Selamat Berpuasa!

Assalamualaikum.

 

It's been a hectic year.

And in Ramadhan I have found some rest. Alhamdulillah.

I hope that everyone is feeling optimistic this month. After all, this is one of the holy month for us. 

Today one of my best friend told me that her soul mate always wants to be the first in the saf for Tarawikh prayers.

I am so happy to hear that her first Ramadhan as a wife is great. I hope that both of them will be blessed until Jannah, Insya Allah.

As for me, same old same old.

Sometimes I get so mad when things don't go my way. Hishk WR, when will you ever learn the value of stopping for a second, take a deep breath, smile and just move on? 

Found this video just now and I was like - seriously, there IS a weakness that Allah loves? Let's watch this okay? And may it make our life better!

Wassalam.

Being Frugal

From:
http://www.littlehouseliving.com/frugal-tips-for-saving-money.html

• Cut out movie rentals.
• Lessen trips to town.
• Make more things from scratch.
• Don't buy new clothing.
• Make extra debt payments.
• Dry clothes without a dryer.
• Cut out paper goods.
• Slash the costs of cellphones.
• Monitor and reduce energy usage.

The End is Where We Begin...

Feeling kinda melancholic. I just watched the finale of HIMYM, and it's like I am losing all my best friends.

I am so gonna miss them.

"Can't I just be me?" - Barney when Lily asked him to change his ways.

And it got me thinking.

I don't need to change who I am to find love. In fact, I don't even need to find love!

Eventually, love will find the way to me. All I need to do is be myself. And not let bitterness changed me into a desperate old maid. Hahaha. Honestly, I don't mind being called an old maid. At least it's better than being called a hungry, man-chasing-old-maid! Whenever you see an unattached male, you chase after him. Urghhhh.  So hoping I don't morphed into that type of old maid.

To quote Julia Quinn:

"If Posy had to spend her life as an old maid,she wanted to be the eccentric one with the large hat, not the desperate one with the pinched mouth.”

SO....

What else do I want to write about here? I wanted to write about closure. Yeah, let's talk about that. I got some interesting tips from Twit_Cinta about closure. Let's just copy and paste about that:

- bila saya hadapi benda begitu, saya biasanya akan beritahu diri bahawa semuanya berakhir. Key dia : Psiko diri sendiri.

-saya juga takkan blame pihak lagi satu (walaupun ia mungkin salah dia terang2) tapi saya akan muhasabah diri. Maybe saya kurang

- saya akan kembali sibukkan diri dengan pelbagai perkara. Kerja terutamanya. Supaya saya tak ingat langsung hal lama.

- selain itu, saya hanya bercakap dengan rakan karib saja - untuk mengelakkan saya menyakiti orang lain.

- dan, langkah saya biasanya - saya akan buat terapi diri dengan menulis. Anything. Luahkan dalam kata2. Untuk simpanan diri.

- true :”) Dan bila kita sendiri sakit, kita sebolehnya tak nak pihak lain sakit

 Tu je la yang ada dalam timeline Twitter makcik WR drpd Twt_Cinta/

May it helps those who are searching for closure.

I think one of the most important thing is to erase your memories of him/ her, and create your own memories. For example, if certain songs remind you of your ex, find new songs for your playlist.

Okay.


Sayonara!

 P/s: I hope the love of my life would appreciate my sarcasm and my beautiful mind! hahahah!

Another Long Weekend...

Assalamualaikum.

Will be working for sevem days this week. Tomorrow I will be heading for Boy Scouts Jamborie. Then on Saturday, there is going to be a course in school.

Sometimes I wonder, am I a teacher or working in the private sector? I think, it was up to me whether I worked on weekends or not back in the old days in MNRB. Or was it just wishful thinking? I thought that being a teacher would mean half a day's work, and lonnngggg paid holidays. How wrong was I!

But.... Perks of being a teacher is this. For me, my stress disappears when I enter my class, especially my Year 1 kids. I just love them to pieces. They are so so so adorable. Even when I pretend to be fierce so that they wouldn't be so naughty, they still are adorable. There's this kid, she cries at the drop of a hat. But I try not to encourage this habit. Because I don't want my kids to grow up to use tears as one of their arsenal in getting what they want.

Besides, one of the subject that I teach is Music. And how am I going to stay stressed when I get to sing with my kids, aye? One kid in my class commented, and he said an I quote: " Teacher, you are always singing." And I just smiled and said, " Of course I am always singing, I teach you Music, remember?" Unfortunately, due to timetable shuffling, I will no longer be teaching Music for his class. Last year, I taught them English and Music.

I think. When I am tired or stressed or both or feeling demotivated or just thinking, what was I thinking whenI chose teaching, I have to remember why. Why I became a teacher. And let's not talk about pay etc. Let's talk about job satisfaction. Let's talk about nation building. Let's talk about doing something worthwhile. Anyone can be an engineer. Anyone can be a doctor. Anyone can be a lawyer. But NOT all have the patience that it takes to teach.

 Honestly, my choice had been queried and questioned by a lot of people around me. Be it my relatives or my friends or my boss back then. One horrible question was, " Are you sure, a 4.00 student wants to be a teacher?" Or another is "Are you sure you want to be a teacher? Do you know how small a teacher's salary is?"

I had no answer them. But as time goes by, (4 years and counting!), I think it was worth the obstacles and the trials and tribulations and the hardships. Not everyone could wake up every morning and gets excited about the day and goes to work without dragging their feet. There maybe some bad days. But I think a majority of it would be good. Especially when I have cute and adorable kids to go to. All I want the little caliphs to grow up into responsible and devout Muslims, insya Allah. 

P/s: 

1. Writing this entry so that I won't feel demotivated and angry at being directed to work Fridays and Saturdays.  Besides, on Tuesday, Terengganu will be celebrating Sultan's coronation. Thus a break in the middle of the week! Yeay!

2. Am thinking of learning how to play the guitar. Or just how to play a keyboard. Would make it much more easier to teach Music to my kids. Need to survey for class fees etc and crunch some numbers.

3. Don't know how to end this entry. So, tra ta ta!

Wassalam.

With love,

Wanrohani

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27 Feb 2014