Plagiarism

Ni nak citer pasal copy mengopy masa buat assignment. Alah kita kat Msia pun sama kes jugak kan. Mana2 pun sama laa kan. Yang bestnya kat sini, kitaorg pakai Blackboard utk detect plagiarism . Nak cakap  system ni accurate sgt tu tak de la jgk but then its really useful for us as a lecturer. 

Kanak2 unta ni akan submit softcopy kat lecturer masing2 by Blackboard through "SafeAssignment". Kat dlm program ni automatic laa system akan detect brapa % of plagiarism and kat mana sources yg diaorg ambik. Cool kan?

System Blackboard ni dah lama dah ada tapi skrg ni semua lecturers diwajibkan guna. Terpaksa laa belajar benda2 baru cam ni. But I would say, its worth learning and using this program.

Tapi kan, kanak2 unta ni pandai jgk. Diaorg ni x de la nak copy 100%. What they did.. diaorg ni ambik (copy) dr arabic website and translate laa into english. They used translator dr internet laa kot. One of the weakness of the system is bila dah translate dr Arabic - English, system x bleh nak detect plagiarism. Waduhh... ni jadi pening ni.

Tapi as a lecturer kita x bleh laa nak arapkan system jer kan? Some of the sudents tu 0% matching means x copy and paste langsung laa dr internet. Wahhh... Baguskan? Tapi.. as I told earlier, kalau dah dia dah translate memang laa jadi tak tiru. Bila baca assignment diaorg, Ya Rabbi nak pengsan!! Semua tunggang langgang. Sebabnya... translator tu laa. Direct translation jadi nyer cam tu laa kan?

Ni I dah upload some of the students assignment. Tgk tu.. wah ada yg 0%. Caya tak? Tapi tak kurangnya 90% yang matching. 10 % tu for sure laa dalam introduction and conclusion.

Yang kat bawah ni plak, see 12 % matching.. means that 12% copy dr internet or books laa kan. Yang bestnya, kita dpt tahu dari mana diaorg ni copy and paste.

Tgk tu, yang kat atas yang I bulatkan in red tu, kanak2 unta ni copy dr. source no. 1 and yang blue circle tu dr. source no.2. Cool kan?

Yang lawaknya, ada laa plak manusia kat sini cuba upload research2 paper Prof.2, Dr2... guess what, 80% matching and got even 100% matching. Apakah?

Ragam Kanak2 Unta di Minggu Presentation

Last week, kanak2 unta ni buat presentation for the whole week. Yang paling kejam ( diaorg laa cakap), minggu presentation adalah minggu last nak antar draft for their assignment. Buat presentation dulu then later the following week baru antar assignment. Bagus kan bagi masa utk students buat assignment. Ader kat Msia cam ni?

As I mentioned in my previous post, I ngajar intercultural communication this semester. Subjek yang paling best and paling interesting. Tajuk assignment dan presentation diaorg adalah sama topic iaitu, pilih satu negara Asia then compare dgn Oman in culture area. 

Seperti biasa laa before the presentation dah buat hal diaorg ni.. Suker sgt bg cikgu korang ni naik darah, before nak buat presentation hingga laa abis buat presentation. Antaranya adalah:

• Ada lagi yang x tahu Asian countries. Yemen laa, Egypt laa... suker ati korang jerr.. main hentam jer laa. 
• Ada plak 3-4 group x bleh buat presentation sb nak kena pegi college lain for extra curriculum. Bleh?
• Group for the first day, dtg mintak permission nak tukar to the last day sebab need more time to prepare.
• Dah bagitahu x bleh datang class after buat presentation sb nak balik kampung. Apakah???

Yang bestnya bila diaorg ni bila present diaorg nyerr culture, kemain lagi pro.. tapi bila nak present culture lain, mula laa baca jerr kat paper tu. Macam biasa laa Miss Nur kan suka minus mark... so ramai laa menghafal takut Miss Nur yang bakhil ni potong markah. Tahu takut!!

Antara benda2 yang buat Miss Nur terkezut masa presentation adalah:

• Tak ku sangka yang pendiam tu,tetiba jer bila buat presentation mak oii siap berlakon2. Wah.. ada bakat terpendam rupanya.
• Segala baju, pedang, brg kemas keluarga diaorg ni bawak utk buat presentation.I plak yg takut.. iyer laa siap bawak senapang2 tu...
• Students2 yang slalu berlakon utk college tetiba jer bila present x reti nak berlakon laa plak. Terus kaku.... baca notes dr mula ke akhir. Tunjuk laa skit talent yg ada tu kan?
• Ada plak yg buat presentation cara2 nak memasak makanan Oman dan jugak Chinese food. Ellloooo... korang ingat ni persembahan masak memasak ker?
• Yang x brapa pandai cakap English tu tetiba jerr fluent.. wah, cam mana tu? Sure korang menghafal ni...

Ada jugak 3-4 groups choose Msian culture. Haaa... ni memang carik nahas. Dah tahu tak tahu, bukannya nak tanya. Then bila tunjuk gamba2 kluar laaa Msian celebrates Gawai day. Then Msian pakai baju macam orang Iban. Aduhai... suker korang jerrr kan? Tergelak I dibuatnya... suker2 unta korang jer kan?

After diaorg ni present, I terus laa bagi comment. Ada yg bagus dan ada yang perlu diperbaiki. Mmmm... macam biasa laa diorg ni bukannya nak dgt comment I.. lagi nak menjawab ada laa. Mana x naik darah Miss Nur ni. 

Bila puji.. "good", "well-done"... still lagi after class tanya lagi. " Very good Miss?"... dah comment good tu kiranya good laa tu kan? Tak puas ati.. nak "very good" jgk. Sabor jer laa.

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Tamat laa minggu lepas dgn presentation...blom lagi bagi mark. Tunggu laa byk lagi citer yg lebih menarik selepas bagi mark.

Kerenah Kanak-Kanak Unta di Minggu Mid-Term Exam

Dah lama sangat x citer pasal kanak2 unta kat sini kan? Bukannya x de citer tapi tak berkesempatan nak berblogging dua tiga menjak ni. Seriously banyak citer2, ada yang bleh tercabut gigi palsu, ada yang menaikkan darah dan ada jugak yang bleh membuatkan kita rasa heran dan anda akan berkata .... APAKAH?????

Kita citer satu persatu okey. Tak tahu laa nak mula kat mana ni... Citer2 ni berkisarkan last week masa buat Mid-Term Exam. This semester I lecture 5 groups with diff. majors tapi same subject which is Intercultural Comm. Dlm byk2 subject, this subject is consider the most interesting subject sb banyak laa example2 dan citer yang I suka kongsi kat students. Then diaorg ni mula laa telopong jerr dengar...

So because of 5 groups, bila nak buat exam, nak combine semua skali dalam satu masa amat laa sukar skali. Why? Coz these students got diff. hours and diff. major and diff. timetable. Then satu lagi, tak nak laa menyusahkan lecturers lain utk jaga my exam. So what I did was, I buat mid-term exam masa 2 hours in their classes. Senang abis citer. Yang susah skit nyer I laaa.. I need to make 5 diff. question papers.

Buat pengetahuan anda diluar sana, kanak2 unta kat sini punyer culture adalah bawak "toyol" semasa exam. Biasa laa kanak2 unta lelaki laa slalu buat hal. Kat Msia pun ada jgk tp x seteruk kat sini. Kat sini bila dah kena tangkap bawak "toyol" tu bukannya diaorg ni segan, lagi laa nak cakap heboh kat semua kawan2 diaorg. Konon-kononnya proud laa tu kena tangkap. Then dtg lagi jumpa lecturers mintak maaf then minta nak repeat paper lagi. Kat Msia ader??

Okey, so one week before exam as lecturer yg budiman... I bagi laa area2 utk study sb 7 Chapters yang akan masuk. Not only area, ader laa jgk betul2 soalan. Tapi majority kanak2 unta kat sini x dpt nak menangkap. Kat Msia ader lecturer nak bagi tips betul2 sejibik2 soalan yg akan kluar?? Jangan harap laa kan..

Back to the subject..  Ni laa kerenah kanak2 unta di musim mid term exam:

• First day of the mid-term exam : one of the boys x bwk pen nak buat mid-term. Bleh? Datang exam berlenggang lenggok tanpa pen and other stationary?. Then I bagi pinjam pen. Abis exam bila mintak balik pen I, dia baling jer. Apakah? Dimanakah manner nyer? Ohh amat laa nak pengsan lepas tu.. tak ku sangka dibuatnya ku seperti itu. An hour after mid-term, he came to my room and apologized. Still ku ingat sampai skrg!! Reasonnya: dia pun x tahu naper dia buat cam tu. BLEH??

