Sunday, February 8, 2009

Cuti

Today, I'm having my cuti-cuti Malaysia. Yesterday was Thaipusam, thus today is holiday for Negeri Selangor. What I would like to do today ????

Ikut hati... I wanna fill my day with sleeping and sleeping after two days attended my lecture. Chinese says " Manyak penat ma... Suma satu bada ada lasa asam-asam."

But... my wife has listed a lot of things to be done today

1. collect all my dirty clothes
2. iron my working clothes for Tuesday - Friday
3. iron her clothes (he...he..he.. don't worry, she is not queen control but just a mou that has been declared right after our marriage - she will cook and clean our house and I will do the rest )
4. drill and fix the house no. (actually she has bought the house no since last year but I still reluctant to fix it - no drill machine ma...) Yesterday I borrowed from my brother the tool and will fix the number for her - She bought the no around RM 80.00. Wow, it was so exorbitant... (no wonder my wife always grumbling that I am the stingiest person in the world.)
5. help her to move our sofa and our dining table (she will do this every month) - She is Anjung Seri Addicted
6. going to market

and my own task
7. set up my questionnaires
8. call my supervisor
9. write some calling letters that will be distributed in my district.

Ok, pen off now because she is calling me to start my duty.

Sunday, February 1, 2009

Busiest Week

He...he...he... I think this is my busiest week. I have to attend 4 meetings and one from the meeting will make me travel out station, in the center of traffic jam - Cheras. I'm still wondering if my new task given by my boss is suit with me; person who in charge of training. A lot of work to be settled down. End of this week, I have class - strategic management for public sector. Sat and Sun will make my day burst like that. Fortunately, my state is declaring Monday is holiday, due to Thaipusam. So, that is the time for me find materials for my research. Opps... my wife force me to go back to her hometown.....

Dissertation

Last Saturday, my friends and I had a chance to meet our supervisor. After waiting for two months, at last we got the opportunity to meet him. Surprisingly, he told us that only two persons that list down under his supervision. We are realizing there is something wrong with our faculty, how should my administrative and management faculty that teach us about management is still confuse with their own rules and regulation. Feeling better after we've discussed with our Supervisor. Thanks to Dr. Ahmad...

See you next Saturday... I will bring my questionnaires along.

Friday, January 30, 2009

Family Day

After a week I do not write anything, today I will write something about our trip to Cameron Highlands. I think, our decision to have our family day at Cameron Highlands was not the right decision. Everything that we plan became miserable. A hectic traffic jam at Brinchang and the heavy rain fall on the second day that made us trapped in the apartment. Anyway, the game that organized by Mamat's family has create a good moment. Bravo Mamat...

Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Why do you create blog?

My colleague, ICT expertise in my office do asked me this question when I told him that since yesterday; I have my own blog. For him, I'm not ICT savvy that always sit in front of my lap top and surfing anything from internet.

Second question, who teach you to create the blog?

Are you insane because I never look you surfing anything at office?

Ha... ha... ha... I'm still thinking the main objective I create my own blog. For sure, the new USA president has point me a new idea (is it true...????) No, lah (Manglish style).

Actually I miss something; miss to write and communicate fluently in English. I feel that my English become worst everyday. It is not as great as I had during my school day. Right now, (if you can read in my blog, I only can write simple English and there is no bombastic word at all that will make people excited to read my blog). I lost a lot especially when I'm not using this language after left my secondary school. I think the grammar also will make people laugh at me when they read my blog.

Might be, the surrounding and the environment did not help me to improve my English. No one would like to communicate in English during my form six. Poor me. That was the consequence that I should face when I enrolled in form six art.

After finish my form six, I've been offered to pursue my studies at teacher training college at Ipoh Perak. After 30 months, I became a Malay Language Teacher (means - Adios English). That is one from main factor which makes my English become worst.

After ten years teaching Malay Language, I persue my studies at Universiti Teknologi Mara. Gosh, even though this universiti is just open for bumiputra, but they are using English as their teaching and learning medium. Starting my first day at this university, I have to survive with my bad English.

After for years, I graduated from that university. Then, I proceed with my Master. Now, I am in the competetive class where all the best students from other university are now becomes my friends. From Hull University, from Arizona, Cambridge, young lecturers from UiTM, Unitar, International Islamic University of Malaysia (who are very proud of their alma mater) and etc...

Dean, ex-dean, practioners, ex-ambassadors and professor are my lecturers. Their English - fuhh like water in the stream. Once it flows, can not be stop anymore.

I think, among all my friends, I'm the worst. My IIUM best friend always remind me, "Cikgu, your English is not improve at all and you always make a silly mistake."

How sad I'm...

And I still remember during my Human Capital class, my ex-dean called me. By whispering, "Cikgu I've something that I would like to share and it will become secret between us; nobody will know."

"Ok," I said.

" Your weaknesess are your English .... " Only that I can hear her voice because I turn left and I saw all students in my class giggling when they heard the ex-dean voice with the high notes and highest decibel.

God, is this whispering ......... Arghhhh...

Since the black day, I make a drastic and proactive action. I've to do something. I've to write, and write, and write and read what ever that written by me and try to find out my grammar mistakes. If I can find it, I think I ve done something in order to improve my English.

Amin...