Things must have - this month ;)

Sultan Al-Fateh novel ;)

ZARA satin finish long skirt

Eat Pray Love

(soundtrack, DVD, novel)

Decoration in progress ;)

The bamboo ;) yes, Alhamdulillah for the view. My eyes feast from the fresh bamboo 'gazing back' at me. It create the zen-oriental atmosphere. My feelings are all mix up. I'm anxious to meet my students. Do I expect them to love me? Yes, hopefully (hoping at the same time I can love my students unconditionally, amin) I'm mentally prepared from now on insyaAllah. I may experience *disgruntled from any challenges that may arise. InsyaAllah I'll have my emotions balance immediately with zikrullah, amin.

The board !! - the space where me and my students can paste almost anything and everything ;) On top of my board, there is a shelf hanging. Thinking of putting a few frames there.

InsyaAllah, I'll have only 12 students altogether ;) Praying to Allah - to have a very close ukhuwah with the rest of my students. Please pray for me too. There are times when I feel being *ostracized by my colleagues. I believe it's merely my thought. So I'm trying my best to ignore the feelings and join in the conversation others may have though I wasn't 'invited'. I don't feel entirely welcome in the school just yet. I guess I need more time to adjust or make any conclusion.

Dear Teacher Zarina - no more *indolent, ya?

InsyaAllah.

* disgruntled (upset)

* ostracized (if a group of people ostracized someone, they refuse to accept them as a member of the group)

* indolent (lazy)

Love is in the air ~

Zahidah's Wedding

I'd like to begin this post with forever feeling grateful to Allah for such blessing and happiness that happen in my life. Zahidah's wedding manage to gather me and my family (from Abah's side). They came all the way from Kedah. I haven't met them since forever. Miss them so much. My cousins are all grown ups. Masya Allah. Praying for this kind of gathering again in Jannah, amin ya Rabbal alamin. Moments are captured. Have a look ;)

Some of us with the newlywed. Congratulation Zahidah. Kak Ina pray for your happiness abadan abada. May you become a solehah wife to your husband. Kak Ina love you a lot.

I'm so close with aunts - I take them as my mother. I think the only difference my aunts & my biological mother is - my aunts didn't carry me around in their tummy for 9 months ;) Makndak wasn't around - she is currently in Egypt (away for vacation).

cucu Harun ;)

By the way, the young lady in red - is my sister. Same daddy, different mommy.

Pretty isn't she?

Abah with his two little pride.

Aida + me with our (forever) king ;)

Abah : Aida post the picture in Facebook then write - me with my brother.

Me & Aida : Abah. pleaselah. forever perasan muda.

Abah : smiled with pride ( believing he is muda oke!)

But the truth is, he really is. People assume me & Aida are his sisters. Boleh?

hubby & his wife ;)

I really felt sorry for hubby during the entire kenduri. I didn't stick around with him. I was so busy catching up with my cousins and aunts. When ever people asked "Ina, where's Anas?" I simply answered "He's somewhere" hehe.

With Nabil & Aiman - too bad can no longer hug Aiman like when he was little ;p

(why does he 'grow up' so fast? hhhmmm)

Should end this post with Alhamdulillah. My heart is content with love and grateful. Allah is so caring, He fill my heart with emotions that able my heart to feel complete. Alhamdulillah.

My Friday ;)

I'll be working on the 1st of January. My school will be having induction day on that day. So my principal give me and the rest of my colleagues a day off on Friday. I couldn't think of anything better than to spend my day off with my hearts ;)

Alhamdulillah, when I first arrived at Umi's, Amina & I performed Duha together.

Umi & Nenek planned a surprise. We went for a little picnic at Lake Garden. MasyaAllah - I couldn't stop myself from smiling ;)

Enjoying Nenek's nasi goreng. One of my favorite!

Love them a lot.

Just like old times (*_*)

Purposely upload this pic - want to tell the world : how chubby Aida is ;)

My angels . .

Acu :)

My nenek ;)

Me & my baby ~

We then baked our own version of pizza - beef and chicken pizza at Umi's ;)

Masya Allah La Quwwata Illa Billah

Alhamdulillah

Rasanya. . .

saya tak bagi tahu lagi kan, insyaAllah next year kat sekolah saya kena mengajar Al-Quran.

(can you believe it?)

;/

iye-iye.. scr x langsung saya jadi ustazah lah kan? heee~ husband saya sangat gembira dgn berita ni ;'/ tp saya tak. sbb memang rasa sangat tak confident. so instead of nak ajar Al-Quran, insyaAllah saya akan begin dgn Al-Hira'. so hari ni, 1 hari training macam mana nak ajar Al-Hira'. (oh ye, saya kena ajar Hadis sekali) ;'/

(can you believe it?)

;'/

MasyaAllah, ikhlas dari hati - bersyukur tak terhingga Allah bg ilmu ;) tp tu lah, saya tak rasa saya dpt absorb semua dalam 1 hari. just imagine, the training started around 9.00am ended at 5.15pm. Then 1 jam rehat ;/ right after break, which was around 2 - memang rasa otak dah tepu. segala hukum mad saya tak faham. yg dpt catch nun mati, tanwin, mim mati dgn ra'.. yg lain, otak dah start shut down.

