Debating Now Is My Own World

2008-08-24T17:54:00.010+08:00

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم..

(IIUM won CHAMPION & 1st RUNNER-UP for this year's ASEAN Debating Championship! Alhamdulillah)

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Alhamdulillah, after few years I have been involved in IIUM debate community (as I was an office girl in SPICE Department), I finally found that my interest in debating activities is higher than what I have given to the community. As an Arabic Debate Club’s member in my previous experience, I didn’t really contribute to the whole community of debating, and I was only concerning about Arabic debate’s future. After becoming a part of SPICE Department in 2006, I realized that our debating community in IIUM must have a very good connection and relationship.

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At first, after I quite from my part-time job in SPICE and further my Masters program in Arabic Literary Studies (here in my own school), I became a member of Kelab Debat Bahasa Melayu. For me, the team is very friendly and meaningful in my area of debating (even I never debated in Malay Language). I annually involve in Interschool Debating Championship as an adjudicator (or ‘bidan terjun’ adjudicator) who really has a good heart and an open mind in judging the kids. Maybe I could say that I am practicing a motherly approach upon them! Sweet huh?! Well, Kelab Debat Bahasa melayu has its own website which has been launched by the Deputy Rector of Students & Alumni Affairs, Ustaz Hamidon Abdul Hamid on 9 September 2oo6. I really hope that one day I can put the links of the Arabic and English debates' websites on this blessedmasters's humble blog. I miss Kak Maz (Madam Mazleena). Last I met her in April this year when I involved in the 7th Interschool Debating Chanpionship. She taught me how to 'mekap' myself (hehehe..). She is really nice to me. That's the holy proof to say Kelab Debat Bahasa Melayu is totally like my own big-big family.

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When I involve in Interschool, I have a strange feeling in my heart. I guess those kids look at me as a perfect judge. But, it is not like that. For them, all judges are the honorable people and they will believe what we are going to say. For me, it's too bad if you might think that you are the perfect and knowledgeable one (even you are). Just share with them all what they need but don't show to them the 'extraordinary opinions or comments'. Let them growing up smoothly in this area. Let them be just like you. Hmm, that’s so nice advice huh? The kids are very cute and struggling to become better persons like their own tycoons. That means, they are trying to be like their heroes of debating people in my beloved IIUM (who else right??).

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Now, today, I once again have returned back to my own land of debating when I continuously assisted the Arabic Debate Club for Inter-Kulliyyah’s Arabic Debating Championship. Last week was the same job to me. I gave my little contribution to become a judge of Inter-Mahallah Debating Championship in Arabic Category. Yup, it has been successfully done! How happy my feeling is, when I once again realized that debating is much closed to my heart. I left other important tasks just to involve with this activity. Because, I really happy to help the club who had made me a part of the best community in IIUM. Alhamdulillah, praise be to God.

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Well, it will not stop here. I know that I need to come out with something beneficial to the university and the debate community. Last two weeks, I met Dr. Akmal Khuzairy in his office to share the idea of establishment IIUM Debate Community. The main goal of this community is to be the only debate community which is combining three types of debates in the world. On the other hand, I try to persue him to establish this community because "it's time for us to have the right akademidebat". As all of you guys know my university is well-known as the best platform to produce the world’s speakers. At the moment, our English debate is leading the world. And I pray to God, one day both of our Malay and Arabic debates will do the same like their big brother, amin ya Robb.

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I am not a member (or not yet a member) of English Debate Club in my school. I totally never have been involved in any of their serious or unserious activities. I love to see anybody performs in English debate, because I never have any experience to be like them. Perhaps I might have someone I really admire among this world’s performers, hehe. Who knows right? Well, I couldn’t say that I envy them, because I know myself is not strong enough to become an English speaker. I do have very serious low-self esteem. I never mentioned to others about this before. I really want to have the improvement in my daily English conversation. I need thus.

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I try so hard to learn English by myself and therefore, I create my own blog. I hereby should say that I am not deserved to talk about my victories in any field because I am still a learner of various knowledge. yes, I am a learner in most of my time living on this world as His servant. I really hope I can join their training, but I think that I don’t think so at the moment. Allah knows His plan for me and other person. I pray to Allah, one day I could send my own child to be trained in at least one of these important clubs in my life. And that one is the English debate.

