FEEL SO BLESSED BY ALLAH

ALLAH awards me with so much blessings ; there are no words to describe HIS GIFTS to me. Every second of my life, every beat of my heart, from the day I was born till now ; I have been blessed. I read Surah ArRahman many times; and feel blessed even more. I want Islam to be the only way of life for me; there is no other Creator than ALLAH THE ALMIGHTY; Muhammad (PBUH) is my Prophet; ALQuran as my guide. YET, HAVE I DONE ENOUGH TO SHOW MY GRATITUDE TO ALLAH ALMIGHTY FOR ALL HIS BLESSINGS?

Tuesday, April 21, 2009

The art of giving and receiving

There was one interesting phrase I heard from IKIM radio yesterday. Life is short and unpredictable. When we are having our meals, don't ever think of the food we are going to have next week, or even, tomorrow. Because we never know whether we are still around to enjoy the meal. Life is short and only ALLAH knows if there is still a tomorrow for us. The reason I am writing this is to tell my dear friends how much happiness and contentment I get each time I give something to them. Whatsoever it may be, it brings me real and true happiness to give. I have so little to give, yet if I have the means to do so; I shall continue to give as it brings happiness to me. Am really honoured if dear friends accept them with pure contentment also. I know you will be reading this, Yus. Just enjoy receiving and enjoy giving back to me the satisfaction of receiving whatsoever it may be with happiness. Life is fragile and lets make whatever time left for us worthwhile, friends.

Smart Book

Pertama kali melihatnya, saya sudah jatuh cinta. Seperti saya katakan pada Kak Mah (kami bersama-sama dalam penerbangan KK ke KLIA pagi tadi); saya tidak nyenyak tidur ingatkannya. FTec Digital AlQuran Smart Book. Saya sudah membelinya hampir tiga minggu lepas. Saya berkongsi hal ini kerana ia gadget yang menarik perhatian sahabat-sahabat yang melihat saya menggunakannya. Sudah dipasarkan mulai Oktober tahun lepas, cuma ramai tidak menyedari kehadirannya;mungkin tidak begitu dipromosikan. Fungsi seperti note book biasa (mini notebook) tetapi ia datang dengan perisian AlQuran yang telah diperakukan KDN. Walaupun saya sudah mempunyai notebook , tetapi smart book ini menarik untuk dimiliki kerana fungsi perisiannya yang lengkap AlQuran (bacaan, terjemahan dan tafsir) serta alunan azan (versi Mekah, Madinah). Tentulah kapasiti hard disk tidak tinggi (ia sangat kecil) tetapi sangat sesuai untuk dibawa travelling . Saya lengkapkan dengan membeli perisian Windows dan Microsoft (lesen) dan sudah tentu penggunanya boleh menyediakan Word Processing dan menyediakan persembahan Power Point. Paling penting boleh juga menggunakan internet sekiranya ada akses kepada jaringan internet. Kalau berminat, lawat sahaja laman web FTec. Harga sangat kompetitif, di Semenanjung, hanya RM 1100. Sekarang tiada lagi alasan tidak jumpa AlQuran dalam bilik hotel terutamanya bila travel.

Klang

Selepas check in di Hotel Goldcourse, teman saya dari Ipoh, Dr Anna Wong menemankan saya ke kedai runcit 99 , depan hotel.Saya nak beli air mineral kerana hotel tak bekalkan. Dr Anna teruja sangat sampai Klang , kampung halamannya. Selepas membeli air mineral, beliau bawa saya berjalan ke kawasan sekitarnya. Ada kedai cendol Klang, ada deretan kedai-kedai biasa di sekitarnya. Sudah lama saya tidak ke Klang. Hotel yang kami menginap tidaklah begitu menyelesakan. Saya puas mengingat lif mana yang hendak digunakan kerana lif berbeza mengikut arah mana hendak pergi. Tidak dapat berkongsi gambar kerana tertinggal kamera di KK. Apapun, terima kasih Dr Anna kerana sudi berkongsi tempat-tempat menarik di Klang. Saya ingat Klang kerana dulu-dulu semasa saya belajar di YS-ITM Sabah, ada masa aruah Pak Long Aziz ( saudara sebelah nenek) ambil di Lapangan Terbang Subang dan menumpanglah saya bermalam di rumahnya di klang sebelum balik rumah sendiri. Begitu lama masa berlalu, adakalanya kenangan begitu nostalgik sekali.

Saturday, April 18, 2009

B.Ed TESL (UiTM & IPGM Gaya)Cohort 5







Definitely, I am going to miss you all. Next week is your exam week. I had taught you all EDU 430 (Guidance & Counseling) last semester and this semester , you have me again for your EDU401 (Education in Malaysia). What else to say? i love each and everyone of you. I tried my very best to impart as much knowledge as I could to all of you. You are going to proceed your study in Shah Alam next semester. Wish you all the best, not only for the coming exam but also the journey ahead (especially to Shah Alam). life in Shah Alam will be different in so many aspects than the one that you have in KK.Hopefully what we had done in the Guidance & Counseling paper will contribute to a more matured you so that you all will be more adaptable and adjust well there. Remember that teaching career is a challenging journey and you must be genuinely ready to take up the challenges. i believe all of you are ready to take up the challenge.

KPKI Pemantapan Profesionalisme Guru Bimbingan Daerah Sipitang

Sebahagian tugas pensyarah di Institut Pendidikan Guru Malaysia(dulunya Maktab Perguruan) ialah membantu guru-guru di sekolah dengan mengadakan kursus-kursus pemantapan profesionalisme. Baru-baru ini, saya dan rakan-rakan (Zul dan Raffaee )mengadakan kursus di Daerah Sipitang. Ramai guru yang hadir bukan guru bimbingan. Tetapi, dua hari mendengar input kami telah membantu mereka memahami keperluan kepada pelaksanaan yang lebih sistematik dalam aspek pengurusan bimbingan dan kaunseling di sekolah. Harap-harapnya mereka akan melakukan sesuatu untuk membudayakan perkhidmatan berkenaan di sekolah masing-masing.



SUNSET - TANJUNG ARU BEACH
















ADAM


Adam dah pergi Jepun. Dia baru pandai berjalan. Bila jumpa lagi, Insya Allah, mungkin dah besar. Seperti Amirul, Angah dan Aimi, mereka membesar di Taipei. Balik sekejap ke KL, dah terbang lagi ke Tokyo. Tak pe lah, tambang MAS sangat murah, nanti Yong terbang sana.


My KPLI Bimbingan and kaunseling trainees