selasa yg bikin lega / relieving tuesday

Selasa tgl 28/9 aku rada lega krn ahirnya berhasil jg bawa anak2 latihan di lapangan. hasilnya jg bikin aku bs di bilang lumayan puas krn anak2 TK A yg ikut lari estafet bendera & menggiring bola bisa jg ahirnya biar pun masih jauh dr memuaskan tapi ga apalah. anak TK A memang ga di targetin buat menang dlm 2 lomba itu. yg penting ikut & bisa rame2 di sana ..
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I was relief that on tuesday I finally could take the kids to the field to practice the numbers they'll participate on wednesday's competition at Bogor Botanical Garden. though it's still far from satisfying but at least they already know how to do relay run & passing the balls .. most important thing is for them to participate in a competition & to have fun there ..

senin tgl 27/9 aku kesel banget. 2 x batal bawa anak2 latihan ke lapangan buat lomba hari rabu di kebon raya gara2 tongkat paralon yg di pake buat lomba menggiring bola.

Aku maunya sementara tu tongkat lon ada, kita kan bisa latihan pake tongkat2 kayu yg sebetulnya dari hari jumat jg udah di pake buat latihan itu & selain itu kita jg bisa latihan lari estafet bendera. Eh, emang dasar kepsek maunya … maunya jg … dr pd ntar jd adu debat di depan ortu muridku … yah, apa boleh buat aku ngalah (1/2 ati tapi …)

Begitu tongkat paralon datang, udah jam 10. udah panas dong. Jd d latihannya di depan sekolah yg jalanannya ga rata alias naik turun. Mana nyaman buat di pake latihan … hih !!

Udah gitu surat pemberitahuan lomba ke kebon raya & ke kidzania yg aku ketik di bilang salah, bikin ortu murid bingung.

Segimana bingungnya sih ? apanya yg jd bikin bingung ? trus apa susahnya sih nerangin ke ortu murid kalo emang mereka ga ngerti / bingung dg pemberitahuan yg kita kasih ?

aku suka heran ama kepsek. Ngomong ama ortu murid kok kayak ogah banget sih ? takut banget di salahin, phobia di debat. Kalo emang ada yg terlalu skeptis / banyak maunya kan bisa di ajak komunikasi … lg pula, kita yg pegang kendali kok …

trus, siang2 dia masuk ke kls TK A tempat aku & 5 anak TK B lagi les calistung. ‘brisik sih’, katanya … lha, aku kebingungan jdnya krn selama 5 thn aku ngajar calistung gaya ngajarku memang “rame”. Kok protesnya br sekarang sih ? tp kok, aku liat asistenku ngikik … rupanya kepsek nyariin dia. Di kira udah ngacir ga pamit pdhal dia lg duduk manis di pojok kelas nyusun pelajaran buat besok.

Oh …. Jd kepsek td nyari alasan supaya bisa menongolkan diri di kls kita. Tp krn bawaan dirinya “cepet mengkritik, lambat (lupa) memuji” so alasan yg di pakenya bunyinya negatif … cape d ….

So, gimana ga puyeng aku seharian ini ampe jd ilang semangat buat online. Rasanya pengen langsung pulang & bobo. Bener jg, bangun tidur badan seger, hati dingin, otak jernih lg … he he he …

Tapi Tuhan kasih penghiburan jg lho. Lg kesel2 gitu .. eh, pas jam makan di kls, March, muridku nyamperin sambil bawa kue coklat bekalnya & bilang “ini buat bu keke” … aduh, hati yg lg sumpek jd rada terhibur ...

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I was so upset this Monday. 2 times today the headmaster stopped me when my assistant & I were about to take the kids to the field near the school to practice on the numbers of sport they’ll take part at Wednesday’s kindergarten competition at Bogor Botanical Garden.

It was all because of the sticks we would use for practice must be bought first. I’ve told her that I’d take the kids to the field to practice since last week so today the sticks should've already prepared  but if they haven't I thought it wouldn't be matter because we could use our wooden sticks but she insisted that we should wait for the hockey sticks to be bought first.

I was pretty upset because it was become sunnier & of course hotter. Well, when the sticks arrived at school it was at around 10 am & was already too hot to have it practice at the field so we practiced it infront of the school which isn’t nice to be used as a place to practice anything because the road is narrow & a bit steep.

That wasn't the only thing that upset me because later the notification letters I typed for that competition & for our study trip next month were also critized. She said they have confused parents. So what’s making them confuse ? was it difficult to clear the matters ? why is the headmaster hesitate to talk to parents, why she seems to dislike comments / critics / too many questions from parents ?

