Liang Seng and the Mentari Kids

I had the privilege to help out at Desa Mentari the other Saturday, in a volunteer programme called "The Mentari Project".

Mentari Project is a weekend tuition and personal coaching project for primary school children run by volunteers. Mentari Project is initiated at Desa Mentari, a low cost housing area which comprises of a few blocks of flats. From what Pn. Marwani told us, a few blocks of Desa Mentari are inhibited by foreign workers and at times the children themselves do not feel safe when they’re there.

Therefore, the noble Pn. Marwani came up with the idea of Mentari Project to be able to provide a place for the kids to at least brush aside their insecurities and feel safe to be able to do what kids do. According to her, the main objective of the project was to provide affordable tuition for the primary school children there, providing them with an environment that is non-threatening and supportive with personal attention to the kids. The Mentari Project is also aimed at ensuring that the kids are able to catch up with their studies in school and ensure that they have the opportunity to pick up the English Language in order to equip them for the future. As such, the medium of teaching and conversation between Pn. Marwani, the volunteers and the kids are in dual language, predominantly English and Malay, for kids whose grasp of English Language is still poor.

In view of her effort, Pn. Marwani highlighted that the project needs volunteers to help out with the sessions with the kids every now and then. As they are yet to be a fully fledged organization, the sole drivers behind the Mentari Project are her and her son, Yasir. At times, she will rope in her relatives such as niece and nephews. As much as the volunteers will like to help, most of them are fully occupied with work and could not really commit a fixed time to help out as the classes and sessions are held during the weekend. What the volunteers will need to do is to guide the children through each session, ensuring that they are able to learn and benefit from it. Pn. Marwani explained that in an instance where there is more volunteers, more personal attention can be given to the kids at any time, and hence they can be guided more effectively.

Therefore, the tie up between CIMB’s TCBians and the Mentari Project is seen as very beneficial to the project. As we have a steady stream of management trainees coming in, the Mentari Project is at least guaranteed a few volunteers throughout the years. Besides CIMB, there are also volunteers from a few MNCs who are helping them out. In spite of this, the project still has problems in getting volunteers to be present as work schedule seems to be a hindrance everytime. Hence, Pn Marwani is considering going into the tertiary education institutions to see if she is able to rope in help from the students there. They are also welcoming people to help them spread the word about the Mentari Project, as she said most of her volunteers get to know about the project based on word of mouth.

So yeah, if you guys have the free time, then go over to Desa Mentari and help out. They have classes on every Saturday. For further details on the project, you can log on to http://mentariproject.blogspot.com/ or you can contact the person in charge, Yasir at 017 636 2047 or email them at mentariproject@gmail.com.

Like they say, "Do it for the kids!".

Liang Seng and the True Red Devil

Quoted this from Mymanutd forum.

-start-

Man U is not a term REAL / TRUE United fans refer themselves to. WHY???

This term is mostly only used by other supporters as a complete and utter insult. In case anyone on this board is not aware rival supporters used to sing a song about Munich and it goes,

“Man U Man U went on a plane,
Man U Man U never came back again”

Now if that’s not getting your blood boiling nothing will. I started this thread way last year because after being on the board for some time I found more and more people referring to us as THAT name.

We are UNITED, MAN UTD, MANCHESTER UNITED, or RED DEVILS. We do not have any songs with THAT name in them nor will you be able to buy any official merchandise using that term. It is not printed on any scarves or badges, also I was at the Reading game and there is no way did that song ring out around the ground. You don’t use the phrase Man C Leeds U Aston V. So don’t use M** *.

Like the song goes “There’s Only One United” so people will know who you support when using this term. All said whenever someone calls us M** * I simply correct them. And I think this should be implemented on this board. So come on lads let’s educate the ones that need it and keep THAT name away form our club and this board. The term Utd is the proper abbreviation for the word United and nothing else. Why can’t some people not just accept this and get over themselves.

And if anyone can remember the Scousers’ chanting and it pains me even to type this but for educations sake,

“Man U Never Intended Coming Home”
(notice the first letter of each word from the phrase means MUNICH)

Hope true United fans will stop referring to United as Man U.

Liang Seng and One(1)

I just read this news article on the Star online, and boy it chuckled me.

A state in Malaysia had decided to introduce 1Toilet. Yes not two, but one. 1Toilet was said to be mooted in line with the 1Malaysia concept, where teachers and students could have a feeling of "oneness". Imagine this scenario:

Student: Cikgu, nak pergi tandas.

Teacher: Tak boleh. Duduk balik.

Student: Cikgu, tak tahan dah.

Teacher: Ok. Jom pergi sama-sama.

And it gets even funnier.

The article quoted, "“We want students to have a sense of belonging that we believe would inspire them to excel further in their education. When students share the toilets with the teacher, they (students) will believe that they are on par with academicians and this automatically invokes a sense of being important to an organisation, which, in this case, is the school.”

In the toilet,

Teacher: Ahmad, belajar baik baik tau. SPM dah dekat ni.

Ahmad: Ye cikgu. Ahmad tau. Tapi tak confident la.

Teacher: Confident sikit. Tengok, Ahmad pun dah setaraf ngan cikgu dah. Toilet pun dah kongsi sama cikgu. Betul tak?

Ahmad: Hmmm, betul gak cikgu. Tapi....

Teacher: Tapi apa Ahmad? Ragu ragu lagi ke?

Ahmad: Kenapa saya punya lebih besar daripada cikgu punya ar?

I would understand the sharing of canteen part. But to share toilet to instil sense of belonging and create excellence? Come on. We can do better.

To read full article, click here.

Disclaimer: This post in no part represents any views of the officer(s) mentioned in the article, or any of the related parties mentioned or related to the article. This post represents the writer's point of view and is written in a humorous point of view, with no intent to harm or kill anyone.