Tagged!

Hasil penangan 'kenyitan mata' Ms B, maka dengan ini saya menjawab "tag"nya dari blog Pencinta Kopi Coklat, heh:

1. Bekas kekasih saya adalah:
*Skip* (Err, adakah perkataan ini perkataan Melayu? :p)

2. Saya sedang mendengar:
Bunyi kipas komputer riba

3. Mungkin saya patut:
Menyambung bacaan ilmiah saya, hmmm

4. Saya suka:
Mendengar ceramah Dr. Asri di Youtube.

5. Sahabat-sahabat baik saya:
adalah mereka yang sentiasa "ada" bersama saya, yang akan ambil kisah sekiranya terjadi apa-apa pada saya

6. Saya tak faham:
kenapa seseorang perlu berpura-pura.

7. Saya kehilangan:
nafsu makan ketika saya bersedih.

8. Ramai yang berkata:
hidup ini sementara, tetapi masih mengejar dunia seakan-akan boleh hidup selamanya. Malangnya, termasuklah saya sendiri.

9. Makna nama saya:
Madu yang dimakan oleh watak kartun Pooh ;)

10. Cinta itu adalah:
rezeki dari Allah, dan setiap pasangan perlu bekerjasama menjaga dan menyuburkannya bersama.

11. Di suatu tempat, seseorang sedang:
membaca jawapan saya ini, hehehe!

12. Saya akan cuba:
Menghabiskan menjawab kesemua tiga puluh soalan pada malam ini, tetapi kemungkinan besar terpaksa berhenti dulu, dan disambung di kemudian hari. :)


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(Sambungan...)

13. Ayat SELAMANYA membawa maksud
Lagu kegemaran saya dari kumpulan Innuendo

14. Telefon bimbit saya:
Telah rosak kerana tenggelam dalam air sungai. Sekarang terpaksa menggunakan telefon pinjam

15. Bila saya terjaga dari tidur:
Saya memasang komputer riba :p

16. Saya paling meluat apabila:
Orang cakap tak serupa bikin dan sangat hipokrit.

17. Pesta/Parti adalah:
Bukan sesuatu yang saya gemari, kecuali jika ianya bersama orang-orang yang rapat dengan saya

18. Haiwan yang paling comel yang saya pernah temui ialah:
Dua ekor anak kambing biri-biri di Mongolia. Berwarna putih bersih dan macam anak anjing. Tersangatlah comel.

19. Peringkat umur yang paling menyeronokkan bagi saya ialah:
Waktu kanak-kanak.

20. Hari ini:
Saya telah pergi ke bandar untuk membeli barang keperluan.

21. Malam ini saya akan:
Menyambung penulisan saya. Diharap idea-idea yang bernas akan lebih banyak keluar pada malam ini, hehe

22. Esok pula saya akan:
Pergi menghadiri Usrah dan jamuan makan :)

23. Saya betul-betul inginkan:
Agar saya dapat menyiapkan sarjana saya ini secepat mungkin :p

24. Ketika saya lihat wajah saya di hadapan cermin pagi ini:
Saya memikirkan untuk keluar cepat pergi ke bandar.

25. Pusat membeli-belah atau arked permainan:
Pusat membeli-belah, terutamanya jika ada jualan murah :D

26. Makanan Barat atau Jepun:
Dua-dua, bergantung kepada selera.

27. Bilik yang terang atau gelap:
Bergantung kepada keperluan :p

28. Makanan segera adalah:
Sedap dan cepat, hehehe.

29. Ayat terakhir yang anda katakan pada seseorang?
"Thank you" kepada penjaga hostel ketika mengambil pakej darinya.

30. Siapa yang anda mahu tag?
TeaD.....muahahaha


Phewww....finally. Penat saya. hehehe.

I just found out my best friend is going to New York.

I wanna gooooooooooooooooo!!!!! :(

Dear Ms B....

I was going to answer Ms B's comment on my previous post, but then I thought, hey, why not I do it as a post instead, so can kill two birds with one stone. Ok tak Ms B? :)

To tell the truth, I have lots of things that I want to blog about, so many things are churning in my head right now. But there's this huge shadow behind me in a form of guilt that is preventing me from using the precious time to blog. You see, while two months have since past since I got my topic for the dissertation, I have yet to write one single word on it. Zero. Not even a title. Heck, I don't even have a Word document with the name Draft v1.0 pun. Teruk tak???? And I have just a little over one month to go! *biting my nails*

Well, to be fair to me though, I was doing my data gathering and research, and at least that is done. Sort of. Heh.

Don't ask me what happen in the last two months. I have no idea where the time go. Sigghh...I miss winter, when time felt like it hardly moved. (I'm a nocturnal person when I study hence why I love the long nights, hehe).

On top of it, I haven't even participated in the summer sale!!!!! Errr ok, that was before Wednesday. To my dear friend Noyarn, guess what??? After complaining to you early Wednesday morning hari tuh, that afternoon jugak I went to town and beli dua baju, dua seluar and dua kasut! Hehehe. Retail therapy, don't you just love it?! :)

But anyway, I had a good two days of studying. I've been going out to the library and management school to study these last two days and it seems to be more effective. Alhamdulillah, there seem to be a light at the end of the tunnel now. So, next week I need to meet my supervisor and will see whether he'll make the light bigger and brighter or put it out altogether :p.

