University of Malaya. Career shift.

Feels good that finally I get the time and chance to update this blog. I promised myself that now I am back to being a full time student, I am hoping to see more update for the upcoming months. So, here it goes.

It's mid December 2022 now and if I count it right, it has been three months since I left my teaching career (temporarily) and enrolled as a full time masters student in the University of Malaya back in October this year.

To be honest, I would say that it might be just a tough luck but at the same time I would also not brag about it was all easy and expected because obviously I have been aiming to pursue my masters since like forever. I tried applying for any scholarships to pursue my study abroad, to the UK to be exact. However, if luck is the thing we are talking about here then I guess I was not that lucky for the past few years of making the attempt applying for the scholarships to go abroad. And after all the 'We are regret to inform you..." email I have decided to try my 'luck' applying for a scholarship to pursue my masters locally instead. And I am really grateful I did. That decision has brought me here to University of Malaya in Kuala Lumpur. I am here finally, starting my first year first semester as a full time masters student.

That photo on the left was taken by my younger brother right after we arrived home after I attended my interview for the scholarship which was held in the University of Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS) on April 5th 2022, Tuesday. It was quite good and chaotic at the same time (I shall make one full entry on how the process was - applying for the HLP etc). That photo on the right is something I can call as an official welcoming event help by the Centre of Postgraduate, UM.

Now, if you look at the photo above. Those are the photos taken during my first arrival here in the Japan Apartment, University Malaya. To be honest, it was more of a scary and uncertain feeling rather than feeling excited or happy. Well, I know myself very well. If I have that kind of feeling even before I get there, it literally means something and it is.

Now, don't get me wrong. Of course I am over the moon about the idea of pursuing my study as a scholarship holder. However, I would also admit that I have that great fear in me. The kind of fear caused by my overthinking mind whether or not I could do this, am I making the right decision, am I going for the right course, am I choosing the right university? These are all the questions which leads to that unnecessary overthinking thought. Now, let me be clear on this one. UM has always been a dream university for me but I did not make it as my first choice during my undergraduate year in which I chose UMS instead. At that time, I don't think I have what it takes to be out of my Borneo Island and don't get me wrong, if most peninsular view the Borneo Island as rivers, boat, house on a tree kind of stuff then do not blame us for most of us view the peninsular through the lens of 999 or Gerak Khas. Its how the media play with our mind isn't it? Well, that's that. I am more of a mature adult now (maybe) and yes, how would I survive UK if I can't even survive my own country right? Well, with that in mind I am giving myself and this place a try.

PHOTO 3 (SURVIVING UM SEM 1)

Well, how that two weeks went by? It was not an exciting one I can assure you! Hahaha but hey I am trying to give it a chance okay? In the first two weeks (for more than a month actually) I have been questioning myself whether I am making the right decision of choosing this university and even this course that I am enrolling myself into. Well, I'll be frank here, the place I am currently staying at is considered okay and I am totally grateful. However, the part where I am not comfortable with one of the housemate really kills the energy. It does feel exhausting to walk down and up the hills to go to class or faculty or even anywhere in the campus because yes this place I am staying at is under the university residential college but it is an off-campus facility which means that there is no bus around an worst, it is located with quite a distance from the campus gate which make it feels a little unsafe especially when I had to walk back home from class at almost 10pm. The road was dark and creepy but yea, still, I am grateful to have place to stay. 

So, during the first two weeks here in KL and in the uni, I went out by Grab and spent quite a lot for necessities and of course for the grab fee. I don't know how to use the public transport and of course, I have been hunting for the touch n go card which obviously is nowhere to be found. So, the photo above concluded that week. But hey, of course I can always benefit from the situation. For instance, I get to attend Sunday mass at different churches like every week until I found one that I am comfortable with. And to be honest, I do feel at home with the second church I went to and even had that thought of joining the church choir team. Well, whatever it is lets see how things goes.

