Natal / Christmas

Akhirnya setelah selama seminggu menggantung antara mau & tidak natalan di IPB pagi ini dapat juga kepastiannya kalau jadi kita ngerayain natal di sana setelah ngikut acara lomba mewarnai.

Waktu pertama kali dapat berita kalau IPB mau ngadain acara lomba mewarnai & ngundang TK kita .. wah, aku surprise banget karena selama 5 thn ngajar belum pernah dapat tuh undangan buat ngikut acara apa pun yang di adain sama IPB. jadi menurut pemikiranku ini betul-betul kesempatan langka yang ga boleh di tolak dong.

Pada waktu itu sih kepsek sama semangatnya dengan kita-kita sampe sudah bikin rencana mau survey lokasi. tapi besokannya eh, berubah pikiran. tidak jadi. takut hujan. nanti gurunya ga ada kegiatan. wah, aku sempet sebel banget. bikin dong alasan yang rada masuk akal.

sejak itu aku udah ga mau nyinggung-nyinggung lagi soal IPB. kita malah sempat semingguan latihan drama natal. nah, tiba-tiba hari ini di kasih tau kalau jadi juga kita natalan di sana. drama ga jadi. lega juga sih. antara lega & kesal sebetulnya.

yg bikin lega ga usah terbengek-bengek ngurusin panggung dll. tapi keselnya ya karena itu tadi dari awal ga langsung bikin keputusan yang jelas & tegas. akhirnya hari ini kita jadi banting setir latihan nyanyi. mulai lagi dari awal. lagu baru.
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Finally, after a week in uncertainty about how & where we would have school xmas got the confirmation this morning that school will have it at the campus of Bogor Agriculture University because they invited us to participate on their colouring competition so we'll have our xmas there after the competition. they have never had such event so I'm really looking forward to go there. they have outbond site too that we can use. it's will be fun.

oh that will be held on saturday december 18th. after that school will have a long break. usually for a month. I can't wait !

I'm glad but also a bit upset because we've to do a new rehearsal as we won't do the xmas play. we're having singing rehearsals now. 

Hey, it's December!

Ya .. ya, sudah bulan Desember. bentar lagi natal! sik, sik, asyik! bukan natalnya sih yg asyik tapi karena udahannya sekolah libur .. hehehe .. itu yg di tunggu-tunggu. 


Kemarin aku pindah ke TK B pas jam pelajaran menggambar buat bantuin wali kelas TK B ngelatih anak buahnya latihan drama natal. yg namanya latihan, setiap tahun bisa bikin gurunya keriting. soalnya ini anak kecil yg ga bisa diam. jadi mana ada yang memperhatikan ini gilirannya siapa. akibatnya ya bu guru yang harus berkaok-kaok. 


wah, hari ini Sekar ngekor terus sama aku. bukan cuma di dalam kelas saja tapi keluar kelas. pokoknya kemana pun aku pergi, dia ada di belakangku sampai diketawain sama emak2 anak2 yg lain. tadinya aku ga nyadar. begitu emak2 ketawa baru aku sadar kalau ternyata Sekar ngebuntutin aku kemana pun aku pergi. alamak, bu Keke ada magnetnya ya ? ... hehehe. 


ada anak baru di kelas TK A. anaknya bongsor. namanya Clayment tapi panggilannya ... coba tebak? ... Keke! ... iya, bener! itu anak panggilannya Keke! gile! samaan dong namanya sama aku ... xixixixi ... wah, perasaan udah ada hak ciptanya tuh. kok masih ada yg niru sih? hehehe. ge-er banget deh!
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Oh my! it's December already! good! it's gonna be xmas soon! yeah! well, actually I am not waiting for xmas. it's school holiday that I'm looking forward .. lol ..


I helped assisting our xmas play rehearsal yesterday in the class for the 5 year olds. it's always giving us headache during rehearsals because the kids can't stay quiet. we've to shout out at them many times to make them quiet or calling out when it's their turn to do their parts. 


Sekar, a girl in my class, once again followed me around wherever I go in school today. I didn't realize it until I heard the moms laughed seeing her tailing me behind. so I've a magnet, eh ? lol ...


there's a new kid in my class who just attend class today. he's quite tall for his age. & guess what is his nickname ? .. Keke! .. yes, same with my name! .. lol! 

Makasih banget, Tuhan! / Thank u so much, God!

Di luar dugaan hari ini gajian ! haduh, puji sukur banget, Tuhan! di duit tinggal 20 ribu di rumah. masih ada sih cadangan tapi cuma 40 ribu ! tapi ya apa bisa cukup ?

tadi ada ibadah di sekolah buat emak-emaknya & mereka nyanyi lagu 'El-Shaddai, jangan kuatir .." sambil denger lagu itu aku senyum-senyum sambil mikir Tuhan lagi ngingetin aku supaya ga khawatir & aku pun mikir aku ga mau khawatir soal duit yang udah megap-megap di rumah. ternyata Tuhan selalu setia, dulu, sekarang & selamanya berkali-kali aku ngalamin model kayak gini & tepat pada waktunya Tuhan selalu menolong.
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Our salary is paid today, unexpected to me. but oh, so very thank God for that because I've got only Rp.20.000 left at home (about US$2). yes, I've got spare money about Rp.40.000,- but would it make it till the end of the month ?

there was a service held in school for the kids mothers & they sang El-Shaddai, let you not worry .." I heard it & smiled thinking God is reminding me not to worry & I decided I'd not worry about the money. God proved to me He is always faithfull before, today & forever. I've been experiencing same thing many times & God always come to rescue me in time !

Apa Kabarnya bu guru ? / So what's up ?

Wah, udah lama banget ga nulis di blog. tapi bukan berarti udah berhenti, lho... setiap hari selalu aku buat draft tentang apa saja yang terjadi di sekolah tapi naskah-naskah itu bukan buat di muat di blog ini. maaf ya ... hehehe ... tapi tetap ada kok yang aku tulis di blog.


Kegiatan di sekolah tetap seru & rame. lagi siap-siap buat latihan drama Natal. kemarin aku mulai ngelatih anak2 TK A 4 lagu buat dinyanyiin di latar belakang drama. kalo pemeran drama sebagian besar dimainkan sama anak2 TK B. 


Baru pertama kali ini aku yang bikin naskah Natal & yang jadi sutradaranya .. hehehe ... kalau kepsek bener2 ga terlalu campur tangan, semua bisa jalan dengan lebih santai. soalnya kita2 kan orangnya easy going ... hehehe. buat aku yang penting semua jalan & semua enjoy. kalau soal kesempurnaan ... yah, jangan terlalu kepengen sempurna deh ... 


Hari ini habis upacara bendera di kecamatan buat memperingati hari guru. sengaja datang jam 8 karena aku tahu namanya upacara di kecamatan mana bisa persis jamnya. sudah pengalaman soalnya ... hehehe ... jadi ngapain datang trus harus berdiri lama nungguin upacara mulainya telat 15 sampai 30 menit ?


Kalau soal memperingati hari guru juga ngapain sih pake upacara bendera ? udah deh, mending insentif guru aja yang di urus supaya bisa cepat kita terima. kalau pemerintah mau mengapresiasi / menghargai guru, nah, begitu aja caranya ... 
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I know ... I know ... I haven't made any blog entry lately. it doesn't mean I have stopped making entry. I am still drafting the journal of what have happened in school everyday but the scripts are not to be published on this blog. but don't worry, I still have materials for my blog. 


have been busy with school. we're doing xmas play rehearsals now. I have rehearsed the kids in my class 4 songs that they will sing in the play. 


this is the first time I write school's xmas play script & also direct it. cool ! the most important thing it runs well & we're all enjoy it. don't talk to me about perfection ... not looking for perfection.


just got back from attending flag ceremony commemorating teacher's day. sigh ... don't need flag ceremony. if government wish to give teacher proper appreciation, pay us our incentives !

it's the Jungle !

Ceritanya udah rada telat nih karena kita pergi berenang ke Jungle hari Selasa (16/11). tapi masih enak aja kok buat diceritain ... mudah-mudahan juga masih enak buat di baca .. he he he ...


yang jelas sih seandainya aja tu kolam renang ada di kompleks tempat aku tinggal, paling ga bakal sebulan sekali deh aku bela-belain nyisihin duit buat berenang di situ ... eh, lebih tepatnya sih main air di situ .... he he he ... asik banget sih soalnya .. maklum, rada norak karena jaman aku dulu kecil mana ada kolam renang model Jungle.


rombongan kita bener-bener yang nomor satu d hari itu. datang nomor satu & ada yang pulangnya baru jam 4 sore ! semangat bo ! he he he ... padahal dari jam 12 siang hujan turun deras banget ... hujan ga akan memadamkan semangat buat main air sekalipun besoknya jadi pada tepar semua entah kecapean atau malah sakit karena cuma 8 anak yang nongol di kelas TK A.


tahu bakal hujan segitu deres harusnya aku ngikutin feeling bawa payungku yang gede & pake sandal jepit aja. paginya memang udah mendung tapi karena berharap cuaca bakal jadi cerah & karena juga malas bawa-bawa payung gede ke kolam renang, jadilah akhirnya aku .... nyesel abis ! ... ya, siapa mo duga cuaca bisa jadi begitu.


tapi yang jelas aku ga nyesel kita berenang ke Jungle hari ini. apa lagi karena aku mulai terbiasa naik perosotan. awal tahun ini waktu pertama kali sekolah kita berenang di Jungle, setengah mati aku ketakutan naik perosotan ... biar pun itu baru perosotan yang pendek.soalnya takut ketinggian sih. 


tapi hari ini dengan gagah perkasanya nantangin naik perosotan yang tinggi banget itu walaupun ga mau di perosotan yang tertutup ... kalo yang itu ... wah, tobat deh aku ... he he he ... mo di rayu, di bujuk kayak apa juga ga bakal mau lagi deh ... cukup sekali aja waktu kita ke Jungle awal tahun ini. abis, gelap item pekat banget di dalam situ. lha, makin nakutin lagi merosot turun di situ ... 