Another incident happened at around 11 am in my classroom when I tutored 5 kids from the class for the 5 year olds. The headmaster suddenly came & said “why is it so noisy” which a bit puzzled me because for 5 years everybody know my tutoring style is noisy. So why came & made such a comment now ?

But then I saw my assistant giggled. She sat in the corner of the class preparing tomorrow’s teaching materials. She told me she saw the headmaster looked around for her thinking she has left without saying goodbye to her so the headmaster went to my classroom to see if my assistant was there & she made that kind of excuse to cover up her real intention.

With all those things no wonder I went home moody & lost interest to go online. I’d rather go home & go to bed. Well, it did refresh me when I wake up.

tired .. tired / capek banget

ngebawa anak2 ke lapangan buat latihan lomba di kebon raya minggu depan. aduh, anak TK A kok ya ga ada yg bs cepet larinya ... mana banyak yg bengong jd lelet kan terima bendera & bawa larinya ... udah gitu ya ada yg nangis panik cari tantenya ...

kelvin bener2 ... udah 2 bln sekolah tp masih aja suka nangis kl ga liat tantenya ... pdhal aku udah sering bilang ke dia, tantenya pasti datang lagi ... ga pernah kan dia ampe di tinggal lama di sekolah ... lama2 aku pikir ini anak bukannya takut tapi emang manja ... nangisnya ga karena takut / panik lagi tapi manja ... menikmati menangis ... bukannya ga mau kasih perhatian tapi anak juga perlu di didik & di latih mandiri ... jadi mau ga mau sering aku harus mengeraskan hati kalo ngadepin anak2 model gini ...

bahasa inggris hari ini di TK B .. yg ngingetin Brili tapi waktu di tanya good morning, Brili ... dia ga bs jawab sama sekali & ga mau jawab biar pun udah aku bilangin jawabnya good morning, teacher ... yah, dia yg semangat ngingetin aku jadwal ngajar bhs inggris di klsnya tp dia jg yg tumben hari ini kok mandek ... dasar anak ...

jam makan dpt saweran biskuit dr sini sana ... sepotong biskuat, sepotong cracker, 1/2 potong wafer ... he he he ... 1 hal tentang keluguan & ketulusan anak ...
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Brought the kids to the field to practice on the numbers that we are going to participate on next week's competition at Bogor Botanical Garden. 


I wonder why the kids in my class couldn't run fast today, too many kids lost in their minds so couldn't focus on the game, plus there was a kid who had tantrum when he didn't see his aunt nearby. 


I don't know what's wrong with Kelvin. it's been 2 months & he's still moody when he doesn't see his aunt nearby though I've told him many times that she never left him. slowly I realized it wasn't fear. it's being spoiled too much & he can't get independent emotionally. I have to toughened my heart when I have to dicipline kids like him. 


a boy named Brili reminded me I had to teach english in his class today but it was him who didn't show good performance ... he couldn't answer my good morning greeting & stayed speechless though I had told him he has to say good morning teacher to me. 


got a slice of biscuit from a kid, a slice of wafer from another kid & 1/2 slice of bread from another kid ... talk about kids & their genuine hearts ...

no blog yesterday because ... absen kemaren ga masukin entry blog krn ...

anak2 TK A di suruh bawa 1 lembar roti tawar ... tp kok ... lho, ada yg bawa rotinya udah di oles mentega & di tabur meses di potong kecil2 ... aduh, gimana sih mama ?? pdhal aku ngomong spesifik ama emaknya langsung ... msh bs tulalit yah ... 

ayooo, rotinya di hias pake susu kental manis coklat, bikin muka orang / gambar bunga, boleh di pake selai stroberi ... tp semua rata2 geleng kepala ... bu guru aja d yg bikinin ... weleh ... jd prakaryanya bu guru dong ... anak2 tinggal makan aja gitu ... ???

kemarin jd absen ga bikin entry baru gara2 jam 12 siang di ajak kepsek ngetik ke TK temennya. untung cuma input data sekolah kita aja. pulang ngeprint 15 lembar ke warnet rasamala. wah, udah jam 2.15 tuh ! ngebut pulang krn ada jadwal ngajar les jam 3. bener aja kan, anaknya malah udah nunggu dr jam 2 ... wah, kasian bgt ...

