Friday, September 25, 2009

Back To Reality hu , hu , hu ,

With the Raya hols over now , I am so sad to say that everything goes back to normal , starting MOnday . The plus side of things are ; I will still have many absentees ... whythat's because they ate too much of Raya cookies and they will be recovering fom a sore throat or something else all together !!!

But , alas; we have to work , no more rest and we have to end the year with a Bang! Chang! or even a Clang ! Would nicely do !!!!

So it's time to head back to reality and get those kids to work , work ,and more work !!!!! Sigh !!! .
On the other hand think of all the cookies that I will be receiveing from the kids !!!!! YUmmmm !!!
So what is the plan for MOnday besides scanning for fever and sore throats ?

I will have to just wait and see !!

'Move it , move it private "!!!!

Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Myna And MY mum

Today was all sorts actually . We sat down to say the rosary and half way through it , we heard two myna birds fighting .. the best part was we left all of our windows open to let some air in .


I mean , they were fighting and pecking , actually one of them was and the other one just stood by our window sill and did nothing .

From the shadows , we could see the action ; the pecking and the other one retreating into our room . What a noise it made and we could not say our prayers.

We finished our rosary and still those two would'nt let up . If only we knew what they were arguing about . My mum said she wanted to continue her prayers and so we left her to it ..

Within a second minute flat , I could hear my mum shouting for my dad .. lo and behold and guess what , the injured myna bird was in the room and it walked over and stood right on top of my mum's head ..

Dad tried to shoo it away and still it went onto my mum's head ...anyway my dad managed to shoo it out and as for mum she said that it was the Holy Spirit in myna bird form ..okay mum we believe you !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Monday, September 21, 2009

What did The BIG BAD WOLF Say To Red Riding Hood ?

It was something that I posted in my Face Book and I did not expect this reply ; It came from a friend of mine . "Hey I like your hood . where did you get it from ? Is it from channel or Prada ?

Most of the time I try to get my friends to give me 'minute responses ' like this . It's just something that I like to read .

Yeah, it's from a fairy tale and anyone could possibly see that .It's just that I need some laughter and fun in my life and I am glad that some of my friends really take time to humor me .


To all of my friends out there , it does not matter if you wear a Prada or not , thanks for being good sports . A hug is coming your way .. :)

Eat and Sleep

Well , that is what I did . I went to my aunt's place for Raya and came home to take a nap ..... and today I will be going to my cousin's place for dinner and I have already had my nap to begin with .

Luckily they all live close by so no need to travel that much . Met some of my aunts and cousins . Had a nice time chatting away . It's just nice to see that all of us make time to get together during festivities . Everybody gathers round the table and have a nice meal .

Yesterday my sister was telling me how nice to see families get together . One big happy family . 1 Malaysia .. Being a Malaysian, we celebrate almost everything together . As for my sister , I know being miles away form home and it's only once a year that we get to see her and her family , she misses out on such gatherings ... but all the same we think of her and her family whenever the whole bunch of us gather .. well , perhaps next time she could join us here .

As for all of my cousin's children only two things ; no, not duit raya , but it's " Will you be wearing baju kurung to our house ?" or " Marilah buka puasa sama - sama " . Such sweet gestures .

Well , bless these children and I can't wait to meet up with them again to play fire crackers later .

Friday, September 18, 2009

shhhhh....

Yup , today being a holiday and all , it's very quiet . No sounds of children , running or laughing . It's okay actually .. but this lasts me for a day only and then I start to get bored .

I actually have something to type out . I have not decided if I should type it or just write . I think I will decide tomorrow . First I have to bake some cookies not for any one but for me to eat :)

Then later I just might sit down and get what ever that is I have to do done .

I went out today to get my birthday voucher from Jaya Jusco and boy, was I ever so sad .. I mean they just gave me this gift voucher with lots of things and most of them I don't even need it . The last time .. a few aeons ago they gave me a very good voucher .. and I could even buy a blouse with it.. forget about next year I tell you .

