Find me a job, pronto!

Last Saturday, while I was browsing through my stuffs, I found my reflection book which I used to record my feelings, reflection and future action (according to Dr. Goh) when I taught at SMK Hibiscus Park. Since there were more than half unused pages after I finished writing the reflection, I decided to fill it in with my students’ work such as poems, and asked the students to fill in their names and emails so I can contact them. Along with their particulars, they wrote some really funny wishes, some are touchy, and some are downright weird! Here are their wishes…

“Teacher, I luv u – that’s all. Hugs and kisses! Xoxo” – Hazira

“Do not forget me forever. I luv u. HOLLAND” – Nadia [I wonder what HOLLAND stands for. Anyone?]

“Good luck! Go go chaiyok chaiyok. What ur achieve, u will success” – Puteri

“Semoga cikgu panjang umur dan murah rezeki” – Norafiqah “Semoga teacher happy, jangan marah2 nanti muka berkedut” – Farah Iliani [Muka berkedut? Sampai hati!]

“Semoga teacher bahagia di samping keluarga tercinta. Smile always” – Musfiqah

“I hope you can happy beside your family and good luck to you too” – Nor Nadirah

“Be happy always!” – Syafiqah Farhana

“Ceria selalu…jangan lupakan saya…” – Mohd Faizal

“Berbahagia selalu…” – Shah Razzi [Pesal boys jiwang2 neh?]

“U gonna miss me when I’m gone” – Faizul [This one is totally out of this world! He once wrote his dream is to be American Next Top Model. Go figure!]

“Semoga cepat-cepat kahwin dan dapat anak yang cute” – Atika

“Hope you get a rich boyfriend” – Faridah Hanis [I hope too, dear…]

“Happy selalu” – Hayati

“Selamat Berpuasa, don’t forget me…” – Ainul

“Don’t forget me” – Aisyah [Yepp…you guessed it. Ainul’s best friend]

“I hope teacher will get a cute, handsome boyfriend” – Adib [My fave student. Langsung tak boleh duduk diam but very useful during observation. Hehe]

“Semoga teacher cepat dapat jodoh dan berjaya dalam hidup!– Nor Shahira

“Moga teacher always smile dan berjaya dalam hidup” – Wan Nur Nadzeera

“Smile always. Keep in touch. I love to have a teacher like you! Miss Baizura.” – Amar Hakim

“I hope you find who u love and happy with u family. I happy teacher teach me. I love you!!!” – Nur Atikah

“Semoga teacher dapat tawaran dengan cepat dan saya harap teacher juga keep diet and have a boyfriend. Kirim salam kat mak bapak teacher” – Hilmi

“Semoga umur panjang dan cepat kahwin” – Shahidah

“Semoga teacher dapat boyfriend handsome yerk” – Alif Fahmi

“When you’re gone, I’m lonely. I can’t forget you” – Fatin Atiqa

“I love you teacher. I will be miss you hehehe” – Fatin Alia

“I love you and never be replaced” – Fairuz Amanina

“I love you very very much teacher, you always in my heart. I can’t forget u forever! Happy2 always ok? Muargh…sayang teacher!” – Tasya

“My happiness will follow wherever you go” –Jeyashree

“Love is a sweet short life. Life is short so make it sweet” – Godeswary

“Do whatever that bring benefits to yourself without cheating others” – Amily

“Love is sweet short life” – Gunavathy

“Love is such a big mistake” – Thilashini

“Always be happy and enjoy your life” – Rubini

“No guy, no life, no cry, no 08, no life. Smile always” – Shanthya

“I love you teacher, you are so cute”– Anonymous

“Teacher jangan lupa datang sini lagi. Luv u teacher..mmuahx” – Fatin

“Teacher jangan lupa kat kitorang tau! Kitorang selalu ingat kat teacher. I love you so much!” – Yasmin

“Teacher jangan lupa saya. Saya selalu ingat kat teacher sebab teacher cute lah” – Aizat

“Teacher don’t forget me. Luv u alwayz. Janganlah lupa contact kita, nangis kang” – Azlyn

