Photoshoot & Photoshop

I'm being 'darat' today.. a.k.a 'jakun', or some people say 'peghak'. I just realised that there is a digital macro function in our digital camera. So, today's activity with aisyah is .. shoot some flowers or bugs around our house, and I photoshop them afterwards for more professional-like pics. Well.... not-so professional yet. But, I'm proud with my works, and so do Aisyah ..

The orchids from the pics above and below are from the same plant, but different phase I suppose. It first blooms as a red flower, then, changed to orange (the above colour) ..and soon, turn out to be yellow.

This ladybird is on a Kangkung leaf. I didn't photoshop this one.

This is Honey Dew's flower.

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And the following are Aisyah's work.

And here's the photographer of the day

School Holidays' Activities

As of today, our family manage to wander around Selangor/Klang Valley areas only because my beloved hubby need to go to work, and Aisyah still need to attend school until 15th of December.. :( ........... I'm wondering, what are other kind of activities that we can do around here?

We start the school holiday by having a splashing moment at Gabai Waterfall, situated in Hulu Langat. We drove from Banting at 8.15 am, made a pit-stop in Putrajaya (that was around 9 am), and arrived at the waterfall at 10.15 am. I believe that this is a nice place to bring your family to. I even spotted another family from Banting there, a Maybank Banting staff. ;). But, if you want to come here, make sure you come early for this place is hunted not only by KLites, but also our Arabian tourists.

Then, Madagascar 2 for our kids.

Next destination --> Zoo Negara. Haha... This is Aisyah's third time here. Whereas for Syazwan, this is his first time. Me? My second time here. Yeah.. I know, I lost to Aisyah. Haha.

BBQ party at home. It was an adhoc party, and Aisyah thought that we're celebrating someone's birthday. It was just a get-together event.

And, then, I got a swollen thumb. Not because of the BBQ party, but because of Wiimote. Ouch!!

Itadakimasu

Wondering what does it mean by 'Itadakimasu'? Hehe.. it means, let's eat in japanese. We went to Jusco yesterday, and hubby insists to buy sushi starter kit. I believe that I might find the necessary s0-called guide to sushi making in the net, so I agreed with his idea on having our own home made sushi. But, the guide that I got is better than what I'm asking for. The starter kit comes together with a "Fun With Sushi" DVD. Haha, we never realised that until we reached home. And trust me, sushi making is simple and fun. So, without wasting time ... here goes my first sushi project.

And, how does it taste, you say? Japanese would say .. ""GOCHISOOSAMA" (and that means yummy!!! haha).

1 Elit - Class of 2008

Should old acquaintance be forgot,and never brought to mind ?Should
old acquaintance be forgot,and old lang syne ?

For auld lang
syne, my dear,
for auld lang syne,
we'll take a cup o’ kindness yet,
for auld lang syne.

Enjoy the pics ... ;). I'm wishing you all the best for your future undertaking.

Tinggal memori ...
Ya ampunn.. sapa la jadik cameraman ni?

Kontrol hensem

Year-end Teacher's Meeting

Our year-end Teacher's Meeting this year was held on Saturday, and this time around, we already got our next year's timetable. I was quite relieved when I found out that my timetable is only 26 periods per week, far lesser than this year's 30 periods per week timetable. Alhamdulillah. Most of the afternoon teachers are grateful for this. 30 periods per week are killing us. Well... killing me..hehe. The difference of 4 periods is translated to 2 hours, or, roughly, one free period per day. And that means a lot. Thank you ....

On another note, I was quite impressed with all the powerpoint presentation by the administrators. It shows that our admins are very good with ICT. Bravo!! (clap3x). SMKTPG Boleh!

And.. the quote of the day is .."Apa yang penting?? KERJASAMA"... Waaa...Wonderpets manage to capture our hearts, regardless of our age. Haha.

Last but not least, I am so impressed with Bangladesh Proverbs highlighted by K. Rahimah, PK Koko , which is as follows :-

"Hanya pokok mangga yang berbuah sahaja yang menerima kayu dan batu"

Isn't that brilliant?

Tips to travellers

I have been wanting to share this idea for months .. but, most of the time, I forget about it. However, since the school holidays are approaching, I believe that there are a few friends out there who might travel abroad (there's one teacher friend who flew to Paris today..). So, here's a tip on how to make an easy currency converter table like this. (This is actually my MIL's idea). This is especially helpful if you really want to go to the foreign country to shop.




1. Open a blank MS Excel worksheet
2. Type in the title of your table and it's respective column's name (i.e: RM, VND)
3. Type in the value of RM that you want to convert to .. say, RM 1, 3, 5, 10 ..etc in cloumn RM (or column A in the above example)
4. Go to www.oanda.com to get the currency exchange rate. But, bear in mind, sometimes the rates stated in Oanda can be higher than the actual rate. Like last week, my auntie went to Indonesia and she got Rp3,600 for RM1. But, in Oanda, it states RM1 equals to Rp2,800 only. This is because it uses RM to USD first, then, USD to Rp.
5. When you got the rate, let say, for my RM to VND table , RM1 = VND 5152. So, type in both values first in cell 'A4' and 'B4'.
6. Then, in cell 'B5' , type in this formula '=A5*$B$4' . Then, you just have to drag down the formula to the rest of the Rows to get the value for other RM values as well. The '$' sign is to ensure that it always sticks to that particular cell, which is B4, the rate of conversion.

Then, do print it and make sure the size fits your wallet. By doing so, you won't be frowning over the unfamiliar price tags in front of you. It helps me a lot, so, I hope that it will help you too! ;)

Cuci Mata

This last few days before the school holidays can be very tiring and packed with so many year-end-to-dos. The list seems endless. As a class teacher, I have to settle all those Kad001, Kad Kokurikulum, and Kad Kemajuan Murid stuffs. And, last week, come Anugerah Kokurikulum day, which put me into printing and managing 100++ certificates for students. On top of that, SSQS come into the picture, and now I’m stucked in front of my PC to key-in all the findings from 62 respondents. The briefing was held on Monday, and it has to be settled in 4-days’ time. It has to be ready by 7th oh November. So, that is another 2-days to go. And, ah…there’s a pile of Paper 2 English Final Exam papers, yet to be marked. Due date for the final exam marks is next week, before the school holidays. Oh my!! Then, report for the Kokurikulum’s Club Activity, which is also due next week.

Nonetheless, I still manage to update my blog, huh? So, to ease myself, I’m going to enjoy these cute pictures of my lil’ daughter, Aisyah. She was thrilled looking at these pix.. because.. she feels pretty. Hehe. So perasan one this girl.. ;)

Note: Papa..this one is for you. She really wants you to see these.