salam salam, kelam -kabut

You know , when in your mind you have everything worked out and then when the moment arrives you get all kelam kabut ? Now , why does thid just happens to me ? I bet it's just me while everyone else just breezes through ...

It's always me , and no one else . So , how do I get rid of it ? Maybe I would just have to climb the highest mountain or just sing ' Climb Every Mountain ', from the one hit wonder movie .... what's it called ? JAndrews starred in it ...... yeah Sound Of MUsic .

But I guess it's just one of a kind type of kelam kabut la ... so as of today , I will fervently say a prayer before I do anything ... amen.


Okay let's now talk about , it's raining men .. How nice right ? So will I be kelam kabut when it rains men ? I mean cat and dogs never drop from the sky when it rains cats and dogs and yes , it's just a saying .

the new ostrich in class

Yup , we have a pet and it's an ostrich . Oh , it's huge .. and it's shy .. So why do I have an ostrich in my class ?

Today was a funny day , as usual .. I am so popular that I often have to make rounds to the other side of the building .. the admin building . And there I was , trying to do Pemahaman with a bunch of six year olds and I had difficulty in fahaming the story . It was a simple story -- Buah Durian .

My throat hurts , it feels like a thousand knives going through it .. my nose was runny , I was cranky and I just WANTED TO GO HOME , but I can't because my dear friend was not feeling well , so that was why I was in her class. Oh , but they were good . As I tried to explain the menaing ' King Of Fruit ' , smarty pants insisted that I stopped whatever that I was saying because he wanted to go to the toilet .

To the toilet he did go and I carried on .. that wasn't so hard was it ?

Lo and behold , when I went back to class, R was standing outside the class .. Hmmmmmm , here we go again . I found out that R decided to be an ostrich today . SHe felt big and tall ( which she wasn't at all !!!) and she decided to put herself into a pair of ostrich legs ... no ,we don't have a pair of ostrich legs .. she wanted to feel how was it like, putting her head into a hole , like what an ostrich does ..


She found the perfect object .. mana ada lubang la .... She found a dustbin and in went her head and when my poor friend saw this , she freaked out and asked R to stand outside the classroom till I arrived .

R , R , what should do with you ? THis is not all ..... according to my sources , R ate papers also !! OKay R , after you eat your noodles perhaps I could interest you with the house specialty ..... paper soup , with a dash of pepper , some cilantro and sprigs of scallion and they are on the house !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Lambat " Loading"

I just don't understand how some people lambat loading to whatever that they have to think about or do .... I mean it's like this people, but correct me if I am wrong here .. The brain is only 3lbs and yet we walk and hang down our head like as if it , the brain weighs at least 3 kilos!!!!


Okay, here is the truth and I am sure you may have encountered it before . Now , I am not saying that I am a genius when it comes to listening and understanding . I too had my fair share of lambat loading as I was growing up , believe me when I tell you ..

In a meeting , or any meeting , I am talking generally about meetings and later you will see the connection of those who does lambat loading . It is okay to lambat loading when you are young but as you progress, we somehow or rather get rid of the lambat loading skills .. It's a darn good skill.. actually !!!!!!!!!!!!

During meetings ,I see many nodding their heads and it's not just a nod but many nods and one just have to look at those nodding thier heads would come to a conclusion ,that these people understands everything..

Not everything entirely .. too good to be true , right after a meeting and the moment you are out of the meeting room , here comes Bonita or Lolita , asking you ; "Eh, did you understand what was being said ?" I mean .. Whoa ........................ back up ! See , after everything they don't get it
So how long would a person "get it ?" Ah ... this is the lambat loading la I am speaking about .. nod , nod , nod your head till you also pening ...

After seven weeks they finally surface and say , " Oh , is that what you were trying to tell me ?"

Just don't do it , just 'Get it'...................... people .

'Teacher, R called me buntut !!!!!!!!!!

This is bad ..... really bad .. I mean I have been telling them stories with moral values in them and this is how they repay me .... seriously .. each time I would say or ask , can we do this or say this to a friend ? Nooooooooooooooooo , teacher .. See how good my students are .


