| Sunday, March 20, 2005 |
| I want to thank you too! |
I just checked my email and the madrasah girl whom I interviewed for my program just emailed a short but really sweet message to me and my colleague.
It was really nice to know that she enjoyed watching the program that I produced.
And yes my dear, I certainly learnt a lot from you too. Hopefully, viewers will have a different view on madrasah students after watching the program. Cos seriously, if you are a hardworking student and focused in life, you will succeed no matter which school you are from but hey you will also need a lot of perseverence to tackle life's everyday challenges.
The 2 programs that I am currently doing will come to an end soon. I will be so free in April with no job to do but of course I have a plan.
April will be a month of self-reflection, to set my thoughts straight and to focus on other areas which I may want to move to. After all, there is no stability in doing freelance production and I really question myself for how long more can I continue to do this. For the rest of my life? Well,
I don't know. |
| posted by norhayati @ 12:41 AM |
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| Thursday, March 17, 2005 |
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Okay so I'm still producing this info-ed program about under-achievers.
An inspiring program indeed as I traced their journeys from late bloomers to becoming the top student in their school.
Ain't that good peeps?
But...
In the midst of my interview with one of the parents whose daughter was the top Malay student last year, she leaked on a little secret or rather her frustration on how her daughter, despite being the top student, rarely helps her with the housework. Why you may ask.
Coz all she ever does is to study in her room!
Which sets me thinking.... Okay so this girl is some brainiac, probably applauded by many for her academic achievements but what did she just trade for her academic achievements?
Little things which she could have done to help lessen her mum's burden at home.
And I'm saying simple things such as clearing the rubbish, sweeping or even mopping the floor.
But who am I to judge her?
Coz in my own relentless pursuit to achieve success at work and in school, I fell into the same dilemma!
I rarely help my mum with the housework.
But at least I still wash the dishes and help to buy the groceries!
Yeah right?!
What are girls turning to nowadays?
They are so good in school and at work but they still needed someone to help clean and wash for them!
And if you put them in the kitchen like me,
You will be greeted by your worst kitchen nightmare!
Cook from hell you may say.... hhmm actually come to think of it.... yeah I'm terrible in the kitchen. Cannot cook for nuts!
So my question once again....
What are girls turning to?
Professionals -- doctors, lawyers. executives, entrepreneurs
But...
they cannot do housework, cannot cook, cannot look after their own kids.
Coz they're too busy in their relentless pursuit of a successful life and material comfort.
Although there are a small segment who can juggle both -- career and do their own housework.
But then again, girls are NO super human are they?
You cannot expect them to be good at everything and anything.
Just like me.... I can't cook!
Trust me!
Oh I'm also saying this coz I just interviewed a teacher in her home.
You should try her teh tarik.
Sweet like hell!
See what I mean...
Successful woman = Terrible housewives (Cant cook, do house work etc). |
| posted by norhayati @ 1:17 AM |
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| Tuesday, March 08, 2005 |
| My beautiful white flowery top |
A good friend of mine who just came back from a filming trip in India bought me this very sweet white flowery top!
So just want to say, Thank you Yatie Wahab AKA Yatie 3!
Heheheheh! She's one 'kaki' with a similar name! And I love her to bits! But of course she loves Andy MORE! Right Yatie right? |
| posted by norhayati @ 11:59 PM |
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| Wat's my plan?! |
Just found out that 2 of my colleagues will be getting married next year.
Jules getting in married Dec.
Fins gonna tie the knot in April.
And all this while, I thought we're all gonna spend our bachelorhood together, maybe till we all reach our late 20s.
But I was so wrong.
Everyone has their own plan.
Eh I'm getting married also you know...
But next 10 yrs! |
| posted by norhayati @ 12:57 AM |
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| Thursday, March 03, 2005 |
| Most enriching experience so far... |
Met this madrasah girl, Hidayah whom I interviewed for my info-ed program.
She certainly helped me view a madrasah girl in a different light.
Not that I am against them or anything but I grew up hearing stories of madrasah girls who quit madrasah and end up doing odd jobs because madrasah does not impart their students with adequate academic knowledge and thus, having limited knowledge, one will end up working in factories and such right?
I also grew up listening to how "gatal", "mentel" and wild a madrasah girl can be.
In fact, in my secondary school days, there were occassions where I bumped into madrasah girls who were dating with mat-mat CD and flirting with them in the MRTs! A nauseating sight indeed!
But hey!
I was being biased all these years.
Filming at one of the madrasahs made me realise how badly in need they are of funds to help in the running of the school.
And check out the facilities!
Government schools are way, way better!
Big libraries, big science laboratories, big canteens, new tables and chairs in class,
air-conditioned classrooms.
And these are facilities which you will not enjoy if you are studying in a madrasah.
And why is that so?
Because they are self-funded and do not get much financial assistance to help improve and upgrade the school facilities.
But the students are definitely driven and self-motivated to study!
Statistics have shown that madrasah students are just as smart and talented as their secular counterparts.
Today, we have madrasah students in local universities.
And one of them is of course, Hidayah.
I guess the setbacks these madrasah students faced in their school have moulded them into independant, mature and driven individuals.
It is amazing how much participation and enthusiasm I saw in those primary 5 madrasah students' eyes when their ustazah was going through their English test papers.
It was something which I have not witnessed in my years as a student in primary school.
Maybe simply because at that age and time, we took our studies lightly and took everything we had for granted.
But for these students, their aim was to strike a balance in both their religious and academic knowledge.
And to prove to the rest of the world that a madrasah student is capable of achieving just as much success as a secular student.
It is true that not all madrasah students are good but that does not mean that there aren't any who are shining in their own path of success! |
| posted by norhayati @ 12:36 AM |
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