Being a student again was great. This time around I was happy to be in school. Learned a bunch of stuff that I KNOW I can use and will be used in the future. However, as every cloud has a silver lining, sometimes behind a cloud there's also the promise of thunder and storm. Kalau student, thunder tu exams dan storm tu assignments. :D
Banyaknye assignment yang menuntut perhatian. Mana nak buat dulu? Baca, baca, baca.....pening kepala. Hahah.
Oklah, dah buang 5 minit menulis kat blog ni. Better get back to my assignment now. Toodeloo. :D
Saturday, April 21
Monday, March 12
Seribu Lecturer Boleh Dicari, Dr. Suppiah Seorang Tiada Ganti
Sudah genap sebulan berada di UPSI. Sudah empat minggu menghadiri kuliah. Bermakna sudah 4 kali bertemu Dr. Suppiah. Lecturer Psikologi Pendidikan yang saya kira adalah insan yang istimewa.
Bermula dari kelas pertama lagi Dr. sudah membudayakan kami dengan cara penyampaian yang agak "unorthodox". Luar dari norma. Out of the box. Out of this planet pun ada juga. Sepanjang hidup saya ada ramai guru dan pengajar yang saya ingat dan saya kenang. Dr. pasti akan dikenang. :D
Kelas pertama, kami diminta untuk mengambil gambar kereta kesayangan Dr. "Lambaian Malar Hijau". Kereta lama yang banyak berjasa itu melambangkan perjuangannya dan betapa benda benda lama juga ada peranan dan tempatnya dalam perjalanan hidup kita. :D
Kereta yang tidak pernah mengagalkan misi Dr.
Dr. dan Datsun 140Y nya...
Lambaian Malar Hijau
Lambaian Malar Hijau merupakan tajuk cerpen dalam koleksi sastera ting 4 yang menceritakan bagaimana seorang guru berjaya memujuk anak muridnya yang tidak mahu melanjutkan pelajarannya selepas PMR dan bagaimana akhirnya pelajar itu mencapai kejayaan atas kesungguhan guru tersebut memburu anak didiknya. Dr. ingin kami menjadikan semangat Cikgu Jo memburu anak didiknya itu sebagai sebahagian dari semangat kami juga apabila menyambung menjadi guru kelak.
Menurut Dr., saya quote :
"Saya sebagai pensyarah di sini, saudara dan saudari bakal guru Malaysia, sama sama kita menimba ilmu, untuk dimanfaatkan kepada pelajar, baik di Semporna, Sabah mahupun di Bachok, Kelantan."
Dr. Suppiah in action....
Dr. mengatakan bahawa Psikologi adalah subjek yang merupakan bicara jiwa dan bicara minda. Dr. juga menekankan betapa pentingnya sentuhan jiwa dan jasad dalam membentuk anak didik menjadi orang yang berguna. Dr. menyarankan penggunaan muzik dalam pengajaran dan juga perlunya lawak jenaka bersama pelajar untuk mengeratkan hubungan.
Beri yang terbaik!!! Give more and Get more!!! :D
Dr. juga sering berkongsi kisah hidupnya di dalam kelas. Menurut Dr., seribu isteri boleh kita miliki tetapi BONDA seorang tidak dapat ditukar ganti. Dr. sering mengatakan bahawa kita perlu membayar hutang budi kepada BONDA tercinta. Itulah Dr., seorang anak kerdil dari Chemor yang berjaya mendapat tiga ijazah dari USM. :D
Dalam kelas yang lepas, Dr. ada meminta seorang pelajar jate menyanyikan sebuah lagu oleh ALLEYCATS bertajuk Hingga Akhir Nanti. Zul, ingin saya katakan di sini, anda terbaek!!!! :D
Zul! Terbaek!
