Family matters ... Mindfulness

Assalamualaikum wbt ...

yes ... before ending the day ... since i am no longer having a personal diary ... just for the record catat je di alam maya yang semua boleh tengok ni :) ... kalau dulu dulu personal diary tu bukan main lagi ada yang siap berkunci lagi ... yang tak berkunci pula di kunci dengan kata kata ... Allah SWT melihat apa yang kamu lakukan :)

but zaman ni bukan saja diary tak berkunci lagi suka pula orang baca ... hehe ... sayalah tu ...

 

so here goes ...

syukur alhamduliLLah ...

First ...

 

 ... kak tam di port dickson berlepas ke Makkah Al-Mukarramah malam ni ... alhamduLillah bagi menunaikan fardu haji ... kak tam anakanda kepada arwah pakcik dan arwah makcik yang sangat mengambil berat diri ini semasa hayat mereka ...

 kak tam ni adik sepupu sebenarnya ... bachelor lady ... but adatlah kami orang di sini tak mengguna nama sebenar dalam komunikasi keluarga ... alhamduLillah she was offered to accompany an elderly neighbour yang tidak berwaris ... otherwise turn nya mungkin saja belum lagi ... kak'mbong doa mudahan kak tam dan kawan-kawan semua Allah SWT kurniakan haji yang mabrur ... selamat pergi dan selamat kembali ...

Second ...

 ... terima sms adinda Halimah to her kak'mbong saying ... saya, acik dan andah nak ikut trip ke BaitulMaqdis ...ambong nak tak ... saya bayarkan separuh insyaAllah ...

AlhamduliLLah syukur Ya Rahmaan ... kakmbong kena minta izin dulu ... okay insyaAllah ... but book lah juga ... 

AlhamduLillah izin sudah ... Allah khair ... semangat menjulang nak habis kan kerja sekolah yang banyak tertangguh ni ...

syukur Ya Allah for kind adik adik ... 

four of us girls ... girls lah konon hehe ... adik beradik ... itinerary tak ada lagi insyaAllah update kemudian ... Ya Allah permudahkanlah yang baik baik ...

update ...
AlhamduLillah syukur ... acik pula tambah yang separuh lagi ...

Third ...

gembira sangat ... so nak buat something different but healthy for suami for dinner ... he wants me to minimise use of santan ... so di giant senawang petang ni beli bendi since he suka sangat bendi ... nak masak kari dengan ikan tenggiri ... hmmm macam mana kari tak bersantan ni ye ... kebetulan petugas wanita yang timbang menimbang tu  wanita India maka dengan ramah tak malunya saya pun bertanya how do you make fish curry without santan  hehe ... petugas tu dengan suka hatinya mengajar saya ... sambil menimbang belian orang lain sambil mengajar saya step by step ... and ada pula sama mendengar ingin tahu ... terima kasih sangat kat petugas ... i promised to let her know the result ...

AlhamduLillah dah cuba ... and orang tu kata very nice ... hehe 

2 perkara i learned from the lady ... one ... crush - dalam lesung batu tu je- two small tomatoes ... and mixed into the curry paste ... and fry bendi yang tak payah potong tu sekejap tanpa minyak so that tak berlendir bendi tu bila masuk dalam kari ... saya memang tak pandai lah all these ... but alhamduLillah belajar sesuatu yang baru ...

syukur nya alhamduLillah ...

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AlhamduLillah syukur ... ending the day ... dah morning pun ... with review of  Hadith No 19 of the 40 Hadith compiled by Imam Al-Nawawi rahimahuLLAH ...  

i missed this yesterday ...

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Hadith No 19: Be Mindful of Allah SWT and Allah SWT will Protect You

Abu al-‘Abbas ‘Abdullah bin ‘Abbas (ra) reported: One day I was behind the Prophet(sas)and he said to me:

“I was riding behind the Prophet, peace be upon him, when he said, ‘Young man, I will teach you some words. Be mindful of God, and He will take care of you. Be mindful of Him, and you shall find Him at your side. If you ask, ask of God. If you need help, seek it from God. Know that if the whole world were to gather together in order to help you, they would not be able to help you except if God had written so. And if the whole world were to gather together in order to harm you, they would not harm you except if God had written so. The pens have been lifted, and the pages are dry.’ ”

Related by Tirmidhi

For a detailed audio commentary (10:19) ... please visit here ...

http://www.40hadithnawawi.com/index.php/the-hadiths/hadith-19

“Be mindful of Allah, He will be mindful of you...” This hadith reveals core truths about the nature of our relationship with Allah. If you take care of your relationship with Him, He will take care of you. Whatever you need or desire, in the end it can only come from Him. This is not to say that we can never ask people for help, but we should understand that ultimately Allah is the source of all help that comes our way. The companions used to ask Allah for help in everything, large or small, even in getting salt for their food 

(extract from the commentary)

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 May the Blessings of Allah SWT be upon us all ... 

