Pond squat issue: Settled, all is forgiven

The dust has settled over the infamous "pond squat" issue and SMK Bawang Assan school warden Wee Yim Pien has been forgiven.

She has also apologised to the families for forcing some 170 girl boarders into a fishpond last week.

Wee, 27, who is also the schools' English teacher, with a Master's degree, had meted out the punishment over repeated dumping of sanitary pads in the school's toilet bowls.

The school’s parent-teacher association chairman Jimmy Kiu said: "Everybody has forgiven her."

He added that the parents and the students wanted the teacher to stay.
"We do not want the students to suffer as the PMR examination is coming.
“The incident is settled in good faith.It is hoped that there is no more a repetition,” Kiu said in a telephone interview on Thursday.

This followed a meeting attended by Kiu, Wee, school principal Kandon Ngadi, Sibu divisional education officer Charles Tiong. parents and Deputy Education Minister Datuk Noh Omar’s special representative Shashim Shah on Wednesday.

An emotional Wee was seen hugging some of the parents and shook hands with others as the episode came to an end.

Kiu said it would be up to the state Education Department to decide whether action should be taken against Wee. (Masih tak puas hati kot)

Shashim said the department’s report on the investigation into the incident had been sumbitted to the Education Ministry, which would decide if any action would be taken against Wee.

Asked if Wee would continue as the warden, Kiu declined to comment, saying that this was the school’s administrative matter. The school has more than 500 students, including some 300 borders.


An earlier report by the same newspaper

1. Teacher in ‘pond squat’ case not suspended

KUCHING: The SMK Bawang Assan warden who forced 200 schoolgirls to squat in a pond as a form of punishment is not under suspension.

State education director Rabiah Johari clarified that Wee Yim Pien, also the school’s English teacher, had not gone on leave as reported.
“She is back teaching at the school,” she told reporters after receiving anti-bullying posters for schools. “A police report has not been lodged.”

Rabiah said the department would decide on the next course of action when the probe was completed. She said the department did not condone what Wee had done but pointed out that teachers needed to take disciplinary action against errant students.

“We don’t want teachers to not discipline students as this will lead to social problems. In a case like this, we do not look only at the teacher’s actions but also whether she was feeling pressured or stressed.

“After all, according to reports she had been trying for three years to get the students to dispose sanitary pads properly and not clog the toilets,” she said.

The Sarawak Teachers Union (STU) has come out in support of its members accused of meting out harsh punishment on students.

Its president William Gani Bina noted that teachers and school heads were helpless as they could not reply to the accusations thrown at them in public.
“No teacher or school head who is in the right frame of mind would mete out excessive punishments,” he said adding that student indiscipline was on the rise.
He said there were an increasing number of students who have total disregard for school authority, and disobeying orders and directives.

Meanwhile the school’s parent-teacher association chairman Jimmy Kiu said Wee had apologised to the parents in a meeting yesterday.

Following the apology, he said the parents withdrew their demand (wow, depa bayaq gaji kot)for Wee to be transferred out.


2. Ministry to probe squatting incident

The Education Ministry will carry out a thorough investigation into a claim that 200 girl boarders in Sarawak were forced into a fish pond as punishment because one of them left a sanitary towel in a toilet bowl.

Education Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein said an investigation was under way to establish what actually happened.
It was reported that the girls from a secondary school in Sibu were forced to squat in the murky fish pond for an hour.

The Form One to Form Five students were allegedly forced into the pond inside the school compound from 4pm on Wednesday by a woman warden.
The warden watched over them with an umbrella as it was raining.

“We do not want to point fingers at anyone now but we will take action against those who are wrong,” Hishammuddin told reporters after attending the convocation of 500 teachers at the Teachers Training Institute here yesterday.

In Kuching, Assistant Minister in the Chief Minister’s Department Fatimah Abdullah said the case should be brought to the school’s disciplinary board and a report handed over to the state education department.

Fatimah said any punishment meted out must be in accordance with the school’s rules and regulations.
“But I’m sure the punishment for those caught throwing a sanitary pad into the toilet bowl is not asking them to squat in a pond.”

