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Photo Hunters - Free

Posted on February 16, 2008 - Filed Under photohunters

Photo Hunters - Free
When i first saw the theme for this week, i knew i needn’t look any further but to feature my secondary school known as Penang Free School :) The word free there doesn’t imply that the students study there for free but it was to show that the school is opened to all students of different religion or belief.

Here’s a brief description of my school taken from Wikipedia:

Penang Free School is the oldest English School in Malaysia and the South East Asia region. The school founded by Rev. Sparke Hutchings in the year 1816 on October 21st., is located on the island of Penang, Malaysia. The Motto of the school is Fortis Atque Fidelis (pronounced for ‘tiz ud’ kway fi’ deliz) which is a Latin phrase for Strong and Faithful.

For more information: Penang Free School

Have a great weekend everyone ;)

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38 Responses to “Photo Hunters - Free”

  1. napaboaniya on February 16th, 2008 12:33 am

    I like the motto of your old school. Strong and Faithful, 2 very powerful and meaningful words :)

    If I didn’t read further into your post, I might just have thought F-O-C school :P

  2. julie on February 16th, 2008 1:01 am

    Strong and faithful, words that mean so much. Thank you for sharing about your school, its like the school of my eldest daughter, they have different religions (with different teachers) and they have children with special needs. Talk about diversity.

    Have a great weekend!

    My PH entries:
    Are We Free?

    Fly A Kite

  3. Mar on February 16th, 2008 2:50 am

    Very nice take on the theme!! happy PH :)

  4. pat on February 16th, 2008 3:34 am

    Looks like it is a really good school to be in.

    Happy Weekend.

  5. vickie on February 16th, 2008 3:46 am

    yeah Penang Free School was very famous since last time until now. Then you should be proud of yourself then you were Penang Free School student

  6. Huey on February 16th, 2008 9:53 am

    Wahseh. I didn’t expect this coming from you. @.@ But I’ve always like the field of PFS. So damn BIG! :D

  7. Criz Lai on February 16th, 2008 10:43 am

    Now I know you are from PFS… haha. When I was a kid, I always thought that the school gave everything from books to food for free. I was wrong. Nothing’s FREE in there :P

    Please do check out my photos at FREE as in FREE in Criz’s Sanctuary and FREE as in FREEDOM in Insight Criz. Have a nice weekend!

  8. Lynn on February 16th, 2008 11:07 am

    I have always been partial to non-sectarian schools.

  9. keeyit on February 16th, 2008 11:10 am

    Ooo… that is your school…

    I have done mine.
    http://www.keeyit.com/index.php/2008/02/16/photo-hunter-free/

    Have a nice weekend.

  10. marcia v on February 16th, 2008 11:41 am

    Good schools should be free to all

  11. heather on February 16th, 2008 11:42 am

    Wow, I think I read about that school a while back. Great choice.

  12. Yen on February 16th, 2008 12:02 pm

    That’s interesting! I thought it’s a free of tuition fees:) Nice one!

  13. Natalie on February 16th, 2008 12:08 pm

    Neat choice!

  14. Ancient One on February 16th, 2008 12:15 pm

    That’s a great picture… nice take on the theme of “FREE”.

  15. jmb on February 16th, 2008 2:24 pm

    No trouble for you this weekend. An old and venerable school to be sure. Have a great weekend.

  16. Pastormac's Ann on February 16th, 2008 2:42 pm

    Wonderful choice for The Hunt. Fits our free theme perfectly.

  17. soul_krasty on February 16th, 2008 3:07 pm

    wish i could sent my nephew there cause he’s not doing well in his english..huhu..

  18. Dragonheart & Merlin on February 16th, 2008 4:33 pm

    Sounds like a great school! Nice choice for the Hunt!

  19. Pelfy on February 16th, 2008 4:41 pm

    Penang Free School. Oh yes.. I’ve read about it from my history textbook (=

    And whoa! Your school is just a few steps away from Giant Hypermarket (=

  20. Randi on February 16th, 2008 4:47 pm

    Wonderful take on the theme.
    I wish all schools were as free as yours.
    Happy Weekend!

  21. Jen on February 16th, 2008 5:00 pm

    This is very cool and a great take on the theme!

  22. sarge charlie on February 16th, 2008 5:04 pm

    excellent choice for the theme

  23. mott on February 16th, 2008 5:33 pm

    Ah..my grandad taught there a long time ago…

    Thanks for the memories!

    mine’s up…and a lil simpler… ;-)

  24. Dragonstar on February 16th, 2008 6:54 pm

    Perfect choice! Nice to learn about your old school.

  25. Chikai on February 16th, 2008 7:21 pm

    wow! that’s a nice school. wish we have that one here in my country.

    hope you can check out my entries when you have the time. it’s here, here, here, and here. thanks! :)

  26. mistyeiz on February 16th, 2008 7:29 pm

    o, u went to PFS. ;) i know a couple of guys from there.

  27. Hootin' Anni on February 16th, 2008 7:52 pm

    Good choice.

    My ‘free’ photo is shared…come by and visit —it’s there for your viewing, for ‘free’. Oops, no I guess not –it’s costing money to use the computer of yours and being online. Oh well, if you’ve not stopped by my photo hunt this week, please come on by for a visit, if you can!!!

  28. 3POINT8 on February 16th, 2008 8:53 pm

    Funny….aren’t all schools open to students of different religion or belief?

  29. satkuru on February 16th, 2008 9:12 pm

    3POINT8: back in the early 19 century the english schools were only meant for the Britains and children of high ranking officers :) so this school was opened to give equal opportunity to everyone :D

  30. mama meji on February 16th, 2008 9:18 pm

    Oldest! Wow. Thanks for sharing some facts and a photo of your school. Schools should indeed be open for all despite race, religion, status…

    Anyway, I’m asking something for free- your vote. Have the details in my blog. Thanks and have a wonderful weekend.

  31. Dawn on February 16th, 2008 9:38 pm

    I’m from Malaysia and heard of that school but never knew what it meant. Thanks for the info on PFS.

  32. ivy on February 16th, 2008 10:54 pm

    now thats something to be proud of, nice one, it’s perfect for today’s theme

    Mine is up!

    My So Calle Life
    La Vida es Hermosa

  33. jams o donnell on February 17th, 2008 12:36 am

    Great take on this week’s theme. Happy weekend!

  34. pearl on February 17th, 2008 2:16 pm

    Wow, that is a good spirited school. There should not be any discrimination in schools where this is the future of our generation to seek their education.
    Good take for this week’s theme! Well done

    Pearl - have a good weekend. a little late for my entry but better late than never ;)

  35. Everyday Healy on February 17th, 2008 2:29 pm

    So, you are from PFS. No doubt it’s a great name. But, nothing is free in it! hahaha….

  36. Neil Duckett on February 17th, 2008 5:09 pm

    Nice take on the theme.

    http://neilduckett.com/photo-hunt-free-muriyou/

  37. eastcoastlife on February 18th, 2008 10:39 pm

    I thought it was free school too - no need to pay school fees!! haha….

    See lah, everybody see the word ‘free’, first thing is no need money! hehehe….

  38. satkuru on February 20th, 2008 12:41 pm

    eastcoastlife: quite misleading huh ? :P in fact everyone thinks the same, hehehe

    thanks everyone for dropping by :D

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