Sunday, June 28, 2009

Hotspots of Malacca High...(supernatural)

Camping is not about learning how to have fun. So far, I've earned this story for the blog. Hotspots in MHS are spots where hauntings occur within the school. Old boys(especially scouts) knew very well where some of these hotspots are.

1.The 2 wells of MHS...

According to an anonymous scout, there were once 2 wells in MHS. Only 1 remained today. The first well is located at the vertex of the field.
Some old scouts experienced weird behaviours among the junior scouts whenever they're close to the well. One of them happened a few years ago. A junior scout was punished to run around the field at 5am in the morning for a mistake he had done. The kid was initially running at a slow pace until he reached the well, where he was seen running at a speed of a F1 race car.

Another well was covered up and now located close to the staff room, teacher's toilet and the form 4-form 5 blocks (2009 those particular blocks are given to the form 4 and form 5 students). Reports were received about someone walking along the corridors during the dead night especially when the doors linking to the corridors are locked. Some even heard a group of people marching at night. An old night guard is believed to suffer a heart attack during his night duties at that area.

Rumors believed that these wells were used to dump heads of the executed prisoners during the Japanese occupation.

2. The Highway

2009-"Anyone knows the location of the lower 6 science block?" "Its the tallest block beside the bus garage in MHS. Well, you do not want to ask that sort of question at night. At the back of the lower 6 science block lies a road which leads to the HSOBA building. That road is believed to be a hotspot in MHS. Some students experienced themselves being pushed off a motorcycle while riding it there at night. The histories of that area are yet to be discovered, but currently, try not to explore that place at night...unless you do not fear the deceased.

3. The Staff room.

The staff room, according to a current Rover, who was also an ex-scout, was the place where the Japanese sexually abused the locals during WW2. The area can fill a person with fear and do not be surprised if you heard cries of a woman over there...

4. The Basketball Court.

At the back of the basketball court, was an empty space. Initially, that space was occupied with banana trees, places believed to be homegrounds of pontianaks( true or not I do not know). It is another place to be best avoided especially during camps. Junior scouts were reported to be following something which they believe were a friend to that particular area during the dead night.

5. The prison of MHS.

MHS had not always been a school. During the japanese occupation, it is believed to be
some sort of outpost or camp. The prison of MHS was located behind the staff room or in front of the prefect's room. It is believed that the prisoners were locked in that room and the key which opens it was never found (till today I think).

6. The Hall

The great hall of MHS was believed to be either a hospital or a burial ground. Though sometimes the students are required to sleep there whenever it rained during a camp, they avoided the area close to the doors to the back stage of the halls. Never attempt to go there alone.

These are among information of the hotspots I can manage to dig from the old scouts of MHS. Though the scouts constantly have their activities like treasure hunts at night, they will always avoid these hotspots due to some cases where the boys are posessed or behave abnormally. Another advice, if you are camping there at night, do not shine your torch at trees or into class rooms. Sometimes, you might see something that will change your life forever.....(this article is not 100% true especially the histories. I obtained the story by asking the scouts during the camp).

Playing Nomads--part 3

THE DISASTER

During the night before the last day of the camp, there was a storm which swept pass MHS and ravaging everything in its path. All the hard work of the candidates were gone in one night. Tents were blown off to the other end of the field, gadgets dismantled etc etc. And also, the rangers asked the rovers and scouts to help them guard their camp for the night since they suspected someone's been messing with their stuff while they're away...and their camp had been sabotaged again, this time by nature.....

The aftermath....

Scavanging the camp for left behind valuables...


The lost banner of the Rangers....they didn't expect their hardwork to be destroyed so fast....


Because the storm swept the Ranger's site clean, they can't compete in the camp site decoration competition. Only those with stronger gadgets remaining are judged....quite unfair actually since the rangers did their best...all of them got sun-burned and wasted most of their time under the sun preparing their gadgets.....pitiful ending.

Playing Nomads--part 2

Activities organized by the teachers for the candidates were either tiring or thrilling. The treasure hunt game was the worst of all. The students, in groups, were given compases and were told to use them to discover clues. My team found the clues in the worst places ever imagined. Did not take any photos for the treasure hunt since we're too busy hunting.....

