istighfar

i'm learning to be good.let's!

it has been awhile. well, life is bearable. and i thought when you're a teacher, you'll get free times during the school break. i was so very wrong.

oh well, picked up a few good 'rituals', i woudn't call them habit because that'll degrade the function of them.and dear friends, it's never too early or too late for us to start.and when the hidayah comes, don't shun it away, sometimes it takes someone a slap in the face or a spur of the moment or a pious friend to start a change. but to some it may only be because of the poster he saw down his usual lepak place or a documentary about pandas or tree avalanche, who knows right? who knows..

i would like to share these two rituals i was referring to. the first one is, i try very hard to make time to read the Quran after my maghrib prayers. i'm a bit picky though. if i think i have ample time,i'll try to read a 4-paged surah like Luqman and also practice new ones that i often overlooked like At-Tahrim and Muhammad. and if i think i'm in a hurry, i pick the shorter surah like Ad-Dhuha but still,i choose to read it and not recite. we overlooked so many tajwid points because those surah was encrypted(word!) in our mind long long ago.

and the second one, also which i try very very hard to maintain is reading Al-Mulk before i doze off. it's quite a challenge when you're not at home and when you're too tired doing so many things up until 3 in the morning. but what i feel after i started is that i have better sleeping pattern and i don't have nightmares anymore. alhamdulillah =)

i believe, the small steps now will lead to a wonderful golden days and hereafter.

so, let's!

marriage vs love

'Umar (ra) said to a man who was going to divorce hos wife, "Why do you want to divorce her?"

"I do not love her," said he.

To this, 'Umar replied, "Must every house be built on love? What about loyalty and appreciation?"
[source: Al-Bayaan wa at-Tabayeen, 2/101]

oh my spelling!

A: mcm mn eja syampu in english weyh?
S: ni ni S-H-O-O-M-P-O
N: memalukan johol lah kau ni S, tu shoompo bukan shampoo. B***H!

teacher yg rasa nak nangis T_T

mistakes

“Accept that you are going to make mistakes. Learn from 

them and move on.” - The Essential 55 by Ron Clark

happily graduated

these are my everdearests 
from left: AZHANI AZEZAN, AZNIZA AZIZ, HANAA SAFFI, FLORINTA EDWARD, AIN SAFIHI, me, AWATIF ZAINAL

VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON GRADUATES
top left: ASHRAF ZAIN, HASBULLAH KAMRAN, KHIROL AZUDDIN, HAZIF MOHD NOOR, IZHAR AMIRUDDIN, SHUKRI HUSSIN, AIZAT OMAR
middle left: DAMIA AIMI, DY. INTAN, IZZAH FARHANI, FIFFY ARMIZA, NADIAH NUWAWI, ESTEE OOI, AIN SAFIHI
bottom left: FARHANA BASRI, NADZIRAH FUAAD, KAMILAH ABDULLAH, me, FATIN NURHUDA, HERMAMARLIA ASLAN, LIYANA IZZATI, NADZIRAH ISHAK, GRACE LEE, BEE FEI

kawan-kawan baik katanya si fikri
from left: HASBULLAH KAMRAN, ASHRAF ZAIN, FAROUK HARUN (valedictorian), me, FIKRI FAYI

smile.play.live.

Touch your heart. Hear that beat? That's one thing to be grateful for every morning. Have a lovely peaceful day.

of the reasons i blog

i first started blogging a few years back, it's another childish/teeny blog back then. then i moved on to this one, in which i think a lot more mature and simple. this really has something to do with my age i guess. the sole reason for me to start blogging was to share things i can't spill verbally. and to share things that i want everyone to know, that i think will make at least a random reader smile or laugh if not think. i always wanted to be a writer, but i cant write long. i'm the short and sweet type. and i realised that i blog less this year. so i sat and gave it a thought. no, it's not that i don't have stories to tell. it's just that i have a new someone that i can tell tales and speak nonsense. thank you for being an attentive listener dear you.

happy newlyweds

happy newly weds to cousin aino and hisyam. i wish half of the world's happiness for both of you.and leave the other half for me (^_~) 

ps: maybe i can start thinking of taking the relationship to the next level.

knock knock dear heart

and he came knocking when i thought that the mellow thingy called love is by far impossible

shoutout to mr president

when you're healthy and kicking, we'll go eat at our headquarters ok? 

what doesn't kill you makes you stronger.

