St. John’s Kindergarten Ipoh
After blogging for more than 1 year, I realized that I never mentioned anything about my hometown before. Well, in case you don’t know, I was born and raised in a little small city called Ipoh.
*cue Point Blanc’s Ipoh Mali song*
Okay, I’m gonna start off with my kindergarten – St. John’s Kindergarten.
The St. John’s Church is the first building to welcome you when you enter the kindergarten compound.
Before any of you misunderstand, lemme clarify – that’s not the place we learn our ABC and 123.
We study at another building with a stretch of classrooms.
Recently I had a chance to visit the kindergarten. I was actually attending a wedding, which was held at the St. John’s Hall.
As I stepped into the hall, pieces of memories started falling into place. Amazingly, it has been more than 10 years since I left St. John’s Kindergarten. How I wish I’m a kid again, with minimum worries in life.
My earliest performances took place on the stage of this very hall. Beating toy drums in a mini kiddo band, dancing and putting make up and lipstick – SO GAY!
The classroom tells a story of the friends I made when I was a little boy. Some stayed on till this very day, and well, some were forgotten. One of my kindergarten friend who is still close to me at the moment is Mishal Kothari – he’s featured on my McAwesome Burger entry.
The tables and chairs are still the same till this very day. I remembered sitting on the small metal chair, drawing my house and a T-Rex dinosaur attacking it. Oh yeah, and Ultraman flying in the sky too!

Somehow I managed to recall the drawing and I redraw it using Paint. Masterpiece huh? Definitely better than Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa painting.
The playground was the favourite place of all time. Slides, bars and whatever. Doesn’t seem fun to me now but it certainly was back then.
The swing reminds me of my kindergarten girlfriends. I always bring my girlfriends to play swing swing together. Can’t remember how many girlfriends I had but I do remember their names – Ah-Sue, Ah-Lian, Ah-Chin, Ah-Ling and all the others Ah-s lah.
Oh yeah, if any of you Ah-Whatever remembers me after reading this entry, do contact me ya! ;)
Anyway, I have a kindergarten secret to share – when I was a little boy, I never asked for permission to go to the toilet during class. So if nature calls, I’ll just “hang on” and wait for the break.
So there was one incident, we were sitting on the floor and I was trying my very best to “hang on” as long as I could. However, the nature was no longer calling, it was screaming “LET ME GO!!!”.
But stubborn me didn’t bother and unfortunately, I “released” bit by bit while sitting on the floor. When it was finally break time, I stood up and there’s a small puddle of water. My pants were obviously wet too.
Don’t ask me what happened after that. End of my embarrassing kindergarten story.














wei ken i miss st john's oso… lol… had alot of fun there….
jared on 7 June, 2009 at 5:13 PMwei ken pee-d in his pants =)
Jefferychan on 7 June, 2009 at 5:34 PMurrgh.. kids time is fun xD
But it's more fun now!~ =)
i bet you drew that only moments ago. Don't blame it on your past :P
Justin on 7 June, 2009 at 5:45 PMI miss mine now :(
Hemsem Ahmike on 7 June, 2009 at 5:57 PMwow this bring me back the memories of my Kindergarden life :), aww it would be nice to go back, less worries XD
Tiffany on 7 June, 2009 at 6:45 PMI like the church design :)
aileng on 7 June, 2009 at 7:11 PMi love drawing house and car last time.
Richard Ling on 7 June, 2009 at 11:47 PMi saw SUPERMAN in your kiddy drawing :D *flying in the air* your childhood dream kah :P
Ning on 8 June, 2009 at 12:22 AMehhh… st john's kl is my seoncdary school.. hahah
alvink on 8 June, 2009 at 1:03 AMso r u now a christian?
=chuan guan= on 8 June, 2009 at 1:05 AMI would love to visit Ipoh again. It's such a homey place with yummy food. :)
My kindergarten has long since gone. No embarrassing moments for me. haha…
EastCoastLife on 8 June, 2009 at 1:38 AMLooking forward for more posts on your hometown
Borneo Falcon on 8 June, 2009 at 1:43 AMyou are obviously one mischievous kid back then.
levian on 8 June, 2009 at 2:54 AMbut to actually "hang on",
were you too shy to ask? :)
i was one quiet cute little kid =p i miss my childhood days now >.<
fufu on 8 June, 2009 at 4:04 AMI went through yr post. I checked yr grammar and spelling, sentence structure etc. Hey, what are you doing still in kindy ? hehehehehehe You shud have grad from kindy decades ago hahahahah
Bengbeng on 8 June, 2009 at 4:27 AMyep! It's about time you tell us about your hometown. :D The kindergarten really looks nice. You draw like Picasson ler. haha :D
Tekkaus on 8 June, 2009 at 5:00 AMHello, I'm the Ah-Sui..
Jacob Yap on 8 June, 2009 at 5:29 AMRemember we swung together?
=P
lol…i'm a perakian too!!! but not ipoh..from taiping =) oh and ur secret..i had that one-time experience before too eeee =/ i was wearing a skirt and not pants la..haha
sulin on 8 June, 2009 at 6:34 AMhey bro…nice kindergarten story of urs…u really can remember much….i only can remember a few things only…
vialentino on 8 June, 2009 at 6:55 AMfunny kindergarten post XDDD
joyce on 8 June, 2009 at 7:57 AMSeriously, I don't know you are from Ipoh. A great town nevertheless.
a@ron on 8 June, 2009 at 11:20 AMHAH You pissed in your PANTS! LEGENDARY!
