English Lessons for malays 23

Posted by sazali

Hi!

Today I want to teach you how to say NO.

Yes how to say NO as politely as possible.

2) During the EID MUBARAK many people opened their houses as wide as possible. But our stomach can not be opened as such else .. after EID .. I am sure you are going to see your doctors with many kinds of health problems like stomach ache, high blood, sweet urine (laugh) and lot more.

To avoid these please learn to say 'NO' to many kinds of invitations such as:
rink
2.1 NO I am afraid I can't eat that .. I have to control my food actually.
2.2. Thank you Fiddah, I am afraid I can't drink that 'air tuak' . I have stomach ache actually.
2.3 Thank you ..Nik. I am afraid I can't eat like you ..you know.. I can gain weight as easily as OPAH. He..he.. Thanks again ok.
2.4 Thanks . That cake must be delicious but I am afraid I have to hear my doctor's advice. Really?
2.5 Thank once again. I can't make that .. I am too occupied with my own house. Thanks again .. by the way, WAN.
2.6 O I see. That sounds so nice of you farid ..but seriously .. I am afraid I can't come this time round.

I have to take of my mum at home this time. Thanks again for your invitations.

Ok then. I think that is all for today.

Hope you can learn that 'I am afraid I can't + ( simple explanation)'

See you then. Bye!

English Lessons for Malays 22

Posted by sazali

Hi!

Happy Eid everybody.

Now in Malaysia and many parts of the world .. muslims are celebrating Eid Mubarak/ Aidil Fitri. Wow! so much celebrations in this Malaysia.

If you visit someone there are few questions that you can ask such as:

1. how are you uncle/ auntie?
2. Thank you ..so much. Your rendang so good auntie. Who cook this rendang auntie?
3. Opps .. I am afraid I can't eat 'tapai ubi' .. by the way 'who prepare this tapai auntie?'
4. When did you arrive here?
5. Where are you working ?
6. In Kuala Lumpur? Where do you work?
7. I am not a programmer but I am just an I.T lecturer in UTHM, Johor. Thank you. You like programming Abdol?
You like working there Abdol?
You enjoy driving in KL Abdol?
You enjoy mamak food there Abdol?

So If people ask.. please answer them politely. Such as:

8. Yes I like programming becuase .. it is a big challenge to me.
9. Yes I like working in Kumpur becuase I can meet many foreigners.
10. No, I don;t like Mamak food because .. the gravy is already expired by 3 days ..mostly. (laugh). Vocabulary. Gravy is 'kuah pekat berminyak itu'.
11. No thanks.. I enjoy .. taking LRT instead.
12. No I don;t like working in Kumpr really .. if can I want to work in New York City next year.
In fact there are so many types of questions to ask when we met many people during this blessed days in Sywal 2012.

So listen carefully the questions . and be brave to answer them in English. Use pleanty of please and thank you ..will you?

Bye.

Seronok ke raya tahun ni he..he..

Posted by sazali

Salam

Selamay Hari Raya semua .. he..he.. maaf zahir dan bathin.

2) Wah raya pulak kita tahun ni. Macam-macam dah berlaku sejak setahun yg lalu.

Antaranya ialah:

2.1 bilangan anak sedara yang bertambah dari 15 kepada 26 orang .. duit raya rm2 dah bertukar rm5 seorang .. cuba conggak duit raya budak budak berhingus ni.
2.2 ada juga tok nenek kita yang sudah meninggalkan kita buat selama-lamanya
2.3 dulu kita dapat duit raya tetapi sekarang
2.4 sekarang orang dah rasa kita dah semakin membesar .. dada pun dah bengkak .. tanda duit raya sudah mula kurang dalam beg 'Paaris Hilton' kita yg baru
2.5 dulu kek traditional sekarang semua rasa-rasanyaa ..buatan emporium jer
2.6 dulu kos raya RM2000 sekarang kos dah mencicah RM3500 dah hanya untuk 4 5 hari kita di kampung
2.7 dulu seronok sakan sekarang .. ada org suspense ..bakal pak meryua / mak mertua tiba-tiba datang beraya .. tanda kita nak dikaahwinkan dengan seorang askar di perbatasan nun jauh di sana
2.8 dulu tidur malam raya ..best ..sekarang .. dilema .. nak terima atau tidak pinangaan askar di sempadan thailand- malaysia ni ..adush ...payah nya. Umur dah meningkat ni. 28 - 30 tahun sudah sesuai sangat kahwin tetapi askar satu calik lanse corporal. Aku? graduan IT UTHM aghh tak kan tak ada guru IPG Batu Pahat tak naak kat aku.. dilema. Tidur payah nak lelap lah
2.9 dulu ikut mak ayah beraya sana sini sekarang hiss rasa malaslah ..nak drive sendirilah .. kunjung mengunjung dengan VIVA baru kita tu

Tulah.. sedikit sebanyak .. dilema beraya zaman moden ini. Itu baru problem kau orang ..belum saya turunkan problem org tua zaman la ni lagi.

Pa pa pun .. selamat hari raya .. ,maaf zahir dan bathin.

Drive elok elok atas jalan raya di Malaysia ini.

Wallahu aklam.

How to be a smart student

Posted by sazali

Hi!

I always motivate my students no matter where we are.

Among my secret points - to be a smart student is:

1) sleep accordingly. Don't stay late at night if you have a morning lecture 800 am tomorrow.

2) don't rush to your lecture else you are so desperate to die / so many accidents in Parit Raja, Johor.

3) take good breakfast every day at appointed time. Say 0715 am - breakfast. Many of my students skipped breakfast. They looked so weak while attending to my maths lectures. I think they r saving some money to buy IPAD 2. Gila?

4) try and do the homework yourself first .. try it 10 times .. then if u r stuck .. you can ask your friends. By doing so , your brain has been trained to think, to process some levels of maths difficulties in engineering and what not.

Rugi . are those who never let their brain processed the problems first hand .. b4 consulting his peers.

Think thats all.

Bye.

p/s: I would appreciate if you can forward this to your other friends. God bless you mate.

Esok kita rayo lah

Posted by sazali

Salam.

Semalam saya sembahyang tarawih di Pasir Mas.

Sebelum selesai solat terawih .. ustaz ada bilang 2 perkara:

1) habislah terawih mulai malam esok. klau panjang umur .. jumpa pulak kita. Lo ni ..semua amalan berganda-ganda pahala Allah nak we kat kito. Klaau kita malah .. rugi sangat lah kito.

2) esok malam terakhir solat isya. Esok kita wak solat tasbih. Mengikut Nabi Muhammad s.a.w

Buat lah solat tasbih sekali sehari

jika tok leh jugok .. buat seminggu sekali

jiko tok leh jugok ..sebulan sekali

jiko tok leh sangat gak .. 6 bulan sekali

atau ..malah sangat ..1 tahun sekali

atau .. malah dok oh dok oh .. sepanjang umur kito ni ..wak lah se kali jah

else .... tak yah buat lah.. dah sepanjang hidup ..tok ser buat buat .. maka pakai tak yah buat lah .. kito.

Insyallah kalau kita buat solat tasbih .. Allah akan ampunkan dosa kita sepanjang hayat kita . Buat deh?

Pakat pakat maghi malam esok ..

Insyallah.

Sekian. sampaikan walaupun satu ayat . Ok ? saya dah sampaikan dah ni sambil mengajar Add maths kat anok dara saya Form 4 ni. Adush.

Wallahu aklam

English Lessons for malays 21

Posted by sazali

hi!

Now we are in the mood of celebrating Eid Mubarak. We had just completed 30 days fasting in the month of Ramadhan. Congratulations!

He..he..

Ranjit. Did you hear I said 'Congratulations just now' Ranjit?

Ranjit: Yes Sir loud and clear . Congratulations.

Why did I use the word CONGRATULATIONS?

Ali: Because you are happy.
(laugh)

Sir: why am I happy?

Ali: You can now eat everything .. on the table. (laugh).

Sir: thats right Ali. You are very clever now Ali. Congratulations.

Ranjit: Why you congratulation him Sir? He is not that clever .. Ali not as clever as me Sir. You know that years ago. Didn;t you Sir?

Sir: Yes. You are as smart as Ali actually. Sit down Ranjit.

Ok Ok .. what is the opposite of CONGRATULATIONS .. any body?

Olex: CONGRATULATIONSSS .. with more 'S'
Sir: No. that is not correct. Others please?
( the class laugh louder this time)
Mei : NO CONGRATULATIONS!

Sir: O my God. not as easy as that Mei. He..he..

Any body else?

Ok Ok .. I think your brain is not working today . don't you? Too much drinking ..

The answer is 'CONDOLENCE'.

So if you met your friend who had just experience death among his family members .. you can say ' I AM SO SORRY ' ..this expression 'I am so sorry ' is called CONDOLENCE.

to console somebody means .. to share the sorrow together with our friends.

I think thats all for today.

You have met 2 words here. CONGRATULATIONS and CONDOLENCE.

CONGRATULATE = to share happiness

CONDOLENCE = to share sorrow when somebody dies

That's all mate.

Bye.

Berhemahlah berbelanja Hari Raya ni

Posted by sazali

Salam.

Saya dan keluarga nak ucapkan SELAMAT HARI RAYA kepada mereka sekeluarga yg follow closely blog saya. Maaf Zahir dan bathin. If can, buat sembahyang sunnat Tasbih dan sembahyang Taubat sebelum menyambut raya. Insyallah kita selamat dunia dan akhirat. Ameen. Biar rayo ni ..Allah redha kpd kita. Doakan kita akan berjumpa lagi bulan Ramadhan Kareem lagi dan lagi.

Kepada mereka yg suka membaca blog ni ..pun saya ingin jugak mengucapkan SHR juga. Maaz zahir dan bathin. Yang tak suka wajah saya pun , apa leh buat. Semua wajah ni datang dari rahim ibu saya. Tetapi pa pa pun saya bersyukur di sebalik wajah ini , Tuhan kurniakan kpd saya banyak nikmat dan rezeki bukan setakat di Kelantan tetapi juga rezeki di 6 buah benua yang lain sejak zaman muda lagi. Alhamdulilah. Berkat buat kerja dakwah tiru-tiru kerja dan fikir anbiya alai his salam especially Nabi Muhammad s.a.w. Saat raya, Sama-samalah kita bermaaf-maafan dunia dan akhirat. Tak rugi jika kita amalkan semangat bermaaf maafan ni sempena hari raya . He.he..

Sebelum saya menulis panjang .. ingin juga saya memanggil diri saya dan kalian ..agar berbelanja dgn cermat kerana ekonomi dunia / cuaca / bencana dunia semakin hari semakin menjadi. Sekarang kita berpeluang hidup dan melihat bagaimana Allah nak didik Russia dan Amerika bahawa yang berkuasa secara mutlak ialah Allah Azawajala. Tidak ada lain yg maha berkuasa selain dari Allah.

Kita perlu berjimat cermat kerana jika ekonomi Amerika runtuh, besar kemungkinan bank bank akan menaikkan kadar interest/ bunga/ riba ke atas sesiapa yg berhutang dgnnya. Jika kita ada banyak kad kredit .. jika la ni kita kurbankan duit gaji RM1000 - RM2000 sebulan untuk servis kad kredit .. besar kemungkinan bila bank bank menaikkan interest , kita terpaksa bayar 2 kali ganda hutang bank mulai sekarang. Secara senyap RM2000 - RM4000 akan terpaksa kita bayar kad kredit sebelum kita diistiharkan bankrupt. Pegawai kerajaan jika diistiharkan muflis , secara otomatik, jawatannya lucut dan 'good bye'. Semua kesan berlaku bila ekonomi USA jatuh merudum .. untuk makluman hutang Amerika sudahpun mencecah USD30-50 TRILLION. Semua ini datang kerana Tuhan turunkan bala kepada mereka melalui taufan IRENE dan banyak lagi taufan besar-besar telah mereka kena dgn kuasa Allah.