TIPS :
1. Jangan biar anak didik tidur dalam kelas.
2. Guna approach yang lembut dan elakkan menegur murid di khalayak ramai dan memalukan murid itu.
3. Tayangkan video tentang pengorbanan ibu untuk menimbulkan kesedaran pada anak didik.
4. Pujilah anak didik kita.
5. Berceritalah dan dengarlah kisah anak didik agar terbentuk hubungan yang lebih akrab.
6. Tunjukkan anak didik Jangkauan Penamat (End-in-sight) agar mereka dapat melihat arah tuju mereka.
Saya juga ingin meninggalkan "legacy" seperti Dr. Terus hidup dalam minda anak didik walaupun sudah tiada lagi. Semoga saya dapat menjadi agen perubahan dalam hidup anak didik saya. :D
--------BERSAMA KITA BERJUANG--------
Friday, March 9
A Student Again....Naturally
Twelve February in the year of 2012, in my quest to be a teacher, I was finally granted a chance to do so in the form of an offer to take up a Diploma in Education in UPSI. Twelve February in the year of 2012, as I set foot in Kolej Za'ba, as emotions runs through me, I am a student again.....naturally. Even though it has been quite some years since I was last a student, being in UPSI feels so natural. As I look forward to gaining valuable knowledge from excellent lecturers, I just want to say that I am so happy to be here. :D
Blog Bakal Aktif Kembali
Assalamualaikum, selamat sejahtera dan salam satu Malaysia.
Adapun post kali ini hanya untuk mewar-warkan keaktifan semula blog ini atas dorongan pensyarah kesayangan, Dr. Suppiah. :D Semoga semua post post yang akan datang akan membawa manfaat pada diri saya sendiri khasnya dan pada yang membacanya amnya.
Mari kita bersama-sama meneruskan perjuangan... :D
Adapun post kali ini hanya untuk mewar-warkan keaktifan semula blog ini atas dorongan pensyarah kesayangan, Dr. Suppiah. :D Semoga semua post post yang akan datang akan membawa manfaat pada diri saya sendiri khasnya dan pada yang membacanya amnya.
Mari kita bersama-sama meneruskan perjuangan... :D
Tuesday, July 12
How Time Flies
How fleeting is our interest. like i predicted, the interest in writing in this blog faded. In fact, most of the things I was interested in back then I no longer do. Playing badminton? No more, since i hurt my ankle.
What's new? Facebook craze. Meeting of old and dear friends that i thought was lost forever. Having reunions. Making new memories. Unemployment again. was a teacher for nearly two year. That ended. But hopefully will get back into education soon.
Why the sudden posting after all these years? Sometimes i still need to say something and put my thoughts in writing. so once in a while, i guess i will be back here, typing away the words in my head.
What's new? Facebook craze. Meeting of old and dear friends that i thought was lost forever. Having reunions. Making new memories. Unemployment again. was a teacher for nearly two year. That ended. But hopefully will get back into education soon.
Why the sudden posting after all these years? Sometimes i still need to say something and put my thoughts in writing. so once in a while, i guess i will be back here, typing away the words in my head.
Wednesday, September 24
Life Throws You Curve Balls
I have always thought that life is like being on a journey. And on this journey we will find nice roads, wide trails, narrow trails, steep trails, hills, etc etc. We get surprise sometimes by our decision on what road to take next. Do we turn right? Do we turn left? Should we leave the nice road and pick that narrow dark trail? Will it be safe? Where will it lead?
There are many instances in my life that I had to choose what road to take. Sometimes I had more info and others I just followed my gut feeling. Though in all those instances, I truly believe now, that it was the best for me at the moment. It was right and it had it's own pros and cons. I truly believe that there is a hidden silver lining in all of them. Even the ones that at face value seems so wrong.
One of the big ones was when my parents divorced. I was barely 12. I had to choose who I should live with and that decision will include my young sister who simply wants to follow me wherever I go. So I chose my father. We moved to my paternal grandfather's house. Lost contact with my mother and elder sister who chose to stay with her. Life changes in that split second that I made my decision for both my young sister and me. And yet, as I lose precious time with my mother and sister, I gained the value of family as my father's siblings all stay near each other and are very close. My cousins and I grew up together. We learn to appreciate family and how to support each other.
