Paintball! Another long day x.x

MCAC Paintball was today, the 7th day of the 7th month of the year 2007. Hmm.

A total of 17 people from our party turned up for this event, which was held in Carrom Downs amidst the patter of rain and the insinuation of chilly breezes.

Drue and I arrived ‘late’ to Vu’s place (well, technically we were within the timeframe, but just not as early as the other eager paintballers were), because Drue had been obliging enough to indulge me and my family as we whiled some time away in Eltham chatting.

You see, due to time miscalculations on the family’s part in picking up my cousin from Tasmania and me from Serene’s place, Drue had arrived at my aunt’s doorstep wayyy before our car even approached within 10 minutes of it. And since I was abandoning the family get-together yum cha (which was scheduled for 11am) in favour of the MCAC paintball outing, the relatives insisted that we stay another 20 or so minutes to catch up with each another, which meant that Drue’s and my time estimates for the travel over to Vu’s had to be recalculated.

I have to say that Drue bore up remarkably well with the situation, considering that he knew none of them and was left alone with 4 or 5 of my relatives for a good 6~8 minutes when I went to say au revoir to Charlena =D kudos to him!

The rest of the day progressed reasonably within expected timeframes, though, so no worries about that >.>

Paintball was a blast; check here for piccies. As personal testimonies will attest, we all had heaps of fun despite the mud, the pain, the cold, and (in the case of certain people) bruising injuries.

Dinner was an even bigger blast (just kidding), since it was at Sophia’s and involved big platters of Italian food (lol). A pity the table’s conversation became 3-pronged, with the lefts talking to the lefts, the mids to the mids, and the rights to the rights. There really wasn’t any way around it, though, since we had 15 people and there was simply no alternative arrangement to the seatings.

Made my way back to Serene’s around 8pm, courtesy of Andrew who thankfully knew the way, and toppled into bed a few hours on from exhaustion.

Fun’s over, gal… time for work to start!

I can only hope that the blacks and blues are not too obvious come tomorrow… I have a dinner to attend on Monday, after all! x.x

Whooshing past Winter Swoop

Today can be summarised in one word: long.

Or rather, ‘tiring’.

Got off the plane at 7+am, which was behind schedule, and was stuck in baggage reclaim until almost 8, which was… definitely not good!

Took a taxi back to SEF since I couldn’t afford to wait for the next bus (obviously I missed the 7:30 Dandenong) and arrived a few minutes past 9am at my doorstep. This made it… how many minutes until I had to report in for duty?

Dashed for a shower, said hi to Amanda and passed her a packet of muruku, threw a few things into my overnight bag (I’d been planning to overnight at Aunty Soo’s place to catch up with the cousins), and then rushed down to the Welcome Centre to help out with Serene’s Winter Swoop program. Made it with barely minutes to spare x.x

Was paired up with Terence for the on-campus games… what went on next? A quiz, I think, and then some off-campus activities that I was thankfully spared from. The rest of the day passed by in a kind of daze… between resting and worrying, I found out that the relatives would largely not be in until late… so after consultation with varied parties I opted to hitch a ride to Doncaster with Serene, plans which then morphed into me hurriedly packing for the NLC stay as we waited for her dad to arrive at my flats.

Thus in the end I stayed over at Serene’s with the promise that I would drop by Aunty Soo’s place first thing the next morning (it was too late at night for them to come pick me up by then).

Talk about hectic.

Yawn….

Anime Recoms, IV

The above pic is a wallpaper for the anime Kyou Kara Maou, which has been publicised under the following names: Kyou Kara Maoh! – Our King From Now On; Kyou Kara Maou; God Save Our King! ; and probably one or two others that I’ve missed.

Despite the overall length of the anime (it’s a killer for those who are short on time, but SO GOOD), the plot doesn’t really drag—probably thanks to the antics of certain characters (hint hint, especially the ’sexy queen’) AND the kawaii-ness of my dear, beloved Wolfram <3<3<3 (yes yes, I have a thing for that lovely golden-haired emerald-orbed little boy, and I’m not afraid to make it known! lolz.)

Though the story doesn’t seem to be BL themed in the long run, it certainly does tickle the imagination a LOT as Yuuri accidentally proposes to the young (?) prince of the demonic kingdom that Yuuri inadvertantly inherits. Many possible pairings also crop up along the way (there are also a LOT of bishonen, kyaaaa!) and a host of fanfics currently pay tribute to this light-hearted series.

