It is more blessed to give than to recieve

Last week I had several urgent emails from Mr Lee Geok Ai, the Chairman of our Board of Governors. He needed me to urgently compile the list of needy students in the school as well as the names of students who needed aid in acquiring reading glasses . Thanks to the efficiency of Pn Nor Azlina, our data teacher and Pn Rohana Abu Hassan our new PK Hem and En Mazwan's help, we managed to quickly provide the data to Mr Lee.


Mr Lee Geok Ai, the Chairman of the
Board of Governors, SMK Convent Sentul



Mr Lee's response was even faster than ours. In about two days, he informed us that he had successfully helped the school recieve financial aid for our needy students through his friend Mr KS Lee in Freyssinnet PSC (M) Sdn Bhd.







Freyssinnet, a French company based
in Malaysia gave us RM 5000/- for our needy students.
Thank you Freyssinet and Mr KS Lee.





Mr Lee Geok Ai together with his wife Madam Low Bee Lan and his mum Madam Tan Kwee Eng  and Elegant Vision Care also jointly sponsored the spectacles of 40 students in our school. We have already shortlisted 30 names for the free spectacles from Form 1,2 and 4. We have space for 10 more students especially if you are from  Form 3 and 5 and you  need help for getting free reading glasses. Please come to school and request to see Pn Tan or the teacher on duty so your details  can be provided to Elegant Vision Care. Students who have already been shortlisted are to come to the school office and to take the confirmation letter and to fill in other details before proceeding to the optician's shop in Sri Gombak.


The flyer with details on the procedure to acquire the sponsored specacles.

For your information, Mr Lee has spearheaded the drive for many sponsorships in the school. The 30 new computers, the maintainance of the school buildings, the 3 new donor boards, the repair of the piano and the chairs are largely due to Mr. Lee's untiring efforts aided by his very helpful secretary     Ms Lee Foong Lian. In school, I am blessed with Pn Latifah and En Najib who helped me greatly in coordinating the reciepts, letters and other work associated with the sponsorships.

We also recieved from the president of the alumni - Datin Baljit Kaur A/P Sharanjit Singh, another     RM 5,000/- from the Alumni for the needs of the school. Thank you Alumni - you are a great source of help and encouragement to our present day students. You are warmly welcomed to come and visit the school and rekindle the flames of affection and nostalgia.

At the year's end I also want to take the opportunity to thank several others who have given to the school especially those I have not thanked publicly.





My ex-classmate Ms Chi Oi Meng
who sponsored RM 4K/- for the computers and
got her friend Ms Ng Yee Sin  to sponsor too.



   My husband Jason Yeong - very happy in Arsenal Stadium
Jason sponsored the entire repainting of the school hall
      and helped find sponsors and painters and paint  for
the repainting of the school external facade.
        He also got James of Suntrack to sponsor the drainworks
          and the awning and the cement floor repairs.

My father, Mr Tan Giap Swee who sponsored 1 unit computer  and
helped find workers for the ERT and GK room ceiling.

My mum Madam Lim Soy Moi who broke both her legs in March,
went through a major operation sponsored another computer
 in gratitude for her speedy recovery

Alysa Ng,  my ex-student from

5 Dinamik 2010, SMK Seksyen 5 Wangsa Maju

      who in the beginning of this year, 

 encouraged and inspired me greatly

     by her gift of RM 600/- from her ang pow money

         towards a needy student here in SMK Convent Sentul.

The 3 new donor boards thanking donors who gave from Jan- Oct 2011.

I also want to end by expressing my  thanks to the girls of SMK Convent Sentul who has now learnt to give generously as just as so many others have given to the school.  It started first with the choral speaking group in 2 Kenanga 2011 who gave very generously -  RM 500/- out of their RM 700/- winnings.

The giving of 2 Kenanga spurred many older students who recieved the YTL awards to also give back to the school.  Some girls gave RM50/-.   Many gave RM 100/- out of the RM 700/- ( for SPM )and RM 500/- (for PMR) and RM 200 (for co-curriculum) they recieved. They gave from 10-25% of the award money they recieved.

The heart of education is the education of the heart. When my students have learned to give in response, I know, we at SMK Convent Sentul have succeeded,  not just in educating them in their brains but we have educated their hearts. I believe it is the many examples of those who have given to the school that have encouraged and inspired my girls. Thank you for helping me educate my girls in the part where it truly counts - their heart and their wallets. The heart of education is the education of the heart.

Good day

The morning started well. I was simply pleased to find that not only was I recieving the award as Pengetua for Innovasi but also 4 other teachers of Convent Sentul were listed in two separate awards for Innovation. Some schools were not listed at all and Convent Sentul were listed in two categories. What an honor to be a Pengetua of a school of dedicated teachers and sweet girls!

There on the very first page of the programe book,  I was delighted to discover that Cik Anne Mathews, Cik Arpannah and Pn Norreha were honoured for their work on the "Kikubari and 5S Innovation " studies done on 4 Mawar. Just above their names, I also saw my name and  Pn Fitriyanti  listed in the "Pendekatan Aktif Sains Innovation " award. When I went up stage to recieve the awards, Pengarah Dato' Haji Khairil asked me how the "Pendekatan Aktif Sains" was carried out. He was delighted when he realized it was a very hands on approach and especially when I said the girls loved it! He invited us to share it with other schools.

Ms Anne is always serving and always smiling.

Raudah and Arpannah have beautiful faces and beautiful spirits.
They serve the school with joy.

Norreha is such a gem -
batu permata yang amat bernilai.

Downstage, I was very happy when I opened the awards and found the certificates of appreciation,  prepared for each individual teacher. My greater joy is that all these 4 teachers are really amongst those who are most proactive, full of initiative, and "paling tak kira" in the way they serve the students and the school. God certainly knows how to reward those who love the students like these 4 teachers do. Praise God.

Later a flurry of sms flew between me and Pn Afizah. Questions as - "When are you coming back to the school,"  "We are going to tunda the time so you can come back to see the video the Form 3 girls prepared for you"  I am so sorry to dissapoint you girls and teachers and I would have loved to be with you all in the closing ceremony of the Pasca PMR 2011 but I did ask to be given permission to leave the hall to return back to school, for maybe 45 minutes but permission was denied firmly as there were several very important and urgent briefings.

I smsed both Pn Wang and Pn Afizah to tell them to to send you my love and best wishes to you since I may not get to see the Form 3 for a long while. I asked Pn Afizah to make sure I would be given  a copy of the CD so I can view your video on my laptop. Pn Wang smsed me back to ask me to make sure I come back to school and go to my room to collect something the girls left for me in my room.

Coming back to school, I got so excited seeing Pn Norreha that I scraped my car against the car porch pillar. Thud! What a sickening sound!  I was momentarily saddened by the ugly scratch but when I saw  a group of  girls coming to greet me, the sadness lifted.The girls not only greeted me but  helped carry things down from my car .

"Things are to be used, people are to be loved." and when we used things, cars and all, they sometimes get scratched and scraped.  But I would rather the car be scratched by the porch than the people' hearts be scarred. This is as opposed to "things are to be loved and people to be used. "Remember, girls, things are to be used and people are to be loved.

Your lovely bouquet made me feel so cherished.
Thanks a million!

 When I entered my room, I saw the lovely bouquet of roses. It certainly made me very happy to know I  
 am cherished despite my humanity and failings. And your lovely card is very meaningful.

I was kept so very busy after that. I made two trips to the bank on the PIBG matters. I discussed several urgent issues with several teachers and various office staff. It is good to know all the busy activities in  school has a higher purpose - to bring joy and betterment to both students and teachers and staff.  It's a really good day!