Cikgu Faridah

Cikgu Faridah was my Bahasa Melayu teacher when I was in Standard 5 (and maybe 6). I was close to her because she was my tutor. My mother was worried about my performance in my studies - I was a last-minute-study kind of pupil, and still is - she began sending me for tuition when I was in Standard 4.
Cikgu Faridah held her tuition classes at home. Because I went to the morning schooling session, I had to go for tuition in the afternoon. There were about 6-7 of us in that class. All I remember about the classes was that we took turns to bring food, simple snacks like jemput-jemput or sticks of sugarcane.
My mother became close to Cikgu Faridah and the mom of one of the fellow student. I guess them being Orang Semenanjung living in Sabah made them good friends with each other.
Cikgu Faridah went back to Semenanjung to teach when I was in Form 1. There was no internet at that time, no emails, no Facebook, at least not where I lived, so you either write or telephone to make contact. As time went by, I heard less and less of Cikgu Faridah, and the last news I heard was that she moved to Japan to work.
Recently, a fellow ex-tutee added me as his friends on Facebook, and I was reminded of Cikgu Faridah. A bit of Google search brought me to  her webpage, and so I wrote a message to her. She is still in Japan, teaching. She asked me how many kids do I have now, and when she got to know that I am still single, she wrote, 'Cari life partner penting, ya Kusut dan Jiwang'! I would expect more interesting from her from now on...

The Story of Us

I met him a few weeks before my 16th birthday. I met him at our new school in Cheras. I was recently transferred from my hometown in Sabah, and was about to start a new life living in a boarding school, away from my family.

After all the introductions and orientations, we finally get to settle in our class. It turned our that he was my classmate, and was sitting behind me. I get to learn his name, and his name is A. He was probably the most good looking person among us.

Together with our desk-mates, we became quite close-knit. I had a little crush on A's deskmate, which didn't go anywhere. But somehow I felt closer to A and his quirky ways.

Muffin for kusut days

A new recipe. Was not taken from anywhere. I happen to have a good basic muffin recipe, and I found it very flexible - just add anything you like to flavour the muffins with, bananas, chocolate, blueberries etc. Find the recipe here.

I miss you

very much.