cikgu dearest

my first school was sekolah tadika kg dato' sulaiman menteri in 1982. i was sent there together with my brother. senang sama-sama pergi sekolah - that what i've told by mom. jadi, my classmates masa tu mostly age 6. i remembered bawak papan hitam kecik dengan kapur untuk tulis ABC. banyak aktiviti tampal-menampal gambar yang menggunakan gam. last-last my mom buatkan gam kanji untuk di bawa ke sekolah, jimatlah duit sikit. bila sampai sekolah, gam kanji tu kami buat macam teh tarik, dan lambung-lambung gam tu between two containers, tetiba, bertempek gam tu jatuh atas lantai. then we scraped it off the floor, gam dah jadik kotor, but we didn't care. selamba guna gam tu tampal-tampal kertas, and shared it amongs friends. hasilnya? punyalah kotor buku kitorang! buku sekolah hampir lunyai dek glue overdose. heh heh. tapi cikgu tak marah. nope. they were bunch of a very kind ladies. even masa tu my parents couldn't afford to buy pinafore - i was among 2-3 kids yang tak pakai uniform. ada sorang cikgu tetiba je dia cakap dia nak tolong jahitkan my pinafore without any cost! ah, thank you teacher. yup, i'm not good in remembering names. but those gestures - i won't forget that for my whole life.

then, my mom sent us pergi mengaji kat rumah cik esah - she was my cikgu mengaji sampailah khatam quran dan khatam berzanji. orang johor la katakan, belajar mengaji kenalah belajar berzanji sekali.

lepas setahun bersenang lenang kat rumah, i was sent to attend my primary school - sek. keb. sri amar. cikgu-cikgu kat sekolah ni pon baik-baik belaka - all were like mother- and father-figures to me. teringat kat cikgu shamsudin sebab dia kelakar, tapi kalau naik angin (marah) memang macam orang hilang akal! habih budak-budak dia tempeleng, pelempang, sepak terajang. ngeri giler! me? heh heh.. budak baik, setakat kena cubit, kena pulas perut dan kena pukul tapak tangan dengan pembaris besi biasalah. :P

then, i hopped between schools - SIGS and KTAM - finally landed on STF. i met a lot of great teachers along the way.
pn. norley (cikgu maths) - no, i'm not gifted in maths. i had it easy becoz u are such a good teacher plus lots of homeworks.
pn. kamisah (cikgu kimia) - thanks for believing in me. i'm sorry i never really finished all the lab reports and notes. bukan degil atau malas, rupa-rupanya saya rabun jauh, tapi masa tu tak tau. dah le duduk meja belakang sekali waktu kimia, punyalah lembab salin nota. bila dah ketinggalan, i copied lirik lagu 'sometimes love just ain't enough' instead. heh heh.

to all the teachers termasuk cikgu2 praktikal sekali - happy teacher's day! :)