Olympic Torch Relay, Malaysia

Recently, the Olympic Torch came to Kuala Lumpur as part of the Torch Run for the Beijing Olympic Games 2008. The Kuala Lumpur leg of the relay started after a short ceremony at Dataran Merdeka and 80 runners were involved in the whole 13.7 km run which ended at the Kuala Lumpur City Centre.

Fortunately, the Olympic Council of Malaysia HQ is just a few doors away from MBS. A few of our students managed to witness this historic event. Among them was sixth former Lim Wen Chean.

In her words:

I was completely clueless about what was happening today because I haven't been reading the newspapers for the past few days. How can I not know about the 2008 Beijing Olympic torch relay?!


Kent did invite me to join him yesterday to witness the relay after school but I couldn't because I had a meeting to attend and also I had to do my Reading Programme. =/ And I didn't bother asking much because I thought it was a movie at first. LOL! :D He said this, "I, Chen Ken Kent, invite you, Lim Wen Chean to watch the olympic relay". I guess I misinterpreted. x)


So, today I went to school and they were saying things like,
"Die lah! You cannot go home today, all the roads are block!"
"You parked at OCM some more! There confirm block!"
"Even if you wanna go home, you'll be stuck in traffic everywhere!"

Oh bummer. =/ I got so worried because I thought they would block the road at OCM cause that's where I park my car. But, anyhow, I didn't rush home right after school because Kent told me the relay started already and the roads would've probably been blocked by then. So, what's the point of rushing right? Besides, I have other things to do.


After completing RP with Janice, a lot of people who went to see the relay were telling us about how cool it was and stuff. This relay is like a once-in-a-lifetime-thingy and we missed it! Pfft. Janice didn't drive, so I walked to OCM by myself. I saw so many people waiting down the hill looking up at Stadium Merdeka. I was told earlier that the runners passed our school already and I was wondering why did people still bother waiting. When I was about to enter OCM, I noticed Kent, Hsien, Robson, Chee Kar and Lee Meng waiting too! They told me that the torch is about to be passed to another person soon. So, I joined them as well. Haha. :D We waited for about 15 minutes I think and I saw Lee Chong Wei (national badminton player) in one of the buses! :D


Hsien's camera died, so I ran to my car to grab my handphone which was the only device I could use to snap pictures eventhough its camera is 2.0 megapixel only. =/ Hsien snapped a couple of pictures for me. :)

We also took a picture with the torch! :D The man was kind enough to let us take a picture with the torch and we were like a bunch of jakuns. Haha. It was so abrupt especially when I didn't expect to witness all this. xD

See the torch?! :D

Hsien so cute. Haha.

I look quite crappy cause the Uncle was rushing.

The excited Kent! :D

In the next 50 years to come, I can tell my grandchildren about this! :D :D

Wen Chean

Excelsior is #1 in the country!

The MBS School Magazine, Excelsior, won the First Prize in the National School Magazine Competition 2007. Along the way, we beat SMK Puteri Cyberjaya (2nd) and Victoria Institution (3rd)

The Editor, Lau Shao Nian and School Senior Assistant, Pn. Phoon Yoke Meng receiving the prize

You can read more about it at Shao Nian's blog.

Two Methodites are top in the nation for STPM 2007

Once again, MBS has shone in the STPM examinations 2007. Two of our students are top in the nation. This is the third consecutive year that MBS has students among the top in the nation for STPM.

Lai Choon Keat and Mon Chee Cheong were among the top students in the country for Science and Arts streams respectively. Both of them achieved 5A and a perfect 4.00 CGPA.

The detailed analysis also show that the overall CGPA is 2.73, the best since 2003. All subjects show improvement except Economics and Mathematics S.

MBSSKL’s SPM results are also outstanding. Though MBSSKL did not achieve a 100% due to the failure of two students in Bahasa Malaysia, the overall grade was the best in history – 3.42. Also for the first time in history, a student scored 13As. Another four students scored 12As and another seventeen 11As. The results could have been better if not for two subjects which many students, unexpectedly, did not get As – Bahasa Malaysia and English Literature. A thorough post mortem will be conducted for these two subjects. All other subjects scored marked improvement. An outstanding result that need to be highlighted is that an astonishing 78% of the students scored As for English and out of this 74% are A1s.

The PMR results were also commendable with a pass of 96.95% the third highest in the history of MBSSKL. About a quarter of the students scored 7As and above.

The detailed analysis of the results can be downloaded from the official site, http://mbsskl.edu.my/

Mon Chee Cheong, Mr. Wong Chee Kheon and Lai Choon Keat at the national prize-giving ceremony

MBSSKL Science stream student, Jeremy Tong Wee Chieh, who obtained 4As and 1A-, said it is important to study smart, " It's important to spend time de-stressing," he said, adding that he plays computer games to do so.

Congratulations to all the STPM High Achievers 2007!

M.B.S. , M.B.S., Play Up! Play Up! Play Up!

*Special thanks to Ms. Yeoh Su Yu for the scans of the newspaper articles.

Apologies

Dear all, we apologize for the lack of updates in recent months.

There have been some difficulties which we are still in the process of sorting out.

Please bear with us for the time being.

We apologize for the inconvenience caused.

Regards,
MBS Archive Authority

Kem Perdana MBSSKL 2007

By Lee Ha Nnah L6K
Photos taken from the blog of Lim Wen Chean L6K

Kem Perdana 2007

Everyone was excited, myself included. It’s been ages since my last camp, and being passed from the selection to go for PLKN, I was practically bouncing of my seat for Kem Perdana. The whole of Lower 6 Kensett signed up for it along with a couple of students from Mori and the other classes, the majority were form 4 boys.


