Thursday 21 November 2013

A Telephone Survey on The Usage of Portable Headlights in Clinics and Hospitals in Malaysia



Assalammualaikum and a very Good Morning to all readers –

         Last week I was given a new assignment, which was to make a phone survey.  The survey was on behalf of University Malaya Medical Research Centre about the usage of portable headlight system. After I read all the details and information from Madam Hazel’s email and was also briefed about what I supposed to do, I started to search for information on Ear, Nose and Throat Clinic names, contact numbers and other details.

        After conducting a few searches, I got some ENT Clinic information and wrote them down in the log book given to me. I was also provided with a hand phone for making calls to the clinic. Before I started to make calls, first of all I did a rough script of phone call so that I wouldn’t forget what I needed to say for the next conversation.

       The first ENT Clinic I called was Paramesvaran ENT Clinic. My first experience was I felt very nervous; I couldn’t speak properly and forgot what I needed to ask the caller. In the beginning when I started to speak, I was very nervous and after I began the conversation I forgot what I needed to ask. I started to lose my concentration to speak. I was feeling down during the first few calls. However, after making several calls and obtained some information, I felt better. I didn’t obtain all the information like the address, fax number, name of the person I spoke to and etc, like I should have.


       This assignment is a new experience for me and it is priceless because before this I have never made phone calls in English. I take it as a positive experience, although sometimes I feel down and loose my motivation. It doesn’t matter to me now because I know that I am learning. The telephone survey assignment makes me realize that making mistakes is a part of the learning process. We learn best by making mistakes: TRY & ERROR! Humans by nature are NOT perfect. Nobody speaks a language perfectly and neither should they. Yes, now I believe that EXPERINCE is the best teacher. All I really need to do is always keep it up, be optimistic, passionate and keep a high level of motivation and most importantly always have Allah S.W.T in our remembrance.

Wednesday 30 October 2013

My Expectation of Learning with “Your English Master”

My Expectation of Learning with “Your English Master”

Assalammualaikum… Hello ..

Today is my third entry in this blog. Right now I’m doing my exercise book from Oxford University Press, English Result Upper-Intermediate Student’s Book. This book include DVD for self-study and to use in class. I really enjoy using this book. It is because, it gives me a chance to explore the word and grammar, it also practice me to do self-study and need to hard work to complete any exercise in this book. Currently I doing my exercise for “How to have a friendly discussion”. In this section I had been learn grammar so do I; neither do I. I really excited and impress how to use this grammar. I been surf the internet to know what is this mean. So I have take some note about the “so do I; neither do I”  Phrases like "So do I" and "Neither do I" are used as responses showing your similar attitude, action, or state in comparison with what your conversation partner has said. I take it from the website http://usefulenglish.ru/phrases/so-do-i-neither-do-i . ( sorry I forget how the way to put link in my blog, before this I had do it, but I forget it, next time I will explore it)

Furthermore I also, learn a new thing, how to know the Adverbs of Frequency/Time, Adverbs of Manner and Adverbs of Degree. It really give me some new perspectives. Because before this I always use it, but I don’t know it have meaning and rules to use it. Wonderful English.  Indeed, during my self-study English class it give me to be independent to learn English from now because now days there are many ways to learn English either you want it or not. After I join this class I feel something different, because before this I feel English is boring, every time I read English blog, English newspaper or any English item it make me boring. But day after day I started realize that I when I read an English blog I really enjoy it. It gives me a new spirit to improve my English. Another blog that always encourage me to write in English is http://www.miasuraya.com/p/about-miasuraya.html. I don’t know her. I have take a look her blog because I need to find material for my sister wedding, suddenly I feel in love with her blog. I book mark her blog so I can easily read her blog. I think I must find another blog who write in English.


So I hope my English it improve with my “Your English Master”. I had been thinking lately because I think to gain some knowledge we need to hard work and always be optimistic. I feel that YEM is very helpful and very good for someone to learn and improve their English, because I think their fee is very suitable and really convenient.



Friday 25 October 2013

How I Discover "Your English Master"

How I Discover “Your English Master”

Assalammualaikum and Hello.

