TEACHING MEDIA AND INFORMATION LITERACY SKILL HANDOUTS 1 - 4

 Hello and welcome back to my blog. In the previous post, I had shared the Prompts Sample for the Q's and A's session after the students have watched the video. In this post, I am sharing 4 files as follows:

a) Handout 1 ( Reading Activity - Good Vs Bad 4 text on 1 Page PDF Version)

b) Handout 2 SWARRP Rules (“Say Wisely, Act Responsibly, Respond Politely) in PDF Version

c) Handout 3 Text for Individual Writing task including Sample Answer in PDF Version

d) Handout 4 Poster Sample for Post Activity (Pair Task)

Click on the link below to download the PDF of all 4 Handouts.

CLICK HERE TO VIEW OR DOWNLOAD HANDOUT 1

CLICK HERE TO VIEW OR DOWNLOAD HANDOUT 2

CLICK HERE TO VIEW OR DOWNLOAD HANDOUT 3

CLICK HERE TO VIEW OR DOWNLOAD HANDOUT 4

Thank you for visiting the blog and for any enquiries you may drop your comment or email me at adamgeordreyjames@gmail.com

Yours Sincerely,

Adam Geordrey.

PRE-LESSON PROMPTS [CREATED FOR TECH CAMP MALAYSIA-PHILIPINES LESSON PLAN EXAMPLAR 2021]

Hello and good day everyone. In this post, I include a file on the PRE-LESSON PROMPTS [CREATED FOR TECH CAMP MALAYSIA-PHILIPINES LESSON PLAN EXAMPLAR 2021]. Feel free to view/download.

For any enquiries or the full lesson plan and materials, you may contact me via email at adamgeordreyjames@gmail.com 

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FILE

Thank you and have a nice day!

With Love,

Adam Geordrey James

4 Days School Break Plan Goes Unplanned

Hello everyone. Welcome back to my blog. Well, if you are still here looking for stuff to read and discover despite of the old post I made the last time I was here, thank you. It means the world to me. For this post, I would like to share what actually happened during the 4 Days school break that was supposed to be spent at home in Kuching.

Well, for a little throwback, our school decided to go for extra holiday the day after Maulidur Rasul and of course that was a great news. Knowing that we would be having an extra day for our school break, I decided to spend that four days at home in Kuching. My housemate and I was so eager to go back during that school break. So, we both drove straightaway to Sibu from Bintulu on Wednesday October, 28th, 2020. We had our rooms booked a day before. Due to our excitement, we did not even realise that we had booked the wrong room. Well, we were supposed to get a room next to the one we had a bad experience staying in before. Unfortunately, while we both we very certain that the name we had in mind was the right one, it was actually the one we had with a bad experience before. Well, I am not so sure if mentioning their name in here would be appropriate but I will just say that it is somewhere opposite Shell Station near Premier Hotel. The name is Ma**y**n Hotel under *Y* management (apps). To be fair, the price is quite cheap but the blanket was quite dirty, our body felt itchy as we laid down. The water pressure was quite low and there was not even TV remote for us to turn on the TV even after we asked for it. To me, the only part that this hotel win at was the cheap price.

Anyways, since we did not managed to go back to Kuching due to the rise of the Covid-19 cases, I kind of feel like wanted to go to Kapit, the place where I grew up. They said that the road there is 90% completed. But well, of course that was just a plan and it remain that way. A plan. To go there by the road, I did not know the route there and what time do the gate opens and closes. To go there by the water boat, I am kind of having my hydrophobia especially after hearing the news of the wrecked Dayang Topaz. I never once brave enough when I was in the water boat despite of using the same mode of transportation for the past 10 years.

Kuching plan cancelled, Kapit plan cancelled, so we decided to have another night in Sibu but this time we are going to go for a better place. This one is highly recommended. The price is the same with the first hotel we went to but the service is 10000000 times better than the other one. Since this is a highly recommended place to stay in Sibu (based on our online booked hotel/rooms experience), I think I should mention the name here. The place is called Qu Lin Resident Hotel Sibu. We booked the room using the Agoda Apps. The room was quite big for the price of under RM60. Another thing that I loved about this place is that the entrance to the rooms does not pass through the reception counter which means that it would not be too awkward for us if we go out or go in late at night but, do not worry because of course the have a great safety features. The main gate at the staircase is accessible only using the access card that you will receive upon check in. Same goes with your room. Their wifi speed is really fast and of course the room and bathroom is comfortable. Being the first timer there, the receptionist was kind enough to give us a keychain as souvenir from the hotel. It was so cool! What elese? They deliver newspaper to your door every morning for free! They also provides 2 small bottles of drinking water. They do have tv but the channels were quite boring since they are using a decoder like MyTV. But to me, that is not really an issue since I can always play online movies or tv or even radio channels on my phone or laptops since the wifi is super fast.

