Busy Sebelum Lazy

Wah, byk preparation nak kena buat kalo nak gi holiday ni, I almost forgot, aduhai. Shopping for bekal, packing, sorting out travel docs, printing out maps, tickets, accommodation address and receipts, searching for places of attractions, collect tickets kat train station, study the map of the transport links, prepare itenerary, tukar duit, masak utk bekal dlm perjalanan, dan mcm2 lg, argghhh...! Termasuk la mohon cuti utk Aisyah from her nursery. Guru besar kena sign tau, x lulus x leh cuti, mcm boss Hubs jgk hehe..

And in a minute, after Aisyah finishes her after school tea, we need to get to the surgery as soon as possible to pick up her prescriptions, and collect them at the pharmacy. Bkn apa, di UK ni susah sket nak travel with medicine, especially kalo naik flight or departure yg international, unless ada prescription Dr yg dah sign di botol ubat tersebut. Trust me, dah pernah kena, walhal ubat Paracetamol budak2 je pon, dia x bg bawa dlm handbag. With Aisyah's allergies, we need to have medication on hand, bkn dlm bagasi yg bole check-in, so nak x nak, everytime travel I need to get Dr's signature.

Yg buat lg terasa hari adalah packed adalah sbb hari ni kelas General teaching Associates Scheme (GTA) aku dah start. Huih, kelas ni dari 1st year lg aku menggeletik nak masuk, tp asyik la clash ngan shift keja aku pada masa tu. Then the last 2 sems, nama naik, tp in waiting list aje sbb demand terlalu ramai. This sem (cohort January 2012), baru nama betul2 accepted, Alhamdulillah...

GTA ni kursus utk menggarap skill pengajaran. Ye la, aku fikir2, balik nak kena mengajar jg, x sket, byk. Selama ni mengajar student main hentam keromo pakai teaching model sendiri olah hehe. So course yg terang2 free ni xde salah nya ikut. Kursus nya selama 6 minggu, dan 3 jam seminggu. Upon completion, dpt certificate. Selain introduction to teaching, kita bole proceed to the next level of the course, which is PGCAP600. Kalo lulus kursus yg additional ni, akan dpt recognition nationally and by the Higher Education Authority UK. Eh eh, mcm nak stay ngajar kat sini je bunyi nya... Bkn gitu, but kalo dpt pengiktirafan tertinggi di sini, pasti lah rugi kalo sia2 kan peluang ni (pendapat aku lah). So, let's see what it offers lah in the next few weeks.

Already aku x rasa rugi attend kelas ni, sbb td dpt jumpa org2 yg sama dgn bidang aku, yg sblm ni x kenal mengenal pon sbb lain2 research group (similar, but not the same field). Yg paling menarik ni buat modeling of the cochlear, which is kinda related to what I'm doing. Dia dah viva, so we had loads to discuss masa tgh lunch td (td they offered lunch as well after class). Lebih best lg, she will be presenting at this workshop I'm due to go in Feb, so x de la pegi menonong x kenal sapa. And since I needed participants for my performance studies, she has actually volunteered herself (sbb dia rasa nak tahu psl bidang aku lebih mendalam lg), and even offered to help dragging people from her lab to join in the study too. Aku kata tgk lah dulu, test pon x design properly lg, but if I needed her help, will definitely cari dia!

First off, 25 org yg hadir td diminta memperkenalkan diri sendiri, what you do, what's interesting about you, blah blah. Ni kira ice-breaking la kot, sbb we will work in the group for the next few sessions. Then belajar psl model2 in teaching, dan yg mana sesuai utk what situation. The third part tu masuk lab, dan belajar guna tool 'Tulip' (Teaching and Learning in Plymouth) utk upload, share and download materials utk belajar dan mengajar dlm UoP. During the 3rd session onwards, we are expected to perform a 5 minute micro-teaching each, which will be assessed on hihi.. nervous plak..

End of the session dapat mkn lunch free. So that was that. Mudah2an berkat pengambilan kelas ni. Semoga kalo esok2 mengajar anak bangsa, mengalir manfaat nya... Insya Allah...