... Aameen ...

Anak anak ...

Assalamualaikum wbt ...

we used to run an English medium kindergarten ... we had two branches ... due to various commitments we retired ourselves from this activity ...

many things i have learned from the children ... and managing a small team of human resource

but the children were awesome ... let me share some stories ...

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Farhan ... the caring ... 5 years old (3 years with us since 4)

he was second in a family of boys ... his older brother (6) was also with us ... 

something happened a day earlier in the kindergarten and i had a small cut on my lips ... quite obvious but healing and not too bad ...

the next day i visited the children again ... and while sitting and talking with the children Farhan came to me and touched my face ... Puan* sakit lagi ke ni he asked with such concern on his face that it was etched in my memory ... and thus my first story ...

suami wears white shirt most of the time ... shades of light yellow or blue sometimes ... but white 90% of the time ... 

so whenever he visited the kindergartens ... he would be in white ... 

one day this same Farhan came to him who was sitting on the floor, pegang pegang his shirt and dengan penuh kesiannya bertanya ...

dr ... dr ... dr tak ada baju lain ye ...

oh Farhan ... we love you very much ...

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Najibah ... 5 years old (2 years with us, 5 and 6)

she was the daughter of a teacher ... and the youngest in the family ... she was a fast learner and somehow could not tolerate the others too much ... because from her perspective they were lambat ... so she did not kawan with the children much ... only with the teacher ... she talked easily with the teachers ... like she was an adult herself ...

she understood quickly the teacher's instruction and could do things independently and quickly and could assist the teacher and other children when she wanted to ... a thinking girl, she was best at being the class manager ...

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Ali ... on the less side of 4 years old (3 years with us, 4, 5 & 6)

when we moved to Shah Alam, we left the management and running of the kindergartens to the teachers ... we did not have much time for the children ... but once in a while we would visit ... we sat and talked with the children ... 

part of our training ... teachers are to print names of the children on the colouring worksheets for the younger children who had not learned to write yet ...  

and that day somehow Ali's was not there ... a boy Nabil was absent ... so i said to the teacher to give him Nabil's worksheet instead so that he could start his activity ...

we gave Ali the worksheet ... and one look he said  ... 

tak ndak ... tak ndak ni ... ni bukan Ali punya he cried ... teacher jawab ni Ali punya ... 

membohong sikit thinking that anak tu belum pandai baca ...

tak ... bukan ... ini bukan Ali punya ... nama Ali pendek ... ini panjang ... he cried lagi ...

my goodness! ... i learned a major lesson that day ... 

never take short cut with children ...

they have their own methods of assessing and understanding ...

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... cukup ye ... 

tiga antara ramai anak-anak from whom we have learned so much ...

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* this was part of the children's training ... 

they addressed me as Puan, and Suami as Dr to give them confidence to interact with adults of the real world ... beyond home and school ...

Breast Cancer ...

Assalamualaikum wbt ...

alhamduLillah ... another long day completed today ... scrub kaki ... foot bath lagi ...

done ... 

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and on breast cancer ...

sejak saya menemui tulisan tulisan Prof Hasanah  ... i have a better awareness of this condition and the people affected by it ... it is impossible to claim that one understands ... but the expressed words have enabled me to at least follow the logic (for lack of a better word ... because there is no logic to it ...) of this dis - ease ... that condition of not being at ease ...

a friend who has been afflicted by this, has gone through so many sessions of therapy and surgery and therapy ... yet i could not fathom the inner sense of this affliction and how she deals with it ... because she doesn't express her pain and how she manages her pain in words ...

 but at least now i can lead her and others to Prof Hasanah's world ... so that they may take comfort from her words ...AlhamduLillah ... when my own is so very limited ... 