2 kali aku naik perosotan yang terbuka. malah enak, bisa ngeliat alurnya. harusnya sih nakutin tapi berhubung partnerku yang duduk di belakangku lebih penakut dari aku & ribut jejeritan ... he he he ... jadi aku lupa sama takutku & akhirnya malah ngetawain & ngehibur dia ... he he he ...


kita pasti bakal naik & naik lagi perosotan itu kalo bukan karena naiknya tinggi banget ... ampe di atas kita harus nyari napas dulu .. he he he ... & karena yang terakhir turun dari ban pelampung itu kita sama-sama jatuh ke banting ke air ampe air masuk dari mulut, hidung & aku malah ampe masuk juga ke kuping ... he he he .... gara-gara salah perhitungan turunnya jadi begitu deh ... yah, terpaksa jadi cuma 2 kali aja main perosotan itu ... 


tapi papanya March & papanya Celnis ga ada kapoknya berkali-kali naik perosotan itu. ih, bikin ngiri. kita cewe-cewe terpaksa nyerah duluan padahal awalnya yang semangat kita ... he he he ... & pake acara nantangin mereka lagi ... he he he ...


omong-omong, ada yang mo ngajarin bu keke berenang ga ? soalnya ngambang aja aku belon bisa ... malu-maluin dah ah ... he he he ...


ya, dalam angkot di perjalanan pulang aku udah mau ketiduran aja rasanya. mana suasana mendukung. duduk di depan, udara dingin karena hujan, lengan pegel ... he he he ... malas banget rasanya harus pergi ngajar les lagi tapi ya ga bisa ngikutin perasaan dong ... 
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I'm a bit behind on making this entry but I hope the story is still enjoyable to read ...


If only Jungle swimming pool is nearby school or my house I'd go there at least once a month to have a swim or to ... er ... to splashing in the water & playing the water game ... lol ... since I can't swim. oh by the way, does anyone interested to give me a free swimming lesson ? ... lol ...


We got there before it opened (Tuesday, 16 Nov) & some of us stayed until at least 4 pm. now that's what I called a spirit because it was raining since noon. yeah ... well ... 6 kids called in sick the next day ... lol ...


if only I knew it'd rain that big I'd bring my big umbrella & wore my sandals ... it was cloudy in the morning but who'd guess it'd be pouring down. we were all hoped it'd be sunny ... it didn't. 


but I didn't sorry I went down that 8 meter high sliding twice ! my partner was screaming all the way down making me forgot my fear & I ended up laughing at her ... lol ...we would get into it more than twice if only we didn't have to take the stair to get up there ... & if only we didn't fall onto the water face down when we tried to get off from the raft ... ouch, that hurt ... we swallowed water from mouth, nose & water even got into my ear ! 


March's & Celnis's fathers however slided down lots of times. we ended up laughing at each other, teasing & even made a challanged but we the girls gave up first ... sigh .. lol ... 


I almost fell to sleep in the car on the way home. it was cool, it was raining, my upper arms muscles were a bit stiff ... didn't feel like going out again to tutor but couldn't let it discouraged me ... 

Hore ! besok berenang !

Ngomong soal besok berenang ke Jungle kayaknya kok bu guru yang lebih semangat deh dari pada anak2nya ... he he he ... mereka kok ya pada tenang2 aja, yg heboh gurunya ...

awas ya, kalo besok datang telat, bu guru ga mo nungguin ! di tinggal .. ! .. tuh, kan ... siapa yg ngebet mo berenang ? he he he ...

bu, di jungle ada yg nyewain pelampung kan ?, mama Wilson nanya aku. wah, yg aku tau sih pelampung yg gede itu. emang ga punya ? ban motor papanya Wilson aja di copot ... he he he .... segitu ga modalnya ya ...

bu, pintu masuknya cuma ada satu kan ?, wah, ini pertanyaan beda lagi ... he he he ...

bu, di perumahan Bogor Nirwana kan ?, iya lah masa di Pondok Indah .. he he he ..

bu, besok berangkat jam berapa ?, duh, surat pemberitahuan ga di baca tuh ?

bu, selesainya sampe jam berapa ?, ya paling cuma sampe jam 11 atau maksimal jam 11.30. kesiangan ntar jadi garing aja kita ke jemur matahari

bu ... bu ... bu ... alamak, hari ini aku bertugas jadi petugas informasi dah ... he he he ....

tapi yang bikin aku rada sedih kok ya Evelyn ga bisa ikut besok. sebetulnya bukan karena dia ga bisa tapi karena ada ..... gimana pun juga tetap ga bisa semua hal aku ceritain di dalam blog kan ...
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School will take the kids out for a swimm tomorrow & I think it's the teachers who get excited while the kids themselves act pretty cool ... lol ...

listen guys, if you get in school late, we won't wait for you. it's 8 am sharp ! .. see ? it's the teachers who get excited .. lol

miss, can where is the swimming pool located ?

miss, when are we going to stay there ?

miss, what time are we leaving tomorrow ?

miss, where should we wait if we go to the swimming pool by ourselves ?

miss ... miss ... miss ... & I've been acting as information officer today in school .. lol ...

I'm kind sad that Evelyn won't go with us tomorrow. why ? well, not everything can be shared in this blog ... some things are not mentioned for privacy reason ...

Imajinasi / Imagination ...

Untuk menjadi apa pun atau pergi kemana pun yang di ingini adalah 2 hal yang bisa diberikan oleh imajinasi. tanpa mesti khawatir sama keterbatasan apa pun.


ya iyalah, contohnya dalam khayalan kalau mo jadi pilot kan ga perlu harus sekolah dulu sekian tahun & ga perlu juga pake acara ikut ujian segala ... atau mo pergi ke amrik ga perlu beli tiket, ngurus visa .. itu hebatnya imajinasi ... bebas merdeka buat jadi apa aja & bisa ada di mana aja, kapan aja .. he he he ...


& dengan menulis, aku nemuin & dapetin kemerdekaan & kebebasan itu. karenanya buat aku imajinasi ga bisa dihentikan apalagi di penjarakan. tapi di sisi lain, imajinasi bisa jadi liar kalo dibiarin. tapi dengan pengarahan yang tepat dia bisa menciptakan atau memberikan hal-hal yang baik.


aku pernah nonton filmnya Johnny Depp & Kate Winslet "Finding Neverland" kisah hidupnya J.M. Barrie (pengarang cerita Peter Pan). nah, di satu adegan di tunjukin J.M. Barrie masuk ke kamarnya pada malam hari. lampu di kamar ga nyala tapi dalam imajinasinya dia melihat dia ga masuk ke dalam kamar yang gelap tapi masuk ke kebun yang indah dengan matahari bersinar cerah.


jaman waktu aku masih sekolah di SD, dalam imajinasiku semua benda di sekitarku hidup. mereka bisa ngomong, ada mata, hidung, mulutnya ... he he he ... pernah nonton film Beauty & the Beast ? di situ ada adegan teko, cangkir, tempat lilin sampe tungkunya pada hidup semua. nah, dalam imajinasiku sepatu, piring, lemari, tembok .. pokoknya semua benda di rumahku juga sama kayak gitu ..


mungkin kesepian memicu munculnya imajinasi itu. terutama setelah satu-satunya adik yang aku punya meninggal karena sakit demam berdarah tahun 1981. umurnya baru 5 tahun. 


sejak itu pula aku di rumah sendirian. bonyok (bokap nyokap) kerja. pembantu ada tapi ga nginap. waktu aku kelas 5 SD kami malah sama sekali ga punya pembantu so aku mulai bawa kunci rumah supaya pulang dari sekolah aku bisa langsung masuk ke rumah sendiri & ga usah menitipkan diri di rumah orang lain. kira-kira jam 5 bonyok pulang. jadi bisa 5-6 jam aku sendirian di rumah.


imajinasi itu yang bikin aku ga terlalu berasa sunyi sepi. malah rame karena kan semua benda di mataku jadi hidup so kalo mereka pada ngobrol gimana aku bisa berasa kesepian ... he he he ..


tapi dengan bertambahnya usia, imajinasi itu jadi berkurang walau ga bisa hilang sepenuhnya karena sampai sekarang pun setiap kali aku pulang & udah makin dekat sama rumah, dalam imajinasiku rumah itu melompat-lompat sambil teriak girang "keke pulang .. keke pulang" .. he he he ... asik kan punya imajinasi kayak gitu ...


