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Don’t be arrogant because of your talent,
You are nobody without Allah’s mercy.
Don’t be proud of your hard work,
You are nothing without Allah’s grace.
Don’t boast about your knowledge,
You’d be lost without Allah’s wisdom.
Have a blessed Friday,
O. Mukhtar O. Mukhlis
#theomarmukhtar
That moment when you just came home from school soaking wet in rain…and your mother starts counting 1,2,3, smile…you have no choice but to obey your one and only beloved mother even though you desperately need to go to the toilet! 😅
God bless the mothers,
O. Mukhtar O. Mukhlis
#theomarmukhtar
Guess who managed to make it into the cast of this year’s Junior Production?
Yep, that’s right, I’ve been blessed with the opportunity to act in the Junior Production again - Alhamdulillah! I kicked last week off with my Junior Production audition - something I had admittedly been rather nervous about for the past few weeks. But when it finally came to it, the audition went much better than all of the various catastrophic situations I had imagined and worried about in my head! In fact, the audition was quite fun to take part in, and we got a taster of what the production was like as well. And now, I’m glad to see that all the hard work has paid off - I’m excited to be part of another school production once more!
Previously, I’ve been involved in the Junior Production every year (excluding last year, thanks to good ol’ Covid). In my first year at KES, I acted in the school’s production of ‘Around The World In 80 Days’ - I was cast as the Parsee, the Indian merchant who owned an elephant and helped an Englishman travel safely across India. The following year, I was cast in the school’s adaptation of Peter Pan, this time as a grumpy park keeper who turned out to be part of the band of pirates in Neverland. It’s an honour to be part of something so wonderful this year as well - I’ll be telling you all more about my more demanding role in the coming days!
Auf Wiedersehen,
O. Mukhtar O. Mukhlis
#theomarmukhtar
#JuniorProductionJourney
p/s: ‘Auf Wiedersehen is German for ‘goodbye’ - a lil’ clue about what the play’s about! 😉
What makes an essay well-written? Well, every essay needs a good structure, and every good structure needs a good introduction! An essay is like an extravagant meal - you start off with a strong appetiser, and you will be drawn in instantly. Make sure your essay’s 'appetiser' is clear, concise, and gives the reader a teaser of what the essay is all about. And of course, make sure the introduction gives you a good start on the goal of your essay, whether that be to educate, discuss, or persuade!
But don’t pour all of your effort into making a single introduction. The real content of your essay is found in its main body. Again, follow a structure to make it all as clear as possible, but don’t just fill up the paragraphs with meaningless fluff! Like your 'appetiser', your 'main course' must be concise and really fill you up. Dive straight into your topic and explore all the relevant points.
And of course, nothing tops a meal off better than a refreshing dessert! In terms of the essay, your conclusion will be your dessert. The introduction and conclusion are actually quite similar - your dessert is not there just as a goodbye, but it’s there to round everything up and bring things to a logical end. And because it’s the last thing you read, it needs to leave the reader with a good memory of the whole experience - that’s what good conclusions consist of.
So the next time you’re faced with the task of writing an essay, just remember: try and treat your reader to a nice three-course meal at a fancy restaurant for optimal results!
Happy writing,
O. Mukhtar O. Mukhlis
#theomarmukhtar
#BonAppetitEssays
#EssayWritingTips
Do you remember my TED Talk, 'Do You Speak The Future?' Well, here’s another surprise…the day right after my TED Talk, my Latin teacher invited me to give another talk at the Anagnostics Society, the school’s Classics society! I was overjoyed, of course, but not just because of the invitation. What was so ironic about this is that I had been wanting to join this society for a long time, but I wasn’t able to because it was only open to students in the upper years, and I wasn’t old enough to enter. Yet here I was, being honoured with an invitation to give a talk at that same society! The Almighty really had planned the best for me - Alhamdulillah!
The talk was an expansion of my TED Talk topic, and I included an extra crash course in linguistics and conlanging (how to make your own language), presented in a workshop-style format. I got really positive feedback from the audience, as well as the teacher who invited me - he praised me for such a great talk, and he might have to invite me again for another talk to take an in-depth look at Tolkien’s languages! And the cherry on top was that he even awarded me with a Golden Book entry, both for my TED Talk and the talk I had given at the society - how truly humbling!
Needless to say, I was more than flattered. I also enjoyed giving the talk - one of the things that gives me most pleasure is being able to share and educate others about my passions! This truly was a blessing - indeed, even being rejected from the society in the first place was a blessing in disguise! In return, I was honoured with an invitation not only to give a talk, but to conduct a workshop as well! I am truly grateful for the opportunity to further widen my audience and carry on inspiring others by sharing my own passion.
I thank my teacher for being so trusting by honouring me with the invitation in the first place. I thank my friends and schoolmates who showed their support by attending. I thank my family for being my backbone all along. And above all, I thank Allah for bestowing countless opportunities upon me! May this be the start of many more blessed occasions to come in the year ahead…
Blessed,
O. Mukhtar O. Mukhlis
#theomarmukhtar
#MySecondTalkInvitation ?
Happy Monday! Don’t forget to SOURIRE - smile and make everyone around you smile. Don’t forget to RIRE - laugh and make those around you laugh. Don’t forget to ADORER - love and spread the love to everybody. Don’t forget to ÊTRE HEUREUX - be happy and spread happiness to everybody. And most importantly, don’t forget to PRIER - pray to The Almighty, for He is the one who will bestow all of the above onto you...♥️
Joyeux lundi,
O. Mukhtar O. Mukhlis
#theomarmukhtar
#YourPolyglotBuddy
#frenchVSenglish ????
p/s: Special thanks to my lil’ sister #FatimahOmarMukhlis for the English translation!?
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