Assalamualaikum W.B.T

I have so many books in my reading list.

Some have been partially explored...

The Magic of Thinking Big by David J. Schwartz

Penyucian Hati by Amru Khalid

Kisah Cinta Sejati Khadijah by Abdul Mun’im Muhammad Umar

Murabbi Cinta by Hasrizal Abdul Jamil

Janganlah Bersedih: Jadilah Wanita yang Paling Bahagia by ‘Aidh Bin ‘Abdullah Al-Qarni

Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus by John Gray

and some are purely ‘untouched’...

Pesan Maha Kasih dalam Kisah by H Zainal Arifin & H Abu Ezzat Al-Mubarak

Menjadi Wanita Super dengan Asmaul Husna by Sulaiman Al-Kumayi

Why Mars & Venus Collide by John Gray

Hope, I’ll manage to finish reading one or two before the year ends...

and I promise myself not to stop buying such books for it’s a long-term investment...

and most importantly, not to stop reading ;))

*and books have been my newly-fancied items as gifts these days...thanks to Mom’s influence :))

Salam~

 Assalamualaikum W.B.T

omo..omo..I just noticed I need another few entries before it counts as 400.
what an achievement for me!! haha

believe it or not, this is my 5th year of blogging....and turning into 6, next year.
I don't expect I could stay this long...because in the course of 5 years, due to many reasons, I don't know for how many times I thought of deleting this blog....and luckily I didn't!! (but, I did change d url..heh)
(actually, I have started writing before 2007....but few blogs had been deleted due to inconsistency in writing and updating...haha)

I have few reasons why I treasure this blog so much.
and one reason being, it stores a collection of MY stories.
I am not an important person so I bet no one would write about me when I die.
But, because my life worth so much to me, I think I should do it a justice by writing about it myself.
After some years, I could see how I have developed physically, intellectually, emotionally and spiritually by the way I write and express my feelings, thoughts etc.
And I am happy to see the progress :))))

Because I don't write for specific audiences like I did years ago, I feel no pressure at all writing now.
I could log on whenever I feel like pouring things out and I could stay idle when I don't feel like doing it.
But, most of the time, it's because of the TIME.

Based on my analysis:

I am most active in 2008. I have written 205 entries. That was during my second year in Australia and it was the time I consider myself BLOGGER TEGAR (skrg, tegarla sangat kan...haha). Many stories to be shared, learned many important lessons in life, tried many recipes and it's when I got to know few blogger friends...and that was the time when blogging was so addictive to me...WAS and WAS. Basically, it IS one the most wonderful years in my life :)))

Coming back to Malaysia, completing my final year of study, practicum, first posting...life was so hectic (kononnya), and I didn't write much...only once in a while. Apart from the commitments (konon), I think internet connection is a factor too. Graf jatuh mendadak, x sampai 40% for the 1st year. Zaman bekerja lagilah....hampeh... x smpai 3 entry per month on the 1st year of working, and even lesser the 2nd year. But, what makes me feel better is, AT LEAST I WRITE....haha..

Oh yeah, now I am currently working on my weebly!!
being a professional-so-to-say....(HAHA), it's been a dream to have my own educational website.
insyaAllah, it'll be my end-of-year project!! HOHO...


And I promise myself to keep writing...not for anyone but for ME, MYSELF :))

adios, amigos!!

Wassalam~

Alhamdulillah!!
Yang ditunggu2 akhirnya hadir jua :))
And this official letter is not just "a thing" coz it brings so many meanings especially to a journey that I would embark on in the future...insyaAllah...

And yes I am dreamING now....and I hope Allah will show me the best way and lead me to best path for the benefit of me, the religion and the ummah...insyaAllah

Assalamualaikum W.B.T

Teaching

“Teaching” is not the first thing in my mind when I first learned the word “ambition”.

Seriously, I never expect ended up being a teacher...at least as a profession to begin with.

But I BELIEVE this is what we call FATE.

Not even a moment in my life, I regret being a teacher. at least up till this point.

Why?

Because this profession opens doors for me to know and understand human beings; the interesting but complicated creatures on Earth.

When I say I don’t regret a thing, that does not mean that it’s a bed of roses.

Life as a teacher is not as simple as how people might perceive it to be.

To tell the truth, it’s NEVER EASY and could DRIVE you CRAZY, yet it can make you HAPPY!!

that’s the indescribable part of everything (^_^)

Student

A student is not merely a client/customer/patient to me.

When I regard someone as students, I can’t help myself but feel emotionally connected to them.

