*fast-paced vacuuming the wall*

 oh boy oh boy so long I have been ignorning S2S!

Assalamualaikum and hello to you :D  (of which I doubt if anyone had waited for a new post,LOL *vain*)



Life's been pretty good for me alhamdulillah...Current job has its ups and downs but more of the ups rather than downs :)


We are already in week 11 of second semester and I still can't believe I survived first semester!

This semester is a bit challenging as I am "teaching" 3 research classes and only 1 first year subject.  I've begin to understand the game but got taken aback by some rude behaviour of students  *only a tiny portion of them*.  I will not spill the drama here but they make me question their existence in UNIVERSITY. If you, as a student, don't want to commit yourselves to the tasks given, whine every now and then, not satisfied with the marks given....but everything contradicts with the amount of effort and hard work you put in, WHO ARE WE KIDDING HERE?! Why do you even care to come and study then?! So, save the whines for other stuffs that doesn't concern the teachers. I try to be lenient, sympathetic but you go over my head, problems will occur.   [kata tak nak drama kat sini...ish ish ish ]









On a brighter note, my birthday this year  [7th April, ting ting] was filled with fun and laughter despite the fact my family was not with me and I had to work. Thank you new jolly friends...rhifat bhi wovvs youz :D 

With the increment of age and the younger I became  [lahhh sangat :p], I pray for many more good things to come, good health, good friends, peace and humanity for my brothers and sisters all around the globe, ameen.

Prioritize your priorities

Aim: all the way towards phD, inshaAllah...ameen thumma ameen! :)




Till then.....I will try to write more if I have things to talk about :D

What have I done today to make me feeel prouddeh!

*wiping dust away*

Bismillah,


It has been long since I last wrote something here. Duty calls I guess, no? Well, I may have been MIA here but I did not stop writing. Writing in English is a good activity for you to brush up your English writing skills. Okay, okay, coming back to the point, it has been one month plus of working and I have experienced loads of things. Since I am a teacher so let's follow my sequence of themes so that I won't be running around bushes and confuse myself after this.

Le subjects

I am teaching two English subjects this semester. One subject is for first year students and that would be the requirement for the next English subject which I also teach for this semester. 1112 is basically teaching the basic skills of English like impromptu speech, note-taking, summary writing, argumentative essay and group discussion (just like MUET speaking test). 2112 is a more complex subject where the students are required to carry out and mini-research and write a research report/mini-thesis on their research topic. Personally, I enjoy them both but I would prefer 2112 better because it is more challenging and caters to what I used to study in university while for 1112, because it is a basic subject, I have to tone down my expectations and seriousness of teaching and cope with students' different level of proficiency. But, it's a challenge for me to come up with slideshows and activities that will make them participate and practice the theories rather than just listen to whatever I nag present about.

Here, they don't have mid semester exam so 70% of the total marks come from assessments so yeah, they have to do well if they don't want to repeat the subject. We have already covered the first assessment which was 'impromptu speech". It was very interesting to watch and listen to the students presenting their speech with all sorts of behaviour while being in front. Kinda made me realize how I was back then. Hence, I was lenient on giving marks for this assessment. They [students] have no idea what they will be expecting once they start their writing assessments. Editor-mode activated by then :p

For 2112, I am only teaching one class for this subject [3 classes for 1112] and I must say, I love the subject and the class. Up until now, they are doing well and they ask questions whenever they are unclear about certain issues regarding what to write, what to find for literature review, how to construct a questionnaire and all. Let's see how their first draft is in order to know whether they understood everything or not..hoho

Le students

Teaching 4 classes with all kinds of students was a bit tough for me. First, I am an anti-social [meaning I'm awkward with new people]. Secondly, I'm awkward with the opposite gender and here I am, teaching classes filled with boys. Each class have different traits collectively. I have one class where the students are so lively and I also have a class which is sooo quiet whenever I come in and teach. I also have classes where I have both kind of students which is perfectly normal :D...Heck, me myself was a quiet student back then but I managed to brace myself to be a wee bit confident in some classes. I guess, in whatever generations we may be in, there would always be that different variation of students' behaviour. Variation also includes teaching students from different backgrounds and nationality. I've been in a...what they call as "Islamic environment" . From school until I graduated IIUM and currently I have to teach the Chinese, foreigners [well, we have lots of foreigners in IIU tho..hihi] and it is just something....unique and interesting. I have to weight things that I want to say to avoid misunderstanding or prejudice towards other faiths so yeah...For shy students, I try to stimulate discussions rather than me just doing the talking. If no one responds, I call out their names or go straight to them. Seram kan? hohohoho

Le ME

Did I change? Well I can't say on my behalf but from the stories I share with my besties, they are surprised that I can be like that in class. Like what? Let's just say I wear tipu-tipu confident act every time I go to class. They may think that "wow, is this the same Wanie we know all these time?". Same person, just with a different act in class. And to add in more, I'm a little bit.....garang? sarkastik? firm? I really don't know but I guess I am garang sometimes especially when the students do not respond to my questions, come in late [yes, me very punctual person] or they chatter when I am doing the talking. Memang mendapat lah budak2tu. I've noticed that I am not that awkward with people like I used to but that awkwardness will always be with me like BFF :D. I like to prepare my slides in advance and practice them beforehand so that I won't be blank on what to say in class but if I do, I will just attack the students with so many questions...hehe....quit a trick there ain't it? That's how you survive, lady! Everyday is a learning process and I am happy He chose me to experience this sweet  [and sometimes horrifying] moments.

