A.K.U.G.U.R.U. actually means 'I am a Teacher' (Aku guru in Bahasa Malaysia). It contains all the items related to my profession as a secondary school English teacher which includes my English lessons, my interests, my passion for Liverpool FC, and also my family affairs. Hope you enjoy your reading!

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Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Directed Essay

This is an example of how to answer the directed essay for PKBS 1 recently. However, this sample is good for getting a C. If you want A, use more interesting words, phrases or idioms.


“Dangers of Internet Addiction” (F1)
Written by: (F2) Azhari Mohammad (F3)

Nowadays, people face many developments in science and technology. (C1) One of them is the Internet. However, unwise usage of the Internet will make them addicted to it. (C2) So, what is Internet addiction?

Internet addiction is using the Internet for such a long time. (C3) Some of the users excessively use the Internet and can be in front of the computer for 40 hours per week. (C4)

Causes of Internet Addiction

There are many causes of internet addiction. One of the causes is when people are depressed. These people will surf the Internet to find enjoyment such as watching online movies, downloading songs or playing online games. (C5)

Lonely people are also Internet addicts. They will use the Internet to find a friend through social websites such as Facebook, Twitter and My Space.

Moreover, some people are afraid to go out and meet other people. This will also cause Internet addiction. They will sit in front of the computer and surf anything as long as they do not have to step out of their house. (C6)

On the other hand, family conflicts usually lead to Internet addiction. Parents who are always quarrelling will unintentionally turn their children into Internet addicts. These children will use the Internet as an escape from the family problems. (C7)

Effects of Internet Addiction

Internet addiction will lead to many devastating effects. One of the effects is low esteem. Internet addicts spend so much time online that they feel awkward when dealing with real people. (C8)

Moreover, they have no social interaction in the real world. They have many friends in social websites but they have no real friends in their daily life. (C9)

They also will become sickly with many health problems. Their eyes, for example, will become sick because of staring at the screen for too many hours in a day. (C10)

In conclusion, it can safely been said that Internet addiction is harmful for everybody. So, avoid wasting too much of your time in front of the computer, and start exercising regularly to become a healthy person.

Wednesday, March 07, 2012


CASTROL Ranking

Luis Suarez is at number 13, same as David Villa in this ranking. UNBELIEVABLE! Not one Manchester United player is here in top 20. Certainly not that Nani :)

1
(1)
L. Messi FORWARD BARCELONA PRIMERA LIGA 1111
2
(2)
M. Gomez FORWARD BAYERN MüNCHEN BUNDESLIGA 1044
3
(3)
K. Benzema FORWARD REAL MADRID PRIMERA LIGA 1034
4
(4)
R. van Persie FORWARD ARSENAL PREMIER LEAGUE 957
5
(5)
C. Ronaldo FORWARD REAL MADRID PRIMERA LIGA 910
6
(7)
G. Piqué DEFENDER BARCELONA PRIMERA LIGA 898
7
(6)
E. Adebayor FORWARD TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR PREMIER LEAGUE 846
7
(8)
D. van Buyten DEFENDER BAYERN MüNCHEN BUNDESLIGA 846
9
(22)
E. Dzeko FORWARD MANCHESTER CITY PREMIER LEAGUE 839
10
(12)
Dani Alves DEFENDER BARCELONA PRIMERA LIGA 827
11
(8)
E. Abidal DEFENDER BARCELONA PRIMERA LIGA 820
11
(13)
A. Di Natale FORWARD UDINESE SERIE A 820
13
(13)
L. Suárez FORWARD LIVERPOOL PREMIER LEAGUE 814
13
(20)
D. Villa FORWARD BARCELONA PRIMERA LIGA 814
15
(18)
S. Ramos DEFENDER REAL MADRID PRIMERA LIGA 807
16
(18)
F. Malouda MIDFIELDER CHELSEA PREMIER LEAGUE 803
17
(32)
Á. Di María MIDFIELDER REAL MADRID PRIMERA LIGA 800
18
(33)
F. Lampard MIDFIELDER CHELSEA PREMIER LEAGUE 799
19
(15)
D. Sturridge FORWARD CHELSEA PREMIER LEAGUE 798
20
(26)
F. Ribéry MIDFIELDER BAYERN MüNCHEN BUNDESLIGA 797

Tuesday, March 06, 2012

SMKCE Futsal Arena

Tonight will be the first time I play on SMKCE Futsal Arena. Previously, we always played our weekly futsal games at either DELIMA Futsal or Tal Tujoh Futsal. There will be two teams competing tonight, and I am in the 'Reject' team whose team members have to wear reject clothes.

