Goodbye my friend!

They say: It takes forever to say goodbye, so why does it take too long to say the word? Probably the poster above says it all...It kills both you and your friend(emotionally) to say goodbye.

No matter how old we are, we share the same feeling of sadness when it comes to saying Goodbyes. will it stop? Never. Getting to know a person means to be ready to say goodbye to him / her anytime in the future.

I choose rather not to give my own account of high school farewell but to share a bit of what my students are going through every year especially at the end of the year. Last year, I remember a student of mine telling me how sad he was for leaving his classmates and school years. Some were so emotional and some were excited to get over with form 5. How could you not be excited when the thought of leaving the school uniform that you have been wearing for the last five years (not that u're wearing the same clothes for 5 years,Ha!) comes to mind. The waiting is worth it though, believe me, you'll miss it.

But I remember my dutch best friend, Dennis who is also my 'brother' quoting: do not be dismay by goodbye. A goodbye is necessary before you can meet again. And meeting again after a moment or lifetime, is certain for those who are friends (Richard bach)

To me, a goodbye is a moment for me to give a space for my friends/loved ones to grow up. It is the time of reflection and I belive, we will appreciate our friends more if we could allow ourselves to grow together.

I just bought a book for myself; something that I can read during those free hours of SPM invigilation.

There are lots of funny anecdotes/jokes that I want to share with you guys.

The better dog

Mrs. Hak and Mrs Pak who are dog owners are arguing about whose dog is smarter.

Mrs. Hak: My dog is so smart. every morning,he waits for the paperman to come around and then he takes the the newspaper and brings it to me.

Mrs. Pak: I know ...

Mrs. Hak : How do you know?

Mrs. Pak : My dog told me.


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Miss Right

I married a Miss Right . I just didn't know that her first name is Always.

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Angel

First guy (proudly) : My wife is an angel.
Second guy: You're lucky. Mine is still alive.

excerpts are taken from He who Laughs, Lasts (David Tong, 2009)

Not that I care...but(how can someone be that stupid?)

I am a big fan of T-shirts, the more creative the design is, the better! However, there is a limit to creativity especially when it comes to profanity.

I rarely curse and shouldn't encourage myself to indulge in that culture but when I saw a T-shirt that loudly Shouts out profanity! at a shopping mall(boulevard,3rd floor). I just can't stand my irritation nor my mouth from cursing that person (what an irony to curse someone who curse) and wondering why would they sell the T-shirt. Only Morons should wear it! and Morons would sell it!

Look at this t-shirt.

How many times does the 'designer' have to repeat the same 'F' words? Something must have gone wrong inside his head! Maybe He thinks that it's cool to have the word printed on a T-shirt! If someone came up to me wearing that T-shirt, I would probably kick him.
What do you think of this T-shit?(now, I'm cursing) would you put that T-shirt on?(Shantelle)

How do you call your Granny? ninek ? hmmm..whatever!

I remember teaching my weaker Students the very basic of English: family members.

Conversation went as the following:

T: I show a picture of 'father' and ask 'Who is this?'
Ss: Bapak ORG! Cikgu Zul!(bersomet nya...Cikgu Zul indah!)

T: NO....How do you say ' Ayah' in English?
Ss: ...there was no respond....sounds of cricket filled the room

T: It's Father! repeat after me! Faaaaa Derrr!
Ss:....("it turned into a Kindergarten class)

So I taught them all the words and at the end of the lesson, I tried to test their knowledge by asking them one by one to answer my question:


T: I need you to say the answer in English! Ok, Here we go.
Ayah?
Ss: Fader
T: Ibu?
Ss: Made...
T: Abang
Ss: Brader
T: Kakak?
Ss: Sister

The next one made me stumbles and I laughed my heart out!
T: Nenek?
Ss: NEKTER!!!!! they thought every word ends with -ter!'

and what is a Nekter???? it's grandmother! So, there you go, word of the day 'Nekter'!


could this be their infamous Nekter? hahaha...

Sir, May I...?

I was teaching my form 1 class, 1 G. G for Gemilang. Never thought that they have a thing for Jaclyn Victor too(GEMILANG) hahaha...

So each time when I came into the class, I would find that half of the class has gone missing. There are only 20 of them, so you can imagine how many are left lying and playing in the class. Usually I would scold and punish them but to no avail.I just don't understand the trend of going out to toilet/from class. The usual conversation would be like this:

attempt 1:
Ss: Sir, tandas.
Me: Say it in English, Please!

Ss: Sir...errr(looking at their friends) and the background noise started to scream: toilet! toilet!

Me: Yes, could you repeat that?
Ss: Sir, Toilet!


Me: I'm not a toilet! (doing sign language)
Laughter broke the already noisy class.

Me: Ok, everyone! Repeat after me! "Sir, May I go To the Toilet?" Only those who can say 'this' can go out.

