Entry #8

Reflection - 24 MAY 2019

Name               : Ajwad Bin Alias
Matrix Number : WIF180005

Again, this week Daim did not do any of the i-LEARN Ace exercises. I know  that he has exams from last week but I don't know when is his last paper So I decided to ask his mother:


and... she double ticked me...
She read the message like half an hour after I send it to her. I've also waited for nearly 2 hours for her response... but nothing.

This is a guess but I think that she does not actually know when Daim's exams started and end. Just before I wanted to post this blog and call it a day, I received an email from i-LEARN Ace. Daim did his exercise just now. I am guessing that after Daim's mother has read my message, she just did not bother to answer back and just told  Daim to do some i-LEARN Ace so that I would stop messaging her. This is just a guess, but judging by all the previous short conversation I had with her, it is sort of clear that she just does not have any interest in talking to me. all her replies were too short and sometimes it does not make answer the question quite well... In her defence, she has worked until late at night so probably she is just too tired? Probably.

Well sorry for the lame update, I was hoping to talk more with her today. I want to talk to her about Daim's progress in school and if he finds i-LEARN Ace actually helps him in his learning. Also, I really want to know how she thought of me. Did she find me annoying? Probably. Messaging her every Friday night just to talk about Daim's progress could be just a bit annoying to her. Jaga tepi kain orang la katakan... Anyway, I hope that she did not have any hard feelings towards me because I do not. Well maybe a little, but I am willing to forgive her.

This is it for my last entry of this blog. I may update on later on my own just.
I learnt a lot from doing all of this blog stuff. It was fun! I realise that sometimes I just have to go for it when talking to people. I used to hesitate a lot before this when talking to strangers but I felt a lot more confidence. And I may have some weird complex about myself like what Marijana said in the past and I will definitely work on that.

I am sorry I did anything wrong and I hope that you have a great day!

Entry #7

Reflection - 17 MAY 2019

Name               : Ajwad Bin Alias
Matrix Number : WIF180005

Daim did not do any work this week on his i-LEARN Ace. I am guessing that he is currently sitting for his exam. That is probably his reason for not being able to do i-LEARN Ace this week. I went ahead and confirm this with his mother today:


And I was correct. I told Daim's mother to tell Daim good luck and take care of his health during his exam. The last part is because I had a fever yesterday(currently getting better). I was lucky that I had a test on Wednesday - before I got sick.

Well, that is it for now. Next week will be the last entry for this blog so I hope that I will have something interesting to write for the last entry. See ya.

Entry #6

Reflection - 10 MAY 2019

Name               : Ajwad Bin Alias
Matrix Number : WIF180005

Hello. Again, nothing much happen this week. Daim did his i-LEARN Ace a bit(one exercise). I do not have anything to say to his mother really... I'm completely out of idea on what to talk to her about and talking to her is like a one-way communication... So, I thought that I'd wish this:

Well, that is it for now...bye.
p.s. it now Ramadan month.

Entry #5

Reflection - 3 MAY 2019

Name               : Ajwad Bin Alias
Matrix Number : WIF180005

Nothing really much happen this week. Daim did his i-LEARN Ace a little bit that is all.
I did remember that Daim once said to me that he has a test sometime in May...
As usual, I went and asked his mother the usual stuff - How's Daim doing and such.
Here is the conversation:

Yeah, nothing much really. I just asked her to tell Daim I said good luck.
Well, that is it for now. See ya!

Entry #4

Reflection - 26 APRIL 2019

Name               : Ajwad Bin Alias
Matrix Number : WIF180005

19 April 2019

This week, I was afraid that Daim has completely lost his interest in i-LEARN Ace. Thankfully, I was proven wrong. He did one exercise this week... Well, at least he did something. He did try to call me last Wednesday. It was about one of the games on i-LEARN Ace, he could not find the item that he purchased. I did not answer the call because I did not hear my phone rang(i left it in my room) because I was having dinner with my family. Here is the conversation: 

At least he still has an interest in that game. Maybe that will motivate him more.