Not only I want them to be successful in learning/study, I want to know about their family background, what do they like to do, what are the things that make them happy/sad/moody/sick etc.

Basically, I want to know everything about them.

Yeah, sounds so busybody and stalker-like, but that’s basically how I feel towards them.

I want to love them so they would secure a place in my heart.

All of them. Each and everyone of them.

That’s why I am actually making effortS (note the “s”) to make them know how PRECIOUS they actually are to me.

I want to spread the LOVE to them.

And LOVING means giving COMMITMENT, TIME and also MONEY... (urggh...I wish I have more time)

But sadly saying, SOME of them didn’t see/feel that.

Either it’s PENDING / I turned on the INCORRECT buttons / they don’t know how to respond / they just don’t like me (oh my, I am rejected!!!)

But that’s okay, for me, the outcome is not important because I know I’ve tried.

We can’t force people when we deal with feelings/emotions....noted that...

Favouritism

As teachers, FAVOURITISM is a BIG NO NO!! I know that. It’s well understood.

But, as normal human beings, we can’t afford to refrain ourselves from liking/prefer/favor some people that the others.

Come on, I’m being REALISTIC!! I’m NOT an idealist anyway.

Teachers got feelings too!!

And as students, the moment we feel our teacher favour some other people rather than us;

1^st: maybe it’s just our feelings

2^nd: the way people show love is different. come on, look at ourselves! how could we be treated similarly as others if we ourselves are different from them. so, don’t simply jump into conclusion ya..

And if I am the teacher concerned, I tell you, I am not being double standard, it’s just that due to some reasons, I have yet to find ways to reach you...(did you find ways to reach me anyways??)...

and not because I simply choose to ignore. So, please don't get the wrong idea :)

Assertive/Strict

Am I not sure what kind of teacher I am/was/will be...

What I knew is I lack/lacked this one quality: “being assertive”...

I have been trying to develop this quality since I was overseas and it’s still going nowhere...

Maybe it’s because I am not that type of person who can express what I REALLY want in a strong way so that people would notice.

I never like that idea because I don’t like being told of what to do (except for work related things or else I don’t know what to should be done).

I always thought that people are sensitive enough to “sense” things so why should others be telling them this and that.

So, I didn’t scold them if they didn’t do what they are supposed to.

I adopt these policies: “be patient”, “be calm” and “hold your anger”.

Most of the time, I do that because I want to “jaga hati” and don’t want to hurt others by the words that might hurt them emotionally and mentally when I burst. (but still some bullets are unavoidable!!)

However, everything doesn’t come for free.

There’s an expensive price that I have to pay for not hurting others...I ended up being hurt...

And that’s the “worldly definition” of FAIRNESS if you want to know.

So, take it or leave it!!

True Colours

When asked what type of person I am, my close friend once replied:

“what people see might not be the same as when they would get later”

Meaning?

The way I appear to people might be different with my true self.

For people that I meet once or twice, I am a different type of person...

For people who are dear to me;

I am not a soft-spoken person...(it’s just not my way..urghh)

I say harsh words when it’s not what I really intend to say...(sorry, I’ll be more careful next time so it won’t be a bad prayer to others...nauzubillah)

I say I don’t care, when I actually do...

I say go when I want people to stay...

I tease people and “cari gaduh” with them when I actually want to be close to them...(some people think I hate them..nope!!)

but in fact, I am VERY sensitive...

I say it’s OK when I am NOT OK...

I say it’s all right when it’s NOT right at all...

And for some unknown reasons, that’s how I react...

and I know that’s very complicated to understand...

but that’s ME, the real ME~

Salam~

Assalamualaikum W.B.T

Kadang2 bila manusia menyakiti dan melukai hati kita, kita terlalu cepat melatah...
rasa marah, rasa tak dihargai, rasa dilayan seperti sampah dan sebagainya...
kita menganggap manusia tersebut amat jahat hatta sanggup menganiayai manusia lain...

tapi...

kesakitan itu jugalah yang buat kita kembali menilai...
sejauh mana kita menghargai Si Pencipta...
sejauh mana kita menunaikan hak yang selayaknya untuk Dia...
sejauh mana nilai dan darjat kita di sisi-Nya...

maka, persetankanlah rasa marah....yang tunasnya berputik dari bisikan iblis...
tapi tukarkanlah dengan rasa keinsafan...yang hadirnya atas dasar kesedaran,
bahawa kita hanya hamba Tuhan...
yang nilainya bukan pada pandangan manusia tapi Dia yang Maha Mencipta...