Tr and Ss then indulged in a repetition of Monologue.

Ok..now try it!

Ss: Sir, May to to to to toilet?

Me: NO! Wrong(starts to feel fed up)

Me: Sir, May I...May I Go...TO ...THE...TOILET?
Ss repeat after me and then once again, I let him/her try.

Ss: Sir, May I go.........(no answer)

I used all the sign language available to teach them but the word just won't come out!

and the 40 minutes lesson ended with teaching them how to ask permission.If he's lucky, then He'll get his chance to go to the toilet. Otherwise, only God knows how terrible he must have felt to hold himself from peeing in his pants!


The same scenario is still happening until today, and I start to wonder, maybe I should be a Janitor and clean the toilet with them! I promise never to go GaGa when I hear the same mistakes they made in class.

Everyone is talking about.....

NO! Not her!

and not YOU...obviously!


For the past few days, everyone has been talking about holidays! ...and vacation! I could see the glows in everyone's eyes when they spilled out their great expectation!Neither do i feel jealous nor should I want to feel jealous of THIS! but me and my mind got issues. First, there's the SPM invigilation. 2) I missed my booze(concert) damn you B! 3)tons of work...etc etc.

What can I say about 2009? So far, it has been a great year of learning and growing. Getting older is not the case.I need holidays, most importantly I need to find solace in me. The acceptance of situations sometimes makes me feel at peace.

when I think of vacation, I think of beach...and yes, Christmas!



I can't wait for Christmas, but not too eager on the thought of having to spend my $$ on food. I hope there's Bonus for us, government servant! Not too late for Quepac to propose this bill. And the new PM better approve my demand! or else.........I'll....get angry! haha.

I do get angry like this!

My current music (mood) is 'Meet me halfway' by the black eyed peas. Better pen-off now.

Headline of the weak - Beyonce postpones tour again!

SPOILER ALERT!





When a Diva cancels a tour, you can only gasp the thin air and puff out smokes of anger. When the organizer of 'I am ...tour' announced the postponed tour, messages, phone calls flooded my facebook and handphone! some felt the same way as I do, some wickedly smiled and said 'padan muka(in their heart)' and most have indifference feeling.

Anyway, I've prepared my plan B wayyyy before I decided to buy the tix. I'm going to meet up my friends in KL/Shah Alam of course. Hey, it's been two years since I last saw them. They surely gonna cheer me up with their antics(jokes, karaoke etc) I miss them so much and I think I'm gonna spend a great time this coming weekend reminiscing the past while cursing Beyonce..oOps.! don't worry, I'm still her biggest fan though I might hate her for THIS! come on, I also have feelings, not a dumb fool fan who will follow everything she(Beyonce) said/did. Neither should you follow blindly what your favourite celebrities do.

Anyway, I'll stop talking about this Bootylicious diva for a while..Thanks for making my beautiful nightmare comes true!

Actually, right now I'm having flu and don;t feel like kicking the door. But someday I will..haha.

Instead of cursing the singer, why don't I just sleep and rest! A long weekend is awaiting for me! see ya b.b.s!

Reality double check!

Sky rocketing lifestyle and fame whoring world: checked! it was a dream.

living the normal life is THE new REALITY! It seemed hard to sink in, but it's already sunk into the bottom of my heart(yoh..Britney indah!, hambik kau peminat britney), no more shipwrecked! no more discomfort, but acceptance of new environment.

I used to rant over 'being posted' in this small village. What I didn't know was the newfound life is what I have been looking for my whole life. I guess I've been drifted away by the city life of KL and Shah Alam. Which I don't blame. And blinded by the promises that it could bring. NOT anymore. Wise with age, not wither upon rippening!Sik Coba, Sik encerik!

TAK KENAL MAKA TAK CINTA ~ I thought it's only applied in KBSR/KBSM. Now I realize the saying is prevalent to everything. I'll write a special dedication to SMK Spaoh in another post that I plan to do. Wait for 10/11/2009-1 year anniversary of my posting in this school. Though no sign of wrinkles on my face, sign of maturity begins to appear.

I absolutely love this place now and have no plan to move. Not in another 10 years, or 20 years? hmm..only time will tell. For now, I'm thankful for being where I am now. Wish that every new teacher will get their reality checked soon!

Passion = satisfaction

I love cooking, especially when it challenges my skills, knowledge and creativity. It requires a lot of preparation and some budget sheet to consider to. But I've never been that fussy about the price, after all it's food for your stomach. You are what You eat.

Food presentation is another thing that i'm most passionate about. Though I have to exclude the 'after-eating' routine which is cleaning up! That's the last thing I'll put in mind, or else my plan will be disturbed by some discomfort feeling of Laziness! Not to mention, drying the plates and arranging it in the basket/cabinet. That's when I need assistant. Usually when I was at home, the ladies(my mum and aunties) would take this task without complain.

