Ramadhan Kareem ♥

This week kicked off itself badly. tied to bed due to influenza-like-illness, quarantined for two days while i squirmed on the bed thinking of the never-ending-unfinished work at school. with the preparation for Hari Anugerah Cemerlang (where i got to boss people around!), marking of the monthly test papers, PMR trial papers, preparing for the pecutan akhir PMR and a whole bunch of other stuff, i dragged myself to school though i got MC from the doctor.

Though the only thing that kept me going is the thought that holidays are coming soon! that’s what i told myself everyday.

“takpe, cuti lagi berape hari je lagi ni” i said it over and over again.

and even when i encountered with annoying-students-who-thinks-that-they’re-to-cool-for-school, i calmed myself by saying “takpe, lagi brape hari je nak tgk muke budak ni”

and today, FINALLY came. everyone is smiling. the students were grinning, teachers were beaming with holiday glow,

and when my kids came and greet me Happy Fasting, they asked for fogiveness and such, there’s a warm feeling that i feel inside, i felt so appreciated and loved and i felt like hugging all of my students. ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥

i love the fact that it is now holiday and i can be in Manjung with my mum but i also can’t wait for the school to re-open so that i can have iftar with my students!

and guess what, i drove out from school with a heavy feeling and a loud sigh.

beria kan?

p/s : happy fasting everyone!

setiap ada kamu.

buah-buah hati pengarang jantung saya di sekolah.

yang sentiasa mengawal keselamatan kereta saya.

yang sentiasa datang apabile dipanggil pada bila-bila masa.

yang pandai menghiburkan bile saye stress.

yang pandai mengambil hati saye dengan nyanyian sumbang.

yang selalu tahu bile untuk belikan saye nescafe ais dari kantin sekolah.

yang selalu tolong cabut rumput kat rumah.

yang selalu jadi bodyguard bile kene pergi sekolah malam-malam.

baju hitam putih : “cikgu, doa saya dapat pergi Australia macam cikgu yer”

baju biru putih : “engkaulahhhh yang satuuuu… pujaaan hatikuuu” (yerp, he’s THAT one)

baju putih : *budak ni asyik menyaaaaaaanyi je, tak ingat ape bende yg die cakap*

anak-anak muridku kaki bodek.

oh oh my students!

they like to put up faces and melt my heart. they do things that make me smile and love them even more.

i always entered the class with a smile, cheerful and eager face, coz i believe that they’re contagious and i hope my students would be happy, cheerful and eager to learn in class too.

though there are days that i entered class with  a very stern-moody-siaplah-kau-kene-jerkah-dgn-aku-lepas-ni face. usually on tuesdays, on my 5th period that day. this class (4K3) are the second last class (the last class is the MPV-PMDR class). All of them are boys. 20 chinese boys, 4 malays and one indian boy.

ok, that one day, i entered the class with a “serabut” face. and the monitor goesss….

“Good Afternoon Miss Nisa canteekkkkk” !

and so the whole class followed ” GOOD AFTERNOON MISS NISA CANTEEKK” ! ! !

yes you’re right. glowing seyhh muke aku lepas tu (hehe).

on that same day day as well, this happened :

Boy : Lau She Nisa, you aaaa manyakk cantikk oooo, you aaa no 2 dalam saya punya senalai.

Me : really? u letak sapa nombor 1?

Boy : no 1 aaa itu cikgu Cheng ( a gergeous and fashionable chinese teacher who looks like Dynaz ), no 2 aaa you laaa….

Me: itu no 3 ?

Boy : itu Pn Ho yang mcm Maggie Cheung itu rupa….

Me : hahahahahhaa

and i’m in between Dynaz and Maggie Cheung? hahahaha ….

and these 4k3 boys love basketball! and their basketball balls are very sacred to them, no one can touch them especially the malays and the indians (!!??!), though however Pn Ho (yang mcm Maggie Cheung itu rupa) once showed me the ball and you know what is written on them?