Satu perkara lagi, mulai 4 - 7 SEPTEMBER 2011 anak-anak akan pulang ke sekolah setelah bercuti raya. Abang kakak pulak akan mendaftar di universiti. Banyak belanja tu yang mak dan ayah / abah kena sediakan. Kasihan sangat saya melihat mereka yang mana mengharapkan sumbangan wang dari orang ramai bila anak nak masuk/ daftar universiti di dalam dan di luar negara. Banyak iklan dibaca di mimbar-mimbar masjid di Kelantan , menceritakan masalah kewangan begini dan begitu dialami oleh keluarga yg bermasalah/ bercerai berai/ kematian ibu bapa di atas jalan raya kerana gila nak balik raya ke kampung halaman pada tahun tahun yg sudah. Tinggal kenangan semua keadaan senang pada zaman mana mak bapak kita masih hidup bersama-sama kita. Walau bagaimana pun , yang masih hidup musim raya ni .. Susah-susah mana pun ..sang ayah dan emaklah yg terpaksa bekerja keras untuk memastikan semua wang saku, wang bank dan peralatan anak-anak untuk memulakan pengajian universiti/politeknik berjalan dgn lancar dan sempurna. Insyallah. Syukurlah kepada Allah jika mak ayah kita masih ada ..kita boleh beraya dgn mereka. Boleh bermanja dgn mereka. Boleh demand itu dan ini dgn mereka. Pendek kata apa yg kita nak ..semua dapat. Sekarang saya berada di kawasan Pasar Siti Khadijah Kota Bharu. Anak pompuan nak beli jubah. Macam-macamlah ..maklumlah musim nak raya. Tetapi saya selalu budget. Jika si ibu nak RM500 untuk shopping ..saya kasi RM350/ atau RM400/ jer. Pandai-pandailah mereka beramai-ramai nak gi shopping daging, telur, serbuk kari , nak buat sate, daging lembu dan macam-macam lagi. Yg penting saya dah berikan kpd mereka sekurang-kurangnya (350/500 * 100%_) = 70 peratus DEMAND mereka. He..he.. after that saya gunakan ayat keramat ..'nasib baik abah kasi' orang lain tak dapat apa-apa pun . Why? Ayah mereka dah lama mati. Bersyukurlah dgn apa yang ada itu. He..he..

Ada juga ayah yang mana kita mintak RM500 dia beri kita RM1000. Sungguh baik hati budi ayah sedemikian. Kita nak beli jubah .. dia beli kan kpd kita seluar jeans yg sendat dan hampir meloleh ..menampakkan punggung si anak dara nya. Siap dengan T-shirt Pagoda yang mana warna baju dalam anak anak dara mereka senang jer kita teka warna nya. (laughh). Ini semua dtg dari 'kebaikan budi' si ayah tadilah sejak anak masih kecil hinggalah ke zaman dewasa mereka. Astagh firullah hal azim. Maaf.

So pandai-pandailah menjaga diri musim raya ni. Jgn terlampau syok hingga tak sembahyang zuhur dan asar berjamaah di masjid pula. Pentingkan saudara saudara yg berkunjung ke rumah .. melebihi dari menonton TV3/ ASTRO ynag tidak ada faedah pun musim rayo ni. Sekarang anak-anak kita lebih mementingkan jemputan kawan-kawan mereka dari sekolah asrama penuh dari jemputan/ kunjungan sanak saudara ke rumah pada musim raya ni. jangan-jangan anak weh. Jangan! Pentingkan sanak saudara kita kerana berkawan hanya bertahan 3 - 5 tahun jer sedangkan silatul rahim cinta sayang saudara saudara kita ni akan bertahan sepanjang hayat .. kita susah / senang ..sanak saudara lah yg akan datang menjengguk tanpa syarat .. so Awaslah.

Sekianlah. Saya dengan rendah diri mengucapkan "Selamat Hari Raya Aidil Fitri/ Maaf zahir dan bathin". Maaf jika tulisan saya ada yg menyinggung perasaan pembaca semua. Mana ada bumi yg tak basah kena hujan. Selagi ada jari nak ketuk biji key board ni .. macam-macam saya akan tulis. Sekadar peringat-ingatan jer. OK pa? Semua kita ada berdosa.

Wallahu aklam.

Apa itu doa

Posted by sazali

Salam.

Selalunya kita berdoa siang dan malam. Mintak itu dan ini dari Allah Azawajalla. Doa lazimnya adalah dalam bahasa arab.

Tetapi kita boleh jugak baca doa dalam bahasa Tamil, Tagalog, Portugese, Sepanyol dan apa-apalah asalkan datangnya dari hati kita yg suci murni.

Bila kita dalam kesusahan .. semua benda bermain dalam kepala otak kita. So kita selalu berbicara dgn hati seorang diri. Contohnya bila kapal terbang landing kecemasan. Orang lain semua dah mati. Tinggal kita seorang diri. So kita akan berdoa seorang seorang muga-muga ada pihak berwajib datang membantu kita .. so doa adalah dalam bahasa kita bukan?

So mintaklah dari Allah apa yg ada dalam hati sanubari tuan hamba. Kata-kata itu adalah doa .. mintak Allah tolong kita di kalangan mayat-mayat yg bergelimpangan di hadapan mata kita. takutnya kita.

Hanya Allah tempat kita mengadu. Orang India bila nak bersalin dalam wad hospital kerajaan akan berbunyi '.. a yo yo .. pa pa .. ma ma ..a yo yo yo ...tolong achi ..'

tolong achi itu doa. Dalam bahasa Tamil.

Get me?

Sekian. Wallahu aklam. Mintak lah apa-apa dari Allah walaupun jika nak beristeri solehah, mukminat, .. , cantik. He..he..

DOA penting bila ke kedai atau supermarket musim RAYA

Posted by sazali

Salam.

Wah, meriah sungguh kak ma bershopping yer. Banyakkah membeli nya?

Kak Ma: alah . macam-macam kita beli .. best .. habis dah duit Kak Ma.
Tuan : bagus. itu dah sangat bagus. Lepas raya macam mana Kak Ma?
Kak Ma: entahlah .. kita tak tahu lagi kita hidup minggu depan ataupun tidak kan? So belanja sakan lah kami. (ketawa)
Tuan: ( ketawa juga).

--------------------

Aghh..bagus kah itu?
Duit banyak dapat tetapi banyak dibelanjakan .. baju kurung dah banyak dalam almari tu. Tak cukup lagikah?

Langsir pun masih baru lah. Tak payah lah gantikan apa-apa. I dah Ok dah.

So sebagai umat islam yang berhemah tinggi ..saya turunkan 2 petua. Bacalah doa/ petua ini di mana-mana anda berada di sekitar kawasan pasar, kedai, atau hypermarket. Insyallah mujarab punya. (doa selalu dalam bahasa arab. ramai tak faham. Bagaimana kalau doa ini kita buat dalam bahasa ibunda kita - B.M).

1) BIla tengok kueh-kueh tunjuk-tunjuk dgn jari bersertakan dengan tunjuk pakai 'mucung mulut itu'.

Bacalah doa ini".. ok ker ..kueh ni. Tak cukup ker lagi kueh yg abah dia dah beli semalam. Aghh kita gi makan kueh rumah sedara mara sudahlah...."

2) Bila berada dalam emporium / hypermarket

Baca doa ini " .. dua tiga bulan yang lalu aku dah beli 2 helai kemeja/ seluar slack.. now perut dah kempis banyak dah ..hasil puasa.. kalau aku beli baju kemeja baru dan slack seluar yg baru .. aku nampak lagi bergaya kah? atau memadailah dgn apa yg ada dalam almari pakaian di rumah tu saja .. alah ..ala kadar saja lah ..raya ni.. tak mati punya. Bini pun dah ada. Kulitnya cerah lagi. Dahi licin. Bulu kening lebat lagi. Bukan nak pancing sapa-sapa pun kalau tak pakai baju dan seluar baru..ni. Tak payah beli lahhhh "

Insyallah kalau kita baca ..DUA jer ayat ayat di atas dari rumah menuju ke mana-manalah .. especially ..tempat membeli belah .. INSYALLAH banyak duit kita boleh jimatkan. Bayangkan satu tempat kita dah save(jimat) RM200 kalau 10 tempat kita landing all day sejak sabtuu hingga ahad ni ..yg bakal mendatang 27 Sept - 28 September 2011 ni .. saya yakin kita akan mempunyai wang RM2000 lagi dalam simpanan kita senang-senang jer.

INSYA ALLAH. elak berbelanja dgn kadar gila- gilaan tu. jgn ikut artis. mereka disponsor oleh Kamdar/ Globe Silk Store .. itu macamlah. OK?

Tu jer sumbangan saya yg ikhlas ini.

Selamat Berhari Raya. Duit pegang kemas-kemas. Ingat anak-anak nak masuk universiti 6 - 7 SEPTEMBER ini. Tidur hotels sana sini. Jimat sikit adik dan kakak please.

Walllahu aklam

English Lessons for Malays 20

Posted by sazali

Hi.

Got to rush these days. Why? I am celebrating Eid Mubarak next week. Are you Ali?

Ali: what Sir?
Teacher: I said we muslims will be celebrating EID MUBARAK next week. Is that right Ali?
Ali: Jolly good. Yes I am . Good this Eid Mubarak. We can eat a lot of sate. You open house Sir?

Teacher: Thank you Ali. Oops. My house will be open after 15th September Ali. Would you like to come? Invite Ranjit too, will you?

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See we can make good dialogue by giving out short questions and suitable replies.

Examples: 1) Are you Ali? [ saya maksudkan ..adakah kamu juga Ali akan meraikan hari raya ini? macam saya .]
2) You open house Sir?

Saya faham maksud Ali itu. Open house means I will hold an open house where many people can come and enjoy my food.

3) Invite Ranjit, will you?

This is so simple a sentence. Invite Ranjit, will you? The sentence ends with a tag ..will you?

I think you can do that too. Try and converse with your friends. Broken english is also OK. As long as you are using your brain, mouth and friendship values.

Start talking with someone. You will improve your confidence talking english, thinking english and dreaming englishj. Try please?

I think thats all for today. Take care on the road. I don't want to see anybody on the front page during these raya days. He..he.

Till then see you.
Bye.

English Lessons for Malays 19

Posted by sazali

Hi again.

He..he..

Today I am going to explain you something called 'gerunds'.

Let us look back some of our early notes and lessons. We always write with the first person such as "I", "We" and "S/he".

examples:
1) I write a lot as a hobby. [ the noun here is the hobby]
2) She cooks food for fun. [ fun is the noun]
3) They think mathematics all the time. [ time is the noun]

So you can see that "I/ she/ they" are the subject followed by stories and predicate. They are OK . but in writing it is better to have some new style/ variety in expressing your thoughts.

Conversions:
1) Writing is my hobby. [ now writing is the 'noun']
2) Cooking food is fun.
3) Thinking mathematics is always our pleasure to kill the time.

Here in the sentences you can see that the 'verb +ing ' has turned into a noun.
Noun + verb + story = 1 complete sentence of its own. this is called 'gerunds'.

Exercise: turn each of the sentence below into gerunds.

1. The boys like to kick a football on the pitch before 6 p.m.
2. The girls like to observe the guys that are playing on the pitch.
3. The students enjoy the movie "to sir with love".
4. The muslims fast for 30 days in a year.
5. The British government left this country with their system of administration.

God willling, I supply the answer tomorrow - our next class.

With that . Good bye every body.
See you.

English Lessons for Malays 18

Posted by sazali

Hi.

Good to be back again. Our English class I mean.

Today I am going to bring you to a situation where we have to use words like 'would you ' and 'should you'.

Let me start.

if you start with 'You should..' - this sounds quite rude. Example: You should dress like this and that. It sounds very authoritative. Not many people would like to be commanded at the times. So if you ask someone 'Should you not tidying up your room ?' means .. you must tidy up your room. This sounds more like an army commander to me. How about you?

but if you use

'Would you like me to help you Amin?" - this sounds very nice and orderly among office workers and we take that as a pleasant help.

'Would you like to tag along to the airport? ' . this sounds very welcoming to us while waiting for someone so special coming back from abroad.

but if you use " Should you tag along with us ? " - this is more of a command. What do you think?

I think thats all for today.

See you. I would like you to practice that style of asking in your day to day life. God Willing we are going to work well throughout the years to come.

Cherio!

Semua baru musim raya

Posted by sazali

salam.

Mengapa mesti semua perabut dan pakaian mesti baru pulak?

Tidak membazirkah ini?

Cuba kita tengok orang kita punya shopping spree listings.

1) perabut baru
2) langsir baru
3) baju anak baru
4) baju emak baru
5) kereta baru - MYVI
6) motosikal baru
7) hand set baru
8) kueh raya yg terbaru ada dalam pasaran
9) emak baru untuk ayah.. he..he..
10) ayah baru .. bagi ibu yang dah lama bercerai hidup dgn ayah kita

banyak belanja tu kawan. Bukankah agama mintak kita berjimat cermat?

yang hairan nya ..kita melayu puasa hingga kempis perut perut ,, di akhir ramadhan ...orang cina makin kaya dgn perbelanjaan boros oleh orang kita.

