I have just came back from a leadership course in Taiping, Perak. It wasn’t that bad, in fact, I had enjoyed the three-day course after all. The input given was excellent and very useful. The tasks were helpful in developing our understanding of our job scope. The facilitators (IPBA lecturers) were kind and supportive, except [...]

‘Getting married is like having a donut in front of you but there are so many barriers that stopped you from getting the donut‘ (Najib, 2008).
Haha. Eleh Najib. At least you already have Soya. Huh.
That’s one quote coming from a man with few words. Well, he used to be one. Thanks to Soya and her [...]

My sisters and I went to Giant today. As soon as we got out of the car, this is what we heard.
Announcer: Attention staff from the ladies depart. Staff from the ladies depart.
The three of us: Aaa? Depart? Ape tu? Hahahaha.
Announcer: Attention staff from the ladies depart.
The three of us: Hahahahahaha.
Me: Depart pegi mane [...]

Despite of today’s busy-ness and hangin-ness, I had a good laugh during the Professional Development lecture by Dr. Rajagopal.
‘If an engineer made a mistake, only one building will collapse. Look at MRR2.’
Haha. Sir, MRR2 is not a building.
‘Whatever you’ve learnt in England, New Zealand and Auckland.’
Haha. Sir, Auckland is in New Zealand. I know [...]

So, we had Mr Nazri for Professional Development lecture today and tomorrow. Boy, he was funny! Not in terms of giving lecture, but in terms of changing people’s name.
‘Let me have your name list and I will call you out. ‘Ainur Rahman. Where are you?’
(crowd laughing, including the owner of the name) ‘It’s ‘Ainur Rahmah, [...]

‘Focused skill is like having a boyfriend. You can’t teach two focused skills just like you can’t have two boyfriends at the same time.’ (on the teaching of four skills in English language classrooms)
‘Elaborate with examples. For those of you who lack of English, huraikan dengan contoh.’ (on Professional Development assignment)
‘We can work together because [...]