On the 4^th of august September our school national day celebrations for the afternoon session started officially when the remove form, form1 and 2 gathered in the hall at about 12.55pm. After singing the national, state and school anthems, representations of Setia Club, school prefect and the various uniformed bodies grandly marched up to the stage wave flags of the 13 Malaysian states in their hands. Another three representations sang patriotic song. The audience was their response in exuberant.

                After a while, a group of dancers from Kelab Kebudayaan performed a traditional Chinese dance, showing their presentation of Chinese culture. At 1.25pm, there students from form 1 read a Chinese poem about our beloved country. This was followed by the One Malaysia performance by students at 1:35pm.

                The atmosphere was up lifting, with musical performance by some form 2 students. They played some beautiful melody piece on the piano, guitar, violin and harmonica. The main attraction was ‘Wherever You Go’. Then, at about 1.45pm, the music club performed –“Sunny Otaku “b y Jay Chou, giving a huge applause from the audiences.

                At nearby 2pm, some creative motion students performed a dance. Later, our school’s famous “Jorin” from form 4 performed dancing rhythms and a magic show, as well. At 2.15pm, wowing the crowd in the process. Then there was another dance also performed on stage at 2.11pm, the impact strong and bold on the entire ambiences.

                Then, came the climax of the celebrations. Setia Club put on a hilarious drama about the history of the Melaka ‘empire. The “sultan” along with his “allies” faced off the Portuguese and other power, displaying a funny drama. The responses gained were wonderful. After this drama ended, our students never failed to give a strong round of applause.

                At 2.28pm, two morning section students lead a choir of singers. Staging a “Dikir Barat”, which is a traditional game of Melayu culture. At  2.37pm, several students form 2B, 2C and 2D performed yet another musical performance, including “Canon in D” and “Qing Fei De YI”.

                Finally, there was a prize-giving ceremony for the best decorated notice board in the afternoon session and the winners of the poster-drawing competition. The 1^st prize for the notice board competition went to 1F, 2^nd, 1D and 3^rd, 1N. As for the poster-drawing competition, Eng Ze Liang of 1D won the 1^st prize. 2^nd prize went to Low Chen Wey of 1A  while 3^rd prize went to Yoong Sue Li of 1E. As form 2, 1^st prize was Chon Shuang Yuen of 2A, 2^nd prize went to Chong Wen Xin of 2A, and the 3^rd prize went to Ang Mei Syuen of 2A.

The photo will displayed on Yu Hua official page and this went to the end of the SMJK Yu Hua National Day celebrations. Students continued their lesson afterwards.

Articles by Lee Sze Han (2A)
SMJK Yu Hua Web Team

Click Here For Photo Gallery