harusnya di buat cerita anak-anak ya .. he he he .. tapi aku lebih pengen menuangkan imajinasi itu dalam bentuk gambar. sayang ga punya bakat jadi kartunis karena mo gambar jerapah aja malah bentuknya kok jadi dinosaurus ... he he he ... parah ...


tapi toh gitu-gitu ternyata imajinasiku berguna juga, lho .. sebagai guru TK aku jadi lebih bisa nyambung kalo lagi ngobrol atau nyanyi atau ngegambar sama anak-anak. 


cuma ya hati-hati .., imajinasi anak bisa dipengaruhi sama apa yang terekam dalam otaknya lewat panca inderanya terutama lewat apa yang di lihat atau di tontonnya. karena itu jangan kasih kebebasan mutlak pada anak untuk milih apa yang mau di tontonnya di tv, vcd, dvd. banyak sekali anak yang imajinasinya terpengaruh sama film-film horor. 


gara-gara ini juga anak bisa jadi gampang takut. ga enak kan kalo udah kayak gitu ... & ga gampang buat menghilangkannya. ga bisa cuma dengan kita bilang ke anak kalo semua setan di film horor bukan setan beneran karena buat anak, apa yang di lihatnya di terima seperti apa adanya. ga heranlah kalo di dalam imajinasinya gambaran pocong, kuntilanak, hantu & temen-temen sejenisnya di lihatnya betul-betul ada, ga cuma di dalam tv, sama nyatanya dengan benda-benda & manusia-manusia di sekitarnya. 


kalo udah gitu kadang aku pake pendekatan masuk ke dalam imajinasi anak. so udah ga kehitung berapa banyak setan, hantu, pocong, kuntilanak atau mahluk menakutkan apa pun yang ada dalam khayalannya yang aku tendang jauh-jauh .. he he he ..


karena itu isilah hati & pemikiran anak-anak dengan hal-hal yang baik supaya pada waktu mereka berimajinasi maka imajinasi itu bagaikan melangkah masuk ke taman yang indah pada pagi hari yang cerah .. tempat di mana sejenak mereka bisa merasakan kemerdekaan karena kita tahu manusia & kehidupan menuntut kita setiap saat. imajinasi yang positif bisa menjadi oase yang menyejukkan ..


bahkan juga bisa membangun semangat atau motivasi, memberikan citra diri yang positif, menenangkan pikiran yang tegang, meredakan amarah atau menjadi pelipur lara pada waktu hati lagi susah ..
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To be anyone or to go any place you wish are 2 things that imagination can give you with no limitation to stop you ..

if you wanna be a pilot, in your imagination it is possible to happen instantly. no need to spend years of learning or taking any test. wanna go to other country ? no need plane ticket or visa. so isn't imagination is great ? lol ...

writing has given me such freedom so for me imagination is unstopable. you can't chain or imprison imagination. but in the other hand, if it's let loose to freely, it would go wild. but with right direction, imagination can be benefit you.

I saw Johnny Depp & Kate Winslet's movie "Finding Neverland" about J.M. Barrie (Peter Pan author). one scene showed when he walked inside his room at night. though the room was dark but in his imagination he walked in a beautiful garden on a broad day light.

when I was in fifth grade I imagined all the things around me were alive. they had nose, mouth & eyes just like in the movie Beauty & the Beast. & they were chatty so I never got lonely when I stayed home all alone .. lol ..

I guess this imagination triggered by the death of my youngest sister of dengue fever in 1981 when she was 5 years old. I was living in quite a solitude life after that because we didn't have a maid. my parents worked. since I brought my own key, I could go home directly after school & stayed there alone until my parents got back from work at around 5 pm.

but it became less & less as I grew older though never completely gone as I still have an imagination of my house jumping in excitement whenever I get home as it exclaimes "keke's home ... keke's home ..." lol ...

I should have it in drawing but well yeah ... what can I say ... don't have the talent to be a cartoonist. my drawing of what should be a giraffe turned to look like dinosour ... lol ...

but my imagination helps me in my work with kids. I find it easier to follow their imagination. we just click when we're having our moments of dreaming ... lol ... but in other moment it's usefull to understand & to neutralize horror imaginations some kids had.

you have to understand that kids perceive things just as they see it. so don't let your kids to watch too much tv or movies. select what's proper to watch & what's not. especially horror movies. so many kids are becoming easily terrified by dark or images because their imaginations are so full with scarry scenes they might have seen it from tv or movies. that's should alert us ..

& you can't just tell them that their imagination isn't real. for kids everything in their imagination is real just as real as the things or people around them.

it happened several times that I needed to go inside a kid's horror imagination after the it's-not-real-talk didn't work. I followed the imagination & had to kick out all the scarry ghost or other images in it to ensure the kid that they've gone. it sure worked. lol ...

so please fill your kids' minds with positive things that can make them have sunny imagination. & their imagination can cheer them up, give them boost in optimism or spirit, give them positive self image or simply to free them from life & people's expectation ... a place to give the stressfull heart, mind & life a time to relax.

Ide Gila .. / Crazy Idea ..

"Bu, ga nulis blog lagi ?" mamanya Clarissa tiba2 nanya Senin pagi (8/11) waktu jam istirahat. wah, kaget juga dengernya karena ga nyangka ternyata ada yang nunggu-nungguin tulisanku yang berikutnya di blog ... he he he ... ge-er dikit boleh dong ...


cerita di belakang pembuatan blog ? ... aih ... aih ...., gara2 aku kesemsem sama Aamir Khan, aktor Bollywood yang main di film '3 idiots' bikin aku ga cuma tahan nontonin tu film dari awal ampe akhir (padahal aku ga demen lho nonton film India) tapi juga jadi penasaran nyari profilnya oom Aamir di yahoo. eh, yang ketemu duluan malah blognya .. trus ujung-ujungnya malah jadi pengen punya blog juga ... he he he ...


nyari-nyari lagi .. ketemu d blogger.com. setelah berhasil punya blog, baru d mikir ni blog mo di isi apa ? masa foto doang .. aku memang narsis tapi ga segitunya kaleee .. he he he ...


ahirnya ide gila itu datang ... he he he ... bikin aja model catatan harian & tulislah situ pengalaman sendiri (nah, makanya jadi gila karena biasanya catatan harian diumpetin, kok ini malah di ekspos kemana-mana).


tapi trus mikir lagi, pengalaman yang kayak gimana ? soalnya dalam sehari kan banyak banget yang di alami .. mo jadi kayak apa panjangnya tu blog nantinya kalo semua di tulis ? ...  ntar pembacanya malah keburu ngorok duluan ... he he he ..


harus spesifik .. timbang punya timbang, .. oh ya jelas bukan badan yang di timbang .. he he he ..., ahirnya aku mutusin di blog ini aku akan nulis apa aja yang aku alami di sekolah termasuk gimana pemikiran / perasaanku yang menyangkut apa yang aku alami itu.


nah, aku ga bisa dapat ide lain yang lebih baik. soalnya mo nulis cerita ... cerita apa ? cerita romansa ? .. wah, makin tua aku malah makin ga romantis .. he he he .. jadi gimana mo mengkhayalkan cerita cinta-cintaan ?


cerita detektif ? heh, ribet .. aku lebih suka yang to the point. ga di bawa muter-muter .. puyeng, tau .. he he he .. jadi nyerah duluan d ..


cerita horor ? .. kerajinan amat nulisin segala cerita setan-setanan .. ntar malah ga bisa bobo karena otaknya penuh dengan khayalan yang serem2 ... ogah ...


cerita anak2 ? .. apa yang mo diceritain ? si kancil mencuri mentimun ? .. he he he .. di dalam imajinasi aku kalo soal cerita anak2, aku lebih suka di jadiin dalam bentuk gambar. sayangnya ga ada bakat gambar. dulu pernah diketawain anak2 karena mo gambar jerapah kok bentuknya malah jadi dinosaurus ?? .. he he he ... kacau kan ..


nulis tentang cara mendidik anak ? .. wah, ga pede. jam terbang jadi guru baru 5 tahun .. ntar d, kalo pengalaman udah 10-15-20 tahun boleh bikin tulisan kayak gitu karena modalnya udah lumayan banyak .. yah, asal jangan keburu mati aja .. he he he ...


ok lah ... & so ceritanya lanjut lagi nanti ya supaya catatan hari ini ga jadi sepanjang lapangan bola .. he he he .. 
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"howcome you haven't made any blog entries ?" asked Clarissa's mom out of the blue this Monday morning (Nov 9th) making me surprised to know that there's somebody who's waiting to read my next journal on this blog .. well, it me kind a flattered .. lol ..


the story behind my blog ... oh so it started when I got smitten by Aamir Khan after seen his '3 idiots' movie which not only made me glued from start to end but got me curious to search for his profile on yahoo. well, I landed on his blog that at the end made me wanna have a blog too .. lol ..


so I searched again & found blogger.com. so after succedeedly creating my own blog .. then what ? couldn't just uploading photos on it. I know I'm a narcist but not that worst .. lol ..


came that crazy idea .. why not making an e-diary where I'd write my daily experience in school along with my thoughts .. if regular diary is keept in secrecy, mine is expose widely .. that's why it's such a crazy idea ..


it's gotta be specific & I couldn't find any better idea for the kind of experience I'd write in this blog except my daily experience in school.


