My Story in SMI#3

my SMI years

Looking back at the years back when I was in SMI, really brings back lots of great memories. I was under the watch of one of the greatest principal ever known, Mr. Louis Rozario Doss. This is the place where I grew up. A place where I've gained knowledge, made great friends whom I still hang out with today, and also learned many things about life. Of course, like any teenager, I was rebellious to certain teachers, certain authority figure and so on. I do have friends and also enemies, we do have dramas, but these are moments and the memories that is hard to forget and is to cherish; as these are the time when we discover new things about this world and who we really are.

Another great person I would not forget is, the teacher advisor for the Board of Student Librarians, Mrs. Tan Kah Chuan. Although she's strict, she's the one that taught many of us to be leaders, the one that explained the 7th habits of successful people and she's the one who helped some of the troubled minded students, especially the librarians under her care.

The Michaelian Chinese Orchestra is also another part of my SMI life. There's were I learn the meaning of teamwork and cooperating. And it is the time I, together with the rest of the members, made the schoolproud as the only English school in Ipoh to have a Chinese Orchestra. It is where I learn being a teacher isn't easy, AT ALL.

A lot of other things happened back then. The dramas, the arguments, the happy moments, the sad times, the time I got punished for having long hair, the time when I skipped class and lepak at the library, the times when we scout for pretty girls when new form 6 girls step in the school, the time when we sit in food court after school hours the whole day, the time when we do pranks on people, the time when we rebel certain teachers etc; will never be written in just few pages. The tears and joy I had, the people I met and the friends I lost; are all memories I will cherish for the rest of my life, and making me lift my head high while proudly saying "I'm a Michaelian. Once a Michaelian, Always a Michaelian"

Lee Kok Meng
Michaelian Batch 2005

:::Share with us the bitter and sweet moments of you in SMI. Through your words, others can read and know your struggle to be what you are today.:::

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Bolasepak Liga Alumni 2009

St.John Alumni Association ( SJAA) won the double champions in 2008. They were the First Division and the Alumni Cup(Malaysia Cup version of M League) champions.

An e mail sent by the management of the Liga Alumni Malaysia to SMIOB inviting us to join the football competition. This competition was usually held in Klang Valley. The teams involved in the competition had been in the scene since the establishment of Liga Alumni Malaysia in 2000.
The objective of Liga Alumni is:-

Misi
Menyumbang kearah kemajuan sistem pendidikan negara melalui penglibatan golongan alumni

Tanggungjawab
1. Menjalin serta memupuk pertalian berfaedah di kalangan golongan alumni dan warga pendidik negara.

2. Menggalakkan penubuhan dan penyertaan alumni-alumni seluruh Malaysia di dalam aktiviti-aktiviti yang dianjurkan supaya kerjasama dan persefahaman dapat dijalin disamping memberi sumbangan kepada bekas sekolah masing-masing.

3. Membantu bekas pelajar untuk membentuk alumni sekolah masing-masing supaya mereka dapat memberi khidmat masyarakat kepada bekas sekolah dan masyarakat setempat.

4. Mewujudkan jaringan di kalangan bekas pelajar dan alumni demi kepentingan masyarakat dan negara.

5. Menyediakan medium kepada bekas pelajar dan alumni untuk memberi khidmat kepada bekas sekolah masing-masing dan organisasi-organisasi kebajikan yang memerlukan bantuan.

Salam Buat Semua.

Bersama ini disertakan Jadual Pertandingan Bolasepak Liga Alumni Musim 2009.
Penyertaan adalah terbuka bagi pasukan-pasukan bolasepak mewakili Persatuan Alumni Sekolah-Sekolah Malaysia di mana pendaftaran pemain terhad bagi mereka yang tidak mewakili pasukan kebangsaan atau bermain di dalam Liga-M.

Yuran penyertaan adalah sebanyak RM250 dan setiap pasukan akan berkongsi kos dengan pasukan lawan masing-masing bagi setiap perlawanan mereka. Yuran penyertaan adalah bagi tiga pertandingan Liga, Piala Ansara(FA CUP) dan bagi yang layak Piala Alumni(MALAYSIA CUP).

Bagi makluman semua sebuah mesyuarat pengurus pasukan akan dilangsungkan pada 4hb April 2009 jam 3.00petang bagi semua pasukan yang akan mengambil bahagian di dalam peringkat Liga.

Bagi pasukan-pasukan yang berminat untuk menyertai pertandingan ini sila buat permohonan/pengesahan penyertaan menggunakan borang berikut :

Sekian terima kasih.

