Tuesday, August 31, 2004
Tomorrow is Teachers Day. Usually, the school close on every 1 Sept & the celebration to honour the teachers is always the day before.
This morning, b4 I went off to werk, I went to JTSS(Jin Tai Secondary School) WOW! The school has changed so much! There is a small fountain n unused piano in front of general office. There are also many beautiful gardens planted NOT forgetting the classrooms( the wall outside) are decorated with beautiful paintings!
I was wandering around JTSS to admire the new scenery when Mdm Koh(or is it Mrs Koh?) saw me. She did not know my name but she knows I was from Jin Tai and I volunteered to help her print and photostate some stuffs. When she saw me, she said: "U looked very different. U looked prettier than u were in JTSS" I blushed.
*I dont like to wear makeup so how possibly can I be pretty?*
Ok then, I met my malay teacher, Mr Yatim(he taught me in sec 2 n sec 5). We chat and he then asked me: "Maria, bila awak nak tunang?" I was abt 2say sumthing 2him when he said to me tat he had to rush for class. DAMN!
*If he could give me 10 to 15 minutes, I wld say: "Cikgu tanya salah org. Sepatutnya tanya Nazrul. Masih ingat dia tak? Yg O Level Malay A2.. Dia dah ade ehem... Saya lum ade lagi.. Cikgu nak tau tak, Siti Zackyah dah kahwin.. Mungkin dah mengandung sebab dia kahwin pada bulan Februari.."*
Yah, tat was wat I wanna say 2 Mr Yatim but time is precious, he had to rush for class.
The last teacher I met is another one of my malay teachers. She taught me in Sec 3.. Her name is Mdm Roslinda.. She asked me a lot of questions. I forgot wat she asked but I remembered her 1st n last question.
Her first question(Translate to English): "After your O Levels, where did u go?"
ME: My results cant go to any computer/business course in all 4 polytechnics so I continue working and retook my O levels and also to save money in case I wanna go for private courses. After O levels, the results will be in 3 months so I worked first. At that time I worked as an ASSISTANT TEACHER at PAP Kindergarten. I continue working until 31 August 2001.. the children said "HAppy TeacherS DaY" to me too.
That answer made her proud.. She asked if it is expensive paying my own way to private degree.. (I had told her I am continuing for my degree).
ME: Yah, expensive.. tats y I continued working but now as an assistant clerk to pay for my montly course fees..
Mdm Roslinda had this worried look on her face. She asked, "how much? is it per month or per subject?"
ME: It is around $600 and it is per month. Mdm Roslinda was surprised and asked if I could cope.
ME: Insya-allah, boleh. (If God Wills It, there will be no problem)
Before she went for her classes n before I left, she wished me all the best in wateva I do. And she thanked me for coming. Too bad, I cant meet Mrs Chiang. She is my favourite teacher. She left in 2002 to look after her children. Why is she my favourite teacher coz she always there to help/console students who got bullied by friends/classmates/schmates. I was ONE of them.
During my lunch time, I smsed Ainn, Suresh, Fadhil, Rosliah n Nazrul. Firdaus, not sure if he wld reply coz he always had his hp switched off and Faridah has no handphone. Anyway, I smsed those friends of mine telling them tat I went solo visiting the teachers n so far only Nazrul n Suresh replied. Maybe the rest are working, no time to reply or lazy to reply.
Suresh replied tat he is at work n will call me later. Nazrul replied: "Oh, okie. How was the teachers there?"
ME: They r fine and wanna knw something?
Nazrul: Wat thing?
ME: Ade ke Cikgu Yatim tanya aku, "Maria, bila awak nak tunang?" Sepatutnya dia tanya kau betul tak?
Nazrul: YA, alah kau ckp je lah kau dah tunang dgn Hafidz Basri.. haha..
Argh!! Why must Nazrul mention His name?!! I dun wish to hear his name anymore.. Arghh..
*Tak habis2 nak kenakan aku dgn dia eh si Nazrul ni!*