Tun Mahathir selalu ingatkan kita ..MElayu cepat lupo. jangan belanja terlampau banyak tuan hamba. Jimat-jimat sikit. Sekarang semua barang naik harga. Nanti anak nak sekolah tahun depan ..nak juga duit untuk daftar itu dan ini. Bukankah bagus kita simpan sikit duit itu?

He..he..

Selamat Hari Raya semua. Maaf zahir dan bathin.

Something seriously wrong somewhere PATI

Posted by sazali

Salam.


Semalam saya memang membaca satu laporan. Dato' Hisyammudin pun hairan bagaimana negara Malaysia ini penuh benar dengan pendatang asing yg tak diiktirafkan? Bukankah ini mengundang bahaya yang dasyat pada hari ini dan esok untuk semua rakyat malaysia?

Jika tak salah saya lah ..angkanya berbunyi begini .. pendatang asing yg sah masuk 1 juta orang dan pendatang asing tak sah masuk ialah 3 juta orang. Macam mana tu?

Siapakah yg bertanggung jawab ni? Tak kan guru SM Tun Ismail Parit Raja Kot? Atau lebai leman di Masjid Parit Hj salleh Ros, Parit Raja?

Mesti ada pasukan polis, tentera Malaysia , kastam , RELA, .. yang bertanggunjawab.

Gaji pun dah banyak kali dah kerajaan ubah dan ubah kasi sedap dan semakin sedap .. tak kan ... dalam kesedapan hidup kau orang negara kita makin hari makin bocor kot. Mungkin kau orang tak smart sangat bekerja. klau tak smart, effektif dan cekap ..boleh dibuang kerja tau. Kenapa dato' Hisyamuddin tak buang jer orang-orang ni.

2) Satu lagi isu ialah ..sekarang orang dok semak, kemaskini senarai pendaftar untuk menggundi pilihan raya yg ke 13. PRU13. Berita di atas sudah tentu akan dimainkan oleh parti pembangkang .. mseti BN nak cuba main-main dgn pendatang asing tak sah ni untukk dapatkan IC Kad pengenalan daftar menggundi di mana-mana di seluruh pelusuk negara. Rugilah ..PRU13 diadakan dua kali disebabkan orang ramai dah mula tak percaya 100% SPR lagi dan lagi. Angkara nya ..tengok paragraf satu di atas. Negara kita tersangatlah bocor.

Barisan pemimpin BN time ini (orang ramai dah mula teka, persepsi, jangkaan ramai ) memang bocor sebocornya. Habis Malaysia. Mana nak selamat anak-anak dara kita di IPTA, IPTS , atas bas express, KTM, LRT, CIMB, Maybank, Pasar Besar Kota Bharu .. mungkin dah tak selamat dah negara kita ni. Melalui lagu raya .. kita ingat kita selamat .. silap silap haribulan ..driver bas express bukan warga malaysia. Boleh jadi dari NEPAL? masuk gaunglah semua orang dalam bas ini. Astagh firullah.

Habis orang sakai, dayak, indon, nigeria, tibet, CINA, INDIA Totok, thai, vietnam, bangla ..semua boleh masuk dgn dadah ditelan dgn semua kapsul2nya sekali ke dalam negara ini. Tak selamatlah anak-anak kita ke maktab perguruan, MRSM, SMS, MPKB, IPG Batu Pahat, IPG KOta Bharu, GH Batu Pahat, Carrefour BP, Hospital Besar Kuantan, Hospital Besar Ipoh, Pulau Pinang.

Apa nak jadi ni Malaysia ku ?
Gaji mahal dan semakin tinggi pun tak nampak bagaimana nak atasi ..kebanjiran orang asing ke negara kita secara 'mudah'.

Negara Malaysia dah jadi Nigeria II dah/ Indonesia III dah dan Bangla 4 dah // habislah nasib bangsa ku. Kita kena buat sesuatu. Tak kan kita nak bersedap-sedap berhari raya makan sate jer while semua pendatang asing boleh menyelinap masuk dgn kadar relax jer n senang bin lenang jer.. mata tentera/ polis/ kastam kita dah mula BUTA ker? Kasihan jugak jadi tentera, polis, RELA, kastam, imegresen ni pada zaman la ni. Malu besar mereka bila ..orang ramai dah mula hilang kepercayaan mereka secara beramai-ramai. PRU13? Mana leh menang ni. Tahap keyakinan rakyat ..ok ker? Kau ukur bagaimana tahap keselamat dan kebahgiaan rakyat? setakat nak curah duit bertimbun-timbun di FELDApun ..saya rasa (maaf) .. security negara sedang kita perdagangkan ini. Tikus melayu mati dalam rumah padi! semua yg mati perut buncit-buncit dah.

Adush. Parah negara ini. Buatlah sesuatu wahai rakyat jelata( orang yg bertanggungjawab).

Pecat jer siapa siapa yg tak menjalankan tugas. Dengar khabar ..sekarang polis dah mula takut dgn orang Nigeria di Kumpur..maklumlah badan Nigeria sangat sangat lah besar. Mana leh lawan? mcm mana ni? Program IPTS dijadikan tiket untuk org Iran bawak masuk dadah setinggi Bukit Melawati dah. Pelacur dari negara CINA .. tak leh bilang dah kita. Terlalu ramai. Cuba gi tengok di Pudu Terminal waktu malam-malam. Ayam muda CINA dan Russia ada berkeliaranlah tersangatlah ramai tak termasuk pondan dan bapok. RM50 boleh rantah hidup-hidup jika kita mahu. Mau?

Adush. 1 Malaysia pa ni. Bukan 1 malaysia dah ni memang 1DUNIA dah ada kat kampung kita ni. Tumpang semangkuk mencari rezki di Parit Raja. Contohnya. 25 jam restoran pun ada..pekerja nya betul betul dah daftar ker?

Habis teris TIRIHH penuh Malaysia. Time ini Time Dato Najib kena handle betul2. Else .. ( what is this? may be orang kampung dah mula lost confidence some how/ u cannot blame them what?)

Wasallam. Cuti raya ni ingat nak gi GOLOK, Bangkok , Jom beli senapang dan pistol. Senang kita gunakan bila penceroboh masuk kawasan rumah kita. Kalau tak dia mati , at least kita terkurban dalam keadaan melawan sampaaaaai mati. O negaraku tercinta. Mengapa dah jadi begini?

Al fatihah. Negara contoh Islam?

Nak cakap jer

Posted by sazali

Salam

Alhamdulilah ..kad bank ATM muamalat aku - walaupun hilang 4 hari dah .. rupa-rupanya tidak ada sesiapa pun yg usik duit di dalam akaun bank saya. May be kad itu jatuh ke dalam longkang dan di bawa arus yg deras menuju ke Sungai Johor. Syukur.

Syukurlah. Memang Allah sayangkan lagi hamba dan duitnya ini. Alhamdulilah.

2) Berkat semabahyang hajat, isra', dhuha, awabin dan tahajud .. Allah simpankan lagi duit tu untuk aku yg dhaif ini maklumlah ..Allah tahu .. apa yg akan saya buat buat dgn duit itu. lagipun , nafsu ku berbelanja tak lah besar sangat setakat KELISA, WIRA dan EXORA jer. Untuk anak-anak ( kat UNIVERSITI) dan bini jer semua itu.

Aghh ..malulah mata n muka saya ni ..saya tarik balik lah ..kemarahan saya tu kat Bank Muamalat Malaysia Berhad. Maaf banyak-banyak deh? Memang mana ada org leh sabar ..bila kad ATM hilang musim nak raya ni. All eyes tengok kat poket kita orang kerjo gomeng. 1/2 bonus. kalau anak2 sedara datang beraya .. tak kan tak dapat sikit tempias duit rayo atuk mudo dio ni.

My wife kata ..anak sedaranya PETRONAS ..dapat bonus 6 bulan. Tak ada berita pun ..TV3. kenapa tak diheboh-hebohkan pulak oleh BN?

Ajaib bin Wondering lah.

Ha..ha..

Sekian. May Allah forgives me a lot this ramadhan kareem.

Wallahu aklam.

Memotivasikan guru macam saya

Posted by sazali

Salam.

Sambungan kepada topik memotivasikan guru.

Selalunya guru-guru yang memotivasikan murid-murid yang datang dari pelbagai latar belakang. Anak orang hebat atau pun anak dari keluarga yang porak peranda. Kita gurulah tempat untuk mereka dimotivasikan sepanjang masa.

Bagaimana dengan guru itu sendiri ? siapakah yang memotivasikan mereka untuk berfungsi lebih baik dari masa ke semasa. Berikut saya turunkan 4 tips untuk memotivasikan diri guru (termasuk saya):

1) hadiah perkhidmatan cemerlang - biarlah semua orang merasa dari DG41, DG44, DG48, DG52 dan DG54. So jumlah ialah 5 orang. Jika kuota adalah 3 hadiah saja, berikan HPC ini kepada mereka yang belum merasa. Yang sudah saban tahun dapat tak yah lah.

2) hadiahkan guru cemerlang (tanpa mengira umur/ seniority) peluang berkursus di INTAN atau IAB. Makan angin katakan. Bercampur dengan orang-orang lain dari negeri-negeri lain akan menaikkkan semangat untuk berkhidmat secara cemerlang dan lebih gemilang

3) melawat guru cemerlang di rumah mereka. Hulurkan wang hadiah, tiket Air-Asia ker .. sebutkan ". .. kami pentadbir sekolah ..memang menghargai ..jasa dan bakti tuan/puan selama ini. Oleh sebab sekolah diminta mencalonkan 3 orang HPC tahun ini, nampaknya rezeki tuan tak ada lah. W/bagaimana pun pihak sekolah nak hulurkan sedikit hadiah perangsang. Air Asia to Bandung 3 hari 2 malam. Apa kata cikgu? he..he.. sure terubat sikit rasa frust menunggeng tak dpt hadiah HPC tahun ini.

4) kasi peluang guru cemerlang di raikan oleh warga guru dan murid-murid di dalam situasi Hari Guru. Masukkan wajah mereka dalam blog khas sekolah. Sure seronok hati mereka dijulang-julang tinggi ke awan. Pengurbanan mereka dihargai. Sebut nama mereka satu per satu dalam majlis himpunan guru/ sekolah dan lain-lain. Promote nama mereka di kalangan PPD, JPN dan lain-lain.

Rasa-rasa itu lah sedikit sebanyak stail kita menghargai orang yang cemerlang. Yang tak berjaya sila jgn ketepikan. Masukkan nama mereka untuk dijulang bersama-sama. Pokoknya, setiap perihal , peribadi warga guru kita mesti kita jaga macam kita jaga pokok bunga ros/ okid di sekolah. Selalulah disiram dan di"trim" sebaik-baik mungkin. Insya allah mujarab!

Sekian. Wallahu aklam.

DR SAZALI KHALID
Hadiah Khidmat Cemerlang Politeknik Kota Bharu Pangkat Melintang - 1997
Hadiah Khidmat Cemerlang KUiTTHO 2004
Hadiah Khidmat Cemerlang UTHM 2010 - ok per? - rezeki badan?
Best Paper Award WSEAS Conference 2005 Corfu Island, Greece
Penasihat Akademik Program Bachelor Information Technology UTHM 2011 - 4 orang PA dapat First Class Honours -
Pensyarah 'terbaik' Jabatan Perdagangan PKB 1997/1998/1999/2000/2001 - results dari survey pelajar-pelajar

Proses memotivasikan guru-guru kita di Malaysia

Posted by sazali

Salam.

Hari ni Ahad 21 OGOS 2011 ada satu rencana mengenai memotivasikan guru dalam paper Sunday Star. Bnayak benda yang bagus ditulis itu. Tahniah!

Izinkan saya menambah sedikit sebanyak (tumpang semangkuk) melalui pengalaman saya mengajar di 2 buah sekolah menengah dan 1 buah Politeknik di Kelantan pada tahun 1980'an hinggalah 1990'an. Satu SM Tumpat dan SM KOta , Wakaf Che Yeh dan akhirnya Politeknik KOta Bharu, KOK LANAS.

Kebanyakkan guru muda sangat rajin menjalankan tugas kerana mereka masih muda. Mat Salleh kata " new brooms clean the best". Tidak boleh tek kato orang kelate. sangatlah rajin. Ada guru geografi menggunakan pensil warna untuk membezakan tanah semenanjung dengan laut Cina Selatan. Rajin dengan pengoreknya. Pencil sharpener.