I know it's the thought that counts but at least give something that we could use .. sigh !!!! You don't always get what you want ....


Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Today was nothing ....

Today was nothing because as I set foot each time in school , I find myself to be everywhere , there is always something to get or do .. and I go Phew ... later .

Well see in the mornings and most of my mornings I have to ... rush .... rush for what ? See , it's like this , when I think that I can sit and just take a five , the next thing is , I will be up and about again .

Like today , we plan to have a half day in school on Friday , ( this is the part where I walk a lot ) . To have a half day , one must see the statistics . If it shows a certain percentage of children who will not be coming to school on a Friday ... then we have the green light to go ahead .

This does not take skills .. it's just , okay if you want it then you got it !!! Jokes aside , I was just kidding . So Friday is gonna be a half day and that is when we teachers jump for joy ...



P/S Yup , I walked a lot today and my feet hurts :(

Monday, September 14, 2009

Begin With The End In Mind

Seriously has anyone of you out there , tried to do something by ' bEGINNING WITH THE END IN MIND ? Try it and you will be surpised ... okay here is the deal .. take for example ; Right , let's say that you want to bake a cake . But you are not a good baker . Then , you started to begin with the end in mind .. meaning , you pictured the finished product ; that is the cake -baked well . Now , that is in your mind .


Now , in order to get 'that ' cake to be like you imagined , what are the steps you need to take to get it done ? Yes , take the right steps and follow it well and in the end the cake will be baked just like how you imagined by beginning with the end in mind .

It's a neat trick and it really works . Think how I got through emceeing for the sports day , well I will be doing it again and it's all thatks to sean Covey and his dad .

I , The Timid

Ha see the tittle blog .... Gosh . Really , I was never the brave one at home or in school . And I hate to stand in front of a crowd to speak or to do anything that has to do with STANDING in front of a crowd .

Where did I get this from ? Don't know and won't tell either !!!!! I guess when you feel timid , people won't singlt you out . That was what I thought . Even in school it was just as it is . I would put my head down in class so teachers would not sort of pick me to do anything . It was with me for awhile this ........ I can't find the right word for it .

UNTIL.......................

Until I was chosen to be the emcee for the sports day and that wasn't enough I am now once again chosen to be the emcee again for this year's concert ... okay , okay here I go again ... but then again if I did not take that stand , the first step to do it I never would have done it right ?


And then that one fine day my principal came to see me and this was what she said ;

P : I need to tell you something .
A: What ?
P: There is some gllitch .... and we do not have an emcee for our concert day .
A: Why , what happened to the teacher that was selected to do it ?
P: Ahhhh ... hmmm .. welll .....
A: Okay no need to crack your head over it , I will emcee for us .
P: Can ah .....?
A: Sure why not .. I mean .... oh , I need someone to be with my kids .
P: Done , I will do it for you ...

Pay close attention to the statement " I WILL EMCEE FOR US '. I did not think , I just blurt it out , so no regrets and I can't back out ... now I have to be the emcee for two Saturdays and guess what ? I have already prepared on paper what to say ....

P/s At this point I am okay wait till ................... I'll be FINE !!!

Friday, September 11, 2009

We won

Well it's good news . My dad won eight movie passes from The Power Of 9 competition , held by The Star .

Not too long ago , a certain someone said that he had enough with competitions and it did nothing good for him .. he refused to get involed in the competition .So we girls thought this year might just be the lucky year for us , so we decided to give it a go .

This certain someone of ours did nothing to help except to post them of course .. hehe .... still unsure of himself we let him be .

Oh but no . ! He dicided to get on the horse's saddle once again . He took charge . He spend all the weekdays cutting , glueing , trimming you name it he did it ... and today .... he actually won !!! Hmm what's next we asked him ?

'THE CAR ' " I can almost see it now ." he said. Okay dad we wish you all the luck ... big or small you are still wonderful to have around .... :)

Thursday, September 10, 2009

How it went so far.....

Well today we have some minor changes however , and here it comes ( drum roll please ) it went very nicely and smoothly .. I was so happy . There I was thinking that they can't follow what I wanted and boy was wrong .