I can't write about love stories because I think I'm running out of romanticism as I get older .. lol ..


detective story ? .. oh man, I'm so to the point .. it gives me a headache to go around the circle before getting to the point .. no, I'm obviously wouldn't turn to be the next Agatha Christie .. lol ..


horror story ? .. why would I fill my mind with scarry imagination ?? 


children story ? .. what should I write ? a deer stealing cucumber ? .. I'd rather to have it in drawing but don't have that talent. my students once laughed at my giraffe drawing that turned to a dinosour look ... lol ..


write a hand book about raising kids ? .. umm, I don't have the nerve .. fully aware of my minimum experience. maybe later ... say, 10-15-20 years later .. let's just hope I don't die before I write it .. lol ..


ok .., the story will go on in my next entry for I don't wanna make today's entry go as long as a Declaration of Independence ...

gara2 listrik tewas .. / & power went off ...

& kok ya boleh-bolehnya lagi milih menewaskan dirinya waktu aku sampe di warnet ... hiks ... balada listrik di Indonesia ..

saking dongkolnya ahirnya aku mau di ajak evelyn ke rumah Dion yang tinggalnya sekompleks dengan aku.

tadinya aku ga mau ikut karena perlu banget online Sabtu ini (30/10) buat bikin blog entry yang baru dari yang hari Jumat (29/10).

sedangkan catatan untuk Sabtu ini rencananya mo di masukin ke blog Senin (1/11) tapi gara2 PLN tewas hari Sabtu jadi semua baru di entry ke blog hari ini .. hih, pegel2 d situ ngetikinnya .. untung bisa ngetik 10 jari so ga pake lama ... he he he ...

sekolah bisa di bilang ... yah, lumayan lancar. dalam 3 bulan ini kemajuan anak2 di kelasku cukup pesat .. dari hal kemandirian, emosi sampe kemampuan akademik mereka .. sukur pada Tuhan karena ini hasil ora et labora (berdoa & bekerja)

cuma aku agak sedikit korslet di kelas tadi pagi. ada anak2 tertentu yang memang bisa menguras emosi kita lebih banyak dari anak2 lainnya.

kalo anda merasa kewalahan menghadapi 1-2 anak, aku di kelas harus menghadapi 14 anak yang artinya ada 14 pribadi, 14 sifat, 14 kebiasaan, 14 kelebihan, 14 kelemahan & masing2 itu punya jalan pemikirannya sendiri2 tuh  .. kadang bisa jadi hiburan, lain waktu bikin rambut kritingku jadi kribo .. he he he ...

aku bersukur ada evelyn & lebih bersukur lagi karena kami bisa berteman baik. ini penting karena kami tim. repot kalo kami ga kompak, susah akur atau saling ga menyukai .. di awal masa kerjaku di TK ini aku pernah harus mendampingi guru inti yang ga ramah ke aku ... biar pun tetap bisa kompak di kelas tapi mana enaklah ngadepin orang yang ga ramah ke kita ...

nah, evelyn girang banget aku tiba2 nongol di depannya .. listrik mati malah bawa berkah buat dia karena aku jadi bisa nemenin dia kondangan ke rumah Dion ..

bukan kondangan sih sebetulnya, cuma acara kumpul2 dalam rangka sukuran buat panen sayuran organik ortunya Dion. yang datang ya emak2 murid TK A & B, itu juga ga semua dateng ...

yah, ternyata ga rugi2 amat aku ikutan datang ... abis ya itu ... lumayan ... makan siang gratis ... he he he ... udahannya ngobrol ngalor ngidul dari soal anak di dalam kelas ampe ke sex education .. weh weh .. emak2 itu .. apesnya lagi, cuma aku satu-satunya yang belon married ... jadilah aku bahan ledekan kiri kanan .. he he he ...

terahirnya ...

"ayo, kita bikin program nyariin bu Keke suami" kata mama Noel .. hah ?? .. he he he .. tapi dengan seriusnya semua langsung ngajuin calon. dari yang nyodorin temennya, adiknya ampe ke iparnya yang berstatus duda ... weleh ... lha, adiknya evelyn pun ga luput dinominasikan yang bikin aku & evelyn sontak ngakak karena brondong abizzz ... !! he he he ...

yah, mungkin mereka heran liat aku yang orangnya lucu, luwes bergaul ama anak2 ampe nenek2 .. he he he ... kok dengan tenangnya masih jomblo sekalipun umur udah 39 .. ah, jaman sekarang menikah itu kan pilihan bukan keharusan .. ih, abad milenium gitu loh ... emang di kata masih jaman Siti Nurbaya ? ... he he he .. buat aku vive le liberte !
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& I wonder why the power went off  as I got at the internet cafe ... I was so upset that I agreed to accompany evelyn to go to Dion's house who invited us & our students' moms to have lunch there to celebrate & thanking for his parents organic veggies crop.

I didn't want to go because I really needed to go online this Saturday (Oct 30th) to make new blog entry on my Friday journal but now no power makes me have to make 2 days journal entry today (Monday, Nov 1st) .. lucky I can type with my 10 fingers so it won't take long though I may need finger massage after that .. lol ...

school wa ok this Saturday .. except that I lost a little of my temper in class .. well, some kids take more of our emotion & energies than the others .. if you feel 1-2 kids drive you crazy .. I've 14 kids in my class .. 14 personalities, 14 minds, 14 characters ..

& I'm thankful to have evelyn .. more grateful that we're also friends. it's important because we're a team. it wouldn't good if we don't get a long well or dislike each other.

I was teamed with someone who was unfriendly to me in my early years working in this kindergarten. though we could work well but it's still unpleasant to work with unfriendly person.

so no power was received as a bless by evelyn because it made me went along with her to Dion's house. well, yeah .. I wouldn't say no to free lunch .. lol ... but after that the chit chat led from kids to sex education .. umm, ladies .. & being the only single made me an object to be teased .. oh no ...

last but not least ..

"let's make a program to find Keke a husband" said one of the moms .. huh ?? .. lol .. but they were all serious mentioning all the eligible men they know from friends, brothers to divorced in law .. lol ...

maybe they find it odd to see a humourus person like me who's easy going & can get along well with kids to elderly people still remain happily single in my 39 years old of age. .. hey, come on ... marriage is an option .. not a must .. we're in Millenium Age...

1 2 3 .. 10, gantian / 1 2 3 .. 10, my turn ..

2 sms aku terima Jumat pagi ini (29/10), Kim batuk, ga bisa masuk. Niko minta ijin ga masuk. kenapa ? ga di jelasin ..

abis senam semua masuk ke kelas ... ayo, semua minum dulu sebelon kita mulai belajar & ...

lho ?? apa mataku salah liat ? Niko kok bisa ada di dalam kelas ... !! wah, tadi sms bilang ga masuk, Nik ...

pelajaran baru jalan kira2 15 menit & kucrat kucrit ... Kim masuk ke kelas tanpa bersuara .. lho ?? tadi sms bilang sakit ... kok ??

"iya, bu .. ngotot pengen masuk" kata mamanya

wah, bagus d .. aku seneng anak2 ini demikian menyukai sekolah hingga demam, pilek, batuk ampe diare sekalipun ga mampu meruntuhkan semangat mereka buat tetap masuk .. salut !

pulang sekolah ...

mmmuahh ! .. aku sun & peluk Sekar

"besok dia ijin ga masuk" kataku ke evelyn yang keheranan ngeliatin kita "jadi karena baru bakal ketemu lagi hari Senin, bu guru mo sun2 & peluk Sekar d" ... Sekar si super cool itu senyum2 gembira karenanya ... he he he ...

di halaman sekolah ...

"eh, gantian !" Devi narik tangan Kim

"tapi tadi kamu udah" protes Kim ga kalah galak

"aku juga mau" Dion hampir bikin telingaku tuli rasanya karena dia berteriak keras banget

"minggir ... !" Dea melerai .. tapi kok pake gaya preman .. ??

"bu Keke .. " Vivien senyum malu2 tapi dengan mata menyiratkan dia juga pengen duduk di ... pangkuanku .. !!

yap, betul sekali saudara2 sekalian, mereka sedang saling tarik urat, ngotot-ngototan buat duduk di atas pangkuanku.

padahal aku baru aja duduk, ceritanya mo ngaso sebentar setelah lega anak2 udah pada pulang kecuali beberapa yang masih nunggu di jemput ... eh, belon juga panas tu kursi aku dudukin, datanglah kurcaci2 ini.
satu naik ke pangkuanku bikin sewot yang lainnya ... he he he .. laku banget sih pangkuannya bu Keke ?! ..

"stop ! stop !" kataku "kalo mau gantian, itung 1 sampe 10"

itu sebetulnya aturan main ayunan. sekarang naik naik ke pangkuanku pun di berlakukan aturan yang sama ... he he he ... yah, yang penting sikon jadi aman terkendali ... kecuali pangkuanku tentunya ... aduh, nak ... kalian keliatannya kecil2 tapi kok berat sih ? pada abis nelen gajah ya tadi ? ... he he he .. & ketawalah kita rame2 ..
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Got 2 texts this Friday morning (Oct 29th). Kim couldn't come because she had cough & Nico just couldn't come. why ? no explanation ...

after had exercise in school's tiny front yard we went inside the classroom .. ok, take a drink before we start the class & ...

I saw Nico among his classmates ! .. am I seeing it right ?? .. but the text ... never mind ... lol ...