•  Tangkap one boy duk meniru. Notes kat dlm jubah putih.. kertas putih. Jangan nak mengaburi mata ku yg belum kabur ni. Bila nak ambik notes tu terus di twistkan my fingers. Bleh? I mengelak.. and walked away. Dlm ati, abis laa engkau ... terus2 dpt BIG 0.

•  One of the ladies called me, ingatkan nak tanya soalan x paham ker apa? All the sudden nangis sb x bleh nak jawab one of the questions given. Ya Rabbi!!.. Tolong laa korang!!!!

• In other class with other group of students, one of the boy kena tangkap meniru gak. Bila suruh bagi notes siap angkat kedua tangan ckp " Waallahi Miss, I didnt cheat". Tapi malangnya kat 2 tapak tangan penuh dgn notes. Rasa nak ku lempang jerr kuat2.

• Two of the boys ni, kawan baik laa dua orang ni mmg slalu ditangkap meniru, so apa lagi I duk tunggu laa diaorg masuk class for their mid-term. Sorang duk belakang and sorang duk betul2 depan wall. Once start the exam, I ternampak kat wall depan dia tu tulis 4-5 definition of the words. Wooo... semuanya ada kat dlm exam tu.. Yang sorang lagi plak, rilex jer, bila dah pegi dekat... mmmm.. rupanya kat meja penuh dgn dua chapters yang kluar dlm exam. Apakah korang!!!!

•  Sorang budak laki ni plak mintak 10 min extra before mula exam sb nak baca. I bagi laa peluang utk baca lagi kan. (punya laa baik, tak penah ku buat benda cam ni kat Msia). Bila dah start exam, dak sampai 5 minutes terus hantar kertas then kluar. Just tulis nama jer? Ya Rabbi lagi... mengucap panjang I tau. Sbbnya semua soalan dah bagi... still x bleh nak jwb.

• Ni lagi sorang kanak2 unta lelaki laa selalu byk buat hal. Duk dlm exam for almost 1 hour, exam was 2 hours. Then datang kat I cakap nak repeat exam sb x bleh nak jawab. Alasannya, last week dia tak sempat nak baca sb kakak dia kawin. Wahhh.. mengalahkan dia plak yg kawin. Padahal dah bagi semua material nak kena study for last 3 week ago. 

Banyak laa lagi karenah2 kanak2 unta ni yang membuatkan I ilang kawalan dan darah ni asyik tahap maximum jer slalu. Yang kat atas ni during mid-term exam. Jom kita tgk after bagi markah plak yer tuan2 dan puan2 skalian:

• "Miss, I want to repeat the exam. You give me very bad mark". ( I plak yg dipersalahkan, bukannya dia nak salahkan diri dia). 

•  " I answered everything but you are so bakhil!!" ( dah biasa laa student panggil I cam tu sb suka minus mark)

•  " The exam was so easy Miss but I was so bz, I got no time to study, please Miss I need to repeat the exam"

• " Miss, please help me Miss... Last semester my result was very bad and my CGPA was so low, if you didnt help me I will be out of the college next semester" 

• " I told you I cannot attend the exam but you said if I didnt come you will give me 0, so I come and I cannot answer the question. Give me chance to do it again Miss".

 

See.. ni diantaranya bukannya semua lagi ni. Dah tak larat dah nak type byk2. Cam mano nak handle ni haaa? Cubo cakap???

 

Semua kat atas ni adalah benda2 yang biasa laa berlaku kat sini. Tu laa kesabaran amat diperlukan sangat bila mengajar kanak2 unta ni. Duk bebel2, bising2 x jadi. Diaorng ni kena dipujuk, dicakap baik2 baru laaa nak dengar. Tu pun ada jugak yang cakap berpuluh2 kali pun x paham2 jugak. Sabar... Sabar Miss Nur weeiiii. 

Unbelievable right? Tapi itu laa reality yang I dgn kawan2 yang lain alami. Serik? Tak tahan? Itu semua tak timbul dah sb dah lali dah dgn attitude diaorg ni. Lagipun dah 2 thn lebih kat sini dah faham benar dah dgn culture diaorg ni. Bebel tetap bebel, marah tetap marah but of course ada limitnya. Tanpa kawan2 I and I kat sini, diaorg nii tak dapat capai pada tahap sekarang ni. 

Alhamdulillah, from the first year I taught them till now diaorg ni ada yang dah 2 yrs and ada plak yg final yr, dah nampak banyak perubahan. Tak semua yg attitude cam yg I citer kat atas ni. Yang bagus tu ada laa jugak, x dinafikan.

Bila nampak diaorang ni berubah from semester to another semester, I will be the most happiest person. What huge responsibilities that I have here in order to make sure these people be a better person. 

May Alllah bless me with this huge work.... Ameeen... 

BoDeK/ RaSuAH...

Kanak2 unta kat sini memang suker bodek membodek lecturernya bila nak dekat final exam. Bagus laaa kan? Idea kamu2 semua mmg bagus... tapi awas, itu taktik lama yaa sb lecturer ini sudah tahu apa kah agenda kamu2 semua..

Well, this semester jer dpt macam2. Tapi before trima tu mesti laa ckp, ini rasuah atau tidak, if rasuah, sorry yer... I do not accept!! In a way diorg ni baik hati tp kekadang tu nak pembalasan. Bleh? Sangat laa x baik kanak2 unta sekalian.


Pemberian Pertama

Dari: Pelajar yang kuajar semester ini and dah 3rd time ajar

Pemberian: Frame ( ayat2 Quran)

Sebab: isteri dia yang beriya suruh bg (betul ke ni?)

Status Pelajar: kononnya sudah berkawin, sssshhh... "Miss, dont tell people plz. My wife say salam to you". Amat laaa lemah dlm pembelajaran. Yang malangnya dah 3 semester in a row I ajar dia. Budak ni x serik2 lagi ambik class I tau even I bagi grade yg teruk.

Keadaan: Pelajar ni suker sgt dtg2 mengadap I kat bilik and slalunya pepagi buta lagi. Alasan yang sama diberikan, kena naikkan markah sb dia last chance dah this semester, if not mmg college will kick him out. (tragik)

My feedback: Aksi tolak menolak hadiah tu sb I tak nak okey. Yang I tak bleh lagi nak menolak bila dia ckp this is from his wife not from him, dont make his wife sad. Bleh?


Pemberian Kedua

Dari: Pelajar yang kuajar semester ni jugak but first time ajar

Pemberian: Gelang ( 2 lagi you..)

Sebab: Mak dia suruh bagi, bleh? Dia citer kat mak dia yg dia ader lecturer yg baik ati dan muda. Mak dia pegi Mekah bwk balik gelang and suruh bagi kat I. Wow... cam tu skali!! Terkelu kejap!!

Status Pelajar: Pelajar ni consider average level. Tak de laa bagus sgt, tak de laa teruk sgt. Tapi kalau buat presentation, deboom... cair budak2 pompuan. Tang mana cair, I dont know!!

Keadaan: So far budak ni x penah la mintak markah kan? tp kan.. cikgu yg risau tau, takut ader udang disebalik batu. Kalau betul mak yg suruh kasi x pe laa kan.

My feedback: Gunakan mak sebagai alasan utk I trima... oooooooohh tidak!!! Dah laa ckp mak yg kirim ni. Susah nak tolak oooo!!!

Pemberian Ketiga

Dari: Pelajar yang I ajar previous semester

Pemberian: Halwa ( manisan Oman)

Sebab: "You didnt teach me this semester, I miss you so much and Im thinking to give you Halwa". ( Gitu plak?)

Status Pelajar: Pelajar ni pun x de laa pandai sgt, tp yang I tahu dulu he got a good result. Can see he was hardworking. Tak tahu laa skrg kan, tu previous semester.

Keadaan: Slalu jgk dtg my room, tanya2 soalan. Yelah, mana laa tahu kot2 dpt soalan bocor kan? Hehhehe... bijak, bijak kan?

My feedback: no.. no.. I didnt eat halwa, so much. Ambik kau, bagi satu bekas. Sapa nak makan, I alone okey? Nak jer bertahun baru abis kan. Untuk tidak mengecewakan dia, ambik laa jgk then agih-agihkan kat my colleague.

