Dear students,
Maybe not many of us take heed of what happened in the pharaoh land that since time immemorial has been under the grips of iron-fist rulers. The nation that was once a great civilization under the Islamic reign. The oldest university in the world was founded there. The mill that churn out millions of muslim clerics throughout the world.And yesterday, 11 Feb 2011 marked the auspicious date for almost all the Egyptions the world over.Coincidently, 11 February is also the date when hundreds of thousands Iranians rallied the streets that resulted in the tumble of the dictatorship rulers of American-led government, Shah. Only this time, media name it Egypt revolution not Islamic revolution like what took place in Iran in 1979. What matters most is the awakening of the muslim world against tyrant rulers whose supports coming from the west. It seems now should everything go as predicted is the time for people power.The awakening of the muslim ummah against zionist-backed hegemonies.
Nevertheless, this time, revolution is both Tunisia and Egypt would be unlikely without divine intervention from Zuckerberg's FB amongst others. It is Mark's invention that information spread like wildfire and spun out of control that left both the governments paralyzed to contain it. The result is what people name it revolution. The credit as Times's man of the year 2010 for Zuckerberg came at no better time after his genius tool proven to be a lethal weapon leading to the demise of the pharaoh-like dictators.
The ripples could be felt throughout the Arab world as they may start to believe the domino theory. Only they are thinking which part out of the many pieces they are standing. So far, the third piece after Persian and Tunis collapsed.What next? which ever dictators come fourth. One thing for sure is that they will be helpless in the face of FB that helped kill two already.
Sir
Saturday, February 12, 2011
Friday, February 11, 2011
I AM NOTHING ON MY OWN
A very nice story shared by Paolo Coelho on his website today that it actually brought tears to my eyes.
“I am a daisy in a field of daisies,” thought the flower. “Amidst others, it is impossible to notice my beauty.”
An angel heard what she was thinking and commented:
- But you are so pretty!
- I want to be the only one!
In order not to hear any complaints, the angel carried her off to a city square.
Some days later, the mayor went there with a gardener to make some changes to the square.
- There is nothing of interest here. Dig up the earth and plant geraniums.
- Hold on a minute! – cried out the daisy. – You’ll kill me if you do that!
- If there were some others like you, we could make some nice decoration – answered the mayor. – But there are no daisies to be found around here, and you on your own do not make a garden.
Then he tore the flower from the ground.
The great 2 years, I attribute it to the best colleague in the world, Sir. A day at a new school, I realised I am no more that special teacher (at least to my own self) without him as a teammate. But like he said, life must go on and perhaps one day we can again work together, I hope. Insya Allah
Sunday, February 6, 2011
Ever has it been that love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation. ~Kahlil Gibran
Dear Students,
A student wrote on my FB wall, I think it's a lyric of a song of how wonderful if we (Students and us, the teachers) can be together forever. Thinking about it, it seems impossible but the key is, we must obey Allah so that we can meet up once again for eternity.
It's really hard to part with all of you. But I want to believe in God for He is everything. And I came across this hadith, which made me feel better. Thank Allah for inspiring me such a good thing! I might be a teacher teaching at another school, but if we set our intentions for His sake, we are actually in the same battlefield! I really love all of you, the fact that we have to part shows that my love for all of you students is so deep.
Alright I will end this post with few qoutes on Good-bye. They are really good that I can't resist sharing. Hehe
Adieu! I have too grieved a heart to take a tedious leave. ~William Shakespeare
Man's feelings are always purest and most glowing in the hour of meeting and of farewell. ~Jean Paul Richter
The reason it hurts so much to separate is because our souls are connected. ~Nicholas Sparks, The Notebook
In the hope to meet
Shortly again, and make our absence sweet.
~Ben Jonson
Shortly again, and make our absence sweet.
~Ben Jonson
Thursday, February 3, 2011
SAD BUT TRUE
Dear students,
In two days to come, our beloved,dedicated yet brilliant teacher will leave us after sweating for more than two years to bust English ghouls that haunted SMAS inhabitants over the years.She managed to do that as her mere presence exudes confidence amongst students. Of course many want to emulate her steps towards success. I still remember once, when our student (head boy now), with confidence and sheer conviction standing behind a rostrum in a program held in Marang last year end told the floor that he wanted to further his tertiary level studies at Melbourne University. It occurred to me at that time that he was inspired by her teacher named Miss Farah, Oz graduate.The first time ever, oz graduate landed on our turf. She has charted a new revolution in English performance for both pmr and spm ( to be released soon).I am pretty sure of that like i believe tomorrow is Friday.
