IF TOMORROW NEVER COMES...specially dedicated to my dearest hubby...Haswadi Yusof....

If I knew it would be the last time that I'd see you fall asleep,
I would tuck you in more tightly and pray the God, your soul to keep.

If I knew it would be the last time that I see you walk out the door,
I would give you a hug and kiss and call you back for one more.

If I knew it would be the last time I'd hear your voice lifted up in praise,
I would videotape each action and word, so I could play them back day after day.

If I knew it would be the last time I could spare an extra minute or two to stop and say "I love you," instead assuming you would know I do.

If I knew it would be the last time I would be there to share your day,
well I'm sure you'll have so many more, so I can let just this one slip away.

For surely there's always tomorrow to make up for an oversight,
and we always get a second chance to make everything right.

There will always be another day to say our "I love you's,"
And certainly there's another chance to say our "Anything I can do's?"

But just in case I might be wrong, and today is all I get, I'd like to say
how much I love you and I hope we never forget.

Tomorrow is not promised to anyone, young or old alike,
And today may be the last chance you get to hold your loved one tight.

So if you're waiting for tomorrow, why not do it today?
For if tomorrow never comes, you'll surely regret the day,
That you didn't take that extra time for a smile, a hug, or a kiss
and you were too busy to grant someone, what turned out to be their one last wish.
So hold your loved ones close today, whisper in their ear,
Tell them how much you love them and you'll always hold them dear,
Take time to say "I'm sorry," "please forgive me," "thank you," or "it's okay."
And if tomorrow never comes, you'll have no regrets about today.

-author unknown-

A CUP OF TEA WITH THE KP!...dedicated to all my B. OSM students of UiTM Terengganu

Salam

A cup of tea anyone? What a refreshing feeling to enjoy a cup of tea on an evening so peaceful and calm...Okay what is this "A Cup of Tea with The KP" story... It begins like this:

A Cup of Tea with The KP is a program which has started one and a half year ago...the first activity was organized somewhere in Mac 2007, and the second was on September 2007, the third was organized last April 2008. The program was first initiated for the purpose of students-KP (Koordinator Program) gathering, a get-together at the end of the semester just before final examinations. It is a platform given to the students to evaluate and re-evaluate their academic performance in the faculty as a whole. The idea was to have a direct two-way communication amongst students and the coordinator in all academic performance like GPA, CGPA achievements, activities organized throughout the semester, some tips for examination, some motivating and inspiring advice from the coordinator and of course plans for the coming semester. At the end of the session...a cup of tea for everyone....tea time!

Yes, only the Bachelor on Office System Management program has its "A Cup of Tea with The KP" in UiTM Dungun...so far.

Pengalaman menganjurkan program sebegini memberikan manfaat kepada para pelajar secara keseluruhan. Ramai yang bertanyakan A Cup of Tea... setiap kali tiba penghujung semester, unfortunately semester ini, saya memohon banyak maaf kepada semua 'anak-anak' B. OSM saya kerana tidak mengadakannya seperti biasa. Sebabnya tersangatlah nyata...ketiadaan saya di kampus sejak 1 Ogos lalu kerana bercuti sakit (patah kaki) sedikit menjejaskan perancangan saya....walaupun dah hujung2 ni ramai bertanyakan, sms, telefon dan sampai yang datang rumah tanya..."Puan, ada tak A Cup of Tea?," huhuhhhh sedihnya dan tak sampai hati nak jawab tak ada! So baca lah cerita kali ini utk sesi A Cup of Tea semester ini....online gitu!

Ini menunjukkan program yg pada awalnya nampak 'gitu-gitu' aje sudah menunjukkan hasilnya kerana pelajar-pelajar dah tahu manfaat gathering tersebut dan semua menanti-nanti akan kehadiran A Cup of Tea setiap hujung semester (wow!)...harapan saya agar Koordinator Program baru nanti akan menyambung usaha yang pada saya dan kepada pelajar amat bermakna ini.