Pemberian Keempat

Dari: Pelajar I ajar dah 2 semester ni

Pemberian: Ikan ( seekor ikan yang sgt besar dan fresh)

Sebab: Pakcik dia ader factory ikan and bila balik kampung ingatkan I, thats y laa bagi ikan utk I. ( Bleh?, I never said I like fish that much, puhhh....)

Status Pelajar: Average student. Slalu gak x datang class especially ari rabu sb balik kampung. Bagus punyer alasan then on saturday bawak ikan ambik ati cikgu. Bagus kan? But so far x penah laa begging for the mark. Thank God!!

Keadaan: Slalu dtg my room, gelak2.. apa kerr lawak pun x tahu. Yang paling best, x serik2 ambik class I even dapat low mark. I guess he got no choice right?

My feedback: Siap antar kat rumah yg dah dipotong2. Sapa nak makan ikan ni, masak seminggu x sekali. So, i masak ikan tu jadikan ikan sweet sour and fishball, call pelajar tu then bagi dia balik. Sound great right? Bertuah tau, kalau dapat makan masakan lecturer. Korang penah? I pun x penah :(

Rasuah x rasuah, bodek x bodek... mintak maaf yer kanak2 unta. Tak de nyer korang bagi pemberian2 cam gini, I nak naikkan markah lebih2. Sorry yerr... kan dah ckp tadi "Mafi rasuah okey"...

Itu laa tuan2 dan puan2 sekalian. Kanak2 unta ni pandai ambik hati dgn bagi pemberian2 cam gini kan. Kat Msia ader? Korang penah dpt rasuah/ bodek cam ni?

FiNaL ExAm FeVeR

Masa : 5:59pm ( of course la time Oman)

Tempat: Dlm bilik, laptop kat atas iron board (bleh) - sb kat area ni jer internet connection "good"

Status: Idung yang tersumbat2, kepala pening2

Cuaca: Sejuk tp ditahap yg bleh diterima oleh suhu badan

Final exam started last week. Like previous semester, beside marking students' papers we need to invigilate the exam. Invigilating the exam is the most 'exciting' moment. Yeah right, adakah?? Imagine, 2 jam duk dlm classroom ke hulu ke hilir.. Boring yang teramat. Hello... kat sini amatlah strict skali. Masa invigilate mana bleh nak selak2 newpaper, nak buat2 keje lain. Rules beb!!

This semester I got 2 subjects and one of the subject got 2 groups ( 50 ++ students) and another subjects I got 7 groups (140++ students). Yang malangnya nasibku ini, both of the subjects are on wednesday. Meaning that during the weekend, x bleh nak bersuka ria. Bersengkang mata mengadap paper. The worst part is yang 140++ students tu is the last paper and I got 72 hours to finish with the marking. Apakah semua ini!!!

Last weekend dgn berkobar2nya marking papers kanak2 unta ni. Alhamdulillah, Im done by now. Start dgn one group, the next day terus rasa nak demam. Apa nyer tidak, dgn tulisan sorang2 nak terkluar biji2 mata ni. Seriously... really make me sick!!

I was so happy after they finished their exam. Most of them cakap easy paper, sure can score. Yelah tu!! Confident tahap maxima, bila baca jawapan langsung terpesong.. Cam mana nak bagi markah ni??

You people make me sick and now I got my fever!!

Oman National Day

HAPPY 39th NATIONAL DAY OMAN!!

Being a Malaysian who are living in Oman, Im so proud of living here. I gain and experienced so many things. Good, bad, weird and sort of things. When Im here I feel Im like Omani. Hahhaha.. ade yg kena buang Msia ckp cam ni. Tak de laa, I mean I do learn a lot of their cultures, their people, attitude and behaviour. Always told my students in the class that Im Omani coz of some of the things I know better than them. Bleh??

Yang peliknya, even tdy is their national day but we were at the college this morning. No holiday people!! Apakah ini??

Well, not yet holiday.The best part is even the national day is today but the holiday will be anytime next week or another week after. Adakah itu pelik??

Amat laa pelik skali. Tapi saya amat suker skali!! Kenapa? Sbbnya dia akan gabungkan cuti raya dgn cuti national day!! Suker.. suker. Tq..tq Sultan Qaboos.

Ari ni my students ramai laa yg lelakinya pakai "masar" ( macam serban tu laa kat kepala yg dibelit2 diputar2) warna ijau and merah. Tu kan warna flag diaorg. Yang pompuan plak, still wajib pakai black abaya tapi tudung berwarna merah, blink2 manik merah. Amat laa bersemangat skali kan?

Apa2 pun till now still kitaorg x tahu cuti nyer bila. Boleh cam tu? Kat Oman ni semuanya boleh, Yang mustahil pun jd "stahil"? kitaorg kat sini akan tahu cuti2 am slalunya 2.. 3 days before. Adalah sukar utk buat planning yg awal. Tunggu laa bila Sultan Qaboss declare holiday. Suker ati korang laa janji cuti nyer lama.

Pelajar2 saya amat laa berdedikasi skali, sbb dah inform sy yg minggu depan start monday diaorg x akan dtg class. Amat laa bagus skali sbb diaorg akan bz buat preparation utk raya. Apakah ni semua alasan kanak2 unta!!

Sy x kira, kalau pelajar2 sy bleh tinggalkan sy kat class sorang2, sy pun akan cabut jgk pada hari berkenaan. Sy pun nak bersuka ria dgn family sy yg x lama lagi akan tiba disini. Ssssshhh.... korang ckp x nak dtg class right kanak2 unta? Deep inside, Alhamdulillah... itulah kata2 Ms Nur. Bleh laa ku bersuka ria bersama keluargaku nanti. Hehehhe....

Clock is clicking... counting days, minutes for them to arrive here. Cant wait!!

To lil bro' : how i wish you can be here with us, really miss u

To sis: how i wish you can be here too bebeh.. im sorry these people are leaving you alone for Raya :(( but down worry, will be back to meet u soon.

Wow !!!

I received an email of this "The first shop of its kind in Saudi Arabia". Im laughing to the floor when Im looking at the pictures. Adakah?? So laaa lawak kan?

I dont think its happened in Oman. Omani people are good people. My students? Yeah, the saw and knew better than I am.

As I always tell my students, we cannot judge people especially you people with Dishdasha and Abaya. You never know... culturally or religion?

I watched one programme in Dubai TV last week, one Emirati lady didnt cover her head and she mentioned to the viewers, many Emirati are wearing "Shela"/ tudung is only coz of their culture. So shocked!!

When I asked my students here, they still think covering their head is part of the religion and not coz of culture. Alhamdulillah... :))

Like watching a movie

How I wish my students can focus and concentrate like this when they are listening to my lectures

Confession from a student. Student?

Mmmm... look at the tittle, confession? Ssssshhhhhh.... come closer bebeh. Rahsia dibongkarkan!!! Jeng.. Jeng.. Jeng...

Its nearly 2 yrs Im lecturing here. In the end of december, genap laa 2 thn duk kat sini. Time goes so fast. Rasa mcm dah bertahun2 lamanya. Seriously, I feel Im here more than 5 years.

Since Im here, kanak2 unta ni suka dtg berkongsi pendapat, idea dan tak kurang mencurahkan perasaan. Of course not into me ( ada.. bab ni kita sambung ckp in the next post) but they did confessed some of their feeling towards ladies/men. Surprisingly right? With their conservative culture, susah diaorg ni nak luahkan perasaan towards each other. Nak cakap laki pompuan pun jarang, tgk face to face pun x bleh, apa tah lagi nak cakap and confess to each other.

So Ms Nur laa pilihan diaorg... Ms Nur laa jadi org tgh.. Ms Nur laa jd pos lady. Ms Nur laaa jg org perantaraan. With FOC. Bleh??

I do not have any exact answer why they choose me. I think, most probably these are the reasons:

1. Ms Nur dianggap muda ( muda ker?) compare lecturer2 lain kat college ni. Most of them dah berumur laa. Kononnya i ni lebih kurang kakak2 mereka laa. Thanks to my height!! At least they think Im still young!! I am still ppl.. not yet 30 okey!!
2. Ms Nur suker gelak2... kononnya x penah serious. Ambik kau skali mengamuk, terus kluar class x mengajar. Baru nak merayu " sorry Ms..soryy Ms"
   
3. Ms Nur nampak bleh dipercayai... bleh ker? ( of course laa, will keep the secret of the ppl sbb dia pun mmg secretive type of lady.... shhhh)
4. Ms Nur memahami masalah2 remaja ni especially bab2 cintan ( ya ker?) suka ati korang jer kan? Mentang2 laaa I ajar interpersonal comm & intercultural comm. - masalah cinta dia pun x abis chapter lagi ****** ( wink..wink..wink)
   

So this semester start August lepas, dah 5..6 org dah datang berubat. Ader yg berabaya dan ada yg berdishasha. Disebabkan diaorg ni pakai abaya for ladies and dishasha for mens, so I suka laa panggil diaorg dgn nama ni. Tu trend Ms Nur kat dlm class okey!!

