Tribute to Cohort 1's MOV

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Last night, i get to watch our junior's ES Play entitled Merchant of Venice and yep, although saying this in the first paragraph of my blogpost might be a major spoiler to the whole post; i'm gonna say it anyway. It was KICKASS!!

Well, the props were excellent, the actors werent at all awkward or static, the lines (although slightly harder to understand Shakespeare's styled) are well said and done, the costumes were majestic, the choice of FFIX OST for the play's BGM was a great choice and hell, yeah, the play was AWESOME!! Well, i guess a big congrats is in order for the entire Cohort and not to mention extra big, big one for Seetal the director too. And yeah, guess my choice of best character goes to Shylocke played by...uh... Ashraf... i think.. Lolz. Just love his Las Plagas-ish hooded jacket and his acting. Well, anyways, i really salute the juniors as, even though they're limited on crews and had some serious obstacle throughout the play (thanks to a certain particular douschebag whose name start with an "I" and rhymes with "smail"), Cohort 1 was able to pull out such a kickass play (and, not to mention, badass Shylocke) and they made last night such another unforgetable night in IPBA.

Delaqroux salutes Cohort 1 and Cohort 1's Merchant of Venice!

Portraying the right image of China?

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Usually i dont make reviews on articles on the net that i have read but just a few seconds ago, i came across the news on the lip-synching singer during the opening of Beijing 2008 Olympics. Personally, i missed the opening ceremony (blame SBE for that) but i heard that there was an issue that the girl who sang the national anthem wasnt actually singing, but was actually lip-synching to another girl's voice. So what's the biggie on that?



Apparently, after i actually checked out more updates on the net, i found out that the lip-syncher, nine-year old Lin Miaoke was lip-synching to the voice of seven year old Yang Peiyi who was described in the MSN Live Today as "having uneven teeth and a chubby face" and "was replaced by the government's order because she did not present the right image of China". In addition to that, the vice president of the organizing commitee claimed that they see nothing wrong with replacing an original little girl who could sing well but not appearing as the 'right image of China', with a cuter girl for the country's reputation.

So, yeah, what the hell?



Right image of China? Hell, yeah, right...

Fourth Day of SBE: A Walk to Remember

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....at this point of me typing this blogpost, daryl just claimed that he mistook a dude for a girl... and upon realizing it, he admit that the dude.... is hot....

and he said "i'm not being gay.. i'ms admiring beauty without looking at the gender..."

and he did said earlier, "after reading the 'No Bra' manga, i do admit that guys can be hot"......

HOLY MOTHER ****ER!!! WHAT THE F*CK!!!???

Delaqroux Inc Updates on the fourth day of SBE..

And on that day, nothing really happened. We went to observe one class and that's it. Nothing new. No interaction. It was a lower grade class so, yeah, i expect that the student to not give much response to English teaching.

However, Dark wont make any blogpost is there nothing worth talking about right? Yeah, apparently, as we thought that the day is just gonna end with nothing interesting occurence, we were forced to attend a staff meeting in the staff room and the meeting took around 2 hours. By the time the meeting ended, it was already 3pm (the school ended early every Thursday to make way for staff meetings so yeah, you do the maths) and guess wat? It was raining...

If there's one element in the world that we always count on but still at times, we sees it looking back at us, laughing; it will be "faith". Yeah, we had to walk quite a distance to the nearest bus stop and it was raining. Thinking that we had a good guide teacher (aka Madam Victoria), she might for once show some kindness and offer us a ride at least to the bus stop. But, nooooo... she's nowhere. @#$%.

And so we began our walk. We could have waited but Reva, being slightly anxious to get back to dorm as our assignment deadline was on the next day, and Me, being a guy who always find some excuse to had himself to walk in the rain (like the one just now), we did walked in the rain... and the rain grew heavier... Thanks God... And lucky us, the 89 buses had an interval of 30 minutes for one after another. Like some kind of a lame short story on a good day turned bad, we missed the bus.
As the rain grew heavier, the wind went haywire. Yeah, 4 soon-to-be-teachers denying the law of physics and taking cover underneath one umbrella might not really be a good idea. Notice that i said that we walked to the bus stop- not "bus stand". There were never any bus stands. Just the side of the road where the bus stops... Damnit.

And so we waited. Desperate, we just boarded a different bus and this bus apparently, uses a different route. Of course, it dropped us close to ipba. Only that it was an unofficial stop. In other words, we had to do a lil hiking before we can start walking again back to ipba. (I'll post a pic up here soon to show you our hiking 'trip'). To add up more obstacles, it was still raining. Evem heavier this time and denying physically logic rules of sharing one umbrella no longer applies in this situation. By the time, we reached back ipba, we were soaked, hungry, tired and sleepy... and we were even the last SBE group to arrive back in IPBA. Yeah.. soaked, hungry, tired, sleepy and last-to-reach-IPBA SBE Group...

We sucked...

2nd, 3rd day of SBE: Our first few classes XD

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I want my life back.