So apa yang ada dalam program ni? Let me list down here:

1. Program 1 - 2 jam sahaja, bergantung kpd KP nak spend lama mana, tapi kalau tea-time ni biasanya sekejap...1 jam pun memadai jika maklumat dan mesej sampai kpd pelajar.

2. Buat di mana? Mana-mana dewan kat kampus yg muat utk 2oo org pelajar B. OSM.

3. Bila? Seminggu sebelum minggu ulangkaji atau sehari sebelum minggu ulangkaji...jangan buat sehari sebelum exam pulak.

4. Susah ke nak rancang? TIDAK SUSAH! Tetapi satu kali tu September 2007, sedikit kecewa, sebabnya salah saya terlewat sedikit inform pelajar...nak-nak pulak bulan puasa....yg datang dalam 20 org aje...ramai dah balik kampung buat kuih raya dan raya sakan.....ni masalah logistik bukan masalah program tu sebenarnya...satu lagi alasan mereka.."Puan...bulan pose la...mesti tak ada tea and food kan??" Ohhhhhh itu rupanya...

5. Refreshment? MESTI ADA! terutama Tea! Pelajar memang suka makan free ni...tapi semasa kali pertama program dianjurkan oleh saya, saya belanja pelajar2 sebab pelajar B. OSM ketika itu hanya 89 org. Tapi masuk kali ketiga buat, pelajar dah cecah 180 org...apa lagi mohon bajet TPP (Tabung Pembangunan Pelajar)...bukan apa first time tu nak ambil berkat agar idea dan usaha saya tu berhasil dan membawa kebaikan ... Alhamdulillah..

6. Bajet? Bajet sangat rendah sebab minum petang je .. kita pun tak suka 'makan' duit organisasi... kalau caterer kata minum petang RM1.50...RM1.50 lah yang kita mohon drp TPP...kalau sekarang ni naik sikit RM2.00 so , RM2.00 x 200 org pelajar, dan kita jemput juga para pensyarah (15 org yang ada tu) kalau datang boleh jumpa pelajar dengan dekat lagi dan boleh dapat maklumat pencapaian pelajar...dan boleh minum teh dengan pelajar2. So far Cik Yau'mee, PM Ismail Hassan dan Encik Ahmad Suffian pernah sudi menghadirinya, saya ucap terima kasih banyak-banyak kerana sudi spent sepetang bersama kami, tapi maaf saya tak sempat lagi bertanya feedback dan pandangan.

7. Apa nak cakap? Haaa yang ni memang KP kena menggunakan kredibiliti, tanggungjawab dan amanah yang dipikul... kreativiti, homework sikit, kerja sikit! Saya akan sediakan hand-out A Cup of Tea... basically kandungannya:

a. Objektif Akademik UiTM Terengganu...kena highlight pada pelajar sebab kalau mereka tak tahu hala tuju pencapaian akademik mereka...bagaimana UiTM Terengganu sendiri ingin mencapai objektif ini...so maklumat kena sampai kepada semua terutama pelajar2 yang bertungkus lumus ingin berjaya dalam akademik mereka. Jangan terkejut... ada juga pensyarah yg tak tahu pasal objektif akademik ini...serupa membawa kereta tanpa destinasi ... ataupun menanam sepohon pokok tetapi 'tak siram' dan 'baja'...harap 'air hujan' dan 'matahari' je..bagaimana tu??