Now, let's talk about the photo above. Well, if you realised in the previous paragraphs I did mentioned several times 'the first two weeks' why? Well, it is simply because I could not stand staying here and it lasts for only two weeks that the moment I have got the class schedule for the online and face to face class, I instantly book my flight ticket home. Well, to be fair it was not only decided because I could not stand the whole idea of staying here but truthfully, I had to be where I should due to some business that I must settle with. I booked a ticket to Bintulu because I wanted to attend a farewell dinner for my school principal and chief clerk. My flight from KL to Bintulu was an early flight at 6.05 am so I had to make my move from the residential college to the airport at 10 pm because I don't want to take the risk to book a grab that may never appear at 3 am. As soon as I reached Bintulu, I worked on the footage for our Language Month closing ceremony. It was assigned to me before I actually get the offer for my masters study. So, I had to do what I had to do. You can see that happy face as I enter the school hall once again after leaving for two weeks. And the photo on the right, is me reminiscing my life driving my kancil around sebauh. Oh, I miss the old days!

The photo above is me and my two younger brother. We went to my biological father's village for the 1 year memorial prayer which was actually the day after the farewell dinner. So, can you see it was like, my flight from KL to Bintulu was on Wednesday morning, the farewell dinner was on Friday evening, and the memorial prayer event was on Saturday evening. Quite hectic right? But yeah, as long as I am home, I am home.

So, now its the story of me going back to campus for the face to face lecture. I started to convince myself, if I am not feeling better it maybe means that I was not trying hard enough to make it feel better. So, I decided to have that change of mindset and try to be as positive as I could despite of the other challenges coming from the unnecessary side of my life. The photo on the left shows my steps count walking around the campus area. I decided to walk around the campus as soon as I finished my class at around 4.30pm. The idea was to walk around with no clear destination in my head but one thing for sure is I want to take my first photo at the UM 2022 area which is actually quite famous and a must to take photo at. I must because I want a photo of me in my first year enrolled into UM, I am going to take another one once they changed it into UM 2023 and hopefully the last one to take is with my graduation robe in 2024 (if I can make it in 2023 why not right?!) The photo on the right is when all of the scholarship holders were invited for a meet and greet session with the Ministry of Education. It was a great session and yeah, I know I do felt a little left behind since I am not a student under the Faculty of Education but hey, we are all teachers right? So yeah, once a teacher always a teacher.

And here it is, my photo of the month and most probably the photo of the year! Finally, that zombie walking around the campus pays off! It was an interesting experience because I seriously walked around like a zombie and asked around to where should I go to if I want to take photo at that UM 2022 landmark. I even took a screenshot of that place from TikTok just to ask strangers where is the direction to get there since I don't know what is it called as. During my walk, I met some strangers I considered friends. When I was lost at the park area where most people were there jogging, I asked a lady for direction and she told me she is not a UM student. Then a kind guy asked me if I need help and of course I did. He then explained the direction to me. I could not visualise the direction but I kept walking till I found the hall where the graduation ceremony was held. Then, the moment I saw that landmark, I smiled ear to ear!

Well, I guess this is long enough to be made an entry for a welcome back! I shall share more soon, Hopefully!

Till then, bye and wish me all the best!

Adam Geordrey

UM Sem 1, 2022.

MIXED FEELINGS

Checking on the blog’s last post was back in June and yeah, its the final day of September and 10 minutes before it turned to October. I have decided to post it here on this blog (what I am about to post) because I don’t think anyone is still reading blogs nowadays and it would be safer to have it all spilled out here since there is a very low chance of people coming to it and read this. Well, if you are reading it now then perhaps you might want to let me know what date did you found this post. Do leave some comment on this post.

A little not so famous announcement here, I can finally call myself an official scholarship holder for my masters degree under the sponsor of our ministry of education, famously known as Hadiah Latihan Persekutuan (HLP). It was a challenging journey to apply to it and going through all the selection process but I now dare say, the process after getting the result as one of the successful applicant is even more challenging.

