Today, it started off with a little emcee-ing stint over at Al Mukminin mosque in Jurong East. it shldnt haf been sumting new to me as my fren and i haf been invited to emcee their annual sports day every year for the past 3 years!! hahaha truly a fantastic bunch of teachers, helpers and a closely knit community base i tell you..
However, this year there was going to be a bigger celebration with MP Grace Fu, committee members and Chairmen from here n there being present to witness the sports day, racial harmony booths, the all style martial arts competition and the national day observation ceremony. Well, to sum things up, i reallie am grateful to the mosque for inviting us year after year to emcee at this event.. Kirekan kiter tolong dorang, dorang pon tolong kiter ar in terms of exposure to this line of work. =D
Well, pics shall be up once my blogger can show me the upload image button.. I cant even change my font lah for God's sake.. haha and the pics shall be on facebook under masjid al mukminin's profile.. cool or wad..
Later in the afternoon, pooped after a day in the hot sun, i went out wif the family to a family friend's wedding.. Da sampai sane, we were greeted by scores of bikes of various classes, colours and COE prices!! well, nutting to be shocked about.. da semakin menjadi jadi kan these brides n grooms being ushered by their frens on bikes.. kalau skali skala ok lah.. kalau police dtg pon boleh buat aper kan?? da ramai sgt yg tgh buat bising.. nyehehe..
Anyways, as we were eating abt 3 tables away from the pelamin, a 40-plus-yr-old man got to the mike and made this announcement.. "Kepada semuer budak2 otai eh.. korang tahu korang siape.. yg old timers harap dpt naik pelamin, kiter amek gambar ramai2.. sumer old timers please.."
Upon noticing that not many were moving.. he SHOUTED...
"Eh yg tuer-tuer pat blakang tu.. CEPAT DA!!" then some of them made some comments about the tuer part.. thus he added..
"Ye lah bodoh, aku tahu aku pon tuer.. siape cakap aku tak tuer, bodoh.. cepat lah naik pelamin.."
At this point of time, i was quite shocked.. no no.. more of appalled and embarrassed cos this pakcik was shouting into the mike mcm rumah dier nyer bilik air gituk abeh dier takde tuala lepas mandi... seriously seh.. takkan lah kalau umur da lanjut maseh tak tahu how to carry urself in front of others, especially when its not even YOUR child's wedding.. Members mmg members, yes, tapi takya lah excited sampai mcm gituk...
And it brought the question to this simple mind of mine.. Seeing generations of members in that certain bike club, i couldnt help but wonder.. what IS it that these clubs do?? ramai2 gituk dorang asek gi Malaysia ajer ke?? as in racing, holiday, duduk kedai kopi??
I noe some clubs haf extended their helping hands and done their bit for charity but i doubt so for this certain club..
~Disappointed Malay Boi~
Posted by hanan bunny at 11:38 pm
A short stint with little ones..
Well well, tis been quite sumtime since my last blog posting.. been kinda busy wif outings and chalets and work.. hahah ok maybe not work, but still, i haf resumed my hectic scedule of tuitions cos the kids gotta sit for the common tests and prelims which are looming SO close, "if it were a snake, it wld have bitten them" (The Office Lady from Grease). =D
Anyways, my recent week had been well spent i believe, with relief teaching at a school in the west.. I haf heard of it plenty of times but never did i noe where it was situated at.. Well, upon my arrival on the first day, i was greeted by a chirpy looking teacher who made this comment "Have you been on Suria before?" Now what better way to start off ur relief teaching stint at a relatively unfamiliar place by being mistaken for a celebrity?!?! nyehehehhe
*brings hanan back to the ground*
Anyways, i was allocated to teach a new P1 or P2 class for every day that i was relief teaching, such that almost all the students in the afternoon session practically noes my name.. hahaha These kids are just too adorable to describe.. those who are devilish are reallie testing my patience to the max.. but those who are cute and wanna learn reallie make my face cramp up cos i wanna smile but cant, cos the class may step on my head if i show too much of the smile..
Anyways, this teaching stint reallie made me realise how tough these kids are to control!! and this gives me a totally new found respect for P1 and P2 teachers!! *bows to the senseis around Singapore* Anyways, i finished up my entire stash of tissues in 3 days at the primary school!! Kids were crying like all of a sudden, without me doing anything!! hahaha seriously!! and the reasons as to why they cried buckets were even more laughable lah bebz..
1) i was drawing an animal on the board and the kids were told to guess what the animal was.. Then suddenly there was this wailing and as i turned, an indian boy was crying his eyes out, wif his bigger sized malay fren beside holding a bottle.. Craps.. so i called both of them to the side of the class while the rest of the kiddos kept quiet..
so i asked the indian boy 'did ur fren hit u with the bottle?'
he shook his head and pointed to a girl. So i called her up to explain..
apparently, the girl said dat the animal i was drawing, looked like the indian boy..
and thus he cried..
2) i gave a maths quiz to P2 kids.. they were to get into 5 groups and at any one time, one representative was to come up and answer a question.. Thus, they had the power to collect points with every question correct!! alot of responsibility for an 8 year old huh? nyehehe anyways.. one of them refused to do his working and insisted on mental sums for a list of questions!! hahaha he sounded smart and hailed from the People's Republic of China anyways.. so i thot, not a problem!
But when i checked, his answer was kind of way off tangent so i had to mark him wrong.. But, i told him it was okay and that his mistake was a small one..
So he nodded and went back to his seat.. moments later, the waterworks began..
i dunno how it happened.. it was just sooo sudden...