Saturday, March 21, 2009

~ SurviV@l ~


I just came back from KK with Mori and her family. I had enjoyed the 4 days 3 nights trip tremendously.I was able to go shopping at One Borneo, Centrepoint, Wisma Merdeka and even KK Plaza after 2 months of deprivation from shopping.Haha!!


Having fun at One Borneo :)



On the third day, we decided to go to a water fall at Inanam to bathe there.Mori's brother came with us for this trip and all of us were so entranced by the baeauty of the water fall.We waded into the water and had a great time playing there.The water was so cold and refreshing and I had never seen any water fall that is so beautiful and unpolluted.Well, this is called the wonders of nature. :)



The beautiful waterfall at Inanam.

Then,Mori's brother (Oning) climbed up towards the top of the water fall and pondering whether to jump inside the water or not. I told him that he might hit his head on a rock if the water was shallow.Then, Mori and George said it should be alright to jump.Suddenly, "PLOP!!" he was already inside the water.Then, he bobbed up from the water and seemed to be drowning.Mori called for me to go over to help him but she was telling me with a smile on her face.Hence, I was thinking that he was just fooling around.



However, without any second thought George rushed over to help him and from then on it was a struggle for both of them to come out from the water.When Mori saw that, she quickly gave her hand to Oning so that she could pull him over to safety.Unfortunately, Mori was pulled by him towards the currnt instead and she also started to drown.By then I realised that they were really in danger and quickly went to their side.
My head was all blank at that time and what I did was to quicky pulled Oning's hand so that he would be able to come to the side.Miraculously, Oning let me pulled him to safety and at the same time he also pulled Mori out from the water. George was able to fight the current and was able to swim towards the side of the waterfall. Everyone were so shocked over the incident and the three of them were thinking that they nearly drowned and shuddered over it.


The place where Mori, George and Oning neraly drwoned.

This trip might turn into tragedy if it was not for George's and Mori's quick action. I really salute them for their bravery and love for Oning as they didn't care for their safety and went to save Oning even though they do not know how to swim properly. It was also a miracle that I was able to pull Oning out of the water instead of being pulled by him towards the current. We believed that we were protected by angels :)



This trip was really memorable to all of us as it reminded us that lifes are really fragile so we have to appreciate all the people that are around us and love them with all our heart .

Thursday, March 12, 2009

~ HoPe ~

Today, I really felt very happy and satisfied with two of my students.They are Yassin and Yusri from 1 Ikhlas (the last class of the whole standard). This was because, for the past 2 months they had never did any work that I gave them to do.During my teaching, they were either be sleeping or day dreaming. When other people were busy doing work, they would be walking around disturbing people or sleep.Haha!! This pair of twin really perplexed the teachers.
All the teachers, including me had tried to make them do their work. Either by threat or cajoling but it was no use. They just didn't want to their work. Then, I decided to give them time as I still remembered last time our lecturer told us that children have their own pace of learning. I did not scold them when they didn;t do my work. I just let them be whatever they want.
Today, very suprisingly a miracle happened!! Haha.. I taught them body parts today and played a simple game with them where they had to point to their body parts correctly by listening to me. Well, they indeed had fun and afterwards they were asked to copy the pictures and the apellings inside thier books. As usual I did not ask the twin to take out their books or do anything.
Then. students started to give their books for me to mark and suddenly Yassin appeared with his book. I was shocked that he actually drew all the pictures nicely and his handwritings were neat too. Then I loked at him asnd asked whether he did himself and he answered 'Yes!' My heart really swell with pride when I saw he did my work so wonderfully. I awarded him an 'A'!! Then before I went from the class, his brother, Yusri came and handed his book. He also completed my work perfectly and I was really happy that time. So, I decided to give them presents ( a packet of biscuit for each of them). They were so happy that they jumped around!!
Well, looking at their faces really made me feel so happy and proud. At least it showed that my effort of teaching them and being a clown in front of the class is not wasted. Haha!! I really got a valuable lesson today - 'Do not give up hope on your students!'
because however slow or bad they are, they will still learn when they are ready. :) Hopefully they will still behave the same in the future so that they can learn more!!