Friday 31 July 2009

Mengapa ye?

Jalan-jalan mencari makan, malam tadi kami terserempak dengan aktiviti jual-menjual barangan or they simply call 'expo jualan' as written on the banners e'where kat arena square. Actually we were looking for satay stall 'cos the satay stall nearby sudah kehabisan sataynye.

Okay, it's not the satay that really matters ( apapun satay memang sold out tadi) What matters most ialah di keramaian ekspo tu, faces yang boleh dilihat ialah kaum-kaum ku sahaja. Yang lain tidak kelihatan. Eh, ramai juga dan boleh tahan bilangan pengunjung. Mengapa ye, whenever there is this kind of ekspo muka lain tak kelihatan?.

Di samping aktiviti jual-menjual yang sempat diperhati ialah aktiviti atas stage.Ooooh , ada pertandingan karaoke irama 60an. Aduhai, terdengar seorang kakak ( or perhaps makcik) yang kemain berlagu. It's already final round, no wonder people are crowding the area. You see when it comes to pertandingan as such tidak ada muka orang lain, muka kaum ku juga. Seronok sangat mereka berhibur. Agaknya , itule yang dicari mereka , hibur dan berhibur. Mungkin menyimpan angan-angan untuk jadi bintang dan bernasib baik boleh jadi kaya?.

Tengok saja kalau ada pertandingan entah apa-apa anjuran TV kerajaan mahupun swasta, kaum mana yang paling ramai, kaum ku juga. Bagaimana ye, minda mereka berfikir? Instant money?, instant fame?, instant wealth?...dan berbagai instant lagi..... Mmmmm... hari-hari hiburan yang disogokkan oleh media.. inilah akibatnya.... Kesian,kesian.


p/s: Bukan orang lain yang merosakkan bangsanya, tetapi bangsanya sendiri juga.....

Wednesday 29 July 2009

ISA?? oopps bukan ..... ISO.

ISA anyone? Nope. Well, it's not ISA that I'm going to talk about. It's ISO. For the past few weeks auditees as well as non-auditees worked very hard to meet the requirements of that Ikut Suka Orang dos and don'ts.

Haiyah! Really sickening lorr. As part of the team, I really find that it takes most of your time preparing the requirements and needs. Well, my part ( the file that I look after isn't that bad - lucky me :P ) but others memang kesian. Heaps of files. Goodness, gracious! Imagine to have a simple panitia meeting, you need to have a calling letter which must be signed by all members ( not ordinary letter bur specific kind of forms) , should you have previous panitia meeting, the minutes must be distributed 2 weeks earlier and again there must be some kind of proof( kena sign surat lain pulak). There must also be borang cadangan, borang laporan borang terima itu ini etc. Haiyah, if anything missing siap the auditors will start calling you.

Sound good ey? Ada ketelusan ye ? tapi apa kejadahnya when it involves a lot of papers and so time consuming. I thought bila hidup dalam zaman IT ni it means paperless ( or IT tu ikut terlintas aje - sori Hj I quote ) yet it's the other way round . Heaps of papers and files and we are moving backwards. Kalau kumpul semua file tu perhaps kalau tak sampai ke bulan pun mungkin dah boleh sampai Haadyai.

And today, the 'love to hate' guests were here to see that everything is complied. The report wasn't that bad after all even tho' there were a few tegurans.Whatever it is it seems that we have to live with it until ........ donno, time will tell.


ps: Yang pelik apa hal pulak ada meeting tergempar in the midst of everything? Then during process search and rescue ada someone MIA lagi. Kemana?

Monday 27 July 2009

Pot Luck Day


Wow! Hari ni kami ber 'pot luck' lagi. Our wing prepared the desserts ( ada pelbagai.... yummy belaka ) while the northern wing prepared the main dish. Someone cooked the rice kat pantry. Jangan tak percaya. We passed the hat around last week and managed to buy ourselves a rice cooker..... big enough to cater for our family here. That is something I like about our community here which I believe hard to find anywhere else.

Macam-macammm adaaa. Dari sambal belacan, tempoyak masak dan ulam-ulaman, ke bubur jangung dan kacang campur durian. Yang menarik 'mini kek coklat' hasil Yazid si pelatih. ramai dah bertanya resepi termasuk Cik N kita. Huh! hebat jejaka ni. Masih kosong bolehlah intai-intai kalau tak segan.

