At age 8, your dad buys you an ice cream. You thanked him by dripping it all over his lap. When you were 9 years old, he paid for piano lessons. You thanked him by never even bothering to practice. When you were 10 years old he drove you all day, from soccer to football to one birthday party after another. You thanked him by jumping out of the car and never looking back. When you were 11 years old, he took you and your friends to the movies. You thanked him by asking to sit in a different row. When you were 12 years old, he warned you not to watch certain TV shows. You thanked him by waiting until he left the house. When you were 13, he suggested a haircut that was in fashion. You thanked him by telling him he had no taste. When you were 14, he paid for a month away at summer camp. You thanked him by forgetting to write a single letter. When you were 15, he came home from work, looking for a hug. You thanked him by having your bedroom door locked. When you were 16, he taught you how to drive his car. You thanked him by taking it every chance you could. When you were 17, he was expecting an important call. You thanked him by being on the phone all night. When you were 18, he cried at your high school graduation. You thanked him by staying out partying until dawn. When you were 19, he paid for your college tuition, drove you to campus carried your bags. You thanked him by saying good-bye outside the dorm so you wouldn’t be embarrassed in front of your friends. When you were 25, he helped to pay for your wedding, and he told you how deep he loved you. You thanked him by moving halfway across the country. When you were 50, he fell ill and needed you to take care of him . You thanked him by reading about the burden parents become to their children. And then, one day, he quietly died. And everything you never did came crashing down like thunder on YOUR HEART. If you love your dad, reblog.
Today Class
As for today’s class, there were only 41 students entered the DDKA hall for Language Description class out of 132 students. It is a total disappointment….Furthermore, today LDS class bored me. In fact, the class should not be held as what they said at first where we will not have our class in the morning. But, we don’t know what happened that all TESLIAN need to attend the mass lecture. The class ended early because there are no points in continuing the lecture where not even half of the students attend it. We were given an hour break earlier.
Then, after recess, the attendance increases but I do not know the correct number. After adding the late comers, our lecturer scans the entire class and found that most of the MALAY boys were not around. She explained further that the boys who are missing are the one that usually cause troubles and disgrace the TESLIAN including the people who did not break the rules as the MALAY saying goes ‘kerana setitik nila, rosak susu sebelanga.’
Brief first 7 day schedule in IPTI
02/08/2010-First day in Maktab
The first day were very tiring…luckily my room is on the 1st floor. Although it is very convenient, but the room that I use need to share with another two senior…luckily both of them are quite nice. Before entering the hostel, I pay 225 for the fee, and 20 for the ID card. Then I went to block G(the female flat for taking the key for my room in block H).
At first my room is in H1 18.after moving in my luggage, I went for the class. Right about 12 Mr Jamaludin sms me that the room change to 23 and finally to 33. It is very tring to move the luggage luckily my parents are around. Then, I went out with my father car to buy a lock and o do the keys for the room.
When come back, I went to take thepaper work to mum so that they can fill for me…after giving it to them, they return to Muar leaving me behind .then I rejoin the class again. this class teach about sports. From this class, I heard that the TESL group will be having a activities on snookering after Hari Raya.
Then I went back to hostel to wash cloths and had my first dinner at the cafeteria near the library..then I walk back to the hostel cafeteria to meet with Jin Chai. There I meet a lot of Chinese courses student. One of the name that I learnt is A Yan
Then, I went to the drum club practice to see their practice…there A Yan tell me something about A Chai
03/08/2010-2nd day in maktab
Woken up at 5.50 am due to the prayers for Muslim. Clean myself and had my breakfast of Milo and biscuits. The senior also had their breakfast at their hostel
7.30 pm had a awkward exercise because still not used to it…
8.00 am enter DDKA for language description. Learn about determiners and a little bit of pronouns….not clear cause cannot catch up to the rest of the people. Met with Madam Ang
10.00 am had short break. Went to the cafeteria to have my morning tea which cost me RM 1. Then, I re-enter the class for the English Studies. This is the first time for me to meet Miss Nenny. I feel very
At 1 pm, I and yan sheng had our lunch with Alex from TESL 4. we had our Mathematic class at PKP but the teacher is not around so Hanif take over to settle out TESL 5 group problem.
At 4 pm, I washed my cloths until 4.45 pm then I bath and take a nap
At 6 pm I filled the form of staying here and chat with my roommates a little. Then I went to the nearby cafeteria to have my lunch. I even help Jin Chai and Anselm to buy dinner. The dinner was very spicy but I manage to eat it until-almost finished…but I couldn’t finish it…
After dinner I read the “An Ounce Of Cure” which is the 4th novel for this semester.. after finish reading it, a friend of mine tell me that tomorrow lesson is not about that novel but it is about a lying person that lies about him, a poet to a boy that ran away from house after get slapped by her mother. This story is entitled “B. Wordsworth by VS Naipaul.