This ' buntut ' incident happened when I went over to the other building to send some books and I told them to be queit but no, R .... she just had to go and open her big mouth and call
her friend 'buntut'. I told R , ' That's it ... young lady , I will personally make sure that you will get a teacher like a harimau and then you will know how kind I have been towards you .' No R being R , she would just stare at you and defy you .. hell , her eyes seem to say , ' Go, ahead .. see if I'm bothered .' Jeeez , sungguh mengjengkelkan .....

She is not afraid of threats , say all you have to and the next minute she's off again .... like last week I told her to hand the concert invitation to her parents .. she had other ideas , she left it behind and when her friend told me about it , to which he found it , there at the back of the evvelop was the beautiful drawing by none other than R herself , were two girls, with the most prettiest swimming suit . I mean the girl can really draw .. I'll give her that ...


And that time when I told the class to simply draw a pokok , and she comes up to me and ask ,' Teacher , banana tree can or not ?' Hmmmmm ........... very crative .. but why R you love to torture me ? Please tell me ... like I always tell her , 'R , I don't want to have a daughter like you .' And ...... and do you know what she does when I tell her that ? She would give me a big beautiful smile ..... very nice .


Oh , and she love D to bits too .. I guess being neighbours just goes to show that one day she might even end up marrying D ... like I told D the other day , 'D, don't you ever , ever marry R cos she is a messy girl .'

Did I tell you that R was very quick with her hand ? One day , I just could not believe my eyes .. I happen to see actually ...I do not know what D said to her but her hand just went smack right across D's head .. I was like ................... I called her over and I asked her why did she do that .. she just kept quiet .. see what I have to put up with ..


R , stop being a drama queen and get a real life ok .... R , I hope you wil meet someone badder ... than you !!!!!!!!!!!!!

Kali

H : ' Cikgu , saya dah pandai hafal kali saya , mak saya kata saya mesti pandai.
Me : Bagus . Awak dah hafal sampai kali berapa ?'
H : 'Saya dah boleh hafal kali 2 .'
Me : ' Kalau cikgu tanya , boleh tak awak jawap?'
H : 'Boleh .'
Me : Hmmmm .... 2 x 2 berapa ?'
H : ( very confidently ) enam cikgu '!

What did we do today class ?

Well , end of the year is coming and yes we are rushing .... hurry , hurry let's get it over with and pray tell what did we do today class ? NOTHING !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yup , see nothing .... so nice .. It was such a nice day and we did nothing .. Why I can't even remember what I said to my students and I was not even bothered . I mean why worry right ?

I have given and taught them everything ... so now is the time to let loose , let down your hair and open the door to freedom and noise !!

This whole week was like a huge pasar malam gone wrong in class ... they were up and down . I just told them to carry on ...

This is the time , to get jiggy with the kids . Concert is over and what more can a teacher ask for?

the turning POINt in my life was when......

AGe : 5 years up to 6

• When Selvam could spell buku and I could'nt.
• I begged my mother to teach me how to read.
• I played with fire at the backyard with my sister.
• I do not know what I looked like .
• I fell in school and I tampal lots and lots of plaster.

Primary 1

• I still don't know what I looked like.
• I cried everyday in school.
• I made friends .
• I played all day , finished my homework , slept and slept more.

Primary 2

• I became the penolong in class.
• I still played ..... nothing was in the mind/ brain .
• I failed so well in my exams and ujian ...
  
• I never had a crush on any boys .. so good !!!

Primary 3

• Met more new friends and kept some and the ones that I did not like, I just threw them away.
• I was not a drama queen.
• I was petrified with Cikgu Aris but I liked Cikgu Sara ( don't ask ).
• I went to the library.

Primary 4

• I found out it was the same old stuff in school ...
• I got restless.
• I still had the same friends .
• Oh, and my class teacher was Cikgu Ng Lai Hoe.
• I fell down in school .
• When I tersalah ambil my friend's bag .
• I know what I looked like and it did not matter .

Primary 5

• More exams and I went YUCk !!!
• When I had to take part in sports and all I could do was stand at the sidelines ...
• When I did not feel motivated at all ..
• I saw what I looked like and it scared the living daylights out of me !!

Primary 6

• Okay this is the end and I was like waiting to get a life at 12 and till this day the thought of going into secondary school did not do much for me ...
  
• I failed more exams and was I bothered with the failure ? NOPE !!
• I said goodbye to some friends .
• I really , really know what I looked like and I loved it ........