15 minutes later ... slowly without making a noise Kim walked in ... but the text ..

"she insisted to go to school" said her mom seeing me puzzled

that's really pleased me to see how the kids in my class like school so much that no fever, cold, cough, even diarrhea can stop them from taking a day off ... now that's a spirit !

after school ...

smoooch ! .. I kissed & hugged Sekar

"she's taking a day off tomorrow" I told evelyn who stared at us "& so since we're not going to see each other till Monday, I give you a big kiss & hug" ... Sekar the super cool girl in my class smiled happily ..

in the school yard ...

"hey, take turn !" Devi pulled Kim's arm

"but you have your turn" Kim protested

"I wanna too !" Dion nearly made me deaf by his shouting

"knocked it off" Dea interfered

"miss Keke .. " Vivien smiled shyly but her eyes told me she too wants to sit on ..... my lap !!

got that right ! they were busy arguing, nearly had a fight over who's turn to sit on my lap ... lol ...

I was just sat there, wanna took a rest after the kids went home except few who waited for their ride ... the seat hasn't even turned warm when came these little ones ... one of them sat on my lap, bringing furry to others .. sigh ... my lap has became one hot spot ... lol ...

"stop ! stop !" I raised my hands "count 1 to 10 if you wanna take turn"

well, it's actually what the kids do when they play the swing but it's just  been applied to sit on my lap ... lol .. yeah, it's under control .. except for my lap of course ... kids, howcome you're so heavy ? did you just swallow an elephant ? ... lol .. & we all laughed ..

di rumah, batak .. (tapi kok) di sekolah putri solo ?

Harus di akui rata2 manusia itu jagoan kandang ... eits, jangan tersinggung ya ... kenyataannya memang begitu kok karena rasa aman berada dihabitatnya bikin kita jadi sebebas-bebasnya 'mengekspresikan' diri tanpa di tahan2 ..

misalnya, di rumah atau di kantor kita berasa bisa berkelakuan & bertingkah laku sesuai keaslian kepribadian & sifat kita dibandingin dengan kalo kita ada di luar rumah atau di luar kantor ... bikin sering kita terkaget-kaget denger atau liat kontrasnya pembawaan seseorang saat ybs berada di dalam & di luar habitatnya ..

"iya nih, saya juga heran kenapa di rumah dia Batak tapi kok di sekolah dia putri solo" seorang ibu 1/2 megeluh mengometari kelakuan anak perempuannya

"betul, bu .. aku liat sendiri di rumah dia teriak2, bercada, ngomong suaranya keras, lari kesana kemari, main sama adiknya rame banget" tambah evelyn yang pernah bertamu ke rumah murid kita yang satu ini & di sana terheran-heran ngeliat anak yang sama bertingkah laku 180 derajat beda banget dengan kalo di sekolah

di sekolah suaranya pelan banget kalo ngomong ... pokoke putri solo abizz ! he he he .... bikin aku & evelyn jadi sering harus ber-"hah ? apa ?" ke dia. bukan karena kita lagi ngeledekin dia tapi karena bener2 kita jadi berasa kayak orang budeg banget kalo tu anak lagi ngomong ... he he he ...

sampe sekarang pun kita juga masih sering bingung kenapa anak ini belon bisa berasa aman & nyaman sepenuhna kalo ada di dalam kelas padahal aku & evelyn bukan guru yang 'garang' .... emang di kata macan kalee ... garang ... he he he ...

& sebetulnya dengan jumlah murid TK A yang cuma 14 anak bikin suasana kelas ga terlalu hiruk pikuk, jadi ga sulit juga buat anak saling kenal.

malah makin lama makin terasa kita seperti satu keluarga besar karena meminjam istilah evelyn, guru TK A okem maksudnya merujuk ke aku gitu ... he he he ... karena aku bisa ngobrol ama anak seakan-akan kita teman sebaya, mau main uber-uberan sama mereka, bisa asyik di ajak bercanda ... ya, jangan heran aja kalo liat muridku bisa nyantai aja meluk, nyium, minta di gendong atau di garukin ampe ngegelitikin aku atau malah main ledek-ledekan sambil ngejulurin lidah ... so ga berasa kagok deh buat anak saling bergaul atau bergaul dengan gurunya ... jadi ngapain juga kok masih berasa malu2 ?

ya, mudah-mudahan dengan berjalannya waktu & bertambahnya umur anak didik kami yang satu ini mengalami perkembangan positif. pokoknya jangan pernah berhenti berdoa, berusaha & berharap ... Tuhan pasti menolong ..
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We've to admit that most of us is a cock at home or at work, in the place(s) where we feel is our safe habitat makes us tend to feel free to show our real faces ...

how many times people surprise you when they show their 2 faces. the face they've at home or work can be a huge different with the face they put when they're not home or at work.

"I wonder wh she's a complete different person at home & in school" a mom complained half in despair, half in amazement about her daughter

"true" said eveln who once withnessed it when she visited her house "at home she talks loudly, screaming, running, she's very noisy"

in school she's quiet & talks so soft that evelyn & I have to "huh? ... what ? ... how's that ?" to her whenever she speaks to us not because we tease her but because she really makes us feel like there were some thing wrong with our hearings .. lol

we still don't know wh she hasn't feel completely safe & comfortable in class since evelyn & I aren't stern teachers, not as if we were 2 fierce lions .. lol ...

& beside, with the onl 14 kids in our class it's supposed to make it less noisy & also easy to get to know & make friends with one another ...

plus evelyn & I are also creating an atmosphere where we're all feel like a one big family.

so don't be surprised if you see me chat with kids as if we were contemporaries or playing chase each other, joking around, tickle one another or seeing the kids feel free to hug or kiss me or even ask me to carry them, to scratch an itchy back / leg ... to sometimes making faces or sticking out the tongue in jokey mood ...

so with all that, they should have feel at ease with one another, no need to feel shy ...

well, hopefully time along with growing up will make our one particular kid makes positive progress. never stop praying, do the best & be optimist .. God will help ..

Kejamnya cuaca / extreme weather ..

Sementara Jogyakarta di "kunjungi" ama awan panas dari gunung Merapi, gunung Salak di Bogor dari kemaren udah diselubungi awan hujan. ga perlu ramalan cuaca kalo udah gitu buat tau hari ini bakal ujan atau ga karena tu gunung akan meniupkan awan2 ujan ke atas kota & .... byur ... ujan pun turun siangnya.

kemaren menjelang kita2 mo pulang dari sekolah ... eh, ujan gede banget .. weh, terpaksa sepatu kets aku nginap di sekolah karena aku pulang bersandal jepit ... ya, dari pada jadi basah kuyup tu sepatu nantinya ..

so Rabu (27/10) pagi ini aku ke sekolah pake sandal itu lagi ... he he he ... untung ga ketemu siapa2 di sepanjang jalan ... karena males cerita kalo ada yang nanya kenapa kok pake sandal jepit ..

siangnya ... yaaaa ... ujan gede ... basah juga d ahirnya sepatuku ... besok jadi terpaksa harus pake pantofel item yang solnya tipis & udah rada bluwek itu ... ga ada pilihan. sepatu2 lain ga enak sih buat di pake buat berkeliaran  ... he he he ...

cuaca tahun ini balik ke aslinya cuaca Bogor yang 365 harinya pol musim ujan. tapi ya ... banyak orang tepar jadinya .. dasar apes, itu juga termasuk aku ... he he he .. di bikin K.O. ama pilek. nah, habis pilek, datanglah batuk .. anda sungguh beruntung ... he he he ...

udah 2 malam ini aku baru bisa tidur setelah punggung di sanggah 2 bantal. kalo ga gitu ... mmm... di jamin melek semaleman gara2 batuk ga berenti2 ..

hari ini malah berasa sakit tenggorokan kalo nelen. duh, ga enaknya ... mana jadi guru kan artinya volume suara harus di setel lebih kencang ... ya, kalo bu guru ngomong bisik2, siapa yang mo denger .. ngomong keras aja masih dicuekin apa lagi kalo suaranya sayup2 ... he he he ... resiko jabatan ...

pagi ini Justin muncul di sekolah bikin aku melongo .. ampe nyokapnya ketawa geli jadinya ...

"keren amat tu kacamata" aku nyengir

"kaca mata spiderman, bu" dengan bangga dia pamer kacamata barunya ..

"tukeran yuk..."

& Justin pun terkekeh ..

wah, dari pagi aku udah dikerubutin ama Sekar, Dea & Farell dalam kelas ...

"main dong sana" kataku ngusir "syuh ... hush ...."

"emangnya kita ayam" Dea ketawa

"main noh di luar" aku jadi ga konsen nulisin soal di buku les anak TK B "ngapain nongkrongin bu guru di sini ?"

