WE ADAPT, WE COMPROMISE ... covid19, online teaching

salam and good day,

It's a beautiful day. A day for spending at the beach or a park or taking my grandchildren to the swimming pool, before covid19 that is. 

Right now, its best to follow the government's order and stay at home. To quote Clint Eastwood in Heartbreak Ridge: 'we adapt, we compromise'. Right on mr Eastwood. 

Speaking of adapting and compromising, how do you feel about online teaching?

Me? I'm so not into online teaching. Maybe it's because i was born in the 60s and grew up in the 70s and 80s, way before the age of IT, or, may be i'm just old fashion. 

Don't get me wrong. I have nothing against technology or online teaching for that matter. Technology is great, just not my cup of tea. It is certainly useful, and some people might be really good at online teaching. It's a matter of personal preference, I guess. 

i remember a scene from the Bohemian Rhapsody biopic where they went to a farm to record their album 'A night at the opera'. At one point, after Brian did his solo part for BoRap, he asked what Freddie thought of it, and Freddie said, 'almost perfect'. 

Brian: Almost perfect?
Freddie: Now play it like you actually wrote it.
Brian: i did. I wrote that part.
Freddie: put your body into it. 

And he went on to say, put your heart into it. 

That is exactly how i feel about online teaching. Making a video of my lecture or lesson is not a big problem, but putting my heart into the video is not easy. Some might say, just post the video. After that, it's all up to the students. Who cares whether the understand it or not. Well, I care.

Anyway, there was a forum (online, of course) with my vice chansellor this morning,  on the new norm for us in UMP. Nèedless to say, online teaching and learning is going to become a normal thing, post MCO.

So, there is no escape for me. Heart or no heart, I'll have to get used to it. All I can do is to give it my best... find ways to put some rock n roll into my online teaching materials...LOL

Just like with the movement control order, we adapt, we compromise, the same goes for online teaching. In the meantime, i will do some gardening, helps me think.

Salam Ramadhan to all muslims. 

IF THINGS GO WRONG ...update 4 minit

 

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BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY ... ini bukan review

Salam and good day.

Been a while, but here I am again. Two weeks ago, I finally got to watch 'Bohemian Rhapsody', two years after it was released. Sad, but it's been ages since I've set foot in a cinema. Thanks to Astro, I finally got to see it. 

I recorded the movie and I watched it over and over, and it breaks my heart every time. All their songs came back to me one by one, songs that I grew up with. Memories of my late brother, who introduced me to Queen when I was 10 or 11, singing along to 'another one bites the dust', 'Fat Bottomed Girls' and 'Bohemian Rhapsody'. My brother was a big fan of 70s and 80s rock, and, needless to say,so am I, and I am still Queen's number 1 fan.

 Memories of my days studying in the UK in the 80s, scrambling to the common room to watch 'Top of the Pops', going into record shops to buy their 'A kind of Magic' album and watching 'The Highlanders' a few times because of Queen, and also because of Christopher Lambert, in that order. The movie brought them all back to me.

I love the movie, mainly because I love Queen and I adore Freddie Mercury. Rami Malek, did a great job of playing Freddie. The movie doesn't have any hi-tech special effects or any great fighting scenes in it. It's just a simple story, with great acting and awesome music. What else do you need? 

I was in England in 1985, so, I know about the live aid concert, and I can relate to the excitement of that time.I breaks my heart, every time I get to the 'live aid concert' scene at the end, seeing them perform the best live rock concert ever, knowing, six years after that, Freddy Mercury would die. 

I guess I'm still mourning for the loss of someone so beautiful and so talented. 

RIP. Love you always, Freddie Mercury..

here is the video of what is still known as the best live rock concert ever, from youtube.