I’m putting in a line for KKM because I saw the boxset in the TV room before I left for the airport today, and was (there and then) instantly hit with fond memories of watching KKM during my St Cath days (when I’d borrowed the complete version off Jocelyn after introducing her to the first few episodes. Long story, mate)…

Ah, the good old days.

It seems that Kitty’d loved it so much that she actually has been willing to fork out cash to buy it XD well, that certainly does save a few GBs of my hard drive >.>”

But anyway… KKM is a great watch. Trust me. My younger sister has great taste in anime, and has a decided dislike for most of the more blood-splattering selections or heavy-duty alternative-pairing series that I favour. If she liked KKM so much that she actually bought it after finishing Joce’s last year… it MUST be good =D

Awaiting the release of the OVA!!!

Just for Kicks, VII

Just a few videos that suddenly caught my attention as I was trawling Youtube: 

-’The Sweet Escape’ by Gwen Stefani:

-’Good Things: Closed Captioned’ by Rich Boy:

-’Life’ by Mika Nakashima:

-’Beautiful Girls’ by JoJo:

Chipped nails and New realisations

Victory comes to the persistent. After some pleading and heavy shouldering, I managed to procure permission to go out one last time before the termination of my stay in KL.

As the happy result, I went bowling with Maya and XiaoFeng today (yep, ’twas ze great meeting of the Clan Seniors, lol). Throughout which, we discussed classes, working hours, clan affairs, plans for the next gathering etc while nibbling on chocolate and avoiding gutterballs. Sometime, somehow, I managed to chip a nail from those ridiculously oiled spheres, which greatly affected my disposition for the next ten minutes >.< (ah, vanity, what a strike thou suffereth!)

In terms of new realisations during the outing, I found out (with no little measure of horror) today that my hubby is more feminine than me, and that the two other girls in our group were all appreciative of things that I can hardly be bothered spending a glance on x.x That… kinda made me wonder if that is the reason why most guys treat me as one of their own. (I.e, my mannerisms and preferences tend more towards ‘guy’ activities than ‘girl’ past times. Deshou?)

Did some random walking around, then posed for pictures (lol, NOW we remember… and mine wasn’t the only camera, to boot!) with the others, especially hubby dearest <3<3<3 Determined that I had indeed gained weight, since in every single picture my face was the roundest =.=” I will squash the temptation of asking for opinions on that, because I know… that… my face was the roundest T.T

The day ended before it could really begin, and though I tried it is really impossible to forget that it’s already Wednesday… which means that a mere 30 hours after this, tomorrow I shall be jetting off for Melbourne again. Morose? Yeah, a bit. It will be hard to part from this bunch of loyal friends and return to the land of changing seasons…

Absence makes the heart grow fonder, but when the ‘data overwrite’ virus comes around… what will happen?

Well, for now… more events planning, lol. And… more grey tones on a blue day.

Conclusion on the KC Case

Zomg. They’ve done it.

We are no longer an all-girls school.

The alumni no longer have an alma mater to return to.

http://www.kcalumni.org.my/forum/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=637&p=2985&hilit=&sid=40f7f4e2f4378d58213db32b6cf76772#p2985

If it weren’t so depressing, it would be fascinating to watch the interplay of elbow-bending and ceorcion that went on to make this happen.

It would probably have been very educational to students in politics.

Ah well. At any rate, this makes for an interesting year at KC next year.

I mean… the new male intake will be what? A maximum of 5~7% of the school population? (The 1st year intakes should be around 20% of the total KC students every year.) Being the ultra minority, that makes them sitting ducks ripe for target practice by the irritated and offended seniors (the super majority). Besides that, just wait ’til they enrol into ECAs… 2 guys in a room of 40 girls isn’t really usual @.@ etc etc scenarios that I just can’t be bothered listing out.

And so… based on everything that has been compiled from the current staff+student opinions as well as speculated problems associated with this change… it will be very interesting.

I shall be waiting for weekly news flashes from my sister. They will probably be the highlight of every other alumni’s week, too.

…Would anyone still be willing to return to our alma mater for a stroll after the new changes take place? …I wonder.

