"The want of plenty distracted you "

[Al-Quran; Sura Al-Kautsar]



So, which road should I choose now?

[Embark on the PhD train or disembark from the study train altogether]

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Saturday, January 29, 2011

Semester II

Saturday, January 29, 2011
Sudah hampir habis semester kedua. Isnin depan, kelas terakhir saya.
Quiz dan assignment semua sudah diberi. Cuma tinggal nak bagi markah je.
Tapi kena tunggu anak-anak murid submit assignment mereka dulu.
Sebab tempoh menghantarnya belum tamat lagi.
9hb Februari 2011 tarikh akhir.
Saya pasti ada di antara mereka masih lagi belum memulakan tugasan tu.
Nak tunggu 7hb atau 8hb baru nak buat.
Buat last minit lagi mencabar kata mereka (kalau sempat siap selamatlah.. saya dah bagi amaran, lambat hantar tidak akan dilayan..)
Jadi, pandai-pandai la 'adjust' masa anda.
Soalan memang senang, tapi kalau buat last minute, semua benda akan jadi susah.
Tak percaya? Cubalah! :)

Selepas ini nak kena bersedia untuk belajar semula.. :D


p/s: cakap berdasarkan pengalaman. tapi kes saya, saya memang terlupa! memang rasa nak termuntah masa nak siapkan tugasan saat-saat akhir ni!


3 Roads Chosen

Friday, January 7, 2011

Kita suka bila diingati...Mereka pun sama

Friday, January 7, 2011
'So Che Amran, what is the answer? Can you help me please...?' dengan yakinnya saya memanggil anak murid dalam makmal komputer. Tiada yang menyahut..
'Yes Bro, what's the answer?' 
Anak-anak murid saya yang perempuannya dah mula senyum-senyum..
'Miss..miss panggil 'che comel' ke? Nama dia Che Abdul ..... '
'Oh I'm sorry, I don't know why I always call you Che Amran'
'I'm sure you are a fan of Raihan.. kan miss kan?' tanya anak murid yang lain.
*Sigh+malu....
'Maaf la brother, kalau saya tersasul lagi, awak menyahut je la ye..'
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Ini pengalaman semester lepas.. Tapi lepas dari kes selalu tersasul tu, saya panggil dia Che Comel, macam yang kawan-kawan dia yang lain panggil. Gegak gempita kelas tu bila mula-mula saya guna panggilan tersebut. Senang, tak tersasul... dia pun macam 'cool' je. Dia mesti menyahut dengan semangatnya bila dipanggil begitu. (Kenapa dipanggil che comel, saya pon tak tau.. Itu kisah dia dan kawan-kawannya)

Saya akan cuba ingat semua nama anak-anak murid saya (walaupun kadang2 bertukar-tukar), sebab itu adalah salah satu kiat-kiat mengambil hati.. Saya baca dalam buku 'Abbas Assissii..
Walaupun ada lebih hampir 100 anak murid yang saya ajar pada semester tersebut.. Saya gagahkan juga..

Satu lagi perkara yang selalu terjadi pada saya ialah; memanggil anak murid dengan nama bapanya. Memang sahlah tak ada orang yang akan menyahut.
'Sorry, isn't your name %*@ ?'
'No miss, that is my father's name'
"Oh! I'm soooo sorry!'
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Semester ni, saya ada murid yang kurang jumlahnya dari semester lepas. Tak sampai 50 rasanya. Jadi, ingat tak de la nak pening kepala sangat. Huhu.. Tapi pening juga rupanya..

Strateginya ialah, kalau saya tak ingat nama mereka, saya panggil mereka dengan panggilan ibn ... atau bintu ... (itupun kalau saya ingat nama ayah mereka la). Kalau tak, saya akan tengok senarai nama dan cuba padankan dengan muka mereka.. Sesuai tak..? Kalau macam sesuai baru panggil.. (Tapi kadang2 tak menjadi juga, sebab mulut panggil nama Aisyah tapi mata tengok Fatimah..Hahaha..kantoi..)


Nama baru bagi ikan yang tiada mata (I==eye)



Saya buat begini sebab saya suka kalau cikgu saya pun begitu... Berasa dihargai dan dipeduli (sekurang-kurangnya kita tahu la cikgu ni tahu siapa yang ada dalam kelas dia)

Dan semester ini, saya ada pelajar dari Sudan..
Nama dia Sami Ibrahim
Tapi saya sengaja panggil dia Sami Yusuf...
Hehehe ;p

(~~Tak tau la dia kenal ke sape Sami Yusuf tu, tapi dia punya Bahasa Melayu memang superb la.. Lahir kat sini kot...~~~)

4 Roads Chosen

Keepsake from Miss Spongebob


من أراد أن يعلم منزلته عند الله فلينظر كيف منزلة الله من قلبه, فإن الله عزوجل ينزل العبد حيث أنزله العبد من نفسه 

"Sesiapa yang hendak mengetahui kedudukannya di sisi Allah maka lihatlah kedudukan Allah di dalam hatinya. Sesungguhnya Allah SWT meletakkan kedudukan hamba di sisiNya sebagaimana hamba itu meletakkaNya di dalam dirinya"


"Whoever wants to know their place/rank in Allah's sight, they need to see where is HIS position in their heart. As HE will place them like HE is placed in their heart" 


-------- Miss Spongebob posted this quote on her wall several days ago -----------




I told my students in class to upgrade their hard disk if they want more or extra capacity to hold data... But can we upgrade the heart disk to gain more space to allocate more things? How many compartments does the heart has?


