History of SRB Chung Hwa School Limbang, post # 2 of 2

This is the class room that I studied when I'm in primary 1. The Primary 1 C class, on my first day at school at the year 1987. That time I’m 6 years old. I still remember on the first day, my Malay teacher taught me on how to spell Malay words, recognize vocals and vowel. I don’t know why, my teacher only teaches me once, and I can remember all of it. And from then, I can read most of the Malay words.



This is the “dungeon” next to my primary 1 classroom. I have a gifted drawing talent when I was a kid, and one day, I invited a few of my buddies to come and paint on the wall with me. Yep…and then the teacher caught me and my gang.
Then my teacher hit us with rattan, and said that we MUST clean the wall with our painting on it. One of my friends got so scare that while we are doing our cleaning with wet clothes, he cried the whole process.

I was thinking that time what the hell he wanted to cry like that, the teacher are just hit us with rattan, and clean the wall. There is no big deal about it.



This is the music room, and shit!! This reminds me of my music class, we need to bring our flute on music class. I do bring my flute, but I just can’t remember all the music notes my music teacher taught. I have no interest at all, so that why every time when playing the flute I will just put the flute in my mouth, and pretend to play along with the rest of the guys.

Damn it, if I study hard that time to nurture my musical interest I might be the next Jay Chow today.



This is how my class looks like, and the table and chair it didn’t change a bit after more than 20 years. We have to sit in pairs, and the teacher knows that I’m a talkative in class, so she purposely asked me to sit with a girl.

When we’re a kid, for guys we usually don’t like to sit or talk to a girl, and now is like sitting with a girl. That’s the only way to keep my mouth shut during the class.



For our table, we will usually draw funny cartoon back in those days. Or we will carve a boy name and a girl name, and draw a love shape on their name. and god damn it again, my friend (who I draw his name with a girl) go and report to the teacher, and I got bitten up again.

Now when come to think of it, why I don’t like drawing but like photography. The teacher have some impact as well, she always hit me with rattan when I draw my masterpiece. So this hidden my drawing talent :(



So this is the chair that we use to sit on, I will draw an invisible line in between telling my next door neighbor not to pass the line that I draw, else she will wish that she’s never been born.



When we need to go to the music room, or science room, or multimedia room our class prefect will go to the teacher office to get the key. And they still practice that in present days, this really brings back a lot of memories.



One of the tasks that I hate most is to clean the blackboard, and I’m not sure why the teacher likes to assign me on that duty. I would rather go pickup litter or clean the toilet but not clean the blackboard.

I also remember my Mathematics teacher has one habits, and that is she likes to throw the chalk on the students who talk in class. I’m very fortunate this never happen to me, cause remember a girl is sitting right next to me, and we guys don’t like to talk or touch girls.



The single chair is for older students like in primary 4 and above. And when I get older, the naughtier I was. Sometime I even fight with friends on the next class, or students who are older than me.



And I also learn all the fouls language, so in almost every word that come out from me there will be one or two f word added inside.



The announcement, this is one of the devices that I hate most. Whenever this stuff turns on, we will know that is assembly time. And I hate assembly, we have to stand there, sing the Malaysia anthem, the state anthem, and follow by our school. Then the headmaster will start to talk crap, and before we go back to class, the discipline teacher will check on our nails and hair. I hate it, now I know why I hate meetings; this is where I nurture my habits.



Yeah, the sweep is still the same as well. My teacher will never schedule guys to do the sweeping but girls to do it. She knows that girls are better than guy on cleaning.



The good old canteen, now it looks really small. Back in my primary days it was really huge, my class is the nearest to the canteen when I studied primary 3. So almost everyone in the class will asked for our help to buy stuff, and then we eat together.


This mirror is here since my primary 1, and I have took the same photo here few years back.

Check out my previous post here.



My last photo with the SRB Chung Hwa School Limbang. This is the place where I and all of the Chinese students learned all our education foundation, and it was indeed very sad to know that it will be demolish soon.

Thank you Chun Hwa school Limbang. I’ll remember you always :)

Wilson
Memories during my primary school days

My Previous Visit to the school at 2005

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History of SRB Chung Hwa School Limbang, post # 2 of 2

History of SRB Chung Hwa School Limbang, post # 1 of 2

Establish in 1917, and the first classroom is at the 1st floor of the old Limbang market. That time there were only a few students available, and this is how the school start.

The committee members of the school emphasize that the growth of Chinese Education is a virtue. So they start to form a formal committee group with proper organization chart. And also started to raise money from the public to build a bigger and better school for the children, for them to have a secure future ahead.