b. Pencapaian GPA dan CGPA semester yang lepas (buat perbandingan utk 2 semester lagi bagus) secara keselruhan mengikut selang GPA/CGPA yang ditetapkan oleh UiTM secara statistik dan graf....pelajar suka lihat graf sebab pictorial information lasts longer than verbal information! Tujuannya supaya setiap pelajar tahu mereka berada di takuk yang mana? Adakah GPA mereka melepasi 3.00 dan CGPA mereka masih berada di antara 2.8 - 2.99...contohnya. Sertakan sekali % setiap selang gred tu dan jumlah pelajar (bukan nama pelajar tau!) yang berada di setiap selang gred tu... masa ni gerenti riuh rendah dewan tu...sebab sibuk menanya rakan-rakan itu ini...jadi macam BSKL la sekejap...takpe...KP jangan naik angin biarkan mereka....itu bermakna mesej you sampai dan pelajar tahu apa yang dibentangkan ... lepas tu selitkan dengan nasihat, tips, motivasi, dan sembang-sembang petang bagaimana nak menaikkan pencapaian mereka... jangan lupa ADD HUMOR! saya tak pandai melawak tetapi keseriusan saya kadangkala jadi bahan tawa pelajar...tak pe enjoy je! Budak-budak ni tak reti bila masa saya marah dan bila masa saya serius sebab mereka mesra sokmo dengan saya....tapi alhamdulillah they know their limits...I make sure I put the 'line' when with them!

c. Antara sebab A Cup of Tea ini dibuat hujung semester ialah untuk memudahkan tugas KP dalam mengingatkan pelajar berkenaan hal Pra-Pendaftaran kursus semester akan datang (WAJIB!)...masa ni pelajar akan bersoal jawab pasal status kursus dsbnya...so KP kena prepare pelan pengajian sekali dalam handout (walaupun setiap semester baru diberikan....biasalahkan...pelajar ni...hilang la, lupalah dsbnya) no harm!, just prepare the info and again highlight to the students.. One thing important regarding the Minor and Elective courses...KP must be well-versed with the codes and the subjects as well as a little sinopsis of every code if possible (normally I just prepare those courses offered at Terengganu only...)

d. Recall semula aktiviti sepanjang semester dan kalau boleh highlight pasal penyertaan dan kerjasama yg pelajar telah tunjukkan...kalau tak puas hati...sampaikan kpd mereka...kalau puas hati, ucap tahniah dan terima kasih kpd mereka... Paling penting highlight setiap tujuan dan objektif aktiviti yg dijalankan...dan jelaskan peri pentingnya penyertaan semua pelajar di dalam aktiviti demi kemajuan fakulti dan semua. Masa ni kekadang tu tangkap 'syahdu' sikit especially KP mereka ni...sebab ikhlas saya beritahu di sini, pelajar2 B. OSM saya antara pelajar-pelajar paling hebat saya jumpa di UiTM Terengganu. Kerjasama dan penyertaan mereka memang tidak mengecewakan walaupun ada juga satu dua program yg kurang sambutan...so masa ni KP kena kempen para pelajar. Sedarkan para pelajar peri pentingnya penglibatan mereka dan tujuan mereka berada di universiti ini. So hopefully you guys teruskan semangat ini ye...walaupun KP bersilih ganti begitu juga pelajar, namun semangat dan perjuangan demi fakulti perlu diteruskan!!

e. Apa lagi ye? Oh ya...akhir sekali perancangan semester akan datang. B. OSM mudah aje:

i. Setiap kumpulan pelajar yg berada di bahagian 4 (part 4) perlu anjurkan Lawatan Akademik...pergi la mana-mana pun...bincang dengan pensyarah yang anda selesa dan boleh bekerjasama. Guna tabung TPP..pelajar bahagian 4 sahaja (kuota fakulti FPTP)

ii. Family Day/Sukaneka semasa semester Julai - November...

iii. Seminar/Forum/Ceramah yang academic based only oleh pelajar bahagian 5 atau 6...pakat-pakat la ramai-ramai ye...

iv. Kalau ada additional...(biasanya saya ada aje additionalnya setiap sem....bila buat sesuatu tu saya suka tambahbaik apa yang kurang atau buat sesuatu yang baru utk variation, agar tanggungjawab sebagai KP yg saya pikul tu 'happening'.... memang 'pening' sungguh la...tapi Alhamdulillah puas hati. Org kata "belum cuba belum tahu", "tak kenal maka tak cinta", "belajar dari kesilapan" dan "penambahbaikan berterusan"

f. Program diakhiri dengan jamuan petang...apa-apa aje yang ada ikut bajet....tak payah susah sangat, sebab saya pasti selepas setiap sesi A Cup of Tea ni pelajar akan berfikiran positif dan semangat berkobar-kobar....pengalaman saya, saya selalu tak dapat makan sebab memang mereka makan beria-ia sehingga licin bekas makanan tu, ada sekali tu, seorang pelajar siap asingkan sepinggan mihun utk saya....maklumlah tuan rumah....layan tetamu sampai tak sempat makan... Seronok lihat gelagat mereka ni... hati pun puas.