Penyakit bermula di tengah-tengah warga guru iaitu dari guru-guru berumur umur 35 hingga 50 tahun. Staf room sangat bising. kadang -kadang payah nak bezakan ..ini pasarkah atau se buah sekolah GRED A. Musim musim nok rayo .. banyak ..bisnes transaksi ..jual kueh mueh. Menambah sedikit rezki yang sudahpun banyak.

Mereka hilang motivasi mengajar kerana 4 sebab:

1) baru sekarang mereka sedor , selama ini tenaga mereka telah digunakan oleh guru-guru senior . Contoh guru senior yg berkahwin dgn orang orang besar di JPNK, PPD, Hospital Besar KB, dan .. .. mereka selalu attend dinner di hotel-hotel. So merekalah yang suruh kita guru muda COVER / barua untuk mereka. Pergi bawa budak-budak lawan netball , rombongan sambil belajar . If any good name coke , mereka dapat . Bukan kita guru muda! Apa kita dapat? Letih kot.

2) selalu kalau kursus di KUMPUR, Pulau Pinang dan Genting Highlands, luar negara (INDONESIA, BRUNEI, THAILAND, JEPUN, UNITED KINGDOM) .. guru-guru senior lah yg pergi .. while mereka dapat bawak sekali suami mereka (tak berkerja kerajaan pun) .. kita guru muda hanya di hantarkan berkursus, berbengkel di Pusat Sumber Pendidikan Negeri Pengkalan Chepa. Dulu hostel PSPN berkipas dan berbunyi-bunyi. Kipas usang. Bila nyamuk bising ..kipas PSPN pun berbunyi. Berlawan kata orang.

3) pendidikan lebih tinggi bukan ukuran untuk kenaikan pangkat. Cuba tengok guru yang ada masters dan PHD . Mereka sekadar kuda-kuda tunggangan Pengarah , Timbalan Pengarah , Pengetua, Timbalan Pengetua, PK 1, PK 2, Ketua Sidang dan guru-guru lain yg ada banyak pengaruh. Saya pernah diminta buat working papers komputer oleh Dr Wan Zahid Noordin (Pengarah Pendidikan Negeri Kelantan 1982 - 1987) tetapi lawatan ke Jepun Gunung Fuji ..orang lain pulak yang pergi.

4) kita hanya boleh naik pangkat ..DG44, DG48, DG52 dan DG54 .. jika kita berada di dalam buku orang atasan dalam keadaan 'ORANG ORANG BAIK sahaja' iaitu penunggkat dagu-dagu bos. Jika kita suara lantang dalam mesyuarat .. sebab kita berbadan besar, suara garau, isteri kita pun saiz jari besar dan permata intan berlian RM200 juta (may be) .. dan kita keluarkan bangkangan demi bangkangan terhadap idea bos .. besar kemungkinan rezki kita naik pangkat .. dok di senarai / senarai paling akhir sahaja. Orang lain yang berjaya tiba-tiba mati , nama kita naik lah untuk kenaikan pangkat DG44, Dg48 atau DG52.

Oleh itu nasihat saya pada guru-guru muda 6 langkah; pasang strategi supaya tidak kecewa di kemudian hari:

1) kahwin dengan pengetua sekolah walaupun sekadar isteri muda ke '2', 3 atau 4
2) banyakkan masa berdiam diri dalam mesyuarat guru. Jangan tunjuk kita pandai sangat maklumlah kita graduan Ekonomi , Matematik, Fizik dari (UM) sedangkan bos kita graduan UPSI sahaja ( Lukisan , sastera like that lah). Bawak alat pengerat kuku ker like that bila time mesyuarat. Jangan kasi idea bernas. Nanti kau jugak kena buat. Alah ..betul atuk cakap ni.
3) kalau ada kereta baru dan rasa rasa lebih mahal dari kereta Pengetua atau dayang dayang tua di sekolah tu .. awas ..jangan bawak ke sekolah. Bawak after school hours
4) pakai lah pakaian ala kadar sahaja. Sebenarnya .. dalam sekolah .. guru perempuan tua tak leh tengok kita lebih melawa dari mereka seniors especially if kulit kita seakan-akan kulit cerah mendiang Lady Diana Spenser.
Tu jer lah ..resepi hidup bahagia di sekolah. Motivasikan diri kamu dengan resepi- resepi di atas itu.
5) cakap pandang-pandang. Jangan cakap sesuatu yg tak leh anda lakukan seperti .. abang ipar ku itu Menteri Pendidikan la ni lah. lagi banyak lah tugasan mission impposible anda.
6) jangan kerap sangat melintas di hadapan bilik bos/ PK1/PK2. Nanti nama kita selalu di bibir mereka .. untuk buat kerja itu dan ini. Get me?

If you take heed my advice, insyallah proses motivasikan diri anda sedang berlangsung tanpa anda sedari. Selamat Berbahagia kita semua Warga Guru.

Wallahu aklam.

Puasa yang ke 21 malam ke 22 lailatul qadar ker

Posted by sazali

Salam.

Syukur kita dah berpuasa 20 hari dah. Tinggal 10 hari saja lagi ,...kita leh makan sate arnab, daging , ikan dan .. (oops..awas ..chicken tak leh makan dah kecuali ternak sendiri .. mau?)

So 10 hari sahaja lagi. tadi mesin rumput .. kasi cantik punya compound rumah .. takut mana lah tahu big big small small relatives datang berhari raya aidil fitri .. ke rumah kita di Parit Raja ni lah.

Now angkat barang2 seprti buku2, fail2 dari umah ke opis yg baru. Susun cantik cantik. Untuk pengetahuan semua my opis tingkat 7 teratas sekali ...sesuai untuk staff paling tua .. mengadap tasik terbesar tempat anak anak muda jogging waktu petang .. best view tau? tapi .. takut2 dia nak ikut jerjak arwah Pegawai kastam itu ..Sharbani ..terjun dari tingkat atas ke bawah. Seram jugak .. dok kat atas ni.

Now .. dok kat meja. nak design kertas soalan akhir DIPLOMA MATHS I.T 1 .. topik SET, Relations, and few more things.

Hisss.. penat lah .. dan ada jugak rasa boring. Try FB ..boring jugak .. ramai dah wish SHR Maaf Zahir dan Bathin. Apa lagi kan? Macam lah org tak tahu bila nak raya/

Hiss..boring nya.. tetapi as muslims ..kita kena banyak bersabar. Kena buat kertas soalan tu dan design skema jawapan sekali. Adush penatnya. Musim puasa ni .. cukup mencabarlah.

Tunggu jap lah ..solat berjamaah zuhur di masjid parit kangkong , PARIT RAJA lah.
then baru pulang jumpa isteri dan anak-anak ku. Hiss... penatnya abah.

The best is ..jom pikir bukak puasa dgn apa hah today?

1. kerabu perut anak lembu muda
2. cari pauh ringan + cili padi (dap nya)
3. cari jeruk kelubi , masam masin saiz besar ibu jari kaki .. lagi best gila ni
4. nasi kerabu hitam + ayam perchik (stail kelantan) kat batu Pahat , mana lagi?
5. martabak special .. check dia punya cuka, bawang tu.
6. air tebu
7. air kelapa
8. air apa lagi hah? ( ada 10 jari ni .. patutkah semua jari kena sangkut something ptg ni?)
9. kueh ? onde-onde, teri manis, tahik itik (anybody) ha..ha.. siro pisang/ siro ubi
10. abih dah pitih lah. (esok deh??)

Segar sikit jika dibayangkan apa nak makan ptg ptg ni. Best punya projek.

Ha..ha..

tak best kor makan colek betek muda + air cuka + sikit belacan + cili padi + air tebu ais + nenas muda Simpang Renggam = buang air besar sepanjang malam lah demo

Ha..ha..

Suka-suka jer tuan hamba. Jgn serious sangat deh?

lagi pun ..jam 1200 baru ni . 7 jam lagi baru boleh mengadat(berdepan) kueh mueh di atas meja besar di rumah kita.

Till then ..good bye. Jaga puasa kita bersama-sama. Doa banyak-banyak. Adakah ini ramadhan kita kali terakhir Ya ROBBI?

wallahu aklam.

English Lessons for Malays 17

Posted by sazali

Salam.

Great to be back after the weekend. You ok Majid? Ali , you are OK? By looking at your face , I know you are very eager to celebrate Eid Mubarak , am I right boys?

Yes. Today we are going to study few sentences which was not correctly written. I want you to spot where the errors are. Shall we begin then?

Q1. I not want that book. Expensive!

Q2. They not go yet. I not know why.

Q3. The boys not wake up yet. They watched TV late last night.

Ok then .. can you see any errors there. These are the common ways many of you write to me in your essays and assignments. So can you spot the error please.

Let us start by calling Minah. Minah , first question please. Where is the error?

Minah: "I not want". it sounds stupid.

Teacher: yes you are right .. I agree with you. So how should the sentence be like then.

Minah: I think " I do not want " THE - DO - was left out.

Teacher: correct. You are right. You must say " I do not BUKAN BUKAN BUKAN I not like " . (laugh)

Very Good Minah. Well done.

Well where are you Ali? Oops ..what the hell are you doing Ali ?

Hanif: He is trying to grap my crotch Sir! Adush sakitnya.

Teacher: Ok Ali .. don't be foolish. Try Question 2 Ali.

Ali: Same SIR . I think .. They DO NOT GO . They DO NOT Go .

Teacher: Good Ali. I am proud . you saw the mistake. Yes We cannot say .. They NOT GO. It must be .. They DO NOT GO

Very good Ali. Please mind your business ..Hanif.

Ok then .. lets get Kumari doing the 3rd question.

Try KUmari.

Teacher: Can you read first the sentence Kumari.

Kumari: The boys not wake up yet. They watch late TV last night.

Teacher: so .. what will it be like then?

KUmari: THE BOYS DO NOT // THE BOYS DID NOT WAKE UP yet.

The boys did not wake up yet. Sir. Is that OK?

Teacher: yes. yes. why you said THEY DID NOT wake up yet kumari?

Kumari: Past Tense. last night. is the clue , i suppose SIR?

Taecher: BRilliant Kumari. You are my star today. Sit down!

Yes.. if we talk about last night ..then it is going to be .. DID NOT WAKE UP YET.

DIDn't wake up yet. DIDN"T wake up yet is fine here.

------------ conclusion.

Many of us miss the verb-to-be when writing simple sentences.

I wake up.

I do not wake up .

I eat.

I do not eat .

I ate (past tense)

I did not eat .. or I didn't eat .

She studied.

She did not study.

She didn't study.

Alisah sings a nice song.

Aliah doesn't sing . Alisah didn't sing a nice song.

----

It is Ok to put .. DID NOT .. after all.

As long you do not miss it in your message.

They DID NOT COME. The boys and girls DIDN"T COME at all.


Mahathir swears. Mahathir does not swear that. Mahathir did not swear // din't swear at all.


If someone ask ? did you come? yes i did/ no i didn't.

does she pass the exam? yes she has. no she hasn't.

does he fast today? yes he is. no he isn't.

See? It is so simple. Don't miss out the NOT/ did not.

I think thats all for now. Please pray I can get my ATM card again else God knows what i should do tomorrow. Me in the 7th floor, you know? That man jumped down from that police office just becuase he was caught with rasuah ( bribes).

Should I jump too? Laugh.

Till then good bye. See you...


Preparation for Raya Aidil Fitri

Posted by sazali

Salam.

This coming Raya, God Willing, we shall be in Kota Bharu for 5 days. 3 days before Raya and 2 days after Raya.

2) How ever few important things has to be taken care of:

2.1 safety of our belongings - home here in Parit Raja
2.2 safety of our journey - cars and general health of the driver himself
as such he cannot do many mad things like moving so many files and books from his home to the new office (7th floor, Blind Me!)
2.3 cash, ATM cards, credit cards etc etc
2.4 general plan to travel from Johor to Kota Bharu and then vice-versa
2.5 condition of my 2 other children going back to school after Raya and registering 1st time in UIA , Kuantan


Why do we plan?

If we do not plan there are 5 bad things going to happen to us.

First, over spending in Raya time.
Second, we can endanger our own life as well. For example, if our EXORA is not properly checked, we could end up in the ravine or unknown territories

Third, we could optimize whom we should visit in the Raya season this time. Mother, aunties, uncles, cousins, close friends in that order (i suppose).

Fourthy , we can economize on our drained energy. The driver can not sleep at all time. So I better take care of myself as well as possible. The other family members can spend their energy serving the guests and what not. Why? most of them sleep in any journey all the time. Good, isn't it?