[平民]看法：坤成女中成爲男女混合校!! II

Hmm… nice to see another blog on this issue o.o

Anyone who doesn’t mind reading more on the Kuen Cheng issue, here:

http://ronnieliutiankhiew.wordpress.com/2007/05/23/the-kuen-cheng-fiasco/

PurrrRRRrrr, II

Mmmm ^^ Shopping today turned out better than I’d hoped. Whoever would have thought that a venture into ‘weird fashion’ shops that I would never usually frequent, could have such results? It burnt a hole in my pocket, but all in all… the gatherings are pleasing ^^ (at least now I have some clothes for Amaranth =D)

Ate with Han Yan, Su Su, Yee Man and Ruth today before we embarked on another shopping expedition (where I did not get anything else >.>). The other girls haven’t changed much in appearance, but Han Yan and Ruth were so pretty I wish I could have seen them at their proms T.T …did some commiserating about the latest conditions back in school and then talked some about what courses we were going to take and what paths everyone was going to embark upon. Han Yan will be doing Actuarial Studies in China, Ruth will be doing International Studies and International Business in the US, Su Su will be taking up medicine locally, and Yee Man will be going into the Traditional Chinese Medicine line (also in China). Sigh… it seems that the next time all five of us can come together will be next year this time, then, when everyone else gets their summer vacation >.<

All in all, I had a really fun day out with the girls… the fly in the ointment? I brought my camera but we all forgot to take pictures =.=” baaaaaka.

Anime Recoms, III

This chapter will be on Serial Experiment Lain, a fascinating-horrifying philosopical take on the world, reality as we do or do not know it, the internet, self-identity, identity of self as directed by the views of others, the increasing boundary-less spread of communication, etc etc etc. Released in the November of 1998, it is perhaps a very suitable winter tale as it managed to present itself as an intriguing tale that would take many re-watchings to fully comprehend.

I started on this anime a few days back and had thought up to yesterday that I had it mostly figured out. Today, when I finally embarked upon the final 4 episodes of this 13-epi series, I found out that I had actually absorbed none of what the anime really means. It is because of this that it would be perfect as a winter ‘toy’, as you’d have the whole of the dreary season of cold in which to rewatch, and watch, and watch again this spiral of complexity in an attempt to make sense of what others could not.

As for myself… well, I have failed to comprehend it in this one session. Undoubtedly some other day, when my brain dares once more to take up the challenge, I shall borrow the DVD from the anime library again, and strive to my utmost to see what it is that Chiaki (screenplay), Yoshitoshi (character design) and the others were trying to impress upon us on the reality of this world and the power of the mind (or imagination).

Comments so far? A highly fascinating anime, but not recommended to those who want just a short break from life.

Abstractism, I

I love weekends. They sneak up on people in the most unexpected ways, tripping the unwary, catching the unalert by surprise. But then they also reward those who have been waiting patiently for their arrival, showering them with spurts of vigour and bursts of energy.

Weekends bring calm. They bring silence from the class, they bring tranquility to the bustling, they provide oases for those in the concrete jungle of the fast-paced world. They bring pleasure, they bring time. They bring families and friends together for drinks and a meal. They bring footsteps to the grass, in slow drawling steps, or energised skips, as the outdoors flow with the warmth of a fine day.

Weekends bring these and so much more, but write more will I not, as the rays of the evening yet beckon, for us together to mark the weekend’s mid~.

Mumbled Irritations, IV

Best-laid plans don’t always come to fruition. Next time, if I want something done right, I’ll do it myself.

Surprise encounter

Dropped by Times Square to meet up with Ruth as well as pick up some anime merchandise for MCAC from my usual stall (all in all, I managed to procure a few cutesy items, a wall scroll, 21 posters, some postcards and a Gundam lamination).

Unexpectedly met FoonHei Korkor at S&J, lol. Recognised him as he walked past the cashier where I was, however since I was engrossed in digging out my purse from my bag I missed the chance to hail him. He was long gone by the time I exited the shop T.T …Tried to locate him after that but we just kept switching our own locations until perhaps 2:30pm when I settled down at Starbucks with Ruth and he finally made it over.

It’s been so long since I met up with either of them… though I do suppose that it is mostly my own fault as well. What surprises me is that even though so much time has passed, it is not hard or awkward for any of us to converse. I suppose that it is true that when a real friend is made, no amount of time can dampen the strength of the bond between the two? …Or maybe I just haven’t been as out of touch with them as I imagined. XD

Got another 2 or 3 meet-ups scheduled for before I leave again… will they be as eventful, I wonder? ….

