B. Ed. TESL IPG Gaya-UiTM 2011

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ehem2...hello2! anybody home...???
im new here...=D

yesterday......

~yesterday... all my troubles seem so far away~

there's a message behind this song but what i'm focusing on is the above sentence only... =)

hey everybody..!! greetings from Syed noor yazeed a.k.a Syed neil allen... hahaha... this is my first entry. i haven't post something to a blog for a long time. i still have a blog but i didn't update it for a long long time. there's a behind it but i don't want to talk about it here because my entry now is about what i did last night...

last night was amazing because my friends and i went to see "nasyid" concert that was held at UMS. there were 4 groups of the most popular "nasyid" groups. and what i can say was, the 'VOICE' was beautiful...! i'm not exaggerating...

i definitely wont forget 8/8/2010...

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Blog Updated [Really Really Updated!]

Finally, our blog is updated with our events from the last sem [is that UPDATED?]...

Macbeth

Retro Nite

TESL Camp

and our recent adventure!

Happy Reading!

TESL SM's Suka-suka Trip

7th and 8th of August are truly the greatest weekend for all of SM TESLians. Why?

because we went for not one... but two trips! Wheeeheee~!

Day 1: Karambunai / 1Borneo

After we got back from Saturday classes, we prepared ourselves and went to Karambunai by three cars... The place is a resort located around 20km from KK, in Sepanggar. Some say it's heaven, but because we were there in the afternoon, the heavenly feeling was not too much, though the place in magnificent! Gyahahah!

We were supposed to go to Tuaran Crocodile Farm later, but because of time limits, we changed our plan, and went to 1B instead. Just walking around and having karaoke session beramai-ramai... Huhuh... So, that's how the first day ended!

To the star [or the sun, maybe... It's the afternoon!]

Just for the pic!

Big chessboard and chessmates plus a Murut warrior!

After the karaoke session!

Karaoke session on the verge to begin...

Day 2: Monsopiad Cultural Village / Lok Kawi Wildlife Park

The best part of our trip... We went to Monsopiad Cultural Village, immersing ourselves in Kadazan-Dusun culture. Monsopiad was a warrior who beheaded the heads of enemies 300 years ago. Admission price: RM20. We began our trip there with a culture show by the troupe. The dances performed were Sumazau, Sazau, Murut Warrior Dance [plus a blowpipe show, featuring Amirah who was chosen to shoot a balloon - even from point blank, but failed to shoot properly... Hahah... Anyway... One word... ENVY! Gyahahah], and Magunatip. We also got the chances to try the Sumazau and Magunatip. After that, we went around the Village with a guide who showed us the Monsopiad and Kadazan culture. We saw real skulls, Gintuton do Mohoing [if it's right], Tangkob and paddy products, crossing a suspension bridge and going to the replica of a Kadazan house and it's compound, where we let our hands to try the lastics, blowpipe, traditional games, music, eating fresh rambutans from a tree, and eating Sago worms [only two of us had the guts to do it, really... EUWWW!]. As tokens of appreciation, we were given a nice bead necklaces. It was a great culture-enriching experience.

3 hours later, Lok Kawi awaited us with their wildlife. The unique thing: it's mating season. Period.... Errr... We got a glimpse of tigers, ankole bulls, sambar deer, orang utan, reptiles, and many more others, plus managed to walk into an aviary, and an animal show. Here, Zell braced herself to touch a snake [whose skin felt like plastic. Not slimy at all] while Mus hided a grape from a kind of animal that looks like a squirrel, albeit larger. The park makes us closer with the animals... Huhuh

Not-so-good Sumazau, courtesy of us

In the forest at the other end of the suspension bridge

Bermanja-manja with Mat Salehs

The Monsopiad Cultural Troupe

Before the cultural show

Trying on that thing [hoping it won't fall]

Blowpipe...

In front of Lok Kawi Wildlife Park

The elephants... were... amazingly dancing!

The snake in the animal show

Smile~!

Live: Macbeth

During our second semester, as a part of our curriculum for

ENGLISH STUDIES

Macbeth was our Shakespearean treat...

[Wow, that man sure knows how to bugged

people even after his eternal death... Mwakakah].

What's extra special about that time was that...

WE GOTTA ACT!

So, for one whole busy month... we practiced our pronunciation, ACTability,

voice projection, arts, crafts and stage direction, etc...

As there were [and still is lah!] three classes [SM and two SRs],

we were divided into five, with each took an act from the play...

After one month scrambling and making ourselves into perfection, the day came,

and, simply put, our sacrifices paid off...!

Our Macbeth poster, beautifully crafted by ZELL...

She's a great Photoshopper~!

Our class with our tutor, Mdm Sharifah Mazni, and Mr Harold Ong Wei Ann

Group I

Group II

Group III

Group IV

Group V

What else to say then to rejoice the fact that...

Shakespeare,

I don't understand YOUR English!!!

Retromaniacs

A tradition of TESLians in IPG Kampus Gaya, no matter if they are from PPs, PIs, or KPLIs is that every year, exclusively in March, a grand event know as TESL Night will be held, and this year, the MARJON 2 [which are not with us now] had organised a wonderful and blasting night with the name:

Annual TESL Night Dinner: 70s and 80s Retro - A Blast from the Past

So, the once-in-a-year event is held in The Palace Hotel near Karamunsing starting from 8pm, with the arrival of Mr Subra, our deputy director... and then the partayyyy startayyyyy~!!! Performances from each class, including us, presenting a rocking b-boying performance on the stage with the sounds of Bad Romance from Gaga... Huhuh... Nad and Fred meanwhile, are chosen as our class' best-dressed for the night though they didn't win. The food? Well... Heheh.... Before the partay finished, we danced and grooved to the retro music and then club songs... Gyahaha... So that was how the great TESLians event went on...

So now, for next year, it's up to us to make another TESL Night... Let's make it better than this one, and make it the unforgettable one, shall we?

♥ Ya'll. See Ya' Guys and Gals Next Year!

[Pics in the previous post!]