Ni, fasal ada pulak orang tak sayang mulut dia. Siap tegur yours truly lagi.... personal sangat tu. Ey, ini kali kedua aku nak menyaman mulut dia. It was really unexpected. Boleh lah komen tapi berpada-pada .... Tak payah le menyebuk fasal my ' fizikal' lagi. Eeeeeee. geramnya , cili kasi taruk baru tau.

Saturday 25 July 2009

Tazkirah semalam

Semalam tazkirah pagi Jumaat sempena peristiwa Isra' wal Mi'raj diadakan. Penceramah jemputan bukan orang asing bagi yours truly kerana beliau juga adalah tenaga pengajar kelas malam yang diikuti. Namun, baru kali ini dilihat wajahnya dari dekat. Sungguh bersih sekali dan sesuailah dengan gelaran serta ilmu yang dimilikinya. Beliau juga merupakan imam di qariahnya.

Inti tazkirahnya ialah kewajipan menunaikan solat iaitu perintah yang diterima oleh Rasulullah saw sendiri di langit sana dan bukan seperti perintah solat yang diterima oleh Nabi Musa di bumi. ( Ada beza tu ) Peringatannya bagaimana Nabi melihat seksaan bagi orang-orang yang melengahkan solat begitu berat sekali dan jika solat itu ditinggalkan betapa pulalah azabnya.

Ingatan Ustaz pula kepada wanita, Nabi melihat begitu ramai penghuni neraka terdiri dari orang perempuan yang menerima seksaan, maka pesannya jagalah aurat dan maruah. Jadilah muslimah .

Dan seketika tadi tertonton sebentar rancangan di TV apa entah , ada ibu dan anak perempuannya terkinja menari, ada bapa dan anak lelakinya terjerit-jerit menyanyi. Aduhai, apakah yang mereka cari ? Tidakkah mereka mendapat pengajaran dari peristiwa Isra' dan Mi'raj yang baru saja kita ingati. Tidakkah mereka mengambil iktibar dari apa yang diperjelaskan oleh Pak-pak ustaz.

Kesian, sememangnya dunia yang tersangat tua ini sentiasa menipu mereka yang mahu mempercayainya, penuh perhiasan dan melalaikan. Jika ia seumpama wanita, tuanya telah disorokkan dengan botox, plastic surgery uplifting di sana dan di sini, silicon di sini dan di situ bagi mengaburi mereka yang menggilainya....

Semoga kita tidak termasuk dalam kumpulan mereka yang tertipu. Insyaallah.

Thursday 23 July 2009

Isra' Mi'raj

Hari Isnin lalu kita sekali lagi diingatkan kembali mengenai perjalanan Rasulullah saw di suatu malam bersama Jibril as ber isra' dan seterusnya mi'raj bertemu Allah.

Sana-sini sekarang majlis 'ilmu mengingati peristiwa ini diadakan . Di samping mengingatkan kita kepada apa yang Rasulullah nampak sepanjang perjalanan itu, kita juga diingatkan mengenai perintah dan kewajipan solat dari Allah untuk umat Nabi Muhammad saw.

Oh.. bayangkan pada awalnya 50 x sehari semalam........ dan akhirnya selepas berulang-alik sebanyak 9 kali ia hanya tinggal 5 sahaja. Benarlah seperti yang di nyatakan oleh Nabi Musa kepada Nabi Muhammad saw , ' .....umat mu tidak akan mampu melakukannya .............' Sedangkan 5 kali sehari semalam pun ramai yang kantoi, bagaimana ye jika bilangan awal itu kekal ? Wallahualam.

Wednesday 22 July 2009

Gerhana Matahari


Hari ini tadi telahpun berlaku gerhana matahari lagi , kali ni yours truly dapat tengok sikit melalui cermin kereta yang gelap tu..... lupa bawa sun glass. Alhamdulillah diberi kesempatan oleh Allah menyaksikan tanda kebesaranNya , walaupun tadi tidak melakukan solat gerhana pun .... biasalah masa kerja.

