Mr. Bruny & Mr. Blobby

I don't know.. these two names stuck in my mind.. they are actually the names of two soft toys belong to Hani, my eldest niece. I was there, in Pak Long's (her grandfather) house, in Bangsar when I met her, Mr. Bruny and Mr. Blobby. :) I can still remember since we (my family and my married cousins' family) keep visiting each other, I will always have a story to tell to my students. Stories about all the nieces and nephews (by the way, there are now 2 nieces and 7 nephews). But out of 9 cucu2 pak long ni, I can get along with 3 of them, especially Hani, Amani and Faris. 3 of them are still babies, so, takdela dorang nk bercakap. They are 3 of them yang memang susah sket I nk bercakap gn dorang ni.. Farhan, Kak Roshin's eldest, memang kurang communicate dgn orang as I can see. Yg dua orang Kak Buddy's ni.. Harith and Arif.. finally last night, I managed to chat with them. Last time, only Hani spoke with me, may be because she already 7 at that time (last year). But recently, Amani do can talk with me :) There were quite a lot we had talked about :) And it happened when I met her the next time, she approached me, "Hi, Auntie Rinie," I like it :)

Sitting on the couch from left: Abg Zul, Kak Buddy (Rozwin) holding baby Rifqi, Faris, Amani, Firas and Farhan.

On the floor: Arif, Hani, Baby Imran and Harith.

Most people love kids.. Yelah, dorang xde dosa.. innocent, most of the time they will tell the truth and never disappoint us instead of cheer us up. So do I. These two boys of Kak Buddy, Harith and Arif never speak a word to me before. They seem shy to the people they don't really get used to. But I'm happy that I have succeed to talk to them yesterday. :)

What have made me happy to finally get the chance to speak with them yesterday? The answer is because I love chatting with them. I love chatting with Hani, Amani and Faris before and even happier I can chat with Harith and Arif. And what is the point that I love chatting with them instead of others? The answer is, because they speak in ENGLISH. :)

Before, I can see that they only communicate among them. And I, am of course happy coz I am able to interfere them ;P Well, my English is not that good anyway. Broken and with grammatical error. Hehe.. but I don't care. As long as they can understand me. But what is important that I feel that I can improve my English as I do the practice with them. I believe so. Like it or not, not many places that I have to practice my English orally.

I kinda like English Language, may be that is why I'm teaching English even though I'm not really good at it. In my school, teaching English is quite a challenge. It is subject that students don't really study compared to Maths, Science etc. They take very little attention to this subject. These are the facts. I know. I am too still studying, learning English, the best method to teach and how make students have more liking and interested to learn and study English.

"Tak aci, students boleh tau banyak perkataan dalam Bahasa Inggeris tapi tak banyak yang dorang tau dalam Bahasa Arab, sedangkan dorang belajar Bahasa Inggeris dan Bahasa Arab dalam tempoh yang sama (belajar kedua2 B.I dan B.A dari darjah satu - most of the students in my school)," This is said by my Fiance, an Arabic Teacher in my school. In my school, it is quite an issue jugak.. belajar B.I beriya, B.A tak suka. Padahal Bahasa Arab tu bahasa syurga. When my students said, malas la nak belajar B.A, susahla, malas la nak amik SMA (Sijil Menengah Agama).. I always challenge them, I am an English Teacher, not that good in Arabic subject, but I was able to get Maqbul, which is at least Pass for the certificate. If you are like me, which can only get Maqbul for your SMA, you should be at least a teacher, teaching English like me.. yelah, dah malas@tak minat belajar Bahasa Arab, konon2 subject lain macam contohnya Bahasa Inggeris kenala rajin@minatkan.. I always said to them too, that you are at lose if you are not learning Arabic well by now, coz i just did. Dah besar2, umur cam ni baru nak catch up balik, I wish that I could learn Arabic well in my school days coz now I wanted to easily understand Al-Quran verses.. but I just grateful for at least I have the basic and hopefully later my husband will teach me :) (husband- sebab bile nti dah jadi suami ;)

For instance, in Islam, learning is compulsory, we have to learn with Kalamullah - Al-Quran, The Miracle given by Allah to His Messenger, The Prophet Muhammad s.a.w, p.b.u.h... We also have to learn with the surroundings. Everything around us, the trees, the grass, the wind, the clouds, the sun, the moon, the stars... I know I can learn with those kids.. Ustaz Dr. Haji Zahazan Mohamad once said "Learning English is a Fardhu Kifayah", sunat yang dituntut... it will definitely give us a lot of benefits, advantages and chances especially if we are in industry.

For my students, I wish they can learn English well, in class or outside the class and afterwards and also other subjects like Arabic, Maths and Science. I learned a bit of Mandarin, it is fun to speak Huayu with wo hen hao de pengyou Sakinah :) My nieces and nephews is the place to me to practice English, I got Sakinah to practice Mandarin and may be I can practice Arabic with my husband, later laa.. ;)