The next big decision was when I applied for boarding school because all my friends are applying. I did not really want to go but I figured my friends will get into the same boarding school and we could continue our friendship. At the time, those friends were my most precious possession. I did not want to part with them. When the offer letter came, most of my friends got into the same school and I was the only one that was offered the boarding school in Penang. I was teribbly disappointed, to say the least. My friends persuaded me to go. They said it will be good for us. I only thought of the fact that I will be a stranger in a strange land in a school that no one I know goes to. I wanted out. However, I made a decision to at least gave it a try. Thinking that I could leave if I hated it. But those years was one of the best in my life. I learned to grow up. Be a bit independent. Learned to make new friends. Made mistakes. Had a crush. Superb experience that I would not exchange for anything. Even though I left my young sister behind and was even more distant from both my father and mother.
The next one of course involves university. I chose to apply to UTM. I had made up my mind that I wanted to go there. I just haven't decided what course to take. All I knew was that I wanted to get as far away as possible from science and maths subjects. So I filled the form for any course that I could apply to that does not have anything to do with science. But there was one more place to fill. My mother ask me to pick an engineering course. I was against it but i figured that it would be my last pick and thus have a low chance of being successful and in the mean time it will make my mother happy. Plus, I wanted to please her because we are not that close. Guess what? Oh yeah, that was the course that I was offered and i did not get any other offer from any other university. I was mad but I had no choice. So with rebel in my heart, I went. Intending to fail so that I could pick another course. Unfortunately, I got a scholarship that would make the burden on my father that much lighter and thus I was shackled into finishing the course. A hard as the course was, I managed to get through it. Thanks largely to my friends, whom I love dearly, I was able to make it. And again, those were the best times of my life. Had my first car (though it is an old beat up car, I loved it to bits), my first accident, my first time going out for a bite after midnight, my first all night cramming, my first best friend (whom I love so much I practically adopted her family). Many many firsts. Had a blast I tell ya. A BLAST!!!!! So despite the unwanted course, I had so much fun. Wouldn't change that for anything either.
Then decisions about work. Sometimes the lack of it. Had my dark moments of being useless and jobless. I wanted to work in Ipoh, close to my family after years of being away. But we can plan people say, but only ALLAH will decide. Work have taken me to Shah Alam, Petaling Jaya (where I stayed with my stepmother's relative. They were very very nice to me and I am grateful forever) and finally back to Ipoh. I was happy here. Things was going ok. True my salary is low and I do menial work but I was happy. Living a stressless (is that even a word? hahahaha) life. But as life has it, it is time again for me to make a decision. Either to stay on this road that is nice and looks so easy or go off road and find another trail full of adventure.
It all started when my raya leave was denied. He only approved the two days that is considered as public holidays and one more day extra. That's it. Even though I have no urgent matter to do during this raya period. I thought that it was very inconsiderate of my boss to not think about his employees and how they would want to celebrate this with their family that usually can only get together once a year. I was livid. More so when I heard that some got their leave approved. I saw red then. I was talking to the other employees who was angry as well and we decided to not come to work no matter what. Knowing that this could very well mean getting fired. Funny though, this made me reevaluate my current situation. I started to ask around about job openings. I applied for two positions in one day where before I was mainly playing the waiting game with my application for a government post. Where before I was contend with this low paying job, I want more now. And thus, I had a discussion with my family. After comtemplating everything, I had finally made a decision. I will tender my resignation after raya. I will take that plunge into the deep dark sea and take my chances for a better future. Maybe this is just what I needed to trigger a change. It might be a mistake but I truly believe there will be a silver lining even if it turns out to be a mistake initially. I believe that. I just hope it willl turn out great right from the start. With a silent prayer in my heart, here I go.......:D
There are many instances in my life that I had to choose what road to take. Sometimes I had more info and others I just followed my gut feeling. Though in all those instances, I truly believe now, that it was the best for me at the moment. It was right and it had it's own pros and cons. I truly believe that there is a hidden silver lining in all of them. Even the ones that at face value seems so wrong.
One of the big ones was when my parents divorced. I was barely 12. I had to choose who I should live with and that decision will include my young sister who simply wants to follow me wherever I go. So I chose my father. We moved to my paternal grandfather's house. Lost contact with my mother and elder sister who chose to stay with her. Life changes in that split second that I made my decision for both my young sister and me. And yet, as I lose precious time with my mother and sister, I gained the value of family as my father's siblings all stay near each other and are very close. My cousins and I grew up together. We learn to appreciate family and how to support each other.
