Taiching praktis.

Wow. How long has it been? Almost 2 months! Hehehehe. Well that's because I've been busy heaps with exams! And it just officially ended 2 days ago! :D And as of today, I have about 4 days left for TP!!! That's teaching practice by the way, if in any case you had no idea :) So yes, most of us are going to undergo TP from 17th May-22nd July. In other words, no UBD holidays (school holiday doesn't count) for us! Well maybe just a week or two in total starting this week. I just hope everything will be okay. No, not just okay, but AMAZING! I want it to be amazing :) I don't wanna talk more about my "expectations" here. Better save it for the blog journal. Yep, we (the TP & TA student-teachers) have to keep a blog journal in this blog site created by the people who are incharge of us, I suppose. So yes, in other words again, we will DEFINITELY be busy! Then again, when are we not?

My TP placement was supposed to be at SM Say. Hasan. I had been ready for it, more or less, since I found out that I was placed there, along with Rayna, Mint and Ash. But nooo, not gonna happen. They had to lastminute break the news to us.

2 students (English subject) are moved from SM Say. Hasan to SM Masin.... and wait for it, wait for it... Reg. No: ME and RAYNA!

It was a surprise indeed. Coz we were so looking forward to go to Hasan and we were ready for it and now, suddenly we have to build that readiness again, in a way. For something new. You get what I mean right? But slowly, I've started to accept it. And now I am excited again, and ofcourse slightly nervous too. Rayna and I are just glad that we still have each other though! Heheh. Coz we both knew nothing about Masin. Let alone know the way to get there! But I just found out how, so it should be okay. We're gonna check it out again before TP actually starts (in 4 more days!!). WE MUST. Nothing much to say other than that I guess. I still am tutoring. I still dance. And I still go to gym. But rarely now, due to exams. I should get back to it! I hope things will be alright and it's all about balance people. So yea, I hope that I/WE can cope with this.

WE WILL. :)

Gym started in march.

Well, atleast I've started going to the gym. :P

The gym is now where I almost always want to be at.. It's somehow some sort of a getaway place for me. It's all good.

What I do every friday.

Commitments.

I'm such a busy bee, but I like it. I like that I have something to do everyday. I used to think that it's impossible, but now I'm just trying to look at it in a positive way. I've started tutoring, I thought tutoring would take so much of my time. But when I thought about it, 1hr15mins per day taken away from me for tuition is not so bad right? I'd like to think of it as "menyinggah saja", so it doesn't really feel like a burden. Plus, I want the experience. So far it's good. I feel the need to interact with new people.

And now that I have these students in my hands, I feel the need to make sure that they succeed. It's not an easy job. After going through some of their work, sometimes I ask myself.. How? How am I gonna be able to make sure that they improve? Teaching English is so hard... It's not teaching information like when you do geography, history or biology. Those subjects have their specific contents. But with English? It's teaching skills! And Grammar is the root to everything. With bad grammar, it'll bring down the marks. So I really think it's important for the students to master Grammar. They may have brilliant ideas and be good in writing stories etc, but with bad grammar, it's such a waste. Coz grammar counts in writing. That's sad, isn't it? We as teachers just need to persevere... And don't lose faith in ourselves as well as the students. I don't think it's ever impossible for someone to improve. So insyaAllah, they will improve!

Anyway, other than tuition, I've started dancing as well with some of the friends. We've made one group, and it's fun! We're taking three types of dancing; hiphop, contemporary and salsa. It's only one day per week, so I'm totally okay with it. Aside from that,I've been busy with uni assignments as well. That's uni life, I should say. But it's great coz.. even with everything.. assignments, dancing, tuition.. I also have time for the family. And FT!! And ofcourse, friends. I guess it's all about the balance.

Alright, I have tuition to go to soon, and then dancing!

SFA!

Weekend has started!! 3 days weekend :) Week 2 of uni has ended.

It's time to relax and do our very first assignment. I am going to be antisocial starting today until february. Not really because of the assignment, but because I'm flat broke!! Hahaha. So many things are going to start in february. I gotta be ready for all of it.

Tuition.
Dance.
Gym.
Assignments.
Presentations.
More assignments.
More presentations.

I think I will be antisocial every monday-thursday, maybe except for lunch. I can already see how tired I will be! But my timetable's alright for now. I gotta do more schedule soon.

Yep. Must be SMART, FIT AND ACTIVE!! That's gotta be the new me :D

Get organized!

Finally 3 days off from uni! Week 1 of the new semester ended for me yesterday.

It's been a stressful one, trying to fix the timetable clashes and choosing the elective, coz we have to take atleast 1 SHBIE elective, plus in order to make sure we don't have less than 124 units during our final year or else, you'll have problem graduating! Scary thought. And just yesterday, I have decided which elective to take. No more stressful nights thinking of the elective or running around the hallway trying to find the lecturers :)

However, the timetable is not final yet. Still waiting for two confirmed tutorial slots. That's gonna be nextweek. My timetable is packed every tuesday and thursday :( But it's okay I guess. As long as I have my saturday free! :D And I'm gonna start tutoring probably next month! Mikinlah pack. 4 days of tutoring everyweek. Wish me luck! Then the friends and I are planning to take up dancing class lagi. I don't mind once per week I think. Coz ngalih lah :/ Uni uni! My aunt lagi bawa fitness zone ni. Waaaah. But I doubt I'll go, nada duit lah.

Heheheh. I was able to finally have my long sleep lastnight. And now, I just finished organizing the notes and trying to start using my organizer. I just used two new folders that I bought lastweek and I'm excited! Coz I love the colours! :D These 3 days should be good. It's time for me to finally set my mind straight and actually have a good start nextweek since I had a bad start for Week 1. Family dinner lastnight was good. I needed that after 4 days of craziness! And again, there will be family time later! Ohhh I love FT! :D And the food menu ofcourse. HEHEHE.

TIME TO USE MY ORGANIZERRRRRR!

Moving on to something new.

Well, results are out and my predictions were almost all correct.

Semantics & Pragmatics. -> Systemic Functional Grammar.
Systemic Functional Grammar. -> Semantics & Pragmatics.
Introduction to Professional Communication. -> Introduction to Professional Communication.
Language Course Design & Assessment. -> Language, Culture and the Classroom.
Language, Culture and the Classroom. -> Language Course Design & Assessment.

Yep. Elgar spoiled it again. But whatever. We're moving on to SHBIE this coming semester :D No more of her paper or whatsoever. 2 more semesters left and then TP! That stands for teaching practice. I wasn't excited to go back to uni but now I am. I don't know why. I think I owe a big thanks to Aspa and Ally. Heheheh. Ally for making me crazy in collecting new kain for uni and Aspa for providing the kain and also for being so attentive and informative when it comes to uni matters. :D I got my stationaries yesterday. 3 more days left and then new smester starts. I am excited in a way as long as I don't think of the assignments and presentations (for now). Hahahah. Okay.

Congratulations to all of you who passed the exams! :D

Two thousand and ten!

May it bring more happiness. May it be a better year. May it be a great year ahead! Amin. :)