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INTRODUCTIONS
FROM PRIMARY FIVE
MAZ INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL
Malaysia
[Nick][Haris]
Hello from Kuala Lumpur,
We are a class of students
who are living in Malaysia because our parents either worked overseas in
the past few years or we are here because our families are expatriates
who have been employed to work in Malaysia. An expatriate is a foreigner
who is temporarily living in another country. Our ancestors may have
once been expatriates or free settlers - I know mine were.
So we are a very colourful
lot. Most of the class are learning English as a second language.
They are a very talented lot when it comes to language.
Our School began about 8
years ago. There is a shortage of educational facilities here in
Malaysia to cater to the large numbers of children who need an education.
We began as a little tuition centre with twelve students who were from
Australia.
The school then saw the
need for children of foreign pilots and children of foreign university
lecturers to find a suitable place to continue their education in Malaysia.
Maz International School was born. Our school is privately
funded. Although the Malaysian Education Department regulates much
of what goes on there.
We have more than 400 students.
The school is hoping to expand in the future to a very large campus with
boarding facilities. Our present location grew out of an urgent need.
The new school will be designed for a larger number of students.
Kuala
Lumpur was ruled by the British up until 40 years ago when it gained independence.
The town was founded because of the extensive tin mining carried out here
in the early part of this century. We are a multi-cultural society
with Chinese, Indian & Malays the predominant races.
PRIMARY
FIVE: The students messages..............
CLASS ONE:
1. Dear Friends around
the world,
My name is Carey Chiang and I am in Primary Five. My teacher Ms Diane
(who is also my mother) is helping me to find out about my family history.
I have two teachers.
Mdm. Chia and my mother. My friends are all good to me and during
our Physical Education lessons we have to go out to the field beside the
school. Our school does not have a field.
One item of history about
Kuala Lumpur: This is the Kuala Lumpur Tower which is the third tallest
building in the world. It is very new and we can see many things
from up at the top.
I have lived in Malaysia
all my life. Its a great place - why not come and visit? My
father is third generation Malaysian Chinese and my mother is third generation
Australian.
I have 4 grandparents still
alive. My father has one sister who lives in Sydney. My mother
has two brothers and one sister who live in Queensland. We visit
there about once a year. I like Australia too.
2.
Dear Friends around the world,
My name is Neha George and I am in Primary Five. My Principal's name
is Inderjit Sekhon. My class teacher is Ms Diane and Madam Cheah.
In my class there are 24 students. I have many friends in class.
I like my class, my friends and my teachers.
In Kuala Lumpur we have
a set of Twin Towers right in the middle of the city.
I am originally from India
and was born in Bombay. At the age of 2 I moved with my family
to New Delhi. My family has lived in India for more than 100 years.
There are four people in
my family - My sister and my parents. My father has a twin brother
who is a doctor and he has a sister and another brother. His family
live in New Delhi now. My grandfather is a doctor and my grandmother
is a biology teacher. Most of my father's relatives live in Kerala,
the southern city of India.
My mother has one brother
who is an engineer working in Saudi Arabia. He is married and has
a 3 year old son. My grandparents live in Bombay, India. My
grandfather is an electrical engineer. He works on ships.
3.
Dear Friends around the world,
My name is Hilal Unal. I come from Turkey and am 9 years old. My
favourite food is Turkish Delight. We are reading about it in the
story "The Lion The Witch and the Wardrobe". I came to Malaysia with
my Dad. My mum stayed in Turkey where she is a judge. She did
not want to come here so my father married a Malaysian woman whom I live
with now. I have 4 half brothers and sisters. I am very happy
here but I wish I could go to Turkey. Our class teacher Ms Diane
teaches us English and Geography.
We often do experiments
with Madam Cheah who is our Science teacher. There are 24 children
in our class. Ms Diane's daughter is in our class. We do many
projects in class. At the end of the month we celebrate all the birthdays
for that month. We all bring some food and have a great party, we
also play games. I learnt English when I came to Maz International
School. Before that I spoke Turkish. I have learnt Malay from
my parents.