The next big decision was when I applied for boarding school because all my friends are applying. I did not really want to go but I figured my friends will get into the same boarding school and we could continue our friendship. At the time, those friends were my most precious possession. I did not want to part with them. When the offer letter came, most of my friends got into the same school and I was the only one that was offered the boarding school in Penang. I was teribbly disappointed, to say the least. My friends persuaded me to go. They said it will be good for us. I only thought of the fact that I will be a stranger in a strange land in a school that no one I know goes to. I wanted out. However, I made a decision to at least gave it a try. Thinking that I could leave if I hated it. But those years was one of the best in my life. I learned to grow up. Be a bit independent. Learned to make new friends. Made mistakes. Had a crush. Superb experience that I would not exchange for anything. Even though I left my young sister behind and was even more distant from both my father and mother.
The next one of course involves university. I chose to apply to UTM. I had made up my mind that I wanted to go there. I just haven't decided what course to take. All I knew was that I wanted to get as far away as possible from science and maths subjects. So I filled the form for any course that I could apply to that does not have anything to do with science. But there was one more place to fill. My mother ask me to pick an engineering course. I was against it but i figured that it would be my last pick and thus have a low chance of being successful and in the mean time it will make my mother happy. Plus, I wanted to please her because we are not that close. Guess what? Oh yeah, that was the course that I was offered and i did not get any other offer from any other university. I was mad but I had no choice. So with rebel in my heart, I went. Intending to fail so that I could pick another course. Unfortunately, I got a scholarship that would make the burden on my father that much lighter and thus I was shackled into finishing the course. A hard as the course was, I managed to get through it. Thanks largely to my friends, whom I love dearly, I was able to make it. And again, those were the best times of my life. Had my first car (though it is an old beat up car, I loved it to bits), my first accident, my first time going out for a bite after midnight, my first all night cramming, my first best friend (whom I love so much I practically adopted her family). Many many firsts. Had a blast I tell ya. A BLAST!!!!! So despite the unwanted course, I had so much fun. Wouldn't change that for anything either.
Then decisions about work. Sometimes the lack of it. Had my dark moments of being useless and jobless. I wanted to work in Ipoh, close to my family after years of being away. But we can plan people say, but only ALLAH will decide. Work have taken me to Shah Alam, Petaling Jaya (where I stayed with my stepmother's relative. They were very very nice to me and I am grateful forever) and finally back to Ipoh. I was happy here. Things was going ok. True my salary is low and I do menial work but I was happy. Living a stressless (is that even a word? hahahaha) life. But as life has it, it is time again for me to make a decision. Either to stay on this road that is nice and looks so easy or go off road and find another trail full of adventure.
It all started when my raya leave was denied. He only approved the two days that is considered as public holidays and one more day extra. That's it. Even though I have no urgent matter to do during this raya period. I thought that it was very inconsiderate of my boss to not think about his employees and how they would want to celebrate this with their family that usually can only get together once a year. I was livid. More so when I heard that some got their leave approved. I saw red then. I was talking to the other employees who was angry as well and we decided to not come to work no matter what. Knowing that this could very well mean getting fired. Funny though, this made me reevaluate my current situation. I started to ask around about job openings. I applied for two positions in one day where before I was mainly playing the waiting game with my application for a government post. Where before I was contend with this low paying job, I want more now. And thus, I had a discussion with my family. After comtemplating everything, I had finally made a decision. I will tender my resignation after raya. I will take that plunge into the deep dark sea and take my chances for a better future. Maybe this is just what I needed to trigger a change. It might be a mistake but I truly believe there will be a silver lining even if it turns out to be a mistake initially. I believe that. I just hope it willl turn out great right from the start. With a silent prayer in my heart, here I go.......:D
Friday, August 29
Ramadhan is coming.......
Ramadhan is coming and all is well. :)
Some update. The soundless computer have sound again. After much tinkering and trial and error, finally a solution was found and sound is again there to add to the the whole cyber experience. Happy as I am that there is sound again, alas I haven't used it much lately and I don't seem to mind that much anymore. Maybe after not having sound for so long had taken it's toll. Hahaha.
