Dont touch that!

Today is the first day of our school’s Leadership Camp.

It’s been a while since I joined in activities such as this. And seriously, from this ‘perspective’ (a teacher’s), everything is a lot different compared to when I was in their shoes—the students.

I nearly cried; but I have to keep my face straight because I want to be strict with the students. I was amazed with myself because of that (nearly cried part). My heart is so much ‘softer’ [hihi] now compared to when I was a student; when my heart was as hard as stones.

‘Garam’ yang banyak sedikit sudah buat hati aku lembut barangkali…?

Dearests, if only you could see from my eyes, you’d see how much time you wasted, how many chances for success you’ve let go…And how much/many more that you will waste/let go if you don’t change…

Sebak dalam rasa marah…

I like to bring this one ‘falsampah’ to my students. Tentang memegang benda yang panas. Hot frying pan for example. When this person A touched the hot frying pan and screamed and told you that it was hot; and even showed to you that A’s hand was burnt because of touching the pan, do you still want to touch the pan to know that it is hot?

Falsampah decoded:
If millions of people keep on telling you the list of things that you’d regret if you do it, why would you still want to do it? And if this millions of people, tell it straight to your face that one of those things you’d regret is taking school lightly, would you believe them? If they say that you’ll miss out countless of possibilities for success through education by doing that, wouldn’t you believe them?

That aside, if this one person, who is standing right in front of you tells you that that pan is HOT (taking school matters lightly), why would you wana still go there and touch it (doing it by taking school lightly)?

Falsampah-falsampah aku mungkin cikai saja di pandangan orang. Tapi biar Tuhan saja tau, aku di sini bukan untuk apa pun; cuma sebab aku tau—ramai hati yang meronta-ronta cuba memahami dunia yang seperti telefon bimbit…semakin canggih, semakin senang untuk rosak—dan aku cuma mau membantu.

Ya Allah, tunjukkanlah aku jalanMu dan berikan aku pedoman; permudahkanlah urusanku untuk menyedarkan anak-anak muridku; bahawa mereka tidak perlu mengulangi kesilapan orang lain untuk mengetahui bahawa sesuatu itu adalah kesilapan…

Dan kebebasan tanpa batas itu adalah satu kecelakaan, bukan kelebihan…