how teacher survive another day

i know it's lame when it comes to me, telling stories about what's going on, here and there. boring or not, who cares. i'm gonna share what i've been through so far, as a teacher.

dealing with this class of year 3, of which the teachers akan salute kalau boleh bagi senyap even for just a minute, have made me realize, i've got so many things to learn.

the very first approach used; bila tengok budak budak ni cikgu cikgu pun dah takdak harapan, "Korang nak main? Haaa, mainlah, ikut suka hati la nak buat ape, janji jangan bertumbuk, jangan buat kes disiplin. Itu je." and i still have that hope, yang diorang ni need a different approach. i call it 'kasih sayang'. so i end up guna approach lembut, panggil nama sorang sorang, try to remain cool the whole lesson tanpa naik suara. i even promise them weekly rewards (like chocolate bars, candies) sebagai token kalau diorang berjaya keep themselves behave and focused, up to my expectations. (well, these kids, i can't expect a drastic change, just pelan pelan, at slow pace, janji diorang willing untuk try)

the next thing i do, if the first approach tak berkesan, is i try to put myself in their shoes. thinking that they might get bored, trying to focus on the lesson one after another, i'll make sure ada short games or attention-seeking game. lagipun, diorang pun manusia biasa, they need to feel the fun in learning, they have to enjoy their language lesson, or else there's no point putting up such a well-planned lesson plan, trust me. so for me, i introduce this one game called Freeze! Melt! alaaa, game dulu dulu jadi beku pastu cair tuuu. easy, explain the rules, and start playing! i even try using this game waktu diorang bising yang tak dapat control, when i say Freeze!, they all go freezing. and that's the best time i give the next instruction, for example "Okay, lepas ticer cakap Melt!, ticer nak semua orang balik tempat masing masing, okay?" and it work, so far :)

and the last, final thing i would do (especially bila kelas dah out of control and i can't scream anymore, nobody's gonna hear me anyway) is psycho-ing. this approach, i can't predict the outcomes, but so far they all turn to angels when i do this :p well at least for the first ten minutes, listening to me nagging. i don't want to call it nagging, but sounds like it. i just knew i had this hidden talent of psycho-ing the kids spontaneously! standard ayat eh... banyak.

"Kamu nak jadi apa? Pilot? Kamu ingat pilot ni terbang dalam negara je? Kalau tak reti BI, pilot nak cakap bahasa apa? Bahasa Tamil?"
"Ayah kamu keje ape? Nelayan? Mak? Tak keje? Habis? Kamu datang sekolah, mak ayah kamu ingat kamu belajar. Penat penat dia pegi laut tangkap ikan, kamu boleh main macamni? Kamu ni sayang ke tak kat mak ayah ni? Hah?"
"Belajar nombor waktu bila? 6 tahun? Habis sekarang kalau ticer suruh eja, reti? 3 tahun kamu belajar nombor, apa yang kamu buat? Eja nombor one, two three tak tahu. Nak jawab apa exam?"
"Ni ticer nak mintak tolong. Dengaq elok elok. TICER YANG MINTAK TOLONG HANGPA NI. TOLONG NAH, tolong hafal ejaan nombor ni. Selalu anak murid mintak tolong cikgu. Ni cikgu mintak tolong anak murid. Tolong sangat sangat, ticer mintak tolong sangat sangat nih."
"Kamu bukan tak pandai. Allah bagi otak kat semua orang, bukan saja saja Dia bagi. Guna! Sebab tu mai sekolah. Sebab nak belajaq. Main boleh, tapi belajaq pun kena mau jugak. Pikiaq!"

to be honest, banyak lagi sebenarnya. but these are just few.

seriously, i don't have the intention nak torture, abuse or anything that has to do dengan kes sekarang. i need to do this to you kids, because i love you at the first sight. orang lain mungkin fikir you're a burden to the society, besar besar nanti these are the people yang akan jadi penganggur, penyangak etc. i want to change that sceptical mind about you, kids. i know, each and every of you have your own potentials. you're the only hope we have for a better future generation.

i have a lot more to say, kids. but my eyes wont let me stay too long here, my left leg gets cramped too often lately (pressing the clutch at its best) and fever is coming for a visit. i guess it's time for bed, teacher. waktu tertidur teacher sekarang ni, sekian berita dunia guru melaporkan.

pujuk hati :)

that one important question you asked before leaving, yet you might not realize it..

explains how she survived.

thank you :)

sabar tau, kerana dalam sabar ada ganjarannya. terus doa eh :)

Bargain-It-Right! (say it like Spell-It-Right)

today is Saturday. what makes it extra special is.. i get to attend my bestfriend's wedding! (even tak sempat jumpa) well.. due to certain circumstances, i had to go back early.

first, sebab datang dengan private driver or known as big bro, i couldn't stay any longer than pegi jumpa cikgu Pauzi dan mak Pika, makan, jumpa few batchmates (Najah, Fatin Syafiqah, Mira, Ten Yaya) and terus naik kereta. second thing, nak umpan driver pegi Padang Besar cari jersi, tu konon upah dia la sebab drive dari penang sampai perlis 140kmsejam. gitu kan

so, dah setel kenduri tu, off we went to Padang Besar. and here's the thing; the place where you need to bargain wisely! tak percaya? lantak hangpa ahhh, ada aku kesah? haha

berdasarkan pemerhatian aku selama hidupnya aku, i've seen how people bargain. contoh paling dekat; ibu. and from her, i learn few useful tips untuk dapatkan harga berpatutan sejajar dengan peningkatan taraf hidup rakyat malaysia sekarang. gituh kan diskusi pembangunan ummah sangat

sharing is caring!