The school's parent-teacher association chairman Jimmy Kiu who runs the school canteen, witnessed the incident and contacted a local daily to expose the incident.
Describing the punishment as “harsh”, Kiu said he would speak to the parents before deciding on the next course of action. (Ini bahasa orang nak bakar lemang sampai rentung)

Tips By Datuk Dr Fadzilah Kamsah

These are extra tips for all as given by Dr. Fadzilah Kamsah in a seminar

Tatacara makan & minum

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Sebelum tidur, maafkan semua orang tak kira siapa Insya-Allah, Allah lipat gandakan rezeki.

Sebelum tidur, berdoa, depends on apa yg kita hendaksepanjang tidur, otak akan generatekan all of our wish & Insya-Allah,kita akan work towards it (ada semangat) dikeesokan harinya.

Makan buah sebelum breakfast, lunch & dinnerikut Sunnah & dapat pahala & also boleh rujuk kpd pakar pemakanan, vitamin C dari buah2an yg dimakan selepas breakfast, lunch & dinner yang akandiperolehi adalah approaching 0%.

Jangan minum air semasa sedang makan (breakfast,lunch & dinner).Minum air selepas 15-30 minit selesai makan.

Untuk minum, bagi tegukygpertama sahaja, biarkan air dlm mulut about 10s then baru telan.Teguk kedua & seterusnya boleh minum terussebab air liur ada enzyme yg boleh membunuh kuman dlm pankreas, perut,& so on yg akan dibawa oleh air tegukan pertama.Seelok2nya makan malam sebelum maghribikut sunnah (Rasullullah makan sblm maghrib kecuali bulan Ramadhan sajaie masa maghrib), sebab, bagi yang tegah study (or anak2), otak akan berfungsi excellently(senang absorb ilmu) around 2 hrs selepas makan so, if makan at 8:30pm,around 10:30pm baru start study and most probably hanya boleh bertahan hingga jam 12 tegah malam saja, jadi, tak banyak yang boleh dipelajari berbanding kalau makan pukul 6:30 (org Cina take dinner around this hour). Juga, kita tak tidur dalam kekenyangan (yg mana boleh menghindar dari membuat sembahyang malam)
Tatacara di bilik air===============Selepas buang air kecil, berdehem 3x (teran sikit)boleh elak daripada dapat batu karangSemasa buang air besar, mengiring sedikit ke kiriikut sunnah sbb bila mengiring ke kiri, perut akan tekan bladder and senang buang air besar
Tatacara didik anak================Antara tips untuk dapat anak bijak/genius, ajar anak(baby) tidur mengiring ke kanan ~ sebab jantung (yg terletak sblh kiri)akanlebih "lapang"/"lega" dan mudah berdegup (perjalanan darah okay) and otakanak akan develop excellently.* Bagi anak2 yang dah azalinya active or hyper-active, kurang (or jangan)pakaikan baju warna orangesebab warna ini boleh merangsang secara actifnya tindak tanduk anakTatacara didik diri sendiri====================Rasullullah (saw) bersabda, sesuatu amalan yg diamalkan sekitar 21-30 hari, continuously, akan menjadi tabiat and kalau tak, ilmu itu akan mati.Buang segala rasa hasad dengki, dendam & lain2 yg negatifemosi2 ini akan membenarkan otak release excessive adrenaline,cortisone & toxine yg mana boleh membawa kepada beberapa penyakit cepat letih, wajah cepat nampak tua (tua sebelum waktunya), selalu sakit perut & etc
Ada 3 kategori manusia :-
1. BERJAYA: Hari ini lebih baik daripada semalam

2. TERPEDAYA : Hari ini sama seperti semalam

3. CELAKA : Hari ini lebih teruk daripada semalam
"Apabila kita kejar dunia, dunia akan lari; tetapi apabila kita kejarakhirat, dunia akan mengejar kita" Just to ambil iktibar untuk mendidikdiri & family. Usia dunia sudah terlalu hampir ke penghujungnya, terlalu!So, it's good if we can remind each other because in Rasulullah's lastsermon, baginda pun did mention that all those who listen to him (on thatday) shall pass on his words to others, and those to others again; and may the last ones understand his words better that those who listen to himdirectly...
Yang baik datang dari Allah & yang kurang itu is from my weaknesses.
Do impart this knowledge & you'll lose nothing.

