The Great Smoking Debate

Be it resolved that marketing tobacco products should be illegal in Malaysia.

Last week we watched "Thank You for Smoking" in class. This week we had the great smoking debate. Period one is usually my most reserved class. I think we are all still sleeping at 8 am. However, during this debate I was sometimes afraid that a Royal Rumble might break out.

Happy Labour Day!




Photo courtesy of Mr. Super Poke

The horror... the horror...

Well, it's 8:00 pm Sunday night and I've been at Taylor's pretty much all weekend.
It's crunch time people.

Good night

Quality of Life Continues to Soar

They're opening a new Subway right across the street from my school. Perfect!

Futsal Madness

I never heard of futsal before I came to Malaysia. My first year I didn't play once, but this year I'm playing at least twice a week. This Tuesday I took a kick in the thigh, a ball in the face, and an accidental punch in the jaw. Great fun!

The picture above is from a charity tournament organized by students in OS. I made a team with students from my I.B. class.

Left to right:

- Fikri(Malaysia)
- Punit (Kenya)
- Derek (Malaysia)
- Harris (Malaysia)
- Felix (Kenya)
- Mehdi (Iran)
- Mr. Saint (Canada)

According to our calculations, we were only one goal away from qualifying for the playoffs.

Nerds

Here I am moments before administering an old skool beating to the entire nerd patrol.

Recent Photos

Here I am on a tour of K.L. As you can see, I was extremely excited.

K.L. is 92nd

If this is true, why did I pay $30 CDN for a jug of beer last Saturday.

Some Dress Up Photos

I gotta give major props to Steve for being the first person to send me photos of dress up week. Today's theme was formal. I hate my smile in this photo.



Zooooooooom! Any slower and I would have fallen over.





Chui Yi, Philana, Moi, Leon, and Steve

Honeymoon in Danok

Well, I'm back from my holiday. I had tickets to the Philippines, but my girlfriend didn't so because I'm such a loving and caring and sensitive guy I decided to stay back in Malaysia and travel around with her. We went to Pangkor, Ipoh, Langkawi, and finally crossed the border into Danok, Thailand.

The town of Danok has to be the per capita world champion in karaoke joints and massage parlors.

I'll load up my pictures and give a full vacation report soon.

Blog Break

Don't bother reading this blog for about a week. I'll be on a beach drinking coconut moonshine. Many pictures to follow.

Peace

Classic Moments in I.B. (Part One)

We did some role-plays in I.B. class about cultural sensitivity and adaptability.



Private Dancer

Two Malaysian business women went on a trip to Japan. They met two Japanese business women to close a major deal over some sake and noodles. Things really heated up when the group went to a club for drinks. This was no ordinary club. It was a male strip club. The Malaysian business women seemed a bit shocked at first, but quickly adapted to the situation.

I really felt sorry for the stripper. He looked like a classic human trafficking victim. He must have been promised a job teaching English, but upon arrival he was thrown on stage.



After a little while it seemed like he had been dancing for years.



Edmund, Ganesh, Samanta, and Kirtti starred in a role-play titled "More Than U Bargained For."

Kirtti played the owner of a sleazy hotel in India. He expected his guests to share their bed with him. I'm pretty sure that's not a custom in India, but when Kirtti played the role it seemed like the most natural thing in the world.




I'm not sure if I'm joking around or actually angry, but I am sure that my hair is outstanding.

ICPU vs. CIMP

I'd like to say thank you to Mr. Sarno at CIMP for hosting the first of hopefully many Canadian pre-univeristy friendlies. I'd also like to say that both teams showed great sportsmanship and represented their schools well.



CPUnited



Captain Dinesh



Mehdi the goalkeeper



Steve the photographer and former ICPU president

SFO *****

My department head asked me if I minded having a film crew come in to film one of my classes. I said it wouldn't be a problem as long as I got a few days notice. The only problem was that I was notified that I would have to do it on the students' holiday on Friday. I figured it would be impossible to get any students to come in on their off day to do something like this, but I got enough students to sign up from my first period that I had to stop asking people after that.

The purpose of the video is to attract more international students from China to study at Taylor's in Malaysia

I'd like to say that both groups of students did super-terrific-outstanding five start presentations. I'm really proud of what my students accomplished on Friday.

A big thanks to each and every one of you.