AHMAD IZHAR AMIRUDDIN, the bongsu-est of the dinner clan. please get well so very quickly. oh how i hope i could get you a time machine to skip this painful moments. kau awesome, aku suka kawan dengan orang awesome. come on bro!

today's full of sad news

i am now twenty four twenty three with a year experience =) i hope acheh would stay strong and a bestfriend who met with an accident to be in greatest shape.

meminang

i was making casual small talks with my form 3s today in class until at one point we were talking about how fast the time flies. and so i told them that next wednesday is a holiday because of hari pertabalan yang dipertuan agong which is also my birthday.

I : next wednesday is a holiday okay. please don't come to school ya.
AA : cuti apa teacher?
I : pertabalan agong. and birthday teacher.

AA : birthday teacher? nnt rabu saya datang hantar rombongan meminang, hadiah birthday teacher tahun ni.

I : -_-"

stinking edible pit

last few days, a few orang asli came by to the school because my GPK1 bought sumpits from them. please don't ask what are the sumpits for because i have no idea! the orang asli came and went behind the school and they were seen carrying some petai, and so they gave some to my GPK1. he then asked a fellow teacher, kak diana to give the petais away to other teachers. as normal as a teacher would do, kak diana called haziq a form2 boy to help and she told him to give a petai each. and what did haziq with all his might said out loud in the office? "teacher irrina tak makan petai. nanti saya bagi dia, dia takut pulak. dia kan pergi belajar oversea" i'm a negeri sembilan born with malay parents. and they claim i'm scared of that stinking edible pit. i can't figure T_T

mintak maaf burung

yesterday morning at about 7.20, i am only 3km away from my school, driving, when i saw this 2birds in the middle of my way, mematuk-matuk jalan, mencari makan. mengikut hukum alam,birds will fly away dengan sepantas kilat when something goes towards them kan? and so i drive without even thinking of hitting the brake. and the bird flew. BUT very slowly. it didn't make it in time so i accidentally hit it with my front light. the 'tuk!' sound was quite loud. boleh dengar kot dari dalam kereta. but then i saw it continued flying to the side of the road. semoga burung tu tak mati. tapi memang rasa bersalah, and i went on 'minta maaf burung' until i reach school. still rasa bersalah bila teringat burung semalam.

sesalan bagi pihak kamu

mesyuarat agung PIBG is approaching real fast and a very lucky/unlucky me, i got to be the secretary of PIBG at that instance of reporting to the school. the previous teacher who was a GSTT, was an extremely relaxed man in which he didn't tell me what's going on and i have to dig everything by myself. Plus,he told me casually, "laptop saya rosak lah,so semua soft copy apa2 yang penting semua dah takde. cikgu kena type semula lah,hard copy ada dalam file kat belakang." And i, like a perempuan gila, was really clueless and don't know where to start.

And today, my GPK Kokurikulum was kind enough to sit with me and guide me with the program book. and came along the GPK 1.

GPK 1: irrina,kenapa dulu xblajar jadi banker ke,accountant ke,lawyer ke.kamu jadi cikgu, tapi ni stuck kena buat buku program, buat surat macam-macam.
I: takpe lah cik nan,saya dulu xminat bidang lain.saya rasa english saya bagus sebab tu saya proceed TESL.
GPK 1: irrina, saya menyesal bagi pihak kamu bila tengok kamu kena siapkan buku program mesyuarat agung pibg ni.
I: *terpaksa senyum supaya nampak enthusiasm seorang guru*

age and numbers

a friend said he has stop aging at 18 while another friend at 21.i think i'm gonna stop at 23 =P

i am now a teacher at Sekolah Menengah Rendah Agama Johol, Kuala Pilah, Negeri Sembilan. the school is so very small with enrollment of 62 students only. this school only offers form 1 up until form 3. so far, i'm the only english teacher with loads of other posts. and i officially skipped a meeting today. malas. tapi sebenarnya sekolah memang currently busy sebab TPM is coming tomorrow. and i am looking forward to share my experiences in this new environment with dear readers. have a great thursday!