Hopelessly Romantic

I really should stop thinking that everyone shares my idea of romanticism.

Some of the good Malaysian ladies here in D0ha are planning to conduct religious classes for the children. I volunteered to do as much as I can. Nak mengajar tak pandai, jadi buat-buat sebok je lah.

So as part of my job, I asked a a few people whether they would like to enroll their children. I mean this is great news is it not? Finally we would have a religious classes conducted by the Malaysians themselves, most likely in a very conducive class setup, ada buku teks, ada blackboard or whiteboard to be exact, ADa permanent marker, apstu ada eraser sekali, ada kerusi meja, ada proper syllabus. Do you not share the worry that I told all of you numerous times here just how much I am worried coming to this Muslim country with no Muslim teachings? I took granted of these things in malaysia sebab kita kan ada sekolah ugama segala. I monitor their learnings, yes. But I do not have to create a syllabus to know what to teach and when. When everything befallen on you and you watch your kids grow not knowing how to recite Fatihah, not knowing what to say during sujud, and you look left and right and you only realise that no one there except you, then shiver. Pee in your pants if you like. The responsibility is totally yours!

So this is BIG. This is wonderful. This is helping the Malaysian Muslim children.

So I approached this lady. I see her quite often. She goes to the same centre that I go. I shared with her the great news expecting her to jump of joy with me.

So if you would like to join, just give me their names. We accept from age 6 and above.

She replied, hmmmm, I don't know. bebudak ni banyak homeworklah Lollies.

Hah? Alaa weekend aje. itupun mungkin 2 minggu sekali aje.

Tak taulah Lollies. Kena tanya bebudak ni minat ke tak.

Tapi mintak cepatlah sebab tempat terhad ya. We can't accept anymore kalau full.

Yalah tengoklah macamana

What?? She is not jumping? This is not exciting? She doesn't find this romantic? She doesn't find thiss oooohhhh ahhhhhh like I do?

And because I was shocked about the homework part, I blurted,

Homework tu reward untuk sekarang. Yang ni untuk akan datang.

Which I regretted saying because who am I to say that? How would I know whether she has done something with her children. Who do I think I am? What right do I have to think that everyone is willing to share my idea of romanticism.

Oh well.





She gave her children's name three days after.

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Since coming back after the summer break, I have a feeling that this coming year will be a good year, Insya Allah. I foresee this year will be a romantic year for me. I want to try my best to make sure I akan mabuk cinta tahun ni. So whenever I smell politics are coming in and spoil the love in the air, I will try to sprinkle lollies and sweet flowers as much as I can. Hari tu ada sprinkle bunga sikit. Nampaknya dah berbau wangi masa angin bertiup. Cuma kekadang tersprinkle bunga tahi ayam jugak. tee hee he