Monday, January 12, 2009

First week of 2009







Salam, hello! :)

Here's a post about the first few
weeks of New Year/Maal Hijrah ;)

First things first, syukur Alhamdulillah,
I got straight As in my PMR :)
Terima kasih kat ibu bapa, keluarga, cikgu2 dan rakan2
yang mendoakan kejayaan saya,
bagi motivasi, tunjuk ajar dan bimbingan..
Sebenarnya, memang tak sangka langsung boleh dapat result okey.
Persediaan pun ala kadar aje.
Walau bagaimanapun, keputusan cemerlang bukanlah
satu-satunya kayu ukur kejayaan kita pada masa hadapan.

Keberkataan Allah swt, doa
dan berkat ibu bapa dan guru..
Kegigihan, kesungguhan, kesabaran and all that jazz.
Ramai juga yang berjaya walaupun akademik tak seberapa.
I read an article about Albert Einstein the other day.
Si Einstein ni rupa2nye ada ADHD dulu!
Here is the list of other famous people with ADHD:

After I received my PMR results, maka dilema bermula..
Pasal stream la apa lagi.. Mula2 Baba (ayah) galakkan masuk Sastera,
sbb saya ni mau jadi cikgu English (hakhakhak, speech pun masih gagap!)
He said there is no point in struggling to learn all that physics and chemistry stuff,
if you only wanted to be an English lecturer/teacher!

Tapi, Ummi (mak) saya pon, amik Science dulu
(Ummi mengaku mula2 dia masuk Science tu,
sbb Science stream ni dikira hebat la dulu.. heheh :P)
Mula2, Ummi galakkan masuk Sastera jgak,
tapi masa nak hantar borang pemilihan aliran tu,
dia galakkan masuk Science plak..
Mak saya dulu English lecturer kat Twintech, walaupun menurut dia,
result SPM dia ala kadar saje.. Hmmm.. Fikir2 balik,
kalau dapat keputusan elok dalam subjek sains,
boleh jgak jadi cikgu sains jgak ek.. Kalau kurang elok pun,
still ada chance jadi cikgu English! Hermm... InsyaAllah.
Apa2pun, doakan saya berjaya ek! :) Trimas, jazakullahu khaira!
(moga Allah membalas jasa anda dengan kebaikan) :DD

Dah mintak restu ibu bapa tuh
(cehh, cam nak pilih suami plak! hehehh, nanti dulu..
kalau dah ready, dah ada kerja semua..
baru cari.. InsyaAllah.. kuikuikuii..)
maka saya amik Science stream laahh..
Baba pesan, jangan pandang rendah kat budak2 sastera
dan jangan anggap jadi budak sains ni teramatlah hebat..
Hmm, betul apa yang Baba cakap..
Perasan je terer.. Kang SPM jadi "terror".
Kahkahkahkaah kelakar sangatlah tuhh, xDD

Alhamdulillah, first few chapters tu ok lagi..
Tapi chapter yang seterusnya tak tau lagi..
Kena study elok2lah, tak boleh main2 lagi macam taun lepas..
Dpt result PMR baik pun, sbb ketentuan Ilahi.
Apa2pun, SPM mesti gempak! :DD InsyaAllah..

Hari ni Pn Ellysha masuk, ajar English.
Kagum jgak dgn dia sbb dapat converse in English fluently..
Walaupun kebanyakan menganggap orang Melayu ni tak petah/tak reti speaking..
Mula2 "bummed" jgak, ingat ke Pn. Faizah ajar lagi.
Maklumlah, Pn. Faizah sudah tiga tahun berturut-turut
mengerah keringat nak ajar anak2 muridnye, cam saye.
. So dah "ngam" la dengan dia.. Takpe, kita kena kutip banyak pengalaman
dari pelbagai tempat (dalam kes ni, cikgu)
errr, harap-harap faham apa yang saya maksudkan eh! :P

She allocated the last ten minutes of her class for public speaking
(harap-harap maklum, saya "kecek" (cakap) bahasa rojak.
BM, BI, Kelate, macam-macam ada!)
She would choose about three to five or probably more of us
to speak in front of the whole class. She would choose any topic
that she would like the people she chose to elaborate,.

Masa Pn Ellysha nak pilih tu, pekemain "degapdegup" jantung guee..
Huissshh.. To be frank, I'm not really a fluent speaker.
Sure, I can write quite fine, but NOT speaking.
No. NO. NO. NaNo NaNo NaNo xDD
I tend to stammer especially in front of a large group of people.
Masa cakap kat depan cermin sorang2 (err.. ye? ada masalah ke??)
boleh jee.. Pekemain lagi :P tapi time dpn orang takleh laah..

Furthermore, I read about a study in Reader's Digest
about communication the other day.
According to that study, most people tend to lie
or not telling the truth frequently in speaking,
least in email. I think it's because when you write, it is more organized.
When you write something down,
you have to think it all the way through.
Sometimes, I'm not even sure how I feel about something until I write about it.
I figure it out thoroughly when I'm writing about it.
Kenyataan ini dipetik dari Pat Murphy's novel, The Wild Girls.
Ada betulnya jugak. Kalau kita cakap spontaneous, main lepas je kan..
Kadang-kadang tak sengaja cakap perkara yang tak betul.

