I have been reading STAR online newspaper which reported that there are many medical lecturers are leaving the public universities. The main reason is not money, it is workloads and not being appreciated. Lecturing in today's world is extremely challenging, a lecturer is expected to lecture, to tutor, to supervise Master and PhD students, to publish papers in a refereed journal ( it must be SCOPUS, or else, just forget it), to be involved with community service, to actively engage with students and many other tasks. Well, it is not that lecturers are complaining, yes at one point, some argues that you have flexible time. Again, time is not an issue, sometimes you have to work 7 days a week to accomplish your listed tasks. Sometimes, you have last minute task given by your authorities. The main reason I guess why we stay in this profession is due to self satisfaction, the job is not glamour, unless you talk in television. Be it Ustaz or Ustazah Pilihan, that is another story. At the end of the day, you may ask yourself, whether your contribution is worthwhile or not. Of course, work is part of our ibadah. However, do not deny, the rights of others toward you, your kids, family and friends, The Silaturahim. What happened if you work and rarely visit or even make a call to others?Life is precious, it is not a matter of work only. Allah says : observe your relation with Allah, also don't forget hablun mina nass.
looking back for the past five years, it has been a fulfilling years. Blessed with two kids, a boy and a girl, alhamdulillah. After all, it has been an enjoyable process with the kids. Not to say, there has been also ups and downs of being a mama. It can tests your limits sometimes and often I feel I really need to improve for their future.
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