English…English…English….

Lately, the issue of learning, teaching, comprehending and upgrading the quality of English has been discussed all over and spiced up on the mass media. Recapitulating on what is happening, from the issue of Math and Science in English, to the issue of Communicative learning is no longer relevant and now the productions of non-qualified English teachers.

It is good to see our Education Minister addresses and raises all these matter as a sign of concern and oaths to improve our education system, but could it be better if we solve one matter first before going into another one? Then, come out with the restriction for SPM candidates to take up to10 subjects only… ridiculous!! Think about students in the Islamic integration schools. How can they be great Muslim scientists if they are not allowed to take more than 10 subjects? Isn’t this will be a great ‘humiliation’ for bright students? We should not be too rigid as this my upset many capable students who want to and can perform. Let us be fair to all….

Back to the issue of Communicative learning is no longer relevant in teaching English. I think we should ask ourselves first, “What are the functions and roles of English in our life?” I believe majority of our people may answer, “For the sake of my JOB as I have to COMMUNICATE using the language.” It is so rare to stumble on this statement “I just do love English.” among Malaysians. This is the root problem, there is no self-awareness among Malaysians to learn and improve the language. Learning language is like acquiring a skill. The more you are exposed to it and practiced, the better you’ll be and family institutional has to take part actively in encouraging the children to learn the language. It is not fair to easily pin-point all the erroneous to English teachers and this is where the issue on the production of non-qualified English teachers came in. I do admit that me myself is not proficient enough, just on the par. So, to encounter this, I have no other choice than to put lots of endeavors and hard works to perk up my language. (read more… write more… huhuhu….) However, again, it is not fair for the ministry to compare Malaysian English teachers with the western teachers as they are thinking of bringing in these ‘mat salih’ into our country to teach our children. They are native speakers; of course they are the best English users. But, hey? Put these teachers at remote schools and let them teach there. Don’t put these teachers only at the best schools as you are only teaching ‘all the creams of the cake’!

Just wait and see….

My best friend’s going to be a mother….

Amalina diapit Huda dan Rose... sori beb... wa tak dapat datang wedding lu dulu... huhuhu... sorry sesangat.... amat menyesalinya....

Huwaa… syahdu yang menikam-nikam… Kawan sekolah menengah dari Form 1 sampaila form 5… kawan pertama yang ku berkenalan di sekolah cheras bila kami mendaftar masuk bersama-sama di kelas aliran Bahasa Arab komunikasi. Kelas yang sama dari form 1 sampailah form 3 dan terpisah kelas masa form 4 bila dia dialiran sains akaun dan aku plak sastera akaun.

Dahla ko dah kawen Amal… Kini dah nak jadi Ibu dah ko ni…. Dapat tau berita ni masa duduk sembang2 dengan Dollah tu…. Giler express ko ni… tunggu-tunggula aku sat…. huhuhuhu….. Macam tak sangka yang ko dah nak jadi Mak dah wei… iskh3… aku ni gambaran kahwin pun masih belum menjelma… bayang teman hidup pun entah siapa…. Iskh..iskh….iskh….. Dimanakah DESTINASI CINTA? SEDALAM manakah CINTA? Dan apakah pengAKHIRan CINTA? Hmm… cuba teka lagu-lagu siapakah ini? Hahaha…
Macam mana ku bleh terkena aura penangan Fida ni? Ku minat giler kat dia ni. Tengok muka dia sejuk jek... iskh..iskh.. Sib baik dah amik gambar dengan dia... hahaha....

Merayau-rayau dihari Sabtu…

Yeay!! Hari ni ada chance merayau bila Dollah ex-school mate Sek. Men. Keb. Cheras ajak aku ke kenduri kawen Abg Huda kat Cheras Utama. Berjanji jam 1.30tgh hari tapi jam 12 lagi ku dah bertolak dari Kajang. Saje bertolak awal coz boleh pegi beli barang dapur dulu. Hmm… ibu dah siapkan list barang2 dapur yang kering seperti 3 jenis bawang, cili kering kentang dan bahan2 nak buat sup Chinese style. Kalau balik Cheras ni, sure Ibu akan suruh beli barang kat kedai runcit cina ni coz tak dinafikan memang murah. Kalau kat Giant bawang merah sekilo dah dekat 5 hinggit, tapi kedai runcit ni dalam 3 hinggit lebih camtu. Berbaloi kalau beli sekali banyak.

