Mind vs Vision

Looks can be deceiving.

My Earth Hour

I wasn't in total darkness during 'Earth Hour' last night...I left the lamp in the living on...as my boy was afraid of dark. So no choice lo. He was indulging in his PS meanwhile I was sipping oolong tea and chit chatting with a friend.

See, how we became so dependent on electricity..can't even bear one hour without it. Just wonder how our great-great grandparents could survive those days b4 Thomas Edison !

Felt bad for not being able to join in the campaign to save energy and protecting the ozone. Nevertheless...am actually doing my bits in my daily life..for instance using lesser plastic bags during shopping as I do carry my own shopping tote bag. I also recycle my waste products as I make my own enzyme cleaner in my lil balcony.

Many a times, I avoid driving but opted to cycle instead..hoping to lessen pollution. Killing two birds with a stone la..I could safe some petrol..esp during such period of recession.

Therefore..I can say that I'm contributing some effort in helping to nurture mother earth. Right ?

Let's share some of your ideas with me. Give your responses.

Earth Hour

Am going to participate in the Earth Hour campaign. Switching off the lights in my lil abode at 8.30 pm tonight...no problem. Guess, I could even enjoy the romantic moment in total darkness. Resting my mind..have some peaceful hour.....haha. At the moment, I don't have any particular plans as yet....

Here's an exciting suggestion.
Have a hot passionate sex with your other half during that one hour. Explore each other in total darkness....by just touching and feelings.... Interesting idea..huh? Guess this would bring both of u closer. Pretty sexciting !

What say you ?

Let's join me and the rest of the world...support this programme.

Coca Cola

Know your Customer!!!
A disappointed salesman of Coca Cola returns from his Middle East assignment. A friend asked, "Why weren't you successful with the Arabs?"

The salesman explained, "When I got posted in the Middle East , I was very confident that I would make a good sales pitch as Cola is virtually unknown there.
But, I had a problem I didn't know to speak Arabic.
So, I planned to convey the message through three posters...

First poster - A man lying in the hot desert sand...totally exhausted and fainting.
Second poster - The man is drinking our Cola.
Third poster - The man is now totally refreshed, and up and running.




Then these posters were pasted all over the place

"That should have worked," said the friend...

The salesman replied "Yes, BUT I didn't realize that Arabs read from right to left"

There are two ways of reading orientation @ left to right or right to left

Exams-Tension

It's a busy few weeks ahead for OUM students. Final exams are right around the corner...awaiting. There are exactly 2 weeks from today...starting 1 April. ...Oh all days..April Fool's day. Yours truly have 4 papers this semester.

11 April ~ Pengenalan Pendidikan Kesihatan & Pendidikan Moral Tahun 3
18 April ~ Kesihatan diri dan keluarga
26 April ~ Reading and teaching of reading

Still ample time huh...not really. Yours truly isn't completely prepared...although I had started some revision ( a lil bit) during the week holidays. No confident is attempting the questions which are mostly analytical and synthesis questions. No more direct from the texts...which means "memorizing and regurgitating facts no longer work".

Many face 2 face tutorials, online participation and assignments have taken place over the past three months. And I had summits all the required course work projects and already gotten my share of marks from my lecturers.

And now, the final part ~ written examinations.
The hurdle is almost over for this semester.

Do pray for my success, dear readers.

Exams Oh Exams

Though exams a couple of weeks away, but I haven't touch any of my books as yet. I tried to read them this afternoon...but simply can't concentrate. Nothings gets in there...perhaps my mind had been too exhausted..!

Hopefully..after a good night sleep tonight, I would be able to wake up fresh..

Maybe..I still need the last minute, burn the midnite oil kinda 'kick' to study..haha

Blind Tragic

There was a blind girl who hated herself because she was blind.
In fact, she disliked everyone, except her loving boyfriend who was always there for her.
She used to tell her boyfriend, "If I could only see the world, I would marry you.
"One day, someone donated a pair of eyes to her.