The latest confession was this afternoon. Tak senang I nak buat keje masa x de class. Tapi bila free ajer bleh buat confession okey.. bila I bz sgt2.. sorry ladies and gentlemen, next session plz.

One of the dishasha, dtg malu2 segan silu ckp laa pasal dia minat sgt kat abaya ni. Abaya ni satu class dgn dia. Sopan dan santun, ayu dan jelita skali. Dishdasha ni kiranya one of my good student, x kisah laa kan sbb bdk ni rajin and pandai skit so kiranya x pe laa nak minat2 kat Abaya. Bleh? Bagus punya lecturer. So I layan laa dia duk citer.. x bleh tido laa, asyik duk ingat Abaya ni laa.. cam mana nak buat laa.. Perlu dia ckp ker? dia duk pening berserabut takut Abaya ni dah ada tunang laa.. Macam2 laaa

Lepas session mendengar, I pun kononnya bagi laa advise. Chewahh... bagusnya lecturer ni. Kononnya banyak sgt pengalaman bercinta. Ye laa tu... then dia pun puas hati, dah berjanji akan mendengar segala nasihat I. Wahh... bagusnya budak ni kan?

Actually, I kesian kan budak2 ni tau. Tak de tempat diaorg nak luahkan. Kalau ckp kat kwn2 dia, for sure satu kampung akan tahu. Tu yg ckp kat Ms Nur. Ms Nur nak ckp kat siapa kan?

Well, part yg paling I suka skali. Bila diaorg ni dah buat confession. I jadikan example kat dlm class. Of course laa nama dirahsiakan. Siapa yg makan cili, dia laa yg terasa pedas kan? Kejam ker Ms Nur? Tak laa... so yg lain bleh ambik iktibar...

Confess, confess jgk.. ambik kau ader yg terconfess kat Ms Nur.. aaaa.. ni citer lagi gempak. Nanti laaa I ada masa I update dgn citer2 lain yg lagi hebat!! X sabar laa tu... Sabar laaaa. I lagi laa byk bersabar ni dgn kerenah2 kanak2 unta kat sini.. lagi laa sabar dgn internet connection kat sini and super duber slow...

Okes... Will catch you later babes!!

Imagine...,

If you are a lecturer, try to imagine this: ( ni udah di translate ke bahasa jiwa bangsa)


Situasi 1

Pelajar: Puan, sy nak markah mid-term saya.

Pensyarah: Naper? Saya belum siap marking lg.

Pelajar: Naper? Puan malas yer? Teruk laa Puan ni...

Pensyarah: Durhaka punya pelajar!!!!


Situasi 2

Pelajar: Puan, bleh sy tahu brapa kali sy dah tak dtg class?

Pesnyarah: Mmmm... kenapa? ( dlm ati- adakah studentsku, jarang jer nampak budak ni?)

Pelajar: Mungkin ptg ni saya tak pegi class puan kot.

Pensyarah: kenapa?

Pelajar: Saya dah lama tak balik kampung. Sy rindukan keluarga sy.

Pesnyarah: &(^$$##^*_&%#@#$%


Situasi 3

Pelajar: Pagi Puan, Puan sihat?

Pensyarah: Pagi, Alhamdulillah sy sihat. Awak sihat?

Pelajar: Sy x brapa sihat. Saya pening sb ada banyak masalah. Puan... assignment sy belum antar lagi sb sy banyak masalah ni.

Pensyarah: Baik punye alasan!!!


Situasi 4

Pensyarah: Awak nampak lain ari ni.. mmmmm

Pelajar: Naper Puan? Ari minggu, sy pegi potong rambut. Okey ker Puan?

Pensyarah: Ok, nampak lagi handsome.

Pelajar: Ya ker Puan? Puan suka? Malu laaa saya

Pensyarah: Suka kau laa labu...


Situasi 5

Pelajar: Puan, ni assignment sy. Sy tahu dah lewat sehari ni, tp saya dah siap lama dah cuma saya sajer jerr hantar lambat.

Pensyarah: Tak pe.. tak pe.. jgn risau yer. Sehari lewat, 2 markah sy potong.

Pelajar: Puan ni, kenapa kedekut sangat. Kita kan Muslim, kena laa tolong menolong.

Pensyarah: Sukerrrrrrrr kau jerr yerr!!!



Semua situasi diatas adalah kisah benar. Tiada sedikit pun rekaan... cuma bahasanya sahaja di translate ke bahasa jiwa bangsa. Semua situasi ni dah ditranslate sbbnya lebih ummmph bila dibaca. Setiap kali siatuasi ni berlaku, saya bersama2 rakan sebilik akan melakonkan semula gelagat2 pelajar2 ni ke bahasa jiwa bangsa. Then bersama2 kitaorg gelak sbb memang pelajar kita kat Msia x akan buat semua ni. Tu laaa... mana nak dpt experience yg luar biasa ni kan. Engkau ado?

Terkejut? mmmm... itu laa kanak2 unta kat sini.

Tak pasal2, jiwa dan hati yg tenang bleh dpt heart attack!!! Mintak jauh...

Dalam duk sakit jiwa melayan macam2 kerenah kanak2 unta ni, still I remembered words from one of my ex-colleague. He said, " Diaorg tu innocent, they do not know what are they saying. They are honest people and they are also our entertainment. Without us, they are no where"

He's right!!! Patient Ms Nur.. be patient. Insyaallah, berkat kesabaran dan ilmu yg dicurahkan kepada kanak2 unta ni dimanfaatkan utk masa depan diaorg. Amin...


Status: Bz yg teramat!! Need to check the assignment; 7 groups of students ( blom start dah rasa penat, pening yg teramat)

One Week Before Eid

Apa yg tak dijangka, hari ni iaitu ari Sabtu, kanak2 unta sudah x datang class.

Bayangkan, ari ni diaorang dah start x de class. If on tuesday or wednesday tu kira bleh ditrima lagi, ni Saturday. Apa nak jd dgn korang ni wahai anak2 untaku?

Pepagi ni ada class at 8.00 am. Hanya 4 orang jer yg datang, tu pun just to write their name. Bagus.. amat la bagus skali!!!

Then class at 11.00 am. Lagi bagus sbb hanya seorang jer duk tunggu nak tulis nama for the attendance.

Ohhhhhhhhhhhh... tidak kanak2 unta are killing me. Cuba laa cakap awal2 x nak datang. At least lecturer pun bleh book tiket balik Msia and cabut awal2.

Ikutkan nak tukar tarikh balik, a day earlier fr the original date but still havent confirm. Masalah betul... part student dah ok, part tiket plak yg x ok. Dugaan... dugaan...

Cuba laa kat Msia, bleh buat cam ni? Sesuka ati jer ambik holiday for a week before raya?

Tadi ada laa 5..6 orang students datang kat bilik

" Miss, we cannot come today to your class, we want to go back to the village"

" Miss, Eid Mubarak.. see u after Eid. No absent plz Miss"

" Miss, sorry cannot come to the class this week. We are very bz preparing for our Eid".

Poning.. poning!! Really poning!!!

Akhir kata, suka ati korang laa. Suruh datang pun korang declare holiday sdiri.

P/s: Praying hard for the ticket , so that can go back home early.

NeW SeMeSTeR

After i did my summer semester here, felt so exhausted!! With the heat and ofo course the attitude of kanak2 unta during the summer course. Alhamdulillah, got at least 2 weeks to go back to Msia. Such a short time... one week got sick (fever, cough, flu and NOT influenza) and one week to go out for eating out, shopping, dating, etc

New semester began on the 1st Ramadhan. As expected, in the first week kanak2 unta came to the college only to register their new subjects and not to the class. But for us, lecturers need to go to the class for 15 min and if no students then we can leave the class.

As always, lecturer yg slalu berkobar2 nak pegi class. Di malam hari, dah bz iron baju and study preparing for the lectures. Tp for 1 and 2 week, jgn harap laa ada students datang.