Kuala Lumpur is the capital
of Malaysia.
4.
Dear Friends around the world,
My name is Chung Chan Young and I am in Primary Five. My teacher
Ms Diane is helping me to find out about my family history. My family
has lived in Korea for more than 100 years.Korea is located to the far
east Asia on a peninsula. Our country looks like a tiger and it has
a population of 470 million. Korea has a history dating back 5 000
years. Seoul is the capital of Korea. There are many palaces
in Korea.
Kuala Lumpur where I live
now is the capital city of Malaysia in the state of Selangor. It
is a very beautiful and wonderful city. There are 3 towers in K.L.
5.
Dear Friends around the world,
My name is Shirin Shushtarian and I am 9 years old and I study in
Primary Five. My teacher Ms Diane is helping me to find out about
my family history. I have a brother Javad who is 7 months old.
Kuala Lumpur is the capital
city and it has a building called the Petronas Twin Towers.
6.
Dear Friends around the world,
My name is Kim Eun Yeong. I am in Primary Five. We have 14 girls
and 10 boys in our class. My best friends are Fatimah, Neha and Lisa.
I like my school very much. I come from Korea. My family
have lived there for many years and both my parents were born there, so
was I.
The Prime Minister of Malaysia
Dr Mahathir lives in Kuala Lumpur.
7.
Dear Friends around the world,
My name is Mohd. Aymen and I was born in Jordan. Later my family
and I moved to India where I lived for 5 years. Then we came here
to Malaysia.
There are 24 children in
the class. We have a white board and one project wall where we put
our projects.
Our school has a canteen,
a library and 13 classes, a music room and a basketball court.
I celebrated Malaysia's
40th Anniversary of Independence.
I have 4 grandparents who
are still alive. In my family there are 4 people. My brother
and my parents and me.
8.
Dear Friends around the world,
My name is Haris Bin Akram and I am in Primary Five. I like my school and
the class because it has a welcoming smell. We celebrated 'Merdeka
Day' in Kuala Lumpur recently and everyone had a holiday.
I am from India. Both
my parents come from there. My family ancestors have probably lived
there for decades. I have 5 aunts and 3 uncles on my mothers side.
On my father's side I have 2 uncles. I have 2 brothers and 1 sister
and I am the youngest boy. I know a lot about the history of India
but it is too much to write here.
CLASS TWO:
1. Dear friends around the
world,
My name is Mona and I am in Primary Five. My teacher Ms Diane
is helping me to find out about my family history. My family lived
in Norway but I am temporarily staying in Malaysia because my father works
here.
I have one brother, Amir.
I am 11 years old.
2.
Dear Friends around the world,
My name is Chen Chen and I am in Primary Five. My teacher Ms Diane
is helping me to find out about my family history. My family lived
in Taiwan but I am temporarily staying in Malaysia because my father
works here.
My family:
Grandmother - Chen Jen
Men
Grandfather -
Chen Chiejon
Mother
- Winney Chen
Father
- Daniel Chen
Sister
- Tina Chen
Brother
- Aaron Chen
I have lived in Malaysia
for 6 years.
3.
Dear Friends around the world,
My name is Santosh and I am in Primary Five. My teacher Ms Diane
is helping me to find out about my family history. My family lived
in India. My father's name is Harish and my mother's name is Vidya.
My father has been here for 2 years. My family name is Madhur - we
got the name from the village in which my family lived for many generations.
I speak Kannada.
4.
Dear Friends around the world,
My name is Tanseem and I am in Primary Five. My teacher Ms Diane
is helping me to find out about my family history. My family lived
in London. My father will be working here for the next 2 years. My
sister Leena is going to join us in four months. I will be 10 years
old then. When I return to Sudan where my relatives still live, I
will be in grade 7.
5.
