8 MORE DAYS FOR STESMA FOREVER

Our school will cease to become Sekolah Menengah Teknik Seri Manjung or more fondly known as STESMA after 31st December, 2009. Beginning 1st January, 2010 the school will be known officially as Sekolah Menengah Vokasional Seri Manjung or Vokasma. Therefore I cannot continue doing the STESMA forever blog since STESMA will no longer be in existence in another 8 days. Hence I will be doing the last post on the last day of the year.
However, I will be starting a new blog, "VOKASMA Today" on the first day of the new year. So, please support the new blog which is actually a continuation of the old blog.

FESTIVE CHEER FOR CHILDREN OF WELFARE HOME

My friend, Mrs Wong and I, came up with the idea of buying some presents for the children of the Rumah Wawasan in Sitiawan at the beginning of December. So the both of us went and collected money from our friends and relatives. Within four days, the both of us collected RM927. Besides having enough money to buy Christmas presents for the children and their caretakers, we had enough money to treat them to lunch as well. To save money, I asked a favour of Puan Kamariah to help cook the food. My friend's daughter baked two cakes for the children.

We had the gift presentation ceremony cum lunch on Saturday, 19th December. We got Mrs Wong's family, my mum, aunt, Puan Kamariah and her daughter to come along to help out on that day.

For your information, neither Mrs Wong nor I are Christians, both of us are Taoists. The two of us got together with our friends and relatives to bring some cheer to the needy children of the Home.

SUPPORT THE SCHOOL BLOG

I started writing the STESMA forever blog in June 2006. That means that the blog has been in existence for 3 and a half years already. All this while I have been making an effort to continuously keep everyone updated on the goings-on in our school and also about STESMARIANS past and present. However, I have a request to make and that is more of the people from our school visit this blog. Please appreciate the effort and time I spend in doing this blog and visit regularly. The average visit for the blog is only about 50 a day which is quite low considering we have about 600 students and 100 teachers and staff at one time. Let us not forget the former students who studied here and that would amount to a few thousand. So, please do give your support as this blog was created for the people of STESMA.
For your information, I will be writing the last post for the STESMA forever blog on 31st December, 2009.

** In the above picture, I am with a few of the children of the Rumah Wawasan in Sitiawan. My friends and I have collected money to buy Christmas presents for the children of the Home and will be giving them the presents at a special lunch that we will be preparing for them.

GOODBYE STESMA, HELLO WORLD

The Form 5 vocational and ICT students sat for their last examination papers this afternoon. This marks the end of their days as students of STESMA and also as secondary school students. After this, the outside world awaits them. Some may continue their studies while others may start working.

For the time being, they can celebrate the end of their secondary school days and have a long break before the results are announced next year.

LOOK WHAT HAPPENED TO OUR PLANTS!!!

I get very upset each time I come back to school during the holidays to find more and more of the herbal plants dying. When the plants are fruiting or growing well, I have people helping themselves to the fruits or herbs (without asking) but during the holidays when Cikgu Shahidan and I are not around, nobody seems to care. However much I water the plants when I am here would not help as the plants need to be constantly watered daily. This is something that shouldn't be.

ONE LAST TIME

Every time the cartridge for the printer in the library runs out of ink, it is Sharveen who helps to refill it. I got him to do it for me one last time today. After this, he won't be a student here anymore and so I would have to get the new librarians to take over the task.

CERTIFICATE FOR CO-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

After the vocational students finished their elective paper this morning, they went to the office to get their Co-curriculum certificates from the peons there.

PUAN SITI ARFAH AT WORK

Our Master principal, Puan Siti Arfah, was busy with administration work at the office when I took the pictures above. Actually she was doing two things at once. Encik Megat was giving her some form to sign when she received a an official call. I guess she will be very busy as our school is in the midst of changing into a fully vocational school come January 1st, 2010.

GATHERING OF 92/93 SMVSM STUDENTS

I had a call from one of the organisers for the gathering of the first batch of vocational students of our school. Ironic, isn't it? Our school will be changing back to a fully vocational school and now the first batch of students are holding their get together.
There will be a dinner from 8 to 11 p.m. at our school hall on Saturday night for the students of that batch. Read the information in the banner above to know more.