Here is a wide view of the futsal arena I took using the panoramic view option of my camera (well, actually, the futsal arena is at the furthest right side of the picture) :


Update:

Team Reject lost, as anticipated, to team Form 6 by 8 - 5. However, scoring five goals was not in anybody's mind because the team comprised of those who were rejected from being in the two selected teams.

CAYALAH!!

Some pics from the event (click for larger view):



Wednesday, February 29, 2012

M.A.L.A.S. is Not the Word...

I was trying my best to update my blog as frequent as I can, and I always had something in my mind to share with you readers (if any), but time was not by my side. Every time I tried to sit in front of my laptop and type something, there would always be work to do. With everything going online, teachers like me could not even properly sit at a table marking pupils work or planning tomorrow's lesson. I laughed at the time when I was still planning two pages of lesson for a class when it is clear that today I don't even have time to write a quarter of a page.

Do not mistakenly take my comments as a sigh, I do love my job as a teacher, but doing clerical work is not actually included in my definition of 'teaching'. Yet, it is this task which prevails in any teachers scheme of work nowadays, and some of them have even mistakenly take it as the main task by putting the classroom lesson behind. Admittedly, the task is important, but is this the way forward for our education system?

Thursday, February 16, 2012

The albino buffalo is on the right

In the Midst of Hardship (Original Malay version)


My friend shares the Malay version of "In the Midst of Hardship" by Latiff Mohideen which was written in 1978.


In the Midst of Hardship

Dalam Bencana
Mereka pulang ke rumah
waktu subuh hari
dengan pakaian robek basah
menghampiri api tungku

lengan mereka penuh calar
kaki mereka penuh luka
tapi di kening mereka
tidak kelihatan rasa kecewa


Sehari semalaman

mereka mengharungi banjir
berendam antara bangkai ternakan
dan serpihan kulit tumbuhan
kerbau balar si buyung
masih belum ditemui.


Mereka dilahirkan dalam bencana
tidak ada keluhan dan kutukan
kini mereka berjenaka di dapur
sambil menggulung rokok daun.

Latiff Mohideen
1978

Monday, February 06, 2012


Gua Musang Stop

I was on my way from KL when I stopped at the Gua Musang Stop. I don't mean the RNR near the Sungai Asap, but rather the one not far from the Gua Musang roundabout. It is a new stop with facilities such as a musolla, toilets and also food courts. There are also parking lots for buses. All in all, I like the stop because it is an alternative to the RNR stop where all the cars coming and going to KL stop by everyday, especially during the holidays. However, there is something which they must improve on, that is to prepare more foods during the holidays when there will be more customers coming by. I found it hard to buy food when I stopped that day, and I had to settle for a burger only because other foods were already finished.




Saturday, January 14, 2012

Is Malaysia Safe?

I just read Wardina's page about her traumatic experience with the robbers who broke into her house.

Trauma!

Mereka merompak "perasaan selamat" saya

[ Pihak Polis & Forensik datang menyiasat ]

Selimut saya terbuka! Dibuka! YA Allah seorang lelaki bertopeng menyuruh saya diam “SHHHHHH” katanya. “Barang kemas mana?” “Barang kemas mana?” katanya. Tersedar saya, ini bukan mimpi lagi, rumah saya dimasuki pencuri! Saya cuba tenangkan hati, dan menyorok muka juga tubuh saya. Jawab saya dengan yakin “Saya tak pakai barang kemas, saya tak ada barang kemas” Yang ada pada saya cuma cincin arwah tinggalan nenek saya. Dengan berat hati saya membukanya, “Ini saja yang saya ada, cincin nenek saya, nah ambil” balas saya. “Saya memang tak suka barang kemas, tak pakai barang kemas” kata saya lagi, cuba meyakinkan manusia ini bahawa rumah ini memang tiada apa yang dicari. Seribu satu perasaan dan sejuta lagi penyataan memecut laju didalam minda. Kenapa? Bagaimana? Apa akan terjadi? Mana anak-anak saya? Siapa mereka? Mahu apa? Adakah saya akan diapa-apakan?