"ga ah" Sekar ambil tanganku & di ciumnya. Dea latah. Farell cuma mesem2 aja liat tingkah 2 temennya itu .. yah .. tapi aku ga bener2 bisa 'marah' ngadepin gangguan2 kayak gitu karena mereka adalah pelarianku dari suasana rumah yang amat sangat kontras .. sepi, menghadapi 2 manula yang belakangan ini silih berganti di hinggapi penyakit ...

anak2 adalah narkoba untuk aku. kalo sehari ga ketemu mereka, sakaw lah aku ... he he he ...
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While Jogyakarta, a town in Central Java, has been showered by dust & hot clouds following Mt. Merapi erruption, Mt. Salak in Bogor has been spreading rainy clouds all over the town making us get lots of rain in the past 3 days.

it was pouring rain yesterday just when we were about to go home so my shoes spent a night at school as I went home on school's sandals .. lol ..

but today ... rain caught me on my way home & ... my dear shoes are wet ... sigh .. I've to wear my black shoes to school tomorrow ... the ones that I don't like ..

this year's weather has returned to Bogor's original weather of 365 of rainy days. lots of people get sick because of that .. unfortunately that including me .. cold knocked me out & after that cough takes turn knocking me out ... sigh ...

I've been sleeping with 2 pillows supporting my back at night or cough would keep me awake the whole night ...

This morning Justin showed up in school with spiderman mask on his face. his mom couldn't help not to laugh seeing my puzzle look when I stared at his son .. lol ...

"that's a cool mask you have there" I smiled

"spiderman" he showed it off to me

"can I borrow it for today?"

& he laughed ...

Sekar, Dea & Farell were all over me this morning making me difficult to consentrate on writing quiz for the tutoring kids

"go play" I told them "hush ...hush ... sush .. "

"what are we ? chicken ?" Dea laughed

"why don't you all go play outside & leave me alone" I waved my hands at them

"nope" Sekar took my hand & kissed it ..., Dea did that too ... Farell grinned ...

I couldn't really angry at them of course. they cheer me up. it's so different with at home which is quiet & occupies by 2 elderly who seems to take turn of getting sick lately ...

the kids are my drugs ... I'm so hooked to them & I'd go carzy if I don't meet them for a day ... lol ...

Pintu WC tanpa gerendel ... hiks ... hiks ... / latchless toilet door ... sigh ..

Sedih banget hari ini (Selasa, 26/10) karena tiap kali mo pipis di sekolah, terpaksa aku harus geret2 dulu kursi lipat yg udah berkarat itu dari tempat nangkringnya di tembok depan wc masuk juga ke dalam wc. lha, buat apa ? ... buat ngeganjel pintu wc dari dalam ... kok jadi primitif gitu sih ?

ya karena pintu wc yg baru di ganti kira2 3 bulan lalu jadi ga bisa di kunci dari dalam karena kemaren waktu aku lagi pipis, anak2 lelaki dari kelas TK B lagi main kejar2an.

nah, 2 anak berdiri di depan pintu wc. kemudian datang seorang temannya yang lain, dia lari kencang & entah apa yang ada di benak pikirannya karena dia langsung dorong pintu wc.

untuk aja urusanku di dalam wc udah kelar tapi sayangnya aku belon sempet buka pintu so ga bisa dihindarin lagi ... patahlah penahan selot pintu itu karena begitu kerasnya di dorong. & selot gerendel malang itu bukan yang terbuat dari besi tapi dari plastik yang memang sudah jadi 1 set dalam pintu itu.

dalam 5 tahun aku kerja jadi guru, bisa aku itung dengan jari berapa kali aku ketemu anak yang bikin ulah sedemikian rupa ampe sempet bikin pandangan mataku sekejap gelap saking kalap marah ... & insiden pintu wc kemarin itu adalah salah satunya ...

& minta ampun susahnya nahan emosi ... duh ...

so kalo kalian denger berita ada guru yang kelepasan keluarin omongan atau tindakan sampai melukai murid secara mental atau fisik, mohon dengan amat sangat untuk jangan cepat menarik kesimpulan atau menghakimi karena apapun profesi kita, diri ini tetaplah terdiri dari darah & daging yang punya sejuta kelemahan & kekurangan.

& ga peduli setinggi apa pun penilaian kita atau penilaian orang lain terhadap diri kita, ingatlah kita tetap mahluk yang jauh dari sempurna ..

tapi untuk yang kesekian kalinya pula aku mendapat tambahan pengetahuan bahwa segala sesuatu yang ada di sekolah atau rumah sebaiknya terbuat dari karet atau besi sekalian yang ga gampang patah, somplak atau copot ... he he he ...

meja di kelas sebaiknya di pantek paten ke lantai (aku pernah datang ke TK yang udah nerapin hal ini), lemari sebaiknya terbuat dari kayu jati yang berat & punya pintu hingga kalo tersenggol atau tertabrak anak, ga gampang tumbang & semua yang ada di lemari tsb ga usah jadi pada melayang jatuh ..

karena berurusan sama anak kecil ... wah, bahkan anak remaja sekalipun yang kita nilai sudah lebih bisa bernalar & berakal tapi toh cara pemikiran mereka kadang ga masuk akal & itu bisa menghasilkan perbuatan2 yang 'aneh' .. tambahan juga karena mereka cenderung untuk ngikutin kata hatinya maka kita orang2 dewasa di sekitar mereka mau ga mau harus ikut kreatif dalam membuat hal2 preventif .. ya ... capee d .. tapi apa boleh buat ...
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It saddened me that everytime I went to school's toilet I had to take rotten folded chair that always leans on the nearby wall into the toilet to be used to hold its door from inside.

a boy from the class for the 5 year olds were playing with his classmates when he ran fast & pushed the toilet's door, breaking the latch instantly.

I was inside the toilet at that time. luckily I was tidying myself after peed but I wasn't leaving it quick enough before the boy pushed the door so it was un-avoidable ...

I can count with the fingers on my hands how many incidents that made me nearly lost my sanity in my 5 years work time in this school & yesterday's incident (Monday, Oct 25th) was one of them ...

I really lost myself control yesterday ...

so if you hear a teacher lost his or her temper ended up in hurting a student physically or mentally, please don't be so quick to make one side conclusion or judgement because whatever our profession is we are just flesh & blood with millions of weaknesses & imperfectness.

no matter how high we value or others value ourselves please remember that we can still do mistakes ..

however, that incident have shown me that school or house should be better to have the things made from rubber or iron to make them dent proof, break proof & detached proof ... lol ...

school better have the desks nailed to the floor (infact I once saw a kindergarten that has done this) & the shelves & cupboards made from heavy wood with drawers so if for some reason a kid ran into it, it won't fall & its contents won't have to be flown out ..

because if you're dealing with kids .. even teenagers whom we think have better reasoning .. their way of thinking still could turn into unreasonable doing or behaviour & since they tend to follow their impulse mind, we adults have to be creative in making prevention ..

kampret ? karpret ? ... ??

Senin pagi (25/10) ini tumben datang2 Sekar langsung ngomong "wangi" sambil ngulurin boneka kelinci putih kecil punyanya "abis di cuci"

hmmm .. betul, kataku sambil mengendus bonek itu tapi masih heran sekaligus seneng kok Sekar yg biasanya irit ngomong pagi ini bisa jadi sedikit 'rame' gara2 bonek ini

karena tema pelajaran tentang binatang so dari minggu lalu aku minta anak2 di kelasku kalo punya boneka binatang tolong di bawa dong ke sekolah. malah hari Sabtu lalu aku ikut bawa boneka babi punyaku juga .. he he he ...

hari ini lebih banyak yg bawa bonek & lebih vatiatif pula .. bagus ... evelyn malah bawa boneka ulat & kodok punya anaknya ampe di tanyain "buat apaan, ma?" .. he he he ...

Vivien bawa boneka kucing, Echa boneka babi yg mirip guling .. he he he .. Michelle bonek kelinci, Stevany bebek & Stevanky kepiting biarpun kemaren sore mamanya sms aku nanyain apa bener di suruh bawa boneka .. Stevanky anak laki, ga punya boneka .. yee .. boneka apa dulu dong yg di minta buat di bawa .. he he he ...

Justin mo ngadat karena liat temen2 bawa boneka trus pengen pulang ambil boneka spidermannya .. ya, besok kan masih bisa, Justin .. ga usah jadi ngotot gitu dong ... bu Keke aja ga bawa boneka kok ...

"ibu bawa waktu kita duduk di kampret ya?" katanya serius

ah ?? .. waktu kita apa ? .. kok kupingku kayaknya nangkep kata yg rada aneh ... apa d, Justin ? duduk di mana ?

"itu bu ..." Justin ngulangi "karpret"

ha ?? ... kampret ? karpret ? .. otakku muter. rada susah konsen karena aku udah mulai geli tapi berusaha nahan ketawa karena Justin lagi serius banget

yah, toh ahirnya ketawaku meledak juga ga tertahan lagi setelah aku ngerti maksudnya. bukan kampret atau  karpret tapi karpet ! he he he ... oalah, nak ... nak ...

hari Sabtu ada ibadah di sekolah yg bertempat di kelas TK A so tiap Sabtu di gelar karpet di ruang kelas TK A. & hari Sabtu kemaren aku bawa boneka babi punyaku ke sekolah. itu maksud Justin tadi ...

aduh, kakiku di injek anak ! tu kaki udah kecil makin jadi kecil d karena keinjek. kalo kerja di sekolahan, "keselamatan" kaki & sepatu terancam so jangan pake sepatu terbuka kalo ga mo lecet karena keinjek anak
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Sekar, the girl with few words surprised me this Monday morning (Oct 25th) when she said "fragrant" & handed me her little white bunny doll "it's been washed"

mmmm ... it sure does, I burried my nose in it, still surprised but also happy she was 'chatty' because of the doll

we're learning about animals so since last week I've asked the kids in my class to bring their animal character dolls to school if they have it. I've even brought my piggy doll last Saturday.

more kids brought their dolls today. good. even evelyn brought her daughter's frog & worm dolls though she was asked "what is that for, mom?"