KEMERDEKAAN MALAYSIA

Sempena Bulan Kemerdekaan.........detik-detik bersejarah.....

Pilihan raya umum yang pertama ditandingkan pada tahun 1955. Parti-parti seperti PAS, Parti Negara di bawah pimpinan Dato' Onn bin Jaafar, Parti Buruh, Parti Progresif Perak, Parti Perikatan UMNO-MCA-MIC dan sebagainya bertanding dalam pilihan raya umum tersebut.Parti Perikatan UMNO-MCA-MIC memenangi 51 kerusi daripada 52 kerusi yang dipertandingkan. 1 kerusi lagi dimenangi oleh PAS. Dengan kemenangan dalam pilihan raya, kabinet kerajaan telah dibentuk. Tunku Abdul Rahman menjadi Ketua Menteri yang pertama. Pada tahun 1956, Tunku Abdul Rahman mengetuai suatu rombongan ke London untuk membincangkan perkara-perkara mengenai kemerdekaan. Rundingan ini mengambil masa tiga minggu di London. Perjanjian London 1956 ditandatangani pada 8 Februari 1956 yang menyatakan persetujuan memberi kemerdekaan kepada Tanah Melayu. Sekembali ke Tanah Melayu, Tunku Abdul Rahman mengumumkan tarikh kemerdekaan di Melaka.
Pada tahun 1956, suatu Suruhanjaya Perlembagaan Komanwel ditubuhkan untuk menggubal perlembagaan. Suruhanjaya Perlembagaan Komanwel atau lebih dikenali sebagai Suruhanjaya Reid yang dipengerusi oleh Lord Reid dari Britian terdiri daripada pakar-pakar undang dari negara Komanwel. Laporan yang dikeluarkan oleh Suruhanjaya Reid dipinda oleh Jawatankuasa Kerja dan diluluskan oleh Majlis Undangan Persekutuan. Bendera Union Jack iaitu bendera British diturunkan di hadapan Bangunan Sultan Abdul Samad, Kuala Lumpur pada tepat pukul 12 malam 31 Ogos 1957. Kemudian, Perdana Menteri Persekutuan Tanah Melayu, Tunku Abdul Rahman mengisytiharkan kemerdekaan di Stadium Merdeka. Jemaah Menteri diumumkan juga pada hari pengisytiharan kemerdekaan.

Pengistiharan Kemerdekaan

Apabila tarikh Kemerdekaan telah ditentukan, Tunku telah mengarah Jabatan Kerja Raya untuk membina sebuah stadium terbuka yang akan dijadikan tempat pengistiharan Kemerdekaan. Tunku memilih sendiri lokasinya, di sebuah bukit yang rendah berdekatan Jalan Birch dan stadium itu dinamakan 'Stadium Merdeka'.

Stadium Merdeka 5.00 pagi, 31 Ogos 1957, hujan turun dengan lebatnya. Dato' Abdul Razak yang melawat Stadium pada pagi itu gelisah dengan takungan air di tengah-tengah padang di mana Askar Melayu akan mengadakan perbarisan kehormat. Dato' Razak adalah Timbalan Pengerusi, Jawatankuasa Persiapan Kemerdekaan dengan Tunku sendiri adalah Pengerusinya.
7.00 pagi, hujan mulai reda. Dato' Razak menalipon Tunku dan melaporkan keadaan di stadium. Beliau mencadangkan agar ketibaan Raja-raja Melayu, Duke serta isteri dan Pesuruhjaya Tinggi dilewatkan satu jam.

9.00 pagi, langit mulai cerah, rintik-rintik hujan semakin mengecil dan hilang dari pandangan. Perabut dan perhiasan mula dibawa keluar dengan kadar segera. Tunku telah bersiap sedia di rumahnya. Berbaju Melayu hitam, berkain samping, berselitkan keris bersarong gading dipinggang serta bertengkolok songket, Tunku menantikan saat untuk bertolak.
Di Stadium Merdeka, Tunku berdiri gagah menerima ketibaan Duke of Gloucester yang memakai pakaian istiadat ketenteraan British berpangkat Field Marshall. 'God Save The Queen' berkumandang ketika Duke of Gloucester yang merupakan pakcik Queen Elizabeth II masuk da mengambil tempat. Duke telah diiringi oleh Pesuruhjaya Tinggi British, Sir Donald MacGillivray.
Raja-raja Melayu pula duduk dipayungi oleh sembilan payung kuning, Yang DiPertuan Agong pula duduk di tengah-tengah, di kirinya Tunku dan di kanannya Duke.