The abseiling activity on the other hand was too much for a person with acrophobia....

Sushilan performing his stunts....


Mandalene(I don't know if I spelled it correctly) doing her stuff...



Teo( the largest guy in the group) goes steady down the ropes....


Winford wanting to show off during his 2nd attempt seems to be going his way...

Playing Nomads--part 1

The school camp was tiring but fun. The students were told to leave their handphones with the teachers...but if I were to do that, I couldn't have taken these pictures could I?...

The march of the ROVERS before the camp...

Setting up the camp....




Our resources to build our gadgets....

The BSMM's resources...we need to empower our economy!
Building out gadgets....(with BORROWED resources)




A holy cross....
The Rangers are busy colouring something....

BSMM tying up their gadgets....


Our completed gadgets thanks to the other GENEROUS uniform units...
On the dinner table...
A morning scene in the school...

Reports part 4-- miscellaneous

These are some random pictures taken during this week's school events...

Mau forgot his PA homework again.....
Miss Lim taking Weijie and I out to get some dry ice for a little science project(Never got any eventually)

We seem to be happy about going out of school....


especially Weijie.....

Atlas ice company looked like a "rundown"
A scene in the school canteen....

The empty Lower 6 Delta...

The empty Lower 6 Alpha.....

Jeff told me that he wanted to close his eyes for a moment(during Wan Sim's class)....


A moment soon turned into an hour....

Reports Part 3-- Return of Legends...

Well, for a huge occasion occuring in school, it attracts the ex-pupils like a magnet. All the legends and old boys returned to make the school lively for the very last time before departing to the frontline....

Wee Khui Wei, a legend of High School...most brilliant and wise student during our times....

Wee and Edwin...
Wee and Jeffrin....
Edwin, Wee and me....
The other set of old boys....returning for one last day before leaving us with a sorrow goodbye....
From right-Teoh, Euraj, and Phang...
From right, Shushilan, Teoh, Phang, Ivan and I........

Jeff(I do not know what is making him laugh like that), Clament (with his stylistic pose), Euraj and I....
Joash, Euraj, Clament and I...
Ah, another legend of MHS....Jace Chong, with him around, boredom is never an option....
(Jace and I)
Wai Meng wanted a little of the camera also.....I granted his wish...(Wai Meng and I)

Reports Part 2--When everyone thinks about food....

The Canteen day in the school went off with a terrific BANG thanks to the support from the students of all ages in MHS. Well, since I'm involved in it, I took a few pictures behind the scenes of the great food festival....


The crowd, some may see them as a hassle, others see them as $$$....

Busy day for the kitchen....

Me and the gang smiling for the camera...

The big SOLD OUT....

Mau....wait till Pn.Chong sees this....
This explains where all the ice went during the big food festival...(Maximize your speaker if you want to hear what Joash has to say.)

Reports Part 1--The torched dullness....

School this week was a little crazier than I've expected. Little did I know that it would go wild after my physics exhibition and little chemistry experiment. Co-curriculum was fun after all. Well, this part of the story is the part before my ROVERS camp in school. Here are some of the pictures....


Sports event in school...

Basketball competition between the sport houses....Albuquerque,Raffles,Minto,St.Francis,Van Dieman....In the picture was Raffles vs Minto (Raffles are obviously winning with their mega athletes in it.)

Cooking competition in school!!! And the guys won....ironically, they say that guys couldn't cook better than the girls....

Scrabble competition in school. (Sushilan vs English language enthusiast, Ming Yuan)
Kit Fai and Johnathan posing for the camera...

And people, please don't mind Ivan Lee....

Saturday, June 20, 2009

Chan's happiness

Chan finally got his driving licence. He was very happy about it. About a fortnight after he got the licence, I asked him to go out for a drive. We dragged jeffrin along. The three of us went out from 10pm and went home at about 2~3am, forgetting that the next day was a school day......

Chan and Jeff


Chan and I


Jeff and I (someone told me the Jeff is so Ah Lian in this photo....is it?)

Ever since this outing, I've not been getting enough sleep for the whole week >.<