Finally, the driver must report to work in good condition with some more cash in his pocket. I got one more daughter waiting for posting to school. If she got the offer letter , off we go again to her new school (first posting).

Other than that, I cannot make any comments. I better reserve it to myself. I am sure my mum will cry if I depart too early from Kota Bharu. Well, I cannot be every where mum all the time. I must take care of my family as well. Please save your tears for another day. Who knows? Read more Quraan and do more nafil solat like Isra', Dhuha, Awabim, Tahajud and Witir .. if you do that .. you don't have to think so much about your children (3 of them in my case / when my aunties and uncles got 10's and 14's respectively). Laugh.

To have lots of children is great .. at this festive season .. if 5 didn't turn up on the first day at least another half of the batallion is still available. Not my mum. It is always me who must be always be counted for great festive season , come snow or rain. Think about that ....will you? Good to have bigger nests with many chicks under your wings. Start today.

Eid Mubarak/ SElamat Hari Rayo .. Adil Fitri. Maaf zahir dan bathin.

Apalah punya bank Malaysia

Posted by sazali

Salam

Tak fahamlah nasib ni. aku hilang/ tercicir kad ATM mesti dalam bandar BP tu. Duit ada banyak dalam akaun tu.

2) Pergi repot polis. Polis kata ..check nombor blakang slip ATM Muamalat .. mana ada dah? CIMB ada jugak

3) try Google. get MUamalat Bank Kuala Lumpur Headquarters.

4) try one number . Infoline. Suara perempuan. Dia pun tell tell tell me .. terima kasih kerana hubungi kami. Waktu operasi kami 0900 - 445 ptg Isnin hingga Jumaat sahaja. waktu lain .. entah?

5) Tekan 1 untuk BI. dan tekan 2 .. untuk Bahasa Melayu.

6) aku tekan 2. lama-lama aku tunggu. Banyak kredit handphone telah dikurbankan semata-mata nak mintak tolong depa block org guna kad ATM aku. Lamalama tu..

Dia kata" maaf tak dapat dihubungi. maaf tak dapat dihubungi . cuba lagi." (sh dah tak ada org pun kerja nak tolong kita hari sabtu pagi ni)

Repeat langkah 4 hingga 6 lagi dan lagi.

Maaf tak dapat dihubungi.

Mungkin dia nak cakap kat aku : " Tuan diminta datang ke Bank ini waktu kami bukak jer. Bestnya datang hari Isnin pagi. Sebab .. ATM kad tuan hilang Jumaat/Sabtu kan?

Bodohnya ..sistem ..ini. Bodohnya. Astaghfirullah. Astaghfirullah.

O yes. background music bank ini ..banyak subhanallah .. alhamdulilah .. allahhuakbar. Aghhhh ..

kalau tak silap saya lah.

Maaf . kami marah sangat kat system bodoh ni. takkan tak ada org nak pikir jauh sikit .. how to help org desperado dan desperadi ni ..nak block jgn org lain guna ATM kad aku jer.

Apa kata if ada org asing (pelancong) nak dapatkan bantuan. tak ada org nak pikir ker situasi ini.

Why?

TQ. silapnya...

Sebelum berbuka puasa

Posted by sazali

salam.

Amalan kami anak beranak.

Tunggu makanan di meja.

2) Buat tazkirah 10 minit.
3) Baca doa bergilir-gilir pusing meja. Mintak apa yang nak kau mintak dari YA ROB. Tuhan semesta alam.
4) Baca doa sebelum berbukak.
5) Makan dengan tenang. jangan takut ..kita ada banyak makanan ni.
6) After makan, cepat-cepat bersolat secara jamaah.
7) target isya prayer di masjid dan berterawih dengan sempurna.

Buat yang terbaik. Mungkin ini ramadhan kita yg terakhir. Siapalah yang tahu.

Sekian.

wasallam.

Some body going to die on the road next week

Posted by sazali

Salam.

Next week the rush BALIK KAMPUNG begins. Many of us will travel long distance betwen their work place to their home town. Why? Next week Muslims all over the world will celebrate HARI RAYA AIDIL FITRI / Eid Mubarak.

2) It is a custom children go and visit their parents in this blessed month of Shawal. Prior to their long drive, many of us will check our cars and EXORAS. This is to ensure good and safe drive.

3) From papers, malaysian roads are notorious with tragic deaths among road users. this happened inspite of lots and lots of traffic block by the malaysian police. Why was this so? If we interviewd the living ones, many confessed that the cars were packed with passengers and .. the most suitable likely answer is .. they are so eager to see their mum. Prior to that they lack sleep and rest due to unexplained excitement caused by Hari Raya. Not only muslims made the rush , non muslims also are part of the story. WEll Malaysia is multi cultural and multi religious country. My raya is also the chinese and hindus raya ( i mean ..public holidays). Many bus drivers wanted to make 3 trips per day if they can driving NATIONAL EXPRESS, Mahligai Express from Kota Bharu to Kuala Lumpur via Gua Musang. Due to this madness plus bad transport maintance of they got killed along the way with so many other passsengers. Unknowingly, they bought RM40 ticket each to die on the highway with these 'cursed' buses. Many people experienced plenty of griefs at this period of time. Parents crying uncontrollably on the TVs .. Imagine one day we have 78 deaths through out the country. You know what that number means? As teachers say we have 2 classrooms of students of 78 students. You met all of them today teaching english and maths. We laugh while teaching them english essays like wwhat you gonna do during big celebrations etc etc ..but By tomorrow they are all dead on the road. Thats the reality of statistics? Yes every day there is at least 1 class room of students dead on malaysian roads during this festive season. See? that is how bad our roads are. Can your stomach take it?

So as a good citizen, I wish every body a safe journey. If you do not want to join the above statistics .. please drive carefully and allocate enough time for the journey. If you can't , it is advisable for you to go home next year. Its not the end of the world celebrating Eid without your mum and dad. Ask those soldiers and policemen who are on duty come rain or shine on EID. See the students overseas. They are smiling broadly with their foreign friends at EID. Safe your precious life. What say you? (maaf zahir dan bathin)

See you. Happy Eid every body.

Wallah hu aklam.

Englsih Lessons for Malays 16

Posted by sazali

salam.

Good Morning everybody. You slept well last night Mr Brown?

Today I am going through with you something called PREPOSITIONS.

In Malay , we write things such as "Letakkan buku itu di atas meja."

dan " Masukkan udang kering ke dalam kuali bila minyak sudah mendidih."

Prepositions = kata sendi ; sendi nama seperti di atas / ke dalam

Examples:
1. Put the book ON the table.
2. Put the prawns INTO the wok.

You get me? (can you follow Mr Brown?) - do you understand what this is ?

Other examples.

3. Switch OFF the TV. ( off is the preposition).
4. Turn ON the computer ( on is the prepostion).
5. He sits between the Russian girls. ( between is the preposition).
6. Islam forbids man from mingling with ladies whom they can marry. ( WITH).
7. Flip through the Atlas and tell me where is MONGOLIA. ( THROUGH)
8. Hang the portrait on the wall, Amjeet Singh? (ON)
9. Get out from this room! It is on fire. (OUT)
10. See through the trees and don't worry so much about the jungle. (THROUGH)


I think I better give you some exercises. Will that be alright , Mr Brown and Mrs Green?

Q1. The red book is ..... the yellow and the brown ones on the shelf.
Q2. Switch ... the computer, will you when you are leaving from my room.
Q3. Mingling ... girls is bad for you Muslims.
Q4. Trying .... the new dress takes her so long in the small room.
Q5. The printer is good. The quality of its print .... the paper is sharp and clear.
Q6. I skimm .... the essay and spotted the errors.
Q7. Finally I saw her .... the platform. What a relief after all these years!
Q8. Buying good dictionary and reading lots of newspaper will eventually pays .... all your investment. Believe me?
Q9. The shootings were directly ... target.
Q10. She is cooking something .. .. the kitchen. Please wait.

I think thats all for the time being. I got to see a dentist now. See you.

Answers:
Q10. in
Q9. off
Q8. off
Q7. on
Q6. through
Q5. ON
Q4. ON
Q3. among
Q2. OFF
Q1. BETWEEN

Jangan terpedaya dengan tektik penjual musim rayo ni

Posted by sazali

Salam.

Shukur ..pegawai-pegawai kerajaan menikmati bonus separuh bulan gaji mulai semalam/ kelmarin. Hidung saya yang kemik tiba-tiba mengembang maklumlah dapat bonus.

Walaubagaimana pun saya dah bertekad tidak akan tertipu dengan gaya berbelanja pada musim-musim sudah. Mengapa saya berkata begitu? Ada 3 sebab.

Pertama - harga barang-barang kebanyakkan sudah mula melambung. Isu adalah kerana kerajaan sudah mula menarik balik subsidi minyak. Oleh yang demikian, kos pengangkutan lori treler toke cina tiba-tiba naik. Bila ini terjadi, bala ini dipindahkan kepada pembeli-pembeli macam kita semua lah. Tidak kira orang yg baru mendapat bonus atau pun tidak. Memang kerajaan ada membuat kenyataan bahawa harga barang tertentu sangat-sangat terkawal tetapi awas saudara .. poket kita tidak siapa pun yang dapat kawal bila harga barang-barang lain melonjak harganya secara senyap-senyap atau terang-terangan. Maklumlah penguatkuasa - penguatkuasa mana lah larat nak serbu gudang toke-toke perut buncit itu. Bodoh sangat lah kita menelan kenyataan kerajaan bahawa harga barang seperti minyak masak, bawang, gula, tepung semua terkawal kerana yang saya ttahu mertabak mamak bukan berharga RM2 lagi . Sekarang dag RM2.50 sekeping martabak. Harga air kelapa di Trengganu bukan RM1.50 dah sebiji ..tetapi RM2.50 sebiji. Tengok itu. Itu baru martabak dan air kelapa muda. Apa lagi dengan kueh , biskut , kueh tunjuk-tunjuk yang berlambak-lambak di tepi pasaraya dan sebagainya. Bukak mata saudara luas-luas dan pegang duit dlm kocek itu kemas-kemas (kuat-kuat). Jangan terlampau bermurah hati sangat.

- Harga baju kemeja / seluar slack / stokin/ kasut semua dah bukan macam dulu dah. Dulu RM300 boleh beli semua benda itu tetapi sekarang baju kemeja Arrow puteh - kegemaran lawyer yg bunuh Susilawati dan geng - berharga RM150 sepasang. Stokin RM19.99 , seluar slack yg menjadi rebutan jejaka macam saya RM300 ... kira punya kita RM600 - RM650 hanya untuk saya seorang sahaja. Penambahan harga RM150 dalam masa 1 tahun. Hushhh..ini sudah melampau. Wal hasil , musim raya ini saya beli t-shirt jer Sogo bahagian bawah RM30 - RM50 dah cukup bagus punya. Insya allah dan alhamdulilah, settle. Saya dah jimat banyakk duit sebanyak 75% penjimatan. Kontrol nafsu/ tutup mata / jeling jer .. kat pakaian cantik-cantik tu dalam Sogo. Toke Sogo sure tak leh marah jika kita tengok-tengok, pegang-pegang jer. Jangan beli. Banyak lagi baju kemeja saya di rumah. Mengapa mesti beli semua baru? kalau tak pakai stokin tak leh kah? haramkah? he..he.. cuba pakai soalan-soalan keramat ini dlm kepala otak saudara setiap saat di dalam emporium tu. Insyallah banyak duit kita leh jimat dan jimat.

- Duit raya? parah! orang kampung semua dah tahu. Anak-anak saudara semua dah dimaklumkan oleh ibu-bapanya gi rayo umah cikgu cikgi tahun ni. Jgn turun dari rumah mereka kalau tak dihulurkan duit warna merah terang-terangan. He..he.. jika ada 50 orang anak sedara sehari .. expected budget RM500 dah teris dari genggaman tuan hamba. Jika 2 hari beraya di kampung sekurang-kurangnya RM1000 dah terkurban secara sedar / tidak sedar. Di Kota Bharu, duit banyak dibelanjakan untuk membayar duit minyak kereta .. maklumlah semua jalan raya di sana di sana di sana tersumbat habis-habisan. Kalau dikira dengan orang cium punggung kereta kita dan kita mahu cium punggung kereta dia orang ... tahap kehilangan duit .. semakin menjadi-jadi. Astagh firullah. Conclusion: jgn dok lama-lama di kampung untuk beraya. Jom kita gi pantai cinta berahi dan gi sana bilang duit yg terselamat. ha..ha.. seronoknya raya dgn air n pasir tebing pantai yg cantik putih berkilau-kilauan. Buat action "abah pening kepalalah ,...nanti kita balik umah dkt dkt maghrib ker". ok tak?

