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 After a few days of no progress, this particular news hit me the most.  Alhamdulillah, finally my manuscript has been published.  To see my name written on it as the first author is something that I can't believe. This one means a lot to me. It is not an easy job, being rejected twice from another journal, I just try my luck sending to this SiELLE journal.  It was accepted but with so many revisions (corrections) needed.  Yes, there are many until I feel like I rewrite a new paper (manuscript). It took me a few days to settle all the revisions before resending them to the reviewers. As expected, nothing worth having comes easy. There comes more revisions. 😅😅.To cut a long story short, here is where the manuscript belongs. Thank you to all who are with me in this manuscript making from the very beginning, may Allah ease the next step until the end. Amiin..     To read the full paper, click here

 Alhamdulillah, thank you Allah.  My second paper got accepted too.  It is a pleasure to have one good news after another.  It means that the paper got accepted for publishing but surely there are few (or many) revisions (read: corrections) that needed to be made before it conforms to the journal's standard. For Ph.D. students, we need to publish at least two manuscripts/ research papers  in an accredited national academic journal or international journal as  a requirement for graduation. It sounds easy but the reality is there is much work needed to be done to satisfy the journal's standard,  getting rejected is really heartbroken and something normal in this academic world, trials, and errors sending your paper to any journal in the hope it will get accepted for publishing, the long, uncertain waiting period to hear the answer from the editor/reviewer of the journal, and the publication fee you need to bear once your paper got accepted. yeah, th...

 A hectic day for me today.  Woke up this morning and got ready for Inara's swimming tournament.  Had to stay there until 12 pm, as Inara insisted to see the giving away prizes ceremony until the end 😓😓😓. Later after Zuhr prayer, we went to a wedding party of my friend's daughter.  To wrap up the day, we did some hari raya shopping.  As we will celebrate the holly Ramadhan next week, we decided to make preparation for the hari raya earlier, as we don't want to go out when fasting because it is really tiring.  Only tonight I get a chance to on my lappy and do my work. I check my email, only to find this overwhelming message: Alhamdulillah..Thank you Allah! 

#1 "adik, tolong pakaikan papa sock nih" "papa tak de tangan ker?!", jawab fareeha dengan selamba dan yakin sekali. #2 "adik pegi amik iqra', kita ngaji" " alaa....mendokusai!" "mendokusai tuh apa?" "pening kepala la!" #3 "sumimasen tuh apa dik?" "tumpang lalu!" hahahahahaha.. anak adalah anugerah Allah, jadi kena jaga betul-betul.  Selalu jer saya lalai dan terlupa benda yang satu nih. Sebenarnya sangat suka dan admire cara Wardina mendidik anak-anak dia.  Sebenarnya kita sama, cuma yang berbeza bagaimana dia berusaha belajar ilmu keibubapaan dan mempraktikkannya dalam kehidupan harian sekaligus menerapkan nilai-nilai islamik yang jitu dalam diri anak. Ya, kita manusia selalu buat silap tapi kita juga boleh berubah.  Sebab anak-anak adalah anugerah terindah!

Sejak mula mengajar, saya selalu dapat pelajar lelaki. maklumlah subjek teknikal, makanya lelakilah yang paling sesuai.  Semasa di kluang, satu-satunya sekolah yang saya dapat mengajar mengikut optian, saya mendapat sekumpulan pelajar yang betul-betul samseng.  Mereka ini langsung tidak diberikan harapan, perokok tegar sejak kecil sampai bibir dan jari birat, pelajar-pelajar bermasalah dan samada gagal/ atau mendapat keputusan tercorot dalam pmr. Pendek kata, kalu tengok muka memang sebijik muka orang pecah rumah lah. Bersama nurul, bukan sedikit ujian dan dugaan yang kami hadapi untuk mendidik mereka, sampai hati sendiri kena jadik keras mcm tembok batu. Dan semalam, seseorang menegur saya di facebook. Mohd Farhan: salam cikgu  saya:----  Mohd Farhan: sihat..ckgu igt sy ag x?  saya:--- Mohd Farhan: btl2  hihi geng degil  ckgu kt oversea ag ke?  saya: mcmna interview polis? (dia pernah minta sy doakan ms nk pgi intvw)  Mohd Farha...

