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Time passes by and last week was my birthday.. and now I'm back in my hometown after the three-week training at ACER (Australian Council for Educational Research) Institute at Camberwell, Victoria State of Melbourne, Australia.  Every training days were very busy as we have to do more than we expected in front of our own laptops.  Now, back in Brunei we have to prepare reports (individual reports - 2 sets and group report), usual stuff after completing any kinda training.

Meeting deadlines - I always encounter this problem.. This week, I have to prepare questions for students whom I'll be training (with 4 others) for the International Mathematics  Competition at Chiangmai, Thailand as well as the International Mathematics and Science Olympiad at Mataram, Java. Tomorrow will be my turn to train them for 2 solid sessions til 4.45 p.m. Apart from that I also have to prepare reports from the ACER training and compiling the group report. And, a new task that I'll be involved is preparing more questions in Numeracy for Primary 4, 6 and Secondary 2.. Bruneian product!! There's three of us involved and all of us weren't expecting that we were proposed to be doing this task with the ACER Institute for the second time around.. Anyway, this is also another opportunity for me.. just to broaden my experiences in the research field and perhaps this will help me prepare a potential proposal for my PhD (next target). Insya Allah.. really hoping to grab the opportunity while I'm still young.

How about my students? Well, I'm hoping that they'll turn up at next week's tutorial sessions that I've planned. I'm really sorry guys that I've been away for quite a while, but I know that you were in good hands while I was away. Anyway, all the best to all my students!

Never give up! Opportunities come and go.. Time changes, we also change hopefully for the better.. Insya Allah..