Lets talk about the food: be it eastern or western, I like both and preparing them shows one's ability to distinguish the main ingredient in the recipe. The best part of the whole thing is the presentation and the judgment time. While people are enjoying your food, the amount of satisfaction can only be told in one word : INFINITY of HAPPY-ness.

Occasionally, I'd love to go out and have a great dinner with friends. It's a time when you can share laughter or problems. The best is DRAMA! as your friends can go draMAtic over a 'slow' service. I think sometimes we have to stop complaining and just be a bit patient. After all, it's about food. Everyone in the room is the customer. Once bitten twice shy...maybe it's a good idea NOT to go to the same place again if the service sucks. DOn'T come again. Then, maybe they will feel the impact of losing the most valuable customer. It's their lose, not yours! DIVA rampage!





I absolutely agree with the MALAY saying: Jangan bergaduh depan rezeki(makanan) in Iban culture, it's called Mali! In bidayuh, It's Porih! In your own understanding: Don;t do it!

Anyway, my passion of writing food has turned into messages of advice. Take it or leave it. It's not for the faint-hearted!

A date with BeyoWulf

25 September 2009 is gonna be a night to remember! I don't have to announce it again: BEYONCE performs LIVE in MALAYSIA.

Look at the tix that I got. Pretty awesome huh? It cost me a month of lunchtime! So, here we go to thin stick body.



and look at the seating plan! cool huh?


Words can't describe my happiness! I think it will be my first and last concert! DOn't think that I'll do this again...but they say...NEVER say NEVER!

Until then, it's all a sweet dream and beautiful nightmare.. muah muah..

Tupperware , not tapau-way!

To Tapau or not?

Polystyrene is not a healthy choice, with some 'buts' depends on the situation.
I can't clearly remember how I've become such a huge Tupperware fan!Thanks to Mr. leong for his marketing. They are just irresistible and the colours are just so tempting that I have to get one myself!(Hmm, I sound motherly=maknenek).

I'll tell you why. just look at this collection of water handolier:


I have one of this green handolier, but i like the blue handler more. The simple string makes it sexier than the given package. So I bought the green handolier and requested for the blue handler.



I take them everywhere I go, and drink more plain water nowadays. (Mineral, not distilled or drinking water.) I feel healthier and energized nowadays.So now, I become Zexier!

Say no to boredome, and Hi to extravaganza!

There's nothing funnier than watching 'extravaganza'- an indonesian sitcom thatyou may want to relate with our own 'SENARIO'. Compared to Senario, the jokes from extravaganza is way up to date and spontaneous. I keep on laughing when i recall the scenes from the different episodes.

You may find this show by typing 'extravaganza - pretty woman' in youtube. From there, the links go on and on. You don;t need to be proficient in Bahasa Indonesia(Inonesia dialect) because it's quite similar to our malay language. However, on personal level, I think Indonesian language has a wider range of humours tone to it; the tone conveys the message in just the right way.

Anyway, enjoy your weekends with this show!

I wanna run...smash into you

I was laughing my *rse out when I read Mel's blog! Heineken n Cheesecake huh? I'd rather call mine, 'Ribena n Snowman'! anyway...if that doesn't ring a bell, this will!

In response to her blog, I'd also like to talk about these three unique creatures in my life! It seems like we're bonding more than ever compared to the time when we're 'congested' in that house! It's the best definition of human trafficking! Why would we do that at the first place? simply for fun? haha..we knew better! Yes, of course it's for fun.. we were younger, less innocent than now(haha) n we never cared how the world looked like until Gaza! Oh, come on!

Imelda, Alby and Llyod!

I would call this three people 'rare creatures' bcoz i can't possibly define them in human manners. Though we can't possibly be the same, our mutual understanding or the so-called 'infra-red' worked really well until today. Though we need to uPgRadE our 'system'.

We're like the different types of coffee, there's a mocha, a latte, a cappucino and a white coffee. simply Zexy!haha! and indeed we're coffee lovers! I'm an addict!

If you could go back in time, think and ponder about this questions.

1) would u go back in time and tell urself how lucky u are?

2)would i scold 'stupid-stupid' to the one who caused 'open-burning' in the house?

3)would u quarrel over stupid issues like..."Britney sucks?! Beyonce's screaming voice! and defend ur points?

THE ANSWER FOR NO.3 is a BIG YES YES for US! hahahaha.

4) would u feel guilty to go clubbing again?

5)Would u clean the floor if it's wet? (haha, lap satu rumah!)

6)would u ever, ever want to join BEC rosary? hahah...DONT"SSSSSSSSSS worry!

I miss this 3 people in my life, and one day, we'll hook up again and indulge in a more mature conversation!

Mature????....never say Never!