But after changing a few steps here and there my dance looked better .. tonight I shall sleep with a huge smile across my pretty face .. Sigh !!!!!

As I promised my class that there will be rewards if ... only if they performed well for me . I promised them some sweets and guess what , the sweets are still in class ,unopened . HMmmm perhaps tomorrow I shall give them what I owe .

Wednesday, September 9, 2009

There's a cake ...

As I was about to sign out .. which I actually did , I saw a cake . It's at the section where you go and sign in ... or ....

No , yes , hey that's a cake I tell ya !! It has a candle on it .. I mean , I was like sure , someone may have added the cake there or since it was my birthday last week ............ so yea , a cake is cool .

Since I did not cut one ..at least I know someone out there cares enough to add the cake ..:)

Audition 101

Okay for starters , I gotta tell you , I was pretty nervous . Yeah , I have done this like a zillion times , over and over again .

TRUST , that's the word . You gotta trust the children . They know what they are doing and yes I flip up and they go "Teacher , wrong la .. not like that .. you did like this first ". Okay , but I do not feel shy or small when my students correct me infront of other children or teachers .

I mean c'mon let's face it ..when they correct you , it means that they are paying attention to what you do and that is just simply great .

So how did the audition go ? Wonderful , with only minor corrections . I can live with that .

Hmmm ... now that the audition is done , tomorrow's big task is to correct it ...

Monday, September 7, 2009

Macam - Macam Aznil and mY DAD !!

My dad does not speak malay quite well and he normally would use Bahasa Pasar but he gets by . At times he would tell me to help him out , if he does not understand .

He proudly tells us that his Bahasa Malaysia has improved over the years . Mum and me would just go yeah right ! We try not sound so big shot about our bahasa too .

THere is one thing that my dad really likes to watch and that is Macam - Macam Aznil !! FOr a man who speaks Bahasa Pasar , he really enjoys the show . The moment it's on , he starts to laugh ... . Okay ,I got to hand it to Aznil . I mean his show really brings people together and I must congratulate him because his show seems to get through to my dad .

Aznil you rock my dad's world ...

Broken Bridges

Today, I saw a movie tittled Broken Bridges . It's about a man who left his girlfriend behind and went away . Years later , he comes back and he finds out that he has a daughter .

What got to me was they way he tried to patch up not only his relationship with his girlfriend but also his daughter that he never knew he had.

Why am I talking abut this so suddenly ? Well , it's because in our lives , I am sure we had a fair share of broken bridges and how we tried to mend them along the way . It could have been with a brother or even a family memeber .

My mum once said to me that when we try to mend a broken bridge with a certain someone , start slow , force it and it never will be strong . I believed her . She used to tell me do it naturally . Then the bridge will be stronger that ever .

As the movie ended , I saw the father and daughter performed on stage and from that point onwards , she knew that the bridge between her and her dad was mended and she knew that she could count on him .

Like some of us too , as we mend bridges , we become closer and when we become closer , there is only one thing to do that is to have some soul food .

Sunday, September 6, 2009

The ME Book

My dad bought a set of Encyclopedia , when I was quite young . The one tittle that I liked the most ,was The ME Book . Now , in this book , it tells the jouney of a baby growing up to be a toddler . I remember that I always used to take it and read . The illiustrations were just nice and beautiful as well.

The book has nothing to do with today's posting . I just wanted to use the tittle book for my posting today .

I remember back when I first got into teaching . I worked for a very strict principal . At that time I needed a job and so my friend introduced me to the school . I was very happy that at least I had a job . During that year , me dad lost his job and I just graduated . We were trying hard to make ends meet and that was when I decided to take on the teaching job.

My salary was nothing to shout about and I am even not ashamed to tell you . I was offered RM 400.00 per month . I took it . NO choice , We needed the money and for now that was enough but in my mind I knew I was under paid .