And now comes the hardest part.Out of the blue, due to godfathers' grand design she is to leave us.Leaving for a better pasture though without her knowing or agreeing with.At least , we should be happy with that as that sort of things promises a better her. Then,with no choice we should admit that this is life.We never know for sure what the future beholds despite our meticulous or detailed strategies. And all we need to do best is to enjoy the process. I knew she enjoyed two year stint here at SMAS.To me if not the best she is amongst the best teaching colleagues i have ever had. With her presence at SMAS ,the students' confidence in the language has improved by leaps and bounds like never before. The quote that sounds 'What the teacher is, is more important than what he teaches. ...' rings true.
If things go as planned. And she is not destined to dwell in Pak Kancil area anymore. All i wish is best of luck.To end let us ponder this quote “There are no foreign lands. It is the traveler only who is foreign.” - Robert Louis Stevenson. It is to everyone at SMAS without exception a case of sad but true.
Sir
In two days to come, our beloved,dedicated yet brilliant teacher will leave us after sweating for more than two years to bust English ghouls that haunted SMAS inhabitants over the years.She managed to do that as her mere presence exudes confidence amongst students. Of course many want to emulate her steps towards success. I still remember once, when our student (head boy now), with confidence and sheer conviction standing behind a rostrum in a program held in Marang last year end told the floor that he wanted to further his tertiary level studies at Melbourne University. It occurred to me at that time that he was inspired by her teacher named Miss Farah, Oz graduate.The first time ever, oz graduate landed on our turf. She has charted a new revolution in English performance for both pmr and spm ( to be released soon).I am pretty sure of that like i believe tomorrow is Friday.
And now comes the hardest part.Out of the blue, due to godfathers' grand design she is to leave us.Leaving for a better pasture though without her knowing or agreeing with.At least , we should be happy with that as that sort of things promises a better her. Then,with no choice we should admit that this is life.We never know for sure what the future beholds despite our meticulous or detailed strategies. And all we need to do best is to enjoy the process. I knew she enjoyed two year stint here at SMAS.To me if not the best she is amongst the best teaching colleagues i have ever had. With her presence at SMAS ,the students' confidence in the language has improved by leaps and bounds like never before. The quote that sounds 'What the teacher is, is more important than what he teaches. ...' rings true.
If things go as planned. And she is not destined to dwell in Pak Kancil area anymore. All i wish is best of luck.To end let us ponder this quote “There are no foreign lands. It is the traveler only who is foreign.” - Robert Louis Stevenson. It is to everyone at SMAS without exception a case of sad but true.
Sir
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
REVOLUTIONARY MINDS OF CHE
Dear students,
Much has been said about causes of success and failure of pmr candidates last year, be they coming from students, teachers or the management.Some came up with numerous reasons and means to overcome including weaknesses and strengths. I prefer not to dwell much on that same old script.For English i think the reason is students don't like reading.Amongst the possible solutions is make them read.Like writing, reading also maketh a man.The sole yet noble objectives of identifying those causes are for further improvement.
Agreed we were unanimously in the meeting among pmr teachers held last week to improve our school performance by giving our all to make sure this year we manage to produce at least 10 students with straight As.Too lofty the dream compared to what we have been doing all this while including me especially in terms of planning let alone execution and monitoring part.The saying if you fail to plan is plan to fail comes at no better time.
Nevertheless, the same things have been repeated over the years with almost the same result. The problems might lie within ourselves as to me we don't have what the the Egyptian and Tunisian have right now revolutionary minds, dare to risk their skin for greater good.Out of necessity. Maybe mother of invention is lost within our midst as we are too used to all ephemeral things gracefully dancing before our eyes. Until the aim becomes a necessity we forever remain as we are at present, nothing more nothing less.Revolutionary could be found nowhere but in dictionary only.
Here are a few quotes from revolutionary leaders whose own life was at stake to bring about greater goods for the greatest numbers possible.Not all of his quotes worthy to ponder but there must always have good messages the great minds trying to convey.
Cruel leaders are replaced only to have new leaders turn cruel.
Che Guevara
I don't care if I fall as long as someone else picks up my gun and keeps on shooting.
Che Guevara
I know you are here to kill me. Shoot, coward, you are only going to kill a man.
Che Guevara
Many will call me an adventurer - and that I am, only one of a different sort: one of those who risks his skin to prove his platitudes.
Che Guevara
Silence is argument carried out by other means.
Che Guevara
The revolution is not an apple that falls when it is ripe. You have to make it fall.
Che Guevara
Whenever death may surprise us, let it be welcome if our battle cry has reached even one receptive ear and another hand reaches out to take up our arms.