When the bandages came off, she was able to see everything, including her boyfriend for the first time.
He asked her, "Now that you can see the world, will you marry me?
"The girl looked at her boyfriend and saw that he was blind.
The sight of his closed eyelids shocked her.
She hadn't expected that. T
he thought of looking at them the rest of her life led her to refuse to marry him.

Her boyfriend left her in tears and days later wrote a note to her saying:
"Take good care of your eyes, my dear, for before they were yours, they were mine."

This is how the human brain often works when our status changes. What say you ?

Special lovers

Am seeing a lot of blinds and therefore decided to blog about them..


Blind people make better lovers.

Yes, today...I'm talking about sex here.
Well, quite apart from a nod towards personal vanity, it sort of makes sense.

Everyone agrees that "Sex is a very touchy feely thing."

And naturally blind people are pretty touchy feely too.
Therefore, I think ...it's logical that the blinds excelled in the sexual arena.
Agree ?


And it's pretty well known that men, sighted men, get turned on by the visuals (after much survey...haha...from net researches and interviews...haha)......which is why the porn industry is so profitable...heard of any prostitutes losing their job due to VSS or shutdowns..? Whether or not economic situation slumps...but their profession still stand strong. Agree ?

Gents' rolling eyeballs focusing on the right spots...saliva drooling...ya the usual reaction of a man when he sees a beauty..

However, the women species...just don't like being gazed at - it makes them feel a little uncomfortable, self-conscious. Of course, women like to be noticed and liken to be told that they're looking gorgeous and sensational.

Nevertheless.... when it comes to sex, most women, and most men too would prefer to being touched over being looked at any day of the week!

And here, certainly, is where the blinds did a brilliant job in this area.
The touchy sensation.....creates a goodness feeling to the soul.


Hey..I'm not trying to publicise that only the blinds are excellent lovers. There's no findings yet on this area. The ultimate sexual fulfilment still depends on individuals...so don't go around and grab a blind lady or gentleman...hoping for a good sex.

Take a look at this scenario..

A blind man sitting next to the woman of his dreams. He wants to kiss her..and something like this happened. He moves in...opps bumped his nose onto hers, left a bit, down a bit,....GOAL ! Both of them were so hungry for the kiss that they almost shout it out aloud...

This action can be pretty embarrassing but one can look at it as kinda cute and endearing...but one thing for sure...if one go all out for it...the rest will be incredible.

Do the blinds make better lovers?
Any takers to prove this theory? Any research.., there is, obviously, only so much research that I can do myself, so I need your help. Do blind people make better lovers?


Give your feedback.... with your views on whether I'm onto something or way off the mark!

Special people

Well, for the past days, I had been seeing a number of blind people. They're all special teachers whom are well versed in their respective fields and areas. These teacher have to sit for PTK exams just like the other normal abled teachers.
A handful of them weren't completed blind as bats....only their sight were limited.

I've got the privilege to invigilate such teachers...and it's indeed a great experience and opportunity for me to mingle with such people. I doubt I would have the chance to mix with them as these people live within their own community. An eye opener for me..

The way they read the Brailled question sheets...by moving their fingertips from left to right across the lines of dots.

The teachers meticulously typed their answers by physically pressing the dots onto the paper so that they show up on the other side. They're all fast as they typed their answers using the braille machine. Their fingers moved swiftly across the dotted questions as they read...

I learnt that the machine has six special keys, one for each dot in the Braille cell. pretty interesting.

Frankly, they're the nicest souls on earth..so polite and thoughtful. They're such a gentlemen.... Even though they're blind (partially), and yet they still offer to help me carry my boxes of papers/writing materials. And one teacher even opens the door for me...Oh gosh...truly gentlemen. I don't think any abled bodied teacher would offer a helping hand if they see an invigilator like me....

