Penultimate - 2nd to last!
Meaning, I only got i more week left to 'savour' them. With the 2 weeks gone like that when I was down with ch-pox, I really was in a rush to finish lectures and grade their presentations.
Well, I'd just like to say sthg here about their performance. Hm, I was kinda pleased with some of them. In fact, quite a few have 'mastered' the art of public speaking... cos' there were times when I felt like slapping those finger-pointing antics of them, or straightening their postures, or asking them to make eye contact, bla, bla.. but I am to say that some have improved a lot!
I remember when the AV2 class went quite during Jackson's presentation - gosh, it was such an interesting topic! The next one is Kean Yong's. Even Ms. Rose who made a presence was impressed. So far, I feel that the 'coolest' presenters are Zizan, Muhaimin n Jeremy.
Hence, after almost everyone has presented, the top 5 are : Jackson, Kean Yong, Muhaimin, Jeremy, & surprise, Masduqi! Zizan didn't make it as he 'lost' out on a mere 0.5 marks, similar to Amin & Frank... all the best people!
Friday, September 19, 2008
Monday, September 8, 2008
down with chicken pox
Dear students, if you're reading this, please inform others that I'm now forced to quarantine myself at home, for fear of infecting others... It's not that I enjoy staying home, truth be told, cos I can't do things I love - teach u guys... u know, being a 'dictator' in class - where u have to dictate what I say... the boss is ALWAYS right, remember?
And of course, the itch is no fun at all. I've taken the expensive medication to 'kill' the virus or whatever thingy they call it, but it hasn't killed them all. The thing it's done is that it has sort of reduced the number of spots, but some still break out every day... like yesterday, only 3 spots, but today, 6 spots... gosh! The itch is killing me!
What I'm worried of is the classes that might not get replaced - some of you haven't presented ur final project, and my lectures on communication n interviews haven't finished... I pray that this thing will really. really go away next week...
Til then, be good dear kids!!!
And of course, the itch is no fun at all. I've taken the expensive medication to 'kill' the virus or whatever thingy they call it, but it hasn't killed them all. The thing it's done is that it has sort of reduced the number of spots, but some still break out every day... like yesterday, only 3 spots, but today, 6 spots... gosh! The itch is killing me!
What I'm worried of is the classes that might not get replaced - some of you haven't presented ur final project, and my lectures on communication n interviews haven't finished... I pray that this thing will really. really go away next week...
Til then, be good dear kids!!!
Thursday, September 4, 2008
Pak Samad Ismail is no more...
Al Fatihah.
Pak Samad telah kembali ke rahmatullah pada jam 5.58 petang tadi di Hospital Pantai Kuala Lumpur. Jenazah Allahyarham akan dibawa pulang ke rumahnya di No 2 Jalan 16/7C, Petaling Jaya dan akan dikebumikan pada hari esok, selepas solat Jumaat.
Semoga Allah SWT mencucuri rahmat ke atas roh Allahyarham.
Jika disorot kembali sejarah era penjajahan, tidak boleh dinafikan sama sekali perjuangan beliau menentang penjajahan Jepun dan British melalui Kesatuan Melayu Muda, disusuli peranan beliau mendrafkan Perlembagaan Rakyat bersama-sama Pak Sako dan Ahmad Boestamam.
(dari DSAI's blogspot)
Pak Samad telah kembali ke rahmatullah pada jam 5.58 petang tadi di Hospital Pantai Kuala Lumpur. Jenazah Allahyarham akan dibawa pulang ke rumahnya di No 2 Jalan 16/7C, Petaling Jaya dan akan dikebumikan pada hari esok, selepas solat Jumaat.
Semoga Allah SWT mencucuri rahmat ke atas roh Allahyarham.
Jika disorot kembali sejarah era penjajahan, tidak boleh dinafikan sama sekali perjuangan beliau menentang penjajahan Jepun dan British melalui Kesatuan Melayu Muda, disusuli peranan beliau mendrafkan Perlembagaan Rakyat bersama-sama Pak Sako dan Ahmad Boestamam.
(dari DSAI's blogspot)
Friday, August 22, 2008
A 'gift' for my soon-to-graduate KIDS
Dear all,
Read the 'advice', never fall into the trap...
The happiest people in the world are not those who have no problems, but those who learn to live with things that are less than perfect.
'A group of graduates, highly established in their careers, got together to visit their old university professor.Conversation soon turned into complaints about stress in work and life. Offering his guests coffee, the professor went to the kitchen and returned with a large pot of coffee and an assortment of cups - porcelain, plastic, glass, crystal, some plain looking, some expensive, some exquisite telling them to help themselves to the coffee.
When all the students had a cup of coffee, the professor said:
'If you noticed, all the nice looking expensive cups were taken up, leaving behind the simple and cheap ones. While it is normal for you to want only the best for yourselves, that is the source of your problems and stress.
Be assured that the cup itself adds no quality to the coffee. In most cases, it is just more expensive and in some cases even hides what we drink.
What all of you really wanted was coffee, not the cup, but you consciously went for the best cups... Then you began eyeing each other's cups.
'Now consider this, said the professor, 'Life is the coffee; the jobs, money and position in society are the cups. They are just tools to hold and contain Life, and the type of cup we have does not define, nor change the quality of Life we live.
Sometimes, by concentrating on the cup, we fail to enjoy the coffee God has provided us. Enjoy your coffee!
'The happiest people don't have the best of everything. They just make the best of everything. Four things to take note of in life...