-Heart Disk in binary form- 

Let's do the priority checking and eliminates the non-essential things so that the heart disk will be cleaned up. Then, execute the defragmentation button and make sure HIS allocation is the biggest!





-gonna take more than a fist to enlighten an ignorant man-


4 Roads Chosen

Friday, September 3, 2010

Semester End; So is My Work

Friday, September 3, 2010


'Please remember to submit your assignment''
'Bla..bla...bla...'
'And don't forget to study for your final'
'Pot..pet..pot....pet...I balik kampung mama.. Eh, jom main mercun malam ni sebelum cuti..'

Hmmmm....
I know, at this point they will never hear what I've said...
Everybody is busy discussing what color is their baju raya, how many pairs do they have this year, where are they heading to- kampung mama or papa...?
Yada...yada...

Hahahahahaaa....
This reminds me of my life as a student.

  • Burning the midnight oil to finish the assignments before the Hari Raya holiday.
  • Wash all the clothes, bedsheets, pillow cases and what not.
  • Buy some kuih raya.. (the one that I like only)
  • And then, ready to head home!

Yeayyyy!
(Eleh, macam la jauh benor umah kamu tu cik kak oiii..)

I don't care..
Whether  near or far, that's not the issue...
The issue is about the feeling of excitement after finishing all the loads during that particular semester, and cruise back home and spend the remaining month of Ramadhan with our family and clans!
That is the issue that I'm trying to highlight here!

For me, usually it is hard to go back home (when I'm in the middle of studying+..... +...)
The workload is too much... (and I know I'm a kind of person who will NOT going to open my books/notes if I am at home)
Coz when Ramadhan comes, the class hour will be so fast and shorter than usual..
Thus, we need to speed up in order to finish the syllabus..
(No night class - Night class will be cancelled to allow us to perform tarawih. All class must end at 5.00/5.30pm - at most. To let the students and lecturer to prepare themselves to break fast) 


Therefore, I forgive all of you my dear students...
For not paying attention...
Coz I understand, I was once like you all before...
But, I still need your assignment!
(this one, no compromise..)


Happy holiday and Eid Mubarak!  =)

6 Roads Chosen

Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Have Restriction

Tuesday, July 20, 2010
O dear students!
Please don't call me at night especially midnight...

So when to call me?
At most before Isya' prayer...

But sometime you didn't pick up...
So, send me a message.. message can never be missed call...

If emergency??
Just SMS me...

If you still call me, insyaAllah..
I will not answer - never...

Have some restriction please...
Thank You!

p/s: When I was a student, I am so afraid to call my teacher eventhough the sun is still shining so bright... But now, they even call me during my bedtime... 10.45pm?? 11.00pm?? What happen to the common sense... 

5 Roads Chosen

Thursday, July 1, 2010

Bangun Semua..!

Thursday, July 1, 2010
Sudah hampir masuk minggu ketiga menjadi cikgu...
Macam2 jenis pelajar saya jumpa...
Ada yang jenis sangat pendiam, banyak bercakap, yang suka menguji pun ada..

Uji cikgu ni pandai ke tak... (Wahahahahahaha!!! *evil laugh)
Mula la soal soalan2 yang kadang2 tak de kena mengena dengan topik yang diajar..

Ha, memang mereka soal macam kita ni 'the walking wikipedia'... tau semua jawapan...
Hhuhuuuhu... memang bagus utk mereka yang nak uji tahap kesabaran di dada.... =)

Ada pula yang cuba untuk nak bermanja2...
Haip! Ni bukan dekat sekolah lagi tau..!
Kamu semua dah masuk IPT...
Kalau tak tau, 'ask your best friend..'

Maka anak2 murid semua memandang kawan2 di sebelah mereka...
'Not them, not him, not her... ask Uncle Google.. or Aunty Yahoo or Mamma or Papa... They are your best friends from now on  (oppssss, there is no Papa search engine yet... Applying DrM's method when he taught me NSA and Network Programming. Thanks DrM, really appreciate that...)
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Walau apa pun, seronok duduk dalam bidang akademik ni...
Di samping mengajar, kita pun belajar...
Macam2 benda kita belajar...

Dan yang paling seronok...
Tak payah duduk kat meja dr pukul 8 hingga 5 petang...(Yeay!)
Boleh jalan2 (sebab masuk kelas lain2)
Hehehehehehe... =)

P/S: Saya rasa bosan bila duduk satu tempat pada jangka masa yang lama.



-Gonna take more than a fist to enlighten an ignorant man-

6 Roads Chosen
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NORTH? SOUTH? EAST? or the WEST?
where are you heading? where are you heading?
TURN TO ALLAH is the best!
coz He is there wherever you are...
so turn....turn, turn to Allah
Allahu Allahu, jallaa jallaluhu"