<3 Miss Nisa.

aawwwwwwwwww…. i am in love with my kidsssss!!!!!!!!!!!!

mendidih.

di satu tengahari yang panas.

Miss Nisa : okay, copy this into your LITERATURE book ok?

* writes on the whiteboard*

Students A : teacher! teacher! kene salin ke tu?

Miss Nisa : eh takdelah, satgi kamu bawak whiteboard ni pi koperasi pi photostat.*continues to write*

after 5 minutes…

Student B : teacher! teacher! salin dalam buku literature ke?

Miss Nisa : eh? kan saye kate salin dalam buku Math tadi? kamu x dengar ke..

aku boleh nampak hati  anak-anak murid aku mendidih. hahhahaha. ade aku kesahhh???

Opick – Allah cinta.

Allah cinta pada orang berzikir
Allah cinta pada orang berfikir
Allah cinta pada orang yang taat
Allah cinta pada orang bertaubat

Allah cinta pada orang yang jujur
Allah cinta pada orang bersyukur
Allah cinta pada orang dermawan
Allah cinta pada orang yang sabar

hidup di dunia hanyalah sebentar
setiap perbuatan kan mendapat balasan
hidup di dunia hanyalah sejenak
setiap pertaubatan kan mendapat ampunan

Allah ya Allah
Allah ya Rahman
Allah ya Allah
Allah ya Rahim

Doktor, saye stress.

“doktor, saye stress” i told the doctor.

“saye rase saye x mampu pergi sekolah hari ni, saye nak jalan-jalan release tension”.

At 9 a.m my housemate and I left Pantai Remis for Taiping. we wore quiet shabby clothes for we planned  to only stroll around Taiping Lake Garden , eat the famous Kuey Teow Dolly and go back home.

and you know how God is a better planner? hehe

Kuey Tew Dolly is closed on Fridays. *sigh*. how could i forget bout that? so we went to Pizza Hut instead. While fidgeting with our Royal Masala pizza,

*lightbulb on my head*    “kenape kite tak pegi Penang je tadi?”
and i could see an evil grin on my housemate face (her BF is working in Penang).

so, off we go to Penang.

and meet her BF. that guy took us to Taman Perbandaran where we chilled out, ate ice cream, teased the monkeys and enjoyed the scenery.

and i thought of ‘Ainur. i know she would be mad at me if i did not tell her that i was in Penang. so i called her. and yes, like i expected, the swear-words-vommit. after a few boddooooooohhh!, bongooooooookkk! and celakeeeeeeee!, we decided to have dinner somewhere near her place.

i dont know how to describe my feelings when i see ‘Ainur standing there in front of the restaurant. we hugged for a long time. its nice to finally see your friend of 6 years when you are constantly surrounded by new people (though sebenarnye, it was less than one month ago ‘Ainur came to my house).

we had an enjoyable dinner. the tandoori nan tasted so good! probably because of the company.

after two hours, we decided to start our journey back to Pantai Remis. parting is such a sweet sorrow. oh. the hug were brief this time. as a sign that we’ll see each other soon. we’ll work it out somehow. right ‘Ainur?

bak kate ‘Ainur,  “rase x it;s good knowing that you’re friend is just 2 hours away?” . heheh.

we took the ferry back to the mainland. and how the sea breeze reminds me of the ferries in Circular Quay and
the spontaneous decision Majidah and i made to ride the ferry the whole night!

arrived in Pantai Remis at 9.30 pm feeling rejuvenated!

i received a few smses from my students.

“cikguuu, mana cikguu pii hariniii???? tak bersemangattt ni cikguu takdak”

hahah.

jumpe hari isnin ni budak-budak oi!

Engkaulah yang satu, pujaan hatiku.

gosh. life had been so hectic for me in the past couple of weeks. and it will continue to be so.

though it’s been a tremendously-busy-you-feel-like-u-gonna-die-weeks, i sailed through with smiles and laughters.

grin.grin.grin.grin.

and i’m falling in love with teaching deeper and deeper everyday.

i think i have soooooooooo much love to give.

i was serving as a pegawai at the Kejohanan Olahraga Daerah for 4 days, trained my students until late evenings, and though i splat my body with a huge amount of sunblock, i still got sunburnt, and thanks to the frequent visit to the beach,  i am 3 shades darker than i used to be.

i complained this to my students. in a joking way.