pulang ujan deressssss bgt. ampe batal d ke warnet. abis ga bawa payung yg gede. mana capek bgt. udah ah, besok aja ke warnet, sekalian ngetik surat ... biar warnetnya jd gratis kan ... he he he ...
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the kids were asked to bring a slice of plain bread yesterday as we were going to decorate it with jam & milk but there was a kid whose bread already cut into small slices, smeared with bread & rice chocolate ? huh ? I spoke to his mom but she still misunderstood the message ? 


miss, ... please decorate my bread ... asked a kid followed by the rest of the class ... huh ?? it meant for u guys to decorate ur own bread, be creative & have fun with it ... yet, nobody wanted to do it by themselves. sigh ... so u wanted just to eat the bread ?? 


didn't make any entry to my blog because the principal took me to her friend's kindergarten to make our school's data inputed to their computer data base ... it was 2.15 pm when I left to make it printed. oh no, I've got tutoring at 3 pm & see ... the kids were already waited for me from 2.30 pm ... sorry I'm late, kids ...


didn't go to internet cafe after tutoring. downpoured at 3 pm ... will go there tomorrow then ...

it's sunny ! yuk jln2, anak2 ... let's go out, kids !

Ngajak anak2 ke lapangan voli deket sekolah buat latihan lari estafet bendera yg nanti mo dilombain di kebon raya bogor rabu minggu depan.

Anak posisi berdirinya zigzag. Lari ke temen & bendera yg di bawanya hrs di ksh ke temennya itu. keliatannya gampang ya ... tp biar udah di latih pun anak suka larinya salah arah / lari kurang cepat / kasih bendera ga bener ampe bendera jatuh .. namanya jg anak2 umur 4 - 5 thn gitu lah .. 

wah, tp bercucuran keringatlah kita semua. hari ini terang benderang mataharinya ... asik jg sih kena panas ..

abis itu tancap gas ke bagian belakang perumahan ... ahhhh, ini untungnya jd orang bogor yg tinggalnya agak di pinggir kota krn msh ada sawah & lahan perkebunan sayur / buah ... 

kasian jd anak kota. PS, HP, internet boleh aja pinter makenya tp sawah itu kayak apa ... pohon pisang kayak gimana ... lha, ga tau ... hiks ... hiks ... hiks ... makanya anak2, kita jln2 & liat2 yuk ... biar noraknya ga jd kebangetan ya ... he he he ...

pulangnya aku di bikin bingung ama info dr kepsek yg simpang siur. katanya kita mo halal bihalal hari sabtu. tp td kok aku disampein pesen kl besok kita perginya ? mana ybs udah pergi lg .. jd ga bs konfirmasi ...

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 we took the kids to the field so we could practice on the numbers that will be on next week's competition at Bogor Botanical Garden. it's a sunny day so it was good for us to do outdoor activities .. we all enjoyed it though we were sweating a lot ... 

after that we went to see paddy field & fruit trees. poor are the city kids. they may know how to operate / use cellphone, computer, internet & cellphone but ask them about where rice comes from or what banana tree looks like ... mmm, I doubt they know ... 

the principal gives us confusing message regarding this event that we will attend this saturday. so, what's this thing about tomorrow ? where are we going to go ? ... & she was already left school so I couldn't confirm it with her ...

selasa ... penuh cerita jg .. / tuesday with its own story ..

pagi2 kepsek nelpon minta aku jemput clemens, anak TK B, krn jemputan ga dateng ... alamak, dia tinggalnya di blok paling belakang. ah, suruh aja dia nunggu di t4 angkot ngetem. tp kok ya tunggu punya tunggu ... ga dateng2 jg nih anak ... aduh, ampe di tinggal ama angkotnya ... lho, ternyata ... di pikirnya nunggu di t4 lain ... yeeee ... gmn sih ... pdhal instruksinya kukira udah jelas bgt ... nunggu di t4 angkot ngetem yg ada tukang empek2 ...


tp ahirnya malah aku yg untung krn hrs bareng ama anak itu krn ahirnya bs naik becak ... he he he ... biasanya kan aku jln kaki lg abis turun dr angkot. kl mo naik becak ke sekolah ... wah, ahir bln berapa ongkos transportku ??? kl gaji gede sih ga jd masalah ...


hari ini ada pak tyo, guru gambar, nah, lumayan ga usah terlalu cuap2 ... tp tetap hrs mondar mandir jg di kls liatin anak2 itu apa bener / ga ngewarnain gambarnya ... namanya jg anak, kl lg ok. mewarnainya rapi. minggu depan mo lomba nih di kebon raya jd ada 5 anak TK A yg aku perhatiin bener. krn itung2 mreka latihan ni ari ...