Back to the story, Pn Ellysha also said that do not be surprised
if she chose a person over and over again for the public speaking session
because the person she chose repeatedly would either be a fluent speaker,
who elaborate the topics given to him well
and his or her speech is entertaining and well-presented,
or the person is a nervous speaker, who tend to stammer.. Like me laah..
Cikgu nak biasakan kitaorang speaking, specifically in front of the public..
Bagus jgak sebenarnye.. Kebanyakan pekerjaan
memerlukan kitaorg public speaking...
Tapi, janganlah ramai audience sangat.. Gerun gue..
Syukur, tak terpilih tadi.. Selepas cikgu habis buat public speaking session tuh,
lebih kurang seminit lebih jgak jantung ni nak settle down :P
HAHA, takderlaa sampai cam tuh.

Haaiihhh... Masalah dunia btollah.. Saya pun,
bukannya orang yang banyak cakap, reti bersosial..
Kalau dengan kawan rapat tu bolehlah, sbb dah kenal lama.
Mungkin orang kata saya ni orang yang sombong la,
perasan teramat baguslaah.. :(
Tapi saya bknnye camtuh... Tak kisah kawan dgn sape2 tapi batasan tu kena jaga..
Kalau mak saya, Ummi, mmg reti bersosial.
Sepupu, saudara2 jauh suaminye (bapak sayalah :P) pun dia rapat.
Org yang baru kenal pown dah boleh berborak panjang dah..
Sampai ke sepupu ayah saya sorang nih, time mmg dah nak beranak pown,
call mak saya dulu! Lagipun, mak saya dah ada pengalaman 8 kali melahirkan anak pun! :P
(Al-Fatihah.. kpd arwah kakak & abang saya...Innalillahh..)

Hmm, citer pasal kat rumah plaklaah..
Adik saya, Anis Amanda yang berumur 3 tahun 7 bln
(Mei nanti genap 4 thn la dia) baru masuk tadika tahun ni..
Balik balik jee..
Nyanyi: bangun pagi, gosok gigi, cuci muka, pakai baju, gosok gigi, cuci muka, cuci muka...
COMEYYL! :D

Oye hari tu saya ni ajarlah dia, yg dia kena panggil her elder sisters
with "kak" in the front to show her respect. Kak Alin (me), Kak Yana and Kak Nini.

Fortunately, she understands. Until that fateful day;
she calls my brother Kak Ammar!
XD XD XD XD kahkahkahhh kahhh !
bertuah punya bdk.. HAHA!
tapi skrg dia panggil Abang Ammar lah..

Baba panggil Ummi with the title.. errrr, "yang"
And bdk bertuah ni pi panggil "Yang Ummi" :]
bertuah kan bdk nih?? hemm.. apeapeaje lah..

Kahkahkah.. Oye, yang hairan bin ajaib,
si Anis Amanda nih, putih melepak. Dia dapat "gene" belah bapak kot..
Emak kepada emak bapak saya orang Cina.. Mungkin sbb tu la putih melepak..
Takpe, tetap bersyukur dengan anugerah Allah ni...
Dilahirkan dengan sempurna, Alhamdulillah...

Oh ye, saya sbnrnye dah "gatal" fikir nama anak dahh..
HAHA, tengah dok selak buku Nama-nama Islam masa cuti hari tu..
(cuti lama, mengelamun pun lama! :P) Alang-alang menyeluk pekasam,
biar sampai ke pangkal lengan daa.. Baik pikik nama future anak terus kan??
HAHAA :D

Kalau anak perempuan: Noradila Madihah/Adlina Madihah..
HAAAAAAH, sedap tak bunyinya? :D
Adlina/Adila = adil/saksama, Madihah = yang terpuji. Nur = cahaya.
All together it means = cahaya keadilan yang terpuji.
Uwaaaaah.. Sejak dari hari penciptaan nama tersebut,
tak habis-habis nak sebut! Kaahkahhkah.. :P

Kalau anak laki, berkenan kat nama Aqeel Yusuf,
tapi tu nama sepupu daa... Hmm.. Muhammad Affan kot.
Sempena nama Khulafa Ar-Rasyidin yang ketiga yakni Khalifah Usman bin Affan.
Muhammad means yang terpuji while Affan means pendaki. I would like to put Naim at the back,
which will make it Muhammad Affan Naim which means pendaki syurga
[Naim is a name of one of the syurga (paradise)] yang terpuji
but I figured it would be too long so I put up with Muhammad Affan instead.

HAAAAAAIH, Amalina!
Dok pikir pasal nama anak pulak!
SPM tahun depan! x)

HMMM... Begitulah alkisahnya.. Kalau larat nak sambung, saya sambung ek.. WASALAM! :)