;/

kena minta jasa baik ustaz peribadi saya (suami sayalah) - terangkan semula. heee~ kami kalau rajin, ada juga buat mini halaqah - seminggu sekali. since buat secara tak formal, so semuanya pun ala kadar je. buat dalam bilik tidur lagi. heh. siap atas katil. agak-agak dah penat duduk bila dengar ustaz ceramah ;) saya dengan muka selamba minta izin nak baring. lepas tu, terus terlelap. heee~ teruk kan? ambil mudah je. ustaz pula tak garang. bila murid tidur, tolong selimutkan pula. hehehe. abang, abang ;)

memang mindset kita orang Islam kan ( dari pemerhatian ringkas saya), assume everything and anything related to Islam should be easy to comprehend. kalau susah, quit. masa ustaz saya decide nak share topik Sifat 20 - half way through his explanation saya minta tukar tajuk. saya anggap tinggi sangat. hhhmmm... tak patut kan? memang pun.. nak belajar dengan suami sendiri memang tak berapa berkesan. sebab normally ikut mood.

in fact, suami saya banyak kali minta saya disiplin ajar dia English - sampai sekarang pun tak mula. huhuhu. dengan semangatnya, suami saya pun nak enroll lah ke British Council. ok-ok saya sokong. at least bila ada kelas, insyaAllah secara tak langsung boleh disiplin kan diri.. kan?

gambar kat bawah ni - next to me is Zu then the one in black tudung is Kak Huda, my mentor. as a normal human being, i find there are a few things that make me unhappy while i'm at work. but i decide to look at things that make me happy and really focus & appreciate it. so these two ladies over here is one of the things that make me happy. Alhamdulillah for this ukhuwah. may Allah bless us and our friendship, amin.

Reading ~

I have my students read aloud every day so I can check pronunciation as well as comprehension. Having children read silently allows their mistakes to go unnoticed. Children frequently reverse letters when they read. For example, they confuse sacred and scared, diary and dairy. Another reason for reading aloud is to build vocabulary. A child reading silently skips over big words he doesn't know. When I am there listening to a child read, I can interrupt to ask the meaning. The whole class benefits as we can look up the definition, the base word within the larger word, and the part of the speech.

I also have my students read aloud for tone, inflection and punctuation. Reading aloud helps a child realize the difference between a comma, a period, a question mark and exclamation point. Children who are just learning to read tend to read individual words, not group of words or phrases. That limits comprehension. I encourage my students to become idea readers, not word readers. By reading aloud children learn to understand words within the context of a sentence, and they see how words connect with each other to express an idea. This practice promotes not only good reading but also good writing.

Marva Collins

I See The Light

once was mine ;)

Tagged by Anis Klate ;)

1. Adakah anda rasa anda hot?

heeee~

2. Upload wallpaper anda guna sekarang.

Sorry, I don't use any wallpaper for phone and even laptop ;)

3. Cerita tentang gambar ini.

next!

4. Kali terakhir makan pizza?

Semalam dengan Aida ;)

5. Lagu terakhir anda dengar?

Beyonce - Listen. (forever in love with her music)

6. Apa yang anda buat selain selesaikan tag ini?

SMS dengan kawan :)

7. Selain dengan nama sendiri, anda dipanggil dengan nama apa?

hhmmm.. ada a few.. tp terlalu private utk dikongsi.. heeee..

8. Tag lagi 5 orang

1, kak serenity

2, kak lily

3, eqa

4, emi

5,

9. Sila katakan sesuatu kpd orang no.1

Kak serenity, semoga Allah permudahkan proses bersalin nnt ;)

10. No. 3 ada hubungan dengan siapa?

Dengan Allah & dengan semua makhluk cinptaanNya ;)

11. Bagaimana pula dgn no.2?

My fave lecturer's daughter.

12. kata-kata cinta kpd orang no.4?

Ina sayang Emi, hope to see u soon..

13. Berikan 4 fakta yang anda tahu ttg orang yang anda tag.

a) Penyayang

b) Honest

c) Pandai

d) Very beautiful

Anis, thank you for tagging ;)

Along rindu Abul ;(

I don't remember when was the last time I met my Abul.

rindu sgt2.. ;(

Marva Collins' Way

Marva Collins was not going to let any child make her a bad teacher. It was her attitude that make children learn. What she did was brainwash them into succeeding. She was forever saying "You can do it," convincing her students there wasn't anything they could not do. There were no excuses for a child's not learning.

There was NO POINT IN FIXING THE BLAME ON TELEVISION, OR PARENTS, OR A CHILD'S ENVIRONMENT. The decisive factor was the teacher up in front of the class. If a child sensed a teacher didn't care, then all the textbooks and prepackaged lesson plans and audio-visual equipment and fancy, new, carpeted, air-conditioned building facilities weren't going to get that children learn.

First Marva had to convince the children she cared about them, convince them to trust her, and make them believe they could do anything they wanted to do. In her book, Marva mention that every children need reassurance and encouragement. They have to be told that it is all right to make mistakes because mistakes are part of learning. She tell her students, "If you knew everything there is to know, then you wouldn't have to be in school."