pulangnya br keluar sekolah eh, ujan .... aduh, kok ya langsung ngejebyur gede sih ... hih, mana nebeng naik motor lg ... biarpun pake payung tp celana panjang & punggung rada basah jg ... dingiiiiinnn ... 


ah, hrs ngetik surat lg di warnet. abis monitor komputer sekolah rusak. yg ngebetulinnya sakit jd ahirnya monitor kita ga kelar2 dibetulinnya. tp enaknya ... aku jd bs online gratis ... he he he ... ya, paling ga dibayarin 1/2 ama sekolah ... krn aku kan online sambil ngetik surat sekolah .. ini namanya sambil menyelam minum coca-cola ... he he he ...

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the principal called me this morning asked me to pick up a kid because school bus couldn't pick up the students today. the boy lived quite far from me so I asked him to wait for me at the bus stop. but it took quite awhile before he came. I was already edgy of waiting .. it was all because his maid misunderstood my direction .. well, I thought I've given her a clear direction. 


but it all benefited me then ...


drawing class enabled me to relax abit. at least it freed me from talking loudly in class. but still moved around the class to see how the kids coloured their drawings. we are going to have drawing competition next week so there are 5 kids in my class that needs special attention as drawing class intended to give them time to practice on their colorings. 


downpour when I was just left school this noon. unbelievable ! my assistant gave me a lift to internet cafe on her motorcycle. man, though I had my umbrella on top of my head but I was still wet ! & the wind made me had a chill ... brrrrr ... 


had to type the letter in the internet cafe again. school's computer's monitor is being repaired but the repairman was ill so he couldn't work on it ... sigh .... but the good thing is I can go online for free whenever I've to type school's letter at the internet cafe .. there's always blessing in disguise ...

Senin ... senin ... hebohnya senin / Monday ... the hectic monday

Yah, ketemu lagi sama hari Senin. 1 minggu lewat kayak sekedipan mata tp buat saya itu pun masih kurang cepet... he he he ...

Bangun susah banget kayaknya tadi pagi. Saya selalu yang paling pagi sampe di sekolah. Ini karena jam di sekolah kita cepetin 10 menit.... psssssttt, jangan bilang-bilang ya... he he he ... abis kepsek paling ga bisa ontime ... kelas manapun yang dia pegang pasti pulangnya selalu telat bisa sampe 10 menit / ga jarang lebih dari itu. Ahirnya kita guru-guru sepakat bikin semua jam di sekolah dicepetin 10 menit .... tapi ya resikonya kita juga harus dateng lebih cepat 10 menit. Sejauh ini baru saya yang bisa. Gpp ... lebih enak malah ... bisa siap-siap di kelas tanpa takut diganggu.

Setiap hari Senin, pulang suara pasti serak. Ga bisa & ga biasa bersuara keras padahal di sekolah mau ga mau harus ngomong dengan suara nyaring. Walhasil pita suara kerja keras ... yah, resiko pekerjaan...

Di kelas gerah banget hari ini. Anak-anak itu sampe bercucuran keringat. Saya malah udah basah kuyup ... he he he ... kapan ya bisa ada AC di kelas. Kipas angin sih ada tp kl dinyalain, anak-anak pada bersin... Debunya terbang soalnya ... yah, serba salah d ...

Cindi anak TK B udah bisa baca ... horeeeeeee ! Akhirnya !!! Gmn ga girang banget ... lha, buat bisa inget huruf a i u e o perlu waktu hampir 3 minggu! Itu les calistung TK B mulai Agustus. sekarang Cindi udah bs ba bi bu bo ... tinggal be aja yang belon ...

Kalo ngajar anak baca, rasanya kayak nabrak tembok ... nembusnya bisa cepet tapi bisa lama kalo temboknya keras ... he he he ... ada anak-anak tertentu yang bisa bikin saya rasanya mo jingkrak-jingkrak saking frustrasinya ngajarin mereka baca ... so kalo mereka akhirnya bisa, wah, itu yang namanya seneng ... bukan main d ... he he he .... ga bisa digambarin dg kata2 bo !!! 

Hari ini ga ada les jadi bebas merdeka siangnya ...

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It's monday again. a week passes by like a blink of an eye. Though for me it's not fast enough ...

Got a problem waking up this morning. I'm the one who always arrives in school before anyone else gets there. The other teacher and I agreed to set the clock 10 minutes ahead because school's principal never get anything ontime. She always dismiss any class she's incharged in, 10 minutes late or sometimes even later than that so we secretly set the clock 10 minutes ahead ... don't tell anyone, guys ... lol ...