“Semoga panjang umur” – Irfan

“Smile always. To my beloved teacher, Miss Baizura” – Asma [Another favorite student. Always gaduh2 dengan Adib. Not that I advocate favoritism, but this one always stands out among others despite her problematic family]

“Selamat dunia akhirat. Sihat selalu” – Ewan

“Hope you will be happy ever after. Teacher don’t forget to send message to my email” – Aizureen

“Always smile. Semoga dapat boyfriend, main gitar dan bahagia selalu” – Amirul

“Semoga berjaya menjadi seorang guru yang cemerlang” - Farhan

“I hope we will meet again. Don’t forget to sms me” – Haziq

“Moga dapat boyfriend. Jangan lupa contact saya” – Hanif

“Moga dapat suami hensem dan kaya” – Ilham

“Semoga dapat kerja cikgu (???)” – Krishnakumar

“Jadi kurus ramping cam Saloma dan sihat selalu” – Azlishah [Memang nak kena ni…]

“Semoga dapat kerja yang bagus” – Mohd Amirul

“Semoga menjadi guru yang baik” – Afiq Haiqal

There. I wish them all the success and happiness in the world.

Back at home, I couldn’t find anything to do so I ended up making cards. Birthday cards, engagement cards (to congratulate people who are getting engaged) and wedding congratulation card. One “good luck” card to Miss Mazura too. I made birthday cards for friends who are having their birthday months to come.

Oh, and I also made a book which I named “The Book of Important Event In My Life” which I keep birthdays, wedding cards, deaths, and other stuff which I regard as important to me.

On Friday, EG and her fiancé came all the way from KB and handed me their wedding invitation. Cute one, rolled instead of flip. I know EG will come out with something like this.

Life at home is so freaking boring, to a point where I rearranged everything in my room. All furniture (except my bed cuz it’s damn heavy and it would take all my energy to move the damn single thing), every single book, clothes rack, and every single ornament that I have in my room are relocated. I bought a wooden computer table too, since I decided to stay at home and work in Terengganu (so unthinkable isn’t it?). I thought at least I need a proper place to do my work.

To avoid from being a zombie at home, I read some novels which I borrowed from the State Library. The collection is quite good there, they have almost what I need, but some books are totally out of use. Nevertheless, these books are found in the English Fiction section:

As usual, Mitch Albom has succeeded in making every single person who read his book to at least shed a tear. “For One More Day” tells a story about a baseball player who was given another day to be with his dead mother. Only, the mother didn’t seem to be dead, she even cooks for him. Can you believe that? This one is as good as “The 5 People You Meet in Heaven”, only that this story is based on a real-life event (I’m not kidding! Albom confirmed almost all the information given from the story teller).

I haven’t finished reading Archer’s because it’s thick and it might take some time for me to read it. However, I am already halfway and I have to praise Archer for his mastery in writing a full biography of a character in a single book. In “The Fourth Estate”, Archer has managed to write about two characters, starting from the birth, right up to when they were both in their 60s. I remember reading another book he wrote which has the same theme, “Kane and Abel”, and continuing the legacy in “Shall We Tell the President?” which is my favorite of all Archer’s masterpiece. The first book that I read from him was “As the Crow Flies”. Mind you, despite the quite-boring title, the story is far more interesting. I wasn’t able to put down the book because page after page, I want to know more and more of those evolving characters.

On Monday I went to Ckin’s house for a Rumah Terbuka. Its 27th Syawal/October, and people will still call it Rumah Terbuka. I met my schoolmate, Zanah, whom I haven’t seen for 2 years. Diane brought her boyfriend along (which we boarded in his car). Hm…people are getting engaged and married here and there. It makes me feel such a loner. BTW, quite nice buffet…with kampung-style Ikan Singgang Terengganu, Gulai Nenas Ikan Masin, Laksa and several other lauks. This Sunday I’m going to KL for some serious men food hunting with Yda and Amie. Its been a while and I hope it’ll be a good day for all of us.