Cincin belah rotan dengan tiga butir berlian kecil, mungkin tiada nilai yang tinggi. Namun itulah peringatan asal usul dan ‘memori’ jati diri ini. Separuh dari diri saya. Tidak tinggi dengan nilai harga,tetapi tinggi dengan nilai jiwa. Cincin arwah Dorris Irene Wilmot yang dipakai ketika perkahwinannya dulu. Dari Scotland ke England kemudian bersama cincin itu juga dia berlayar bersama Leslie James Morgan Wlmot, grandpa saya, ke Australia tatkala perang dunia ke-2. Saya sebenarnya mahu memberinya kepada Amna satu hari nanti ,tapi apakan daya. Memori dan nilai sentimental cincin itu amat tinggi sekali. Tidak apa, kerana memori di dalam diri tidak mungkin dapat mereka curi.

Namun sebagaimana memori indah itu akan kekal dengan izinNya, memori ngeri ini juga akan terus tersemat dalam diri. Seperti pita video buruk yang rosak, gambaran kejadian berputar dan berputar kembali dalam ingatan saya. Adakalanya bulu roma saya naik kembali, tangan dan tubuh bergetar dengan sendiri. Wajah mereka kini sering mengganggu dan menghantui saya. Saya pasti, ianya mengambil masa untuk di’lupa’kan. Bukan lupa sepenuhnya, namun lupakan ketakutan dan mencari kekuatan kembali. Takut, resah, gelisah dan beribu perasaan lain, bercampur seperti dicampurnya rencah di dalam kuali. Namun akhirnya gulai itu sungguh enak sekali. Akhirnya, saya mengucap syukur Alhamdulillah. Allah mahu membersihkan kami. Musibah demi musibah , membuatkan diri lebih dekat dengan Ilahi, “Syukur Ya Allah” “Alhamdulillah” dan “Innalillah” bermain di bibir sejak pagi tadi.

Saya terfikir, siapakah dia insan ini, sehingga sanggup buat begini? Mencuri demi wang ringgit semata. Ketika dipukul Ikhwan di kaki dan kepala, mereka berkata, “saya tak kacau orang, saya tak kacau orang” dalam loghat Indonesianya. Ikhwan memberi amaran keapda mereka “Jangan sentuh isteri saya”, “jangan kacau anak saya”. Ikhwan dikejutkan ketika sedang menemani Imran yang demam, di kamar birunya. Diikat tangan suami tercinta. Setelah Ikhwan menjerit, mengharapkan ada yang mendengar, saya kemudian tergamam ketika perompak itu berkata “Sini, sini” cuba membuka selimut saya.

Saya berjanji pada diri ,sekiranya orang ini cuba mengapakan saya, saya akan bermatian sehingga nafas terakhir, mempertahankan maruah saya. Saya juga wanita Aceh, darah pejuang mengalir di dalam badan saya. Rupanya Eka saudara saya dari Aceh yang kini membantu saya ditarik dari kamarnya dibawah keatas dan disuruh bersama saya didalam selimut. Saya memeluknya.

Anak-anak saya? Di mana mereka? Saya tertanya-tanya. Saya berikan dan letakkan keselamatan diri mereka kepada Allah sepenuhnya. Saya yakin mereka selamat. Doa saya setiap lepas solat adalah supaya Allah memelihara mereka, kerana mereka bukan kepunyaan saya, mereka ilik Allah. Saya yakin pasti ada diantara doa saya didengari. Saya pasti! Saya yakin! Tidak lama kemudian terdengar tangisan Imran.

“Imran” jerit saya, tanpa membuka cadar. Ikhwan masuk bersama Imran ke kamar saya. Saya pegang badan panas Imran, dan Imran terus teresak-esak dalam pelukan saya. “Naughty man, Ummi” kata Imran pada saya. “Dia hit ayah Imran” katanya. “Imran tak de sword, Imran” katanya. Allah, sucinya anak ini. Belum mengerti apa pun. Ini bukan filem atau kartun anakku. Sword Imran tak akan mungkin membantu. Satu ketika dahulu, perompak-perompak ini juga pernah suci dan comel sepertinya. “Ya Allah pelihara anakku” bisik saya dalam hati. Tidak lama selepas itu, Amna dan Azra dengan senyap memasuki cadar saya. Kami bertiga memeluk erat sesama sendiri. Sekali-sekali saya mengusap Eka disebelah saya. Saya harus berani untuk mereka. Saya tiba-tiba merasakan Ikhwan duduk dikaki saya. Alhamdulillah kami semua ada bersama.

