Tutor??? Yes i am one!

"Are you one of the young, fresh tutors here?"

"Youths are arising to serve as tutors! How do they feel?"

"Scary? why yes!"



In respond to the call of the Universal House of Justice, I guess most of the youth in the whole of Malaysia have at least completed up to book5, and some even managed to finish until book7. Not only this, most of them also arise to serve as children's class teachers, animators and also tutors.

So, i guess this happen to most of the youth who are in the field of service, particularly serving as tutors in their respective areas.

So, this is my personal encounter la, which i wish to share with those who think they're still 'fresh+no experience+new' in tutoring. hehe.
Personally i think book5 is a very challenging book if you were to tutor it. Den i was really @.@ lor, still new + lack of experience. So starting i was worried, really, really worried. Got stressed up. Scared! Scared that i cant tutor well, scared that they dun understand. I think most of us feel the same right? don't u think so?

BUT...

Then i happen to read this quotation. it says that:

"Perhaps the reason why you have not accomplished so much in the field of teaching is the extent you looked upon your own weaknesses and inabilities to spread the message. Bahá'u'lláh and the Master have both urged us repeatedly to disregard our own handicaps and lay our whole reliance upon God. He will come to our help if we only arise and become an active channel for God's grace. Do you think it is the teachers who make converts and change human hearts? No, surely not. They are only pure souls who take the first step, and then let the spirit of Bahá'u'lláh move them and make use of them. If any one of them should even for a second consider his achievements as due to his own capacities, his work is ended and his fall starts. This is in fact the reason why so many competent souls have after wonderful services suddenly found themselves absolutely impotent and perhaps thrown aside by the Spirit of the Cause as useless souls. The criterion is the extent to which we are ready to have the will of God operate through us."

So then, only i realised that because previously i focused too much on my own weaknesses, thinking that i wont tutor well, i dunno how to ask questions, i cannot tutor, i dunno how to tutor and all... (notice the "I") but when i put my trust in God, and yea... I feel very, very happy tutoring. Very calm, like everything is guided, everything is arranged, and it's all in His hand. den, haha, i actually cant wait till the next time we will have book5 again! so, just a thought, next time when we're about to tutor, let's pray that, we will put our whole trust in Him, (of course before that have to do lesson plan lah) let Him moves us, and we just do what we gotta do. things will eventually fall into places and tadaaa! you'll be amazed and totally enjoy tutoring!

"They are only pure souls who take the first step, and then let the spirit of Bahá'u'lláh move them and make use of them."

Yours In Service,

Anonymous M

The Worst (And Most Common) Etiquette Mistakes

Something i found true and interesting especially in today's youths.

Party Poopers When you receive an invitation to a dinner or party--whether by Evite, voicemail, or casual email--RESPOND. Yeah, that’s what that little “RSVP” thing means. Everyone knows it, yet it’s amazing how many don’t respond. Even for weddings! Planning a party or event requires a lot of work, so do the host a simple favor and let them know if you're coming or not.

Nickel & Dimin’ How annoying is it when you go to dinner with four or more people, the check finally arrives, and one of your meal companions begins to divvy up the check down to the last penny? Sure, we get that Sally had a shrimp salad, and Janet had two iced teas, while Beth only had water, and you ordered a slice of peach pie (a la mode, which is extra). The point is, if you go out to dinner with a group, be prepared to split the bill more or less evenly. If there's an outstanding cost differential, fine, estimate it and be done with it. The person who spends twenty minutes dividing the bill to the dime comes off as a cheapskate –- and kills the festive mood.

The Line-Up Lines are a fact of life. At the post office, the supermarket, just about everywhere these days. For starters, moaners who huff and gripe about standing in a line of three people for all of five minutes are tops on our list. Get over yourself -- if you don’t have a few minutes to wait to buy that loaf of bread, then pick it up another time. Another thing: Don’t show your impatience by creeping up so close to the person in front of you that they can feel your breath. Crowding those around you will not get you to the front any faster, so give them some space. Finally, cutting in line or trying to ignore the fact that there IS a line –- stop it! Everyone’s time is valuable.

