Badminton Tournament SMKCE

Relieving stress is essential in order for us to work efficiently. There are many ways to relieve stress, and it is up to us to choose them accordingly. They can be in the form of reading, chatting or even eating. 

My school teachers found out that playing badminton also serves this purpose effectively. We divided ourselves into four groups:

Group A : Mr. Ghazali (Principal), Mr. Azmi (Senior Assistant of Administration), Mr. Wan Ridhauddeen, Ustaz Zahari, Mr. Zulkhairi and  Mr. Asfayuzie. 

Group B : Mr. Zulkifli, Mr. Wan Rahiman (Senior Assistant of Co-Curricular Activities), Mr. Adnan Mahmud, Mr. Ismail, Mr. Che Mohd Nasir, Mr. Mazlan Rahim and Yours Truly.

Group C : Mr. Adnan Ahmad (Senior Assistant of Form Six), Mr. Tuan Muhd Shafri, Mr. Lan (Teacher Sunita's husband), Mr. Mat Rani, Mr. Imran and Mr. Yusof (Warden).

Group D : Mr. Fatihi, Mr. Zaidi, Mr. Ridhwan, Mr. Osman, Mr. Mazlan Wahab and Mr. Shukri.

It is hard to believe that after all this while, the principal is still a very good badminton player. He was paired with Mr. Asfayuzie and they won all their games handsomely. Group A benefited from that pairing and they won the tournament with 7 points. 

I was paired with Mr. Mazlan Rahim in Group B. Although we also won both our matches, our group only managed to be second because of a dubious tie breaker (I never knew how it was counted) after getting the same amount of points (7 points). 

Group D was third with 3 points and Group C was last without any win (0 point). 

The results were announced in the final year dinner held at Perdana Hotel, Kota Bharu.

Stressful Weeks Ahead

These two weeks will be very stressful, at least to me. There will be a sports week, a farewell dinner, a retirement programme, and also a futsal final, where I will play an important role in each of them. There is also the SMM data collection, apart from completing the school's blog, to add to the task of teaching my pupils. No wonder I got involved in a small disagreement with one of my co-workers yesterday.

Hopefully I will find the solutions to all of them, even though I think I should neglect one or two of the tasks for now.

May ALLAH give me strength!

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Driving needs patience. PERIOD! There are so many types of drivers on the road, and believe me, not everybody is as patient as you are. Just now at the Sultan Yahya Petra bridge, on my way back home from school, after a lengthy meeting, I was stuck in a traffic jam. There were two lanes which will eventually merge to become one at the entrance of the bridge, and I was on the right lane. Seemingly the correct lane? Not according to those inconsiderate drivers! When you think that having to compete with the left lane was bad enough, imagine my thoughts when I saw those drivers overtook from the left side of the left lane (making a third lane in the process) and popped up at the entrance of the bridge. Now that was enough to make my blood boiling, but there was nothing I could do apart from sitting tight.

Ethical driving? That was in the past.

But not all things make me mad. This morning, when I weigh myself up, I was surprised to see that my weight now is...

81 kilograms

Working Stress Free

I just finished watching Liverpool versus Bolton which ended luckily for the Liverpool win. I cannot help but see the stressful faces of the Liverpool players when they play on the pitch. It is the expectations of the fans for the long awaited title which makes the players feeling the stress more than ever before. Therefore, creativity, fluency and all the attacking prowess Liverpool are famous for lacked. As for myself, I like to work without stress. But it is hard to do when there are so many causes of stress in the working environment such as increased workload, poor work organization, inadequate staff numbers and resources, etc. But all these causes, according to Adrian Whittle, can be grouped into 3 categories:

1) How you do the job?
2) How the job treats you?
3) Issues not job related which may affect job performance

Finding solutions for these causes will be the key. All the job related issues can be discussed with the employer, and they should help you because the more effective you are, the better the organization will be. As for the third category, you just have to find the solutions yourself. Make sure that there are at least 2 solutions available so that you can choose the best.