Clean myself and went to bed
Wednesday 4/8/2010 3rd day at maktab
Special event that happened today:
· Enter the ICT class for the first time at block C
· Had dinner with Jin Chai, A Yan and their other friends
· Went for the Kerongsong Emas concert
Thursday 5/8/2010 4th day at maktab
Nothing special to write
At Night going to temple with a Chai and other….
The place only sing Chinese song. But, they sing one English song specially for me. It feels great that I am not being ignored there.
Saturday 7/8/2010 6th day at maktab
Today after lesson I went to Celcom Broadband to apply for internet. When arrive there, I am told that I cannot apply it cause I am not 18th yet. Haiz it is a waste of money. Luckily I went to that place with Deva and Yuva.
When return, I ate the nasi ladna which makes me feel sick.. I went to bed directly cause I feel very dizzy. Around 8 pm, I woke up and feel better after taking a few deep breath.then I went to the rest room and play CS until 3.45 am
Sunday 8/8/2010 7th day at maktab
Went out for morning jog with lingyan because she invite me. Later we went out from the campus to the Larkin plaza to had our breakfast and our lunch at Pizza hut. Then after the meal, around 12.30 pm, they sit at the mall aimless with their excuses too full to walk. Then after waiting for an hour I decided to leave them so I get in to a taxi and went back to the hostel.
Busy days
Since from the last time i wrote on my blog, i had been busy doing all the coursework and the assignment. Actually, it is not just me but in fact it includes all of the other course mate. There were some who seems very free. This is because they did not care what will happens. they just leave their work aside depending on the other to do for them.
I hope that i will have a better course mate that will strive along with me so that i do not need to do all the work on my own which is killing me. Sometimes i need to do the work of 4 alone and the credits is not only mine but also the rest of the sleeping members that take it for granted. Maybe this is the problem that the lecturer says to us that there were a lot of students that is warded due to mentally disorder. These are the culprits that drives one to the mental disorder stage.
Isn't it better for the students to stream among other classes so that we had the chance to work with the other people. It enables us to change our group members and reduce the burden. I am saying this because my class right now have a lot of sleeping team members and the one always with them are ME the pitiful one. Luckily, i had won some sympathy from the girls and i am allowed to join their groups and it really decrease my burden where we share the burden equally and we had done a good job at it. So, in short, i really hope that the sleeping members will change their negative attitudes so that their problem did not bother the others.
I hope that i will have a better course mate that will strive along with me so that i do not need to do all the work on my own which is killing me. Sometimes i need to do the work of 4 alone and the credits is not only mine but also the rest of the sleeping members that take it for granted. Maybe this is the problem that the lecturer says to us that there were a lot of students that is warded due to mentally disorder. These are the culprits that drives one to the mental disorder stage.
Isn't it better for the students to stream among other classes so that we had the chance to work with the other people. It enables us to change our group members and reduce the burden. I am saying this because my class right now have a lot of sleeping team members and the one always with them are ME the pitiful one. Luckily, i had won some sympathy from the girls and i am allowed to join their groups and it really decrease my burden where we share the burden equally and we had done a good job at it. So, in short, i really hope that the sleeping members will change their negative attitudes so that their problem did not bother the others.
Sincerely:
Xin Long
On the 12th of October, Tesl 4 & 5 went for sports and recreational trips to Mount Berlumut for our Gerko. As we arrived on our destination, first of all, we are given a brief lecture on the do's and dont's while we are there. Mount Berlumut is called Mossy mountain by us^^. Then, we were asked to go to the dining place where it is also the place for the Muslim to pray. Then, when the Rangers came, we went for a walk which took about and hour and a half to end to learn about the plants and herbal plants. Later, we are given time to rehearse our "Malam Kebudayaan . After that rehearsal, we had our bath followed by prayers and then dinner. For the Muslim, as usual, they pray at the dining place, we, the non-Muslim, pray for a safe journey for the next day where we are going to climb Mossy mountain. then we chat for a little while. After dinner, we performed our performances where we are judged by our lecturer. At the end, we are announced that TESL5 is the champion. After that, we had a short congak time with "pak chan" where he teach us one great techniques to play and to calculate mathematics. Final activity for that night is the moonlight walk where we are directed to walk in a long lane without using the flash light so that we can observe the natural environment. We can see that the plants glow. Most of the glowing plants came from the white mushrooms. Then, we are allowed to sleep.
