Trip To Shah Alam Part II

And again...pictures speak a thousand words...

This is the venue for the workshop..

Who's that in a very RED headscarf??


The lady in a very RED headscarf is the ever cheerful Ms. Tini. Here giving all the readers a special pose with Ms. Yanie.

and againnn... Ms. Tini (hehehe...no heart feeling occay Ms. Tini) with Mdm Hasni

All in all it was indeed quite a 'refreshing' trip....

Trip To Shah Alam

Today... all of us the English lecturers (Mdm Nazdatun excluded;she's under the weather) went to Shah Alam for an Academic Workshop.

Too lazy to write...

Let these photos do the talking....

Happy faces: Miss Tini, Mdm Hasni, Miss Yanie, Miss Zetti n Mdm Intan





Just after the Gambang Plaza Toll






The ever glamorous van... haha...

The pilot: Mr Zabrisham

Tahan Challenge

We (the management) were having a meeting when Mr. Soleh interrupted us with this....

Seeking Mr. Director's blessing before setting off for 'Pelepasan' Ceremony in KPTM KL

From left: Zulkifli, Khairul n Hafiz; representatives from KPTM Kuantan for Tahan Challenge



Tahan Challenge; Mount Tahan Climbing Expedition. This event is in conjunction with KPTM 25 years anniversary



All the best !

Have a safe climbing...

Please come back in one piece!

Tag From Noniey & Hidayah

I've got tagged by noniey n hidayah


1st time naik kapal terbang - when I was in primary school KB-KL or was it KL-KB???

1st time beranak - erkkk... I'm not married yet lor..

1st time pergi overseas - when I was still in my mommy's tummy... Thailand

1st time duduk jauh drp family - Matrix UUM - Kolej MARA Kuala Nerang - for 2 weeks only!! I got bored with that place... haha.. It was not what I had in mind... it was like studying in form six minus the school uniform n mommy n daddy around...well the truth is... I got an offer to do AAD Program.

1st time kerja - erm...in standard 3 maybe... helping out a neighbor with kuih raya business.. well it was not really a job coz I voluntarily did it... well it was like 'main masak-masak' hihi... but to my surprise she gave me a simple little gold necklace...

1st time rasa diri gemuk - since....ermm...forever ..

1st time bercinta - in 1998... eh...wait...or was it in 2004? No.. in 2005! ..oh well... it is just complicated...

1st time rasa diri cantik - ermm.. when I was in primary school...used to have a dress that was very lady like..still got the postcard size picture of me wearing that dress... how vain...hahaha

1st time masuk cinema - ermm...before I went to primary school..maybe...with family n frens

1st time admitted in hospital - Not yet... n don't plan to... but used to sleep on the hospital floor for nearly a month while taking care of my late grandma. That was in 2002 after I have just finished my studies. Having had that experience... I discovered the different side of myself...


that's all..

now...to have the tradition going...
I wanna tag the following blogger...

missy-azah ----> a new blogger... go n check out her blog...

Happy Birthday To Pn. Anisa

Yummy birthday cheese cake!

Yummy (also)... hehe... from En. Razif n Pn Mai.

Birthday gal...


Ours was better...haha..got candle blowing some more...
Ms. Syala got pretty excited too...!

Today is the birthday of our DDA (Deputy Director of Academic); Puan Anisa Mohd Yusoff.

Lucky for her...she's got two bday cakes!! One from En. Razif & Pn Mai the other one is from US..

We were quite frustrated actually coz we planned for a surprise celebration...but unfortunately while we were waiting for the cake to surprise her (DDA) with, she received a cake from En. Razif n Pn. Mai first!

Sir Shafeirul

Sayonara KPTM

Hello! UMP

Thanx a million for a job well done here in KPTM Kuantan.

Wishing you best of luck....

Shah Akademi Nasyid

I was blog hopping...

Accidently stumble upon this blog...

http://shah-an08.blogspot.com/

It's the blog of Shahridzal Lokma an ex-student and now a singer.

Busy Bee

I had such a hectic and tiring day today. The first half of the day was ok, but after lunch break I had ELP1000 class at 3-4pm then 4-5pm mentor mentee session (MM) followed by HBU 112 class 5-7pm. Huarrggghh...

Too tired to explain the gory details....

Make me think... Am I gonna be this tired on Tuesday for the rest of the semester ?

Oh no...

Tomorrow I'll be going to Shah Alam for a workshop on KoK class. I'll be the only female travelling with three other gentlemen.

That part was no problemo...