Well, i do enjoy going for the SBE programme more than attending mass lectures. But going all the way to Kota Damansara just for some six hours of school observation (actually, it wasnt even six hours of observation- half of the session we spent hanging out in our SAL room), totally wore me out. I mean, seriously, woke up at 5 am and coming back at 4pm, slept for two hours to 6pm, at dinner at 8pm, do my assignments all the way til 11pm aaaaand... repeat stuff all over. Gosh... am i goin2 be stuck with this schedule once i actually start my career..?

That's gonna suck.

But on the second thought, there are some events on my second and third day of SBE that made me feel inspired to be a teacher all over again. Well, the first was observing Madam Aznizah's class of Form 4 Alpha. It was quite a cheerful class and at first, we thought that all we had to do is just sit at the back of the class and observe. But then, madam Aznizah totally opened the whole classroom for the four of us. In other words, we are free to mingle around the class and observe the classroom's layout or interview any of the students. That was something unexpected. But then, the cool part is that the students instead, interviewed us. It all started out with Reva (whom i suspected was drunk on coffee) who, without any hesitation, just stood up and start walking around the class. Guess she was the ice breaker. And then Shen-Ann followed. After awhile when Reva was entirely occupied with her own interviewing (yeah, the students ended up interviewing her instead... pfft.. typical) I saw a bunch of students sitting in the corner of the class and I started my interview session. Turned out that my interview of the small group of students become bigger and yeah, i actually had fun talking with the students. In the end, the whole class ended up talking with us and yeah, that was cool.

The second class that we observed wasnt really loaded up with interaction as they are basically just doing revision for the day. However, as we waited to attend our third class to observe, Madam Aznizah paid a visit into our SAL room (more to like a surprise visit actually- she caught me with the cane and i was poking reva with it.. ahem...) and she asked us to help out her two classes in their SAL activity.. So, in otjher words, its like taking over two classes at the same time and both of the class wasnt really top-notch disciplined classes as well...

So, i was like, DAYUMN!!

It was 3 Efficient and 3 Fluent (it's actually Fasih but i simply translate it to English XD). Surprisingly, 3 Efficient was more than esteemed to accept us and ask for our help on their activity. Of course, some of them were a litte naughty and slightly testing out capabilities but they are esteemed in learning (probably as we were observing them). 3 Fluent however, some of the students are a lil bit problematic and they are more interested in acting cool and hitting on Reva and SHen-Ann. And to think that they're just 15 years old- 4 years younger than me and i should have all the privilege of ****** them with a broom stick into their *******. sigh... if only i could, i would be very happy.

Happy me... wakaka.

Well, in all, it wasnt really that bad. We just ignored the problematic ones and focused more on the ones that really seem to enjoy learning (although they are still slightly hyper and just wouldnt sit down and finish their work). As a matter of fact, what strucked me was that; though these students arent quite advance in their learning compared to the upper classes, some of them actually tried to reply to us back in English language. So, in other words, as how much teachers in SMK S4 often regard them as being hopeless, maybe its just the teacher being slightly too pessimistic. Of course, i have just been here for three days and i'm not really keen with teaching's curves. but i do believe that school is not simply build on discipline, teaching and learning. Sometimes, i believe it does has a lot to do with having faith to one another- both teachers with the students and students with the teacher. Maybe i should do more observation on that...

First day of SBE: Squawking Indian Guy

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I still have a few posts left unposted around in the draft section. Maybe i'll post it up one of these days. But yeah,

There's always this constancy that, when Darkie havent post for a long time and suddenly he did and it was long one, he's either high, emo or most importantly; very, very, very pissed with something. This is another good example of that
case. Expect vulagrities, racism, swearings and a hell lot of materials that you may disagree or you find offensive. If you still complaining after reading my warning up there, then here's something simple to reply to you: "F* OFF"

So how was the first SBE like?

Yeah, i'll be telling you what happened in just a few moment. But most of it will slightly be racist (if you wan2 put it in that way) so yep, here it is.

First of all, the school was nice. My previous school's blocks arrangement was all in a mess so i never actually had the experience of studying in a school where the compounds are connected and arranged in such way that you can still travel from blocks to blocks without having to go all the way to ground floor and travel by the pathway. Apart to that, studying in a primary school that was nearly 15 years old and in secondary school that aged as far as 50 years old, SMK Section 4 Kota Damansara seems spanking new. Obviously something to be expected out of a four years old school.

In any case, here we arrive to the main section! Meet the Fourians!

yeah, fourians.. stands for SMK S4-ians i think... yep.

First of all, there's the usual dominating barbaric malay male students group which makes a whole lot of noise with random shoutings, hell lot of swearings and major disobedience towards everything and everyone. THere's a group of shy chinese performers on whom we approach to ask on what are they performing and they ended up freaked out and fled away, and there's bunch of chinese guys and indian girls who just watched us pass by without any comments. Well, truth to tell, i was expecting Shen-Ann to get a hell lot of attention when she got to the school. But, i was wrong. Note that such statement of expectation being rhetorically answered with an "i was wrong" will bring up the next question of "who then?". Well, in this case, the answer to that shall be Reva and thus, we arrive to our actual main section.