So, here are some of the photos I took during my stay in Qu Lin Resident Hotel, Sibu.

While waiting for us to be checked in.

This is the reception counter

Walla! This is my room!

Nice view inside the room right?

Photo from another angle

The Toilet/Bathroom

Toilet

Bathroom Selfie?

The stair going to my room

That is the door to my room

Stairway to heaven? Lovely!

That is the gate that is accessible only using the guest card. Awesome right?!

The next day, we made our way back to Bintulu and that was how we spent our days. that plan goes unplanned. I shall make another post on a topic that I believe is necessary for me to spill out since, saying it out loud in someone's ear or face may not be the best option to go for.

Stay home, stay safe. Together let us pray and fight for this deadly disease to be cured and blown away. Amen.

Till then,

bye.

ASTRO NJOI CHANNEL 2020

Hello everyone. This post is meant to share the lists of channels to those who are using Astro Njoi or planning to get one. I have been trying to search for the complete channel lists since I had changed my ASTRO to NJOI recently. To my surprise, I could not find any even after I tried so hard to look for it. There are lists available but they are all listed and numbered under the old channel numbers. So, I hope this post would be helpful for all of you who are using NJOI like me. Or if you are planning to go for NJOI.

Before that, I would like to state a disclaimer note here. I am not working with Astro but I would love to share what I know. So, let me promote both for you. 

If you are interested to watch variety of shows that is suitable for family, entertainment, cooking and lifestyle, you can subscribe to the ASTRO channels and subscription for as low as RM45. This was the price and package I went for when I subscribed to ASTRO around 3 years ago. The price may still be the same or they could be cheaper/slightly higher. Go have a check with your nearest ASTRO dealer.

On the other hand, for those who could not afford to pay a monthly commitment but would want to go for extra channels, you may get your NJOI Decorder for as low as RM350 or RM450. For this one, you will be having 29 TV Channels and 27 Radio Channels. This one is a one time payment and you will get all those NJOI channels for free for a lifetime. Do not worry if you are a sports person or a movie person because you can always purchase the Reload/Top Up coupon to purchase any movies or channels as they are available almost everywhere.

So, here, I am sharing with you all channels available under ASTRO NJOI for the year 2020.

By the way, there are also other options available for you if you want to go for other service provider like MYFREEVIEW. I bought a decorder for this one but other brands from Shopee for less than RM50. The problem is, not all areas are usable since it depends on the coverage of the signals.

I did mentioned I used to use ASTRO for RM45 and I upgraded to HD Channels for RM65 per month. However, after the MCO events takes place, realising I had to pay the three months payment though I never watch it since it was installed in a rent house (600KM away from my other house where I stayed at for the whole MCO), I decided to change my ASTRO to NJOI. It was not easy to decide since of course ASTRO would be better for all the channels I could enjoy watching. Unfortunately, I am having other commitments I have to pay for and if I calculate it right, that RM65 times 12 months is equal to RM780. I imagine the money to be inside my savings account, that would be nice right? So, I decided to go and get it changed. Now, I can save RM780 a year while sacrificing all the nice channels I could have enjoyed. But that's okay. Sacrificing the channels for self money savings.

In case you are wondering how was the process, let me share how I did mine.

1. I contacted them trough FB but the response was quite slow and due to MCO they could not process my request.

2. I called the customer service and the same issue arise.

3. I wait till MCO ended (Once the school is opened), and I called again. This time they responded and are kind enough to help.

So, this was how the whole process works:

1. Call the ASTRO customer service

2. Check your account bills balance

3. Inform the customer service that you want to change your ASTRO to NJOI

4. You will need to clear all your bills + RM50 for the switching from ASRO to NJOI fee

5. Wait for at least one week

6. You are now an NJOI user

*If your channel does not appear after about a week, please call them again.

So, that was how I had my ASTRO changed to NJOI. All done via phone call.

ASTRO channels is FUN but you have to bear the monthly payment.

NJOI saves your money but you have to bear having 29 TV channels + 27 Radio channels.

The decision is yours to make, ASTRO and NJOI both tries their best to serve you better!

All the best to you!

