ICELT

I have attended the ICELT conference held at Damai Laut (Swiss Garden&Resort) for three days. Though I updated a bit late here since my students are having their final exam and I'm a bit busy marking their assignments and counting their marks.

It was a new experience since I have never attended a conference before. There are many people presenting their papers and sharing their experience. Moreover, the presenters were not only from my country but they were from all over the world.

The first presentation that I enter by mistake was on children story telling (that's why I said by mistake T_T because I teach college students). The speaker is from Pearson publication and she has traveled to many countries and taught different kind of children. The one that she shared with us was when she taught Native American (I'm sorry if this is inappropriate) and Malaysian children where through her stories that to our surprise that she can make the non-talkative students in her class to respond to their English teacher.

Next, I attended a session that list out many useful activities that I can apply in class. The most interesting activities during this session is the presenter teach us waltz. She said that sometime to lift up her students' mood she would ask them to dance along with her :)
Though, not suitable for me :s

Apart from the presentation made by the teachers and the lecturers, the organizers also invite some of well known speakers to guide, to motivate and to teach the participants. They are amazing people who contribute in teaching field without minding about their salaries and there are also a story teller, a comedian and even an actor who guide the teachers to be an interesting teachers and creating a joyful class. I only attended two of those special presenters' session but they're both the best speakers. You need to be there to experience the amazing deal.

Finally, before running home [by car and because I have class the next day=( ] I attended another two sessions which are both on the guide to writing. One of the session really find its way to me because I teach weak students and they are very weak in reading, writing and speaking in English language. However, knowing that our college is quiet fully equip with library, computers and books I feel sympathy to the Felda's school students who studied in an average environment but amazed the teacher is able to pull them to get good result. I must work hard too, so that my students potential will be at their max ;)

That is all I think. I have got to continue marking (^^,) or else I'll not able to submit marks by the due date.

Yesterday is a History, Today is a Gift and Tomorrow is a Mystery...

Demi masa ۞ sungguh manusia berada di dalam kerugian ۞ kecuali orang-orang yang beriman dan mengerjakan kebaikan serta saling menasihati untuk kebenaran dan saling menasihati untuk kesabaran. (Surah al-‘Asr)

I would always regret the time that I lost and would always want to come back to the past. However, upon realizing that the past would be useless unless we reflect upon what we have done and try to improve what we are now, I put away my past, take only the experience and the memory and aim for the future. Though, I could not determine what will become of my future, it's enough for me to know the limit of my strength, the people who will be there when I need one and the goal that I would like to achieve. Thus, for those who read my blog, pray that Allah swt will always be my guide and I will always be blessed by His goodness and kindness, Amin.

The Descendants of Hong Gil-dong

The Descendants of Hong Gil-dong

My friends and I gather up on Friday and we cooked our own lunch. That was the best. Though, we know that we are not the kitchen's "chef" but we enjoy eating what we cooked since having them together no matter if the dishes are delicious, normal or less in taste, the time we spend cooking and serving the dishes and finally eating them are the best moment ever (^^,).
~~~~While eating we watched the above movie "The descendant of Hong Gil Dong" =) ~~~~