Insomnia

Temporary Insomnia. Yours truly didn't sleep a wink..all night. The culprit...must be that Old Town Cappuccino.
Met up with a few friends last evening. Though not a kaki kopi but gotta surrender to my friends' invitation and throat down a small amount of coffee. Was precisely 'kiasu' as I didn't want to show my allergy to caffeine.

I didn't expect a small cup could caused such distress...

Just couldn't believe that several sips resulted in so much agony...haha

Had been tossing rigorously... wrestling like a python al over the bed....almost the entire night. And yet still encounter problem falling asleep...

This morning when I was invigilating in the exam room...both my eyes felt pretty exhausted. Luckily, the candidates were a group of 'special teachers' whom were unable to see me. And thanks to the tick-tack sound of the Brailles..I managed to stay awake.

Feeling exhausted now. Lets just catch 40 winks.

Great delivery

It was indeed a great presentation....

Although, I started off with sweaty palms, pounding heartbeat, nervous breakdown....all kinds of panic stricken attacks...but some how I managed to elevate all these threats.

Many of my colleagues see me as a person who can conduct fairly good presentation… but in reality, I’m just lucky to have a fairly good command of English and thus can express myself better in a presentation.

Usually, my greatest fear is getting tongue-tied in the middle of the session and loses focus. That’s when all the points I've prepared dissapeared from my head.

Before I could even say “um” and the fear of being a complete idiot starts to sink in fast… believe me..I had been there,done there many a times...

Some how, I managed to overcome these problems...gradually after much practices. Lots of trials N errors...and making a fool of myself. My facial skin had developed it's thickness over time...

A few tips...

1. Plan of outlines.

2. Clear of your talking points.

3. Focused on the objective of the presentations...

4. Do some research, be aware of facts and figures.

5. Be firm and confident so that your audience don't loose their attention on you.

Throughout my persentation, I just kept one thing in my mind: Be confident. That's the vital point. Overall, my audience gave me thumb-ups.....an happy for that achievement.

Ann boleh...

The Day

The day has arrived. I'm here at JMTI to conduct an in-house trainning with my fellow colleagues. The first half of the morning, we had a briefing from an officer from the Institute about "Blogging". Well...a bit bored as yours truly have already been involved in this blogging thing since a long time ago. Looks like I know more than him....(blowing my own saxophone..la)

At this moment, I'm worried on my slot which I need to present later today. Am I able to deliver my facts well? Will my colleagues gain inputs from me? Are they going to get bored just like what I'm feeling right now? A lot of questions circulating in my mind....

Perhaps...I need to have the confidence in myself.

Assignments handed up

Am glad that I've done with all my assignments for this semester. Summit all of them to my lecturers respectively this afternoon. What a relieve...another load taken off my shoulders. My coursework assignments are in the safe hands of my tutors...hopefully I'll obtain good grades for my tedious work. Perhaps a 33 upon 35...! I need marks so that it could at least covered up my exams results if I were to fair badly in it ....

As I've already summit all my assignments for this semester...I shall henceforth get myself prepared for my in-coming final exams (April). Hopefully, I can cover a few chapters during this hectic school holidays....which I doubt as I hv a whole loads of other errands to run.

Packed Holidays

The mid semester break is here...one week from 16th~22nd Mac.
Although term break has started but I don’t feel like I’m in a holiday at all.

How can I be excited when I’ve piles of work to do during the holiday? In fact, I've a long list of jobs awaiting for me....
I really want to enjoy my holidays but how can I..? sigh...

You see...as usual I've to attend my uni tutorials on Sundays. On Monday, I'll be conducting in-house trainning with my teachers @ colleagues. It'll be held at the Malaysia-Japan Technical Institute in Bukit Minyak. It offered us a full facilities like computers and wi-fi. The bset part, it's FOC.

Next, for 3 days, I'll be invigilating PTK exams which is a compulsory exams for teachers @ promotions purposes. As I've already passed this exam last year, I needn't hv to sit for it. Although, I'll be paid ....but I would rather stay home and enjoy the holidays with my boy. My Ketua pengawas told us yesterday during the briefing, "as an invigilator, we're paid worst than a Bangla.."...RM30 per day (how sad can that be?) Essentially ...Not worth as we have to prepare the exams rooms like arrange the desk/chairs and paste the candidates slips....On exams days, we'll have to arrive at least 1 hour b4 to get things done....sigh...