Japanese TETRIS??! o.O

What the…? LOL. I simply couldn’t resist sharing this — Watch!!!! http://www.break.com/index/japanese-tetris.html

Quote Break-dot-com: The Japanese have taken Tetris to an all new level of awesomeness using real people and cut out silhouettes in moving walls. It makes sense when you see the video.

And yes… o.m.f.g.

[轉載]董事说“坤成教育失败”！！但難道“当家就应该当权”嗎?

又是一些關於坤成改制 case 的新聞~！享受。。。吧？

http://www.kcalumni.org.my/forum/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=273&p=2145&hilit=#p2145

• [zixingoh]

尊贵的署理董事长丹斯里李深静，因为坤成校友展现独立思考、自我分析及判断、具备质疑及提问的能力，对董事会不够透明的决策一再提出追问，而恼羞成怒地在“坤中办学方针说明会”上表示“坤成教育失败”！！

坤成校友，你能够接受这句侮辱了坤成98年女子教育体制的结论吗？
身为发展及建设学校的重要董事，竟然断然否定了学校的教育成果，试问，如果坤成教育失败，应该负责的是谁？是受教育的学生、毕业生？还是办学者、掌校者、教育工作者？？

可悲的是，当位高权重的署理董事长发表上述侮辱坤成教育的言论时，坤中老师们竟然掌声如雷

原来老师们认定坤成学生素质的好坏，不是他/她们的责任！他/她们是来打工的，不必负上“教育失败或成功”的责任！！
原来，教育失败是毕业生的错，是毕业生不够长进，绝对不是老师没有教好，绝对不是校长没有好好掌校！
原来，坤成学生所展现的独立自主、行事果断、具备饮水思源（因为饮水思源才会关怀母校的发展）美德，而且懂得整理资料、分析归纳、找出疑点……等等社会人士所肯定的特质，都是“坤成教育失败”的铁证。

那么，尊贵的董事们，你们要培养的坤成学生，是什么样的呢？
唯唯诺诺、绝对服从、完全相信、决不质疑？

• [vinegar]

引用一句校长的话：
“我們學校的課程內容，也具有啟發及創意性，以讓學生學會推理思考，因為老師來學校的任務不應只是教，而是引導學生如何學，我們目前非常注重這一方面的發展，雖未做足100%，但至少有7、80%。”

既然要培养有独立思想的学生，为什么在实践的时候却受到阻止？所谓的7、80%数据何来？是通过什么统计得到这数目的？

从报导中发现这些：
坤成女中欠缺的硬體設施
1.沒有合適的辦公室，目前過於擁擠
(这个是真的。)
2.行政辦公室，沒有獨立的空間
3. 沒有得體的接待處
（要怎么样才算得体？现在的秘书处不是好好的？）
4.沒有資料儲藏室
5.食堂光線不足，通風設備不好
（这个也赞同）
6.沒有舒暢的交通（將設地下停車場）
（这个，就算我们的停车场再大。也是无法疏通federal highway每次在坤成上下课时所面对的严重交通诸塞的。）
7.課室淹水
（坤成是在高地上的，我第一次看到坤成水灾是从巴生河淹上来的。现在应该不是。我估计应该是后山发展过度，排水不良才导致雨水全往坤成校园泻下了吧？）
8.天花板佈滿霉菌
（这个赞同）

学校说每年花上万来维修，是怎么回事。数据何来，维修的东西包括什么。换天花板和粉刷应该不需要用到这么多啊。

• [zivliew] 如果。。。

我想说，如果我们的校舍能够每年都有妥当的维修还有逐步翻新，现在就不会有机会变成人家口中的危楼。然而，不知道是谁，就只懂得看到屋顶漏水了才会去补，看到三楼厕所坏了才会去找人来农（还要弄个几天）。更好笑的事，说到那么大声是危楼，当人家叫他拿证据来的时候就没有声出了，还玩恼羞成怒。（有权有势的人的作风）还有！98年才建好的宿舍，没有几年竟然说有白蚁了！你认为这种事情应该算在谁的头上？那先在新的宿舍有白蚁了是不是又要拆掉？

