Me is also a human.

-
Part 1

People have limits.
The secret is to harmony is: not go beyond the limits.

Once, 
I did have faith on teachers,
yet today,
they proved me that I should not.

One day,
The day will come,
When either you or children will come to me and ask for help,
If it's not you,
Then it will be one of you.
Yes, I'm referring to a group of you.

And when the day comes,
Don't be surprised if I let you being humiliated,
Just the way you did it to us today.

We've been meeting a lot of people,
A lot of 'kafir' (the words you always love to use),
But guess what?
The 'kafir' is far off better than you,
They play professionally and value the efforts that others have put in.

Part 2

You say, 'hal yang tak baik dipengaruhi oleh tamadun barat',
But how can you be affected from tamadun barat if you never been there?
Funny isn't?

Media? 
So you are blaming the media?
You're the one who switch (some teachers call it 'swift' here) on tv and choose hallmark rather than hijrah,
So who's to be blamed?

For you,
Budaya barat means 'sexy clothes' but have budaya barat ever ask you to wear those?
For you,
Budaya barat means seks bebas but do they teach you how to do that unless it's you who really wanna learn how to do that?
For you,
Budaya barat means not respecting elders but most Malaysians never ever have hold a door for an elder what else for a small cheeky little child?

If that's what tamadun barat means to you,
What is tamadun timur that you've closely followed means to you?

Class starts at 8.15 instead of 8,
So is that your tamadun?
You stereotype people publicly,
So is that your tamadun?
You don't respect elders,
So is that your tamadun?
You don't consider others whilst making a decision,
So is that your tamadun?

It's fine if you don't really understand the 'tamadun barat' because you've never been there,
But don't say things you don't really know about it.

Dont get me wrong,
I'm not a 'tamadun barat' fan,
But since I've been there,
Everything that I do here is considered as bad (Oh, biasalah. Orang belajar oversea mmg macam tu),
But the reality is, I am much affected by the environment here.
I have changed a lot since I touched down.
I've lost myself.
I've lost the love to read me,
I've lost the like to apologise me,
I've lost the eager to help me,
I've lost the happy me,
I am very frustrated but who knows?

I show up late to class everyday. Why?
Because that is the culture here.
If I turn up early, I'll waste a lot of time chatting nonsense and waiting for the lecturers to come in.
I criticise people publicly. Why?
Because that is the culture here.
I have limits and people here love to go beyond the limits. So what do you expect me to do?
I refuse to read. Why?
Because that is the culture here.
Every detail that is not being taught during the lecture is considered as wrong. So there's no point of doing extra reading when what you'll get at the end is an X.
It is very disappointing,

There are times when I stop and reflect.
  • Have I changed too much? 
  • Haven't the people changed?

Seriously, I miss the UK. I miss the people and I miss the environment. Believe me, once you got there, you wouldn't want to get back to Malaysia. I now can provide reasons on why a lot of Malaysians choose to stay abroad after they are done with their studies.

Popular posts from this blog

Parking Lot

-
Image
Parking Lot has been considered as one of the best practices in the 21st century classrooms besides the famous group seating arrangement. In Malaysian public schools especially in Sekolah Amanah, it is a mandatory  to prepare a space or an area in the class to put up a Parking Lot. Per contra , to date, teachers are having a lack of proper guidance on the use of Parking Lot as a consequence of  the non-existence of a blueprint or a printed guide from any Malaysian education departments on this practice . Worst, the knowledge of Parking Lot is succinctly dismantle to teachers while they are having courses on 21st century classroom or learning, during Professional Learning Communities (PLC) sessions or during department meetings. It is through these short sessions or meet-ups that Malaysian teachers are made aware of the benefits of Parking Lot. Even the practice could benefit both teacher and students, the lack of understanding on the practice  results failur...
Read more

Use Malay (L1) instead of English (L2) in English Lessons?

-
Image
The debate on the use of L1 in L2 lessons has been going on since forever. Different scholars come out with different theories and hypotheses yet no one theory or hypothesis has become the most significant. After all, it all depends on the teaching context. The use of L1 has always been a contentious issue. Teachers have choices whether to: ban L1; minimise L1; or maximise L2. Again, it all depends on the context the teachers are in. It is best to also mention that even so, teachers who resort to the L1, despite their best intentions, often feel guilty for straying from L2 path (Cook, 2001). However now, let's not talk about teacher's use of L1.  Let's look at student's use of L1 in L2 lessons.  Should we ban the use of L1 among students in L2 lessons? If not, why are there a lot of suggestions given to cut or limit the use of L1 in L2 lessons? I remember when I once made it a rule that students should only talk to me...
Read more

Nadia Anjuman

-
Image
What should I do with a broken wing Which does not let me fly? I have been silent too long, But I never forget the melody. Since every moment I whisper, The song from my heart. Reminding myself of the day, I will break free of this cage. By from this solitude, And sing with abandon. I am not a weak tree, To be shaken by any wind. I am an Afghan woman, It only makes sense to cry. Nadia Anjuman was a talented Afghani poet who was beaten to death by her husband at the age of 25.  Al-Fatihah.
Read more