10th Nov, in my room, fresh after a good night sleep. I sit in front of my computer and start to write my assignment. Lots of questions pop up on mind. I stopped writing and read my brief paragraph through. Am I on the right track, have I understand the question correctly? What if I didn’t?

And then come anxiety, will I be able to argue it critically, provide strong evidence, use academic vocabulary and etc…..Urgh..… a big sigh!.... I need to read some more articles to support my arguments. I need to focus and concentrate.

Oprah Winfrey said : Energy is the essence of life. Everyday you decide how you're going to use it by knowing what you want and what it takes to reach that goal, by maintaining focus (O Magazine, July 2003).

I got up. I need to make my cup of coffee. Maybe by then I can continue on my assignment again and maintain my focus.

Developing creativity

Assalamualaikum and Hello everybody…

It’s been quite some time since I last write on this blog. Well, actually I do love writing, especially creative writing, it’s my passion. I write short stories, radio and tv scripts but it’s all in malay though. I’ve never tried to write in English. I send my stories/scripts to our local paper and tv station. When my first 13-series drama script was broadcast on tv, I was so delighted and nervous at the same time.

Creativity is the theme topic I chose to talk about this time. Creativity in Wiktionary means the quality or ability to create or invent something, originality. Some people think, creativity is a gift or born-talent. Well, maybe it’s true to those renowned lifetime legend, like Shakespeare, Mozart, Leonardo Da Vinci, etc…etc…

But researchers also believe that creativity can be build, enhanced and nurtured through hard work, mistakes, observation, experiments, experiences, critical thinking and etc. Everybody has the ability to be creative and should have all the opportunity to develop their creativity. So, it’s the responsibility of teachers, parents and communities to cultivate, foster and develop the creativity in the life of their children/students.

There are many ways of developing creativity. Asking silly questions for an instance, yes probably, you’ll get silly answer but maybe creative, in a way. I’m sure with ICT and other multimedia as a tool, it will be a more interesting and motivational process.

So teachers, parents & friends… keep the goals high… who knows you may create another Einstein or Beethoven in the future?

Here’s an inspirational quotation from the man himself ;

"I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world."-Albert Einstein