坤成百年基业，就败在不会爱惜女校文化的董事还有掌校人身上。
还能说什么，还能做什么？
连在籍学生的家长都不在意，没有几个出席汇报会，单凭校友会的力量，我们只能苦撑下去罢了。

• [联盟]

把新时代女性的敢怒敢言说成 教育失败:　
是说彼话的人以封建标准来评估她们的表现,　
还是沙文主义原形毕露？

Quiet Musings, VI

It’s been long in coming but… the folks have a valid point. Having thought it over and having considered a combination of their opinions, their expectations, my gradual interpretations of it, and personal obligation+responsibility+rationality… well, it seems like I won’t be involving myself in any ECAs or C&S’s other than MCAC next sem. And so after the upcoming General Elections… it’s goodbye-MUISS for me~

*sigh* Should I feel anything at that?

…on a brighter note…! Decided against taking up the Mon-Weds-Fri translating course. More time to focus on studies?

[平民]看法：坤成女中成爲男女混合校!! I

以下是校友會某些學姐的回應。。。看了之後，真的感觸良多！！

http://www.kcalumni.org.my/forum/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=633&p=2958&hilit=#p2958

• [meifoong]

站长注：代po

坤成女中的百年大劫（能过此劫，欣旺300 年）

作者：Susie Chong

在100年前的 马来西亚，重男轻女的社会，加上男女授授不亲的风气之下，埋没和牺生了多少女性人材！就在这个时候， 1位充满慈悲，带有远见，不怀私心的教育家，身负重任，历尽沧霜，排处万难，游说四方，慷慨解馕，历经艰辛，终于成功建立这间拥有 100年优良专统历史的全女生华文学校，它的名字叫做坤成女中，认100年后辛福这1代的我门可以坐享且成。坤成，坤代表女性，成代表成材。坤成是就 1间专门栽培（坤）女性〔成〕成材的学校。

坤成女中成立的那1年，也就是终结马来西亚 埋没和牺生女性人材的那1年。也是在这 1年，马来西亚的女性人材开始拥有1间全女生华文学校，让她们可以获取知识，接处社会，面向世界，发挥所长，支援家庭，供献社会。在这100 内，如何计算有多少名为坤成女中默默付出的老师与校长？在这100内，如何计算坤成女中栽培了几多位女性人材？朋友， 100年啊！在这100内，每当1对夫妇生下1位女婴孩时，创办人就会对这对夫妇说 “好好扶养她长大，我已经为她准备了1间可以教育她，训练她，栽培她成材的学校，这间学校的名字叫做坤成女中。 “坤成女中的成立，就是为了让拥有女孩的家长门，多1个全女生华文学校选择的权力。

在此请回问题：1〕不明白创办人之心愿与方针的人，够资格做董事吗？ 2〕要改变创办人之心愿与方针的人，有资格做董事吗？

这批董事要改变创办人之心愿与方针的 2个理由： A1〕新生人数不够，浪费资源！ A2 〕新生人数不够，经济出问题！

某些家长要改变创办人之心愿与方针的1 个理由： B1〕他有1儿 1女，麻烦2边送上学！

先回应这些所唯的某些家长：

－如果要方便，是否有很多其他混合性学校的选择，对吗？

－如果这些家长认同坤成女中是1个好环境（女中）求学，又不愿意麻烦 2边送上学，请问， 这些家长有为孩子的前途付出努力吗？请问，这些家长有为孩子的前途负起责任吗？

－请问，坤成女中是否应该为 这些不负责的家长，而改变创办人的心愿与方针？

再来回应这批所要改变的董事：

－新生人数不够，是创办人的心愿与方针错误？或是校长与董事的招生方法错误？又或是校长与董事从来都没有检讨过招生的方法？（就有如1位经理，代替老板管理素食餐馆失败，却要老板改变餐馆成为素食参肉食）？身为校长，就是要负责招生，欣旺学校。如果你不会，那应该退位让贤，让会的人来做校长，坦当招生重任。（切记，这不是个人企业嘛！）

－这批董事没有能力解结经济问题，为了推卸责任，竞敢改变创办人的心愿与方针！其实应该改变的是 这批没有能力的董事才对嘛！众所周知，董事是自愿担当而非被逼的，所有当选董事的责任就是捐钱出钱筹钱。 ( 如果这批董事没有捐钱出钱筹钱的能力，相信坤成女中校友会刊登广告，必定能招揽得到其他 有能力捐钱出钱筹钱的新任董事人 选，以解结坤成女中的经济问题。 )

