ACS METHODIST IPOH REVISITED

26TH AUGUST 2023 ~ After 30 years, I came back to the school where I did my practical teaching from March to May 1993. I was sent to ACS Methodist School in Ipoh when I was doing my B. Ed. TESL course in Universiti Pertanian Malaysia [UPM], an all boys' school which was then located just beside the Ipoh Bus Station known as Medan Kidd.

Founded in 1895, ACS Methodist Ipoh should now be 128 years old. This was a missionary school that was built when we were still under the British occupation. The buildings made you feel like you were visiting a school in England.

I met a teacher of the school that Saturday morning and we had a small chat.

I was actually accompanied by Mr. Radin Mohd. Hafiz, an ex-student of SMK Taman Universiti, who is currently working and staying in Ipoh.

The surrounding area sure had changed a lot, and the Medan Kidd Bus Station was not the spot where it used to be. This time I saw the school's architecture was more impressive, something that I did not observe when I was teaching there back in 1993.

It was nostalgic to get back to the place where I started my career as a teacher in a real school. I just hope I would be able to meet ex-students whom I taught when they were in Form One back then. I guess they must be 44 years old already.

THE ANIMALS IN SINGAPORE ZOO - PART 3

My effort to upload the few videos in the zoo was in vain. Let's not put the beautiful pictures into waste, enjoy the last series of the pictures from the visit to the Singapore Zoo.











To sum up, let's ponder upon the words of wisdom of the old Cree Indian, beautifully written but very meaningful.

THE ANIMALS IN SINGAPORE ZOO - PART 2

I have tried time and time again to upload the other video but the effort was still in vain. So let's see some other pictures of animals that were captured by my digital camera. See whether you are able to name them.

THE WHITE TIGER OF SINGAPORE ZOO

One of the main attractions of the Singapore Zoo is its white tigers. There are three of them and the one word that I can describe these creatures is: MAJESTIC. These animals originated from Indonesia. Watching them was a bit scary as if they were about to jump and get you. What separated the spectators and the tigers was a small river that acted as a moat and the tigers would be looking at you with hungry eyes.








By the way, do you know that there was an incident a few years back when the tigers killed a zoo worker? Actually it was a suicide case, the man was surrendering himself to the beast as when he was in the animal's sanctuary, he was only armed with a pail and broom. I was thinking of putting the video of the incident here but that would not do justice to the beasts, so you google for it yourself if you want to see it. But I still have a video of one of the tigers for you to admire its beauty.

Thank God I managed to get this video uploaded. Pray that I can upload at least one more.