Thanks for reading and dropping at my blog. Please click the follow button and leave your comments I would love to hear what you have to say on the above's matter.

See ya. Bahasa Malaysia version of this post shall be available in the next entry.

Till next time.

ADAM JODRIE

(PERFUME SELLER / BLOGGER / BOOK WRITER TO BE)

Reset and Start All over

Me with my travelling cap making my way to Fio's house

Me without my cap

Hello people. It's me again. I consider this as my first blog post updated from my rent house here in Sebauh, Bintulu Sarawak. I'll get to that part later.

I took this photo with my two niece early in the morning before I made my move to Fio's house at 6.30 in the morning.

This would be one of the thing that I shall miss most of the time now that I am back at my workplace.

So, as we all are aware of, the Covid-19 Pandemic has affected us in every possible way and school is one of the party affected by it. We had our MCO enforced at the end of our last school break back in March 2020 and it has taken a long period till June. Teachers have been summoned by the Ministry of Education to be back to our schools by 9th of June 2020. So, we did. Me and my two other colleagues Fio and Afi made our way back to Sebauh, Bintulu on Sunday 7th June 2020. My two little brother sent me to Fio's house at 6.30 in the morning and we departed from Samarahan at around 8.00 in the morning. I had only about an hour sleep the night before so I felt drowsy the whole time. Not getting any dinner the night before and no breakfast that morning itself made things even worse. I wish I could stay awake the whole time we were in the car since I was not the one driving and to show courtesy of giving me a ride but I was feeling under the weather.

Upon reaching Sibu.

Getting our food at Marrybrown Sibu

Sibu mall

My food. Btw, I love social distancing. :)

And our dinner as we reached Bintulu town. I had this Bakso at Soto Nur, J5 Bintulu.

To be honest, the idea of going back to the workplace and get back to work isn't the best thing I had in mind but that's what we called as duty calls. And this job that we are given are not just a job but a trust and responsibility that we had to carry with respect. So, trying to not thinking bout the bad parts, I decided to look at the bright side of it.

The first steps in changing the whole vibes into a positive one is by planning on what is there to do and how things should work. So, I decided to come with a list of things to do to keep my sanity still. Not that I am insane, LOL.

So yeah, that is what I will be trying to keep up with for the next few days or weeks before things could finally feel normal.

It feels good to be back to this rent house where I get to have more space for myself but of course there are price to pay for. One of the biggest difference that I will surely miss is the time and chance for me to spend with my family and siblings. This MCO has given me such a great opportunity to be at home for almost three months which was the longest period I ever had eversince I started high school, went to uni and a working adult now. There was of course time when we will be caught up in arguments and stuff but that's okay because whatever it is, we are one big family. That's the true meaning of being a family.

Our front porch at our rent house

And the messy living room. PS: Those are all my clutters. hahaha

Anyways, going back to this whole get back to work part, the ministry had made an official announcement that the school will be back in business starting from 24th June 2020 for the Form 5 and the Form 6 students. So, our school is included too for the form 5 students. It means that we have about two weeks left before we get back to work. There will be a lot of things to do before the school will be finally ready. So, as for now we teachers shall be waiting for the next order from our superior. 

Being here at this rent house is a totally different thing but I am trying to get my feet on the ground and improve things for something better. I am so used to writing blogs and my novel back in our parents house in Kuching. I am so used to the routine of reading my books with the surrounding at home. So, everything is considered new that I shall learn to find the space and time here for my books reading and novel writing.

I guess that is all for now. Till next time. Adios.

With Love,

Adam Geordrey

(Author to be)

Another Scholarship Application Rejected

Hello and good morning.

As the title of this post speaks for itself, yes, I have checked my application for the scholarship and it was rejected. For this particular scholarship, it was my first time applying since the requirement was you need to have at least three years of working experience. Unfortunately, I am not one of those who have what it takes to be selected for the interviews as a first time applicants. 

This was shown upon checking for the result. :(

For the record, so far I have applied three different scholarships and this one is the third.

I applied for Commonwealth Scholarship to the UK in 2018 and I didn't get through. I made a post on this too last time. For the second trial I went for the Chevening Scholarship to the UK application but it was also declined. I applied for this one in November 2019 and got the rejection email in February this year (2020). So, for the third one, I applied for Hadiah Latihan Persekutuan (Cuti Belajar Bergaji Penuh Dengan Biasiswa) and it was also declined. So, now, I had officially applied for three scholarships and they are all declined.