－最离谱的是，在这次要改变创办人方针的过程当中，竞然出动常年贊助人！贊助人呀贊助人，请你切记，你是无条件与自愿的情况之下，贊助1点钱而已。所唯贊助人，你只是贊成与协助的人而已，贊助人并不是坤成女中的债权人呀！天呀！那有贊助人要霸占主人的权力呢？没有你们 这批常年贊助人, 还会有很多人排队，要贊助这间100年历史优良专统的坤成女中啊！

下1步应该做甚麽？

经过这几个月的努力！失望！失眠！无耐！喊呐！愤怒！都改变不了 1个实事，那就是董事會拥有过大的权力，可以少数（1些董事串通1些贊助人）控制多数！换句话说，坤成女中的权力控制结构有问题。问题就是如何确保有控制权力的人会效忠于创办人的心愿与方针？能够维护和效忠于创办人之心愿与方针的 1个全新权力控制结构，应该结合 3批人士，

－1〕校友会 －她们都是在坤成女中长大毕业的人，她们都亲身体会坤成女中的学习环境，真正知到学习环境中那里可以调整和改格。

－2〕教师会 －他们是执行教育系统的人，教过1 批又1批的学生，真正知到教育系统那里可以调整和改格。

－ 3〕董事会 －他们是自愿担当坤成女中的护卫人，解结法律，社会与经济的问题。

所以，1 个全新最理想的权力控制结构，是权力3 分化，任何重要决策，就如这次的校园重建方案，应该由3方各自委任同样数目的代表团投标决定。（以其浪费几千万RM拆除现有来重建新楼，倒不如将这几千万 RM去其他城市建立新分校？功德无量呀！）但是，对于改革创办人的方针与理念，是这个全新权力控制结构所不能触摸和提案与检讨的！因为创办人是主人，全新权力控制结构是管理人，若是管理人失职或无能，应改退位让贤。若是创办人的方针与理念是不正确的话，自然会被社会淘汰，决不能历经这 100年的历史时光考验。

情况发展至今，若要维护创办人的方针与理念，第 1就要显示维护者的力量，校友会近期招集1 个万人维护创办人签名行动。以及第2，联合现有正念的董事，宣布上2次的投标无效。（因为现有的董事委任法律手册中，并没有章程注明或授权于董事会可以提案改变或改革创办人的心愿与方针。）为了让全马拥有女孩的家长门，多 1个全女生华文学校选择的权力，看后请转阅，如若复印，功德无量！

• [Dato]

不晓得有谁拍下了两大蓝色巴士接送坤成女中”赞助人”出席坤中常年赞助人大会的短片?

若有的话, 拜托行行好将有关短片上载至YouTube网站, 让天下人也可一睹此应只限于发生在大选投票站的”奇观”. 谢谢!

(Question: 蓝色巴士应该是一般的Bas Pekerja 吧!?)

• [lk]

我也听说有几辆巴士载 “赞助人” 到现场投票, 这是真的吗?

如果是真的, 到底那些突然到来的一大群赞助人, 是热爱坤中的自愿式赞助人?
还是对坤成没感觉但奉命来投票的赞助人呢?

我没在现场, 如果我在现场, 一定很生气, 很沮丧, 很无奈. 很不甘心100年的
母校坤成是在这样的情况下被逼改变.

很想看看现场的录影. 尤其是这一大群赞助人一起到来,一起离开的”壮观”场面.

有了这些录影, 相信大家心里都有数了.

书禎姐, 辛苦你了. 有什么需要帮忙, 请告诉我们, 在能力范围内, 一定全力以赴.
校友会, 联盟, 谢谢你们的努力.我为你们而骄傲.

POV-two on the KC case

As planned, I went back to KC again today… and mmmm it’s just so awwww-ing when teachers who taught you back in Sec 1 still remember your name as well as where you live!!! Impressive ^^

Got the ‘common people’s opinion on the recent happenings today, and it’s really quite amazing how much their version of events differs from the official one.

How much more screwed can things get, huh? If the truth is blindsided and manipulated by the minority who are the authorities, and lies made into the truth through control of the media… what more can the powerless majority do? When those who will most be affected by the changes are not given a voice, what purpose is there in the implementation of new ideals? And what use are plans and proposals, even if they are carried through, if all they will do is inconvenience everyone and infuriate those most affected but not allowed to be involved??