Apa punya rayo ni .. main pantai pulak dio? Gilo! ha..ha...

Kesudahan cerita ialah berbelanja berhemah dan jangan belanja sangat. Insyaaalak kita kena ingat 5 dan 6 september hantar anak-anak pulang ke sekolah asrama penuh dan daftar anak ke universiti pulak. Kos maintain dan repair kereta jgn lupa tuan hamba.

Jom kita berdoa sungguh-sungguh supaya duit bonus boleh kita simpan untuk bekalan hari tua kita after pencen. Apa kata tuan hamba?

Sekian. wallah hu aklam.

Good to smile most of the time when

Posted by sazali

Salam

* when you are happy
* smile attracts many people especially poor humble crowd like PATI ( pendatang tanpa izin) LAUGH
* when you are approaching someone
* you know it is an act of charity ( satu sedekah)
* you know you are 90% OK all the time and 10% not ok (when you go to sleep)

By the way , keep on smiling

because you don't have to pay anything when you put a nice set of smile.

2) My blog starts with me smiling. Sorry I am not so handsome .. but believe me so far I have not been involved with any sort of scandal that attracts serious attention from that tabloid METRO in this country. I am what I am. Don't worry I don't intend to borrow anything from you .. perhaps .. there are things that I want to share with you like mathematics and english in good faith.

3) By having a smile .. you can solve so many problems ..like family problems .. I am married for 30 years already .. and so far .. my ship is floating on the water of many sorts ( rough sea, calm sea and what come may). Alhamdulilah.

The secret of having good smile is don't buy things that you could not afford for example if your monthly income is RM2000 .. just buy RM1800 .. the rest you keep for your rainy seasons. Else .. you can catch those who never smile through out the year .. come snow or tsunami .. and basically they have 1001 worries .. settling bad debts from SINGER, COURT MAMMOTH, NATIONAL, CIMB Credit cards , etc etc.

If you want to live extra years keep smiling . Learn to smile please to your enemies .. like a politician .. UMNO man smiling to a man from PAS / DAP/ PKR etc etc. Just smile then you can discuss things better all the way through.

My biggest weapon is Be happy Don't worry. Keep on smiling even to the animals in the farm and many more plants which are doing zikir towards Allah Taala.

With that .. I would like to bade you ..Good Night .. read surah Al-Mulk and Alif Lam Mim sajadah and Al Waqiah.

Wallahu aklam.

English Lessons for Malays 15

Posted by sazali

Hi!

Great to be back .. in the class I mean. He..he.. it is raining so heavily outside. Hush ..so cold and bloody wet.

2) OK then .. what are we here for? Good .. English class right?

3) Today I want to teach you more on making questions and replies in English.

say you enter a restaurant in Kuala Lumpur.

The assistant girl ask: YES MR. Can I take your orders for Drinks please?

YOU : ? ? ( what are you going to response )

Types of responses:

a) You can say .. "So fast you ... I just arrived .. can't you give me a minute to settle down .. gurl." He..he..

b) or You can say .. " hot HORLICKS please."

The assistant : I am afraid there is no HORLICKS here Sir. Any thing else?

Types of responses:

a) Blind me ! no hoclicks in Kuala Lumpur like this.

b) Ughrhgs .. Kota Bharu got plenty HORLICKS ..how come here no HORLICKS. Pity me.

c) O I see. Give me Tea-Tarikkkk please.

The assistant : Thank you. Food order Sir?

Types of responses:

a) You have satey ayammmm? I want 25 sticks please.

b) Or you have kerabu perutttt lembu muda please?

The assistant: You are lucky. We have all that .. wait I go and butcher the cow outside the shop ..wait ok?

-------------------------------------

You might be laughing. Mr Brown and Ali in a famous episode called "LEARN YOUR LANGUAGE" has plenty of laughs .. why? To make people happy while learning.

By the way did you see me saying lots and lots of please.

YES. When you order anything .. say please at the end of each order. OK?

If you want to say NO. NO .. NO ..

look here Ali .. you can say .. NO , I am afraid I don't like that Tea-tarikkkkk.

Why Sir? Your tarik so short.

Yes. the english people always say " i am afraid .. so and so for not being able to fulfil your request like kerabu perut lembu muda. Where get that in KLCC, you stupid Ali. (laugh).

So we have learnt 2 things here.

FIRST .. say please.

SECOND .. say I am afraid I don't like that " apa benda yg mu nok nya "

I think thats all for today. I hope enjoy you tea tarikkkkk and kerabu perut lembu muda. Wushhhh ,.. so nice our Malaysian Kelantanese dishes , yiu know?

See you. Bye.

Hari raya is coming don't worry

Posted by sazali

Salam.

I went to BP Police Station just now. My objective was to get some data on accidents in this area called parit raja since 2007 - 2010. In this month of ramadhan, it was so tiring to drive even if it is just 25 km from my office. You know what, they asked me for a letter head. What!

The whole morning I drafted my letter requestiong this and that .. and now they wanted was a lettter head. Purrg .. I wrote the letter and now my Dean has to sign it. Crazy? what say you? he..he.. if this is my business why pull my Dean along? Funny world indeed. call this as Crazy world number 1.

2) I came back empty handed. Damn it.

3) Along the way , I listened many Raya songs by Sudirman. Pity him .. before he died , Malaysians called him as a singing doctor. In my opinion, they should have given him Dato' ship when he was singing so well in the Albert Hall. London. See? the world is cheating us. Can you tell me what worth is that .. if any big shots gave you datokship when u have turned all bones in the grave? will it carry anything (value) in that 6 feet underground. Crazy world number 2. Right?

3) Before I reached my opis , somebody called me. He told me we got half month bonus already. Already bank in. He told. I just laugh.

U know what " .. when the government servants ..got their bonus .. the chickens, pigs and ducks .. all these animals knew it so well ..as a result .. the prices of many goods goes up day by day ..hiked by the traders .. just wonder why can't we enjoy the bonus without them knowing this thing. More over it is just half a month bonus. Not a great deal ..what? What will it do .. you can;t be called a millionaire yet. Private employees like Sapura , etc etc got 7 month bonus. Did you hear that in any malaysian paper about this windfall? In the government .. even a single cent bonus .. all main papers will report it day and night ... as if it is so BIGGGGG.

Thats crazy number 3 here.

He..he..

In sum, just take care of yourself. Don't die / kill yourself in thi scarzy place called Malaysia. (laugh) Be happy , don;t worry. My WIRA is my car now. All debt settled. What a feeling ... can you feel that my dear? he..he..

Wallahu aklam.

English Lessons for Malays 14

Posted by sazali

Salam.

Good morning every body. You slept well last night Jusuh?

ha..ha.. Jusuh is a malay name. It is a popular name among Terengganu people.
Ha..ha..

I happened to visit my old friend Dato' Prof Dr Alias Daud. During our conversation ..he repeatedly use this words .... I myself do it/ I myself called him in/// she herself posted the document for my attention.

The words I am interested to teach you is 'myself', 'herself'. All these are called reflecive pronouns. People use it to emphasize something called an individual effort through and through. It was him alone who did all the work.

It is nice to use reflecsive pronouns in our writings but don't put so much in one paragraph - it sounds so boring and you look BRAGGING!

Examples:

1. Jusuh did the project himself without any of my supervision.

2. Rosnah herself discuss it with her friends and finally made the decision.
3. You must do the sum yourselves first before asking your teacher. Understand Jusuh?
4. Mat Rempits are killing themselves by racing on that part of the road. Just wait here. Will you? Soon we can pick their bones and sell them to the open market in India.
5. The malays themselves are spoiling their children by pampering them with so much gadgets in I.T.
6. The Brazilian defender scored the goal himself. What a hell! After a minute he was substituted by his coach.


See. those are some examples of reflecsive pronoun.

Exercise. Give an appropraite reflecsive pronoun for the following persons.

1. Head master
2. Head mistress
3. Tom and Jerrry
4. Mathatma Gandhi
5. A film called 'DOSTI'.

Try boys. I shall come again with the answers. Till then Good Bye.

English Lessons for my Malays 13

Posted by sazali

Salam

Welcome Irwan Hakimi to my english class. He..he.. i am impressed with him because he has travelled round the globe many times already. Alhamdulilah.

Today I am going to teach you all something called adjectives and adverbs.

In the first lesson I taught you Nouns right? kata nama . rumah, kereta. they are nouns.

something to describe more on nouns is called adjectives. big house. The word 'big' is the adjective. It describes the house. It is a big house.

Next is Mercedes cars are expensive. So expensive is an adjective. The car is expensive. It costs you RM300,000 if it is a new one. Here 'new' is also an adjective. It tells yoiu that the car is new.

PART B.

adverbs. kata kerja. kata sifat.

'run' is a verb. berlari kata perbuatan. So if we write ' He runs so slowly'. the word slowly is an adverb. it describes how he runs? He runs so slowly.

'write' is a verb. menulis. Aminah Hitam writes so neatly.

How does she write? She writes so neatly. So 'neatly' is the adverb.

I hope you can follow my teaching here. Can't you?

Exercise:

Underline which is an adjective and which is an adverb.

Q1. "The journal is up-to-date. It came as a surprise this morning". explained Jerry.

Q2. A journal is a collection of excellent pieces of writings by researchers on a certain area of knowledge.

Q3. Manchester United is a boring team. They always win any game with their hands tight. I never support them.

Q4. Mr Sulaiman taught us Statistic very effectively. I enjoyed his teaching very much.

OK then try and have a go at it. I shall supply the answer the next time we meet.

Till then good bye.

Reference:

1. Adibah Amin (1975). 'As I was passing'. Utusan Melayu Sdn Bhd. Kuala Lumpur.

Who are you?

Posted by sazali

Salam.

A call came just now. He asked who I am.

Ok I better explain.

I am a malay gentleman. I was trained as a teacher in Mathematics and English. I obtained my basic degree in Mathematics from Leeds University, England. But before entering to a university, I sat for GCE "A"levels in three subjects called Mathematics, Economics and Geography. I did my A levels in Grantham College FFE. Then I read my masters in Computers in Education in Birmingham University and lastly I settled with my doctorate in Technical and Vocational Education in UTHM, Johor, Malaysia. ( so basically I have written three thesis of about 30,000 words in English).


Before joining UTHM, I taught Maths, Stats and Programming in a polytechnic PKB, Kota Bharu. Most of my teaching was done in English. I got many enemies. One of them is they don;t like my punctuality that I gained from the English professors. I tried very hard to pay my debt on time. I got that habit from the English too.

Then after so many years in PKB .. I dreamt of doing PHD. Many people said 'permanent head damage' but I did not see any damage in my brain after so much studying and spending lots of time in Conferences throughout Europe and South East Asia.

Now I am teaching maths in English to my undergraduate students. Mostly they are malays. Some Arabs started to join the class. Therefore I have to upgrade my English in order to instruct them as well as possible. Sofar I won three awards 'BEST SERVICE AWARD' in PKB and UTHM. From the registrar office, he told us that only 10% of the staff can manage to get this award yearly. It is pure internal assessment by the Dean, your peers and etc etc.

I think thats all for the time being. Please commment productively if you want to drop any message/ idea/ opinion on these lessons. I welcome them very much. My religion asked me to '.. say something nice even if it is just a simple sentence' thats what push me to the class called 'ENGLISH LESSONS among my malays". I think it is not bad, isn't it? Am I so bad in English? he..he.. if I am so bad ..I don;t think I can get any A level distinction in my college before I was admitted to a university called LEEDS and Birmingham. (laugh).

Thanking you in advance.

Bye.

English Lessons for malays 12

Posted by sazali

salam.

Here we come again. Topic Sentence.

Every paragraph must have a TOPIC SENTENCE.

Examples:

1) Mathematics is percieved as a difficult subject not only among the malays but also English children in many parts of United Kingdom. According to TIMMS report , malaysia has fallen from the 9th position to 26 th position from year 1999 to 2007.

Let me explain here. THe first sentence Mathematics is percieved as a difficult subject ... THIS IS TOPIC SENTENCE. It breaks the main news in the first paragraph. Next come the

second sentence that tries to elaborate why was the mathematics so difficult. It comes with TIMMS Report ( a survey conducted among 45 participating countries on mathematics education).

2) Human likes to live in pairs. By pairing, they will find more love and more meaning towards their occupation.

See? The first sentence is the TOPIC SENTENCE. It breaks the news to the world that men lives in pairs.

Then the next sentence is an elaboration .. by pairing.. they find more love / more meaning towards their occupation.