Dear Friends around the world,
My name is Eleen Ang and I am in Primary Five. My teacher Ms Diane
is helping me to find out about my family history. My family lived
in New Zealand. I have 2 brothers in this school too. We returned
to Malaysia where all our relatives live because it was difficult for my
Dad to find work elsewhere. I will return to New Zealand to finish
my education later.
6.
Dear Friends around the world,
My name is Abdul and I am in Primary Five. My teacher Ms Diane is
helping me to find out about my family history. My family lived in
Iraq but I am temporarily staying in Malaysia where my father works
as the Dean of the Computer Department at the university. My family
lived in Iraq for 2oo years. My father worked there as a businessman
- but then my parents moved to England so that my mother could find work
there. We later moved to Malaysia where we have lived for 4 years
I think. I have 4 brothers and one sister.
7.
Dear Friends around the world,
My name is Imama Karim Manra and I am in Primary Five. My teacher
Ms Diane is helping me to find out about my family history. My family
lived in India. My grandfather suggested that we all move to Malaysia
where my parents have been for the last twenty years. I have French
citizenship and hope to study in France one day. My father's family
have lived in India for more than 200 years.
8.
Dear Friends around the world,
My name is Hannat and I am in Primary Five. My teacher Ms Diane is
helping me to find out about my family history. My family lived in
Nigeria but I am temporarily staying in Malaysia because my father
works here.
9.
Dear Friends around the world,
My name is Aziza and I am in Primary Five. My teacher Ms Diane
is helping me to find out about my family history. My family lived
in Indonesia. I was born in Leicester UK and my sister was born in Oxford
UK. I am ten years old.
10.
Dear Friends around the world,
My name is Khanda and I am in Primary Five. My teacher Ms Diane is
helping me to find out about my family history. My family lived in
Iraq. I am 11 years old and new to the school. I have relatives living
in Canada too. I have one brother and one sister.
11.
Dear Friends around the world,
My name is Sarah and I am in Primary Five. My teacher Ms Diane is
helping me to find out about my family history. My family and I lived
in Egypt. I may go back to Egypt in nine months time. I have
lived here for one year already.
12. Dear Friends around
the world,
My name is Nisha Rao and I am in Primary Five. My teacher Ms Diane
is helping me to find out about my family history. My family lived
in India but I am temporarily staying in Malaysia because my father
works here. I live in an apartment and have many friends.
13. Dear Friends
around the world,
My name is Shruti and I am in Primary Five. My teacher Ms Diane is
helping me to find out about my family history. My family lived in
India for a long time but I am temporarily staying in Malaysia
because my father works here. I have lived here for 4 years now.
14. Dear Friends
around the world,
My name is Manasi and I am in Primary Five. My teacher Ms Diane is
helping me to find out about my family history. My family has lived
in India for 180 years. I have lived in Malaysia for one year now but my
father has lived here for four years.
15. Dear Friends around
the world,
My name is Winnie and I am in Primary Five. My teacher Ms Diane is
helping me to find out about my family history. My family lived in
Taiwan but I am temporarily staying in Malaysia because my father
works here.
16. Dear Friends
around the world,
My name is Varun and I am in Primary Five. My teacher Ms Diane is
helping me to find out about my family history. My family lived in
India.
My mother Dr Prathibar Ramesh,
was born in Bangalore and she has one brother.
My father, Dr JC Ramesh
was born in Madhurai and he has one sister and one brother.
17. Dear Friends around
the world,
My name is Joong Kul Lee and I am in Primary Five. My teacher Ms
Diane is helping me to find out about my family history. My family
lived in South Korea where it is very peaceful but sometimes there is war.
There are four people in my family - my mother and father and my sister
and myself. I like my family very much.
18. Dear Friends around
the world,
My name is Han Chang Kyu and I am in Primary Five. My teacher Ms
Diane is helping me to find out about my family history. Some of
my family have lived in South Korea for 215 years. My grandparents
were born in North Korea but now live in South Korea. They speak
a different dialect to the South Koreans. I like them.
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