For the second entry is I would like to share this story for those who are interest with English Language. Before I be going to go more further I just want to give a special thank you for my father and my mother and also my family because give me support and encourage to improve my English.

As you know, from the first entry I had been wrote right now I taking my English class with “Your English Master” or YEM. The journey until I discover the YEM is when I started tooled my father I want to improve my English when I at semester two during my semester break, but I decide to work at National Science Centre, Kuala Lumpur. My father promise me to send me to the English class after I finish my study. So he give the contact number of English class and I started called and ask the instructor to know more about the class. She suggest me to make a “Like” on her pages, “Your English Master” and take a look the page and information from the page. I very interest to join the class, but I need to plan the time so I can make the right time to attend the class. I decide to join the class after the celebration of Hari Raya Haji. I asked my father where he discover this English class, he says he found the advertisement at the Rawang Clinic that put at the board and take the contact phone number.

So today, I feel something different because before this I will so bored to read blog in English Language, but I feel that I really enjoy to write and read in English. I hope by hook or by crook I can improve my English.




Tuesday 22 October 2013

My Journey with "Your English Master"


Assalammualaikum and very Good evening. Hello.


Let’s me introduce myself, owner of this blog is Fatin Masturah, you can call me Fatin or Masturah. I’m born at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and now I’m already 24 years old, soon my birthday coming is on December 13th. I have my parents and  my eldest sister who has same birthday month on December. We share same birthday month and we always celebrate birthday together with my siblings. My father is a businessman, while my mother is a Personal Assistant. I have six siblings, first is my older sister, I’m very close with her, I called is Along, sometime her friends call she Fara or Nani. Sometime we always fighting together because has different opinion , but it not take too long, we can laugh and share same thing together, both of we like to play a cats. My hobby is like to surf internet and like to read a books. Type of books I like to read is motivational books and some Islamic magazine.

I’m now as a fresh graduate from University of Tun Husseion Onn Malaysia, Johor in Bachelor Degree of Electrical Engineering. I’m already done my graduation ceremony a few weeks ago. It is really happy for me because it is the history day for me and my family. On that day, I very happy to see my friends and we took a pictures together.  Before this I worked as a Volunteer at National Science Center, Kuala Lumpur. It is give me a best experience because I can improve myself to be more confident with other different people. It also give me to improve and learn my English to communicate with the foreigner. For me, it give me lot of experience because I meet a lot of people and make a friends. I really miss that moment when I start keep refresh my memory.


Today is Tuesday and I’m starting to create a blog. Do you know is what a blog? Blog is kind like of medium to give and share some information, and sometime people like to make it as a diary. But for me, I don’t want to make it as a diary, but make it some useful tips to give and share some others information and experience such as food, technology, sport and other. I feel little bit stranger because my writing skills it only an intermediate and my own blog before this has wrote in Bahasa but sometime I wrote in English too. It really surprise me to make a blog again. This is because right now I taking my English class session with “Your English Master” which in this class I need doing some exercise, assignment and task to make my English is improve. I’m really excited to learn and improve myself in English because I know, my English is not so good and it is very important for me to communicate with others different people. Furthermore I would like to make my English communication is fluent when I speak with others people. In “Your English Master” it give me a new experience to study a English, this is because when you taking YEM, you will experience a new way learning of English. Not kind others of formal English class like student go to the class and listen to the lecture. But in the YEM I really impress that the way of learning is unique and interesting for me, because I will be using a blog as a medium for me to learn an English. In addition, I also have book exercise from Oxford University Press which I need to do my exercise every week. With the technology, I using my smart phone to use English dictionary online. For me it is important to our self to improve our self in any kind of knowledge, we must have motivational to gain the knowledge and some hard work to improve our English.


Last but not least, I hope with my new entry and my new blog in English writing can improve my English Language, the important things is I must hardworking with myself to make my English is better and also take a challenge with every step it come. I need to be an optimistic people to success in life. I'm pretty sure that if I start writing everyday I will improve and wide my vocabulary and develop my own idea using a pen or using a keyboard. I would like to express my special thank you to Madam Hazel to give me encourage to learn an English Language with the interesting way. That all, thank you for spending your time for reading my blog. If you don't mind you can leave a comments.

Me and my older sister. She is ten years older than me.