Till now, the 3rd week of semester yg datang x sampai 1/2 of the class. Its really not worth it!! Tunggu laa this saturday, a week before Eid for sure kanak2 unta ni x datang class. Kononnya bz balik kampung and nak prepare utk Raya. Macam laa kat Msia, x de bas nak balik kg. Padahal kg2 diaorg ni hanyalah 2..3 jam dr college. Sangat laa x patut!!!

Many of the private colleges and universities here closed and will begin the semester after Eid. All of the schools are closed too. Reasonnya H1N1... Been praying so hard, hope the college is also close unfortunately till now x de apa pun. If not bleh jgk balik berpuasa lama skit di Msia. Hampa... amat menghampakan!!


Again, this semester memang pening and of course so many problems arise:

• students timetable is clash with our timetable
• new staff didnt come yet, and we need to take some of their classes
• Ramadhan time, all lectures 4-6 are cancel. Nice!!! - all the classes end at 2 ( bagusnya kan kat sini) kat Msia ader cam tu? so yg mana ader class 4-6 sepanjang Ramadhan lepak jerr laa kat rumah. You are lucky people!!!
• 1 hour class become 45 min only.
• Class back to back : exhausted!! even 45 min/ class - 4 hours in a row. Sengsara!!

Even byk problem arise di bulan Ramadhan ni, ader jgk advantage nyerr pd lecturer:

• paling lewat blk umah kul 3, tu pun sbb ader meeting
• balik rumah: after zohor adalah masa utk beristirehat
  
• iftar kul 6.30. kul 6 sempat lg nak masak- masak ker? Well, mkn jerr laa apa yg patut.
  
• solat terawih: kul 8 dah beres!!
  

Some of the students came to my room:

Students:

" Miss, we missed u so much"
" Miss, why u didnt teach us this semester? We need you Ms".
" Miss, you were in my dream. Really love u Miss"

Wah? biar betul kanak2 unta ini.. sesuka ati jer cakap mcm tu. Most of them are boys. Oooooooo... adakah mereke mengerti apa yg mereka ungkapkan?

" Miss, why I got D in your subject? You hate me?"
" Miss, thank you.. thank you.. love you. I got B-"
" Mafi Adil Miss.. why I got F? I answered everything Miss"

Tak kurangnya, ada yg memuji dan ada yg membenci. Aduhai kanak2 unta sekalian, "kulu anta anti make me sudah" - really make me headache.

Di zaman skrg ni, bukannya students takut lecturer tp lecturer takut students. Apakah???
Lecturer plak yg berpeluh2 nak menjawab persoalan2 memang x bleh dijawab. Even dijawab pun memang diaorg ni x bleh trima. So how???

Ignored!!!! Susah.. amat laa susah nak ignore and of course cant run away from these problems.

At last, say these words "Allah Kareem"... case closed!!

KeReNaH KaNaK-KaNaK UNTa Di MuSiM PaNaS

Summer semester this year adalah kat Sur, where I am lecturing right now. Thats why la, this year sanggup x balik Msia bercuti selama 2 bulan semata-mata nak experience summer course kat sini. Before decide nak lecture summer course ni, dah dengar macam2 dah dr lecturers yg mengajar sebelum2 ni. Punya laa cabaran dan dugaan yang sangat besar. Wahhh, takut bunyinya. But still, I wanna take a risk. Dah laa kepanasan di musim summer ni di tahap yg sangat2 panas (goes up to 50 C and even more), then dgn kerenah2 kanak2 unta ni lagi.

As mentioned before, we have 5 colleges of applied sciences around Oman and semua yg nak buat summer course kena la datang ke Sur coz communication subjects only offer in Sur. So datang laa semua kanak2 unta ni dr semua tempat and yang kebanyakkan yang enrol for the summer course were those yang repeat the subject ( sbb fail), yang nak improve CGPA ( sbb ramai yg below 2) and x kurang jugak yg belum lagi ambik subject ni ( usually paper yg susah2 tunggu buat summer course). Naper? Sbb mentality diaorg ni ambik summer course, their grade will be better and they can easily pass. Ohhhh tidak dengan Ms Nur yerr, wahai habibi and habibthi. Hehhehehe... Sangkaan anda semua amat tidak tepat skali. Kesian diaorg ni amatlah malang skali sbb Ms Nur megajar di musim ini. Hahahha...

For the first few weeks, Masya Allah, kanak2 unta ni memang well behaved tau. Bila duk lecture, semua telopong jer duk dgr. Wah khusyuk skali. I plak rasa tersentuh. Faham ke tak faham ker blakang kira laa kan. Yang penting concentration tu... Nak ikutkan kalau normal class x de sebagus ni kan. So cakap2 org before this, cabaran dan dugaan summer course x de laa seteruk yang I gambarkan.

Summer course is only 8 weeks including a week for the final exam. The first week of the course, kanak2 ini dah x datang sbb culture diaorg ni first week mmg x blajar so x yah laa dtg. Lecturer jer yg rajin2 pegi kelas. After all, its just 6 weeks of lectures jer. Nak abiskan syllabus 14-15 chapters. Dashyat kan? Well, Insyaallah x jadi masalah sbbnya they will seeing me 6 hours/ week. Ambik kau, ader yg termuntah2 tgk muka Ms Nur. (tu laa sapa suruh ambik Summer course?)

After 4-5 weeks, kanak2 unta ni dah mula laa tunjuk kerenah diaorg. Banyak laaa diantaranya... jeng.. jeng.. jeng

• Sorang student ni x datang class for 2 lectures, meaning that dah 4 jam miss kan? Attendance adalah penting okey, sbb 10% ni laa yg I bagi zakat and sedekah kat diaorg. So bila dia datang dia cakap la, yg dia x datang sbb " my grandfather's friend died". Bleh? Apa kena mengena dgn dia kan? Ya Allah, nak marah pun bertukar jd nak gelak. Sbbnya kat sini kalau absent jer for sure alasan yg sama either ader kematiaan or ader accident. Cam mana tu nak caya kan? Kalau ader surat x pe, Ms Nur trima okey. Ikut rules laa kan...

• Sorang ni plak, bagus tau bila I lectures khusyuk betul. Focus jerr, tp dia slalu duk kat blkg tp I kat depan nampak bagus jer budak ni. One day tu I rasa nak jln2 jer pegi blkg tu kan tgk budak ni salin x notes, I berdiri kat depan cam duk menulis smtg jer, bila pegi kat tempat dia kalut2 dia tutupkan buku dia. Mula laa Ms Nur suspicious kan? So adegan tarik menarik buku bermula la selama a few seconds. Nak tahu apa budak ni tulis, jeng.. jeng.. jeng. Dia melukis wajahku!!!! Ohhhhhhhhhh.... tidak, x de keje lain kerr korang ni nak buat. Nak marah pun jadi nak gelak. Sabor jer la kan!!

• Yang sorang ni plak, budak bedu (beduwin), dia ni slalu duk depan2 meja I. Bagus laa kan cam nak blajar jer. I duk perhatikan budak ni dah 2..3 minggu lepas lagi. Mata dia memang focus pada I masa lecture, tapi tangan dia kejap2 duk menggaru tangan, kaki, muka. Jap2 duk korek telinga, yang paling I dah x bleh tahan. Mengorek idung.Elloooooooooooooo... amboi2 syoknya mengorek kapal korek ni!!! Mula2 tu I x kisahlah kan sbb may be dia gatal2 kot, kita pun penah cam tu kan? But yg ni, every class cam ni and bab kapal korek ni laa yg I x tahan. Sbb dia syok sgt mengorek sampai kepala didongakkan ke atas and mata pun tertutup skit. Wahhh... bayangkan betapa syoknya dia!! Ingatkan syok dgr lecture I, rupa2nya duk mengorek kapal korek. Ya Allah, sabor jer laaa kan. Again nak marah pun jadi nak gelak.

Ms Nur: Ahmed, whats wrong with u? Are u ok? Can u just relax urself? ( cee...ceee.. lecturer pun kena cover line)

Kapal korek: Why Miss? ( sesambil duk korek gigi plak dgn mencungkil)

Ms Nur: What are u doing? ( menjerit kuat sgt, ader yg terkejut masa tu)

Kapal korek: No Miss, water here is very bad!! ( terus terpelanting mencungkil gigi tu sbb dah kena jerkah)

Ms Nur: Okey guys, take 5 min. ( mengucap panjang sambil tergelak2).