Gate kaler hijau tu laa rumah lamaku.... suka main panjat2 gate masa budak2 dulu... almaklumla nak jadi lelaki tak jadi... hahaha...

Dah settle beli barang, (dengan baju kurung ayu lagi glamour plak tu…iskh3) ku pun merayau. Saje pusing-pusing rumah lama yang kini disewakan. 12 tahun aku bermastautin disini. Pernah 6 bulan aku duduk kat rumah tu sorang2 bila ibu ayah menunaikan Haji dan lepas tu dorang pindah Kajang dulu sebab ku kene berulang-alik ke Maktab. 6 bulan lepas tu, aku sewa bilik plak kat rumah Cik Yah sebelah, yang kaler oren tu. Bayangkan… sewa bilik kat rumah orang yang dah berkeluarga.

Ni semua gara-gara ku kene mengajar tuisyen hampir setiap malam dan berulang-alik ke maktab naik bas. Tak sangka juga yang ku pernah lalui saat-saat sukar seperti itu…. Hasil duit mengajar sambil belajar, ku berjaya mendapatkan lesen kereta. Lepas tu barula ku berulang-alik dari Kajang ke Maktab dengan kancil Ibu. Lepas kelas kat maktab, lepak kat mana-mana sampai petang…then, malam mengajar… Aku suka giler waktu2 busy seperti itu…. Rasa macam diri ni terror habis… hahaha….

Dah uzur dah nampaknya pusat tuisyen ni...

Lepas merayau kat Taman Minang, Dollah call suruh amik dia kat Alam Damai. Ceh! Hampeh, tak gentleman langsung. Hehehe… Entah macam mana, terlepas nak ke simpang Damai Bakti, terus jek ke Damai Budi. (fuhyoo… ada banner Tomok dan Isma weh!) Bila dah tersampai Damai Budi, saje la amik gambar Tadika yang ku mengajar dulu. Ni dah tadika lain dah ni, dulu tadika Krista. Gulung tikar nampaknye… huhuhu….

Bye Anas!!!.... laung Mak Iti dari dalam kereta... (kenangan...kenangan...hehehe...)

Dah amik Dollah kat Damai Bakti, tunggu plak si Zamri kat kedai mamak BRJ kat Alam Damai tu. Sembang-sembang… mengenang dan terkenang kisah zaman sekolah, Zamri pun sampai, tapi kene plak amik dia kat Petronas. Ciss….

Dua kumbang dan satu bunga ni pun konvoi ke majlis tersebut. Makan2… sembang2 lagi. Dah banyak dah Zamri kumpul harta bila dari lepas SPM terus bekerja. Kat Public Bank plak tu… Iskh3… ku ni asyik menghabiskan duit jek… hahaha…. Jam 4.30pm ku pun balik laa ke Kajang…..begambar kenangan...

Out of reached, beyond expectation….

Finally, the courage and the bravery to view my final result at umisisweb.com emerged. It took for about a week to get me to log onto the web after clearing up the RM23 debts to the university. The result was beyond my expectation!!! I thought I did so badly in some of the subjects such as Issues in teaching Math, Future Studies and ICT. However, it was miracle and magical in which I got A for these subjects!! Syukur..Alhamdulillah.

Hmm… and the slacks were my elective (asas vocal) and one of the core subjects, Issues in ESL classroom. Huwaaa… I was quite confident or maybe too confident that I can score these two subjects. It was my bad. I just took it for granted and put only minimal effort. Well, just blame myself!! Where can I find 0.08 points more in order to be in line with those 27 people in the dean’s list? Frustrated… yet relieved…
Whatever it is, I manage to graduate and have a degree. Education faculty convocation day will be held on August, 15 together with Medical students. (Ada chance nak cari calon nih… hahahaha – hasil tunjuk ajar Mamas)

Now, the heart-killing moment would be the torture of waiting for the posting news. “Ya Rahman…Ya Rahim… permudahkanlah segala urusan dan khabarkanlah berita kegembiraan… Amin…”