AstaghfiruLLAH ...

besides the friend, i met a lady yesterday who recently had a lump removed ... and today another lady who also recently had one breast removed ...  lama berbicara about it with the both them ... resulting in me being so aware of the condition ... the reason for this posting ...

and to them all i said please read the writings of Prof Hasanah ... masyaAllah... siap bagi blog address ... dah sampai hafal AlhamduLillah ...

...

itu saja yang boleh saya bantu ... because hanya yang mengalami, yang memahami ... and has the knowledge of what works, what does not work ... 

 may Allah SWT give sehat to all ... ameen

Image Source: Pink Ribbons

Cikgu ku ...

hari ni

... terima message selamat hari guru dari rakan sekuliah - seorang guru yang sangat cemerlang ... i am not a cikgu but i appreciate all teachers ... teacher tu official name je ... but sesiapa je yang darinye saya mendapat ilmu dan kemahiran cikgu saya lah dia tu ...

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... snapshots of my fond and sedih memory of some teachers ...

Cikgu Maimon Darjah 3 

i love this one day yang teringat sangat ... CM bagi classwork ... kita semua pun diam diam buat ... tetiba CM panggil me ... 

m------- (nama penuh ku tu hehe) meh tolong tumbuk belakang cikgu ... darjah 3, 9 tahun masa tu bayangkan besar manalah penumbuk ku yang memang tak besar mana ni pun ...

but ... that warm feeling of tolong tumbuk belakang cikgu tu sampai sekarang masih terasa ...

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Mr Ng Form 1

Cikgu ni memang saya selalu kena ... cikgu sains ... masa tu belum ke asrama lagi ... me suka potpet tak habis-habis ... agaknye kan budak kecik memang suka celoteh ... kejap pusing kanan kejap pusing kiri kejap kejap pusing belakang ... entah apa-apa ... ada je

agaknya dah puas kena warning tak juga faham faham ... MN panggil nama T------- berdiri atas kerusi ... hehehe ... tak malu ke ... masa tu kat all girls school kawan kawan tolong gelak je ...

 but see this MN he called me by his particular special name for me ... so agaknye itu yang buat i always feel special in his class ... and sampai ter over pula ... ha kan dah kena berdiri atas kerusi ... 

padan muka (favourite phrase of my kecik niece Tina) :)

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Miss Kaur Form 2

Ni cikgu BI ... yang ini saya kena lagi ... kita tu dulu orang kampung ... sekolah kampung tu in BM. Bila masuk menengah Sekolah BI so we went through the Remove Class and mula everything in English here. And zaman dulu the streaming in the school was that sekolah kampung ulu ulu pergi ke Remove B, yang dekat bandar Remove A (what an expectation !) ... Remove A went on to F1C, Remove B to F1D. I was in Remove B so F1D. MK taught us English in Remove and F1. Form 2 i was in F2A (dah nampak pandai sikit kut hahaha) and no longer taught by MK.

satu hari tu waktu latih sukan petang she was in charge and she queried me... why didn't you come for practice yesterday ... and i ... saya budak baru belajar (BI) ni jawab biasa je ... I was lazy ...

and she chided me ... wah now you are in F2A, you think you are so clever ha! ...

terdiam diri ini because masa tu belum lah se articulate sekarang ber BI ... kununnn hehe ... kalau tidak mungkin bersambung juga perbicaraan tu ... :) tak ape MK i tak terasa pun ... what you didn't realise was i was practising my English hahaha ... thank you very much for your good BI training that set me to appreciate this language ...

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 Guru Besar Sekolah Rendah

  ni masa darjah 6 ... kan kita ada peperiksaan penilaian sekolah rendah tu ... kita kena beli pensel 2B kan ... nak hitamkan bulat bulat dalam kertas jawapan tu ... so i minta emak tolong beli ... masa tu sama lah dengan emak ke pekan KPilah yang sangat maju tu cuma ada 2-3 buah kedai buku dan alatulis ... so emak mintalah on my behalf ... and nyonya tu kata oh pensel 2B dah habis ... tapi 4B ada ... 4B lagi baik lagi hitam (read this macam nyonya cakap) ... so saya budak kampung yang ulu dan emak yang tak pernah pergi sekolah ni terimalah ... ha ah yelah tu kalau 2B tu hitam, 4B lagi hitam lagilah baik kan jelas bulatan ku dalam kertas jawapan ku nanti ...