Writing this post on September 30, midnight, it means that I have about 16 days before my first day of lecture in the University of Malaya. I am still a high school teacher at this time of writing this post but I will be having another week as my final week in this current school that I am teaching at. I have my days countdown drafted on an A4 paper and next week 3rd to 7th of October would be my final week in this current school of Sebauh before I make my way to Kuching and getting everything ready for a few days, then fly to the peninsular for a brand new life chapter.

Most pople would say that I am surely on my highest point of feeling happy that I could finally leave the school and the work and go run for my dream, BUT that is not the case. It really is a mixed feeling. I would not say that I am not happy, I am happy to be given the chance to finally pursue my study in the masters degree level but at the same time I am quite sad to think of leaving everything that I worked hard for in the past 7 years. And of course I won’t deny that I am feeling nervous because its a coming out of a comfort zone kind of thing that I am doing here.

I can’t control what people think of me or said about me, but one thing for sure I am so done with bother too much of other people who meant very little to me. I actually learned a lot from this. I learned that, not everyone will be genuinely happy for your success and blessings, and for sure not all who admires and adores you will say it out loud to you.

Whatever that is, I kind of have no choice now but I am creating the choices out of this whole thing. I choose to live in the moment, knowing that I will have my final 5 days in school next week, I must try my best to spend it in the best way I could. It is going to be a super busy week but I know, instead of looking at it as a torture of my very limited time, I will take it as my kind of final week to live a life as a high school teacher before I can call it off for about 2 years to pursue my study.

No one knows what is bound to happen next, what will I experience in that 2 years of my masters degree journey but one thing for sure, I am relieved enough to have someone to tell me this “its only 2 years and that shouldn’t take long”. I am even more honoured and feeling appreciated when someone even told me this “come back after you completed your masters.”

For others, those words might sounds normal and maybe the one who said it just wanted to say something kind but for me, being me, someone who often felt less appreciated, overused for my talents and skills and taken for granted for treating people overly kind; those are one of the most beautiful things that someone has ever said to me especially now that I am in the state of questioning everything and doubting myself. Thank you so much for the kind words.

I hope that I will be writing more once I am back to the state of being a university student because I remembered the first time I wrote something in this blog was a few months before I entered the university for my bachelor degree back in 2010. I posted quite a lot back then because blogging is a way for me to express something I think no one is interested to know or listen to and of course because I guess I write better than when I am saying it out loud. I can be easily misunderstood by my words and intonation. Thus, writing makes it way easier for me.

A short wrap up of this week (2nd final week in school), it was a super busy week with so much things going on and of course lack of sleep along the way. Fortunately, I get to enjoy the busy-ness of being a school teacher with our Language Month competition, organising stuff, chasing after the deadlines and numbers of meetings and PLC’s, juggling with feelings over my transition of moving out for the masters degree. There are so many to be listed all here.

So, with this post, I would just post what I did for this week.

Me and 5D class

Coaching and Mentoring with our SISC+ and the newest member of our English Language Panel

Handling the Creative Writing Competition in the afternoon on Thursday

Our English Language Panel Meeting - perhaps the final one of me being their Head of Eng. Lang. Panel

Having lunch with our COS teacher who were posted about 2 months ago

The famous laksa in this small town - I’m going to miss this

That’s it for my 2nd final week in this school and this town. I need to have another post for the final week in school next week. I know I am going to miss it for sure and I am feeling sad even at this moment, writing this blog entry.

Keeping it all here for me to go back once a while and see how has it been here.

Too many things to do, too little time given.

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Change in Life: Alteration or Renovation?

Hello readers. Hope you still managed to find your way to my blog that I have abandoned again and again. The last entry that I posted was a few months ago and having some free time at the moment, I find its best for me to post something without any attached photo.

Often in life, we heard of the words saying, some changes in life is necessary if we want to improve and upgrade to a better version of ourselves. There are those who are always open to a new change while most are afraid of them. This is understandable as fear of change is an indirect way of telling ourselves how comfortable we truly are with our current situation and with what we have at the moment. Now, don't get me wrong. Being comfortable with our present state does shows that it is an act of being grateful but that does not means that there is nothing we are lacking at with what we currently have.