19-Apr
Minggu 1
Liga

26-Apr
Minggu 2
Liga

17-Mei
Pusingan 2
Piala Ansara

24-Mei
Pusingan 2
Piala Ansara

14-Jun
Minggu 3
Liga

21-Jun
Minggu 4
Liga

28-Jun
Suku Akhir
Piala Ansara

5-Jul
Minggu 5
Liga

12-Jul
Minggu 6
Liga

19-Jul
Separuh Akhir
Piala Ansara

2-Ogo
Minggu 7
Liga

9-Ogo
Akhir
Piala Ansara

14-Nov
Pusingan 1
Piala Alumni

21-Nov
Pusingan 2
Piala Alumni

5-Dis
Suku Akhir
Piala Alumni

9-Jan-10
Separuh Akhir
Piala Alumni

23-Jan-10
Akhir
Piala Alumni

Nota :
Liga Bahagian Satu di khususkan pada hari Ahad dan Bahagian Dua hari Sabtu.
Liga Bahagian Tiga akan bermain pada hari Sabtu dan Ahad.

Pasukan Bahagian Satu
1.SJAA
2.SMach
3.VIOBA
4.MCOBA
5.STAROBA
6.Mozac
7.Faris Petra
8Ansara Taiping

Pasukan Bahagian Dua
1.Ansara Kuantan
2.SMSAH
3.SDARA
4.Semsaas
5.Seratas
6.Al Puchong
7.Johan Piala Salam Ansara
8.Naib Johan Piala Salam Ansara

Pasukan Bahagian Tiga
- maksimum lapan pasukan.

Daripada pihak pengurusan Liga Alumni Malaysia

Since we do not have a football team yet the invitation cant be fulfilled. We are not ready for the challenge but we may have a team in the future. Once we have a football team plus the commitment from the old boys and strong financial support, then we can join the competition but will be included in Division 3 first before we can join the top division in the league.

We do have a futsal team. This year SMIOB will once again be one of the competitors in the Futsal Liga Alumni 2009 which probably will be held in this coming May or June.

My Story in SMI #2

1A10-[2001]

2A10-[2002]

3A10-[2003]

I'm SMI Boy...

bila aku tengok gambar2 ni balik teringat aku kat semua kawan2... rindu nak jumpa semua...sampai kepala otak terfikir nak buat reunion... mana taknya sekolah berbilang kaum...semua ada cina,india melayu,singh dll... dll??, ada lagi ke ha...??? hehehe......

banyak juga kenangan...kalau dikenangkan balik kat sekolah tu...bergaduh,bertumbuk,kena marah,kena rotan semua ada la...sebut pasal rotan tak lupa kat pengetua aku zaman Louis Rozario Dous... hahahaha... tak pasal2 kena rotan dgn dia... salahnya aku pergi tandas je...apasal entah tiba2 aku kena rotan pasal pergi toilet tu.. sabo je la...

tengok muka dia pun dah takut...nak melawan apa entah lagi... tapi mmg aku respect giler kat pengetua pasal dia mmg sayang kat sekolah dia ... tak penah putus asa nak tolong bangunkan skolah ...sampai time aku dulu prgi tandas buruk je... sekarang tandas canggih giler.. silap tak ada air-con je kalau kencing leh beku woo...hahahah..... sekolah tu kalau korang nak tau bukan under kerajaan... cuma cikgu2 je under kerajaan...tentang pembangunan sekolah tu cari duit sendiri le...

saat yg paling student2 suka kat skolah tu adalah kalo ada event... mana tak suka kelas tak ada la jawabnya...kikikiki... lagi2 kalo pengetua buat meeting... fuu...mmg best le budak2 ni...nak merayap ni la masanya... nak gaduh,bertumbuk time2 ni le...hahahaha.... terkenang lagi pasal kat sekolah teringat time hari sukan...yang paling bestnya tiap2 kelas kena buat kawad kaki waktu kemuncak hari sukan.. fight antara tingkatan...memang fight la... tiap2 tahun kelas ada menang kawad kaki 2... form 1 kelas aku menang tempat ke berapa pun tak tau la... walaupun time patut kena buat formasi kawad tapi last2 minit ketua kelas aku ckp tak payah buat...cuma kawad n tabik hormat je...