It's a hot day. we don't have aircon in class ... gee, if only we have one ... we have a fan but if I turn it on, the kids would sneeze ... 

I loose my voice every Monday. I never speak loud but we've to speak loudly so every Monday I get home feeling I've lost all of my voice & can only wishper ... 

Cindi, a kid who's enrolled in reading tutoring in school finally can read! I spent 3 weeks just to make her remember a i u e o ... sometimes it feels like running into a thick wall if you teach a kid to read ... frustrating .. so can't describe how happy & glad I am when that kid finally can read ...

well, don't have any tutoring in the afternoon so I'm free!

7 hari ngajar mulu

Bukannya mo ngeluh tapi kadang pengen bisa ada 1 hari total libur dari ngajar. 


Ini mah, non stop. Ngajar di TK, ngajar les, ngajar sekolah minggu.


Dulu pernah berenti ngajar sekolah minggu ... wah, seneng banget hari Minggu bisa ada di rumah. Eh, rupanya ga dibolehin Tuhan berenti ngajar sekolah minggu. Direkrut sekolah minggu yang ada di TK ... yahhh ...


Tp kali ini saya ga mau pegang kelas kecil buat anak-anak umur TK. Lha dari Senin ke Sabtu udah ngajar anak umur segitu... ganti suasana dong. Jadi saya megang kelas buat anak kelas 2 - 4 SD. Lumayan, anak-anak umur segitu udah lebih jalan akal pikiran & penalarannya jadi kita bisa diskusi ... ga usah terlalu di dongengin .. 

Got my own blog now !

Cool, I’ve finally made it to set up my own blog yesterday. I’ve been wanting to have a blog but never really made it. I’m so excited to have it. Now I’ve 1 more media to work on my writing skill but it also provides sort of a diary … well, it’s awesome to have an online diary .. thanks to technology … u know, I’d give nobel prizes to internet & ice cream inventors … lol ..

I wrote a little about what we had in school yesterday but that's in Indonesian so I write it again in brief in english now. Once a month school arranges to have 2 kids’ parents serving meals. School gives some money for that of course. Kids just have to bring their own rice to school. 

We don't have canteen in school so kids usually bring their own snacks. 

So yesterday's menu was chicken soup, susage - tofu croquette, fish chips & banana. mmmmm .... yummmyyy ... glad the students in my class are less picky on their meals. 

I also wrote about Michelle who's been moody in the past 3 days. Don't know why. She could have tantrums 4-5 times over some silly things. Giving me headache because she wouldn't tell me why. Geez, sometimes I wish if only I were a genie so I could get inside my students' minds. It would make things easy to understand what's in there ... lol ...

Bu guru yang gaptek lagi nyoba bikin blog

Udah lama sih pengen punya blog tapi ga tau kenapa kok ga pernah kesampean tuh niatnya. Mungkin karena sibuk, ga tau gimana caranya atau ga pede aja. 

Tapi hari ini ahirnya jadi juga niat bikin blog diwujudin. Ternyata ga susah banget ya . Bahkan buat orang paling gaptek kayak saya ini ... he he he ...

Soal nulis, nah, jg lbh pede krn selama mungkin 6 bln udah latihan nulis status di fb ... 

Di sekolah tadi ada acara makan bersama. Anak-anak bawa bekal nasi putih aja. Lauk dar isekolah. Makan bersama ini sebulan sekali. Yang masak digilir ortu anak TK B. Sekolah kasih dana 120.000. 

Tadi menunya sup, perkedel sosis, kerupuk & pisang. Mmmmm ... anak-anak TK A yang sekarang ga pemilih soal makanan. Apa juga diembat ... he he he ... tapi baguslah ... biar pada sehat & jadi pintar ya sayang ...

Michelle, murid saya di TK A udah 3 hari terahir ini moody banget. Masa bisa ngambek berkali-kali sih ... Alamak!! ... Tau-tau mrengut ... lipat tangan, ... sel, ... sel, ... kok demen banget sih ngambek gitu ...

Justin si antik ... biasa ... kadang lucu, kadang bikin puyeng, kadang hiburan, kadang bikin bu guru bertanduk, bertaring & berasap ...

Hari ini nulis pendek dulu d. Soalnya ga bisa ol lama berhubung harus pulang karena mumpung ada matahari mau mandiin anjing. Bogor rajin ujan tiap siang, sore & malah bisa sepanjang malam ...