Now, if you are the type of person who most of the time have the fear of change; then perhaps you might want to have a clearer lists of reasons for why you need to have a little change on the life that you are currently having. I am going to list 3 possible reasons in general for what should people look at when wanting to have a change in their lives.

Three general reasons to have a change in life:

1. Mental health

2. Personal life goals

3. Demands on Needs & Want

To elaborate on these 3 points, I would like to highlight that these are specifically for working adult. Well, if you are a student, you might also want to read this as a preparation once you get there. You could also be an adult who currently studying and/or working at the same time. So, let's hope this one helps.

POINT 1: MENTAL HEALTH

We often heard people talks about mental health and how important it is for us to keep our mental health at its best state. However, there might not be as much information that is available out there which we can fit it perfectly to anybody's situation. So, it is best if we first evaluate what kind of situation we exactly in and whether or not the suggested ways to overcome them suits us or not. It is the same with this one that I am going to be elaborating on. Make sure that you read more than enough before you can conclude what you should do in your own situation.

Anyways, mental health is most fragile when it comes to dealing with stuff at work. There could be many possible reasons that may leads to an unhealthy mental health. This normally linked to the fact that there is a toxic working culture felt or experienced in the workplace. While this may seems like something that we can do nothing about, actually we could start small with a little change. Maybe first we try to change several things in our workplace. For instance, is before the "toxic" incident took place, we were too close with our colleague at work; perhaps that could be our first small change. We can try to spend less time hanging out with those at work and focus more on our work and get home once done. This does not means that we must avoid our colleague because whatever it is we must stay professional. If there are things which requires us to work together then, we should but then again make sure it stays that way and not being around each other more than just for working purposes. If you have done this as one of the small change in your life then congratulation. I hope it works.

POINT 2: PERSONAL LIFE GOALS

If you are a type of person who have so much fear of change that will take place in your life, then this might be the most relatable point for you to take the first step toward that change. Well, I truly believe that each and everyone of us have our very own lists of things that we would want to achieve in life. Some may have it small and some may be brave enough to have it big. Personally, I would say this to you; "Setting a life goal, dreams and wishes ARE FREE! If you can have the biggest goal in life set in your personal list for free then why would you go small?"

One thing I learnt about setting goals in life is that, when we set our mind to something in a form of a goal or benchmark, there is a great probability that what we get is one or two steps below the goal that we have set. Well, let me tell you. There are some who will say; if you know you can't have it then why bother setting it? This mindset is seriously unacceptable because saying this also means something like "If you can't breath a fresh and nice air then why bother breathing at all?" Now, do you see what I was trying to tell you?

If you find that you are still going nowhere even after setting your life goal then maybe you need to reevaluate on the "What, Why, and How" did you do your personal life goals lists. You might think that by having it all written and listed out is good enough but the truth is, that is merely the first steps of getting towards it. If you want to make it work the way it should then you must do it properly.

Here are some tips on how you can come out with your personal life goals.

1. Writing it out is VERY IMPORTANT.

You might think that having it all set in your mind is enough; well its NOT. So, get your pen and paper, start writing it out. A simple one would do. Once the list is done, you may paste it on any surface that you get to see it everyday. This will be a reminder to you on what is that BIG THING you are working and striving on.

2. Setting the timeline is REALLY HELPFUL

Timeline is what most people lacking at when outlining their life goal. You should always set the timeline for each goal. Now, when you do this remember to have everything taken into consideration. Things like your current commitment, you current "disability" which may stop you from achieving it in a short period of time. Remember, time is the essence of a powerful life goals. With all the date or month or years written on the side of each goals, you know that this requires a follow up and a check-up. Doing so will help you to know when to slow down or accelerate your speed.