punya la penat berlatih last2 buat biasa je... tapi menang jgk...sebab kawad kemas...kikikiki... form 2 baru johan...memang terer kelas aku... tapi johan pun ada sebab.. sebabnya kelas aku ada buat baju untuk kawad kaki ditambah pulak time tu ada buat formasi lambang SMI yg lama kalau tak silap aku la.. tu yang menang tu...hahaha... semua kelas form 2 kecuali kelas aku aje yang buat baju untuk kawad kaki...kelas lain tak ada...pakai baju sekolah....kikikiki...

masuk form 3 damnnn!!! dapat tempat ke-2 sebab kali ni memang mencabar giler...semua kelas form3 time tu buat baju macam kitorang jgk...biasala mana boleh tengok orang lebih sikit...last2 dapat tempat ke-2 hampeh tol...xpe2... janji form 2 dah johan merasa jgk n tiap2 tahun ada menang...hahahaha.... tapi itu la saat2 kenangan aku kat SMI setakat form 3,

masuk form 4 aku apply aliran teknik... nak try kejuruteraan .. mohon kat ipoh aje.. brush and lebuh cator tapi dapat nun jauh di sana...kat sekolah teknik gerik... ulu perak ...kalau ikutkan ati aku mmg tak nak pergi pun tapi nasib baik le skolah tu baru 3-4 or 4-5 tahun je baru bukak... skolah baru la katakan... nasib kawan2 kat sekolah SMI pun ramai yang pergi, 1 kelas dgn aku pun ada ditambah pulak member2 sekolah Anderson n ACS tu yg buat aku nak pergi ...hehehehe...

Zaman sekolah semua dah berlalu kena drop,kutuk,marah,pukul semua 2 jadi kenangan dalam diri aku... tapi walau macam mana pun hati aku tetap kat SMI kalau orang tanya sekolah mana aku jawab SMI IPOH je...last sekali baru cakap teknik...lagu skolah tetap aku tak lupa sampai sekarang... sekolah teknik pun aku dah lupa...tapi SMI aku tak lupa...

coz I'M SMI BOY...

By:
Mohd Najib Zulkifli
Michaelian Batch 2005

The Modern Way of Teaching and Learning

In those days, the method of learning was a traditional kind. Teacher came to class and the students listened to what the teacher said and pen down the info on a piece of paper.

However a teacher cant spread the knowledge to the students in just one hour period of class. Can the students still learn although they are not in the school but at home?

Due to the advance of internet, teaching and learning becomes easier. Compare to the old boys days, the students know how to use a computer and how to log in to internet. Therefore, new way of teaching and learning should be implemented.

Blog is a kind of individual bulletin or individual newspaper. The author of a blog has an unlimited power to write their thoughts and philosophy so others can read and share any information. It enhance the capability of a person in writing. In other words one can be a reporter by his/her own.

A teacher's blog. In SMI we could find teachers become a blogger and open their own blog. For instance Mr. Peter Khiew, is the author of http://peterkhiew.blogspot.com. Through his blog we can share any info regarding any events in school. The latest in SMI is just by click of a mouse.

A well known Bahasa Melayu teacher in SMI, Cikgu Sidik has just recently open his own blog. His blog is purposely for his own students to gain information and knowledge particularly on Bahasa Melayu subject. Students can copy and download any learning materials and do the homework or exercise at home. Thus, instead of having knowledge in class, Cikgu Sidik's students can receive more knowledge at home.

An SMIOB representative came to school on Friday morning and together with Cikgu Sidik, they gave briefing and presentation to Form 3 students at school hall on how to access to the blog and how to download the files from the blog. A well response from the students.
Thus, it is a meeting between a teacher, an old boy and a student. These 3 combination works together for the sake of the school.

A good news is more teachers in SMI are already have their own blog and more will join the club.

Welcome to the world of bloggers, teacher.

Cikgu Sidik's blog

Tribute to SMI from "Goodbye Boys"

"Crucial formative years spent in a Mission School run by La Salle Brothers. . . (St.Michael's Institution Ipoh). Yet I’ve come to realize that identity is my route, not my roots. Growing up in small town Ipoh, educated in Malaysia, America and the UK, I feel now is the right time to tell ‘Goodbye Boys’.

Although this will be my second feature film after Gol & Gincu, it’s my first screenplay. Goodbye Boys is an expedition film, 8 boys on journeys of forming identities, part of larger routes in life. “Education is that which remains when everything else learnt in school is forgotten”, a quote by Einstein I still find relevant. ‘Goodbye Boys’, a semi-autobiographical tale and important aspects the result of ‘that which remains’, now ready to be recounted…15 years later.

Not nostalgic, not sentimental. Ironically real. A route, a universal film story."