But... sleeping alone in a hotel room that has a repo for a 'disturbance'

Oh NO!!!!


Anyone wanna follow me to Shah Alam????

New Semester

It's the new semester again!!

Arrgggghhh....

Or should I say.... yey!! ??


Well...

The classes for UiTM program has started since Monday this week, and for homegrown program Monday next week will be the first week of classes.

This July-Nov 2008 semester I have nearly 40 new mentees!! That's a lot!!

But.. hey... I am not complaining... I'm just thinking of how in the world I would be able to remember each one of them. Hopefully by the end of the semester I would be able to memorize their names.

Art Cafe

Found a new interesting spot to hang out.

I'm blogging from an art cafe at the moment...

This art cafe is very unique indeed! The interior, the lighting, various types of chairs and tables and of course at the moment I'm listening to a female voice singing in a language the I just cannot understand. Spanish? Maybe...

Just Wanna Wish All of You.....

All the best for your up coming final exam!!

MELTA 2008 Conference

The venue for the conference!

Yes, it was held at THE Palace of The Golden Horses

The irresistable delicacies!

Mdm Nazdatun n I attended a 2-day conference at Palace of the Golden Horses starting from 30th - 31st May 2008. We had quite an experience attending workshops n listening to other participants/presenters presenting their works n research findings. But, the best part was definately the food! Yummy... :P

What's this?

Horses's Stable???

Haha...nope!

Filler Entry

something from the email...

Health - Important Tips:

Answer the phone by LEFT ear
Do not drink coffee more than TWICE a day
Do not take pills with COOL water
Do not have HUGE meals after 5pm Reduce the amount of OILY food you consume
Drink more WATER in the morning, less at night
Keep your distance from hand phone CHARGERS
Do not use headphones/earphone for LONG period of time
Best sleeping time is from 10pm at night to 6am in the morning
Do not lie down immediately after taking medicine before sleeping
When battery is down to the LAST grid/bar, do not answer the phone as the radiation is 1000 times

Summer Break

Summer break?

Well... If the college is still doing the AAD program, today would be the first day of the summer semester.

Students returned to the college today; after quite a short break. As usual, we (the lecturers) were in a blurry mode as to what the students should be doing today. Should they register for their classes? The only academic calender that I have in my office stated that today is the pre-registration day. Owhh... ok .. so since they did the pre-reg before the final exam, they (the students) got nothing to do lah today, or so I thought.

Not knowing that today, there will be a session with our beloved Director; we (the English lecturers) decided that today would be the perfect day to start a workshop on MUET!

Lesson learned: Get your facts straight. Plan ahead!

3 Year-Old

I started this blog on February 1st 2005. (Whoaaah...has it really been that long?)

The PIP gang would be graduting soon. They were the group of students whom I started this blog with. Though only 3-5 survived (the 3yrs diploma prog), I would say that I am happy for them. It's not easy to survive college life with a very minimum academic requirements.

Looking at their photos just now, here only 3 or 4 of them I've seen around for their final semester. The rest ? They must have been scattered all over the country either they'd be working or studying.

I had a very colourful experience teaching them. I still remembered one of the boys was very rude to me. Though for him it was just a joke but I think that just not how you behave in a classroom. Anyway, he was a nice boy, he did email me several times after he dropped out of the college.

Well... just a little walking down the memory lane entry....

To all of them...all the best with the real world out there. You better be prepared!

Best of Luck..

I missed February...

It's almost the end of March..

Almost the end of the semester...

How time flies so very quickly...

I just wanto to wish all of my students best of luck for the up coming final exam.


GOOD LUCK!!

The Visit

Rep. from Conventry Univ. visited the college to have a look at our facilities.

Hmmm... there's something major coming....

KPTM Kuantan: Staff Annual Dinner

All photos are courtesy of Ariff Firdaus

It was held at Hotel Grand Continental, Kuantan.

We (the committee) were busy with guest registration. From left: Ms. Yanie, Ms. A and Mdm Hamidah

The arrival of the ever glamourous Mdm. Siti Zaleha

Arriving cheerfully... Ms. Nani, Ms. Yaya, Mdm Hasni n Ms. Elly

Errkk... 'Wanita UMNO'?? hehehe... Mdm. Rahayu, Ms. Zetti n Ms. Tini

The VIP - Director of Kolej Poly-Tech MARA Kuantan - Mr. Ismail B. Hj. Junuh

Mr. Bad - the most popular lecturer at KPTM Kuantan????? erkk... No comment...