3. Be realistic and revising your goal once a while is CRUCIAL

It is true that having as big as we want in our life goal is fine because its free. Well, it is free for us to have it in our list but along with those list comes challenges and responsibilities. So yes, you are free to write whatever you want in your list as long as you are ready and willing to pick up the basket filled with the bittersweet stuff in one package. You must be realistic on the type of goal, expected time to achieve and last but not least, revise your goals and their timeline timely. Revising is necessary for act of response or amendment.

POINT 3: DEMANDS ON NEEDS AND WANTS

Being grateful is really an act of feeling blessed and whole. However, we had to keep up to what is going on around us in order for us to not become the victim of change of situation. Note that "change of situation" phrase. While many dislike changes, situation is one of the million things that is not in our hand to control. Take the Covid-19 pandemic as a strong example. I hate to keep reminding on the deadly virus but it is the change of situation and truth we have no choice but to face and live with.

Same goes with demands on needs and wants. As time goes by, our needs and wants differ according to the demand. At the age of 18-22, our demand mostly focusing on upgrading our education level and later on at the age of 23 and above we demand to have a stable job with a good income. Car for example during our university years, is more of a want than a need because back when we were in the university years, having hostels cut off the need of having a car for transportation while entering the age of 23 and above it all change from wants to need.

The list goes on and on with other properties or life achievement we put into our checklist. Moving on from one age to another is yet another great example of change that is not in our power to control. Its a change that we must face and endure. Now, if you are still having that thought of "I am scared if...." then please remember that you had your demands on needs and wants changed from time to time. Thus, what is the problem with giving yourself to decide some other changes in your own lives, right?

So, my answer to the question; "Change in life: Alteration or Renovation?" is alteration is needed whether we want to stick to the original plan or bend a little to get to the same destination. Renovation  on the other hand is, knowing that when one door closes another door opens is like a new hope for a greater good. Its okay to change everything 360 degrees because we never know how things are when we first hard it in plan. So, once we had a new input of information, that is "something has changed" and my change is needed too.

Well, that would be it for this entry. I really hope that you enjoy reading my blog. Do leave your comment, responds or suggestions so I know what else should I be sharing about and whether or not I have done my best in doing my part as a blogger. 

Thanks for dropping by.

Love,

Adam Geordrey.

A High School Teacher

A Public Gold Active Dealer

A Tokio Marine Insurance Agent

A soon to be millionaire

A human.

Becoming a Public Gold Business Owner

This would be my very first post for the year 2022 and I have decided to share more this year, starting off with my journey as a Public Gold Business Owner (PGBO).

I had actually started my very first gold journey in September 2021 and soon after in October 2022 I had made one of the biggest and best decision ever by joining the company as one of the dealer. Well, to be exact I started off as a customer and later on upgraded myself with the purchase of PG Jewel worth 2.5K. My first gold purchase from Public Gold was the 1 dinar which worth of 4.25 gram 999 / 24K gold. It is one of the best purchase I have ever made in my life. I am paying my very first 1 Dinar gold under Easy Payment Purchase (EPP) for 6 months. Same goes with my PG Jewel as I upgrading my status from customer to Normal Dealer.

This is just an introduction of how and why I joined the Public Gold Company as a dealer or better known as PGBO. I shall share more information on the advantages, benefits and the good thing on why we should turn our money into gold. As to try to reach more readers and prospects (future customer), I may be posting those informations in Bahasa Malaysia (malay) so more would be able to understand and get the exact message of what I wanted to deliver. Well, hopefully I will be hardworking enough to make it into dual language so both malay and English Language speakers/readers will benefit from my blog sharing.

This is how 1 Dinar looks like (in case you have never seen one)

I shall end this first post of 2022 and my gold journey here.

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Our Attitude Versus Other People’s Attitude

 It’s July 2021 and well, tonight I decided to update my blog with words and only words since I am not using my laptop to do this. So, let’s hope this is going to be a short one. Now, where do I begin? As written on the title, this post is going to be talking on the attitude topic. Before I move further, let us look at the questions below:

1. Have you ever wonder why people act weirdly to you when they used to be so nice?

2. Have you ever realised you may have been a pain in the ass for so many times but people only reacted to your attitude once or twice?