Sekar & Michelle brought their bunny dolls, Vivien brought cat doll, Echa brought piggy doll that looks like a bolster, Stevany brought duck doll & Stevanky brought crab doll though his mom texted me yesterday saying that he doesn't have a doll, he's a boy ... well, it's not a girly girl doll that I asked to bring to class..

Justin nearly had tantrum upon seeing his classmates brought dolls & he wanted to go home to get his spiderman doll. oh come on ..., you can bring it to class tomorrow, I told him, I don't bring my doll today as you can see yourself ..

"oh yeah, you've brought it when we sat on campret" he said being dropped dead serious

a what ? ... I thought I heard a weird word, say that again, Justin ..

"there .. when we sat on carpret" he still deadly serious

what's that ? .. campret ? carpret ? I thought hard to understand what words were they though it was hard to consentrate because I tried not to laugh

well yeah ... at the end I couldn't hold my laugh anymore especially after I understood what he was trying to say & that was "carpet" that Justin misspelled it as campret & then carpret ... lol ...

school held service every Saturday & it takes place in our class so we put the carpet on the floor. I brought my piggy doll last saturday. that's what Justin was trying to say .. oh my ... lol ...

ouch !! a kid stepped on my foot ! it's a small feet, you know .. I think it became smaller after a kid stepped on it. ... lol ... if you work in school, there's always the ever present danger to the safety of your feet & shoes so better wear thick shoes that covers the whole of your feet ..

howcome satan don't have weekends ? / kenapa ya para setan ga ada liburnya ?

"ih March, kok kaos kakinya bolong" bisikku sambil dg jail ngegelitikin kelingking kaki kiri anak lelaki itu yg nongol dari balik lobang di kaos kakinya itu. aku duduk di dekatnya waktu ibadah hari Sabtu ini (23/10)

he he he ... bolong masih mending dari pada kalo duduk deket anak yg kaos kakinya "bau jempol" .. tau dong aromanya kayak gimana .. he he he ... evelyn pernah ampe mo terkoek-koek karenanya .. aku sih ga sampe segitu tapi ya lumayan bikin bulu idungku jadi kuning semua ... he he he .. lebay, ah ..

ada 'seni' tersendiri untuk bikin anak bisa & mau bersikap anteng & tertib selama ibadah. cobaannya segudang soalnya .. dari mulai g sibuk ngobrol sendiri, bercanda, gangguin temen ampe ke perkara ingus .. !!

eh, beneran ... karena di tengah2 ibadah tiba2 ... hatsyiiihii ! ... Justin bersin & ... mm ...

"bu .. bu ... !!" teteh, si petugas kebersihan sekolah yg duduk di samping Justin kelopokan manggil2 aku yg tanpa di omongin pun langsung ngerti ... segulung tisu pun segera di oper karena ... ya .. you know lah ... he he he ...

kalo ga gangguan2 di atas tadi, nyanyinya semangat banget. ya namanya anak kecil yg belon bisa ngatur volume suaranya so ...

"stop! stop !" kalo aku yg pas jadi MC, aku bakal suruh mereka berenti nyanyi "itu nyanyi apa teriak2 sih ?"

kalo volume suara ok, semangat nyanyinya bisa bersaing sama para supporter tim sepak bola yg lagi bertanding ... he he he ..

"ok .. kita memuji Tuhan penuh semangat ampe genteng sekolah terbang semua" kataku tanpa maksud melucu tapi ya ga anak, ga guru, ga emak2nya .. semua pada ketawa ... ??? ... aku serius lho .. he he he ...

atau malah ada yg mo jadi berantem .. alamak ... !! lagi ibadah ni judulnya .. kok ya bisa sempet2nya mo berantem ??

maklum, ada aja anak yg 'sensi' ga boleh ke dorong, ke colek, ke senggol, ke injek dikit aja bawaannya udah mo nyolot. tapi kalo liat gini bisa disimpulkan naluri 'buas' manusia udah ada bahkan dari umur yang kata orang di sebut sebagai 'belon kenal dosa' .. he he he ... aku boleh jadi bukan sarjana psikologi / teologi tapi tiap hari ada aja hal2 tentang manusia atau kehidupan yg ditunjukkin ke aku entah lewat diri anak2 atau orang2 dewasa di sekitarku ...

yg jelas, rasanya kalo lagi ibadah kok kayaknya semua setan dari neraka pada ikut hadir juga buat gangguin kita padahal ini kan akhir minggu. harusnya mereka kan pada libur ...atau mungkin kalo sehari aja ga gangguin kita pada jadi gatel semua kali badannya ya ... he he he .. kebayang ga sih para setan weekend di pantai sambil gegarukan semua ... he he he ... imajinasinya bu Keke gitu loh ..
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"March, your little toe is peeping" I wishpered to that little boy as I tickled it "through a hole in your socks" I sat next to him during saturday's service this Saturday (Oct 23rd).

I'd rather sit with a kid whose socks pierced than a smelly one ... that odour .. it once almost made evelyn threw up .. it didn't get to me though it did made the hair in my nostril turned yellow ... lol ...

it needs quiete a way to make the kids able to behave throughout the service. plenty of disturbance in store ... you name it ... from make their own conversation to joking, teasing & .... even mucus ...

yes, it did happen & not just once, sycg as in today's service when all of sudden Justin sneezed & ... yikes !

"ma'am .. ma'am ..." school's cleaning lady who sat next to him franticaly waved her hands to me who got the message .. in just a second a roll of tissue was passed to her ... lol ..

& if none of the above disturbances, the kids who haven't able to control their voice volume made me felt as if we were a bunch of deaf people singing ..

"stop ! stop !" if I was the MC, I'd stop them "we're singing, not shouting" ... lol ...

when voice volume is ok, they sing in great enthusiasm as if they were watching soccer game .. lol ..

"ok, so we praise the Lord in great spirit that made school's roof blown away" I spoke as I meant it so I was surprised everyone laughed .. lol ..

or a fight would occur .. yes, in the middle of the service ! certain kids are so tetchy that a single touch from other kid would set them off. seeing this made me conclude that every man has ruthlessness instinct even from young age .. the age that we called 'sinless' .. I may not have psychology or theology degree but there's no one  single day passing without facts of life shown to me through these kids or the people around me ..

one thing for sure is it feels as if everytime we've service the whole satan from hell came to attend it & what do you know .. it's weekend. aren't they suppose to be off ? or they'd get itch all over their bodies if they let one day pass without bring trouble to man on earth ?

picture this : the satans were on the beach on their weekends & they were busy scratching their bodies ... lol ..

kids, you soothe my troubled heart / anak2, kalian adalah penghibur hatiku

Jumat (22/10) pagi kita udah siap barisin anak2 buat ngajak mereka jalan keliling2 waktu wali kelas TK B nyamperin aku ...

"Ke, kita di suruh senam" bisiknya "emak yg nyuruh"

yah, senam lagi ... senam lagi ... udah 2 Jumat ini kita olah raganya senam mulu

"ya udah d" kataku. mo bilang apa lagi ? kepsek yg nyuruh "kita ikutin aja apa maunya biar ga jadi bahan perkara lagi" dah 2 hari ini kepsek auranya negatif. tau ni hari dia mo angot lagi atau ga tapi lebih baik kita jangan sediain bahannya

yang jelas hari ini aku rada jaga jarak ama kepsek karena terus terang aja aku kesel & rada tersinggung dg ulahnya kemaren yg murang maring ga karuan juntrungan.

Pikir2 dari pada aku kepancing jadi nyolot & kita jadi bertengkar, mending sebisanya menghindar ..

ah, mending cari hiburan d di kelas TK B ... he he he .. kebetulan aku memang ni hari jadwalnya ngajar bahasa Inggris di situ. jadi jam 9 teng aku udah menongolkan diri di kelas itu yg langsung berubah dari tenang jadi rame ... yah gitu d .. ibu Keke punya banyak fans di sekolah ... he he he ...

siapa yg sudah selesai tugasnya, buku di kumpul di depan ya ... kataku & ...

"udah selesai" Calvin nyerahin bukunya & langsung meluk "aku sayang ibu" katanya manja ... duh ..

beberapa saat kemudian Anggi dengan senyum lebar nyerahin bukunya & ... hei ..! aku terkikik geli karena dia ngelitikin telingaku ... dasar ... he he he ... pantes dia datang sambil senyam senyum gitu ... rupanya udah punya niat mo ngegelitikin aku ..

"ibu ..!!" Irene lebih antik lagi gaya nyerahin bukunya. langsung loncat meluk aku & beringsut-ingstu manjat naik .. eh, di kata bu Keke pohon kelapa apa di panjat gitu ? kataku sambil tarik dia naik ke gendonganku yg bikin dia ketawa kesenangan .. he he he

"bu Keke punya bayi!" teriak Wilson di sambung ketawa temen2nya. tapi Irene ga marah, mukanya malah cerah banget ... ah, anak2ku .. kalian memang matahariku. mendung di hatiku ga akan betah berlama-lama kalo ada kalian ..

tiba2 "bu Keke!" aku denger suara Justin teriak manggil dari kelas sebelah. TK A & B cuma di pisah sama 4 loker & 1 rak plastik setinggi dadaku.

