nyanyuk'?perhaps lah kan? ... doc say when for course of antibiotic complete see how his memory be like sometimes when old people have fever they tend to be in delirium hope what he said is true.


Update on maklang

I just spoke to maklang few minutes ago she sounded well but tired too many visitors she couldn't rest ... takpe lah maklang semua yg datang tu niat baik ... its true if its me myself I don't really want visitors yet till at least 3-4 days later as after major surgery we should give the patient complete rest first.She is on no movement for another 2 days so tengok ceiling aje kata dia .... cian maklang nanti kita gantung tv kat ceiling so maklang kan watch ye .... sorry suka berguarau:)...she even ask the children to go back to hotel as she got headache with their noise and activities.

You rest lah maklang ye .... we will still doakan for your speedy recovery.


Yesterday was school last day for the term and school will reopen on on June 23rd.....there will 6 groups of student 2 groups will be leaving for chiangmai doing field service work helping the villages people to do painting or repairing, 2 groups leaving for Russia own expenses of course and 1 group going to Vietnam to do field work and a big group going to Africa .... to explore and the its S$5k for the African trip .... if its FOC aunty nurse sure will follow .... hahaha

After 12 noon the school was deserted very quiet indeed only the tutor all were having a discussion and meetings maybe for next term project.When I left they were still around at 4pm.
I probably will be off too for at least 15 days but havent decide which week to take yet....maybe last 3 wks of the school holidays.....yahooooooooooooo......hehehe afterall I have 40 days leave rite??? plenty more to take at end of the year.






till my next entry

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posted by Kak Elle at 9:19 AM 10 comments

Staff Welfare Day....


Today is staff day for all of us at the school .... we had a shoulder massage ,foot reflextology and beer tasting for men's folk and women's folk :)



The massage starts at 3.30pm and the teachers started first before us as they finish school at 3.30pm today and by the time I had mine was past 6.30pm ...... adoi mak sakit nya esp bila urut mengunakan siku nya.Both of them are visual handicap and they are really good at it....whatever they earned the association kept 20% as they provide the equipments for them.



This aunty nurse having her shoulder massage ... oh its painful tomorrow sure blue black .... hehehe





Aunty Anne's turn .......




Ms Ang Lay Tee and Pat Simmonds having their foot done .....



Then its BBQ TIME FOR ALL ......



Mr Charles Png in blue our Vice Principal (pastoral)..garang tau dgn murid2....sebelah dia Chin S C guru bahasa melayu and Gregory our IT man.

The lady in red with black jacket another vice principal Ms.Kathleen Manley pun garang....

Me with some of the teachers and Anne our accts executive.

All the teachers having a merry time drinking beer from Belgium ......

Our ex student Charmaine who is doing part time doing input for the school......

Joanna from New Zealand our Councellor

Ni dia org nya yg headhunted me for this job .... Ivy our Associate Director.

Ms An Yan ( mandarin teacher from China) and Ms Haseenah PE teacher.

BBQ time

Our principal Dr John Barret with some of the teachers ......

More photos with cikgu2 ......

there are more pictures but I won't put it up too many ......
overall we had a good time.




till my next entry.............

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posted by Kak Elle at 9:44 PM 16 comments

TGIF.....


At last its friday the most awaited day of the week and this is a long weekend for us in Singapore monday being Vesak Day that means I have 3 days off .... oo..la..la... Lots of activities ahead after monday for us at school too.Tomorrow I will going to watch the P Ramlee The Musical at the Esplanade theatre with Doc Adah and my niece Huda ( b'day present ah Huda).I am looking fwd to the musical everyday tv been showing their slots and it does look very good. I will spend sunday and monday doing my billings of course unless something crops up like JJCM....hahaha On wednesday 21st the staff at ACS(Int) are having an evening of reflextology of the foot or shoulder massage and I op for the latter after work and its $12 per session of half hour,there will also be a manicure session for same price.For the male staff tak lain beer tasting....kah..kah...for $23 they get to taste lots of different types .... as long as they keep sober ye cause a BBQ is to follow after that for all the staff. Thursday will be busy time for the tutors as its parents meeting session for students school results and performance. Friday is the school sports day and it will be held at the Clementi Stadium....I guess I have to go eh incase students get injured during their run or whatever. To all of you have a great weekend:) till my next entry.......

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posted by Kak Elle at 7:30 AM 26 comments

Tag .....



I was tagged by Sue-aleen few days ago and here I am trying to accompalish it.Ok work station ye ...hmmm...actually I am greatful that I have a room to myself with pc and all and I cannot ask for more canggih work station than this.I am in my own room unlike others they are in the open with so many cubicles and besides me only the Principal,2 Vice-principals,Chairman and HR have their own rooms.

My work-station is 2 student's tables put together big enough for me to do my work and writings. This is temporary till the new building is ready ?end of the year.

Work station at home is my dining table at night where I do my e-billings and this is mr toshiba my ex boyfriend .... hahaha ....I will be sending him to the hospital soon and hope the repair won't cost me a bomb.Pinkpanther is doing a good job now and I love both of them just as much sebab mereka lah tempat I dapat the extra income ... dok rumah diam2 sape nak bagi gaji kan?

So suealeen I hope you are satisfied with my entry re tag on work-station ya?

Eventhough I was not tagged on RED by silversarina but just to show you I do wear red ... hehee.. beside pink.....hahahaha

Eight things about me.....as tagged by silversarina.

1. Eldest in the family.

2. Friendly and aproachable.

3.Work hard to survive ( since I am alone).

4.Likes to try and creat new dishes.

5.Enjoy travelling to new places.

6.Love to surf the net,reading and do handwork besides eating:)

7.I like to be alone if possible ... if too noisy kepala bingit!!!

8.Last butnot least I love shoppingggggggggggggg especially bags.

Reminder to all I don't like to be tag and I don't like to tag you either.

These are tea-candles being decorated by the students to sell to collect $$ for donations to charities.I paid $2 for the 5 pieces.I use them to light up my aromatherapy in the room.

TO ALL OF YOU OUT THERE WHO HAVE BEEN THE PILLAR OF STRENGTH AND FRIENDS TO YOUR CHILDREN.......

till my next entry..................................

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posted by Kak Elle at 2:53 PM 22 comments

Handwork......

Today I did a bit of handwork in the sickbay as I needed a pouch big enough to keep my hot compress inplace.The one I brought from home is too small and I had to fold the pack before putting it into the pot holder.







At 9.30 am when there were no students in my room and with the above stuff I start to do my project.



After half an hour taraaaaaaa a pouch for my hot/cold pack.......



The hot / cold pack that I am using very handy for girls with menstrual pain and cold pack for the boys with bruised and sprain during PE.

I managed to do 4 of these ( above) and I even decorated it with little flowers and coloured buttons.

I was using this pot holder before ... can't afford to scald these rich people children otherwise my one year pay not enough to pay the lawyer's fees ..... hehehehe

Puan Rina found these red leaves this morning on my way to work .... hahahaha

Ole-ole from my sister who came back from Bintan Island a coach copy bag big enough to dump all my things to work rather than carry 2 bags ....... TQ Aini.

till my next entry............

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posted by Kak Elle at 2:19 PM 20 comments