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Of change and aging...

Be not afraid of going slowly, be afraid only of standing still.

I've been busy lately. Not so busy but quite busy. There's nothing much really. But somehow or rather, I find that I have too many things to do with too little time to spend.  This is something I have never experienced before. Used to do only one thing the whole day, or the whole week. Like vetting or drafting. But now, I do like tonnes of little things, and spend like forever doing it.  

I received several texts, asking me why they didn't see me online as much as I did before.  A few messages on my facebook mobile complaining about the un'approve' friend requests.  I have no attention to deactivate my facebook account. But I don't intend to stay active like the old times though.  

May be it's the 'age'. I blame it on my age. I don't find facebook or blog-hopping as enjoyable as before. I've been on the net since like 17 years ago.  True, the world is at your fingertips with internet. So much so, that I forgot to look around me and enjoy the real happenings. Sometime I wonder, how in the world I could spend like hourssss before my lappy? Was it really interesting? Now is the time to do the catching up.  Yeap, there's more to life than....................(you name it)............................

People change. Our priority change. Our likes and dislikes change. It just that, I hope I can change for the betterment. 

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Nota kaki:  Tak relevan dgn entry di atas, cuma terasa nak masukkan. Pagi tadi saya terdengar Tanyalah Ustaz, ada sentuh sikit pasal anak derhaka...menurut ustaz tu, takrif anak derhaka bukan tahap menengking ibu bapa sahaja.  Jika sampai ibu atau ayah kita perlu menghubungi kita untuk bertanya khabar, itu sudah dikira derhaka.  Bayangkan hal-hal lain yang mungkin kita buat terhadap mak ayah kita di luar sedar. Nauzubillah. Mari berubah.

harap-harap jangan hangat2 tahi ayam ye...haha

Tentang marah...

I've got my broadband activated few days ago. The good in not having an internet access for weeks is I now could live like a normal person. Normal; read...I watch tv and read newspaper more than I sit in front of the lappy like an IT pro. 

So, straight to my actual purpose of writing this entry. Please allow me to pick your brain. Which would you rather have or do, psychology or canning?

Someone said to me that I should be more stern and casually she/he put it to me that I was scared to punish my pupils. Which is true. Everyone is entitled to their own believe and opinion. So I'm cool about it. But I have my reason for not scolding my pupils. My words could be nasty. That's why. 

It so happen, I watched a hindi movie on TV3 this afternoon, and one of the lines that caught my attention the most was when the hero said, the Solomon islanders don't use axe to log. They yell and curse at the tree instead of chopping it down.  After constant yelling and cursing, the tree would die and wither away. I'm not sure how far its true. I gooled  but didn't find any reliable sources.

But, my point is that...even a tree could die because of constant yelling. It is believed, the yelling and cursing would kill the spirit of the tree. And one of the pages that I came across while googling for the Solomon-yelling thingy said, a plant that is exposed to sweet music would grow better than the plant that is kept in silence. Again, I am not sure how far its true but somehow I am sure it bears some weight. 

I'm not writing any further, all I know is we use more muscles when we are angry compared to laughing. Nanti cepat tua la kan kalau asyik marah, sebab muscles dah longgar. Hehe.

Note:  Please understand that whatever written here is the situation as of today. I do not know whether I still hold to this belief and approach after 15 years of teaching. May Allah have mercy on me.

Sticks and stones may break our bones, but words will break our hearts. 

I do not want to be a heartbreaker.