Hari ni Hari Guru kan. Tetibe teringat kat cikgu-cikgu masa sekolah dulu. Since I went to quite a few school, cikgu-cikgu pun ramai lah jugak sampai dah tak teringat dah. Let see sape yang I ingat lagi. (p/s : Entry adalah super panjang. Read at your own risk. Hehehe....)
Sek. Keb Lembah Keramat, KL (1985-1986)
This is a new school and I'm the first batch. I was in darjah Satu Merah. My class teacher ialah Puan Normah. Loaded cikgu ni sebab drive a BMW. Every Wednesday she treated us for light meal; nasi lemak, ice-cream in a cup and macam-macam lagi lah. She taught us gardening jugak ok. My choice of pokok to tanam ialah bendi (lady's finger) and pokok I telah berjaya mengeluarkan hasil ok. Wah baru standard one dah tunjuk skill gardening kan. Hehehe....
My english teacher adalah one indian lady and her favourite sentences ialah, "Class, please keep quiet!" Cikgu music lelaki but I can't remember his name. During music lesson, kena pegi kelas music yang ada all sort of peralatan music dalam tu. Best sangat. I love this school sebab depan rumah aje and cikgu-cikgu semua best la. Until today I paling ingat kat Cikgu Normah tu la. I wonder whether dia masih hidup or not sebab masa dia ajar I pun dia dah agak berusia.
I didn't went to kindergarten but I can read, write and count when I entered standard one. At this school, every class ada almari buku yang penuh dengan story book. So sangat heaven ok boleh baca buku cerita kanak-kanak yang best. Halfway masa standard two (Dua Merah) I moved to a new school.
Sek Ren Bantuan Mejar Jeneral Dato' Ibrahim, Kuching, Sarawak (1986-1990)
This new school is located at a different army camp so kena naik trak ke sekolah. I was in darjah 2 Ungu and the class teacher ialah Puan Noraidah Md Yunos. She was my class teacher for 4 years; until I standard 5. She's a really nice teacher. If masa kat KL my teacher ajar gardening, then kat Kuching pulak this Puan Noraidah taught us to sew. Yes menjahit you all. Budak darjah dua kena menjahit. Kalau kat kelas I jahit la sendiri tapi kalau bawak balik I mengelat, suruh maid I tolong jahit. Hahaha.... Kejap aje dah siap. Cantik pulak tu. Yang menarik pasal cikgu ni ialah, we called her Puan instead of Cikgu. The class would say, "Selamat Pagi Puan Noraidah!" or "Terima kasih Puan Noraidah. Esok jumpa lagi Puan Noraidah".
English teacher masa standard two adalah sangat garang; Cikgu Philip. Ngeri ok dengan cikgu ni. Just imagine, on my first day I dah kena rotan dengan pembaris dekat tangan sebab tak de buku. Hello I'm a new student ok. Sakit betul kena rotan. I rasa masa sekolah dulu, class teacher would taught us all the subject. Yang berbeza pun waktu english and agama aje. So I tak berapa nak ingat sangat cikgu-cikgu yang lain.
At this school, Tahap Satu (Year 1-3) guna nama warna and Tahap Dua (Year 4-6) guna nama bunga. At first, Year 1,3,5 morning session and Year 2,4,6 afternoon session. Tapi bila I masuk standard 4, dah tukar. Year 1-3 afternoon session and year 4-6 morning so I dulu sempat afternoon session masa standard 2 aje. Even sampai secondary pun sentiasa morning session. Masa standard 3 pun kelas ungu jugak.
Anyway, I was in standard 4-5 Kenanga and masa standard 6 barulah this school separate us masuk kelas ikut kedudukan semasa exam so merasa lah I masuk kelas 6 Melur (ehem-ehem kelas no 1 ye). Tak sangka betul. The new class teacher ialah Cikgu Johari Hj Alimin. English teacher Miss Foo Ai Kim, kelas agama was taught by Ustaz Alauddin and music by Cikgu Jamil Jaya Tan. I tak berapa ingat la if there's any other teacher. Tapi this is the best class ever sebab banyak memori manis sekolah rendah adalah masa standard 6.
When I was in standard 2-5, selalu je kena denda tau. Jemur kat panas la, ketuk-ketampi dekat panas la, buat kerja sekolah dekat kaki lima la. Takat rotan and cubit tu tok sah cakap la. All that was due to my laziness in finishing my homework. Yup I cukup malas betul buat homework. My exam result was really good, I tak pernah dapat merah langsung. Always in A, B or paling teruk pun C la tapi bab homework memang tak dapat nak tolong la. Pemalas ya rabbi. So merasa la kena semua tu kan. Tapi bila kena tu tahan aje la kan. No way I nak mengadu-ngadu kat my mom melainkan nak kena lagi seround 2. Hahaha......
Although masa kena denda adalah sangat sakit tapi I tak de la benci kat cikgu-cikgu tu. Eh sebenarnya bila ingat-ingat balik, it was ustazah yang suka denda I tu tau. My Puan Noraidah tak pernah denda I rasanya. Dia suruh I masuk pertandingan-pertandingan ada la. One thing I ingat lagi pasal Puan Noraidah ni ialah masa standard 4, final exam I dapat no 3. Then ada budak lelaki cina yang dapat no 4 telah merajuk and tak nak datang sekolah. Setelah dipertimbangkan semula, cikgu tukar I dapat no 4 and that boy dapat no 3 sebab markah lukisan that boy adalah lebih sikit dari I. So tak merasa la I nak naik pentas amik hadiah kan. Tapi one day masa kat kelas, in front of all my friends, Puan Noraidah telah menghadiahkan I sebuah buku sebab katanya untuk replace hadiah yang I patut dapat tu la kan. Wah bila teringat ni terasa sebak pulak. That book was about basic conversation in english. Sepanjang cuti sekolah, I baca buku tu setiap hari that from standard 5 onwards, my english adalah sangat baik. Thanks Puan Noraidah. Thank you so much kerana membuka ruang for me to improve my english.
Tapi during my last year in primary school, memang sangat heaven. Kawan-kawan best, cikgu best, semualah best. That's why banyak memori masa standard 6 yang I masih ingat. I left that school as one of the best students; dapat straight A masa UPSR. Tak ramai pun masa batch I; dalam 13 orang je kot.
-to be continued-
