Arabic Camp 2010 (Dato’ Hj Ahmad Mustofa) and Inspired Students (SSV)

I joined Arabic Camp as a facilitator in SMAkA Dato’ Hj Ahmad Mustofa and its situated in Batu Kikir, Bahau, Seremban. The program collaborated between SMAkA Dato’ Hj Ahmad Mustofa and IKPM (Ikatan Keluarga Pondok Modern) or Modern Boarding School Family Association. These 3 days program held on Friday, Saturday, Sunday (7-9 May 2010) with 150 students from form 3, 4 and 5. To involve students numbers we need 12 facilitators, those are Muchtim Humaidi (UIAM), Helly Sardy (UM), Asep Dadan (UM), Syahruddin (UM), Asrul Faqih (UIAM), Andi Hendri Hasibuan (UIAM), Rabi’atul Adawiyah (UIAM), Siti Aisyah (UKM), Gufron (UIAM), Mahmud Alfan Jamil (UIAM), Muhammad Ircham (UIAM) and me. And then, for every facilitator will have 15 till 18 students. Those names above are graduated from Pondok Modern Darussalam Gontor and currently, they are still studying in Major University in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

We went to the school by public transportation (Metro Bus, Transnational, City Linear). The journey started from UIA to Central Market by then we changed the bus to went to Seremban terminal. The journey was not ended until Seremban because we have to go from Seremban Terminal to Bahau and be continued to the school hu hu hu. Actually, the journey from Kuala Lumpur to Seremban should be faster than to Malacca but the school that we want to reach was in rural area and it’s almost difficult to go there by public transportation. Nevertheless, even the journey was not enjoying enough but our desire continues up in that time.

As we held before, the Arabic Camp consist of full day activities: from the first meeting with the students started from Friday evening until 11 PM. Saturday (8 may 2010) it was the core of the activities. The participant had been awakened at 4.30 and continued with activities such as qiyamul lail, ilqou al mutaradifat, tamsilul masrahi, lu’bah al arabiyah, muraja’ah and etc. The Saturday program ended at 11 PM. No time for resting during a day except for eating and praying. For next day (Sunday) it was our last program and the agenda not as much as Saturday. We awakened at 4.30 and then we held qiyamulail continued by Shubuh prayer after that we have to exercise together (Poco-Poco) with the students. After taking breakfast we have an agenda (Fawazir) or group language competition after that we have closing ceremony with the school principal as well as with the school teachers.

Personal Experience in the School
My students were from form 3 and all of them were females. When the first meeting with them, they didn’t know the words I was saying (Arabic Language) even a simple word because during Arabic Camp was prohibited to speak any languages except in Arabic. The next day, they were getting understood the simple Arabic language term after given the gestures (kholas). Alhamdulillah…

Alhamdulillah...my group members got the first winner in Arabic Drama Contest. At that time, our member collaborated with two groups (Ustaz. Asrul Faqih’s and ustazah Wia’s Group). Our story it was talking about the Mum was robbed in the Bus by a robber and a group of people arrested him and then he told or realized the truth that he was robbed her hand phone and finally he repented. So the lesson from the story was (Qulil Haqqa Walaukaana Murran).

Before Arabic Camp had been held, many days in my group’s facilitators in drama contest (Ustaz. Ircham and Usth. Wia) was thinking about the story in Drama Contest. Unfortunately, it was stuck. The idea was appeared in my morning sipping coffee in the kitchen. I just remembered my students in Thailand and try to remember the Drama which performed by my students in Thailand (SSV) and as long as remember it, then I tried to transform into my students in the School (Dato’ Hj Ahmad Mustofa).

They thought that story was from my idea. In fact, I got the idea from my previous students in Songsem Sassana Vittaya (SSV). Certainly, they were my creative students I ever had. Surely, they inspired me. Definitely, I realized all of you (SSV) gave me a lesson which I could transfer it into my students in Malaysia. Thank you for my students in SSV and good luck for form 3 in Arabic drama contest.

SSV Students in English Drama Performance

Hopefully, the students know how important the Arabic language is. So that they know their tradition (Islamic Tradition) and familiar with the Arabic words especially the Al-Qur’an and Hadits (Prof. DR. Abdul Latif At Tibawi). Bravo for IKPM-Malaysia, SSV (Songhkla Islamic School, Thailand) and Dato’ Hj Ahmad Mustofa Islamic School, Seremban, Malaysia. :)

مَنْ لَمْ يَذُقْ ذُلَّ التَّعَلُّمِ سَاعَةً تَجَرَّعَ ذُلَّ الْجَهْلِ طُوْلَ حَيَاتِهِ