Bernard Chauly-Michaelian Batch 1990
Director of the Goodbye Boys film produced by Red Films in 2005

Bernard Chauly on last row standing, no 14 from left

Goodbye Boys

The Story.
What happens when a gang of Form Five Ipoh boys embark on a 100km hike to fulfill a King Scouts requirement but come back on the road to becoming men?

Goodbye Boys is a simple journey with complicated realizations. Set in 1990, Malaysia, it is about a gang of pimply guys with raging hormones, undecided ambitions and formative identities. They set out on a grueling 5-day journey through the Kinta Valley – once the richest tin deposit in the world, now an abandoned plain - that changes friendships and selves.

It’s a group expedition with individual goals. The harsh realization is that although we’re a troop/patrol, we’re not necessarily a ‘brotherhood’. Friends are important but eventually, it’s not always about togetherness. Memorable camaraderie, yes, but each and everyone needs to grow up, get real. Stand on your own two feet, walk your own walk.

Some will return mini-heroes, content with being welcomed by their dream dates at the 5th Form Farewell Prom organized by the Ipoh Convent girls. Others will realize that the expedition is the beginning of other things in life… the need to escape a small town to realize… one’s dreams…

When you grow up in any small town, you know that you have to breakaway in order to discover your fullest potential. This is a story that will capture the psyche of a group of young boys on the brink of leaving their comfort zones, in transition… It is a confusing yet exciting time where you wish the possibilities were endless but in reality, you know your escape routes are limited.

Education is your ticket out. It’s a time when your identity, ambition, sexuality is evolving. It is about looking back at a crucial formative period, much of which is reflected within a micro-journey of an expedition. Youth is a time when everything seems exaggerated. A slow dance with your girl means everything. People’s actions and deeds affect you in a big way. Negative emotions in particular seem amplified.

What you were then, what you have become. What you continue to be… Yet we constantly look back. The personal journey of a few that can be understood universally. It is a timeless journey that affirms growing up as being a beautiful tragicomedy.

Bernard Chauly upcoming film in 2009, "Pisau Cukur" will be on silver screen soon...


Bernard at the "Pisau Cukur" location set with actor Redza Minhat and actress Maya Karin


Discussion with Afdlin Shauki and Umie Aida

My story in SMI #1

In my 11 years in St. Michael's, the experiences are uncountable, but I really like to pen down just a few remarkable ones.......

1) the Canteen....food courts nowadays cannot beat the canteen during my time in the school.....
the kerepok lekor, the mee kari, the kacang putih, the 5 cents sambal fish cake at the nasi lemak stall and the list goes on and on.........




the current canteen in SMI

2) the fact that when we go into morning school in form 3, all students go for art lesson with the famous Mr. Timothy Chee......man..., wasn't he simply amazing....I remember the days when he used to just water paint a beautiful scenery in just 1 paintbrush..........


Master Timothy Chee...picture from peterkhiew's blog

3) Another wonderful experience had was participating in school play in my Fourth form. It was King of Sherwood '92, the practices, the number of songs we had to memorize, the facial expressions and finally the 3 days of play.....it was a great experience that i will never ever forget......

these are just a few of the many memorable experiences I had in my Alma Mater..............Thank you my Alma Mater,

Thank you St. Michaels....

By Krishna Kumar-Michaelian Batch 1993

Michaelian Run 2009

Run Michaelian Run!!! Run until you cross the finish line as victory is waiting for you!!!

On Saturday, 21-2-2009 the Michaelian boys were tested for their physical and fitness ability. In the morning, they were gathered at school field. Thousands of them were eager to run.


This cross country is an annual event and the objective of the run is for their health. Being a student, they have to make their body always in good health as a good health condition makes the brain healthy.

The route of the run has never changed. Still the same route which has been used by the old boys in those days. But of course the reflection changes a bit due to the development of Kinta River. New 'WORLD FAMOUS BRIDGE" and "KINTA RIVER FRONT" are new structures along the Kinta River.




The students who have the capability to run were in front and those who do not have were left behind. Nevermind, the OLYMPIC philosophy and principle applicable for this event, "the participation is more important than becoming a champion".

The results of the Michaelian Run 2009 :-

Form 1-LA SALLE
Form 2-AUGUSTUS
Form 3-AUGUSTUS
Form 4-AUGUSTUS
Form 5-LA SALLE
Form 6-LA SALLE(boys), AUGUSTUS(girls)

Overall Champion: AUGUSTUS


The prize giving ceremony was held on the same day. The winners were given medals by the Principal, Mr. Phoon.