The sprained ankle? Yeah, it is getting better by the day. I do a lot of stretching and rubbing of heat rub. I am adamant that I will be back on the court playing badminton right after raya. I miss my badminton so much. Just looking at the badminton bag makes me want to just say, to hell with it, I want to play NOW! Thanks goodness for common sense and thank goodness that I have some of that. Hehehe. So patience is the key and hopefully that will lead to a lot more years of badminton. :)
Tomorrow, my office will be having a kenduri to celebrate the coming of Ramadhan. We are planing to cook bubur lambuk. Should be good. :) I guess Merdeka will just have to take a back seat this year. Nonetheless, happy birthday Malaysia!
The internet connection is still so bad. TM should really buck up and keep their end of the bargain. I think we are literally paying for bad quality service. After so many complaints and so many visit from their technician, the situation does not seem to get any better. More frustrating when everytime we call they seem to say that they have no record of any complaint being made. WHY is that? We are in the age where the customer is not always right. In fact, the customer should just shut up and put up with it.
Oh, and last but not least, a friend from university was chatting with me the other day and he was worried that I am still single. Well, thank you very much for stating the obvious. Haahaha. Anyway, happy as I am with the way I am now, I guess there's no harm in putting myself out there a bit and who knows, I might just land a good catch. So I am chatting on the cyberworld again. The last time was when I was in university. I feel like I am too old for this. Hehehe. But, unless you play the game, you will not have even a sliver of chance of winning right? Play the game and you have a 50-50 chance. :P On to my next adventure......kuah kuah kuah...
This is leen live fingers on the keyboard saying, live and let live. Carpe diem. You get lemon, try to make lemonade. Nothing ventured nothing gained. Well, you get the gist. Hehehehe.
Some update. The soundless computer have sound again. After much tinkering and trial and error, finally a solution was found and sound is again there to add to the the whole cyber experience. Happy as I am that there is sound again, alas I haven't used it much lately and I don't seem to mind that much anymore. Maybe after not having sound for so long had taken it's toll. Hahaha.
The sprained ankle? Yeah, it is getting better by the day. I do a lot of stretching and rubbing of heat rub. I am adamant that I will be back on the court playing badminton right after raya. I miss my badminton so much. Just looking at the badminton bag makes me want to just say, to hell with it, I want to play NOW! Thanks goodness for common sense and thank goodness that I have some of that. Hehehe. So patience is the key and hopefully that will lead to a lot more years of badminton. :)
Tomorrow, my office will be having a kenduri to celebrate the coming of Ramadhan. We are planing to cook bubur lambuk. Should be good. :) I guess Merdeka will just have to take a back seat this year. Nonetheless, happy birthday Malaysia!
The internet connection is still so bad. TM should really buck up and keep their end of the bargain. I think we are literally paying for bad quality service. After so many complaints and so many visit from their technician, the situation does not seem to get any better. More frustrating when everytime we call they seem to say that they have no record of any complaint being made. WHY is that? We are in the age where the customer is not always right. In fact, the customer should just shut up and put up with it.
Oh, and last but not least, a friend from university was chatting with me the other day and he was worried that I am still single. Well, thank you very much for stating the obvious. Haahaha. Anyway, happy as I am with the way I am now, I guess there's no harm in putting myself out there a bit and who knows, I might just land a good catch. So I am chatting on the cyberworld again. The last time was when I was in university. I feel like I am too old for this. Hehehe. But, unless you play the game, you will not have even a sliver of chance of winning right? Play the game and you have a 50-50 chance. :P On to my next adventure......kuah kuah kuah...
This is leen live fingers on the keyboard saying, live and let live. Carpe diem. You get lemon, try to make lemonade. Nothing ventured nothing gained. Well, you get the gist. Hehehehe.
Thursday, July 31
Technology can be frustrating!!!!!!
This is me live, fingers on the keyboard. Haven't been able to blog lately, something to do with putting food on the table. Hahahaha. Anyways, as the title proclaimed, technology can be frustrating. While I love the fact that computers and internet are so awesome, they can also be a source of hair pulling nightmares. The internet has been slow and inconsistent (as I have been telling people like a million time already and I really should stop shouldn't I?) and now there's a new problem.