The “Fu Tek Chi” hall was build on the year 1937 with the kind donation from the school committee and public. And it was officially launch by the year 1938. The hall was marked with four words 礼义廉耻(li3 yi4 lian2 chi3) which are, “Manners”, “Morality”, “honest”, and “disgrace”. And to put all of this four words together is means “Honesty and Honor” This four words is the essence teaching of the Great Confucius, and it is the school motto of SRB Chung Hwa school. And this motto had been followed by thousands of students, and then make them the successful person they are today.


1938, after the school hall was form, the school was bombarded by the united army.

On the year 1942, World War 2 started. Japanese invaded the Southeast Asia. And this also affected the Brunei country (Limbang’s neighbor), and the Limbang town also badly damage by the war. And the Japanese then use the Chung Hwa School as their military base, and also force student to learn Japanese.

On the year 1945, when the united army came to defend the Japanese, many building had been bombarded, and this also includes the Chung Hwa School. The school had been totally destroyed by the nuclear boom, all its left is just a pile of rubble. And this had marked a miserable day in the history of the Chung Hwa School.

At the year 1946, the boards of director of the Chun Hwa School Limbang are very determine, as they know to be a good human being, once must be educated. And to have educated, once must go to school. So they start to pelage assistant from the Government, and use the government servants hostel as a temporary classroom to teach students.


1945, This is the temporary classroom for the students after the World War 2


1946, The Chung Hwa School new building, build at the exact location where the temporary classroom were.


The group photo of the school board of members and all the teachers.

Day by day, as time goes by. The number of students had increase dramatically. And the board of members knew that they now need more building to accommodate these new students.

1954, the school board of members had then bough another land, and at 1956 the school had successfully build its very first concrete building which also knows as Block A, and on 1971, another block was build as an extension to the existing block which knows as Block B. And the school was been certified by the Education Department as Primary School Type A.


Photo of block A at 1959, the very first concrete building in the history of Chung Hwa School


Photo of basketball court

And the numbers of students had then grow again, which the school had then build another block which know as Block C on the year 1996.

On year 2008, the school have 45 teachers, 1055 students, 25 classrooms. And addition to that, the school also has its own dentist clinic, a multimedia room, science lab, library, computer room, and a canteen. The school provide education from Kindergarten, until primary six.


Photo of block C at 1987, when students are getting greater, more new building was build to accommodated them.

As time goes by, the school has now stopped its service on 2010. The new school was build on anther location, and this historical building will be demolish soon.

Kerry and I went back to the school on the 1st of Jan 2011, and saw one of the board in the office. At first he tough that my brother and me are outsider, then we told him that we’re students here before.

Then he told us the reason that they going to sell this school (which I think is total bullshit) is that the location is not safe for the students, cause the land behind the school might cause a landslide. So they decided to sell out the building, and let the contractor develop the place (the school is in the center of the town).

Follow by more bullshit and stuff, which makes me want to get away from there as soon as possible.


Guys, in my next post, I'll post the photos that I took during my visit to my school. And the memories I had during my primary school time.
Before that, check out the video of my school.



Cheers,
Wilson
Visitation to my alma mater

source taken from the Chung Hwa School website

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History of SRB Chung Hwa School Limbang, post # 1 of 2
History of SRB Chung Hwa School Limbang, post # 2 of 2

Visitation to the Lok Kawi Wildlife Park @ Sabah Penampang, The Sabah Zoo

On my last day at Kota Kinabalu, my family and I went to the Sabah Zoo a.k.a Lok Kawi Wildlife Park. This is the park that runs by the Sabah wildlife department, under the ministry of tourism Sabah.



Back in Kuching, Sarawak. We also have the ministry of tourism, and we also have a wildlife department. But just that the officer here they like to do paperwork, so the all tourism dude they will stay in the office for 360 days, just by doing paperwork, and write on the paper on how the tourism industry at Sarawak will growth. And wait for the payday, Very effective right, I salute them :)

Back to the Sabah zoo, the park has more than 100 species of mammals including birds, which all kept in captivity. They also have a botanical garden, an herbal and a ginger garden.
What I enjoyed most is the animal show which starts 11AM and 3PM daily. They really train the animals well, as they have orang utan showing off his strength by peeling the coconut, snake hiding in the audients seat, parrots playing basketball, and more.

My bros, dad and me also had our elephant rides with only cost RM5 (at Langkawi, it cost RM60!!!) this is our first time riding an elephant, while he is walking, you will feel like it swings left and right, so have to remember to hold tight.



Wonderful park, wonderful animal. We head back home with happy memories that we will never forget.

Wilson
I’ve touch a python snake for the 2nd time

First time touch snake is here.

Visitation to the Desa Cattle Milk Farm @ Kundasang, Sabah

What is this? Dairy Milk? The Milk Cows? cozy weather? is this New Zealand?