Wahh! panjang betul entry kali ni...penuh space saya ni...whatever it is, this is only a very small part of what a KP does (my version of course)....there are tons of others that need to be accomplished....

Sincerely, I am very happy with my achievement (personally...to others ... I do not know) so far as the KP of the B.OSM program since July 2006 till August 2008. There were so many 'bittersweet' memories that I've experienced, the ups and downs of the "roller-coaster rides" that I've been through, "standing at the top of the hill" feeling and lots of others...

I'll share more later, InsyaAllah...

READ THIS... part 1

Salam

This time around, I am in the mood of sharing some motivating and inspiring quotes or mini-articles from the La Tahzan (Don't Be Sad). It is a compilation of hadith, sunnah, Al-Quran stories and quotes that are written as guidance and references that will answer all our grievances, problems, stresses and others:

CARILAH REZEKI TETAPI JANGAN TAMAK.

Ulat yang ada di dalam tanah diberi rezeki Tuhan semesta alam:

"Dan tidak ada suatu binatang yang melata pun di bumi dan burung yang terbang melayang dengan kedua sayapnya melainkan mereka makhluk-makhluk juga seperti kalian (dalam hal mendapatkan rezeki)." (Al Anfal:38)

Burung yang berada di dalam sarangnya juga diberi makan oleh Tuhan Yang Maha Pengampun dan Maha Pembalas Kebaikan:

"Sebagaimana burung yang diberi rezeki, yang terbang berangkat dengan perut kosong dan kembali dengan perut kenyang." (Al Hadith)

Ikan yang berada di dalam air juga diberi rezeki oleh Tuhan Penguasa langit dan bumi.

"...padahal Dia memberi makan dan tidak diberi makan." (Al An-am:14)

Sementara itu anda lebih suci dari ulat, burung dan ikan. Tidak usahlah bersedih hanya kerana soal rezeki.

Ramai orang yang hidupnya diliputi kemiskinan, kesusahan dan tekanan hidup hanya kerana mereka jauh dari Allah. Misalnya ada seorang yang kaya, rezekinya melimpah, badannya sihat, dan mendapat kebaikan dari Tuhannya.

Kemudian, ia berpaling dari ketaatan, sering meninggalkan solat, dan sering melakukan dosa-dosa besar. Maka Allah akan mencabut kesihatannya dan keluasan rezekinya, dan menimpakan kepadanya kemiskinan, kesedihan, dan kegundahan sehingga dia selalu ditimpa kesusahan demi kesusahan dan bencana demi bencana.

"Dan barangsiapa berpaling dari peringatanKu, maka sesungguhnya baginya penghidupan yang sempit..." (Thaha: 124)

"Yang demikian (seksaan) itu adalah kerana sesungguhnya Allah sekali-kali tidak akan mengubah suatu nikmat yang telah dianugerahkanNya kepada suatu kaum, hingga kaum itu merubah apa yang ada pada mereka sendiri... (Al Anfal: 53)

"Dan bahawasanya jikalau mereka tetap berjalan lurus di atas jalan itu (agama Islam), benar-benar Kami akan memberi minum kepada mereka air yang segar (rezeki yang banyak)." (Al Jin: 16)

Sekian...

THE 'BIG' THING!