Che Guevara
To pen off, let us ponder what Descartes once shared ' Cogito ergo sum '. i think therefore i am. But i am more a procrastinator than a doer.And i am in search of formula to overcome this deadly disease though new lines of thought claim that it is good sometimes if we are procrastinator as it does not affect others the worse like what a blessing for a family at a wedding ceremony in Iraq if Bush delayed the bombardment. Or smas students will still enjoy the same vigor from Miss F to face the battle of spm and pmr for at least this year.
But, Che was dead, and his fighting spirit transfered to the very few only.Sadly, not to our so called principal.
Sir
Much has been said about causes of success and failure of pmr candidates last year, be they coming from students, teachers or the management.Some came up with numerous reasons and means to overcome including weaknesses and strengths. I prefer not to dwell much on that same old script.For English i think the reason is students don't like reading.Amongst the possible solutions is make them read.Like writing, reading also maketh a man.The sole yet noble objectives of identifying those causes are for further improvement.
Agreed we were unanimously in the meeting among pmr teachers held last week to improve our school performance by giving our all to make sure this year we manage to produce at least 10 students with straight As.Too lofty the dream compared to what we have been doing all this while including me especially in terms of planning let alone execution and monitoring part.The saying if you fail to plan is plan to fail comes at no better time.
Nevertheless, the same things have been repeated over the years with almost the same result. The problems might lie within ourselves as to me we don't have what the the Egyptian and Tunisian have right now revolutionary minds, dare to risk their skin for greater good.Out of necessity. Maybe mother of invention is lost within our midst as we are too used to all ephemeral things gracefully dancing before our eyes. Until the aim becomes a necessity we forever remain as we are at present, nothing more nothing less.Revolutionary could be found nowhere but in dictionary only.
Here are a few quotes from revolutionary leaders whose own life was at stake to bring about greater goods for the greatest numbers possible.Not all of his quotes worthy to ponder but there must always have good messages the great minds trying to convey.
Cruel leaders are replaced only to have new leaders turn cruel.
Che Guevara
I don't care if I fall as long as someone else picks up my gun and keeps on shooting.
Che Guevara
I know you are here to kill me. Shoot, coward, you are only going to kill a man.
Che Guevara
Many will call me an adventurer - and that I am, only one of a different sort: one of those who risks his skin to prove his platitudes.
Che Guevara
Silence is argument carried out by other means.
Che Guevara
The revolution is not an apple that falls when it is ripe. You have to make it fall.
Che Guevara
Whenever death may surprise us, let it be welcome if our battle cry has reached even one receptive ear and another hand reaches out to take up our arms.
Che Guevara
To pen off, let us ponder what Descartes once shared ' Cogito ergo sum '. i think therefore i am. But i am more a procrastinator than a doer.And i am in search of formula to overcome this deadly disease though new lines of thought claim that it is good sometimes if we are procrastinator as it does not affect others the worse like what a blessing for a family at a wedding ceremony in Iraq if Bush delayed the bombardment. Or smas students will still enjoy the same vigor from Miss F to face the battle of spm and pmr for at least this year.
But, Che was dead, and his fighting spirit transfered to the very few only.Sadly, not to our so called principal.
Sir
Saturday, January 22, 2011
..AND WHEN I BELIEVE MORE IN DISCIPLINE
Dear students,
Thinking of you right in front of me or somewhere else that you finally end up reading this piece of mind that hopefully make you think and change for better. Though it may happen in the long run, it already suffices to me.
What a great news posted by Miss Farah this evening when all of you dear students can flex your muscle to compete against the best,most importantly this unravel your talents that loom out of grit and determination. This sort of competition requires us to act thus involves lots of movements, be they facial expression or myriads of other body languages that may score points.On top of that, this will undoubtedly be another kick start to your creativity. The very magic world that have since time immemorial helped us live better day in day out.The big question mark is how can the creativity be within our reach and utilised the best.
Since i am not amongst those who were grouped as great minds whose invention generate up to billions the like of Mark Zuckerberg, Apple founder - who at times limit their production to maintain its prestige that revolves only around high-income yet highly professional figures, even at the cost of overflowing cash-in. I think it should be a must to think that we after all are creative before we realising it or not we are already one. This very self proclamation word though arrogant is of crucial importance as without which we are already miles behind. However, this is of little significance compared to being disciplined and passionate in the job at hand. Confucious aptly put when he once said when you love your job you don't feel like working even one day.And i until now are still contempleting to subscribe this idea as more often than not i feel like working though i most of the time do love my job.