Conclusion: You must try to begin each paragraph in your essay with a topic sentence. Then and only then .. people becomes more excited to read your ideas.

Thank you. I think that's it for today.

You have plenty to do with your dictionary.

See you Ok? Bye.

English Lessons for malays 11

Posted by sazali

Salam

So far I have gone through with you three things called: tenses, direct and indirect speech and finally antonyms / synonyms.

It took me many years to learn that ..but in this world of 'Instant Nescafe' and Instant Camera .. I think this generation likes to learn anything as quickly as possible including English. Right?

However there is nothing better than to read few novels, magazines and newspapers in order to get some important feelings, grasp on human expressions when interacting with each other. Few good novels are "Tom Sawyer" and "The thirty nine steps". FYI, I enjoyed reading Enid Bylton's novels when I was as young as 10. Now I am in the fifties. Don't worry about this. It is just a big number. (laugh)

Examples:

Today we are going to see the construction of simple and more complicated sentences like:
1) Every day Maimun cooks dinner for her family with a budget of RM30.

This is called a simple sentence because it has a subject called "maimun" and a predicate "cooks dinner for her family with a budget of RM30."

Remember a sentence consists of a subject and a predicate(story).

How about a complex sentence.

2) Everyday the male and female teachers conduct their lessons separately without making any commotion between them.

Here there are two different sentences. Can you identify them ? Correct ..the sentence has 2 subjects called the male teachers and the 'female' teachers.

So it can be written in two different ways.

2.1 Every day the male taechers conduct their lessons.

2.2 Every day the female teachers conduct their lessons.

We had used "AND" a conjunction to combine two sentences into 1 main sentence.

Then 'the ... without making any commotion between them" is a story about their attitude in carrying out their job as professionally as they can.

Can you this?

Well don't worry so much if you cannot take today's lessons as effectively as u would like it to be. Come times ..u would be able to see the light through this jumbled words.

I think that's all for today.

See you. Bye.

lagi lagi isu Penguatkuasaan

Posted by sazali

Salam.

Saya confuse sedikit today dengan berita dari Kuala Lumpur.


"Pihak Penguatkuasaan undang-undang tidak menjalankan tugasan sehingga orang-orang indonesia boleh menjual kopi kopi ala kampung yang mungkin jika digunakan ..boleh membawa kepada maut ..terutama pengidap penyakit jantung..". Berita Harian 16 August 2011.

Apa ni?

2) Bulan sudah ..saya ada menghantarkan satu surat aduan kepada Unit Penguatkuasaaan Pejabat Daerah Pasir Puteh ..(setelah buat aduan di Balai Polis Pasir Puteh) mengadu bahawa tanah saya telah dicerobohi dengan .. manusia membina gudang perniagaan tanpa meminta izin. Walaupun saya bekalkan semua maklumat diri termasuk nombor handphone, fax, telepon pejabat .. haram jadah satu orang dan apa-apa tindakan pun tarak .. dari mereka.

Dengan berita dari Berita Harian .. sahlah .. tidak ada penguatkuasaan di negara ini kecuali pada orang-orang tertentu sahaja. Pilih bulu kot.

Kasihan .. anak-anak bini depa .. if si ayah tak buat kerja molek molek ..besar kemungkinan ..duit gaji adalah ... haram. Ushhhh.... itulah malaysia kita.

wallahu aklam.

Pemikiranku hari ini

Posted by sazali

Salam.

Semalam aku cuba membaca Al-Quraan tetapi .. oleh sebab banyak perkara dunia .. niat itu tak kesampaian juga sepanjang malam.

Hanya pagi ni selepas Subuh ..Allah memberi aku sedikit taufik dan hidayah untuk membaca 10 ayat terakhir Surah Al-Imran. Ini sebenarnya amalan aku setiap hari sebelum maghrib dan selepas subuh. Salah satu ayatnya membawa maksud '.. dunia ini , kesedapan dunia inii ..adalah semuanya bersifat SEMENTARA.. akhirat juga yang abadi abada.'

Ayat terakhirnya bermaksud '.. bersabarlah dengan ujian ini (ujian dunia inI) supaya kau beriman dan beramal soleh .. pasti kau akan berjaya .. berjaya... dunia dan akhirat. Janji Allah tetap benar.'

Selepas membaca erti ayat ayat hafalan harian saya itu .. lama juga aku dok fikir-fikirkan ..apa lagi yang nak aku cari dari perut dunia ini. isteri baru? rumah banglo besar yg baru? pangkat , darjat ? .. aghhh ke mana itu .. kalau tidak ke lubang kubur sahaja.. tetapi awas ..awas .. seluruh penduduk dunia tak kira muda atau tua bangka .. semua (boleh dikatakan) terlalu sibuk ..mencari, maintain, menambah, jual beli , calling calling .. untuk apa yer? Yes ..semua untuk maksud dunia .Biar kaya sekayanya. tak lain tak bukan ..ramai orang kita .. terlalu obsess dgn kesenangan dunia. kalau kita pergi ke mana-mana , ramai kita seronok bercerita tentang pangkat, banyak mana keluasan kebun sawit kau, darjat kau di Kementerian, anak kau belajar di mana, kawin dgn anak siapa , .. , terlalu banyak objektif itu menjuruskan .. kepada kehebatan dunia.

Berapa keratlah orang-orang kita nak dengar dengan tawajuh kebesaran dunia akhirat .. amalan-amalan agama seperti berdakwah .. mengapa kita perlu berdakwah mengorbankan masa, duit, umur, tenaga untuk mengembangkan agama kita yg suci murni (islam); mengapa kita perlu berganding bahu tua dan muda ... untuk melawan paderi kristian yg bekerja keras siang dan malam untuk memurtadkan anak-anak muda islam kita di Kuala Lumpur mahu pun di Jakarta. Mudah sangat kerja mereka .. beri wang, beri makanan waktu berbuka puasa, beri kerja kepada anak-anak orang Felda Jengka 10, 11, 14 , beri wanita, ..berduyun-duyun budak budak kita mengambil agama selain dari islam yang hak. Pokoknya .. kita umat islam takk mementingkan agama. Itu lah sebab anak anak kita lupa akan janji janji Allah ..bertakwalah kamu ..pasti kamu akan berjaya dan selamat.

Sebagai orang tua (ketua bapak keluarga) kita boleh sukat ..sebanyak mana keseriusan kita dalam masalah agama? Tengok sahaja pendidikan anak anak? Banyak mana wang telah kita habiskan untuk anak-anak belajar dan mengamalkan agama dari mereka berumur 5 tahun hinggalah sekarangg.. sehingga kita mati. Saya percaya ..banyak sungguh wang kita telah kurbankan untu maksud ..anak anak kita biarlah fokus mereka kepada mencari ilmu dunia, kerja jurutera, doktor, guru, akitek, akauntan, banker, insurance, saleman , sales girls etc etc .. ini semua berlaku kerana kita juga . Iman kita ialah '..semakin tinggi gaji mu ..anak .. semkain berjayalah kamu di dunia ini.. ' lantas berpaksikan kepada iman ini lah kita membenarkan anak anak perempuan kita bergaul sebebas-bebasnya dengan pemuda-pemuda tidak kira bangsa dan agama. 1 Malaysia konon-kononnya. Tidak kah ..kita baca buku-buku agama dan mendengar ustaz memberitahu AWAS ..org kafir tak kan redha kepada kita selagi kita orang islam tidak berbuyun buyun mengikuti stail kehidupan mereka .. contohnya memakai pakaian ketat dan sendat .. if can biar nampak .. 'apam' di celah peha itu ..lagi nampak lagi bagus stail dewasa ini.. tetapi hairannya .. anak-anak dara islam kita ada yg bertudung .. tak cukup dengan stokin kaki di pasangnya stokin tangan .. tutup aurat .. tetapi pada masa yg sama .. pakain mereka ..terlampaulah ketat .. Bukan kah ini sesuatu yang Gila? Badan mereka besar tetapi mencari gila sangat mencari pakaian adik-adiknya di Darjah 2 dan 3. Terlampau ketat ..pendek..jarang..samar-samar ... entahlah ..kitab mana mereka ini telah merujuk pagi dan malam demi kejayaan mereka sebagai anak kita. Astagh firullah al azimm.


Di dunia ini Allah Taala sudahpun memberi kita sample balasan di dunia akhirat . Ramai kita tak lena tidur di waktu malam. Walaupun rumah kita ada sistem air cond 2 kuda .. sepanjang masa ..kita masih susah nak tidur di waktu malam atau pun siang. Di Malaysia payah lelap mata kita, pergi eropah pun dengan bantuan ubat tidur ..payah kita nak tidurrr..Mengapa yer? Sebenar ini adalah azab allah yg esa. Kehidupan , paksi hidup kita sudah jauh dari mendapat kerehdaan Allah .. ada orang makan macam-macam ubat-ubatan ..dari dalam negeri mau pun luar negara .. tetapi penyakit mereka tak kunjung padam .. mengapa yer? Rujuklah kepada kitab Allah dan rasulnya. Ambil agama islam dan sunnah nabi nya ..insyallah kita pasti selamat sepanjang masa mulai sekarang. Percayalah.

Bila kita terlampau percaya kpd orang lain membuat makanan, kilang biskut, kilang roti, reban ayam, bangsal kambing .. secara diam diam mereka telah berpakat-pakat menyuntik binatang ini dengan enzim cepat membesar berskala murah-murahan .. tak lain lagi dari enzim babi (khinzir). Secara bodoh (maaf) kita orang islam memakan semua ini tanpa soal periksa. Maka doa dan ibadat kita ditolak oleh Allah yang maha esa. Bila ini berlaku mana mungkin kita dapat pertolongan Allah seperti mana para para sahabat mendapat pertolongan 'direct dari malikat-malaikat di langit' bila berperang dengan orang - orang kafir di Peperangan Badar dan banyak lagi peperangan antara orang islam dulu dengan orang -orang kafir (crusades) christians dan yahudi. Sekarang pak arab tak menang-menang berperang dengan israels? just tengok pakaian wanita arab kita. Moden kan? Aurat macam mana? Tuhan happy ker?

Sebagai penutup ..jom saudara saudari insaflah ..kita ramai-ramai balik ke pangkal jalan. Mulakan dengan bersembahyang 5 waktu sehari, ambik masa belajar lagi hukum hakam agama, kurban duit untuk tuisyen membaca Al-Quraan dan lembutkan hati itu ..dengan mendengar ajaran-ajaran ustaz uztazah .. dan guru-guru misali .. yang masih ada (tak ramai dah yg ada).

Ayuh sebelum terlewat. Bila accident berlaku ke atas kita , akhirat pun bermulalah. dari titik saat kematian kita yg tak dijangka-jangka itu , maka perjalanan kita ke ajkhirat pun sudah bermula. Bertaubatlah dan buatlah sesuatu sekarang juga. Ikut dakwah tabligh 3 hari (try dahulu) adalah penyelesaian terbaik dalam dunia serba moden ini yg tak percaya lagi adanya ALLAH YANG ESA. Wallahu aklam.

English Lessons for Malays 10

Posted by sazali

Salam.

Now I am teaching you something called antonyms and synonyms.

Antonyms = opposite to ..(any word)
examples: rich - - antonym is 'poor'
fat = thin ; heaven = hell ; UMNO = PAS like that lah.

Synonyms = similar meanings to (any word)
examples :- rich = wealthy; going = leaving ; studying = reading

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Study the following sentences. Part A change them into antonyms while Part B change it into synonyms.

Part A.

Q1. After the war, they looked a bit 'healthy'.
Q2. During the war, the women were 'killed' by the Japanese.
Q3. Argentina 'beat' Brazil by 3 goals to nil.
Q4. Studying PhD in Education is considered 'lowly' by the so-called scholars.


Part B.

Q1. You 'write' what there Aiman?
Q2. She 'sent' him some money for food.
Q3. They 'punched' him badly that he came down dead.
Q4. After a while, they 'took' away the baby.

Try and have a go at it, will you?

See you then.

Bye..

Sudah 2 kali jumaat berlalu

Posted by sazali

Salam

Aghh dah 2 kali jumaat dah bulan ramadhan ni. Ini bermakna tinggal 14 hari lagi .. kita akan ditinggalkan oleh bulan yg berkat ini .. mungkin puasa ini merupakan puasa terakhir bagi kita. Tak takut tuan hamba?