For my night shift, i suppose to duty only at 3-4am but, i woke up at 2am so i duty for 2 hours. On the 1st hour, the duty people are only Loretta, Haziq and also Karen. Interesting parts is that Haziq cooks like a soldier wher ehe cooks maggi mee for Loretta and also himself. Then, they went to bed and i continue to stay for duty. For the next hour, there are nothing interesting that happens. Then, i also turned in at the dining hall with Malcolm due to the smell of the people sleeping inside the camp who is selfish and think of himself only.
In the morning, we are awake at 6 and we are given time to cleaned up ourselves. Then, we are called to have our morning exercise where it is quite tiring with our empty stomach. Then, we had our breakfast which is not as heavy as what the lecturer tell us. And we set off to the mountain.
Malcolm and i are a team where we put our thins together in a back pack and a sling back. We exchange bah when one of us gets tired. It is very tough to climb the mountain. We have a lot of stops because of tiredness. as we reached Check point 2, i started to feel my legs cramping. Then, when we are almost to Check point 3 i cant walk anymore. So, Malcolm and i started to wait for helps. When Amin comes, i get medication from him and then he set off. then, i tried to climb a little bit more but my legs are not cooperating. So, i had to stop and sit there to rest. after 30 minutes we decided to go down the mountain where we meet Mira and Karen with one of the guides. They gave me another drinking bottle and Malcolm set-off to the mountain with them. I, alone went down the mountain. As i am walking down, sometimes i feels creepy and scared because i dunno what is around me. There are also times where i dunno where to walk and though that i am lost. But at the end, i arrived to check point 1 where i met Madam Ashikin and Lufthi with the guides. We had a short rest and then the guides take us to a waterfall nearby where is is a beautiful scene. The four of us had a leg treatment where there is one type of fish that eat our dead skin. Then we went down the mountain and prepared ourselves to take of back to the campus.
It is a pity for me because we almost reached the top but what-to-do, both of my legs are cramped. All i can say is that Goodbye Mossy mountain...
Wasting time on 11/10/2010
today, Tesl 1,2, and 3 went to Kluang trip for Gerko where we are going to Gunung Berlumut. For us Tesl 4 and 5, we are going tomorrow on the 12th.
Now, i am writting this blog on LDV lesson where we are called to do our newsletter which i had done mine 3days ago. Now, i am just waiting for the rest of my course mates to do their parts where how i wish i am not in the group with them. There are bumps who does not want to do their work and taking their courses for granted. Sometimes, it is just too tiring for me to do the job for a whole group of five. Imagine you alone need to do 95% of the work while the rest only write their reflection. it is totally unfair..
is this what we called "FUTURE TEACHER"? Are these bumps going to graduate like the rest who do the work? To the people i am referring to, please change your attitude for the better because i did not want to be labeled "LEMBU masuk pun boleh jadi GURU" where our lecturer tell us about the teacher image to the public.
May our country improve towards the better and not the otherwise.
Now, i am writting this blog on LDV lesson where we are called to do our newsletter which i had done mine 3days ago. Now, i am just waiting for the rest of my course mates to do their parts where how i wish i am not in the group with them. There are bumps who does not want to do their work and taking their courses for granted. Sometimes, it is just too tiring for me to do the job for a whole group of five. Imagine you alone need to do 95% of the work while the rest only write their reflection. it is totally unfair..
is this what we called "FUTURE TEACHER"? Are these bumps going to graduate like the rest who do the work? To the people i am referring to, please change your attitude for the better because i did not want to be labeled "LEMBU masuk pun boleh jadi GURU" where our lecturer tell us about the teacher image to the public.
May our country improve towards the better and not the otherwise.
Tiring day
yesterday is one of the hardest day in my campus life's. in the morning, i am called to help-out with Gerko stuffs although i am not one of the AJK. while i am helping out, i saw the what we so called AJK, eating and taking their time to walk back to the class. While i am carrying the bags(camps inside it) and reaching the class where i am suppose to put at, they want to lend a hand just to look good in front other people. after they did not get the things from me, they just entered the class leaving the rest of the things carried by us. they just want to look good in front of others and did not want to do their work, their responsibility.
after the class, i went back to my hostel where my senior roommates started the cleaning. the three of us just changed the clothes and start to do the cleaning without having our lunch first. the cleaning process is very tiring and energy taking. though, we have the will to continue to clean it up because tomorrow is the "block terbuka" where the Pengarah will come to visit our block and also the other block.
Today, the upper part of my hands feels like tearing apart because of the heavy loads that i carry yesterday morning and the cleaning job. i hope that my arms will be fined before my camping trip to Kluang on Yuesday^^