maka pergi lah sekolah seperti biasa gembira ... bawa pensel kena confirm pagi tu dengan GB ... end of morning assembly GB tanya semua murid darjah 6 dah beli pensel 2B belum and tunjuk kat dia ... ada yang tak beli lagi (maklum jauh pekan tu and semua ni miskin-miskin belaka) ... dan kita pun confident je showed kita punya pensel ... nah terus kena marah sebab salah ... 2B bukan 4B ... so dia suruh beratur semua yang tak ada pensel lagi tu termasuk kita yang salah pensel ... then dia dengan pembaris panjang guru bagi satu satu hayunan pembarisnya kat kaki kita orang ... aduhh ... nak jadi cerita saya punya kena kat buku lali ... luka lah pula dan berdarah ... tapi GB tu tak perasan ... nangis tak? ... takkkk diam je ... (Sham nak nanges ... nanges lah :)

balik tengahari emak kat rumah dah balik dari noreh dah ... abah tak ada ... kita pun tunjuk kat mak buku lali yang luka kena sebat ... tak ingat lah apa reaksi emak masa tu ... meleleh agaknya air mata nya ... tapi kita pun meleleh air mata tak pula perasan tentang emak ... mak terus kata meh pergi Pilah beli ... and kami pun pergilah and got the right one ... itu je ... panjang nya cerita ... catharsis le ni hehehe ... terasa hiba sangat dengan cara GB tu ...

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banyak lagi but cukuplah takat ni ye ...

to all my teachers ... i love all and appreciate all ... yang sudah keRahmatuLLAH ... al-Fatihah

macam ni lebih kurang sekolah rendah kat kampung ulu tu ...

but this is in Mexico tak banyak beza except kita ber uniform tu nampak smart le sikit ... but this one looks more ceria

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Adoiii menangis aku di buatnye ...

one thing led to a another ...

mula nya ingat biasa biasa je ...

but kesudahannya ...

menangis aku dibuatnya ...

here  you are ...

ahhh perempuan ... sedih menangis ... gembira menangis ...

what a unique creature we are ...

volume-full of emotions ...

xxx

and don't forget ...

... do a happy dance ...

... just like Lily ...


and this penguin here ...

hmmm ...

Jewel in the stream Part 4 ...

ConTENT and ConTEXT ...

re: No.2... about Content and Context ... that i THOUGHT i know ... but this time in a very different sense ... so still i have much to know ...

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oh dear ... boring lah kawan-kawan ye ... macam buat assignment pula ... :)

no no no ... again it is a reminder of something of value ... 

so that i may not forget ...

you are most welcome to ponder along whenever you feel like it ... in spring, summer, winter or fall ... terbalik yes ... but sedap sikit bunyinye :)

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so sambung conversation with Lady Wife and Gentleman Husband ...

i brought up CONTEXT with respect to our discussion of our characters ... that different contexts may require us to put on different robes ...

then i said ...

 i just got to know a lady ... despite two separations ... she is not down ...

the Gentleman Husband immediately responded ...

now ... "two separations" is CONTENT ... and "she is not down" is CONTEXT ...

and till now ... i'm still mulling over this statement ... 

... and may revisit this in the spring "of mind" ...

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Love and Salam

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Jewel in the stream Part 3 ...

but then again ... 

what does it really mean to be a jewel ...

because before you are

this ...

Image Source: diamondland.be

...

... you are  ... this ...

 

 Image Source: en.wikipedia.org

 

...

 

and this  ... your true form ...

 Image Source: http://www.mii.org/Minerals/photographite.html 

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it is not about us being a jewel ... but about the process of how that jewel "be"

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Love and Salam :)

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Jewel in the stream Part 2 ...

The JEWEL ... 

you are a jewel ... the lady wife concluded, after i submitted to her test ... 