That's all...have fun y'all!

The Cuti That Teach Me Something

Hari ini genap sebulan saya bercuti. Saya sebenarnya sudah mati akal memikirkan apa mau buat sepanjang cuti. Last week saya kerja. This week saya tiada kerja lagi. Dapat gaji plak tu this week. (No no no, bukan saya diberhentikan, tetapi part time job saya hanya setakat seminggu).

Ingin mencari kerja lain, tetapi saya tidak berminat. Ingin menjadi tourist guide, tetapi sudah dua kali saya pergi ke pejabatnya, pintu pula dikunci. Oh tidak. Adakah ini konspirasi terhadap saya???

Hahaha…

I guess a jobless life is boring after all. I lost some of my vocabularies, thanks to days of immersing myself with no-speaking English people of my kampong. I gasp for words to speak. Agaknya when I’m going for interview, I need to speak to the mirror. I think I kinda lost my accent too…

Not that it’s really bad or something. I still didn’t receive my final result, so that practically disqualify me from applying for any job at all. I mean, sure I can try but then some websites keeps rejecting my application because I don’t have the final result.

Last few nights, I did some calculation on my GPA and GPS. Turned out to be that it didn’t matter whether I get an A- or a B+, the difference is only 0.02 points. Hopefully, I’ll maintain my GPA.

By the way, Raya this year makes me totally gloomy. There’s only me and my mother in the house. It’s quite pathetic actually. Nowadays before I go to sleep, I would look at my mother’s face and wonder whether I should leave the house someday. She took care of me and it’s an unthinkable for me to leave her alone.

Come to think of it, a lot of my friends are blessed with both parents still alive, and they would have no problem at all to get married and live elsewhere. A friend of mine is getting engaged this December. Quite frequently, it makes me wonder whether my life would be easier if I am well-off, and my parents are rich.

But then, if I were to be like that, I might have lost the chance of experiencing true life. A life full of ups and downs, a different kind of life where I always have to strive hard to get what I want.

Truthfully, normal life is boring. I would never allow myself to live normally. Some people say that I always look for troubles. Thing is, trouble is fun! They make me more skilled at things. They make me look ahead, and be more thankful each day that God has sent me all these troubles to make me smarter and stronger that people around me.

I think that’s the reason why I don’t want to register as a government servant. I want to be able to travel, to do things at my own pace, and to work in a less-controlled environment. I hate regiments and rules.

So that’s it. I think the coming New Year will be a tough one for me…the year where I will be facing the real world, instead of learning about it. I love teaching, but I don’t feel like teaching in school because of the many facets of administration I have to face.

And hopefully, I'll get my dream job. Insya-Allah...

Learning New Lingo At School

assalamualaikum (Sejak2 jadi cikgu nih dh slalu bagi salam)

hihihihihi

okei. today i want to talk about some new lingos i learnt at school.

1. bahan

meaning: pedajal/kutuk

contoh: "CIkgu, saya taknak aa shuffle kat padang perhimpunan. nanti tak habis2 kena bahan.

2.bagai

meaning: macam-macam hal/ntahapehapentah

contoh:

"Cikgu, saya nak pegi toilet boleh?"

"Tak boleh."

"Cikgu tolong la!"

"Nanti kalau awak tak balik macam mane? kalau awak jatuh tangga lepas klua
toilet sape nak jawab???"

"Cikgu ni bagai la".

3.touchy

meaning: sensitive

contoh:

budak: Cikgu comel la hari ni.
cikgu: oh ye ke?

budak: tapi kalau cikgu slim skit lagi comel.

cikgu: (buat muka harimau)

budak: ala...ilek arr cikgu. cikgu nih touchy la.

dan macam2 lagi perkataan yang aku baru dengar, or perkataan yang aku tau tapi penggunaannya tak sama...alahai...

patutla korang tak lulus bm. isk.