3. How confident are you that you are being a good person when you mostly only being with those who make you feel good about yourself?

4. Do you consider yourself a good person when you always get mad with people who are being honest with you about your bad attitudes and styles?

5. Do you think you are a good person when you always see the bad in those whom you defy?

So, to answer these five questions I will be giving my own opinion that I might use on those around me or vice versa.

Question 1.

Have you ever wonder why people act weirdly to you when they used to be so nice? 

Well, if you are a good person in my opinion, these questions might appear in your thought once a while because I believe a good person always do self evaluation more than evaluating others. However, if it never appear then that’s the end of conversation for you. So, to answer this question, the best advice I could share is look at what you did wrong before you even look for what was wrong with the other person whom you feel treated you unfairly. By doing this, you will then realise what makes the other person treated you differently (in a way you feel irritated or uncomfortable).

Question 2.

Have you ever realised you may have been a pain in the ass for so many times but people only reacted to your attitude once or twice? 

So, for this one I have two reminders that might be useful for you. Firstly, you really need to start changing that bad attitude before you lose more real friends and start collecting fake friends. Secondly, you really need to see and learn to admit your bad attitude before people started to ignore your bad attitude and pretend that they are fine with it while they don’t. When this happens, that person who used to be your real friend may have changed to be another fake friend of yours because of you yourself.

Question 3. 

How confident are you that you are being a good person when you mostly only being with those who make you feel good about yourself?

To answer this, look at yourself first. Do you being with these people as your friend because they need you or you need them more? If you think you can live without them then perhaps you are indeed a good friend bur if being with other people who are not like them in which you find others intimidating, unlike your circle of friends then, it is you who need them more because the fact that they make you feel good doesn’t necessarily means that your good attitude makes them treated you nicely, most of the time it is their kindness that makes them treat you nicely. This is because, they are good people. They treated you better than you treated them.

Question 4.

Do you consider yourself a good person when you always get mad with people who are being honest with you about your bad attitudes and styles?

For this one, the answer is simple. You may not be good enough if you get mad at people who tells you what you did was wrong or you should have acted differently. When people are being honest to you, it means that they don’t want you to be embarrassed of your own attitude when dealing with more people out there. Besides, others may not being truly honest to tell you straight to your face when you acted badly but there is no guarantee that you won’t be their table topic once you are out of the picture. So, be grateful when they are someone who dare enough to pointed out your flaws honestly and not fake it up.

Question 5.

Do you think you are a good person when you always see the bad in those whom you defy?

For this one, I will be honest. You are obviously not a good person if you always sees the bad in those whom you defy. Why? It is too obvious that your judgment on them are not based on the good they have in them but purely made by you based on you own perception, personal experience and judgemental mind which leaves no spot to see any kindness in that person whom you defy, because when its you, you defy who, you defies. This attitude alone shows you really are not a good person.

So, there we go. All 5 questions for self check whenever you feel people are being unfair to you or treated you badly. Look at it to see were you the one who were  always being bad or were you the one who used to be good but now being bad? The answer lies within you.

That is all for now. Thank you for reading.

By Adam Jodrie

(1st blog entry typed and posted using ipad air 4 aged 1 month something)

Life Update - 16-05-2021 Life Journal

Hello, yes. Tell me, I know. I have been away for a long time, again. If I am not mistaken, the only thing that I had posted into this blog for this year 2021 is the teaching materials for the Tech-Camp Malaysia Philippines that I did for the past few weeks. So, here I am now, trying to post something so at least I know whenever I log into this blog, trying to look back at how things goes and what I have been doing recently, its here. So, this post is one of them.