... masyaAllah sure i know i  am the jewel ... i am my father's jewel (i always feel my younger brother is my mother's jewel ... there ... siblings rivalry for you) ... i replied with a laughed ...

but i am sure you have something else in mind right ... i probed ...

your being a jewel here means you are a left brain thinker ... the gentleman husband explained

oh okay ... logical, analytical thinker you mean ... i  responded ...

so what does that mean to you ... i asked

that means you are methodological and systematic in your life  ... you know what you want to do and how to do it ... you know where you want to go ... you prefer to do things yourself rather than get it done through someone who will not do it the way you want it done ... you are a perfectionist ... the characteristics of a Jewel

ho ho ho ... this tells me i am a very bad manager ... because i can't delegate things ... i laughed ...

... but i want to be a flower ... i laughed again ... (while remembering the rose that dear MP has bestowed in me)

and i love the stream ... why can't i be the stream ... and what does a stream mean ... i asked ... (cikgu cakap double-barreled question ni)

definitely i am not the shaker ... that i know ... because i know i can't lead despite being born first ... but i know i am good at supporting ... i elaborated for them further ...

okay ... let us check your secondary character ...

i want to be the flower ... the flower ... i jokingly said ...

... your secondary character is the stream ... also a left brain thinker ... the  lady wife said after another round of tests ...

similar to Jewel ... they have focus ... directed flow ... the gentleman husband explained ...

okay... then ...

i am a JEWEL IN THE STREAM ... i concluded with a laugh ...

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now friends ... you must forgive me if this sound familiar to you ... but this is my first encounter of this kind of interpretation about the self ...

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i am familiar with the ...

Honey and Mumford: Learning Styles Questionnaire

of  ... Activist ... Reflector ...Theorist ... Pragmatist 

and Briggs-Myer Personality Test that i was subjected to when i applied to work in a company

 and other team compatibility test etc. etc ...

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but i like this method of characterising one self ... based upon nature ... and natural objects ...

Shaker ... Flower ... Jewel ... Stream

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Still i know very little about this ... but it was a lovely conversation ...

with a couple interested in helping people identify their strengths and weaknesses for a better and holistic person ...

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dear friends ...  my conclusion

our strengths are in "what we are" which we can use to excel ... and our gaps are in "what we wish to be" which we can learn to bridge ...

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Love and Salam :)

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 p/s: now ... should i continue to part 3 ... ? 

 

Jewel in the stream ...

... alhamduLiLLAh ... another day ...

another new kenalan on Saturday ...

a husband and wife ...

 over tea and ice-cream topped chocolate biscuits ...  and i learned many things that day ...

again by listening ...

three things i want to share ...

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No.1...  that i am a JEWEL ... he he 
... THAT i know (kelip-kelip mata) ... but still ... it is nice to hear it from someone else ... :) (senyum lebar)


No.2... about Content and Context ... that i THOUGHT i know ... but this time in a very different sense ... so still i have much to know ...

and

No.3... that we can develop positive atmospheres by uttering words for positive responses or results ... this also i thought i know ... but now i am learning to know how real this is ...


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blur ye ...

okay ...  nanti sambung ... :)

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Selamat berangkat DLL ...

Image Source: http://nellsfarmhouse.blogspot.com/

Mengimbau detik yang lalu,

Menghitung detik yang mendatang,

Menitis air mata yang ditinggalkan,

Menyeka air mata yang mengalukan,

Selamat berangkat DLL,

Semoga selamat dalam perjalanan,

Selamat tiba ke kampung halaman ...

Ma'assalamah fi amaniLLAh

~ dari alam maya kami mengiringkan ~

Love and Salam

Macam mana nak translate ye ...

ketika diskusi bersama cikgu supervisor yang dikasihi tetiba beliau bertanya ...

what is learning disengagement in Bahasa Malaysia ...

kalau soalan paper mungkin saya terjawab tulis begini ...

learning ................X................ engagement

seperti biasanya bagi saya X tu maksudnya tanpa/sans/putus  ...

but ini soalan lisan ... maka saya dengan santunnya menjawab ...

i am sorry i ve no idea Prof ... a reason why i am doing this in english he he ... i ll try to find out ...

bagi malu je lah bahasa sendiri pun tak arif ...

balik fikir --- ape ye ... nak kena call DBP ni

... mmmm dah hantar pertanyaan dah ...

sini

http://sbmb.dbp.gov.my/kndbp/nb_halaman_utama.aspx

 tetapi

sesapa yg arif sangat lah saya hargai feedback anda ...