Nah, I''m at Kundasang, Sabah now. and I'm on my way to to the Sabah Dairy Milk farm. It is a steep driving to the Desa Milk Farm, but when almost reach the top, cozy weather again :)
I really enjoy the cozy weather here, don't get this kind of weather back in Kuching.

Mum are so happy when she saw the flowers along the road, the place are full of flourish flowers. There are entrance fees to go into the farm, not sure how much, my brother pay for it.

There are like over 50 herd of cows, and there are cow poo everywhere. We get to see how is the milk machine looks like, they will milk the cow every 3PM. And we also get to see how they process the raw milk, but this is not for us to drink, but is for the little cow cubs.



Check out the short video I made during my visitation to the Dairy Milk Farm :)

Cheers,
Wilson
mmoooooooo

The Strawbery Garden and Sabah Tea Garden @ Kota Kinabalu

My next stop is to visit the strawberry garden, and I’m so excited about it. The garden is a private own garden, they have hotel, and the strawberry is like an attraction for the tourists to come and stay at the hotel.

The daughter of the owner told us that actually they have a bigger farm, purely for planting strawberries. This small one is just for visitor, so I asked if I can eat these strawberries. She told me that they just spray the pesticide and is not advisable to eat it :(

I like the flowers, the flowers flourish beautifully. Maybe is due to the cozy weather…I don’t know… but surely I can’t see such beautiful flowers around my neighborhood.

Mum likes the flowers very much, she keep on reminding us to stop by the road side if there is any flowers stall, cause she wants to buy the seeds back to plant it. Tsk tsk…. No way mum, it will never survive in that hot weather.

Sabah tea garden

After that, my next stop is the Sabah Tea Garden. This tea garden is the only organic tea garden in the Borneo, back in Kuching I’ve seen this tea selling in the supermarket before, but never try it.

My family and I had our evening tea break at the restaurant here, we ate tea cake, and some of the special milk tea which can only be found here. And the tea taste very nice :) I like the pandan milk tea, it smell and taste really nice.

The weather here is not cozy anymore, and that time is around noon. So most of the workers went for lunch, I wanted to see how they pick the tea leaf and so on.

The view here are breathtaking, they have a lot of mountain views here. We don’t get a lot of mountains view back in Kuching, just jungles and rivers.

The tea garden don’t have much flowers, from here I am very sure that only on cozy weather the flower can flourish beautifully. Not in the hot weather…so tsk tsk…mum bought a lot of flowers seeds back home, so I wish my mum good luck with the flower…tsk tsk :D

Cheers,
Wilson
The flowers are beautiful

From Kota Kinabalu to Kinabalu Park (Part 2 of 2)

The panorama view on top of the Kinabalu Park






We finally reached the Kinabalu Park after hours of driving. We're excited cause able to visit the highest Mountain in the Southeast Asia, the Mount Kinabalu. I'm happy to become the family photographer, and keep on taking good picture with my family.

The weather up there are super cozy, I went to wash my hand, the water are freezing!!! and the mist keep on floating by just in front of me, the visibility are low.

We visited the starting point to climb the mount, and there is a second floor actually, but is under renovation now. My brothers and I sneak into the construction site to have a look to check the workers if they are working or not.

Just as I thought, they are sleeping there. Hey, the weather is cozy, who can resit this right. We took a lot of photos there, cause the view are nicer up there.

Then, we checked in at the place that we stay for that night. Is called the J-Residence. And good thing is that it is just 5 minutes away from the Kinabalu Park.

After we reach, we unload all our stuff. Mum and my brothers are preparing for tonight dinner. We will have steamboat dinner, so that's why today early morning we went to the fish market to buy fresh seafood.

This is the view outside our room, beautiful right! That night, we have a power blackout :( so dad have to start his car and uses the car light.

We laugh, we eat, we drink.... I'm very happy to know that my parent are enjoying the trip so far. This is a place that worth visiting again :)

Cheers
Wilson
the mist, I can touch the mist :)

From Kota Kinabalu to Kinabalu Park (Part 1 of 2)

A video I made from Kota Kinabalu stop by at Nabalu Village

The journey to Kinabalu Park will takes about 1 1/2 hours, there are a lot of tourist attraction along the way.

It was a uphill car ride, and the part that I like most is that the higher we get, the colder we felt. And while driving I even can touch the mist :D

Before we reach the Kinabalu Park, we stop by at a village called the Nabalu Village. Here the village people build a stage looking platform. And we get to enjoy this magnificent scene of hills, all covered by mist.

From far away, we can saw there are also houses all over the hills. The people who live there are so lucky as they get to enjoy the wonderful environment everyday.

There are also plants all over the hills, due to the cold weather here, a lot of beautiful flowers can be seen. They grow like wildfire, spreading here and there.

Waterfall seen from a far distant.