Self note, I am here, stuck (that's how I called it) in this little town of Sebauh, a place where I do the job to earn for my living and to pay all the bills. That is not a really nice way to say it right? Well, of course apart from earning my monthly pay, this is also a place I am sent to by the Ministry to educate and enlighten the mind and souls of the young ones. Why do I call myself stuck here? Well, apparently COVID is still here, after a year and it still hit harder than before and we are all trying to play our part to reduce the cases and to break the chain. So, that is why I am still here (For about 4 months now since the last time I went back to my hometown) and trying to be a responsible citizen of keeping myself and people around me, safe.

A little talk on the teaching life itself, well it has never been easy with this whole Covid stuff still out here. At first, coming back to this little town in January, I had to teach 7 classes in which 2 of it is my 2020 Form 5 SPM Candidate and the other 5 classes is my online class or PDPR. It was hectic but of course I managed to get through. Then, during the SPM, I am glad that I took the chance to be one of the invigilator. My first experience was back in 2015 which is around 2 months after I got posted to SMK Sebauh. So, SMK Kidurong was the first school that I had my first experience as the SPM invigilator and that was for Private Candidates (Calon persendirian) and for SPM 2020 batch which was held February 2021 till March 2021, I had my second SPM invigilation in SMK Bandar Bintulu. To be honest both had its own experience and for the record, I love invigilating in SMK Bandar simply because the students that I had under me was so good and well mannered. They had good English too that I can use English as the medium of instruction.

Me and the SPM Invigilators Team for my Pusat Peperiksaan in SMK Bandar, Bintulu.

Me and the SPM Invigilators Team for my Pusat Peperiksaan in SMK Bandar, Bintulu.

My OOTD during the SPM Invigilation in SMK Bandar, Bintulu.

Anyways, coming back to how things are so far. our school break started on 8th of May till 16th of May 2021, which means that its a one week break for our online class. If only this covid is not an issue, I surely will be going back to spend time with my family. Unfortunately, since the cases are on the rise we are restricted from moving around. I may be able to go back if I go for the struggle to apply for the police permit but hey, I should not be selfish right? First, I must obey the law and second, the law is made for our own safety. So, having too many cases I believe it is best for me to stay home and not going anywhere apart from going around 10km radius, most is 50 km away for groceries and cash withdrawal. Other than that, I just stayed at home and revive in my own way before our "school break" ends.

So, how did I spent my school break? First of all is reading! Yeah! I am learning to respect my me-time by not being too attached to works and stuff all the time and I am glad I did! For some, this whole quarantine or lock down (or even online classes) is a burden but I tried my best to look on the bright side. I had more time for myself and I get to have enough rest because I won't lie, working from home enables me to do almost everything that I used to be so hard to, both personal and professional stuff. I managed to cope with classes and lessons better because I don't have to waste so much time on getting ready every morning before off to work. By this I mean preparing the printed materials and physical book marking, ironing cloth, get ready with the skincare routine and of course preparing lunch box for school. It get easier with this work from home because I really don't have to run here and there for my class or meetings because everything is done virtually now. As for food, I am at home so of course foods and drinks are just a step away. Compared to being physically in school, I barely have time for toilet break, let alone for food or drinks. So, yeay to that! But then of course, doing online classes has its own issue and I may elaborate more on that in the next post.

Now, a narration of the photos I am going to share in this post, I am getting myself busy taking care of the kittens. There are 5 of them and I am yet to give them names. The mama cat is not mine actually but since she gave birth inside my home (under the sofa to be exact) then, I shall call those kittens mine and yea, haven't had any thought of giving them away, so they are mine. Hahaha..