Arriving in black suit - the ever energetic Mr. Rahman

Arriving in green baju kurung... eh..wait... GREEN?? The theme for tonight's dinner is RED,BLACK,WHITE .... hehehe... Mdm Hjh. Mahani was in a hot seat that nite.. (the center of emcee's joke)

Let's take a peek inside the hall

Meanwhile... outside...more guests arriving...

Special Guest - Hj. Zulkifli

Speacil Guest - Mr. Hamidon

Special Guest - Mr. Engku Yaakub

Let's go back to see what's happening inside...

No...no..she's not the 'Wakil Rakyat' .. hehe... This is Mdm Maslina Mansur THE Emcee!! A very entertaining one!! We laughed uncontrollably... listening to her very spontaneous jokes!!! Bravo Mdm Maslina!!

Fast forward to the 'makan-makan' part ...

Another best part.... It's LUCKY DRAW TIME!!

Mr. Mohd Zaidi Zakaria - making a debut appearance - he just got transferred to KPTM Kuantan

Mdm Khalijah - the biggest winner for the night -

To be continued....

It's Already 2008??

Whoaaahh... where have I been???
This blog is full of spiderweb...

My last post was way back in September!!

Well... It's not like I've been insanely busy with my job, it just that I've been frequenting my other blogs. Yes, it's plural - blogS. Actually, I have few other blogs that I keep...well different blog for different people... Like this blog... is only for you guys n gals... my dear students... hehe...

No personal juicy stuff I would reveal here... haha.. As if I have any right?

Anyway...

This semester, my ENG 142 students will have to do their online journal assignment using this blogspot... Hope all of you will enjoy doing this assignment... (Yeahh rite.. I can see some of u making funny faces) Oh... come on... writing is interesting.... it's therapeutic!! Try it! Soon enough you will find that you are addicted to it....

Helloo....Anybody Home?

It seems like all of my students have abandoned their blogs... so do I...
Do I have to wait for the next ENG 263 class for this blog to be alive again??

Diddy - Hilang

The End of Another New Beginning

To all my ENG 263 (May -June 07 semester)

Thank you to all of you for giving your best effort in doing BLOGA. I hope you will not stop updating your blog. Keep on writing, as it will help you a lot in improving your English.

I had fun teaching all of you. Hope you had fun too...especially doing this blog assignment... ti'' we meet again...
bye2..

be the change you want to see...

The End Is Near

Yes my dear students.... the end is near... 21st of June is your judgement day! Everything that you have learned for the past 7 weeks will be tested on that day...

all the best!

What's Bothering You

Hello All...

The above title is the topic for this week's blog.

So... I want to know what is bothering you at the moment... what is in your mind now that make you sad, mad, angry, disturb etc.... Maybe... studies related problems...or maybe girls or guys related problems?? Family problems? Ermm... money maybe???

Don't tell me that you have no idea to write...that is just a lame excuse!!

Adiossss....

My Chatting Experience

After reading all of your chatting experiences, I feel I also want to share with you about my chatting experience.

Well....my first time chatting...it was a long time ago... Maybe 10 years ago... I was in college at that time, guess which college is that....haha... it's the same college you are studying now...yeah for those who still do not know, I used to study in this college to (re:boring right). The cybercafe that I had my first chatting experience is still in existence! It's the one in Kuantan Plaza! Yes...the one near the bowling alley!

I freaked out the first time I chat, why? Because I did something very stupid! I was using IRC at that time, when I was about to start chatting, there was a small screen pop-up asking me to fill up my personal details. Naively I filled up the whole thing! My real name (re:full name complete with my father's name!), my location and etc... Then someone sent a private message and he tell me my real name! I got really scared! I close the whole thing and went to see my friend. She just laugh at me for being so naive. I shouldn't have entered my real name! Just my nickname!! Hahaa...

Well...the next time..I got pretty smart... from then on I enjoyed chatting very much. I chatted in cyber cafes and later at home when I persuaded my father to give me internet access at home as my birthday gift!

Over the years I met lots of friends from internet chatting rooms. Most of them were CRAZY people, few of them were quite OK people...

Hmmm... want to know the story about my first blind date with a guy that I know from internet chatting???? Heeheehee....Wait for my next post... I'll make an entry about that...

To be continued...................

This Week's Blog Topic

Hellooo people...

Sorry for not being able to held the class as usual.. I've been VERY busy...
so...here is the topic... I want all of you to write about your chatting experience...what I mean is chatting in the cyberspace.. be it yahoo messenger,msn,irc etc.. Who knows some of you actually meet face to face with friends you got to know from the internet (well... I do!! hehe) Maybe I should make an entry about my chatting experience too!! Well...we'll see about that...at the moment I am at the cybercafe and just not in the mood to write about it...