Looking forward to Friday and Saturday, will be taking a short trip with my boy....either Ipoh or Alor Setar....just for makan and retreat. Any recommendations?
I want my boy to have a well deserved two days break....

Public Speaking

Although, I'm a teacher and my job requires me to talk in front of a group of pupils on a daily basis but I still get stage-fright whenever I have to speak in public. Cold sweat..butterflies in my tummy......

Public speaking is a common source of stress for me. And I would normally try to avoid talking during the school assembly or run away from being an MC.....if possible escape from this problem entirely. But this is hard to escape...as I work with a large group of people and eventually I'll still need to speak to get certain task accomplished. Occasionally, I have to chair meetings with my team of teachers.

Next Monday, I'll be conducting a workshop with my fellow teachers pertaining to a programme recently implemented by the Ministry. I have to do an in house-trainning.

Naturally, I began to accumulate butterflies in my stomach. Though, the audience comprises of my colleagues who I meet and see daily...but but but..I'm still scared to talk in front of 60 pairs of eyes.

I had prepared the necessary slides and handouts. I still fear that I might experience stage fright or worst tongue tied....or simply my mind goes blank...when I stand on the podium. What if I forget the whole segments of my talk ..and make a fool of myself before my audience...what if...


I need to overcome this fear factor...I could never be that smart, calm, witty, entertaining, polished speaker . . .."


Ha.....
I guess I had put incredible pressure on myself to deliver a perfect performance. I worked for days to prepare a talk. I stayed up nights worrying about making mistakes. I spent hours and hours rehearsing what I was going to say.
I realised one thing...."all these made me even more anxious!"
The more perfect I tried to be, the worse I did!

It was all very disheartening so to speak.

I NEED TO HAVE CONFIDENCE IN MY ABILITY AND CAPABILITY.
Ann..boleh.

Public Holiday

Today is a Public Holiday....what day?..well I don't know...just couldn't be bothered as long as it's a holiday. Can cocoon underneath the comforter for a while longer, need not have to rush to the bathroom to have cold turkey...no need to ...ya a listful of "no needs"..

Holiday Holiday...Holidays...can I have some more?



I saw this pic from someone else's blog...and would just like to share it here.













Wished we could get coupons like this...

Mission Accomplished.

Finally, I can officially declare that I've completed all the 4 assignments for this semester. In fact, they were completed 1 week b4 the date line.

The past few weeks was like..thunderstorms..as I need to really juggle my time between the crazy assignments, my school schedule of never-ending activities and programmes.... and also my own private tuitions. Oh gosh..it was a total madness round the clock.

My entire routine went haywired...skips meals, short cut sleeping time, ....

And today..I'm settled. Just printed out and binded my last piece..Yup..the three masterpieces are lying right in front of me..waiting to be summited to my lecturers on my next tutorial.

I'm going to take a nap now...I mean a proper one. I certainly deserve one now.

It's Friday

I't Friday...fridays are awesome for a multitude of reasons.
i) it's the end of the school week.
ii) in other words, I'll get one or two days off from sch...
iii) every other friday is my family day where I spend time with my boy!
iv) temporary put aside all the 'workloads' and enjoy myself.


I've made it a point to 'dine out' with my boy on Fridays. Both of us need the quality time to unwind ourselves. Together with a friend, we would go for a meal at one of those restaurants down town...the three of us. My boy always looked forward to this family meal time..and so am I.

What would you do?

What would one do when he/she is bothered by something ?
You're feeling terribly wrong the entire day. You heart aches. You lost your appetite. You seems so confused. Your mind is blank and yet congested. You can't think and unable to make decisions....can't make proper judgement.

What are these symptoms?
Depression ah?