As for reading, I am getting more attached to books now that I spend most of my time at home. I am happy that I just realised my ability to read a book of about 300 pages in about two weeks time. I know that for an avid reader this is kind of slow but for my personal record this is so much better. I used to spend like half a year to finish reading a book because I was too coop up with works and stuff (or maybe that is just a lame excuse) yet I keep on buying books because one, I love keeping them as my personal collection and two, because I just want the books to be available near me whenever I feel like reading. I had this one experience during the first Quarantine back in 2020 where I went back to my parent's house and brought only one book with me since the school break was just one week and knowing myself and my reading speed, I believe that I won't be able to finish reading them in a week but I was wrong and that was a big mistake. When the government announced an extension of the quarantine I was lifeless when I did finished reading that one and only book. Since I was so eager to get something to read, I searched around the house for any book and I found my old chicken soup books and started reading. I thought I would love it but sadly I did not enjoy the book and I started to search for books online. I ordered some and by the time it arrived the ministry announced the opening of schools and that teachers must be back to school in about three days after the announcement. The book took almost a month to arrive due to the lock down stuff and that is something that is so not convenience. So, that is why I always wants my books to be around me.

Reading Heartstopper - Graphic Novel on my Tablet

Heartstopper Volume 4 is coming out very very soon! I can't wait!

Related to the paragraph above, that is how I spent my school break. I bought a new Ikea book shelf from Emart DIY Bintulu for RM109 (I checked online, in the peninsular IKEA store it costs only RM79. hahaha. Now that I have a new book shelf, of course I want to spend the 'free' time to re-arrange my books and put them in a better condition. So, there it is as shown in the photo.

That black shelf it the new one and the silver one, I moved it from the old place to this new edge.

This is my source of happiness. I am only renting for now but surely will have mini library at home one day in my very own home sweet home! Fingers crossed!

Apart from reading physical books I had also read some novels online from Wattpad on my tablet. Doing so much reading on the tablet which I got back in 2016 made me fell in love with the tablet, once again. Well, I used to love it so much since I have a bigger screen for youtube and other stuff but when I bought new phone, I rarely use the tablet. Now that I spend most of my time reading on the tablet, I loved it and just realised I had been keeping and using the tablet for about 5 years now! Proud of myself that I took good care of it! hahaha... I had also read some graphic novels and ebook on the tablet now that I learned I can have my personal digital library on it just by installing the e-reader app called e-prestigio. They layout of the book is super nice, and the reading experience is good too though of course I have to bear with the blue light which cause eye strain and I hate that. As for that, I found a new solution (I believe so but I can't say anything from a real experience since the kindle I bought is stiill has not arrive)! Hate that I had to bear with JNT bad service here in Bintulu. I purchased the Kindle Paperwhite 4 on shopee on 4th of April 2021 and stated in shopee, I shall receive the Kindle by 7th May 2021 since I chose the sea shipping which I am totally fine with the 4th April till 7th may waiting period. Unfortunately, as I was excited to track the device to be arriving in JNT Bintulu on May 5th, they keep putting my parcel on hold. I even went there twice to self pick up but they kept saying the same thing asking me to wait. I was like? Huh?! By the time I am typing all this 17-05-2021, my stuff is still put under "on-hold". I am really pissed off but I know its pointless since I tried everything I could yet all I have left to do is to just wait and bear with their bad service. Let's just hope this week will be the week they will do the delivery. *sigh.

This post is getting longer than it should, so I may want to end it here. So, below are some photos I took when me and my housemate went out for grocery shopping after we were done with the online Sunday Mass. I thought it would be a great idea to take some photos that I can go back and look into in the future when I am no longer here in Sebauh. So here are the photos.

The shoplots at the Kemena Riverside, Sebauh

The Kemena River!

That shop on the right is our Favourite Bakso restaurant!

The Sebauh Tamu and one of our favourite eatery too on the left!

One of the limited parking space in Sebauh.

We buy most of our groceries here!

The one and only petrol station in Sebauh

This used to be the place we can get our vegetables supplies before Covid hits us!

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TEACHING MEDIA AND INFORMATION LITERACY SKILL HANDOUTS 1 (a-d) – Handout 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 PDF File 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 (a-d)

CLICK HERE TO VIEW OR DOWNLOAD HANDOUT 2

CLICK HERE TO VIEW OR DOWNLOAD HANDOUT 3

CLICK HERE TO VIEW OR DOWNLOAD HANDOUT 4

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