Perbualan bersama makcik cleaner di MFI

Pagi tadi saya terserempak dengan seorang makcik cleaner di dalam tandas. Sementara saya sedang mencuci mug saya, dia berdiri di sebelah untuk berbual sambil melakukan aktiviti perisikan.

-Good morning cikgu!

-Good morning auntie!

-Itu semalam siapa tu cikgu? Yang keluar makan dengan cikgu?

-Ohhh...itu bekas anak murid saya. 

-Wo. Saya ingat kawan. Cikgu belum kalianam lagi ka?

-Belum la auntie. Tak ada lelaki mau kalianam sama saya. Tak mau keluar sama saya. Saya banyak tinggi la auntie.

-Wo. Itu macam ka. Itu tada berani punya worang.

-Ye la auntie. Orang putih kata no guts.

-Apa itu gut? Itu potong juga ka?

-Itu cut la auntie. Ini guts. Guts. Tada berani.

-Wo...itu tada tulurrr punya worang la cikgu!

So:

No guts=tada tulurr

Those are the wise words of our auntie cleaner at MFI.

A little poem for you my students

Yati the Paranoid Teacher

I am Yati the Paranoid Teacher

Who's always the tallest one ever

Students look at me

Their eyes fill with glee

And ask "Oh Madame! How's the weather?"

They come to me when I say shoo!

To speak a word of French or two

They greet me "Bonjour!"
"Madame how are you?"

"Are you taller than the ostrich in the zoo?"

The naughty intent in the greeting

Got me lil mushy brains a-thinking

Their stomach will curl

Into a knot as they hurl,

"Madame! Spit out the one you are eating!"

Heheheh no laaaa...you know I love all of you...my students are my constant source of amusement and wonder!

Anyway Happy Teacher's Day to all you educators out there!

Introduction to dance

The other day I hung out with my niece in the bedroom. We talked about stuff and the subject of dance came up. I told her I was going to a Zumba fitness workshop. Dia tanya apa tu? Mak Long cakap itu gabungan bermacam-macam jenis tarian latin. Oooo dia jawab. Latin tu apa Mak Long?

Maka bermulalah Introduction to Latin dance 101.

Then she told me she too liked to dance. She asked me to look away while she prepared her dance steps to show me. Selepas beberapa minit dia pun mempersembahkan sebuah tarian yang tidak dapat saya kenalpasti asal-usulnya dan dari genre apa kerana ia agak...pelik. Jadi saya tanya dia.

-Aina ini apa jenis joget ni? Takde muzik pun?

-Oh tak payah pakai muzik Mak Long. Nari je.

-Ohhh. What is it called?

-A chess dance.

-You mean a jazz dance?

-No. A chess dance.

-Tarian apa tu?

-Oh you dance the chess dance when your friend is playing chess. Untuk sokong dia. But you have to keep quiet when they play chess. So that's why there is no music.

Mak Long melopong.

-Ooohhhh. In that case we should have a Snake and Ladder dance as well. Untuk sokong kawan-kawan kita yang tengah main Snake and Ladder. Haaa yang ini boleh ada muzik sebab tak payah senyap-senyap!

-Tsk tsk tsk...(budak bertuah ni men-tsk tsk-kan aku)...of course I won't be doing the Snake and Ladder dance. I'd be too busy playing the game! So YOU have to do the dance to cheer me on!

Dang. Mana pulak aku nak cari snake suit ni. Dan cari pemain seruling juga. Any ideas?