Bkn la teman ni taksub bebenor ngan ceciter citer Hantu Kak Limah Balik Rumah tu (altho sgt lawak!), tp mandangkan teman ni ngejor deadline, makanya teman masok yg bakor2 aje le siang hari td. Senang, bakor dlm oven then tinggal. Leh teman siapkan slides teman nih. Menu: Chips, Sosej Ayam, Mushroom & Tomato Omelette, Ayam Bakar Mayonis :) 
... ialah membaca buku dgn Aisyah sblm tido... (what did u think, haaaa?)
Mesti bacakan si Aisyah ni brg sebuku dua sblm tido. Kalo ada kesempatan, aku ngelat sambil2 tu baca novel aku jgk, sambil bacakan buku dia tu haha. Apa bole buat, dah jd mak ni, kena pandai2 la squeeze masa nak baca novel, kalo x mmg jgn harap la akan ada masa dah... Tp itu pon at any one time, maksimum nya dpt la baca 3,4 helai je. Tu pon kalo dpt la. Usually, cik mek molek tu will fight me over the book, like this (kes jeles perhatian x sepenuhnya kat buku dia hehe).
Wah, sudahnya Aisyah baca Jodi Picoult nya karya ye? Tp kalo nak feeling betul kena bgn pg2 on a Sunday morning dan baca skali rap baru keno molek lah. Tp slalu nya baca sedikit2 lama2 jd bukit punya kes la. A 400-page book yg dulu nya baca skali hadap je skang ni leh tarik seminggu dua minggu baru tamat wassalamu, aduhaiii... Even reading is luxury I can't quite afford now! Lps dah 15-30 minit baca buku ngan dia baru la lights off. Nite2!
Budak yg tgh suka ngaji Alif Ba Ta dan suka suruh Mummy dia ngaji sbb dia nk belek2 'An' (Quran). Semoga kerajinan dan minat tu kekal sampai besar ye sayang..
There's always something nice about young kids waking up in the morning; their sweet sour smell of 'air liur basi', the way their hair go wild from a good nite's sleep and their enthusiasm to face the day. Byk morning jgk Aisyah wakes up declaring 'I Love Morning!'. Makes me think that maybe pada dia itu adalah equalvalent kepada membaca Doa Bgn Tidur kpd Allah, yg kita kdg2 as adult lupa nak offer, dek bgn katil terus pikir seribu mcm benda nak kena buat hari tu.
Children can be the best teachers. Their innocence is a constant reminder of how this life is so beautiful, and precious.
So everyone and including myself, lps ini wake up lah dgn lebih riang ria dan ceria, serta ready to face the day, full on!
You've got to get up every morning with determination if you're going to go to bed with satisfaction. -- George Horace Lorimer
Last Friday gi tgk Final Year Students (degree BSc) kat Faculty of Technology ni present their project. Sebenanrnya nak pegi tgk2 dan usha2 how it's done here, and how different is it from the ones yg my institution does in Malaysia...
1) I must say I am very, very impressed with the level shown, actually sampai tahap malu kat diri sendiri pon ada gak sbb I don't think I can come up with the same stuff. The work presented here, although prototypical, mmg working la, so it's not just system, it's hardware jgk. I guess that would help them, bcoz this pameran is actually open to public, and potential employers i.e. people from the industry, were also there to look at the stuff. Terbayang2 budak undergrad where I taught dulu2 tu, alahai, a handful je projek betul2 siap. Lain2 semua x jalan. Ada yg ckp motherboard terbakar la, link x jalan la, need two more weeks la, hang la, mcm2.
2) Jelas plak terbyg passion dlm kerja masing2 kat sini. They know very well about the things that they did. And it being presented dlm big hall gitu, mcm ala2 research expo plak. Altho baru aje undergrad level, diorg dah print poster size A0 utk explain summary of their project. And when asked, masing2 bole jawab dgn konfiden. Kenapa ye students kita masih ramai yg fail bab communication and confidence bila berdepan dgn public? Age is not an issue, sbb I think depa ni pon awal 20-an.
3) Pemakaian pon smart2, mcm nak jual produk betul2 plak. Dulu ada skali di Msia, my student ini dtg present in jeans and T-shirt. OMG rasa nak hampuk kepala dia and bg F- aje.
4) Aku tgk ada sorg je pompuan dlm keseluruhan tahun ni. I guess jurang gender dlm bidang science and technology ni masih luas di UK, whereas di Msia aku rasa kalo Sains Komputer tu ratio dia lebih kurg ajo.
5) Lps borak2 dgn ada student ni, aku dpt tahu projek di sini dijalankan for one term (Sem 5). Final sem nanti (sem 6), baru tulis dissertation. Pada aku, bagus jgk buat gini, sbb students dpt fokus betul2 dkt projek for one term, and bkn lah juggling projek plus writing, spt mana amalan at where I used to teach. Tu yg projek siap ala kadar, writing pon tunggang langgang. So at least kalo stretched over 2 sems, by the end of sem 5 mmg confirm complete dah projek dia, and then when sem 6 comes, they can get on with writing, which is ENTIRELY a different set of skills than developing the thing itself.
6) The whole event is big. Ada reception, registration, aku yg jalan2 bodo2 pon dapat badge nama, ada refreshments to all yg hadir, it's open to everyone, and everyone soal menyoal ramah tamah. This is very good I suppose, sbb it will force students utk make sure by hook or by crook system dia jalan jgk. Kalo setakat dpn supervisor, mcm2 students tu bole kencing kan. Even kalo ada moderator/examiner pon kdg2 bole lg dia senyum2 mcm kerang busuk sbb kantoi. Satu lg, when it opens to all, it forces SV to eye the students' progress like a hawk sbb it partly reflects on them too. Kalo mmg konfem system x siap a few days before pameran, mmg x payah la nak luluskan budak tu lg. Here's your F-, see you next sem, good day aje lah.
Ok that's all komen aku. Bkn nak condemn pelajar2 kita, tp tgh brainstorm mcm mana nak improve certain areas. Apa salahnya belajar drpd pengalaman org lain kan?