A Little Bit Goes A Long Way

Assalamualaikum…

Hari ni aku nak bercakap pasal harta. Duit. Money. Wang. Materialistik. Panggil la ape pun semuanya berpunca dari satu simbol. $$$. Kenapa agaknya kita semua suka duit? Memangla kalau banyak duit hidup senang...tapi salah ke kalau aku memilih nak jadi orang yang tak banyak duit sangat? Maksud aku, duit tu, ade, tapi takdela melimpah ruah macam sesetengah orang. Cukupla setakat nak pakai keta sebijik, bleh bawak mak aku pegi Haji...

Susahnya hidup di kalangan orang yang gilakan duit, harta, kekayaan, kesenangan, etc. Susahnya bila aku kena jelaskan prinsip hidup aku yang tak mementingkan harta melimpah ruah yang diperolehi dalam masa yang sekejap. Susahnya nak menjelaskan bahawa aku tak kisah kalau aku hidup dalam rumah teres mak aku je, as opposed to some people yang nak hidup dalam rumah dua tingkat harga sejuta dekat Damansara (cukup ke sejuta???). Susahnya bila aku sentiasa kena berpegang teguh pada prinsip hidup yang kadang-kadang orang sukar nak faham. Bukan aku nak semua orang faham aku, tapi boleh tak hormat prinsip hidup orang lain?

Pelik sangat ke bila aku kata aku tak kisah kalau aku tak kaya? Pelik sangat ke bila aku berpandangan bahawa apa sahaja duit yang masuk poket aku, aku akan reflect balik, betulkah jalan rezeki yang aku pilih? Sebelum aku suap nasi masuk dalam mulut aku, salah ke kalau aku fikir bahawa nasi yang sesuap tadi tu aku beli pakai duit yang datang dari mana? Halal ke rezeki aku bila aku dapat duit banyak-banyak dengan memujuk orang melabur?

Salah ke kalau aku nak pakai baju kurung harga rm10? Salah ke kalau aku berpendapat bahawa pendidikan yang tinggi equals to better life? Kenapa ada orang cakap kat aku, tak guna ambik master, kalau setakat nak jadi cikgu? Kenapa nak sangat ikut orang-orang yang duitnya banyak melimpah sampai tak tau nak simpan kat mana? Kalaulah semua orang fikir macam ni...aku tak terkejut kalau kiamat nak dekat.

Alangkah senangnya kalau semua orang boleh berfikir bahawa duit tak semestinya menjamin hidup yang diberkati Allah. Alangkah senangnya hidup aku kalau orang tak mempersoalkan jalan hidup yang aku pilih. Susah sangat ke nak faham bahawa aku tak kisah kalau gaji aku tak sampai lima angka sebulan, asalkan kerja yang aku buat tu berkat. Aku bukan religious sangat, tapi aku tahu sempadan kat mane. Bila duit yang diterima setiap hujung bulan jumlahnya beratus ribu, tapi memikirkan kembali all the shits you have to do, aku rase aku tak tergamak nak makan duit tu.

Bunyi macam senang nak cari duit. Tapi aku duk fikir, bila aku dapat duit banyak, tapi aku teragak-agak nak guna duit tu especially bila nak beli makanan (sebab aku suka makan kan...) best ke hidup macam tu?

Hebat sangat ke bila dapat buat duit beratus ribu sebulan tapi hujung pangkal duit tu tak tahu kat mana? Apa beza makan riba dengan makan bonus hasil daripada memujuk orang menyertai pasukan mencari duit kita? Memang manusia ni cepat sangat buta bila dengar duit yang jumlahnya empat, lima, enam angka senang nak dapat. Tapi aku duk fikir, rezeki kan masing-masing, semua kerja Allah. Kalau aku pilih untuk tak nak dapat duit dengan cara yang senang dan cepat tapi terpaksa memaniskan muka walaupun hati tak senang, lebih baik aku jadi papa kedana yang kerjanya ikhlas menolong orang lain.

