Random Pictures.

While waiting for Bus. 18 to NewtownPak n Save

Alex's room. Celine's birthday.

Raroa Normal Intermediate School

Rugby Night (BEd Tesol)

Can I start over, again, please?

Syafiqah Johan: ok
iqah:
iqah: thanks
Syafiqah Johan: no hal
Syafiqah Johan: tatau pon helpful ke tak
Syafiqah Johan: skrg bru nk tgk
iqah: biasa je
iqah: sama cam cherie cakap
iqah: takde example
Syafiqah Johan: alaa
iqah: mmm
iqah: i x suka uni
iqah: i x suka uni
iqah: i x suka uni
iqah: i x suka uni
iqah: eh silap
iqah: i suka uni
iqah: i x suka assignment
Syafiqah Johan: hahaha
iqah: i x suka assignment
iqah: i x suka assignment
iqah: i x suka assignment
iqah: haa baru betul
Syafiqah Johan: i just think
Syafiqah Johan: uni pny assignment n xms
Syafiqah Johan: terlampau ikut satu prof punya kepala otak je
Syafiqah Johan: diorg takde macam buat sample dulu
Syafiqah Johan: soalan tu bias ke tak
iqah: hehe
iqah: sama je kat mesia
Syafiqah Johan: etc
Syafiqah Johan: yeah i guess
Syafiqah Johan: sama je anywhere
iqah: haha
Syafiqah Johan: tp i think i like mcm alevel punya ques
Syafiqah Johan: ye soalan dia mmg challenging
iqah: yep
Syafiqah Johan: tp diorg dh try to take everything the can think of into consideration
iqah: sbb dah go through banyak process
Syafiqah Johan: yeah i guess
Syafiqah Johan: psl dia international
Syafiqah Johan: the ques are moderated la in a sense
Syafiqah Johan: ni tidak
Syafiqah Johan: satu prof gila ckp kita kena buat a
Syafiqah Johan: kita pon buat la a
iqah: hehehe
Syafiqah Johan: kalo dia kata p terjun laut
Syafiqah Johan: kita pon terpaksa la terjun
iqah: kita cakap u first
Syafiqah Johan: hahaha
iqah: hehe
Syafiqah Johan: kan
Syafiqah Johan: i wish la kan
iqah: boleh je
Syafiqah Johan: i guess kalo derang kasi sample
iqah: tp dia tolak kita dulu
Syafiqah Johan: that's a form of "u first" la kan
Syafiqah Johan: i agree la
iqah: hehehe
Syafiqah Johan: ni mmg tolak kita jatuh laut ni
Syafiqah Johan: haih~
iqah: tu la
iqah: tp best gak
Syafiqah Johan: dr td kita ni membebel je
iqah: mandi laut
iqah: hehe
Syafiqah Johan: keje tak jln
iqah: tu la
iqah: jo
Syafiqah Johan: laut jatuh jgk
iqah: i rasa i gila
Syafiqah Johan: ye
Syafiqah Johan: iya?
iqah: haah
Syafiqah Johan: kenapa
iqah: i rasa mcm i need to go somewhere
iqah: anywhere
iqah: not here
Syafiqah Johan: what do u mean by that?
iqah: like
Syafiqah Johan: where specifically
iqah: somewhere where i can start over
iqah: again
iqah: and this time
iqah: do things right
iqah: dont screw it up
Syafiqah Johan: hmm
Syafiqah Johan: what do u mean by screwing uo
Syafiqah Johan: up
Syafiqah Johan: *haha i nk jd eliza
iqah: like
iqah: i came here
iqah: in my mind i nak like go through uni as smoothly as possible
iqah: not get involved in things yang tak patut
iqah: but
iqah: mcm x menjadi
iqah: so i nak go somewhere else
iqah: start over
iqah: like lepas kms, i datang sini to start over
Syafiqah Johan: that's just running away
iqah: now i want another starting over
Syafiqah Johan: u rasa if u ran away
Syafiqah Johan: u boleh start over?
iqah: it's not running away
iqah: it's starting over
iqah: fresh
Syafiqah Johan: you can start afresh her
Syafiqah Johan: here
Syafiqah Johan: that's a challenge
Syafiqah Johan: but u can
iqah: tu lah kan
Syafiqah Johan: if u p tempat baru pon
Syafiqah Johan: probs ni have a way of finding u tau
iqah: itulaaaaa
Syafiqah Johan: one of these days u akn kena square off jgk
Syafiqah Johan: and
Syafiqah Johan: if u kept running away
Syafiqah Johan: one day u'll have nowhere left to go
iqah: yeah u're right
iqah: u're a great friend u know that?
iqah: i dont know what i'd do without u
Syafiqah Johan: hehe
Syafiqah Johan: i'd like to think so
Syafiqah Johan: thanks
Syafiqah Johan: hahaha

I Know What You Guys Did Last Saturday Night...

Heheh. My parents and sister :) Rindu!

Cinderella

I just found out in today's lecture that Cinderella actually wore fur slippers and not glass slippers like what I've been told since I was young.

Now, fur slippers make so much more sense.

I think my media lectures are trying to tell me something important...

