The (Almost) Non-Existent Leave

'Ada kelas hari ni?'

'Takde. Skang students tgh cuti sem.'

'Oh. Tak payah gi kerja lah ye skang? Bestnya!'

If I get RM1 for everytime I hear this, agak2 aku lah, dah dapat kot collect RM100. Ini respon yg biasa diterima bila bercerita soal cuti sem. Tuan Puan, yg turut bercuti bila pelajar bercuti, tu namanya Guru. Itu pun sometimes kena masuk meeting or dtg sekolah ntah apa benda aktiviti kena selesaikan lagi. Lecturer, mmg nehi hey. Student ada ke takde, kami mmg kena dtg opis. 

Tapi tak dinafikanlah, time takde student ni lega sket. lega bukan sbb apa, tapi takyah berebut parking, or beratur panjang kat kafe. Haha. And also time tu still flexible sket lah. BUT..... kalo nak kata byk time free tu, ooo tidak. Masa cuti ni la kena pulun buat research, tulis paper, tulis jurnal, file patent, file copyright, (kalo dah mmg bekerja kat Research University mcm aku lg la kena gunakan masa cuti sebaiknya), siapkan report, masuk meyuarat, gi training, gi segala mak nenek  punya kursus, and even bila cuti, tu sebebanrnya undergrads je yg takde, postgrads (Master and PhD), still ada, so supervision still goes on as normal, if not dgn lebih lg sebab dah aman sket takde budak2 tecit nak kacau.

AND... walau kelas takde, preparation (course content, student-centred activities, assignments, etc..etc..) utk next sem punya kelas dah berlangsung dalam waktu cuti ni lah jgk. Sbb kami mana ada sukatan yg kena follow and teach terus from textbook, semua kena buat from scratch. So kerja mentelaah tu daripada umur 6 tahun tu still tak habis2 buat kami. Nak2 bidang IT mcm aku ni huhu... cpt nau new things come in. New programming language. New platform. New devices. Kena read up and try coding. Masa ni lah nak gilap apa yg patut. Oh, dalam cuti ni jgk budak2 gi praktikal, so sesapa yg jadi Pensyarah Pemantau Latihan Industri ni mmg kena sentiasa la pantau student punya progress kat LI. Dan, kerja2 admin yg lain berjalan mcm biasa.

Ok itulah sedikit sbyk pic diary seorg pensyarah. Mungkin ada byk lg yg aku tak listkan, tp just an intro to why aku rasa mcm sedikit 'erk' kalo org bg statement di atas. Ni bukan perihal nak compare dgn guru, No, No, No. Guru pun byk gak kerja dia, begitu juga engineer, banker, auditor, doctor apa tah lg, housewife, etc. Tapi just nak paint the picture that istilah cuti semester tu tak memberi makna apa sgt pada pensyarah.

Ok ni nak share some pics of the trainings that I took this cuti sem. Yg ni of the 'Cell Animation Workshop', about 2 weeks ago.

Yang ni plak of the 'Using Photoshop on iOS'.

Hari ni plak ada training 'iBooks'. Should be fun!

Eh mcm takde nafsu nak beraya je entry aku ni kan? My point exactly. Kerja byk tak sempat pikir raya uols!

Okay nak sambung wat course outline for a Master and PhD class that I will be co-teaching next semester. Trying to squeeze in time before training start. Go, Oyis, Go!