Mid August Activities

Back to writing and publishing...I’m reporting my activities for the whole week starting 10th August 2009 until 15th August 2009

Monday 10th: It has been a week since all students busy answering SPM Trial examination SBP version..Invigilating examination in the school hall indeed was very challenging...With the quiet environment who on earth couldn’t fallen asleep....Time was so slow...
No Teaching and Learning for me, at least for another week...bcoz i’m teaching all the form fives...

Tuesday 11th : The same thing was repeated..Invigilating exam..one paper after another...
Wednesday 12th : Something to remember..Pot Luck was organised..to celebrate and welcome Ramadan with doa, then to celebrate birthdays of September buddies and farewell party to Nani who’s leaving for good...Acara makan-makan like this memang interesting...release tension..at the same time we r getting closer to one another....We have no problem of getting the food because most of us willing to sponsor all kind of food...

Thursday 13th:
I went to SMK Cochrane for Bio talk...My audience was all mixed..One Malaysia!! And the introduction was good...It was done in the school ‘Pusat Sumber’..to reach there I have to take ‘lift’ bcoz it is located at the 5th floor...So gud to have ‘lift’ in school...At SESERI i wish we have an ‘escalator’ to go up to 5 Adioda and 5 Bakerara....(Too much!!!)
Not so much of a scene.....some of the students wearing masks..which was good>>..at least there was awareness among the students about the prevention against the pandemic...
The rest......let the photos published tell..

Friday 14th :

Went to SK(L) Jln Pasar with Yan and Ani..The SKM (SEkolah Kurang Murid) school.......to attend mesyuarat Pelaporan PBS PEKA Biologi SPM 2009...About 35 of Bio senior officers cum senior teachers met there....The last time we met was abt two months ago...so there r a lot of stories to catch up...everybody was telling everybody......common topics : H1N1...Quarantine...which schools closed...PTK examination...preparation....etc..etc...etc..(et cetera)
Saturday 15th : (Sekolah ganti cuti Deepavali)
Morning...reaching school to find a gift( A flower vase) from Adziemah (spm 2007) ..on my table....Thank you for the rememberance.. ...She is always a sweet, shy, gentle girl whom I know. .Tak sempat jumpa dia sebab I was not in school the day before.
About 10.00 am, Went to Dewan Seri Murni of SMKRA for Bio Talk again...The last BIO Talk for this year.....They were SMKR Ali students and SMK Segambut students too...I didn’t bring my digital cam to snap photos...so there’r none to be shared.......Thanks God , by noon it has over..God knows how tired I was but still managed to put up a good face...Students responded well though it was on Saturday....I hope all them gained something out of the Talk...and hope they will score well in Biology trial examination which is approaching...

...My Sunday was occupied with house chores...and an hour was allocated to clear my mail box- yahoo and Goggle....and publishing posts to Blog....

Aimi..Questions & Answers

Question 1:

The blood group of the child is determined by both of the parents....The child’s blood group is not necessarily the same like her/his mother...nor always the same as her/his father...because there will be a combinations of both genes...

The possibilities will be as follows:

· Mother / Father of Blood Group A: Could possibly has the genotype of AA or AO
· Mother / Father of Blood Group B: ...the genotype can be BB or BO
· Mother /Father of Blood Group AB...the genotype can be only AB (bcoz both A and B are dominant)
· Mother/Father of Blood Group O...The genotype can only be OO (bcoz O are recessive. )

SO....blood group of the children could possibly not be the same like their mothers IF:

The fathers genotypes are BOTH dominant (in other words AA or BB) and the mothers genotypes are either heterozygous (AO or BO ) or homozygous recessive ( OO).

Example: Father AA X Mother BO/mother OO ...No children Blood Group B or O like their mother.
or

Father BB mother AO/mother OO.. No children Blood Group A or O like their mother....
Reason: The father carries BOTH dominant genes!!!

Question 2:

There are many factors which could cause miscarriage....
Such as Auto-immune disorders, diabetes, epilepsy, high blood pressure, kidney disease or sickle cell disease.
Also include chromosomal abnormalities, gene defects, hormonal problems, infection, immunological, uterine abnormalities, chronic maternal illness and environmental hazards.
But as for Bio SPM we only deal with hormonal problems which is low progesterone levels
If too little progesterone is produced by the corpus luteum, the endometrium may not develop adequately to sustain the pregnancy. However, low progesterone levels in early pregnancy usually reflects a pregnancy that has already failed.
Any severe infection such as rubella, can also cause miscarriage.


Question 3:
When pregnant, the levels of hCG --Human chorionic gonadotropin (hormone secreted during pregnancy) is secreted in your urine.
(hCG) is a glycopeptide hormone produced by the placenta during pregnancy. The appearance and rapid increase in the concentration of hCG in the mother's urine makes it a good marker for confirming pregnancy.
That hormone can be detected by using Urine Test which is a chromatographic immunoassay

Question 4:

Tubal ligation is a permanent form of female sterilization, in which the fallopian tubes are severed and sealed or "pinched shut", in order to prevent fertilization.