What great inventors share in common that can we hardly find amongst us is perseverance and discipline. I happened to watch the social network the second day of its release worldwide. Mark was portrayed as someone whose most of his time glued to computer screen and socialising very little. I don't condone the idea of being asocial. What i am trying to highlight is his being passionate to his job at hand that is racking his brain to program the web base eventually bore fruits far far beyond his wildest imagination.Still, this resulted in his bosom friend being dumped for good,replaced by another 5 millions. I also read Dan Brown unauthorised biography when it mentioned that Dan made it a must to wake up as early as four am staring at the blank monitor screen waiting for ideas to pour down through his veins to his fingers.And it is no need to mention how many attempts by Edison before we lesser mortals could see the light of day without much difficulties.How many years it took to produce the great Chinese Great Wall. Albright brothers' countless attempts did not dampen their spirit to soar free like a bird. See..they share the same criteria that tops other criteria. It is discipline. And this is what you dear students lack.
Discipline to success is like a tyre to car. Or until we are disciplined enough we can achieve what we wish at present.
Nowadays, teachers' challenge is how to bring out the best in students. To me it is worthier to do self-reflect as we speak to Him.Back to the topic , grab this golden opportunity !
Sir
Thinking of you right in front of me or somewhere else that you finally end up reading this piece of mind that hopefully make you think and change for better. Though it may happen in the long run, it already suffices to me.
What a great news posted by Miss Farah this evening when all of you dear students can flex your muscle to compete against the best,most importantly this unravel your talents that loom out of grit and determination. This sort of competition requires us to act thus involves lots of movements, be they facial expression or myriads of other body languages that may score points.On top of that, this will undoubtedly be another kick start to your creativity. The very magic world that have since time immemorial helped us live better day in day out.The big question mark is how can the creativity be within our reach and utilised the best.
Since i am not amongst those who were grouped as great minds whose invention generate up to billions the like of Mark Zuckerberg, Apple founder - who at times limit their production to maintain its prestige that revolves only around high-income yet highly professional figures, even at the cost of overflowing cash-in. I think it should be a must to think that we after all are creative before we realising it or not we are already one. This very self proclamation word though arrogant is of crucial importance as without which we are already miles behind. However, this is of little significance compared to being disciplined and passionate in the job at hand. Confucious aptly put when he once said when you love your job you don't feel like working even one day.And i until now are still contempleting to subscribe this idea as more often than not i feel like working though i most of the time do love my job.
What great inventors share in common that can we hardly find amongst us is perseverance and discipline. I happened to watch the social network the second day of its release worldwide. Mark was portrayed as someone whose most of his time glued to computer screen and socialising very little. I don't condone the idea of being asocial. What i am trying to highlight is his being passionate to his job at hand that is racking his brain to program the web base eventually bore fruits far far beyond his wildest imagination.Still, this resulted in his bosom friend being dumped for good,replaced by another 5 millions. I also read Dan Brown unauthorised biography when it mentioned that Dan made it a must to wake up as early as four am staring at the blank monitor screen waiting for ideas to pour down through his veins to his fingers.And it is no need to mention how many attempts by Edison before we lesser mortals could see the light of day without much difficulties.How many years it took to produce the great Chinese Great Wall. Albright brothers' countless attempts did not dampen their spirit to soar free like a bird. See..they share the same criteria that tops other criteria. It is discipline. And this is what you dear students lack.
Discipline to success is like a tyre to car. Or until we are disciplined enough we can achieve what we wish at present.
Nowadays, teachers' challenge is how to bring out the best in students. To me it is worthier to do self-reflect as we speak to Him.Back to the topic , grab this golden opportunity !
Sir
AS IT SOLVES PROBLEM
Imagination is more important than knowledge, said Einstein.
I think it's time we promote creativity in students. It is really not necessary to only measure achievement based on students' grades, how many As they get for a student can be 'something', their very one of a kind, if they are given the encouragement and the medium for it. Creativity is not only for the gifted, for I believe it can be nourished in students. There are so many example of people who changed the world through their creativity. Steve Jobs, Apple's founder, gives telecommunication technology a new name through his so many great innvations. I would also love to highlight a great companion, Umar Al-Khattab R.A who is well-known for his creativity in managing lands under his territory. He is the one who came up with the idea to have cops to control crimes. And there are so many examples of his great ideas that you can simply google for more.
The first step towards promoting creativity in you is the competition called, 'Speech-choir'. Our school has to take part in this competition along with other schools in Setiu district. To tell you the truth, I really have no idea what to do to ensure our school stands out from the rest. Therefore, I need students who are blessed with bodily-kinesthetic intelligence as termed by Howard Gardner, to contribute your ideas to make this a reality. Winning does not matter to me, but to be able to have all of you doing the choir-speech is enough considering the fact that this is our first participation in a competition involving non-JHEAT schools.
I really hope we all can do this together as this is one way to promote English culture in our schools.
"There is no doubt that creativity is the most important human resource of all. Without creativity, there would be no progress, and we would be forever repeating the same patterns." -Edward de Bono
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