A 2-DAY COURSE FOR JOHOR BAHRU DISTRICT ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHERS

6th-7th July 2014 ~ After the course attended in Melaka recently, it was now the group's turn to impart the knowledge regarding what had been given to us to other teachers in the district. The 2-day course related to the new evaluation for lower secondary was done at SK Angkatan Tentera, Johor Bahru.

I was asked to conduct a session and it was the first time for me to do this for PPD Johor Bahru district teachers despite the fact that I had gone other districts like Pontian and Pasir Gudang to do similar things. Anyhow, I was happy to get the chance to break away from school routine once in a while and see many new as well as familiar faces in the hall.

Everything went well, I supposed. After this, everybody had to go back to school and share whatever they got with their colleagues before carrying out the real thing in August.

SPOT THE ERROR - TOKYO 2

It was really difficult to find material for my "Spot the Error" post in Tokyo. There was this sign with a minor error so that had to be in the blog. It is a word that is frequently is misspelled by people. Can you spot it?

"CANNOT" is spelled as one word and not separated as in "CAN NOT", unlike "could not" or "should not".

WALKING AROUND THE RED BRICK WAREHOUSE IN YOKOHAMA

[DAY 4] 5th June 2014 ~ The next destination is Red Brick Warehouse, another must-visit site in Yokohama. The buildings were warehouses built for Yokohama harbour using red bricks, hence the name. And this place was big. I was expecting a museum but it was already converted into a commercial centre with shops, restaurants, boutiques, to name a few.

So we just walked around, took photos and lingered a bit near the waterfront. We tried to enjoy the gloomy scenery and stopped for our lunch which was a packet of onigiri but surprisingly enough to fill the starving tummy. There were big black clouds in the sky and it started raining after that, forcing us to use our umbrellas and poncho, and walk quickly to our next stop.

Read more about The Red Brick Warehouse HERE.

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(OUTSIDE) YOKOHAMA MUSEUM OF ART

[DAY 4] 5th June 2014 - I was excited when the girls announced that we would be visiting the Museum of Art but my happiness was short-lived. The museum was closed to visitors as they were in the process of preparation for the upcoming event/exhibition.

The next best thing to do was just to pose outside the building and I wondered where had all the people disappeared at that very moment. The place looked deserted so we could pose without any eyes observing.

where had all the people gone?

There was this gigantic structure which looked like either a roller coaster lines or a monster from a Transformers movie which amused me. I wonder whether it is built for the Museum of Art or just a sculpture for the city.

How could they bend and twist the metal bars to perfection? Only science could answer this.

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