1. Live simply.
2. Love generously.
3. Care deeply.
4. Speak kindly.
Shine a light & enjoy your Coffee today!
Lotsa love,
Ma'am
Read the 'advice', never fall into the trap...
The happiest people in the world are not those who have no problems, but those who learn to live with things that are less than perfect.
'A group of graduates, highly established in their careers, got together to visit their old university professor.Conversation soon turned into complaints about stress in work and life. Offering his guests coffee, the professor went to the kitchen and returned with a large pot of coffee and an assortment of cups - porcelain, plastic, glass, crystal, some plain looking, some expensive, some exquisite telling them to help themselves to the coffee.
When all the students had a cup of coffee, the professor said:
'If you noticed, all the nice looking expensive cups were taken up, leaving behind the simple and cheap ones. While it is normal for you to want only the best for yourselves, that is the source of your problems and stress.
Be assured that the cup itself adds no quality to the coffee. In most cases, it is just more expensive and in some cases even hides what we drink.
What all of you really wanted was coffee, not the cup, but you consciously went for the best cups... Then you began eyeing each other's cups.
'Now consider this, said the professor, 'Life is the coffee; the jobs, money and position in society are the cups. They are just tools to hold and contain Life, and the type of cup we have does not define, nor change the quality of Life we live.
Sometimes, by concentrating on the cup, we fail to enjoy the coffee God has provided us. Enjoy your coffee!
'The happiest people don't have the best of everything. They just make the best of everything. Four things to take note of in life...
1. Live simply.
2. Love generously.
3. Care deeply.
4. Speak kindly.
Shine a light & enjoy your Coffee today!
Lotsa love,
Ma'am
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Double standards
In life, there has always been times when we wish that we had been somebody, all because we have been 'denied' some privilige or acknowledgement which we feel are due to us.
It happens and takes place everywhere, in every level of society, which sometimes frustrates and angers us. It just doesn't happen in offices, business premises, but all over the place, even at our local pasar malam. Imagine our displeasure if we've been waiting in line for some 5 minutes for our favorite popiah, along came this lady, who goes straight to the front of the line, and simply asks the guy to pack up some for her. Turns out, she's a friend of the popiah guy! Leaving with a smirk, the rest in line simply stared in disbelief at this special treatment she received, but then, even though irked by the incident, my other fellow Malaysians still continued to wait in line for the scrumptious 'rolls of vegetable-wrapped-in-crepes'. I, for one, would immediately stalk off in search of other delicacies. For me, in order to get the message across, you have to do something. But, sad to say, most people are not that bothered to do anything about it. And, that is the major reason why these kinds of things are prevailing in our society.
Like I said, it happens all over, in every nook and corner of our beloved nation, from the 'well-known' simply picking up the phone to get a place for their off-spring in a preferred public institution, to government officers giving the leeway to their relatives or friends, to teachers giving the double standard treatment to their students.
As a teacher myself, there have been times when I commit the act myself. Well, not because I like it, or that it's a daily dose in my classes, but there were times when I was resigned to the fact that there are students who are not that interested in learning the language. Thus, I would focus on the interested ones, and in the process, would be committing the act of dishing out preferential treatment to my 'pets'. Somehow, over the years, I have somewhat overcome this 'unbecoming' trait, and have learned to accept all the kids, warts and all, so that everyone would feel that I care for them. I care for everyone, the competent or the weak ones; the alert or sleepy ones; the talkative (like Asyraf, Bakri, Adam, Hafizree, Jeremy, Farid n Jason) to the quiet ones like Maslianeh, Iba, Fahmi n Tazul; for I believe that I everyone has potential.
So, darling kids, what say you???
It happens and takes place everywhere, in every level of society, which sometimes frustrates and angers us. It just doesn't happen in offices, business premises, but all over the place, even at our local pasar malam. Imagine our displeasure if we've been waiting in line for some 5 minutes for our favorite popiah, along came this lady, who goes straight to the front of the line, and simply asks the guy to pack up some for her. Turns out, she's a friend of the popiah guy! Leaving with a smirk, the rest in line simply stared in disbelief at this special treatment she received, but then, even though irked by the incident, my other fellow Malaysians still continued to wait in line for the scrumptious 'rolls of vegetable-wrapped-in-crepes'. I, for one, would immediately stalk off in search of other delicacies. For me, in order to get the message across, you have to do something. But, sad to say, most people are not that bothered to do anything about it. And, that is the major reason why these kinds of things are prevailing in our society.
Like I said, it happens all over, in every nook and corner of our beloved nation, from the 'well-known' simply picking up the phone to get a place for their off-spring in a preferred public institution, to government officers giving the leeway to their relatives or friends, to teachers giving the double standard treatment to their students.
As a teacher myself, there have been times when I commit the act myself. Well, not because I like it, or that it's a daily dose in my classes, but there were times when I was resigned to the fact that there are students who are not that interested in learning the language. Thus, I would focus on the interested ones, and in the process, would be committing the act of dishing out preferential treatment to my 'pets'. Somehow, over the years, I have somewhat overcome this 'unbecoming' trait, and have learned to accept all the kids, warts and all, so that everyone would feel that I care for them. I care for everyone, the competent or the weak ones; the alert or sleepy ones; the talkative (like Asyraf, Bakri, Adam, Hafizree, Jeremy, Farid n Jason) to the quiet ones like Maslianeh, Iba, Fahmi n Tazul; for I believe that I everyone has potential.
So, darling kids, what say you???
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