But at least you din't go buck naked in front of the class. *don't ask*
WayeYoung on 8 June, 2009 at 11:49 AMHa Ha ha, can tie with a rubber band lah! LOL
Pete on 8 June, 2009 at 12:29 PM"My earliest performances took place on the stage of this very hall. Beating toy drums in a mini kiddo band, dancing and putting make up and lipstick – SO GAY!"
OMG you know, I did a similar performance in my kindergarten and I also wore lipstick. I thought I became a dragqueen already -.-
JL on 8 June, 2009 at 1:11 PMhey how come you nvr tell me that we're sekampung. btw ipoh mana? lol
jen on 8 June, 2009 at 1:29 PMEveryone has embarrassing moments when they're kids, that's what make our childhood life memorable. HAHAAAAA.
Seng Hoo on 8 June, 2009 at 2:39 PMSt. John's, isn't that practically at the east of SMI?
This post makes me want to be age like Benjamin Button — backwards. :)
Blackie007 on 8 June, 2009 at 3:03 PMhey, i was from st. john kindergarten ipoh too!!! maybe we were classmates? haha, not sure whether i'd been called as Ah-xx..
why not u upload some of your kindergarten photos here?
i had performance in that hall too… performing hawaiian dance.. =P
jiaji
Anonymous on 8 June, 2009 at 4:26 PMTHATS A MASTER PIECE ART! xD
Justin Hee on 8 June, 2009 at 4:55 PMnever heard of it leh…
[~*Erlina~*] on 8 June, 2009 at 5:27 PMmana ultraman in that picture leh??
yeah~ me too miss my kindergarten study time!! hehee..
Lisa717 on 8 June, 2009 at 5:29 PMWho has never wore lipstick as a kid? We all did!
Nice kindergarten story! And yes, your masterpiece definitely better than Leonardo da Vinci's! Haha!
foongpc on 8 June, 2009 at 6:35 PMI don't quite remember my own kindergarten experience although I still remember I have a very nice female teacher though I could not recall her face! I was very shy back then : )
foongpc on 8 June, 2009 at 6:36 PMKindergarten days, not so fun to me. lol~
AaronWoolala on 8 June, 2009 at 7:06 PM10yrs? Still so young huh! Kindergarten brings happy memories to me…it's nice to be a kid!
Ayie on 8 June, 2009 at 7:46 PMI'd love to visit Ipoh again esp for the food! :-D
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Tekkaus on 9 June, 2009 at 3:26 AMgosh…i miss ma kindergarden too…hmmm….
SAM on 9 June, 2009 at 4:01 AMWell, those are the good days isn't it? Great of being a kid again. Well I definitely have more memories about elementary school, the earlier years. Sometimes still laugh at my silly experiences back then.
@wchingya
Ching Ya on 9 June, 2009 at 5:54 AMsocial media/blogging
Hmm… I have my own set of embarrassing stories when I was a child too, but I followed my father who have to be constantly transferred, so i dun recall having much friends…
cleffairy on 9 June, 2009 at 6:19 AMThe church and the kindie look nice. Some nice down-memory-lane moments there. LOL on the puddle of water.
HappySurfer on 9 June, 2009 at 6:44 AMwedding your head la.. it's mum's friend's birthday dinner lar, teruk case..
sJane on 9 June, 2009 at 9:25 AMbtw,im a good photographer, lol..
thanks to me.. =D
hehe… your pants wet wet ler…
vincent2903 on 9 June, 2009 at 11:27 AMLOL nice :)
Candice Chin on 9 June, 2009 at 5:09 PMHa..Ha..sweet memories!
yoon see on 10 June, 2009 at 7:11 AMLovely kindergarden, love your cute digital drawing too!
You just manage to turn back the clock kenwooi:)
You got magic wand!
ah, after your clarification,
levian on 10 June, 2009 at 8:10 AMit turned out you are too "un-mischievous" to ask? :p
School days were THE days wei! all the pee / running about like nobody's business / vomitting / black school shoes..haha..!!
EVo on 10 June, 2009 at 3:32 PMhaha, isn't it great to go back to all the places you have spent your childhood before?? sure brings you back lots of good memories.. :)
[SK] on 10 June, 2009 at 4:27 PMThe church photo look like it was in Europe.. = )
Dragon City on 10 June, 2009 at 4:59 PMNow that was hilarious, mate!
jam on 11 June, 2009 at 2:05 AMi'm not sure if the kindergarten i went to still exist or not.
renaye on 11 June, 2009 at 2:36 PMhahaha cute drawing =P not bad not bad
YewJin on 12 June, 2009 at 5:10 AMnice post !
Elqo Chan on 15 June, 2009 at 9:18 PMman u actually remember ur kindergarten so vividly:) skip the pee stories! lol..it happens to most ppl at tat age :P
Keng Huei on 23 June, 2009 at 5:01 PMmay i know where is the location for st.john’s kindergarten? thx for yr replying
It’s in town, nearby St. Michael’s Institution and Padang Ipoh. Googlemap will be convenient. =)
anonymous on 11 April, 2010 at 12:25 PM