The ME Show It’s great to hear all the crazy, wacky, wonderful things happening in the lives of others. Jobs, engagements, breakups, boyfriends, puppies, pregnancies, vacations — very good stuff, all of it. But once you’ve listened to a friend, family member, or colleague spout about their own fabulous life for an hour (or two), it’s normal to expect them to ask, “So, what’s going on with you?” Those who blab on about themselves while you listen intently, then don’t ask a thing about you in return are just plain rude.

Baby Biz Changing a poopy baby diaper around others is nasty -- and we're moms. Changing the other kind of baby diaper in public is one thing, but still should only be done when absolutely necessary!

Mobile Madness As much as we love the modern age, there are days when we long to go to a coffee shop, movie theatre, bookstore, or post office and not hear some teen queen dishing to her friend about last night's hot date with Todd or eavesdrop (unwillingly) on a screaming family feud. Mobile phones are essential, but please, people, pleeeeeeease, use a little restraint on the when's, what's, and where's. We're happy that Todd is "totally built" but we're going to have to start walking around town and slapping people with "TMI" tickets (yes, too much information).
Smokes Everyone has a right to smoke in public, but be conscious of whose face your smoke is blowing into. Are there kids nearby? And we just might kick the butt of the next person we see throwing their burning butt on the ground without putting it out. Really, find an ashtray or trashcan where you can extinguish and dispose of it properly -- that thing is garbage, not decoration for our streets and sidewalks.

The Pee & Flee Public bathrooms get used by everyone -- yup, they're public! So, making a mess of the toilet seat, and then prancing out without bothering to wipe it up -- not cool. Leaving a mess for the next visitor is completely unacceptable (and disgustingly unsanitary, of course). Take 10 seconds to rip off a piece of toilet paper, toilet seat cover, or a paper towel, and do your due diligence!

Stealing...a parking spot, that is. Yeah, you know who you are. If someone has their blinker on and is patiently waiting for a spot, it's theirs. And if you've already passed a spot up, it's gone. Treat others as you expect to be treated, and the parking goddesses will smile down upon you... eventually.

Belly Baring Men, women -- anyone who's passed puberty, everyone who isn't lounging poolside or oceanside -- resist the urge to bare those bellies. They may be beautiful, Buddha-like, jolly, but sometimes they can be flabby, hairy, and not ripe for public consumption. If you're jogging, fellas, t-shirts or tanks won't hurt your workout, so throw one on. Gals, midriff fashions are never really on our "Do" list, and that goes double if your age doesn't contain the word "teen." There are plenty of ways for all of us to flaunt what we got without sharing our tum-tums with the world.

Spitting This gets especially yucky when it's one of those enormous globs that looks like it could be alive. Some people (males, in particular) think it's kind of a cool-guy thing to do. We're here to tell ya that no one wants to see you hock a big gooey one out of your car, onto the sidewalk, or anywhere else for that matter. Try a tissue.

Honking Problem People who honk too often, too unnecessarily, or just to express their emotions are on our list of Most Etiquette Challenged. If you're trying to warn someone about a collision or problem, fine, otherwise it's not that serious. Give it a rest!

Taken from: http://food.yahoo.com/blog/foxyfestivities/15390/the-worst-and-most-common-etiquette-mistakes

Yin Chun Hui or CNY Celebration in Butterworth...

Brief Summary
Guests are greeted with the warmest welcome by the management of the resource center.
The get-together started off with a devotional themed “Power of Words”, emceed by Vincent Lai.
Videos from advertisements (specifically by Yasmin Ahmad) with themes based on family, unity and harmony are shown throughout the entire session. At the end of each video, a guest from the group was asked to give a speech or two on their views after watching the video.
In between the videos being shown to the group, the JYs took the stage by performing various performances with singing and musical instruments involved. Teaching was done too with the use of Anna’s Presentation.
The birthday of Auntie Siew Hong’s daughter, Melissa was being celebrated also.
The guests were being treated to a feast at the end of the event. Yeong Chien’s infamous cheese cake was present as one of the delicacy served that night, specifically to celebrate Melissa’s birthday.
A singing session was performed by the youths as a grand finale while the guests feasted and said good bye.

As Reported by,
Jervin Khoo