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...