Here not just souvenirs, they also sells a lot of pineapple, watermelon, and honeydew, as well as fresh vegetables.

There are two rows of coffee shops, but we didn't stop for coffee. We will have a long way to go before we can reach the Kinabalu Park.

Will update more in my next post...

Fish Market at Kota Kinabalu Sabah

This is Day#2 on my Sabah trip, and today we will be going to Kinabalu Park which is about 90KM from Kota Kinabalu town. And tonight we are going to have steamboat as dinner.


This is how the fish market looks like

Wake up at 6am, and reach the fish market before 7am. I seldom go to the fish market, don't like it there. Kerry is a big fan of seafood, so he's excited when we're there. He bought a lot of fish, clams, crab, squids, and prawns.

Is a busy market, and one thing that surprise me is that a lot of small kids are working here as well.

Pity when seeing kids working at the fish market here, they should be in school studying not here working.

I can't stand the fish smell, so I opt to wait outside the fish market, while my parent continue seafood shopping.

Basket of fish keep on loading into the market, it looks very scary on the amount of fishes they have here. And this is just a small part of it, as there is more still in the fishing boat.

What will happen to the ecosystem in the sea if they keep on catching this amount of fish? It worries me...

The fisherman must have work the whole night, and only can rest when reach shore.

Dinner @ Gaya Seafood Restaurant

First Day at Kota Kinabalu was fantastic, and we went for a place called Gaya Seafood restaurant for dinner. When at Sabah, my brother keep on reminding us that we the seafood is a must have in our menu.



It was a huge restaurant, and just beside the restaurant is a building specially for gambling slot machines.



L-R: Jason, Ah Hee, Kerry, Mum and Dad.



I don’t like seafood, only ate a little bit. So I ate almost 80% of the bean curd.



And ate most of the vegetable as well, and I’m slowly learning to become a vegetarian now.



We had this delicious fried rice instead of normal white rice. I didn’t eat the shell food, it looks discussing.



My brother keep on asking me to try the lobster, so I had one.
Overall our total bill came out not more than RM150, and this is not what we expected. It should be more than that, but hey, Sabah is loaded with seafood.

My brother was happy about that, but next time I would prefer we all go for vegetarian.

Cheers,
Wilson
Don’t like seafood…

Visitation to the Aquarium and Marine Museum of University Sabah

Click here for the recap of the previous story when I reach Sabah.
That evening, after finish shopping at Center Point Shopping Mall, we went to the University of Sabah. It is situated just near the One Borneo Shopping Center Sabah.
The University of Sabah.


Check out the beach just on the back of the University of Sabah.


Back at Sarawak, we also have University of Sarawak. And at the back of the university is just trees.

Behind the university, there is a beautiful beach, and an Institute of Biomarine. While next to it, is an Aquarium & Marine Museum which belongs to the university of Sabah.



Inside the museum, they have a few big fish tank, inside the tank they have...Hard Corals, spiny lobster, Remora fish, and more :)



They build a large model of a diver going up the water surface, they really did a great job on the surrounding view, there are fish, shark, stingray, and more.


Both of my younger brother, Kerry and Jason

We seldom get to see large scale underwater aquarium, so we're excited, and took a lot of photos. Check out my video below on my aquarium trip :)



Wilson
Love underwater animal

Road Trip from Limbang to Kota Kinabalu, Sabah :)

06.08AM, from Limbang we have to by pass Brunei, the Temburong District to reach Sabah. And we stop at the immigration to have our passport stamps for arrival into Brunei.

07.04AM, reached Lawas the most eastern district of Sarawak. Where we have our breakfast at the Yong Siang Restaurant. My parent and I had kolo noodles as breakfast, the taste….2 out of 5

08.08AM, reached Spitang a small town at Lawas, and this is the bridge that link Sarawak and Sabah together.

08.54AM, train track. Yep, we reached Beaufort, a small town at Sabah. And the train station still operates until today, and this might be the only running train station which is still running at East Malaysia.

09.43AM, the track seems to be linking the Beaufort town and the Kota Kinabalu town. Cause we’ve been driving for almost an hour, and still can see the train tracks along the road.

10.10AM, alright, the beach. We’ve reached the Kota Kinabalu town! Now going to check in and have a rest before we go for shopping.

11.36AM, After our lunch, we checked in at this very unique hotel. Is a bridal but it also have rooms for rent.

11.48AM, finally they found our room key. Checking in…

12.32PM, first stop the Center Point shopping mall at Sabah, crowded with people

01.26PM, I bough a very delicious chicken pancake, and took a picture of my brother Jason. I wanted him to pretend to push the Christmas tree, but he did it very fake :S
That evening, I went to the University of Sabah, and even visited their very own Aqua Marine Museum. Update in my next post.

Wilson
Is a long but happy ride