It was indeed a sad thing to think of but at the same time I know that if it were to be an easy one then everyone shall get through for the scholarships right? Well, as much as we hate it but guess what? There is no such thing as free thing in this world. By hook or by crook, we would have to work really hard for it and it means that different people have it in different ways. So, at the end of the days all we have left to choose is whether we are going to find an excuse to be blamed on our failure or we could also take it as another obstacles in making our dream comes true.

I know myself well enough that things are not always going to be easy. Not that I had always had things easily coz obviously it never is but that won't stop me from keep on trying. As long as I live and as long as I have the strength to, I shall keep on trying. If God has his plans for me then I shall figured out what it is/was. So, giving up and stop trying surely not the answer to it though we all know how short life is that we may or may not be able to get what we want by the time we had to leave this world behind.

This should not be a post of expressing rage or disappointment rather it should be something to keep burning that oil of determination and kindle the spirit of hope.

Well, do drop me a message if you have any ideas or information on what other scholarships or opportunity that I could get to pursue my masters. For a little details on my education background, I hold a Bachelor of Education in TESL earned from University Malaysia Sabah and I am planning to pursue my masters in either TESOL, TESL or Applied Linguistics. Do contact me if you have any suggestions or ideas on how can I get my masters funded. Thank you very much.

Well, I guess this is it. So the search shall continues. In the meantime, I will be focusing on writing my debut novel, get it done and make it published! That's my 2020 biggest goal so far (apart from getting the scholarship that is now officially declined).

I am reachable via Instagram (mewziqbeads) or Facebook (Adamfi Dafi).

Till next time. Bye.

With Love,

Adam Jodrie

(Author to be / Believer)

Writing A Book in a Diary Form

Hello people, as I logged into this blog of mine, I realised that the entry that I posted before this one was not even read by anyone yet which means that this one may as well be unread but still, I chose to write up and get it posted.

So, as you all know I am currently working on my very first debut novel which is about 80% completed but still under the first draft. I know that I should put more time and effort in writing it up and finish the novel as soon as possible instead of working on the next one. However, knowing myself better I know that I should get the second project started while I am still having that drive in me. 

Just so you know, the second project I am working with is written in a diary form. Down below is the short paragraph I wrote on the first page before I even get the writing started. I wanted it to be clear that this is how it shall turn out to be, a diary.

I decided to write a story which shall be written in the form of a diary. I choose to make the story line remain a secret and let the whole writing journey itself reveal the story of the main character and what his diary was all about. Date and time used may be aligned to the present time but there may be some changes or flashback to be written in the future. So, bear with me.

I was so enthusiastic about it that I even come out with my own cover design along with how I shall call this book. For the time being I have no intention of changing the title of the book. So, that is how I should call it once it is ready to be published. It is so irony that I haven't even decided on the title for my debut novel and yet I have decided for the one that I myself are not sure when it shall be completed or ready to be published. However, since I want to choose the right title for my debut novel, then so be it. I am listing every possible title that later on will be chosen as how my debut novel should be called.

On the other side, since I have designed the cover for the new one I am working on, I am going to upload it here and share it with you guys. Let see how do you think of the cover. As for the cover, I am not sure too whether it shall be used as the real cover for once the book is done but for now I am going with the one I had designed. I loved it. Hopefully you do too.

This is the cover for my new book.

There you go. The cover that I designed myself. What do you think? The title of the book is Belial Gadreel. And it is a diary written from his point of view.

As you all know, diary or journal is something people keep to write down all they wanted which mostly are secrets in their own heads.We hold so many things underneath our mind and those are things called secrets. Since those information are highly secretive, it gets hard for us to keep it to ourselves but at the same time, spilling it out to everyone or even anyone would be the least favorable thing we would want to do. That is why, we ended up keeping a diary or a journal so we could have 'someone' who would listen to all that we had wanted to say not knowing writing it down is the first step to revealing the secrets and risking it to be known by those whom we may not want to.

That one paragraph is the extract of how the writing of the diary initiated by this one and only guy called Belial Gadreel.

Well, I hope you are excited about the book as much as I am. For this one, there is no pressure in getting it done as soon like how I treated my debut novel but it would be really nice if I could finish it within this year too, along with my debut novel.

So, I guess that should be it for this post. Thank you for dropping by and read stuff on this humble and infamous blog of mine.

It's 4:37 am right now and here I am wide awake while everyone has gone to bed having their sweet dreams under their peaceful night sleep.

Till then, bye.

With Love,
Adam Jodrie
(Author to be)