Ini kali yang kedua tahun ini, Yang pertama dahulu masa cuti Hari Raya Cina. Masih ingat lagi kami sekeluarga di Sungai Petani , Kedah menghadiri satu majlis perkahwinan. Bukan main lagi bersemangat Pak Imam di qariah tersebut mengingatkan para jamaah untuk datang beramai bagi melakukan solat sunat gerhana ... Namun hingga keakhir ianya tidak kelihatan di Malaysia .....terlepas peluang . Rasanya kali ini Pak Imam berkenaan tidak terlepas peluang lagi apabila diberi Allah sekali lagi kesempatan untuk melaksanakan solat tersebut. Maha Suci Allah.

Banyak boleh dibaca mengenai fenomena ini melalui internet dan apa saja sumber. Ada yang kirim e-mail mengenai tsunami dan berbagai lagi. Sememangnya sebagai hambaNya di bumi ini kita akur dengan segala ketentuanNya dan mengambil pengajaran dari apa yang telah diatur.

Walaupun gerhana matahari ini satu fenomena yang menarik jutaan manusia di serata dunia, namun ia tidak sehebat gerhana di sini. Makanya gerhana solar itu tidaklah begitu menarik perhatian warga di sini . Adapun gerak-gempa dan tsunami yang mungkin meletus akibat gerhana ini belumlah pasti akan berlakunya tetapi gegaran-gegaran kecil, 'tremors' macam boleh dirasai pula di beberapa tempat.

..Eeeeee takutnya, janganlah ada casualty .....

Monday 20 July 2009

Unexpected meeting...

I feel elated tonight for a former student of mine came to me and addressed my name correctly ( after many years - almost 20 ) he could still recognise me despite of course the changes that I have gone through including size and look . Without me realizing , all this while we are attending the same classes.

He introduced himself which at first I could not recall but the moment he mentioned Fairus Salju then, it rang the bell... what a unique name kan? and of course there are reasons for me to remember the name.

Yes, he's already a Haji and the cikgu is still trying hard to get a place ......

He has his own enterprise and is doing well. Mmmm ... alhamdulillah.

It's nice to see your anak murid menjadi 'manusia' and of course sangat seronok when they can still remember you .....

Oh , Yes... that's the beauty of being a teacher ..... which you may never experience in other profession.

Friday 17 July 2009

Trust

The air around here I supposed is much heated by the latest gossip in town. I prefer not to mention what it is about. However those who know about it I bet would feel the same.

Well, can you as a person entrusted with such a big responsibility to educate, to enlighten, to show the way, to lead the way, to give hopes , to inspire, to mould and many more to's...... do such beastly behaviour. God damn you!!

How could you tarnish our noble position? I can never forgive you. It will take years for people to forget the whole thing. I just wonder how in the first place you let youself be called ' a cikgu' and yet at the same time you are the one who dash the hopes of those people around you. I think my two cats deserve the world better than you do.
You are the wolf in the sheep skin. You don't deserve our sympathy at all. And remember....... Darul Akhirat is waiting......

Wednesday 15 July 2009

Mesyuarat

After a long wait, finally..... semalam kami bermesyuarat. Eh, kami ber3 hadir sebagai apa ye?

Tiada ucapan terima kasihpun. Tak habis-habis cakap fasal meletak jawatan. Adakah kami bersalah melepaskan jawatan? Bukankah kami diarahkan? ( Yang tak sabo-sabo suruh letak dulu tu siaaape? Hah lepas tu macam maraaaah pulak, apaaa ni? ) Yoo, I almost answered back ... but fortunately masih ada lagi 'sabar'.

Ohh..... berat sungguh nampaknya tugasan yang menanti cikgu dan cikgi.... Bukan senang ye nak capai target tu..... Ooooopps.... ada orang sudah silap buat laporan target..... kena betulkan....... patut le lepas tu...... ada high pitch.....

Okay,okay kita kena ambil anak angkat dari T3,5 dan 6, tetapi yang mencadangkan idea tu tak kan tak mahu ambil seorang pun? Asyik suruh aja, sendiri pun kenale juga ambil bahagian. Tak gitu?

A leader leads the way,and that's how it should be, not simply giving instuctions and leaves the matters behind. A true leader shows example . So.......



ps : Ada orang kata 'SMKSB' was mentioned because yours truly had once mentioned the name and got little pigeon sudah hantar mesej. Arooyo....

Lagi satu, what has my daughter got to do with whatever we discussed... pasai apa mentioned. marah betui.

Sunday 12 July 2009

Julai

Julai or July the 7th month of the gregorian calendar. Mmmm , it may not have any significance to some but I do.

