Author: Saifulrizan

  • That day was excellent

    That morning, I ended the farewell meeting just 30 minutes before Student Portal published my exam result. The meeting was held in the pantry with my small team; people whose progress I had witnessed and whose growth I had seen as they become reliable and competent individuals. Two of them were leaving this month; separated…

  • Reflections on being a 40-something student

    Reflections on being a 40-something student

    My last test was two weeks ago. With that, I thought my semester break had officially begun. But not quite. We still had to wrap up final assessment for a few subjects. Here is a thing. All my semester 1 papers have no final exam. Just final test and final assessment. Hence, the semester still…

  • Miracle in Cell No. 7 (Indonesia)

    Easily a tear jerking movie. The hall was sobbing. The story telling is amazing, it didn’t let you wander off. Until the last 15 minutes of the movie, the pace pick up (when they decided to fight for Hendro and Linda custody right of Kartika in court). Definitely a different mood; earlier you feel wrapped…

  • Cook to eat

    We had this conversation. “Who suppose to cook, boy or girl?” It started when I asked them to help me prepare with the garnish and protein for our lunch. I believe I had this conversation with other people, and with myself; to justify if gender play any role in this basic life thing. And it…

  • Wisdom

    At the Primary 6 graduation ceremony, the PTA President gave a speech which was long and ‘too adult’ for a 12 years old kids. But maybe kids these days can handle such mature uplifting speech, what do I know. Anyway, I paid attention and interested in these words spoken by the Mr PTA President. It…

  • Upstream (2024)

    Simple review of China’s film, Upstream (2024) on Netflix