Duke kemudiannya menyerah 'Instrumen Kemerdekaan' yang mana merupakan suatu pengakuan British bahawa ia menyerahkan kedaulatan Pulau Pinang dan Melaka kepada negara baru ini dan seterusnya menarik balik 'perlindungan' yang diberikan kepada negeri-negeri Melayu.

Tunku kemudiannya membacakan pengistiharan Kemerdekaan yang antara lainnya menyebut "Dengan nama Allah, Persekutuan Tanah Melayu untuk selamanya sebuah negara yang demokratik dan Merdeka".

Acapkali suaranya tenggelam dan pekikan Merdeka! Merdeka! Merdeka! oleh rakyat sebuah negara baru yang lahir dari suatu perjuangan yang suci.

Seorang anak bangsa yang menyaksikan segalanya di depan mata, menghuraikan pengalamannya, Hujan renyai-renyai menghiasi pagi. Tanpa disedari linangan air mata membasahi pipi. Stadium Merdeka dibanjiri oleh anak-anak bangsa yang datang dari setiap pelusuk negeri. Masing-masing hadir dengan harapan yang tinggi. Menjadi saksi, satu peristiwa yang penuh bererti, yang tidak akan dilupai tersemat disanubari sampai mati.

Merdeka telah kita miliki 'Merdeka! Merdeka! Merdeka!

S4 Gelugor

S4 1977 Gelugor

Left to Right
1st row : jamal, marasad, abdullah, hasnah, arus, hamimah, rijani, rohani, fauziah, ruhizan, jamari, razak,
2nd row : abdullah, ..?..yusof, sanusi, azman, kamaruddin, nordin, ..?.. ..?.. rahman, roslan,
3rd row : ali, ..?.. tajul, razali
???? lupa nama member daa!! sori.

HELP, kalau ada yang salah and fill in the blank.

Farewell Keetha

Miss Keetha liked by all, and those around her really made their effort to speak English to her, although she herself could speak fragmented Bahasa Melayu, oops, Bhs Malaysia. Before coming here she has been very busy in Brunei for a couple of years, and that's where she learns Malay.

Farewell Speech by District Education Officer

Keetha's turn to speak
Something to remember - we put it in writing

Where's the MC ?

here?

A group photograph - specially arrange so that everybody put on the Baju Melayu.
Makan time, as usual, no farewell party is complete without a makan.

At last, its time to say farewell to Miss Keetha, a DELC officer seconded by the Education Ministry to perform her responsibility in the remotest district in Penang. She's been here in Jawi for one and a half years, standing in for Miss Dot Mckenzie, who decided to leave her job and take a more interesting offer in the Middle East, February last year.

Since then we came to know Keetha and day by day the experience which this lady brings along with her has given us a very useful insight of what ELT is really all about. The teachers in the district are more relaxe with her, and she made herself useful to them by visiting the schools and helping teachers whenever the need arises. Workshops are conducted more often. Teaching clinics are prompted and the teachers here find that these are more interesting than the usual teaching courses that they have attended.

Keetha has also shown us that our syllabus is too heavy for the mid-ability pupils to follow. Hence, she made the teachers understand that few is not too little, and many does mean you cannot handle it, and nor does your pupils.

I remember vividly how she gasp when she learned the number of new words that a child in year three learns in a week. "No,no,no too many..... , it's too much. They cannot... they just can't.... ." She has said these and I believed, yes they are too many, but we cannot stop here and bring down the the level because we are way out there in front competing with the little singaporean that has gone too far ahead of us.

So to Keetha, thanks for the contribution, sharing of ideas, experience and most of all the warmth that you so willingly spend and shared with us through these one and a half years. We cherished the fond thoughts and hope you never forget us wherever you are. And at the same time we wish you all the best in whatever and wherever you may be.