Memangla, mesti orang cakap aku bodoh sebab aku tak nak duit banyak dengan cepat. Mesti diorang cakap, “Aku dah buka jalan rezeki, ko yang tak nak ikut”. Salah ke kalau aku tak nak ikut? Salah ke kalau memang dah perangai aku suka mencabar fakta? Bagi aku, aku tak boleh nak menceburkan diri dalam business yang aku tak tahu hujung pangkalnya kat mana. Oleh itu, aku kena jugak buat kajian sendiri. Bila aku jumpa sesuatu yang bertentangan dengan pendapat sekumpulan orang yang suka duit, aku dipijak-pijak.

Salah ke kalau kita mempunyai habit yang suka bertanya? Salah ke kalau aku ambik jalan yang tak ramai orang ambik? Salah ke mempunyai pendirian sendiri, walaupun pendirian aku sangat berbeza dengan pendirian sebahagian besar orang di sekeliling aku? Isn’t being different is what you need to live this life? Is it really bad to be different?

Kalaulah aku ada jawapan untuk semua soalan ni, mesti aku tak rasa macam yang aku rasa sekarang. Berhadapan dengan orang yang banyak duit dan menghina pendirian aku yang tak kisah walaupun hidup aku tak banyak duit. Biarlah aku miskin harta, asalkan aku kaya budi, kaya kawan, kaya minda dan yang penting sekali kaya ilmu. Takpelah aku takleh pakai kereta Toyota Cardina pun asalkan yang penting sebulan sekali aku pegi ATM, ade duit seribu dua, boleh tanggung belanja harian mak aku dengan aku.

Korang nak pakai Mercedez 5-series ke, 8-series ke, lantak korangla. Aku pakai Honda C70 pun jadila. Asalkan bila tiba hari pengadilan, aku tak perlu tergagap-gagap nak menjawab bahawa rezeki yang aku makan selama aku hidup di muka bumi ini adalah rezeki yang halal dan diberkati Allah.

Sekian.

Budak-Budak Zaman Sekarang Part II

One day, I asked the students to copy something from the blackboard. Disebabkan saiz saya yang agak besar, saya menghalang pandangan pelajar. Maka...

Student: Please Ticer!
Teacher: Yes dear?
Student: Please teacher can you pass away?

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aku tak tau nak kate ape.terus bantai gelak kat situ.
isk.

Budak-budak Zaman Sekarang

now, before i present you my penemuan at the school that i am teaching rite now, i bear no responsibility for any injuries it might cause you when you accidentally fell off the chair either laughing, gasping, or just dumbfoundedly stare to the monitor.

teacher: class...what day is today?
students: monday (it was actually monday)...tuesday, wednesday, thursday...friday...!!!

student: ticer!
teacher: yes? (taking off blue tacks from the blackboards)
student: can i ask you something?
teacher: sure
student: ticer tak lenguh ke kunyah chewing gum?
teacher: why?
student: yela...hari hari tampal kertas kat papan hitam pakai chewing gum?
teacher: ini blue tack la!

warghhhh!!!

student: teacher! (it was always with that restless enthusiasm)
teacher: yes dear?
student: do you have a boyfriend?
teacher: ???
student: here's my phone number.lets go "deting" this weekend

student: ticer, toilet!
(yes, thats how they tell me when their bladder is full or when they need hair-fixing.)

student: ticer, toilet!
teacher: (smart-assly) i'm not a toilet, you know...
student: saye tahu.tapi saye nak pegi toilet.
teacher: class...how do you say "saye nak pegi toilet" in english?
class: ticer...toilet!

*kurang asam!!!*

student: ticer, bile ticer abis mengajar kat sini?
teacher: september.why?
student:well...kalau macam tu kite clash september la.
teacher:wtf???? (dalam ati je la) *smiles unwillingly*

class is too quiet.teacher Zura de Great tries to make the class cheerful.
teacher: come on you guys...cheer up a little bit!
student:...
teacher: you scare me!

student: teacher, why are you so quiet today?
teacher:why?
student: nothing...you scare me!

adoi...

Cakap? Tak Cakap?

cakap salah
tak cakap pun salah jugak

bila tegur, tak balas
bila tak tegur kata aku marah

hempas pintu
hempas beg

aku tak ske

pegi mampus.