Here we come!

We are ready now. We can face our worthy opponents now. Our months of prep have kept us alert and ready. Our mascot’s all eager too. So see you, Seafieldians. Send us on our way with your blessings as we carry the flag to the east coast.

And we will go with our solar boat too. We are taking it to Ma’Daerah – no, we are not sitting in it. May the Trengganu sun fire up our solar cells and churn the propellers at top speed to victory!

So, ta da everyone! Wait for the good news we bring when we come back!

Some shots from the noticeboard

They say a picture’s worth a thousand words. Here’s an eight thousand word essay piece:

When the going gets tough, the tough goes to FRIM..

The Form 5 and Form 6 Maths and Science Society members went to FRIM on the 24th July 2010.
They visited the Orang Asli Museum in Gombak, tucked in a substantial lunch and then went jungle trekking at FRIM. They braved the canopy walkway system, trekked uphill using a dirt path trail and then descended through the Rover Track. As the trail was physically demanding, the not-so-physically-fit members panted and were quickly out of breath. The teachers were doing far better than the younger ones. Head to the gym, members of the Maths and Science Society…

While enjoying the panoramic view of the forest, their guide showed them interesting creepy crawlies and medicinal plants. After a tough trail, they enjoyed themselves at the waterfall. What better way to learn about sustainable environment than to see it for ourselves at FRIM..Armed with such knowledge, the members should be able to survive in the woods…should they get lost in one!

Below are the snapshots taken during the trip:

Snake-like roots

Stop over before entering the forest.

The color of the teachers’ t-shirts are blending in with the color of the trees..

Lush greenery

Not for the faint-hearted..

Snake-like roots

Not for the faint-hearted..

Lush greenery

The color of the teachers' t-shirts are blending in with the color of the trees..

Stop over before entering the forest.

Markets

Markets – they are a modern lifestyle statement! We go to the wet markets to buy fresh fish and veg. We go to hypermarkets to window shop. We go to minimarkets to buy groceries. And some go to the stock markets to trade in stocks, futures and unit trusts.

In Seafield, our students also learn about markets. The canteen opens up different stalls to cater to different taste buds. Students join the school cooperative store and learn how to buy and sell and keep stock. In fact, the cooperative store is doing so well it has been able to sponsor many gifts and awards for students and teachers alike.

Then there was the recent school carnival. It was such a success we achieve our target of RM180k! This is before deducting the costs. With the various needs of the school, we hope enough will be left over for building new school toilets. Everyone enjoyed themselves and here are some photos to show the excitement of that day.

Its history now, but recently some of our form 4 students dabbled on the oil market under the BPScience programme. They enjoyed themselves and I’m sure they have learnt some things about this market. It’s wise to hold on to your stocks and even wiser to know when to buy and sell your stocks. If you want to have a go at this game, every year during the Minggu Teknik dan Vokasional, the Economics Panel organizes a simulated game of buying and trading stocks based on the actual Bursa Malaysia. You could sign up and see if you made millions or bore a hole in your pockets!

Our Solar Boat Unveiled!

So far our solar boat project has been kept as secretive as possible, except for the one time when I leaked out about using carbon power for our boat in my post on World Cup Football? Seafield? Guess it’s time to tell you more especially if you have been inquisitively waiting and prying for our ideas, and especially if you are from a rival school reading through these blogs for any leaks.

Through our vast networking which stretch over the seas and the fields (Seafield, get it?), we contacted our sources here and there in those ivory towers, top secret research centres and subterranean bunkers to buy or spy for information on how to design the ultimate solar boat. Then we regrouped and huddled together inside our bengkel behind closed doors to work on our prototype. If you walked past the bengkel during the nights, you could possibly hear the tinkering and the hammering as our young foursome designers tried to produce the prototype.

And the result is as below:

On the first trial run, it sank! But it swam beautifully under water! Yes, we didn’t produce a boat. Instead we came out with a submarine! Our spies must have gotten the wrong information! Now, if they changed the competition to solar submarine, we just might win hands down!

Sorry, wrong photo. No, what did you think? That I was going to show you our superboat? I guess you’ll have to wait till next week when our superboat will be unveiled. (By the way, the photo really does show a remote controlled submarine designed and created by another different batch of creative foursome Seafieldians!)