Script

SCRIPT
Title of play : Feed me lah

• Students line up and enter class, put down bags and play around.
• Two students talking to each other about the new student.
• The bell rings and students scramble back to their seats.
• Teacher enters class.

Chinese Class
*Ms Tan enters class. Ms Tan is a teacher with long black hair. A friendly teacher who likes to help studens.
Monitor : Class stand
*All stand up
Class : Good…mor…ning…tea…cher
Ms. Tan : Sit down
*John enters class. John is a student at the age of 12, who is a Chinese that previously lived in England. John is a curious boy who likes to participate in class and do not like the idea of memorising and just accept what the teachers teach.
Ms. Tan : Today, I am introducing a new student. His name is John. He is a Chinese from England. He migrated there when he was 2 years old and recently came back with his father.
Class : Hi John.
John : Hello people.
*Sits down.
Ms. Tan : I am giving all of you essay and proverbs to memorize for tomorrow’s test.
Class : Harrr…mumbles…
Ms. Tan : Now, each of you read out a paragraph
*End of reading.
Ms. Tan : Hand out the proverb list to John please.
*Student A, in front of John, hands John a piece of paper written full with Chinese proverbs.
John : What is this? Do I really need to memorize?
Sarah : Yes, of course.
*Sarah is the girl that sits next to John.
*Bell rings. Class ends.

History Class
*Headmaster enters class and introduces a replacement teacher, Mr. Albert from England.
Mr. Albert : Good Morning class.
Class : Good morning.
Mr. Albert : So, why don’t all of you tell me something about your country.
Class : Errr…looks at each other.
Mr. Albert : Anyone??
*John raises hand and answer question.
John : I think that Malaysia is a very beautiful and harmonious country.
Mr. Albert : Yes, I agree with you. Oh, are you the new student?
John : Yes, I lived in England for about 10 years already. I just moved back here not long ago. I like Malaysia. There are so many fun places to go to. It is also a country that has a very historical background.
Mr. Albert : Good answer! Okay class, anymore answers from the other students?
*silence
Mr. Albert : Okay, so that’s all for today! Tomorrow your original History teacher will be back, so prepare yourselves for the next lesson.
*bell rings. Mr. Albert leaves class.

At home.
Mum : Have you eaten?
John: 锲而舍之，朽木不折；锲而不舍，金石可镂。
Mum : How is school?
John : 顺境不足喜，逆境不足忧。
Mum : Are you okay?
John : 落霞与孤骛齐飞，秋水共长天一色。
Mum : Want to see doctor ar?
John : 鸟宿池边树，僧敲月下门。
Mum : Something wrong with your mind is it?
John : 洛阳亲友如相问，一片冰心在玉壶。
Mum : I think you crazy liao!
John : 沾衣欲湿杏花雨，吹面不寒杨柳风。
*John continues to memorize and mum walks away.

In the room
*John memorizing essay and proverbs and grandma comes in.
*Grandma is John’s grandmother who lives with him after he moved back here. She is a gentle old woman who is enthusiastic about John’s studies.
Grandma : Are you okay? Let me help you.
John : Thanks Grandma.
Grandma : So… Memorise out the essay entitled “My school”
John : I am a standard six student who studies in SJK… err… I cannot remember the rest…
Grandma : How about “A trip to the beach”?
John : In one sunny day, my family and I went to Port… Dickson… Or is it Port… Klang? Ah… I forgot…
Grandma : Hmm.. Never mind that first. Did your teacher teach you anything about history? During my time, Hang Tuah and Yap Ah Loy was very famous.
John : Huh? Who are they?
Grandma : Go and ask your teacher about them tomorrow.