Sometimes those disappointments still linger in my mind but this job takes it away nicely. Alhamdulillah for everything He gave and did not give me [yet]  :)

I will do my very best until the time ends and I hope me and my students can get along nicely, inshaAllah.

What I aim for is; to make them prepare for the hard cold true life after university ends...Hence, I like to share quotes and sayings with them....nasiblah ye students ku :D



[p/s: not checking my grammar....huwwaaa the irony!]





Till then,

toddles~

salam~~

experience with AA

One day while I was skyping with AK, we had this chat about how AA was offering a very crazy cheap deal for their flight. This was when ummi Majdiyya told in tumblr about a RM1 one way flight to Bintulu so I just randomly opened their site and searched for a crazy deal like that to anywhere. But...uhmm..clearly travelling to a foreign country ain't in my league as for now as my savings shouldn't be wasted like that so I entered my home sweet hometown JohannesBerg [J.B la tu] and there it was, a crazy deal indeed. So, I just booked via online [gler kentang semangat kan?!]

So, a week prior to my 45 minutes flight back to JB, I googled some info on LCCT,how to get there, what interesting things to do excetera2. I'm familiar with the whereabouts of klia but certainly not LCCT.

The later evening before the date, my sweet enigma accompanied me to LCCT. We took LRT from Setiawangsa to KL Sentral and took the direct bus to LCCT which costed RM8 for one way journey and RM14 for return journey [for enigma that is]. The bus left kl sentral at 10PM sharp and arrived at lcct at 10.50PM sharp.

OK, was quite amused as from the reading that I googled, it wasn't a pleasant place but I think, it was OK. It had many food outlets namely McD,MarryBrown,KFC,an Indian restaurant something, Coffee Bean, Starbucks and some other more which I didn't survey. The inside airport was air-conditioned so it was OK for me lah :)

We lepak in McD until 2AM-ish before we took the liberty to walk around. My my the inside part was full of people sleeping here and there. No seats were available for us to rest so at last we duduk lepak in front of the enquiry counter [because got plenty unoccupied plugs summore,weeee~~].

*code-switching*

tak lama kemudian, ada lah beberapa chinese girls pun ikut lepak dengan ktorg siap alas surat khabaq nak tidoq...selamba betui. Yang xbestnya pak2 polisi sikit2 nak meround port ktorg...ish2 rimas ok! Nothing much were done, we just surfed the Internet [free wifi!] and I watched two episodes of PB before it watched me [tertidoq sat]. Around 4 AM we walked around summore and found two seats just beside the wrapping counter so we sat there and watched the International passengers queue to check-in their luggage. IDK but for me, the queueing system was quite confusing  [or because I was so sleepy already]. We dozed off for a while and woke up around 5.30 AM. Went for Subuh and at 6AM, me and Enigma said our goodbyes. I went into the departure lounge  [bahagian scan paling sempoi mcm boleh letak apa2 je dlm beg...haha]. Departure lounge pun OK lah,selesa, ada toilet, ada surau, ada kedai makan, ada stalls,ada duty free shop yang jual chocs  [feeling2 nak g obersis gitu]

Later, the passengers to JB were summoned and we had to walk a few distance to the plane  [part paling malas]. How about the inside of the plane??? OK lah..for a short distance journey, I won't complain much. Ofcourse the seating's are quite sempit but hey, it's an airbus  [kinda reminded me of RyanAir :D]. The AC was cool and cold and I loved it! [YES, big fan to anything cold] and I dozed off [again] even before the plane departed  [xpakai seat belt segalak]. 45 minutes later, we arrived in Sultan Ismail Airport and the rain just stopped so touch down was a bit bumpy. Haha apa motif naik plane pun xtau, xde pengalaman dlm plane pun :p

Xsabar pulak nak naik from JB to KL really soon.

Oh what rubbish am I writing? Well, what's done is done.

Siapa2 yang teringin nak naik plane bolehlah rajin2kan diri buka laman web Air Asia. Mana tau ada flight return murah ke London ke Switzerland ke Jepun ke... xpun dalam negara ke? mcm balik JB pung boleh...kui3

toddles~

salam~~