At the end of each month , I would give all of my salary to my mum . She seem to manage very well when it comes to the crunch . I made a pact with all the angels up in heaven and said that I will continue working and put food on the table and all I asked was courage and strength .

After a few months working , my boss decided to give me half a class . Meaning that a second session and I will have to work untill 2.30 pm . I accepted but my salary was not increased . I kept quiet and hung on .

The following year my salary increased by Rm 50.00 . I told myself that I have to have more value , means qualification . I needed that . I waited ....my salary increased every year until I was earning RM 800.00 . I was proud but the years of struggling on was tough . I just don't know how I hung on . It was God's grace .

Along my journey as a teacher , I came accross some wonderful parents . I had this boy in my class and he is a Down Syndrome child . It so happen that he came to me . But I'd like to think that GOd send him to me because I needed to be saved and I knew that this boy could save me . Our friendship grew and he began to trust me . He went whereever I went and he never trusted any of the teachers except me.

We ate together , we sheared food , I fed him , I cleaned him up when he messed up himself ... everything . Until one day I had a surprise , from his mother . She came up to me one day and told me to pass some money to the van driver and before I could walk away , she pressed an envelope in my hand . She said that this is for me . I took it witout thinking twice and all along I tought that it was a thank you note . I was wrong , inside the envelope was RM 200.00 . I did not know how to react because what I did was to just teach and be with the children.

So , I did the next best thing . I enrolled myself for an Early Childhood Programme . I paid my fees with the money . This went on for the next 2 years and I did tell his mother what I did with her money .

My salary was increased ... four figure . I gave thanks to GOD because without Him I am nothing . I worked for the school and after 13 years I got fed up and resigned . I went to Brunei . When I got back from Brunei I decided to join the school again .... that was not a clever move . I worked for another 2 years and then I quit for good .

It was high time that I moved along. I was not appreaciated and was overworked. Everything esle was the same . There was nothing that I could learn anymore and it was time for a change .
I made the right decision to leave and I am working in another school . The dramas would be there but I am up for it and I hope that next year will be better .

Perhaps a promotion ?

I Have Decided To Be An Organ Donor

It has been hagling at the back of my mind since I read an article about being a donor . I was impressed at what I read . Many of us out there are afraid of so many things. Even me . There were so many quetions in my mind too .

Let's face it , it is for a good cause and think how many people we can save . So I decided to pray about it .
My dad is quite open to such subjects and you can just go and talk to him and he will support you to the best that he can . As for my mum she is a little ...... unsure and afraid so I have to be carefull and with some positive explanation she would hear me out .

Here is another 'let's face it '. You are dead and buried in the ground . Why waste the organs and other tissues right ?

Okay, this in not going anywhere all I can say is I have decided ... and the registration form is beside me and all I have to do is fill in the details , sign it and post it ... and like the song goes .. sign , sealed , delivered ,my organs and tissues are yours ...........

Let's StarT wITH THE bIRTHDAY AND what I did not do ..

Okay let's do it .. It was my birthday and I was the happiest person in the whole wide world . I mean it's your birtyday and you must have some sort of suprises right ?....... well , not for some and me but it's okay .

So the day went well . Mum and dad gave me a kiss and off I went to work .. As I reached I was thinking of positive vibes . I am going to have a good day and It's okay too if my students flip up because it's my birthday .

I was actually looking forward to the" ANG POW ", now that's the best part . Each year , during our birthdays , my boss would get us a card and in that card...... lay the 'ANG POW' . It does not matter if the value is big or small but it's the thought that count the most . Like a little girl I squealed in delight as I have been waiting for it !!!!

As I reach home , it was quiet .. this is quite normal with only the three of us . I did not cut my birthday cake . To some , the may ask why but to me , being around the people I love is good enough . Yup I love cakes but I think the message that I got for my birthday was LOVE and the TOGETHERNESS that brings us together as a family .

Even for dinner , my mum made steam chicken with salted fish and that was the best dish on the table . It was so simple and yet it was meaningful for me . We enjoyed our dinner and I know there are many more to come and perhaps I will have a cake to cut next time .