So... I'll see you on Monday... bye2



ps: scroll down pleaseeeee... I've just uploaded 2 photos of Jerangkang...

Links To Your Friends Blog

Hay yaaa...

Sorry for not updating my blog...once again I had trouble login to my blog... (yeahh...again..)

Here is the links to your friends blog...

Happy Blogging....

http://virusinsidearea.blogspot.com/
http://eisehikaru.blogspot.com/
http://lovelydiamondgurl.blogspot.com/
http://unreveparfait.blogspot.com/
http://winsick.blogspot.com/
http://cubbydeep.blogspot.com/
http://www.chickygurlz101.blogspot.com/
http://angahadmedarusystem-angah.blogspot.com/
http://halffreez.blogspot.com/
http://citpodah.blogspot.com/
http://www.ryuk-zaki.blogspot.com/
http://binafshah.blogspot.com/

Did I miss any of your blogs??

If your blog is not listed here please let me know... you can either email me or inform me after class.

Ok... happy blogging people!!!

Jerangkang!!!

We had such a blast!! Swimming for hours! Just look at the greenish pool! The waterfalls...that was only the one on level two...

photos were taken from:

http://picasaweb.google.com/lizamanaf/Jerangkang

Yihaaaa....

I feel so relieved!!! I thought I have to create a new blog...I forgot my password for this blog!!! Thanx god I managed to recover the password!!!

Soo.... let me start again....

Hey ALL.... (re: to all my ENG 263 students and not forgetting students from Ms. Hasni's class)

So...how's your BLOGA? I already received few emails about your blog... congrats! I know some of you been through lots of problems to get your blog published...but I'm sure you'll feel happy and excited once you get it published!

I really hope that this BLOGA will give all of you an interesting and fun way to improve your English.

I would really appreciate if you have any ideas to make this BLOGA even more fun and interesting.

Please give your comment here what do you think about this BLOGA.

ok... see you in my next entry...

I'm Back!!

Oh My!! My last post was in June last year!! How time flies....

It has been nearly a year since I last updated this blog. Thanx God I still remember the username and the password!

Will try my best to update this blog as often as possible. Til then...ciao...

The end of Honeymooning Days

I need another week of "goyang kakis"!!

Next week will be a very busy week. The new semester will begin. The new intake of students will take place on the 4th of July. This time around just like last year, I'm gonna be on duty during that registration day. I'll be in charge with checking the students' certificates and other documents. Hope everything will be in good order.

This coming semester, we'll (re:the English lecturers) be busy preparing for the launching of English Speaking Campaign. Lots of activities n programs have been planned out for this campaign. I am really looking forward for this campaign. I just cannot wait to have proposal approved!

English Lounge

Last night I got an idea to set up an English Lounge for the students. It's a place where the students can relax and read magazines etc. Wouldn't it be nice to have such a place here in this college. But with all the constraint in terms of financial n space I have my doubts in making it come true. Well, anyway, it's always fun and exciting to have ideas that you can turn into reality. Coz, sometimes, dream do comes true...

On Duty

It's Sunday and I have to work!!

Lazy Friday

Having the time of my life here without the students around...hehe...

For the past few weeks, we (re: the lecturers) are enjoying our sweet time working here in this so called college. Spending our time at the office without the hassle and bustle of students coming in n going out of our little office. But that does not mean we just simply can sit n 'goyang kaki'. We have open registration to keep ourselves occupied. In fact, I am now in the middle of open regsitration duty, my job scope is to do all the photocopying. Since there's no certificates or exam slips to be photocopied, it's blogging time...hehe..

The open registration process is not really getting a good respond. Eventhough there are students registering for the courses offerred but the number is not encouraging.

I'll be on duty again this Sunday (re:argghhhh...no lazy sunday for me!!)

My Monday

1. Late for work!
2. Took 2 hrs for outing to town.
3. Paid my credit dard.
4. Bought colleagues wedding presents
5. 8-9:30pm - Spoken Class
6. Received La Tahzan from Dad!!
7. Put the unclaimed journals in a box.
8. Went through english campaign proposal
9. Lepakking at Ina's after work.
10. Feeling weird the whole day

Refresh and Rejuvenate

The mid-sem break is over...it's back to school you guys n gals!!

I am looking forward to start my day tomorrow. After 4 days of T.O.T , I just can wait to put all the things I've learned into practise. Just wait and see....hahaha...