MANDI BUNGA - holding to the last rites of spring

Salam and good day,


Musim tengkujuh sudah tiba, Dihalaman saya, saya lihat kelopak bunga berguguran ditimpa hujan. Sayang sekali. Daripada saya biarkan bunga berguguran, lebih baik saya petik dan guna untuk mandi. 

antara bunga-bungaan yang saya petik dari halaman

 Saya sering juga mandi bunga. Kalau banyak bunga yang mekar di halaman, pasti saya petik dan campurkan dengan air mandi, Mandi bunga saya cuma sekadar mandi dengan air yang dicampur bunga-bungaan, tiada sebarang ritual dan tiada niat tertentu. Cuma mandi untuk menyegarkan badan.

bunga boleh diletak sekuntum atau di di ceraikan kelopaknya


Dari segi saintifik, bunga dikatakan sebagai penyerap tenaga matahari terbaik. Menurut Dato' Dr Haji Mohd Fadzilah Kamsah, Khasiat yang terdapat dalam bunga dan tenaga yang diserap dari matahari akan terserap ke dalam tubuh badan orang yang mandi bunga. Ia juga menyegarkan badan serta menaikkan seri wajah.  Jadi, kalau ada bunga2 kembang di halaman, ambil lah beberapa kuntum dan campak saja ke dalam baldi.

In this color, I’ve become the branch
holding the last rites of Spring, in a moment
I squeeze the last fragrant essence between fingertips.
In this color, I weave a tale of souls swimming in a pink sky.

At this moment, I touch peace and serendipity.

Wolff Poetry

references:
photos from patungcendana
https://www.kashoorga.com/amalan-mandi-bunga-dari-sudut-islam/
https://wolffpoetry.com/holding-the-last-rites-of-spring-poetry/

SHARPER THAN KNIVES - update 4 minit

TO SEE A WORLD ...

27.07.2019 - Kuantan, 9am, Saturday, Teluk Tongkang beach

A truth that’s told with bad intent
Beats all the Lies you can invent.
It is right it should be so;
Man was made for Joy and Woe;
And when this we rightly know
Thro’ the World we safely go.

Every Night and every Morn
Some to Misery are Born.
Every Morn and every Night
Some are Born to sweet delight.
Some are Born to sweet delight,
Some are Born to Endless Night. 

William Blake  

LIFE IS LIKE A GAME OF CHESS?

I read somewhere a saying that says...

Life is like a game of chess.

Sadly, I don't know how to play chess... oh well... such is life.

BEYOND HELP - update 4 minit

Song: Mediate
Artist: INXS

a physical manifestation of what's inside my mind right now.

HallucinateDesegregateMediateAlleviateTry not to hateLove your mateDon't suffocate on your own hateDesignate your love as fateA one world stateAs human freightThe number eightA white black stateA gentle traitThe broken crateA heavy weightOr just too lateNow devastateAppreciateDepreciateFabricateEmulateThe truth dilateSpecial dateThe animal we ateGuilt debateThe edge serrateA better rateThe youth irateDeliberateFascinateDeviateReinstateLiberateTo moderateRecreateOr detonateAnnihiliateAtomic fateMediateClear the stateActivateNow radiateA perfect stateFood on plateGravitateThe Earth's own weightDesignateyour love as fateAt ninety-eightwe all rotateLiberate

 

KERANA AKU SEORANG WANITA

bicara sepimu 
hilang bersama angin
bersama bayu

yang tidak pernah sampai kepadaku

sepi hari yang ku lalui

hingga waktu pun tidak mengerti
akan kesedihan dihati
yang menanti dan terus menanti

kata2ku yang berduri
cuma pelindung diri
agar sentiasa sempurna
dan terjaga

kerana...

keras hatiku ibarat terumbu

yang tetap teguh ditengah gelombang

lembut hatiku ibarat sutera

yang mudah terkoyak dan terluka

usah ditanya mengapa

kerana aku  seorang wanita...

JULY MORNING ... update 4 minit

There I was on a July morning
Looking for love
With the strength
Of a new day dawning
And the beautiful sun...

URIAH HEEP

have a nice day...