Last Tuesday was the my 1st attempt being a referee for a volleyball game... it surprised me that being a referee is not an easy task... by the end of two games, I was sweating as if I took part in the tournament!! ^_^ used a lot of energy there...

Thank God one of my friend (thanks Ros) helped me with the rules and regulation because not many of the player were familiar with the game (we played just for fun and one of the 'must do' activity for our course)... Actually, Ros was supposed to be the referee but I took her place because she still have to play the futsal final..

All in all, the games went well although it end quite late (at 7.30 pm, because we started late) and nobody went up to me to complained (phew!)... today is my turn to play thus i cannot be the referee so Ros will take over my place until the end of the tournament this Sunday..

let's exercise and play to make us healthy and happy!!!

Ibu mithali

Baru sebentar tadi aku terbaca mengenai seorang penerima anugerah ibu mithali yang ciri-ciri anak-anaknya tidak sama dengan ibu-ibu mithali yang lain. Mereka mempunyai anak-anak yang berjaya-berjaya belaka tetapi tidak padanya yang mempunyai lima orang 'anak istimewa'...

Betapa tersentuhnya hatiku membaca dari sudut pandangan anak angkatnya yang normal menceritakan kronologi peristiwa semenjak dia kecil mengenai abang-abang dan kakak-kakaknya sehingga kini. Sekarang aku terfikir tabahkah aku sekiranya diuji dengan ujian sebesar itu? Subhanallah yang menguji manusia sesuai dengan kemampuan mereka... Tabahnya juga seorang guru yang mendidik anak-anak murid istimewanya dengan kasih sayang dan kejujuran... Kepada kawan-kawan yang mengambil pendidikan khas, selamat menabur bakti kepada 'anak-anak istimewa' ini.. Mungkin jalan kita berbeza..

Meminjam lirik Hijjaz:

Hidup tidak selalunya indah
Langit tak selalu cerah
Suram malam tak berbintang
Itulah lukisan alam
Begitu aturan Tuhan

Beringat bahawa hidup tidak selalu indah, tidak selalu senang, tetapi ujian-ujian ini didatangkan oleh Allah untuk memperkasa diri kita dan memberi peluang untuk sentiasa muhasabah diri..

Insya-Allah.. Bersyukurlah dengan apa yang ada dan lebih bersyukurlah dengan orang-orang yang ada di sekeliling kita yang selalu menyayangi kita masa susah dan senang... Hargai mereka... Hargai juga anak-anak murid walau bagaimana teruknya mereka pada pandangan umum kerana kita bukan Tuhan untuk mengadili... Semoga menjadi pendidik yang ikhlas... Insya-Allah..

twisting and turning of fate in everyday life

Today my hubby had to get up early to send me back to the uni.. In order to make sure he will catch the 7.30 train to KL Sentral from Serdang (that's where we live), we supposed to be on the road by 6.30 am to send me first to Bangi then turn back to Serdang to catch the train.

However, as usual (this has happened a few times), we were late (it was already 7.00 am) so I offered to take the Comuter to UKM. As usual also, he will argue with me because I brought along such a big and heavy bag and he (as a good husband) didn't want me to carry it by myself (oh so sweet and considerate). But I managed to convince him (because I don't want him to be late for work) and we end up at the KTM Serdang Station.

When we get there, there was a train to Rawang (he was supposed to get into that train) but it was just 7.11 am so he said that he will catch the next train. Just as the train chugged by, there was an announcement about power outage in one of the station so there will be more than 60 minutes delay for the next train (until they solve the problem). Duh!! So, what to do? We went out of the station (on the way to the car I stopped a few people to say there is a one hour delay but they didn't seemed to believe me so I didn't bother to tell other people that I met later) and he sent me to UKM by car and said he will drive to KL Sentral and park there (there's a bus there to take him to his workplace in Damansara).

At last, he was the one who sent me back (after much of arguing and convincing in the car before we reached KTM Serdang Station which used my voice and saliva a lot), I didn't have to carry that monstrous bag, he end up driving to Damansara (had to park very far from the building he work in because there were no more parking space) and was late for work. Hmm...so much of not wanting him to be late. Well, fate has something for us and this is just one of it!

Well KTM Comuter service, please be considerate to people and upgrade the system. Another duh!!!

my soul mate's tear

Last Saturday I went to the cinema to watch "Seven Pounds" starring Will Smith.. I really don't have much free time these days because of my hectic schedule and my hubby is on a course (Saturday and Sunday) for 11 weeks.. So only at night we can go out and go to the cinema. I'm a self-declared movie lover so I kind of hate that I've missed a few movies that I would like to watch.

So...we watch the movie and it felt like a slow one but full of mysteries. It made you think "Who is he? What happened? Why do he act this way?" and many more questions. As the movie progress we were presented with glimpses of his past and acts of the present persona so we have to scratch our brain to make sense of it all. Towards the end of the movie, the pieces were slowly put into place and the main character made the ultimate choice to end his life (it is all been planned earlier by himself) to give the final chosen persons the 'gift of life'.

The first few minutes of this movie has already made me think it was going to be a sad one. There were a few heart-wrenching incidents in it but nothing moved me to tears (I usually shed tears rather freely) but I'm quite surprised to hear sobs from the person sitting behind me. However, the climax is really a shocked for me because I never thought that Ben is going that far. My partner beside me remained very quite during that act so I took a peek and surprised! I saw streaks of tears on his cheeks! I myself was drowning in them so I didn't really notice that almost everybody in the cinema were weeping during the most unimaginable scene of how a person could sacrifice himself for a stranger. I waited until the movie was over and only teased him outside the cinema. I never saw him cry before (after 4 years of relationship and 1/2 year of marriage) so I never thought he is capable of crying out of movies especially! Well..well..what a pleasant surprise... ^_^

PERMATApintar

Last Friday there was a conference in my uni about the steps that have been taken by the Center for Talented Youth by Johns Hopkins University to track the so called "geniuses" in the US. My country is trying to do the same so two professors - Dr. Julian Jones and Dr. Patricia Wallace came here and be the speakers of the conference and they worked with the lecturers and professors in my uni to create this PERMATApintar program with the template from CTY but with a local twist to it.

Actually we teachers-to-be were forced to go there but surprisingly I find the conference interesting enough to keep me from falling asleep... with the educational games (called the descartes' cove) that they create make it interesting for these gifted students to explore the world of mathematics and science..

These geniuses are scattered in the community but unknowingly to our eyes, they sometimes viewed as troubled children because they are bored in school learning the same thing as their not-so-genius peers.. so, hopefully with this program, the government are able to detect these gifted young people because they are the assests that need to be nurtured so they will become a successful person later in life and give back to the country..

So in you are Malaysian and young (ages 9-15), please feel free to go to this website www.permatapintar.com.my and take the IQ test (part of the 3 steps screening program).. who knows maybe you have the genius in you?.. for parents, ask your child to take it.. this is one of the way to help them..

Good luck!! ^_^