2) Bulan puasa .. segala aktiviti berganda-ganda nilainya. Cuba tuan hamba fikir .. jika kita gi masjid solat fardhu ..Allah akan kira pahala seakan-akan kita bersolat 70 kali fardhu .. iaitu (70/5) hari. 14 hari bersolat pada bulan bulan yang lain. Satu fardhu pada bulan puasa bersakmaan dengan 14 hari kita bersolaat di hari bulan yg lain. Ajib!!!

Hebat benar nya.. berkat benar ..bulan puasa yg mbarak ini. Tetapi kita tak leh comment kita pun ada musim jugak nak beribadat ini. nanti 10 malam terakhir ramadhan , terkala org lain sibuk nak perabih quraan dan solat terawih malam malam tersebut kita se orang saja yg sibuk ke emporium membeli belah itu dan ini termasuk (perangkap tikus). Gila!

Ha..ha..

apa leh buat ...kita punya hobby memmang gitu lagu lah. Kita memang suka tangkap itu dan ini ..sepanjang hayat kita.

4) Jadi sempena raya yang semakin menghampir, jom kita perabih masa ini untuk menggandakan aktiviti agama seperti melawat org miskin., anak-anak yatim, beli lebih sedikit kueh-mueh dan ringankan sikit tulang tu .. hantar kat masjid dan surau ... sudah tentu ini semua tidak akan disia-siakan oleh Allah yg Maha Esa.

Orang perempuan? buat apa? belajarlah menjahit butang baju suami. JImat gila duit kita tau?
belajar memasak, buat kek lapis serawak, modify jeans yg ketat kepada sikit longgar lah... insaf lah ..tak sesuai kita melayu muslimat pakai jeans yg 1000 tahun dah seasoned gila ... tak cantik ..lagi pun ..kau tu tak lah setinggi Britney Spears .. minah salleh ok lah ..badan mereka slim gila.. tak ada perut pun. slim macam buluh muda di batang kali .. jer. cantik bila depa pakai .. tapi kita tak lah.

perut kita buncit/ punggung tonggek // tinggi tak ada // tak cantik lah .. pakai seluar , boluse jeans yg tak tahu bila diciptakan untuk indistri fashion zaman kuno .. time raya jom pakai lawa-lawa , smart-smart ..baju kurung , baju melaju ..

bor lah paka seluar org bodoh tu .. kotor, menjijikkan.. hang chaing .. entah berapa tahun orang kafir tak basuh celah seluar tu .. kau pakai ..hisshhh .. kudis tau?

4) Kita pakai baju melayu, baju kurung ..lawa pa?
Jom kita ambik gambar ..dan compare ..gambar kita itu dengan org bodoh pakai seluar jeans , blouse jeans yg bertahun-tahun lamanya tak di basuh dengan cermat. Gila tuan hamba.. yg hairan kadang-kadang tu ..anak anak tok lebai dok gila pakai skirt jeans yg pendek-pendek .. ni. Kulit gelap .. bila menunggeng .. sure nampak .. sesuatu yg tak sedap mata memandang ..maklumlah ..kulit atas gelap ..yg bawah 300 kali ganda ..gelap nya. Adush... sakitnya VIEW.

ha..ha..

Astargh firullah hal azim ... astarg firullah hal azim .. Al Fatihah. Kau ni tak sedor diri. Jom tukarlah pakain tu ..please. Ambil baju kurung .. saiz biar besar sikit ..nak menunggeng ker .bergelik ker .. payah org mata macam saya ...nak curi curi intai.

Astargh firullah...

Sekian. Pakai lah pakaian yg senonoh pada raya pertama plz. Naikkan imej islam yg mulia ini.

wallahu aklam.

What a day!

Posted by sazali

Salam.

We are asked to move from Campus City to the real campus. You know what? Every cat and mouse must be having high expeactation .. from A to Z. HoWEVER

My complaints are:

1) air cond ssytem is not functioning well .. my 8-year old wira car's air cond much much better
2) electric supply into my level, section, room not stable yet
3) internet connectivity

So in sum , what is this man? After working in a campus city for the last 5 - 6 years, we all are expecting so much from a new building 7 storey tall and it was reported to cost RM200 million. See the figures here as compared to my wira car?

RM200, 000,000 VERSUS wira RM45,000 only

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I feel so fed up .. I thought I can work better as an academician once I am asked to move to a new up-to-date (state-of-the -art ) building and now .. that expectation may be just a dream ... could be so far away. This state of mind is .. because I am fasting .. and of course .. we can easily be . tested, angry, confuse, mad with all these technical hiccups.

And ... (plz don't go yet). One more thing. Academicians are put so high up from the ground '50 - 70 m from sea level' and non-academicians are placed near the ground. Surprisngly, we can't get good internet connection to prepare our teaching plan , making comparison to other universities' work and many more. And there they are .. my so called ..non-academician who never complain internet connectivity. Its really weird, isn't it - ROGER!

Thank you. I better pen off now. He..he.. at least I have wrote/ written what i think about all these funny events since we were asked to move into the new building 3 weeks ago. Imagine 21 days ago and still .. not 100% internet connectivity, electricity unstable ,,.. how to work man in a hot country like Malaysia?

See you. Bye

English Lessons for Malays 8

Posted by sazali

Salam.

Hello every body! You had a good weekend ? He..he.. its great was'nt it?

2) Iwent shopping last weekend. My daughter bought me a nice neck tie .. but I told her , during Eid Mubarak (Hari Raya Puasa) .. nobody wears neck tie here and there. (laugh).

3) I bought my own things examples Polo shirts, Padini underwear, t-shirt for Zamani who is my brother and also few 'baju kurungs' for mum.

My question? Try and read again the above sentences .. why did I write in a PAST TENSE?

Answer: Objective

A) activities that are still going on
B) time - it was last week end
C) it is going to happen since Hari Raya is coming in 14 more days
D) time - it is a true fact he bought those things for his close one.

ANSWER?

(he..he..)

I hope you get this right mate?

See You.
Wallahu aklam.

English Lessons for Malays 7

Posted by sazali

Salam.

Today I am going to teach you ACTIVE and PASSIVE voices. Cakap ajuk dan cakap pindah.

Examples:

1) He killed the birds.

In this sentence there is a doer 'subject' pelakon .. and a story predicate the birds.

If the doer is in front of a sentence, then mostly this type of sentence is a direct active words.

If we write an essays using DIRECT WORDS/ SPEECH ..it will soon bore the readers to earth. 'bore = boring'.

So we try to write in a Passive voice sometime for a change.

Here the birds become the subject.

The birds were killed by him.

See 'the birds' is the subject now followed by ... 'him' as the story/ predicate.

killed -- > becomes ---> were killed 'past participle'.

So the passive sentence will look like ' The birds were killed by him'.

Try these few exercises.

a) I write my essay on the papers.

b) She cook mee-sup very well.

c) They sang the song just now.

Give a go at it Will you?

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Answers: a) the papers were used too write my essay.
b) The mee-sup was cooked by her very well.
c) The song was sang by them.

Can you see the pattern? I am sure you can. Else .. you must be a bit blind (laugh).

Till then good bye. Have a nice week end , will you?

Wallahu aklam.

Week end coming shopping till you drop dead

Posted by sazali

Salam.

It has been 11 days we already fasted in this blessed month of Ramadhan. Alhamdulilah.

2) How was your recitation of Al-Quraan? where are you now? which surah (al-quraan) are you now?). It is very good to recite Quraan in this blessed month of Ramadhan Kareem.

3) You do taraweh prayers ? 8 or 20 rakaats? He..he.. I always do 8 rakaats in the masjid and 12 rakaats at home. So the total is 20 rakaats. Tiring? of course! but it is not as tired as chasing the stupid football in the middle of the stadium, right?

4) Now I am thinking of buying some things special for my mum. She likes good baju kurung. Preferably light green in colour. Don't worry I will buy her 2 baju kurung this time so that when Eid Mubarak comes, she can wear both on the same day. I think it is good to buy something nice for our own mum ..after all she had done to us .. upbringing us as good muslims and student .. she worked very hard to send us to the university and it was she who always mention our name in her prayers. So what is 2 baju kurung after all her sacrifices? Luckily she never demand anything so expensive all these years.

5) I also want to shop a nice baju melayu for my handicapped brother Zamani. I think he must like this .. dark red baju melayu plus blue samping from Johor. I don't mind telling others .. i have a handicap brother because .. after all these years travelling far and wide, I saw many others are suffering worse than me. Alhamdulilah ..Zamani can walk .. and do toileting by himself .. what he cannot do is writing computer programs on the Apple Mc (laugh) like his brother (the writer). He can not sing like Rod Stewart does but he can say something like .. I want some ice cream beng Lee .. Well as siblings , we must help each other at all times.

I am thinking of SOGO , Kuala Lumpur to shop things .. I can not wait till the end of this August 2011 because by that time every body wants to shop everything. By then , all prices go up as fast as a rocket. So better do it now.

According to a hadith, if you want to spend money on any body , it is more virtous to spend the money to your nearest loved ones such as your mother, father, brother, sister, uncle, aunties, cousins ..in that order? And one more lasting advise from Prophet Muhammad s.a.w if you spend money .. don't let yourself becomes a beggar next. What this means is that to spend your money as wisely as possible. My late father used to tell me ".. if you have RM10, spend it ..but keep RM1 .. for your rainy days".

Yes you were right .. clever child did fly here and there all the time.. what remaining behind is your brother? How true it was! BTW, don't worry .. dad.. whenever I give charity to the mosque .. i always say it .. it comes from you, dad. Our relatives always say something nice about you all the time. One of them was ".. he treated his mum very well. Shame on you .. if you cannot do the same thing to your mum."

Till then good bye every body. Old timer seems to behave than us right? See you.

Wasallam. Wallahu aklam . ( god knows best)

English Lessons for Malays 6

Posted by sazali

Salam.

Syukur I saw many more hits regarding this English lessons for my malay friends and students.

Today let us see some common errors among my students when they express something.

1) I no want.

Dia kata dia tidak mahu ..

the correct one is " I don't want please. Thank you."

2) I no see .

I don't see [your ideas, opinions, workings].

3) You no want this cookies?

You don't want these cookies? [stupid you .. it is free you know].

4) You no understand?

You don't understand [ramli]?

Remember : just put do + not = don't for pronouns such as 'I, we, they '.

If the pronouns are 'she, he, it ' use does not = doesn't .

OK. I think you have learnt a lot today .. don't you?

See you tomorrow [god willing]. Byeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.

'the e's is so long .. because it comes from english . laugh which stands for excellent, effective, elaborative, .. , and many more. Open your dictionary please.

Wallahu aklam

Tazkirah Ramadhan Hari ke 12 FSKTM UTHM

Posted by sazali

Salam.

I gave tazkirah today for 15 minutes only for my own good and also the ears who wanted to listen. The contents are as follows:

7 perkara yang patut dibanyakkan musim puasa ini: tadaruz AlQuraan, sembahyang fardhu di masjid 70 kali ganda setiap sembahyang fardhu, sembahyang sunat kerana sembahyang sunat dianggap sembahyan bagi g fardhu musim puasa sahaja, rajin-rajin dengar ceramah agama dan amalkan apa yang dipelajari itu termasuk belajar agama dari hadith-hadith nabi, berjimat cermat please, fokus urusan kerja hakiki di pejabat seperti pensyarah mestilah bersedia dgn bahan mengajar nanti pada bulan 9 insyallah, [ jika pelajar urusan utama ialah belajar dan rujuk buku-buku di perpustakkan], bersedekah banyak-banyak dan bersyukurlah dengan apa yang ada [ if dah ada kereta kelisa merah syukurlah .. tak yah pikir driving BMW 5 series ..hutang banyak sangat tu bulan-bulan dengan bank cina tau? ].

dan

7 perkara patut dikurangkan / dibuang terus dari aktiviti harian semasa berpuasa ialah: mengumpat itu dan ini, boros melampau-lampau bila berbelanja, kuat facebook, kuat internet dan surfing perkara yang tak penting dan sangat melarokan (khayal), baca akhbar pasal perkara cerai berai artis-artis muslim, menonton TV3 cerita karut marut , drama indonesia, spanyol, korea, .. dan dengar muzik youtube.

Saya ada beri contoh-contoh mengumpat pasal Dekan, Timbalan Dekan, Ketua Jabatan, Ketua Makmal dan lain-lain. Sebagusnya biar dia jadi Dekan Fakulti kita sendiri (laugh).

Nak tahu lebih-lebih jangan seganlah bertanya dari mereka yang hadhir (20% staff Fakulti yg hadhir).

Sekian. yang baik dari Allah dan yang tidak baik adalah kelemahan saya sendiri.

Wallahu aklam.