.: 10 days left... :.

pics from d iftar outing wif inspirez peeps..lol..had a fun time though i had to admit dat towards d end, mi mood was kinda low..


if d resources from dese shop guarantee success, i wud take dem anitime beb!!! lol..

its been 8 days since i last updated..so here we go again :p

was down wif flu n sore throat since sun..as such, i didnt go to sch on mon..guess d days of teaching (and sumtimes raising my voice) to students managed to finally take its toll on me..so there i was on mon afternoon with a dripping nose and a throat so sore that i cant even swallow my saliva without feeling pain..

anw, on the way to recovery now..though feelin kinda groggy now sumtimes..and my throat feelin dry n all..

if i have to recount sthin which has touched me in a way this Ramadhan..is that im thankful to Allah swt that I did manage to enrol in a basic Qur'an reading course..and on the last weekend, I managed to complete a bengkel makhraj with the same ustaz from Mjd Darul Makmur (Ustaz Zulkiflee Bachik)..The thing that touched me most was how ustaz kept on recounting how he was like us b4, coming from secular backgrd(he was working as a technician dulu), buta huruf n all,envious of how sum ppl can recite the Qur'an beautifully while others jus read it like a dead log..and how it is impt for us to "menghidupkan" our recitations..as to give each huruf its due respect n with that, gettin its reward..He kept on reminding us not to give up and to keep on tryin and repeating till we remembered n got the origins of pronouncations(makhraj) right..above all, he did highlight how impt it was in our fatihah, tahiyat, takbir in gettin all our pronouncations right..for a slip of the tongue for any of this would actually make our prayers null..as it'd give d wrong meanings in our prayers

wif dat in mind,i began to understand on how sum can achieve khusyuk in their prayers while others jus mumble along, going along without understandin what they recite..and without giving every huruf its due..of course, the one thing that made me smile most at the end of the bengkel was when i asked ustaz to recommend me to tajwid classes ard d north area(bec i am weak in tajwid), and ustaz invited me to his talaqqi class every sunday after raya so that he can correct me and help me at the same time..

Subhanallah, i felt so happy as i was lookin for a guru all this time and Allah answered my prayers :) Moody was teasing me d other time dat i was takin dis class to be an imam for a family..(heh, actualli i alrdy am for mi own..lol) rather, im actualli takin dis bec i was once tegur-ed in pergas to brush up on my recitation and was lookin ard and settin it as priority one since den..

I have to say dat dis ramadhan-wise..its more challengin dis time ard..as im gettin used to work..n tryin to keep up the constancy in my ibadah..but behind it all, i have to say, the one that amazes me is how my 'fan club' is growing..lol

'Fan club' bein dose notorious, notti(and Malay) students in class who come up to me to ask me for help after class..n sum of them are not even from my class la..jus today, i came across one 3NA student in the library(after teachin 2 1E1 students) and he asked me to teach him chemistry..d kid actualli got to noe me as i was lookin ard NCC and was havin sum "kedai kopi" talk wif him..d funny part was when i was teachin him, 3 other students actually came ard, looked ard and managed to get sum sense out of d topic..pelik tapi benar huh?

not sayin dis out of riya'..but it feels great when one of them actualli feels d satisfaction of understanding the topic..of cos, not all of dese students are born geniuses and managed to understand d first time ard(i tink by the time im writing this, though i hope they've not 4gotten..i tink dey alrdy have..lol)..but i guess d 1st step dey took in approachin a teacher for help is very important to reach out to him/her..u cant help dem if dey dont help themselves u noe..jus dat i guess dese students(when i was korek-ing them for info), dey admitted dat d other teachers werent realli dat approachable to dem la..sigh

n im an UNTRAINED teacher..so, i guess even when i teach, i still cannot make it la..(sincerely speaking)..its a pity though that its alrdy exams week now..jus wished dis kids did ask me earlier la..or if only i did come in earlier la..if there is one thing dat im happy abt, is dat at least for their times wif me in sch, it was not jus me teaching..but its the students actually LEARNING..

y im writing all of dis..is bec i feel dat helpin out dese students is another form of ibadah in itself..ensuring that deir time is at least spent learning rather than 'relek'-ing one corner sumwhere not doin anithin itself..or doing sthin bad..even if out of 30 mins when ure teaching a student, he only learns onli 1 min of d time..lol..@least he's learning dat 1 min u noe as compared to listenin to dat mp3 player sumwhere or foolin ard wif his mat/minah..or sthin else :p

of cos, i cant help but say dat dis job comes wif its ups n downs..jus look below..lol

for those who can't read clearly, it's a question from a test paper on how to test for oxygen..
n u noe wat d kid answers? go read..lol..despite me sayin d test for oxygen gazillion times in class..still give me dis kinda answer.. :q

n for dose who dunno, a silent prayer to Sis Mawaddah who is in hospital after her gall bladder operation..May Allah swt cure her soon and grant her the strength to go through these trying times for her and her family..Amin

10 days left in ramadhan..time to pick up qiyam-ing dis wkend!!! insya'Allah :)