Salam

I have written some time ago about a big thing that is going to happen to our family...well..the 'big' thing is just in two weeks time! My dearest husband, Haswadi is leaving for Al Jubail, KSA soon very soon. His flight scheduled on the 10th of November. It means that he's going to 'leave' us temporarily...hopefully, may ALLAH blesses us and all preparation going on smoothly here in Malaysia as well as at the kingdom.
Here are a few things that we have been doing and completing lately before Haswadi leaves:

1. Medical check up for the kids and myself at KMC...total expenses RM1016.00 (one whole day spent at KMC!)

2. Passport for the kids RM450.00 (RM150 (32 pages) for each x 3 children) done at the Jabatan Imigresen Kuantan (spent about 2-3 hours only)

3. Renewal of my passport RM300 (32 pages) at Jabatan Imigresen Dungun...takes only 15 minutes to apply but 7-days to complete!

4. Haswadi bought a new baggage at Parkson Kuantan RM324.00 (size 25 inches).

5. Innova for sale!!! Got a few potential buyer but yet to close a deal....

6. Soon on the 7th of November, Mie-Paka (Haswadi's mother, my mother in law) will organize a 'kenduri' for her beloved son...at her house in Jalan Langsat, Paka. The 'kenduri' will also part of the family gathering that Mie used to organize.. she just love to invite people ...masak-masak and makan-makan...last time boleh gak saya ni 'sengseng' lengan membantu...bila dah patah kaki ni...kesian gak dia ...tapi adik beradik lain ada jugak untuk bantu.

I guess, that was so far the 'things' that have been going on lately that keeps me and the family busy...
Just the last weekend, we went to Kota Bharu, Haswadi's friend's wedding. And due to the extraordinary climate now at the East Coast, everyone of us fell sick... I just got back from the clinic..the last person in the house who fell sick..
Kesian Luthfil demam teruk...a few days already...he said "semua tak selera...tidur tak selera, makan pun tak selera....kalau air batu selera..." whoa...so clever ha you!
Ni tengah 'weng' sikit kepala...baru makan ubat...sakit urat, sakit tekak dan bisa-bisa badan...pehh sakit tuh...
Takpe nak rest cukup...wait wait...can rest ke? Ohhh tidak!

NADHRAH'S 5th BIRTHDAY!

The birthday cake!

Sooooo pretty...happy birthday sayang! Ummi wish all the best to you!

LIFE GOES ON!

Salam

It's been quite a while since the last entry but there are a lot of things going on for the past week!:

1. Nadhrah's birthday on the 9th
2. A few groups of students came by and visit for raya..OMB3OA(9 of them), the part 7 students (6 of them), and most recent the OMB6OA (22 of them).
3. My husband has got the flight schedule already by the ThinkPlus Agent...it'll be on the 9th of November...when is that?? like in 20 more days from today!..he is supposed to be leaving the country at the end of november, however it has been carried forward a little bit earlier...
4. And the big event would be the farewell gathering for my husband that we had in Hutan Lipur Cemerong on the 11th of October...we had so much fun there...the kids especially. Thanks to the Inspection Department at PPTSB, Kerteh for organizing such a wonderful event for everybody, especially for my husband...

RAYA 2008 CELEBRATION

Welcome...Raya 2008

A view inside of our 'home sweet home'...raya 2008

This is our most recent photo together...on the 4th syawal. Look out for the two 'peepers' at the back!

With my students from OMB5OB group. Thank you for cheering me up. All the best in your undertakings!

Keluarga Haswadi, Paka Terengganu

Ini pula keluarga saya, mak, kak long dan suaminya, 5 orang anak buah datang beraya di Dungun Terengganu pada raya ketiga dan keempat. Terima kasih kerana sudi meraikan raya kali ini di Dungun...

Salam

Here are some photos during the raya celebration. Since saya tak balik KL, raya tahun ini sekali lagi disambut di Paka, Terengganu. Seronok En Haswadi kerana kali ni dapat berkumpul dengan semua adik beradiknya. InsyaAllah supaya En Haswadi puas hati sebelum berangkat ke KSA nanti. Hikmah daripada kes patah kaki ni, banyak betul kebetulan dan ketentuan yang ALLAH kurniakan. Hanya yang empunya diri aje yang tahu all the blessings in disguise. Yet I still manage to entertain family members and guests who came by. Thank you for the thought, as well to my students who have visited to my house for raya...