Ya Allah x tahan betul dgn kerenah2 kanak2 unta ni tau. Macam2, tp at least ader jugak daily dose of entertainment kan?

Bila musim2 nak mid-term or final exam, lagi la banyak kerenah. A week or 2-3 days before the exam, mula laa diaorg ni datang bagi barang2. Skrang ni ramai yg datang bagi kurma dan mangga ( sbb musimnya). Amboi.. amboi, taktik ni dah lama dah Ms Nur tahu, cuba laa ubah taktik kan? Usually before I accept it, will tell them first that they need to give it sincerely not coz of the marks. Diaorg ni ingat, Ms Nur ni trima rasuah buah-buahan? Pas tu mula laa gelabah bila kita cakap cam tu.

"No, no.. plz dont say that Miss. But if you want to give good marks, Alhamdulillah." -- Bleh?

Tu laa tuan2 dan puan2 skalian, diantara kerenah kanak2 unta disini. Banyakkan laa bersabar Ms Nur :)) ( sambil urut dada)

Mmmmmm....

Hot ( got sunburn : SF15 sunblock doesnt work at all) + Exhausted (make me lazy to do work) + Thirsty (carrying mineral bottle everywhere) = All in one

Hot --> Hope my family will recognize me when Im back home. ( ader yg x pasal2 x mengaku anak ni, Ohh ibu dan bapaku trima laa hakikat kalau anakmu ni sudah kegelapan)

Exhausted --> Thank God, summer class goes well but still lazy to do work. Very lucky to have good students and great subjects.

Thirsty --> Definitely!! How I wish I can have ABC here. Pure thick juices are good enough for me.



Words fr the people around me:

• "This is the first time you bring a bottle of water to the class". ( 2 hours class tu, for sure x tahan kedahagaan)
• " MasyaAllah Miss, you look different when you are wearing sunglass". ( Eleh-eleh indirect betul, cuba laa cakap direct to ampang point jerr- tergoda laa tu :)) menyampah)
• " What? got sunburn? Alhamdulillah, dapat diskaun skit utk hantaran!! " Hahahhah, laughing to the floor!! ( Sangat laa tidak baik, hanya mencari alasan semata2, menci, menci)
• "Tak nampak you minum air pun, x dahaga ker? If you x dahaga, smtg wrong with u laa." ( suka2 sahaja ckp I x dahaga, padahal berbotol2 dah abis tau)
• " Why miss, you always zaklan (angry)?" Buat lagi I hot, dah laa kat luar hot x kena gaya dalaman pun hot and burning tau!! - sapa suruh dtg mintak markah di tgh2 kepanasan ni!!
  

DRaMa CoMPeTiTioN

Drama competition was held last week at the my college. It was Arabic Drama, tapi disebabkan dapat invitation for the opening ceremony, maka attend la jugak. Kat sini kan biasanya apa2 jer event or activity suker sgt buat malam tau after Maghrib prayer. Tau-tau jer la bila dah balik rumah, amat la malas skali nak kluar. Tapi kalau dah wajib terpaksa la datang jgk.

My students keep coming last week sbb pujuk I attend drama ni. Tak kuasa tau nak melayan sbb dah x paham sbb in Arabic, pas tu buat malam2 buta plak kan. Usually, for the opening ceremony of the event diaorg ni mulakan dgn bacaan Quran dan diikuti dgn tarian dan nyanyi traditional diaorg. Yang ni 'wajib' ada.

Penari2 mestilah students2 lelaki (pompuan x bleh okey: HARAM). Diaorg ni akan pakai "Khanja" kat pinggang. Khanja tu senjata traditional Oman macam pisau. Then akan pegang tongkat dgn pedang. Pas tu gelek2, goyang2 sesambil baling2 benda alah tu laa. Macam tu laa lebih kurangnya. Muzik traditional Oman ni best tau, bila dengar jer sure terasa nak gelek2 sama tau

Tu siap dengan gendang2 lagi tu. Bila dah pakai Khanja kat pinggang, terus Dishdasha terangkat, seksi tu

Students2 ni bila dah menari2, lecturers kat sebelah pun dah x peduli dah. Syok kemain !!

Marah tau Khanja tu. Nak bawak balik Msia pun takut, nanti tak pasal2 ader yg kena tahan kat airport

Tongkat tu pun benda yg wajib dibawak utk ke majlis rasmi kat sini. But only for a man. Like my dad last time, beli byk2 kat sini bg souvenir kat Msia. Berebut orang2 kat masjid tu. Amboi2 pakcik, ingat murah ker tongkat tu. Berebut2 macam goreng pisang panas plak!! Hehehhehe

Then bila abis jer menari2, ada la plak 2..4 orang akan bawak "halwa" ni . Ni pun kiranya makanan traditional diaorg jgk. Mahal tau, satu dulang besar tu nak nyer 40-50 rial. Rasa 'halwa' ni manis sangat then rasa rempah2

Bawak jer dulang ni then cubit lah cikit2. Senang kan diaorg ni, main pakai cubit2 pakai tangan jer. Pas tu siap bawak tisu kotak lagi. Hhhahahah.. lawak laaa

Cubit2, jilat2, lap2 kat tisu. Senang kan x yah nak beli sudu, garpu, pinggan, mangkuk. Sempoi betui pak2 Oman

Sehingga menjilat jari diaorang ni makan tau. Memang suker bebonar diaorang ni makan "halwa"

Lepas makan2 halwa ni, round ke-2 diaorang ni bawak cawan kopi yang x de gula. Cawan tu ader 2 jer pas tu share2 la. Ohhh tidak, I akan tunggu diaorg bagi air mineral or jus. Then layan laa drama kanak2 unta ni till 11pm. Tengok jer laa, buat2 paham. Kan Arabic, ader laa words yg tahu skit2 kan. Best jugak buat paham2 sdiri ni. Hehehhe

Students2 ni kalau bab2 activity cam ni kemain aktif lagi, cuba bab2 blajar? Nak terkluar anak tekak lecturer mengajar tau. Itu bukannya complain tau, itu adalah dugaan kan?

Kena optimistic di musim2 Summer ni. Dah laa weather macam dlm oven, kalau x sabar ader yang krusi meja melayang nanti kang! Tul tak?

SeLaMaT HaRi GuRu

Assalamualaikum Warahmatullah!

Cikgu Nik,

Selamat hari guru saya ucapkan kepada cikgu yang sudah menjadi pensyarah. Saya harap cikgu tak lupa murid yang cikgu ajar di MKM PJ kelas english. Saya seronok belajar dengan cikgu dan akan ingat sampai bila-bila. Terima kasih banyak-banyak cikgu Nik. Wassalam.

Assalamulaikum Warahmatullah, my English teacher

Thank you very-very much for you. Actuallly I am still your student ever and forever. I was commited attending course at MKM until now. Next course is 1 st June till 5 June. Last one on much this year , 5 days also. Your class is the best and enjoy. No word to say but lasting in mind.... I am so sorry if my grammer is wrong but I should try and try my best. Wassalam

I was touched after reading these emails from my ex- participants at MKM. How sweet they are right? Ader jugak yg masih ingat even saya udah jauh diperantauan. Alhamdulillah..

Ingat lagi, participants yang attend English Comm kat MKM dulu, majoritinya dah berumur termasuk laa the senders of those emails. Even diaorg ni dah berumur, tapi sanggup lagi datang berkursus sbb nak improve English. Bagus tul kan? Sweet jer kat email dia .. Sweet bukan sbb pujian2 but then appreciation. They knew that Im in Oman right now and what surprised me was after almost 2 years I left MKM but still diaorg ni ingat lagi kan. How lovely they are right? How I missed those days in MKM :(

Itu la namanya kenikmatan, keseronokkan dan kepuasan apabila ilmu yang dicurahkan digunapakai dan diingati sampai bila-bila. Till this moment, Im so grateful to be " pendidik", "cikgu", "teacher", "lecturer", "Ms Nik", "Ms Nur", "Mualimah" , "Doctora" .. Yang bunyinya pelik2 tu, for sure laa kanak2 unta kat sini laa yang panggil.

Ni nak citer ni... naper errr saya suker sgt panggil students kat sini kanak2 unta. Please dont misunderstood me, Im not trying to insult them, not at all. I do love them all. Kononnya nama manja laa sbb I kan dah kat bumi padang pasir yg dimana2 ajer nampak unta. So kanak2 unta tu cam best jer kan?