Sekali lagi selimut saya ditarik, seorang lagi lelaki bertopeng bertanya “Barang kemas mana?” Ikhwan berkata “Jangan sentuh dia, dia tak ada tudung” MasyaAllah, begitulah suami saya menjaga kehormatan saya. Dalam saat ini pun dia tidak mahu sesiapa pun melihat ‘hak’nya. Saya amat berbesar hati ketika itu. Maka kerana itulah luluh jantungnya melihat gambar saya dahulu di’post’ sesuka hati di alam maya. Kasihanilah saya dan dia. Janganlah buat begitu lagi ya? Pelihara aib orang lain supaya aib anda dan keluarga juga dijaga. Percayalah janji Allah itu benar, ini bukan janji manusia.

[ Keadaan bilik selepas di geledah ]

Sekali lagi saya menjawab membalas pertanyaan perompak ini, “Saya tak pakai barang kemas, saya tak suka barang kemas” Ikhwan mengalih perhatiannya kepada laci dihadapan. “Sini banyak barang mahal” tunjuk Ikhwan. Manusia ini menggeledah laci tadi yang sebetulnya cuma termuat aksesori lama. Rantai, gelang kayu, brooch yang dihiasi permata palsu. Ya, saya tidak punya apa! Saya bukan penggemar emas dan intan permata.

Seorang lagi rakannya berhenti dihadapan rak buku kami. Itulah harta saya, buku yang tersusun rapi. Rak demi rak buku didalam kamar. Itulah saja ‘harta saya. Ilmu itu emas bagiku. Tak mungkin perompak ini mengerti! Berdirinya dihadapan rak buku itu, dia seolah keliru. Tidak tahu lagi apa harus dibuat dan kemana harus dituju. Dihampiri rak diatas meja tulis, disitu penuh dengan buku lagi, dengan buku nota yang amat berharga bagi saya, segala nota kuliah, seminar dan persidangan ada disana. Saya yakin tidak akan mereka sentuh sama sekali! Juga tersusun di rak itu Quran-Quran saya. Sampainya dia memegang Quran berwarna hijau muda, Ikhwan berkata “Quran tak nak?” memerli sinis dirinya. Dia Cuma diam.

Ikhwan mula membaca Ayatul-Kursi dengan nada tinggi. Dia menyuruh Ikhwan diam. Mungkin tergetar juga hatinya. Saya mengikut. Al-Falaq menyusul.

“ Katakanlah wahai Muhammad “Aku berlindung kepada Allah Tuhan yang menciptakan sekalian makhluk” Dari bencana makhluk-makhluk yang ia diciptakan” “Dan dari bahaya gelap apabila ia masuk” “Dan dari kejahatan makhluk-makhluk yang menghembus-hembus pada simpulan-simpulan” “Dan kejahatan orang yang dengki apabila ia melakukan dengkinya” (Quran, Al-Falaq:1-5)

Saya ,Amna dan Azra membacanya berulang ulang dengan penuh yakin. Akhirnya semua ini milik Allah jua " Ya Allah yang memiliki hati manusia, timbulkanah perasaan gentar dan tidak selesa didalam jiwa mereka " doa saya dalam hati. Saya cuma mampu berserah, dan ketika ini terasa ketawhidan Illahi yang begitu tinggi memuncak di dalam sanubari. Secara tiba-tiba, terdengar motor pak Jaga di luar rumah saya. Perompak menyuruh kami diam. Tidak lama selepas itu, mereka beredar. Rupanya Farah anak gadis Pak Fauzi Marzuki, jiran belakang saya ternampak kelibat penyamun ini dari jendelanya. Dan siapakah yang menggerakkannya untuk nampak rasanya? Ya Benar! Allah SWT.

Air mata saya menitis. Thank you Allah. Kuasa keyakinan itu amat tinggi sekali. Keyakinan bahawa Allah akan bersama orang-orang yang mahu bersamanya. "Ingatlah Aku dan Aku akan mengingatimu" Saya cukup yakin. Janji Allah benar. Ini bukan janji manusia.

Amna masih trauma, sejurus setelah mereka keluar, setelah polis dan jiran bersama kami. Amna terus muntah. Satu reaksi fisiologi yang biasa bagi kanak-kanak yang trauma. Muntahnya hijau, namun lebih hijau lagi emosinya. Saya akan cuba membina keberaniannya kembali. Satu pertanyaan Amna yang membuatkan saya terhenti. “Why did they do that Ummi?”