New Semester

It has been quite sometime since my last entry. Since then both of the programs are at the full throttle. Though for the UiTM Program the schedule is still a bit crazy, most of the classes have started with the lesson. As for my BEL classes, I am still a bit puzzle with the schedule, especially with my section 03. I've been to that class twice, at both times there were no student at all!

For this semester, I am only involved with UiTM program. It has been awhile since I last teach UiTM program. I am looking forward for this new semester with a lot of new and fresh faces, not forgetting new challenges in and outside classrooms.

It's Friday!!

Yeah, tomorrow it's a Saturday off for us. Yey!! (again) hehehe...

Well..the college is quite empty right now, most of the UiTM students have gone back to their respective hometowns. As for us, we are having our sweet time doing things that we can only dream of doing before (when we were busy with classes).

So, what is my plan for this weekend??? Hmmm...let see.. first and foremost need to do some spring cleaning for my bedroom. It has been awhile since I last had a thorough cleaning for my room. Soo...the first agenda on my list of things to do for tomorrow is....clean my room! Then...what's next??? hmmm got a wedding reception to attend. Erkk.. haven't bought the gift for the bride n groom yet...hmmm...

Errkkk...got no idea to write la today... can't wait to go home, my laptop is having a problem. Need to quickly settle the problem...arrgghhh....

It's Monday

Your Birthdate: August 9

You are a born idealist, with more pet causes than you can count.You prefer be around others, both when working and while relaxing.Generous and giving, you believe you can change the world one person at a time.You're open minded and tolerant. People feel like they can tell you anything. Your strength: Your go-with-the-flow flexibility Your weakness: Your flair for the over dramatic Your power color: Pine green Your power symbol: Circle Your power month: September

What Does Your Birth Date Mean?

Your Brain's Pattern

Your brain is always looking for the connections in life.You always amaze your friends by figuring out things first.You're also good at connecting people - and often play match maker.You see the world in fluid, flexible terms. Nothing is black or white.

What Pattern Is Your Brain?

Oh No

Brought back 4 bundles of answer scripts that need to be marked. I'm going back to KTN tomorrow, those bundles were untouched...gonna have a tough time marking all those answer scripts...

Home Again

Today is the final day of exam for students doing KPTM homegrown programs.
Today is also the day that I've been waiting for...
I'm going back to my hometown today,yey!!

Towards The End

Next week will be the final week of classes for this semester!! All of us are starting to feel the heat of the final exams. The students are busy finishing all the class projects and assignments. There is no more time to procrastinate anymore. As for me, there are tons of things need to be settled before the end of the semester. First and foremost, I have to make sure I have covered all of the syllabus so that my students won't have problem answering the final exam questions.

Finally it's over..pheww..

Hehehehe.. I'm writing this with friend NY next to me.. she is laughing right now, dunno what is she laughing at... hmmm???? She seems so darn happy today, maybe last nite.... she gayuted with her bf all nite long..... hmmm... jeles2...

Ok...she's gone...

So...what I have been up to lately?? Well... yesterday was the closing ceremony day for english week 2005. Phewww!!! Finally it's over!! Yeah yeah.. No more coming to college in the evening and went home in the wee hour of morning...

Let's talk about the closing, initially it was planned to be held on the 1st of October, due to various reasons, it has to be postponed to yesterday. The ceremony started an hour late, this is due to the problem with participants who were not on time. The students were supposed to be at the library (the venue for the ceremony) at 8.30am. They failed to be on time coz some of them got classes and some of them were still deep in sleepy head land...after one hour...it's time to call the Madam Director... The arrival of Mdm Director marks the starting of the ceremony....

Mid-Sem

Just got back from proctoring BEL 100 mid-sem exam. I have an hour to spare before my second class of the day starts. Funny things happened during the exam just now, there were students who still do not know the name of their lecturers. If they just spelled the name incorrectly that is acceptable. But in this case they simply wrote down the name of the lecturer who is not teaching them that particular subject. How ignorant can they be? Another incident was when a student called my colleague (also a sensei) 'abang' hehehee...

Hello Again

It has been quite a while since my last post. I've been quite busy with classes and students' activities. This week is the sports week for the college, if I'm not mistaken this would be the first event of its kind. (At least since I work here)

Apart from that, next week is the English Week!! Arrghhh... things are pretty hectic now, lots of things need to be finalised! Hope everything will turn out to be ok.

Argghh, it's almost 1pm, time to go..

Bye for now!