“tau takk, sbb hangpala aku dah itam legam ni, kalau hangpa tak menang gak, aku tataula”

and one of my indian students replied.

“cikgu, kalau cikgu nak nampak putih cikgu dudukla sebelah saye”

awwwwwwwwww. aaawwwwww. aaaawwwwwwwwwwww.

i have awesomely adorable studentsssss.

and i have this one students who will sing “Engkaulaahhh yang satuuuu, pujaaann hatikuuuu” everytime he sees me. even during the assembly. adoi. though, my day would be incomplete if i didn’t hear him sing that annoying tune.

i thank God for all the love that i received and all the love that i can give.

true, love does make your head spin around. joyously.

smile.smile.smile.smile.

of lesen motor, yassin and lepat pisang.

*beep* i received one text message from my student.

“cikgu boleh tolong saye tak cikgu? tolong eh cikgu”

i think my heart nearly stopped beating. what have my student got himself into?

kene belasah ke, kene tangkap polis ke.  i think only the worst.

“apekah” was my reply.

“cikgu boleh tolong bacekan yasin untuk saye x? saye nak test motor esok. mak saye kate kalau cikgu doa selalu makbul”

phewwwwwww.  and i thought i have to make a visit to the police station.

(if u’re teaching in my school, kes-kes polis ni biase jerk).

after a few days, this particular student came and see me.

Student : Cikgu! Saye lulus test motor!

Cikgu Nisa : Alhamdulillah.

Student : *gave me a plastic bag* ni saye belikan cikgu lepat pisang, saye tau cikgu suke makan lepat pisang, tapi saye mampu beli due je. cikgu makan yer.

….. and those were the most delicious lepat pisang i’ve ever eaten in my life.

life is short, but you’re here to flower.

for the last two weeks, i arrived at home at 7.30 everyday. i trained volleyball and handball at the same time. God knows how i managed it, but i did it. yesterday (Saturday) was the last training for volleyball before the school hols, i was flat out. i have no energy but since my boys are so eager to practice, i have no heart to turn them down.

we practised from 8 a.m. and during the 5 minutes break, one of my boys said “Cikgu, jom pi Teluk Senangin, kesian kat cikgu penat train kitorang, jom kita pi jalan-jalan tenangkan fikiran” . and i was like “aaaaaaaawwwwwwwwwwwwwww”.

so we finished 3 sets of game after that, and i drove to Teluk Senangin while the boys rode their motorbikes from behind and the front of my car (rase macam duta kene escort je, haha).

and oh god! i loooooove the sea. it is part of my life and i love living near  the sea. i parked my car and raced my students to the crystal clear water!

while they splashed themselves in the sea, i took a slow stroll along the beach.

…………………………………..

there are no words that could describe my feelings at that time.

i pondered about my life, my school, my students and my future.

i had a good chat with the boys.

we laughed, we sang, they told me their life stories, they shared their secrets.

i membebel sikit. (hehe)

i also taught them some present and past tense , using the sand as my whiteboard. heeeeee

it was blissfull.

i was so happy,

and the most important thing, my students were happy too.

smile. smile. smile. smile. smile. smile.

beautiful angels

i’m typing away from a computer course at school. geez. and you think students are only the naughty ones? ngeeeeee.

there were videos shown just now about teachers who’s teaching in the rural and remote areas, and i could not stop thinking bout you guys, my friends who are the beautiful angels who were posted there.

mien, alin, jarod, hadi, ina, syida and many more (you know who u are).

my prayers and thoughts are always with  guys.

Pengorbanan kalian hanya Tuhan yang mampu membalasnye.

keep doing what you’re doing now.

lots and lots and lottttssss of love!