Sunday, November 7, 2010

A gentle reminder

Some info to my students who are sitting for their semester exams beginning tomorrow:

1) Please bring your student ID and exam slip into the exam hall.
2) Please be outside the hall at least 15 minutes before exams start.
3) Be neatly dressed. By this I mean wearing a collared shirt. Or your institute jacket. And if possible, please wash your jeans.
4) Make sure your hair is short and nicely combed. And shampooed. The thing that stresses me out the most is when I see students with rambut stail patung Lego man dan berminyak.
5) Slippers and 3/4 length pants are not allowed. If you want to be a surfer boy, go and migrate to the Gold Coast. Kalau tak cukup duit, start with Bali.

Now for the fun part:

1) No toyol is allowed. If you think real hard, your brain cells will function.
2) For those who have low self-esteem and need your safety blanket in the form of your notes to be near/around you all the time or you will feel helpless and alone, (my niece also has a bantal busuk but she's only seven), psyche yourself up by chanting this magic mantra ''I am a grown adult and I have an IQ of over 50 thus I am able''. Start chanting this magic mantra the night before and believe me you will find in you the trust and self-confidence you sorely lack.
3) It is downright inconsiderate to ask your good friend Toyol to wait for you in the toilet. It is even more evil to ask him to hide under the cistern while waiting for you to come and consult him. How would you like it if you were trapped in a place that is wet, damp and smelling of urine?

This is what I do to you students I catch cheating during an exam. I take out my bling-bling pink syringe and inject you with this special liquid that contains a top secret substance. I will not tell you what it is but once it takes effect (which is just in a matter of seconds), you will experience hot flushes, feel nauseous and pass out. When you regain consciousness, you will find yourself shrunk to the size of the Lego man and tied to the end of a stick with a rubber band. I will then attach the other end of the stick to a chair in my house. You will provide countless hours of continuous fun to my four cats and I will finally be able to watch all my fav back-to-back series of NCIS/Criminal Minds/Lie to me peacefully and in total comfort.

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Thursday, November 4, 2010

Good luck for your exams

Minggu hadapan para pelajar di institut di mana saya berkhidmat akan menjalani peperiksaan akhir semester. Selama dua minggu mereka akan mencurahkan segala hasil tenaga dan usaha selama satu semester semasa di dalam kelas atau bengkel atau makmal di atas beberapa keping kertas.

Kertas jawapan yang pada mulanya kosong akan diisi dengan fakta-fakta bernas yang dipelajari. Mungkin juga diselitkan beberapa kata-kata rayuan meminta jasabaik pensyarah memberi sedikit belas kasihan. Dan selalunya disudahi dengan lukisan smiley besar.

Oleh yang demikian saya ingin mengambil kesempatan mengucapkan selamat mengambil peperiksaan semester kepada semua pelajar saya. Saya juga berharap awak semua diberi ketetapan hati dan dapat menjawab semua soalan yang diberi dengan tenang dan teliti. Gunakanlah masa yang diberikan dengan sebaik-baiknya. Segala apa yang dilakukan di dalam dewan peperiksaan itu haruslah dengan penuh keikhlasan, menggunakan usaha sendiri, tanpa khidmat bantuan luar seperti pertolongan makhluk berupa jin dan toyol.

Akhir kata, Bonne Chance à vous tous!

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Wednesday, November 3, 2010

Advertisement

I have been googling around to look for a decent but affordable apartment near to my workplace. And as I was sifting through the ads, I came across this one. The description of the advertisement is as follows:

Price: RM *** 000 Bedrooms 3
Type: Apartments Size: 850 sq.ft.
Title type: Freehold Tenure: -

Facilities: Playground, Cable TV


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The person who put up this ad sounded like he or she was having a serious case of blocked nose. :)))

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Tuesday, November 2, 2010

Subtitles

Last Sunday was spent in semi hibernating mode throughout the whole day, zapping from channel to channel. What I found interesting was reading the subtitles. Here are some that I found rather amusing. And I am guessing, when they did the translation, they had no idea of the context.

Don't you have anything else to do? - Kau tiada pekerjaan lainkah?
Ewww...gross! - Wah! Besar!
It all boils down to one thing - Semuanya merebus ke sesuatu.
Holy cow! - Lembu sakti!

And last but not least (yang ini saya paling suka):

That was one hell of a job, mate. - Kerja neraka, kawan.

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