Meet the Indian guys...

Yep, loud, despo for attention, loud, sits in a group of their own of tamil speakers, loud, and just a lil too overdose of desperation to attract passing by girls... and yeah, loudly. Well, for an ethnocentric indian or an indian who are
not all that, you might say, "we aint like that". And for those who lived and grew up surrounded by indian community might end up asking "aint that normal?" In this case, i shall have no say for the first point. However, i would like to differ for the second.

Have you ever met and indian guy that, literally, squawks? No, SERIOUSLY, they squawked!

At first, they are Indian students with all these despo attempt to attract Reva's attention. In the beginning, i thought it's tolerable. But as the day goes on, the desperation becomes a lil too haywire. Putting the point of squawking indian guy aside first, there's the Raptor Indian guy. Remember those scenes inside Jurassic Park where the guy is looking into a cage and a velociraptor from inside just sprung towards the guy, hitting the cage bars in the process and roared? Well, an indian guy did that despite he is actually having a class inside the room. We were passing by the Self Accessment Learning room and literally, an indian raptor guy did that.

So, yeah, wtf...

After so much more despo attempts, we decided to try out some reverse psychology. Instead of walking away and ignoring them, what if we acknowledge them? Perhaps, start a friendly conversation or just smiled at them. Probability of that
solution will work to lower down their despo level might be around zero to negative zero point one. But we thought it was worth the shot. So here's what happened.

Indian Guy: **speaks something in Tamil with loud voice to attract Reva**
Me: Try la if you want. Just try asking them where the library is.
Reva: **turns to indian guy** Um.. mana library ye?
Indian Guy: **talks loud Tamil to friends**
Indian Guy: **looks back at Reva**
Indian Guy: **still in a loud voice**
Indian Guy: Tingkat 3, naik, belok kiri... SQUAWKK!!!!

So, yeah! We were like "WTF??"

Indian Guy: Cikgu baru ke?
Reva: No.. thanks ya?
Indian Guy: SQUAWK!SQUAWK!SQUAWK!SQUAWK!SQUAWK!SQUAWK!
**All of us escaped in a hurry**
Indian Guy: **from the distance** SQUAWK!SQUAWK!SQUAWK! **and yeah, it continues**

So, seriously, people; WTF??!!

I kinda pity Reva. I mean, of course, one or two flirty attempts to get your attention is tolerable. But the whole day of SBE Programme? I was starting to get pissed off myself too. We cant go anywhere around the school with Indian assholes whistling, screaming, singing something in Tamil which sounds like twisted intestines' farts coming through their mouth, and yelling something in Tamil towards Reva. At one point of time, i feel like just blurting out to the PK HEM on asking him "why is all Indian guys in his school are such assholes?" Still keeping this to myself, i even feel like asking Madam Prema to change us to another school. But then again, we might just end up with another squawking fucking indian raptor guy instead. Sigh... Assholes... Lee and Ann wasnt taking it seriously and so does Adam and Daryl.

But in a way, i seriously feel pissed with the Indian students in that school. Maybe what Ann said was right. I do grow up with my sisters and my mom so maybe i grow a lil too empathatic. Well, that's better than being 'friends' but stupid that you grow retardedly insenstive, i think =)

Anyways, apart from the Indian assholes around, we did enjoy the day. We didnt really observed any classes so far but the interviewing and the layout-observing was okay. lolz. At one point, i kinda feel relieved when, after all those Indian guys screaming at Reva, she still end out saying that she preffered having SBE than mass lectures. Oh well..

Search for Section Four...

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Before i begin, let's start it all back from the start, shall we?

Upon entering our second semester as first year students in IPBA, we will have to undergo a School Based Experience (SBE) Programme for our Classroom Management subject. In this programme, students are seperated into groups of four and, instead of attending mass lectures and tutorial classes as usual, they will be thrown into an actual school around KL and Selangor in order to gain some first-hand experience on what teaching is currently like. This programme will be going on all the way for two weeks. Well, aint that a good change of pace eh?

Yes, and no.

For some reason, the IPBA students undergoing the SBE programme (aka; all of us) will have to get to the schools ourselves. In other words, IPBA management team will designate a school for you to have your SBE programme in, but, anything else are all independent effort. As much as our concern on paying our own travelling expenses, my group of Lee, Reva, Ann and me, on the other hand, have more things to worry in our hands. And thus, we shall begin the story.

We are supposed to be thrown into SMK Sri Utama for our SBE programme. Knowing that the school is somewhere around Petaling Jaya, getting to the place shouldnt be that hard... or at least, that's what we thought and at least, it was close to correct. However,in a twist of event, Sri Utama decided not to support SBE programme for this year and thus we were designated to another different school, SMK Section 4. With such a military-ish name, we