Muhamad Hafiz Ismail's Blog, page 3

Strange feeling

I woke up at night - in the middle of the night

I had a strange feeling

Feeling that tickled my heart

My tears ran down 

I was not sure why

Was it just a nightmare? or was it real?

The coldness of air started to chill my body

I guess it was the rain and the storm 

I sometimes can see the shadow of the lightning through the window

But the feeling

The strange feeling

Feeling that disturbed my sleep

Feeling that took away my peace

Feeling that raced my heart

My eyes were wide open

My mind started to calculate wha...

What I thought of leading when I was young

When I was young, I always believed that I was not good enough to lead and give my ideas. I always believed that I was more of a follower than a leader. Growing up, I felt differently even though there would always be doubts and insecurities the entire time.

When I was young, I felt that people around me judged the way I looked, the way I talked, the way I walked. The stereotype of a leader is more of a strong masculine man rather than a soft spoken person. Growing up, I realised that just being ...

Second visit to Mauritius: Awesome

I have just returned from my second trip to Mauritius and am now on my final day of 7 days of quarantine in my apartment in Malaysia. This second trip to Mauritius was amazing and I am so glad that I have achieved certain goals for this trip. The main goal is to visit Dr. Kit after about 2 years since he left Malaysia. I am so glad to see him healthy and enjoying his job in University of Technology Mauritius (UTM). 

Secondly, we managed to do an important discussion on work based on ARM and I am ...

24 hours is not enough!

I found that this week was very hectic and 24 hours a day was not enough for me. There was always something to do and to think that made me feel my day is full. Whether it’s full with office work or just daily life matters.

Interestingly, it makes me feel alive and good. Busy doing or thinking make me feel functional and distracting me from thinking negatively about life. These last few months, I have also started to care about my diet and exercise - and I think somehow this just added to the bu...

What have I learnt since working from home?

It has been more than a year since the first lockdown was announced in Malaysia. We were forced to work from home. It was a new concept for many people at that time, but by now it has started to feel normal. I initially found it a bit difficult to adapt, but now I feel more relaxed and easy to work from home. Here are some reflections on what I have learnt so far:

1. Things can get done

First and foremost, I think that working from home makes me feel anxious about whether or not work can be done. ...

4 years as a PTD and keep striving!

This past few months, since beginning of 2021, I have been facing writer's block! My writing on this blog is always simple and is based on my experience of what happened around me; but still I failed to write. What a nightmare to have!

Today I decided to force myself to write and reflect on what have I learnt this past 4 years as a PTD. I decided to acknowledge that my new circumstances have affected my writing behaviour. Before, when I was a teacher, the subjects to talk about felt wide and huge...

5 Tips I learnt from moving an office!

Last month, I was busy handling moving out of my office into a new building. The location of the new office was not far, only about 5km away. However, the work was very demanding. The old office was big, with about 1000 assets in the building (various types of assets, for example, cupboards, computers, tables and so on). The number of existing officers is only 14, but the department was a big department with about 100 officers previously.

We hired a removal company to assist the work of wrapping,...

Learning in a short period of time

I have learnt from a few really interesting experiences even during only a few months in new department. At the moment, I am in a department involving human resources particularly focussing on competency.

Here are some experiences that I have learnt from in a short period of time:

- Managing examinations on a big scale

When I was a school teacher, the exams mainly involved my kids in the school, specifically the kids in my class. But here, the numbers are much bigger and the management needs to pla...

You always want to be something

You always want to be something

Something to be remembered

Something to be recognised

Something to be acknowledged

 

You always want to be something

Something important

Something crucial

Something dominant

 

You always want to be something

Something special

Something interesting

Something certain

 

You always want to be something

Something in the centre of attention

Something people seek for

Something ad-hoc

 

You always want to be something

Something there

Something that exists

Something includ...

5 Tips for teachers to STAY ENERGETIC at school despite being as BUSY AS A BEE!

The tight teaching schedule and additional activities at school make teachers tired and less energetic especially on the days when the teaching schedule means back to back classes. It's really hard to gather energy.

This time, here are 5 Tips for teachers to STAY ENERGETIC despite being as BUSY AS BEE for teacher!:

1. Eat

EAT either breakfast or lunch. No matter how busy the teacher is, EATING should not be forgotten. If you do not EAT, how can there be energy for the class later? There are days wh...