17TH RAMADHAN @ NUZUL QURAN

Alhamdulillah, Allah has blessed me with another chance of being able to meet this holy month. Today is the 17th day of the fasting month and in fact a very important day in the Islamic history. I have a lot of self reflections these days and I am being more appreciative of this "short" life.

I will continue to pray to Allah to bless my family in this world and the Hereafter... Amin..

DAILY REFLECTION

Today is 27th Rejab and I attended a talk on Israk and mikraj. I also read a few related postings in a few blogs.. I read the same article over and over again over the years every time 27th Rejab surfaces. Each time I read it I felt that the facts are still fresh to me. This year, as I mellow with age, my feelings is touched by the very same facts. I almost shed my tears thinking that I have not done enough to deserve Allah's heaven but at the same time, I do not think I am able to bear Allah's hell fire..

The Ustaz mentioned about not many people cry when reciting 'zikr' or 'istighfar'... O Allah.. I have cried a lot in my prayers these days.. I felt extremely grateful to YOU for answering most of my prayers.. I sometimes think that I don't deserve what YOU granted me but again I strongly believe that YOU will answer my sincerest prayers.. I always believe that YOU are so bountiful and merciful... I will continue praying and hope that YOU will never stop answering my prayers...

CUTI NI ADA PROJEK KAT RUMAH AJE..

Today is the fourth day of the mid year break.. Had classes on Saturday and today.. The rest of week I will just stay at home and clean and tidy up the house.. Friday will be the first of Rejab and if everything goes fine, I will fast (Allah willing..).

I was thinking of compiling PMR questions for the students' use in their revision in late July.. before the trial examinations. I hope I will be consistent in my effort and finish my plan by mid of June..

I don't think I will be able to do this again.. at least for this year..

JUST A DAILY REFLECTION..

Today I taught my students about vectors.. well.. quite an abstract concept. However I hope I have made it simple for them by making it looks like "peanuts" and not "mathematics"..

Vectors are simply lines with a certain length (magnitude) and a certain direction (usually indicated by an arrow). To find its magnitude, always try imagining a right angled triangle with the vector as the hypotenuse. I guess it always help to start out by writing the "square root" sign and finding the sum of squares of the x and y components of the vector. Wow! That sounds complicated.. Well at least when I do it on the board, its not that bad..

I always pray that my students will absorb at least 60% of my daily input.. plus they have to carry out and complete the reinforcement exercises which follow all the explanations..

AQIL PASSED ALL HIS PAPERS!

Praises be to Allah the Almighty.. my "adek" has passed all his papers. His only A is in Mathematics. The rest is a mixture of B's, C's, D's and E's.

Minimum input..therefore what can you expect?? However, I always pray that Allah will bless my dearest "adek" in this world and after.

A YEAR OF "BITTER SWEET" FEELINGS...

Tutun - still my "baby"..

Problems come and go.. 2011 kicked off with mixed feelings and quite a big challenge waiting to be faced and dealt with. Personally and professionally, I have quite a big job to carry out. Praise be to Allah the Almighty for bestowing "success" to my students. Almost all passed my paper with only six "casualties" and quite a leap in the overall performance.

February kicked off with a tremendous "test" from Allah the Almighty. The area was hit by a big flood for more than a week.. another week of back ache..cleaning and trying to get the place in order before the students can resume studying.. Praise be to Allah Who has given us all the strength and courage to go on with life "after flood" ... bringing along the traumatic experience with all the hope to let it erode with time.. (BITTER EXPERIENCE...)

I nearly shed my tears when I learnt that my "baby" had been performing "dhuha prayers" during his break in school for the past year with his friend.. My husband thought that he stayed in class and got engrossed in playful activities that he came down late to the canteen during his break time. My gratitude is always towards Allah the Almighty... (SWEET NEWS...)