:)

Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka. Image Source: here

~ bahasa budi bangsa ~

Real Lesson in Physics

Met Cikgu M and family tonight at the hypermarket. His first three children were with us at the kindergarten. His first and second, Im... and Fa..., I remember very well.

Im..., being the first born, was prone to difficult moments in the beginning. He was about four when he started pre-school. He was an inquisitive young man but teacher could not gave that full attention. He needed special times and I used to take him out of the class to give him that time.

That day he was crying. I can't recall the cause for the tears and runny nose. But he was really upset. So I took him away and chatted with him.

That's the way with him ... just chat about anything but the reason for his crying. He kept on sniffing and I kept giving him the soft tissues to clear his runny nose.

He couldn't stop ... "Im ..." I said. "Remember when we talk about solid and liquid. Now this is easy. This tissue is solid. And this thing coming down from your nose is liquid! Okay?" He laughed ... and forgot the tears... AlhamduliLLAH.


* To Im ... whose full name in Arabic means: Different, unique, or excellent ... May Allah The Most High guide your every step and cloth you in wisdom.

* I have not quoted their full names. I will need their permission for this ... :-)

CTRL V

I am sure IT people will recognise this function immediately.

A real novice (where IT was concerned)  when I started with a consulting group working on a HRMIS project. The Project Manager however appreciated that gap. So being a faster "typist" he would sometimes typed while I dictated the documentation requirement off my head. Especially when 'due' was becoming "critically urgent".

Mostly, I was slowed down by the "Edit" function. To make changes, I would click on "Edit". For instance, to COPY and PASTE, I would click on EDIT, COPY, and PASTE.

I was watching him using the faster method. How did you do that ... I asked.

Easy ... he said. To COPY you just highlight the sentence, then press Ctrl C. To CUT, same but press Ctrl X

Okay, that's easy to remember ... I responded. Ctrl C for Control Copy. Ctrl X for Control Out - X for unwanted.

Then to PASTE must be Ctrl P ... I extrapolated cleverly ...

No, no, no ... he quickly denied my intelligent extrapolation.

To PASTE, you use Ctrl V ... he answered ... fingers meanwhile busy on the keyboard, mind on the completion of the report ... while teaching me the inconsequential at the same time ... multitasking of modern professional.

Ctrl V? ... I was puzzled ... why not Ctrl P for Control Paste? I was not happy with this anomaly.

Okay ... Ctrl V ... for ... CONTROL VUT (rhyme with Control Put) he answered.

Now, do you think, I will ever forget this lesson? ...

*HRMIS - Human Resource Management Information System

What Else? I Can Do It! ...

My ABC is a book. It shows pictures along with simple sentences on how to make a bowl of mixed iced drink. A very popular drink in Malaysia. In Bahasa Malaysia Air Batu Campur (ABC). Literal translation: Air Batu (ice) Campur (mixed). It is one of six books in a series entitled ... I CAN DO IT! for Early English.

I was showing a 5 year old - this book, page by page, while asking her questions in both Bahasa Malaysia and English.

Writer:  What's this (Ini apa?) ... I asked, showing her the ABC picture.
Girl: ABC ... Air Batu Campur ... she answered confidently.
Writer: Pandai! (Very Good!). Tengok kita boleh buat ABC (See ... we can make ABC).
Writer: We need many things. What's this (Ini apa?). Showing her picture of a bowl.
Girl: Mangkuk!
Writer: Yes, very good. Mangkuk ... Bowl. Turning the page ... What's this? I continued.
 Girl: Air!
 Writer: Yes. Air ... Water. Pandai ... Very good! (I praised enthusiastically). What else? ... What's this? Ini apa? (I turned the page)
Girl: Sirap! ... (I could see that she was pleased with her ability to answer)
Writer: Very good ... Syrup. (Sounds almost the same in both the languages). Now ... What's this? ( I plodded on)

Girl: Ummm ...AIR LEMBU! (she blurted)

Writer: (Now ... Friends and families who had been watching had already burst out ...Praised be to ALLAH SWT ... I kept my straightmost face and said. ) ... VERY, VERY GOOD! Air Lembu (literally: cow's water). Betul ... air dari lembu. Kita panggil SUSU .. MILK. (Right ... water from the cow. We call it SUSU ... MILK ...) I explained gently.

...Now ...with this answer ...from a 5 year old ... How could I say that I know many things!