I think

they're trying to tell me

that

I

really

need

a

new phone...

La di da...

I gave my room a total make over just now. I suddenly felt like I needed a change. I can now use my laptop on my desk, yay! I think the room looks nicer now.

A few more times and I'll be a pro!

I'm in the library right now...i have been since 8.30 a.m this morning. I've been trying to do my LALS assignment but I can't seem to find the books that I need. Honestly, I think the assignments for LALS are all ridiculous. What they're asking for are things that people don't really argue about. There are not enough books in the library to even do the assignments! I love listening to the lectures but when it comes to the assignments, I give up!

On a different story,

We decided to part ways. It's going to take a while for me to be OK again. I'm going to go back to the life that I had before he came and after Wan left. I'm going to keep myself busy with Uni and dance practice. I'm going to start taking my walks alone around town again. I'm going rent DVDs and watch it like it's nobody's business. I'm going to cook and probably learn how to knit from Laila. I might just pierce my bellybutton, just because I can.

Jo sent me a text this morning saying,

"Good morning. It's a beautiful day today"

and it really made me smile! Thank you, you've made my day dear!
You've always been there for me and I'm really lucky to have you as one of my closest friend. I hope I've been the same to you. I love you Jo! (and of course, Zaty and Shufaiha too!)

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SO FAR, YOU'VE LET ME DOWN, 2008.

Wednesday, January 02, 2008

Dear Year 2008,

I know we've only known each other for a day, and we both could not tell yet how this relationship will go, but I just want to thank you for making the first day so fun! I woke up so early this morning because I was so eager to spend the first day with you! I am looking forward to the next 12 months with you. Please make my year fun and exciting, okay? Please make Uni life easy for me, and please make me a better person... I have so many plans with you and I hope I get to do it all :)

I know we'll have so much fun! I have a good feeling about this 2008! :)

Love,
Rasyiqah Khairul Anuar

Posted by Rasyiqah Khairul Anuar at 3:30 AM

School Observation: Raroa Intermediate School

Good morning, teacher

I had my first experience observing a NZ school yesterday. I have observed schools before but that was in Malaysia. In NZ, the school is different, the system is different, and so, getting to see for myself how teaching and learning is done in here was really exciting. I always knew the way they teach and learn in NZ is different from Malaysia-I just didn’t know how different it was.

First of all, I LOVE the huge classrooms! When I think about my classrooms when I was in school back then, I remembered it to be small, hot and crowded. But the school that I went to yesterday, the classrooms are huge. They are big that you can even put couches at one corner for the children to just chill. The desks are not arranged facing the blackboard, like it is in Malaysia. The children have more mobility in class; they can choose to do their work on the couch or at their desk or with a friend from the other side of the classroom. I think if Malaysian schools were like this, all you will get is a noisy classroom with no work done. The particular classroom that I was assigned to even has a flat screen TV for educational purposes which I think is really cool. The walls are decorated so beautifully with their artworks and essays and I think if I had a class like that back then, I would really look forward to go to school everyday. It’s cheerful, spacious and fun-it just feels like home.

The student-teacher relationship was also very interesting. I remembered being terribly scared of some of my teachers that I didn’t look forward to go to school back then. Sometimes, I even wished for the teachers to be sick so that I won’t have to go through ‘hell’. But the classroom that I was assigned to, the children seem to love the teacher a lot. She is fun and energetic, and always have these cool activities to keep the mood up. Even though she was not strict, they still respect her as a teacher. She still holds the power.

The way the lessons are taught however, were a bit weird. Over here, one teacher is assigned to one classroom and that teacher is in charge of everything; Math, English, Arts and even P.E! And not all the children were taught at the same phase as everyone else in the class. They basically learn at their own phase. One student could be doing page 400 while another one could still be at page 350. In some lessons, different groups would be doing different things. During literacy yesterday, there were about 5 different groups doing 5 different things! I have no idea how the teacher keeps up with what they are learning, but it seems to be working! The particular class that I was in seems to be really good at math! They have this warm up session where they have to answer 20 math questions in under 2 minutes and the fastest person who gets it all correct, wins. The record yesterday was 41 seconds for adding and subtracting, and 34 seconds for multiplication and division.

So, yeah, that was basically what I saw yesterday. I’m really glad that we were given a chance to experience seeing how schools work over here. It’s very different from Malaysia, but I think the Malaysian education system has a lot of good points too. If not, I don’t think I will even be here in NZ right now if the education system failed me. :-p

What I must remember myself when I become a teacher:

1. To set classroom expectations from the first day of class.

2. To be as fun and exciting as I can.

3. To make the classroom as comfortable as possible (this is going to be hard considering I will be sharing the classroom with at least 5 other teachers)

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Later that night, my girls and I had a small potluck! It’s been ages since our last potluck so it was really nice to get together like that again. Last night’s potluck was the biggest we’ve had so far. We ate 5 ½ pot of rice, 4 different lauks (Shufaiha made Kari udang, Jo made rendang ikan?, Zaty made sambal ikan bilis and I made bebola daging masak kicap) and Che Nazira made the delicious custard pudding. We finished everything last night!