Alternative Sleep Cycles

Most people only think that there is one way to sleep: Go to sleep at night for 6-8 hours, wake up in the morning, stay awake for 16-18 hours and then repeat. Actually, that is called a monophasic sleep cycle, which is only 1 of 5 major sleep cycles that have been used successfully throughout history. The other 4 are considered polyphasic sleep cycles due to the multiple...

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Breakfast and School Performance

I always ask my students if they took breakfast before coming to school. It was quite surprising to me at first when the mass majority of the students answered "no". When I asked why, they said "tak sempat". I dismissed the conversation upon hearing so but I never really stop thinking whether it is really the time issue that's hindering breakfast, or has it become a bad...

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Salary Management

New year resolution 1: Will try my best to adhere to this scheme. Thanks to Hasani for sharin...

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2013 Responsibilities

Here is my list of responsibilities for 2013: Setiausaha Unit Pengurusan HEM Setiausaha PIBG Setiausaha Kelab Guru & Kakitangan (KGKT) Setiausaha Unit Disiplin & e-Disiplin Setiausaha sukan bola tampar Setiausaha Persatuan Bahasa Inggeris Setiausaha PK10 Pengurusan Perkembangan Staf Sistem Pengurusan Sekolah Kualiti (SPSK) Penyelaras Bilik Guru Guru bertugas mingguan...

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Year 3 KSSR Documents Download

These are some documents which I think might be useful if you are teaching English Year 3 KSSR.  TEACHER'S GUIDE DOKUMEN STANDARD BAHASA INGGERIS SK TAHUN 3 DOKUMEN STANDARD PRESTASI BAHASA INGGERIS SK TAHUN 3 YEAR 3 ENGLISH KSSR YEARLY SCHEME OF WORK REKOD TRANSIT PBS BAHASA INGGERIS TAHUN 3 REKOD PBS INDIVIDU INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCE REPORT POWERPOINT...

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Sistem Pengurusan Sekolah Kualiti (SPSK) Documents Download

COVER FAIL MANUAL KUALITI SPSK COVER LAMPIRAN MANUAL KUALITI SPSK COVER PENGESAHAN DOKUMEN DEFINISI SINGKATAN ISI KANDUNGAN MANUAL KUALITI SPSK MANUAL KUALITI SPSK- PENGENALAN PK01-PENGURUSAN PANITIA PK01-PENGURUSAN PANITIA CARTA ALIR PK01 – 1 SENARAI KANDUNGAN FAIL PK01 – 2 LAPORAN PELAKSANAAN PROGRAM PANITIA MATA PELAJARAN PK01 –...

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Declining Maths and Science Standards: The Ugly Truth

Formula to Failure: Our Plunging Maths and Science Standards NUTP: Avoid Blame Game over TIMSS Results Prior to the TIMSS 2011 revelation, I had no idea that the standards of Maths and Science in Malaysia has shockingly plunged to such a pathetic level. Looking at the shiny results of our students in public examinations, who would have thought of the ugly truth concealed...

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PMR 2012 SBP & MRSM Ranking

Sekolah Menengah Sains Hulu Selangor - 1.022 The Malay College Kuala Kangsar - 1.0237 Sekolah Menengah Sains Sultan Mahmud - 1.0265 Kolej Tunku Kurshiah - 1.0278 SM Sains Raja Tun Azlan Shah - 1.0302 Sekolah Menengah Sains Kota Tinggi - 1.0309 SBP Integrasi Gombak - 1.0375 Sekolah Tun Fatimah - 1.0377 MRSM Pasir Salak - 1.0405 Sekolah Menengah Sains Rembau - 1.0408 MRSM Alor Gajah - 1.0427 Sekolah Sultan Alam Shah - 1.0434 MRSM Gemencheh - 1.0484 MRSM Baling - 1.0497 SM Sains Tengku Muhammad Faris Petra - 1.0499 Sekolah Menengah Sains Selangor...

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The Actual Mayan Predictions

Tortuguero Monument Six, supposedly predicting the "end of the world" in December, actually tells the life and battles of a ruler. The Mayans calendar ends today - December 21, 2012 - but will the world ends too? It is unlikely so, but perhaps we'll never know until it's December 21 in  the present-day southern Mexican states of Chiapas, Tabasco, and the Yucatán...

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A Spicy Alternative in Education Reform

I wrote this post in response to this article on The Star. I have no idea what political motives lie beneath this action, therefore my writing is based solely on my personal account as an English teacher. The Transformasi Pendidikan through Pelan Pembangunan Pendidikan Malaysia starting 2013 outlines the need for better-qualified teachers in our...

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KISSM Results

Alhamdulillah, I passed my KISSM. Now I can apply for confirmation. Anyone would like to check their results can go here....

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Back to School

Four of my 3 Jujur kids during their class party. There are still 2 weeks before schools reopen for the 2013 session, but my school requires all its teachers to start working 2 weeks prior to that, which is starting from tomorrow. I know most teachers would despise this, but I am actually quite excited. I've had enough non-working days. I won't say a holiday because...

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Chocolate Moist Cake

This was the chocolate moist cake I made last week. I got the recipe from here. So far I've used the recipe five times and it has never let me dow...

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Life of Pi

When my sisters were here last week, we went to watch "Life of Pi". It is a movie of how an Indian boy called Pi survived a ship wreck in the Pacific, after being stranded on a lifeboat with a Bengal tiger named Richard Parker.  So basically here's the summary of what I like and what I don't like about the movie. What I like: The way the story is told. I...

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What's Really in Pet Food

I know commercial pet food (the ones they sell in supermarkets) are not good for cats. So since I started working, I've been alternating them with premium cat food like Royal Canin and Regal. I thought I've been feeding my cat good, nutritious food until I read a report by the American Pet Institute (API) last night. This repor t explores the differences between...

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