;)

Movie Marathon!

Alhamdulillah ;) Aida & I finally had a date. We went to KLCC. Masya Allah. There were a lot to update. I haven't met her since forever. I went to Nenek's at 9am (to pick up Aida), had quick breakfast there then head off straight to KLCC. I purposely went early because I wanted to buy movie tickets. I'm not good at queuing, I get bad mood easily ;p

We watched 2 movies today - Harry Potter & Rapunzel (finally) ;) yippie! I enjoyed both. Harry Potter started at 12.30pm ended at 3.00pm. We went solat ect then pursued with Rapunzel at 3.30pm. It finished at 5.15pm then we immediately went home. My hubby wasn't around, he was at UKM - studying. teeheee~ Aida & I did a quick survey on what to purchase. (praying to get my pay soon) hehehe.

Manage to have a quick meet-up with Nenek. Too bad. I didn't have much time to catch up with her. Aida & I were in hurry! (praying to meet her again soon, miss her so much!)

Looking forward ~

for my date tomorrow with my favorite gumuk - Aida!

MasyaAllah.. i miss her like crazy!

Kakak miss u so much..

Can't wait to hug and kiss u tightly tomorrow.

And of course, can't wait for all the latest gossips.

See u my baby.. ;)

I'm so touch ;)

Alhamdulillah. It's been more than two weeks since I started working. Alhamdulillah again for all the bless and knowledge I've gain so far. I had 3 days training this week in Shah Alam with the rest of the teachers. The 1st session was a talk from Ustaz Hasrizal. Yes the one from SaifulIslam.com ;) Ustaz elaborate on his talk regarding 7 habits of highly effective people. He made it more interesting by explaining the book from Ihya' Ulumiddin perspective and his sharing of experiences was eye-opening moment.

Masya Allah, listening to his talk make me feel super motivated already. Then I'm glad and thankful the training I had somehow strengthens my ukhuwah with the senior teachers a lot more. I believe it's due to because we performed solat together and end with Doa Rabitah ;)

I'm so touch today when Sis Lin offered me to lend me her book, book regarding education of course. (I easily feel touch when someone share something good or beneficial with me) The working culture in my school (from my two weeks of observation) the teachers in my school, they are so co-operative. Alhamdulillah so far no mengumpat. Which I'm super glad to find out :)

On the 3rd day of the training, Sis Shomi - the school principal made a brief speech, sharing of experiences on how the school was 1st built. She was so overwhelmed she had tears in her eyes. Masya Allah, I can't express how thankful I am to be part of this jemaah. I feel as if my pray have been answered. InsyaAllah I believe I have found what I've been looking for = / Islamic Psychology /

In my school, we practice Khalifah Method in dealing with the school children. Khalifah Method is a combination of behavioral psychology and Islamic values. I've finished reading book written by Prof. Muhammad al-Mahdi (shaping excellent character). InsyaAllah it is now time to implement it by the 3rd of January.

InsyaAllah I'll be the class teacher for Year 4. I'm honestly a little bit nervous - wondering of how they will accept me. I pray for things to go well, amin. Just so you know, insyaAllah I'll be teaching English + Art and Craft. I'm googling a few stuff to get some ideas on what and how to teach. Please pray for me.

Allahummayasir wa latuasir, rabbitamim bilkhoir, amin.

Our Date ;)

Since I started working, hubby and I rarely get to spend some romantic time together. By the time we reached home, I'm still occupied with my work while hubby busy with his own activities with Masjid or bagi ceramah. On Wednesday night last week, we decided to go out. Spent the night together but not at home. So we finally went to KLCC. Mostly just hang out at Kinokuniya. Hubby wanted to do a bit of research on his assignment, me on the other hand - busy walking around the psychology and education row : looking for ideas to do my lesson plan. Then head to Sweet Tree for supper. Now I know, happy marriage needs a lot of effort to be done. At the end of the night I was already in the 7th heaven. Alhamdulillah ;)

Congratulations Eqa ;)

Darling, you are now someone's future wife ;)

My 1st Day!

Things to bring to work ;)

Masya Allah la quwwata illabillah ;)

Alhamdulillah. My 1st day went well. The principal was very nice. She seemed the kind I'm able to co-operate with insyaAllah. When I arrived at the school, there was this other new teacher, which I'm sort of glad. At least I'm not 'alone' on my 1st day. We had training. Today was merely introduction - but alhamdulillah, I learned a lot ;]

When the 1st session ended, the principal had interview with parents who wanted to enroll their daughter at our school. The principal asked me to join the interview, I did. I observed how she talked to parents, how she revealed informations. InsyaAllah hopefully next time when I have to deal with parents, nothing goes wrong, amin.

My colleagues, alhamdulillah. They were friendly. I went to the teachers room, to find out my table. I'd be sitting right in front of the entrance. Then the toilet, alhamdulillah - I'm more than relief when I found the toilet was so clean and so was the surau. This is very important to me ;] As usual, I captured something to share.

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A quote I'm trying to digest and implement in my life , insyaAllah.