Chinese test day
Ms. Tan : Okay class, you have one and a half hour to do this test.
*Class start to do test immediately and synchronising.
*John struggles to do the test, looks right and left and scratches head.
Ms. Tan : You have 30 minutes left.
* Everyone still synchronising and writing essay confidently.
*John struggling to finish off test and ends up writing his own essay without following the essay guideline.
*Test ends.
*Ms. Tan marking test paper. Cross a lot and gives a zero.
John : How come I get zero?
Ms. Tan : It is because your essay did not follow the guideline of the essay I gave.
John : Why can’t I write my own essay?
Ms. Tan : You must follow what I give in order to get an A or good results ok?
*John nods head and walk away sadly and confused.

History Class
*bell rings. Mr. Wong enters class. Mr. Wong is a strict teacher who does not like his students to chat or ask questions unrelated to his teachings.
Mr. Wong : Today I am going to teach about famous warriors of Malaysia.
*Teaches about Rentap and Datuk Bahaman.
John : What about Hang Tuah?
Mr. Wong : No Hang Tuah in textbook. Don’t ask.
John : Why not?
Mr. Wong : You want to know?
John : Yes
Mr. Wong : Ask the Government. What is wrong with you? Why ask so many questions?
Class : Why no Hang Tuah?
Class : Who is Hang Tuah?
Class : I heard about him before…
Class : Ya, my kampong is in Melaka, I know Hang Tuah!
Class : Why isn’t Hang Tuah in the textbook?
John : What about Yap Ah Loy?
Class : Ya, why no Yap Ah Loy? Why no Hang Tuah?
Class : Yap Ah Loy? Oh! I know who he is!
Class : Ya, my grandfather told me about his stories sometimes, now I remember.
Class : Who is Yap Ah Loy?
Mr. Wong : Class! Quiet! Stop the noise! Diam!
*Bell rings and Mr. Wong quickly runs out.

End of play.

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Spoon-feeding

Our team has decided to change the idea to spoon-feeding in the Malaysian education system.

First the teacher will feed the students potatoes with “Malaysia” word written on it. Next will be feeding number-shaped biscuits for Mathematics and bananas in English.

The next day the teachers are absent, and the students are left to eat by themselves. As they are used to being fed, they are unable to eat and made the classroom messy. We will further develop this idea and write out the rough script.

History of Kapitan Yap Ah Loy

History of Kapitan Yap Ah Loy

(b. March 14, 1837, Kwangtung Province, China–d. April 15, 1885, Kuala
Lumpur, Malay Peninsula), leader of the Chinese community of Kuala Lumpur,
who was largely responsible for the development of that city as a
commercial and mining centre.

Yap Ah Loy arrived in the Malay state of Selangor in 1856 at the age of 19.
He spent his first years in the peninsula as a miner and petty trader, but
in 1862 his fortunes improved when his friend Liu Ngim Kong became Capitan
China of Kuala Lumpur, a position not only of leadership within the Chinese
community but also of liaison with the Malay political system and, after
British intervention in 1874, with British officials as well. He served as
Liu’s trusted lieutenant and became the new Capitan China after Liu’s death
in 1869, upon which he began to put together a sound administration and a
strong fighting force.

When civil war broke out in Selangor in 1870, Yap Ah Loy was faced with
internecine fighting among dissident Chinese groups as well as attacks from
Malay factions. His decisive victory at Kuala Lumpur in 1873 proved to be
the turning point of the war and left him in a strong political position.
Until 1879 he was almost supreme in the interior of the state. As the
acknowledged leader of the Chinese community he had been given the powers
of a Malay ruling chief by the British except for the right to tax, a
restriction he easily evaded. He achieved a striking postwar recovery in
the mining industry and established Kuala Lumpur as the economic centre of
the peninsula. Through his control of the tin market, his ownership of
local “farms” (monopolies on the sale of items such as opium and exclusive
control of activities such as gambling), and his diverse business
interests, he amassed a considerable personal fortune.

When in 1879 the first British resident (government adviser) was assigned
to Kuala Lumpur, the power of the Capitan China began to be undermined.
None of Yap Ah Loy’s successors approached his power and independence of
action. The city that he had largely developed retained its preeminent
position and became the capital of Malaysia.

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