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 ..