Mahkota Hotel Melaka

We had the chance to stay at Mahkota Hotel when I presented ICELT's paper. Since I was not used staying in the hotel, I thought when the person at the reservation counter said that one apartment costs RM168, it meant that would be all. I knew there was always ++ but I didn't realised when I did the booking. I only knew that it was RM198 per night when I wanted to pay for 2 nights stay in the hotel during check-out. Well, it was worth it though since the kids had a great time there. Here's a picture taken when we had breakfast at the hotel, rather apartment. The food was OK. Similar to the ones that we had in other hotels. Sitting arrangements were not really friendly, perhaps because of limited spaces. As long as there's 'sunny side up', breakfast it's satisfying for me.

This was a picture taken after Haziq and Hadif swam in the pool the second day we stayed in the hotel. The apartment was not so big but it was quite pleasant to accomodate five people. There is a kitche , one bedroom, a balcony and a bathroom. There is also two-room apartment at RM2oo++.

The first swimming experience for Hakim. I let him played with the water for half an hour. Back to the apartment, he was quite tired. After taken bath, I let him go to sleep. But it was just an afternoon nap and he got up at night. Fed him until I felt asleep.. I guess both of us were exhausted!

Bila ada byk kerja ...

Bila ada byk kerja and plan musim cuti skolah ni and my proposal has not yet finished, I feel torn. Whether to just agree with my husband's decision or to get the proposal done. I'm writing Literature Review at the moment, however, my pre and post tests are also not completed yet. Intro + Methodology seem to be OK (I guess). I thought I've done with the pre-test but I realised that the one that I did was wrong. I used immediate level in Vocabulary Workshop (Tell Me More) for the pre-test. I only realised that I made the mistake before I presented the paper for ICELT 2009. I don't want to be upset but to set my goal in developing questions for the pre-test for advance plus in Tell Me More Version 7. So, this Monday, I'll be going to UMP and start all over again. Typing the questions to be given as lessons to potential students. Back home, I'll be developing the pre and post tests. I guess I'm always unlucky...

Hopefully with God's permission I'll be able to complete it before the year end. To be exact, I want to submit the proposal to Dr. Jaya in the second week of Dec. Biiznillah.

ICELT 2009

I will be presenting a paper the day after tomorrow. The paper entitles, "Multimedia Resouce for Self Access: What Students Benefit from It?". It is a paper about Tell Me More, a learning software for second language learners. The paper was written after I delivered Hakim. This is the first paper I will be presenting since I further my study. The conference will be at Equatorial Hotel, Melaka. However, me and my family will be staying at Mahkota Hotel. The former hotel is fully booked.