There is much to learn from everyone, and so much can come from the most unlikely sources….

Will my mother school still remain my mother school, after all changes are carried through? I shall wait with bated breath and hoping heart, but… what are the chances of it being even remotely the same, once people, surroundings, and spirit, are gone???

[官方]看法：坤成女中成爲男女混合校!!

多謝坤成校友會的VINEGAR提供；以下是[也許]比較偏向于校方看法的一個報道：

http://www.kcalumni.org.my/forum/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=634

 

[VINEGAR]今天偶然在星洲日报看到这篇： http://www.sinchew-i.com/commentary/ind … 0705282060

坤中新氣象
updated:2007-05-28 18:53:02 MYT

坤成女中早前召開臨時贊助人大會舉行歷史性投票，雖然近90%投票率不通過撤消招收男生的提案，也就是說坤成女中可以招收男生，但是坊間仍然出現不滿的聲音，甚至筆者的一位友人也看了新聞後也質問，“好端端的女中，為何要招收男生？”

坤中的傳統一直以來都只招收女生，現今提案正式通過，政策非改不可，必然會引起一些懷緬坤中歷史情懷的人所反對。然而，當我們對坤中收男生表示不滿時，也應當從坤中所處的境況來考量。一間女中是否招收男生，本來就沒有絕對的答案，只胥視校方的運作模式是否要改變。只收女生，有它的歷史淵源，也有它的好處；但改變政策招收男生，也不一定是壞事。

當坤中招收男生成為事實後，我們就應當接受，因為校方有權為學校的利益，作出妥善的安排。

近年來，坤中在收生方面，有下降的趨勢，這也許是因為父母現今多希望把子女送到能夠讓異性相處的環境來學習成長；而從輔導的角度，男生和女生從小一同學習相處，認識異性，也對他們的性格與成長有幫助。在這些因素促使下，坤中招收男生來為學校注入新的氣象，其實並不是壞事，更沒有所謂對錯。

只要招收男生不會影響坤中長久以來教學有方的口碑，這確實是可行的。每個時代都有不同的需求，如果能滿足現今的需求，也不危害辦學的理念，適當時候調整步伐仍是必須的。 （星洲日報／言路‧作者：辛隧‧2007.05.28）

POV-one on the KC case

Went back to KC High today intending to catch up with some of my juniors and a few teachers.

Ended up only greeting a handful of them and discussing the latest around school with the school’s JiaoWuZuRen, the two reception staff, and Mr Lim who is organising the inter-school English debates.

Hmmmm. I hadn’t realised that so much had happened since I was last here. Seems like my information web is torn and fraying! Patched it up as much as I could for today with the official KC opinion. Will have to go back tomorrow for the true KC opinions XD

Can’t publish anything since I’m no spokesperson or intend to stir up anything… so… *sigh* As long as someone remembers what has been said (ie, me), that has to be enough…

坤成的同胞們，你們知道嗎？

今天囘校，才突然聽説以下的事件。。。

坤中畢業的大家，你們知道這件事情嗎？知道的話，你們對它有什麽感想呢？

。。。

http://www.kcalumni.org.my/forum/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=634#p2962

[轉載] [东方日报] 解讀坤中贊助人大會　　※胡慧君 – Wednesday, May 30, 2007

吉隆坡坤成女中的贊助人在5月20日召開的臨時贊助人大會和贊助人常年大會上，以將近90%的票數，投票支持董事部全權處理校舍重建的計劃，以及在適當的時候招收男生。這項結果不但讓反對拆校重建和改制的人士大感錯愕，就連坤中董事長丹斯裡鐘廷森也表示，結果出乎預料，因為根據董事部早前的預測，他們只能得到60%左右的支持。

坤成女中是否要拆校重建以及改制招收男生？這個問題自從在去年傳出後，就一直爭議不斷。贊同的人認為學校應該配合時代的改變，進行更大的發展，並表示女校不符合時代發展要求，改制招收男生是大勢所趨。反對的人士則認為，拆校重建攸關華社資源分配的問題，應該從長計議，不應該做無謂的浪費。此外，他們也論證古今中外女校的發展，都證明它符合時代的改變，而坤中作為全國60間獨中裡面唯一的女中，更是具有非常大的存在價值。

