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!