Salam~

Assalamualaikum W.B.T

This year's Eidul Fitr celebration might NOT be the BEST that I had so far but at least, it's NOT the WORST.

Reasons:

• got a new stand mixer thus so excitedly made chocolate chips cookies that I used to make back then in Sydney...but it turned to be chocolate DE BATU BATA cookies...duhh...but, what I like about it is the fact that my nephews being so supportive by eating half the jar of the cookies...so I guess, OK la kot kan..heh ;)

before

after

• baked a chocolate cake that I used to...but it turned out to be the most DISASTROUS cake I've ever bake. lesson learned: please don't be greedy but patient!!

kipasusahmati...haha

• raya for me this year was only on the 1st Syawal...was in no mood of celebrating it...down with slight fever the first night itself...is suffering from sore throat till today....arrghhh...camne  nak keje nih!!

However, there's few other good points regardless of everything:

• I managed to join tadarus and conduct khatam quran session with my tutees ;) yeah, sounds like a small, simple things but for me, it's really SOMETHING...

• after 25 years, I managed to weave ketupat on my own....what an achievement!! haha... I've tried once last 2 years, I succeeded...but I wonder to what extent the performance could be measured... But this time around, I managed to weave at least 5/6 ketupat... OK la tu...rather than nothing aite...

masterpiece...haha

before

after

• for the first time, I gave duet raya to my siblings...not much anyway but I feel happy to give them something...alhamdulillah de rezeki lebih kan :) but somehow, the allocation for the niece and nephews decreased a bit..ye la, need to spread the budget kan...haha :P

last year's...this year...tarak..

All in all, I think or I could feel that I've aged...or am aging...gradually...
The feelings towards certain things are no longer the same as before...
And so as the view or perception and also the way I act towards situations...
So, let's just consider this a journey of maturity...haha~

Salam~

never miss a place like how I feel towards OZ...

it hurts every time I think about the place, the people and the things I did there...

getting another chance to be there is one thing...

experience the same feeling like I did three/four years ago is another thing...

and that is THE thing that I look forward....very much...

but, whatever it is...

thank you Allah for THE opportunities given to me during the period of time...

for me, that wasn't just an experience but it's the turning point for many things in my life...

Alhamdulillah 'ala kulli hal~

was bloghopping when I read an entry about science stream students vs art stream students...

and I wonder which category should I group myself in (o_0)

can I consider myself a bi- then...(erkkk)

moral of the story:

rasa kesian kat anak murid bila ajar grammar ala2 ajar maths...

paling kesian bila approach ni dapat plak kat budak2 yang takbleyblah in maths (oh, saya faham keadaan ini...)

tapi nak buat camne, I am a bi-....so, aku guna approach ikut suka la...

segala kesulitan amat dikesali~

erk, dulu kalau pandai lebih sikit, maybe dah jadi chekgu maths...maybe la kot...haha~

 Assalamualaikum W.B.T

"No man is an Island, entire of it self; every man is a piece of the Continent, a part of the main."

@ work time

@ holiday_ jimba jimbi time

@ crazy time

@ all other times

a great company would be with us through thick and thin...

but humans ain't perfect that sometimes they tend to forget things...they can't commit all the time...

so, as long as God sent someone to us...

to be with us...

when we are happy, 

when we are sad,

when we are excited,

when we are worried,

be it the same person or different...

that's great enough...

thanks to Allah for that :)))

Salam~

Assalamualaikum w.b.t

Lepas 3 minggu lepak kat rumah because of medical leave, tak tertanggung rasanya tekanan kat tempat kerja on the first day masuk kerja.
OMG, nak absorb sume benda dalam 1 hari...mau naik gile rasanya....*exaggerate*

Sometimes, rasa cam dah tahan dah nak stay...
tapi bila2 fikir2 balik, takkan la baru dapat challenges camni dah nak surrender...
rasa cam loser giler...

so, to be on positive side, I always believe that this is the phase where Allah 'teaches' me about life...
so, memang la kena sangat2 bersabar...dan kuatkan semangat...
kalau nak ikut, ni baru sket kot...

masalah dengan sistem....
masalah dengan students...
masalah deagan colleagues...

aish...memang typical kot benda2 camtu kat mana2 pun...
so, there's no point nak lari...

yang penting diri sendiri....

so, to me: chaiyo' chaiyo'

Salam~

p/s: kadang2, bile orang care sangat pun, rasa cam annoying gak...aish...