雙方論點以代表和象徵主流價值的「發展派」得到較多的支持。而非主流派則是從一開始就處於弱勢，也在面對打壓的情況下，不被看好能夠創造奇跡。然而，坤中贊助人最後以將近90%的壓倒性支持票通過議案，是否就能因此讓延燒了將近一年的坤中風波來個了結，還言之過早。

坤中贊助人大會結束後，部分贊助人已經召開聯合記者會，提出6大問題，質疑大會的公信力和民主性。事實上，當天兩場大會進行期間，就已經有多位贊助人投訴大會沒有根據章程行事，並犯下多項技術性錯誤，例如：

一、坤中董事長丹斯裡鐘廷森為甚麼會兼任兩場大會的議長？

二、議長在臨時贊助人大會還沒有結束的情況下，為甚麼能夠宣佈開始舉行另一項常年大會？

三、為甚麼董事部直到大會舉行當天，才把前期大會紀錄、會務報告、財務報告，發給贊助人，導致贊助人根本沒有時間消化？

四、董事部為甚麼允許社團或商號／公司贊助人委任代表出席會議並投票，但是卻規定個人贊助人，必須親自前往投票？

五、董事部為甚麼遲遲不公佈贊助人完整名單？

六、針對贊助人提出的質疑，為甚麼議長沒有作出回應和處理，並繼續進行會議？

七、部分贊助人因此已經表示，將保留訴訟權力，挑戰大會的合法性。而董事部方面承認章程確實出現紕漏，並表示道歉，不過否認外界指有財團操控投票結果的說法？

還記得大會召開當天，記者都是在董事部公佈投票結果時，才知道當天的投票人數（共1014位）。至於有多少票數是來自社團或商號／公司贊助人的委託票，董事部則是在記者的追問之下，才透露有將近400張票。至於坤中究竟有多少名合格贊助人，董事部則是無法提供具體資料，只是表示還必須等待核查師的核查。

事實上，按照一般程序，大會開始時，議長都必須公佈出席率／出席人數。而在碰到大會當天如果是有舉行投票的話，議長更是要公佈合法（贊助人）人數、委託人人數等資料。因此，董事部的這番說辭不免讓人感到納悶和弔詭。

據瞭解，坤中贊助人人數在近一年裡面激增了接近兩倍（超過1000人），而凡是在5月12號之前成為贊助人的，都能參加5月20日舉行的大會。為甚麼贊助人人數會突然激增？贊助人是否需要通過甚麼特別的審核？誰負責進行審核？如果是核查師，為甚麼他們無法在大會召開前，確認合法贊助人人數？由此推論下去，是否意味著當天投票的贊助人當中，可能有些還不是合法贊助人？有關大會投選被財團操控的說法，有多少真實性？其次，當天大會的結果是90%的人讚成坤中拆校重建並改制，10%的人反對，這是否代表了華社大多數人的意見？

如果是，這是否說明絕大多數人（90%投票贊成者）距離接納非主流價值（女校存在）還有一段距離，而且是非常大的距離？主流派祭出民主旗，要非主流派「少數服從多數」，是否是對非主流的一種打壓？財雄勢大的主流派是否就有權利剝奪非主流價值的生存空間？

如果不是，那麼反對的聲音在哪裡？事件發生以來，由始至終，華社只聽到董事部和坤中校友的意見。以男性代表為主的董事部，不斷攻擊坤中校友提出反對是非理性的訴求。

在這個課題上，校友之外更多的女性，到底有甚麼看法？學校的老師和學生又怎麼看？為甚麼都聽不到他（她）們的聲音？是受到利益集團施壓嗎？還是有人剝奪了他（她）們的發聲權？又或是他（她）們覺得這個課題和他（她）們無關嗎？不管投票結果是否就此塵埃落定，民間是否可以開出一些監督的條件，確保操控在少數人（董事部）手中的權力和華社資源，不會被濫用？

5月是康乃馨飄香的季節，是紀念女性貢獻的日子。不過，這個5月，我國卻先後發生「月漏論」風波，並迎來「國內最後一間女子獨中（坤中）將要消失」的消息。在強調平權的基礎和原則上，「性別平等」究竟該如何界定？誰又有權利作出界定？看來，女性要獲得平等的權益並受到尊重，我們距離這個目標還很遙遠。

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