Hormone production, libido, and the menstrual cycle can be affected by a tubal ligation.[1]
A tubal ligation is approximately 99% effective in the first year following the procedure. In the following years the effectiveness may be reduced slightly since the fallopian tubes can, in some cases, reform or reconnect which can cause unwanted pregnancy.
Many younger women who have had tubal ligation surgery have issues with their menstrual cycle afterwards. These problems may be caused by improper blood flow to the ovaries after the surgery. Sometimes blood vessels get "nicked" during the surgery. These problems can be very inconvenient - even painful.

Well...I hope I have answered to your Questions......

MGCKL Hi Tea@One-World Hotel

....An annual gathering for GC of Wilayah Persekutuan KL......tis time was at One World Hotel...a 5-star hotel in the heart of Petaling Jaya. The place for the Hi Tea is **Cinnamon Cafe’..
Not so much to share......
Food wise: So many varieties..but I ended up with 5 sticks of satay, a plate of rojak, two bowls of ABC....waaaaa....ABC..ABC top up with ice cream......
1. 5 sticks of stay= 187 Cal


2. A plate of Rojak= 660 Cal

3. 2 bowls of ABC with 2 scoops of ice cream= 400 cal


4. ....Misc = 200 Cal
TOTAL Cal= 1387 Cal

My requirement = 1600-1800 Cal....so ...ok lagi kot...
..Tetiba nak calculate Calory pulak...maybe sebab tadi tersebat 2 mangkuk ABC..(mangkuk saiz sederhana maaa..)

...Then acara ...Lucky Draw..seperti biasa...never lucky...My Unlucky number was 55..

Place wise: ..a bit warm, no privacy, not Islamic?..there r Wine bottles display at the entrance.....( I dont favor the scene..).


Time wise: It started at 12.30noon..,lasted till 3.30pm...rushed home to perform Zohor prayer...

I brought my digital cam but didn’t feel like snapping photos there...except for one shot.......

The only snapshot...

Among present were the Director of KL Edu Dept, Ketua Nazir WPKL...and others........NOt so much to remember...Except get 'sesat' to get there...with Kak Kamariah and Noriah..

...and Congratulation to the committee members led by Leela who ve done a great job to make this Hi Tea a success...and all AJK Induk..Syabas.

MTD Versus SMKAB

...Within one week I have two audience...first was: MTD =Maktab Tentera Diraja also known as RMC (Royal Military College)..I prefer it to be known as RMC bcoz it sounds more bombastic and potrays a well disciplined college,....yielding high quality students in all aspects.....a future nation leaders..
Going to MTD again this year.....and it was my third time starting 2007..When I was invited for a Talk by Major CTF, I hardly find an appropriate date to fix for the Talk..because most of my free dates were already booked by other schools and of course some were allocated for meetings...But, finally I managed to squeeze it on the 7th August.
Well...looking at the boys with their military uniforms make me feel great to be with this special bunch of students...who have been trained to be a well disciplined teenagers......I believed what I saw infront of me was the product of our Education system....

It was a two hour Talk..as usual...Most of the boys were attentive (Less than 4 were dozing off once or twice..).They asked questions and showed interest..one thing for sure, all of them want to score A Biology..

The gesture which make them different from other school students is their ‘salute’ when they greet the teachers..
....and of course I like the way they called me ***ma’am.......dont know why..may be because its already too common that my students called me ‘cikgu’ and ‘ teacher’...and even ‘sifu’...

***Madam, Madame, ma'am, or Mme is a title for a woman. It is derived from the French madame , the equivalent of Mrs. or Ms., and literally signifying "my lady."
Ma'am" is commonly used to address female officers of the rank of Inspector and above in British police forces and female Commissioned Officers and Warrant Officers in the British Armed Forces.
In the United States Armed Forces and in the Canadian Armed Forces, "ma'am" is used to address female commissioned officers and Warrant Officers. U.S. Marine recruits and U.S. Air Force trainees also address female non-commissioned officers as "ma'am."
......So...no wonder they address me as ‘ma’am’........

MTD Boys.....(Elias.. ) All the best in your SPM...Score A -Biology..I pray for ur success...Malaysian Future leaders!!!

...Second: I went to SMKAB= Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Aminuddin Baki....One of the ‘Cluster School’ in Malaysia..This time it is mixed..Boys and girls..Malays, Chinese, Indians...With greater percent are Malays...
And the Talk was focusing on both papers : paper 2 and Paper 3....It lasted for 2 hours also....by then, tekak pun sakit........I didn’t leave them my email add and my blogspot address like I did to MTD boys...may be because they looked a bit cold to me.......MTD boys are warmer ...( betul ke elias?)

Anyway, at last I managed to fulfil their teachers’ wish to have me there to share last minutes tips and guidance as how to go about answering Biology in their coming SPM Examination....a few months from now..I sincerely hope everybody have gained something out of the Talk.... .

...I owe another two Bio talk next week...Ughhh..**Sigh