#1 half price offered.
bajet bajet harga dia rm50, cuba try test (dah cuba, try pulak, test lagi pastu) letak harga half price; rm 25. try je, pastu jangan lupa buat muka mengharap penuh simpati. lagi bagus kalau selit ayat ayat kipas sikit, "Abang tahu, ini kedai first saya nampak. Terus saya datang sini, sebab nampak tuan kedai hensem sangat." Haaa sudah, ni matlamat terpesong, jangan tiru aksi ini ye adik adik sekalian.
the thing is, cuba dulu half price. then bila nampak muka tokey ketat semacam, upkan sikit harga. haaa, win-win situation kan? tapi jangan pegi kurang harga takat dua tiga hinggit, memang huntunglaaa tokey kedai tu haaa

#2 compare and contrast.
haa dah berkenan baju kurung corak paisley ni, buat buatlah macam tengah compare harga dengan kedai kedai lain. contoh; "Eh baju ni sama macam kedai haritu kan? Kedai haritu harga dia less 50 kot, ni apehal mahal bebeno nih? Tak faham betol". komfem tokey kedai tu defensive pastu cakap, "Eh manede mahal dik, ni boleh kurang lagi nih. Adik nak kurang berapa?"
magic kan? hihihi

#3 customer is always right, and forever use this right
kalau dah nampak tokey kedai ni degil semacam je, taknak kurang harga langsung, try this method call 'reverse psychology'. haha method ni, ayah aku selalu guna. kalau dah kedekut sangat nak huntung je memanjang, okayfine. "Jom ah kita pi carik kedai lain, kedai ni dahla mahal, tak boleh turun langsung." atau ini, "You bagi kurang, i beli. Talak kulang, talak beli, you talak untung. Habis celita." terus dia buat offer macam macam! haaa kan dah betul customer is always right :p

selamat mencuba! well, untuk kesejahteraan hidup manusia sejagat, tips tips ceni kena la selalu share, ye dok? hihihi

i too, have hard times

"This week is the hardest."

direct this week je yang susah. dah kalau ada 52 minggu dalam setahun? tak ke 52 minggu yang paling susah?

i had this conversation with mum last few days. ibu cakap, kalau time aku je, mesti ade je payahnya. ade je halangan. ade je rintangan. tak kisah la cane cara sekali pun, tapi mesti kena ade part part struggle tu.

dari waktu pregnant lagi ibu cerita, cane waktu tu ayah tengah sambung study. nak jadi cerita, awal awal pregnancy, semua lancar. until the last trisemester (term bantai je), doctor said there were complications. probability untuk gugur tinggi, and this baby degil songsang. and that doctor sangatlah harsh, sampai halau ibu yang sepatutnya rehat kat hospital balik rumah, since hospital couldn't afford to entertain outpatient macam ibu. to cut the story short, ibu pun decided, okay jom beranak kat kampung halaman ibu, kat aloq setaq. since waktu tu arwah tokwan masih ada, and tok masih sihat, ada jugak orang nak tengok tengokkan ibu.

ayah pulak waktu tu tengah nak exam. maklumlah... november kan musim exam. -_- so, semuanya ibu buat tanpa ayah. kena caesar, dahlah waktu tengahari, ended up, baby degil ni boleh discharge dulu. ibu, kena stay kat ward since baru operate.

see? baru lahir dah banyak masalah. tu tak masuk bab masuk sekolah, masuk interview, naik flight, dan sebagainya.

dah, cane aku tak develop habit cengeng? terlupa barang penting untuk interview, nangis. kena marah dengan pegawai pendaftaran, dah muka lain. everything yang out of norms, yang bagi aku "ah sudah, apa pulak bala nak mai ni...", komfem... komfem akan berlaku. i'm so used of getting this, sampai setiap kali benda ni terjadi, i'll ask ibu, "Ibu, kenapa benda ni jadi kat ina eh? Awat kat orang lain, elok je? Kenapa bila time ina je, ada je masalah. Ada je tak kena. Ina ni, bad luck eh kat semuorang?"

then ibu akan bukak cerita, of everything that has ever happened before. sesi refleksi akan berlaku selepas tu. ibu akan cakap, "Semuaorang dapat bahagian lain-lain. Ada yang okay part ni, part lain dia takdak. Ada yang semua part dia ada, tapi tak jugak dia happy. Ada yang takdak part langsung, tapi boleh je hidup happy. Yang penting, accept it for the way it should be. Mungkin bahagia ina, bila ina boleh sabaq dan terima semua tu."

lain orang, lain struggle dia. untuk qistina, this is the struggle.

the struggle yang awak takkan pernah faham.

dah ah, ticer nak masuk tidur. semoga esok ticer boleh bangun tidur muka cantik berseri, hilang ingatan semua yang tidak enak itu, semoga. doakan! bagus tau, doakan orang tanpa orang tu tahu. that's the best gift you can offer, serius.