烤焦的华人

我的同事是个喜欢到处说自己是Cina Bakar的印度人。

因为觉得别人有事无事来问自己是什么种族真的很无聊兼无谓。

是什么种族很重要吗？

有必要强调自己的种族性吗？

这是她的人生哲学。

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有一天。

学生：“老师，你是什么人？”

同事：“我啊，是Cina Bakar。”

学生：（吓到）“什么？老师不是印度人吗？”

同事：（认真的表情）“不是，我是Cina Bakar。”

学生：“哦。。。” （然后花了很长时间来消化这个令人震惊的讯息。）

几天后。

该学生再来找同事。

学生：“老师，我有些话想对你说。。。可是你不要生气哦。。”

同事：“有什么事？讲啦。”

学生：（战战兢兢）“可是老师你不要觉得受伤害哦。。”

同事：“不会不会，尽管说。”

学生：（吞一吞口水）“老师，我怎么看都觉得你很像印度人呐。。。”

同事：“啥？我很像印度人？！”（心里：我根本就是印度人好不好！）

学生：“对啊！一点都不像Cina Bakar！”

同事：“...............”

几秒后。

同事：（恍然大悟）“啊哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈。。。。”

学生：“什么？！老师骗人的！！！！”

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跟另一个同事习惯用英语沟通。

可是两个华人用英语对话的画面看在这里人眼里着实很奇怪。

有一天。

学生：（顶不顺）“老师，不要讲英语！我们听不懂！”

我：（莫名其妙）“啥？又不是在跟你们讲话。。。”

同事：“想听得懂就多学英语啦。”

学生：“是华人就该讲华语！”

同事：“我不是华人。”（微笑兼淡定地看着学生）

学生：“.............”

学生

以为办公室政治很黑暗、很恐怖。
哪知道本应育人子弟的教师耍起手段来更狠。
这里发生的事情太多，虽不怎么让人愉快，却也没怎么影响到自己。反正万事有人挡着，只要自己做好本分就可以了。

倒是学生的问题比较困扰自己。
最近一大群所谓的问题学生面临被退学的危机。
昨天跟同事特地提早到学校。想说若我学生的家长来学校见纪律老师至少可以帮忙翻译之类的。
等啊等，结果有位学生的家长来办公室找我。
看得出这位家长很担心这位孩子。还主动给我她的电话号码。说到最后还差点哭出来。
唉。
孩子啊。很想摇醒你们。

下午因为某些无谓的活动，所有课堂都被取消。
反正闲着也是闲着，所以和同事两个人趁机抓了几位面临被退学的学生，“逼”他们写自白信。
强迫他们听我们念句子，再将每个字spell出来。
也因为这样，我们大概晓得他们的识字程度。
唉。难怪他们在学校那么叛逆。完全不明白老师在课堂上讲什么，一定下意识很想逃跑吧。

虽然很头痛也很疲累，可是却度过还算愉快的下午。
一直唠叨他们，唠叨到自己也觉得自己面目可憎。
尤其跟预备班矮mini“大佬”的“一对一自白信session”更是让我笑开怀。
超可爱的矮冬瓜。^.^
哟。
很不希望他被退学。
这么有潜质当笑星的学生，被当掉实属可惜。
我还想继续欺负我的开心果咧。

迟到的原因

三位学生迟进班。
老师质问迟到原因。
学生A：“Cikgu, saya teman B pergi tandas berak.”
学生B：“Ya, cikgu, saya pergi berak tadi.”
学生C：“Cikgu, saya pergi ke tandas tengok B berak.”
结果全被处罚。

发生在朋友身上。
很佩服朋友没有当场哈哈大笑。
如果是我早就hold不住了。

哈啰。
我回来了。
带着遍体的鳞伤。

The Beginning Of Everything

Before making any new year's resolution, I decided that it is better to end this super eventful year 2011 by self-reflecting (while chatting with my BFF on Skype -.-).

My best moments in 2011:

1. Graduate from my beloved university, which signifies the end of my lazy-comfy-relaxing-freefromanything student life, which also means I am leaving that lovely small peaceful town forever ohnooo =(  I remember during the last semester I had been walking a lot in campus alone and reminiscing the four years that I had spent there (all the crazy, childish, immature, happy, hilarious, sad, emo etc etc etc moments awww). Sometimes I think I could have spent those years in a more meaningful way but no regret. Those years are still awesome.

2. Get to know some juniors better. Enough said. When you know more people whom you can truly connect to, the world just appears to be prettier miraculously. 

3. Spending the whole month (May 2011) doing crazy stuff at different places (Michigan, Wisconsin, Chicago) with my loved ones. Friends, thank you for giving me such wonderful memories. My love and gratitude for my friends are beyond words.

4. Meeting old friends in Australia. It is heart-warming to know that even after so many years we still keep in touch and the bond is still there. Love you mates.

5. A fulfilling-meaningful-dreamcomestrue adventure in South Africa. Needless to elaborate much. BEST trip ever omg. Experienced the heart-wrecking moments. Felt all the emotions. Reflect. Serve. Compassion. Respect. Selflessness. Friendships. Family love. Awesomeness. Everything still seems so surreal to me.

6. TFM journey. I would say this is probably the most life-changing experience in my life. My very own life trajectory is changed drastically after making the decision of joining TFM. Well, no turning back and the journey has been awesomely amazing so far. Tears. Joy. Craziness. Fatigue. Challenge. Inspiring. Angry. Overwhelming. Scared. Worried. Persevered. Friendships. Support. The two months that I had spent with 49 other awesome people up in Genting will forever be engraved in my mind. AWESOMESAUCE.

7. Catching up with friends. Friends really mean a lot to me but sometimes I cannot help myself from thinking that I am losing more and more friends after coming back to Malaysia. Everyone is walking on totally different paths now and I feel distant from them at times =(  Well, after all the wonderful encounters towards the end of the year, I begin to realize that people come and go, but in the end, what truly matters is treating every person sincerely and wholeheartedly when they are around. Still a long way to go to learn to be grateful and appreciative.

wow. so panjang lebar can die. My instinct tells me I should stop right now and go to bed so that tomorrow can have a pleasant journey back to the big blackhole Kuala Selangor. -.-

BUT, I shall end this post with a cliche New Year's resolution before I go back to the bottomless blackhole omg.

What I want to achieve in 2012:

1. Stay healthy

2. Spend more quality time with family 

3. Save more money (since my salary so little omg)

4. Sail through the challenges in school (always remind myself that everything I do is for my students)

5. Be positive and motivated 

6. Know more and more awesome people!

Good night peeps. 

and.

HAPPY NEW YEAR! :)