Terpegun dan terharu dengan sikap bertanggungjawab Cik S. Dia bukan sesiapa, hanya guru sekolah rendah biasa dan yang lebih membuatkan saya kagum lagi bertambah pelik dia berbangsa India dan sudah tentulah beragama Hindu. Tetapi sikapnya sangat berbeza dengan kebanyakan Melayu yang sah-sah beragama Islam dan memegang kuasa untuk melaksanakan dasar dan menguatkuasa undang-undang. Setelah mengesan, katanya dia telah memberitahu pihak sekolah dan beberapa guru agama lain di sekolah sama. Tidak cukup dengan itu dia juga menghubungi pejabat agama islam untuk memaklumkan tentang "penemuannya" yang dianggap serius.  Tetapi katanya juga dia merungut kerana tidak mendapat respon yang cepat daripada pejabat itu. Beliau seterusnya menghubungi pejabat-pejabat lain termasuklah Kementerian Pembangunan Keluarga, Wanita & Masyarakat. Sedar aduannya itu tidak mendapat respon yang diharapkan, dia lantas menelefon penulis akhbar dan juga pendakwah Ridhuan Tee Abdullah. Melihat kepada...

Undoukai or sports day that held in many schools/kindergarten here is much much different compared to the one we have in Malaysia.  After 3 times joined the event, i'm truly speaking that the sports day here is more meaningful in a way: to develop student's mind and attitude, of teamwork, of determination and of whole school involvement. The event is as simple as any other event that took place.  Here i listed down the things that distinguish us from them: pelajar-pelajar dari pasukan rumah merah dan putih there is only 2 teams involve which is white team and red team there is no khemah provided for each team, students just sit on their own chair according to their team. there is no purposely shirt for sport, every student wear their usual track suit. only the cap that differentiate whether they are red team or white there is no prize for any event, so there is no prize given ceremony during the event except for the closing. involvement of all student, regard...

By her school sport day, she's been busy attending the training almost everyday during school time. Her skin became darker and she get tired easily every time she reached home. So came her mother saying this,  "kakak lari kuat-kuat yea, nanti mama n papa datang tgk kakak". But with an expression of hopeless she replied this, "kakak selalu lari last sekali la mama". Mother was so sad to hear that, but like every mom in the world who just want her kid to be happy, she tried to comfort or at least to uplifting her spirit by saying this,  " Takpe, ini cuma sukan jek bukan penting sangat pun. kakak lari lah suka-suka". That night mother told father about this and this was what father's respond, "Alah, kalau menang bukan dapat hadiah pon kan?" " dapatlah papa!" "Oh kalau macam tuh, kalau Dada kalah papa bagi hadiah!!!" Actually it was a part of conversation, and to be truth i was sad to look at her face when she ...

selalunya bila kakak dia mengaji, dia akan sibuk mengusung iqra'nya ke hulu ke hilir.  "adik nak ngaji jugak! adik nak ngaji jugak!" After sometimes and without proper class she is now manage to correctly read all the letter without assistance , but that is happened only for the first page of iqra' 1. Usually when we proceed to the next page, she will start to look around, unable to sit still and not giving her full attention anymore. dia akan baca huruf mana yang dia suka, tak ikut baris n susunan lagi dah.. mama: A - TA - BA ari: aa-tok bak! *laughing* ( atok bak ialah panggilan untuk atok belah ganu ) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ mama: yang nih huruf TA la adik, sebab ada 2 titik kat atas ari: ooh, yang nih TA ker mama, sebab ada 2 tetek? *ooppsss!!* +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ mama: TA - BA - BA ari:  g ! *rolling on the floor* (dah macam cerita pendekar bujang lapok go to...

actually during the chaos caused by the earthquake and then followed by the nuclear radiation leakage last march, we took a chances to travel to the southern area of Japan as a way to chill ourselves.  One of the place was Hiroshima which ironically is the first city in history to be destroyed  by nuclear weapon in world war II.  It has been 66 years since the first atomic bomb which dropped by the US Army, Hiroshima City now has developed dramatically and you will see no sign of suffering of the blast.  Except for the only building that was preserved as a memorial to the people who were killed in the atomic bombing tragedy in 1945. It is known as Atomic Bomb Dome.  The building was first named as Hiroshima Prefectural Commercial Exhibition, before the bomb detonated almost directly above the building. There were large numbers of people died from the effects of burn, radiation and other injuries compound by illness. if 66 years ago, they faced the thre...