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Well, I did that to my own students in IIUM Centre of Foundation Studies in Petaling Jaya. Most of the time, I will strengthen them to join English and Malay debates training which are held once or twice a week in their campus. I said that I really love to join the English debate but I never heard about any debate activities in my life time as a Matriculation Centre’s student in seven years backward. That’s why I am crazy advising them to be at least a member of those clubs. "Get something valueable for your study life! Get the knowledge, improve your language and performance!" Nevertheless, my students are like stars of my nights; they are the subjects in my daily works.

I know it is hard to find those who can join Arabic debate in this branch, but I believe the Arabic Debate Club still can check it out if they verily would struggle to do that. I have discussed with Ustaz Hassan (person in-charge of Arabic debate for CFS) upon this matter, and he agreed with me 200 percent. He asks me to meet Madam Mizan (Kak Mie) for further action and he himself has talked to her about this idea (to have a serious training for PJ team). I guess I am not the chosen one to become coach for Arabic debate in Petaling Jaya branch. I know who I am. Just now, I asked Salman (currently best speaker of Arabic debate in Malaysia) if he could be the coach of PJ team so I could suggest his name to Kak Mie. And he said OK.

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Debate oh debate! Why I must give my heart to you? I am a literate and not a debater in my serious field, but I know I never can leave debate. Why? Can I ask why? Hehe, because of this, I pledge in front of Allah I will make the efforts upon debating activities as a part of ibadah in my life as a little me. Hence, it is the good enough answer to finally regard IIUM as the one who has made me fallen in love with this area of collecting the twinkle stars.

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(It's ours!)

May Allah bless our IIUM debate community and make us His love.

My Early Introduction

2008-08-22T21:31:00.007+08:00

It is a good time to talk about life studies in Malaysia especially in IIUM; my beloved school. This great university is known as the best platform in Malaysia which is produces the world great speakers and debaters. Growing up as a new centre of studying, IIUM put a very high impact performance of its products and has came out with the slogan "Garden of Knowledge & Virtue". Hence, the IIUM products are well-being hot graduates that might be selected to become the important parties in any fields of jobs in Malaysia.

Because of that, I am really sure I am not hesitate to deal with all kind of people through this 'under-dog' blog. At first, I only created my own personal blog which is coloured by my life time stories as an ordinary girl in this world. But now, I once again have decided to create a new intellectual blog, which is finally will show to the people how great my feeling is along the time I have spent in seeking the holy blessing from God by keeping myself in a prison of knowledge, here in IIUM (whoa, that's really great huh??).

On the other hand, maybe I am telling you how much I love this school. Yes, that's true. I am in love with my school. After about seven years I have been here as a loyal student, I know that I am really in love with this school. The place which has made me people.

Perhaps I might introduce to you some great people in this university. Well, to be quite honest, there are some people in my school have unwise ways of thinking despite the fact that they are among the educated mankind. But, for the human being like us, it is a normal rule of life. Nevertheless, every human being is sinful. So, to not put the blame on anybody is to accept the fact with an open mind. It is just a flavour of life; standing up, falling down, moving on...hmm, am I right?

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Talking about my own life as an Arabic Language & Literature student, I couldn't come out with the whole stories of how it really meant to me to be here until now. Starting at the lowest level in IIUM Matriculation Centre (25th June 2001- October 2002), I was known as a regular student with an innocent eyes (hehe!). I entered the MCIIUM in 2001 with the title of 'second intake student'. But honestly, it was a miracle from God to be chosen as the last pupil of pupils in my secondary school who finally had made all the teachers being proud. They were proud of me instead of their servant hearts as the ordinary educators..and I am so honest to say that now.

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Thanks God. You have given me all what I need, and all what I want in this life. Perhaps one day, I could share all of these sacred experiences with my own students, or at least with my own kids. Nobody will stop me to feel pride now, when I have realized that life is so beautiful with all of these kindness I got from Him. Alhamdulillah.

blessedmasters: When Your Heart Is Satisfied

Debating Now Is My Own World

My Early Introduction