A few months back, my computer was upgraded to 1GB RAM. Unfortunately, even as i love the new speedier computer, i am now rendered soundless. Hahaha. it that even a word. Soundless. Yep, the komputer have no sound. Checking the sound option in control panel, i was told there was no audio device. Huh? What the......
So until today, I am soundless. Anybody out there who can help me get out of this soundless cacoon?
A few months back, my computer was upgraded to 1GB RAM. Unfortunately, even as i love the new speedier computer, i am now rendered soundless. Hahaha. it that even a word. Soundless. Yep, the komputer have no sound. Checking the sound option in control panel, i was told there was no audio device. Huh? What the......
So until today, I am soundless. Anybody out there who can help me get out of this soundless cacoon?
Monday, July 14
OUCH!!!
Yeah, that was the first word coming out of my mouth when I sprained my ankle while playing badminton last Wednesday. It was a bad bad day. Started with work that needed to be done by the end of the working hour, a trip to the post office to get the rebate that made me late coming back to the office (and the boss throwing a disapproving glance my way as I made my way to my desk); which in turn resulted in me not having enough time to properly warm up for the badminton session. I decided (foolishly, now with benefit of hindsight) to just go for my badminton session without a warm up session cause I was just too eager to play after missing a couple of sessions due to work commitment. What a big big mistake. All was well for the first half an hour, but when I decided on a last game after sitting down for too long, as written in fate I was down like a "nangka busuk" after I awkwardly landed on my right foot with a bad angle of the ankle.
As I was on sitting on the court, the pain just overwhelmed me and I think the adrenalin rush gave me a high. Everything looks blurry, the pain was throbbing, I could not breath properly, felt like the blood is rushing everywhere and yet nowhere. The people who played with me was asking if I was alright and told me to take off my shoes and told me to apply some heating oitment. One kakak was rubbing the oitment and massaging my feet and ankle, boy that was brutal, my instinct was to kick her away! But I just bit my lips and endured. As they moved me to the bench, I was still high. The pain was still there but it felt more like a gentle throbbing. They asked me if I was able to drive my car home. After like 10 minutes, I kinda felt the pain is subsiding (but later I would find out I was tricked by my body to think that) and thus I told them that I felt ok and that I am confident I would be able to drive the car home. At that time, I was still able to put some weight and pressure on the foot.
Arrived home to hear my mak being concerned and nagging me for being careless. I put ice on the swollen area. Rested for a while and took a shower. Rub some more heat rub and compressed the ankle with bandage. Elevated my foot while I slept. RICE. Woke up the next morning, put my feet on the floor to go take my shower and instant shooting pain up to my knee and I was screaming through gritted teeth. I had to shuffle, painfully and put all my weight on my left leg (which caused the left leg to cramp up) and head to the shower knowing that I have to shower because I have to go see the doctor without delay. It took me like nearly an hour in the shower manouvering and using the toilet seat as resting stool when my left leg cannot take the weight anymore. Called to office to tell my sob story and asking my mak to take me to the government clinic nearby.
My mak, who has not driven in like 7 years ( I am her driver nowadays), had to reacquint with her driving skills and slowly we made our way to the clinic. Saw the doctor, was told to get an X ray (which was only available at 2 pm) and to go back and see him after the X ray. We decided to go home first and go to the clinic again at 2pm as it was only 9.30 at that time. But I asked my mak to detour to my office so that I could make sure that any pending jobs will be taken over by someone. And before we head home, I asked my mak to go to the nearest pharmacy to get me a cane. Walking is slow and painful without some sort of support.
Came back at 2pm for the X ray. The X ray itself was pretty agonizing since I have to make sure my foot does not move as the X ray was taken. Believe me, when you have a swollen ankle, putting them at an angle and keeping them still is torture. Went to see the doc and he said the bones are ok, so it is only the tendons that is making me feel pain like hell. Got three days MC. Rest most of the time during that period. Felt better and more confident of putting pressure on my foot today and so here I am back at work. The driving was ok but the task of going up the flight of stairs was irritatingly slow. Thank goodness I have the cane, my superb mak and caring colleagues. :)
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