One fine morning, there was one little girl who whining her father for a bunch of flowers to be given to her teacher.  It was a teachers day and she want to give the flowers to her classroom teacher as everybody in the class were intended to do so.  However, father refused to buy because it was not their family's customs to celebrate any event by giving flowers and moreover a bunch of beautiful flowers of the florist at that time was a bit  costly .  But the girl insisted to have them and was about to cry when suddenly father came out with this one brilliant idea.  He took a cutter and  disappeared  out of the house.  He came back later with a bunch of bougainvillea in his hand. He then took a secondhand ribbon out of nowhere and tied it at the base of the stem.  It was perfectly done, he handed to his daughter, smiling.  the girl anyhow didn't feel satisfied because after all she just want the one that from the florist.   whe...

semalam dada type nih, name saye dada. umo saye 7tahun. rumah saye danchi. saye nak jadik dokter. ulasan saya: rasa terkejut, suka pon ada sebab usually she is more into nihonggo.   walaupon nak masuk 7 tahun, untuk kanak-kanak yang sepertinya: tinggal dan membesar di persekitaran yang menggunakan nihonggo saya rasa satu perkara yang bagus bila dia memilih untuk menulis dalam bahasa melayu walaupun kanak-kanak di malaysia yang seusianya dah more advance kan. ejaan untuk perkataan digunakan sangatlah pasar, saye>>>saya, dokter>>>doktor, he3 rosak bahasa ibunda, for sure amik masa nak tuning balik nih may be dia terpengaruh dengan bahasa harian yang kami gunakan or dengan bahasa chatting yang mama dia selalu guna. umo>>>umur, jadik>>jadi. Tapi kami notice satu perkara iaitu Ari chan kalu balik malaysia, vocabularynya makin bertambah dan bahasa melayunya bertambah baik.  Rasanya, tak susah nak gilap balik kemahiran berbahasa nih once dah ...

If you have had watched the drama, you may know why i love it so much.  It is full of messages, sacrifice and not just an ordinary love story.  Each time i watched or read story about the same topic, i will get touched so easily and sometimes i cry by myself.  Is it mean that anything regarding it is so related to me that much? For those who know me outside, you might know how i finally get involved in it.  How hardly i tried to avoided to be it at first and how prejudice i was on it at that time.  But Allah really knows the best for me and everything seems to be arranged beautifully.  How i get retrenched from my previous company and at the same time the offer came just nice on time. But the most unforgettable thing is how cruel i was to let my fiancé settled everything regarding the application and i seem like one irresponsible person.  When i need to go to interview, i was unprepared at all, in fact i was not showing any interest in th...

as everybody knows, sakura or cherry flower is synonymous with Japan and it is regarded as a national flower here. So, the arrival of cherry blossom season is something that is awaited for many Japanese. It also indicate the beginning of the new fiscal year in Japan's calender. However the flower is so fragile and have a very short life span. So, they pay close attention to the forecast and turn out in large number in park, shrine or temple with families or friends to hold the flower viewing party or they called it hanami. picture from google.com Normally they would have some food and drinks, sitting on the mat under the sakura tree and chatting together while enjoying the beauty of the flowers. as far as i concerned Japanese people appreciate the nature so much that they wouldn't miss every single bit of it which comes only once a year. This scenario is something that not exist in Malaysia, furthermore with the hot and humid weather all year round, we can see any flowers...