But no worries, will try to steal some time to post some stuffs on the blog nanti. Maybe I'll start writing my dissertation in this blog instead, hehe. ;)


ps to Noyarn: about that problem about commenting in Blogspot, maybe you can checkout Verde's post on it coz she had the same problem and manage to solve it.

Malaysia drops English language teaching

It's been a while since I've read any newspapers, be it UK and Malaysian papers. But one headlines from my iGoogle Newsfeed caught my eye today:

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Malaysia drops English language teaching

Government says education policy failing to create global speakers

From The Guardian - http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jul/10/malaysia-tefl

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It seems the Government's decision to revert to teaching Maths and Science in Malay again had gotten quite a huge media coverage.

I don't really understand what the fuss is all about. Frankly, I support the decision to revert if the teachers are not well-versed to teach in English. The objective of learning science and maths is that exactly - to learn to be able to do maths and understand the scientific concept. If you want the kids to learn English, then strengthen the English subject instead. Mathematics and Science are a language on its own, hence their concept do not change if you teach them using BM or English or Japanese or Arabic, etc. Look at Japan, the fastest developed nation in the world, did they obtained their technological advancement because they were taught maths and science in English? Heck no, in fact, they can barely speak any English. Yet they continue to dominate the technological world and even force other people to speak Japanese in order to deal and learn from them.

So, let's focus on the main objective - to teach the students Maths and Science. and get them to excel in them. Hence, teach them in the language that the teacher can be most effective in teaching them and in the language the student can grasp the knowledge well.

O Gentle One, be gentle with us

I am really in love with this song right now.
(It helps also that the singer is soo gorgeous...*sigghhh* :) )

Most importantly though, it has some good doas at the end, one of it is as per the title of this post: "Ya Latifu ultuf beena" (O Gentle One, be gentle with us)





Ohh...I'm back!! :)

Have a Kit Kat...

....will be on hiatus for a while.

The Ideal Muslimah

"The smart Muslim woman is one who strikes a balance between her external appearance and internal nature. She understands that she is composed of a body, a mind and a soul, and gives each the attention it deserves, without exaggerating in one aspect to the detriment of others. In seeking to strike the right balance, she is following the wise guidance of Islam which encourages her to do so."

- Taken from the book 'The Ideal Muslimah' by Muhammad Ali al-Hashimi.

A suicidal post :p

Kata ‘Abdullah bin ‘Umar r.a:

“Rasulullah s.a.w memegang bahuku lalu bersabda: “Jadilah engkau di dunia ini bagaikan orang asing, atau seorang musafir”. (Riwayat al-Bukhari).

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Being in UK to some extent I felt how it is to be as above. Mungkin boleh dianggap sebagai kehidupan yang zuhud (cee, perasan, hehe). I buy only what is required. My pinggan mangkuk mula2 dulu consists of only one glass, satu pinggan untuk makan, satu mangkuk (for cereal) dan satu piring. And then ada orang sedekahkan mangkuk untuk makan maggi satu, (penting nih, heh). Only later I bought two more when I started having my friend over for lunch. I don't spend much on clothes as well esp. for winter clothes knowing that I will only be wearing it for a few months. I only splurge on stuffs that I know I can use it when I go back to Malaysia nanti.

While my action was just my practical way of thinking, when relating to the hadith above, it is quite a revelation for me. I did what I did because I know my stay here is temporary. But shouldn't I maintain the same way of thinking even when I go back to Malaysia? After all, isn't our lives here on earth is temporary as well?

While we are on the subject, have you ever thought about how you want to die? It is after all, a certainty that we have to face.
Too deep, no?
;)

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Ketahuilah bahawa (yang dikatakan) kehidupan dunia itu tidak lain hanyalah (bawaan hidup yang berupa semata-mata) permainan dan hiburan (yang melalaikan) serta perhiasan (yang mengurang), juga (bawaan hidup yang bertujuan) bermegah-megah di antara kamu (dengan kelebihan, kekuatan, dan bangsa keturunan) serta berlumba-lumba membanyakkan harta benda dan anak pinak; (semuanya itu terhad waktunya) samalah seperti hujan yang (menumbuhkan tanaman yang menghijau subur) menjadikan penanamnya suka dan tertarik hati kepada kesuburannya, kemudian tanaman itu bergerak segar (ke suatu masa yang tertentu), selepas itu engkau melihatnya berupa kuning; akhirnya ia menjadi hancur bersepai; dan (hendaklah diketahui lagi, bahawa) di akhirat ada azab yang berat (di sediakan bagi golongan yang hanya mengutamakan kehidupan dunia itu), dan (ada pula) keampunan besar serta keredaan dari Allah (disediakan bagi orang-orang yang mengutamakan akhirat). Dan (ingatlah, bahawa) kehidupan dunia ini tidak lain hanyalah kesenangan bagi orang-orang yang terpedaya.
(Surah Al-Hadid : 20)

Toxic Modern Beliefs

Taken from Sally Goerner's journal article - "Today's Copernican flip: how putting collaborative learning at the hub of human evolution improves our chances of survival."

It's getting hot in here

I am sweating.

I now feel pity for the people here (including me right now :p). You have to equip your house with heater AND air-conditioner here. And you can't even open the window due to the insects and pollens flying about.

My room being a university room only has the heater. I don't even have any fan. The only savior is the fact that the wall and the window glass are quite thick so at least the heat from outside doesn't get in that easily.

Even so, at 3am, I am sweating.
Who would have thought I would ever be in this condition here? Heh.