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IPDA's 1st Research and Innovation in English Language Teaching Seminar 2012 (RINELT 2012)

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This morning I presented my study in the IPDA's first mini-conference. It was a great experience for me as it was my first time presenting my study. Below are some pictures of me during the mini-conference: Honestly, never did I thought that participating in conferences will be so addictive. Cant wait for the next conference in the USIM. Again, wish me luck! Till then ;) The organiser and the presenters.

Ilmiah vs Non-Ilmiah

Just recently, I accidentally joined a so-called ceramah entitled: Mengembangkan Ilmu Watan Melalui Teknologi Maklumat dan Komunikasi. As usual, the B.ED. TESL programme was not invited to join the ceramah as it is only meant for the DPLI (I say only meant for the DPLI because there wasn't any banner saying that there will be a ceramah). Why a big fuss when it was only a ceramah? For me it is a big fuss because one will not always have the opportunity to meet such a great person.The great man who was appointed as the presenter during the ceramah was Prof Dr Tengku Mohd Tengku Sembok. Who is he? Visit this link and you'll get to know him virtually. Though he is a great person and he has the knowledge of the universe, only a small number of students did pay attention to what he was saying (many didn't even care to turn up!). Maybe they were not interested or maybe they didn't give a damn on what the Prof was saying. I didn't blame them. Different people have ...

Scarlett O'Hara

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A teaching technique.

Merintih

When I was in the UK, I was looking forward to the Curriculum Studies lesson. I was very interested with the subject thus I've started doing my reading since I was there. However, the reality is, the delivery of the lesson is very disappointing. As a student who really pays attention and has full interest with the lesson, I like to ask questions. Yet, the only answer I got was, 'that's what I want YOU to find out', and the most unpleasant comment made by my lecturers to me was, 'you need to do A LOT of readings'. Can you imagine? Lecturers, who are supposed to play role as the resources, are bold enough to give me that kind of answer and comment? I always wanted the Curriculum Studies to be my pot of rice (Yeah, it is 'wanted'. It's a past tense now).  I really dreamt of studying it till the end of my life, but they diminish all my dreams by their unthoughtful answer and comment. Thank you, lecturers. I've made my effort by doing 'A LOT...

Memories, Dreams and Reflections.

by Carl Jung. I've started picking up books and it is a good thing as it's been months since the last time I've picked up any book. I feel good. ;) Women [...] They often have excellent intuition and critical insight, and can see what men have up their sleeves, at times see also into men's anima intrigues. They see aspects that the man does not see. We no longer live on what we have, but on promises, no longer in the light of the present day, but in the darkness of the future, which, we expect, will at last bring the proper sunrise. We refuse to recognise that everything better is purchased at the price of something worse. But when one follows the path of the individual, when one lives one's own life, one must take mistakes into the bargain; life would not be complete without them. There is no guarantee that we will not fall into error or stumble into deadly peril. Anyone who takes the sure road is as good as dead. Loneliness does not come from having no ...

The News.

Praise to Allah SWT that I will be presenting my paper entitled, 'Investigating the impact of the Nintendo Wii Sport Resorts on the Handwriting of the Dyspraxia' in two different conferences. The first will take place in the teaching institution in which I am in, IPDA, and the second is in the USIM. I'm looking forward to meeting 'jaw-dropping' people there ;) Elicit ideas from critical thinkers. It sounds good to me!

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 ...