Peace,

Mr. Saint







Fantastic work people!



All of the students who came in on their holiday and helped me out.



The board of Golden Cross



Gold Cross Organization




Peace! I'm outta here.

Lightning Strikes

I was having a romantic RM 4 chicken kebab dinner with the person mentioned in the Valentine's post. We were just joking around and talking. Then all of a sudden BOOM! My house got hit by a tomahawk missile. It was the loudest bang I ever heard in my life and the entire room lit up behind my back. My friend was facing it and kind of looked like someone punched her really hard when it happened.

It turns out that the C.I.A. hasn't found me yet. My apartment just got struck by Malaysian lightning, which is about ten times louder than Canadian lightning. My friend says that it must have stuck just a few feet from my balcony. That bolt of lightning set off every car alarm in the neighbourhood.

In the News

This is a picture of Arthur and I during his presentation. His presentation was about the I-Phone and this photo was taken with an I-Phone. In this photo I'm sporting my classic "Astro Boy" hairstyle. I've been going with this one off and on since grade two and I have the photos to prove it. I should give props to Arthur for a fantastic presentation.




"Mr. Saint, do you go clubbing?"
"Mr. Saint, I swear I saw you dirty dancing at Laundry last weekend."

The truth is that I'd rather stay home and listen to talk radio.

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Valentine's Day

I was sitting at home alone debating whether or not it was too pathetic to go to a pub and drink alone on Valentine’s Day. Ultimately, I decided that it was best to hide my shame and stay at home. I went to Cold Storage to buy some more tissue to soak up my tears. I had only been gone 30 minutes, but when I came back I saw the Cookie Monster sleeping on my couch. I felt like poop because I didn’t even get her a card. I took her out and did my best to recover, but upon reflection, taking her to a dirty pub probably wasn’t the best decision I ever made.
All in all, I think this was my greatest Valentine’s ever.

Wish I Saw It!

Actually, I wish I saw it at home in Canada. I don't miss the cold, but man, I'm really thinking about what I missed today. Instead of getting hammered and eating a philly cheesesteak, I sat here alone (stone cold sober) on Monday morning and got updates about once a minute.

That's it! I gotta get off my ass tonight and do something cool to make up for it. Jeez, this is the worst holiday ever.

The Ben Teh Incident

Ben was my student in I.B. last semester. All semester we would argue about who is the greatest wrestler of all time. I said Hulk Hogan and he said the Nature Boy Rick Flair. We almost fought a few times. By the end of the semster I turned him into a Hulkamaniac.



The Incident

Ben was hanging out with some of my current students today. They saw me and asked me if I'd like to join them for lunch.

Ben: Sir, why do you always eat lunch alone?

Sir: I just like to eat quickly and get back to work.

Edmund: Sir, can you speak Mandarin?

Sir: Not really, I only know a few survival words.

Ben: But you must know all the bad words right?

Sir: Not really, never used them. I think I know one.

Edumund: Which one?

Sir: I don't want to say it because it might offend you.

Edmund: Just say it!

Sir: *&! $#

Edmund: Oh, you mean @#$ %^

Sir: Yeah, I guess so.

Edmund: Nice try sir.....

Ben was drinking some kind of milk tea at the time and I'm not sure what triggered it, but when Edmund said, "Nice try sir" Ben started convulsing with laughter. I'm not going to say what happened next, but let's just say that my lunch was inedible after that.

Ben Teh: I.B. student 4 life.

English Teacher X

I'll be honest, 99.99% of blogs are complete poop (mine included). Unless you actually know the person, most blogs are meaningless. If for some reason, you came to this blog to get an idea of what it's like to teach in another country, I'd like to refer you to: englishteacherx.blogspot.com

If he wasn't so addicted to booze and women, he'd have actually made something of his life. I'm not sure if I feel sorry for him or wish I was him.

Peace,
Dave

Golfing in Genting

I went golfing today at Awana Golf Resort in Genting Highlands. Needless to say that the weather was cool (for Malaysia) and the scenery was fantastic. Unfortunately, I didn't bring my camera and I can't find any good pictures of the place on the Internet. The only bad thing about the day was my score. I think the high altitutde tired me out after eight holes.

Total Damage for green fee, buggy, and caddy was RM 107($33).

Perfect day!