Like my students in MKM previous, I called them "kanak2 ribena". Y? coz mereka adalah kanak2 riang yang akan jd lebih aktif setelah meminum ribena. Do you agree "kanak-kanak ribena"? Hehhehe

National Day Celebration

National Day celebration held at the college last week in the evening. It went pretty well with the attendance of some VIPs including the Wali (person who is in charge of Sur) , Ministry people, Police, etc. That was the first time for me to attend the event organized by the college. Previously, there were some events but I never attend. Ntah laa ... apa ker jadah this time I wanted to go.. may be coz of my students keep coming to my room and persuade me to come I guess ;))

The event started at 7.30pm with the arrival of VIPs guests. Followed by recite of Holy Quran. Then the event continued with the first performance from disable people sang a song in Arabic. It was a sad song with emotional feeling...

Those were kids singing and dancing with their traditional song. Look at them.. They were wearing their traditional clothes too.. ( I guess the college invited them to performance, definitely they are not my students )

Those were outsiders too. They were singing and dancing their traditional song. Nice song ... They make me moved my body too..

That was like a musical drama... look at the "dukun" who was wearing the mask. So scary.. I guess there was the story behind this.. Never had a chance to ask my students..

Some of my students performed this. They were dancing with the sword. It looks real..Some of them are so talented. So proud of them ;))

Mid Term Exam...

This week Im giving Mid Term Exam to my students. Im doing pretty slow this semester... I mean my students are dragging me slow beside with so many holiday around ( Eid, National Day Eid Adha, etc..) Imagine we have 15 Chapters in less than 10 weeks. How to finish up all of them? Mustahil right??

I can try my best to speed up my lectures but students keep complaining then ... they can catch up will the lectures. Nanti Miss Nur jugak yang dipersalahkan?

Ni nak citer pasal students Sem 1 yang buat I slalu buat I "Ogras". Guess what this afternoon, I gave them Mid Term Exam. A day before some students came asked me to postpone the exam coz the having another exam today. Im sorry students, I cant allow u.. No more!! Too much !!

So nak citernya today... Im being extraordinary nice to them. Al maklum laa sbb diaorg nak exam kan. I did warning them, I will help them in my marking. They just need to answer that sincerely and the best the can. No "SYaitan".. No "JiN" allowed. I even scared them .. If they look at their friend's answer, Insyaallah.. they will get blind and If they are talking to each other, Insyaallah, they will be deaf. Dashyat tak statement tu? Hahhahaha... Of course I need to scared them.. if not, mula laa buat perangai "keuntaannya"

Well, the exam went well for 15 minutes. They were so obedient and really concentrate answering the questions. Later then 20 min, I caught 2 students cheating. Both of them brought small notes and put it under the question paper. So smart right?? What then... i took their papers and "masalama" (goodbye). They shocked coz they didnt expect I knew what they were doing!!

Guess what, i noticed myself always have some kind of instinct every time Im invigilate the exam. I can 'smell' those who are cheating and who have intention to cheat. If Im your invigilator, nasib laa kan... x de chance laa nak meniru.

What shocking me most was, within 30 minutes I caught more than 1/2 of the students in the class cheating. Bleh?? I was so mad, upset.. ( zaklan, hazin). Ya Allah, Tuhan jerr yang tahu perasaan ku ini.. It took me almost a day to think and create the questions to suit them. Pilih perkataan yg senang2 utk diaorg faham .. But What I got? Puhh....

Some of them put the small notes on their laps... kertas putih, jubah ( dishdash) putih.. ingat I x nampak ker? Ya ampun kanak2 unta ni... tolong laa!!! Ada plak yg letak notes dlm lengan jubah diaorg..

What make me really mad was the deny they didnt cheat and the swear "Wallahi, I didnt cheat Miss" "WALLAHI" tu.. diaorg ni actually bermasalah betul tau. Bersumpah2 dengan nama Allah ni main2 jer... teruk betul!!

Bila fikirkan balik... its going to be easier for me coz most of them will get zero and I dont need to spend more time in marking but in other hand how can I fail most of my students in the class??

They really give me big headache. I reminded them several times, this mid term is going to be their last chance to improve their mark but still they never take it seriously.

Last 2 weeks ago, I did presentation with them and it turned out only 7 students present. The others were giving me excuses not prepared and need more time.

Hello people... im sorry, no more chance for you guys!! "Asif.. Ana Takban" ( Sorry, Im tired!!)

The question paper

Intro. to comm




Look at these.. So annoyed me!!

Ogras...

Ogras means headache. Memang headache pun. Since the semester starts till now Im so headache. With the classes and with the students' attitude. They drive me crazy all the time.

Ni nak citer pasal minggu lepas. This semester I lectures three different classes ( Intro to Comm, Interpersonal Comm. & Theory of Media Comm) and 3 diff semester ( 1,3,5). Alhamdulillah, so far my interpersonal classes are doing great. Subjectnya amat ku suka and students2 nya pun sama. I taught this 3 semesters students before and 99% of students dah kenal. So we are getting closer right now. I know their attitude and they also know my style of teaching. It become easier for me to handle these people.

Well, talking about 5 semester students, they are pretty good too. These student I ajar Theory of Media. Yang ni bermasalah nya adalah subject. Amat laa membosankan.. Really, lecturer pun baca notes ngantuk apa ntah lagi students2 ku yang kurang memahami isi kandungan subject ini. Elllooooo.... its theory !! What do u expect right?? The name of the subject also is sound so bored!! What more the content. I cant blame my students .. its hard to understand, very long info. for each chapters. Disebabkan kesian dan kasihku terhadap students2 ku ini, I take an initiatives to make notes for them. I make notes so called "mind-mapping notes". Bagus punya lecturer kan? Ader u all punya lecturer cam ni?? Dulu Miss Nik ader buat cam tu ker kat students dia?? Hahah.... Miss Nik x buat cam tu sbb dulu students2 budak cam kanak2 unta kat sini. Miss Nur kat sini terpaksa carik jalan utk bagi tarikan students2 paham dan ingat membaca. Well, the students in this class are easy too handle even this is my first time teaching them. Most of my students semuanya dah besar2 and mature2 blaka.

Satu lagi subject ialah subject Intro to Comm, semester 1 students. Aaaa... intro, subjectnya amat laa senang. Less preparation coz this is only at my finger tips. TETAPI...TETAPI.. BUT..BUT.. class ni laa yang slalu I mengucap panjang. Dalam class ni, ader benda yangku lakukan hanya dikelas ni and tidak di mana2 kelas lain...

• mengucap panjang. Astarafirullahal azim ( more than 5 times in each class)
  
• membebel cam mak nenek ( i guess better than mak nenek)
• tenung kat students lama2 ( slalunya kat students yg buat salah)
  
• leave the class before time
• hazin ( sad+ mad)

This class semuanya boys and they really drive me crazy. I guess this is the most craziest class I have ever taught!! What make me crazy are:

• they are talking never stop like a fish market ( more than that I believed)
• they never understand what I want
• never answer my questions
• not even bring notes, books or pen to the class
• came to class like watching me a movie star
• duk kat krusi pun berpeluk tubuh dgn lectures
• never care whats happening to the class
• etc..ect...ect ( x tertype..so and so many)

Well, I feel exhausted and really sad after this class. All the time since at the beginning of the semester. I will be kind to my students if they behave well and I will become devil if they are not. Really... coz of one group students make "dajal" in class. I just really cant stand them.

Its pity to those who want to study and listen to my lectures. Ada laa dalam 7 orang out of 25 yg betul2 nak blajar. The others suka main2.. x larat laa.. seriously since Im getting older I feel I cant stand with this kind of thing anymore.

Well, told you earlier.. since I was here Im very patient. Extremely patient with everything. Alahmdulillah laa kan compared when I was in Malaysia.. x penah sabar and x penyabar pun. Really, I need to admit that... but not here.

Tapi kan.. kesabaran ku dah tahap maksimum... tu yg terus meletup cam bom. Ogras!! Ogras!!

Last week, I gave a paper to each of these students and ask them to write something that they wanted to tell me. Its like a personal letter from them to me. They can write their problems to me and I promise with them I will never get angry in what they are going to write to me. Will be happy to change anything if Im wrong.

What I got... puhh.. amat laaa tidak ku menduka sama skali. These are some of the papers written by them:

Each of students wrote something... ada yg faham ada yg I x paham...

Look at this.. dia ckp I never smile.. Cam mana nak smile kalau dah asyik duk bengang jerr memanjang bila masuk class ni.