Saya terdiam. Bagaimana harus saya jawab pada anak kecil ini? Ya benar kita semua dilahirkan fitrahnya suci dari dosa. Jawapan saya pada Amna di artikel seterusnya! Ianya untuk anda fikirkan juga.

Yang masih trauma,

WARDINA

Friday, January 13, 2012

New Pages Tab

For easy usage, I created pages and put the tabs under the blog title. Among the pages created so far are Bola! and My Chess Life. Other pages (and tabs) will be included if necessary. On the Bola! page, I linked the BPL and the M-Super League so that I can get the results for my Liverpool FC and The Red Warriors games easily.



Meanwhile, the My Chess Life page is linked to My Chess Life blog, my chess blog.


Sunday, January 08, 2012


EZANI is the First Masterchef Malaysia!

I watched the final episode of Masterchef Malaysia where the duel between Ezani and Wahidan took place. The two had to prepare 3-course meals for 40 people including top chefs from Malaysia and abroad. Both were given time to plan their menu, and also friends who were already out in previous episodes to help them prepare the meals. Wahidan chose Amita, Zamir, Daniel, Deena and Shahriah while Ezani entrusted Brian, Ary Malik, Felix, Azilah and Imelda. Rave reviews from the guests, especially on her dessert, had crowned Ezani as the first Masterchef Malaysia.

CONGRATULATIONS!

For Ezani fans, you can read this story also here in her blog.

Saturday, January 07, 2012


CONFIRMED! It is a Scam



EASY! Complete this survey and you will get up to RM150 a day!




I put the above ad in my blog for nearly 3 weeks. The purpose was just to test whether it is a scam or not. I wanted to experience it myself because it sounded just too good to be true when you just have to complete a survey and earn some money. I also implore my friends in Facebook to join it, because I want to beat the minimum requirement of drawing the money in the fastest time possible. Today, I reached the minimum sum of USD1000 required for the payment. I pushed the payment button and, as predicted, nothing actually happened, apart from 'The (payment) application was created. Please, wait....'


Sorry for my friends who were involved in this scam because of me. I was duped myself before start googling for 'survey faq scam' and found many websites on this matter.

http://earnic.com/2011/12/survey-faq-com-scam/

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20111209144355AAWXRbK

http://jobsearch.about.com/od/workathomejobs/a/paidsurveys.htm

Monday, January 02, 2012

Oxford Grammar Practice

Thanks teacher Nazmiah for giving me this link. I think you should take a look and try this if you want to improve your grammar. There will be practices in different levels - basic, intermediate and advance. Click on the picture to go to the website.


Friday, December 30, 2011

Monday, December 26, 2011

Very Creative Comparisons

My friend gave me these. She said that they were taken from real students' writing. It is interesting that students can be very creative. :)

1. Her eyes were like two brown circles with big black dots in the center.
2. He was as tall as a 6' 3" tree.
3. John and Mary had never met. They were like two hummingbirds who had also never met.
4. The ballerina rose gracefully and extended one slender leg behind her, like a dog at a fire hydrant.
5. Her vocabulary was as bad as, like, whatever.
6. She grew on him like she was a colony of E.coli and he was room-temperature Canadian beef.
7. The lamp just sat there, like an inanimate object.

Thursday, December 22, 2011

Be Careful of blogpot.com

I was notified by my friend about this, so I would like to share with all of you Muslims. Especially those who would like to go to my blog. Be careful when you type my blog address (or any blog address) in the address bar. If you mistakenly typed iiumchessmaster.blogpot.com (notice blogpot without 's') instead of iiumchessmaster.blogspot.com, you will be linked to this site:

Saturday, December 10, 2011



Moon Eclipse...

... as seen with my wife's camera on 10th December 2011 at 8.15pm (just starting). The picture below shows an experiment my friend made using the eggs during the full eclipse.




Friday, December 09, 2011

I Am Crazy...

... sometimes. Not in the true sense of the word, but just having fun in a crazy way. It was during the journey home from KL. The time = around 9 p.m. The venue = approximately 1 km after the Kechau Petronas. I stopped my car in front of a house and I snapped this picture.


In case you are wondering what I was referring to, look at the mileage odometer.

Thursday, December 08, 2011

Mistake in the Qur'an

Last Ramadhan, praise be to Allah I managed to complete reading the Holy Qur'an. In doing so, I found a printing mistake in the Qur'an which I read. I hope that next time, the whole Qur'an would be proof read before being published. It was in the Surah al-Syura, verse 19.


الشورى verse 19


The word العزيز should be dotted

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