"apa, Justin?" aku berjinjit melongokkan kepala lewat rak plastik itu supaya bisa ngeliat Justin yg duduk di belakang

"tolongin.." Justin rupanya kerepotan di suruh ngerjain tugasnya

"coba dong" kataku

"ga bisa"

"coba dulu. bu Keke masih harus ngajar di sini" kataku serba salah. mau rasanya langsung terbang ke kelas sebelah buat nolongin dia tapi itu ga ngedorong dia untuk belajar mandiri & mau berupaya sendiri.

ah, anak2ku, kami disini berusaha sebaik mungkin mempersiapkan kalian menghadapi bagian demi bagian dari kehidupan ini walaupun prosesnya kadang ga nyenengin contohnya ya kayak sekarang ini, Justin harus belajar berupaya & aku belajar untuk menahan naluriku untuk ga langsung nolong dia tiap kali dia menghadapi kesulitan / tantangan ...
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We were ready to line up & took a walk this Friday morning (Oct 22nd) when the teacher in the class for the 5 year olds came to me

"headmaster told us to do exercise for P.E." she wishpered

well, what can we say if that's what headmaster ordered us to do, I said to her. headmaster has been having negative aura in the past 2 days. don't know if she'd have tantrum or not today but we better not provide her with "gasoline & matches" so she could throw a fireball at us.

I'm keeping a safe distant with headmaster because I'm honestly upset & a bit offended by her attitude yesterday (I've written about it under the title 'headmaster had tantrum'). I'm avoiding open conflict. it wouldn't be a good thing to be seen or heard if I have a quarrel with headmaster.

I'd better seek things to cheer me up in the class for the 5 year olds as today is english there so I came in at 9 am, turning the quiet class into a loud one as the kids called out my name excitedly .. so I've fans in school .. lol ..

please put your book here if you're done with your drawing, I told them & ..

"I'm done" Calvin handed me his book & hugged me "I love you" he said affectionately

a moment later Anggi handed me her book & hey .. !! I laughed when she tickled my ear .. so that's why you come with that smile, eh .. ?? you were up to something .. I told her as she laughed merrily ..

Irene did her own way to hand her book "miss Keke !" she called me out as she ran to me, hugged me & jumped up to me then crawled up .. whoa ! .. what would you think of me ? a coconut tree ? I said to her as I pulled her up & carried her making her laugh happily ..

"miss Keke has a baby !" shouted Wilson followed by the laugh of the kids but that didn't upset Irene. her face was bright with joy .. my beloved kids .. you're my sun. dark cloud can't stay long if you're near me ...

but suddenly .. "miss Keke!" I heard Justin called out

the 2 classes are divided only by 4 lockers & a chest high plastic shelf. I had to tiptoe as I peaked through the shelf to see him sitting in the back row.

"what's it ?"

"help me"

"give it a try"

"I can't"

"try, Justin. I still have class here" I really wanted to go there right away to help him but I know I won't push him to be independent & to try to his task by himself ..

kids, it's our job to prepare you to face the world one step at a time though the proccess isn't pleasant such as what Justin faced today to learn doing his task by himself & I learn to hold myself not to come to his side to rescue him right away ... it's hard sometimes ..

kepsek berulah / headmaster had tantrum

5 anak absen di kelasku. jadi ya lumayan sepi hari ini (Kamis, 21/10). orang dewasa aja berasa banget capeknya sepulang dari Kidzania kemaren apalagi anak2. sukur aja anak2 yg masuk ga terganggu kemampuan belajarnya setelah mengalami 1 hari yg melelahkan kemaren. mereka malah sepanjang hari ini penuh semangat & tetap ceria ..

lagi enak2 ngajar di kelas sambil cerita2 tentang pengalaman kemaren di Kidzania, tiba2 kepsek masuk ke kelas. biasa ... tanpa ba bi bu permisi langsung interupsi nanyain soal majalah Tiko yg di titip jual di TK kita. aku jawab cuma 12 anak yg beli dari total murid TK A yg 14 anak.

nah, ga cuma itu, trus langsung nyelonong ambil bungkusan sisa majalah Tiko sambil ngomong keras "udah, TK A ga usah beli Tiko lagi" & lewatin aku begitu aja, masuk ke kelas PG (Playgroup) & brak .. ! pintu di banting ..

tinggalah aku & evelyn jadi saling pandang-pandangan keheranan & bingung

"ga sopan amat" gerutu evelyn kesel

dalam hati aku juga mikir begitu. sukur aja di luar kelas ga ada ortu murid. kalo ada ... wah, kelakuan seorang kepsek tadi bisa memberi kesan apa di mata mereka ? bisa2 malah citranya yg udah kurang ok makin tambah ga ok ..

tau ada apanya ama kepsek. dari kemaren auranya negatif. sepanjang di Kidzania dia muter2 mantau guru2 ampe ahirnya 6 anak yg dalam kelompoknya kocar kacir mencar di bawa guru lain / ortu murid.

setiap kali dia datang, bukannya bilang 'hai, gimana ? kalian udah ke permainan mana aja ? semua ok ? semua senang ? lancar ?' ... wih, adanya yg keluar omongan model 'udah ke pabrik ... ? udah ke permainan ... ? kok baru di sini ? kenapa baru di sini ? ini kok anak2 pada ga baris ? ga bisa baris ? coba kamu ..'

suer, biar pun Dion ngadat & Vivien histeris tapi yg bikin aku puyeng bukan mereka tapi kepsek ... he he he ... ahirnya tiap kali lagi kita jalan ngider & aku liat ada dia ... wah, langsung ... putar ... sengaja ambil jalur beda atau masuk antri ke permainan terdekat biar ga harus berpapasan apa lagi ampe harus di tegor dia .. he he he ... lebih baik menghindar d ...

evelyn ceritanya juga sama ... malah dia kurang beruntung karena tiap kali kepsek datang dia lagi duduk ngaso sambil nungguin anak2 dalam kelompoknya masuk bermain. biar pun liat kalo anak2 itu aman & asik sibuk bermain tapi tetap aja kecipratan kena komentar / tegoran negatif ... he he he ...

pantesan aja tiap kali aku ketemu ama evelyn, mukanya tegang. bukan cuma karena capek tapi tegang kena aura negatifnya kepsek ...

"emang dasar apes kau" kataku & kita berdua jadi ketawa, yah, ketawa kecut jadinya ...

kalo di kira ngurus anak murid itu bikin puyeng ... hmm ... ngurus orang dewasa lebih bikin juling bin kriting ..
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5 kids were absent today (Thursday, Oct 21st). it's understandably if they got tired after went along in our field trip to Kidzania Theme Park yesterday. so it was quiet in class though the other 9 kids didn't lose their energy & joy.

I was talking infront of the class with the kids in my class about our trip yesterday when the door flung open & came the headmaster without saying sorry for the interruption, down to the point asked me about Tiko monthly children magazine that is sell in our school. I told her only 12 kids out of the total 14 kids in my class bought it this month.

then followed by her saying out loud "no more Tiko for this class" as she grabbed the rest of Tiko magazine from the class desk, walked passed me without saying a word & slammed the door leaving me & evelyn stared at each other puzzle ...

"how rude .." evelyn grummbled

I thought the same. thank God there were no parents outside our class. if they saw that scene ... what would they think of headmaster who already pictured not as a symphatetic figure ..

I don't know what happens to her but her aura is so negative since yesterday. she made her round to check up each of us at Kidzania & no such words such as 'how's it going, guys ? everything ok ? do u all have fun ?' no such thing ! instead, all she said was words like 'have u take the kids to here & there ? is it all that u have participated in ? just one ? why can't the kids make line ? can u make a line ?'

so when I took the kids in my group went on a round looking for other play role game that we'd join in & I saw headmaster I'd hurriedly take another road to avoid meeting her. it's better that way ..

if u think Dion's tantrum & Evelyn crying out were frustrating ... they were nothing compare to my stress to have to face the headmaster ... lol ..

evelyn's experience is the same. she was even got unlucky because everytime she met headmaster she was sitting as she waited the kids in her group while they were busy on joining playing certain role ...

"it's just ur luck" I teased her & we both laughed, bitter laugh ...

dealing with kid's tantrum is nothing if it compares with dealing with adult's tantrums ...

Foto2 di Kidzania / Kidzania's Photos

The kids, parents & one of our teacher
on the bus in the way to Kidzania
anak2, ortu & wali kls TK B di dlm bis
dlm perjalanan ke Kidzania

ini foto-foto dari mulai berangkat sampai tiba di Kidzania


these are the photos from the time we left by bus to Kidzania to the time we got there

Keke & Dion

let's make a line, kids
baris dulu yuk ..

Keke, Vivien & her mom

       rame ..
       pusing ... 
       asik ...

lots of fun ...

entrance gate
pintu masuk

at gas station
di pom bensin

Keke & evelyn next to the passing by firefighter's car
aku & evelyn, 2 guru TK A. mejeng dulu ah pas ada
mobil pemadam lewat ... sehhh ..

at the newsroom playing role as reporters
di ruang jurnalis jd reporter ..