Tetiba jer x paham topic "barrier in comm." sbbnya after writing this I want to do quiz for them on that topic. Bijak2...

Adakah anda faham bahasa apakah yg digunakan oleh studentku ini?? Spelling.. Ya Rabbi.. masalah utama diaorg. Zeinas tu means bagus.. siut jerr kan.. suka2 dia jer nak tulis campur2.. Bengong tul kan!!!

Tengok yang ni best teacher in my life tu.. Dashyat kan.. Yang paling bestnya, ayat yg last skali.. "Please help me in marks"... tu laaa statement yg setiap pelajar wajib ckp kat lecturernya..Blajarnya malas, asyik nak suruh tolong jer memanjang.. bleh??

Ni yang salah sorang yg nak belajar...

Kononnya dia memahami laa kawan2 dia punya perangai and rasa simpati atas apa yg terjadi ;((

Ni yang paling best.. bila plak laa I cakap kat diaorg yang i dah kawin and one more sejak bila laa Im from china?? Ohh tidak... ogras!!!

Dengan kata lainnya amatlah ku sakit jiwa dgn kanak2 unta ni. Ni baru dapat satu class... cuba 7..8 class. I guess I need to stop lecturing here and go back to Malaysia. Please.. really pray no more students like them for the next semester.

Busy Week...

My class is already started this week. Feel so hectic and exhausted!!. Even my hours of lecturing is lesser than last semester ( 3 hours less) but still more preparation need to do. Last semester there was only one subject with 7 different groups and this semester, I got three subjects with three different semesters. Year one, Intro to Communication which is okey. Year two, Interpersonal Communication which is my interest and area and Year 3, Theories Of Mass Media which is not so okey. I dont like theory subject.. thats for sure!! But then I have too.. no choice.

Like previously, need a lot more preparation as here the lecturer MUST study more than students. I laa tu.. bukannya apa.. I need satisfaction of my lectures. When my students understood my lectures that is my satisfaction. It really a tough job for me to make them understand but Im slowly trying my best to use variety of teaching methods.

If you know me before.. I mean in giving lectures. Im the kind of person who like to give so many face expressions to my students. Thats me bebeh!!! Whether you like it or not you have to face it.

Coz of the new subjects and areas, everynite after terawih for sure I need to be like a student. Menelaah pelajaran.. Sometimes need to sleep till 2 coz of the long chapters. Ni semata2 utk students2 ku.. simplify the long notes, do mind mapping, giving handout etc. Still spoon feeding them.. even I hate and dont want to do that. But I still need to consider these coz of the level is so low.

I never regret choosing this line. Lecturing is my soul ( dashyat statement ni).. but I need to admit that I really enjoy what I am doing now.

This how it looks like when a lecturer like me is preparing lectures to their students

Ras Al Jinz

Percubaan utk tgk turtle dah masuk 3 kali dah ni... akhirnya last two nite ago I dapat laa tgk turtle.

Tu pun duk janji2 dgn my student nak pegi akhirnya sempat laa jgk pegi. 2 kete delegasi bertolak dari Sur ke Ras Al Jinz utk melihat turtle sesambil nak buat bbq kat sana.

Janji pegi sana at 4.30 and duk menunggu studentku itu sampai laa kul 5 x jgk kunjung tiba.Rupanya dia lewat sbb duk prepare barang2 nak berbbq. Yang lecturers ni pun satu hal semua benda harapanya dia. He prepared sotong, daging and ikan and all the equipments needed for bbq. Kesian laa plak budak ni..

Yang paling bestnya sbb pegi dgn one msian family from Sohar dgn anak2 dia yg comel domel itu. Lagi ramai lagi laa meriah suasana kan??

Ingat tak dulu my previous post, kitaorg pegi Ras Al Hut tapi x jumpa pun turtle ..yang kitaorg jumpa hanya laa bayang2 nyerr. Second time pegi mlm dgn this msian family gak tapi lewat sgt..penyu dah balik ke laut utk tido. So this time kononnya well planned laa...pegi awal2 skit supaya x terlepas kan..

Sampai sana dlm kul 6 lebih and terus solat maghrib and after that kanak2 unta ni pun ready2 prepare utk berbbq. Cucuk2 daging, sotong and ikan kan stick.. yang lawak nyaa..pompuan2 melayu terakhir ader 3 orang tau including me ( akak seperjalanan ku & akak fr Sohar) tapi kan semuanya x brapa mahir utk menyucuk nyucuk kan benda alah itu. Hahahhahah... Buat malu sahaja kan.. so proses cucuk menyucuk tu bertukar tangan dgn my student and kawan dia.

Diaorg ni suka buat keje satu persatu tau.. lepas cucuk mencucuk then baru nak nyalakan bara utk bbq. Kalau kita kat Msia sure buat benda2 ni sesambil kan. And another good thing is diaorgn ni akan bakar dulu semua benda and bila semua benda siap dibbq baru laa semuanya makan sesama. Kalau kita tuan2 dan puan2 sekalian cam mana errrr? Tentu laa sesambil bakar sesambil makan kan? kan? kan? Amat laa x sesuai skali kan! pas tu yang tukang bakar tu x sempat laa nak makan kan..

Masa makan tu dah nak kul 9.30 pm and masa tu gak laa time utk diaorg tunjuk penyu2. Actually, kat sini tiap2 malam ader pengunjung dtg tgk penyu. Laku tu..cam goreng pisang panas. Masuk jerr dah kena bayar RO1 for adult and 100 biase for children. Okey laa kan.

Kalut sungguh, time duk mkn tu diaorg dah start dah buat explaination pasal penyu2. Rules and Regulations.. and one of the rules is bleh pakai camera tapi x leh pakai flash. Faham? Faham cikgu...

Green turtle

Turtle lays eggs

Turtle is leaving

One Omani guy called Renjer yang explained kat semua pasal2 turtle ni in dwi bahasa. Mula2 bahasa Arab diaorg and then bahasa orang putis. Ni nak mengumpat pasal Renjer ni skit... gilerr tusss.. Renjer ni ckp slang abis.. kalah orang blajar kat oversea.. "the turtleeeee...lays eggs here" Intonasi, nahu, tatabahasa.. amat ku terpegun skali!! Hahahha..

Tahu tak, satu insiden yang I x suka berlaku okey!! My friend tu kan baru beli camera and x sempat lagi laa nak explore2 cara2 nak guna kan. So bila dia duk tangkap2 gamba penyu tu x nampak laa plak so dgn gatalnya I ambik laa camera tu nak try2. Skali terkluar laa flash.. ambik kau!!! Terus renjer tu dtg and rampas camera kwnku itu.. amat laa jahat skali okey!! I x sengaja laa .. bengong tul!! Bengang jerr akak itu setelah cameranya dirampas sbb I. Dashyat kan.. mmg laa I tahu x leh guna flash but then I nak try jerr laa.. terflash laa plak?? Salah i kerr? X sukerrrrrrr tau..Tapi at the end of the sessi melihat penyu2 tu dia kasi laa balik.

Banyak siut penyu2 kat situ...besar2 plak tu. Terasa jakun diriku ini.Amat laa jakun skali. Masa kiraorg pegi tu ader 2 groups ( 1 group Italiano and 1 group Malaysiano). Dia explain satu2 laa...jalan pun nak kena buat satu line..ntah apa2 laa renjer tu. Ikut jer laa labu..dah tempat dia..dia kan boss.. amat laa kerek skali renjer itu tuan2 dan puan2 skalian.

Dapat laa tengok penyu yg mengeluarkan telur, penyu dah selesai mengeluarkan telur, anak2 penyu pulang ke laut dan penyu baru nak naik ke darat. Banyak wehh.. pusat penyu laa kat situ..serious!! Bulan plak terang dipagar bintang... x perlu lampu suluh.. yg guna pun hanya laa renjer sahaja.

Semuanya selesai lebih kurang kul 11 and balik semula kat tempat bbq and simpan2 and kemas2 segala peralatan utk balik ke rumah. Sampai kat umah dlm kul 1 jgk laa and after proses kemas mengemas and cuci mencuci peralatan terus kulena dibuai mimpi ( x mimpi pun). Jaga2 the next morning idung ku yg kurang mancung ni tersumbat and badan ku lesu x bermaya. Tu laa... jalan lagi memalam buta.. berembun okey!! Tu yang jadi cam ni kan... Rasanya nak berjalan lagi di malam2 buta.