saya tak mahu ulas panjang2, rasanya semua orang sudah tahu dan lebih arif. kadang-kadang kita sebagai ibu dengan anak-anak kecil, untuk khusyuk dalam solat 100% memang susah, semasa sedang sembahyang si kecil berlari ke sana sini, memanjat belakang, menarik telekung, bertanyakan something dan menangis minta sesuatu.  Berusaha untuk lebih fokus dan khusyuk, ini antara tip yang bole diapply dalam solat,  1. Menjaga makanan, minuman, pakaian, tempat tinggal dan lain-lain supaya datang dari punca yang halal tanpa syubhah. 2. Agar pemikiran tidak liar, sebelum solat lintaskan kematian seakan-akan amat hampir dengan kita serta solat tersebut merupakan sholat terakhir dan perlulah dijadikan yang terbaik. 3. Mendirikan sembahyang di awal waktu atau pertengahan waktu supaya tidak gopoh apakala masa hampir luput. 4. Membaca dengan baik (Khusnul Qori’ah), berusaha untuk memahami, mengerti bacaan dalam solat termasuk ayat Al-Quran yang dibacakan itu terutama sekali Al Fatihah, gerakan ...

The story took place in Akihabara, last week.  We were about to leave Akihabara station and i was looking at the map to find our stop station and the fare as well.  As this wasn't my first time there, it was easy for me to find our way.   Earlier, I saw a man(Japanese) was talking to other man (foreigner)  as if the Japanese was guiding the foreigner on how to get to the foreigner's place.  Hubby wasn't with me, Ari was fell asleep and the weather outside was super cold, and because of that he just  waiting for us inside the station while i treated my sister on her shopping agenda. I was then approached by the same Japanese, asking me my destination. He dressed in suit, but his attire was rather shabby plus his stinky mouth but with his very fluent English. " Three of you, where are you going?" (me, my sister n her husband) " Kameido station", i replied, was trying to be polite and just let him to guide us. "Here is Akihabara, the n...

i think it is common for kids who live in foreign country to face this language disorder(kecelaruan bahasa). For my kids they are exposed to mainly two language, nihonggo(japanese language) and of course bahasa Melayu.  We absolutely are not speaking nihonggo at home but sometimes the conversation itself become rojak bocause of the influent of environment we live in now.  Somehow,   it sounds funny and cute especially when my kids had to mix the words from both language together (and sometimes english) when it comes to 'confusing mode'. Ari chan had been using this pattern of sentences, always... "mama, hot kunai la"(mama, tak panas la) "kore no pan, tasty kunai"(roti  ni tak sedap) OK Ari chan?..................... "OK kunai!"( tak OK) "mama, nak nasik kudasai!"(mama, nak nasik please!) adik nk brush teeth ker?................."brush teeth jyanai"(bukan brush teeth) and sometimes she called her father like this, ...

Menjelang akhir tahun, seperti biasa kebanyakan hoikuen (kindergarten) di sini akan mengadakan persembahan akhir tahun.  Seperti yang dijangka sungguh memukau dan menghiburkan, biasalah budak-budak kecik perform kan.   ari and tanpopo san Dada dan bara san Untuk tengok video sila click link di bawah.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQVud3WCGR8&feature=BF&list=ULU1M6l1QLSAY&index=12

Saya rajin jugak buat blog hopping ke blog-blog masakan sekadar nak jamu mata atau mencari idea untuk menu memasak kalau buntu tahap gaban pada hari itu.  Pada minggu lepas kalau x silap,  dalam beberapa blog yang saya singgah, ada menyiarkan entry marah atau x puas hati disebabkan ada orang yang tak bertanggungjawab mencuri/menggunakan gambar2 masakan mereka dalam blog peribadi tanpa memberi kredit atau menyatakan sumber asal gambar-gambar tersebut. Daripada apa yang saya baca, tuan punya gambar/resepi memang marah dan sedih kerana hasil kerja mereka diambil sesuka hati dan tanpa izin.  Saya cuba ke blog yang dimaksudkan, dan memang benarlah seperti yang mereka dakwa itu berlaku.  Tetapi selang beberapa hari, blog terbabit telah di'private'kan, bukan untuk tatapan umum lagi. teringat peristiwa 13 thn dulu iaitu semasa saya di tahun 1,  saya ader menghantar sebuah sajak yang terkenal(kalau x silap) ke unit majalah untuk keluaran bulanan majalah kolej saya ke...