Well, looking at the history of the world , July is the month whereby the WW1 started. The month also is significant to the US citizen for 4 July is marked as their Independence day. The Philippines and the Argentines too were given their independence in July.

Tom Cruise, Tom Hanks , Barbra Cartland ,Donald Sutherland , Harrison Ford, Ernest Hemmingway and also Dalai Lama among many other renowned figures who were born in July.

In the sports arena, Mike Tyson created history after biting Holyfield's ear and was then banned from boxing (Gilaa...)

Oh yess.. man first walk on the moon... the best history ever in 1969 (ye ke ???)

My colleagues too, there are a few who celebrate their birthdays in July.

Oh!! ada banyak lagi untuk dicatat.

And of 'cos I share 'one special date ' in the month with one of my sisters, one of my colleagues , Tom Hanks, Barbra Cartland and the people of Argentina........

MIA

Kami berladap lagi semalam. Ada 3 slots, okay, semuanya bagus, except perhaps the first one ada slight distraction as mentioned by our 3rd speaker he,he,he. Not properly attired. Ciss! cuba-cuba pasar saham ke apa ?


Yeah! Kemana ye kawan yang seorang tu? MIA lagi. Ini patut kena hantar Afrika ni , baru boleh MIA selalu.


Speaking of MIA, the past week events ( the unwanted ones ) were the climax. I just wonder how our friend sees things. In that particular situation, one with such responsibilities ought to be present to show that you care and and concern over your territory yet apa ke jadahnya menunggu dan menunggu sehingga the not so important event complete baru nak pergi visit the scene. If it had not been the courage of those who were there, those who came the moment they got the news then I just wonder ...........how and how if things went the other way round. What if.... what if..... How are you going to face the world ? MIA lagi ke?

Memang benarlah kejadian Allah kepelbagaian manusia ada di muka bumi ini.

Thursday 9 July 2009

Malas menulis

Aduss! lamanya cuti berblog. Banyak yang mahu ditulis tetapi belum punya mood untuk menulis secara serius.

Banyak telah berlaku for the past few days and a lot to share. Too tired to write. Cuba mengisi dan mencari keberkatan Rejab yang semakin menghampiri Syaaban.

Kepada yang mendapat zuriat di bulan Rejab ini , Tahniah, anugerah yang ditunggu. Kepada yang pergi menemui Rabb Jalil bersemadi dengan tenang, semoga diampun segala dosa dan mendapat keredhaanNya. Ameen.

Friday 3 July 2009

OUR HEROES

Jagdiss U 6 Sc

Thevan 1 C4



Hafiz 5 Sc 1




Our weekly assembly this morning was quite a long one compared to the usual assemblies. The teacher-on -duty Pn Azizah , delivered a beautiful compact speech .She described the ' traumatic events' and I noticed the boys were all quiet paying their attention. It was a good information on that particular scientific findings. I find it so.
The peak was the bravery awards for our 3 heroes. Oh! what a pity, Jagdiss where were you? Of all the days , you could not make it today... otherwise I could have snapped your photo too.
Thank you and
Congratulations boys !!
True Cliffordians you are !!

Wednesday 1 July 2009

Penghargaan


The backdrop not very clear
( image not very good..cokai camera lor )

The pass for everyone....



Majlis APC 2008 Perkhidmatan Pelajaran Daerah KK berlangsung semalam. Yours truly bersama teman-teman yang lain menghadirinya.

Ramai kenalan lama yang kami jumpa. Seronok juga. Seorang Pengetua Kanan yang baru dapat 54 merupakan rakan sejawatan dahulu berbaris di hadapan dan sempat mengusik beliau, ' Hai kena berbaris juga ke ?' Jawapannya, ' Mmm, Pengetua pun kena berbaris juga dan ada ketika kena baris kat belakang sekali ......' Seorang lagi rakan sejawatan dahulu , juga telah naik pangkat menjadi pengetua. "Tahniah, Cik Jah!'

Dalam meriah suasana yours truly telah menerima berita yang tidak di sangka dan terus habis mood. Sempat text kat NP dan teman yang lain. Sorry guys for killing all the happy mood. Have to inform you all about it ......

Whateva.... Congratulations everyone. Keep it up. Never say ' tak nak'
Thank you ...........