DAY 1
Malaysians do earn their reputation of being thirty minutes late for any event, but in this case make it; one hour and thirty minutes late. I guess waiting endlessly under the sun wasn’t as bad as it sounds mainly because of what the boys were up to. Despite the wait, as soon as the bus arrived everyone was up on their feet again hopping into the busses. I didn’t manage to get a decent nap, the bus was too noisy and the trip was too short.

The place wasn’t as bad as I had imagined. Another few hours of waiting and we had our first ‘makan’ at noon. Delicious. I guess as soon as I sunk my teeth into the ayam masak merah, I had a feeling this trip is going to worth every last cent of that RM50 I paid.

The rest of the day was spent on settling down. We were introduced to our camp commandants and later set of the build our tents.
Then, came the time for night tracking.

Ever tracked in a jungle infested with leaches, bugs and plants? Try doing that at night. Lets say, 12am under a dim moonlight, extremely damp weather and minimal torch lights. We walked in a single line through the Orang Asli village and into the jungle. Among the 105 people, every 6th person was allowed to carry a torch light. I was lucky number six. Abang Azwan; the ‘it’ man of camp, warned us not to offend the jungle as we were only pasing visitors. He specifically told us not to shine up into the trees and paid full attention to the ground we were walking. Adding a myth or two along the way, his creep intensity reached maximum level. Honestly, ghost stories aren’t of our best interest at the moment.

However, in the forest, ghosts and evil ‘penungu’s were the least of our problems as soon as vamipiric non mammals that roamed the forest floors come out of their hibernation. They were hungry, awaken from their long slumber, they were out to get us, like sitting ducks the humans stood there defenseless. Many fell prey to the bloodthirsty creature’s evil conquest. It was the manifestation of the our worst nightmare. Unlike the Hollywood blockbuster in the movie Attack of the Giant Leeches aired in 1957, these parasites were more miniature. We survived the gruesome, horrendous, torturing 4 hours in the wilderness and thank God everyone came out alive. It was an experience everyone wished they could forget.

DAY 2
We woke up with anticipation for what’s ahead despite the back aches. Aside from the damp weather, we had another yummy breakfast. Everyone looked zombiefied. Their faces showed signs of ageing and the stress of overload of stress piling up under their eyes. I’m not kidding, they really look like the walking dead. Mainly because of the extremely minimal sleep that we got due to the poor tent conditions. Can you imagine six grown women cramping into a tent made for four people? Well, we made use of our left brains and came up with a brilliant idea, we take turns sleeping. I did manage to get some sleep and reminded myself to do some facial when I get home.

After lunch’s when all the real fun begun. We made use of the facilities there, and took part in activities in the extreme category like wall climbing, the flying fox, and the obstacle course. I held a grudge on Abang Azwan for being a bully, and got my vendetta when we were allowed to splash around in the nearby river. Later at night, we presented the rehearsed performance in groups. We had a lot of laughter and some even rolled on the floor. The spirit of MBS and our fluent control of the language and presentation skills were taken note by the outsiders. The camp commandant praised MBS for being the first school with the most interesting and creative presentation. Go Forward MBS!

DAY 3
We were up early and packed for the day time tracking. To everyone’s amazement, despite the hike being planed out for two and a half hours, we did it in half the time. Personally I think the day tracking was more fun despite being less challenging. On top of that, everyone had already gone immune to the leeches. Self accomplishment and atonement filled our hearts as we were able to make up for the poor performance during the first night. And again, we received praise form the outsiders.

As soon as we left the forest we detoured from the original path to head for the waterfall. Almost everyone got themselves submerged in the not so shallow, not so clean water. I wasn’t pleased with the idea of having the boys upstream and camping on top of the waterfall, with their poor attempt to block all water flow while the girls were at the bottom basked in the remaining water that seeped through them. I almost felt discriminated but the fun washed away all unsatisfaction. When the time came everyone reluctantly left the waterfall and headed back to camp to clean and pack up. Mr. Chin Nam Keong was already at camp when we were packed and ready. The official closing ceremony was held and generous gifts were given to all camp commandants and to the winning teams. Aleric a.k.a the Penghulu was given the Most Popular Award by the commandants for being sporting and having a very unique way in doing push-ups. As soon as the event ended, everyone walked in single lines to shake hands with all the camp commandants.

It was a short 3 days affair, and despite being so brief, I caught a glimpse into the hearts of those who commit their lives into helping the new generation understand and enjoy nature. I thank Abang Azwan for those precious lessons on how important it is to respect nature.

Participants of Kem Perdana 2007

Happy Faces from Lower 6

Meal time

Waiting for the bus

110th Anniversary Dinner

The 110th Aniversary Dinner was successfully held at Sunway Convention Centre, with a total of 140 tables. A grand event indeed.

Cutting the anniversary cake

For more photographs of the dinner, please visit the MBS Old Boys' Association Website.
Link:
http://mbsoba.org/110/

The Yong Chee Seng Wing

photos by: Leong Yew Zheng U6-P
Darryn K.Y. Chiew U6-K
Kok Yoon Ming U6-K

Methodites, our new block will be ready quite soon. The "frame" is already up, just the final touches needed. On the 31st of October, 2 members of the Archive Authority decided to tour the building before leaving school.

After a short safety briefing from the contractor, we headed up the stairs cautiously, and even chatted with some of the labourers there. You're gonna love this new block!