K : Fazlin, yang wangi dalam bilik kau tu apa?
Me : Daun pandan?
K : Bukan. Yang wangi-wangi itu. Aku lalu bilik kau nak ke tandas, adoi harumnya.
Me : Oh pewangi bilik.
K : Ada jual ka?
PA : Di mana jual?
Me : Di Giant ada, Servey juga ada.
K : Ooo ada jual la ba.
Me : Ada.
K : Aku ingat yang wangi-wangi itu kau guna untuk halau hantu.
Me : …. (korang lah antu tu, ha ha ha ha ha)
Monthly Archives: February 2009
From where I am.
Update from school.
I have actually typed an entry. But as soon as I clicked ‘Publish’, it was gone. No where to be found and it is not published.
Haih. So here it goes again.
I am now able to use the internet in school. Thanks to HOT days! Haha. Which means that there is enough light to generate energy to make the server work. Woohoo!
I rely on solar during the day and generator at night, remember?
I have gotten my surat lantikan, which means gaji as early as April, if possible. Woohoo!
There is now a TV in the staff room / office. I can now watch Wanita Hari Ini while writing my lesson plans. Reception is as clear as Astro. Woohoo!
I have spent my first weekend here in Beluran. So, yesterday I did nothing at all apart from lazying around on my bed. Woohoo!
I have the whole house to myself for the coming week. Woohoo!..Err..not so.
Scary, ok!
It’s pretty scary though teachers have said that I am ‘kuat semangat’ enough to stay alone. So, I have requested a girl from my Year 6 class to sleep in my house at night, if her mom permits.
Teaching these children can be very, VERY challenging. Lack of exposure, I suppose. There is only one pupil in Lower Primary who can read and she still need a lot of guidance.
Almost all pupils in Upper Primary can read but they still have problems in blending the sounds to utter the words. Plus, they read an English text just the same as reading a Malay text. The word ‘like’ will become ‘lik’, for example.
I was teaching Year One the other day. On the board, I had a list of words listed in alphabetical order. Then, came the letter J with the word ‘jar’. I asked, ‘What is a jar?’ hoping to get the correct answer in BM. One kid answered, ‘Jar… jar… belajar, teacher.’ Ok. That’s fine. Then came the letter M with the word ‘moon’. Again, I asked, ‘What is this?’, pointing at the word. The same kid answered, ‘Muntah, teacher.’
Huks.
Thank God that I only have three pupils in Year 1. Yes, three, tres, 3.
I get very exhausted at the end of the day, just from teaching. So I spent most of my afternoon sleeping. Haha.
Hurm hurm. What else?
Can’t think of any.
Oh, I don’t have to attend the sukan daerah after all. Save me from all the sunburn. Haha.
That’s all for now. Will update soon.
Daa~