Now for today's conversation with Daim's mom:

As expected, she answered back as short as possible... I do even know what to do with her. She seems so uninterested in helping her child grow.

And for the follow up for the phone stuff... No. 

Why?

1. My parents are in the process of moving to Terengganu in about a month. Turns out that they even took my old phone back there when they were moving the stuff there.

2. One of the points that my parents told me really strikes me. If the parents really love their child they would provide them with the tools to help them grow - that includes a phone, weirdly enough(phone are now can be considered one of the essentials tools in our lives). If that is not the case, maybe the parents do not like giving their child phones when they are young.

3. I'm broke. I cannot be using my money for that. I do not have a scholarship or a job.

As I was about to publish this, this weeks blog(19 April), one of the group members reminded us that this week we don't have to post. So this is where I will stop writing for now... see you next week future me.

26 APRIL 2019

Hey, it is future me, or rather present me... anyway, after a few hours after I stopped writing, Daim himself message me. He was asking about the game again, he did not know how to store items in his inventory.

Here is the video: 

After the conversation with Daim and his mom, Daim did do some i-LEARN Ace exercise - about 12 exercises during that weekend(I won't lie, I was quite proud of him). Maybe I was wrong about his mom. Maybe I just need to remind her more about Daim's i-LEARN Ace. 

Daim did buy a lot of stuff with the in-game coin he gained from the exercise. His room is more decorated than ever!

That aside, Daim only did his exercise on the weekend, which is understandable since I did tell him to do it in his free time. I hope that he could keep this up in the future.

Entry #3

Reflection - 12 APRIL 2019

Name               : Ajwad Bin Alias
Matrix Number : WIF180005

Today's chat with Daim's mom:

I will be completely honest, I have no idea what to talk to Daim's parents. Daim did his i-LEARN Ace exercises, but it is only for a couple of days. Maybe my expectation of him is too high. He has school to deal with and probably lots and lots of homework. That may explain why he is always tired. Plus, he does not have any gadget to open i-LEARN Ace with... maybe I should buy him a phone. That is probably a bad idea. Maybe I could give him my old phone assuming that it is still functional. And if I can find it among my other junk. If that is the case, I probably need to talk with Daim's parent very thoroughly about this. I mean like, I know that some parents don't want their kids to have a phone when they are young. It may backfire too(the kid only play games on it).

 Also... is it even a good idea? Will they took it the wrong way? Like I know that some parents can be very...prideful? Is that the correct word? idk. Having a stranger giving their kid something that they can't give would certainly hurt their pride. Maybe I should talk to my parents first about this. Maybe they have better insight. See what their thoughts are on this(oh btw it is going to be my midterm break next week. So, I'm going home).

That is all for now. See ya.

Entry #2

Reflection - 5 APRIL 2019

Name               : Ajwad Bin Alias
Matrix Number : WIF180005

I have not gotten any e-mails form i-LEARN Ace for the last one week so I did not know if Daim did any of the assessment or not. I did not bother to login into i-LEARN Ace before because I thought that I would receive the e-mails eventually. Days passed, and today I thought that I would login and check on Daim's progress.

Nothing. He have not done any assessment for the last 7 days. In all honesty, I did expect that Daim to slow down a bit on the amount of assessment he is doing. A part of me do understand that no matter how fancy the tech it, in the end will eventually be repetitive. I too sometimes experience this.

I did talk to his mother today about it and asked her if Daim was super busy this week. Here is how the conversation went;

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Okey, I understand that Daim could not use his mother's phone because she comes home late. That is why I asked her if he could use his father's phone. To say that he could not use his father's phone because it has no battery left... is honestly not a good answer. After reading this part, I really don't know how to answer her because a part of me thinks that she is just making this up(i hope not). I mean, like, he can still use it while it is still charging...

I think she did realised minutes after that that was not really a good answer. Well what ever the reason was, I hope that it has been taken cared of and Daim could do some exercise on i-LEARN Ace.

On an unrelated note, I did feel more confident while taking with her even though that it is not much. Maybe it was because of Marijana's pep talk(?) that she gave me...

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Marijana, if you are reading this, Thanks. That really means a lot :)