As what I have mentioned previously, and I thought more about it after recently I went upnorth and looked down to some schools from my hotel room up above on the 10th floor. It made me think about the things we did at school when we were kids.
I am wondering how many children in Malaysia these days ever know or aware of Zero Point and Hantu Galah? And for those of my era, I wonder if everyone around my time all remember the games we play? Yeah, these two are some of the common games we play at school and we can't play these alone. We have to get some friends to play the games.
Know what that means? It means that those days we are all friends. We make friends with everybody and play and enjoy all the games that we have. So that was the thing...
Zero Point..some may wonder what the hell is that? While for those who know will straight away have the picture of rubber bands in your head right? Zero Point the game you play with many rubber bands that you linked up together to make it to be a long rope that two people will have to hold both ends and the rest....will be the ones who try to get the most points!
Do you remember that you have to start with jumping across the line and say Zero Point then the rubber bands starting from the ground and got higher to your ankle, to your knees, to your school uniform pocket, your waist, your axilla, your shoulder, your ear right up to your head! What the jumpers do? We jumped on every height and have lost of counting to do before we go the next level and this can go on and on until the school bell rings in the morning!!! :)
And the Hanti Galah will be played on the badminton court. With the lines on the court being the boundaries. Same thing you need two teams..
Well....these games are played in teams and so we have to have a lot of friends to really enjoy playing these games. While present day children are more glued to the Play Station 3, Wii, Xbox 360 and the Nintendo DS... how many children out there in this country actually go out and play these games like we did when we were kids?
I think the batu seremban is still being played by some..as I have seen it not long ago. The five little bags of beans that being thrown on air and caught with one hand, also in stages of one bag to five bags together. Well...whatever it is...I hope children these days do aware of these games that we play in school, regardless of race and religion. All we know was to enjoy our time at school !
Life at school was all about learning and enjoy ourselves without prejudice.....
Sunday, March 29, 2009
Sunday, March 22, 2009
The school then...and the trees..
It has been quite awhile since the last time I came in here to talk about my school as my schedule seems very tight since the start of the year this year. Been going all over the place from north to south and out of the country too. Anyway, after talking with all the friends that have been found recently, all the more it became interesting to think back about the school we have grown up together in.
As what has been said in one of the comments, I passed by the school some months back. Yes, I do realise that the school appeared to be smaller than I thought it was. During the schooldays, the school feels so big with big compounds and of course with nice big field and big trees around the school. The rainforest trees in the school are some of the good things that I like about the school. Yes, I am talking about trees again :)
From primary to secondary days, the trees are some of those things that is part of my memory of the school. So many things the trees have "witnessed". The growing kids and what has become of the children who went to the school.
During primary school days, there were the trees mostly are frangipani trees by the side of the netball field, alternate with the cement benches. We use to sit at these benches during recess when we ate our food if we were not at the canteen or tuckshop as we call it those days!! Other than that, while waiting for classes in the mornings, we will sit at the benches, reading book, reading storybooks or simply just chit chatting while waiting for the school bell to ring. Some others will just be at the netball field to just play with the rubber bands that has been linked long enough to play ZERO POINT!
I will talk about the ZERO POINT in my next blog. Stay tuned! :)
Back to the trees, then came the sports day we will go to the bigger field at the secondary school area where there was a big rainforest tree stands alone and became the shelter for everybody during the sports day. Under this tree usually will be where the high jump event will take place.
Also the nice Milo truck to wait and serve children who produce their green Milo coupons for the delicious cool free Milo drinks!
During secondary school days, Form One students will be under this big rainforest tree to assemble while waiting to go to class. Same for Form Two when we had to be on "floating classes"! Where we assemble during Form One was either at the big field's rainforest tree or at what we call the "cement patch". Cemented patch with some benches with one big rainforest tree in the middle.
Sometimes you can see the caterpillar hanging down and sometimes get fallen dry leaves fell on your head. Great that those trees were there and for other city school, probably have children who never knew such trees.
Speaking of the trees, there was this specific plant in front of the secondary school toilet. Regretfully to say, I can't remember the name and I don't know if the plant is still there or not. Next to it was the hibiscus plants, and this special plant I never forget because, the leaves apparently can be used to wash your hands with, as a substitute for a soap!!!
I was sceptical at first when I was told that time, however, I tried plucking the leaves, wet my hands and crushed the leaves on my hands, and yes, it became a bit foamy on my hands like a soap, giving out a fresh smell like a soap and when you rinse your hands after that, oil and grimes that you felt on your hands will go away. I wonder who will ever remember that??
Anyway, that's about the trees and greens of the school. Hope to visit the school again and see how the trees have grown and if that special plant is still there??
As what has been said in one of the comments, I passed by the school some months back. Yes, I do realise that the school appeared to be smaller than I thought it was. During the schooldays, the school feels so big with big compounds and of course with nice big field and big trees around the school. The rainforest trees in the school are some of the good things that I like about the school. Yes, I am talking about trees again :)
From primary to secondary days, the trees are some of those things that is part of my memory of the school. So many things the trees have "witnessed". The growing kids and what has become of the children who went to the school.
During primary school days, there were the trees mostly are frangipani trees by the side of the netball field, alternate with the cement benches. We use to sit at these benches during recess when we ate our food if we were not at the canteen or tuckshop as we call it those days!! Other than that, while waiting for classes in the mornings, we will sit at the benches, reading book, reading storybooks or simply just chit chatting while waiting for the school bell to ring. Some others will just be at the netball field to just play with the rubber bands that has been linked long enough to play ZERO POINT!
I will talk about the ZERO POINT in my next blog. Stay tuned! :)
Back to the trees, then came the sports day we will go to the bigger field at the secondary school area where there was a big rainforest tree stands alone and became the shelter for everybody during the sports day. Under this tree usually will be where the high jump event will take place.
Also the nice Milo truck to wait and serve children who produce their green Milo coupons for the delicious cool free Milo drinks!
During secondary school days, Form One students will be under this big rainforest tree to assemble while waiting to go to class. Same for Form Two when we had to be on "floating classes"! Where we assemble during Form One was either at the big field's rainforest tree or at what we call the "cement patch". Cemented patch with some benches with one big rainforest tree in the middle.
Sometimes you can see the caterpillar hanging down and sometimes get fallen dry leaves fell on your head. Great that those trees were there and for other city school, probably have children who never knew such trees.
Speaking of the trees, there was this specific plant in front of the secondary school toilet. Regretfully to say, I can't remember the name and I don't know if the plant is still there or not. Next to it was the hibiscus plants, and this special plant I never forget because, the leaves apparently can be used to wash your hands with, as a substitute for a soap!!!
I was sceptical at first when I was told that time, however, I tried plucking the leaves, wet my hands and crushed the leaves on my hands, and yes, it became a bit foamy on my hands like a soap, giving out a fresh smell like a soap and when you rinse your hands after that, oil and grimes that you felt on your hands will go away. I wonder who will ever remember that??
Anyway, that's about the trees and greens of the school. Hope to visit the school again and see how the trees have grown and if that special plant is still there??
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